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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-06-13, Page 1'tIRST SECTION Youth Killed, Two s Injured in Accident Parents Please Take Note! As in the past, the Riverside Park Pool will not be supervised until the last week in June. In the past week the number of small children swimming un- supervised has been alarming, It is the parents' responsibility to see that their children are safe. If your children are non- swimmers, see that they are accompanied by a responsible person and if they can swim, be sure they know and are obeying the rules of water safty, other- ' wise, tell them to stay out. If you will recall, at one time Wingham had three drown- ing tradgedies, three years in a row. Let these tradgedies serve as a reminder to all of us that it can happen again and it could be someone very dear to you. Let's all practice water safety and use common sense and in tum have a happy, safe summer. —Robert McIntyre, Riverside Park Pool Supervisor. Jury Returns Accident Verdict A coroner's jury inquiring into the death of Glenn Foxton, which occurred following a motor accident on Highway 9, north of Wingham, on April 28th arrived at the following verdict: "Mr. Glenn Foxton came to his death at 2:30 a.m. D.S.T. in the forenoon of the 28th of April, 1963 at the Wingham General Hospital, and that the death was caused by injuries sustained while riding as a pass- enger in Mr. A. R. Potter's automobile when it was'in col- ision with the McNee truck. The coroner, Dr, W. A. Crawford, of Wingham, was in charge of the inquest which was held last Tuesday. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian JOINS O.P.P.— Don Gurney, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gurney, Wingharn, has been accepted as an trainee with the Ontario Provincial Po- lice. He reports to Toronto headquarters on Monday. 0--0--0 COMPLETING PARKWAY— The Riverside Park commis- sion has earth -moving equip- ment at work this week level- ing the remainder of the old C.P. right-of-way along the banks of the lower pond. When finished this link will complete the parkway from the McKenzie bridge to Victoria Street. 0--0--0 BIG IMPROVEMENT -- The town has not only patch- ed the rough spots on Patrick Street but has completely re - topped several blocks. The work has made driving much easier. 0--0--0 SUDDEN CHANGE -- In case you have a stiff neck or a touch of rheumatism, blame it on the weather. An over -night drop from a swelter- ing 85 to a bone -chilling 45 is indeed unpleasant. 0--0--0 HARD TO CONVINCE— All sympathy goes out to the mother who was dragging , her small son out of the roast- ing -hot arena on Saturday night. Over his wails she was shouting, "I tell y au it's no use staying any longer. There won't be a hockey game to- night!" A car accident on the How - ick -Minto Townline Monday evening took the life on a 16 - year -old Howick youth, serious- ly injured another, with a third suffering minor injuries. Dead is Gordon Harold Top- ham, 16, of Lot 30, Con, 5, Howick, who passed away in the Palmerston Hospital follow- ing the accident which occured five miles west of Harriston. Seriously injured was Hugh Stevenson, 16, of R, R, 2, Palmerston, who was also ta- ken to the Palmerston Hospital and then transferred to St, Jo- seph's Hospital, Guelph. He is suffering from a crushed chest, fractured leg and injured right hand. Earl Powis, 17, of Palmer- ston was treated for minor in- juries. Mount Forest provincial po- lice, who investigated said the Topham youth was driving his father's car, which was wreck- ed in the single -car crash. The dead youth is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Topham and sister Mary at home, Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, at the Moir funeral home, Gorrie. Burial will take place in the Fordwich Cemetery. Vacation Bible School Opens On July 8th Vacation fj.ble School will be held in St. Andrew's Presby- terian Church for two weeks, beginning July 8th. Children 3 to 15 years are invited to at- tend. Registration fee is 5¢ a day per pupil. The following are the execu• tive for this year: Director, Miss V. McLaughlin; superin- tendent, Mrs. W. Tiffin; song leader, Mrs. B. Corrin; regis- trar, Mrs. C. Perrott; lunch convener, Mrs. J. Carr; boys' crafts, Rev. G. Fish. Mrs. R. Campbell and Mrs. D. H. Pollock will lead the nursery, age 3,4; Mrs. F. Mc- Gee and Mrs. W. Lapp will lead the kindergarten, age 5,6; Mrs. W. Tiffin and Mrs. T. English, the primary, age 7,8, and Miss V. McLaughlin, the juniors, age 9, 10, 11. Please note that this year there will be an intermediate class for boys and girls who are noeffEimit Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, June 13, 1963 DEPARTMENT OF EC AND DEvELoptot Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents. 71L 1 " 1L;A A THREE -SPACE EXHIBIT placed by the Department of Economics and Development attracted considerable at- tention and pointed up the work being done under the "Ontario Trade Crusade." The display outlined the ex- port markets of the province and the upsurge in sales and lowered unemployment figures since the plan got underway.—A-T Photo. Dairy Princess and Trctor Rodeo Were New Feakres The Wingham Kinsmen Trade Fair saw two new attractions this year that elicited a con- siderable amount of interest, particularly among those at- tending from the rural areas. The Huron County Dairy Prin- cess competition and a tractor rodeo were brand new features, which, it is hoped, will be- come regular events at the fair. Choosing the dairy princess was a most interesting event and was held in the area behind the Frosty Queen. Two entries competed for the title. They were Miss Sheila Ross of Wing - ham and Miss Barbara Watkins of Londesboro, Judges were Les Farquharson of Alliston, Gor- don Coukell of Walkerton and Harold Martin, secretary -man- ager of the Ontario Milk Pro- ducers Co-ordinating Board. Caroline Murray, the reigning Ontario Dairy Princess, from Cornwall, was on hand to crown 12 to 15 years. These will be under the leadership of Mrs. W. Congram and Mrs. G. Fish. It is hoped that those who are within this age group will avail themselves of the opportunity to attend. the new county queen. The event was won by Miss Ross by a close margin. The contest itself was a test of skill and knowledge on the part