The Wingham Advance-Times, 1957-03-06, Page 1„ ' ' 4441 and
ell Others interested are inVited to
the public school this (Wednesday)
afternoon at 2,00 'to Actoaint
therneelVeS t with the work Which vie
being rdOne by staff and pupils,
°Peri houSe is, held in 'conArnetiOn
with -gd4ctition Week,
NO' TAKERS—The Lions Clubs
in thie district will sponsor a prib-
ic Speaking contest 'in the town
ill here en 1.Priday 'cVening:— but
thel'e won't -be any Wingham.
ppealcere on the :.platforni,„ The
knral branch of the Canacilan
1.4Zigion :reports that ihriniries were
repently made at the Well 901160.1
to see her many would he interest-
ed in taking part in .such a con
test bah-none, of the scholars were
interested.
a the fire committee, Stated by: in accordance Yrdfh: the Orli.
letter• that he wished the eel-melt
to write to the Bell Telephone
Company about, what be ter:1)w',
" a lack of co-operation, with the
towns fire department in met:gen,
Cies other than firce.
The flip text of :the .letter re-
ceived from the telephone company
is as follows;
"We are sorry the Council .feels
there has, been a lack of co-opera-
tion by the telephone company in
handling 'fire and other emergency
telephone et/A..714s gray be due to
some" misunderstanding as the
week'. report •indieates. HoweVer,
we earl assure ,you that in no ease
have our operators refused to ad-
WI/lee these calls.
"Fire alarm calla are operated
A leticief rern the Bell Telephone
Company, in reply to Councillor
Jack Gorhntt's "lack ..of co-opera-
tion" at last month's council meet-
ing, wife read by flte;town clerk at
the regular meeting 9f the Wing-
hanl Town'CoOncil,:rield en Thurs-
day evening. :
The telephone company had
taken exactly the opposite, view
of their employees aetion M re-
gard two recent' emergencies,
.and had, in 444, commended the
1041 operators for their prompt,'
fleas ju dealing' with the reseue of
a small' ,chlicl who:; 4,4d. fallen into
a sewer and ih tracing, the location
of an elderly couple who had been
overcome: by fumes,
At, Met .month's council .rdeeting,
Conneillnr 3401( Gorhutt, chairman
.r...1: i. ..111,Ti
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ThQ ladies of the Hospital, Auxiliary who held: ii veryisuPeeisfur cake ' funds to purchase a picture whireh is to be placed . in the entrance
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sale in the town. all on, Saturday. Left to right ,Mrs. W. H.- Gurney,. hall of the Wingham Genera HOepital:to•Mark •Che long association
Mrs. re! 11. Lloyd, Mrs. A. D. MacWilliam, Miss S,..'MacLean, 'Mrs. between hospital and the Ladies' Auxiliary.; . ,
J. W. lVfaKibbon and Mrs. W. A. CraWfOrfl- the,,qa;ie was _rip. aid' ot, ,,,. , ^ ! , ., ..,': . , . -'' - s" :. —Advanee-Titnee.pbote
BROTHER KILLE 1High.Sc
Present , Oncert
CillitfAVIDEk The: annhali Winghani. .Distri•ct
High, School concert was, held in
The, following letter from 11,"on a 30„re,85.00 and,then 'of Course to
curl/wilt ' be a little more The
feeling seeinsqo be that •we. can:
get by, aa easily as we do at the
WingharnyCluO.., If any. of •• the
Wing-Frain curlers feel that •they
would ,be, interested in spending
the winter months in. Phoenix I
would surely like ' to see their
names on the charter list for the
srriall fee of $5.00.,,Just let me hear
front You boyi?
WiShing Winghamites• one , and
all the best for 1957 from. all of us.
Yours- truly, ,
! 3, Ronald Rae
Rae, former Wingham resident,
;Who ire* 'resides` in,.Pho nix Arlo:.
Iona,; won't Caine, as a'great SOP
prise to hid friends-heret Ren:''whO
IS one of,, the most energetic or-
ganizers we have, known, was al
wrtys an ardent eUrler. Faced with
this' combination the American
southWest appears to, be "about M
capitulate; .
