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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-03-01, Page 11fit 81 TROPHY WINNERS—Eldrid Nickel, president of the Country Curling Club is shown presenting skip Jim Coulees and his rink with the Belgrave Hereford Farm Trophy.' The foursome won the 11.00 o'clock draw at the annual Country Curling Club bonspiel last Wednesday, -Left is Ben Wheeler, lead, and right are Grant Wilton, vice and John Nixon, second. geoubto act it our Telephone Company presents on T 'a Galaxy of featuring * BURL IVES * RENATP TEBALDI * GRAC 7! F. LDS * STANLEY HOLLOWAY as well as Los Chavales de Espana,11 brilliant instrumental- ists and singers, and the Roberto Iglesias Ballet Espanol, outstanck ing Mexican dance .group 6., in a varied program of music, song, comedy and dance that has something of appeal to everyone. TRANS-CANADA TELEPHONE SYSTEM SATURDAY MARCH 4th 5 O0 PM. 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MARCH 1st in the Legion Home at 6.30 COUNTRY CLUB WINNERS—The Country Curling Club held its annual bonspiel Wingham last Wed- nesday with the Harold Thomas rink winning the first draw. Jim Coultes of Belgrave, centre, is ghown presenting the .Belgrave Hereford Farm Trophy to the skip. Other members of the rink are: Thomas McDonald, vice; Bernard Thomas lead; and Eldrid Nickel, second. Bridge and Euchre The WIngimm Women's Institute held a very successful afternoon bridge and euchre, in the council chambers on Wednesday, There were 26 tables. Mrs. W. Henry won first prize for bridge and Mrs. E. Armitage came second, Mrs. H. Kerr got first for euchre and Mrs, .r, Bain re- ceived second Prize. Goderich, Defeats. Wingham Teams A girls', basketball game was held Monday. of last• week in the Goder- ich Collegiate Institute with junior and senior teams from Wingham and Goderich competing. Goderich seniors defeated 'Wing- ham 38-15. Betty Jean McDonald received 9 points for the Wingham team. Wingham juniors were de- feated 13-9, Susanne Reynolds re- ceived 4 points for the Wingham. juniors. CROWN Theatre - -Harriston Telephone 152 WED. - THURS. - FRI, - SAT. March. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 "FACTS OF LIFE" (Adult Entertainment) Bob Hope, Lucille Ball and Ruth Hussey You've Never had so much Fun— So hear the Facts of Life with Bob Hope and Lucille Features at. '7.15, and 9.15 SPECIAL SATURDAY MATINEE March 4th — 2 p.m. 1..o.ne Ranger and The Lost City Of Gold MON. - TUES. - WED. March 6 - - 8 "DOCTOR IN LOVE" • Another Howling Sticcess From NAhe Now Famous Doctor Series. THURS. - FRI. - SAT. March 9 - 10 - 11, "THE CANADIANS" Starring Robert Ryan and Teresa Stratas Watch, C1KNX Channel 8 for details on this one. Around the Fire Hall The gathering of the brigade on Monday night disposed of business without delay. Two dates were fix- ed for coming events, the first on Monday, March 13th, when films from the Fire Marshal's office will be shown to illustrate the latest in techniques. Wednesday evening, March 15th, has been slated as a social night, when the firemen and their wives will gather at the hail. 0 - 0 - 0 According to the records the years 1959 and 1960 ran a close parallel as far as activity at fires was concerned, In 1959 the brigade answered a total of 37 calls, 13 in town and 24. in the country, In. 1960 there were 41 calls, 15 in town and 20 in the country. , 0 - 0 - 0 Two members of the brigade are just plain out of luck as far as their birthdays are concerned for the next three years. Both Gordon Welwood and Bob Hickey were horn on Leap Year day, Feb, 29— so they will have to sit back, and watch the rest of the firemen en- joy annual celebrations, Perhaps those two will make up for lost time on February 29th, 1964. FULL ENTRY FOR COUNTRY DONSPIEL The Country Curling Club held its annual bonspiel at the Wing- ham curling rink last Wednesday and the event proved to be highly successful, with 16 -rinks entered. From all reports the curlers had a good day and plenty of fun. Rinks were on hand from. Tees- water, Gorrie, Brussels, Clinton, Seaforth and .Wingham. The nine o'clock ',draw was won by a rink skipped by Harold Thomas with three wins and a plus of 20. Second prize went to Lorne Edwards with two wins and a plus of nine. Third prize winner was Jack Bowman with two and seven, Consolation went to Bob McMurray. In the eleven o'clock draw, aim 'Coultes came in for top prizes with three wins and a plus of 13; Alex Corrigan captured second place with two wins and' a Plus of 14. In third position was Bill Mc- Elwain with 'two and