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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-10-20, Page 1ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The. Pedestrian LOSS WAS ESTIMATED at $40,000 when fire destrZiyed this large barn of Maurice Hallahan in East Wawanosh Township on Friday. —Advance-Times Photo. Board of Directors Meets Expect Original Hospital Building Will Be Demolished by End of Month bt iltrAvet FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Oct 20, 1966. Single Copy Not Over Fifteen :eves, I e Business Assoc. Agrees on Christmas . Shopping Hours The Cubs of A and B packs will meet at the Scout House tonight (Thursday) at seven o'clock for registration. Each Cub is asked to take his regis- tration fee of $1.50 with him. New boys must be at least eight years old. It may be necessary to place new boys on a waiting list but they should be at the Scout House tonight to give their names, addresses, etc. Apple Day is on Satutday, October 22. There will be the usual competition for the best decorated besket, The Wingham Business As, sociation held its fall meeting at Danny's Restaurant on Tues- day evening and under the chairmanship of President Lorne McDonald a broad agenda was discussed. Chief topic was store hours for the Christmas season and a suggestion for a full day closing instead of Wednesday half holi- days as at present, With only 1'7 business places represented it was felt that a proposal for Monday closing should not be settled at the meeting. Jack Hayes, who was delegated with a committee last March to look into the sug- gestion, reported that he had talked to a good many business people from other centres where Monday closing is in effect and Cadets Again Win Strathcona Award Word was received by the Wingham District High School Cadet Corps that it has again won the Strathcona Efficiency Competition. The Corps posted a mark of 86.7 per cent and led all schools in its division, which includes a wide area of Western Ontario. In three other divis- ions only London topped the Wingham mark with a score of 90. The Wingham boys held the award for three consecutive years, somewhat of a record, but lost out in the 1965 compe- tition. MUD TALK-- That was about all we heard on the main street last week -- stories about the mud at the plowing match. The tales were many and varied. Like the one about the old gent with a full beard that slipped and fell face first in the mire. It sounded funny and probably was to eve- ryone except the victim. 0--0--0 CHURCH PARADE-- The firemen attended Wing- ham United Church in a body on Sunday morning. Fortunate- ly there was no recurrence of excitement such as their last church parade, when they made a hasty exit before the service ended to respond to a fire call. 0-0-0 WET DAY FOR DRIVE-- The Cubs and Scouts who worked at the paper drive on Saturday got soaked to their hides in the day-long downpour. However they did collect a sizeable shipment of paper -- about 11 tons, which will net them roughly $60. Pickups were in Belgrave, Bluevale and Whitechurch as well as Wing- ham. 0-0-0 APPLE DAY-- Don't forget to save your loose change for the Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs who will con- duct their annual Apple Day next Saturday. NIPPY MORNING-- This fall has been an un- usually warm one. The first destructive frost of the season was apparent on Tuesday morn, ing -- the first time this au- tumn we have seen car owners scraping their windshields. 0--0,-0 ANNUAL MEETING,- Sports from all over the Wes- tern Ontatio area will gather in Winghani on Wednesday eft- ning, nett week for the annual Meeting of the W.O.A.A. The town hall is the place arid the meeting is seheduled for 8.30 p. m. found the holiday is received with mixed sentiment, lie said he was not in a position to make a recommendation, as many stores felt Monday closing Is bad, but grocery stores tend- ed to like the day off, This subject was left to the executive who, as the result of a motion, will prepare a ques- tionnaire which will be distrib- uted to all places of business in the community. The question- naire will determine whether or not a majority of merchants are in favour of the Wednesday half holiday, Wednesday all-day closing or Monday all-day clos- ing. On the same question- naire the merchants will be ask- Fire gutted a 70 ft. square barn of Maurice Hallahan in East Wawanosh last Friday. The blaze was discovered about 8.30 a.m. when Mr. Hallahan was preparing to join his father, Simon Hallahan, at the Inter- national Plowing Match at Sea- forth, and noticed smoke pour- ing from the roof of the build- ing. Fire could have also tak- en the house, 100 feet away, had the wind been blowing in the right direction. A short in the electrical wiring was be- lieved to be the cause. Twenty-two years ago, in 1944, the Hallahan family lost the previous barn by fire. Included in the loss, which could run as high as $40, 000, were an adjoining driving shed, a large amount of baled hay, 3,000 bushels of grain, 175 chickens, a silo unloader, all the milking equipment and a separator. In making his report to the Wingham District High School Board last Thursday evening, Principal F. E. Madill announc- ed that seven new scholarships have been set up and will be awarded for the first time on Friday evening. The list includes: Hospital Auxiliary $100 (nursing); La- dies' Auxiliary. Royal Canad- ian Legion, Branch 180, $50.00 (child of a veteran); Fry & Blackball Ltd. $25.00, (Grade