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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-06-08, Page 1Canvassers receiving cash and pledges FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, June 8, 1967 Single Copy Net Over Fifteen COO. THE STORES OF THE main street took on an old-time appearance this week as the lady clerks joined in the spirit of the cen- tennial to mark the coming of the Cen- tennial Caravan on Saturday. Seen are Mrs. Percy Gibson and Mrs. Lorne McDonald of McDonald's Ladies' and Children's Wear, with Mrs. Bruce MacLean, a Wingham shopper. -Advance-Times Photo. Interfaith service is scheduled for Saturday, July 1st A Centennial Interfaith community service has been ar- ranged for Canada's 100th birth- day, on Saturday, July 1st. It will be held at the bandstand in Coronation (town) Park at 12.30, immediately following the 100- gun salute which will mark the official recognition of the na- tion's first hundred years of con- federation. Conducting the service will be Captain Albert Ferris of the Wingham Corps, Salvation Ar- my; Rev. G. L. Fish of St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church; Rev. H. W. Hamilton, St. Paul's Anglican Church; Rev. C, M. Jardine, Wingham Unit- ed Church and Rev. John Moon- ey, Sacred Heart Roman Cath- olic Church. The Salvation Army Band will provide the music for the service and singing will be led by W. 13. Conron and Mrs. G.L, Davidson as organist. The ad- dress will be delivered by Rev. Jardine. In order to fulfill the com- munity spirit which the service is intended to foster, as many families as possible are urged to bring a picnic lunch and to ga- ther at the Riverside Park near the Hanna Memorial Bridge for their refreshments. By that time the upper pond will be re- flooded and the park should pro- vide an attractive setting for a truly town-wide gathering, RICHARD JOHN SCOTT son of Mr. and Mrs. George Scott, John Street, graduated on Saturday from Victoria Hospital School of Radiologi- cal Technicians, London. The graduating class included six- teen young ladies and four young men from hospitals in Western Ontario. Following the graduation ceremonies, in Holdsworth Hall, a reception and luncheon was held for relatives and friends. In the evening a dinner and dance Was held at Green Hills Country Club for graduates and their immediate families. At this function Dick's cousin, Miss Susan McKay of Tor- onto, was the winner of a radio, as first prize draw. iis4i iiiii i i iiiiiiiii i iiilldi,idlii,i iiildH.d ud iii.uiili LAST CALL-- If you have contributions for the centennial edition of The Advance-Times please bring them to us right away. This week-end is the deadline. RECALLS OLD HOME-- Last week this paper carried a picture of the farm of Wen- dell Stamper as it appeared in 1948 with a late snowfall cover- ing trees and buildings. Bill McGee recognized more than the snow in that scene for a small building near the barn was originally a house and was the home in which he was born some 70-odd years ago. The structure was moved from the McGee farm to the Stamper place many years ago. 0-0-0 FOUNTAINS INSTALLED-- While not as novel as the Teeswater Lion, the youngsters will be delighted to find the water fountains are now in place for the summer along our main drag. 0--0--0 *BLACK TOP-- The area around the town hall has been smoothed out with a new layer of black top. Wil- liam Street, in the west end of town, has also been paved. 0--0--0 MAIN STREET BEES-- Last Thursday a swarm of bees congregated'in front of Rush Ladies' Wear and after a time crawled into a crack in the side of the building. They were watched by several passers-by but no one was foolish enough to interfere. 0--0--0 BACK ON THE JOB-- Alf Lockridge slipped into the white apron again on Mon- day when he filled in for Jake Jutzi at the Wingham Meat Market. Jake was off to God- erich for jury duty but his ser- vices were not needed so Alf 's day behind the counter was a short one. 0-0-0 NEW PAINT JOBS-- Several places of business have received a coat of paint or have been cleaned up by sand- blasting recently. Last week the Red Front Grocery, Lee Slosser's Barber Shop, the Gur- ney building and Jack Alexan- der's store were touched up with fresh paint. The side waIl of Wingham Meat Market, abdve Burke Electric is being plaster- ed this week. 0--0--0 ATTRACTIVE ADDITION-- A peek behind the boards in front of the old Dominion Store discloses a new building to be used as offices for Industrial Acceptance Corporation and Niagara Finance Co. Ltd. The front of the building is mostly glass, 0--0"0 IT HURT A BIT-- If by any chance you heard a lot of dogs howling last Fri- day in the vicinity of the town sheds it was for a good reason. Health authorities staged a ra- bies clinic at the shed and 143 dogs and 48 cats were given shots to ward off the dread dis. ease, 0--0--0 ALMOST REAL-, All those fancy straw hats which people are wearing around the main drag are the result of zealous Lions Club salesmen who are working for the elub. While the hats are made of plastic foam they come pretty close to looking like the real McCoy. Provincial treasurer will be speaker at hospital opening. following the cutting of therib, boa. The 'building and renovating program has been in progress for more than, two years, Workhas still to be completed on the re- building of