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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-01-30, Page 1• inobmn ncoafint FIRST SECTION Wipgham, Ontario, Thursday, Jan, 30, 1964 Good Attendance Despite Weather Students from Wide Area Take Part In Legion Public Speaking Contest Despite the fact that Satur- 4 day was one of the stormiest days of the winter, there was a good crowd in the Wingham District High School auditor- ium at 1,3Q to greet the con- testants in the Legion public speaking contest. Twenty- eight speakers from elemen- tary and secondary schools in a wide area addressed the gather- ing on a•variety of subjects, competing for awards in four divisions. The winners in each section will go on to compete in further elimination contests, culminating in the provincial finals at the King Edward Ho- tel in Toronto this spring. T. E. Moszkowski, a mem- ber of the Wingham Legion Branch 180, was master of ceremonies for the occasion and introduced the young speakers. The last of the speeches was not heard until after five o'clock, after which the judges retired to make their decisions. Awards were deter- • ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian EARLY FISHERMAN— Ivan Gardner reports seeing what he believed was a fish crane just north or the first bailey bridge on Friday mom- ing, If it was indeed a crane we certainly hope that he has some advance information about an early spring. 0--0--0 RAPID TRANSIT — On September 12, 1962 a Wingham couple who were visiting in the West, mailed a letter at the desk in the hotel at which they were staying in Saskatoon, The friend in Wing- ham ingham to whom it was addressed received it last Saturday morn- ing. 0--0--0 MANY MOUTHS TO FEED— The members of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Legion had a busy week -end. They provided meals for the two Detroit minor hockey teams on Saturday eve- ning and Sunday morning and also on Saturday evening pre- pared meals for the judges and officials at the Legion public speaking contest. Unfortunately many of the latter had to leave before the meal on account of the storm, ♦ 0--0--0 SETTING ON THE BARREL?— The Wingham Sportsmen lave placed the brightly color - :d barrel out on the ice above :he McKenzie Bridge and are ,low busily selling guesses on + ,v hen it will go over the How - ;on dam. First prize this year is $49.99 in cash and the mon- y will be used to further the Sports' various activities. 0--0--0 HEAVY ON THE BROOM— ` Tuesday night was a regular ,roomball tournament evening for the various teams in the North Huron Men's League. • Three games were played in .he Wingham arena to bring the aeries up to date after several `fixtures in the outlying area were called off because of soft ice. o--0--0 WEATHER WAS ROUGH— Interrupting a spell of pleasurably mild winter weath- er, there was continued rain- fall in the area Friday evening and Saturday morning, How- ever, before mid-day the rain had changed to snow and rising winds created extremely haz- ardous driving conditions. By Monday, however, skies were clear and roads back to normal, Temperatures at the first of the week ranged from 10 above zero to the low twenties, mined as follows: Senior High School --First, Barry Thompson, WinghamDis- trict High School; second, Ri- chard Stanley, Lucknow Dist- rict High School; third, Mar. jorie Thompson, Ripley District High School, Junior High School --First, Jean Sutton, Lucknow D.H.S.; second, Peter -John Pace, Wing- ham D.H.S.; third, John Brad- ley, Lucknow D.H.S. Dist. Deputy Gov. Speaks to Cions A meeting of the Wingham Lions Club was held on Tuesday evening in the Queens Hotel. A letter from Mrs. J. E. Reavie, principal of the Golden Circle School for Retarded Children, was read thanking the Club for the generous gift of a television set which is being used as an educational aid. Frontier Days, a major pro- ject of the club, will be held again this year, The guest speaker, District Deputy Governor Peter Bisson- nette of Ripley was introduced by Lion Murray MacLennan. He stressed that Lions by working together and giving freely of their time and efforts perform a useful public service. He urged all Lions to attend the District "A" convention in Kitchener May 31 to June 3 and also the Lions international convention to be held in Tor- onto from July 8 to 11. Guelph Man Was Treated Here Warren Staples, 23, of Guelph was treated at the Wing - ham and District Hospital on Saturday for a fractured arm, bruises and shock. His condi- tion is satisfactory. Staples was driving his car during the heavy storm on Sat- urday when the vehicle went out of control on an icy patch on the pavement. Senior Elementary --First, Mary Joan Corrin, Wingharn Public School; second, Mark MacAuley, Ripley Huron Cen- tral; third, Valerie