The Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-03-04, Page 1With which is amalgamated the ,Oorrie Vidette and Wroxeter New'
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ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The redefiteise
ouncil Donates
Listowel Disas i *MEN OE CARNIVAL--
,Pollock of blieknow was
ntaPsatahtlaen of the ,papitrieye, Lions
Olah lee carnival; on Saturday op ;night. She is: a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs', jack poilp91% of LucknoVe
and alrand-danghter of Rev. John
voPoGli of Wingharia
040:rito0 dIUUNTY
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The Winirlisini end' blatiig lily
tat:dad' Phildrelehi Association re-
aeatay areeeiveta a grant of .$100
14.9m the County of atiron. The
!r,..14;t1t help to finance the
eghOta .for retared youngsters in
04 area' which, has• been doing an
aXeellent job in face of rather
sesere obstacles;
The March meeting of die Tovm
Council was held, Monday evening,
with Mayor R. E. McKinney pre-
siding. All councillors ',were pre-
sent! except j, Garbutt and G. W.
Buchanan.
Following the apprpval of the
anintites of the February meeting,
the aeeptotts were read and approv-
ed. Correapondence from several
organizations was react, A letter,
from the Retarded Children's
Association, thanked the council:.
and ratepayers for a'grant received
last month. A similar letter from
the local Salvation Army was also
read, A request was received for
a donation:do the School Safety
Carripaign, and douncil detected to
grant $25.00 for this purpese.
Councillor Nesmith,- reporting for
the public works committee, said
that his committee had looked into
the legal aspects of sewer exten-
sions, and had found that a petition
from. the ratepayers who need
the Listowel nOne, 'council dite4,
ceased at wile length the condition' •
of the Weal 'Reeve ,Mal
said that the Wingham Arena, ;11*,
perfectly Safe, and iss/ a diffeee
type of eonstruction than the
towel building. • • • Ceuneilicir Nesmith pointed pu
that 'the snow has 'been reffipved,1
from the Wingham rink' on severq
occasions this winter, as well isa;
from the street side of the.bUilding,d,
However, he suggested it would
a good plan • to have• an engineer..
give advice on the strength of alai
building to determine what Weight:
of snow the building 'could he eica
petted to stand, He rececerhenclect
that such advice he sought in thei
nat. future • • —, .•
r. rt717L;14°.r 111)UA Nt)
You can sleep tonight, Snooker.
is ;back" home, After. a town-wide'
search, fer the :vial room cat, she
wandered .hotne at the week-end`
thin sine.'-fraaaled by her, weeka
• lang.'elasence but. otherWiSe sound
;Of wind' artd limb. ' OPEN HOUSE AT STORE OPENS UNDER
PUBLIC SCHOOL TODAY NEW MANAGEMENT
sewer service simplifies the prob-
lem, Mr, Nesmith alSo 'discussed
problems relative to icy streets, and
asked the Position of council if
someone falls and is lino,. Mayor
McKinney, said that the town
carried liabil'i'ty' insuranee, but •the
town was net responsible, 'urilesa
there had. been gross :negligence
pn the part of „the municipality,
COtincillar Valanith also requested
inforMation in regard to the con
ration of the 'main street, The
mayor said Una was •the -responsi-
bility ,of ; the Ontario' Department
of Highways, and the holes in the
street would bearepaired as soon as
practical, •
Salartes far town employees were'
discussed and on -Motion of lala-
saiith and Kerr •the salary of
George Carter was raised $5.00 per
week and that' of T. Whitby, was
raised to $1,15, lier hoar:.
Annie Saffety •
In the light Of.Alia collapse 'of
which remained intact is' in the upper right :of the picture. The
crane, 'centre, was used to clear many' of, the huge beams from the
ice surface.—Advance-Times photo.
BR BB POW /Y7— • . •
• , Ala:times a Snow •drift has its
good .Points. Robert, Hugh„and
John Sinnamon mounted to the
atest.ef their father's garage„On
Minnie, Street on Satarday, Hugh
Was the first: man down, after he gao slipped in the hears% snow on
roof, closelY followed' by his
"i!!' brothers who had attempted
k'few 'wise cracks, All three, Ptis
lialitalancied without mishap in the
ati6whank at, the foot of the wall,.
Mane' McKinney said "that while s
he felt, the .arena was -safe,..every'
one would feel better if, -thearialr;•
were inspected.- by, an engineer' cat-
provincial, authorities.. • "I•••
Reeve Adair said that authorities!,
from the Department- ef.' '
have inspectors In tbe disfricit:and
attempts will, he made to eentaet
them and have the local. building,
inspected, a.
