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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-10-21, Page 14 • A • FETED AT ARMOURIES --Sid Adams, who operated the Wingham Body Shop for sev- eral years, was feted by nearly 40 friends sat the local Armouries last week, before moving his family to Strathroy, where he has taken a position on the police force. He received a suitcase and purse of money. Making the presentation are Eric Walden, Mr, Adams, Murray Fridenburg and Jim Miller. Mr. Adams had served on the Wingham auxiliary police force, —Advance -Times Photo. School Board Concerned over 1 Lack of New Math Courses A number of public school board members expressed con- cern during Monday night's meeting, about the fact that local students are not being taught any of the new mathe- matics. Roy Bennett said, "I think it is ridiculous that none of the new math is being taught in our school. It is being done in other elementary schools." He went on, "The new math isbe- ing used in Grade 9 at the high • Local Merchants Are Going All Out to Boost Values This week the merchants • of Wingham and the Advance - Times send an invitation to all area residents to come in and cash in on the greatest valuesto be had anywhere. Shop the stores displaying the " Harvest of Values" post- * ers and check the special pages in this edition for out- standing buys. Boosting our town is the business of the Advance - Times. We are proud tore - $'HOPPERS SPEC/ALS 11/ GHoP TVs. PA6P FoR 5E1077a4 4L SAY,% ! • port that a check of retail sales show Wingham is growing as an area shopping center. This is due to courteous salespeople and friendly citizens. Our educators, spiritual leaders, members of the professions along with our farmers have all made theircontri- butions to the prosperity of the town. But no one is more responsible for this growth than you, the consumer.... our customers. We admire your shopping habits and • invite you to come to Wingham and "Boost the Value" of your shopping dollar by patronizing the Harvest of Value stores. • The Tomatoes Were Juicy Wrestling Show Ends in Rhubarb Thursday's wrestling show at the local arena ended up as a real rhubarb when fans started to pelt the wrestlers with tom- atoes. First to catch one in the whiskers was the 465 -pound Great Antonio. He went a lit- tle berserk and took after some of the fans. About this time some the local rubes took it for serious and were in a mood to tear the rink apart. Police fin- ally got the visiting actors to the dressing rooms but in the process one little girl wasnear- 4y stomped on by one of the overweight visitors. Things seemed to settle down for a time and the wrest- lers started to take down their ring after everyone had been shooed outside. At this juncture about 50 an- gry fans, who felt they had not received their money's worth, started to hammer down the back door of the arena and suc- ceeded in pitching numerous projectiles through an opening over the door. About the time the hooks on the door jumped their hasps from the excessive vibration, rec. director Ivan Kersell was able to clear the mob from the back of the arena. in the meantime police were again called and about 1.00 a, m. the pleasant little episode came to an end. • How was the wrestling? Everyone says lousy. When will we have snore? IvanKersell says --never morel school, and I think we should be teaching it in this school from at least Grade 4." The principal, Stewart Beat- tie, said he agreed with Mr. Bennett. However he indicat- ed that he had not been instruct ed by the inspector to start the subject in the school. He said that it was taught in Grade 8 last year. Chairman William Harris said, "I feel very embarrassed when asked by trustees from other schools and by parents, if we are teaching this subject, and have to say no." Trustee Lorne McDonald said, "I think the department of education people are pass- ing the buck." He went on to say that he felt the Wingham school was behind the times. "In Wallaceburg French was taught in Grade 8." Chairman Harris agreed, and said it is difficult for those children who at times leave a school such as ours and move to another school, where they are using more advanced methods. OPPORTUNITY CLASS The chairman brought up the subject of an opportunity class at the school, and expressed the opinion that nothing has been done to resolve the problem. The first question is, "Have we enough students in the school • who need this special instruc- tion to warrant a class?" Trustee Bennett said, "We have been trying to get an an- swer to this question for two years." The chairman said that he understood that P, S. Inspector Kinkead has the necessary tests and is the person qualified to give them to the children. Board member John Currie said, "We are adults, andsure- ly we can get an answer to this question." The discussion ranged on for some time, members going over what had been learned earlier this year, which it ap- peared had not been of any great assistance. The chair- man explained that he had been given some information on the subject, by authorities which was not correct. It was decid- ed that the chairman will talk to Mr. Kinkead regarding the problem, in the hope of getting it settled one way or the other before too long. STATISTICS Principal Beattie reported that 481 pupils ate on the roll and attendance during Septem- ber had averaged 97.7 percent. He said that open house will be nooeinve Wingham,. Ontario, Thursday, Oct, 21, 1965 Deportment Oives Tentative Approval FIRST SSCTION Proposed N.S. Addition May Approach Million Dollar Construction Expenditure While no official figures are available, it is possible that a proposed addition to the Wingham District High School may well cost close to one mil-, Lion dollars. The school board was made aware of the situa- tion at its regular meeting on Thursday evening. Board chair- man Dr. W, A. McKibbon re- ported on a session of the build- ing committee with Depart- ment of Education officials. The board was also told that the total grants would leave about a quarter of the total cost to be picked up by the municipalities in the district. This figure will be debentured over 20 years. Applied to the town taxes this will require the raising of about $4,000 annually for this purpose. The figure for the other municipalities will vary depending on their per - Award to Honor Former Principal At Monday's meeting of the Public School Board a motion was passed which will honor a former principal of the school, the late A. L. Posliff. To mark the memory of the well-known educator at the school, a $25.00 cash award will be made to the pupil who receives the Marion Inglis Me- dal each year, for obtaining