ten. Jack McKague took the consolation. The winning rinks in both draws received trophies donated by the Belgrave Hereford Farm, which meant that Jim Coultes won his best two of three games will be with Clifford, but due to soft ice, the Friday game was played in Mildmay arena with Gorrie vs. Clifford Intermediates. The score was 4-2 for Clifford. Euchre Winners Ai Legion Home There were six tables at the regular euchre party, sponsored by the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Can-, adian Legion on Monday _evening. Mrs. Carrie Taylor was the high lady; Mrs. Helen Casemore, high lady playing as a man; low lady, Mrs, David Crothers; low lady as a man, Mrs. Percy Deyell; high man, Bob Brooks, and low gentle- man, George Gregg. MOTHERS OF SKATERS ATTENDED MEETING On Thursday afternoon and ev- ening about half the mothers of the figure skaters went to the arena and picked up costumes and the following information: Money and unsold tickets should be returned to leaders on March 2nd or 3rd, Skates should be sharpened be- fore March 2nd, be clean and have strong laces. Each child should take a named blanket. The first half of program will be rehearsed from 3 to 5.30 pin, Thursday. The last half will he from 6 to 10.30 p.m. On Friday the rehearsal begins at 6.30 p.m, On Saturday skaters should be at arena by 7.30 and put on cos fumes and skates. If 'dale at home, come before 8 o'clock. After the carnival there will be a new schedule for skating, affect- ing Groups and 4, to prepare for tests on March 25th, A skating party will be held for • Mothers and skaters on March 30 from 4.30 to 7.30 pan., earl to take his own sandwiches. The annual meeting and eleetion of officers will be held in April and all parents are welcome. The carnival is very necessary to help meet .expenses and the dub appreciates. all public support. `ON PARADE' With the 99th Sty. By R. Edwarde Wormworth Approximately 30 gunners were inspected at the opening parade on Monday night, Lieutenant E. An- derson commented on the, improve- ment in dress before dismissing the men to their various courses. The recruits' course received drill from ,Gunner Wormworth, while the kiln "ere* had review on gun drill. The drivers went out- side and worked on the vehicles. The second period was a Nation- al Survival period, which was spent in practicing raising a casualty to the second floor of the Armour- ies over a rather precarious rail- ing. Gunner Dennis had an ex- citing moment when the one side of the stretcher tipped, Fortunate- ly he was well lashed on the stretcher, Following the break between the second and third period the re- cruits were instructed by Gunner Shackleton on the maintenance and parts of the FN rifle. Captain D. McGowan conducted the drivers in a review in preparation for the trade testing on. Sunday. Drivers passing this test Will receive Group 1 of the Driver, Mechanics course. The laying of the 105 mm How- itzer using the aiming posts Was given to the gun crew by W02 Blackwell and Sergeant Molars. The switchboard linking the var- ious offices was in operation. Gun- ner J. Strong Was the switchboard operator for the evening, a differ- ent man being given the job each week. The final parade Was taken by Major R. P. Ritter. Major Ritter reminded the men to decide about their jackets and the trade tests for the drivers en Sunday of this Week. An annottneettent that was 'greeted warmly Was qv pay par- ade neat Monday night, PACK A The Grand Howl opened the meeting of the Wingham Pack A Cubs last Tuesday night at the Scout Hall, with 21 boys present, Cub Kevin Fisher conducted the games while Assistant Cub Leader Penny Gerrie gave tests. Doug El- liott passed signalling, compass and telephone in. Second Star, Grant Currie passed Second Star model and Kevin Fisher Second Star telephone and reading. Bill Fuller was successful in passing flag and patron saints' in Commercial Bowling A few weeks ago I mentioned that it seemed Lady Luck plays strange tricks and last week was one of those weeks, Several bowl- ers seemed to be on the way to very high scores when the wand was waved and the pins became very stubborn and refused to topple, In spite of all this every- one enjoyed the evening and will be right back again come Tuesday and endeavor to seek better favor. Hilda Brown took top spot 'for the ladies with a 307 single and 608 triple. Harold Wild took the gent's high single with 263 while Jim Deneau had the high triple with 655. Team standings: Trade Winds, 102; Burkes Irish, 92; Walkers Specials, 85; Royal Scots, 80; Brown Jugs, 79; Canadian Six, 62. 