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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-09-28, Page 1Mrs. Mosure spry at 95 WFSC will hold carnival in spring; set fees for 1961 Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Sept. 9 CtirveAlite Mrs. George Mosure of Ford- wich marked her 95th birthday last Saturday at the Village Nursing Home in Fordwich. She is still in reasonably good health and her memory is extremely good. Her eyesight and hear- ing have failed, however. She was raised on a farm Car stolen here, found in Grey Twp. A 196'7 Chevrolet parked on Scott Street disappeared Wed- nesday morning while the own- er, Frank Sanders of R, R. 4 Brussels, was working in town. Discovering his car stolen, he reported the theft to the Wingham town police and later that afternoon it was found by the Listowel detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police in Grey Township. According to Constable Kilpatrick who made the recovery, the car sustain- ed some body damage. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian SECOND CROP-- There was fresh fruit at the J. J. Kerr home on Minnie St. last week when one of the black- berry bushes produced berries as large as thimbles on one of the branches. The branch was load- ed for two feet. And the Kerrs weren't stingy with them; they brought the cane with part of the crop on it to the A/T. We can't say as much for the boss and Mrs. Murray. They ate the 60 berries -- said they were de- licious but didn't offer the rest of the staff any. 0--0--0 VETS TO MEET-- Scotty Forbes told us the other day that veterans of the first World War will hold a re- union at Clinton on October 14, Invited to the event are any vets who enlisted in Huron Coun- ty, or any veteran now living in the county, including former members of the Imperial Army. Registration is at 2.00 p.m. at the Clinton Legion. Mike Weichel of Elmira will be guest speaker. 0--0--0 WORK UNDERWAY-- The end of the bricklayers' stike last week has had its ef- fect in Wingham, as work is once again underway at the district high school where con- struction was bogged down due to the lack of masons. 0--0--0 SMALL CHANGE SNEAK-- Two homemakers in the vicinity of Patrick and Francis Streets had their budget knock- ed out of line on the weekend as someone lifted money plac- ed in milk bottles, awaiting the arrival of the local dairy. Police Chief Jim Miller is in" vestigating. 0-0-0 LEAVES OPP-- Constable Murry Fridenburg of the Ontario Provincial Police Mt, Forest, has resigned his position with the force and will take up new duties with the Waterloo University security de- partment. Constable Friden- burg and his family moved to Mt, Forest from this commun- ity on the first of August after spending seven years in Wing- ham with the OPP, The consta- ble was with the force for five years before that stationed at Mt. Forest. The annual meeting Of the Wingharn Figure Skating Club was held September 19 at the home of Mrs. S. Orien. Reports on the past season's work were received and plans for the com- ing season were formulated. The treasurer reported a bank Lions are ready for CNIB canvass M. Shears of the Kitchener office of the Canada Pension Plan was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Wing- barn Lions Club, held Tuesday at the Wingham Golf Club. Twenty-four Lions and three guests were in attendance, and showed a keen interest in what Mr. Shears said in connection with the scope of the Canada Pension Plan, and the benefits for retirement, death, and dis- ability which are available un- der the plan. During the business session it was reported that the enve- lopes were ready for the C.N. I.B. canvass and Lion Frank Madill asked that all the Lions stay after the meeting to finish the job. A vote of thanks was moved to Terry Merkley for the loan of his convertible for the parade and beauty queen con- test in Lucknow. The following projects were announced: Shopping Spree tickets are ready for the next draw, to be held on Monday, December 18, just in time for the Christmas goodies; Lionel Thornton will play for a dance on Boxing Day, probably at the new public school; and the an- nual peanut drive which will be held about the end of Novem- ber. Brigade out for two fire calls The local fire brigade had two calls during the past week. Damage in both cases was light. On Thursday at the noon hour a run was made to Gorrie where a chimney fire at the main street residence of Herbert Charles caused considerable concern for the owner. There was some smoke damage and a few ceiling tiles were damaged. Early Tuesday morning the brigade answered a call to the home of Stewart Henry of Bo- land St., Wingham, where a car owned by Keith Henry had taken fire. Damage was con- fined to one bucket seat and smoked blackened windows. and the eastern shore, to a point upstream approximately even with the old CPR freight sheds. balance of $337,99 which is quite satisfactory to open the season. It was noted that with. out a carnival profit the club would not operate, therefore a carnival will again be present- ed next spring. The costume convener, Mrs. D. Fenwick, re- ported that costume expendi- tures had been $171.34 and $166_00 had been collected