The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-11-08, Page 1Spectaplar Crash-Injor-
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ALONG, THE THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian.
NOTE STORE HOURS— ,
Ygn are asked to note the shop-
ping hours in Wingliam 'oh Satur-
day of this week, which is Itemem.
braime Day; l'116 stores 'will
remain closed from. ten, o'clock in
the morning until 1.00 p.m., so that
residents of the community and
the staffs in the stores will be free
to attend tne'servfed iat elle '011ie.-
taph,
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OVER $200 FOR UNICEF—
C.G.I,T, members collected for
UNICEF .again on Hallowe'cn and
on Teesday netted about $200,
,f2hildren from Mrs, Cecil Coultes'
Grades 4, 5 and 8 of Turnberry Cen-
tral School canvassed on Monday
andiTuesday and gathered $34.26.
ft .is' believed that other centres In
the immediate district also made
their annual calla and perhaps a
Complete estimate of total collec-
tions in the area can be made later.
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FIRST OF SEASON—
Me.' and Mrs. W. B, McCook loft
last ' Thursday for Florida, the
first, we 'believe, of the annual mi-
gration Southward. With thb smell
of snow in tho air it is evident they
have the right idea.
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LITTLE SLOW IIERE?—
A few items of Christmas mer-
chandise are beginning to make
their' appearance in local stores. If,
jk .you think the local boys arc hasty,
Vyou should live in Chicago. Vis-
' Ring there more than three weeks
ago we saw dozens of stores in full
ChristmaS dress,
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THIS WAS THE RESULT when a car driven by Charles Bondi of
Wingham crashed into a transport truck on Saturday evening.
The late model Cadillac was completely wrecked. Mr. Bondi was
hospitalized with chest•4njuries. Driver of the truck, Ronald Ju
benville, of Blenheim, and a passenger, Donald Jubenville, were
not injured.—Advance-Times photo.
At Least Three Council
Seats Will Need Filling
'ENG &GEMENT 44(
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn J. Johnston,
.' ICA. 1, Gorrie, wish to announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Mary Agnes, to Mr. James Harold
1301-1810S, Son of Mee. Robert Doug.
las, and the late Mr- Douglas, R.
it. 1, .aortic, The wedding will take
place the latter pert of Net/ember.
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RECEPTION AND DANCE
Will be held in the Blyth Mem-
orial Pall, on Friday, November 10,
for Mr. arid Mrs, David Nesbit
(Gladys Reid), Ladles please bring
Web, ZVeryone welcome, VP
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mootressivn Emilio;
Will be held in Beigrave Cent-
inunity centre on Wednesday, Nov.
8, at. 8.30 pan. sharp, and every
Wednesday 'until Dee, 13th, Good
prizes will be given. EVerybedv
i Welcerne.
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Peter Vath
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DONATE BLOOD BANK REFRIGERATOR—The
Pursing staff of the local hospital has donated
a new specially-controlled refrigerator for the
blood bank. The bank serves other area hos-
pitals as well as the Wingham institution, Pie-
tured with the new equipment are, from 'the left,
Willie Vanderwoude, laboratory technician;
Mrs, I, l2. Morrey, administratrix; Miss Dorothy
Krug, Reg. N., and Miss Phyllis smith, Reg,N.
CKNX photo by Strong.
With which is amalgamated, the Carrie Vidette and Wrexeter News
O1VTAlf,A4, WEPIKESPAY, NOVEIVIBEIL 8, 1.061
A large, COugregatiOn was in at- •
lend-ante Sunday mortingatt-thet : q'iiintirsing- Staf f at the. Wing- • United .Clairch when the annual ' • ham General Hospital realized an church service of remembrance was ambition this week, when they do-
held, About 50 Legion members nated a blood bank refrigerator
and some 20 members of the La- costing $817.00 to -the laboratory of dies'. Auxiliary to the Royal Can- the. hospital. The machine, the adian Legion, headed by the Bel- monies for which were realized by grave Pipe Band, paraded from the the nursing staff from activities Legion Home to the church. Alex held during the past year, has been Corrigan was parade marshal. ' installed at the laboratory in the Eighteen wreaths were at the en-
Next Monday,. Nov. *13th, the
Wingham P,rewers" Retail Store,
which ,has been under construction
for the past few months, will of.
ficially open its doors. The build-
in' lit' the former Cunningham Cara
age, and. It has been completely re-
lovated to a new design. Parking
:pace and aspha't driveways now
airround the structure, The Wing-
!ram .store, as is the case with 811
Ontario brewers' retail stores, will
be operated by the Br'e'wers' Ware.
heusieg Company Limited,
A, Girodat, manager of the
Hanover Group Stores, announced
that an • official opening will he
JUNIOR CLUB Will
COLLECT BOTTLES
Members of the Junior Colt'.
nervation Club will stage a hat-
tie drive this a•Intrirday, No-
vember 11th, starting at 1.00
p.m,
Householders are asked to
put their ',empties' • aut in front
of their homes, .eriaer on the
steps or et the curb for pick
tip.
