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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-08-29, Page 1blob FIRST SECTION noorditra Wingham, Ontario,' Thursday, August 29, 1963 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents, GAUNT WINS BY ACCLAMATION—Robert Nixon, MPP for Brant, and President of the Ontario Liberal Associ- ation, second right, is pictured as he congratulated Murray Gaunt following his nomination as Liberal candidate at the Huron -Bruce convention held in Wing - ham on Monday night. Looking on are, left, Farquhar Oliver, former Liberal leader, and George Inglis, right, president of the Huron -Bruce Liberal Assoc.—A-T Photo. ACCLAIM HURRAY GA NT AT LIBERAL NOMINATI N lCL/IA Itift— ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian By Pedestrian LOTS OF ACTIVITY— After all the excitement of Frontier Days this week -end, there will be still more enter- tainment when the Wingham Sportsmen's Association holds its annual Water Ski show at Riverside Park on Sunday after- noon. Seating will be avail- able this year. 0--0--0 BLUEVALE CONCERT -- Residents of Bluevale and district have a treat in store for them, too, if they attend the concert in the Bluevale Park on Sunday afternoon. Sharon Strong will be one of the per- formers, 0--0--0 FIGURES MIXED— Under the pictures of the Ontario Scholarship winners in the last issue the percentages for Julia Cruickshank and Mur- ray Coultes were reversed, Julia received 83.6 per cent and Murray 82.5. We regret the error, trusting the young people will forgive us. 0--0--0 SEWAGE DELAYED -- About a month ago it was reported that the sewage im- provement program for Wing - ham would likely get underway about the second or third week in August. Town Clerk Wil- liam Renwick reports that Water Resources Commission, which is handling the project, has delayed the start due to town plans to incorporate an extent - ion of the Wilfred Street trunk in the Berry subdivision. This has resulted in more paper work and approval from various groups, before the tender can be let. 0--0--0 CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY -- With a provincial election only a month away, election activity is picking up rapidly. Liberals got into gear on Mon- day night when Murray Gaunt the incumbent, was renominat- ed. Both Conservative and Liberal parties have set upcom- mittee rooms in Wingham, with both groups expressing optimism in the results of the September 25th ballot, Offic- '1 nomination day is Septem- -r llth which means the other parties have until that time to put up candidates to oppose the P.C. runner McCutcheon, a car dealer from Brussels, and Murray Gaunt the Liberal stan- dard bearer. Murray Gaunt, who won the Huron -Bruce seat in the Ontar- ion Legislature in -a by-election last year, was re -nominated by acclamation at the Liberal nominating convention held in the Wingham town hall on Mon• day evening. He will again oppose P.C. candidate George McCutcheon at the polls on September 25th. About 250 were in attendance. The Liberal meeting was also the annual meeting of the Huron -Bruce Liberal Associat- ion, and the nominating com- mittee made a number of changes in the executive. Most notable was the appointment of assistants to the various of-, ficials. On the platform were George Inglis, chairman; Fred McGee acting secretary; Bill Elston, treasurer; Robert Nixon, M. P. P, Brant, and president of the On- tario Liberal Association; Far- quhar Oliver; Robert Campbell, Ontario Liberal organizer; Clif- ford Dunbar; Calvin Crouter and Donald Blue. Mr. Gaunt, after his nomination, also came to the platform and intro- duced Mr. Nixon, who was guest speaker. The delegates were welcomed by Robert Hetherington, Wingham's may- or, who also nominated Mr. Gaunt. The nomination was seconded by Leo Murray of Kinloss. Mr. Hetherington said that the candidate has proved his ability in the past year and has overcome many difficulties. He concluded by saying Mr. Gaunt has shown a remarkable grasp of what is required of a member. - Mr. Oliver, former Liberal leader, spoke briefly, saying the candidate met with the approval of the electors. He went on to talk of the coming election saying the party is ready, willing