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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-07-06, Page 3THE FIRST SOD for the Centennial Pool to be built in Riverside Park was turned by Wingham's centennial queen Mary Ahara during a brief ceremony on Friday after- noon. Looking on are building chairman Bill Conron, Mrs. Allan Hafermehl and fi- nance chairman Harry West. The pool was assured last week when the objective of $25,000 was topped. —Advance-Times Photo. Early days recalled at closing of station Mufflers hardly ever last as long as a car does . .. but good mufflers help a car last longer. Let us install one 'that's right for your car! You can't always prevent a fire, but you can make sure that your insurance has kept pace with rising property values. If you have doubts about your current coverage, check with us today without obligation. See us for insurance in all its phases. W. B. Conron, C.L.U. 357-2636 . INSURANCE Complete Insurance Coverage Agent for Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 5 JOHN STREET WEST, WINGHAM 16 CASH BINGO Auspices Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 180 AT THE WINGHAM LEGION DOORS OPEN AT 7:30 BIGGER JACKPOTS MIA —6 Call Line for l'AftQU More Games -- 15 dames at $10.00 Each Bigger Specials — 2 Games for $25.00 Each One Share the Wealth $1.00 Admittance -- Extra Cards .7 for $1.00 Special and Jackpot — 25e, 3 for 50c, 7 for $1 EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY Whitechurch Personal Notes , HAMILTON TIGERETTES paraded in the tirustels Dominion Day festivities on Sat- urday and then entertained the crowds at the ball park later in the afternoon with a baton twirling exhibition. —Advance-Times Photo. • Mr, Jim Ross of Kitchener Spent the holiday week,-end at his home here. Charles Thompson was one of the Scouts to leave on Fri- day for a three weeks' trip to. Eastern Canada and a visit to Expo, Mr. and Mrs, F, G. Mc- Gowan of Toronto spent the holiday with their daughter, Mrs. Ronald Jamieson, Mr. Jamieson and family. Sunday was Mr. Watt's fare- well service at Chalmers Pres- byterian Church. Walter El- liott, clerk of the session, read an address to Mr. and Mrs. Watt and family and Tom Mor- rison, board of managers chair- man, on behalf of the congre- gation presented them with a gift of money. Mr. Watt thank- ed the congregation for their gift. The week previous Elmer Scott, Arnold Scott and Robert Bregman, on behalf of Langside Church, presented Mr. and Mrs. Watt at the manse with two plaques. Mr. Douglas Coultes of Dres- den spent the holiday week- end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Coultes. Whitechurch Y. P. S. held a wiener roast at Silver Lake last -111- MAKE A DATE FOR Howick Township CENTENNIAL !..1 CELEBRATION -11 • iJULY 14-15.16! n IT" in FORDWICH PARK • 22-29-6b ?111111111111111I11111111111111111111111111111111111111-r; Tuesday evening, with a large crowd in attendance. Mr, and Mrs. Norman Coul- tes and Mrs. Robert Powell of Stratford were Tuesday visitors w i th Mr. and Mrs, Albert Coul- tes. Mr, and Mrs. Dan Ross, Douglas, Robert and David spent a day last week in Owen. Sound with Mr. and Mrs. George Ross. Mr. and Mrs, Albert Coul- tes spent the week-end with Mn and. Mrs, lack Coultes and fam- ily of Dresden. On Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs, Russel Ross and Mr. and Mrs. 13111 Evans attended the grade S graduation class banquet of Kinloss Central School, held at the Legion Hall, Mr. Evans presented the Kin- loss Council plaque and profi- ciency award and Mrs. Evans presented a Field Day award. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Evans, Linda and Larry of Brampton were Sunday visitors with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ev- ans. Mr. Sandy Murray on Sunday brought Mr. and Mrs, Bill Brown of Lucknow to visit Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tiffin and the Murray family. Mr. and Mrs. Don Ross, Douglas, Robert and David, were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gaunt and family of Exeter, and in the afternoon all went to Story Book Gardens at London. Mrs. Clark Johnston, Jan- ette and Miss Shirley Johnston of Clinton were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tif- fin, and Mr. and Mrs. George Young and Heather. Don't let your hopes go up in smoke Mr, and Mrs. Gordan Fisher and family of Guelph spent the holiday week-end with his par- ents, Mr, and Mrs. George Fisher and her parents, Mr. and Mrs, George Marshall of Cut- toss, Mr. Garnet Farrier spent a few days the first of the week in. Toronto. Miss Diane Coultes returned home on Thursday from Port El- gin after a few days visit with her sister, Mrs. Wilbert Schwichtenberg, Mr. Schwich- tenberg and family. Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Murray, Kathleen, Phyllis, Alex and Patricia of Sharon spent the holiday week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tiffin, This community extends sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Gar- net Farrier and family, and other members of the Farrier family in the passing of Mrs. W. R. Farrier in Toronto. She died during Friday night and was found Saturday morning when she did not get up at the usual time. She had been planning to return for a time to her home in the village. Rev. W. Lester was ordained at Woodstock Wayne Lester, pastor of the Wingham Pentecostal Church, was ordained in Woodstock, June 25. There was a capacity audience to witness the ordina- tion. Rev. Lester graduated from Woodstock Collegiate Institute and then entered Eastern Pente- costal Bible College. He is an honor graduate of 1964. Rev. Lester accepted his pastorate in Wingham on May 2, 1965. A member of the district executive, Rev. Jack Connell of Windsor, officiated during Pastor Lester's ordination. Rev. Lyn Pinkston was the host pastor. The hymns "No One Cared So Much" and "Called to Serve" were sung by a male quartet. Forty-five guests attended the dinner held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Les- ter. Guests attended from Windsor, London, Listowel, Tillsonburg and Woodstock. To mark the occasion, the congregation of the Wingham Pentecostal Church presented their pastor with a silver serv- ing tray with the ordination date inscribed. The first death at the new hospital occurred Sunday eve- ning even before the hospital was opened. Who was it? Old "January", Mr. Webster's faith- ful horse that had seen over 30 years of service. 'Tis said he did not like the idea of leaving his old home and took -his de- parture from this world of toil. --Advance 190'7. The following is a reprint of an article by Mrs. Alice Aitken which appeared in the Novem- ber 14, 1956 edition of The Advance-Times. About the year 1867 the first train went through Bluevale, on what was known then as the Wel- lington, Grey and Bruce Rail- way, Palmerston and Kincar- dine branch. Later this branch and diriers were incorporated in the Grand Trunk and in1923 be- came part of the Canadian Na- tional Railways. Turnberry Township paid $28, 000 toward the building of the Palmerston and Kincardine branch and other municipalities made large contributions. The railway was eagerly sought and proved its worth for many years. The first station was of frame construction, large, with a high platform around each of the four sides to facilitate loading and unloading of freight. Busi- ness was brisk. Bluevale ex- ported cheese of such fine qual- ity it was in demand in British markets. From the local saw- mill maple blocks were shipped to England, an agent being sent from there to make purchases. Live stock was shipped every week. The three stores of the village received all their goods by way of the railway. John Collie was one of the station agents who served for many years. Business was good and he spent a long day. Other agents came and went. W. J. Master, now retired, living in Ailsa Craig, had also a long term of service. In the days before they be- came interested in automobiles, boys loved to go to the station at any time and delighted in running along the top of the freight cars until they were stopped. Girls liked to be on hand when the train pulled into see who got on and off and per- haps to exchange a word with some of the train crew, espec- ially with the late John Quirk, conductor, who always had his jokes with successive genera- tions of girls. In the nineties fine excur- sions were run on the line, to Kincardine, to Guelph, some- times to Niagara Fa,lls. Sunday Schools often went in a body, joining others from the neigh- bouring villages and filling the long line of passenger cars. It was like entering another world to leave the country village, enjoy the ride and see the sights of the big town. If Johnny or Susie didn't get away on the excursion they might go to the station at night to see the shin- ing train