0 - 0 - 0 Lloyds R. it W. Bowling Shippers, 2812; Veneer Room, 2589; Machine Shop, 2416; North Plant, 1989, Men's high single, Mac Ritchie, 263; men's high triple, Mac Ritchie, 665, Ladies' high single, Ann Yoeman, 220; ladies' high triple, Ann Yoe- man, 522. 0 - 0 - 0 Ladies' Bowling Joan Fisher of the Tired Tigers set the pace last Wednesday night with a 266 single and a 641 triple. Hilda Parkinson of the same team bowled a 242 game, However, the Zooming Zebras proved to be just a little bit better, winning 3 points to the Tigers 1. Kathy Metcalfe was the star bowler of the Krazy Kats, having two games in' the 220 bracket. Her 580 triple along with Gwen Mac- Laurin's 5133, brought the Kats back into second place with a 3 to 1 win over the Busy Beavers, The Slippery Seals suffered a setback from the Lazy Leopards, losing all 4 points to their oppon- ents. Six=Game Series Ended for Season Wingham and Goderich split the doubleheader • at Wingharn on Monday. Goderich Seniors took home a victory for 'themselves while Wingham Juniors retained a win for Wingham, The Senior game was closely played and exciting throughout, Wingham kept the score close in the first half and then Goderich stepped ahead to win the game 33-27. The scorers for Goderich Were Jerry Etue with 11 points and Jim Lodge with 10 points. Neil Turnbull and Allen MaeDonald with 9 and 8 points, respectively, led the Wingham squad. In the Junior match Wingham maintained a lead all 'through the game, The game became exciting towards the final minutes as God- erich tried to pass Wingham, but felled, The final score was Wing- ham 38, Goderich 31. Jack Stra,ugh. an scored 16 points for Goderich, while on MaeTaviah tallied • 15 points, Don McDowell 11 points, and Wayne Farrier 8 points for victorious Wingham.. This ended the six game series far the forth Huron Secondary School Association season. —by 301in ttroitg, Jr. the First Star requirements and Brian Crord;wright passed reading and polish shoes, in the First Star work, 0 - 0 - 0 PACK. B There were 29 Pack B Cubs at the regular meeting on Thursday evening when Mr. and. Mrs. Arn- old, Bill Crawford, Bob Rintoul and. Barb Pickford were in charge as leaders. The Grand. Howl and collection of bones opened the meeting. The boys were given their Six patches and the .Sixers and Sec- onders were presented with their stripes. The boys were reminded of 'the Father and Son banquet. The following tests were passed: 'Time for First Star—Don Hast- ings, Bob Furness, Bill Strong, Ken Rae, Lloyd Freidenburg, Paul Tern- plema,n, Gary Bauer, Malcolm Gal- braith, Bob Morton, Bruce Henry, Steven Pocock, 'Kevin Dunbar, Pete McCarter, Mark Fisher. Safety rules, First Star -- Greg Carter, Norm MacLennan, Matt Richardson, Ed Ross, Bob Major, Larry Gordon, Gary Brenzil, Other First Star •tests passed were: Room tidy, Ricky Gardner; growing things, Bob Major; read- ing, Norman MacLennan; patron saints„ Ken Aitchison, Pete Mc- Carter and Bill Strong. Paul Gardner passed Second Star model. JOKERS OUSTED BY PORT ELGIN The Wingham Junior "D" entry in WOAA playoffs was eliminated by Port Elgin in the fourth game of a best of five series last Tues- day night in the Paisley arena, The Wingham Jokers took only one game in the series. Port Elgin had everything go- ing for their team throughout the first two periods, the score at the end of the second reading 4-0, The Lakesiders scored a single in the first frame, Doug Dudgeon from Thompson. In the second they came back for three more, opening the action 13 seconds after the whistle when Stephens scored from Gran t. Thompson sank the third marker of the night on assists from Grant and Ross Dudgeon and Ross Dud- geon clinched the period on an as- ;list from Thompson. The, first half of the third frame saw the Jokers sprinting to rem, er lost ground, arid they all but turned the trick, Coultes scored from Mahood and Crawford'. et 1,52; Dallimore same in alone for Wingharn'a second of the game and moments later Templeman scored from Fry and Shinn. Unfortun- ately the one remaining goal was notched by Stephens of Port Elgin to end the game 5-3, There were eight penalties in the fixture, all .for minor offences. Wingham.- Goal, Merldey; de- fence, Coultes, Mahood; forwards, Danimore, Crawford, Carmichael; alts., Lockridge„ Skinn, Fryfogle, Kerr, Templeman, Hetherington. Port Elgin----Goar, Huff; defence, Don Dudgeon, Thompsoh; for wards, Ross Dudgeon, Grant, Ste- phens; alts., Bell, Doug Dudgeon, Kingston, Gregg, Patterson, and Thompson. 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