The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-05-20, Page 1ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By "i'he Pedestrian
WRONG NAME --
Last week we mentioned a
new aircraft purchased by 13111
Cruikshank and Stewart Leed-
ham, and referred to it as a
Stinson. It shows the age of
the writer, for that particular
kind of plane hasn't been built
in the last 20 years. The new
craft is a Cessna, the same as
uw the one used by the flyers last
year, only more up-to-date.
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NEW SIGN & FRONT --
Lee's Restaurant has install-
ed a fancy new sign at the front
of its premises. It is of modern
• design with internal lighting.
The sign replaces an old neon
job that has been used formany
years.
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LOOKS SMART --
Alterations at the Classee
• Barber Shop, owned by Lloyd
Hayden, have improved the
appearance of that place of
business. The shop has been
given a new front. The old
blue -painted exterior has been
replaced with one of sparkling
• white.
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ANOTHER FISH --
We hear that Lorne McDon-
ald came back from the Owen
Sound area on the week -end
with a seven -pound rainbow
trout. Apparently the catches
up in that neck of the woods
are pretty good this spring.
John Preston Is
Listowel Manager
John Preston, a native of
Wingham, is the new manager
of TarBush's IGA store in Lis-
towel. John has been in the
grocery business for more than
30 years, including a ten-year
period as manager with IGA.
He has recently been in Harris -
ton.
He is a World War II veter-
an of the RCAF mentioned in
dispatches, has for many years
been active in Boy Scout work
and is the assistant district
commissioner of Maitland Dist-
rict, is a member of the Royal
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FIRST SECTION
Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, May 20, 1965
Single Copy
of Over Ten Cents
Legion Will Build $50,000
Home Near Riverside Park
Officials of Wingham Branch
180, Royal Canadian Legion,
announced this week that the
organization has purchased pro-
perty at the extreme west end
of Patrick Street facing the
Riverside Park, formerly owned
by Ephriam Parish. The prop-
erty measures 80 x 300 feet.
It is hoped that a start will
be made this year on the con-
struction of a new building
which itis estimated will cost
in excess of $50, 000.
The new hall will incorpor-
ate all Legion facilities and
will provide banquet space for
250 persons along with the nec-
essary kitchen area. The build-
ing will also be constructed so
that it may be used as an audi-
torium with a stage and will
have a number of smaller
meeting rooms.
Legion officials have expres-
sed the opinion that the new
building will be a major asset
to the community as the ban-
quet facilities will be available
DEER KILLED
NEAR JUNCTION
A Kitchener driver escaped
injury, but a deer was killed in
a mishap on Highway 86, just
east of Wingham about 9:30 on
Friday evening.
Carl Gross was westbound
when the animal jumped out of
the ditch and into the path of
the car. The animal died in
the collision. The car suffered
considerable damage to the
hood grille and bumper.
Canadian Legion, the IOOF and
the Masonic Lodge. John has
also been active with the St.
John Ambulance Brigade.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston have
two children, Frank 13 and
Julia 11.
fireworks Display Is Set
for Evening of May 241h
A number of local service
organizations, the town coun-
cil and firemen are again co-
operating to put on a public
• fireworks display at the river
Extensive Damage
• In Two Accidents
Wingham provincial police
investigated two accidents this
past week -end that resulted in
extensive damage to three cars
and a truck.
• On Saturday evening about
10:00 o'clock a car driven by
Eldon Lincoln, of R. R. 3, Wing -
ham, stopped on Highway 4
just north of town to make a
turn into the Royal T and was
struck in the rear end by ano-
ther vehicle driven by Russel
J. Sewers of Teeswater. Both
cars were northbound. There
were no injuries but damage
amounted to nearly $1,000 to
the two cars.
Sewers has been charged
with careless driving.
On Monday evening about
8:30 Mrs. Jean Wilson of Ford
wich was in collision -with a
truck which made a "U" turn
in the village. The latter ma-
chine was driven by Larry
• • Brears of Palmerston. Neither
driver was hurt but damage was
estimated at $500.00 to the
Wilson car and about $300.00
to the truck. Charges are pend
ing,
w
•=-Mr.and Mrs,Chris New,
man spent the week -end in
Woodstock with Mrs. Raymond
Fleming.
this year. It will be held on
Monday evening, May 24th, at
the south end of the Riverside
Park, the same location as last
year.
Donating towards the event
are the Town of Wingham, the
Legion, Lions Club, Business
Association, Kinsmen Club and
the local fire department.
During the evening a silver
collection will be taken to aid
in defraying the cost. If every
family contributed what would
normally be spent on small
back -yard displays the annual
public affair could well become
a really bang-up show.
to the public, Facing on the
park, the structure will en-
hance this area, more particu-
larly if the old freight sheds
are removed. Washrooms will
likely be available to visitors
in the park. There will be ade-
quate room for parking, which
is a major problem in connec-
tion with the old building on
John Street.
