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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-06-29, Page 21MRS. MICHAEL WILLIE, president of the Catholic Women's League, presented the CWL scholarship for the top student in Grade VIII of Sacred Heart School at the graduation banquet Monday night. Recipient of the award was Bar- bara Skinn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Skinn of Wingham.-A-T Photo. Donations for pool reach new high during week A LARGE NUMBER of the congregation of the Wingham United Church turned out in old-time costume on Sunday for the Centennial Come Home-Service. Seen following the service with Rev. C. M. Jardine and Mayor DeWitt Miller are Trudi and Kim Templemen, Mrs. George Dreh- manh, Mrs. Donald Adams, Miss Yvonne McPherson, Mrs. Ray Walker and daughter Andrea and Miss Lynda Reavie. -Advance-Times Photo. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Schaefer celebrate golden wedding bbMIC047 ri Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, June 29. 1967 Well filled schedule for holiday week-end Centennial theme at United service ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian HOME FROM EXPO-- Three Wingham couples, Mr. and Mrs. Len Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Merkley and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Jamieson, returned from Expo this week and report a good trip and the fair well worth seeing. 0-0-0 OFFICES OPENED-- A new office opened on the main street on Monday morn- ing. In the building, formerly occupied by Dominion Stores Ltd. are Niagara Finance and Industrial Acceptance Corpora- tion. Jim Breen is manager at Ni agara and George Thomas is the IAC manager. Jim is from Hamilton while Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and three children are from Stratford. 0--0--0 LONG SERVICE-- In the write-up on Gurney Gloves Ltd. in the historical section of this paper, the name of Harvey Neirgarth should ap- pear as being with the firm ov- er 30 years. We did not re- ceive this information until af- ter that section had gone to press. 0-0-0 OUR THANKS-- TO all the people who con- tributed to the Centennial edi tion, We still have some pic- tures of earlier times left over from the edition and these will dik appear fromtime to time in 111, regular issues. However, we are now finished with the orig- inal photographs arid anyone who has loaned us pictures may pick them up at the Office af- ter Friday of this week. 0-0-0 FRESH PAINT- Lome McDonald was wield ing the paint brush at his store last week and Cameron's Whole- sale received a touch-up. The R. A, Currie & Son store fronts are being done this week as well As the P.U.C. dy $10.00; Sacred Heart Parish $50.00; John Strong Sr. $25.00; Mrs. J. A. Fox $10.00; Mrs. Art Bieman, London, $25.00; Mrs. Marguerite E. Chopin, Guelph, $5.00; Mr. and Mrs, Stan Chadwick $10.00. EAST WAWANOSH: Mr. and Mrs. Bob Arbuckle $20, 00; Mr. and Mrs. Ken Wheeler $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McBurney $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. Ken Scott $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vincent $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Pengelly $2.00; Donald Pengelly $1.00; Mr. and Mrs. Clark Johnston $1.00; Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Jamieson $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bosman $5.00; Bruce Brothers $5.00; Mr. Almond Jamieson $2.00; Mr. John Waghorn $1.00; Mr. Frank Cooper $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bieman $1. 00; Mr. and Mrs. Mason Robinson $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Robinson $2,00; Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mac- Innes $2,00; Mr. and Mrs. Er- nest Snowden $1,00; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Jamieson $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. Don Martin $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooke $2,00; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Robin- son $2,00, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thomp- son $10, 00; Mr. and Mrs. John Carmichael $1.00; Lloyd-Truax Limited $500.00; Wenger Bros. $100, 00; Mr. and Mrs. Percy Stainton $25.00; Majestic Re- bekah Lodge No. 352 $200.00; The Decor Shoppe $50.00; Mowbray Construction Co. Ltd. $300, 00; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. R. Henderson $25.00; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Godkin $20,00; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Adair $50.00; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Redman $50,00; Jean and Vic Lough- lean, London $10.00; Mr. and Mrs. William Murray 410.00; Harold and Margaret Mitchell, Hamilton $20.50; Staff, Cdn. Imperial Bank of Commerce $10.00; Trudy MacKay and players $3.00; Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gibson $100.00; Mr. arid Mrs. Harold Kerr $100.00; Mr. and Mrs. Wally Haselgrove $25.00; Beaver Lumber Com- pany $75,00, TURNBERRY: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sjaarda $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Solomon $3.00; Mrs. Annie McQuillan $1.00. EAST WAWANOSH: Mr. arid Mrs. J. C. Nethery $3.00; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cook $4.00; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dunbar $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Payne $1.00; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McBurney $20.00; Mr. and Mrs. George McGee $10.00; Mr. arid Mrs. Donald Dow $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Chandler $10.00; Mr, and Mrs. Ken Mason $2,00; Kinette Club $50.00; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kerr $200, 00; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hayden $10.00; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Morgan, $5.00. -Mrs. Mina MoRitchie, Mrs. Mary Galbraith and their broth- er, Mr, James H. Currie, Cen- tre Street, spent a few days last Week at the home of their sis- ter, Mrs. T. K. Bibb and Mr.. Bibb of Harrow. Canadians everywhere will be celebrating the centennial of confederation this week-end and Wingham and district will be no exception as a busy sched- ule of events has been planned for the holiday week-end, One of the most important and certainly most impressive events will be the community Inter-Faith Service to be held at Coronation Park at 12.30 on Saturday. Parading to the ser- vice will be the Legion, Legion Auxiliary, Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs. Conducting the service will be Captain Don Copple of the Wingham Corps, Salvation Ar- my; Rev. G. L. Fish of St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church; and Rev. John Mooney, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church. Rev. Cecil M. Jardine of the Wingham United Church will be the main speaker. Providing music for the ser- vice will be Mrs. G. L. David- son at the organ and the Salva- tion Army Band. Dinner for graduates at Sacred Heart A banquet for the grade eight graduates at the Sacred Heart School was held in the parish ball on Monday evening. Guest speaker for the event was Rev. Fr. J. Mooney, who urg- ed the graduates to aim high and to work as adults, not just for the pay cheque, but to serve others and strive to make this world a better place for all. Mrs. Michael Willie, presi- dent of the Catholic Women's League, presented the C. W, L, Scholarship to Miss Barbara Skinn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Skinn of Wingham. The scholarship is presented annually to the top student in grade eight. Members of this year's grad- uating class are Valerie King, Stacia Desmarais, Marion Wil- lie, Dianne Bauer, Barbara Skinn, Maribeth Vath, Connie Slosser, Edward Skinn, Frances White, Elaine Kieffer and Betty Ortlieb, FORDWICH-A well-known Fordwich couple celebrated their golden wedding anniver- sary on Saturday, with recep- tions afternoon and evening in the basement of the United Church. Mr. and Mrs, E. A. Schae- fer were married on June 20th, 1917, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coles, Gorrie. The bride's un- cle, Rev. W. I. Ashton, per. formed the ceremony. They farmed for seven years on the 4th concession of Howick and in 1024 moved to Fordwich, where Mr. Schaefer worked for a year in the bake shop owned by his uncle, Homer Schaefer, At the end of that year he bought the business and has Immediately prior to the in- terfaith service, members of the 21st Field Regiment RCA (M) will fire a one hundred gun salute starting at noon. Two 105 m.m. howitzers will be set up at Riverside Park and manned, by the 99th Battery of Wing- ham. The salute will last about 25 minutes, On Saturday evening the CKNX Barn Dance will appear at the Wingham arena sponsor- ed by the swimming pool com- mittee and assisted by the Kins- men. There will be a stage show from 8:00 to 9;30 with the dance to follow until midnight. The show will feature the Rhy- thm Masters and many of the well-known country music per- formers of Western Ontario. Prizes will be awarded for the best lady's costume, gent's cos- tume and couples' costume as all are invited to attend in cen- tennial dress. BRUSSELS Over in Brussels, two big days are slated for the centen- nial week-end as the Brussels Come-Home is staged. On Sat- urday some of the highlights will be a soccer game and a smorgasbord. The main attraction will be a gigantic parade, over a mile and a'half long with more than 100 floats, The parade will start at 1:00 on Saturday. Fol- lowing the smorgasbord, two dances are being held, one at the Legion Hall with Desjar- dines orchestra and the other at the arena with the Saints of Listowel. The finale for the Dominion Day celebrations will be the fireworks starting at 11;45 p.m. On Sunday all churches will hold services in the morning but an interdenominational ser- vice will be held at the park starting at 8;00 with a choir of 150 voices. Dr. Finlay Stewart of Kitchener will be the guest speaker. A band concert will follow the service. On Sunday the Huron Coun- ty centennial drumhead service will be held in the Court House Park in Goderich starting at 3: 30. operated it for the past 42 years The church basement was decorated with baskets of flow- ers, as well as the lovely floral gifts