Phoenix, Arizona
Win ham: AdVafteef-TirrieS' ;
Wingharri, Ontario
As a sideline of news for, the 4if Wingliant p,aper I thonght I Would.
take this opPortunity of informing.
the' school, anditoriuni last Thurs-
day anti' FriditY 'eVehinge and" at-
tracted large, .audiences, on both
george:WebstCr, president of the
Literary. Society, opened the con-
cert with an , address of welcome.
.Mnslcal selections were Present-
ed. by the .sehoolpligfe"•bandi and
an organ recital , by Brue'e Mc-
Tavish," Isobel"")McDonald,Lloyd
Stobo Nand Vera' Sharpe,' formed a
mneleal, trio which delighted the •
• QmokifIN IPOR DINNER ,-Som0 . joker placed .a live .4411ct in a
sedan delivery during the late
-hours of Monday evening or the
early oneS",on Triesday. , When the
owner go( into. the vehicle in the
morning the bird was just:about
frozen Solid. After 30 minutes of
fruitlees searching "for •' someone
With awarlfl'hen-hensethe poultry
Was. turned over to a hungry-
looking individual who , drooled a
bit and promised he wptild have,
chicken for • dinner, / Personally
we didn't .appreciate the humor.
We're usually Pretty busy on TueS-
' day Mornings, • , Bill. Connell at the:organ. DeWitt
Miller;: chairman • ,Of the. I Groin).
Committee, acted as. inaster,of-
cereinonies • and- Lt. Or Y. Good.-
ridge ;:of ; The
asked the blessing.. Warren ;Callan.
introchiced the heall table
Milter'ePoke•of the keen in-
tereet in • Seoilting.'•'.anh related
activities' Whrell.,:is ,:•;:eVident in
Winglittin at' the "prpkent:iiine He
;said that the ' feWF.:Mhnths
the. Be.oriits 611.1*k °n!. °Ran*
ROUGH VVEATHER , AHEAD4,-
If there is, any truth in, the Old
lion and lamb thepry we're in
for . some ..nasty :Weather, before
spring finally arrives, The first
of March was practically
0-.0_A.
40 Bucks ,RICHER—.1461(' "Ace”
Date:ion lost himself ten dollars by
sitting in A" tont-Z.4,1ns Trott Sattir
clay night His ,name was drawn
for the arena door" prize and be
has had to ,settle for $40.00,
. . •
DANCE IN IlLUEVALE IIALL ."
Don Robertson and• The Ranch-,
boys9will be playing for a dance in
the Bluevale Hall on Wednesday,
March 6th, There Will , he a
booth in' the hall, Everyone
Welcome. Preceede for the Turn-
berry, Centennial: p27:6b
the first euriing.' Club in he whole ,.
you, of ',KebrilArY 27, 1951, 4H411.0ffICER
southwest: Wee' organized; 'I feel: it ;
a great ..honeiti:4to•zbir ,alisong tile HEADS ,ARMTPLAN
• The Wingharn Distriet • High
School *Cafeteria was :welt. filled
With 180 fathers and"sons who
gathered on, Wednesday.,: evening
for the annnal ,banquet sponsored
by the Boy Scouts ,and.Wolf Cubs.
MOthere of the ,boys, `members of
the Scouts Auxiliary, catered fOr,
the delicioris meal, .with Mrs..
A. •Fuller, tho'bresident, in charge:
The functioa was opened by the
Flag .'Break, exemplified • by the
Scouts, Singing was led by
. McKibben • and •Gaiirronr".: With'
- Margaret King, Beverley .Neth-
ery,• Mary Lou Dunlop, Stewart
:McGill;, Beverley Stewart and Tom
Brydges.:(were 'feateired• in,'a one-
act, . • play ,,'""Tables "Tables d'Hotes a la , „
Cartes". ' .
