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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-07-08, Page 14 • Turnb erry Sells Public Schools Jerry Timm of Wingham bought the Bluevale Public School building at an auction handled by ,jack Alexander last Friday evening. He also pur- chased some of the contents. Sale price was $1,800. Mr. Tirrtrh plansto make over the building for use as a home. On Saturday Osmund Gold- thorpe purchased S. S. No.2, Kirton'$ school for $700.00, • S. S. No.3, Glennan went to Tom Metcalfe for $450.00, Gilmour's School, S, S, No. 5, an excellent building,went to Harry Bateman for $2, 350.00, Costly Damage in Two Accidents Provincial Police from the Wingham detachment investi- gated two separate single -car • accidents over the week -end that caused damage estimated at close to $1,500.00. On Friday evening Isabelle A. Wightman, of Waterloo, was east bound on No.16 County Road, east of No.4 Highway • when her car went out of con- trol as she was passing another vehicle driven by William Reed of Wingham. • The car went into a ditch and suffered about $700.00 damage. Miss Wightman was not hurt. Early Saturday evening Gor- don MacEwan was taken to the Wingham and District Hospital • for treatment of minor injuries, suffered when his car went out of control, hit a stone and roll- ed over causing extensive dam- ingboatt Ithbancieffeitnt Wingham,, Ontario, Thursday, July 8, 1965 FIRST SECTION 5000 May Attend Orange Walk Here J. ELMER WOOD Past Grand Master of Ontario West will be the featured speaker at the town park on Saturday for the Orange walk which will get under way at 1:30 in the afternoon. age to the windshield, roof and side. The accident occurred on the first sideroad of Howick Township. The driver was alone at the time. He comes from R. R.1, Listowel. Officials of Wingham's Orange Lodge No.794 said this week that it is possible as many as 5, 000 people will be in Wingham on Saturday, July 10th for the annual Orange Walk. The Walk marks the 275th an- niversary of the Battle of the Boyne. Some 42 branches of the L. 0.L. have been invited as well as a number of L. O.B. A. (women's organizations) and Young Briton lodges from Perth and Huron Counties and the western part of Bruce County. The Walk will get underway at 1,30 p.m. when a parade headed by the Teeswater Pipe Band will leave Riverside Park and march east on Victoria Street to Josephine, and then north to the town park. J. Elmer Wood, of Orillia, a past grand master of Ontario West, will be guest speaker at the park. During the afternoon pro- gram the crowd will be enter- tained by radio and TV person- alities. At 4.00 p.m. the lo- cal Legion will sponsor a chic- ken barbecue. There will be a merry-go-round, ferris wheel and other attractions for the youngsters, In the evening the arena will be taken over for a barn dance with many well-known radio stars taking part. Council Hears Details of Proposed Legion Building Lloyd Carter and William Walden, representing Branch 180 Wingham, of the Royal Canadian Legion, attended Monday night's council meet- ing to officially inform coun- • cil of the organization's plans to construct a new building. The delegates also wanted to know if council had any objec- tions to the proposal so that they could be studied before plans progressed too far. ✓ Mr. Carter told the council- lors that the new building will cost about $60, 000 and will be constructed on property the Legion has purchased at the westerly end of Patrick Street. • He said the group intends to put up a structure that will be of value to the whole commu- nity. w • 0 • ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian By The Pedestrian BETTER SHUT UP -- This column is a nuisance. Mention the nice weather and it immediately gets nasty. Last week we remarked that ear- wigs were scarce so far this year. Before the ink was dry on the paper we went home to find the little brown monsters corn- ing at us from every corner of the house. Looking carefully we could even detect the sar- donic grins on their wizened faces. 0---0--0 GETS AROUND -- Percy Stainton, who recent- ly advertised some of his fancy pigeons in the A -T got replies from as far away as Cannington, over in the Lake Simcoe area. Since that he has been shipping his birds all over the country. 