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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-06-29, Page 23Lockwood-Adams Wedding Saturday WROXETER—Bonnie Lee Ad- ams and Russell John Lockwood exchanged wedding vows in a pretty summer ceremony at the home of the bride's parents at three o'clock Saturday. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Adams and the groom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lockwood, all of Wroxeter. Rev. Ronald Sween- ey performed the ceremony. The bride was attired in a street length sheath of white bonded lace over lime green with which she wore a match- ing pill box hat. She carried a cascade of white shasta mums and yellow roses on a white Bi- ble with white streamers. Her bridesmaid was the groom's sister, Miss Margaret Lockwood of Wroxeter, who chose a street-length dress of yellow lace over taffeta with white pill box hat and white shoes. She carried a half-cir- cle arrangement of white shas- ta mums. Groomsman was Kees Schyf- fe of Atwood. The reception was held at the home of the bride, where her mother received in a black dress with white accessories and corsage of pink carnations. Seventeen guests, members of the immediate families, at- tended. For their wedding trip to the United States,the bride wore a:, figured suit with brown acces- sories. WROXETER Mr. and Mrs. Don Gibson, Dana and Duane of Monkton, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Collier and Gary of London, Mr. and Mrs. Murray McLean of Owen Sound, Mr. and Mrs. Len Phillips, John and Jayne of Wingham were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira McLean on Sunday. STORE HOURS IN WROXETER Wroxeter stores will be open Friday evening, June 30, closed Saturday, July 1st, and open Monday July 3rd. 29b ODERICH-- Through County Engineer James W. Britnell, Huron County Road Committee presented a progress report of road construction to Huron County Council in Goderich last week. Work is now well underway on the 1967 program. Tenders were called and the following contracts have been awarded: half-ton truck, Baird Motors, Goderich, $1, 984. 50; calcium chloride, Miller Paving, $49.55 per ton; ready-mix concrete, Huron Concrete Supply, $14.90 per cubic yard; pavement mark- ing, Domtrec Sales Ltd. , $7, - 450; weed spray chemicals, Ni- agara Brand Chemicals, various prices; corrugated metal pipe, Hearn Wholesale Ltd., Clinton, $16,190.28; 87,000 tons granu- lar "B" gravel, George Radford, Blyth, $37, 410; 37,000 tons granular "A" gravel, George Radford, $25, 160; 45,000 tons granular "B" gravel, George Radford, $36, 000; 22,500 tons granular "A" gravel, George Radford, $29, 250; 9,400 tons hot mix paving, Levis Contract- ing, Clinton, $60,678; pre- stressed concrete beams, Schell Industries, $14, 551; 34, 000 cubic yards maintenance gra- vel, Saugeen Spraying, $31, - 960;'33,000 cubic yards main- tenance gravel, Lavis Contract- ing, $29,700; 21,000 cubic yards, maintenance gravel, George Radford, $20,370, The report continued: The maintenance gravel operation is now completed and we are presently applying calcium chloride as fast as our supplier can provide the material. The cost of maintenance gravel, calcium chloride, and, in fact, all other items, is continuing to increase and your committee found difficulty in holding the mill rate the same as 1966, yet provide the same or even high- er service to the road system. "Work is proceeding on schedule on the grading of Hur- on County Road 27 from conces, sion VIII-IX, Township of Ash- field, to Lucknow; and paving is underway on County Road 27 between Nile and concession VIII-IX. "The concrete culvert on Huron County Road 31 south of Hillsgreen is now complete and work is well under way on the replacement of the Kinburn Bridge on County Road 15 in the Township of Hullett. "The total cost of winter control for the 1966-67 winter is now complete and we find that it is ten per cent higher than estimated mainly due to the necessity to pay a higher hourly rate to rented equipment and to pay stand-by time. It may be necessary to curtail slightly some maintenance op- erations in order to overcome this increased cost. "Pre-engineering and design are progressing on schedule on our three Development Road designations, and it is hoped that the Ontario Department of Highways will be able to desig- nate one of these projects for construction late in 1967. "A bylaw to authorize the newly-formed Maitland Tele- services Limited (formed by the amalgamation of the Brussels and Blyth Municipal Systems)to erect and maintain poles, etc., on County roads, has been re- viewed by the committee. Cer- tain changes from its original ' as submitted have been made. We recommend that the bylaw be approved in its amended form." The report recalled a news story that a tractor and hopper owned by Donald Gooding, Parkhill, working on a contract of R. H. Jennison Limited, of Grand Bend, for the Township of Stanley, had completely de- molished the 106-foot span county bridge on the township road between lots 44 and 45, Bayfield concession, Township of Goderich. "The township road over which the truck was travelling, was a class 'B' highway, and therefore limited to a total gross weight of 22,000 pounds under the provisions of the Road committee progress report THE MAIN STREET of Wroxeter from postcard mailed in 1909, SAFETY CHECK HOW ! .1.1o.wicif Lions bingo winners WinnerS at the recent .HOW, ick Liens binge were; MP, .Per, is Adams, R. R. Bluevale; Mrs, F erg, Riley, Wingham„ Gordon dgar, Gorrie, Mrs, Jessie KOON WrAXeter„ Alex McMichael,, Clinton, (four winners for one game); Gordon Edgar and Mrs. Jessie Koch; Mrs. Wm. Schill, Formosa; Mrs, Derbecker, Wingham; Mrs. Mock, Kincarl, dine and Mrs. George Anger., Wingham,; Mrs. Fred 011M, Wingham; Stuart Halloway, Wingham; Margaret Riley, Wingham; Mrs. K. Edgar, Wroxeter; James Cornish, Kin- cardine and Mrs. Ferg. Riley; Mrs, Wm, Schill, Specials; Mrs. Mock; Mrs. Fred Ohm; Mrs. Alex McMich, ael, Clinton. Jackpot consola- tion plus bonus, Mrs. Herman Metcalf, Wingham, Yes! Now is the time to have your car checked completely from bumper to bumper. Let our expert repairmen put your car in top shape Gorrie Mrs. Melvin Taylor spent the week-end at Edgar Dane's. Rev, and Mrs. C. Elmer Tay- lor of Goderich spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Dane when Rev. Taylor baptized Shauna Marie Dane. Garden seeds by the ounce or pound at Hamilton's drug store, two doors south of the post office. --Wingham Times 1893. Book your accommodations for Expo 67now. With over two months' expe- rience in finding accom- modations for Expo 67 visitors, LOGEXPO is a proven success. 