and anxious to Twelve New Teachers on Staff of Wingham School The staff of the Wingham District High School has been enlarged this year from•a total compliment of 31 to 37 teach- ers for the corning term. The increase was made necessary because of increased enrolment and the vocational wing, which is still under construction. •Of this total 11 members of the staff will be new to the school with one, Mrs. A, Tiffin re- joining. The new teachers include Miss F. I. Armstrong, who comes from Goderich and will teach commercial work; D, Bender of Hanover, geography and history; Miss L. V. Bes- wetherick of Palmerston, Latin; H. M. Cree, of Ailsa Craig, electricity; C. M. Forrest, Mil- verton, English; 1. J. Gnay, Mitchell, agriculture and sci- ence; R. D. McLaughlin, Wrox- eter, mathematics andscience; C. R. Morrison, Windsor, Eng- lish; Miss S. Tomlinson, Ham- ilton, library and geography; T. R, Willis, Thorndale, auto mechanics; Mrs. S. Worsnop, Toronto, girls' occupational. Mrs. Tiffin of Wingham will teach physical education and commercial, Remaining of the staff in their former capacities are Prin- cipal C. F. Madill and Vice - Principal R. P. Ritter as well as E. Anderson, E. C. Beard, R. A, Campbell, Mrs. S. D. Campbell, R. Campeau, Mrs. M. Chopin, Mrs. M. Cleland, Miss D. Comber, Miss N. E, Coutts, Mrs. M. Douglas, R. N, Gavreluk, J. Hildebrand, J. D. Horwood, W. McCauley, Miss W. V. Monro, G. M. Palmer, Miss R. M. Pfohl, E. L. Stuckey, Mrs. E. Suter, R. B. Vivian, Miss S. Welsh, K. E. Wood and C. M. Wor- snop. Eight Students Win Bursaries It was announced this week that eight students at the Wing - ham District High School have been awarded provincial bur- saries for further studies in either university or teachers' college. The eight honor students are George Conn, Douglas Coultes, Julia Cruikshank, Murray McLennan, Gwendolyne Martin, Muriel Moore, Mich- ael O'Malley and Ann Cardiff. upset the Conservative govern- ment, which he claimed has grown old and weary and is torn by scandals. He said de- feat of the government only awaits the termination of the election campaign. He stated that men who have been mem- bers of the Conservative party and have been in trouble in the public eye, w,:te fired by Mr. Frost, but under Mr, Ro- barts they have been kicked upstairs. He referred to Mr. Grosman, former L.C.B. O. commissioner in this sense. CANDIDATE SPEAKS Following his nomination Mr. Gaunt thanked the dele- gates for their support, and re- marked that it was a poor time of year for a meeting as many farm people were working late and extremely busy. Mr. Gaunt maintained that with the type of support he re- ceived from the workers last Please turn to Page Eight. Cafeteria Service To Be Delayed at High School Principal F. E. Madill of the Wingham District High School announced this week that cafeteria service in the school will have to be suspend- ed for several weeks following school opening next Tuesday. The delay is caused by the building program, which is still in progress. At the moment the school kitchen is completely torn up as well as the cafeteria section. Both are being enlarged under the building program and are not yet ready for use. The principal suggests that country students bring their lunches until such time as the new facilities are completed. Lib. Executive Is Expanded At the nominating conven- tion of the Huron -Bruce Liberal Association, held at the Wing - ham Town Hall, Monday eve- ning, the annual meeting of the organization also took place. Following the approval of the minutes of the last annual meeting in 1958, and the treas- urer's report, Calvin Crouter of Brussels read the report of the nominating committee, Lots of Fun This Week -end This is the week of the three big Frontier Days, sponsored by the Wingham Lions Club. There will be fun for all at the town park, where a midway will be set up for the entire event. There will also be games of all kinds, the ever - popular bingo, and pony rides for the youngsters. On Friday night there will be an old time street dance at the park, with an all-starorch- estra. For those who enjoy wrestling, there will be a match in the arena starting at 8.45. There will still be time to round out the evening with dancing