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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-11-01, Page 177. With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter Newels WIN(MANI, ONTA419, 'wvonstw, NOVEMBER, 1, OM .CONF-4 — 1O 00g am WIN MAJOR AWARDS—Outstanding student graduates of the Wingham District High School are pictured at last Friday's Commencement Exercises. In front from the left, Marilynn Mel- vin, winner of the Dominion-Provincial Teachers' College Bur- sary; Thelma Gowing. winner of the Wingham Kinette Club. Scholarship and various proficiency awards; Pamela Porter, the class valedictorian, winner of two Ontario-wide scholarships •and several proficiency awards. Back row, Lyle Smith, who received the Canada Packers Award; Lawrence Stuckey, 5tudents' Coun- cil Award and Grant McBurney, winner of the Isbister Memorial Scholarship in Applied Sciences and Engineering.—A-T photo., C's Padre Young Talks o Parents and St ents LONG THE. MAIN DRAG .... -By The Pedesirjan Deputy Minister Opens. New Turnberry School Grant McGuinness of London, a voluntary leader in civil defence organization, was the guest' speak- er at the regular meeting of the Lions Club in the Queens Hotel on Friday evening. His message Was a startling revelation of the immediate danger of annihilation in which we stand at the present: time. "The meal you have jest eat- en," he stated, "could well be your last," He said that this area has been in the doldrums as far as civil de- fence is coneerned -and that every citizen is a member of the civil defence team whether he likes it or net. The speaker sail that we fool ourselves if we believe that our Partichlar area would not be aetioUsly affected by a nuclear at- tack on the industrial belt around the Great Lakes and in the North- ern United States, It was his op- .1hion that In the event of war we 'Wound be right on the fringe of the industrial heart of North Am- REPAIRS UNJDER WAY— Workmen are busy repairing the Bondi Fop(lland gracery, which was destroyed by fire last June. We haven't heard just what the plans are, but it appears that the build- ing will be put back into condition before the snow flies, 0 - 0 - 0 LOOK FORCED— The Canadian National express shed was entered on Sunday eve- ning or early Monday morning ac- cording to police reports. It ap- pears that the leek on the shed was:forced, but nothing was stolen. 0 - 0 e 0 READY FOR BUSINESS— The new Brewers' Retail store, hich is-apparently ready for busi: toss has not opened its doors as ,yet,, although a sign did state open; ing was'eXPected by the end of the month. 'No announcement has been made as to who will operate the Store. Apparently ;the powers that be do not feel that it is necessary to adVertise in order to sell the liquid refreshments. 0 , 0 e 0 KINSMEN SHUDDER-- , Every year at this time members of the Kinsmen Club go around with a rather gaunt look on their faces: Reason—the Kinettes are getting ready for the 'annual ba- zaar which this year is slated for Wednesday afternoon. Seems the ladies neglect their husbands to get their annual fund-raising event gn the road. It is to be hoped the eneral public enjoys the 'bazaar or it seems certain the Kinsmen `don't. 0 - 0 - 0 EVER BEARING?— Bill Heughan picked enough ripe raspberries for supper last Wed- nesday. Another report from our country correspondents tells of a family enjoying eripe strawberries. Flowers are still blooming in many parts of the town. Ah! that it might last. RECEPTION; —7 *Will' be held for Mr. and Mrs. Mac Ritchie (Marilyn Riehl) in the Royal-T, Thursday evening, Nov- ember 2nd. Music by Tiffin's or- chestra. Ladies please bring lunch. F14' • ----e--- 'HOOTING MATCH Held at Marnoch, November 4, at. p.m., ,at the farm of Adam Mc- Burney, 3 miles weft of Belgrave, • BELGRAVE CREDIT UNION 'Change of office hours for the Belgrave' Credit Union from Tues- day, evening to Tuesday afternoon, commencing November 7th. Geo. Belgrave Credit Union - Fib BAKE SALE Vegetables and farm produce will be held in the former Red Front store, Wingham, on Saturday, Nov- ember 4th, at 2 p.m. Sponsored by Whitechurch Softball Committees, Fi* BAKE SALE IN BELGRAVE The Ladies' Guild of Trinity lis'Xnglican :Church are holding a hake 'ale and bazaar in the Orange Hall, Belgrave, Peturday, November 4th, at 3 p.m. Everyone welcome. Fib COME TO VARIETY FAIR Saturday, November 4, in the TOOF Lc,1.re room, Brussels. Onens 2.30 p.m. Features good used cloth- ing, home baking, candy, new Ar- ticles, tea room, Fib Friday, NoVembet 3rd, in honour Of Hospital will be held in the Ladies' Auxiliary to Wingham Gen- eral noon, Nov, 3, at 3 o'clock. F1b Council '''.'