The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-06-07, Page 1..i," #
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'tragedy struck without worn-
ing Tuesday afternoon when
exploding fuel tanks at the
rear of Wingham's main street
stores sent flames roaring up
the stairway to apartments
on the second floor, where
severol children acid an elder-
ly couple were trapped. Four
ohlicireu leaped from second
istorey windows without ser-
1°43 injury, and eight persons
'ere taken to hospital in all.
At left smoke and flames er-
upt from the buildings hous-
ing. Boodi's Foodland and the
Dominion Stores as members
of three fire brigades struggle
to hold the fire in check.
At right. Mrs. Lois Hunter
comforts her four children af-
ter they jumped clear at the
urging of Or, W. A, McKlb-
bon who stood below and
broke their falls. The child-
ren were taken to hospital.
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WINGHAM, ONTARIO, 'WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1961 SINGLE COPIES — 10 cents
'Blaze Rages Thr gh Downtown Buildi 1,,,
gs
A disastrous fire on Tuesday afternoon sent eight persons to hos-
pital, one of them in 'critical condition, and completely gutted two
stores and the apartments above them.
Dr critical condition in the Wingham. General Hospital is Andrew
* ,.,
asernore, elderly resident of one of the apartments. His wife is ser-
lusly affected by smoke poisoning, which is the chief contributing fac-e, t er in her husband's condition, Six children are also in hospital, but
are reported to be resting 'Satisfactorily, They are the three children of
Mrs. Lois Hunter, Marilyn, 6, Stewart, 7 and Jean 8 and the three Max-
well children, 'Stephen, 5, Jack 2 and Thomas 3. Other children in the
Hunter family were out of the apartment when the fire broke out, Some
of the Hunter children were at home with measles.
As this story goes into print the fire is still in progress, so accur-
ate details are difficult to obtain. However it is known that four of
the children leaped from second-storey windows at the rear of. 'the
blazing 'building, Dr. W. A. McKibbon, who was below, 'broke their
falls, and Bald that none of them suffered serious injury, Mr. and 'Mrs.
Casemore, who lived in the apart-
Eight in Hospital, .Que
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Graduates Attend
Banquet al School
The high school was
ees Record Crowds
insmen Trade Fair
Dining the course of the Mon-1
day night council meeting, Coun-
cillor Doneld Nnemith, chairman
of the public works committee,
presented a brief to ronecii, giving
a -comprehensive outline of sew-
age problems in the community,
and a recommended course of ac-
tion to follow,
Due to the seriousness of the
conditions, the report is published
in ,full, itt order that the eatepay-
ere of the tomntunity may have a
better understanding of the situ-
ation.
ment at the south end of the Week
were 'trapped in the building and it
was more than 20 minutes before • they could be removed from the
choking smoke and heat. Mem-
bers o fthe fire brigade finally
reached them and • the elderly
,couple were brought down a lad-
ear and taken to the hospital ley
ambulance.
Started at Tanks
Several people who were near the
building on the main street at a
few minutes before four o'clock
said they heard the sound ee an ex,
plosion, and neighbors at the rear
said that flames were seen shooting
up front several fuel oil tanks
Which were 'treated outside the
building near the rear entrance
and stairway • to the apartments
above. As a result, those who were
caught on the second floor had
no ehanee, of escaping,
Dense clouds of smoke prevent-
ed the firemen from teaching 'the
apartments and, for a time it was
feared that more persons were
be' lapped Wide. Within a short
Ir time the Panics had eaten their
' way through to the front of the
building and in about an hour a
section of the roof collapsed, At
Six o'clock the fire appeared to be
under control, though far from ex-
tinguished.
The building owned' by Chas. Bondi
And the one to the north, ownedby
Mrs. Robt. 'Galbraith are both total
losses. The one housed l3ondi's
b'oodland Store and the other the
Dominion Store and apartments
Were located on the second floors of
both 'buildings.
The Dunlop Shoe Store, iMeeed-
lately south of Bolles suffered ea-
te»siVe smoke told water damage
in the front part of the building,
A d some fire loss at the tear. The jif f,
. i'velling above was 'bedly &Meg-
ENGAGEMENT
The engagement is announced of
Lola Isabel Scott, daughter of the
hate Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Scott.