The High , School Glee , Club
presented. a medley :of :sengs and
dance nurnhers„ which. included
square '...dancing,z' and •• Highland
danehig, • , .„ • ; •
GLENANNAN EUVHRE
A,. euehre 'Will be I/14 - in the
glenannan 'School, ••priclay; March
8th, at 8,15. Lunch served,' Tick
,ets sold on raffle. Proeeeds- fox
l'urnberry Centennial. Admasien
35e. , ". F6b
andiPaCe.,.
ist•. demonstration. ..o.f• physical
in their • A house-to- training- which, included'wrestling
house canvass w1'il ,pe. Made "hi -pre-.r • •
vide 'the* ,'necessary. .:inoney for
bouts,,.• proved ,very interesting to
the•aapacitY crowd on. both even-
camping the', rental
a the 'camp site',' at' Lake "Huron.
Mayer 'E., MCKinney voiced
his deep .satisfaction ,with' the fine
groUP of boYsliefereshim; in the
persons the:' Scouts and 'Cubs.
He' referred to a ' eorturionly-heed
phrase, whieh' ••is a, com-
pliment to; the .:entire trinVenent,
'Wheh 4,'Perien‘.•?eferrecl
=to' as ,a 'good.. secnit i! it' inealts.7iioe
only • that ae...AliFfeife'd=.ghee;fehow is,• under ,;'diSeireetton'; but -al8p';that
Boy iSeOnfi hatie•iiet.,the :',e'fandard
of character to which we<worild all
be.foleaseck beio'ne
ion• the mayor'. ennipiiniented the
anlidelent/:
McBride, is ih South Huron
Hospital , With. facial , and leg
lacerations 'and nosSiPle chest in-,
fo1ri,A1 Hopper
Receives Promotion •
Mr:, and. Mrs. John M. Hopper.
Of •London, ware recent visitors lit
the'home of their. parents, Mr. and
Mes:( Chas. Hopper and, Mr. and
Mrs.. ...Wm: Brown; before leaVing
officials of the said. Organization.
ft. Would not be ,news 'to You to
knout linti I, have given raigil'.
thought to ;the idea in the' pait few
winters • in this city and as• was
suggested at the farewell party
'for MC, a few prorninet curlers said
that all that Might hold, 'me in.
Arizona might be curling. The
dream is'almost true, •
I have talked it over With' setieral
and; had a letter ready for our
local paper when a true Sebt; by
the name ,of SOU, beat me to
the man 1:Vh is one "of the •very
prominent Sehenectady curlers and
an official ' Of general • Electric,
transferred to Phoenix, Much to
his disgust;he had to leave curling,
but on SOH* artificial 'ice. rinks
in Phoenix hae renewed all our
hopes Of• eurling.in the near, future.
In fact 'we, May curl in the next
few weeks if, stones can be made
Captain Robert Ritter, or Wing-
hairs, Will "head a plan.'t lOwn
"Sangeern 2" during' the summer
monthi when he will he in charge
of • the. militia summer training
program. s.:Walkerton will be the,
centre for •the scheme, which is
to be held front July 2nd to August
10th. Last year,„. Walkerton and.
Kitchener ,Were the only two
centres to conduct such a military
Course::
This year's course at Walkerton
has been increased to take in 36
Men .and has been designed to 'tri-
cliic high school :students. A
siMilar course is to be held at
Listowel: -
At the completion of the gouts°,
the final week's training is to take
place at Petawawa military camp.
The students will train five days
a week and will receive 'regular
-army pay throughout their train:,
fig: ,
Charles 'Currie, son of 'Mr and
MrS. George Currie; R.R. 5, Wing
,ham, who has been manager of thP
ice cream department of •:the Acme
Dairy in Ter:onto for 'several years,
is being, moved to...Loe Angeles,
Cal, ,He• lft' for his new post on*
Monday and *111 be followed short
ly by: Mrs., Currie and their baby.
In LOS Angelo§ he -wilt be the sit
perinterident of the, firm in that
city '
Mr:' Currie attended Currie's.
Sehool in- East Wawanosh ToWn-
ehip and later Danforth, " d'olleg-
late and the OAC at Guelph:
Last week emploYees of the' firm
in Toronto gathered and .presehted
him with a club, bag and ,a ring',
Mrs. Currie was presented.; With
roses and a leeket, On Sunday the
mehribere.nr the family gathered.
at the, home of and Mrs.
