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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-03-28, Page 1Mbt ''FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Ma,ied 213, 1963 - ncemZinve Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents. Ice Jam in Maitland River Is *Causing Serious Flood Threat Wingham Pee-Wees Are Champions in Rec. Playoff The Wingham arena was a busy spot on Saturday morning as minor hockey teams from seven centres met for the Lake Huron `Lone Recreation Associa- tion finals. Previous playdowns had determined winners in each group for north and south sections of the zone and Satur- day's games were played for zone championships. First game of the day, which started at 8 a.m. , was actually a playdown game from the pre- vious schedule between Listowel and Wingham Squirts. The Listowel boys emerged with a 4-1 victory. Scoring for the visitors were Scott McKenzie (3) and Donnie Vick. Bill Hil- bert notched the lone Wingham counter of the game. CHAMPIONSHIPS First game of the champion- ship series was played at nine o'clock between Wingham and Wiarton Pee Wee's, the home team scoring a 4-2 win over the boys from the north. Paul Templeman racked up two goals for Wingham and Monty Templeman scored the other two counters. The Wiarton goals were scored by Ron Wright and Tom Taylor. The ten o'clock game was for the Bantam championship between Owen Sound and Exeter. Owen Sound white- washed the Exeter lads 6-0, Scoring were Gord Stevens (3), Terry Godlin, Danny Demar and Allan Wood. Rocklyn Midgets won the championship in their group by defeating Exeter Midgets 2-0. Ron Mower and Garry Smith were the goal -getters for Rock- lyn. Final game of the series saw the Lions Head Squirts trim the Listowel team 4-1. Wayne McCutcheon scored two for Lions Head and team mate Leonard Bridge fired the other two. Donnie Vick of Listowel was the marksman for his squad. In charge of the games were recreation directors Bud Bitton of Listowel, Don Gravett of Exeter and Skip Stanbridge of Hanover. Thick ice on the upper reaches of the north branch of the Maitland created one of the worst ice jams on the upper pond in Wingham in years. The ice measuring anywhere from a foot to 18 inches in thickness started piling up above the McKenzie bridge during Tuesday night and then crowded through into the pond above the Howson Dam Wed- nesday morning. At eleven o'clock a crane started to break up the huge sheets and chunks in the hope that they would be able to go through the gap between the dam and the . 1 bridge. According to Reeve Roy J. Adair it was the worst jam since the roadway to the bridge was washed out years ago. The prairies south of town were completely flooded on Wednesday morning but water levels were not up to a dan- gerous level in Lower Town. Fortunately, rain on Tuesday evening tapered off and Wed- nesday dawned bright and sunny. At noon Wednesday it appeared that there would not be a ser- ious flood threat in Lower Town, provided upstream ice did not jam up and cause backup flood- ing in the Lower Town pond. Speakers at Lib Government by Two prominent Liberal speak- ers peakers at a Friday night meeting in Miirigham contended that min- ority governments could not handle Canadian affairs proper- ly, and called for support to ma<<e sure the Liberal party will be in power after the April election. 'I'ite meeting was in support of William Tilden, Liberal candidate for Wellington - Huron, and the 140 -odd in at- tendance heard the Hon. Wal- ter Harris, minister of finance in the last Liberal Government and Bruce Beer, M. P. for the riding of Peel, speak on the election issues. Mayor Robert Hetherington of Wingham welcomed the guests and the audience. Also on the platform were: Walter Woods, vice-president of Well- ington -Huron Liberal Associa- tion, Ed. Edighoffer, Wingham, Murray Gaunt, M. P. P. Huron - Bruce, Gordon McGavin, Liber- al candidate for Huron, John MacKenzie, candidate for Bruce, William Tilden, and Fred Beck of llarriston, Liberal standard -hearer in the last federal election. George Ing- lis was chairman of the meet- ing. CANDIDATESPEAKS Mr. Tilden was introduced by Mr. Inglis. He stated it was pleasant to meet the people in the riding and that he has learned a lot. 1 -le said that for two-thirds of the time since Confederation, Canadians have elected Liberal governments and every time a government has been in serious trouble it was a Conservative government. The Diefenbaker government is in serious trouble, he went on, and public support will swing to the Liberal party on April 8th. He then introduced Bruce Beer, who is considered to be the agricultural spokesman for bra . Mr. Beer belaboured the Conservative government on a number of points. He suggest- ed that the purchasing power of the dollar has dropped consider- ably, and blamed the govern- He stated that under the Liberal government there was confidence in Canada, and that the country had a balanced bud- get and was paying off its debt. This, he said, created confi- dence on the part of investors, eral Meeting Denounce Minority in Ottawa but this confidence dropped sharply under Conservative ad- ministration. The Conserva- tives, he said, have spent a great deal of money on useless American products. The speak- er was obviously intimating that he meant military hard- ware. He attacked the government on unemployment figures, and said the run on the Canadian dollar had started long before the June election, which the Conservatives wanted the Cana- dian public to believe had oc- curred just prior to the June election. Regarding this coming elec- tion, Mr. Beer said it was lack of confidence in the way the country's affairs were being handled