On motion of Callan and Na '•
smith, cannel) decided tca.,give'
$109,00 to the' fund being, ,Bet, up
at Listowel for rile victims of the:
arena collapse in that cornailmitY.-
" lalaASTER SCENV-ailie,aiterinati Councillor ,Nasinith t of the disastrous, rena collapse pointed' out a
that he was not normally in favour at Listowel last Saturday which claimed eight lives is shown abOve• of grants being made to groups • • outside the municipality but :that The 'picture was taken .on :the , fallowing day; and shows the huge
in this case it was actually an. ea _ , antic:411A of rubble that faced the rescuers. The front of the building
pression of sympathy 'from • the
town of Wingham to our; neighs
MuYnitat.ittwAks ,mr,--
Aretheta.in the, same -family can
haais.''littl.e"•too close at: tiara Last
'week joiaiph" Hera sevonlyear,old,
ofsun• M.; and Mria'llarola•,,Kara
was playing , an .imPrenaPpa game'
Off tpi4b44„: et the, POHL
Olen he ,litilife4;:ffilla tilta into'hia .
bliothet tHila doe went to
theh6Spital witha titaltaii
William Gordon, naw proprieter
of the foraieepurdon's Ladies' and
Children's Wear, has announced
that the store will open Un Thu'rs-
day moraing, March pth, with a
gigantic sale to • cleat all present
ineich,andise r • • a When existing , ,stock i's cleared
the store will take on a, new atmos-
phere and will be known, as warm-
easa Outfittieg Store. Mr. Gorden
operates a • simner business in
Strathroy. • ..
A former Wingharn residentrAlan
MacKay, who has, been a erriployed
by.CreSsett MOtere in Wallacehufg,
fa.6Yed iiia;..faraily ',beak (.0 town
last. week and will manage the
stare,. ..A - -I lines(pf !Men's. work
clothing h rolits'a4 •eilihea, as well
as such initatirles; as tobacco, soft
drinks, chocolate har:S, etc.. will
be carried on theanain florin
Miss' Anna For& will be in
charge of the ladies' and children's
departmentaan the, second floor.
Coach. Entertains
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'With seven youngsters. and one
adult dead as the result of. the 'dis-
astrous collapse of the• Listowel
memorial arena on-Saturday mor-
ning. local officials haye inspect-
ed the Wingham arena carefully
and believe that it is 'safe for' use.
However, town council on Monday
evening expressed the view that
the 'building should be inspected
ed the ' syniptithy of thousamiS 'of
'Canadians in 'all:walks of life from
the prime minister to the most
humble: As well, thousands of
messages of sympathy pouredinto
the town from all over the United
States. 7 ' •
Killed in the collapse of, the ar-
ena were Kenneth McLeod; rec-
reational director for the -town,
Juvenile Team
by experts to inake 'sure 'h'ere is
no repetition of the tragedy which
struck. Listowel„ , •-
This community 'extended its
sympathy to the, neighboring town
through Mayor R. E. McKinney,
who offered any assistance passible
on Saturday anerning to the strick-
en citizens of Listowel.
The town of Listowel 'has 'receiv-
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SEED • ,•
'„Farniers and. others in this area•
will -be travelling to Clinton on Fri-
daYt ot Sathiday of this week to
attend" ,the 'annual Huron County
Seed rata. The-event is spensor-
edabY the "Huron County Soil and
,k6P Improvement Association and;
ibits will be ahoWn in the Can-
Diatrict high school. Two Hour Session „
Heard by Paratts . •
The seed 'of Interest and enthus-
burs' in Listowel,
The necessary form for reed sub-:
aidy from the Ontario Depart/POW
of Highways, was sigoed on,motioi
of Adair and Callan. • ' • Mayor McKinney, diseussea the
problem relative to the debenture
issue for the new high school
addition, He stated that it appear";
ed, that the addition_ would mean." •
raise in, local taxes of.about alma
quarters of kle wetitAat
Sityathat the hialearfaralasifing the
debenture has gone tcathe Depart-
ment of ' Municipal Affair's for
tentative approval, and that final
.approval would bp asked once
tenders had been let and the
actual amount • required 'for the
addition woays kerdnloiewn: Taxes
Mayor McKinne.y also reported
that town had a total of $25,500 on
the 'books in unpaid taxes. All
business .taxes, he said„ had been
paid up 'to 1958, and there was
only $556.35 in business tax still
outstanding for 1958, Property
taxes unpaid •from•1956 amounted
to 0,147, for 1957 $8,368 , and for
1958 $14,985.. He alai stated that
action will be taken in the near
future to collect the outstanding
taxes from 1956,
Pension Plan
After listeningto Finance Chair-
man Callan discuss several aspects
of a participating pension plan for
town employees, council decided
that if the employees want such a
plan; .council would agree, and
authorized Mr, Callan to proceed
with his in.vastigation of the pen-
sion• plans available, on the basis
of a contribution 'by the 'town of
five per cent of salaries paid to
employees.