George, Currie for a farewell din• -
Agreement tretvieen the Bell' rife
phone conripanY and the. qiirtlogra
tion of ,the Town of WIROSta
Whenever a fire alarm call Via. ems '
*fed in the central Oka-
.9Perator anerafeS equipment;
the line used to serve the Corp. t't
Lion, for ,the purpose of -84;in,'Offnl
the town's' fire alarm eiretie
' he raets about the two ielfeic
e ergenelee Were explained in ,the
letter in the :following words.
'Vile call from Hillereat . ,area.
Nav9rrlbOr 8th, 1956, was re-ceiyort,
by a student,],pperator. In the
eiternent Qt both caller and opera-
tar the location of the :emergencys.:
was,no'f established, It was found -
that the caller had returned •tq:;
'the, accident . scene so no .antrate„r
,could r.be:had. Meantime 'a IielL„
Company repairman arrived and
rescued', from the :sewer,
theSecond instant e our • op,.
erittor'answered` a 'signal and got
no responseLoPtif did observe a
gasping -so/gni on the • line, .cir
:supervisor traced the call arid ,sent
a 'doctor to :the' address and also
asked' neighbor to investigate: .
After about., 15 minutes the fire
alarm was heard but norequest to
sound. the siren•was reeeived by us,
"We have commended the alert-
ness Of the employees involved in
these near tragic accidents.
"Our : constant endeavour is to
provide an efficient "and friendly.
telephone service to the community
but in, consideration of. the Court-
• feeling.s as exprosed it would
be opportune now to., review with.
yOu ;the existing arrangements ;for
handling ,fire, pellet: and other .
'emergency ,
An, 'interview between, canned .
inemhere .and telephone coMparlY
Officials is td...tre.held in 'town in •
the., near future.
' •
councillor Gorhott ,said :11'e haft
been unable to..obtain any infoona-..:.
tion front: the 'telephone company
wlien :11*: rtrack
gation on the eubjeet,ofeinerieney
Calls, The inforniation
tamed, he admitted. to the .ectundIA. •
had been gathered only from
sources outside the ,company. Any
efforts to get. the :company's 'Side
of the story 'before had, he' Said,
been impoSeible, because. or 'corn:-
pt:my orleig regarding strict • 'con-
fidenee 'in all telephone• Messages, .
Since ,this. .letter ,from the COM-
pany had been,' received:. and • •lts •
aide of the 'story explained, .he „felt
sure that' the .Company had-done.
all it ceirld to. 0-operate. •
Cheek On Casts,
Mayor R. E. McKinney reported
that a simple systein, by which the
coined cOirld,..keen a cheep on fin-
anees, had been devised and' that
by the use of 'the. system the .coon-• ••
oil 'would be much more, conscious
of the amount 'of Cash they were
expending..:.
"I've had a talk with. Mr. Gal-
braith and our auditor- . and to-
gether. We've made up ri,
xrrell;Ave'v.e-got-to-spend' o r
which-V/7th shOw. .at ,glatiee' just
how much or the, taxpayer's money
we have' spent; how' much We have
left to spend' on, what 'we are
'spending it" • . , • .
The Meyer. passed .sartiple
(please, tern to Page four.)
for' their' hew home in •Toronto. available. SO w' 'may 'see a few of
John ,.has been promoted from the, local enriers here ref , a bon-
factOtt, branch inspector, to the spiel; Sonieday, maybe sooner than
consiliatipn" branch of the Ontario one would think.
Department Of Labour. We join
• '
We h With h M f have Started off with a list is any ri W t ends in eongrau- •
Wing him, in '.his promotion and of 'charter ,members of the or ant=
him continued success, zatien, To say you are such, costs
BEAUTY SHOPPE CLOSED
Isabel's Beauty. Shoppe willbe
closed March 11, 12 and lath while
Miss McCall is attending the Hair-
dressers' Convention in TorOnto.
F6b
Alvin McBride, . former i Stanley , • .
reeve, ;and a' :brother :of
Mrs. ' B. 'Beattie ' 'cif • Winglitua
died in South Huron `Hospital; Ex-
eter, Tuesday night ' -folloviing a
two-ear eollision two, miles north of
Exeter, which had oceurred l a shOrt
time earlier,, , .