along with the conten- tion within Conservative ranks that forced the election. The Liberal party could not condone the spending of six million dollars on supply motions with- out a proper budget or debate. Please Turn To Page Five Machine Measures Flow of River William Harris of the Dept. of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Weather Resources Branch, from Guelph was busy in Wingham on Wednesday morning measuring the flow of the Maitland River at the Lower Town bridge. He is shown in the accomp- anying picture with a Gurley Velocity Meter. The torpedo - shaped part is a 50-1b weight that is lowered into the stream, and above it is a vein that 'tells the speed of the current. By measuring the width of the river and its'depth, the outfit will give the number of cubic feet of water per second that pass a given point. On Wednesday the flow was measured at 15, 200 cu, feet per second or about 91, 200 gallons per second. A MAJOR ICE JAMB formed on the upper pond above the McKenzie Bridge on Wednesday. Joe Kerr's crane was brought in with a heavy weight in an attempt to keep the. ice from clogging the dam and causing extensive damage. Member Claims Election Forced Marvin Howe, Progressive Conservative candidate in the April 8th general election and sitting member for the constit- uency of Wellington -Huron since 1953, was the featured speaker at a rally in the town hall here on Thursday evening of last week. • Mr. Howe based his address on three questions: Was the election necessary? What is the government's record? and What is the Progressive Conservative policy for the future? The speaker said that for the past several years there has been a studied attempt by the Opposition to down grade the efforts of the government and in the process Canada as a Cars Damaged North of Brussels Cars belonging to Ivlurray Gaunt, M.P.P. and Gordon Jacklin, R. R.5, Brussels, were damaged to the extent of about $700 in an accident last Satur- day evening, two and a half miles north of Brussels on the county road. Jacklin was travelling north at the time and in making a left turn at an intersection was in collision with a 1963 Pontiac sedan owned and driven by Mr. Gaunt, who was travelling West onto the third line of Mor- ris Township. The Gaunt car was practical- ly new, having been purchased about two months ago when his former vehicle was wrecked in an accident which occurred in a heavy snowstorm. Constable Murray Fridenburg of the Wingham OPP investi- gated. whole has been given a bad reputation among the com- munity of nations. He said that because of this adverse publicity just prior to the June election last year, American investors began to withdraw credit in Canada. As a result the government found it neces- sary to "peg" the value of the Canadian dollar and to apply other austerity measures. ECONOMY SOUND Mr, Howe said that the statistics disprove claims by the Liberal party that Canada is in serious financial trouble. Ile said the gross national pro- duct has been steadily increas- ing in value. Referring to the question of national defense he spoke high- ly of the importance and effect- iveness of the North Atlantic Mary Ahara Wins Contest Mary Ahara of Wingham was judged first place winner at a public speaking contest held in Clinton last week. She won first place in a similar contest held in the local school a few weeks ago and the event at Clinton included local school winners from the County of Huron. The contest is sponsored by the Ontario Trustees and Ratepayers Association and On- tario Hydro. In second place at Clinton was Anne Regier of Dashwood; third, Marlene Webber, R. R, 1, 1lensall. Inspector J. k1. Kin- kead of Goderich acted as chairman. Mary spoke on"My Dreams of the Future". She will go to Breslau on Tuesday of next week to com- pete in the next level grading upward to provincial honors in the contest. On Friday of this week she will take part in the second level of the Canadian Legion speaking contest to be held at Goderich. She was the winner of the senior public school class in the Legion con- test held here earlier this month. Other winners who will com- pete at Goderich are Ellen Cruickshank, junior elemen- tary; Peter -John Pace, junior high school and Anne Wight- man, Treaty Organization of which Canadian forces in Europe are a component part. Mr. Howe said that there is confusion in the public mind in regard to NATO. It is impossible to give a straight "Yes" or "No" answer as far as nuclear weapons are concerned, but he promised there would be a firm decision after the NATO council meet- ing in May. BIG ISSUES Mr, llowc said that this election was not necessary. Ile expressed the thought that the people of the country are fed up with elections, and he assured his hearers that the candidates feel exactly the same. Mr. Howe termed the past 10 months "a year of obstruction". In reference to the resigna- tion of three cabinet ministers just prior to the announcement of the election, Mr, Howe said that cabinet ministers have re- signed before—two of theta dur- ing uiing the critical years of the second World War, in a Liberal regime. The speaker referred to the record of the PC government since it was elected to office. At that time, he said, the gross national product was down after years of Liberal adminis- tration; the West had millions of bushels of unsold grain; the government had been piling up big surpluses hut was able to increase the old age pension by only $7.00 a month. Ile said that after the Diefenbaker government was elected the general economy was pepped up; the housing program was put "on the rails"; improved legislation under the depart- ment of Veterans' Affairs was Please turn to Page Five