The Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-03-18, Page 1ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
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With which is tonal inflated the Genie Vidette and Wroxerter NeWll
4,MTA,410) WRLINLISIPAY, AllAgen 1$,110G0
SC Ord ers
Local Hos ita
oval o
atients
• they are ;forced to leave the 'hospi-
tal, The 013SC officials indicated
that they Will have to be moved in,
to nursing homes. or to the nursing
Wings ,of the, cnni:ity homes, ' .
HoWever, at. 'the present time,
there are ..no nursing• homes offi-
daily regist'ered in Hiiron County
and there are 'only four which ap-
parently can meet the necessary
qualificatiens to ,be. certified, The
county home does not have' the
room nor facilities to handle the
extra; persons at the moment, bat
a new 96-bed wing is under con',
sIderation )y County dolmen.
' Met :on 'Thursday
In view of the urgency of the
situation a meeting of .representa-
Wingharn General Hospital is.
facing an .order from the Ontario
Hospital Services , Cemrp,ission to,
remove twenty or more 'patients,
within the next few weeks, This in-,
formation was conveyed to mem-
bers of the hospital board at their
regular meeting held on Friday
evening,
7 H. 'C. MacLean, chairman of the
board, said that the Hospital Ser-
vices .Corrimission has. elarisiPted at
least 20 of the present patients as
ineligible 'for further hospitaliza-
tion. An additional four ..of five
may :he included in this class soon,
Mr. MacLean said that the big
Problem, of course, is where these
'patients are to be placed when
tives of the hospitals In Hciron
County was held in Goderich on
Thursday afternoon, twiten the`t inot
the County Council , 'eOnaritittee
Which deals with thercoUnty ItUrne.
The hospital-board 'representative:3
pointed-out to, the counCil:cOrnmit"
tee that there is grave ponitofn on
the; Part of 'hospital ,atithorlties
about the' decree from ,the pntario
commission, for those patients
which "have' to be mina/ G& front
hospital care :will no longee be
covered ' by the benefits payable
under the nit...Uinta] insuranite plan..
The 'hoSpital repreSeritsitives
pointed. out to the county' rine
committee that in. their opini it
Might be it mistake ,to lauzzch into
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4)(ATURDAY N1 HT~
LOCAL STORES Oft Bill Laidlaw Is Winner
Of Wilson Scholarship
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.S• Board' apd Teachers-
ree .140e*se,
Couples C1,6 b fornied
At St.'Andrew's
On Monday dverfing a nufnber
of interested 'couples met 'at St.
Andrew's' Presbyterian Church to
form a Couplesi_Club.. With Dr.
A. Niinnio aS ehairman, a discus:.
shin period took place, when the
aims and purposes of such a club
were outlined, •
Otficers were elected as folloWs:
PreSidents, Mr. ,and :Mrs. Bruce
MacDonald; .seeretaries, Mr, and
Mrs. Hebert IvIcKa.gue; treasurers,
Mr. and Mrs, -Andrew kcKague;
press reporteis, Ivtr, and Mrs, Ed
Fielding.
Plans: were laid for the peat
"erNlireadiayf,
Margh 81st. The 'Meeting will be
held at 8 d0 and all interested
couples of Bt. 'Andrew's congrega-
tion are cordially invited.
BIG Gitikut: mom—
The Winnipeg Per" Wee hockey
Iteam, [widen will be toning to On.,
tarl9 for the' Young Canada Hock-
ey Week at Goderieh, has, express-
ed the, wish to meet some team in
this locality in an exhibition match
with proceeds 'for the Listowel dis-
aster fund, Arrangements have
t‘been',nucle for the game to be
played in the Windham arena on,
Tuesday evening, 'Mara" 81st, with
the local Pee-Weer providing the
opposition. More -details next
Week.
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GONE WPM TIUhI
Just how many. people lost their
belongingS in the big wind on sun-,
day night is uncertain, Will
White's, TV antenna was, one ' of
the casualties and neighbors in
,Hillereit noted Man Hafermehl's
black plastic garbage taking off
at jet speed, It , may be some
time before all, things,, are return-
ed to, their rightful owners:';
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NETS TO THESE CIE.INSE--
Last week. Mrs, Burrell and Jer-
ry Timm; were "anfong'these who
reported, flights of wild geese on
their way north,. We used, to trust
theSeTeese and their knoweldge of
the weather—but not any morb,
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WORD FROM THE SOUTH—
A. letter 'from Bill McCool says'
that he expects to have 'the cast
removed from his leg next week.
