The Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-11-11, Page 1With which is enerdometed the Gerrie Vidette and Wrexeter News.
WilVOLIAN, ONTARIO, WICRNE$DAY, NOVEMBER /It 1950 .1-11W-ail =IPA / pent..
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
AT CONVVNTION—
mer Cabinet Minister
ommencement Speak er
PIANT,TULIPS:-
'AT LOCAL VOSPITAL-
Bpuchet and his Golden
Prairie Cowboys were hitting it
off in fine style at the annual eon-
vention of the Progressive ,Con,
servative party in the Royal York
glePtel, Toronto, last Tuesday eye-
wning, The dancers occupied two
„balirooms,„abnat Alit;
Attending from VVingliaM, were Mr,
and Mrs. John ' Hamm, Mr, a and
Mrs. DeWitt Miller, Me, R; Ha Mc-
Kinney and Miss Yvonne McPher-
son. ' John Hanna was chairman
of the entertainment committee
tor the convention. ' •
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THAT T11411 AGAIN—
It's later than you think? Sever-
al stores in town put 'Christmas de-
corations into their windOws this
week and this edition of the A-T
carries at least two dates for school
Christmas, concerts. Yr
ATTEND COIVIMENCEMENT-LDignitaries. at the '= London, who was 'guest speaker; Frank Madill,
annual commencement of `the ‘- local high bohool . principal of the school and Stanley Hall, Nmeoe,
shown above are: left to 404, Ray Cousins, ,chair- fernier principal, who . was presented with per, man of the board; Milton F. Gregg, V.C., Warden trait, in honour of his 25 years of service in . Wing,
of Medway Hall, University of Western Ontario, ham., .
tending within the next couple of
years,
The guest speaker was ietro-
alhaeli° Wit; IletlierShgeMeaane
ether member •of the.sehoel beard,
Mr "Hetherington outlined Mr,
Gregg's outstanding career'. which
Included service in the flist war,
when he won the Victoria Cross,
as well ae• his work in education
and politics. Mr. Gregg, a native
of New Brunswick, is now Warden
of Medway Hall University of Wes,-
tern Ontario at London.
Guest Speaker
Mr, Grigg, in his address ,said
that he 'was happy to come to
Wingham, for it had given him a
fine opportunity to meet the
people outside of London, He took
as 'ais theme, in his remarks to
the graduates, "Where Will You
Go 'from Here, and How Will You
The commencement exercises of
the Wingham District High School•
Were held in the school auditorium
laSt'`Vriday 'evening good
attendance, The event was high,.
lighted by the address of Milton P.
Gregg, V,C,, a former member of
the federal cabinet. R, B. Cousins,-
SruSsels, chairman of the board,
was• master of ceremonies.
In his remarks Mr, Cousins paid
tribute 'to the staff of the school,
the students and board members,
who had all co-operated to make,
the school a good institution. He
said that when the school was op-
ened in 1955, 433 students were ,en-
rolled, and at present there are
607 students in the school, which
was built for a maximum of• 520.
It was for this reason ;that the
new addition became necessary,
designed to accommodate the bet-
ter than 700 pupils who will be at- Go?" He suggested to' the gradu-
MILK WAGON PASSES
OVER CHILD'S LEGS,:
NO SERIOUS INJURY
Farm ACcident. Take
Life of .Tilitlieriy'Man
FALL FLOWERS—
. Despite snow and some froet, eeve
eta' •local gardens still have, love-
ly displaYs of mums and other late
fall flowers. Can't remember when
they have, previously held out so
long.
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HOLIDAY MAILING'
Our city subscribers are likely to
get this. issue a day later than us-
ual because of the Remembrance
holiday on Wednesday. All local
mailings went out at the usual
time,
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ON DISPLAY--
IIP°
nee again the members of the
inamen Club are rounding lip the
items for their annual Radio Auc-
tion, which takes place early next
month. In order to let the bidders
see the articles on which they will
make often a big display has been
set 'up in the window. at ,Merkley's
garage, cornet. of Josephine and
Victoria Streets.
