The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-04-15, Page 1•
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Farrai.r
Receives Injuries
In Car Accident
WHITECHURCH-On Friday
morning while Garnet Farrier
Was enroute to Goderich, a
truck driven by Kenneth Mc,.
Kenzie of Amberley area came
out .at the Concession Corner,
One mile east of Lucknow and
was in collision with the rear
end of Mr. Farrier's station
wagon, causing it to go into
the ditch where it struck a tree
in the vicinity of the veterin-
ary's gateway.
Mr, Farrier was removed to
Wingham and District Hospital
where the gash in his head re-
ceived stitches and x-rays re-
vealed broken ribs. He was
treated for shock..
It is expected he will be re-
leased from hospital by the end
of this week.
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ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
By Pedestrian
FIRE RIG OUT --
The firemen answered a
call late Tuesday afternoon to
the farm home of W. B. Smith,
on No. 87 highway, a couple
of miles the other side of Blue -
vale. It was only a small chim-
ney fire and caused no damage.
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BOY, WAS IT HOT!
The public school kids put
on a fine concert at the high
school auditorium on Friday
night and it was most enjoyable,
except for the fact that the
room was stifling hot. Probably
the in-between weather makes
it tough for the boilers to be
controlled at this time of year.
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NEW RAILS --
The Department of High-
ways is getting ready to turn
over its responsibility for Vic-
toria St. as a connecting Iink
to the town and has been mak-
ing repairs to the bridge below
the Lower Town dam. During
the winter the abutments were
re -finished and recently big
yellow guard rails have been
installed along the girders of
the bridge. The town will take
over this stretch of road when
a new causeway is built from
the point where Highway 86
enters the community at the
east end of town, across the
valley to intersect with the
causeway built a couple of
years ago from No. 4 Highway
west.
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AT BRAMPTON--
Had a most interesting let-
ter from John McKibben a few
days ago telling of his new job
as assistant pharmacist at the
Peel Memorial Hospital at
Brampton. John says the com-
munity is growing so rapidly
that the present 250 bed capa-
city of the hospital is expected
to be enlarged to 500 or more
beds within the next couple of
years. John also asks to be re-
membered to all his friends in
Wingham.
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SLOW, AIN'T IT? --
This spring may well go
down as the slowest on record.
After a couple of pleasant
days at the week -end there
was a healthy snowfall on Mon-
day night. The final remains
of the winter's drifts are still
rearing their dirty heads all
over the place --and on the
15th of April yet! We will
join all young ladies in prayer
for something better by Sunday,
which happens to be Easter.
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FIRST OF SEASON
Despite the fact that the
weather hasn't been very warm
we did see a brave pair of
voyageurs out on the flooded
prairies in a green canoe. We
assume they must have been
looking for muskrats because
it was rnuch too chilly for a
• pleasure trip.
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NOTHING SERIOUS --
Again due to the chilly
atmosphere, there has been
no serious flooding in this
area. The snow has melted
gradually and there has been
but one heavy rain, so the wa-
ters of the Maitland are de-
clining without fuss or commie -
tion,
Abanofreintito
HEST SECTIQN
Wingham, Ontarip, Thursday, Apr. 15, 1965
Single Copy Net .Over Ten mems;
High School Budget
Drops District Rate
It was budget night at the
meeting of the Wingham Dist-
rict High School Board en Thurs•
day evening when members
approved the budget presented
by the finance chairman, Les
Fortune.
For the first time in many
years members had the oppor-
tunity to pass on a set of fig-
ures which resulted in a drop in
the mill rate to the ten muni-
cipalities in the high school
district..
The rate was set at 12.0
mills, down 3.7 mills from
last year's 15.7. The decrease
came about due to a $63, 975
surplus that had accumulated
in 1964. The large surplus was
More Than 50
Exhibits Planned
For Science Fair
The Wingham District High
School will be the setting for
an event of considerable inter-
est on Friday of next week.
Plans are now being completed
for a science fair, in which
more than 50 exhibits will be
shown.
Students from 14 secondary
schools have indicated their
intention to enter their projects.
Prizes have been donated by
business and educational insti-
tutions in the area.
Judging of the entries will
be handled by university pro-
fessors and school inspectors.