;Cllr funds raised through the
sale of the bottles ara used to
Wither the, work of the etub.
NOW REALITY
MAITLAND AUTHORITY
GETS OFFICIAL 01.
ships of Turnberry and Howick.
The enlarged Authority will he
renamed the Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority.
Remembrance Day -
Postal Deliveries
Holiday service on Remembrance
Day, Saturday,' November 11 at the
local post office•Will he as follows:
Look box lobby will be open from
7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• General delivery, registration and,
postage stamp wickets will be open
from 8.30 am, to 9,30 a.m. and
from, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Mail from street letter boxes will
be collected at 3.t5 p.m,
Mail will be received and des-
patched as 'usual, but there will be
no rural delivery.
Charles 'Bondi, well-known fritit
merchant, of Wingham, was xu
ed to hospital by ambulance ear
'Saturday evening suffering fro: .
chest injuries and minorahraaleAs
as the result of a main Street ao,
eidvit. lib, condition on Tuvad4,Y
was reported by hospital' autleat-
ties as good.
The -accident happened when tbe
Bondi car, travelling north on Jo-
sephine, struck a parked ear own-
"0 by Reeve j, Roy- Adair, b.ounced
off and then collided almost head.-
an with a transport truer< owin:4
by the Jubenvile Transport of 1;14-
helm, The car was swung sideways
uy the impact and ended alp jai-
heel against against a hydro'pole with the
left door open and wedged again4t,
the pole. , The car was acomplete
wreck, with the right front demoP
ished beyond recognition,
Damage to the extent of several
hundred dollars was done to the
Adair car which was shoved ova.
80 feet down the street from 'where
it was parked. The truck su'f-
fered heavy damage to the right
front corner, with the undercar-
riage being torn loose and pUshed
into the saddle tanks. The two
men in the cab-over-engine vehicle,
Donald and Ronald Jubenville,
were not injured in
No one was in the Adair vehicle at
the time.
The accident which occurred in
front of 'the U.D.P.C. plant, drew
a large crowd of people. Local po-
lice who investigated, were fOreed
to detour traffic around 'the scene
as debris was strewn 'along the
street for 100 feet.
Night Constable William Waite,
assisted by Police Chief James 'Mil-
ler, • -handled the , investigation,
Charges are pending.
1 Job n Runstedtler,
H i hest Standing i„, .., _ -- ..,-..,
The committee appointed by the
Huron County Council to award
scholarships and bursaries at the
'University of Western Ontario an-
nounces that .John Runetedbler, of
Wingham, was awarded the schol-
arship for the boy from Huron
County to attain the highest' stand-
ing..
Juniors Elect
Officers for '1962
Meeting at • the club 'house in
Lower Wingham on Monday night,
the members' of the Junior Conser-
vation Club-elected officers for the
coming year, They .are:
President,. Bob Crew:ion; secret-
ary, Peter Russell; treasurer, Steve
Gorrie; public relations officer,
Mike Fleury.
trance to the church. The colors
were presented by the color par-
ties of which. Willis Hall, sergeant-
at-arms, was in charge, Presenting
the colors were Lloyd Elliott, Ralph
HaMmond, Harry Montgomery,
DaVe Crothers, Mrs. Stewart For-
syth and Mrs. Ralph Hammond.
Rev. T. G. Husser gave the in-
and 'welcomed Legion-
naires .and Auxiliary members im.
mediately following the national
anthem, "0 God, Our Help in Ages
Past" was sung and George Brooks,
president of Branch 180, read the
Scripture lesson.
Following the responsive Psalm
reading the choir sang the anthem
"jesusalem". "Rock of Ages" and
"Onward Christian Soldiers" were
other hymns .sung by the congrega-
tion. The junior choir was also in
attendance for tile service,
Rev. Husser's sermon was "The
things that Make for Peace", Mrs.
3eorge Guest sang a solo, "There Is
No Death",
"0 Canada'' was sung at the close
of the service and the parade left
the sanctuary in a body.
The regular cenotaph service will
be held on Saturday at 10.30 a.m
and a church service wit be held in
reeswater on Sunday morning.
H, Madill, prinripal of the
Whigham District High School,
and teachers of the Grade 9 stu-
dents, were at the school on Fri-
day evening to Meet parents of
the papas who this year entered
secondary school, A progress re_
port had been sent home with each
boy and girl earlier in the week,
which gave parents on opportunity
to study what problems they should
discuss with the teachers.