VETERANS ATTEND
CHURCH SERVICE
H
FOR SWIMMINli P
Marion Willie, 6-year-old daugh-.
ter of Mr. and Mrs, Michael Wile
lie, escaped serious Injury in.. an
accident on her way to school on
Tuesday morning. With other .
friends, she had been momentarily
playing around Bateson's horse:-
drawn milk wagon on Frances St,,
while the driver, Harvey Aitchi-
son, was delivering milk. The
child fell just as the horse *moved
ahead, • so that the back Wheel,
passed over her leg.
Marion was taken first. to Dr:
W.,A. Crawford's Office arid theft
to hospital, where' X-rays revealed
that there were ne broken bones,:
The 'child was badly frightened, by
her, experience but was' alitved, lea
throre While
she 'is bandaged 'to the hips, her
parents end friends are relieved
that no serious injury was sustain-
ed.
• A shipinent of ;golden; tulip bulbs
has arrived in, Winghasn from Hol-;
,hand, parent's; huge order of three
quarters of it million bulbs to be
,planted by Girl Guide companies
and Brewnie packs from coast to
coast to:Mark the golden jubilee of
Guiding in, Canada In. 1960,
The Winghern tulips, ordered by
the Brownies, will be planted at
the hospital as a "thank you" to
rahe community for its'co-operation
an the Guide movement since its
formation here, The bulbs are all
'Golden Harvest tulips and will be
ylantecl 'in a round bed -this after-
noon, They will bear a small no-
lice stating that they are the gift
of the Guides and Brownies to
mark their, golden jubilee,
The tulips• will be planted by the
girls themselves under the direc-
tion of Brown Owls June Ha-
fermehl ' and Wenonah Elliott.
4'he huge bulb shipment, one of
`the largest tulip orders ever to be.
Placed in Canada, was shipped.
from 'Reiland, to the ports of Mont-.
;real and Vancouver, and the bulbs
,have been distributed from these-
:points to communities in every
Province.
Orders for each community were
individually packed and labelled in
Holland, and each order carries
'With it detailed planting instruc-
tions for the particular climate
where,the Inaba will be grown.
Next spring the Girl Guide "Riv-
er of Gold" will Start to bloom in
yancouVer, Island and will grad-
Willy flow across Canada to the
'coast of ,Newfoundltiii.d.R Aealhe
• ariciii
tary of the river, with Guide com-
panies and Brownie packs there
planting special forcing• bulbs in
pots for gifts to churches and hos-
pitals, replaeing outdoor beds,
which are impractical there.
The. Remembrance Day service at,
St. Andrew's Presbyterian .Church
was well attended on Sunday mor-
ning, when Rev, Wallace McClean'
of Lucknow was the speaker, Har-
old Victor PYm, organist and chili.
master was in charge of the music:
The,. chair sang the anthem "Arm
of the, Lord". ,
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ii .erahe-ra; of atile'iaeaanadiiiire,,bea
ion Branch Branch 180 the Ladies' Aux-
Mary to the Legloh and munici-
pal officials fell in •at the armour-
ies with Alex Corrigan as parade
marshal, Willis Hall was in
charge of the colOr party with Bill
Forsyth and Ralph Hammond rep-
resenting the Legion and Mrs.
Stewart Forsyth and Mrs. Harold
Ross, the Ladies' Auxiliary. The
parade returned to the armouries
for fall out. The Belgrave P)pe
Band led the parade. •
WILL NEED SUPPORT
TO PRODUCE BIBLES FORMER PRINCIPAL HONORED--Stanley 1411, Prli0Prit of the
Wingham District High School for 25 year* was presentpf with a.,por-
trait,of himself by the .school board at the anntraL commencement ;last
Friday, honouring Mi. Hall, chairman Roy Gamins P011ite'd to Hr.