XII technical course); Western Foundry Ltd. $25.00 (technic- ian training); Ideal Supply Ltd., $25.00 (proficiency auto me- chanics); Hodgins-McDonald (Wingham) Ltd., $25.00, (pro- ficiency woodworking); Dr. and Mrs. P. Hemingway $25.00 (Linda Mahood Memorial prize). The principal also presented an enrolment analysis as of Sep- tember 30th which showed 980 students on the roll with an av- erage daily attendance for the month of 942. The analysis showed the number of students in each grade and stream which listed Grade IX as 291; Grade X, 265; Grade XI, 200; Grade XII, 164; Grade XIII, 60. It showed 67.3 per cent of the students enrolled invocational courses. proving the value of the new system, the principal said. Mr. Madill recommended that tun curtains be obtained for the three rooms of the 1959 wing facing north and this was approved by the board. He al- so reported that all agricultural students who otherwise could not have attended the plowing match were taken by bus oe Oc- tober 12. The board approved a legal school closing for November16 Fifty-three head of cattle and 11 calves were out of the building in an adjacent pasture when fire broke out. The Blyth volunteer fire de- partment arrived within 15min- utes and put out a call for a tanker to the Wingham fire de- partment. Mr. Hallahan said he plans to rebuild the barn and hopes to have it completed before the end of the year. He added that insurance will cover half the cost. He was able to save about 2,000 bales of hay, enough to last until the end of the year. In the meantime, his cattle will be housed in a neighbor's barn. The fire department was called to the same farm again in the afternoon when embers ignited a milk house near the site of the barn. so that the staff can attend a professional development con- ference at Clinton. A Grade IX parents' night will be held on October 28. Transportation chairman Ross McRae reported on a meet- ing his committee had held with the bus operators. The need of having busses stop at all railway crossings was discussed at the meeting and Mr. McRae said that although legislation does not require stops at protected crossings, the board passed a motion requiring busses to stop at all crossings. Mr. McRae, who also heads the building committee, report- ed that he and the principal had been to Toronto to meet with Department officials regarding grants for the new addition. He said their reception was favor- able and further word on the subject is expected shortly. In the correspondence a let- ter from the Fire Marshal's of- fice indicated approval had been given for building plans. The board approved payment of travelling expenses for staff member Ed Anderson who has been appointed as a counsellor with the Association of Mathe- matics Teachers. The secretary reported that a claim for a sales tax rebate in the amount of $8,289 on the last building program had been forwarded to the Department of National Revenue. Mr. Cardiff, chairman of the management committee, reported that a number of ap- plications had been received for part time office help and recommended hiring Mrs. Marg. aret Underwood of Gorrie. The board concurred. Because of the lateness of the season paving of the drive will not be done until spring and official opening of the new building has been postponed un- til spring as well. Some trouble with the elec- trical service had been experi- enced. Fuses were blowing out so frequently that an overload condition was indicated. The board therefore authorized a change in the 208-volt service from 300 to 400 amperes, which should provide ample sup- ply of power for the hospital. Some complaints had been received that rooms in the new wing were not heating properly and the architects and contrac- tors agreed to investigate and correct the trouble. SEPT. FIGURES The hospital administrator, Mrs. I. E. Morrey, reported that the daily average of pa- tients for the month of Septem- ber was 76. There were 186 admissions in the same period; ' 170 discharges; 7 deaths; 110 operations; 350 x-rays; 52elec- tro-cardiographic examinations; 77 .at cancer clinic; 212 physio- therapy examinations; 1 coron- Wingham firemen made an inspection of business premises on Josephine Street Friday night and found the businessmen very co-operative and keenly inter- ested in fire prevention. The inspection is made in the interests of property owners and the firemen are in some cases able to make suggestions to eliminate fire hazards. The firemen are pleased to report that the business street of Wingham is in exceptionally good condition and improve- ments have been made since a similar inspection was made a few years ago, A report of the findings is sent to the Fire Mar- shal's Office. Some of the minor faults found on Friday were as follows: Fuel oil barrels under out, side exits from second floor apartments, making the staff- way useless in ease of fire. Electric wiring and recep- tacles loose; extension cords used for long distances of over steel beams, nails, etc.; fray- ed wiring; outlets overloaded er's report; 1 post mortem ex- amination; 190 outpatients and 3155 laboratory tests. It was also stated that the new fence around the hospital's parking lot on the east side of Carling Terrace will be enclos- ed by steel link fencing by the Frosst company at the same time that similar work is being done at the public school. A complaint that patients' meals were arriving cold at the bedsides was mentioned and Mrs. Morrey said that inquiries are being