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It goes down a little easier, satisfies a whole lot morel • 'ON-67.2R p•-•4•••••.,•••••••••,...•••••,-. • Wingham ,advance-Times, Thursday, tune 2p, 1967 Page .3 Letter gives picture of life in Wingham in the 1860s In the spring of 1866, Chas. Lloyd came to Wingham from Sitpcoe. Mr. Lloyd built the first frame house that was erect- ed in Wingham located on. eo, gold Street, between Victoria and John, the residence of the late Thomas Thomson, 209 Leopold. R. 1-I, (Dick) Lloyd reports his father A, E. Lloyd telling that he went through the bush to get water from a spring just below where the present residence of Cecil Merkley, 372 Leopold Street stands now. The early days in Wingham were rather rough and rather try- ing as told in the following let- ter written by G. H. Blackwell to A. E. Lloyd which gives some interesting details on the Lloyd and Blackwell families Gifts presented as neighbors move WROXETER—Mr„ and Mrs. Ken Bennett were hosts for a farewell party in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Simmons re- cently when the neighbors came to wish them well in their new home in the village, which they purchased recently from Mr, and Mrs. John Sinnamon. Oscar Keiffer read the ad- dress and the presentation of a swivel chair, table lamp, foot- stool and money was made by the ladies, followed by lunch which was served to approxim- ately 40 guests. We welcome Mr. and Mrs. Simmons to our midst. Holds dinner for three couples Mrs. Len Cook, the former Mrs. Dave Finlay, was hostess Saturday evening for a dinner at Dannyli marking the 25th wedding anniversaries of Mr. and Mrs. Len Schroeter of Clin- ton, Dr. and Mrs. Lee Ward- law of Brantford and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Farrow of Galt. Members of the family from Toronto, London and Lucknow attended. The guests received several gifts and were presented with corsages and boutonnieres. Highway Traffic Act. We are led to believe that the total gross weight of the vehicle which demolished the bridge was in excess of 50,000 pounds. "The Ontario Department of Highways has erected a tempor- ary bailey bridge at this loca- tion, since our budget would not permit the replacement of the structure this year. We had originally propose'd to replace the structure in 1968 and will carry out with this program. "We have instructed our solicitors, Donnelly and Mur- phy, Goderich, to take action against the truck owner to re- cover our allowable share of the cost in this work. (It is un- derstood that a counterclaim has been filed by the truck owner.)" and the early years of Wing- ham's history. Dear Albert; In sending you a copy ofpart of my mother's life I know I am doing what mother would like to see done. In those early days the lives of our two fami- lies were so closely linked that a history of one could not have been written without including in it much of the history of the other. The part that refers to the early days of Wingham and in which you are mostly interest- ed just now starts off with their leaving Simcoe where both families had spent the preced- ing winter and where I think your father must have been liv- ing for three or four years for Walter and you were born be- fore they came to Wingham and I was one year old that spring. From here I shall quote from mother's own writings except in such places as are purely per- sonal. I shall also insert as I see need for it any necessary explanations or appropriate asides. "As the railroad did not run into Simcoe (this was the spring of 1865) we went by stage to Paris in the early morning. The weather was fine and the air just cool enough to be invigor- ating. Boarding the train at Paris we went to Clinton also a rather young town and about three or four P.M. started by stage for Wingham. Besides Mr. Lloyd my husband and my- self and baby there was an el- derly lady going on a visit to her daughter who lived at Tees- water ten miles beyond Wing- ham. The day was fine and the road good and we got along very well till when within a few miles of Wingham and just as it was getting dark a tire came off of one of the wheels of the stage. We all had to dismount and were taken into a farm house to wait until the stage driver procured a farmer's wag- Please Turn to Page Five. elgrave Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McCrea and Maureen of Blyth visited with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vin- cent on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent called on Mr. Vin- cent's cousins, at Port Elgin, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Allen. Smith and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ian McCullam. On their way home they called on Mr. and Mrs. Percy Vincent. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Procter spent Sunday evening with Mrs. Procter's brother, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wilkinson. Mrs. Minnie McGill of Clin- ton spent the week-end with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Nethery. Work has started on Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bolt's new home, which is in Belgrave. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Mc- Dowell and Heather of Cooks- town visited with Mrs. Mc- Dowell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Walsh on Sunday. IF YOU HAPPENED to be driving along No. 86 Highway ill the vicinity of Bluevale last Saturday and passed two boys on donkey, and then started to talk to yourself, you will feel better to know it was for real. Netbett Hamilton and Paul Moffat were the two boys—we didn't get the name of the donkey.—A.T Photo.