At the moment only tenta-
tive plans have been drawn for
the type of building to be con-
structed, It is the intention of
the organization to study other
Legion halls in the province in
order to come up with plans
that will provide the best ac-
commodation. There has been
a suggestion that it be classi-
fied as a Centennial project,
and it is possible that this name
may be used in conjunction
with the structure,
On Monday evening a build-
ing committee was set up un-
der the chairmanship of Lloyd.
Carter with Bill Walden as
vice-chairman and John Strong
as secretary.
Sub -committees were also
set up, with the first named as
chairman: property (to prepare
site and landscaping) Jack Gor-
rie, Glen Sinnamon; services
(light, water, sewage) John
Pattison, Ross Gordon; finance,
(general financing for the pro-
ject) Bill Walden, Ted Elliott;
publicity, John Strong, Cy
Robinson; hall committee (for
design and content) Lloyd Car-
ter, Willis Hall with represen-
tation from the Ladies' Auxil-
iary,
Orientation Nights Arranged
for Grade 8 Pupils, Parents
At the regular meeting of
the Wingham District High
School board on Thursday even-
ing, Principal F. E. Madill told
the board that orientation nights
will be held for Grade 8 stu-
dents who will be coming to
high school next fall. They
will be accompanied by their
parents.
On May 17, students from
Bruce County and Teeswater
attended. On Wednesday even-
ing the Wingham Public and
Separate Schools visited the
high school. The Grade 8 pu-
pils from the. Huron inspector -
pate will have their night on
.Thursday, May 27th.
The principal suggested that
open house be cancelled this
year, and the board agreed to
the suggestion with a motion
that open house be held next
spring during Education Week.
Chairman of the property
committee, Albert Worrell, re-
ported that the loss of awnings,
which were completely destroy-
ed by high winds, is covered
entirely by insurance. He said
that a new type of heat barrier
on the windows has been under
test on one classroom, and ap-
pears to be satisfactory.
He went on to say that the
roof on the older part of the
•school has been inspected and
that it was recommended that
a program of regular roof main-
tenance be set up, This was
left for a discussion with the
architects on their next visit.
Secretary Yvonne McPher-
son told the board that a total
of $114, 200 had been received
in grants from the Department
of Education as an -interim pay-
ment.
Ivan Kersell, Wingham's
recreation director attended
the meeting and requested per-
mission for the Recreation Com-
mittee to use the school tennis
courts and raquets this summer.
The board gave approval but
turned down a request that the
showers be made available to
tennis players.
Mr. Kersell explained that it
was the intention of the Recrea-
tion Committee to operate a
tennis program during the sum-
mer months every morning
from 9:00 o'clock until noon,
five days a week.
It was else .;upotted that
Robert Gavreluk, a member of
the teaching staff, will take a
summer course to obtain quali-
fications as driving training
instructor. The chairman told
the board that a trustees' meet-
ing in Palmerston had been
useful.
PRINCIPAL REPORTS
Principal Madill, in his re-
port, said that daily attendance
had averaged 840 during April,
or 95.69 per cent of enrol-
ment. He outlined proposed
cost factors for ceiling and
floor tile in a room under the
library, which will be used as
a temporary classroom next
fall.
He said that obtaining teach-
ers is a discouraging task. Three
teachers have been engaged to
fill five positions which be-
came open through resignations
and that three of four teachers
required have been hired as
additional staff.
The board agreed to pur-
chase crests for the 12 mem-
bers of the wrestling team
which won the Huron -Perth
championship.
Loan Will Cover Outstanding Obligation
A TOTAL OF 35 CONTESTANTS competed
in the girls' solo class, nine years and
under, at the Belgrave Music Festival held
Monday and Tuesday at the Foresters Hall.
Winners in the class are Melanie Sprung,
S. S. 6, East Wawanosh, third, 86 marks;
Marie Empey, S. S. 16, East Wawanosh,
second, 87 marks; Barbara Muilwyk, S. S.
5, Morris, first, with 88 marks.
—Photo by Cantelon.
THREE OF THE YOUNG soloists who finish-
ed in the first six in the girls' solo class,
seven years and under, at the Belgrave
Music Festival were Karen Currie, Kathy
Galbraith, Darlene Coultes. All three are
pupils at S. S. 9, East Wawanosh.
—Photo by Cantelon.
Swept Over Dam on April 14th
Teenage Listowel Girl Finds
Body of Drowning Victim
Leone Duncan, of R. R. 3,
Listowel, a teenage friend of
the Jack Stacey family discov-
ered the body of Glen Leach-
man on Tuesday afternoon in
shallow water a half mile down
stream from where he fell into
the river and drowned on April
14th. The lad was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Leachman of
Lower Town.
