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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-01-09, Page 1nctz(Eintie FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Jan, 9, 1964 First Woman Is Sworn in Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents. Three New Town Councillors Take ffke at 1964 InauuraI Session Three new councillors, in - 74. eluding Wingharn's first lady councillor, Mrs. Roy Bennett, were installed into office at the inaugural session on Monday evening. The other two new members are John Bateson and Harold Wild. They replace for- mer ormer councillors Donald Nasmith, Gordon Buchanan and Len Craw- ford. Returning to their seats on council are Mayor R. S. Heth- erington, Reeve J. Roy Adair and Deputy Reeve Joe Kerr as well as councillors WarrenCal- lan, G. Alan Williams and G. W. (Bud) Cruickshank. Following prayer and a short Bible reading by Rev. C. M. Jardine the mayor, reeve and councillor Callan were named a striking committee to bring a list of council committees for consideration. Their report, which was ac- cepted by council, named eight committees with the first named being chairman. The list read as follows: executive • MU— ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian BACK IN CIRCULATION -- It was a real pleasure tosee our old friend, Hugh Carmich- ael down town the end of last week after a long bout in Vic- toria Hospital. Hugh says he is feeling much better and is look- ing forward to some coffee breaks with his pals along the main drag. 0--0--0 CARDS FROM FRIENDS -- Among the much appreciat- ed cards we received over the holiday was a grand colorphoto and greetings from the Hammer- ton ammenton family in England. Another was from the Groses at Listowel and the card they sent pictured their thriving business establish- ment, The Blue Barn. 0--0--0 WRONG PRESIDENT— Caption of one of our pic- tures last week showing presen- tation of trophies at the Sports- men's Club mistakenly men- tioned Ab Rintoul as president of that group. Ab is, in fact, chairman of activities for the Junior Club. President of the Senior Club is Mac Sewers. 0--0--0 { JANUARY THAW -- Those out-of-towners who are curious about local weather will be interested to know that we have been enjoying several days of the most deliciousJanu- lry thaw•with temperatures ranging up to the high 30's. The mounting snow drifts have been settled down into place and our furnaces have eased back to an intermitent hum rather than a cgnstant roar. ;Predictions are that the fine weather will last at least a few days more. 0--0--0 SUNDAY FIRE CALL— The local brigade was call- ed to the home of Mr. and Mrs. I'Jaart Ritsema in Lower Town on Sunday evening shortly after seven. An overheated stove- pipe had ignited a partition. Firernen extinguished the fire without difficulty and only *slight damage to the wall re- sulted. 0--0--0 IMPRESSIVE LIGIITING— Floodlighting which illumin- ates the tower of St. Paul's Anglican Church adds an im- rressive note to the evening ;ii;ene along John Street. The church occupies an exposed location, easily seen from tie main street, and the lights serve to, accentuate its Gothic outline. and police, Cruickshank, Cal- lan, Williams; public works, Adair, Kerr, Callan; finance, Callan, Wild, Adair; property, Kerr, Bateson, Adair; fire and band, Wild, Bateson, Williams; health and welfare, Bennett, Cruickshank, Kerr; industrial, Williams, Cruickshank, Ben- nett; recreation, Bateson, Ben- nett, Wild; sewage, Hethering- ton, Cruickshank, Kerr. The new councillors quizzed the mayor on the duties of the various committees, and Mayor Hetherington went on to answer the questions. He pointed out that the chairman of the health and welfare committee is also a member of the Twin Pines Apartment committee. Coun- cillor Cruickshank wondered if it would be a good time to set up a larger industrial commit - Legion Asks 0 Teachers To Enter Pupils in Contest Public and high school stud- ents in this area are at present hard at work preparing and de- livering addresses within their own schools in a process of elimination which will lead, within a few days, to the selec- tion of speakers who will take part in the second annual Leg- ion contest. The first of these contests was sponsored locally last year by Wingham Branch 180, Royal Canadian Legion, and attracted many able speak- ers. This year the Wingham dis- trict contest will be held in the auditorium of the high school at 1.30 p.m., Saturday, Jan- uary 25th. Teachers of rural schools are asked to complete the competitions within their own schools at once, because entries must be in the hands of the Legion's public speaking contest chairman not later than January 15th. Entries will fall into four dis- tinct classes: Elementary, Grades 1 to 6; Elementary, Grades 7 and 8; Junior High School, Grades 9 and 10 and Senior High School, Grade 11 to 13. Each school may enter two contestants in each classifi- cation, and subjects which have already been sent out to teach- ers are mandatory. No others will be judged. LIST OF PRIZES The Wingham Legion pro- vides the prizes in each divis- ion which are as follows: Junior Elementary, Senior Elementary, and Junior High School, first, World Book Year Book; second, wallet; third, pen and pencil set. Prizes in the Senior High School class are, first, World Book Encyclopedia Dictionary, 2 volumes; second, wallet; third, pen and pencil set. In addition to the personal prizes, four school trophies will be presented, which will bear the names of the winners and will be placed in the winning school for the year, to be com- peted for annually. Three con- secutive victories for one school will secure the permanent own- ership of the trophy. The tro- phies are donated by Dr. W. A. McKibbon, John Pattison, Mayor R. S. Hetherington and The Wingham Advance -Times. The invitation to compete has been extended not only to schools in Wingham, but also to schools in the townships of Hur- on, Kinloss, Culross, Carrick, East Wawanosh, West Wawan- osh, Ashfield, Howick, Morris, Grey and Turnberry. This con- test is the preliminary step in a series of contests which will lead to provincial honors. It is ex- pected that Zone C1 trials will be heard not later than Feb. 28; District C contest about March 30 and Area CDE by April 12. The provincial finals will be