0--0--0 SLIM LOOK -- The town foreman has been reading the style catalogues. Big job during the past week has been the replacement of the posts on which the "stop" signs at intersections are moun- ted. Now they are set up on new slini 4 x 4 posts rather than the fat, round ones. All Legion activities will be confined to the ground floor and an auditorium will be built on the second floor which will be capable of providing ban- quet facilities for up to 250 people. He said that the build- ing will make it possible for Wingham to become a conven- tion centre on a small scale. Mr. Carter went on to say it is the intention of the organi- zation to call the building a memorial hall or a centennial hall and not a Legion Home. The new structure will face on Patrick Street and will be 40 by 120 feet, of cement block and brick construction. Mayor Miller thanked the delegation for its information. The council found no objection to the plans, but did question the Legion members on a few points relative to parking fa- cilities and sewer connections. TUESDAY WAS DERBY DAY FOR WOLF CUB DRIVERS Many fancy racers appeared last Tuesday afternoon when the Cubs held their Soapbox Derby on Carling Terrace. Pa- rents were apparently enthused over the derby as evidence of the fathers' touch was seen in a few of the models. The course between Victoria Street and Diagonal Road was barricaded, and bales of straw were placed at the bottom of Carling Terrace to keep the contestants from going onto the highway. The first heat was won by Brian Pollock; second by Mur- ray Leggatt; third by Daryl Mc- RODERICK McKAY, 90 141 DESCENDANTS Roderick McKay quietly celebrated his 90th birthday last Saturday at Brookhaven Nursing Home, Mr, McKay has five daugh- ters and three sons, Mrs. Roy (Eva) Macbonald, Mrs, Sid (Linda) Patrick of King, Mrs. Laurene Beaton of Simcoe, Mrs. Elva Wells of Essex, Mrs. Isaac (Margaret) Metcalfe of Turnberry, Roy and John of Wingham and George of James- town. There is also one sister, Mrs. J. II. Muskmett of Vancou- ver, Mr. McKay has 36 grand- children and 89 great grand- children and eight great, great grandchildren. Clure and the fourth by Grant Holloway. In the semi-finals Murray Leggatt won the first heat and Daryl McClure the second. In the final race Murray was the champion driver and plaques were presented to the Blue Six of Pack A, of which he is the sizer. Chief of Police Jim Miller made the presenta- tion. The Green Six of Pack B was in second place. David Hodgins is the sixer of this group and Daryl McClure was their driver. Akela Hugh Sin- namon presented the boys with "Good Turn", key chains. Chosen as the best Cub - built racer was Gemini V, built by the Yellow Six of Pack B, Cpl. J. McDowell of the Ontaric Provincial Police judged the cars and presented Sixer John Schipper and his six with Cub crests. The proficiency shield win- ners, Tommy Lee of Pack A and Ron Perron, Pack B, re- ceived Cub tie bars from their leaders. Freshie was served by the Mothers' Auxiliary, Since both parents and Cubs showed such enthusiasm for the derby every effort will be made to make this an annual event, and to schedule it for a time when parents can attend. The week -end camp. July 23, 24 and 25 at Camp Martyn, will he the final event of the season for the local Cubs. Council Deckles on Legal Action Tax Arrears to Bring W Public Sale of Forfeit Properties arran ts for On Monday evening Council that tenders for the McKenzie approved the drawing up of Bridge will be called by the warrants for the tax sale of Department of Highways about lands on which taxes are in ar- the middle of August, which rears for three years or more. means that no construction can The warrants will be ready for be started before the end of approval at the August council September. He questioned meeting. whether or not work will start Clerk -treasurer William Ren, this fall. He was of the opinion wick said that the total of all a start will not be made before tax arrears at the end of June next spring. amounted to $20, 318.22, The Council decided to sell by annual breakdown showed auction the Lorne Archer home $1,017.-1 for 1961; $1,934.76 which the town purchased be- for 1962; $5,069.35 for 1963 cause it was in the way of the and $12,297.20 for 1964, approach to the new McKenzie BRIDGE TENDER bridge, The sale will be held Mayor DeWitt Miller said in the near future. The pur- No Changes at Local Plant Following Sale to Stanley The announcement last week that the Berry Door Co, Ltd., which has manufacturing facilities in Wingham, and a sales office in Toronto, has been sold to The Stanley Works,. a large American firm, has left people in this area wonder- Wingham Cadets Go to Ipperwash Twenty-two cadets from Wingham District High School left on Saturday morning for six weeks at Camp Ipperwash. There are about 1,300 army cadets at the camp this year from all over the province, with about 250 from Southwest- ern Ontario. Brigadier W . S. Murdoch, Commander