made at present in an effort to secure some type of insulated or heated carts which will assure delivery of hot meals to the patients. She ex- pected this equipment would be in use by the end of the year. REBUILD ELEVATOR Mr. Cousins reported that the approximately $35, 000 requir- ed for rebuilding the original elevator in the hospital build- ing had been approved by OHSC and that both federal and pro- vincial grants on this expendi- ture had been increased by con- siderable percentages. It is ex- pected that the work will take about 20 weeks for completion. with octupus connectors. One apartment hallway con- taining oil drum between exit and stairway leaving no escape in case of fire except windows. Cartons and refuse left under stairways -- always a threat if a cigarette or a match falls be- low. Furnace rooms and area around furnace pipes used for storage of wooden boxes, car- tons and paper that make a good place for a spark or hot soot to ignite. "These hazards may look in- nocent enough at the present time," reports Deputy-Chief Dave Crothers, "but they could create irreplaceable loss of property, and perhaps lives. With the excellent co-operation of those concerned, these threats will be eliminated." The firemen remind citizens that an inspection of residential or business property will be made at any time of the year at the owner's request. Just call Chief Jim Carr and he will see that the inspection is made. It should be done by May 1st. Mrs. English said that the Ladies' Auxiliary will hold their semi-annual rummage sale on Saturday of this week. She also stated that the Auxiliary has es- tablished an annual cash award for a girl from Grade 13 of the Wingham District High School who enters registered nurses' training, The award was won this year by Jo-Anne King. Mrs. Mdrrey also pointed out that the tuck shop at the hospi- tal, which is operated by the Auxiliary, is providing a need- ed service for the patients. It is showing a good profit which will be used for assistance in various hospital projects. She announced that the new ambulances will be painted white and green. The first of these new vehicles is expected shortly. The report of the public re- lations committee included the information that Mrs. Morrey had addressed the Wingham Lions Club, where she outlined the history of the hospital and the changes and improvements which are being completed at the present time. The board authorized an im- mediate start on construction of a garage to house the two am- bulances. The structure will be placed at the rear of the hospi- tal building, adjacent to the workshops and the work will be done by the hospital's engineer- ing staff, with the assistance of professional block-layers. Kinsmen to Plan Centennial Event While definite plans have not been formulated the local Kinsmen Club has decided to stage some sort of a Centennial celebration next summer, and has set June 24th as the date. Just what form of celebra- tion the day will see is not yet known but club members will be working on details in the near future, It is possible that an antique cat wilt be raffled and that in the interval it will be used to advertise the big day. This is the first organization in Wingham to indicate that an effort will be made to mark the centennial year with any sort of public activity. • M. Demolition work has already started on the south wing of the Wingham and District Hospital, Board Chairman R. B. Cousins reported to the regular meeting of the directors on Friday eve- ning. He said that a meeting with the executive committee, architects and contractors the day previous, had been given a progress report on the building and renovating program. Windows, doors and similar fittings had already been torn out of the original hospital building. It was expected that stripping of the structure would be completed this week and that the building would be torn down by the end of the month. The basement area under this wing, which contains the es- sential plumbing, heating, wa- ter and electrical tervines, will be covered by a concrete slab. NEARING COMPLETION The renovations in the 1946 wing are now nearing comple- tion and it is expected that the final inspection and architect's approval will be given in a week or ten days. The new operating room, located in the same wing, has been in use since last week, as has the new x-ray room. The board authorized the construction of a 40-foot wall to project south from the end of the hospital building. This will flank an elevated and paved ambulance driveway up to the emergency entrance in the new south wall. It will support a canopy-type covering over a portion of the ambulance drive. The $10, 000-plus cost of this drive and canopy has been ap- proved by OHSC authorities in Toronto, said the chairman. Registration for All Cubs Tonight ed for their opinion regarding Friday night closing during the months of January, February and March, CHRISTMAS HOURS The group approved the ex- ecutive's recommendation that places of business remain open all day Wednesday on Decem- ber 7, 14 and 21 and will close the afternoon of December 28th in the latter case the grocery stores are excepted. Stores will remain open eve- nings on Friday the 16th through December 23rd until 10.00 p.m. and will close Christmas Eve, Saturday, December 24th at 6.00 p.m. (Please turn to Page Eight) Heavy Loss in East Wawanosh Barn Fire W.D.H.S, BOARD MEETS New Scholarships to Be Awarded Friday Evening Firemen Inspect Business Properties