He' has been wearing the extra
equipment since he broke a small'
bone in his ankle while bowling
some weeks ago. He says the tern-
perature-,has 'been in the 70'$ and
the 'weather fine. Howson's, _Wil-
son's, Lloyd's Mrs. E. Wilkinson
and Mr. and,: Mrs,q3us•Hopper of
Exeter are all citDaytcinii,' Beach,
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OARS WIIECKED—Two ears, one a 1951 Oldsmobile, owned by Ian TilieLaurin, ' (fop)' of VVingliana, and
the other ,a 1952 •Cadilae, driven by William Oliver of London, were almost eoMpletely 'wrecked' in a
collision south of Beigrave dn. Saturday evening. Four men were injured, with William Johnston of Wind-
ham suffering a 'broken hip.—Photos by J; J. Lewis. •
Following a series of meetings to
negotiate a new salary. -schedttle
With 'the -!te'Wehite the:;
Wingham District High SchoOl; the
board ancl StafP ratite :to-terms
on Tuesday evening of last week..
,The result js an average $/..000
Increase to each of .the "'teachers.
The agreement which was reach-
ed-elle:Wed. an eXtra;$100.00.-Above
excellent catering services and that .offered by the board the Pre-
Inhgei.r continued interest in Scout- vious `Week. PerhaPS - mare ,impor-
tiara the board accepted "a new • ea-.
A 'meeting of 'the Wingham. 1.31.18,1-
tress Association was' held in 'the
council, chamber last Thuraday
evening With a representative'
group in attendance,:
1/ittior decision to come, froM the
meeting was the agreement* the
merchants..to once again open:their
places of business on'SatinedaY '()Ve-
nirigs. It was, generally:Jell,. thaj:
Saturday. ',,evening, March 21st
would be a proper date as.it would
provide local people :with an., op-
portunity to do their. Easter ,shop-
Ping. The merchants 'also endors-
ed the plan to remain open. .Sat-
urday evenings until the end of this
year. .
The members present were ask-
ed to assist in strengthening` the
organization and to bring along
another businessman for the ?loci;
meeting, which, has been 'slated for
thursdar evening, April 2nd,
'The group also disposed pos-
sible improvements: in prompting
"a shopping contrc
Further discussion on '''the Subject
will he raised at the, next meeting.
The Association also heard Sev-
eral letters, and in 'connection with
the abolition of daylight saving
time went on record to 'support
plan to have D.S.T, standardized
as to the time when. the change
back to standard Lime takes place.
tegory system, deVeloped''. by ,the
Speen:duty Sehoo,1 Teachers' Fed-
eration, and being presented by
teaching fA ,the JaroVinee
Which qualifies teachers in lour
tyPes. . .
In the local prise it Means that
teachers in the: first category will
receive 'a '$4,500 Minimum salary
with a maximum of $7,200. The
second category for teachers with
endorsed 'certificates which pre-
viously were termed "non-Special-
ists", will allow a minimum of
$4,600 and a' maximum of $7,300,
The previous specialist type. of
teacher will now receive $4,700
minimum and $7,400 maximum., 'A
new category for a specialist at
honors level will start 'at 84,000 and
have a maximbm of $7,700,
Maximum's for the principal and
vied-principal were set at 0,200
and $8,600 respectively.
The increases, represented above
do not include the annual inere-
Menta of $300 for staff and $500
for the principal, which gives an
average increase. in total of $1,000
over last year's salaries,
The date for the annual' cadet in.
spection Was set for` rintrstlayo
May 21st at 2,00 p.m: with The
open night at the school scheduled
for May 22nd,
ft was also announced at the
beard meeting that th'e Ontario
Department of Education has
changed the schedule of granta for
capital expenditure to include home
econernles toeing and shops. this
will mean extra grants*W111 be valet
On the addition which will be built
to the, school this 'year.
mum sAND,_ 2 _,I,,guerits . who were present, 'for the.
ecxompriensistetede'
- , I gattering, -pfeSented,
the financial report of the group
RIMERS' BANQUET gMrea:t6
r McKinney
i. with 'the health and growth of the
About: 125 Boy Scouts and Wolf Scout movement in town, DeWitt
Cubs,•with their fathers, gathered Miller. tendered the thanks of the
at .the basement of the United gathering to• the ladies for their
Church oil Wednesday evening for
the'annual father and son banquet.
