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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-08-30, Page 1With which is amalgamated the itorrie Viclette And Wrcxeter News SU'IcgdM COP= 0044 PRESENT AWARDS wricollAig, °wool), wmnsrox, AUGURY 30:1,. IN TOE COWBOY CLASS. Randy Hafermehl won first • prize at the ran r Parade, with. Dale Lamont, centre, tied with Billy Hilbert 1.• oleture) for third prize, and Mike McNall, right, in second place,--A-T Photo. BELIEVE IT OR NOT this is a pair of local children, Jo Anne Pickford and Rickey Pickford, who tied for second place when tire prizes were nanded out for novelty costumes at the Frontier Days. parade last Saturday afternoon.—A-T Photo. miE nto mow) at the Park rind lining the Main steeet On Saturday during the Liens Club Prolific). Paretle, Wes thrilled by the musie of the GuelA Sea Cadet Druid. The smartly bandsnien are shown 1116 SHOW TOW AT RIVERSIDE POOL Bob McIntyre, supervisor of the Riverside Pool, and his aSSIStantil have organized an evening of en-p tertainment for the general pub- lic to complete a successful season of activities. Aquarama '61 is being held ter. night (Wednesday), starting at sev- en o'clock, The big show will fel- low a busy afternoon, When races will be held for children In the various age groups. The races start at two o'clock. Winners of all classes will be presented at night by Harry McArthur, Water safety demonstrations will be made at the opening of Aquar- ama at seven, A London team Will be guests and will add to the pro- gram with a performance of their own, Several local swimmers will give a 'demonstration of synchron- ized. swimming, For pure entertainment and laughs there will be canoe tipping, square dancing on the water, etc. The grounds will be lighted and there will be a refreshment stand, Red Cross awards will be pre- sented by Jack Gorbutt, president of the Recreation Committee, ths Maitland Mile Club awards by May:, or R, E. McKinney and the winners of the afternoon races by Mr. Arthur. Everyone is invited to turn out for the fun and to see how much progress has been made by the youngsters through the efforts of the attendants during the first year of organized instruction at our own pool. The annual Frontier Days staged by the Wingham Lions Club was once again a successful event, even though, threatening weather re- duced the crowd at the pariCtil Saturday afternoon. Official opening ceremonies took place on Friday evening, preceding TURNBERRY AREA the Don Messer Jubilee show, when John Hanna, M.P.P., Marvin Howe, ROUTES SCHEDULED M.P., Mayor R. E. McKinney, Lion President Bill Currie, along with. FOR SCHOOL BUSES Lions Bill Cancan and Norman Welwood all spoke briefly. The Don Messer Show drew over 1800 to the fast-paced two-hour event. People. from all over this section of Western Ontario were in attendance to hear the prominent musicians first hand. The tickets for the stage show also covered a dance which was well patronized. Games and midway were open on Thursday evening and a fair crowd turned out for the fun, Another big crowd lined the streets and filled the park on Sat- urday afternoon for the parade which featured the Guelph Sea Ca- det Corps Band, one of Canada's top musical groups. The band gave a demonstration of precision drill later in the park. The parade it- self was confined mostly to cus- turned children, who were later given prizes for various classes. The Belgrave Pipe Band was also on hand to provide the scurl of bagpipes for the procession and a number of fine horses and ponies filled out the parade. A shower at mid-afternoon thin- ned the crowd at the park, and an- erm.e.Aate !Sall beams: rying for .Two Titles McGuire Family— WIN TWO. SERIES Moving to Whitby IN DASA LOOP ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian trIZMATOS ON TILE WAY— Welwood's motel and the new Merkley store are both progressing rapidly toward completion. Con- siderable work has been done at tht former Cunningham building, Jose- phine north, which is being readiec as a brewers' retail store. Work- men have started the renovation of the Dunlop Shoe Store which was damaged by fire and a wrecking Crew is tearing down the upper portion of the Bondi building. Al- ready there are signs that the re- novation job in the Edighoffer store will produce most pleasing results. The arena commission has joined the trend and a new metal roof Is being placed en that: building. 