received by the celebrants. The table was covered with a white linen cloth and centred with a three-tiered wedding cake flanked by gold candles in candelabra and a single rose in a milk white bud vase. Pouring tea in the afternoon were Mrs. William Wilson and Mrs. Jack Wilson and in the evening, Mrs. H. Pollock and Mrs. T. J. Schaefer.. The good wishes and con-, gratulatioris of a host of warm friends are extended to Mr. and Mrs, Schaefer on this happy oc- casion. The Centennial "Old Time" at home service was attended by a large congregation in the Wingham United Church Sunday. The service was of interest to both young and old when a "home" reed organ, loaned for the occasion by Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Laidlaw of Whitechurch, recaptured the atmosphere of services conducted in the coun- try and town churches of a cen- tury ago. The hymns were well-loved favorites of the period used by both the Methodist and Presby- terian Churches such as "0 God Our Help in Ages Past" ,(Psalm 90) by Dr. Isaac Watts, "Jesus Loves Me This I Know" by An- na B. Warner, "It Is Well with My Soul" by H. G. Spafford and "Sweet By and By" by S. F. Bonnett, Miss Janet Haines sang the solo, "I Think When I Read that Sweet Story". "The Centennial Hymn" written by Mrs. Mentie DuVal of Wing- ham was sung by George Jar- dine as soloist. One of the hymns was sung with the home organ and auto-harp accomp- animent and also two songs "Trust and Obey" and "God Will Take Care of You" were sung by a chorus of the U.C.W. Mrs. C. M, Jardine played the home organ and Mrs. S. J. Walker the auto-harp. The la- dies were appropriately dressed in Centennial apparel for the occasion. Mayor DeWitt Miller read the Scripture lesson and Rev. C. M. Jardine preached the ser- mon entitled: "To the Brethren in Christ" . The sermon was one preached by James Challen and printed in "The Adviser" of Toronto in June 1862, a Dis- ciples of Christ magazine. The church was decorated with baskets of flowers in mem- ory of the late Mrs. Annie J. Tiffin and Mr. Thomas Thom- son, and garden flowers were provided by the Hi-C Young Big bang slated for Saturday noon If your eardrums are a little on the sensitive side, better get out some cotton batting and make a couple of ear plugs for Saturday morning. Promptly at 12.00 noon the 100th anniversary of this fair dominion will be marked with a 100-gun salute by members of the 21st Field Regiment RCA (M). Two 105 Mtn howitzers will be set up at Riverside Park and Will be manned by members of the 99th Battery of Wingham, The rounds will of course be blanks, but they will still be heard for quite a distance, It will take about 25 minutes for the salute as the guns will be firing at 15 second intervals. The detail will be under the direction of Maj. I. L. B. Mel- arisen, CC of the 99th Battery, People. Miss Iva Mai Smith provided the music on the church organ. Following the service the congregation gathered in the Sunday School room to view a display of antiques and heir- looms provided by members of the congregation. A number of the church records were on dis- play showing baptisms, mar- riages and burials and minutes of the various boards and organ- izations of the years 1862-196'7. These were of considerable interest to those present. TWO-CAR COLLISION A two car collision at the intersection of Josephine and Al- fred Streets occurred shortly af- ter noon on Tuesday. Cars driv- en by Carl Martin and Don Cameron were involved accord- ing to Constable Ron Zimmer who investigated. There were no injuries. According to police, Mr. Cameron was proceeding south on Josephine and turning east onto Alfred Street when Mr. Martin colided with the rear of his vehicle. Gifts presented at farewell service The Salvation Army Cita- del was packed to capacity on Sunday evening for the farewell service of Captain and Mrs. Al- bert Ferris. With their two children, Wesley and Sharon, they left on Monday for their new posting at Miracle Valley near Mission, British Columbia. At the morning service in the Citadel five senior soldiers and two adherents were enroll- ed. Following the evening ser- vice friends of the Ferris fam- ily gathered in the Salvation Army hall, where Bandmaster Tom Bell led a sing-along. Bill Henderson expressed the ap- preciation of those gathered for the devoted work which has been done in this town and sur- rounding district by Captain and Mrs. Ferris during their time in Wingham. Tom Bell presented a gift to Wesley Ferris and Ann Hender- son made a presentation to Shar- on, Captain and Mrs. Ferris were presented with a purse of money by Senior Major Wheel- er, along with the, heartfelt good wishes of the Corps for their success and fulfillment in their new field of service, The members of the local fire brigade attended the gather Mg in a body to express their appreciation for the co-Opera-, tiori and assistance which has An executive meeting of the Wingham District Centennial Pool committee decided on Monday evening that as a result of the enthusiastic response by the people of the area, build- ing plans can proceed. Chair- man Donald Lloyd said the community at