from the skaters for their cos- tumes leaving a debit of only $5.34 in this account: The charges for carnival costumes will be allocated on the same basis again. The club will again join the Interclub Figure Skating Group so that tests may be tried in January in Goderich, and later in Stratford for senior skaters. This should enable more skaters to try tests. The test chairman, Mrs. J. Strong, reported that K'athleen Jay had attended sum- mer schools and passed addi- tional tests to attain Junior Bronze standing -- the 25th in the Wingham Club to do so -- and also the second figures and fourteen step for Senior Bronze. Former tests passed this year by club members were; Prelimin- ary figures; Janet Haines and Marilyn Irwin; Dutch: Maureen Stainton, Sandra Orien, Linda Paul; Canasta: Janet Haines, Linda Paul; Willow: Kathleen Jay. The election of the nine club directors then took place with the following results: Presi- dent, Roy Bennett; vice-presi- dent, J. Hodgins; corresponding secretary, Mrs. S. Orien; re- cording secretary, Mrs. G. W. Tiffin; treasurer, Mrs. H. Wild; test chairman, Mrs. J. Strong; ice supervisor, Mrs. S. Majka; costume supervisor, Mrs. D. Fenwick; carnival tickets, Mrs. E. Beard. Miss Agnes William- son and Mrs. W. W. Gurney were appointed auditors. D. Thomas and H. Brooks were re-hired to carry on as club professionals and were praised for the fine training they were giving the skaters. Arrangements are to be made promptly to obtain Wednesday ice time for the club. If ice is available, the first lesson will , be November 15. After considerable discus- sion of money raising schemes, and club financing, the follow- ing rate of fees for the com- ing season was decided upon: Junior skaters, $11.00 per per- son (which is about 50e per les- son); senior skaters, $12.00. There v, ill be no reduced rate for beginners since they re- quire more attention than ex- perienced skaters. The third and fourth members of the same family will be charged only half the regular price. The associate member fee is to be one dollar. Skating mem- bers may join for $5.00. A skating member, any interest- ed adult, has the priviledge of using the ice time when formal lessons are not in progress. Wednesdays from 9-10 p.m. it is hoped that such a group might be formed. Jake Jutzi chairs first Kin meeting Members of the Wingham Kinsmen Club gathered at Dan- ny's Restaurant on Tuesday night for their first meeting of the season. In addition to re- ports of summer activities, the club voted to continue sponsor- ship of the Grey Cup draw and the CKNX-Kinsmen Radio Auc- tion, held early in December. Presiding for his first meet- ing as president was Jake Jutzi. Other officers taking up their duties for the year were vice- presidents Ellwood Irwin and Bill Hanula, secretary Mac Rit- chie, treasurer Doug Layton, registrar Gerry Wilhelm and directors Vern Redman, Peter Thompson and John Strong. —Mr. and Mrs, J, P. Alex- ander attended the 48th annual convention of Ontario Associa , tion of Homes for the Aged, September 1821 in the Cha- teen Laurier, Ottawa, and also visited Expo, Public School Chairman Wil- liam Harris was master of cere- monies last Wednesday evening when about three hundred par- ents, visitors and students con- gregated in the new auditorium of the public school for the of- ficial opening. In his comments, Mr. liar- ris said it is three years since planning for the new addition started, He complimented the Wingham Town Council for its co-operation. Harry A. Posliff, principal of the Strathroy District Col- legiate Institute, was guest speaker at the official opening of the new addition to the Wing- ham Public School last Wednes- day evening. Mr. Posliff is a son of a former principal of the school, and himself a graduate of the institution. He was introduced by Scott Reid, a trustee and former board chairman, who said that Mr. Posliff's father, principal of the school from 1913 until his death in 1936 was loved by all who knew him. He said that the son filled every quali- fication as speaker on the hap- py occasion of the opening of the new school; raised and edu- cated in Wingham, he was him- self an educationalist and a high school principal in Strada- roy. Mr. Posliff said he was aware that his being asked to speak was a tribute to his late father. He said he felt sure the board would want him to reminisce a little about bygone days in the old Winghatn Public School. He recalled the old brass bell, the classes in lines, the old snare drum best played by Lance Brown, the long bannisters that were a temptation to the young and a temptation that he, too, had not been able to resist. He reminded former students of recess in the basement and the fortunes in marbles that change ed hands " and the schoolboy fights. He recalled his father's teaching and said he,was forturs. Mr. Harris called on Mayor DeWitt Miller to eut the ribbon, following the dedication of the building by Rev. C. M. Jardine, minister of the Wingham United Church. The Mayor was assist- ed by three students; Danny Ir- win and Carol Jamieson held, the ribbon and Carla Smith carried the scissors. Mayor Miller spoke briefly, saying it war an honor to rake part in the opening, the third since 