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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-07-29, Page 1• • • TOP WINNER—Glen Madill, right, Wing - ham, won the top spot in the men's in- vitation tournament here last week. He carded a gross of 69. He is congratulated by club president Jack Lloyd, centre, and Ian MacLaurin, who won the low net with a 63 in the same flight. —Advance -Times Photo. Major Offices Still Idle Letters Go, Newspapers No • As PostalWorkersWrangle The Canadian public, vic- tims of the postal workers' un- authorized strikes in many ma- jor cities, remains completely ▪ confused by the events of the past week. The walk -outs and consequent disruption of mail services threaten the livelihood of countless thousands while mail workers wrangle among themselves about whether or not they should go back to their jobs. After meetings in Ottawa on Tuesday between government representatives and the postal • LUAU ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian By The Pedestrian ONE SECTION ONLY -- Please note that there is on- • ly one section in this week's issue of The Advance -Times. Don't blame the post office strike because the second sec- tion is missing. 0--0--0 • ALL TORN UP— The main drag in front of the site of the new Presbyterian Church has been blocked off as workmen chew their way into the pavement, presumably to reach utility lines. • 0--0--0 READY-MADE LUNCH— No doubt about it --no small boy's education is complete un- less he has a dog. A wee lad in town was entranced by the de- tails of his first pup one hot day • last week and seemed fascinat- ed by the lolling pink tongue which was so much in evidence. Finally, coming to the obvious conclusion, he said, "Look, Mom! The pup's got a piece of meat in her mouth." 0--0--0 TIIINGS LOOK GOOD— The whole countryside looks much healthier since the recent rains restored the bright green color to lawns and crops. If you love flowers just take a few strolls around town and see what your neighbors have done to beautify their homes. 0--0--0 'COMMON SENSE NEEDED -- Boating at the upper pond in Wingham is being enjoyed by quite a few, enthusiasts these days. However, it is rather surprising to see a boat in the water and the car and trailer of the owner left on the boat ramp. Common courtesy calls for moving the cars from the • ramp while the boats are in use. Maybe a no parking sign Might help. 1 A • workers' brotherhood announce- ment was made that the strike was over and that mail services would be restored early Wednes- day morning. But that was far from the end of the matter. A Tuesday night meeting ofmore than 4, 000 postal employees in Montreal voted unanimously to remain on strike until theirde- mand for a $660 per year in- crease is met. Prime Minister Pearson has suggested that it may be neces- sary to recall Parliament to deal with the situation and the implication credited to this an- nouncement is that Parliament would be asked to pass legisla- tion which would force the strikers back to their jobs on pain of stiff penalties for failure to comply. SERIOUS RESULTS The situation creates not on- ly inconvenience, but in thous- ands of cases real hardship. One example is the failure of the post office to deliver pension cheques to old people who are dependent upon these payments. Welfare authorities in Toronto are mobilized to deliver as many of these cheques as pos- sible by car, None of the strikeshavebeen authorized by the national as- sociations to which the postal workers belong. Three major divisions are involved: the mail clerks who sort mail within the post offices; the postmen who carry the mail on the house- to-house walks in the cities with whom the dispute began, and the mail clerks on the trains. The post office has placed an embargo on the mailing of second, third and fourth class matter at any of the strike- bound points. Newspapers, such as this one, are rated as second class matter. As things now stand The Advance -Times will be delivered by the post office to local points, but will not be handled for deliveries which must be routed through Toronto or any of the other cen- tres affected by the strike. Sub- scribers in these latter areas will receive back copies of the paper as soon as the mails are back to normal. CUB PACKS LIVE IT UP AT WEEK -END CAMP HOLIDAY By Murry Fridenburg Last week -end both packs of Wolf Cubs from Wingham at- tended their annual camp at Camp Martyn. Forty-three boys, six service Scouts and four leaders, who were capably assisted by Don Lloyd, chair- man of the Group Committee, attended. They left Wingham Friday night and returned Sun- day afternoon. A full week -end's program was scheduled in an African theme. The boys enjoyed games, swimming, crafts and food. Have any of you parents seen 43 boys eat? It makes you wonder if food is going out of style -- especially when you know that you have to do the dishes after they are finished. The boys were housed in tents, three of which were loaned by local residents. Each tent was supervised