one elevator. At the present time sodding and seed- ing of the lawns is being Qom , pleted, Charles MacNaughton, WI, P. F. for Huron and Treasurer of the Province of Ontario will, be the guest speaker at the official opening of the new Wingham and District Hospital on June 30, P.. 13. Cousins, chairman of ak the hospital's board of directora, 1111Whas announced that the cere- monies to mark the opening of a new wing and complete reno- vation of another section of the building will start at 2.30 on the afternoon of June 30th, which is a Friday s Other guests expected to attend will repre- sent the counties of Huron and Bruce, the Ontario Hospital As- sociation and the Ontario Hospi- tal Services Commission, If the weather is suitable the ceremonies will take place at the ambulance entrance, locat- ed at the south end of the hospi- tal building. Members of the public are cordially invited to attend and to tour the building POOL DONATIONS REACH $15,000 $25.00; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wilson, Rs R. Wingham, $10, 00; Wingham Body Shop, $50.00; Madeline V. Crawford, $50,00; Dr. P. J. Leahy, Teeswater, $50.00; Bob Carbert, Toronto, $25.00; Mrs. Doris G. McKib- bon, Clinton, $10,00; Clara Davidson, $2.00; L. Vodden, $10.00; Mrs. Adella King, 810,00; Miss Winnifred Farrier, Toronto, $10.00; Mr. and Mrs, Harvey Fisher, $50, 00; Mr. and Mrs. Donald IvIcKay, $20,00; Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Der- becker, $10.00; Master Bradley Lambertus, $1.00; Mr. and Mrs, Calvin Gray, $50.00; Mr. and Mrs. Mac Ritchie, $75.00; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ohm Jr. , $30.00; Register children for kindergarten Parents who have children to enter kindergarten in Septem- ber are invited to register them at the kindergarten in the pub- lic, school. Registration will take place during the afternoon of Tuesday, June 13 from 2.30 to 4.30 o', clock. Only children who are five years of age before January 1, 1968 are eligible to register. If not convenient to go on the above date, please contact the teacher, Mrs. William Elliott, or the principal, T. S. Beattie. $10.00; Mrs. Stafford Bateson, $2.00 ; Mr, and Mrs. Frank Ed , gar, $25.00; Mr. and Mrs. N.A. Stevenson, $2.00; Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Merkley, $5,00; Leon Cantelon, $5.00; Miller's La- Mrs. Shirley G. Foxton, $25.00; dies Wear, $100.00; Mrs.E,M. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Skinn, Snell, $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. $15.00; Mr. and Mrs, Doug Gordon MacDonald, $10.00,; Skinn, $20.00; Ken Skinn, Harold Durrell, $50, 00; Eliza- beth Burrell, $60.00; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Templeman, $25,00; Mr. and Mrs, Duane Fenwick, $25.00; Harris Stationery, $50.00; Mrs. Daisy Connell, $10.00; Mrs. Lu Carmichael, $25.00; Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Leedham, $100.00; Mrs. J.H.E. Webb, Rocky River, Ohio, $20.00; James G. Wild, Sarnia, $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. Ross Vo- gan, Stratford, $10.00; Mrs. N. A. Muffitt, Downsview, $5.00; Mt. and Mrs. Harold Remington, $200.00; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Garbutt, Sr. ,$10.00; Mr. and Mrs. Willis Lapp, $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Claris, Sr.. $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moore, $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Burnstead, $2.00; Miss Carol Sampson, $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. Ken Saxton, $20,00; Mr. and Mrs. Rae Kernaghan, $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sangster, $10.00; Mr. John McKinnon. $5.00; Miss Myrtle Deans, Please Turn to Page Three Canvassers have been col- lecting this week for the Cen- tennial Pool fund, They report a good reception by most resi- dents of the community. Commitments as of Tuesday night have topped the $15, 000 mark which is well over the halfway point in the campaign. Grants for the $35, 000 pool will provide about $10,000, On Monday evening the council passed the necessary motion designating the pool as the community's official cen- tennial project. If you are interested in how the fund drive is progressing, keep your eye ou me uispray ur the PUC window. The water level in the drawing of the pool will tell you at a glance how the money is coming in. The list of donations to the fund this past week is published below. The amount under anonymous includes a number of donors. Reg M. Smith, Toronto, $100, 00; N. D. Cameron Ltd., $100.00 ; Kenneth Thompson, $5.00; Fredrick Langridge, $5.00; Mrs. M. Templeman, $25.00; A. Jacewicz, $5.00; David Murray, $50.00; Ronald Thompson, $10.00; Mrs. Marg- aret Mundell, R. R. Wingham, ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian lit Mrs. Richard Procter hired as acting clerk for Wingham Speaking at the regular meets ing of town council on Monday evening his worship Mayor Mil- ler said council has a major problem due to the sudden ill- ness of clerk-treasurer William Renwick. He said Miss Yvonne McPherson has been assisting and that Mrs. William Harris, who does part-time secretarial duty at the town office, has al- so been doing her best to fill in. Mayor Miller said it would be necessary to obtain full-time help while the clerk is ill. As a result of these discussions council decided to engage Mrs. Richard Procter