1952 when the first addi- ate to have bad one year in his class, for he then knew what others meant when they referred to his father's ability. While the old building is gone, Mr. Posliff said it would always live in the hearts of old school friends when they met. "We cannot live in the past," the speaker said, " for to do so is to shun the responsibilities of the present," lie referred to the problems of building a new school and said he was familiar with them. But the opening of the building is not the end, for we cannot stand still. In this day and age school boards are building rooms to teach subjects that we never heard of ten years ago. The teacher cautioned, how- ever, that changes should not be made for the sake of change alone. "What is challenging on Monday, may not be so on Friday." He suggested that criticism of educational pro- gress is fine, and always worth listening to, but not everyone who suggests changes in one direction or another, is correct. These people and their views should be heard and considered, but their advise is not necessar- ily acceptable. "In the old days we were certain of every- thing, and today, if interested in school it behooves us to know what is going on. It is not the. purpose of schools that they should be sacred cows, but it is necessary to be sure we are cor- rect before changes are made," The speaker said we should tion was erected. He told of some of the problems faced by council and the board in mak- ing financial arrangements. He concluded by complimenting the board and stating that this body is a credit to the community. Roy Bennett, chairman of the board's building committee, introduced architects Lloyd Kyles and Brian Garrett. He spoke highly of the maintenance staff, Roy Manuel and Norman Heal, for their efforts and pa- —Advance-Times Photo. List of players growing-still need donations Charlie Lee reports that al- though several more names have been added to the list of potential players on an inter, mediate hockey team, there have been no offers of dona- tions to assist in financing the club. Without some financial backing it will be impossible to get a team onto the ice for the coming season. Fred Lee has volunteered to serve on the executive, but more help is still needed in this department. The players who have vol- unteered since the last report are Doug Neil, Bob MacKay, David McCallum, Donald An- derson, Donald Willie, Paul Strong, George Kerr, Fraser Strong, Bill Kerr, Randy Mac- Leod, Ken Henry, Bill Mit- chell, Tom Deyell, Jim Mit- chell, Alphonse Vienneau, bill Crawford. not necessarily believe those who say our schools haven't changed and that our system smothers creative talent. On the. other hand, if such state- ments are correct we have trouble, but such thinking newt be questioned. We have to de- cide whether the children will be taught subject matter alone, or will be taught to think as well: The speaker was thanked by John Currie, a member of the hoard, tience during the building pro- gram. He told the audience to look for the date stone from the old school, which had been in- corporated into the wall of a corridor in the new building, along with a picture of the old school, Architect Lloyd Kyles said he had never worked with a more co-operative board. He com- plimented Principal Stewart i3eattie, the music teacher, Mrs. Carl Douglas and the students who formed the choir for the evening, Douglas Brown, president of Andeen Construction, the con- tracting firm which build the school, thanked the board, staff, architects and caretakers for their assistance during the build- ing program and presented the board chairman with a cheque for $75.00 to be used at the board's discretion. Inspector J. H. Kinkead said he had been present for the first meetings leading to the 1952 addition, and later the plan- ning of the 1956 addition to the school. He pointed out that some members of the boards and councils of those years were on hand for this ceremony. The inspector claimed that not every community appreci- ates the long hours spent at meetings and the work done by its school board when planning such things as new additions. The inspector said it had been a privilege to work with the Wingham board. Mr. Kinkead stated that the school opening underlines the faith the community has in the future, and in a concrete way indicates that the children of Wingham deserve the best in education. He claimed every parent has a task to make sure the children reach their full potential, Regardless of the buildings and good staff, this cannot be done without the co- operation of the parents, Mr. Kinkead said. Chairman Harris acknowledg- ed with thanks the donation of the lectern by the staff and children of the school, and the mural in the gymnasium which was a gift of Guenther Heim, local artist, as well as the gift by Mr. Brown of Andeen Con- struction Ltd. Principal Stewart Beattie in- troduced the members of his staff who received a fine ova- tion from the assembly. He re- marked on the value of the new library in the school and the tremendous part it will play in the advancement of education. He commented as well on the new auditorium and said it is the envy of visiting teachers. Mr. Beattie went on to say that