The Wingham Advance-Times, 1962-07-18, Page 1With which is .amalgamated the Gerrie Vidette olid Wroxeter News
WINCH -IAA ONTARIO, WEPNESDAy, JUL' 18, 1942
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;Mitt'Council Approves Vote on
By The Pedestrian
POOL WATER OK—
• The Riverside Parks board tells
us that regular checks have been
made on the condition of the water
in the swimming area. These tests
were carried out weekly until just
recently, when they were stepped
up to twice a week, So far the
R water has been proven quite fit
for swimming,
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HOT AND LIRY—
This season has turned oat to
✓ be one of the driest on record, The
berry crop Is adversely affected
and lawns are brown rather than
green. Just between ourselves,
however, it's a lot easier on hum.
man beings than the humid stuff
we had last year.
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REMEMBER THE `DATES—
The Advance -Times, asks its cus-
tomers to bear in mind that the
office and plant will be closed from
August 13th to 25th. Please don't
come whipping along at the last
moment with an order, for we have
made final arrangements for these
dates.
PLACING EQUIPMENT
IN BELL BUILDING
Dial switching equipment is now
being installed in the new telephone
building In Wingham in prepare -
tion for the introduction of .dial
telephone service and Direct Dis-
tance Dialing here late this year.
More than 3,000 terminals, each
representing a telephone number,
are being Installed initially in the
new exchange building, located on
e the corner of John and Shuter Sts.
Additional equipment is required
for use in customer -dialed long
distance calls.
All the equipment beiug Installed
was designed and manufactured to
meet Winghem's'speeifie needs, ex-
plained H. H. P. Johnston, Bell
• Telephone manager for this area.
The installation work and testing
of the exchange equipment is being
carried' out by Northern Electric
Company craftsmen.
Referring to the many other ac-
tivities surrounding the dial con-
version here, Mr, Johnston said all
phases of the project are progres-
sing according to schedule. One of
the biggest jobs involves extending
the outside wire and cable network
serving the exchange area, and ad-
apting it for use under the dial
system.
Pass Piano Exams
I The following pupils of Miss
Beatrice Gordon, Teeswater, were
successful in the Toronto Conserva-
tory of Music piano exams held in
Walkerton on June 25th and 27th.
Grade VIII•—Doris Troupe, hon.
Grade •VII — Adaline McKinney,
hon.
Grade V --Jackie Blackwell, hon.
Grade IV -•--Susan Blackwell, hon.;
Glorie,Weiss, pass.
4 Grade III --Francis Weiss, pass;
Riohard Fields, pass.
Grade II — Margaret Goldrich,
1st class hon.; Brenda Leahy, hon.
ENGAGrEMEN,T
Mr. and Mrs. John Strong, Wing-
; ham, announce the engagement of
their eldest daughter, Sandra
Jeanne, to Mr. James Stanley
Campbell, Wingham. The wedding
will take place August 4th at St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church,
Wingham,
ENGrAOEMEN.r
Reverend and Mrs. G. Toward
Pace, Belmdre, Ontario, wish to an.
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Ma. ton "t
to Mr, Alfred Cornelius Nickel, son
of Mr. and Mrs, (orileliu„ .,iwe.t;
Waterloo, Ontario. The marriage
Will take place on Saturday, July
28th, 1962, at 2;00 p.m.,in the
Mated Church, Mildmay, Ontario.
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t•'NO 11111.K DELIVERY
Starting next Wednesday, July
25th, there will be no milk delivery
in future in Wingham On Wednes-
days. We realize this may be an
tnconvenience to many, and are
grateful for your co-operation. ---
1Bateson's Model Dalry and Fox -
ton's Dairy. F18b
Cocktail, Dining Lounge
At a special meeting of council,
held on Tuesday evening of last
week, a by-law was unanimously
passed which, when approved by
the Liquor License Board, will
mean a vote of. the ratepayers. on
the question of cocktail lounges I
and dining lounges In Wingham,
The move followed, the reading
of a letter from Whitney Grose,
which stated that if the vote is
favourable, he will build a twenty -
room hotel on the site of the old
Brunswick Hotel, which will be
owned and operated by he and Mrs.
Grose.
The by-law will actually call for
a vote on cocktail lounges and
dining lounges but not for bever-
age rooms. Mr. Grose attended the
council meeting and, under ques-
tioning from council members, stat-
ed that if the vote was favourable
construction of the new hotel
would he started just as soon as
possible, which would probably be
in the late fall. He also stated that
it would be necessary to have an
affirmative vote on bath questions
before the hotel would be feasible.