Hall's outstanding contribution to education in.Wingitain.'. 'The above
phoici shows Mr. Hall receiving the, portrait froirt, board inatieber Frank
Thompson, Tho portrait will ,be Ming in the school, Mr Hall is now
teaching in &Mont,' •
A tragic accident on the farm Of
Arthur Bryce, Culross Township,
took the life of Alexander Camp-
bell late Monday afternoon. Mr,
Campbell was helping his neighbor
when- a hoist on the tractor re-
leased, pinning the victim against
the tractor, He died instantly.
, Mr. Campbell lived on lot 17,
coricesSion,12, Turnberry. He was
' A. son of the late Andrew Camp-
bell, and Robena Bryce, he was born
in T:urnberry Township and at-
tended $.S: 2 Culroas 'and later
'tool? ,atp ',farming,. the • occupation.
which ~he .followed all his life.. ‘.
at:laaa.Sayteaabeie.'2i;
reed Kittlieriite Campbell of Luck
now 'at the Manse, 'South Kinloss
There were no children, his wife
being ,the only survivor. A sister;
belle, predecesed him.
Carripbeil was a member of
the, Wingham .United Church,
The funeral will be held this af-
te'rnoon (Wednesday), at 2 o'clock
from -the R, A. Currie & Sons fun-
eral home with Rev, T. Garnett
Husser officiating. Interment will
'be in the Wing-harn,Ceinetery.
The. pallbearers will be La G.
Bryce, Harold McCormick, Red-
mond' MacDonald, Lorne McAllis-
ter of Teeewater, James Campbell
and Alvin Mundell.
GOLDEN WEDDING
CELEBRATED SUNDAY
sates that the "how" of going
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abilities and energies for advance-
anent and pointed to the Impore
thrice of keeping prepared ;ter ser-
vice t4 their country,
In, cloSing Mr, Gregg offered two
items in the way . of advice,'
suggested that each student, vehe-
they or not he attended aniversitY7 should continue his education 'in
all ways, and to expend'thernselves
on others, The latter point, be
remarked, will give as geed deal of
satisfaction arid will benefit 'oth-
ers at the. earne time. •
Valedictory Address
Ian G, Mundell, a .former
and now a student At the Uni-
versity of Western' Ontario, gave
the valedictory -address.'
In his remarks the former Wing-
Ilinaemn oesnittei dnetntwosualidd
mean
that tdhelf f veroomt-
th ings to different Teeple, and, that
many would consider the awards
being made as,' leakeidual awards,
but in aetuality they were awards
for team work. , The team Was,
made up of statlents, teachers, par-
ents and board members., A stu-
dent must work, he said, ,and work
hard, but it requires the assis-
tance of the other Membersaof the
team. In referring to the teaehers
he pointed out that "Our -teachers
even,went out of their wey to give
us some ,much-needed moral sup-
port, and the duties of the 'tea-
cher cover a wide "range, I •feel
that our teachers carrlea ont their
responsibilities more than ,ade-
cluately;" The aledletoriata als.o
h
mention-
de den
stir-
dent's life
the
played h
important
irr r t. is .pare#ts,
Here the student learns , to, accept
responsibilities and 'to cleveleip an-
itittyve velitch„. will asertre. hint in
later -Years. High seheol, ,he re-
marked, gives the student's, broad-
er outlook on: -Many • aspects of
life which enables, inn) .ta•tindare
stand beater' thea:Wotid ,W6'11Ve'-ht.,
In conclusion he 'thanked the.
teachers, parents and 'board Arena-
bers on behalf of the geadititting
class, and expresaed the Wish for
a successful school life to the' pre-
sent students of , the scriciel.
