The Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-05-06, Page 7--trz•st•,--st-s
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WiNOROIr, ONTARIO, WiRDNESRAY; MAY, Oh, OW
Dr. Jarnei$B
mentioned
Religion tp he,h
in Red CrOSs 'Drive 10
CHIEF Palmeee •naine was drawl a DANGER pn TUPSday eirening of last week
when "the „Whighain Brapoh, No.
1.110, Canadian 'Lotion, Made lita
regnkar inen:thcralijn" draW. Mr,
Palmer was not preaent the'
meeting to .claint his yrixe.
. .
'It' wag decided that the Legion
would •purchase a radio; and 'tick-.
:Os would be 400: in aid of the
Juvenile Hockey' team. The draw
will probably he :Made on television
with the 'date, to he• announced
later,- l • ' - •
A regort on the fled gross Can-
Yeas held ;4n Match disclosed that
the local branch ihad collected
over' 41;10010 'Ihte-
The Ladies' •Anicillary will cater
to the annual VE Day beneuet te
be held on' May 8th-ift 'seven b'cloelt.'
The gueSt speaher, for the ,occasion
will be Leglinf..:'Fielti ,, Organ4er
Reg, Cleator ..Toronto. Twenty
25-yeNt. membertihli):'Piiis, he
presented at the-' ,banquet.
While progress is tilling made,
taberenlosis continues fo be the
number one public health menace
in Canada, Pr, Wm, Sigkrp4i ffiALIPPr-
intQndeot of link Satetaiiinn•teld
members of the HUM County
Tuberculosis Association, The pc-
motion was the annual meet* of
the association which folleWedjilh-
ner in Armstrong's ,Restaurant.
Vaeter on Monday evening:
The danger in the •disease IS the
apathy with which it is regarded
by the public TB kills more Peo-
ple than the total of all other in-
fections diseases,' with the excen•
tion .of influenza,. Although the
death rate ,has decreased, there
ltre 'alhit8t Marty -admissions
today to sanatoriums -as in the
past, At the moment 'admissions
are at the rate of 10 per day in
Ontario; Dr, Sharpe said,
The speaker placed emphasis on
the necessity of continued testing
as a means of prevention, Recent
trends in planning programs of TB
Prbveation give tubercular testing
an important place, lie said. It is
Clear that if the entire population
were given a tubercular skin test,
smile .00 per cent would show in-
fection, although in .only 'five per
cent would the disease become ap-
parent:
' The Well-attended meeting heard
reports indicating progress made
by the association during the past
year. A grant of $5,000 was giv-
en Goderich Hospital and-reh011i-
tation and• social service work in
connection with patients and ex-
patients of Beck San coat $390,
More than 1,000 persons received
free X-rays 'at hospitals in Sea-
forth, •Goderich, Exeter, VVinghans
and •Clinton, at a cost of $3,340.
The Christmas Seal campaign
raised $12,476,95, an increase of
3.0 per cent over the Previous
year.. Amounts raised 'by the var-
ious communities were: 'Seaforth,
$999.25, up $60; Goderich, $2,203.75,
up $150; Clinton, including RCAF,
$1,579.20, up $120; Wingham,- $1,-
569.75, up $142; Brussels, $834,40,
up •$579; •Zurich, $374.75 up $50,
and Blyth and Londesboro;$506,
The average age of the 14 Huron
men admitted to the San during
the past five years was 57,, And of
the Jig„ women, 56, years, At pres-
ent,• there...Are three men and two
'women from Huron in the San,
IgeDerrnott, pf ,Fordwich,
was named president, succeeding
11.: Glenn Hays, Q,Ce of Gbderich•
and•urging;hiCeentAllOcl, effOrte' in. Other officers are: horfoistry. Pteale
regni.C.;"••••• • ' i dent, Judge Frank .Fingland; hen
Egrondvilie;
ntia1 Sotiaol !of
41X Univer-
sity tot-Western" nta,r1o. {rpm June
1.6','to19, 'and ask'e'd ninny
ministers as iioi:Sible
Thisf was. tbe.jast,ineeing for the
summer' Council of
Churches .,.. 1•111.i p gs
•1441,i• ?iik.PAW6i;5. .tP'•••S°'1:Ta•-
ticizi ...4iny..:01til#1,**rii!gitittA, It
4• = ,
Owt;
,w4)6h
produced much
' A.,lettex Wit'S:•ieti:dtroM the Luck
now Ministerial4sSociation, .It
Was .i'cOpy- one WhiCh had been
sent to seSPUbliihing, ebinpany, in
Toronto,' sObjeCtingste the ,obscene
printed 'matter distributed
In this 'by tha't company The
Council of'Churches endOrsed, the
letter ;and. ite0.44. 6i.:We'n'd. a letter
trO'fine'4tteineeifernethe Hon,
Kelso-1Onerts, ;cealnending ,}nn
for,;:the.^. Bp tbin'.!:hei;cg...tiaken lay 'his
departailient:'-t.o?!,StOP the; ,flOw of
such material ,Ontn:m4. bP"c4sCarlds
and col:merlin46M,
Dr Niniuio extended best wishes•
to two ''aie leaving
the.'sO/k h to"of I;Ph
desbor* .w4iti 10 , retiring, and Rev.