Hospital Bd. Hears Finance Details
Details of financing of the
Wingham and District Hospital's;
renovation program were given
at a meeting of the board of
directors on Friday evening.
Board Chairman R. B. Cousins
presided. In his report aschair-
man of the finance committee
Barry Wenger said that Ontario
Hospital Services Commission
has approved a plan which al-
lows for an expenditure of
$795,124. This figure includes
the general contract at approxi-
mately $604, 000; some $58,000
for new boilers and alterations
in the boiler room; about
$81,000 for equipment and fur-
nishings and some $50, 000 for
the architects' fees.
Funds available total ap-
proximately $708,052, made
up from estimated federal, pro-
vincial and county grants and
the hospital's reserve fund. The
apparent deficit, $86, 472 will
be met by a $100, 000 loan
from O. H. S. C. which should
cover all possible contingen-
cies. In addition, OHSC will
lend $90,000 until federal
grants have been received so
that interim payments can be
met. The three per cent inter-
est chargeable on the loan will
not commence until the new
structure is opened.
Repayment of the $100, 000
loan will be made by turning
over 75% of the hospital's dif-
ferential revenue (extra charges
over ward rate for semi -private
and private accommodation)..
The loan period is 14 years.
STATISTICS
John Strong, secretary, read
the statistics for the month of
April, showing a daily average
of 94 patients in the hospital.
There were 119 operations,146
outpatients, 293 x-rays, 4
BMR's, 12 blood transfusions,
1092 laboratory procedures, 30
ECG's, 62 at cancer clinic,
381 physiotherapy treatments.
E. E. Walker, chairman of
the property committee, re-
ported that satisfactory repairs
have been made to one of the
new boilers which warshipped
in with faulty tubing, Work -
Men from the manufacturing
concent removed one half of
the crown plate, teplaced sev-
eral tubes and re -welded the
tubing to the plate. The boiler
has now been approved as
'Class A' by the inspector from
the provincial department of
labor and is currently being
coupled to the steam lines of
the building in preparation for
permanent use.
RUMMAGE SALE
Mrs. English, reporting for
the Hospital Auxiliary, said
that a rummage sale will be
held May 29th in the Wingham
arena, Tag days will be held
in Brussels, Teeswater, Lucknow
and the surrounding district on
May 22nd and in Wingham on
May 29th.
She also said that the Aux-
iliary has purchased 50 blanket-
spreads for patient beds at a
cost of somewhat over 810.00
each.
Miss Duncan was visiting
with Mr, and Mrs. Stacey, who
also live in Lower Town, and
decided to look along the shore
of the river in an effort to lo-
cate the youngster. She found
the body caught in a clump of
bushes near the shore, in an
area that had been searched
many times before, but would
have been under five or six
feet of water during the spring
runoff when the lad disappear-
ed. The area is just upstream
from the end of the Cruik-
shank
ruik-
shank runway, on the north
bank of the river.
Provincial police and coro-
ner Dr. W. A. Crawford were
called to the scene. The Leach-
man family were away at the
time he was found.
The reclamation of the body
culminates five weeks of
searching by dozens of people
from Wingham and surrounding
area. Immediately after the
drowning the river was intens-
ively searched from the Lower
Town dam where the boy fell
in, including a search of the
area immediately below the
dam by diver, as far down-
stream as the 10th Bridge in
East Wawanosh.
In the interval various search
parties have been out both in
boats and canoes and walking
the banks of the river. high
water last week had again cur-
tailed efforts being made by
those still looking for the boy.
Glen Leachman was born in
Brampton on September 13th,
1956. He came to Wingham
when his family moved here
two years ago. He was a Grade
2 pupil at the Turnberry Cen-
tral School,
Besides his sorrowing parents
he is survived by three sisters,
Louise, Debra and Mrs. Gordon
(Carol) Hrabb of Toronto and
three brothers, Robert, Brian
and Wayne of Wingham.
Funeral services will be held
on Thursday afternoon at 2.00
o'clock from the R. A.Currie
& Sons funeral home. Mr. Har-
old Bower, pastor at the Lower
Town Kingdom Hall will offi-
ciate. Interment will be made
at the Wingham Cemetery,
Pallbearers will be Ernest
Falconer, Leonard Geddes, Don-
ald McKay, Grant Gollan of
Lucknow, Gordon Hrabb and
William Kennedy, both of Tor-
onto.
Postal Service
The lock box lobby at the
post office will he open from
8 a. m, until li p.m. on Mon-
day, May 24 for those wishing
to pick up mail from their lock
boxes. Stamps may he obtain-
ed from the stamp vending ma-
chine at the front of the post
office.
There will be a letter box
collection at 5:30 p. m, but
wicket seovice and rural de-
livery will not operate,