of the girls. Taken into consider- ation were their deportment, their care in making sure all equipment was sanitary, both before and after milking, their methods of actually machine Please turn to page Five Cost Eliminates Buses for Classes Investigation into the cost of buses to bring rural children to swimming classes reveals a pro- hibitive cost. It would be ad- visable to organize car pools in rural areas to bring children to swimming classes. Organization of swimming classes will take place this Sat- urday morning at the Riverside Park Pool at 10:00 o'clock sharp. All children interested in swimming lessons, whether registered or not, are asked to be there to find out the tine and date of their classes. Attendance Over 5,500 at Last Week's Kin Trade Fair P.C. NOMINATION MEETING /Minister Will Speak Hon T. Ray Connell, Minis- ter of Public Works in the On- tario Government, will be the guest speaker at the nomina- tion meeting of the Progressive Conservative party for Huron - Bruce in the Wingham Town Hall on Thursday evening of this week. Mr. Connell should prove to be an interesting speaker for a rural audience, being a prac- tical farmer himself. He has been the member for the riding of Hamilton -Wentworth since 1951, One of the younger members of the Robarts admin- istration, he was named to the Cabinet as minister without portfolio in 1956, later being made vice-chairman of the On- tario Hydro -Electric Power Commission and then Minister of Reform Institutions. On De- cember 22, 1958, he was ap- pointed Minister of Public Works, a department which ad- ministers more than 5, 000 pub- lic buildings and has building projects valued at about $100 million under way at the pre- sent time. Mr. Connell, who is 46 years of age, has been farming since 1938, specializing for PARKVIEW APARTMENTS, an eleven -unit building for senior citizens, was officially opened on Thursday even- ing by the Hon. Fred M. Cass, who cut the ribbon. Left is Murray Gerrie, president-elect of the Kinsmen Club; at right, Arthur Musgrave, Clarksburg, president of T',in Pines Apartments Limited, and Matt Boyd. Kinsmen president.—A-T Photo by Connell. some years in Holstein cattle. In 1948 he switched to poultry and markets about 100, 000 chickens a year. Ile still main- tains a Holstein herd. He is a member of the Uni- ted Church, the Lions Club, Dundas Golf Club and Masonic Order and is keenley interested in baseball and hockey. His hobbies include hunting and trap shooting. Mr. Connell is past president of the Plowmen's Association, and the Crop Im- provement Association of Well- ington ellington County. He has been active in Junior Farmer and Federation of Agriculture work. VOTE FOR CANDIDATE Representatives of the Pro- gressive Conservative party from all municipalities in Huron -Bruce will be present at the meeting to select a candi- date for the next provincial election, which many believe will be called this fall. The names of three possible contenders for the nomination most frequently heard at pre- sent are George McCutcheon of Brussels, candidate in the by- election last year, George Joynt of Lucknow, reeve of that village and past warden of Bruce County and R. E. McKin- ney, former mayor of Wing - ham. The public is invited to at- tend the meeting and hear the outstanding speakers of the eve- ning, It was a good fair and a dif- ferent fair. That seemed to be the general opinion of hundreds of people who flocked through the gates during the three-day annual Kinsmen Trade Fair at the end of last week. The fair was different in many aspects this year. For one thing it had a more pro- nounced agricultural aspect and at the same time more empha- sis was placed on trade. Exhi- bits of farm machinery and other lines in demand by the rural population were empha- sized in many of the booths. From the trade aspect, many visitors learned a great deal from the 36 -foot display placed by the Ontario Department of Economics and Development which featured world markets and the way the Ontario Trade Crusade has assisted in lowering the relative unemployment sta- tistics in the province. Another section of the de- partment exhibit dealt with the Ontario Development Agency, a new organization of the de- partment designed to assist busi- ness in many ways. The Mid - Western Development Associa- tion also had a display showing land capabilities in the four - county region as well as forest cover. The latter booth was manned by the group's manager. Elmer Goebel, who had infor- mation available on any com- munity in the area. INDUSTRIAL DISPLAY Another feature that met the eye on entering the arena was a series of panel boards carry- ing displays of products made Please Turn To Page Eight Attorney -General Opened Parkview and Trade Fair Ontario's lion. Fred, M. Cass, provincial attorney -gen- eral, was in Wingham last Thursday evening to officially open the new Parkview apart- ment building for senior citi- zens and the 15)63 Kinsmen Trade Fair. PARKVIEW OPENING Murray Gerrie, president- elect of the Kinsmen Club, was chairman for the ceremonies which opened the new Parkview apartment building. Ile is also a member of the screening committee for the building. Speakers included Matt Boyd, Kin president, Mayor R. S. Hetherington. who wel- comed the crowd on hand and complimented the Kinsmen, sponsors of the building, and Twin Pines Apartments Ltd, , the organization which built and will administer the apart- ment. Murray Gaunt, M.P.P,, congratulated those who had made the building possible. Mr. Swales, manager of the Kitchener branch of Central Mortgage and Housing Corpora- tion, also extended his congrat- ulations to the sponsors and builders, Twin Pines and the Town of Wingham. He said the new building would provide decent and safe accommoda- tion for our elderly people. D. E. Holland, deputy dir- ector of the Department of Economics and Development, pointed out that the building is recognition by the community and government of the need for independence by older people. Arthur Musgrave. president of Twin Pines Apartments Li- mited. said the building was an expression of goodwill by the council and Kinsmen, He introduced Joseph Crutcheley, Julian Smith and Ed Schenk from the United Co-operatives of Ontario, and explained that Twin Pines Limited is a non- profit subsidiary of the U.C.O., Please Turn To Page Eight