of the Western Ont- ario area is in charge of the summer's program which in- cludes instruction in small arms, field craft, first aid, map work and rescue training. The graduation parade and exercise will be on August 14, when the parents are invited to attend. The awards for high standing, company and athletic competition and other phases of camp activities are presented at that time. ing about the effect of the sale on the Wingham plant. The management of the new firm has not indicated any changes in personnel at the lo- cal factory which is currently employing about 80 people. Herbert Fuller will continue as plant manager, Alton Adams as assistant plant manager and manager of purchasing; James Bain, purchasing agent and Barry Fryfogle as manager of sales and customer service. The firm was originally es- tablished as a subsidiary of Berry Industries Ltd. , of Bir- mingham, Mich., in 1956. In the interval the plant has been expanded twice, as its produc- tion steadily rose. Currently the firm manufactures two ba- sic lines of garage doors. Several years ago the plant also started to manufacture a radio -controlled door operator and more recently has started to build a line of steel cabs for farm and industrial tractors. As far as is known there are no immediate plans to change any of the production facilities at the plant. The firm has been a real asset to the community provid- ing a considerable amount of employment to local citizens and has been a boon to other business in the town and district. chaser will be required to .move the building. Still on highway affairs, council approved a proposed plan of the Department of High ways for a service road for the properties located on Highway 86, at the easterly limits of the Community. The service road will be necessary when the new diversion of the highway is built across the prairie. The Mary Hamilton Wins Scholarships Miss Mary Hamilton, Blue - vale, has been awarded the Beta Sigma Phi (Canadian Chapter) Scholarship valued at $1,000, This scholarship is open to men and women stu- dents proceeding to a B.A. de- • ' - Fes•+ -rY": gree in Honours English and is awarded at the end of a third year of a student's course. Three scholarships are awarded annually, one in each of the following regions: Atlantic Provinces, Central Canada (Ontario and Quebec), Western Canada. Mary is a graduate of Wing - ham District High School and a student at the University of Windsor. She was also awarded a scholarship from that univer- sity for being the highest in her course. She is at present in Europe. mayor said the diversion will not be constructed this year, APPROVE RESOLUTION Council, in other business, approved a resolution from the Town of Tilbury requesting the provincial government to pay subsidies on the operating cost of municipal police forces. The resolution was based on the premise that localities without local forces depend on the Ontario Provincial Police, which is financed by everypne Please Turn to Page Eight To Turn Sod At St. Andrew's On Sunday afternoon, the congregation of St, Andrew's Presbyterian Church will hold the first of several official functions involved in the crea- tion of a new sanctuary for worship. At 3 p.m. on the church lawn, sod -turning ceremonies will take place. The expecta- tion is that the builders, Tripod Construction Company of Lon- don, will within the next two weeks commence the erection of the new sanctuary. The custom of 'sod -turning' in this instance will take the form of breaking ground for a new well as is pictured in Numbers 21:18. Rather than making use of the familiar spade as is used in such cere- monies, a staff prepared from materials taken from the for- mer sanctuary will be used to unearth the soil from which it is hoped the rich fellowship of Christian work and worship will flow. The public is cordially in- vited to attend this function. Participants in the ceremony will include the Moderator of the Presbytery of Huron and Maitland, the Rev. William Morrison of Brussels; a repre- sentative of the local minister- ial and a representative group of the local congregation. Les Fortune, chairman of the building committee's sub- committee on arrangements is in charge of preparations for this ceremony. JUST A HOLE IN THE GROUND—All that is left of the old building that housed the Simpsons -Sears order office. The building, owned by Calvin Burke, on Wingham's main street, has been demolished to make way for a new struc- ture which will replace the one torn down and the old Burke Electric building destroyed by fire a year ago April. Construction of the new one -storey building will start immediately.