the highest marks in Grade 8, The student winning the award for general proficiency in Grade 8 receives $25.00 from the Lions Club. Post Office Staff Receives Award Three members of the local post office staff teamed up to win a provincial efficiency award. Mrs. I. E. Johnston, H. L. McKague and L. G. Elliott were presented with a scroll and a trophy to mark their ac- complishment on Monday by P. C. Green, staff training of- ficer, London postal district. The three employees aver- aged 99.93 percent in a test last fall, on which the award was based. The test was to de- termine efficiency in local and forward sortation. The W. M. MacLean Trophy was won last year by Cochrane, and for sev- eral years previously by the Clinton office. The local staff competed against 52 post of- fices across the province, which are of a similar size and grade to that of Wingham. The scroll, which was sign- ed by the Deputy Postmaster General, W. H. Wilson, will remain here while the trophy moves annually. held on November 10th. Roy Bennett reported that al- though a decision had been made last month to purchase a boiler in the event trouble arose with the old ane during the winter, it has been learned that it would not be practical to do so. A steam boiler would have to be purchased at this time if it was to be of any value, but when the new school is built a hot water type will be used. For this reason no action has been taken. The secretary -treasurer read a financial statement which in- dicated that the school's fin- ances will be in good condition until the end of the year. tentage of the total assessment in the school district. It should be noted that the foregoing figures are only ap- proximations and in no way should be considered accurate. Precise figures will be forth- coming at a later date when more study has been put on the proposed scheme. NEW ROOMS The building committee did, however, learn at the meeting with the department represen- tatives that the following addi- tional rooms will receive an OK for grants: Four classrooms, agricultur- al science room with connect- ing greenhouse, machine shop, marketing room, secretarial laboratory, office practice room, vocational shop for sheet metal and welding, boys' oc- cupational shop, two drafting rooms, new library, new gym, 'enlarged administration area, enlarged cafeteria, enlarged staff rooms. This increase in facilities will mean that the number of students which cart be handled will be increased from the school's present effective ca- pacity of 900 to 1, 220, an in- crease of 320 students. As explained at an earlier board meeting a survey of the number of children in elemen- tary school at the present time indicates that enrolment will in- crease by this amount over the next five years. Vocational grants will amount to approximately $190,000.00, off the top, about '75 per cent of the remainder to be covered under the regular McKibbon Drug Store Sold After 65 Years in family McKibbons Rexall drug store, one of Wingham's long-estab- lished places of business, has been sold by the owner, John McKibbon, to a Toronto man, Wallace F. Johnston. While fin- al arrangements have not been made covering the sale, it is expected that the new owner will take over at the lst of No- vember. Mr. Johnston and his wife have purchased the Sid Adams home on Catherine St. The drug store was one of the few remaining establishments on Wingham's main street which has been owned by one family for a long period of time. The store was opened by J. W. Mc- Kibbon, father of the present owner, in 1901, and has re- mained the the McKibbon name since that time. It is understood that Mr. Johnston has wide experience and is a graduate pharmacist. grant structure, OTHER BUSINESS The board was informed by a roofing inspector that the roof on the older part of the school was in immediate need of repair. He recommended a new roof coating, repair to flashing and the installation of some 30 vents to dry out insula- tion that has become moist. The board also agreed to have electric auxiliary heaters installed in the rooms in the south-west corner of the school. The recommendation was made by property chairman, Albert Please Turn to Page Two Tenders Called For John Hanna Memorial Bridge Reeve Joe Kerr has inform- ed The Advance Times that ten- ders have been called for the construction of the John Hanna Memorial Bridge. It will re- place the present McKenzie Bridge on Josephine St. north. Tenders are to close on Nov. 1?th and will cover construc- tion of the bridge proper, ap- proaches to the span, with nec- essary fill and grading; prepar- ation of a paved detour byway of the Howson bridge and the B Line. Construction work will start in early spring and continue throughout the summer and fall. Delegates Met at Legion Home President of Association Addresses District Curlers Dr. Sturgeon, of Welland, president of the Ontario Curl- ing Association, was guest speaker at a district meeting held at the Legion Hall here last Thursday evening. George Inglis, of Belmore, district representative to the OCA, was chairman. Dr. Sturgeon was introduced to the gathering by John Brent and thanked by Judge R. S. Hetherington. Nearly all the clubs from the district, which extends from Exeter in the south to Mt. For- est in the north, were represent ed at the meeting by their presidents, secretaries and con- veners. Dr. Sturgeon, while actual- ly making a good will visit to the district, spoke on the meth- ods which must be used if a curling team is to get into Briar competition. He also outlined the necessity of fostering school- boy curling and suggested every club should encourage the young lads as much as their facilities will allow. A question and an- swer period followed the address. Representatives from the Wingham Club were Jack Mc- Donald of Brussels, president; Don Kennedy, sec.; Jack Lloyd, a past president and convener; Jim Murray, convener of the senior event; T. A. Currie, a past president; Jack Bateson and Don Adams of the Wingham Le- gion. Dr. A, W. Irwin ofFlori- da, a former resident of Wing - ham, who represented the local club on the Ontario Curling As- sociation while a member of the local club, was a welcome guest at the dinner. AWARD PRESENTED Postmaster Gordon Sutcliffe, of Wingham, left, looks on as P. C. Green, staff training officer for the London Postal District, presents the W. M. MacLean Trophy to Mrs, I. E. Johnston, H. L. McKague and L. G. Elliott of the local post office staff. The award, along with a scroll, honored the three for their efficiency in local and forward mail sortation. In a test several months ago they racked up a score of 99.93%, to put them in first place in the provincial competition,