Mr. Grose also showed council an
artist's sketch of the proposed
building, a reproduction of which
appears elsewhere in this issue. The
building, he said. would be three
stories. The two top floors would
contain 20 guest rooms, each with
bath. The ground floor would con-
tain a coffee shop to seat 22 people,
a cocktail lounge to seat 60 persons
and a dining room that would seat
71, as well as the office and lobby.
The basement would contain a
banquet room that could serve 300
people and be divided into three
sections by folding doors for small-
er groups. The building itself would
have a frontage of 751 feet and
would be 80 feet deep, with park-
ing space at the rear of the build-
ing. The street level of the propos-
ed building would be about two-
thirds plate glass, and the south
part 'of • a mosaic of black granite.
The two upper floors would 'be
brick, and would be high enough to
cover the old existing walls to the
.north and south, which were
damaged in the 1958 fire.
The by-law which council passed,
was sent to the municipality by the
Liquor License Board several weeks
ago,
Mr. Grose also pointed out that
tentative approval. of the design of
the building had been agreed on
by the authorities, and that the
cost of the structure would run
between $200,000 and $225,000.
The vote on the two questions
Mary Austin Wins
In Coloring Contest
Mary Austin, ,daughter of Mr, and'
Mrs. William Austin and a student
at the Turnberry Central School,
has received word that she won
second prize in the 8-10 year group,
Tuckey Beverages wildlife coloring
contest, The contest appeared in
The Aidvance-Times several weeks
ago.
1 Mary received the following letter
i from the general manager of the
firm last week:
Dear Mary:
We are indeed happy to advise
you that you have won second
prize In the 8-10 year group in our
recent Wildlife Coloring Contest.
You are to be congratulated for this
fine effort.
Please accept the enclosed cheque
for $5.00 as the reward for the fine
artistic ability you have shown. We
hope you will continue your in-
terest in this work.
We here at Tuckey Beverages
would like to thank you for enter-
ing the contest and take this op-
portunity to wish you a real happy
summer holiday.
Yours sincerely,
Tuckey Beverages,
R, Ross Tuckey,
General Manager.
which will appear on the ballot
would have to have a majority of
60 percent before the sale of liquor
by the glass would be licensed in
the community.
Storni Sewers
Mayor Hetherington said that
approval had been received from
the Ontario Water Resources Com-
mission for the construction of
storm sewers on Josephine and
Victoria Streets. The approval fol-
lowed an engineering report which
had been forwarded to the Com-
mission, and will tie in with the
proposed sewage project, It is esti-
mated the cost will be about $18,-
000.00. The mayor recommended
that financing be requested through
the OWRC rather than by deben-
tures, and that the work be done
under a separate contract. The
council approved the mayor's re-
commendations.
Arena .Front
A construction by-law to provide
for the construction of a new front
on the Wingham arena was brought
up for discussion. Mayor Hethering-
ton said the by-law would have to
Abe forwarded to the Department
of Municipal Affairs for approval.
before a debenture by-law could be
given consideration.
The action followed directions
given at the regular meeting of the
council to the clerk to have the by-
law prepared, after council had
seen the architect's plans, and.
estimates which amounted to near-
ly $50,000.00.
Councillor Nesmith sparked a
lengthy discussion on the subject
when he stated that he was op-
posed to spending $50,000,00 en the
arena. IIe said that he did not
think the town was in a strong
enough financial position to stand
this expenditure along with the
sewage project which was contem-
plated.
Reeve Adair said that without the
sprinkler system the cost would be
approximately $41.064.10, plus the
architect's fees, and that this would
not mean a large increase in the
mill rate if it could be spread Oyez
20 years.
Mayor Hetherington 'said that
with the arena expenditure the
total amount of anticipated bor-
rowing would be about $263,000.00
and the by-law bo the Ontario
Municipal Board stated that the
sewage project would have to have
priority over. the new front on the
'arena.
Councillor Alan Williams said
that the condition of the arena was
such that it would have to be re-
built or closed up. He felt that the
majority of ratepayers would be
behind the project and that the
council should go ahead,
It was suggested that perhaps the
building could be repaired' or re-
novated. Several councillors said
that it would be a waste of money
and that they would not support
this idea.