Kembeth of the Scout and Cub
Mothers'. Auxiliary catered for the
delicious 'banquet. District Commissioner Archie
the $1,400,000 building program at,
the county hoine until the situation
In regard to tile hospital overflow
Is cleared.
At Friday evening's meeting
board secretary John Strong read
a letter from the Wingham Hopi-
cal Board to James Kinkead, who
heads the hospital board group fOr
the county, stating that there is no
plaice for the patients ordered out
of the local' hosptal to go, The let-
ter also stated the Windham
board's belief that the. county home
does not provide the answer to. the
'problem, even if adequate space
was available at the present time.
The fact that patients would, in
that way be taken many miles
away from their own CloctorS and
families is only one of the con-
siderations involved, The letter
concluded that .the patients in .
question will have to remain in
the Wingham Hospital until there
is some better solution,
The brief submitted at the Tneet-
jag on Thursday in Goderich will
he presented to the meeting of Hu-
ron County Council which is called
for Monday, March 23.
Same 67 patients in the county
are affected by the Ontario Hos-
pital Services Cominission order
for discharge.
Neiv Members Introduced
As 'the board meeting opened on
Friday, evening the chairman la.
trocluced two new members, John
Colvin, who represents the Tees-
water and Culross area and Herb
Foxton, the Turnberrsr representa-
tive,
In her' statistical report for the
month of February Mrs. MOrrey
stated' that there was a daily aver-
age of 117 patients in the hospi-
tal, a drop of 10 from the same
month last year, which indicates'
that so far the introduction of, the
hospital insurance scheme has not
created, 'a. rush for hospital beds
it ,Wingham as it has, in some- other
centres ;--
The chairman of the finance
committee, A. D. MacWilliam, re-
ported:that, there was a book pro-
fit of $8,111 for the months of Jan-
uary and February, offset 'by al-
lowance for bad debts and several
other items not shown in the new
form' of report required by the
OHSC, He also painted out that
accounts receivable for the period
prior to January 1st bad 'been re-
duced by*some $32,000 during the
past two months, to leave $29,000
still on the hospital books for the
period ended Dec. 31st,
Salaries Increased
Roy Cousins, chairman of the
management 'committee, read a list
of recommended salary increases
which affects most of the hijsPital
employees. The ,increases average
about 7 1,6% on the total wage bill,
to up costs approximately $18,000
per year, He pointed out that the
new salaries will be in line with
those paid in other hospitals in this
area.
Chairman DeWitt Miller Of the
property committee reported that
three private rooms had been re-
decorated and new furniture plac-
ed in them; new equipinent and.
cupboards had been placed in the
diet kitchens and the old boiler bad
been sold for scrap and removed
from the 'building, Plans have been
Made to erect a glass partition over
'the counter in the main lobby as
Well as several, other smaller jobs
to be completed shortly;
CO GROUP READIES
FOR SPRINfi FLOODS
LIONS HEAR TALK
ON DEATH RATES
William G .
Laidlaw, son of
Robert Laidlaw,
RR. 2, Wing-
ham,, . and the
late Mrs; Laid-
law, is, one of "
four , Canadian
students named
by the Woodrow
Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation as a Wood-
row Wilson Fellow for the acade-
mic year 1959-1960:
The 1200 American and Canad-
ian students who are this year's
Fellows, were chosen from 7,000
candidates from. over 100 under-,
graduate 'colleges and universities,
'this irellmOhip .pipgrain' is aimed
to solve, the critical shortage of
ofialiffer"university an& college
instructors. If recruits and sup-
ports promising; students for 'the
first year of graduate study and
the project • is backed by a $25,-
000,000 grant from the Ford Foun-
dation.
The nominees will begin gradtiL
ate work next fall in. over ao dif-
ferent universities. Each will re-
ceive a living allowance of $1500,
pius l the full 'cost of tuition and
fees. ,
Bill graduated from Wingiham
District High School In 1955, where
he had been an active ,member of
the student body. He is now -at-
tending the University of Toronto,
but intends to use his Fellowship
by , studying chemistry at the
Washington State University.
Gowanlock spoke of the importance
of Scouting generally and the bear.:
ing it has upon the future of the
communities in which it is thriv-
ing,
Crnikshanle, • and Charlie.
