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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-09-13, Page 1With which is amalgamate the' Gorrie Vidette .and Wroxeter News WINGKA5ie ONTARIO,. .W.C.P2USDAYt. SIfirtVEMKER 13, 1%L S,INGLE. •QOPIMS — I0 p ttit ALONG THE MAIN DRAG. By The Pedestrian 27 Municipalities Decide Thursday on Conservation Plan As a result of considerable in- tercet shown by a, number of muni- cipalities in the Maitland River wa- tershed, a special meeting has been called in Wingham on Thursday of this week, at which 27 munici- palities involved will have an op- portunity to vote on the establish- ment of a Conservation Authority. If a favorable vote is registered the Middle Maitland Conservation Aue thority which was organized 10 years, ago, will be broadened to take in all the land drained by the whole of the Maitland River sys. tern, The meeting is being called by the Ontario Department of Com. merce and Development which ad- ministers . the Conservation • Act. The meeting follows resolutions calling for the enlargement of the SCHOOL FAIR TODAY Everyone Lends a Hand! ONE SECTION,— Your Advance-Times contains a single section this week. At times, When we publish a one-section pa- per some readers call up to corn. plain that the second section has been lost. TWO issue carries just as mach news as usual, Lighter advertising has resulted in the single section, 0-0e0 OPEN SEASON--- Ross Wornaworth, Dept, of Lands and Forests, tells us open season on grouse is October 7th to Novem- ber 18th and for ducks and geese, October 7th at noon to December 15 with bag limit per day of 5 and possession limit 10, 0 - 0 - 0 fiLL Would you believe that a Voiks- wagen could hold nine adults? We didn't either, until it was proved last week when Ivan Gardner was returning from a ball game down country, and had to pick up the passengers from a friend's broken- down station wagon. Thates right, nine people, three in the front a six hi the hack returned from E mire, in Ivan's puddle-jumper. No Passengers were crammed in tin • front-end trunk, either, although we understand that those on the bottom of the pile are going to send a resolution to the town of Listowel for improveriient 'to the main street of that town. 0 - 0 u HURONVIEW OPENED,-Last Friday afternoon saw the official open- ing of Huronview, the new Huron County home for senior citizens, Pictured above during, the official opening ceremonies are, left to right, County Warden Ivan Forsyth; John Hanna, M.L,A.; Sohn Berry; county clerk; Reeve J. Roy Adair, of Wingham, chairman of the county home committee, and standing, the Rion. Louis P. •Ceelle,. Minister of Welfare for the province, as he addressed he large crowd present for the opening.—Photo by Clinton News-Recline". BELCRAVE—The fail fair season has rolied around once again and Belgrave . will hold its school fair on Wednesday. This will be the 41st annual fair. Belgrave Fair, support- ed by the rural people surrounding it in Morris and East Wawanosh Townships, has made a name for itself as being the largest school fair in Ontario.• Interest is keen even this year, when harvest is behind schedule and everyone so busy trying to get threshing done. Nevertheless, those who are finished have pitched in yesterday, were setting up tables and pens in readiness for the pupils to place their exhibits last night, Officers of the fair are: Past president, Norman Coultes; presi- dent, Edgar Wightman; secretary- treasurer, Stanley Hopper, There will be a parade starting at 1 p.m, Wednesday of the school children and their teachers, Each school in the parade will receive $1.00 and a special prize of Bret prize $3,00, second prize $2.00, do- HOSPITAL BOARD REGULATIONS SET OUT DUTIES OF PERSONNEL nated by Fred Cook for the schools doing the best 'marching in the parade. Each school entering a pro- ject will be given $5.00; subjects for the school displays may include so- cial studies, agriculture and craft, Marching in the parade will be: SS 1 Morrie, Mrs, Jean Griffith; SS 3 Morris, Ronald Uhler; SS 4 Morris, Mrs. Elsie Miller; SS 5 Morris, Mrs. Ruth Wilson; SS 