During the evening Miry Father
and Anna Douglas' gave_ era:Organ
and piano 'duet. 'A vocal solo Was
rendered by Christine' Runstedtler;
a triple trio sang "Let e'Peay _for
Peace", A Choir corripoied cOf -the
girls from Grades X end XI Sang
two numbers with the Senior En-
semble singirig."The-Lest-Chord'a
At the end of the evening ahe ,s,eri -
for choir sang "I 'Would Weave',4
Songprfeosrenttoautioo.n
.of Diplomas +
A. D. MacWilliam,presented the
secondary school htinotir 'gra:cilia-
tion diplomas to the folleting ate-
dents wile have eampletedaGtade
XIII with nine papers:
Brenda Breckenridge, Dorothy
Chamney, Rae Hetherington, Don-
ald Jardin,. Richard Xing, •Douglas
Logan, Stewart McGill, Marianne
McIaibbon, Ian Ga Mundell.; Peter
Nesmith, Ronald Parker,' Marilyn
Rome, James Sanderson, Gall
Shaw, Betty Anne Stobo, Eleanor
Walsh, Ivan Walsh,
James Armstrong, another mem-
ber of the school board, presented
secondary schobl graduation dip-
lomas to the students who haVe
completed Grade XI and Grade XII.
This group included: Sylvia Alex-
ander, Marie Seeking, Dale Car-
diff, Elaine Conn, Kenneth Daw-
son, Audrey . Demerling, Patricia
Deyell, Artne Douglas, Helen Ella-
cott, Mary Fisher, Daisy Gibson,
Bruce Grainger, Carol Greig, Ka-
ren Groskorth, Peter Hemingway,
Frances Henry, Paul Higgins, Re,.
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Holy Name Society ,
Holds Breakfast
The Holy Name Society of Sac-
red Heart Church held a breakfast
on Sunday morning in the base-
merit of the church, when the Ca-
tholic Women's League catered.*
The breakfast was a social func-
tion and the only matter of busi-
ness discussed was the possibility
of erecting an outside Christmas
Crib' for the Yuletide season.
The, Wingliain Guides- .realized
over-64100 on Saturday when they
held a tea and baking sale at the
Legion Home. The money' made
in, this venture is earmarked for
the swami-ling pool fund,
The ,captain, Mrs, George Hen-
derson,, greeted the ghosts at the arr. Guides ;Janis Henderson and
'nn Parkinson were' at' the bak-
ing table. ,Sonja Ross,N,ancy Don-
aldson and Mary Ellen McPhail
looked after the kitcheti duties and
the remainder of the girls served.
The Guides were assieted, in pro-
viding baked goads for the sale by
members of, the Ladies,' Auxiliary
to the Legion and. the mothers sup-
plied the lunch for tea. Yellow' and
rust inu,ma and yellow cithdleeigave
an autumn atmosphere and the in-
dividual tea tables were decorated
with poppy 'centre pieces, suitable
for Poppy Day, which Was also on
Saturday.
The girls were, assisted by 'Mrs.
E. S. Gauley, Mrs. Ted English and
Mrs. S. 'Forsyth.
HURON CO. AWARDS
1959 SCHOLARSHIPS ouncil Refuses Building
ermit for Storage Plant
Mr. arid Mrs, RObert Burgess en-
tertained a. few • neighbors• and
friends, at their home on Sunday
on the occasion of their golden
wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Burgess is the former Mar-
garet Glenn, daughter of the late
Mr, and Mrs, John Glenn of Han-
over. Mr. Burgess' parents were
Mr. and Mrs. HenrY Burgess:They
were married iii London on Nov.
6th and have lived here for the en-
tire 50 years of their wedded life.
Mr. Burgess was employed in the
furniture manufacturing business,
his last position being with Brown's
factory, until its closing .a 'few
years ago.
IVfre and Mrs . Burgess have
three children, who were with
them on this happy occasion.