C'• • who Will
take tip, a new ..eberge the lake7
head''..area: ,;,northwe4ern On-
tako.
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TAKE
ATURE OBSCE
Rev Lefille, Elder ,' of . Seaforth
was ,host to the Wingliani and Dis-
trict' ,Connbli Qf,Cliurchei,,for
reialer meeting on Monday of this
week, knifeinid'ildt4d the devotions.,
Dr. Alexander' Nitumb reported
that :Rev.: Dr.:Savage. of Pontiac,
Mich be.in e.WInghaM for a
public, service, on.. 'Monday, May ,18,
the.tinne 'and place tobe announced,
Legion. Reports $1400 PUBLIC APATHY ' .•
orary ;treasurer," H. C. Lawson,
Clinton;- first vice-president, J. E.
McKinley, Zurich; second vice-
gresidents,A I, Stewart, Seaforth,
executive •conned, E. B, Menzies,
Clinton; Elgin R6Wcliffe, Hensall;
P,•IS, McConnell, Seatorth; Russell
Knight,, Brussels; W. B. Cruick-
shank, Wingham; auditors, B. C.
Boswell and W. E. Southgate, Sea-
forth. The executive- secretary is
'Mrs. J, B. Russell, Seaforth
Walkerton Service'
Gordoh ,Leggitt, Norman Kent-
i $r ./jarry: MCArthur, and Herbert
Fuller .repesented :the Wingham
'Age• at 'the' Masonic Bruce Dis-
trict Church •parade in Walkerton
on, Sunday afternoon.
The service was held in St.
Paul's United. Church with Rev.
Ero, R. R. •Conner, district chap-
lain, as the speaker. 'His theme
was "Building unto God".
The choir, composed of Masons,
sang "How Great. Thou Art". The
four men from Wingham, sang in
the choir.
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NOV EXECUTIEVii, '105)17-aisittrset'bfficsesis 'Was•:44e4t94 44.141S, rb.'Fifs sP._ sals,„$ret!§14M., ilsrurr
at the regular Kinsmen .Club meeting last Friday. The new officers • Stainton; registrar; Mt.rray Gerrie, Stewart "..1,,eedaam, Bob
are left to right, front row: Ivan Gardner, second ,vice-president; directors and Matt Boyd, secretary. The new Officers will be Installed
Fred Templeinta, first vice-president; Jim Currie, President; bilurray in September.—Advance-Times photo,
by Provincial Constable, "Bob" Lewis . .•
Despite all the publicity that hag the'road Will'inaAtellt. a safer place
been given to the, recently inaugurs lox glI cif,us ;.•
ated Driver Demerit Points Sys-, ' kcoiniMon.,MitieOnception,
tern I find, talking to people around ingjther!,peiritOi_system is ;•:that'
fists
w cohuontryside, that-there are ap-- have 12', point's • and ic)11'*613ch ei-
parently a great number of motor- .fence ,are knock-
have little or no idea .0.1, ectSuff the. 'Actnally. the. re-,
the workings of the systeni, For •eeees ,case; You sfart'e;if
that reason this week I will, to the • nene atia. . thepants are
best of my ability, explain the' .iiviarCle&L eaeh time, opirvi4ioi,i,is
.1'
system to those interested. • ,Xegistered- fdr'-an' offenee 'cOvered
' " ' the/ aysystemsSO ,if ' that s y First, the system Is not designed :by • • • ' to snatch away your drivingspri-• build tete;,eV 6 0104 you
vileges. It is designed , primarilyWotila ; •4•99fiv0 ;a, ;letterFrom.the
to remove from the road these, ;Department of i*Yi4sirripg:
drivers known to us as "repeaters';
That is to say, those drivers vitc: ing that sf rom ...now on yeti,' hould
are continually appealing mag-
istrate's court to face charges un- Shoeld,,yon ''build up_,' 9 points
der the Highway Traffic Act. Dris' then be"called in for, an
vers who keep cropping up 'in ac- i qerview,1 8,11!°' 'by' the Derartm'ent' At ',this, ':interview an:- attempt is oldent after aecident, who are' uS-