6 Morris, Mrs. Edith' Vincent; SS 7 Morris, Miss Beverley Evans; SS 8 Morris, Clem Cteffler; SS 10 Morris, Karen Schmidt; Union 11, Mrs. Margaret Robertson; Union 12, Mrs, Edna Hackwell; Union 6 East Wa- wanosh, Mrs. Margaret Robertson; Union 7 East Wawanosh, Mrs. Louise Bosman; SS 9 East Wawa- nosh, Mrs. Rena Fisher; SS 10 East Wawanosh, Mas. Marie Toll; SS 13 East Wawanoeh, Mre. Mary Wight- man; Union 16, Mrs, Beth Lansing; Union 17 Belgrave, senior room, Mrs, Mary Chamney; junior room, Mrs. Isabelle Henry. Newsmen Visit Douglas P oint Nuclear Power Site Middle Maitland Authority, sent to the Department be the councils of Harrieton, Howick, Turnberry and Wingham. Involved either wholly or in part are the Townshipa of Arthur, Elena, Hullett, Maryborough, East and West Wawanosh, grey, Kinloss, McKillop, Morris, Wallace, Ellice, Howick, Logan, IVeinto, Turnberry,: Colborne and Goderich, as well as' the towns of Clinton, Listowel; Seaforth, Goderich, Harriston, Pal- merston and Wingham, and the villages of Blyth, Brussels and Mil., verton. According to the Act governing the formation of Conservation Ati4 thorities, a quorum of two-thirde of the municipalities involved must be present before a vote can be taken, and then a two-thirds ma- jority of the quorum must he in fa- vor of the plan before it is passed, While the Middle Maitland Auth- ority has been doing excellent work since it was organized, a number of the surrounding municipalities, not members of the organization, have felt that the boundaries should be enlarged to take in the whole watershed, in order that conserva- tion work can be carried out on a larger scale, Two bus trips during the year were organized as well as one meet- ing last fall in order to provide in- formation on the subject tor the municipal representatives, • At the Thursday meeting, which will take place at 2.00 p.m. in the Wingham town hall, each muni- cipality will be entitled to one vote by a delegate appointed for that purpose. The meeting will be' un- der the direction of the Depart- ment of Commerce and Develop- ment personnel. ..„. FOR PERMANENT RECORD Kin and Kinettes Install Officers for 61-62 Year ASK FOR HISTORY OF HOSPITAL AUXILIARY The local Kinsmen and Kinettes held a joint meeting at the Legion home on Friday evening, where Deputy-Governor Don Holtz of Markdale presided for the initia- tion of the 1961-62 slate of officers. Outgoing Kin president, Fred Templeman was in charge of the Final play for the local golf championships was run off last Sunday when final roundsa of the 36-hole encounters were played. In the contest 'between Matt Boyd and Lyman Jardin for the match play, no-handicap event, for the club championship and the Lloyd Door Trophy, Matt Boyd won by three holes with two to soaThe second event for this competition is not completed and will' be 'run off in the near future, Canadian ,Deaterioen .!7.r it i ape, ge re, er e t"CANDU; reactor will be moder- ated' and cooled by heavy water- AT BOYD WINS . iFai6r5sta'npdower will be produced in be Operated 'by Ontario Hydro with CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP the completed plant will a staff Of •85, Power will be fed into the southern Ontario grid by way of Hanover. At the dinner at the Legion hall Mr. Strike was chairman for a brief program of addresses. Ile said that Hydro is going to "sink or swim" in the Douglas Point pro- 'ject,' but confidently predicted the ageney will be "swimming in 1965". Mr.eailacaulage who is first vice- chairman of HE?C, as well as en. degyand' resources Minister, stress- ed; the' need of closing the devel, oiling gaphetweeh teehnical know- Jim Deneaat won out over Don: ledge. and, the lack of it on the part Cameron when they paired off in the play for the championship -in of laymen: This condition has giv- t n riee 'to indifference as to the KhiebblioaondTireoappgivision and the Mc. e crying need for the use of nuclear energy and to apprehension as to what the atom involves. "We all have something to 'do to bridge the gap," he said, July' aiid August 34,278- visitors called at the Douglas Point nuclear power plant site to see Canadiee first commercial reactor under construction, On Thursday 100 more visited the Bruce Township area but they saw more than the casual visitors, *ask- ed more questions and received more information. The occasion was press day- Weekly and daily newspaper' and radio and television representa- tives from a wide area of Ontario were on hand to note progress of construction, . While many made the trip "on their own", a busload of 40 came from Toronto. For most it • Was their first trip to Douglas Point: The event was arranged by At, omic Energy of Canada.