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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-10-04, Page 1With which is axnalg“mated the., Gorrie Vidette rind Wroxeter News WE'SDHALVL. ONTARIO, li.VEDNESDAV, wropga 4, 1.901= • 8114Q14 COPIES — U Meant;*, ,••••• le.erele el.,lemea.mpee• ee, LONG THE MAIN DRAG fly 'The' Pedestrian WATCH FOR THE STOPS— Meteriste in town are warned to premed cautiously on Minnie St. Until recently a through street train one end of the town .to the ether, stop signs have been placed Within the past Week at the' inters section of Minnie and Jonn. North and South bound traffic is now re- quired to halt at the corner. John is now the through' etreet. By--laws have been passed to reinforce the authority of the stop signs, on other intersections in ,town as well. 0 "s e 0 MAYOR TO RETIRE— A lengths,' letter on page two of this issue of The Advarice-Times virer the signature of Mayor R, E ;Taney, discloses the fact that does not intend to take public ,ffice in this community next year council member for 10 years, he has been chief magistrate for the past seven of them. 0 - 0 - 0 DOWN EAST-.. Mr, and. Mrs, Norman Chmeron are epjoying a trip through the Maritimes and, at last report, ex- pected to visit with some of tin former Wingham folks in Halifax 0 - 0 s 0 BETTER WAIT— Looking over the weeirlo lists of births at the Wingham Genera), we have decided that those patents who are in hopes of welcoming boys: into their homes had better hold pff till the cycle changes, Thc vast majority of babies born it that institution for the past few 0eks haVe been girls. BRIDGE CLUB TO OPEN FALL SEASON Members of the Wingham Bridge Club will begin their weekly gamee this Thursday. Anyone interested in joining is invited to the first Meeting at the Recreation Room in the Fire Hail on Thursday, October bth, at 8 p,m, -F4b MOTHERS TO MEET Scout and Cub Mothers' Auxiliaro meeting at Scout House tonight (Weshieschiy) at 9 p,rra sharp. .411. e. • , •;:reentjaeta;evith sons. in. Cubs "Me Scouts are-invited Co attend: fiVe ANNIVEItSAItY SERVICE Wel be Wei in Knox Presbyter- ian 'Church, telgisiee, on Sunday, October 8, at 2.30 p.ni. The minister, Rev. W. J. Morrison, will conduct the Service with music provided by eleille Choir of Brussels, Y4b NEM; TEA Win he held in the council cham- bers on Wednesday, November 1, frdrn p.m. Bake table and latest fall,hat fashion show. Draw to be made on card table and chairs F4b ' • a TURKEY SUPPER MeIritcish United Church will hold `turkey supper on Tuesday, Oc- titib,er 10th in the basement, Supper from' 5,30 to 8,00 p m. Adults $1.25; children, 6-14 years, 75e, F4b r. , • • s. LEGION TROPHIES for the Junior Conservation Club were presented on Friday evening by Sohn Bate- son, left, the Legion's sports officer, and George Brooks, right, Legion president. JimeMitchell, centre, won the. trophy which he Ionia The large trophy remains at the tint, home but Jim received the email trophy to keep permanently. The winner had to pass written examinations on conservation and Seared. a 93 percent average in the shooting. competitions. The Junior Conservation Club is Spensored ny'the'Sportse• lawns Aellociatimaa-Advance-Tirnee •Photo. ' 11 I yoffilaw or „ • • First' item after approving the ,minutes of the September meet- ing. at' the regular session of the town council on Monday evening was, a number of communications. A request from the Retarded Children's Association for ae grant Was held up until the next meet-. Mg to give council time to find out the requirements of the school. A letter froth the recreation com- mission requesting fencing and oth- er Work at the ball park received approval, with. the suggestion that the work could be left until next spring, LEGION AUXILIOY • DOLING TOURNEY. long lettenr •frome loeal branch of the Canadian Legion 're- questing flint Saturday, :Nov. 11 be declared a public „holiday 'bro"ught considerable discussion. .:Cattnell.