both he and his staff ap- preciate the new facilities which have been provided, and are grateful to the board for its ef- forts. He said the citizens of Wingham are fortunate in hav- ing a board whose members have a great deal of foresight -- the board has always planned for ad- ditions to the school as they were needed. The principal praised the children of the school, saying they at no time bothered the workmen as the school was built and were extremely well behav- ed. Chairman Harris recognized a number of visitors from school boards in the surrounding area and welcomed them to the open- ing. In concluding the cere- mony Mr. Harris said he felt it had been a success and thanked the guests, parents and children. He said the board is proud of the auditorium and pointed out that it is a community room for the people of Wingham to en- joy, through the recreation commission, CROSS to build At the September meeting of the Combined Roman Cath- olic Separate School Board, it was decided to take the prim-, ary steps for the addition of one classrootti arid one general pur- pose room and the necessary auxiliary rborns completion of the new addition is slated for September 1968 . near Fordwich and moved to the village as a young woman. She lived all her married life in the community. Her husband died in 1943. The couple did not have a family and Mrs. Mosure lived alone in her home until November of 1965. While she is living at the nursing home, Mrs. Mosure is up and around every day, and last week attended the wedding of a grand-niece at Palmerston. She is a charter member of the LOBA Lodge, Fordwich, and has for some time been honored each year by the members of the lodge, with a birthday par- ty. She is a member of the Ford- wich Anglican Church, Mrs. Mosure worked for a time at tailoring and was noted for her wonderful skill as a seamstress. Orillia firm gets de-silting contract After about four years of frustration, the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority will be able to proceed with the desilt- ing of the Lower Town pond, according to K. G. Musciow, field officer for the organiza- tion. He said on Monday that ap- proval has been given by the Department of Energy and Re- sources, Conservation Branch, for the work to be undertaken by Inland Dredging of Orillia. The firm is expected to be on the job shortly and to complete the work this fall. The company will use a hy- draulic method of removing the silt, working from a barge and sucking the muck up by means of big pumps and then dispos- ing of it via a pipeline on floats to the disposal areas. Crysler, Davis and Jorgen- son, consulting engineers of Toronto, have indicated that about 60,000 yards of silt can be removed in the area up- stream from the Lower Town dam, between the stream prop- er in the middle of the pond FIRST SECTION miunimisigintionmialiniimisiiminisigimisiamistaiimill i • They'll Be Seeing il II ii it ii Expo on Us! il ii ii i Only THREE shopping days left! II By Saturday evening the last of the free draw tickets • will be in the drum at The Advance-Times office and the u last of the daily finalists will have been selected. -ii On Monday, October 2nd, the name of the winner will 1 Ili be drawn and some lucky couple will be planning their hi it all-expense paid trip to Expo. • i In case you're a late starter -- here's how it works: II Read the advertisements on the special "Expo page in this ii newspaper. When you do your week-end shopping in the • ii stores listed on that page you will receive free draw tickets the week.) i II with each purchase (and bonus tickets on the specials for WI ii ii Fill in your name, address, telephone number and II ii store name on your tickets and hustle them to the Ad- Wi a vance-Times office and into the drum. The office will ii ii be open till 6 p. m. Saturday. ii Daily draws have been made since the opening of the II contest. On Monday these final tickets will go back into i II the drum and then the grand prize 'winner IN ill be drawn, " ii entitling he or she to a free trip to Expo for NO. The I li trip includes bus transportation to and from Montreal, two fil 1 nights' accommodation, transportation to and from Expo tra _ while in the city and passport tickets to the big fair. -i- _ i The names of finalists drawn so far are: Sept. 14, Dot il othy [lain; Sept. 15, Joe Dolgos; Sept. 16, Shirley Han uIa; Sept. 18, R. C. Scott; Sept. 19, Peter Bauer; Sept: • 20, James 14. Campbell, R.R, 2, Wingham; Sept. 21, ii i Mrs. John Nixon, R, R. 5, Brussels; Sept. 22, Mrs. G. i 1 Welwood, Wingharn; Sept, 23, Donna Vanderwoude, i '4 Wingham; Sept. 25, Ruby bone, R.R. 51 Brussels; Sept,, it 26, Mrs. Fraser McKinnon,14.R. 6, LucknOw. 1 . E11101111311111111111111111111111111111111111111111110111•1111111111111111111.11 11111111111111011111111111ii U ari 1967 CAROL JAMIESON and Danny Irwin held the ribbon when Mayor DeWitt Miller of- ficiated at the ribbon cutting ceremony at the official opening of the public school Speaker recalls student days at public school last Wednesday. Little Carla Smith brought the scissors to his Worship on a satin pil- low. , Single Copy Not Over Fifteen Cents. Mayor cuts ribbon to officially open new addition to Winghom Public School