ually the cause of those same ac- rnade M _find out .just what is the
cidents, There are a number' of cause of your Obtaining this arnonnt
,is lack .of
bad driving practices, through lack Of 'points; :.Whether .it kfiQyesesigesis,44 ,driving practiees
reasons for this. It may he through
of attention or in sortie cases-for or perhaps attitP46.7'
psychiatric reasons. - Should you, hiziliii%np 12 ;p61nts
NEW AND OLD—Murray ,Sta.biton, left, president of the Wnigham
Iiin'sine n' Club -congratulates the incoming president, jim Currie, who
was elected to office on Friday, evening; The new president does not
take-Over his duties until next Septemlier.—AdvaneesThnes photo.
vt;oror ieft.in!i4 t ,back iow, Linda "Hatitingti 'Brenda Ellacott, Barb-
' Oa' Reroiligtori, Lynda Sehiesiel, Diane Orvis; front
taws .KatlIstym.11,0tarme,. .lean Welwood, Nano COn-
mOrti,'Virginkti hurray, Joan Caittelon and Oloria Reed,
og,:MARSIC SPEAKS
ON .MENTAL HEALTH
The 'meeting of the Presbyterian
Couplea' Club last Tuesday eyes
ning was marked with an inereea-
ecl attendance and. A very fine pro-
$raril, The guest speaker for •the
occasion was Dr, A, 'I'; Marah11,11 Of
Whitechurch,
The meeting was In el:large of
the secretaries, Mr, and Mrs, Bob
MeRague, assisted by Mr, and Mrs,
Jack Donaldson, The worship Bel.,
vice, conducted by the presidents,.
Mr, and Mrs, Bruce MacDonald,
opened with a .hymn-sing led by
John Ostrom, followed by a hymn
end the Scripture reading by Mrs.
OaSerriere, ' Prayer was •by Jack
During the busluese session Pet-
er, Vanderkollt „reported on a num-
her of projects that the club might
undertake for the Sunday School
and the ,new educational wing re-
cently added to the church proper.
A number of these Items will be
carried out shortly, while. others
will need further details before a
final decision is made. /Vfr, and
Mrs. Nelson Pickell favored, the
gathering with a violin and piano
duet, The offering was received
with: the offertory prayers being
giVen by Gerald Smith, • Dr. Alexander Nimmo introduced
•Rev; R. T, A, Marshall and. Dr.
Marshall to the gathering. Rey.
Marshall spoke briefly and intro-
duced the 'subject appropriate for
the occasion as the week was be-
ing , observed throughout Canada
as iSIVIental Health Week". Mr.
'Marshall told of some of the In-
eidents bearing on this subject he
had;'-experienced as a prisoner in
World War II; and pleaded for a
better understanding of 'this ques-
tion, that is of "vital concern to all
of Canada, He then turned the
meeting over to his wife.
• 'Dr, Marshall followed on the sub-
ject and drew an Interesting 'and
informative, address ;from the
wealth of her experiences as a sen-
ior resident at a mental hospital in
Northern Ireland. She cited cases
representing the various moods
and , nature that typifies this dis-
ease. She told the gathering Of
the different treatments that are
sven to restore patients to nor=7
mat every-day living. She, too,
Pleaded' fora better and ,a, sympa-
thetie understanding of this .dis
page, and left' the:Meeting With the
sobering thought that statistics,
point out that one in ten in Can
aria Will need treatment at some
perm in s s
ss Mis, Bob ,IVIcKague, expressed.
thanks of ,the'rneetitig td
Marshall 10- her 'timely and
thoughtful address. The meeting
closed with a hyMn and benedic-
tiens,by.. Nirenne, Lpnch was
served by the, committee in charge;
Nekt 'meeting will ^be on•May 26th.