as acting clerk- treasurer. Mrs. Procter hashad experience in the municipal office at Brussels. In other business the council heifd Mayor read an un- usual amount of correspondence cnvering a wide variety of busi- ness. The local branch of the Leg- ion invited council to Decora- tion Day at the cemetery on Sunday next. the jurisdiction of the county. A copy of a letter to B. M. Ross, consulting engineer, from the Department of Municipal Affairs, was read regarding the necessary procedures to be tak- en by William Walden in re- gard to land he is sub-dividing at the old sawmill location on Shuter Street. Council passed the necessary resolution stating the owner has met all the local requirements. BY-LAW Council adopted a by-law to authorize the swimming pool as the town's centennial project. The by-law rescinded one which established a picnic pa- vilion as the original project. COMMITTEE REPORTS • Councillor Cruickshank, re- porting for the police commit- tee, said the two-way radio system was working satisfac- torily and that Lew Palmer was doing a good job as dispatcher. Councillor Cruickshank said he had learned, after coming to council, that the police cruiser was out of action with burned pistons as the result of a high speed chase on Saturday evening. He did not have the details but was puzzled why the chase was necessary since the new radio system could have been used to bring in other po- lice. Council recommended that Councillor Cruickshank have Chief Miller submit a written report on the incident to coun- (Please turn to Page Eight) The Ontario Municipal Board wrote regarding approval of the financing for the high school addition with authoriza- tion being given for the draw- ing up of the necessary by- laws. A cheque was received from Lloyd-Truax Ltd. for $1,000 as the firm's share of the cost of installing sewers on Bristol Ter- race. The company also re- quested an extention in the time before it dispenses with the use of the old CPR freight sheds which are slated to be torn down. The council mov- ed the deadline to July 1. The town solicitor wrote giving information regarding cost factors for a judge's plan to straighten tip property titles in the vicinity of Burke Elec- tric. Ontario Hydro wrote in reply to a resolution requesting safe- guards against power interrup- tions as occurred in the county earlier this spring. The letter said a second transmission line is being built to serve the Sea- forth transformer station and that Wingham is served from Hanover which has several feed- er lines at the present time. A letter from J, L. Graham & Co. stated the firm has taken delivery of $59, 000 in Wing- ham debentures. Council approved an agree- ment with the Huron County Library Board covering insur- ance of the contents of the lo- cal library, which now is under Will flood upper pond next week Maitland Valley Conserva- tion Authority workmen are in- stalling the steel structure for the stop logs on the Howson Dam this week. The steel was fabricated by Dave Murray of Wingham. Each span below the bridge will have three sections of stop logs, held in place by verticle "I" beams. The new spillway, which was completed by Mowbray Construction last year, will be closed with stop logs and the pond filled up. Mowbray Construction has just completed the work on the river crossing for the sewer line which was installed to service properties on the north side of the river. The firm is alsocom- pleting its work around the new Hanna Memorial Bridge. LOWER POND A number of people have been inquiring into the condi- tion of the lower pond which was drained last year. The ne- gotiations for the desilting pro- gram have been dragging on for nearly three years. However, it appears that action may be forthcoming in the near future, either one way or the other. Last Wednesday the Mait- land Valley Conservation Au- thority, at a general meeting, agreed to accept five percent benefit on the project. This action was necessary when the powers-that-be in Toronto re- fused to OK the scheme if only Wingham was named as the benefiting municipality. The program now is in the hands of the Conservation Branch, and will be submitted to the Treas- ury Board for approval. Once this approval is forthcoming, the local Authority will have its consulting engineer call for ten- ders to have the work done. How long will it take? Prob- ably no action before July. Bus service to cemetery provided Decoration Day will beheld at the Wingham Cemetery on Sunday afternoon in conjunc- tion with Memorial Sunday which is being observed this centennial year across the Do- minion. The annual Decoration Day service is sponsored by Branch 180, Royal Canadian Legion and No. 119, I.O.O.F. Lodge. Bus service will be provided for the aged and infirm or adults who have no means of transpor- tation to the cemetery, with locations for pick-up announced in an ad elsewhere in this issue of the paper. People who are not able to walk to the pick-up areas but would like to attend the service are asked to phone Dave Croth- ers, 357-2446 by Saturday, June 10 and arrangements will be made for a driver to call at the home. .