The Wingha.na juvenile Hockey
Club was entertained by their
coach Alf Lecklidie and Mrs.
Lockridge on Monday evening,
when they were treated; to, a turkey
dinner at-Mr. and Mrs: Lockridge's
home.
The team played geed, hockey all
winter, and watra•througa to the
group finals, being 'defeated in the
last round by Mitchell,
During the evviing the boys Were
congratulated fort their efforts,,and
retUrn'thenkea their. coach and
manager 'Hugh ,Carmichael for'
their support and: for' the evening's
entertainmeat.' .Guests at ' the
dinner were Johnny Brent and
Father R. Durrand,
They'worked in co-operation with
man reports that they were soon
swamped with donations of food,
supplied by the women of Listowel
organizations, enabling them to dis-
pense fried and coffee throughtout
the six-hour period. Restaurants,
too, came to tile assistance of the.
Army workers 'and loaned urns
and 'coffee jugs. •
Captain Robert Allen . of the Lis-
towel Corps Was on the PA system
throughout the day directing dig-
ging operations and announcing to
the rescue workeis that sandwiches.
and hOt coffee were available. ,
• C • d M N the istdweCorps an r.New
lam planted .during the parents'
band 'committee meeting last
-month flowered into full bloom last
'Wednesday afternoon when 40 'or
more adults attended a solid tare'
hours' band practice session dit-
lected by - the .baedmaster, George
Wonah.. • The, band 'members, were
'absorbed in. their music ,and. paid.
strict to their, leader's
'instruction:. •
The committee was amazed at
the wonderful response from. the
parents fel" Wadi for. the occasion.
• Coffees'' vaa served along with
sendWielita The - children enjoyed
soft drinks provided by the Lions
Club.. ;
Another.- gathering of this kind
will be held at the, end of April .end
it is hoped that the same spirit of
cooperation and harmony will per-
vide all future 'meetings, thus en-
couraging the young people to per-
fect their music and branch out
into numerous public perform-
ances, more than in the past,
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pwlialyoerlIsai.ito-jutsate tiackeelflog22,,a,71eleliaP7(qe ee
session,. and Richard H_ ' (Rickey)
Kaufman ,10; .KeithaWight,
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100;
njarrkettie '.E
s R
airelh:alli
d-
ymilaesrtSinage;'B' Kerelern-
Smith 11; 'Bryan, Seebavet :bp- Mel-
bourne Jahnlahuebettorn 12,
Garry Skelding, Keith Render,
Jim' Askin; Ross Gibson,. Garry
Rarker, Norman Sitting 'and allele
Rassnien 'Were all hoSpitalized with.
anjUriesaand. •a 'number' of ^others
received minor injuries "and were
released from hospital. • '
The, tragedy' was keenly' felt •in.
Wirigharn,' where lace], hackey; en-
thusiasta knew Mr. 'McLeod and
by Local ,players who had engaged
in hockeY games With the UstbWel
boys. • The mein of' the arena,aollepae
:and, the leas of young life will; be
a lesson to all thoSe .resPonsible
for the safety of children -anal 'who
control public ,htiiidlaigs of.. this
type. Three separate •inv,estigatiores
are in progress to determine Why
the Listowel building came crash-
ing down,
The•probes may' find causes that
amid, well, mean the difference of
life or death to other communities.
rt. appears' that legialatioramay be
passed requiring all public build-
ings of this type to be kept free
of heavy snow,
Listowel was .crowded with vis-
itors on Sunday who 'Carrie to view
the- scene 'of the disaster, and on
Monday for the mass funeral ,of the
victims which was held at. the Lis-
towel United Church with the
Presbyterian Church taking the
overflow and hearing the service
on public address .systerti, •
'Dr.' Brock Cleland •
Tikes U.S.- Post', •
Or. T. Brock Cleland, veterinar-
ian at Lucknow for the past 10
Years, is leaving this district for
the 'United' States, whereahe has
accepted ie position on the teach.]
ing Malt of Oklahoma State Uni-
versity. Na 'will make his home in
Stillwater and will , take-. a post
graduate 'course in animal parisi-
tology in addition to his teaching
duties',
Dr, Cleland, aschose home Was at"
Latuque, Que., is a graduate of the'.