and the returning trav- elers. More important excursions took travellers to the prairies, where many young men and newly-married couples made their first start in life. Rela- tives gathered at the station for tearful farewells. Mothers, es- pecially, were filled with fore- bodings at the thought of the great distance and the hardships of pioneering. The adult popu- lation and the children looked on at this dramatic episode. The most exciting excursion of all was on the 12th of July. The train left very early but boys and girls were on hand to watch the parade• and step to the high notes of the fife and the beat of the drum, disap- pointed when at last the train came and carried the band away. But they would be there at night to see the return. Now we no longer have a parade. With the use of cars and af- terwards of trucks, the business of the railway gradually dimin- ished. Slowly it was realized that in this matter, as in many others, we live in a different era from that in which we grew up. Trains are still running on our line, but trucks carry much of the livestock and other goods that used to be sent by rail and the passenger traffic is very small. We are not using to, any great extent the railway we helped to pay for. The edict has gone forth -- Bluevale station will be closed on November 15th. Last Sep- tember notice was given that the railway would not receive or deliver mail here and its transportation has since been by truck and bus. To those who can remember, the closing of the Bluevale sta- tion is cause for regret. The time when the rural population was much larger and there were many more young people to make life lively now seems the golden time. We can remem- ber walking with others, round and round the high station plat- form, waiting for the passen- gers when they arrived after a day's excursion, perhaps hoping for some little remembrance from the far-away town. The train and the station loomed large in our experiences. We cannot forget what Blue- vale station has meant to our community through the years. W. D. Pringle has disposed of the frame dwelling and one lot on Leopold Street to Allen M. Fralick. Mr. Pringle in- tends building and occupying a fine two-storey brick resi- dence on the vacant lot which he retains north of Mr. Fralick's purchase. -- Advance 1907. Dr. J. P. Kennedy who pur- chased Dr. J. A. Meldrum's practice will reside in the house lately occupied by Dr. Meld- rum. Wingtiam Times 1893. Engineer reporls additional safety precautions *en qOPERICH—County Engin- eer James W. Britnell informed Huron County Council In God- erich last week that additional, safety precautions and methods have been and are being adopt- ed by the county roads organi- zation to minimize the danger of another fatal accident on the county roads system similar to the one that occurred on County Road 27 on May 15 when John Taylor Creighton, 65-year-old flagman, Blyth, was fatally in- jured. Mr. Britnell described the difficulties involved in select- ing personnel for such a job as flagman, but stated that action had been taken to prevent a re- currence by distributing safety memoranda to all employees and urging them to wear proper safety equipment at all times. The human factor was import- ant, he pointed out. The Huron County Highways Department has always attempt- ed to provide such safety equip- ment and instructions required to protect the employees and is continuing his practice," Mr. Britnell stated. "We have in- itiated a series of lectures spon- sored by the Construction Safe- ty Association." The engineer reported: "It would appear from information gathered by all investigations (Ontario Department of Labour, Construction Safety Association, Workmen's Compensation Board and Ontario Provincial Police) that the flagman did not heed the instructions of his foreman and instead of remaining 300 feet away from the site of the actual work, he moved down closer to the project and step- ped backwards into the path of the motor grader which was backing up at the time," Mr. Britnell read to Coun- cil the verdict of the coroner's jury at an inquest held in the Court House, Goderich, June 16: "Road grader driven by Mr. G. Miller passing over his body causing multiple injuries to ab- domen, We, the jury, attach, no blame to the grader operator, Mr. Gordon Miller. We, the jury, recommend that flagmen be fully-trained in this type of work and also be required to have a physical