Reeve Adair said that it would
either have to be done properly or
not at all. He said he did not think
that the architect could bring in
a lower estimate. •
After considerably more discus-
sion, Mr. Hetherington said that
the construction by-law could be
passed and forwarded to the De-
partment of Municipal Affair's, with
a copy of the application to be
made to the Municipal Board in
connection with the sewers. If the
Department approved, council
would then have to give the de-
benture by-law first and second
'readings at the next regular meet-
ing of council. Council agreed to
this suggestion.
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SINGLE COPIES --- 10 cents
NIEIGHBORS TO THE RESCUE—Tom Abraham, who lives a mile
and a half south of Belmore, certainly found out that he had
good neighbors last week. This group of good friends moved
in with their equipment and harvested his hay crop for him. They
are, back row, from the left, Harvey Simmons, Harry Mulvey,
Jack Fitch, Barry Mulvey, Fred Doubledee, Alvin Fitch; centre
row, Carl Fitch, Murray Mulvey, George Merkley, Earl Fitch,
Elwood Fitch; front, Ross Fitch, Peter Mulvey, Bill Hetherington
and Keith Mulvey.
—Advance -Times photo
GOOD aAijmARiTANS v
Fire Alarrn,
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X-ray Generator Are
tOMPLEI IlAY [AR Approved by Local Hospital oard
Perhaps you have heard that the
farm people have lost their spirit
of neighborliness. Don't you believe
IL!
Last Tuesday and Wednesday
neighbors of Tom Abraham, who
liven about one and a half miles
south of Belmore, swarmed out to
get hire hay crop into the barn for
him and by Wednesday evening a
total of 17 acres had been cut, rak.
ed, baled and moved away.
Tom has had a bad few months,
-having been confined to hospital
for a serious operation, which was
followed by complications.
1 'When the Advance -Times cam-
eraman arrived at the Abraham
farm on Wednesday afternoon no
less than eight tractors, balers, two
bale elevators, three mowers, and
three rakes, as well as nine wagons
had been in operation. Fifteen will-
ing neighbors were hard at it and
the last of the crop was headed
for the barn before the supper hour.
Taking part in this blitz were
Harvey Simmons, Harty Mulvey,
Jack Fitch, Barry Mulvey, Fred
Double -dee, Alvin Fitch, Carl Fitch,
Murrayay Mulvey, George Merkley,
Earl Fitch, Elwood Fitch, Ross
Flteh, Peter Mulvey. Bill Hether-
ington au.d Keith. Mulvey.
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PROPOSED HOTEL—A vote in Wingham on Sept, 19th on the
question of cocktail and dining lounges will be the key to
whether or not the Brunswick Hotel will be rebuilt on the site
of the burned -out building. The picture is an artist's sketch of
the proposed structure, which will be erected by Whitney Grose
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if the vote is affirmative. The three-storey building would have
20 guest rooms, 300 -seat banquet hall, dining'n
� room,
coffee ffee .ho
p
and cocktail lounge. The frontage is some 75 feet, of brick,
glass and black granite.
'rhe board of directors of the
Wingham General Hospital, meet-
ing last Friday evening decided
on the purchase of a fire alarm
system for the nurses' residence
and a new generator for the X-ray
machine. The purchases will run to
more than $7,000.00. The meeting
was under the chairmanship of R.
B. Cousins.
The decision to purchase the X-
ray generator was made after the
board heard the report that the
present generator is in such bad
condition that it has failed several
TIMES RECENTLY and has be-
come completely unreliable. A price
of $5,962.00 was quoted for a new
type generator and console and a
new culminating cone type attach-
ment for the machine. The latter
device permits a larger field of ex-
posure for the X-ray picture and
cuts down considerably on the
amount of radiationto which the
patient is exposed. Purchase of this
equipment had been recommended
by the board's executive committee
and was approved by the directors.
New Fire Maim
The fire alarm for the residence
has been under study for some
months and information was fi-
nally secured on what was believed
to be the best type of alarm for
the purpose. It will be secured at
once and when installed will be
tied in with the hospital alarm
system so that the nurses would
be summoned at once in case of an
emergency in the main building.
The new alarm will run to approxi-
mately $966.00.
Another decision
of major im-
portance was to move the dish
washing equipment in the hospital
kitchen from its present location
to the northwest corner of the kit-
chen area. Lack bf adequate ven-
tilation In the present position was
the main reason for the decision,
A separate air venting system had
been under consideration, but it
I was found that it would be more
feasible to re -locate the dish wash-
er near the windows at the tear
of the building. The hospital main-
tenance staff will handle the neces.
sary work.