-Limited anti the Ontario Hydro ,Eleatrie Power Commission, whose public relations officers, Rae Burge and Ted Dietrich, were kept busy seeing that all functioned according to plan, A complete set of regulations de- signed to clarify the duties of department heads, was approved at the regular meeting of the board of directors of the Wingham Gen- eral Hospital on Friday night. The chairman ballie board, arfe abbe Lean, presided. The regulations, required by the Ontario Hospital Services Com- mission before the hospital can be fully accredited, will clarify the precise areas of jurisdiction for the various departments which operate the institution, The recommenda- tion to adopt the schedules was brought in by Roy Cousins, chair- man of the management commit- tee. Reporting statistics for August, Mrs.I, Morrey, hospital administra- trix, said there were 22 births, 98 operations, 120 outpatients, 251 x-rays, 13 blood transfusions, 1311 laboratory procedures, 26 electro- cardiographic examinations, 60 at cancer clinic, The hospital was oc- cupied for 3061 patient days a daily average of 98. The Junior Championship and th e Vic Loughlean Trophy went to Martin Garniss when he topped. John Madill 6 up with five holes to go. Another item of business was the passing of a resolution to sign the annual agreement with the Canad- ian Red Cross Society for the op- eration of a blood bank here, The agreement calls for the provision of equipment and staff to handle the blood service, in return for Dinner at Kincardine which the Red Cross supplies the Arraegements included a recep- bank with whole blood and thus Lion and dinner at the Legion Hall offers a free transfusion service. in Kincardine following the tour Attending W.D.H.S The prize in the consolation di- vision went to Glen Madill, when he won over Don Biggs by five up Miss Nancy Paimer, .laughter of Dr, and Mrs. R. B. Palmer, of with holes left, Trophies and prizes will be pre- sented on Saturday, Sept, 23rd at the official closing of the course for the season. GREETINGS FROM SOUTH— Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mathers, who have just returned from a trip to exico, California and the south- aestern ,States, visited with Mr, and Mrs, Mike McPhail and family who' asked to be remembered to their many friends in Wingham;, O - 4 - 0 NEW HOME— 'Workmen are currently engaged in the erection of a new home for Ross Hamilton on Highway 4, be- side the Dick Lloyd residence. O - 0 - 0 MONSTER FIND— Harold Taylor and his father-in- law, Albert McGee, struck it rich .bn the latter's farm near Dungan. non When they discovered a puff ball do less than 44 inches in cir- cumference, O - 0 - 0 . FREE JOB— A few motorists who left their cars parked along the main drag- , tst week were surprised to find there redecorated when they pick- ed them up at eupper, time. Turn- cl (tut that the mist from an alum- inum spray paint job, inside one of the main street buildings, had fil- tered out on the breeze and settled on the cars, O - 0 - 0 • FREE VENTILATION— - Freddy Templeman was a bit dis- concerted the other day to find that some gun-happy youth had zipped a BB pellet through the Picture windoW in his living room, And it's no ordinary panea either, but the double glass type Which is a bit expensive to replace. 