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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-06-14, Page 1With which is amalgamated the' Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News wx.Nciumt. ONTARIO;. -WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1901 SINGLE' COPIES -- 10 Cent; bileturt.. Ann Rae, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Rae of Phoenix, Arizona, has graduated from West Phoenix High School and has been award- ed three scholarships, She won the scholarship awarded 'by her own school, West Phoenix High School Scholarship, the Ar- izona State University Scholarship and the 'Scholarship for Occidental College in Los Angeles, Cal. It is the latter college that Ann hopes Eat. alakee"fierritett.:•CENN-,stliff . , •, „. member and now news director of cusL, London, was the guest speaker at a joint meeting"of the Lions and Kinsmen, held at the Wingham 'Golf Club on Friday eve- ning. Mr. Blake had returned at the beginning of the week after a trip to Europe as a' member of the press party which accompanied President Kennedy on his visit to the heads of state in France and Britain, and his meetings with Premier Khrtishehev in Vienna. He spoke of the somewhat -whim- ing 'contrasts between the young President of the U.S. and the eld- erly De Gaulle of France.; between Kennedy and the bouncing Khrush- chev; betWeen. Jackie Kennedy and Nina Khrushchev. • y Tight Security An interesting sidelight was the security enforcement in the various !apita's visited. In Paris 10,030 guards of various kinds covered the streets, the rooftops and even the sewers. In Vienna there were 7,000 security men employed, but there seemed to be less fuss and commotion over the whole thing, while the security in London was so quiet and -unobtrusive that it was difficult to 'pick out the guards anywhere. Ed -Blake Tells Lions, 9,fTrip :Europe. . . . • Ann Rae Wins Three Scholarshins The-Preeideriae.".e6arte •-hichided. three aircraft, one of which was used by Mr. Kennedy and his im- mediate party, the second for his staff and the third for the 89 newsmen who went along. Ma Blake was the only Canadian in the press party. In Paris 900 newsmen and pho- tographers were on hand to cover the visit, and by the time they reached Vienna the press following had swelled to 1400. Tess, the' So- viet news agency, was represented by only six newsmen, who were all in uniform, and whose quar- ters were clearly marked, "Dept. of Propaganda and Agitation", Valuable Meetings The speaker said that after their conversations the , two leaders is- sued a joint communique, which actually didn't contain any great or unexpected news for the world. However, he pointed out that there was general relief in the fact that the two men had' at least found common ground on which to hold their talks without disruption. Mr. Blake was introduced 'by Lion Norm Welwood and the ap- preciation of the gathering was expressed by Kin George Stokes. Prior to the talk the members 01 the two clubs sat down to a feas ccommodation Is Needed For Wingha Fire Victims, TIM STUIEWNTS' COUNCIL of the Wingham DiStriet High Sdiee Presented the sebool with a eiteiv and handsome Oak lectern or the attditerinin last week. Looking ever the new piece of furnittire ate board members Andrew MeTterish, thirties Arinsfrong rind Les For- tune.---A-T Photo, ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian CLOSING NOTICE Lewis Flowers will be closed every evening except Saturday and each Wednesday, afternoon, except for funeral designs. F14b — — FIREMEN WANTED Applications will be received for two members of the Wingham Ire Brigade. Applications in writ- ing may be sent to the secretary, Stewart Cowan, or any member of the fire brigade. F14b FILM COUNCIL ANNUAL The Film Council annual meeting will be held in the Council Cham- bers Monday, June 19th, at 9 p.m, All representatives from organiza- tions that are interested in using films, are requested to attend. F14b TEA, BAZAAR, BAKE SALE In Wingham Council Chamber, Saturday, June 24, 3 p.m., sponsored by Morris Group of Bluevale Pres- byterian Church Ladies' Aid, F14-21b RECEPTION A reception will be held in Bel- em Communtiy Hall on Friday, tine 23rd, for Mr. and Mrs. Murray Shiell (Barbara Bradley). Carruth- ers orchestra. Ladies please bring bench. Everyone welcome. F14-21b ANNIVERSARY SERVICES Will be held on Sunday, June 18, at 11 a.m. and 7.30 pan e in Mee- vale Presbyterian Church. Rev, Dr. Lane, of Clinton, will be the guest speaker. Special music will be pro- vided, F7-14b RECEPTION In Whitechureit Mee-Aerial Hall, Friday, June 16, for aVtr. and Mrs, Ronald Jamieson, Ladies please bring lunch. Glen RoYd's orehestra. P7-14b PARENTS, PLEASE! B ob- McIntyre,. supervisor at, the Riverside Park pool,, hag, reported that a number of children under school age have been at the pool unattended by an adult or responsible older child, P arents have been requested before to accompany these pre school age tots• to the pool, Tim; supervisor has a full-time keeping track of the Older children and, cannot be •eve peeted to act as baby sitters for, children .se young that they are completely incapable - of looking after themselves An the watiar. All parents are asked' to. re- mind their children of the sere iousness of playing with the life preservers that have been placed along the river for -erne ergency use. There is ,a. fine Of $50 for such an offence, 'whiCh will be enforced, anti parents • are now being given warn:log to prevent the need for such ac- tion. Tom ailungham of Toronto, supervisor of the Water Safe-,. ty Department of the Ontario Red Cross Division, visited., Wingham oil Thursday and was quite pleased with the swim- ening area and the way the program is being organized., Bob McIntyre will be taking water safety instructor's course,. in London June 26-28 inclusive, HOLD PARISH'FEAST DEAN TURNS SOD FOR NEW' SCHOOL The turning of the sod for the new Sacred Heart Separate School took place Friday evening on the Parish feast, the feast of the Sac- red Heart of Jesus, on the 50th an- niversary of the founding of the parish. The Very Reverend P. Harrigan, Dean of Stratford, officiated by re- citing a prayer, blessing the site and turning the sod. Frank Cas- kanette, representing the Separate School Board, also turned the *ed. Severer pariabionerS evete-peasOnt, to witness the event, Following the turning of the sod a. 'Solemn High Mass of Thanks- giving was celebrated by the Rev. Remi Durand, former pastor of the parish. He was assisted by the Rev. Robert Jondon, pastor of the Hanover parish, as deacon, and Rev. Leonard C Thomas, pastor ofSt. Augustine's parish, as sub- deacon. The sermon was preached by the Rev. A. L. Nolan of St. Gab- riel's parish, Windsor. Many parishioners and several priests, among whom was the Rev. F. J. Bricklin, a former pastor, participated in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The congregation sang the "Missa de Angelis" and hymns befitting the occasion. A delicious dinner, prepared by the ladies of the parish, was serv- ed to 'the visiting clergy. of excellently-dooked steaks, pre- pared outdoors by Ted Shaunessy, Ross Dundas and Jack Gorbutt. Lion Lee Vance expressed 'appre- ciation to the cooks ana the ladies who had catered for the rest of the meal. Mrs. W. B. Conron re- plied. Business The gathering was jointly pre- sided over by Lion President Bill Cruikshank and Kin President Freddie Templeman. Business for the Lions included the distribution of tickets to be sold for the circus on July 8th. Volunteers were ask- ed from the Kinsmen Club to hell in looking after •the ball teams fot the summer. Those interested are to see Ken Cerson. GARDEN PARTY Fordwich United Church, Fri- day, June 23rd, 5.30 to 8 p.m. Ad- ults $1.00; 'children 500. Everyone welcome. F14b TO RECEIVE FRIENDS Mr. and Mrs. William A, Cathers will be at home in Wroxeter to their friends and neighbors on June 24th from 2 to 4 and 8 to 10 p.m. 'ft the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. F14b --- PUBLIC NOTICE It is understood that rumors have Seen in circulation to the effect hat our ambulance service was called to last Tuesday's fire and that we failed to respond to the We would like to have it clearly understood that no call, tither by telephone or verbally, was received iy time, We are most anxious .0 serve the public conscientiously I it all times, and would most cer. vainly have made every effort to do so in this case had we known out ambulance was needed. Our ambulance is on duty 24 hours a dale and is available at all Several families were left home- less following the tragic •fire that swept through the Dominion Store, Bondi's Food Market and the apartments above, and the apart- ments over Dunlop's Shoe Store last Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Lloyd Hayden and Linda Various matters of business were dealt with at the June meeting of the board of directors of the Wing- ham 'General Hospital on Friday evening, presided over by Chair- man-H. C. MacLean, The administratrix, Mrs, Morrey, reported that one member of the supervisory staff had left and that other changes in staff positions had been made. • She also reported that 17 mem- bers of the new C.N.A. class had received their -caps last Wednes- day, after completing their pro- bationary period. A new class of about 25 girls will commence train- ing in September. Mrs. Morrey said that the regis- tered nurses have formed a local organization and activities are planned for the future. She said that it had been a very busy month at the hospital. There was a total of 3489 patient days, for a daily av- erage of 112. There were 64 op- erations performed, 270 outpatients, blood transfusions, 1504 labora- tory procedures, 19 electrocardio- grams and 57 at cancer clinic. have gone to stay with Mr. and Mrs, Hayden's eldest daughter, Lois in St. Thomas until shelter can be found here. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Maxwell are with relatives in the Wroxeter area with two of their three sons still In hospital at the early part of this week. Mrs. Lois Customers and friends of Harry Merkley, who operates the Red Front Store at the corner of Jo- sephine and Victoria Streets, will be pleased to know that he plans to put up a new store building not far from his present location. It is expected that he will be as- sociated in this venture with his son-in-law, Murray Gerrie. The new building, which will be of cement block construction, will be one storey, 72 feet by 110 feet, Thirty feet will be reserved for warehousing. The building will be erected on property which has been purchased from Alex Hackett, immediately east of the Holmdale Creamery building. In order to make room for the 'business structure the re- sidence owned by Mr. Hackett and ait ajoining barn will be demol- ished. The location will allow for plen- ty of parking to the west of the building which will parallel a new driveway from Victoria St. to the town parking lot. The building willwhealive parking space at the rear as Following the disastrous fire on Wingham's main street last week the construction of a new busi- ness property comes as welcome news. Norman J. Welwood, who has operated 'businesses in Wingham for the past 15 years, has taken an option on a tract of land im- mediately adjacent to the town for the purpose of erecting a modern 12-unit motel, He hopes to •com- mence construction this summer. Mr. Welwood at present operates a variety store in Wingham, but that business is for sale. The erection of a modern motel here would be of tremendous bene- fit to the business life of the com- munity. Overnight accommoda- tions have been limited since the destruction of the Brunswick Ho- tel by fire three years ago. Hunter and six of her Seven child- ren are at present with relatives, and eight-year-old Jeannie is still in hospital. Mrs. Andrew Case- more le temporarily with her son, James, In Morris Township and also looking for a small apartment in town. ANDREW CASEMORE FIRE VICTIM, DIES Andrew Casemore, 78, a victim of last week's fire, and one of eight persons admitted to hospital on Tuesday afternoon, died on Wed- nesday evening, Dr. W. A. Crawford, coroner, said Mr. Casemore suffered from a chronic chest ailment and received smoke poisoning in the fire, Mn, Casemore and his wife were res- cued from the apartment over the burning stores be. members of the Wingham fire brigade and were taken to hospital by ambulance. Mrs. Casemore has since returned to the home of her son, James, in Morris Township. Mr. Casemore had farmed it Morris before retiring to Wingham. lie is survived -by his wife, the former Emma Forsythe; son. Jam- es, Morris; daughters, Mrs. Henry (Ruby) Pattison, East Wawanosh; Miss Irlma Casemore, Wingham. and 10 grandchildren. A son, Doug las, predeceased him. The funeral was on Saturday af- ternoon from the R. A. Currie & Sorts funeral home with Mr. Der- wyn J. Hill officiating. The pallbearers were Harold Congram, Robert Arbuckle, Milo Casemore, Victor Haines, Oliver Campbell and Alex Campbell. The flower bearers were Wilfred Hain- es, Arthur Edgar, Glen Casemore and Ross Abraham, Cancer Drive . Brings- $2,111.90 Residents of Wingham and area have contributed $2111.90 to the fund raising campaign launched by the Wingham Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society. Catima'em Chairman DeWitt Miller surd yesterday that the total Is made up of the follow- ing; East Wawanosh, $252.50; Turnberry, $407.55; Morris, $186.75; Howick, $112.30; Luck- now, $151.35; and Wingham, $1,001.45. Canvassers in the drive in- eluded members of the Fed- eration of Agriculture in the rural areas and high school students in Wingham and Lucknow. The immediate need is for shelter for these families, a total of 17 people left homeless. Practically all the ,dwellers of the burned-out apartments escap- ed with only the clothes they had on their hacks, A collection of children's clothing was taken up through the efforts of the publie school teachers and pupils and many individuals were very gen- erous, 'Most people turned the clothing over to the Salvation Are my for distribution and Capt. New- man reports that most of the needs in this line have been taken care of. As soon as housing is available all types of household linens, sheets and pillow cases, •towels, quilts and blankets will be needed as well as sturdy and serviceable used furni- ture. If anyone has anything that they would like to donate to help the cause, they are asked to call Cant, or Mrs. Newman at the Sal- vation Army Citadel, phone 129, Tell them what you have that could be made available as soon as ac- commodation is found. They are keeping a list and in this way will be able to plan distribution to the best advantage, Captain Newman has found the people from this entire district most generous in this crisis and of- fers his sincere thanks for their assistance, He feels that with con_ tinned co-operation the situation will be fairly well in hand if suit- able living quarters can be obtain- ed. FIRE MARSHAL BURNM WASTC... CAUSE OF BLAZE, Robert Kaufman, Of the Ontario Fire Marshal's office completed his invesggeetien. We.