by a Boy Scout who acted as an assistant leader. The Scouts were Bar- rie Conron, Wayne Kregar,Ter- ry Deyell, Norman MacLennan, David Robb, Ted Ahara, Hugh Sinnamon and John Schipper. Each tent entrance was decorat- ed by the Cubs under the direc- tion of their tent leader. On Saturday evening a camp fire was built and each tent put on a skit. A sing -song followed with accompaniment by "Hap" Swatridge on the piano accor- dion. On Sunday a church service was held under the leadership of Akela Murry Fridenburg, as- sisted by Leaders Louise Lloyd, Donald Rintoul and Hugh Sin- namon. The Scripture and meditation was the story of the master who gave his three ser- vants a sum of money to be used wisely. Parents who had arrived to drive their boys home, joined in the service. The camp came to an offic- ial close with flag lowering and the Grand Howl. The leaders are grateful to all who assisted with this Cub activity; parents who supplied transportation; businessmen and citizens who supplied materials for crafts; Walden Bros. Trans- port, for the use of a truck, "Hap" Swatridge, members of the Ladies' Auxiliary and Les McMinn, who helped out so capably in the kitchen. This is the final event of the season, so to all of you from all of us, Good Luck and Good Hunting. ette boanotaZiontt Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, July 29, 1965 Thursday, Friday, Saturday Next Week Howick and Wingham Lions Clubs loin Forces for Mid -summer Fun and Frolic Something new in service club co-operation will be tried here next week when the How - ick and Wingham Lions will join forces to present an out- size summer frolic. The dates for the event are August 5, 6 CAR, TRUCK DAMAGED ON MINNIE STREET A car driven by George E. Skinn, of Wingham, suffered some $300.00 damage Friday evening when it was in collis- ion with a pickup truck driven by Eugene Hallahan and owned by Melvin Senner of Sudbury. The truck was damaged to the extent of $150.00. There were no injuries to the drivers. The mishap oc- curred on Minnie Street. Town police investigated. PROJECT APPROVED Town clerk William Ren- wick stated that he has received notice from the Federal -Provin- cial Centennial Grants Program Branch of the Department of Municipal Affairs, that Wing - ham's pavilion centennial pro- ject has been approved for grants. The $9, 000 project will re- ceive a total grant of $5, 786 from the federal and provincial governments leaving $3,214, which will be raised locally. The picnic pavilion will be built at the Riverside Park, just upstream frcrri the Scout House. Tentative plans for the scheme were presented to council by James Knox of Canadian Mit- chell Associates some time ago. When final drawings are ready they will be turned over to the Riverside Parks Board. Newspaper Closed Next Two Weeks Readers of The Advance - Times are reminded that this is the last issue of the newspaper for two weeks. Next edition will appear on August 19th. The plant and office of The Advance -Times will be closed from August 2nd to 14th in- clusive for its annual staffholi- day period. Our rural correspondents are asked to write the highlightsof the news events in their local areas during that period and if possible mail such items to this office by August 12th, so that we will have an opportun- ity to do a bit of "catching up" over the week -end previous to reopening. Girls' Coach Needs Help! Wingham girls' ball teams finally got around to winning two games in the Wingham park on Wednesday night of last week. The Juveniles edged Milbank by a score of 33-27 and the Juniors defeated Teeswater 30-26. Keep up the good work girls. All these girls need is a lit- tle more encouragement and an extra coach or so. The help of anyone interested would be appreciated. George Carter has been coaching the girls but one coach for two teams is hardly adequate and he needs help. Transportation has been a problem, too. Perhaps some of the parents could help out by driving to out-of-town games. Mrs. Ken Cerson, who manages both teams, would be pleased to receive such offers, and 7, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Special emphasis is to be placed on the fact that this is not just a Wingham Lions Frolic, despite the fact that it is being held in town. It all happened this way: Without prior know- ledge of the other's affairs the two clubs simultaneously pick- ed on the same dates and by the time they found out about the conflict it wasn't possible for either to make new arrange- ments. As a result they have decided to work together this year and the revenue will be divided between the clubs. Ken Edgar, of Wroxeter, who is widely known for his or- ganizing ability where public entertainment is concerned, has been named to put the joint Some Unfamilar With Plain English Perhaps a dozen times in the past two weeks some person has come giggling to us about what he believes was a lurid passage in a recent issue of this news- paper. The cause of the smirking comments was a phrase in the report of a family reunion