- lor Callan. expressed the .view that he had understood the Legion. was going to oontact• the Bnsiness As- sociation to find out that Organiza- tion's views. Councillor Nasinith pointed dirt that' while the- holiday is on 'Sattirday, and so does not af- fect industry, in other years indus- try across -Canada does not ob- serve a holiday on Nov, 11„ Coun- cillor Buchanan said that, in- dustry were forced ,to 'elope in Wingham it would create a hard- ship for working mene who would lose a day's pay. After ,several councillors had voiced the .bpin- ion that a full Saturday holiday would be herd On the bushieSe sec- tion, the mayor suggested that the matter could be left until the next mee tingi in order that the Business Association could express its views Council concurred with the sugges- tion. A letter listing the preliminary census figures shoWed Wingham with a population in 1961 of 2878 compared with 2786 when the pre- vious census was taken in 1957. Rinenren Delegation A delegation from the Winghartr Kinsmen Club requested permis- sion from council to take a survey of the town in order to find 'out if there is a need for low-rental senior citizen housing. The group explained that if the need exists, Central Mortgage and Housing, in co-operation with local organisa- tions, will finance a building which would contain 11 apartments, eight of them for occupancy as single units and. three as 'double units. It was also explained that the Cen- tral Mortgage and Housing de- manded some tax concessions so that rentals could be established at a gipen figure which evened remain in effect for many years. iat the end of 40 years the title to the pro. party would lie turned over to the town. The Kinsmen Club, it plained, was interested in the pro- ject and if feasible may be willing to put up money to lower the "cost in order to keen. the rentals ae low as possible, end suggested that, if the town could provide the site, the SLIMY would hold true, as costs wouln then be at a minimum. Council discussed the project at length and went on record as ap- proving the project in principle and suggested that a site may pos- sibly be found for such a building. Parking By-Law The Mayor reported the police car is in need of some repair and Councillor Buchanan said the 10 'minute parking limit at the past office should be enforced. The latter remark sparked a .de- bate nu other parking problems. A number of councillors said th ,;It trucka and nclrool buses are being parked on the ,streets and errata a nuisance 10 the general public! Af-• 'ter a lengthy .discussion council de- cided to have a by-lave drawn up. that would limit parking Of tones (Please turn to page Fair) MISS MARJORIE KIEFFER a, Home Economics student at Mac- donald Institute, Guelph, lias• been warded the L' I W ' . • S7cholarship. The award is made on progress made in 4-It homemaking club wort:. The award was pre- mented at the county rally at Ellin. Ville on Monday, Marjorie is as daughter.. of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kieffer, R. R. 4, 'Wing- ham, she attended 'Wing-ham Pis. trice High liehool end was a mem- ber of the Behnere 4-0 homemak- ing club. see,-treas., liev. R. E. Meleagan. of Captain G, Stanley Newman was reappointed radio-television see. refary and Rev, C. E. Johnson was re_appointed "sermonette” eeere tary, The Rev, E. C, Attwell was appointed press secretary. The meeting closed with prayer, • led by Rev. Harry Donaldson of Seaforth. Petty Thieves At Work Here Ovei. the past couple of weeks five homes in Wingham have been victimized by petty thieves who have entered when home owners were away -and taken, for the most part, small sums of money. Ear- lier the homes of Stuart MeBur- ney, Howard Irwin and Andrew Mitchell were entered and this week it was the Roy Manuel and Fraser Forgie residences which were victimized. Local police are pressing the investigation in an attempt to put an end to the nuis- ance. The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Ca- nadian Legion held the September meeting last Wednesday evening at the Legion Home, Mrs, Robert Casemore, president, presided for the meeting and welcomed a new member, Mrs. Daisy Russell, who transferred from Shelburne. There were also five applications for membership read Mrs Ted English, secretary, and Mrs. Lloyd Carter, treasurer, read their reports,- Mrs. George Day, convener of the house committee. gave her report, Mrs. Alvin Sell and Mrs. Harold Ross, members. of the sick and visiting committee, each reported on the calls they had made, The ladies catered to six ban- quets during the summer, four of these being in September, and it is expected that they will have a busy fall. Two invitations were received and accepted from the Exeter Auxiliary, One to attend their birthday party on October 16 and the second to participate in a bowling tourna- ment on November. 