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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-11-25, Page 1A • a inobzurt Alwainweinve Wingharni, Ontario, Thursday, Nov, 25,, 1965 FIRST SECTION In Clinton Next Week Development Board Experts Provide Business Guidance Businessmen in the area ser- ved by the Midwestern Develop- ment Association will have an opportunity next week to bene- fit from expert advice on busi- ness problems, In conjunction with the On- tario Development Council, MODA will bring a team of ex- perienced business counsellors to this area. These specially qualified consultants will be available for private courrsell- ing interviews in Stratford on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 30th and Dec, 1st and in Clin- ton on Thursday and Friday, De- cember 2nd and 3rd. Five consultants, all men of considerable business exper- ience, and experts in various phases of management, produc- tion, sales, etc. , have been provided by the Ontario Devel- opment Agency, which operates under the Department of Econ- omics and Development. Recognizing the difficulties faced by modern businesses, particularly the smaller ones, the Development Agency is of- fering this free service as a Lions Organize Peanut Sale o The Wingham Lions Club has completed arrangements for the annual peanut drive to be held Friday and Saturday ev- enings, Dec. 10 and 11, The bond -a -month draw will be made Nov. 26. At Tuesday's meeting in the Queens Hotel Zone Chairman Bill Conron reported on the combined zone advisory meet- ing and club officers' school held in Blyth last week. Lion Bill Tiffin conducted • the initiation of new members, Norman Shepherd, Jack Kopas and Charles Campbell. Lion Bill Tiffin also gave a brief talk on "Planning"in- cluding a visit to New York City during the recent black- . out, which the speaker denied having planned. • 4 a • • ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The. 1'edr+trian ELECTION??? -- It's a good question -- so far there are .no firm indications that anyone other than present members of council will run for a seat on the 1966 council, A couple of names have been mentioned as possible contend- ers but nothing is positive. This will be settled tonight at the nomination meeting. If an election is held there will be a referendum regarding giving all citizens a vote in local elections. At the present time only property owners and ten- ants may vote. 0--0--0 RAIL SERVICE — Another meeting has been called by the CNR for represen- tatives of district municipali- ties at the high school next Wednesday evening. Couldbe that the government-owned railway is getting ready to tell us that passenger service on the line will be cut off. They haven't said so as yet, but the service obviously is losing mo- ney for the line. 0--0--0 BUSINESS DOCTORS -- Specialists from the Ontario Development Board will be in Clinton at the end of next week to assist any businessman in the area who feels some ex- pert help would be of assis- tance. The service might be compared to that offered the farmers by the agricultural representative. means of strengthening the ec- Interviews in Stratford will onomy of the province. Al- be at the office of Midwestern though this same type of guid- Development Association and ance has been available for in Clinton at the Elm Haven two or three years through its Motor Hotel. Toronto offices, this is the first Weal sponsor for the coun- time the consultants have been selling service is the Wingham sent into the field, Business Association. The presi- In addition to counsel on bu- dent,, Lorne McDonald, has a siness management, the consul- supply of information and post - tants are prepared to provide in- cards which may be sent in for formation about sources of ere-, appointments. dit for business and assistance available for expansion and de- velopment of existing firms, Funeral Today for Local Businessman Funeral service will be held this afternoon (Thursday) atone o'clock from the R. A. Currie & Sons funeral home for Mer- vyn A. Templeman, highly - respected businessman of Wing - ham. Rev. C. F. Johnson will con- duct the service and burial in Wingham Cemetery. Pallbear- ers will be Len Crawford, Jim Lee, Ted English, Earl Jenkins, Bob Hickey and Wilf Henry. Mr, Templeman died in Wingham and District Hospital late Monday afternoon. He had suffered a long illness. Born 57 years ago in Arthur, he was the son of the late Chris- topher Templeman and Eliza- beth Kenley. He carne to Wing - ham with his parents at an ear- ly age and attended school here. He learned the dry clean- ing business with his father and had been in the business for 35 years. The establishment was recently sold to John McInnes who took over early this month, In 1934 he married Dorothy Hutchison, of Wingham, who survives. He is also survived by three daughters, Mrs. Glen (Shirley) Foxton, Mrs. Larry (Dianne) Henderson and Miss Linda Templeman, and a son, Gary, all of Wingham, and