0-0-0 tle'UT IN FRONT— Better make it a date to see the eict ball game in town, The loon l'entries, both in WOAA playdown: • and OASA competition are at pre-. .sent well out in front of the peen and are dishing up the kind of ball this town remembers from ten years ago. 0 - 0 - 0 SOME PRESENT: Sundaywas Mayor McKinney's birthday. (He isn't saying which one), Before he was- out of the sack on the big day there was a determined hammering on his dear, and when he opened it he found Bill McGee standing on the threshhold. It turned out that Bill had found the mayor's wallet, lost on the main drag the evening be- fore. Since it contained a consider- e,,ble sum of money and all the may- or's permits and papers, he felt that the birthday had certainly brought its own rewards. 0 - 0 - 0 ROSES ON TV— Mrs. G. O. Casemore tells us that pictures of her rose trees appeared on' the CBC's Country Time pro- gram on Aug, 19th, The Advance- Times"Carried ' pictures of these beautiful trees earlier in the sum- mer. . -•,• • 0 - 0 - 0 *tonE THAN vm .N.-fEp— , Residents "of the Maritimes and Newthundiand, would most certain- ly welcome some: of Ontario's over- abundaiir fen. Areas in the East which a.re now being so badly dam= aged by forest fires, haven't seen rain for two months, Strangely epough we hear there are some pots in the Lake Erie region al- ost as dry. 0 - 0 - 0 CHAMPION FIDDLER— , ) Al' Cherry won the open alicl novelty classes at the 'Canadian old- timer fiddlers' championship for the second consecutive year, when if 'Was held recently at Shelburne. THEY'VE HAD IT— 'The freedom of summer holi- days is just about over. Young- sters return to school next Tuesday morning—and their parents get back to normal living, ENGAGEMENT Mr, and Mrs. Thomas R. Bee- croft, of London, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, argaret Alice, to Mr. Thomas nn Cruickshank, son of Mr. and rs, Thomas A. Cruickshank, Ingham, Ontario.. The wedding Will take place on Saturday, Sep- tember 23, 1961, at 3.30 p.m., Col- borne Street United Church, Lon- don, F30 The engagement is announced of Marilyn Yvonne Mehl, of Wing- am, daughter of Mrs. W, Riehi Id the late Mr, Wilfred Riehi, to Mr. Mac Lavern Ritchie, of R., R. No. 2, Teeswater, son of Mr. and Mrs. David A. Ritchie. The wedding Will take place in St, Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 'Wingham, at 2.80 on Saturday, September 16th. F30* 01.oSINO NOTICE IVfaohan'e Hardware will be closed on Friday and Saturday, September I: 'and 2, 3 DANCE IN WROXETES, .Dance to the Mt:ele of Reever's orchestra Wroxeter Conniumity. qttn, Friday, September 1st, Spongy aored by the Hall Beard, 110h BRUSSELS FAIR GROUNDS CENTENNIAL GATES TO DE DEDICATED A dedication service will be held at the Fair Grounds, Brussels, on Sunday afternoon, September 10, at three o'clock, when the centen- nial gates will be dedicated by the local clergy. The Salvation Army Band and the Brussels Pipe Band will be in attendance, and a massed choir will take part in the service. F. A. Lashley superintendent of fairs, Dept. of Agriculture, Toronto, will address the gathering, Everyone is invited to this ser- vice, There is no admission and cookies and tea will be served. Post Office Hours On Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4th, the post office lobby will be 'open from 8 a,m. to 6 p.m. The general' delivery wicket will be op- en only from 1.30 p,m. to 3,30 p.m, and there will be no money order business or rural mail delivery. Receipt and despatch of mails will be as usual. -- - RECEPTION 19,T BLUEVALE A reception and dance will be held in Bluevale Community Hall, Friday night, September 1st, for Mr. and Mrs, Keith Moffatt (lVfarg jairdeson). Kea Wilbieve orchestra. Ladies please bring lunch, 'Everyone welcome, F30" DOLMAN* CLOSING Danny's Drive-in, BlueVale, will be open on Labor Day but will closed for holidays from Tuesday, September 5th to Tuesday, Septerob- ber 11th, inelusive. r VOLUNTEERS Itlaltif KED Volunteers needed to assist teach- er one morning every two weeks at the Golden Circle School. Phone Mrs, V. Reid, 861W, F30b Mr. and Mrs, Lovell McGuire and their six children will move to Whitby on Saturday of this week, Mr. McGuire, who• has been re- ceiving. training with the Canadian 'fire Corporation for the past few months, will manage the Whitby C.T.O. store for its present owner. This store is one of the newest and most up-to-date of its kind in. Canada. Mr. and Mrs. McGuire came to Wingham from Ripley ten years ago and since that time have been active la community affairs, par- ticularly in the organizations of. the United Church, While here Mr. IV/eGuire successfully operated the Surge Milker sales and service business, which was sold to his former employees at the end of last month, The McGuire family will be a dis- tinct loss to this community, but will carry with them the good wish.' es of many friends to their 'new home in Whitby, over 1500 patrons with the result that the club netted a goodly sum for its service Work. Children receiving prizes for the beat -ebstumes-in the parade4erel Frontier Girl, First, Anne Hen- derson; second, Susan Sell and Beverly Hastings; third, Nancy