Glen Nikon,k-Araterth, • travelling
north on No,; toklp64,
lice he collided with a •sonthbound,
'ear 'driven by Mr:'McBride.
A.' passenger in- the McBride vex , hide,: Alvin' Nicholson, 70, of
juries. '• •
Mr. :MeBride,•who was •iiri his
61.st 'year, was bOrri• on the Goshen
Line in:Stanley ,Towneitip: • Until:.
retirement'his to Exeter la April
he, resided en:a farm west-at Kip-
pen. . • •
Active in the community, he
served, on Stanley Council • for
number _of ,years,' and• Was 'reeve
for three:years A veteran; of the'
First 'War, `he was, a .member of.
Herisall Legion, •He Was. also a
member of 'Huron Lodge, Hensall.
'He was metriber 'o"f , Brueefield
United Chureh and Jaynes :Street
Church, Exeter. „
'Mr,'"Mq3ride was married about
yeare ago. in KiPpen to the-
former Rena. 1:Vic:Bea:Eh, *who Sur-
vives, together ,With a son, Stew-
art of Weston, ,,and • a,' daughter,
Donna, on the ietaff. of Northwest-
ern Hospital, Toronto. He is also
survived by,his mother., Mrs. Robt.
McBride, Kipper', 'and by • six
brothers, Wilbert, of 'Kitchener;
LeOria,rd,.of WitidsOp Eliner and
Walter, of Exeter, and Lorne and
Edgar, of KipPon, and by two sis-
ters (Erina) Mrs. Steivart Beattie,
Wingham, and Margaret,. Mrs. Ed-
gar Schnell, of Edmonton..
Funeral service WAS held at the
13onthron funeral chapel in Hensel'
on Friday afternoon, ',with -inter-
ment iii Bairle eeMetery, •
DANISII REVUE OF 11157.
Winghana Fig tire Skating ' Cibb,
presents; "Danish Revue 'of 1.957P/
-fin • One• :night . only," Saturday.;
March 16th at the Wingham Arena.
MOre than .45 , local ' skaters phi's'
Bronwyn 13rethere'and her partner
t in
Ilutehison' will be , featured.
in this wonderful ice spectacle.
'Admission; A , .Adults 59e,
School Children, 25c, Pre,schocil
and Kindergarten, PEE, Reserv.;
ed state are obtainable at MeKib-.
bone Drug Store and cost 2'.5e extra.
r6:3.31)
DAY 01,1 PRAYER. '
World Day of Prayer Services
Will be held in Wingbarn United
;Church on Friday, March sti,' at
8 ,p.m. and 8 p,rn, F64'.
GAGEMEN',E
and. Mrs, George Carter,.
it,R. 5, Wingham, Ont., *fah to an,
Donner the engagenlent of :their
only daughter, Nancy Winnifred
•( to Robert •Willi4.10 Carter, 'son of
Carter and the late
' 'Mrs, Carter of R.R. 3, 131yth, Ont:
' The -Marriage to take place In
'March. . :Fe
NOTICE,
" Alt Town licenees are noW dui
and payable.' Deg tags ore avail-
, able from the '.'own Clerk or the
Ptiljbe office, W., A. Galbraith:
,. Clerk,' N.• . *6,18b.
Young People
Meet Here for
Bursary Night ..
The Second 8ttident Bursary
Sunday:was held in the Wingharn
Presbyterian Chtireh last Sunday,
when Students of Waterloo College
were the guests, , The student
speaker at the morning service;,
was Garry Morton, orHaipliton,
,the evening all the young
people of „ the' Presbytery Met
the church to hear Ken. HerOry, a
ettident of Waterloo College, ,give
an inspiring address, *may,
Gaunt; Whiteehureh, and Miss
lYirtry 'Scott, of Winghtuis, also
spoke,
Following the service a Secial
hour was bold ill the 'church hasp.'