which said that part of the afternoon was spent in "social intercourse. This particular phrase, though completely correct, is one we seldom use in our columns -- purely because it always brings forth these smutty wisecracks. If you happen to see the 'same phrase again sometime, in this newspaper or any other, it might be well to keep your thoughts to yourself. The word intercourse has many applica- tions other than in the phrase "sexual intercourse", which seems to be the only thought in the minds of so many would-be humorists. If you have ever taken the time to do any worth- while amount of reading you are, of course, quite familiar with the use of the word inter- course in connection with poli- tics, finance and trade. Wheth- er you are aware of the fact or not, the word simply denotes an "exchange", whether of social pleasantries or human bodies. show on the road. VARIED PROGRAM Thursday evening there will be a program in the park at 8:30, featuring the Wingham Barbershop Quartet and a whole range of games, plus the mid- way • to fill out the entertain- ment for parents and children alike. The big event on Friday will be a chicken barbecue at the park with provision for 600 sup- pers. Purchasers of advance Postmaster Serves for Thirty Years Alvin D. Smith, Bluevale postmaster, is marking 30 years as postmaster at the first of August. Alvin, who is a Blue - vale resident, is also reeve of Turnberry Township. He lived in Turnberry Township until 1927 when he moved to the village and took on the post - mastership in August of 1935. The office was located in the Moffat store for some time and later in the Ross Mann building until 1961 when Mr. Smith built the present office. During his 49 months of ser- vice with the RCAF during the war his wife was acting post- mistress. He has served four years on the school board, eight years on the Tumberry council and five years as reeve of the municipality. sale tickets for the barbecue will have a free chance in a draw for a transistor radio. Ad- vance sales cease at 4 p.m. Entertainment for Friday eve- ning will be provided by the Howick Junior Farmers Square Dancers. Early evening on Saturday will see a parade of decorated bicycles and tricycles which will be judged for prizes in the park at 8:15. The Teeswater Pipe Band will lead the parade, and entertainment at the park will be provided by Sharon Strong and the Story Sisters. The same evening there will be dancing in the arena starting at 10 to the music of the Cavaliers of London. The games and midway will be in operation at the park each of the three evenings. Prizes in the Howick Lions ticket sale will be drawn for on Thursday and Friday evenings and the Wingham Lions draw will take place on Saturday eve- ning. 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111181 HOLIDAY CLOSING The Advance -Times office and plant will be closed Aug. 1 to Aug. 14 inclusive I®1I I.1I I®I I i.i i Ilii I ti11I I.1 i n i 11■i I III I IuI I Glen Madill Captures Top Spot in Tournament Coming in with a low gross of 69 in the first flight at the local tournament last week, Glen Madill took top honors for the day. Glen has been really banging them out this year, and led a field of 145 golfers in the annual invitation tournament sponsored by the Wingham Golf Club, on Wednesday. The course was in top shape and the weatherman smiled with a perfect day for the event. Club members, along with the ladies supplied barbecued ALVIN D. SMITH, of Bluevale, will mark his 30th year as postmaster of the Bluevale Postoffice at the first of August, His wife was acting postmistress during his 49 months of war service. steaks for the hungry golfers at the end of the day. Bill Con- ron was tournament captain. Ian MacLaurin won the low net with a 63 in the first flight. Paul Henderson of Goderich carded a 73 to win the low gross in B flight and Vic Watkins of Orangeville came home with a 62 to win low net in the same flight. In the third flight big Carl Larsen of Walkerton claimed he played over his head, but he racked up an 82 to win low gross in that event. In the same flight Jim Pickering came in with a low net of 62. Lyman Jardin of Wingham had the longest drive of the day on the third hole, knocking one out close to 300 yards. Max Davies of Walkerton missed a hole -in -one by only two inches on number nine. Most honest golfer was Keith McClure of Wingham who tallied 109. No Injuries in Two Area Crashes Provincial police here re- ported only two accidents dur- ing the week, and while exten- sive damage to vehicles occur- red no one was injured. At 12:30 a.m. Sunday a car driven by James Wheeler of Wroxeter failed to negotiate a left turn in his home village and struck a hydro pole which was broken off. Damage to the car amounted to about $500. On Sunday morning a two - car collision in the village of Belgrave saw the cars involved damaged to the extent of $800. The accident occurred at a private driveway when cars driven by Ray Madill of Blyth and Charles Coultes of Belgrave collided. Charges are pending.