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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-09-16, Page 1afal'ea ' atee'lae• ,r;;Qr -41Cr'41",, With, which i# emalgemeted the. Gorrie Viclette, end Wrogeter News WINOHAN;oNVAICK WX1)11E4DAY, fiErr1910$1P4 16, 160 0.74V CINIPS -4. 7 MAIO INSTALL NEIVAXEPTIVE ota le Prog ess etarded School SPORTSMEN PUN FUR 111ANKSfilifINfi EVENT Wingham. and District School for etardedZialideen' opened isestaveek. 'with five pupils, The school is, now at the former WinghaM Sawmill office site, which the association recently purchased. During the Holidays the necessary alterations arid decorating, were completed. Special Spea er For Anniversary Hydro. Staged Driving Rodeo mployeep Of the local Rural Hydro crews staged a driving rodeo al preparation for a district truck rodeo at Barrie, Winners froM the Barrie event will be entered for the provincial competition at Toronto later this month, Paul Coyle came out on top of the three-ton clap in the loeal rodeo and Gordon Leggett took the honors in the one;ton, class, The winners were announced after going through their paces at the Hydro property on Victoria 'Street West, At the 95th anniversary of the Baptist Church this Sunday,• Rev: W. N. Charlton of Toronto *al.*, the guest preacher. Rev. ler'i, Charlton is a former presidept Of the Fellowship of Evangelieal Baia tist Churches in Canada, , The music foz• the day will he Provided by The Glad Tidings Maly Quartette- of St. Jacobs, This qua tet Is Well known in the Wingha church and community, The se, vices of the day will he In them of -the pastor, Rev. Donald Sine Wait:, Hospital Engages New Consulting Organization PERFORMED AT C.N.E.—Flying Officer 1Z L IfetheringtOn, a navi- gator with No: 404 Maritime Patrol Squadron, Greenwood, other members of 'his squadron, took part in the Internationha Air Show at the C.N.E. on September 11 and 12. The RCAF display Wet) fifty minutes over the C.N.E. waterfront and tetitred aroma the 50th anniversary of powered flight in. Canada and the, 35th anniversary of the' RCAF. Iant is a 'son of -Mr. and Mrs. B. S., lietheringt* cif Wingham.•- Members of the board of directors of the Wingham General Hospi- tal, meeting in regular session on Friday night, agreed to employ the services of the Ontario Hospital Association in a consultative ca- pacity. Rapidly changing regula- tions and the involved reports of hospital finances required by the Ontario Hospital Services Commis- sion, have made it advisable to re- tain the services of a profeesional consultant from the OHA, Fee for the service will be $500 yearly. It is expected that under the, arrange- ment the local board and hospital administrators will he kept in much closer teach with ,new regulations and changed in required accounting methods. The administratrix, mrs. I. Mar- -rey, repoateda.that. therat -hatt bete 216 admiesiorie to the fidspital iii Augugt; 34 births, 106 outpatients, 204 X-rays, 11 blood transfusions, 1310 laboratory procedure, 15 el-, ROUTINE BUSINESS AT P MEETING eotro-cardiographs, 72 cancer cline' ic !patiente, 21 'blood bank services' for the Red Cross,. The daily aver- age of patients in the hospital dur ing the month was 109, compared with 98 for the same month 'last year. A, 'D, MacWilliam, chairman of, the finance committee, reported that gross revenue had been $37:e 241.00 and expenditures amounted. to $36,252.00. DeWitt Miller, the chairman of the • property committee, said that. repairs had been made to pumps in the boiler room rooms on the second floor- of the nurses' resit dence are being redecorated and other Work is in progrese on eaves,: troughs and sewers on the hose- tal Property, ! e lqrZ IVIOttry. 4oreported on 'the visit of a supervisor from the, On- tario Hospital Services Commis- sion, who spent some time. laying out the procedure for a detailed study of nursing hours and staff ratios at the hospital, which will require considerable time on. the part of the administration. The Wingham Sportsmen's As- soCiation re-convened on Tuesday, -Sept.' 8th, after their summer lay- qfe. 'This first meeting of the sea- son was held in the newly-ewe-A- blated -club building on the Sport-- men's property in Lower Winghani, President Ab Netbery was in the chair and under - his guidance a great dealof business was corn- ote4. 