four grandchildren. There are two brothers, Jack Templeman of Wingham and Harry of Gorrie. A broth- er, Fred, predeceased him. Mr. Templeman was a member of the Kinsmen Club, the Oddfellows Lodge and St. Paul's Anglican Church of which he had served as warden. Since time is limited it might be advisable for those in- terested to make appointments by telephone. The number is 271-6780, Stratford, Country Curlers Organize, First Game Today A euchre party was held by the Country Curlers followed by the annual meeting and election of officers. There were eleven tables in play. Mrs. Gershom Johnston was high lady, Mrs. Lloyd Montgomery, second and Mrs. Eldred Cathers, low. Lloyd Montgomery was high for the men with John Nixon second and Ross Robinson, low. Curling starts today (Thurs- day) at one o'clock. All new curlers who would like to join are cordially invited. If not able to attend today, please notify your township director by Monday, November 29 of your intention to curl. This year's slate is, presi- dent, Carl Johnston; vice-presi- dent, Ken Wheeler; secretary - treasurer, Murray Shiell; audi- tor, Alex Robertson, Township directors are; Mor- ris, Mr. and Mrs, Bob Grasby and Bernard Thomas; Wawan- osh, Jack Shiell, Mason Robin- son and Mrs. Ronald Coultes; Turnberry, Redmond MacDon- ald, Ross McCrae and Mrs. Jack McBurney; Howick, Earle King, Eldred Cathers, Mrs. Stewart Higgins. James R. Coultes, Grant Wilton, Lloyd Montgomery, Bob Scott and James Adams are on the bonspiel committee. Members of the entertainment committee are Mr. and Mrs. Ross Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Redmond MacDonald. B!G BLOOMS --Miss Cora Gannett, who lives in a Main street apartment raised this monster azalea plant. It has two blooms that measure more than eight inches across. Miss Gannett is a real lover of house plants, with one window in her apartment nearly full of African Violets, Raising Funds for New Oil furnace A dance will be held in the community hall at Bluevale this Friday evening, the first of an expected series of activities which will take place in an ef- fort to raise funds for a new furnace in the building. When it was found that the old heat- ing unit was beyond the point of .economical repair, a new furnace was ordered. It will cost about $700. The councils of both Morris and Turnberry Townships have already voted $100 each to aid in the task. Private donations will also be accepted and may be sent to Mrs. Harry Elliott at Bluevale. Wingham O.P.P. Officer Promoted Commissioner E. H. Silk, Q.C, , who heads the Ontario Provincial Police, has announc- ed the promotion of several of- ficers in the province. The promotions have been made "in keeping with the Force's growth and expansion," Among those listed is Cor- poral J. W. McDowell, o f Wingham, who has been pro -t• mated to the rank of sergeant. Corporal R. F. Keene of the Goderich detachment has re- ceived the same promotion. Omissions in Last Edition In the news story about vet- erans of World War I being hon- ored at the veterans' banquet, the name of George Currie was missed. Mrs. Currie was also presented with a corsage. Three names were omitted in the account of the Eastern Star installation. Dr. Murray MacLennan, P.P., was instal- ling patron. Mrs. Herson Irwin was installed as warder and William Wharry was installed as sentinel. WON FIRST PRIZE-- George Galbraith and his year-old filly Sally Galbraith, were at the Ro- yal Winter Fair last week where the horse won first prize in the line class. Three other ani - mals also shown at the fair won .ribbons. This week George is off to the Chicago International Horse Show. — Photo by Connell. Galbraith Horses Do Well at Royal George Galbraith and his son Mac, of Wingham, were at the Royal Winter Fair last week where they did very well in the horse show. Young Mac won a first with "Sally Galbraith" in the year- old filly line class. In the yearling class Mac al- so showed "Joel Saint" winning first place and the same ani- mal won the reserve champion- ship. In the harness class George showed "Greg Lee Volo" in the 15, 2 and under section, win- ning fourth and was fifth in the roadster team class. He was in seventh place in the stake class with his stallion "Moray". "Moray" won second in the line class and was reserve champion and reserve grand champion of the show. On Wednesday of this week, Mr. Galbraith left with"Moraj+' and "Greg Lee Volo" for the Chicago International Horse Show which runs from Novem- ber 26th to December 4th. Mowbray Construction To Build Hanna Bridge Reeve Joe Kerr informed the Advance -Times on Monday that Mowbray Construction of Wingham has been awarded the Kinettes Will Make Christmas Gifts for Patients Mrs. Freddie Templeman was hostess for the regular ga- thering of the Kinette Club on Monday night. Mrs. Maurice 1 Stainton presided. Reports were read by the secretary, Mrs. Templeman, and the treasurer, Mrs. Keith McClure. A vote of thanks wa s exten- ded to Mrs, David