1. A bowling tournament is also being sponsored by the local Aux- iliary today (Wednesday), when it is expected that more than 25 teams will be on hanu from Auxiliaries in Zone •C-1, and a couple of other guest Auxiliaries. The plans for this event were arranged at last week's Meeting. Mrs. English rPad a letter from the Branch, stating its appreciation for donations received from the ladies to help pay for the renova- tions .made at. the Legion Home, The group has one adopted vet- eran at Westminster Hospital to whom treats and gifts are sent, and have applied for a Second one, It is expected that the name and par- ticulars regarding this new veteran will be received in the near future. Wingham And District Minister- ial Association met on Monday at the home of the Rev. Gordon Kai- ser in Luekonw, Ten members were present, The meeting opened with the hymn "0 for a Thousand 'Tongues to Sing”, followed by the Seripture reading and prayer led by Mr. Kaiser, A report on the Radio Television Workehop held on Sept, 19 was giv- en by Rev. C, F. Johnson of Wing- ham'. The following officers were elect, ed for 1061-62; Past pros., Rev, T. G, Husser. Winglia,m; prase Rev. Harry Donaldson, Seaforth; vice- pros., Rey. Leslie Eldet, Seaforth; SEAFORTII MINISTER • --v , ELECTED PRESIDENT) MRS, JOHN GLOWE, of Breesels, is shown above as site rode tit the parade at the 'Brussels Centennial Fair last Friday. She depicts the fair of 1861, the first year of the ever-popular fan fait in Brussels.— Advance-Times Photo. SLIDES ARE SHOWN AT LIONS MEETING Lion Ross Hamilton was the en- tertainer at the regular meeting of the Lions Club in the Queens Ho- tel on Friday evening, when he showed colored slides, reproduc- tions of pictures he had taken on a trip to Mexico, as well as a series taken in this Vicinity. The pictures provided complete enjoyment for the club members, for each one was selected for the scenic, beauty which it captured. and taken with precision Which only a few interested photograph- ers achieve, ,The shots from Mex- ico included many taken in and around Acapulco, on the Pacific coast, where blue Water and niorie- tainous terrain combined for some breath-taking pictuees. The lo- cal slides demonstrated just how beautiful our OWn countryside can be when one seatches fOr the truly Worthwhile scenes, Vice-president Murray MacLen- hien presided for the meeting with Lions Plap Swatridge and Bill Con- non in charge of the music. Min- tithe were read by Secretary Jack Reav ie. The club voted $15,00. to the Re creation Council to assist with ex- penses incurred for Little League baseball during the summer pro- gram, The fall peanut drive was dis- triesed and it was decided it Would be held Ike hi Noveitibet or earik December, ept.Officials Outline roposed H.S. Courses STUDENT'S AT IV.1111S, Help Needed Now! In a press cooference '.4t f4e, Queens Hotel here last Wean day, Dr. S, D. Rendall, superin- tendent of secondary education /dr the Ontario Department pf Echie cation, outlined a, new progrAM which will begin in high schools. 1we9it6 h opening of the fall tenet, The press conference, which was open to all news media in the cliks- trict, was attended only by The Advance-Times representative. trict inspector of high schools fig ' this area, D. W. Scott, was also ein hand to explain some of the new program. The plan, it was stressed by 117!.. Rendall, is basically a, shift in ern- from the old general or ac- ademic courses offered by all high schools. The change will mean that children entering high, echespl next year will be given an epP0- tunny to choose a field of encle0,-; your, and the department official stressed, not necessarily a partic,cr- lar vocation. Dr. .Rendall explained the ogier- thinking, Equal prestige will 'he attached to the three distinct` lines. of approach to secondary• educa- tion, The old general course has been renamed the Arts and Science branch, Commercial courses have been changed to the new Business and Commerce branch, •a,nd a third branch will be known as the En- gineering, Technology and Trades branch. While each branch will have -fine: year courses, leading to univereity, a major shift in thinking has taken place. As an example, in the en- gineering branch, academic options will be somewhat less severe than in the arts and science branch. The ' arts and science branch will note be very much different from .the` present courses being offered, ale though a student majoring in tOP , branch will be able to take optins from either or both of the other. branches depending on his interesq, and plans. Four Year Course Dr. Rendall explained that' other 'feature= theaprogrameseenee be a four year course in each set. the three 'branches, which will be designed for the student who, for many reasons, may not intend at the outset of his high school years, to go on to university. He noted that only a very small percentage of students who leave Grade 8 ac- tually go on to university, with the result that many drop out (roughly 40 per cent by the end of Grade 10), because they feel that they must leave and