-veeriber en treetee, ar„,... PRESENTATION AND DANCE Mr , and Mrs. Charlie McKay The November meeting of the Will be held in Bluevale Hall on ):5:0 3:1, MEETING The Ken wil. :i.A( ani Joanne l. ACRoli 4 .bee's orchestra, Ladies please bring lunch. Fib OFFICE CLOSED . Dr, W. A. IVfeKibbon's office will be doted November 1344-15. Fib IiI) ALL VETERANS Annual Legion Church parade of veterans, Legloh members end Ladies' Auxiliary to the T. eglon will leave the Legion Horne 10 30 share on Sunday, NoVenehee 5th, to Wingham United Chttrch, ' Fib ---- IttiivErrg TEA - Will be held at the Council Cham- bers, Wednesday, November 1st, 3 to 5 p.m. Bake tableland latest 'ashions In fall hats, MAW *In be -Made for the 5-plece bridge Net. F25-1b H. E. Elborn, M.A., B.Paed., On- tario's deputy minister of educa- tion, officially opened the new Turnberry Central School on Tees- day afternoon of last week. The opening took the form of a ribbon- cutting ceremony which folloWed a speech by the department official. The new building is situated just east of Wingham on Highway 86 and was built by the Turnberry Township School Area Board to ov- ercome a number of problems, in- Auding lack of a building at Zet- 'and and unsatisfactory temporary 3lessrooms in Lower Town, as well as overcrowding in the Bluevale school, Chairman for the event was J. H. Kinkead, public school inspector, of Goderich. The ceremonies got under way with a chorus by the school choir under the direction of Mrs, N. Moffat. Alvin Smith, the reeve of Turnberry Township, ad- dressed the gathering and congrat- ulated the board on its efforts to Overcome the problems it faced. The building's architect, D. T. Dun- 'op, told the group that the school was planned for expansion, and thus would probably save consider- able money when an addition is required. He alsO congratulalted the contractor, Gordon Hauser, for the first-rate job that had been done on the building. Mr. Hauser replied by saying that Mr. Dunlop had been excellent to work with and that the building hail been well planned. Board chairman Bert Holmes thanked the council for its support and said the hoard appreciated the efforts of both the architect and the contractor and the assistance provided by Inspector Kinkead. He said the board was well pleased with the building. in his remarks the speaker said a number of things must be kept in mind regarding the school, and APPRECIATION DAY A "George Jefferson Apprecia- tion Day." will be held in Clinton on Saturday, Nov. 4th. Mr. Jef- ferson will become Mayor of Clin- ton for the day and open house will be held in the afternoon in the pub- lic school and evening in the high school. He is a native of East Wa- wanosh Township and taught in Fordwich school before gon.g to Clinton. W.I. EUCHRE The Women's Institute are hold- ing a euchre in . the Council Cham- bers on Friday evening, November 3rd, at 8.30. Admission 50c. Lunch served. Good prizes. Fib DANFORTH CITADEL BAND Will play in WDHS on Saturday, November lith, at 8 p.m. This will be in conjunction with the Wing- ham Salvation Army Corps' 75th anniversary. Fib TEESWATEIi, HOBBY CLASSES Will start Tuesday, November 7, in the Tublic School at 8 p.m. Reg- istration fee is $2.00. The classes will be held every Tuesday night for 20 weeks. They include oil painting, leather work, weaving, millinery, sewing, dramatics, smock- ing, crocheting, knitting. rug melt. ing, needlepoint and wrapping gifts end flower arrangements for Christmas. All classes are open for registration and anyone around Wingham is welcome to join. Fib the educational program, He went on to list at length the things that he felt should be done to provide adequate education for the children and said it is the purpose of the school to provide the opportunity for education, He concluded by stating that the central type of school provides bet- ter facilities than the old one-room school, as a teacher 10 not faced with teaching a full eight grades, and can concentrate on a lesser LEGION PLANS POPPY CANVASS FOR FRIDAY Members of the Winglume Branch 180, Royal Canadian 'Le- gion will call at all homes in the Community Friday evening lio sell poppies in commemora- tion 'of the fallen of two wars and to aid disabled veterans. The Girl Guides will handle Poppy sales on the, street on Saturday. Your most generous support is asked for this most worthy :of fund-raising campaigns. Baptism Sunday In St. Paul's Church Mr. and Mrs, Chris. Pedersen, of Ilderton, and Mr, and Mrs. Safes Pedersen of Parkhill, parents of Mr, and Mrs. Karl Pedersen, Wing- ham, visited them on Sunday and attended the christening of 'their infant daughter, Karen Anne, which took place Sunday afternoon in St. Paul's Anglican Church, The happy occasion was also her parents' wedding anniversary. Others present were Mr. and Mrs. James Pedersen, of Dentield, Mr. and Mrs. Henning Pedersen, of Sarnia, and Mr. and IVIM, Harold Berg, of Ailsa 'Craig. Following the christening a fam- ily supper was held at their home on North Street and other guests included Rev. C. F. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson and the godparents, Dr, and Mrs. A. R, DuVal. C., Lloyd & Son Limited have ' announced the transfer to Wing- ham of Donald Lloyd, presently Toronto District Manager. He willl loin the head office man- agement group. He and his fa- mily will be moving to Wingham in November and will occupy a new home on John St. which is now under construction. number and do a better job oft teaching. He said he hoped .that the results of building the neW school will long have a useful Irina-, ence on the boys and girls who ate tend. He was thanked by 'board member Eldon. Kirton. The school was dedicated by Rev. T. E. Kennedy and a Gideon. Bible was presented by Dr, B. N. Corrin. Mary Austin, who won a contest to name the school was. presented with a cheque by board member John Norman, Following the •opening of the school, 'the crowd on band toured, the building, which was also epere: for public inspection in the eveei,, ning, A dinner at the Bluevale Unite Church saw some 75 guests sit: down to, a turkey supper. The groufft included the various dignitarie4; who had taken part in the official_ opening, as well as municipal and', educational officials from the sun::: rounding area, The dinner was' under the chairmanship of Turn- berry Reeve A. D. Smith of Blue, vale. ACCIDENTS KEEP POLICE BUSY A number of accidents during the week-end kept members of the pro- vincial and local police on the run with investigations. Cars driven by Lloyd William Hunt of Wroxeter and George Ilene' ry Merkley of R.R. 1, Wroxeter were in collision in that village at 2.00 am, on Saturday morning. No; injuries resulted but damage was in the neighborhood of $900.00. On Saturday afternoon at 4.45 small car driven by Ralph Edwar Triebner of Kippen went out of control on the 5th line of Morris; three" and a half miles, west .P.64: Brussels, and flipped over in the ditch. The driver was uninjured but the ear was damaged to .the tune of $600.00. At 12.45 on Sunday morning a car driven by Fred Deacon of Wingham was struck from the rear by a ear driven by James Robert Venuss of Lucknow with the re- sullt that both cars went into the ditch. Damage was estimated at $400 to each vehicle. Both drivers and passengers in the Venuss car, John and Kenneth Johnston of Lucknow, were taken to the Wing- ham Hospital for treatment of cuts and bruises. Another passenger in the Venues car, Donald Johnston, was not injured. The accident oc- curred one mile west of Wingham on Highway 86 at Currie's corner. The three accidents were inves- tigated by Provincial Constable Ronald Bell of the Wingham OPP detachment. On Saturday evening Wingham's night constable, Ted Whitby, was called to investigate an accident on the main street when a car driv- en by William Charles Dickert of Fordwich collided with two park- ed cars. The first one, owned by Alex Skinn of Wingham was ex- tensively damaged and was pushed into the rear of another owned by C. R. Shackleton, also of Wingham, which suffered about $25.00 dam- age. The Dickert vehicle was bad- ly damaged in the right front quar- ter. No injuries were reported. Charges are pending. sundry items in connection with the Santa parade and that the cost of the free show for the children was included in the total for that year, The meeting discussed the pay- ment and collection of dues and deplored the poor attendance and lack of interest in the affairs of the association, Some members felt that the association should be disbanded, but the general feeling of the meeting was that there al- most had to be an organization of business people in a town the size of Wingham. It was decided to have a letter sent to all delinquent members, telling what the associa- tion does and how much it costs to handle the promotions and to appeal for prompt remitting of dues, November 25th was set as the date for the annual Santa promo- tion in town and 'various commit- tees were set up to look after' the project. Murray Stainton heads the float and transportation commit- tee; Clare Cantelon the decorations, John Currie the promotion com- mittee and Harry Merkley the can- dy packing group, —Mr. and Mrs. James MacCallum, St. Clair Shores, Mich., visited re- cently with his sister, Mrs. G. 0. Casemore, and Mr, Casemore, Car- ling Terrace. erica, and so in the prime target arra. He cited civil defence as the greatest bargain we can get, with federal and provincial govern- ments paying. 90 per cent of the cos;.. "If you don't organize," he said, "you have only yourse:ves to blame!" They Will Sacrifice Speaking of the Russian's in- tentions in regard to war, Mr. Mc- Guinness scoffed at the theory they will tot start hostilities because of retaliat'on and the loss of life within the Soviet, He said the Russians have never hesitated to sacrifice Russian lives to achieve their previous goals, whether by blood purges or starvation. Our main defence, from the mili- tary standpoint, is the United States—but Russia, the speaker stated, has missiles zeroed in right now on every American Strategic Air Command base around her per- irhitea He Made coMparisona be- tween Soviet and American bothb carrying abilities, both 'aircraft and MANAGER APPOINTED AT LOCAL CO-OP Peter Cutter, of Paisley, has been appointed manager of the UDPC branch here, and has taken up his duties on Monday of 'this week. He replaces Max McCarter, who was appointed manager of the Co-op operations at Tam, Chesley and Paisley. Mr. Cutter owned the Paisley creamery business for 16 years and was a partner in the Four-Way Milk Products firm of Tara, until both places were sold to the Co-op in March of this year. Mr. and Mrs. Cutter, who have a 10-year-old daughter, Patty, will move to