Went .greetiitge.froto the ilreSbr,
terY 'were read by ):ten MeIragim;
and frerti the Synod by Jahn
Allan, It Is expected that the•Stiti
dolt rsursaty'Sunday will beeortie
a~t 'a.ttn1.1al event,
LEoloN FOWL BINGO
A. Yowl Bingo will be beld in the
Legion. Hall, joint Bt.. on Vrlday,
March 15th, at 8,30 pit. Proceeds
fhr Legion 'Pipe Hand, Anyone
wanting free transportation call
SOW 'after .7 p.m, 112716b
tteid in :the *V1.1000111
ika`Vanee.tibteri Vhetd.
. „
A proati/eatition of the large gathering of 'fathers and sons pietured during the latantlal Father and Soya Harkin
lit they listened to -Dist,. COMMISSiOner 'Male GOWarilOck'S address, Mehriol 'Wednesday evening,
men and women Who .are giving
active help and'IleadorshiP .to the
cause, of ,
•." Appreciatiow ,was , expressed to
the ladies. Whi?' eatefed far the
event by', Prank Hopper and Mrs,
H. A. Fuller replied. her , brief
remarks' she' said that thenialiers
are more :than iileitied to lend it
helping hand to Scenting; with' its
promise • of line' yOting. men as a
final resillt • . •
District . C/monkish/nor SPeaks
:Prank . introduced the
Sneaker • of the • evening 'District
Commissioner 'Archie Gowanlock,
of Walkerton, to. whom he referred
as "the backbone of Scouting in
the. Sairgeen, District".
`The District CoMmissioner corn-
plimented the SecintS, and Cubs,
their mothers and fathers On the
fine 'turnout at the banquet;
weneon to say that this is a very
important year' in Scouting, for it
18 'the 50th anniverearY, of the
founding of the movement, as well
as the 100th birthday of the late
founder, Lord b• arien:Poweil.
outiilipg the early life 'of. Lord
Briden-POwel( the: ,'sPeaker said
that he had served With distinction
in the Boer"' War; and it Wee in
South 'Afrita 'that thought of
applying the priheiOles of Spouting
to groWing hoYe,' 'the first Scout
troop Was fOrMed 1907 when
Baden-Powell began /to" Work With
a small group of boys in his own
village in ,England. Lady Baden-
Pow$11 founded the .Girl .Guides in
1910, trio Sea, ,$clitits were started
in 1916, as WQr0, the Wolf Cube,.
This °Mining, onininner . World
Samberce Will be Odd. ;Bnglii,4,
to` commemorate . ,the' anniversary:
Year, .‘ ` t
After the district,commiSsioner's
fakir, a most interesting color
Of the Janabeoree. held,,at
on-the-.Lake two 'years • ftigti was
„ • :
The evening's" program ,vnts
tinged as the WOW Cuba lornied
the Circle aqd. rePeitted their
Proitilee. •• '
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' A progressive euchre Will 'be 'held
In tilitiovale Hall, Oriclayy, March,
iith at 8,0 o'clock, • Proceeds for
P.'0.4,$. No. 4 Centennial Committee.,
Luitth supplied, El/Cry/One Wei.
eorite., Admission 56e; Feb
L1A.1ON
The Logien, AuXiliary is • bottling
tv euchre in the Logien Itinne,'Vri
lvzot lay, March 1,1th at 8,1ti'o'elOck,
We, lunch 'Served. 'God
prizes, - Filb
Region Pubk
Speaking Contest
Here IF ridayNight
, Youhirsteo from 'the Area com-
prising' Region "16 'LlerieChlbs will
gather in Wingharn on Priday
evening for ,rt publie Speaking con-
test Wider the r” direction of Bill
Booth, et:Stratford, /I: P. Cartnich-
ad!, Ingham, district deputy goNt,,
ether, wail rePreserit the elubs
this district, .
the event', Which. will be held in
the town hall, is open to the.publie
and there is .no 'Charge Ter admis-
ann. Tithe is 8.,p,tn. r ,
The Liene, Club in' this, part "et
the 'Province hake'been very active
in their sporiSorship of the public
Speaking contest's and many prom-
icing toliit speakers have been
developed tinder the guidance and
encouragement of, the Lions,
Winners a the Varicitie regional
contests W111 ecin't ete. the finale
at OshaWa for the.- PreVineiat
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