-Seating arrangements have been made for the service. Council turns down Ontario Housing Corp. bid for park Manager 10 years retires, will move to Kitchener John Runstedtler, manager of the Toronto-Dominion Bank branch here for the past ten years, has announced his re- tirement to take effect on Fri- day, June 9. Fred Snow, pres- ently manager of the Elmira branch, will take over duties as manager on June 19, Mr. Runstedtler has been with the bank since 1922, serv- ing in Kitchener and Toronto and as manager at Baden, El- mira and Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. Runstedtler will reside at 72 Marshall St. in Waterloo. Their four children, well-known to many in Wing- ham, are all residents of the Kitchener-Waterloo area. They are Mary, Mrs. Robert Wood, a housewife with four children; John, a mathematics teacher at the Kitchener-Waterloo Col- legiate; Christine, an English teacher at Waterloo Collegiate, and Helen who teaches at St. Joseph's Separate School in Kitchener. High school teacher injured in accident near Listowel VICE-PRINCIPAL LAKELET-Jim Inglis has been appointed as vice-princi- pal with the Guelph Board of Education, effective Septem- ber 5, 1967. He will be teach- ing at College Avenue School. -Visiting for a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Walk- er are Mrs. Walker's sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rae and their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Laurie Holt of London, England, 00000000 000 o oo o 000 o o o o 0000 o ofiooits oI o oo o o o oi4iiiro oo oo o o Mayor DeWitt Miller told town council on Monday eve- ning that a senior representa- tive from the Ontario Housing Corporation had been in Wing- ham to look over possible sites for a six-unit senior citizens' apartment. Choice of the Corporation for the apartment site is the main street park, the mayor said, and no other lot seemed suitable to the representative. The mayor explained that while there are about 18 residents who would be willing to take apartments, they, for the most part do not want bachelor units, which is all the Housing Corp- oration will construct for single people. One-bedroom units will only be constructed when two people will use the apart- &tent. Councillor Williams said he has had a number of objections from residents regarding the ili,ilddiiil i •i•iii•••160•1 iiiiiii el iii • lid oo ili11,451i it ill; possible use of the park for housing. The mayor read a let- ter of objection from the Kins- men Club which stated it was the opinion of the members that the park was not a suitable place for an apartment. How- ever, if the land was sold for housing, the club stated it felt the money received should go to the swimming pool as the Kinsmen wading pool would be destroyed. Councillor Williams said it is a ridiculous situation and sug- gested the project be dropped. Councillor Walden said that in Harriston similar buildings are being constructed two blocks off the main street. Councillors Bennett and Wil- liams moved that the park prop- erty be retained for public use and not sold to the Housing Corporation for apartments. The motion received full support from council. Doctors say shortage will cause no hardship or three of these men have visit- ed the town and the local hospi- tal within the past few days to learn more of the opportunities for practice here. Although none of these men have made a final decision, it is expected that at least one of them will locate here in the near future, Miss Lenore Eeswitherick, a member of the teaching staffof the Wingham District High School, is in the Listowel Me- morial Hospital with Serious in- juries following a car accident a short distance north of that town on Saturday. Her sister, Miss Violet l3eswitherick, passenger in the car, has been removed to Victoria Hospital, London, where she is listed as serious, The accident occurred when a cat driven by James Latronica of Gortie, reportedly stopped on Highway 21 to make a left turn and was struck froth the tear by the Betwitherick Vehiw, cle. Damage to' the Latronica At a meeting of the Joint Conference Committee of the. Wingham and District Hospital oh Thursday evening nectars P. J. Leahy of Teeswater, Mel Collin of Lucknow and W, A. McKibbori of' Winghatri all ex- pressed confidence that no pa- tient in this area will suffer un- necessarily because of the cur- rent doctor shortage, The Joint Conference Cotnrnittee is the liaison group between the hos- pital board and the medical staff, The doctors eXpressedl, ; ceni about the effect of es which have appeared in the daily press, emphasizing the urgent need for mote doctors in this community since the de- parture of brs'. ba N. Canna and A. B. Klahseri last week, The remaining practitioners stated that they are making at- rersserrienta to share the night atiamwtuttibt calls on a rotating basis and they said they were not alarmed about the possibility that any person in need of medical set- Vices would be neglected. Several outside doctors have indicated keen intetest in es- tablishing in Wingham and two cat, a 1959 Pontiac, is esti, mated at $1, 000 arid the other vehicle, a 1960 Envoy, is a to- tal write-off. Miss Lenore Beswithetick suffered a compound fracture of the right leg, crushed chest and concussion. Her condition was reported as fair on Wednes- day. Her sister suffered serious lacerations to her face, crushed chest, compound fracture of the right leg and broken left ant s James Latronica and his wife, who was a passenger with hitt, were treated for Minor juries at the Listowel Hospital and returned horrie the same day. zma