held in the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, on Friday, May 15. The Legion would remind all teachers that there is still time to enter students in the Wing - ham competition and urge that all co-operate so that as many children as possible may be af- forded the experience of com- peting. om- peting. tee to include other citizens. Mayor Hetherington said this might be the case but said council's committee would still be required. Under correspondence coun- cil heard a number of com- munications read, including one from the Department of Please turn to Page Five Two New Officers Named by Kinsmen At the regular meeting of the Kinsmen Club on Monday evening, Calvin Burke was elected first vice-president. He fills a vacancy created when Kinsmen Eric Walden took a leave -of -absence due to the pressure of business. At the same time David Burgess was named a director to fill a va- cancy on the executive when Bill Hotchkiss resigned in the fall. Other business at the meet- ing was at a minimum. Calvin Burke was named a delegate to a special district conference to be held in London this coming Sunday. Ray Neil, of the firm of Pearson and Edwards, chartered accountants, Wingham, was a guest of the club. President Murray Gerrie, who presided over rhe meeting, announced that the next meet- ing of the club would be devot- ed to preliminary discussions on the 1964 Kin. Tr. de Fair, which is slated for next June. NEW YEAR'S BABY—Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Glousher, of Blyth, are the proud parents of the first baby to arrive at the Wingham and District Hospital in 1964. Mrs. Glousher is pictured with her new daughter who ar- rived at 2:21 p.m. January 2nd and weighed in at 7 pounds 9 ounces. Mrs. Glousher is a graduate of the hospital's R.N.A. course and has been a member of the staff for the past five years.—A-T Photo. First Place in Canada Heart Readings Sent to London By Phone from Wingham Hospital An interesting test is current- ly urrently being made at the Wingham and District Hospital, where Bell Telephone technicians in- stalled special equipment last Thursday. Purpose of the installation is to do field testing on telephone transmission of electrocardio- graphic heart tracings. The basic machine is still the elec- trocardiograph, a device which has long been used to record the impulses of the human heart on a sheet of graph paper. From these "tracings" and expert cardiologist can detect weak- nesses and usually suggest the WHOA THERE BOYI—One of the queerest accidents to oc- cur in Wingham in many a year had a lot of people goggle- eyed on Friday afternoon. A horse and cutter owned by Robert Moffat, of Turnberry Township, was tied up at the town shed and had to be moved by workmen. As the ani- mal was untied it bolted and took off alone with the cutter heading south on No. 4 highway. When it reached Scott St. it decided to turn right and as it did so was faced with a parked car owed by Earl Jenkins, a engineer working on the sewage project. Instead of going around the car the horse decided on the direct approach and proceeded to climb up the trunk of the car and over the roof and hood. Needless to say the operation wasn't the best for the car and the cutter ended up a complete wreck. The horse suffered a cut to his underside which was stitched up by Dr. Stewart Leedham. Damage to the car will probably run to about $200.00. —A -T Photo. form of treatment to be used. Up to the present the trac- ings taken from heart patients at the Wingham Hospital have been sent to Victoria Hospital, London, where Dr. G. W. Man- ning, head of the cardiology department, or one of his staff members, read the graph and returned the necessary findings by mail. Normally about three days was required to obtain an answer. The method now being test- ed would eliminate the time element completely. Connect- ed to the electrocardiograph machine is a device which is in turn connected to a long dis- tance telephone line to London. The technician in the Wingham Hospital will first pick up the attached telephone to alert the cardiology department at Vic- toria. As soon as the actual heart readings commence the impulses will be received on a companion machine in the Lon- don hospital and a tracing on graph paper will be made there simultaneously with the one in Wingham. The London specialist will in most cases be able to give his findings by telephone to Wingham within a few minutes, thus eliminating delays which might, in some cases, endang- er Lives, The equipment in the Wing - ham Hospital was installed on a 00 day trial basis, one of the objects being to determine operating costs and so find out whether or not the service is economically feasible for other institutions. Cost of the instal- lation was borne jointly by 13e11 Telephone and the IleartFoun- dation. Although the transmis- sion of heart tracings Itas been carried out previously in the United States, this is the first time it has been attempted in Canada. Of particular interest locally is the fact that Gordon Steward, a former Lucknow man, who is a technician with the cardi- ology unit in 'London, has been working on the device for the past two years and expects to be able to add improvements to the machine in the near future. Dentist Returns To Local Practice Friends and former patients of Dr. I. Cenne will be pleased to know that he returned to Wingham early this week and is again working with Dr. E. F. Shaunessy. Dr. Cenne was with Dr. Shaunessy for four months in 1962 and had expected to be here permanently. His depart- ure from Wingham was occas- ioned by a car accident that fall, in which his wife was seriously injured and he moved to the Toronto area where Mrs. Centre was receiving treatment. She is recovering but is still re- ceiving medical care, Their young son, Peter, has been with his father but is at present with iris grandparents in Mont re a l . Dr. Cenne has tentative plans to remain with Dr. Shaun- essy for a few months and then locate in this area in a practice of his own. —New Year's visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce MacDon- ald were Mr. and Mrs. R. II. Coultes and Glenn, Mr. and Mrs. William Coultcs and fam- ily of R. R. 5, Brussels, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Keating and Mr, llarold Keating of R.R. 4, Brits. scls.