Hodgine try" their luck
at ice fishing recently se they took
Off in the former's, aircraft .and
bopped over to Lake Shineoe, where
they had a go at the sport and then
returned home for supper. Slim
Boucher and his pals were near-
by when , fhe .craft landed on the
lake:ice, Slim came back with a 12i
pound lake trout.
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DONATIONS READY?
Two calls upon your generosity
must 'be remembered this week,
MeMbers 'of the Canadian Legion
are calling, at the homes ,in town
for the Red Cross drive and those
Who, have not sent in their 'con-
tribution for the Crippled Child-
ren's fund (Baster Seals), arc ask-
ed to do so at once,
the Life Insurance Medical Off i-
cers' Assn:elation of North America.
The speaker *as thanked, on be-
half of the club by Lion R. B. Mc-
Kinney. • •
President Bill Cottron presided
'over the, gathering. Lion Hap •SWat.,
ridge Was at the piano and Lion
Harry McArthur . led the singing,
while Lion 'Hugh Carmichael gathr
eyed- in the fines. Dqn 'Hildebrand
Was a guest at tile meeting.
Lion Emery Stuckey reminded
the Lions ..that the Easter Scat
campaign is only partially cern-
pletecl and that 'considerable must
still come in if the quotas set in
previous years are. to be mai,11-
Dr, R. C, Montgomery, vice-pres-
ident and chief medical officer of
the Manufacturers' Life insurance
company, Was the guest speaker at
the meeting , of • thg `Lions Club
held in the United Church base-
ment-on FridaY evening. Introduc-
ed by Claude Tirner, of the mine
firm, Dr, gorhornery gave an il-
lustrated talk On the, way in which
mortality tables 'are wopited out by
insurance actuaries. The ',facts
which are brought to light in the
course of Such research provide
the statistics upon which life ex-
pectancy 'may be based,
Dr, Montgomery, who is' a native
of .Harriston, is. a past president of tamed,
of Wroxeter wish to announce the
engagement of their only daughter
Shirley Ann to Albert Lloyd 'La-
mont, eldest son of Mr.' and- Mrs,
Calvin Lamont of Holyrood. The
wedding will take place early in
April at the Wroxeter United
Church.
Warren Callan, chairman of the.
Scouti gioup• committee, acted as
chairman for the evening. At the
head 'table were ,W, B-Conton and
Bill Connell, who were in charge of
the- group Siniing, Louis Pletsch,
Walkerton, Dr. A. Nimnio, Envoy
Stanley Newman, Andy Lunn, De- EN GAGEMMNT
Witt Miller, Mayor R. B. IVICK.in-
uey, Field Commissioner Bob 7.-ay-‘ Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McMichael
tor, District Commissioner Archie
Gowanloek, Scoutmaster Alton.
Adams, Alan Walker, part time
Scoutmaster, Cub Master Bill Rin-
tout and his assistants, Mary Lee
Hallenbeck, Marilyn Riehl, Pennie
Gerrie and Barbara Pickford.
Mr, Callan welcomed the Scouts,
Cubs, and fathers and the other
0.f1.S. EUCHRE
A euchre pdrty will be held in
the Oddfellow's Hall on Tuesday,
March .31 at 8.30 sponsored by the
Eastern Star. Adm, 50e, Lunch,
Everybody welcome. P1825b
eek-end Traffic Halted
By Howling Blizzard
In London Hospital
-kllo*ing Accident
William Johnston. of Windham,
is in a London hoSpital with a bro-
ken hip as the result of a two-car
collision two milcA south of Bel-
grave on SaltirdaY evening. He
was ,a passenger in, a ear driven by
' Isrt McLautin, also of Winghtun.
The accident occurred When, a
1952 Cadillac driven 'by William
Oliver, 21, , of Landon, travelling
south, went out Of control an was
in collision with the Wingham ve-
hicle. Both cars were damaged
beyond repair. ,
The MeLaurin vehicle was, re.-
.turning from Exeter, where the
grouP had been bowling, The pas-
gengers were Ted English, Walter
Brown, William Johnston, Gordon
RaPSon and 'pied Ohm. The Lon-
don driverWas along at the time,
ilVfeLaUrin, Johnston, Oliver and
Brown were taken- to the Wind-
bath 'General Haspital, IVfoLatfrin
and 13rOwti being released after
treatment, Oliver was teleaSocr
the next day, but" 113111 Johnston
was removed to' London for Air-
ther treatment.