This endeavour in teacher-parent
co-operation was introduced at the
local high school last year, and pat-
ents ,are grateful to the staff for
the .chance to learn how the pupil is
adjusting, his weak points and how
to help, and in general to compare
What might be expected front the
child in regard to what he is now
abing, The time chosen for this
Parents' Night Is ideal sinoo
'hospital 'which is operated by Tech-
nician Willie Vanderwoude. The
registered nurses, certified nurs.
ing assistants and students rais-
ed the money by staging dances
and other activities during the past
few months.
I The refrigerator,, of stainless
steel Construction, is completely
automatic with a graph 'paper keep__
lug an exact record of the temper-
ature of the unit at ail times, It
operates around 40 degrees and
must not vary more than two de-
grees or the stored blood is spoiled
and must be discarded. In case of
trouble an automatic alarm system
brings someone to the machine,
TI. holds 40 pints of whole blood
and blood by_prociucts. This blood,
rotneS early hi the school terra.
Susan Spry and Greta France
were in charge of the guest book
and parents of about 75 of the 232
Grade 9 pupils registered. Last
year there were only about 50,
After Meeting the teachers in-
dividually in their rooms, the vis-
{tors. were invited to the auditor.
'um where It, P .Ritter outlined the
guidance program. Mr. Miter
studies and follows the abilities
and progress of the students.
Mr. Madill outlined,,the proposed
reorganization of secondary school
progrant, tle also mentioned that
he hoped Grade and 10 students
could be registered In May for their
neat term. At that time it would
be evident to the !teacher's what
the pupil could take in his stride
and suggestions for subjects and
options for the next year eiuid be
drafted 'Up for parental approval.
BIBLE SOCIETY
CANVASS HERE
The British and Foreign Bible •
.Stichity;-74Canadiair
Bible Society 'is an auxiliary, serves
all the ;churches and 'the mission-.
arieS by providing the Scripthres
in the languages and quantities
they require. It has translated and
distributed all or part of the Bible
into 1165 languages.
AL the present time they are
working on the translation . of the
Scriptures in some 400 languages.
World distribution of the Scrip-
tures through the Bible Society
in 86 languages, and provided $465,-
000 for the world-wide work of
translation, production and dis-
tribution. The Wingham branch
was credited with a contribution
of $998 last year.
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1.0.0.1;e. CHRISTMAS RINGO
In the Oddfellows Hall Friday,
December 1st, at 8.30 p.m. Regular
games: Oven ready ,ehlekens:
Special: Turkeys, F8-15-22-29b
A by-law setting up a pension
plan for town •einployees was up-
proved by the Dept, r,f Atunicipzu
Affairs am( received ito third lead.
ing.
Public Works
Council discussed several reque(a ,::
for additional street lighting awl
agreed to investigaim further. The
requests were for' lights on No. 86
Highway ut the eastern outskirts
and a problem on Summit Drive
where rest -ions have no lights.
and do not want poles on Lhe :street,
It appears that the home owners
on Summit Drive would prefer to
have private lighting out the street.
After weighing the pros and cons
no definite derision was reached.
but most eouneillera felt that the
1961 group :411n111(1 reColalnet!d to
the 1962 molten that the clerk re-
ceive clerical help in order that
he could take op further town
duties.
On motion of Buchanan and
Bergman council set, the hours for
store closing on Nov_ 11tH from.
10 alit, 10 1 p.m,
The mayor reminded the man_
eh that nominations would be held
Please Turn to Page Two
Car Clips Six
Guard • .Rails
No one was injuredh 'wen a car
driven by, Mary Isobehe Smith, of
R.R. 1, Ethel, went out of control
„on., NO,./16A-1-Ighway, .mile east._ of,
Bluevale early Sunday morning, bill
1116 vehicle • suffered. $500 &magi
and six 'highway guard' rails were
clipped
.The ,-vehicle.was ()Wiled .by'Robert
Wheeler, of Brussels, who,:: along
With two other people, was a pas-
4seager in the car.
. The Mishap occurred at 1.45 Sun-
day morning and was ievestigated
by 'Constable Murray F.:rick:I/burg of
the Total O.P.P. detachment.
COUNTRY CURLING CLUB
i Will hold their annual meeting
and euchre party • on , Tuesday,
November 14th, at 8.30 p.m. in the
Belgraye Community Hall, Ladies
Please bring sandwiches or tarts.
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RETAIL STORE 10
.OPEN ,NEXT
Tfisli,r adea'riatbr Vi'Mokratarfiet:
lowed by a reeepljoa and lunch-
eon at the. Legion homl,,
Manager of the new store will
be Peter Vath, a native •af. Han-
over, who has been employed by
the company for the past 14, years
in that community. He will be the
only permanent employee of the
firm here at the moment, and will
hire extra help locally wnen re-
quired. •
Mr, Vath, veteran Of the RCAI",
spent three years in the Aleutian
Islands during the war. Married,
with six children, he will move his
family to Wingham as soon as ac-
commodation becomes available.