Stanley, Ripley Huron Central. Junior Elementary --Vicki Rosenhagen, Wingham P.S.; second, Susan Elliott, Ripley; third, Gail Courtney, Ripley. WIN TROPHIES Barry Thompson, winner of the senior high school class won the R. S. Hetherington trophy, which will remain in his school for the coming year, as well as a smaller "keeper" trophy and a World Book En- cyclopedia dictionary. Jean Sutton, as winner in the junior high school section won the Wingharn Advance -Times trophy, a "keeper" and a World Book year book. Mary Joan Corrin, first in the senior elementary division was award- ed the Dr. W. A. McKibbon trophy and a World Book year book and the winner of the jun- for section, Vicki Rosenhagen, won the John Pattison trophy and year book, Second prizes were wallets and thirds were pen and pencil sets, all donat- ed by the Legion. Judges for the two high school classes were Mrs. J. P. McKibbon, Bert Morgan of St. Marys and G. W. Cruickshank. For the elementary,school class- es the judging was done by Mrs. G. W. Tiffin, Don Fraser of Ripley and Norman Welwood. In each of the divisions the top contestants were separated by so few points that the judges found it extremely difficult to arrive at their decisions. The quality of the material and the calibre of delivery were excel- lent throughout. Presiding for the presenta- tion of trophies, T. E. Mosz- kowski extended thanks to the teachers, parents and contes- tants for the co-operation and interest which had achieved such excellent results. Firemen Discover- Remains Of Lucknow Dist. Man The badly -burned remains of Alvin B. Hamilton, 46, were discovered by members of the Lucknow fire department when they extinguished a blaze in his car early Tuesday morn- ing. The alarm was turned in by Donald Maclntyre shortly be- fore 7 a.m. and when firemen extinguished the blaze the body of Mr. Hamilton was burned beyond recognition, Joe Kerr Heads Road Committee Deputy Reeve Joe Kerr of Wingham this year heads the roads committee of Huron Coun- ty Council, one of the most important posts in county ad- ministration. Budget for roads and bridges for 1964 amounts to $1,200,000. BRUCE ST. GEORGE NAMED TO U.S. UNIVERSITY POST A familiar television figure, Bruce St. George, has accepted a position with the University of New Hampshire, at Durham, N.H. He has been appointed to the university staff as pro- duction manager for the New Hampshire State educational station, WENH-TV. The station produces educational programs for use in the class room and adult information and education features for the viewers at home, A member of the CKNX Staff since 1956, Bruce is well known as the host, for several years, of the Focus program. Within the broadcasting indus- try he is known as the director of operations for CKNX radio and television, and has been responsible for the program- ming and the production per- sonnel on the Wingham stations. In his new role he is enter- ing a field which has expanded greatly. There are nearly fifty ETV stations on the air in the U.S. devoting their full time to educational broadcasting. These stations are supported by the state and federal govern- ments, a per -pupil assessment in each school district, and donations from private industry and foundations. Networks of these non-com- mercial stations have been created and the Eastern Edu- cational Network of which the New Hampshire station is part, now stretches from New York City to Boston, New Hamp- shire and Maine, Shortly it will branch into Vermont, New York State, and have inter- connections with the CBC at Montreal and Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. St. George have been living on Carling Terrace with their two boys, Sean and Kerry. They are Metn- bets of the Royal Canadian Legion and the Auxiliary. Bruce was a founding member of the Wingham Credit Union, and has been communications of- ficer for the local EMOgroup. The move to the United States The latter had been visiting with Mr. Maclntyre until about midnight and after leaving the home his car had apparently become stuck in the snow about 100 yards from the house. It is believed that Mr. Hamilton had been in the car all night and that it took fire in the ear- ly morning. Mr. Hamilton is survived by his wife, the former Jean Pat- terson; his mother, Mrs. Wil- liam Hamilton and a brother, Raymond, both of Huron Town- ship; two daughters, Marie and Janet, and a son Michael, all at home, The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the MacLen- nan funeral home in Lucknow, with temporary entombment in the South Kinloss mausoleum and interment later at Green Hill cemetery. Provincial police from Kin- cardine are investigating the death and the body was taken to Stratford for autopsy. MILNE, Mary --Suddenly, as the result of an