They are Harvey 'of Toronto, Hel-
en (Mrs. Lorne Cornish) of Lon-
don and Walter "Bud" Burgess at
home. They also have two grand-
children,
OK ORM DIES
SUDDENLY, TUESDAY
CARD PARTY
A card party will be held in Sac-
red Heart Parish Hall oh Tuesday,
Nov. 17th, sponsored by the Cath-
olic Women's League, Time, 8.80
Lunch served. Everyone welcomd,
Good prizes. Falb
The committee appointed by
Huron County Council to award
scholarships and bursaries at the
University of Western Ontario an-
nounces •the following selections far,
1959: Thomas G. Brydges, Bel-
grave; Marilyn A. 'Riley, Landes-
boro; Edward J. Norminton, Hen-
sel; Katherine Ondrejicka, Cred-
iton; Peter M. Lierraan, R.R. 3,
Goderich,
The scholarships to the boy and
the girl from Huron County who
attained• the highest standing were
awarded to William G. Laidlaw,'
Wingham, a graduate in Honours
Physics and Chemistry, and to
Helen Pridhahi, Goderich, a third
year student hi, General Arts,
As a result of a lengthy debate
at town. council on Monday of last
week, a special meeting was call-
ed yesterday (Tuesday) morning
'to reconsider the merits of an ap-
plication 'for a permit to build a
bulk petroleum plant on Albert
St., just to the east of the Bert
Armstrong service station,
The original 'application, made
by the British American Oil Co.,
was turned down, but council took
the matter up for further discus-
sion, when the company made rep-
resentation to council at the -regu-
lar November meeting.
In the -interval a committee cent-
posed of Councillor Buchanan and
Deputy Reeve Jae Kerr has been
investigating the situation, as well
as obtaining the opinion of the
property owners- closd to the pro-
posed site,
At the special meeting the coun-
cil turned down the application by
unanimous vote on the kr9unds
that a bulk petroleum plant Wmild
not fit in With plans that are at
present being formulated in con-
nection with a suggested zoning
According to B.A. spokesmen
last week the refusal will mean
that their 'plans for a new service
station to replace the present
building at this Site, will also be
shelved.
DDGM Ken,Saxton
Pays Official Visit
-Ross DeLong of,. 'Southampton,
D,D.G.M, for Bruce and William
Tremble, of Carlow, D.IaG.M. for
South Huron, were guests' at the
Wingham Masonic Ledge last Tues-
day evening When b,D,G.M. Ken
Saxton made' his official visit to
his home lodge, Eleven other
Grand Lodge officials.were present,
and there were several visiting bre-
thren, representing` Various lodges
in this area,
Lodge was opened. and closed in
three degrees. M.M. Jack Salter
proved his proficiency in third de-
gree and received his master ma-
son's apron.
The ladies of St. Paul's Evening
Guild served a baniatatt in the par-
ish loom of the chtireh to about
90 Masons following the lodge
meeting, •
FOWL RINGO
The Odcifellows are holding a
fowl bingo in the Oddfellows' Hall
on Friday 'evening, Dec. 4th at 8.30.
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W.I. EUCHRE IN WROkETER
A euchre sponsored by the Wo-
men's Institute Will be held in the
Eroxeter Community Hall Thurs-
ipy, Nov, 12th at, 8,30 p.m, Ladies
please bring lunch, Admission 25c.
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RECEPTION IN •
A reception will be laid in the
Myth lifemorlitl: 1-14 on Friday,
NOV, lath in honor of Mr, and
Mrs. Bruce Valcorter 'Shaw).
Jimmie Seat's. orchestra. Ladies
pleaSe bring lunch, Everyone wet=
Come. •11*
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PREPARE FOR CHRISTMAS
AT UNITRO,CIIHROR BAZAAR
The United 'Church Woman's
Association is holding its annual
tea, and bazaar on Wednesday,
November 18 at 3 o'clock, at the
church, Christmas, cakes, pud-
dings, and deeorationS, and home-
made halting On sale, Aprons will
A Well-known and popular reel-
dent of Wingham for over 70
years, George H, Orvitl, passed
away suddenly at his home on
Tuesday morning from a heart at-
tack, He was 71,
Born in .Picirering Twp., On-
tario County, he was a son of Mr,
and Mrs. Lee Ore's.. The family
moved here 'when Mr, Orvis was
only two years' of age and he has
resided iri Wingham ever 'since.
He attended Zetland school and
took UP carpentry as a trade, be-
ing chiefly self-employed,
In 1910 he married Annie Camp-
bell, also of Wingham and they
have, been members of the Crated
clburch.
He is survived by his wife and
their seven children: Jean (Mrs.