Wingham, to Andrew Albert Stew-
ere son of Mr. and Mrs. WiBjatu
Stewart, of Irma, Alberta. The wed-
ding will take place in June. Ir7e
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ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs, Chester Morrison,
R.R. 5, Wingham, wish to announce
the engagement of their elder
daughter, Kathleen Ellen (Rae,
to Ma_ Kenneth Robert MacKenzie
only son of Mr. Robert J. Macleen
sic of Ailsa Craig and the late Mrs
MacKenzie, The marriage wil.
take place in St, Paul's Anglican
Church, Wingham, on Saturday,
June 24 at 3.30 p:m: F7'
CENTENNIAL CUICKEN
BARBECUE
At Brussels Fair Grounds, Wed-
nesday, June 21st, 5 to 8 p.m. En-
tettelement, bingo, dance. Tickets
81.51; children under 12, 75ee Tick-
ets from Norman Hoover, phone
231e17 or any director. Only 1,000
tickets available. Sponsored by
Brussels Fair Board. Arena in
event of rain. Fib
ed, This is the second fire in the
Dunlop building in the past few
years.
In addition to 'the two local fire
trunks, units were called 'In from
Myth and Tecewater at the height
of the blaze when it was thought
that the fire might continue to
spread through the main business
block. For a time it appeared
that the Edighoffer store south of
Dunlops would go, but damage
there was limited to the effects of
the smoke which seeped in.
The flames spread so rapidly
that nothing was saved from eith-
er the stores ea' the apartMents,
Swimming' Area
Now Supervised
Bob McIntyre, supervisor for the
Riverside Parks swimming area
has reported that supervision at
the stool began yesterday and will
continue through the summer.
On week days, Monday through
Friday, the hours are from 4-5 in
the afternoons and 7-9 in'the eve-
nings. Saturdays and Sundays the
present scheduled hours for super-
vision are from 2-5 and 7-9.
Mr. McIntyre expects that class
instruction will begin the first
week, Parents who have not yet
registered their children for les-
sons and who wish to do so are
urged 'to get 'in touch with Mr.
McIntyre as soon as possible so
that schedules may be completed.
To Register for
Kindergarten Class
Parents who have children to
enter Kindergarten in September
are invited to register them at the
Kindergarten in the Public School.
Registration will take place dur-
ing the aftetnooe of Tuesday,
June 13, from 3.30 to 5.00 o'clock.
Only children who are five years of
age before the first of January,
1962, are eligible to register,
If not convenient to come on the
above date, please contact 'the
Kindergarten teacher, Mrs, Wil-
liam Elliott, or the principal, Mr.
T. S. Beattie, F7nc
NOTICE RE DOGS
RUNNING AT LARGE
By-law No. 1255, Town of Wing-
ham, prohibits dogs from running
at large from, May 1st to Septem-
ber 1st in each year. Any dog
found runnleg at large may 'be
seined, impounded and killed, All
owners or lintborers of dogs are
hereby notified to take the neces-
sary action to tonfitte their dogs
until September. - Wm. Renwick,
Clerk, Veen of Wingham, F71)
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AN•NIVERSARY SERVICES'
Will be held on Sunday; June 18,
et 11 nth, and 7.80 pen., in blue-
vale Presbyterian Church, Rev, Dr.
Lane, of Clinton, will be the guest
speaker. Special Music will bp pro-
vided. ), F7-14b
• In Whitechurch Memorial Hall,
Friday, June 16, for Mr. and Mrs,
Ronald Jamieson, Ladies please
bring lunch. 'Glee Boyd's orchestta,
F7.14b
WAWAN0311 SHOOTIN4
Hugh Campbell, 16, of R.R. 1,
Belgrave, has been charged with
attempting to wound following a
shooting incident in East Wawa-
nosh Township the middle of last
week,
Police said jasper Snell, 33, was
struck in 'the upper leg by a .22
calibre bullet as he stooped over to
pick up a chain saw with which he
had been working in the bush on
_his farm.
Campbell was arrested near
'Stratford by Provincial Police from
that city and turned over to the.
Wingham detachment. Constable
Jack Parkinson of Wingham is in
charge of the investigation, Snell
was reported in satisfactory condi-
tion after treatment at the Wing-
ham General Hospital.
MEHER MANUS
NAME OF BANK
Customers who stepped into the
former Canadian Bank of Com-
merce here on Monday were greet-
ed with the presentation of a rose,
or a hook of matches, as part of
the functions marking the change
in name of the bank. A merger
throughout Canada with the former
Imperial Bank of Canada was 'af-
fected some time ago, the new op-
erations commencing on Monday
all across the country.
The bank will now be known as
the Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce. The manager of the
local branch is H. H. Hotson.
The Bank of Commerce com-
menced operations in Wingham
about 35 years ago, when that bank
merged with the Bank of Hamilton,
Clinton, Listowel and Harriston.