0 - 0 - 13 . IN NEW HOMES-- Movings within the past few weeks include Mr, and Mrs. F. E. Madill to the Harold Pocock home; Mr. and Mrs, Dick LeVan to the one formerly occupied by Ma- dills; Monty Bennett to the Row- sell home on Centre St. •and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hayes to a home in 'Interest, meeting until the new president, Dr. Stewart Leedhani, was install- ed, Others installed in office by the deputy-governor were Kinsmen Matt Boyd, first viee-president; Bob Wenger, second vice-president; Don Rae and Bill Connell, direct- ors; Bruce MacDonald, secretary; Maurice Stainton, treasurer; Eric Walden, registrar; Jim Currie, bul- letin editor. Fred Templeman is past president. Installed as the new slate of of- ficers for the Kindtte Club were: President, Mrs. Man McCarter; vice-presidents, Mrs. Bruce Mac- Donald and Mrs. Al Williams; past president, Mrs, Cal Burke; secre- tary, Mrs. John Bateson; treasurer, Mrs, Stewart Leedham; registrar, Mrs, Murray Taylor; bulletin edi- tor, Mrs. Jack Gerrie; asst. editor, Mrs, Dave Burgess. Attendance awards were given to a number of members from both clubs, with Jaele Gotbutt receiving a pin for 11 years" perfect atten- dance and Mrs. Mervin Templeman for 10 years, Following the business session of the meeting, which was held to a minimum, the group enjoyed danc- ing and a social evening. The Ladies' Auxiliary to Wing- ham General Hospital held their September meeting in the council chamber with the president, Mrs. N, Cameron, presiding. A letter was read from the sec- retary of Regional 'Council No. 2, Hospital Auxiliaries, requesting a history of 'this auxiliary which would be compiled and kept as a permanent record. During the months of June, July and August the cutting committee had cut 281 articles ready for sew- ing and the sewing groups had completed 363 articles for use and Placed them on the shelves. In addition, 389 pieces of mending were made ready for use. This work re- quired 271 hours of women's time. The buying committee reported that supplies of sheeting, pillow tubing, mattress padding and spreads had been purchased to the value of $323.00. Mrs. Morrey, Mrs. Fielding and Mrs. Fuller attended the meeting and explained some of the require- ments of the hospital. The auxiliary decided to purchase an ice-making machine valued at approximately $600.00 for use in the hospital, also some supplies for the diet kitchen on first floor. Plans for the fall rummage sale were not completed, Saugeen District Field Day Here The Wingham town park will be a busy place on Saturday when It is expected that between 300 and 350 Cubs and Boy Scouts from the Saugeen District will gather for the annual district field meet. The boys will gather at the Sedut House at 1,30 pan., and will parade to the park, All events will be held at, the park, with the exception of jumping, which will take place at the pablic School, The competitions will commence at two o'clock, There will be a refreshment'booth at the park, operated by the ladies of the Cub and Scout Mothers' Auxiliary. 'property committee reported that hew tenants have moved into the house owned by the hospital inn.. Friday, Sept. 15th. Reever's or- chestra. Sponsored ,by the Hall Board. F13b rk ENGAGEMENT Mr, and Mrs. John P. Alexander announce the engagement of their daughter, Sylvia Beryl, to Mr. Wil- liam Douglas Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Murray, The marriage will take place in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on .Friday evehlag, October 6th, at 7,30 O'clock. F13" WORT STARTED ON 11161IWAY BY PAM ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Reid, of Belerave, wish to announce the en- regement of tlereir recent' eldest daughter, Muriel Gweh, to Mr. Henri, George Stonhana, soh of Mr, and Mrs. Harry Stonharn, of Lain- ladle, The marriage will take place 4 " a e Mount Bryclges, Friday, October i, i f '6th,F1.3b . , 4 ., rust COUNCIL MEETING Wingham and 'District Film Ceiteell tnee4 teeehas been pest- pealed until Septeinber 25th at 8.43 pm, in the COMMIT Chambers All representatives Of organisations using Mins, please try to ateeea 1+ 13b TOle ATIENDA,NCle-e-Paetepteeident erred Teinplemen, of the leinstrien Club, left, is shown above as he presented eittendattea awards to )Kin Jack Garhattv tight, who has lied 11 years of perfect attendance the size