The fair will be open to the
public from 2 to 5:30 and 7:30
to 10 p.m. next Friday. Offi-
cial opening and awarding of
prizes will take placeat8 p.m.
A. L,Lackie, assistant superin-
tendent, Department of Educa-
tion and a past president of
the Canada Science FairsCoun-
cii, will open the event.
built up when grants last year
were considerably higher than
had been anticipated. Another
factor is the increased assess-
ment over the district. Assess-
ment figures on which the levy
is based are $13,426,247 for
1965 compared to $13,162,600
last year,or an upswing of
$263,634,00. The mill rate
was broken down to 5.2 mills
for the academic department
and 6,8 mills for the vocation-
al department.
REVENUE
The estimates show provin-
cial grants at $402, 000, up
from last year's estimates of
$289,842. The local levy will
bring in $161,114 and other
revenues such as tuition and
night school, as well as sever-
al minor items will amount to
$17,556 for a total of $637, -
480.
EXPENDITURES
Largest single item on the
other side of the ledger will
be teachers' salaries which are
estimated at $303,700 for
1965. Next are transportation
contracts amounting to $85,000..
Plant operation was set at
$64, 268.59; general admini-
stration, $27,022,59; teaching
supplies, $41,791.58; night
school and driver training,
$4,100; other services such as
health, cafeteria, cadets, $13, -
900; interest on loans, $7,900;
capital expenditure, $22,800;
debenture payments, $65, 200
and a miscellaneous item of
$798.00.
The assessment figures on
which the local levies are
based were listed as follows;
Brussels, $698,675; Culross,
$1,328,662; E. Wawanosh,
$1,150,414; Grey, $433,392;
Howick, $1,943,350; Kinloss,
$214,005; Morris, $2,163,932;
Teeswater, $901,313; Turn -
berry, 61,725,754; Wingham,
$2,866,750.
Will Fence Brown
Brothers Property
Following a budget meeting
on Monday evening, council
dealt with several items of in-
terest.
It was brought to council's
attention that the rear of the
old Brown factory on Alfred
Street had collapsed and would
be a hazard to any children
who could become curious and
wander onto the property. Coun-
cil decided to have snow fences
put up around the building. The
owner will also be contacted in
order to make arrangements to
have the hazardous portion re-
moved.
Council approved a building
permit for Elmer Wilkinson,
who intends building a three -
car garage to the north of his
apartment block.
Council once again discuss-
ed the building permit problem
with several expressing the view
that the time may be fast ap-
proaching when the town will
require a zoning by-law and a
proper building code.
Council approved a grant to
the firemen for $100.00 to as-
sist with a fireworks display to
be staged, tentatively, on Fri-
day evening, May 21st.
Clerk William Renwick said
that a letter had been received
from the Department of High-
ways requesting a meeting with
council and department repre-
sentatives on April 21st.
OLD FACTORY COLLAPSES—The old Brown Brothers fac-
tory on Alfred Street was partially destroyed on Monday
morning when the rear portion of the building collapsed
leaving a tremendous heap of rubble. The building has
not been used for many years and has been gradually de-
teriorating. Some of the upper floors had collapsed on a
previous occasion. The structure has been owned by
Moses Brown, of Toronto, since about 1930, when he and
his brother Abraham started to manufacture small radio
novelties, radio cabinets and toilet seats. The part of the
building which caved in was built in 1914 after a gale on
Good Friday of 1913 damaged the building, followed by a
fire in December of the same year which caused a loss of
$19,000. The original structure was built in 1875 by
Inglis and Armstrong as a woollen mill.
Concert at High School Auditorium
Public School Pupils Present Wide
Variety of Colorful Entertainment
The Spring Musicale, pre-
sented by pupils of Wingham
Public School and held in the
auditorium of Wingham Dist-
rict High School last Friday
night, was a successful event,
T. S. Beattie, principal,
welcomed the audience. The
General Contract $602,440
HospitaI Board Accepts
Bid from Kitchener F irm
The board of directors of
the Wingham & District Gen-
eral Hospital on Friday evening
awarded a contract to Ball
Brothers of Kitchener for the
construction of a new wing in
the form of a second storey
over the present north wing;
rennovation and enlargement
of the middle wing and demo-
lition of the original section of
the hospital. Contract price is
$602,440,00, Work will com-
mence as soon as approval of
the contract is received from
The Ontario Hospital Services
Commission in Toronto. A
construction period of 65 weeks
was mentioned, but it is be-
lieved the job may take some-
what longer to complete.