accident, on Monday, Jan. 27, 1964, Mary, daughter of the late Dr. W. James and Helen Milne, belov- ed sister of Mrs. Murray Cole (Sara), loving aunt of Mrs, A. F. Hodgins (Kathryn). At the Chapel of Morley S. Bedford, Toronto, until 10 p.m. Wed- nesday. Funeral service in Blyth United Church, Blyth, Ont., Thursday at 2 p. m. In- terment in Blyth Cemetery. P.S. Class Will Get Encyclopedia Students in Mrs. Kaufman's Grade Five class at the Wing - ham Public School have been notified that they will soon re- ceive a World Book Encyclo- pedia for their classroom. The books will be sent to them from Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, which publishes the World Book, Some time ago the students submitted a question to "Uncle Ray's Corner", a nationally syndicated column which ap- pears in daily newspapers. The question was submitted through the Kitchener -Waterloo Record. Because the question was sel- ected for use in the column the students will be awarded the Encyclopedia, and extremely useful source of material and will be made early in February. reference for their studies, Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents. DAVID CROTHERS, president of the Wing - ham Legion, centre, presents the Dr. W. A. McKibbon Trophy to Mary Joan Corrin of the Wingham Public School, winner of first place in the senior elementary division at the public speaking contest on Saturday. Valerie •Stanley, of the Huron Central School, Ripley, seen at right, placed third. Mark MacAuley, also of Ripley, was the second place winner.—A-T Photo. JOHN PATTISON, a past president of the Legion, presents his trophy to Vicki Rosen- hagen, Wingham Public School, at the pub- lic speaking contest on Saturday. Vicki was the top speaker in the junior elementary class. At the left is Susan Elliott, of Ripley, who was second, and at the right is Gail Courtney, of Ripley, third.—A-T Photo. P.U.C. and Parks Comm. Plans Call for Cleaning Of Lower Wingharn Pond If present plans are carried out this year will see a tremen- dous improvement in Winghams park and recreation facilities. A project has been under consideration for some months whereby the lower pond on the Maitland River might be clean- ed out and deepened. The waterway, over the years, has become choked with weeds and silt to such a degree that it is all but useless for boating or fishing, other than in the late spring months. Controlled by the Public Utilities Commission, the pond serves a practical purpose. Its waters are used to operate a small generating unit in Lower Town, which is used daily to provide enough electrical energy to hold down Wingham's peak load requirements from the H.E.P.C., thus saving the P.U.C. a considerable amount February 14, Day of Prayer The World Day of Prayer, held in 150 countries around the world on the first day of Lent, falls on February 14 this year. Mrs, W. D. Congratn, key woman for the churches in Wingham, invites all women of the community to join in this great chain of prayer and praise that encircles the globe and knows no race, color or creed. NAMES OMITTED Two names were omitted in the list of officers at St. Paul's Church last weeli, J. S. Hayes is the lay delegate to Synod and J. W. llall is the substitute. The two -fold purpose of the Day of Prayer is to meet for prayer, and in gratitude for our many blessings to contribute to world wide needs including aid to refugees. The offerings of Canadian women in 1963 permitted the Women's Inter- Church nterChurch Council of Canada to make grants to Christian liter- ature societies in many coun- tries. Braille publications have also been made available through the John Milton Society and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. This year's theme, "Let Lls Pray", was prepared by Mlle, Madeleine Barot of France. of money annually. Dredging out the pond would of course, provide additional water storage for the operation of the generator. With the creation of a park area along the entire east hank of the pond, its unsanitary and unsightly condition has be- come more noticeable in con- trast to the attractive recrea- tion facilities in the park. During the past few weeks the pond has been examined and estimates secured for re- moval of the weeds and silt and the P.U.C. has agreed to provide $15, 000 for the work. It was initially planned that the job would be done in the win- ter months when the river bed would be frozen and access thus afforded for heavy equipment. However it has been found that too much water remained in the lower areas and present planning calls for the opening of a temporary drainage gap in the dam after the spring run- off. Though details of the scheme remain to be complet- ed, the finished work should provide this town with a water- parkway unparalled in Western Ontario.