'One of the main items of inter- ,est was the forthcoming Thanks- giving Day Turkey Shoot. A five- man Committee was ,appointed to organize the shoot, Tentative plans have been laid for a gala day at the Sportsme'n's property, It ties been decided to extend the Shoot' to include sideshows, re- freshments and exhibits of interest to 'the general public, Also it is hoped to hold an official opening ceremony and plans have been laid to .obtain the services of a well-known public figure to per- form the task, Other items of busihess discussed and approved were the formation of a -skeet-shooting section of the club. Member laeri Carter has agreed to attempt the construction of a skeet range. Also It was de- cided that -members have been en- joying, the amenties of the club far, too cheaply, Accordingly the club dues were boosted to $5,00 per Year, Calvin Burke of Burke El: ectric was on hand and ;tendered an estimate for wiring the pro- perty. This, is expected to go ahead in 'the very near future. , Iacidentally, the first fall Meet- log of the Senior Association is scheduled" to , take -place meat -Mahe day, Sept. 21st, at the Sportsnien's Pr:Operty„ commencing at 7,30 p.m. 'sharp. At this time the draw for the fishing equipment , will take place. 'Unfortunately the draW was- held -up because some of the younisters were"on holiday and all the ticket stubs,Were not available to put in the ,hat, The winner of this draw will be announced in the next issue of The Advance-Times. Robert iletheringten, of Chesley,. KinsMen district alepirty gearereloa installed the new 'officers of both the Wiag11401 Kipstnen and '<Irma° Clubs at a' special joint meeting 'on Friday evening last, The meet- ing was staged oat the Queens Ho- tel, During the meeting ,the 11)51$49 turn- ed the gavel over to Jim Currie, the incoming president. Other of- ficere installed were: first vice- president, Fred Tempiepaan; sec- ond vice-pree,, Ivan Gardner; eec., Mett Boyd; ,trees,, Jerry Timm; registrar, Maurice Stainton; dir- ectors,. Murray Gerrie and Bob Gutpell; bulletin editor, Stevvaat Leedharn. The district deputy governor al- so installed Mrs. John Currie as president of the Dinette Club. She took over from her sister-in-law, Mrs, James Currie, Mrs, Calvin Burka was installed as first vice- pres„ Mrs. Harvey'Fieher as sec.; Mrs, Max McCarter as treas.; Mrs, Robert Gutpell as registrar and Mrs. John Bateson as bulletin edi tor. The -two past presidents, Murray Stainton. and Mrs. James Currie were 'also presented with past-pre- sidents' pins. Another highlight of the even- ing was, the presentation, by Mr. Hetherington; of attendance pins. Leading the list was Jack Cor- bett with nine years' perfect at:, tendance and Mrs. Mervyn. Temple- man and Jack Walker, eight years. Seven-year pins were given to Cy Robinson, Mrs. John Bateson, Mrs. Andrew Scott and Mrs. Jack Wal- ker, Six and five year pins went to Mrs, John Currie and Mrs. Jim Currie and Mrs, Harvey Fisher. Al Williams received, a four year' award and Mrs. Murray Stainton, Mrs. Fred Templeman and Mrs. Al . Williams, three year pins. In the two year group were Bruce • McDonald, Jim Currie, Ivan Gard- ner and Mrs; Bruce MacDonald. Stewart Leedhare, Jerry Timm, Mrs, Max McCarter anti Mrs. Ger• - ald Thum were •given one-year pins, In.his remarks to the two (Dist, - Deputy,- Governor, -lfethering: ton carriPlifiletted the two organiz- ations on their attendance records, and the work which had. been ac- complished He admonished the new officers to make every effort to keep up the good record. The new president, Jim Currie, thanked the club for its support, and said it was a real privilege to be the new president of the organ- ization. Following the meeting a social was held -at the local golf course club house, Bid Farewell to . Mrs:Ross Hilbert A. number of friends gathered on Thursday evening of last week at the home of Mrs, Frank Hopper fOr a farewell party in honor of Mrs.. Ross Hilbert, Co-hostesses Were Mrsa Harold Burrell, Mrs, Nitta-AY ,Stainton, Mrs. Don Me- Teggata and Mrs. Ken Leitch, , Duthig the evening. 'tile' ladies played court whist. Mrs. Alvin Moffatt was the winner. The guest of honor was present- ed with 'a china floral piece and a Coffee carafe. •She thanked her friends fdr their gifts and good wishes. Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert are natives of 'this community. Mr. Hilbert has been .transferred by the Bell Telephone Co., and with his wife- and , family, Stephen, Julie and Vicki, his taken up residence in Guelph. (*WOWS The feet that if one keeps trying long enough, he wilt come out on top, was borne out this week when e W, French won the men's golf championship on the local ceurse. `Wilf bebia ireameeeirp far-five is years, ,and defeated the defending ahalnp, Murray Rae, on the 16th hole pf the second round, after coming from behind at the end of the first 18. 0 - 0 -,:() WRONG SPELLING— Last Week in reporting the mein- es of the pew teachers at the ,10- cal high school we listed the name of Mr,' D. Rapers The • correct name, is ;Draper, and since he was considerate enough to refrain from Calling us up and giving us' brazes we offer apologies and hest wish- es for hie career in Winghara, 0 e0 ,0 • WATCH THE SPORTSMEN:— The 'local Sporterrien's Ags'oelbar tion will' once again stage a shoot- ing match on Thanksgiving, Day, which has been an annual event for several years.' However, this year the affair will be enlarge& to Pro- vide rriore, entertainment and ' ac- tivities for those, who don't pre- tend to •be marksmen', • ' 0 - 0 - 0 Ha: THE NrwS , Week-end Magazine carried a feature on hdme-made aircraft this week, and the cover picture was of er, light plane built by "Hop- py" Keith Hopkinson of Goderich, in the air over the Maitland River. The story was of interest here as ef everal local men, are. taking fly- ng • lessons from "floppy", and to otherg who trained under him, 0 -0 - 0 ONE EVERY MINUTE— .The saariag'atlemet, .suckers still seems to be true, Note, that a Walkerton pative was bilked out of some $6,000• by gyp artists who, were going: to "bless" the money and make it grow—only it dis- appeated. " ' " ' — • • 0, 7 0 - *tri IT . This time Iast week everyone was cussing the hot, humid wea- ther, which persisted' 10161 Wed- nesday evening: This week even the weather ,seerne „ t,o, ae getting back to normal after the holiday season—with the prediction of "grave danger,' of Iroet for Thera- day,morning, 0 - a 0 MONEY TO BE MADE— The organizations which sponsor emel suppers should really make some money this •fall—and the trine is almost }sere for the start of the annual , "chicken, peaa-n- carrots" feeds. The price of poul- try is rock bottom with efour or five pound birds available for about 1,3 to 15 cents per pound. The regular 5eptembe1* Ine.eting of.. the F,ublic School 'took place at the •sebool, atolliday evening of this week. 1‘1‘0 7maSor problems: laced the beark vyklien! heard-riBiinO•ipitl• Stewart Beattie ,-,state.that some 507 children were enrolled 'in":the institution for the fall term, There was some discussion Oh the fact that tag total number. :of students ,was high, .and 'that would probably be necessary open another class room next year, and even possible that an extra class room would have to be built before too long. It was felt that while some &f' the classes were over-crowded,' -theta was not sufficient pupils in ,anyone grade to warrant the addition:of ,im extra teacher. • ' The minutes of the past rheetiang were given approval: as ..wellees' all accounts that had been paid dtir,itig the summer, The board had received applica- tion from several earents living outside the community, to have their children attend the Wingham school. Chairman Roy Benhett, ex- plained that due to -the over- crowding of the school, It 'was' not possible to take in these children. He pointed out that if anybne owns property In Wingham, which has an assessed value equal to the, aver- age property •assessment, then children of such property owners were entitled to attend the school. The average assessment in Wing- ham is just under $2,000.00. On motion of Wild and Reed it was decided that an application by a city firm to take Individual pic- tures of the children, be turned down and ,that class pittutes be taken by' a local photographer. , Exercises in jumping, running ,It is felt that there may be, a few parents whose children are eligible ,.to 'attend classes, but have not fully understood the fact that their ehildren will be welcomed gladly. The district includes Lucknow, Blyth, Brussels, Howick, 'reeswria ter, hie areas, Wingham .and-their Surround- There 4a no charge for sending a a child to the Retarded Children's . Seboitl, but parents, of 'course;' must provide or', arrange for. trans- Portation, dlassee