Loading...
The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-12-21, Page 1"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about .therm: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold, 1 bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a SavioUr, which is Christ the Lord, And this shall he a sign unto your Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multi- tude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another., Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord has made known unto us, And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger, And when they had seen it, they made known abroad „*„ the saying which was told them concerning this child." eakVeAi. Best Wishes to 1 prom Wingivini, 0 lo, Thursday, Dee. 21, 1967 Single Copy Not Over een Cents. Children en ct Christmas cira 4,97.4t<ieeAdeaeetda4eLeA4ea-figeCa-a~a~nteeeteae%•Catteeeeeae‘ea-egeteeee‘eeet.etePeatteedar-eaateaeLeeCeetaet&a,eaera-etaece.eefeeLtaeLea'a.0'aeaateae-ea-aeaa‘G-eei-eei-e0eLOiLeae‘eaateeceie ‘.9'142n.6*40"K Cer7.41t4 t."7,‘.9 ,7R.9%.49%ei"<9.11.6,749rateee•e;',..01-00",":14.01,1,14t.~)VMS.974.047,4?4~%,,,,ept<497t014.repx~-et~Ite".4.)t4.A. Advance-Times Managern en and Staff and BARRY WENGEli. 0©63 WENGER, KAY MURRAY, NETHERY, SAMARA 6'44:CALLUM, AGNES Seventeen receive caps in pressive ceremony CAMERON, BRUCE CAMERON ED FIELDING, TED ROWCLIFFE, Fordwich bridge in doubt Municipal Board reserves decision Centennial medals presented at pay Oparade Sunday The 21st Field Regiment, A.(IVI.) held its annual Christmas church parade and pay parade on Sunday at the Wingham Armouries. Lt.-Col. E.D. Bell of Exe- ter, Honourary Lieutenant- Colonel of the regiment, was on hand for the inspection and the presentation of awards and centennial medallions. Mem- bers of the 99th Battery to re- ceive medals were Sgt. Maj. R. Sinnamon, Hr. Malcolm Ross and WOl Jack Blackwell of Teeswater. The regiment paraded to the St. Paul's Anglican Church in Brussels. The afternoon's activities included a training conference for officers and warrant officers. The 21st Field Regiment is comprised of three batteries, the 97th Battery of Walkerton, the 99th Battery of Wingham and the 100th Battery of Lis- towel. During the church service at St. Paul's, Lt. -Col. J.D. Harvey, C.D., read the first lesson and Major R.P. Ritter, C. D,,, read the second lesson. Kin make another payment to pool At the December meeting , members of the Wingham Kins- men Club voted to transfer another $1, 500 to the Centen- nial Swimming Pool. The club originally pledged $5, 000 to be paid over five years but in one year has paid off all but $1, 500. The club is planning a dance in the public school in February and a curling bonspiel will be held for district Kins- men in late January. Reports were given for the Grey Cup draw and the radio • auction, both proving to be very successful. Award presented at staff party About 80 people gathered for the second annual Fry & Blackhall staff party at the Legion Home. Included were members of the staff, wives and husbands and some outside guests. The president of the firm, Ken Kirkham and Mrs. Kirkham of Toronto were on hand for the event. Dinner and dancing to the music of Bill Templeman and his group provided the entertainment. Jack Sturdy, veteran staff member, was presented with an award in recognition of his fine work as the upholsterer of the 1967 design award at the furniture show last January. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedeetrla.n NO POSTAL SERVICE-- December 24, 25 and Dec- ember 31 and January 1, there will be no postal service of any kind. .The lobby will be closed. 0--0--0 MORE LUCKY WINNERS-- Five more winners were an- nounced Monday in the Santa's Lucky Bucks Contest. Winners were Ivan Haugh, R.R. 1,Wing4 ham, $25; Carl Cowing, R.R.2 Bluevale, $10; Mrs. Albert Car- diff, R. R.1 Ethel $10; Mrs. George Carter, Wingham $5. 0--0--0 IN HOSPITAL-- Friends of Howard Machan are looking forward to his re- =Very from a heart attack suffered four weeks ago. Howard is still confined to hospital in Wingham. 0-0-0 MORE LIGHTS STOLEN-- Local police repon more Christmas lights stolen, this time in the vicinity of Diagon- al Read on Tuesday night. Bulbs were removed and the wiring•sherted at the DuVal chiropractic office on John Street. Other thefts are report- ed froth the north end of town as well. An interesting service was held at St. Paul's Anglican Church on Sunday evening when the traditional Christmas carol service was combined with a colorful drama in which the children of the congrega- tion enacted the events re- lated to the story of the Sav- iour's birth. Rev, H. W. Ham- ilton, the rector, read the passages of Scripture foretelling the coming of the Messiah and the excerpts from the Gospels wfiich bear witness to the corn- ing of the Child of Bethlehem. Interspersed with the Scrip- ture readings were the familiar Christmas carols and hymns, with Mrs. G.L. Davidson at the organ. Especially enjoy- able were two selectionsby the Bell Ringers of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church under the leadership of Gordon Leggatt. They played "The First Nowell" and "0 