*,;Atte Alles, cause of the disastrous fire which destroyed the major portions of three stores on the main. street. His report, according to informa- tion received from local Fire Chief Jim Carr, indicated that the orig- inal Cause of the fire was burning waste materials at the rear of the building, which ignited fuel oil con- tained in drums on the 'back out- side wall. Chief Carr states that the report indicated very definite- ly that ignition of the fuel oil could not have been caused by the heat of the sun. The inspector also commended the local fire department on its prompt action and the effective- ness of their work in removing those who were trapped in the burning buildings, to 'attend in the fall, • The Rae family moved from Wingham about nine years ago and Ann was at that time a pupil in public school here. She has al- ways been an excellent student and her many friends here will be pleased to learn of her accomplish- ments. Ann is a granddaughter of Mrs, N. L. Fry and Mrs. Donald Rae, both of Wingham. SWIM IN POOL-- Swimmera •are asked to refrain from swimming in the. pond above the 'Howson dam. Although many of the older boys may be quite cap- able of taking care of themselves, they are usually followed by a group of younger swimmers who are not old enough to swim in danger- ous waters, An. additional hazard is now provided by the presence of motor boats in the upper pond, The swimming pool area below the dam has been provided for your benefit. Use it, O - 0 - 0 LOTS OP GOOD BUYS— Several Of the merchants whose buildings and. stocks were injured by smoke eed fire last week ,have advertised sales to clear their mer- phandise, This issue of the Ad- vance-Times carries notices of the hales. Better look them over. O - 0 - 0 COUNTY COUNCIL--: The local reeves, Joe Kerr and Roy Adair, are in Goderich this week to attend the June session of county council, where several im- portant matters of business arc u. der discussion. 0 - 0 - 0 WELL A'PTENDED— There was a nice turnout for the dance at the'high school auditorium on Friday evening, sponsored by the nurses of the Wingham Gen- eral. Hospital. The funds so raised Will be used to purchase needed equipment for the hospital itself. O - 0 - 0 DEPOSIT BOX—. So far this season no less than three watches have disappeared et` fter they had been left with swim- fe 'snrs' clothing at the bathing area, 'earents and their .swimming child- ••en are asked to take note that the pool supervisor, Bob McIntyre, • has a box in which valuables may be placed for safekeeping. Don't take chances. Have the young- • sters leave their watches, etc., with Bob, 0 - 0 - 0 - THANK YOU— . Police Chief Gordon Deyell said this week that he really apprec- iated the assistance given him by members' of the• Wingham -Detach- ment of the Provincial Police and • of the Winghant Militia-, whoesperit long hotirs directing traffic during . the main street fire last Tuesday afternpon, Traffic directing is us- ually a rather thankless job, but in time of emergency is important. O - 0 - 0 COMPLETES DRI'VE— • Members of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Legion completed the resi- ential campaign for the Red Shield rive last week. The house to house .anvass totalled $725. *00. ENGAGEMENT • The .engagement is announced of Katherine Ruth, daughter of Mrs. Harry J. Fryfogle and the late Mr. Fryfogle to Mr. Kenneth Wilbert Hodgkinson, son of ,Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Hodgkinson, of Lucknow. The marriage will take place in St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wingham, on Saturday, July 8th, at 2.30 p.m. F14* Harry Merkley to Build Store on Hackett Site TO ERECT SNP AT HOSPITAL DeWitt Miller, chairman of the SECURES OPTION property committee said that the maintenance staff had asked for FOR MOTEL SITE permission to proceed with the erection of a new workshop at the south side of the corridor lead- ing to the laundry, where there is an opening next to the deisel pow- er building. They pointed out that approximately $400 would be ade- quate for the structure if the work was done by the maintenance staff. Repairs are being made to the front steps at the main entrance and further repairs are needed at the dwelling owned by the hospi- tal. It was also agreed 'to proceed with •the replacement of the roof on Mrs. Morrey's apartment where there has been constant trouble with leaks. THE FIRE ON WINGHAM'S main street TiteStlay afternoon of last Week presented a spectacular view from the nit as this photo indieated. The plant* was tekeit by Bill Bryson from an aircraft fioWii by Bill Oriiiksluink, and is looking to the west. Dense Alliolte ponts•ftem the times unless ee a, pr im, ean._$, 3, burning buildings as firemen fight the blare from the roof. The. re- of the old Brunswick Hotel gutted by fire three years ago axe Walker. in the centre foregtonad. The fire destroyed the Dominion Store, the Voodhind Maiket arid severely damaged Diiiilep's Shoe Store, AlidreW Casemore, a crippled resident of one of the opottritetts, who wits to.getied by firemen, died the fehiewhIg day Itein the effects of the heavy smoke.