examination before they are employed." Pioneer Girls hold picnic at Riverside Park A very enjoyable picnic sup- per was held by the Pilgrim division of the Pioneer Girls on Tuesday evening at the River- side Park. Games and races were played and the results were as follows: Running race: grade 3, Lynn Foxton, Kendra Feagan, Deb- bie Saunders; grade 4, Karen Smith, Alexa Currie, Joan Ar- cher; grade 5, Carol Hastings, Susan Vienneau, Sandra Currie; grade 6, Tini Jorritsma, Sylvia MacLean, Karen Galbraith. Balloon throwing race: 1st, Barbara Stapleton, Marilyn Col- lar, Tini Jorritsma, Karen Gal- braith; 2nd, Janet McGee, Ol- ive Lapp, Alexa Currie, Laura Saunders; 3rd, Beverley Gan- nett, Sylvia MacLean, Karen Currie, Sandra Carter. Wheelbarrow race: 1st, Bar- bara Stapleton, Karen Gal- braith; 2nd, Heather Smith, Tini Jorritsma; 3rd, Laura Saunders, Olive Lapp. Soda biscuit race, Heather Smith, Alexa Currie, Debra Welwood. There were also peanut car- rying and peanut throwing races Huron :delegates."' report criticizes Ont. Library Assoc, Huron County Council dele- gates to the annual convention. of Ontario Library Association in Fort William in May were lass than enthusiastic in their report to County Council at the June session in Goderich, The delegates were W. Duff Thomp- son, Clinton, chairman, Hur- on County Library Board, and Frank McFadden, Bayfield, a member of the board. "It would seem that the On- tario Library Association heads are professional librarians," Mr. McFadden told councillors. he suggested that the executive of the OLA should prepare for this convention in advance so that the delegates would get the most out of it. So strongly did the delegates feel about it, that they request- ed and received approval to fosr• ward the report in full to Prem- ier John Ratans, Education Minister William G. David, Provincial Treasurer Charles S. MacNaughton, the Ontario Li- brary Association, and the Reg- ional Library Board, Kitchener. Mr. Thompson reported: "Your delegates did not feel that too much was accomplish- ed and there had not been suf- ficient preparatory work done on the part of the committee. Obviously, if the Ontario Lib- rary Association is to play a part in the creation of a provin- cial library system, then total organization of all libraries should be considered and cor- related into one moving entity. It would appear that since pub- lic funds are involved in the creation of a provincial library system, the Ontario Department of Education should look close- ly into some of the dominant factors that will play a part in the development of such a sys- tem to ensure that the ratepay- er is adequately protected and served. "The Ontario Library Associ- ation should have two divisions working closely together: name- ly, a Librarian section, and a Trustee section." Mr. Thompson pointed out in the report that the Ontario Library Association received a provincial grant in 1967 of $41, 000, and was asking for $67, 000 in 1968. The report questioned what OLA is doing to further provincial library service to justify this size of grant. "The Ontario Library Associ- ation, which could be most in- fluential and helpful in bring- ing about a strong provincial li- brary service," the report stat- ed, "seems to be lacking in ob- jective and organization and on how to reach such an objective', In his report on local activi- ties of Huron County Library Board, chairman Thompson stated that every branch library in the County had been visited. A policy had been established of fines and fees for non-resi- dents. An attempt is being made to amalgamate all insur- ance policies into one overall county premium. He said that there is a great variation, at the present time, in remuneration paid in the var- ious libraries, and the Board would strive to equalize this situation. There are still prob- lems regarding purchase of books, equipment, etc., but it is hoped the local committees will "bear with the board" un- til there has been an opportun- ity to review. Mr. Thompson reported that the board had been engaged in interviewing applicants for the position of County Librarian. A number of applications had been received, the majority of them from the United States. A report will be made at the next session of County Council. Wingbard Advance,Tlniesi, Tl ursdayR July E. 461 Page JOHN C. WARD CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Wallace Avenue North LISTOWEL, ONT.