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M
ALLEN JAMES CRAIG WINNIFRED LENORE GRIFFITH
Former WDHS Pupil
Dies in Wreckage
WROXETER--Winnifred Le-
nore Griffith, 19, of R. R. 1,
Wroxeter, was killed on County
Road 25, five miles east of
Blyth early Saturday morning
in a head-on collision of two
cars which claimed the lives of
• three people.
Gordon William Dodd and
Alien James Craig, both ofAu-
burn and occupants of the other
car, died instantly. It is be-
lieved that Mr. Dodd was the
driver.
A fourth person, Miss Grif-
fith's fiance, Larry B. Reddon,
19, of R.R. 2, Atwood and be-
lieved to be the driver of the
car in which she was an occu-
pant, was taken to Clinton Hos-
pital and later rushed to Victor-
ia Hospital, London in critical
condition. He suffered exten-
sive head and chest injuries and
both of his legs were broken.
Provincial Police of the Sea -
forth detachment investigated.
Apparently the two vehicles
• collided on a straight stretch of
the county road while the Au-
burn car was proceeding west
and the one driven by Mr. Red -
don travelling east. Neither of
the vehicles left the pavement
and none of the victims were
thrown from the cars.
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LONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
NO WORT) OF "MIKE"
Apparently •' Mike", the tur-
tle caught by Bob Major recent-
ly, is not the one used in the
Jr. Conservation Club's guessing
contest. We have been inform-
ed that that one was caught by
Ron Bell, "Tiny" Edwards and
Warren Callan at Owen Sound.
"Tiny" kept it at his farm until
after the Trade Fair and then
Johnny Brent cooked it.
FUNERAL MONDAY
Miss Griffith was the only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Griffith, lot 1, Con. 10, How -
ick. She had attended Wing -
ham District High School and
was on the staff of the Bell
Telephone Company in Wing -
ham and I•tarriston.
She was a member of St.
Stephen's Anglican Church,
Gorrie, where service was con-
ducted on Monday afternoon at
2.30 by Rev. George Anderson.
The pallbearers were Wayne
and Ross King, Wayne Day,
Bill Bennett, Fred Irwin and
Bob McArthur. Interment was
in Wroxeter Cemetery.
Miss Griffith is survived by
her parents and two brothers,
Dane Griffith of Gorrie and La-
mont Griffith, at home.
PRIVATE SERVICE
Private service was held at
the Arthur's funeral home in
Auburn at 1.30 Monday for Mr.
Dodd and at 3.30 for Mr. Craig
with burials in Ball's Ceme-
tery,
Mr. Dodd was the son ofMr.
and Mrs. William Dodd of Au-
FIRST SECTION
Former Wingham Teacher
Honored by Associatioi
The following reprint con-
cerning Miss Catherine J. Far -
Cas Lost when
Truck Rolls Over
Harvey Taylor, driver of a
tank truck owned by Len Bak of
Wingham, was uninjured in
what could have been a serious
accident at Cargill last week.
Taylor was piloting the gas
truck down the townline near
the village on Wednesday when
the vehicle overturned in a
ditch spilling about 300 gallons
of fuel, which fortunately did
not catch fire.
Damage to the truck was es-
timated at $1, 500 to $2, 000.00.
Taylor told OPP officers from
Walkerton detachment that the
mishap occurred when he tried
to dodge a pothole in the road
and the front wheel slipped into
the ditch.
burn and was employed at the
Rainton Woollen Mills in Blyth.
Mr. Craig is survived by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will-
iam J. Craig of Auburn; two
brothers, Robert of Ilderton and
William of Clinton; and three
sisters, Mrs. Stanley (Dorothy)
Strasser of Ontario, Calif.,
Mrs. Harry (Ila) Worsell ofGod-
erich and Mrs. George (Betty)
Wilkin of Goderich.
Mr. Craig worked in Exeter
as a trucker.
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Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, July 23, 1964
quharson is taken twin a publi-
cation of the Anglican Church
and was sent to us ny Mrs. V.