Little Town of Bethle- hem". Karen Ritter acted as nar- rator for the drama and as the story unfolded the children in costumes of the Biblical times, acted out the arrival of Mary and Joseph and their search for a place to spend the night; the vision of angels before the simple shepherds on the hill- side above the town and the coming of the Magi and then the children of Bethlehem to worship the Babe. Mrs. W.D. May was respon- sible for the training rf the children and directed the drama. Assisting her were Mrs. C.H. Wade and l`aite.J.11. Costumes, Mrs. R. I. laittre, Mrs. D, W. Farnell, aars. King, Mrs. W.S. Lockridge, Mrs. Margaret Smith, Mrs. T E. Nethery, Mrs. R. Ahate, Mrs. C,Ii, Wade. In charge of arrangements for the stage, were R. A. Higgina W.E. Austin, T.E. Nethery, D. J. Penner; props, G. R, Allen and Mrs. R. Ahara. Leading members of the cast included Karen Ritter Ls narrator; David Ritter, first king; Michael Milosevie. second king; Sheldon Jones, lois Forouson wing; Federdtd gnsiitruge award LAKELET-- Lots Ferguson has °act again brought honor to cur community. She has reE:t1..c,.td tree Federate: el Wom- en's Institute of Ontario en- trance award for giaT entering Macdonald Institute. The girls ,e C hosen by Dr. Mc- Creaev. Tai', veal. because it is the Centarrenen Year and the 70th birtinlov O the Women's Insti- tute, fifteen awards were given. The usual award is pia but thii year the girls re.. ceived $150.00. thiral king; shepherds, Michael King, AllaA Voxton, James Ritt8,, Larry Milosevic; Mary, Trudy MacKey; Joseph, Randy MacKay; innkeeper, lamie Smith; angel, Kathleen King, Esther Nethery, Headier Smith, Ruth Nethery, Karen Smith, Carla :grait/r, Janet Wenger; special angel, Elizabeth Neth- ery; Angel Gabriel, Keith Vethero first child, Carol Hig- gins; second child, Loma Wen- ger; choir, choristers of St. Paul's Junie; Choir ° Seventeen girls who entered the registered nursing assistants' course at the Wingham and District Hospital early this fall reveived their caps in an im- pressive ceremony on Friday afternoon. Mrs. I.E. Morrey, hospital administrator, acted as chairman for the event. The girls have completed the probationary period of their ten-month training course. After the members of the class had entered in a proces- sion, the senior personnel were introduced by Mrs. Morrey, who then addressed the parents and students. "The capping ceremony", she said, "is a tradition. Though many look upon the exercise of traditions as mere sentiment and extremely old- fashioned today, we feel there is a valuable psychological value in the capping ceremony. It impresses upon the student's subconscious mind that she is assuming a new status; that of a person ready to accept res- ponsibility, That is why so many parents see a distinct change in their daughters as the weeks of training go by." Miss E. Steckle, president of the Registered Nursing As- sistants, was called upon to hold the lamp from which each of the students lit her own lamp symbolic of the continuing learning process being passed from one class to another. CAPS PRESENTED The capping ceremony was carried out by Mrs. Janet Field- ing, director of the training school and Mrs. Jean Ellacott, assistant director. The nursing assistant's pledge was administ- ered by Mrs. Morrey, Greetings were extended by Miss Edna Carr, assistant dir- ector of nursing, Mrs. A. Chettleburgh, president of the Graduate Nurses and Miss Steckle. A Gideon Bible was presented to each of the girls by Mrs. R. Kilpatrick on be- half of the Gideon Society. Scissors and hospital crests were presented by Mrs. Field- ing and Mrs, Ellacott, The ceremony concluded as the students sang "I Would Be True". Friends and members of the students' families were For the second time in nine months the Ontario Municipal Board held a hearing at the Wingham town hall to deter- mine the fate of the old iron- truss bridge in the Village of Fordwich, The first hearing was held last March and a new hearing was set up when it was found a consulting engineer's report had not been completed at the time the Board made its report, giving an OK to the closing of the bridge. The situation arose when the old bridge on Louisa Street, which is part of Concession six and seven, Howick Town- ship, was closed two years ago as a safety factor, The span was a county bridge for many years, and was built in 1905. It reverted to the Township of Howick in 1954 when the County of Huron built a new bridge across the Maitland River, a few yards down stream, and made a diversion in the north-south county road across the new span. The change removed two right-angle turns for through traffic on the coun- ty road and as long as the old span was usable the people of Fordwich were able to keep their usual traffic patterns. However, when the old bridge was closed a number of problems were presented to residents of the community, and they appealed to the Town- ship for the repair or replace- ment of the bridge. This procedure resulted in the hearings held by the Muni- cipal Board, The session held on Tuesday of this week saw two members of the Board in attendance, A.H. Arrell, a vice-chairman of the Board and A.L. McCrae. 