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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-01-31, Page 2Page 2 -- 14/Uighur: Advance -Times, Thursday Jan, 314 19e3 ' Juniors Elect Basic Adjustment Instruction Helps Blind Secure Employment Sixty-six percent of the men men and women to re-enter and women who have taken the . community life as happy and blindness adjustment training productne members. A1thou.gh scouring employ- ment for blind people is becom- ing increasingly difficult, the • CNIB official observed that through a vigorous program ac- celerated by the CNIB's em- ployment department, more • blind people will be employed this year than ever before. Mere than 200 blind Ontartans • are employed in business, in- dustry and commerce. The Eye Bank of Canada was highlighted during the confer- ence. More than 12, OiO per- sons have pledged their eyes to the Bank in order that at the time of their death sight may be restored ro a blind person. Since its beginning in 1956, course at The Canadian Na- tional Institute for the Blind are now employed. This figure was revealed at a conference of workers for the Mind held m Toronto. E. F. Wheeler, district field secretary for Elgin, Huron, Middlesex and Perth Counties, stated that four of the 50 peo- ple who have taken this course are from Sr. Thomas, London, Ailsa Craig and Gorrie. This new CNIB service, which began in early 1961, augments the established system of providing basic instruction to blind men and women while they are still at home. The course brings together the newly blind and a battery of specialists, whose combined purpose is the under- standing and overcoming of limitations created by blind- ness. White cane travel, braille reading and writing uni• - ted with counselling and hand skilled training prepare blind LAKELET Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wylie, who have both been on the sick list, are progressing favorably. Mr, Delmar Dickert who has been hospitalized at the Bruce County Hospital, Walkerton, for a few days, expected to re - tum home this week. Mr. Glen Reidt of Newmar- ket spent the week -end withhis family here. Mr, and Mrs, Ken Dettman and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Heimbecker of Neustadt on Saturday. Mr. Carl Dennis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Dennis, has ac- cepted employment with Wit- tich's Ltd., of Ayton and com- menced work last week. Due to the stormy weather a very small crowd was in at- tendance for the weekly card social. The committee in charge were Mrs, Stuart Doug- las, Mrs. Henry Hohnstien, Mrs. Walter Demmerling and Mrs. Harvey Wright. Mr. Ronald Dickert returned to his position at the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Kitchener, after a three-week vacation with his family here. BIRTH FtEIDT—On January 28, at the Bruce County Hospital, Walk- erton, to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Reidt of Lakelet, a son, ' Road came long way Randy Martyr• First Cross -Country Trip The Junior Co:,sern anon home:f A was lien! at the Com Ieted Forty Years Ago '�o,::e cf Albert Rir.:c::; or; Mon-� p day ever : be a^bse of hour r road . dst ens to the Sports- men's l b He s.. A: r e r Nether. was :n the chair. Twelve *.:embers and three new • members were in attendance. The elect:co. of cfficers was held, with the following re - suits: President, Randy Martyn; secretary, Paul Gardner; trea- surer, Ron Hitchrngs; public relat:ons, Randy Foxten. A committee was formed to Forty years ago a Tran plant - ed a sign reading. ancauver 5, 000 miles, "in:la .�:l of Nova Scotia. Then he dre.0.off in his car. He made the 'rip, all right -- using scores of ferries over rivers and lakes, and b: fitting, loco- motive wheels to his car for rail travel in the Rec:;ie.s. But it was a major expedition. Now Victoria, British Colum - organize softball in the spring, '�! bia, and St. John's Newfound - Alan Carter, Harold Jardin and land, standing a: opposite ends Ricky Elrick, ; of the second largest country on It was voted that the club earth, are linked by a superb purchase crests. A bottle drive main street --the Trans -Canada will be ::n'dertaieen later on. ! Highway, ..,loll The five -thousand -mile, bil- :; REMINISCIN i lion -dollar roadway connects all ten Canadian provinces. More 600 blind persons have had suc- '. ; . than five hundred bridges span cessful corneal transplants and JANUARY '913 : water -ways along the route. thus benefitted from this sight- ; - The highway serves about 90 L R. A. Currie has purchased u g restoring program. the furniture and i ndertak r,g per cent of Canada's population, The newly established E. A. ,business of the late S. Gracev, 6 and it has been a dream of the Baker Foundation is strongly re- and we understand gets nation since the completion of posses- enforcingthe CNIB's blindness '• the Canadian Pacific Railway in o sion at once. i 1885. Work began in the