are "from `9 tb Ian HoW to Eitroll a Child To enroll a ehild he or she must have a medical examination and the parents should contact the tea, cher, Mrs, T. G, Husser, who will he happy to arrange for a person- al, interview, at which the young- ster, too, should be present. This will -be the second term for the school. The success of - last year's classes has been most gra- tifying to the teacher and her helpers and the parerits concerned, but especially so to the six child- ren who attended. It has been dise , coveted -that these youngsters have found "a place •in the sun", They no ' loriger suffer theinferiority •eomplex they experienced earlier. They are happS, ' working with elisaritates • and feel they are Wa- lla:et eAceotiele other. /km. Husser and her ten vol- unteer assistants, women who give freely of their time to help the Pu- pas to adjust to society, are in- tensely interested in the progress of each child, - a Classes include a wide variety of activities, Speech therapy, eti- quette, counting and reading as well as crafts , are taught, The children are taught to tie shoe laces and to use buttons, and zip- pers, so that they become more in- dependent. They ,are taught how , • xpect H.S. Addition to when they have their lunch the to seta table and each morning E pupils themselves set their places and remove the dishes afterward. . and moving to rhythm have prov- t~Den b November 1st ed- beneficial. Hammering nails and manipulating screws help the children to gain control of fingers and hands, Last year they enjoy- ed 'woodworking, weaving and sewing buttons, which they did surpriiingly well and at the same F. E. Madill, reported that regis- BOWLERS TO MEET. The 'Wingham Men's Bowling League will hold a meeting -to or- ganize •a schedule on aloaday, Sept. 21 at 7.30 at the alleys, The schedule to start Sept, 28. Regular bowlers please attend. New bowl- ers welcome.. Flab ' • RARE sm.& AT. COUNCIL CHAMBER' The Eyening Guild, of St. Paulin Anglican Cherch will hold a bake gale .en Saturday, Sept. 19 at •three o'clock in the Wingham Council ' Chamber. nab Chairman Roy Cousins presid- ed over the September meeting of the Wingham District High School board on Thursday evening, at which the school's new principal, Hydro Interruption Friday, September 18 from -130 a.m. DST, there will be an inter- ruption to all Wingham and Walkerton customers west of Han- over, This Interruption is taken to make necessary line repairs. time were 'exereising their hands.' Ail the pupils were able to re- cognize their wan names and those of their classmates .in print. They managed to get through at least One pre-primer and one child had mastered ' two and Was ready •lor the next section by,the end of one term, ' Mrs. }fusser was both surprised and pleased 'to find that they had retained their word knowledge over the two-month holiday and were eager to return to 'class, - Perhaps ,the most rewarding as- pect is to see how happy the child- ren are and the change in attitude toward each other. They have be- come co-operative in work and play. They ale° ;feel more free in society and find it Much easier, to meet people in public, ANNIVERSARY SERVICE Anniversary service Will be held in Belgra,ve Presbyterian Church on Sunday, Sept, 20th at 3 pan, Rev. Leslie Elder of Seaforth will be guest speaker, Everyone Wel- come. ,„ F161) RUMMAGE SALE The ,Fall Rummage Sale sport- Ilkored by the Lacliegt Auxiliary to Wingham e4endral Respite), will be held in the Wingharn Arniouries on Saturday afternoon, October 17. Everyone is asked to bring dona- tiottS of clothing, furniture, etc,, for this community undertaking , Flab :ENGAGEMENT Rev. and Mrs. T. Garnett Husser announce the engagement of, their third daughter, Mariel Mae, to fiarrY Eugene Dreyer, son of Mr. and Mrs, !grime Dreyer, Aylmer, Ont, The marriage will take place October 993• at 'The Habitant", summer residence of Dr, and. Mts. R, Partlot,v, Aylmer, Ont. the agricultural ',committee, re- ported that permission •had, been given to the 4-H clubs of the county to hold an achievement night in the school • auditorium this fall. Permission was ratified by the board. Correspondence included a let- ter from the DepartMent of Edu- cation informing the board of the appeihtment of a new secondary schools inspector, Donald W. Scott, of London, who will visit schools in this area, A letter from, the