Wingham when the Mc- Carter family completes arrange- ments for accommodation in Ches- ley. The family are members of the 'United Church. Mr. Cutter is a native of Holland, and has been in this country since 1929. Interested in curling and lawn bowling, he is a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Paisley Rotary Club. —Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ben and family, of Petrone, spent the week- end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edgar, and with Mr. Bell's mother, Mrs, Matthew Bell. ar rocket:a and concluded that the U.S. is still hop-Vss'y behind the Soviets in this regard, "The year 1962 will be the meet oriliall in the history of the world," Concluding his ad,lress the speaker minted oul the several ways in which we can take action to protect ourselves against nuclear fallout and how we can organize to deal with the problems which would exist after the first dangers Would have passed, Be left with the Lions the booklets, "Fleven Steps to Survival", "Bas:,ment Fallout Shelters" and "Fallout on the Farm". New 'Members Present at the meeting which was presided over by Perq-dent Bill Carrie, were four new club members, Frank Ilepper, Gordon Sutcliffe, George Galbraith and Fred McGee. Lion ,Taeir Reavie gave the secretary's report anti the music was in charge of Lions Bap Swatridge and Bill Couron. It was decided that the peanut drive be held, on December 8th. The 'auditorium of the Wingharn District High School was filled to capacity on Friday evening by' stu- dents, their parents and friends, for the annual Commencement Exer- cises, Rev, W, A. Young, B.S.A., padre at the Ontario Agricultural College, was the guest speaker, and conabin- ed his keen faculties of liumor and common sense to provide one of the finest talks the student:'body has ever heard. "You are beginning your adult life in dangerous and exciting times," he said. l'You are not to' be pitied. You are 'to be envied. Your lives are cast in a wonderful age. Never in the history of the world was the opportunity greater than now." Padre Young pointed out that one of the most important mean- ings education should have for the student is the responsibility of lea- dership. He said that the years in school are not provided to make the graduate an average man or wo- man, but rather to make them leaders. "You are not common folk any more," he said. "To whom much is given, of him much is re- quired." Rev. Young expressed his deep concern over the present day wor- ship of mediocrity—the trend to belief that the average man is the important person. Rather, he said, we are in great need of uncom- mon men and women. speaking of the great mass of ignorant people in the world he said, "Ignorance is one of the most frightening problems we face." He Explained the ignorance of which he spoke as the complete absence of the knowledge that there are bet- ter things. The padre said that the know- 'edge acquired in high school is not an education, but merely the tools by whieh education can be contin- ued throughout an entire lifetime. Concluding, Rev, Young said, "The final aura of education is to give you the •ability to live foe to- morrow while making the best of today." Opening EXereiSes George Conn played quiet organ music as the Commencement bp- oiled and the graduates in Grades XII, XII Commercial arid X/II inOv. eel in nrecesSion to the platform, A. D. MacWilliam, chairman of the board addressed the gathering and welcomed parents to the school ton this important occasion, Selections were beard from the school band under the leadership Of Teacher Robert Vivian arid fol- lowing the address of the guest speaker, who was introduced by (Please turn to Page Twn) Hours Named for Christmas Shopping A meeting of the Wingham Busi- ness Association was held at the town hall on Friday evening with a small turnout of members. The group discussed the business hours for December and decided to have the stores open all day Wed- neerlay, Dec. 6, 13, 20 and 27, The latter date because it would be the day after Boxing Day. Shopping nights will be Wednesday through Saturday, Dec. 20th to 23rd. Stores will be closed Saturday nights in January, February and March and will open again on Sat- urday evenings two weeks before Easter. • Nov. 11th Petition The results of a petition regard- ing November iitb closing were re- ported, Four favoured an all-day closing and 44 favoured closing from 10 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. The meet- ing decided to write the town coun- cil reporting the results of the pe- tition and to ask Council to declare the Nov 11th hours of closing as indicated by the majority, Treasurer Warren Callan report- ed that the Christmas promotion last year totalled $444.15 and he pointed out that this barely covered the 'cost of trees, lights, candy and ATTEND SCHOOL OPENING—Among those at inspector, School Principal Richard Kilpatrick, the opening of the new Turnberry Central School Board Chairman Bert Holmes and H. E. Elborn, were, from fhe left, J. H. Kinkead, public school Deputy Minister of 'Education for Ontario. •3 Lit is.: , • ' Need to Prepare for Nuclear