following the match. The big day for the children, of course, will be Saturday, which starts off with the Youth Parade. Prize money for the parade totals $325. And here is something the ladies in par- ticular will enjoy, the chicken barbecue in the park. Chicken and all the trimmings will be served, starting at 5. Charlie Miller of Elora will do the cooking. The CKNX Barn Dance will be broadcast from the arena at 8 p. m, and Mich- ele Finney will be a guest star on the show. which was adopted by the meet- ing. eeting. The committee consisted of Mr. Crouter, R. S. Hether- ington of Wingham and Alan Maclntyre of Kinloss. Of interest was the provision for assistants to the various executive officers. The new slate reads as fol- lows: Hon. president, C. R. Dunbar, Grey Township; presi- dent, George Inglis, Belmore; assistant, Ed. Edighoffer, Wing - ham. Vice-presidents and assistants for the various areas: Huron -Kinloss, W. B. Ander- son, Lucknow and John D. Mc- Kay, Huron; Teeswater, Cul- ross, Howick, Mildmay, Herb Kuntz of Formosa and Craw- ford Douglas, Wingham; West Wawanosh, Robert Simpson of Ashfield and J. Aitchison, West Wawanosh; East Wawan- .sh, Bill Elston of Morris and Colin Campbell, Wingham; Wingham, Turnberry, Brussels and Grey, R. S. Hetherington, Wingham and Calvin Crouter, Brussels; ladies affairs, Mrs. Jean Lunn and Mrs. Colin Campbell, Wingham; treasure4 Walter Woods, Turnberry and Alan Maclntyre, Kinloss; sec- retary, W. A. Porteous and Fred McGee, Wingham. Hand Injured Alex Corrigan, well-known Turnberry Township farmer is in the Wingham General Hospi- tal where he is recuperating from an injured hand. Alex lost the end of two fingers on his left hand in a farm accident on Tuesday. He was cleaning out his combine, when in some fashion the two digets were caught in the ma- chinery. He will be in hospital until the end of this week. He also said that it is hoped milk will be available at the school by the second week of the term. Plans at the mom- ent call for an extended noon hour so that town students may return home for lunch. This will force cancellation of the activity period until the sched- ule can be brought back to nor- mal. The opening of school next Tuesday will see several weeks of difficulties for both staff and students, as the addition is still far from complete and new areas of the school will not be ready for some time. Two classes are being set up in the gymnasium, and every corner of the school will have to be utilized for classroom use until the new rooms are ready. Some of the existing rooms have been taken out of use because the building program required that partitions be torn down, and these are not yet replaced. Firm dates for completion of the various sections are not yet known, however, progress is far behind the estimates of last June and July. WINS SCHOLARSHIP Joanne Higgins, Grade 13 pupil of Mitchell High School, was a scholarship winner. Jo- anne will attend Western Uni- versity this year, She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Higgins, Mitchell. Holiday Service At Post Office The local post office an- nounces the following services for Labour Day, Sept. 2nd: The lock box lobby will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. General delivery, registration and postage stamp wickets will be open from 1 p.m. to 3 p. m. There will be no money order or swings bank business con- ducted. All mail posted at the office will be dispatched as usual but there will be no rural delivery. One letter box collection will be made at 3 p. m. MORRIS BARN BURNED—One of the largest barns in Morris Township burned on Tuesday evening in a spectacular blaze. The structure, owned by Earl Sellers on the 3rd concession, was valued at several thousand dollars. Threshing operations were in pro- gress and the barn was nearly full of hay, straw and grain. The owner had only one more load to thresh before completing operations. He said the fire seem- ed to start in the straw mow. The building was 40x60 with another 40x62 foot section. Loss was par- tially covered by insurance. The Wingham brigade was assisted by the Brussels -based Morris Township tank truck. —Advance -Times Photo. Plan to .Attend the Gigantic Wingham lions Frontier Days