'Mr. Arrell acted as chairman. Representing the township was N. A, Shepherd of Wingharr and for the citizens, Donald S. Mills of Toronto. WITNESSES HEARD Witnesses at the hearing included Constable John Gam- ble; Kenneth Dunn, consulting engineer; Donald King, hard- ware merchant; A.J. Ruttan, of the Fordwich mill; John Winter, a former Howick coun- cillor and reeve in 1946-48; Norman Harding, Harold Doig, both residents of Forwich; Ivan Haskins, clerk-treasurer of the township and a former councillor and reeve as well as Robert Gibson, road superin- tendent, also a former council- lor and reeve. After hearing evidence from 11,00 a.m. through to four in the afternoon, with an hour out for lunch, the board reser- ved its decision, and did not comment as to when it will be made. Its decision will determine whether or not Howick Town- ship will or will not be relieved of its responsibility to maintain the old bridge. Evidence given by those people who felt the bridge should be kept up fell into sev- eral main categories and most of the witnesses were in agree- ment on the main points. The parmount factors were that the closing of the old bridge has created a traffic hazard in the Village of Ford- wich because heavy trucks going to the mill find a prob- lem in turning around and on occasion have to back up to invited to enjoy refreshments at the close. Those who received their caps were Sharon Aspden, Woodstock; Mary-Ann Borho, Teeswater; Patricia Prenneman, Baden; Betty Lou Danbrook, Atwood; Theresa DeBruyn, R.R. 5, Lucknow; Carol Dinsmore, R. R.1, Gorrie; Barbara Doig, R.R. 2, Wroxeter; Elaine Hammell, Dobbinton; Jean Irwin, R.R. 3, Lucknow; Shar- on Johnston, Lion's Head; Jo- anne Kinahan, Goderich; Louise Lookman, Ancaster; Lillian Mitchell, 8.11.1 Ripley; Edna McConnell, Owen Sound; Elizabeth Pennington, P. Brussels; Betty Rots R. R.1, Wingham; Ruth Weber, R,R,2 Waterloo. the north on what is called Patrick Street, and in so doing have to back out onto the coun- ty road. The intersection of Patrick Street and the county road is dangerous in winter as it is often slippery and north- bound traffic, if it stops as it should, at the county road, of- ten cannot get restarted. SPLIT VILLAGE The closing of the old bridge which can still be used by ped- estrians, has split the business section of the community in two, with important services situated on both sides of the river. The result is that people have to come into the Patrick Street area to bank and visit the stores and mill while the post office is on the other side of the river, as well as several other places of business. To go from one to the other the ve- hicles have to back-track to the intersection of Patrick Street and the county road instead of being able to go directly across the old span. Traffic hazards at the inter- section of Patrick Street and Louisa Street were also cited, as well as the fact that Louisa Street to the east climbs a very steep hill and is extremely hazardous in winter if traffic has to turn north. The old bridge allowed this traffic to proceed to the west. Parking to the west of the old bridge on the right-of-way was also cited as being a problem. From the evidence given it appeared that the people of Fordwich are deeply concerned about the effect the bridge closing will have on the future of their community. Mr. Gamble said, "The steel bridge is necessary to the advance - ment of the community -- the closing of the bridge is really the death knell of the village as it splits the business section and creates a severe inconven- ience for the people." ENGINEER From a report by the con- sulting engineer, Kenneth Dunn, evidence was produced which indicated the old bridge can be repaired to take a 13- ton load, and this apparently will cover all but the largest trucks, for a cost of about $11, 000 which would receive the usual 80 per cent subsidy from the Department of High- ways. A new bridge was esti- mated at up to $80,000. At the previous hearing in March it was brought out that if the bridge was repaired, the $2,200 which would have to be raised by the township could be realized in a current budget and would not require deben- tures. It was learned from evidence that the Department of High- ways suggested the bridge be limited to a 3-ton load, but the Department of Transport would not approve this limit, and this caused the closing of the span. Mr. Mills suggested that the Council had been backed into a corner by the Depart- ment of Highways and that the hearing by the Ontario Munici- Please Turn to Page Seven. Smoke and fire damage home at Whitechurch Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Thomp- son of Whitechurch were just leaving their home in the vil- lage about 5,00 p.m. on Tues- day when smoke was noticed coming from an upstair window. The Lucknow fire brigade was called and the fire was extinguished in time to save the home but extensive smoke and water damage resulted. The house had just recently been redecorated. Neighbors pitched in and removed quite a bit of the furniture and the Christmas tree. The couple have three small children, Dorina,three, Geoffrey six and• David 18 months, The JEA FEED LEE, EWA 11 1,1.1 •..11