Ontario Veterinary College at
Guelph, While taking his course
there he married Mary Cruikshank,
daughter of Mrs. Benson -Cruilta
shank of Wingham' and the late
Mr. Cruikshank and later entered
practice at Lucknow. They have
five children.
Dr, and Mrs. Cleland and family
will move to Oklahoma around the
end of June, when his practice will
be taken over by Mark Raithby,
who will graduate from O,V,C, in
June, Mr. Baitaby is the son of
Prof. G, B, Raithby of the Veter-
inary' College, Indian Engtheer
Nimrno Is
N. .
°ice Q .o erator • •
'r Rev. Alexa~liier. ilpeyne,
W. t'l•centli'• nominated modem-
tor'or.the General' Agaembly at a
aTieetiei 'of 'Huron-Maitland Prea-
bYteay• of the 'Preataaterian Church.
Rev. 'G. MacMillan of Knox
Church Clodetich, Was the nomi-
nee fhr Moderator of 'Hamilton and
Liorittott ;Synod.
a,,APPOihted commissioners to the'
,general assembly were Rev. W. J.
S. McClure' of MOlesworth and
! Ariel 'Dr. 'Ninn(); Mr, MacMil-
taii'litir eiders 'froth the charges
of,Cianirrotrk; ,Goderich and Hen-,
Membes supported the campaign
fund .for, a new DeittOriness Train-
ing and a series of meetings
Will 'be held,
• The Wonieias MiSctionary Society
iiecietitry told the Presbytery that
contributions for mission work for
•
the, Presbytery totalled $36,000.
Bain* PARTY
• Euehre Party will be held at
Glenannan school on Friday eve-
ttihg, March 6 at 8.36, Proceeds in
aid of Turnberrt Park Fund. F4'11
7,4100,u Arm DANCE
ov,A.'‘euvhre and dunce in the Bel-
past. Vorresterat 'Hail aponsored
by the Wonienas'Inatitate on March
6th at 8.30 p,m. Ladies 'Plase bring
F4b
acked House Greets
igh School Concert
Will Speak Sunday
At Three Services •
A native of Itiditi, ThoroaS
George, will be guestspeeker
the morning service Of Blilevale
United Church ott Staiday. ate
will speak at Whitachicreh In the
afternoon and will be at Whiglialn
United nhurch in 'the evening,
Mr, George is an engineer and is
at present taking postgraduate
studies at the 'University' Of 'hes
roan. Be expects: -to complete his
course in 11),f, fall and win thee
rehire to India. Ile is attendhig
university here 'on a Massey sehol-;
ars), ip,
The People of the surrounding
distriet ere invited to attend any
of the three services most conven-
ient for them. ' Ur. George Will de-
!IVO• his address at the tinned
Chttreli here at 'eight O'clock Sun-
day evening at an informal type
gathering, which Will be followed
Eby a question - and anaWet period.
and 'a slog-aoag,
Mr. Alah Nor...too has Arran.
ad to take Mn, George to the •:81tte.
Vale and' tialvelitewa schools an
Mon ay when the. tilliateh will
have- the opPert,OnitY tif heath*
about
Corinte Rhame captivated the
large audience with her violin. sole,
Ann Douglas, Mary Fisher and
Christine Itunstedtler sang "Tile
Holy City" as a trio, Alan and
Donald ,McTavish 'got together for
a trumpet duet and the school
"Kick Line" received a big hard
for their e.fforts. The girls of
grade 10, presented "On the Street
Where You Live",
A 011e-Etet comedy play, produced
by ,arrangelnent, with Sansuel
French, and direeted by Russell
SmIth drew a tremendous applause
both evenings. Members of the
Cast were Jean Thompson, Pamela
Porter, :Lawrie Stuckey, Karen
Anderson, "Stewart McGill, Marjorie
Kieffer, and Eavid KeruiedY,
They concert Was believed to be
one of the best ever presented at
the school, and the pupils received
congratulatiOns from many ,Who
attended,
The Whigharn .District High
School was' packed to 'capacity both
Thursday and 'Friday evenings 'for
a variety program staged by mem-
bers of the student, body. .
Peter Nolan, president of , the
Literary Sheity opened the pro-
ceedings which consisted. of several
selections by the cadet band, seine-
tions by the Senior and Miler
choirs, sled - by the mass choir
Mary Pishbr and Karen Michel
I teamedm up tor an organ and' piano' „
duet. Christine Runtedtier sang a
solo and a triple trio sang "Shift.
Mg, Whispering Sand". Gymnastics
were put on, by the boy's, the school
orchestra rendered "Selections from 1 Carinen" and the ititerMediate girls
engaged. in square (Iwo. The
'senior 01Se:tableSang "COW Out
of the Wiley" lellowod ;by a stataa
phone solo by 'Naiad I•enliecly and
a aeleetiati by the bog choir",'.