'the board also OK'd the addition
of a steam jet to the dish wash-
ing machine. This attachment pro-
vides for complete sterilization of
the dishes as they emerge from the
washer and also heats them to the
point where they will dry rapidly
• without further hand work,
No June Meeting
The chairman explained that an
meeting had been called in June,
since there was no business of coin -
pelting importance. And also be-
enuse the hospital adininistratrix,
Mrs. I. Morrey, was in Winnipeg
at that time, taking a course.
The latter gave the statistics of
the Institution for the past two
months. The reportfor the month
of June showed 69 operations, 170
nittpatients, 261X -rays, 2 basal me-
tabolism ratings, 16 blood trans-
fusions, 1255 laboratory procedures.
II 1r
e r 'cr hic eXaminationa,r,t
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at cancer clinic and 9 Red Cross
blood bottles sent out. Patient days
for the month amounted to 2811 for
a daily average of 94 patients.
Mrs. Morrey pointed out that the
number of patients in the hospital
has been reduced in accordance
with recommendations from the
Ontario Hospital Services Com-
mission. The daily average for the
month of June last year was 103.
DeWitt Miller, chairman of the
management committee, react re-
ports from Miss I. Newell, director
of nursing, and other department
heads. It was noted that the hos-
pital is still short of. registered
nurses, only 13 full-time R.N.'s
being on the staff in June. They
were assisted by eight part-time
R.N.'s and five graduate nurses,
and the staff of C'NA's and ward
aids.
Property Report
The report of the property coni-
inittee contained the reconweenda-
tions re purchase of new eauip-
ment and outlined the work which:
has been done on the hospital pro-
perty during the past month, as
well as the jobs which will be
undertaken by the staff within the
next few weeks.
It was mentioned that smoke
masks. are being investigated at
the present time, and that infor-
mation is being secured on the
proper type of fire doors to be
placed between the old and new
buildings In the bases*aent corridor.
The committee's report was read
by Alex Robertson.
The report of the executive com-
mittee contained 'the information
that two of the X-ray technicians
have resigned to be married. -One
registered technician has been en-
gaged and is already on duty anti
another is expected to join the ste.ff
in September.
Militia Cotkp1etes
Summer Trainin
MR AT SALTFORD
OPENED TUESBAY
The new mile and a half long
section of Highway 21 from Goder-
ich northerly, a 61,390.000 iii oject.,
will officially opened Tuesday st
2.00 p.ni Highways Minist.ei Gari
fellow travelled over the full
tence of the new section of high
way in an antique, llorse_di•r' - 3'
vehicle. Other members of the el
ficial party were Tion. Charles
MacNaughton, minister ?r'ithoin
portfolio eel M.F P for Huron.
and A. T. C. Mci'lab, recently ap-
pointed deputy minister of high,
ways Goderich Mayor E. C Fishei
was master of eel -Pommes The
members of Iiilron County C"ouncii.
the mayors, other civic officials and I
leading citizens of the surrounding
area attended
The new section of Highway 21
begins -veer the rir)rtherli limits of
Gorlerieh and extends for 1h4 miles
After ctiri'ing ar•F•oss the Maitland
River (01 a fE+i• brir'lge---525 feet
long and requiring an expenriit+try
of inure that. $574.nr'tl, the highway
essernes s straight iir'tb-sorth :ill
eotion. Approximetely half a n+ire
sallth of the rainnhl.Fnity of Denton
the nett' section incises with All
existing section of 1iighu'ae 21
Following ah improved align reeat.
with PAWN' grades and better c•isi..
bility, the new sec'tion. of 'Highway
21 is it notable improvement to
safety on several r'ounts.
In addition to $1,335,000 expended i
for construction,pi
perrv
p
purchas
es to date have amounted to $55,000,
bringing total expenditures on the
project to more than $1,390,000.
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fol ' s for the :,.fusing c tr.,;cnv •,f
the. ole long camp at f' etetItra
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also the infantrymen to ,;ap 1,•,....
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rated !tv the 21s1, Perils, >~l;-,
fiusslits, Ido 4 Col, ur;l
the Rural (.aneclia•,i I eginieet•
F''z the ecoilbo e •1 e`.et' iso hit? •,,'
lorriee eattied artillerymen and
failtrr to t"anshatx•e Dam area "J•.
sidere_i seltable for attillere
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melts set +vii tap of the steep hills
,which ring this Therites Italie. ,aIli
inolrerl clown to the flats itelew
whole the 21st Regiment -e'en'.
through a complete artillery lean.
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