Burgess, who placed the Kinette wreath at the Remembrance Day service, and to Mrs. William Hanula, who made a very gracious reply to the toast to the ladies at the Kinsmen Ladies' night. A•$25.00 donation was vot- Hydro Chairman Issues Statement About blackout A progress report on the No- vember 9 power interruption was made recently by Hydro Chairman W. Ross Strike. He stated that tests conducted last week had confirmed the find- ings outlined in his report last Monday. Mr. Strike said, "In my statement to the press of Nov. 15 on the cause of the power failure, I said preliminary in- vestigations had indicated that relay trouble isolated our Ni- agara station from the Ontario system. I also emphasized that while the relay systems failed to cope with the conditions im- posed upon the system in the manner anticipated, we had detected no inherent fault in the equipment itself. "Tests have confirmed this Heavy Damage To Wingham Car A car driven by Robert Skinn, of Wingham, received extensive damage on Tuesday of last week in an accident at the CNR crossing on Josephine Street, The teenager was travelling south at the time. His car went out of control and hit the crossing sign, then proceeded to dross three sets of tracks coming to a stop when it broke off a town fire hydrant, Damage to the 1965 model Car was estimated at'$1, 200 and $300 to the hydrant. There were no injuries. Tawn police investigated, Charges are pending. view and as a result we are re- viewing the design of all pro- tective systems used on the On- tario power grid. "Studies to date suggest that the protective system of the in- terconnected utilities require a greater degree of sophistication. However, until the U.S. Fed- eral Power Commission study team of utility experts of which Hydro is a member completes its survey of the entire inter- connected network, no one will be in a position to state exact- ly what happened, why, and what has to be done to correct the problem. "This protective equipment had been in service for several years and had given no cause for concern under generally similar operating conditions. "The question has been rais- ed as to why information was not available until last Monday. "Several days were needed to collect detailed and com- plex records from across the province and co-ordinate this data. Photographic records from 24 of our oscillographs had to be developed and brought to Toronto from across the province far assessment, which took time. Moreover, it was not possible to make ac- Curate deductions as to the se- quence of events until records of all utilities had been ex- amined. "Ontario Hydro is also con- tinuing with its own investiga- tion into split-second events which occurred in many areas of our system at the time ofthe initial power interruption on November 9," ed to the Salvation Army for i Christmas welfare. Plans were made to have a Christmas party for members and their daugh- i ters at the home of Mrs. Alan Williams. Named to the social committee for that evening were Mrs. S. J. Walker, Mrs, Matthew Boyd, Mrs. Keith Mc- Clure and Mrs, Murray Taylor. The club will also make • corsages and buy candy canes for the patients at the Ontario Hospital at Goderich as a spec- ial Christrnas project. Members answered the roll call by paying a penny for each year of married life, Mrs. Stewart Leedham won the eve- ning's draw. Lunch was served by Mrs. Leedham and Mrs. Keith Mc- Clure. contract for the construction of the new John W. Hanna Mem- orial Bridge. The span will replace the present McKenzie Bridge on Josephine St. near the norther- ly limits of the town. Contract price is $244,225.00 to cover the erection of the bridge, necessary detours, etc. Two other tenders were re- ceived. Looby Construction of Dublin bid $285,920.00 and Keene Construction of Toronto, $310,882.00. Work on the new bridge will commence early next spring. The Mowbray firm is at present working on the construction of a control by-pass at the north end of the Howson dam. Railway Officials To Hold Meetings Officials of Canadian Na- tional Railways have announced that meetings with civic offic- ials and members of the public will be held next week to pre- sent the findings of a recent study of rail service, The same officials met with local authorities a couple of months ago and indicated at that time that ways and means of improving rail service were under study. Next week's meetings will deal with the re- sults of the survey. The Wingham meeting will be held in the Wingham District High School on Wednesday, De- cember 1st, at 8.30 p.m. Oth- er similar gatherings will be held in the Hanover Distr ict High School on Tuesday even- ing and in the Clinton District Collegiate Institute on Thurs- day evening. ANOTHER WINNER A Wingham horse lover, George Gal- braith, puts up another ribbon on his already extensive string at the Royal Winter Fair last week. The Galbraith family showed four animals at the Royal, all winning prizes. -- Photo by Connell,