They are members of Holy Family
Roman Catholic Church, Hanover.'
Mr, Vath is also a member of the
Hanover branch of the Royal Can-
HOCKEY REGISTRATION adian Legion,
Will be held this Saturday after-
noon, November 11th, for all boys
interested in playing hockey from
8-12 years, in the Council Cham-
bers between 1 and 3 p.m, $1.50 in-
stirance covers all activities spon-
sored by the Recreation Committee
for one year. F8b
sar,TO ALL VETERANS
The annual' November 11th . par-
ade will meet at the Armouries at
10:10• for parade to the Cenotaph
for memorial service. F8b
FREE
111 ,e animal meeting of a'nnia
Township Federation of Agriculture
will take the form of a social
evening in the Foresters Hall, Bel-
t,!ravr, TI1P8Otty, November 21st.
Euchre and Lost Heir begin at 8.30
felkeyed by aeruel meeting and
lunch. Come and appoint your new
officers for 1962. 'Ladies dense
bring lunch, F8-15b
W.I. EUCHRE IN WROXETER
A Euchre will be held in the com-
munity hail Nnvernber 10th, at 8 31)
Sponsored by the Hall Board, F8b
Sixteen more municipalities in
the Maitland River watershed will
benefit from future 'conservation
measures, it was announced this
week by the Hon, W. M. Nickle,
minister of Commerce and. Devel-
opment. Enlargement of the for-
mer Middle Maitland Valley Con-
servation. Authority. established in
1951, to include the whole water-
shed of the river was authorized
on Thursday by the government of
Ontario.
The Province's action followed a
meeting on Sept, 14th in' Wingham
of the original Authority members
and representatives of those muni-
cipalities in the watershed lying
wholly or partly outside the exist-
ing boundaries' of its jurisdiction.
The meeting was called as a result
of a petition 'to the .rainiater of !
Commerce And Development by
four of the municipalities desiring
inclusion, the towns of .Wingham
tfcl e stdie "stir .. the 'T
LEGION ATTENDS
UNITED CHUM
I BLOOD BANK
NURSES DONATE
NEW; EQUIPMENT
feathers and Parents
Discuss Grade 9 Work
At the regular meeting of town
council Monday 'evenin g, two coun-
cillors , were willing 'to commit
themselves regarding the December
elections. Councillor Gordon Be-
ehanau stated 'that he would be in
the "'tinning and Couneillor
liamBiirgman Sta,1.--ed: that. he.woula
lioWittike,agtantoyert;4.4-;ghtt.L--
-Kinney has previously said that, he
would not run. Other cauteillors
have not . publicly stated their
stand. • If the other members all
run again for election, there will
be the seats vacated by Lovell Mc-
Guire and William Bergman, as
well as the mayor's chair -
that an election is essured- unless
the vacancies are filled by acclama-
tion. It does not appear that any
of the present council members are
has now reached 30,000,000 annual. ly, In Canada last year the Bible willing to step up to the niaSioi"a
job. .
Society distributed 300,000 volumes The meeting-i t sel f wa" lit
its business, with. most diseaSSions
being confined. .to routine matters.
Minutes and accounts were approv
ed as usual. • •
The mayor said that small inArcels
of land .owned by 'Central 'Mort_
gage and Housing would be -deeded
if Canada is to assume its full I back to the town, and Ile recant,
share in meeting the world's need mended dna they be utilized for
for Scriptures, greatly increased park purposes,
financial support is requested. This
week, canvassers will be calling at,
the houses in Wingham for con-
tributions. The executive asks
you to give as - the Lord has pros-
which is supplied by the Canadian pered your,
Red Cross Society through its vol-
unteer blood donors' program, is
distributed to other hospitals in M odel fl ats this section of Western Ontario
fromoiLat the Wingham General Hos- Kinelle Tea
A very S acePssf I fall tea was
ODOVELLO WS E ant E held by the Kinetics in the coun-
Will be held in the Oddfellows cil chamber last Wednesday after-
noon. Will fashions in hats were Hall Wednesday, November 22nd, modelled by Mrs. jack Gerrie, Mrs. at 8.30 p.m. Everyone welcome. re45.22e 'Dave Cameron, Mrs, .11in Currie,
Mrs, Bill Connell, Mrs. Maurice
Stainton, and Mr's. John Currie.
'rite commentator Was Mrs. Jack
Batmen.
T110 draw for the card table and
chairs was won by Mrs. Jack Con.
nell of Kincardine.
Prociamation
At the request of various citizens the Wingiumu ;oven
Council requests all business places to close from-
1O a.m. to 'I p,ni. on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11th
so that the Remernbram:e Day Service may be observed.
R. 'E. McKINNEY, Mayor