take employment. The result of this factor is that a high percentage of unemployed people have neither education nor skill in any trade, The new tour-year course will be designed to help improve this situ- ation. Courses will be directed to, wards giving a student as much as possible that will be useful to .him in any of the three fields. In eith' er the business and commerce branch or the engineering, tech. I nology and trades branch, the ne cessary options from the arts and science branch will be tailored to the, requirements of the student with standards set at 'a somewhat 'lower level than for the student who will .be going on to university in the five-year plan. As an ex- ample, it was explained by the of- ficials, that a student taking a busi- ness course would be trained to high standards of business man- agement, economics and other re- lated subjects from the commercial course, but Would not have to spend time on Latin and other such sub. ELECT COUNCIL Mrs, Norman Elliott, district. conuoissioner of Girl Guides and Brownies, is appealing for belp hi the leadership of the Wingham Brownlee. One leader is needed immed- iately in order to carry on, as Mrs, Elliott bus ,only one elite-nee n Girl Guide who will be helping .for only a short time, Actually three leaders are essential if Bronmies•are to continue with the present mem- bership, !MS is an excellent eppartun-, ity for .mothers to ,join in -the activities, of their young daugh- ters, or for young girls who are. store clerks and would be free after four Wednesdays, to "nolo in a worthy eauee. Anyone who maid be of as- sistance is .arcked to. phone Mrs. Elliott, 689j, mornings or eve- The Student Council of Winghain District High School held an as- serably on Friday when campaign managers introduced their eandi• dates for Student Council. The candidates in turn gave their plat- form speeches and had the week- end iii which to campaign for of - fice. The balloting wire held on Mon- day, John Strang was elected pre- sident and Julie .(eruikehanic, vice- ereeldent, Jane Hetherington, Brian iehaefer and Elizabeth Daliimore, he other candidates, will hold the offices of secretary, treasurer and social convener ,and it will be de- tided which each will hold at the next meeting of the Student Coun- cil, Form genteeentatives have not yet been elected, Communion. Service Was Held 'un Sunday Communion service was held in Winghern United Church on Sun- day., both morning and evening, This was part of the World Wide jecta. He would be given o More practical education in mathemat- ics. and English. It is hoped that this four-year course, tailored more to the inter- ests and requirements: of many stu- dents, will• assist in keeping more young people at school for a longer period of time, and provide educe. tioo that will .fill a need long re-, cognized in educational circles. The four-year plan will provide education fitted to these needs and It will not be hampered by the high academie standards necessary for entrance to 'university, • As well, , this new four-year ap- proach will mean that the student will have a choice of his field, Courses will be offered, among ethers, for the young person who, when entering high school, will know that he i,s going into business, farming, home economics, some trade Or service endeavour. Choke of Field While it has been explained that the new program will allow more choice for the student, the ques- tion came up, as to how a student would.know, what he wanted to do at the end"of Grade: 8. Dr. Rendall took considerable time to explain and emphasized that the first year in high school will of necessity be an exploratory year. He pointed out that a boy or girl entering high school presents . a problem, in that the teaching Staff of the secondary school has had no time to find out the stn. Oleets's abilities. As well, the high school. staff will have students ar- riving in Grade DC, coming from In any. and varied elementary • sohools; which could all have, vary- ing standards, The offipials at the press con- ference 'made it Clear that it was not the plan of the departulent. of education to direct- a student into any: one field. They said that on entering high school, under the new program, the student will be started est in rough the „same way ¶as ',Way, but will be- offered a, donee nt. options Jepen.airy of the elitteArteindliee. — ' ,This will mean that the student Will not necessarily have to make a final decision on entering high school as to what his program should be, However, it is hoped that by the end of Grade 9 the stu- dent will know what he wants to die.