Heads Canadian
Trust Companies
M. Arnastreng, assistant
general manager' of
gage & Trust -COMpanys Stratford,
elected Presiderit of the Trust
co:,.ena:Meg Association of Canada
;f:k•the 'annual Meeting held in. TO,;
isinto recently.
AranstrOng is. 'a graduate of
the UniVersity of Torthit0 in lak
and economics and of ‘. Osgoode
Hall., After 20 yearS%experience in
•eatate and 'trust administration, he
joined the lisritish Mbrtgage. last
September: Under' his supervision
the firm ha's undertaken a, pro-
,gram of eiopansion in ail phases
of trust, and „estate services.
LOST FIVE‘GOVIS
DUE TO RABIES
WILITECHURCH Gordon Mt:-
Bailey of Bast Wawa:100i had his
first experience with rabies on.Jan-
uary and when he •found a fox hid-
ing in his stable. The stable was
used for cattle during the winter
months,
Dr, McLennan, animal health
veterinarian, of Seaforth, has since
ordered •four of the cows destroy-
ed and had kept the cattle, under
quarantine .until last Friday, when
the 62-day period since the last
outbreak had expired.
The quarantine sign has again
.4v= ;posted, „and-another s:ossi wee,
burled on Sunday after going wild
on Saturday, The calves of the
cows were not affected but Mr;
MeBurney has no assurance that,
further outbreaks will not occur
and must continually watch for
trouble.
WHITECHURCH
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Smyth, Lil-
lian, Doreen and Bill, visited oil -
Sunday at the home of Mr, and.
Mrs. Jas. Donaldson of Teeswater,'
Miss Marjorie Currie of London
spent the week-end with ," her
mother, Mrs, P. Currie, • .
Special Mothers'.; Day services^
will he field in 'the churches In this
k district next Sunday, and also
i baptismal services.
Linda and :Marion McGee, little,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George
McGee, who Spent 'last week in
Wingharrt 'Hospital' suffering from
pneumonia, 'were able' to return
home on 'Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Win. ,Martin and
children of Kitchener spent the
week-end ' at the borne of t heir
brother, Mr, Howard Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. 'Ernest' Patterson
of Goderlch visited on Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Robinson.
Mr* Clarence Chamney was very
ill'last week suffering from flu.
COUPLES' CLUB NAMES
NEW COMMITTEE
• A very interesting panel discus-
sion was held last Tuesday essens ,
ing when the United. Chureli.
Couples', Club met for its regulars
meeting. Mrs. G. W., Tiffin,
Russell Smith, Allister Green. and:
Lee Vance formed the. panel with
Russell Smith acting as Moderisidt:'
The .topic under ''discussions was'
"Your Occupation arid You"..t The-
panelists were asked what had
attracted them to their-occupations
and whether or not they had plan-.
ned to do this work before finish-
ing their schooling. They then
discussed whether there were occu-
pations that do not contribute to a
community and what work they'
would strongly object to, having'
their children take up; whether a
woman's place is in the home; if
honesty is the best policy; if there
are aspects of business that are.
chronically dishonest, etc. When
the panelists had each taken his
or her stand the group as a whole
was asked' to participate and the'
discussion was quite lively..
Only ten couples were present at
this gathering. The president;
Lovell McGuire, opened the meet-
'ing with a. short worship service
The program committee presented
new ideas for prorsrams for the
remainder of the year and on
Wednesday evening, Mr, ark; Mrs
George Guest, Mr, and Mrs, Russell
Smith and Mr, and Mrs. Wilford
Caslick will meet • at the 'latter
couple's borne to plan the May.
meeting,
It is hoped that an out-of-toWn.
Speaker will be present in May to
address the Club on Retarded
'work. A. committee, Mr
anti Mrs. Lovell McGuire, Mr, and
Mrs. Wilford Crialiek, Mr. and
Mrs. Wray and Mrs and Mrs,
Sack smith, was appointed to work
'with and assist the local branch
oft the Retarded Children's .Associ-
ation,
Pussell Snails conducted a tons
test when the group Was split into
two teams, to cleterMine whether
the given Paints Of •Biblierd 'men
and women, Were prominent in the
bid or llew Testament, Mr, and
Mrs. Smith and Mr, and Mrs.