Vic oughleat) of London; Velma
(Mrs, Andrew Scott) of Wingham;
Mare (Mrs, Fred Howsoh) I3lyth;
Hazel (Mrs, Catneron, Taylor) or
Wharton; Rosa, Oil Springs; Jack
and Bill of Wingham. There are
20 gtandchildree and six great-
grandchildren and a brother, Al-
Vin 'OrVis, of town,
Orvis was interested in out..
door life and was. Very, active ih
W the highata Fish and Gaine Club,
the Predecessor • of the Wingham
Sportsmen's Association,
tri6 futerel will be tomorrow
(Thuraday) afternoon from. A.
.Currie & Sons funeral home at 1.30
P.M., With Interment in the Wing-
ham eentetere, Rev, T. 0, Russ
set denchict the service,
ST. PAUL'S BAZAAR
The ladies of St. Paul's Ariglicari
Church will hold their annual tea
and bazaar in the parish hall of
the church on Wednesday, Nov,
25th at 3.00 p.m,
BAZAAR AT BLUEVALE
The Woman's Association Of the
Biuevale United Church vVll1 hold a
bazaar and tea in 13lueVale conma
triunity hall on FridaY, Nov, lath
at 3 p,m. ti'lib
apeiCjUil, SERVICES
AT 1111ELCritAVE '
On Sunday, Nov. lath Mr. Har-
old Smith, 'chairman' of Miesionary
end Maihtenance 'of the thilted
Church will be speaking in Sel-
Ve United Church, k/e is One of
outstanding ohurohinen and
rare opportunity to hear, Try
to l* present at 11.16 tam. Every-
body welcome, Falb
WAD 67 YEARS --41r. and MIS. Hoimplivey of the Community., Mr. and Mrs. 1Fltiniphrey Were fluid.,
St. Iteleris have the hot Wishes of many friends in flea 67 years' on Mtulday.ruAdviuteevTlints itihoto*
Sunday was not only Remem-
brance Day, but also Bible Supday
in Wingham. Literature from the
Upper Canada Bible Society was
distributed ,to all churches,
Rev, F. Walden, district sec-
retary for the Upper Canada'Bible
Society, spoke briefly 'at the Un-
ited Church at the morning service.
In the evening he conducted the
service at St. Andrew's Church and
showed a recent film on the work
of the Bible Society and the re-
sult of the Books distribution in'
Borneo and other East India Is-
lands,
Following the evening service
representatives from the Angli-
can, Baptist, United and Salvation
Army congregations attended a
meeting of the local .branch of the
Bible Society. The meeting unani-
mously approved the Suggestion
that in future each year the sec-
ond Sunday of November become
Bible Sunday in Wingham. In
that .way programs could be plan-
ned for the day that would be var-
ied and interesting,
The second suggestion was that
as soon as possible after ( each
Bible Sunday a town-wide canvass
for funds would be conducted, sim-
ilar to the spring canvass for funds
for other organizations such as
the Cances,Society and Red Shield.
Miss V. McLaughlin was elected
secretary, while John MoKibbon,
president and Elmer Wilkinson,
treasurer, remain in office for' an-
other year.
Remembrance week seems an
appropriate time to raise money to
produce ,'The Book" to be sold to
any man, Woman or child in the
world, speaking any of hundreds of
tongues, in his own language, at
the price he can afford to pay, We
are sure Wingham will meet this
challenge as It always meets the
challenge of a geed cause,
Win Prizes ,at
Euchre Party
The Ladles' Auxiliary to the
Canadian Legion held its regular
euchre on ..Monday night with ten
tables in play.
The prize for high lady went to
Mrs. George Drehmann, high man
to Bob Brooks, high lady playing
as man to UM. Percy Deyell, The
door prize was won by Mrs, George
Deyell, A social time followed,
TEA ANI) 13AKE SALE
The Salvation AritY are holding
a bazaar and tea hi the Council
Chambers on ,SoUirclay, NOvernber
14. Salad Plate Wilt be served
from 3 to 6,30, F44.1b 'be modelled at 3 o'clock.4-11-18b