ATLIXIttlAltY littlETING
The 'regular m_eeting of the La-
dies' Auxiliary to Whigham Gen-
erat 'Hospital will be hew in the
Connell chambers Mt Friday, March
6th at three o'clock; Fib ,
ON MILADY
:Thea Wing/tam, Wbilia&a testi-
titre ' will be Audit); . 'guests , on
Attady, OKNX.'PV on Tuesday,
March loth at 2.30 p.m.
411' vorurrzemlacx
he Women's Institute is spon-
soring Variety concert end dance
in the Whitachurch Community
non traidaYi .Meach '6th, at, 8.30
jam, Admission 50e, Public School
ohildrert free. Vailfer'll Orchestra.
lalnahleounter, Everyone welcome,
F4b
Mr; -and Arehle"Miller,
allirj.tilthtoiso *fah to latitatitnide the
Wigagehietit of their. eider
Sandia Eittantia, 'te Beverly
rjanida titehr#, Cideat•Obn ek mt. en&
MiSi"1, litettrao PiataiWitla The
' Marriage Will take blade in March.
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SIGNS 'Or bi SPitlA'."4:0 any boy worth ltitr snit;buSSY-W)00.Wil are a Mite signthat sitriug is ohway, the
if hot already
ho Left o tight are i'Vyttyne Watt, 'Son , !odor' h lir fill Crookw 104 thrca lads
*Ito ate OidelAIOla, They fthilist ,the PUSSY tbeY ;llaine the SalVtitkni Army Citadel,
etdvarice-Tiimme'sphoto.•
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This week is .Education Week
and as in former years the public
school is observing the occasion
bY holding open house 'on Wednes-
day, March 4th.
Parents," of course, are at liberty
to contact the individual teachers
at any time, but open house is the
annual event when parents and
friends have the opportunity to
visit the classrooms and see for
themSelves what is being done for
_our children in the educational
phase of their lives, '
The classroom deors will' open .at
three o'clock this .afternoen, The
pupils will be dismissed at 3,30 but
pare.nts are invited to speak With
the teachers and view the fine work
exhibits,the ;Children havo proper-
id, after the dlaiaiSaal bell.
aa,...a. r. , a
SALVATION ARMY
AIDS .1N ,DISASTER1
Envoy Stanley and Mrs. New-
man, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Clark and
Mrs. Stewart Hepry of the Sal-
vation Army Corps arrived on, the
disaster scene in.Listowel early in
the rescue operations on Saturday
Morning, Envoy and MrsaNewman
went ahead with several large
thermos jugs of hot coffee and
were followed shortly by the others
with the mobile unit.
"a/.4fiff ',ea a
NEW MEMBERS JOIN
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CANADIAN LEGION .
Corn. President Lloyd Carter
chairea the regular meeting of the
Canadian Legion Branch 180 at
the Leghni Home onarueadaY even-
ing of last 'week, Guests were John
Anderson and Commander, Bruce,
Of the London Red Cross.
Mr, Anderson . addressed the
meeting on Red Cross. and, in turn,
introduced Conimander Bruce, who
apoke• on the Blood , Transfusion
program. The branch endorsed the
plan for a blood clinic to ,be held
here,. for which details will be an-
nounced in' the' near future, A
chairman for the blood clinic will
be appointed by the executive.
L, V. Dawson won. the member-
ship draw but 'was not present at
the meeting It was decided that a
bowling team. would represent the
Wingham branch in Waterloo in
March, A chairman and five' ward.
Chairmen volunteers were named
for the. Red Cross Drive,
A committee composed of Coni-
reties Day, Coultas and Lewis was
set up to ascertain the number of
211.;year members belonging to the
branch, A donation will be made
to the Film 'Mlch for the pur-
pose 'of purehaSing a new projector,
Initiation ceremonies were held
when Ray Meyer and Ed MacAulay
Were welcothed into the Legion.
Talchig part in the initiation were
Cain, Past. President Seat, Presi-
dent L, Carter and Corn, George
.Brooks,
FORGET
Forget the hasty, wham] word
Forgot the slander you have 'heard
Irorget the quarrel and the cause,
Forget the whole affair, because
Forgetting is the only way,
Forget the sterna of yesterday,
Forget the knocker and the sneak,
Forget the bad dap! of the Week.
Forgot you're not a millionaire,
;forget the grey streaks in ,your
hair,
Forget to even get the blues - -
But Don't Forget to Pay Your Wes,