Allister Green, were in charge of
the program and lurioh,
'This Of''course, In
faet; saPart;sfront slasking,
4arge sindeithestHighWay Traffic.
ACKthe•siasiketrOart.;iraiinothing to
do the,7sYstern. actinslisi
happerisslissthfe.,'WhetkeissyOu knoW
it'or hot,every 004. rais',Vrecti.d
whi3Oh41.1,Ieept:,...15Y 'the 'DePattMent
Of' TinnSPOrt In•T6rOntep:'-' On this
record is- marked- your, accidents,
traffic ;violations and so forth. This
sy4om. T imagine, will ,h6 continued.
:and .each: time that the Depart-
ment le.advised of a conviction by
the Court, the requisite number of
points' Will" he added- to the record.
All this, will.be &me at a central
location.'s I imagine.that •same
loCatien will handle the .issuing of
the warping letters, the Interviews
and also•the susPensfons.',
Most of those drivers who have'
diecnsSed the points system with
me have been frankly apprenens
sive ahoutsthe- whole thing,, Why,
cannot'r see. If any attempt is
Made to-analyse the syStem it' will
quickly' tie Seen that those offenCeS
for 'which you can be awarded' 9
or 12 points are all offences which
are deliberate. None of these Are
offences which are Committed in a
moment ,of tkoughtlessne,sa ancl.
what id Mores they are •nearly all
offences *hick. are -punishable' by
a, Suspension of greater than threp
rilenths..anyway: • .. -
The rest' 'of the offences tor'
Which points 'ranging frpm '5 'down
to.2 can be.11Warded, are. offence's
which I .aril -fold can happen to
anyone. The-only peasible reply
to that is, "They don't. happen te•
the careful driver) " And even if
they do, then they don't happen
more than vote.
•It is perhaps a good'idea to work .
out a points system of your. own.
You are. quite well aware of your
driving• record, prior to the intros
ductioti of the system, Then work
out fbr yourself whether you at
anyAime 'would have stood in fear
of loSing yotir licente Award your-
self points for the offences Corn-
Milted over the requisite period
and see how close you might have
come to• losing " your licenCe. The
great majority of drivers will find
0.(EfOS_OF :GAME
distribution of $800 'to various
public projects in. the COuntss has
Iseen. Made, by. the poileO,officerS'
of this district. The Money is half
Of the ,prOceeds of the "annual
lice-Liens „lieCkey gaste,:played in
Goderieh a few weeks age.'
DOnatiOnS-• of $100 each
made' 'tij, the, foliciwingss,Winghain
Swlinplifig „fisnd:-
Swimming„'', Pool, tund,..;:tlinten
Sinikuning Coderi.ch A's=
Spa ag ?Ors Retarded s'Cliildien,-
WIisghant:safid Diatrict ASSOCIatiOn
for;. Retiarde'd Ohildreni :On.de*h
Kinsmen PlaygrOund, S e rt h
Kinsmen Playground and Exeter
Boy Scouts Association Scout
House.
BELGRAVE
Miss Annie VicNichol, Who ,has
been employed the pas6 two years
with Mr. Martin Grasby, has re-
turned to. Seaforth to be with her
mother, Mrs. r, McNichol:
•
Corporal and Mrs. Arthur Gar-
rod and Jill, who have spent the
Peat four 'years with ,the air force
in NOrthern France, arc spending
some time. with hex sister and bro-
ther-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Orr
and faMily.
that they. ,have earned very few
Of even no points over the years
that they have been 'driving, To
the driver Who finds that' he-' has
over the years earned 'points en-
ough to be suspended, perhaps not
only 'once and to the driver who
has prune ties° On a couple of oc-
casions, I Can only say, "Look to
your driving friend. You 'may he
the very man the' system was de-
signed for,”
, As a footnote I might add that
safety literature has been placed in
the hands of all the school child-
ren in North Huron and the ex-
amination pallets will follow short-
ly.