The accide,M, wits investigated by
ProVincial Conatable J, ‘7,: Lewis
of the Winglirini detachnient.
filt/C141IIMS MIL .PAluit FUND'
Euchres Wilt' be held this Priddy,
March ,29th at 'Powell's and Glen.,
nanon schoola at 6.80. ;Lunch SerV-
ad. Bvetyb6Cly Welcorhe, Pl8b
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oNr, OF TigNa.Whiglitim'S Len firavirford boddera tallied doWn their first divine of the eIttrent plaYeff
series With• the VViinitin. Redman here last ThilitiodiCY) Wits 10-6 Oennt One ,of file se,e0nd Period goals
khown above whim tarry reS1006 bent NA the north ern gonlie who took a spill in trying:to molke the "taVe.
The series Is Slated to Continue with the thbra Wairaiis back in the 'Whighinn Arena tonight ('We(Inestlay),
VIEJCIttlE AT WROPITER
A, euchre Will, be held in the
Conimunity, R all, MTroXeter, f00
p,na. Mare 19th, Sponsored, by the
Wit ,'Novelty prizes,
Thieves Get Get S300
Solnethite (hiring the early 'Hours
of ,Saturday meriting thieves enter-
ed the 13elgrave Co-Operative and
made off with merchandise valued
at 'over $500. The 13elgrave busi-
ness igimanaged by M. It Orr,
Taken in the break-in were three
truck Urea., a tar battery and. two•
liiilltiiig triaehipeS,
The, milking machines were later
recovered by t'rovitIciai Pollee near
London, where they had apparently
been duniped by the burglars,
The entry' Wes inveatiftated by
ProvinCial Conga:hie 1, ar. Lon,
of Wiughoot,
To add Lo the confusion Lelqthone
communications. were so badly dis-
rupted on Sunday evening and
Monday that those who were forc-
ed Lo stay over were unable to let
families, know whether or not they
had reaehed safely.
I.,:ven• rail lines were drifted in so
deeply that trains were cancelled
or ran boil late, The scheduled
freight. from Pelmets:on to 'Kin-
cardine Ihrough Windham failed
to make its usual run, The C.N.
passenger train out of 'Owen Sound
to Tm7oitto crawled into Ayton
some eight hours after departure
and then moved hack la Hr.:move
so; that the passengers .could find
places to stay,
filfforts of 'higbway snow Blow
crews to open the roads on 'M.on.
'day Were harnpered by the hund•
reds of abandoned eats along thr
roads, On Sunday evening at least
76 ,motor vehicles' were reported
involved in accidents of varying
seriousness, in some eases as many
as 'eleven ears being piled: lig n
one tangle;
The weather has been c.irastie all
winter, but the season reserved Its
Worst . blow of all. :for this past
week-end when winds gusting up
to 80 and Oo miles an hour lashed
rain, snow and drifting snow across
the .entire priVinee.
Driving conditions on 'Sunday
evening were very bad in' the area.
around Wingham, but apparently
they Were 'even worse farther east
in the Orangeville and Arthut ilis-
tricts, where visibility -dropped to
nil and drifts piled up so rapidly.
that hundreds ef hinter vehicles
Were abandoned on the highways
Travellers sought Shelter in any
,building VThieh would protect theth
'Troth the Vette winds and driving
SnoW. There is no count of. how
Many slieltered in' farm loaner
,OOng the way, but it is known that
from 800 to 800 were forced to
spend at least two nights in the
village of Arthur. In 'Orangeville
a similar Millis,: of enforced .guests
clogged accommodations to the Ifni-
IL have ral.' Winghain nottpl'es
are known. to littire 'reitiained ut
the latter teWri. ,
Recognizing the 'possible danger
bf excesoiVe flooding in and around
Wingham this year, the local Civil
Defence organization has already
done considerable work in prepar-
ation for any eventualities which
might arise.
A list of beats and motet's avail-
able has been made and arrange"
merit's have been completed to sc'
cure blankets on short notide. A
list has also been completed Oi
older persons In the‘ threatened
areas, as Well as hales to which
evacuees might be removed
ease of necessity,
Though everyone Is 'hopeful that
the spring thaw will be a aradual
Ono and that the threat of floods
will not materialize, Wig certainly
a wise precaution on the part of
the Civil Defence organization to
have everything In readiness for
concerted and litinedlate action
should the need arise. There are
emite,,a few :homes, particularly in
the Lower Whighant section, 'Which
Ice Within the area Which Would be
Inundated under, good doildittonk • n A- photo, •
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