SeDliecorated tricycles: Pamela Templeman, Ricky Foxton, Brian Gordon„ Indian Prince: Douglas Elliott. Indian Princess: Anne Welwoad, Cowboy: Randy Hafermehl, Mike McNeil, Billy Hilbert and Dale Lamont. Cowgirl: Lynda Walden and Nancy Walden, Debbie Grose and Lynda Reavie. Novelty Costume Pairs: Sheila Crewson and Judy Reid, Jo Anne Pickford and Ricky Pickford, Jean and Charles Hopper, Decorated wagons: Rodney Fur- ness, Bob and John Broome, Adore, MacLean and Marilyn Collar, Decorated bicycles; Marilyn Tif- fin and Sandra Tiffin, Mary Ann Cruckshank and Ellen Cruickshank Jennifer Sangster, Novelty Singles: Lynde Aitche- son, Marilyn Strong, Rhonda Bell and David Welsh. • The draw for the portable tele- vision set, on which tickets had been sold was won by Bert Mc- Kenzie of Kincardine. The draw for the winner was made during the procedings at the arena on Saturday night, 0,11. ES ORDERS TO CRACK DOWN Provincial Police Officers in this area have received orders, directly from Assistant Commissioner Thos. Trimble, Toronto, that stiffer measures are to be taken at once for infringements of The Highway Traffic Act, The sharpened campaign against erring drivers results from a re- view of accident statistics in the province. Though the total nunt- ' bet of accidents has decreased, the number of fatalities has increased sharply. Commencing at once Provincial Ponce have been ordered to take extreme enforcement action in all I driving infringements, especially in locations and at the times of high. est accident frequency. The Vitinghain Sunocos have again entered the 0 A.S.A. Inter- mediate "C" all-Ontario playoffs. This team is a separate entry from the W044-4 squad which has en- abled the Sunocoe to acquire some of the 'fine Belgrave players, The first series with Tara was a close one, with the Sunocos taking the first game in Wingham •by a score. of CO, The second fixture was played In Desboro and the Sunocos dropped it by a score of 7,1. In the final game, played in Kincardine the Sunocos came out on top by the score of 6.2. The locals were hosts to Hunts- ville here on Wednesday night of last week and set them down on the short end of a 12-3 count. On Sunday afternoon the Wingham team made the long trip to Hunts- ville and won that encounter by a 10-4escore 'to make them the win- ners for Zone 5. Carman MacDona'd hit a 2-run homer for the Wingham team and pitehed a -good„game. Barry Fry- fogle 'came through with three hits. Ken Saxton, Murray Shiell and Ken Cerson had two hits each, Wingham—Baker, c.; Saxton, c.#,; K. Coultes, lb.; Bain, 2b.; Shiell, s,s.; Corson, 1.f.; Fryfogle, r.f.; Gardner, 3b.; MacDonald, p,; MacMillan, p. (9th). Huntsville NIcEown, c.f.; Gibb, 3b, Wilson, s.s.; Watt, 2b,; Ruby, 114, I, Percival, r.f.; A. Percival, lb.; Feitham, c.; Chapman, p. New Accountant At Local Bank John Isaac, who has been accoun- tant, .atAlie,,EirnirakbranWof atha Toronto-Dominion Bank, took up similar duties at the Wingham branch on Monday o (this week. Mr, Isaac, who has been with the bank for the past 13 years, orig- inally came from Niagara-on-the- Lake. He is married and has two sons and a daughter. When ac- commodation is available the fam- ily Will move to Wingham, but at the moment Mrs, Isaac and the children are still living in Elmira. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr, Isaac is a member of the JayCees in Elmira and is interested in golf. The new accountant will replace George Stokes, who has been pro- mbted to manager of a branch of the bank in Sudbury and will 'be moving to that city in the near fu- ture, Receive Gift A group of friends gathered at Reavie's cottage at Bruce Beach Saturday evening for a turkey din- ner in honor of Mr, and Mrs. Lov- ell McGuire, who are leaving this Saturday to take up residence in Whitby. Lunar Eclipse Friday Night On the night of August 25th a lunar eclipse was observed by many in Wingham. Clear skies permitted a good view of this un- usual phenomenon. Totality of the eclipse began at 10.50 p.m. Such blackouts of the moon oc- cur when the moon, circling the earth, passes through the earth's shadow and is darkened. Usually the moon passes under or over this shadow. The next eclipse of this type will occur on Dec. 30, 1963 at 6.10 a.m., E.S.T. other in the evening slowed up procedings, but for the most part I the public enjoyed the day. The CICNX Barn Dance at the' Tani, an ever-peradar event,. drew At the regular meeting of the Turnberry School Area board it was decided that the bus will take the following route this year: Starting at Gordon Wray's gate on the 6th concession of Turnberry at 7.45 D.S.T. and proceed west to George Wright's corner. Then south to the B Line, west on the B. Line to the cemetery corner, then south to Errington's corner and then to Lower Town store cor- ner and from