de- i prevention program. Its main : The rinks of Wingham Cur- function is to provide studyleis left on Tuesday to partici- pression years, but was halted 'grants for doctors, nurses and r pate in the Thistle rink Bon- ; by World War IT. Ir. 1949, the technicians involved in eye, 'rational Government at Ottawa spiel in London, and two others care or eye research,left for Harriston Bonspie. passed the Trans -Canada Act to "CNIB's services are con- The London rinks were — subsidize construct:on of the stantly growing", stated Mr. Messrs, C,Griffin, J. Pearen, highway by various provinces. Wheeler. "However, we are J, Carr, A, Hardie, A, The last link --a ninety-two faced with the fact that our in- r Bert, Poner, C. Knechtel, �', Colling,g: mile stretch in Glacier National come is not keeping pace with Vantiorman. The last two were, Park --opened on July 30, 1962, our annual cost of operation,skips. The Harriston lot were—ending what has been called the "We shall have to divert; ;Messrs. Fortune, Sti . '�:itchell, ., w'orld's longest detour." This G much of our already scarce $ L. Binkley, J. Hardie, A. Car- was a loop of 177 miles around the time to correct this problem, I ruthers, S. Elliott, A. E. Por- Big Bend of the Columbia River. but we have confidence that •Iter and Chas. ELiotr, the two Not surprisingly, the lastsec- the public of this district will last, the skips. Now bons, '• tion was one ofthemost difficult `help us. " ! bring home some of the prizes. to build. About 80 per cent of 1 The Hamilton Spectator has ' it lies in rugged mountains. just closed one of these contests;SVhere it crosses the Rockies at l in which there were three thou -'Rogers Pass, the road follows a I sand prizes. Four ladies of `route first tried by the railroad Wingham received prizes — :and later abandoned after 236 Miss C. Farquharson, Miss M. men had died in construction Fleury, Misses M. and B. H. accidents. Reynolds. The first named won ; Equipping the section with a banjo with 61 correct answera ::avalanche protection mn the r Miss Fleuty with 57 had to con- cost up to two miliion-dollars'a tent herself with aboxofchoco- smile. Steel shelters protect the lases, and the Misses Reynolds roadway from rock and snow. with 53 correct answers, were Howitzer emplacements stand Iawarded table sets. It took ready to avert big slides by trig - only 71 correct answers to win igering small, controlled aval- the grand piano, Do not be ranches, discouraged, ladies. Try again. j Eastward from British Colum - 0 --0--0 ibia, the Trans -Canada Highway JANUARY 1926 !passes through the prairie provin- Again the citizens of Wing- Ices of Alberta, Saskatchewan, ham are reminded of the un- land Manitoba. At times the certainty of human life. Mr. 'road stretches to the horizon, un - John Loutit suffered a paralytic broken by :ill or curve. Dis- stroke while chatting with fri- , tances shrink at the seventy mile ends in the office of Currie's -an- hour speed limit. Belgrave Bradley Campbell, son of Mr, and Mrs. Don Campbell, spent a few days in the Sick Children's Hospital in London last week. Mrs. Clark Johnston, Mrs. Cliff Purdon, Mrs. Cliff Logan and Mrs. Stanley Black attend- ed the Leadership Training School for the 4H Club project "Being Well Dressed and Well Groomed" held in Wingham at ;the Presbyterian Church, Mr. James R. Coultes spent Saturday in Guelph attending the Ontario Hereford Associa- tion annual meeting. Mrs. O. G. Anderson and Graeme have moved into the lhouse belonging to Mrs. James Young of Belgrave. 3 1111/94 Ladies Hwr WINTER STORE -WIDE SALE T continues til Feb. 2 due to past weather conditions -_. .t. EVERY DRESS f Reduced from 1 0% to p �£ :f; I* Millinery 1/3 off regular price f all new styles in F EXQUISITE BRASSIERES and GIRDLES (SEE SPECIAL TAGS FOR SAVINGS) 10% OF Nurses' Uniforms -10% off regular price Ladies' Bowling Blouses, Drip Dry, White $1.99 COATS and CAR COATS -10% off regular price GOLD DOLLAR NYLONS, 15 denier Dupont 2 pairs for $1.45 Save on Snuggles, Vests, Leotards, Wool Gloves 3 Through western Ontario wildernesses, the road leads to the thickly settled shores of the St, Lawrence River. French- speaking Quebec, long a hold- out from the road system to the Trans -Canada highway project, has joined its own however, to carry it to the Maritime Provin- ces on the Atlantic. Unified dimensions and stand- ards maintain the quality of the highway over its entire length. For the most part, it is a wide two-laner, but additional lanes have been added where traffic is heavy. Though the Trans -Canada passes through many of the coun- try's national parks and rec- reational areas, the road has its own recreational facilities. Picnic places every fifty miles and camping areas every one hundred and fifty, serve vaca- tioners and travelers. With all its conveniences and scenic beauty, the longest nat- ional highway in the world has still another advantage dear to the hearts of