The race started at 4.30 in the
afternoon with the various teams
!all starting the race 22 miles from
,Wingharre They faced a heavy
down pour of rain, which had let
up before they arrived in Wing-
ham,
The winning team, which took
home a cheque for $100,00 was Clin-
ton, who took only an hour and
49 minutes for the trip. Walkerton
was a close second at an hour and
50 minutes.
'The other teams to make the
gruelling trip finished in this
order: Listowel, one hour 53 min-
Mee; Goderiele one hour 54 min-
utes; Kincardine, one hour 541e
minutes; Hanover, one hour 56
minutes and X'larriston, one hour 58
minutes.
The teams used the relay system
with the runners going at top
speed for short distances, Walker-
ton figured they would have been
first, but they were faced with a,.
nesting of bad hills on No. 4 Rod
9 Highways.
Just how serious the problem ac-
Nally is may be realized to some
degree from the fart that in a
survey made by representatives of
the Water Resources Commission
it was found that present dispos-
al facilities art only reducing the
bacteria count 'of the raw sewage
by 23 per cent, with the result that
the run-off frorn, the disposal tanks
is polluting the river to a consid-
erable degree.
Mr. Nesmith's report follows:
'This subject has come before
this Council in a previous otea-
for the opening ceremonies. John
Hanna, MPP, also spoke briefly.
Kinsmen Cy Robinson was chair-
man of the fair.
The fair itself was livened by
many new exhibits, and all of the
nearly 40 exhibitors who used up
over 60 'display booths, went to no
end of trouble to make the whole
show interesting and lively.
Entertainment was of top calibre
with acrobatic acts taking up the
major portion of the time. Enter-
tainment was provided at 9 ant[
10 o'clock each night of the fair.
Attendance was over 600 the
first evening, which was considered
good, as the weather was poor with
constant rain during the evening.
Bingo in the huge tent that had
been erected beside the area pro-
vided a change of pace and was
well patronized by the crowd.
The live broadcast of the CICNX
program "Focus" from the arena on
Friday evening drew considerable
interest giving a number of people
an opportunity to watch 'PT broad-
casting in action.
With good weather on Friday
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sign, and it hes been much the-
cuesed by ourseives Cud previolis
Councils over the years, lea are
aware of many of the 'problems
which face us in this emmectine,
and you Item that Within the last
few months, at our investigation,
a survey has been carried out by
the Ontario Water Resources COM-
Mission. But several now seem to
Share the opinion that there has
previously been a, tendency
'Sweep the subject under the tag
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Dental Associate
Dr. R. low will arrive in Wing-
ham at the week-end to commence
,duties nn Monday as an associate
with Dr. E. F. Shatinesey in his
dental practice.
MOS. ANDREW CASE:1101W is shown above just after she bad been
lreecued by membelte of the Wingbarie Vire 'Brigade on Tuesday after-
noon, She was :removed to hospital euffering from smoke 'poisoning,
Inn "MIS reported' resting eomfortaidy at 4 Ihm, Ttleaday bveriing,-
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The 1961 version of the Wingham I At 8.30 the fair was officially
Kinsmen Trade Fair ended up a opened by Ken Scott, presideht of
huge success with well over 4,100 ' the Clinton Club. He was present-
people attending. Including child- I ed with the $100 cheque, The open-
- ten, the actual attendance would I ing ceremonies were under the dir-
the scene of have approached the 5,000 mark at I ection of Mayor McKinney, of
a, pleasant event on Thursday . the wind up. on Saturday evening. I Wingham. The mayors of the seven
evening when over 50 Grade xm i The three-day event got under= I towns were on hand as judges for
and Special Commercial ;graduates way with a baby-buggy race by the race, and were on the platform
sat 'down with their teachers for a teams of 'Kinsmen from Hanover,
graduation dinner. The total group Walkerton, Kincardine, Goderien
included more than 60 students
and teachers.
During the proceedings, Principal
F. E. Madill, and board member
Dr. W. A. McKibbon addressed the
gathering briefly, Lawrence Stuck-
ey proposed a toast to the teach-
ers and the principal replied. Bill
Dallimore, president of the stu-
dents' council was a head table
guest.
Following the, dinner Mrs, George
Malcolm, a member of the staff,
showed slides of her trip around
the world.
During Thursday afternoon the
Students' Council presented Miss
K. McGregor with a picture. Miss
McGregor is retiring from the staff
after teaching for 35 years, 28 of
wheel have been spent here.
Brief tr Council Outline
Serous Setious.Sew e Profiem •
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