there to the new school. The second trip will start at Ira Wall's gate at 8.30 D.S.T., proceed east on Highway 86 to Lower Town store and from there to the new school. All pupils not living on the route the bus takes must meet the bus at the nearest corner. The bus will be stopping at George Wright's corner, Con. 6, Jim Wright's cor- ner, B Line; Hogg's corner, 6th Con. and B. Line; Errington's cor- ner, Lower Town store. Grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Lower Town are to remain at Lower Town school. BARRY FULLER IS BEST ATHLETE Cadet Major Barry Fuller, son of Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Fuller, ar- rived home c)n. Friday evening af- te seven weeks on a cadet course. The boys Spent two weeks in London, where they received train, ing prior .to going to the National Cadet Camp at Banff. One week- was spent in travelling time to and from the west. During the first week in Banff the boys spent most of their time in drill. Mountain marches were on the second week's agenda and in the third week they camped in the mountains. The fbiarth and final week was devoted to tours and sight-seeing when the Cadets were taken up the Banff ski lift, saw Lake Louise and many other interesting sights. Barry enjoyed the magnificent scenery and on several occasions they saw bears. During camp athletic competi- tions Barry won the award for the best athlete and was presented with a crest, E V NGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Albert oxton, Wingham, announce the engagement of their daughter, Bar- 13aea, Joan, to Mr. Harold 'Norman Co Ti w rikey, of London, son of Mrs, Harold Norman Conkey, of Ker• ood,' and the late Mr. Conkey. The ,Wedding will take place at 2.30 p.m. S U E aturday, September 23rd, in the nited Church, Wingham. F30* NGAGEMENT Messer Show Draws Big Crowd for Frontier Days Home from Europe F/S and Mrs. L. R. Sehroeter, the former Mere Finlay, and daughter, Karen, eye returned home from Europe where they spent twoYeara in Metz, Prance, and two years in Zweibruelteri, Gerreany, with the as they played In the park, The Band presented a RCAF. number Of selections 05 it "demonstrated precision After visiting With relatives and deill. The Band Was Ane of the best heard ht at friends they Will take tip residence ha m ibany Photo. hi Adastral Park, Clinton, ELIMINATE HENSALL IN THREE SENT Since the last issue pf the paper the Wingham Sunocos In wo,A,A Intermediate play eliminated gxe. ter in the beet of five series with one tie and three wins: The Sun. ocos then played Heneall: for the group title, eliminating that team. In three straight games by scores cf 1'74 and 15.0, 04 at Kincardine , The Wingham Sip-moos: opened the first round, of their. WQAA In- termediate playoffs in Kincardine on Friday night with a 6-8 win. Hugh MacMillan pitched a fine game for the locals, giving up but four hits and striking out 11., Wilbert Schwichtenberg hit a 2- run triple for the Sunocos and Mc-' Fadden of 'Kincardine connected for a 2.ruri homer, Wingham—Baker, s.s,; Fryfogle, r•f.; Cerson, c.f. and I.f.; MacMiI. Ian, p,; Fisher, 31:t; Gardner, 2b.; Wslwood, 1.f.; Saxton, c,f. (7th); Foxton, c,; Schwichtenberg, lb. Kincardine—K, Bell, 1,,f,; Mc- Kay, 2b.; Inkster, s.s.; Fulford, p. and r.f.; Davidson, c.; B. Bell, c,f,; Emerton, if, and p.; McFadden, lb.; O'Brien, 3b, RISE Wingham 000 '040 020— 6 7 2 Kincardine . 000, 030, 000— 3 4 2 The next two games in the ser- ies will be played in Wingham on Thursday and Saturday at 8.30. In the OASA. playoffs, Selkirk will play Wingham Wednesday evening at 8.30. BOYS TO COMPETE FOR LEWON CUP -The meeting of the -Junror *Con- serVation Club was held at the club house, Lower Wingham on Monday evening, Aug. 21st with .15 boys present. Shooting was done in the Dominion Marksmen competition with .22 rifles. Appreciation was expressed for the most enjoyable fishing trip the previous Saturday, spsonored by Dr. W. A. McKibbon, when the boys went for an outing to Pike Lake. The five dollar prize for the largest bass went to Allan Har- rison, It was announced at the meeting that tests on general knowledge of conservation will be written on Sept. 18th, commencing at 6.30. The winner in this competition will be awarded the Wingham Legion Cup. The large trophy will re- main with the club but the winner will be presented with a smaller replica as a "keeper". This will be the first time the cup has been. in competition. During the evening Mr. and Mrs, McGuire were pre4ented with a coffee table, COWGIRLS at Veoatier Parade on Saturday Were all smartly turn. eel out. However, Lynda and Nancy, Walden tied for first pinee. The sisters, Ube hail front Ripley, Welt followed by Debbie Grose atid 'Lynda Reavie, wlio tied for second pla ce. dotter bbt. pear for their pleturce—A-T Photo. ut•.o....A.na.