motorists --it is toll free. -- Healthways EX -CLERGYMAN TAKES TO BALLOONING John Mackenzie Bacon, English lecturer of the last cen- tury, became an Anglican minister in 1870, but resigned 20 years later as a result of his unorthodox views meeting opposition. He turned to as- tronomy and aeronautics, led two eclipse expeditions, one to India in 1897 and the other to South Carolina in 1900. After making a record balloon flight in 1899, he demonstrated that sound travels more rapidly downward than upward. Livery on Tuesday afternoon and he passed away at his home, Josephine St. , North, on Tuesday evening. Deceased was in his 62nd year and lived with his sister in town for a number of years. Prior to corning to town the family lived in the vicinity on a farm quite near town, He was a well known cattle buyer and much respected for his honesty in all his dealings. Mr. M. C. Brydge of the Bank of Commerce staff, Wing - ham, has been promoted to be accountant in the Bank of Com- merce at Ingersoll and will leave for his new field very soon. While friends congratu- late him on his promotion they will regret to lose Mr. and Mrs. Brydge who have been very popular among the young peo- ple of the town. Mr. Brydge is secretary of the Northern Hockey League and has been a leader in the sports of the town. Mr. S. Blackhall of Winni- peg, visited last week with his brother, Mr. C. S. Blackhall. Miss Elizabeth Thompson who has been in Mr. A. Cosens Insurance Office for some time has accepted a position in the Goderich Office of the Pruden- tial Life Insurance Co. 0--0--0 JANUARY 1938 Mr. R. E. McKinney, for- mer local boy, has been ap- pointed Manager of the Cent- ral Zone for the Supertest Pet- roleum Corporation Ltd., covering the district from Kingston on the East, Wood- stock and Niagara Peninsula on the West, and North Bay on the North. Mr. McKinney, former Wingham and Bluevale boy, has been with the Supertest Corporation practically since its inception 13 years ago. He went to Toronto 8 years ago and located the first station in that city and the great develop- ment of the company in that area is due to his untiring ef- forts and ability. Mrs. E. McLaughlin while having an oyster supper at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. L. Davidson, found two small pearls about the size of a pin head, in one of the oysters. While the pearls, being so small, are of little value, they will make an interesting souven- ir. Mr. Percy C. Baker, of Al- liance, Alta., visited with his aunt, Mrs. E. Jenkins, of town. Miss Marjorie Smith, of Saskatoon, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. W. H. Waram. 0--0--0 JANUARY 1948 A prominent business man, an enthusiastic and ardent cur- ler and bowler, James Donald Rae, died suddenly of a heart attack on Monday at his store just a few minutes after closing for the evening. He was in his 66th year and was born inDow- nie Township. Thirty-eight years ago at Avonton he was married to Elizabeth Shiella Grieve. In early life he farm- ed in the Township of Blan- chard, leaving the farm and coming to Wingham thirty- five years ago, where he has since conducted a successful hardware and coal business. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Marsh left on Tuesday for Los. Altos, Cal., where they will spend the month with Mr. and Mrs. Allan McGill. Mr. F. B. Burns of Hereward Sask., visited for a few days with Mr. George McCurdy. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Underwood paid them a surprise visit on Friday evening, the occasion of their thirtieth wedding anniversary. Among those present were Mrs. Under - wood's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Moffat. A pleasant time was spent and they were pre- sented with gifts of silver. Mr. and Mrs, W. A, Miller left last week for St. Peters- burg, Florida, where they will spend the remainder of the winter. a,w...o..., ,.....owu.... ,,... 0pU[n.-►u....yn11,.1.oA1* WINO, 1I oltOrnwn(NO n41,14111119,.....i I.W.A. Special Prices 1 Prices Effective January 31 to February IVITA DIET, bottles of 90 $2,98 Six months' supply, 2 bottles for $4.99 1 FLORIENT Air Deodorant, reg. $1.69, I(30c off) $1.39 rt., HUDNUT "Fashion Set" Hair Spray, formerly $1.69, 6 -oz., double size $1.69 GET THE NEW 1000 mg. 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A, SCOTT, Salesman "20=0 o=°1=== - 0=0= 0 = 01 Q 0 0 11 FAIRYLAND Children's Wear WINTER CLEARANCE SALE PRICES 10% to SO'Io 11 REDUCED —ON — DRESSES, JACKETS, SWEATERS, ° JUMPERS, SLIMS, SKIRTS, LEOTARDS, HATS BOYS' SLACKS, SHIRTS, JERSEYS, ° SWEATERS, MITTS and GLOVES ° BABY WEAR and GIFTS Q 10% and 20% off p o=o=i? h'-, d 1 -:-off a1 au15 eljurcli ( ANGLICAN ) ling Sam 4. Rev. C. F. Johnson, L.Th. - Rector Mrs. Gordon Davidson - Organist dth SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY -- FEBRUARY 3rd 10.00 a.m.—Sunday School 11.00 a.m.--Holy Communion Thursday, Feb. 7 --Senior W. A., Rectory, 3 o'clock