large should be thanked for the support it has given to the financial cam- paign. Finance Chairman Harry West reported that to date slightly over $27, 000 has been received in cash and pledges and that $18, 000 is in the bank. He said that the canvassers re- port there are still a few calls to be made. Mr. West also pointed out that there are sev- eral sizeable amounts expected from various sources. Secretary Ken Wood reported that a minimum of $11, 000 is available in grants and it is pos- sible that another $2, 000 may be forthcoming. On a motion by Elwood Ir- win and Mrs. Roger West the Honourable Charles Mac- Naughton, Provincial Treasurer, will be the officiating guest at the official opening ceremon- ies of the Wingham and District Hospital on Friday at 2.30p.m. The occasion will mark the completion of a million-dollar building and renovating pro- gram which has been underway for more than two years. The original hospital struc- ture has been removed, the 1945 wing has been complete- ly remodelled to house operat- ing rooms, obstetrical rooms, recovery rooms, out patients' area, and other service facili- ties. A second storey has been added above the 1956 wing to allow space for the wards and private rooms. The program has made the Wingham and District Hospital one of the most up-to- date rural hospitals in Ontario. Board Chairman R, B. Cous- ins will preside for the program, which will take place in front of the new ambulance entrance at the south end of the building on Carling Terrace. Following the ceremonies outdoors the guests and general public are invited to tour the building and to enjoy refresh- merits on the lawn. been forthcoming from the Sal- Vation Army. The welcoming service for Capt. arid Mrs. bon Copple will be held tonight (Thursday). They come to Wingham from the Port Colborne Corps, committee voted in favor of constructing a pool 82 feet by 35 feet, at an estimated cost of $37, 000 and that a waterheat- er should be purchased, The motion followed a dis- cussion based on pool costs sub- mitted by the consulting engin- eer, J. C. Round of Guelph. This size of pool is slightly larger than that anticipated at the start of the campaign, but it was pointed out that it is now apparent adequate funds will be available. The increase from 75 feet to 82 feet will give more room at the shallow end of the pool where it receives the heaviest use. Maximum accommodation in the pool at any one time will be 275 peo- ple. The committee was of the opinion that as large a pool as possible should be built, contingent on the budget, as it is almost impossible to expand at a ,later date. Mr. Wood re- ported that a large number of citizens had requested the com- mittee give every consideration to a water heater for the pool. Ed Anderson told the group that some money will have to be held in reserve to cover extras that will be needed when the construction is completed. He said such things as landscap- ing, cleaning tools for the pool and paint will probably be necessary extras. The building committee, under the chairmanship of Bill Conron, was authorized to take whatever action is needed to call tenders for construction of the pool. The committee will work in close co-operation with the Riverside Parks Board, as the site chosen for the pool will be on park lands. The site is the area now occupied by the Scout House which is slated for demolition. 650 attended Sacred Heart garden party Threatening rains did not hamper the spirit of the large crowd of people who attended the annual garden party at Sac- red Heart Church on Saturday, A delicious old fashioned tur- key and ham dinner was served to approximately 650. The children from Sacred Heart School, accompanied by their music teacher, Mrs. John. bay presented a variety concert on the grounds. Mts. Morris Swanson and John Martin Jr. al- so gave several musical num- bers. The first draw prize of $25 was won by Mrs. Vaughan Douglas and the second prize of $20 was won by Bill Henderson, both of Winghart. Response excellent Pool committee to add heating unit Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Con- ley $5,00; Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Balser $10.00; Mr. and Mrs. Don Brignell $10.00; Mr. and. Mrs. Wilfred Henry $5.00; La- dies' Afternoon Bridge Club $25,00; Mr. and Mrs. Ron Wal- den $20.00; Riverview Drive- In $50.00; Mr. and Mrs. David K. Cameron $25.00; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Angus $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. William Harris $10.00; Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred White $25.00; Mr. and Mrs. John Crewson $20.00; Mr. and a, Mrs. Wilford Caslick $25.00; lip Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Nixon $20, 00; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hotchkiss $15.00; Mr. and Mrs. Murray Underwood $25.00; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Foxton $25.00; Mr. and Mrs. Bev. Brooks, London, $10.00; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hillman, Toronto $3. 15; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sherbon- Provincial treasurer will open hospital