OT e. 11-
BRUSEL,S•BlifE7IN
COhStalbles Bob Lewis and Pen
Bell of the Wingham. petactunent,
Provinical. Pollee, were busy 'on
Mo./1day following the theft of ; a
safe from Mcarteheon 'Motors at
The :thieves made off 'with the
800-lb, safe and its contents and
truck jrem the BrusSels garage.
the„.• hrsee,kin waS :fotind at eight ,
o'clock' in,. the. Morning .by' Jack
,IVIeOuteheon ;and.slater sirs the day
the 'safe diacOvered ',between
. • :.the fourth and ''Sixhconcessionno of
Grey Township.: ” The 'do'or had
been hafirlered Open. and $600 in
chequts' and an equal amount in
cash -stolen. The safe also con-
tained, ledgers and oiher papers,
some 'of Which had, been burned.
The thick was found in a field on
the fourth concession of the same.
township,
. Theft of $1,000i in cash and
cheques from a store in Fergus the
same night was at first believed
connected with the Brussels entry
but the apparent connection has
since been disproven.
RETARDED CHILDREN
MOVE ENGINE TO
COUNTY MUSEUM
An event of considerable inter- , est is taking place is Gederielyanss
Friday nnd• •Saturday
as the old•C.P.R. yard engine 'No,
6275,• weighing, 175,000•Pounds; Will:
,he moved to its permanent resting
place. at the Huron Courity Museum;
The moving is a task of inaljOr,
proportions, for the engine is ,
present located in the CP round-
house near the harbor:. ;It'.Will•be
shifted 'from there, to the. ON line
and brought up over the hill 'by
this route. TO Move the •engine
from the ON tracks to the museum,
Several blocks._ away,. portablestrack
has • been constructed; which ,Will
be laid in .relays' along the streetS:
The locoMotive will' finally.' come-
to,,itS last resting Plate in the
Seim grounds on North Street,,,and
after it is in, plate be , co.V-
ered in with. a -permanent,
Interest in the event is so 1-een
that a crowd ,of at least 2,000 people
is expected in the county '.town' on
Saturday.
Purchase of the locomotive was
arranged by the mused= curator,
J. H.• Neill, and the Goderich Jan-
k,. Chamber, df Coninierce IS sell-
ing "shares" in the engine to meet
the Purchase cost. •
ItitOWNItg AttIVANCroilie thirteen Weinberg of the
'Brownies rebeiVed their Golden Bars a special 60cl/ion:On the
reeriiittion, tooin of the United dittreh hist Weibiefiday, Mrs,: Norinait
00filinISSIOittet, made the ptesentatieit, Itteeiiing 'their ,bars
Accidents Are usmess
point out that this particular group
• • Pant,' fOr,
To the average motorist .I would, ss :isessodsSrs4.0Se4iisfssses, 4.ef4sitsset
are involved in quite a ;large pers, ,called Upon ,to earn ,.,your licence„
eentage. of .the aceidents on our al •Overs and•Sit seers:
HighWays and their removal from' start life once more With no;Pairits
„your„,reCtird. ;
'Another.':snisConcePtion
regarding:the 'sYstein that', po-
licenianr IS 'the one:who hands .out
the' poinqi... ',Many drivers that I
haireS sPoIien: to:s have hein fir ly
sbriViiited,.,that ....if.';I:2batth them
Speeding ."I, award them :points: on
,Iigt% and Mrs. Wilfred Pickell
and family of Hamilton Spent the
week-end with Mr, and Mrs, Herb
Wheeler ,and other. relatiyes. .
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McCrea and
Maureen and Mr: Martin Grasby
Mrs. Charles D. Cox at Bond Head. SEEK RS FOR visited on Sunday with Rev, and fiANT
John Bateson was ,electecl Deputy
District Commander at the District
C Canadian Legion convention in
Stratford on Sunday. He defeated
E, Ii ens of Waterloo,
Attending the convention from
the local branch were John Bat-
son, Don Adams, George Brooks,
Lloyd Carter, Dick 13urbridge,
Willis Hall and John Pattison,
Several wreaths Were placed at
the tenotaph at neon, when the
parade marshall was 'tom Soper.
Lunch followed at the Legion Hall
when lion, 3, Waldo Monteith, fed-
eral Minister of health arid Wel-
fare, addressed the gathering, Sohn
Bateson extended thanks to the
speaker.
At the afternoon session the dis..
trict chairmen gave their reports.
Don Adams of Wiesshasn gave 'his
report As distriat membership.
chairman,
About 85 branches were repro.
senteid at the convention, A reso.
lutiori was passed to approach this
goverlintent for grants to retarded
cbildren'S schools -on the battle
basis as public and secondall
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