Three other tenders for the
job were opened on Friday
evening; W. A. Stephenson &
Sons Ltd., Willowdale. $632, -
000; W. A, McDougall Ltd.,
London, $649,000 and Colt
Contracting Co., Scarboro,
6792,000,
The job calls for the con-
struction of a bed area as a
second storey addition to the
north wing of the hospital
which was completed in 1956.
The 1945 wing, being the
three-storey section in the
centre of the present hospital
structure, is to be entirely re-
vamped and renovated to pro-
vide for tnodern operating,
delivery and other such service
areas. Art addition will be
made on the east side of this
wing, bringing the front wall
of the section much closer to
Carling Terrace, Administra-
tion offices will be located in
this area as well as the service
program opened with a mass
choir, the senior grades in the
galleries and the younger child-
ren on the floor and stage of
the auditorium, singing " Our
Home, Our Land, Our Canada"
and "The United Nations".
The Grade 1 rhythm band
numbers were enjoyed as usual.
Miss Johnston's group played a
German folk song and Mrs.
Wheeler's class a Scottish folk
song.
"Song of the Seasons" was
presented by Grades I to 5, the
teachers being Mrs. Mundell,
Mrs. Conley, Miss Armitage,
Mrs. Pennington, Mrs. Moffat
and Mrs. Wheeler. Spring, sum-
mer, autumn and winter were
portrayed in songs, dances, ac-
tion songs, a "small fry" oper-
etta and numbers by choirs of
facilities.
DEMOLISH OLD WING
When construction and reno-
vation programs have been
completed the original brick
building which formed the
town's first hospital, will be
demolished and the basement
beneath it capped over with a
concrete slab, The age and,
construction of this original
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junior grades.
During intermission the sen-
ior grades took their places in
the auditorium and the juniors
went to the galleries.
The second part of the pro-
gram opened with patriotic
songs by pupils of Mrs. Thorn -
ton's and Mrs. Radford's grades
4 to 6. Vicki Rosenhagen gave
"The Story of Song", and Mrs.
Underwood's grade 7 did an
Israelian folk dance.
Sacred songs were sung by
grades 5 and 8. They were
"Easter Morning", "Song of
Thanksgiving" with descant,
and "Now Thank We All Our
God" with a triple trio from
Mrs. Wilson's room.
A new feature this year was
the gymnastics display with
Kenny Aitchison as commen-
tator. The boys were instructed
by John Ross. Steven Langridge
and Bob McGee were in charge
of the music. Taking part in
the gymnastics were John ben -
eau, Bob Shaunessy, John
Leitch, Don Hastings, Don Col-
lar, George Welwood, Steve
Sell, David Gibson, Monty
Templeman and Joe Kerr.
Vicki Rosenhagen, daughter
of Mr, and Mrs, Don Rosenhagen,
who will compete in the pro-
vincial finals in the Ontario
School Trustees and Ratepayers
Association public speaking
competition at Toronto April
19, was introduced by Mr.
Beattie. Vicki gave her prize-
winning speech, "Education Be-
gins in the home", which earn-
ed her first place in the zone
contest.
Several folk songs were sung
by pupils of Mrs. Coultes, Mrs.
Underwood and Mr. Ross. Ted
Ahara took the solo part in
"Jack was Every inch a Sailor"
and guitar accompaniment was
supplied for the songs by Mr.
Ross, Randy !lafermehl and
John Deneau.
Grade 8 girls did the Patti -
Cake Polka.
Both Mr, Beattie and Bill
liarris, board chairman, spoke
briefly thanking all those con-
nected with the musicale and
offering congratulations on an
enjoyable program. Receiving
special mention were Mrs.Carl
Douglas, music supervisor;
Ivirs. W,11. King, pianist; Mrs.
W. C. King, organist, and the
Teachers,
As a finale Mrs. Thornton's
class sang "An Easter Carol"
and the mass choir of all grades
sang "We Plough the Fields" in
four parts and "Glory Be to
Thee My God" in rounds,