of Ottawa. Natural naafi, In the dub, and Kinette Dotothy Teriipicrnatt, %AO has tettehed the 10 'lam will be used as a feel dad theyear It of lati pereent nitetraletieea-Advatice-Tiente theta. The report of the finance chair- at Douglas Point. There two 'char- Queen Charlotte City, BC, and man, A, D. MaeWilliarn, showed tered buses took the visitors from formerly of Wingham, flew from total revenues for the month of the information centre to other British 'Columbia and arrived here $46,207 and expenditures totalling points on the power plant site. Al- a week ago. ter a general explanation, the vis- Nancy. is staying a• t - the home of . $45,421' Hors Miller, chairman of the itore broke into smaller groups at d a awe 1 rs. Chas. o e ms . i DANCE IN WROKETER were conducted on a more texteti- the school term and is taking sive tour. Grade XIII at Wingham District , High School with her friend, Miss P. R. Stratton in charge of the mediately north of the nurses' re.. Riith aloclgias, sidence, and discussed repairs project, said that employment is at which will be required, both for the Its lowest level at the moment, 7 " house and the hospital property, with 260 at work. Several rooms on the hospital's Heivevee, w lie n t It e present third floor will be renovated for phase, canning the reactor build- the use of patients. ing, is finished, more workers will be needed and by DecemberNillb two,oto and possibly three shifts v work to see that the construction progresses according to schedule. Chief Guide Ivan Lloyd of kin, carcline, who was one of the busiest men engaged in the 'tour, also an- nojtionheneelWtheltaeotimnarneMnePenl'e.n' thaosf aohn: flounced that effective this week ' the information centre will be open eratione to construct the Highway only Saturday and Sunday between 86 by-mass south of Wingham the, hours of one and four o'clock across the "prairie". The new in the afternoon. This schedule route will be used for heavy traf- will prevail till bent spring. fie and will eliminate the .need for The visiting newsmen received Major and one minor bridges in f- ore resources minister Robert maximum maintenance on the two 1 ittforneetton relative to the pant Lower Wingham, through which, Macaulay. Present, too, were W. Highway 86 now passes, ' Ross Strike, chairman of HEPC, First stage of the construction, and Joint Poster, head of the 1 nuc- Which is being undertaken by the lear power plant division of ABCL. Department of Highways, with no On the project site the Visitor's general contract let, calls for the saw, at d heard, a blast, as a 140. building. of a causeway and ,bailey pound TNT ehriege, set at a depth bridge as an extension of Highway of 25 feet, blear out a section of 86 directly east from the straight rock. eeteion coining in from Lucknow. Information relative to the a81,- It will cross the river flats tutcl in- 500,000 development was 'Contained teeeect with Highway No. 1 about in a "fact sheet", /n brief, the half a. mile south of the town, plant will provide 200;000 kiloWatte Joe Kerr Construction of. Wing- of power, enough tb serve a City here is handling a portiot of the Week for the Department. into the 041110, when the fife was noticed, No live" Steak was lost, but a mower, bindet and quantity Of 'hay and Oahe evete destroyed in the lire. The Indicting Woe partially 'covered by insineenee but the etnitents were lint instated.-e-AdVanteeTitetet Photo. EXAM/NATION SET feraR JUNIOR, CONSERVATION Members of the Jatilot Conserva- tion Club are asked to hate that next Monday evening, Sept. 18th, bae been set for the writing of ex- atainatiens on`" general conserva- tion. Winner will be awarded the new Legien Trophy. Exanee start at 6.30 pat, at the club house, All Members of the Stadler Coheerva- lion Chile are Malted to participate. Iel3b WAN* DtStitoYtb-.Waltet, Ward, inset, lost hie barn to fire about 8 aril. last Thiteeday Mottling. The barn, eititatea on the town line three miles leottle of Wroxeter, was beyond 'saving by the tittle the Whig'hans Rival larigetat arrived on the settle. Mte Wert Was eanhiredifig etweisteil ity eliditi tithe, k.