Goderich board concurred in the payment of tuition of four students from the Goderich area who had attended school here during the past year, but. refused payment of a fifth who had attended the Wingham school without the consent of the Gorier- lob- board, In the discussion which followed the board members agreed to .forego the payment hi view of the fact that the Goderich board had sent notification to the same effect at the beginning of last term, and that there is an ex- change of, other students iii bor- derlihe areas. R.' S. Hetherington suggested that all such border cases be re- viewed at once and contact be made With the -other school hoards in- volved to determine Wbieli are res- ponsible for tuition, R was also announced that a eheciue for 021,787.13 had been re- dehred from the Town of Wing- ham as the result of the sale 'of dehentures to finance the erection and equipping of the new wing, Rev. and Mrs. Adams At Baptist Church Rea. H. G. Adams will pay a re- turn Visit to the Rapttst Church here on Wednesday evening, Sept. 18' at tight eelock. Mr, Adams is a converted motik and priest and is 'With• The Bvarigelletil MISsion, Stouffville, Ortt. 0311 Wednesday afte'""^i1 d, Adams be 'the guest speaker at a joint 'Meeting of the Afternoon and Evening Women's MISSien Circles at, 2,39 in the ehurth auditorium, Mrs, Attains is 'the Akita of the booki "I Married a IVfori diaNGAGEMEN'P Mr. and Mrs. John Norman Young' of Elyth, announce the en- gagement of their only daughter, Mary Helen to Mr. Lloyd Welling. ton Walker, son of Mrs,. Janet Welker of Wingham and the late Thomas Walker, "The marriage wilt take place in Blyth 'United: Church on October 8rd at three o'clock, P16* Names Omitted 'In the obituary of Mrs, Williant Bennett haat week two sisters were omitted in the names of the stn.'. VIVOra, they are Mrs, pied Cook of ,Vteigrave and IVtts, Rena. Sack- rider of New Llskettetl, tration reached an all-time high this year. She hundred and one students were on hand for school opening. Rooms in the Masonic building on Centre Street are be- ing used as temporary classrooms for, the 25 pupils of the Special Commercial. grade, The principal also read the nam- es of three students who had re- ceived bursaries and scholarship's. Plans have been, made to send two bus loads of students to the Strat- ford Festival on September 15th, Mr, Madill said that Dr. Fetter- Iey, a representative of the Can- adian Cancer Society, had asked permission to address the students shortly. Permission was granted by the board, On the advice of the principal; Robert, Ritter, a •member of the teaching staff, was appointed chief instructor of the school's cadet Corps, Satisfied with Building S, Hetherington, thairtnan of the building committee, reported that work Is going forWard facterily on the addition to the school and the contractors expect to have the wing ready for occupancy Eby November 1st. The chairman also said that his committee feels the contractors are doing an ex cellent jab, particularly in matching the outside appearance of the new section' 'to that " of the original 'building, It was agreed that the board Would Meet Thttrialay of this week to arrange for the purchase of the necessary equipment for the shop and home ecottornies retain in the new Section; , Prank Thotripson, chaliarati of NOTICE ty-law No, 1325 of ,the 'Town at Wingham requires every -person, not paying business fait, Who goes front place to place With goods ' wares Or merehandise for salt, Shall obtain a libense fat se doing from the tine Inspector, Exempted are farmers who of- fer for sale only the .produce of their farms, All cititens are re- quested to ndtity the Tt,Wri Clerk's Office of shy person -going from plaea plaee with a out license for 1 doing, Winiarn tteitWiek Clerk-'1"rettatiter, ToWit iilf Witightutl, , OFFICallIS-atite 10040 affects o the iltinSMOrt and Rittette Otitis Were hightlied we Friday OVenlitg of last ,veek at the Qtteeile Rotel by District be„puty Governor, ito6ett Iiiethetiagteiri, et Chesley, fit the. top photo, Atli:tray *Warm, poet pregidetit'hands !eV& the gavel to ;Pito Currier the incoming peesl... dent of the eagaitleation, Geeethot ilethatihateri. leeks On. In the loyee 000, Governor Ifethet- linden ettifigratirlates - the outgoing PteStdeittt U084161 Currie, left, atut the lit" 1)ke''sl'"ht -of the Meet" .ohn iriniric, right,