• As well, the teaching staff will have had •an opportunity to study the,talents of each boy or girl and be in a better position to advise on what should be done. Asked if it would be possible for a 'student who has chosen a given branch at the end of Grade 9 to switch to one of the other branches at the end, of Grade 10, the answer was that it would be possible, but in all likelihood, unless the student was particularly gifted, the change would cost the student an extra year., since he would have to catch up on subjects that had not been taught in the branch which he had originally chosen. Other Options The program will also make al- lowance for the student who, after • completing any of the courses, wants to take a year's concentrated study in any of the other fields be- ing offered. Another important part of the program will be a two-year course, to be offered for students who have not actually passed their Grade 8 examinations, but have outgrown public school. It is the only place where a student will be directed to a given course of study. The two-year course will be used to give the student of lesser ability a chance to learn some service trade and become better equipped to earn a living. These courses will be tai- lored to the area served by the school, It would mean that a boy living hi the north could learn about the Workings of an outboard motor, or if he cable from a rural area, to take instruction on the repair of 'arm machinery, The °Metals also pointed out that agricultural courses would likely be expanded and improved in the rural high school to provide education Of real value to the area. At the conclusion of the explana- tion of the new program Dr, Rert- deli stressed that the new educe Ronal concept is designed to offer something for every •boy and girl who enters high school, regardless of ability, and objectives. Each di- vision, he said, will have equal pees- tige, with standards of a practice. nature. Rendall also said that It will be necessary for teaching staffs to be constantly on the alert for the student who has more ability, and who May have decided not to take any of the Courses leading to University, He said that if any stu- dent IS in a. position Where, at a later date, no may change his plans and go on to higher education, it Will be necessary to take the op- tions that are required for univer- sity entrance. It was also suggested that under the new program it Will be increas- ingly important for teachers arid patents to work togethet to provide the hest possible opportunity for the student, He called for closer Tiarrnony in this tegant Communion and in the morning was 'broadcast. Those listening were invited' to Prepare their own elements and. to Riney; the service as it proceeded in the church. . This impressive communion was conducted 'by 'Rev, T, G. Husser, minister of the church, assisted by Rev. W. D. Clark, TROUSSEAU TEA A trousseau tea -will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Howatt, /361graere, in honor of their daughter, Doreen Elaine, on Mon- day, October 9th, from 2-4 In the afternoon and 7.30-10 in evening, Alt are welcome. I F4b FALL TEA The Catholic Women's League of Sacred Heart Church will hold a tali tea and bake sale Wednesday, October 18, from 8 to 5 p.m. at the Legion Hall. Draw for 25 silver dollars. F4:11b RUMMAGE SALE The fall rummage sale, sponsored by the Ladies' Auxiliary to Wing- ham .General Hospital Will be helld this year in the Wingham Arena and the date is Saturday afternoon, October 21st. This is a community event and all ptoeeeds go to pure chase supplies for the Wingham Hospital. Everyone is asked to send such articles as you do not need, Clothing, furniture, dishes, etc., to the Arena for this stile. F4b tRtDGE MARA:111(W 4, As in former years the Hospital ,TAtixillary is planning for the 1961- „62 Marathon Bridge, Any lady de- siring to play is asked to phone 954 before October 13th. in4b PAM, QUEEN— Linda Miller, of Brussels, was epees) queen of the latnesele Ceritesbeird Vale ,it Thureday evening taf lest week. She is I Pictured above as she rode in the parade on Friday *Regimen. Linda Is is Grade :III toinmercial student at the Winghatn Distriet High SchtielL,---AdVariegAtinieS Photo. Anniversary turkey supper irr Lucknow United Church on Tues- day, October 24, 5,30-8 p.m, Every- body Weiconie. 1 4,08.0 TEA. AND BA2AAlt the Ladies' Guild of St. Paul*S Anglican Church. Will hold their fall tea and bazaar Oh Wednesday, New. 20th it 3 p.M, in basement Of church. F4b TIMMY STAT11.1 Will be held in Beigrave Cord- mutiny Centre Wednesday, October Dth, at '7 pat. PrOgrain, Draw for softball raffle prizes, V2'i-4-11b dae,ti.ei•