A. Ripple of Detroit, Michigan,
Mrs, Ripple, tht former Ca-
therine Cruickshank', t Wing -
ham, corresponds t.ittt Miss
Farquharson quite regularly and
says that many will remember
her as a fine, very 0i.ria:t, kind
teacher.
"On April 16 lulus Catherine
J. Farquharson, a tTurch Home
resident, was sent a certificate
by the Federation ot Women
Teachers' Associations for her
40 years of service in that pro-
fession.
"Miss Farquharson, a mem-
ber of the Church Home family
for 23 years and now the senior
resident, began her career at
the age of 17 in a country
school near Beeton, later tea-
ching at Teeswater and Wing -
ham after completing normal
school. Former pupils include
Rev. Griffin Hiscocks, onetime
rector of St. Mary Magdalene's
and the late Dr. Kenneth Mac-
Kenzie, noted brain specialist
at Toronto General Hospital.
She still hears from her pupils
and, periodically one comes
to take her to lunch.
"She,is the Church Home's
librarian and does, says mem-
ber of Toronto Public Library
staff, an excellent job. She
was honored with a house birth-
day party on April 30 and re-
ceived roses and a hearty ova-
tion."
Loss of Crops Will Be Heavy
Army Worms In
Lakeet District Farm
"I don't know whether it
will be worth harvesting or not;
Those were the words of Gordon
Wright, who farms near Lake -
let in Ilowick Township, as he
looked over his fields of mixed
grain that have been devastated
by army worms. Ile and his
neighbors have been fighting a
losing battle against the crawl-
ing hordes this past week.
The Wright farm, a lovely
100 -acres in the highly produc-
tive area of north Iiowick, had
a 35 -acre stand of mixed grain
that probably would have
threshed out at 90 -bushels to
the acre -- that was before the
army worms suddenly appeared
at the end of last week, In a
matter of hours the grain fields
suffered heavy damage, and
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GORDON WRIGHT, of the Lakelet district,
holds a handful of oats and barley ravaged
by army worms. In his left hand are a
few stalks of oats that have not been
damaged. He estimates a 75 percent loss
on 35 acres of mixed grain by the ever -
hungry caterpillars.
—Advance -Times Photo.
even after spraying with insect-
icides and using poison bait
they kept on going. Mr. Wright
estimates damage to his grain
will amount to 75 per cent of
his expected crop. Not only
have the worms attacked the
mixed grain but a seeding of
pasture that was coming up with
the grain has also been cut
back to ground level. At one
time, when the .truly worms
were at their worst, they could
actually be heard in action.
Mr. Wright s.;id that he has
sprayed 23 acres with a chemi-
cal insecticide, ' ut he felt
that bran mixed t.id} paris
green, which he ,ised in another
field did a hettei job. As well,
the bran does ntl: affect a hor-
net type ot fly t, it attacks the
worms. Huge 1._oks of starlings
have also been :. isting in the
job of getting ri:. infestation
in check.
Along the ro.- !side of the
Wright farm a d .'p furrow was
plowed, and poi;.tn bait used
to keep the worn: from cross-
ing into neighboring fields and
this worked quits successfully.
However, there • re: otherout-
breaks in the sane area, but
not quite as extensive as on
the Wright farm.
Huron County agricultural
representative Doug Miles, in
a crop report on Tuesday said
that there are small scattered
outbreaks of the pests across
the county, but for the most
part they seem to be undercon-
trot.
Breaks Wrist
Mrs. George Hall fell at her
home last Thursday afternoon
and hurt her right wrist, She
was taken to hospital where it
was determined that the wrist
was broken.
Mrs, 1 call remained in hospi-
tal over night and returned
home the following; day.
Single
.opy Not Over Ten Ce
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DRIVER DISAPPEARED—This car was in-
volved in a queer accident early Saturday
morning. After knocking a new Volks-
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wagen over an excavation at the Victoria -
Josephine intersection, the driver climbed
out and disappeared.—Photo by Connell.
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LANDS ON TOP—A seat belt was credited
with saving the life of Ronald Parker, of
Ft. William, driver of this new Volkswagen,
when it was struck from the rear by an-
other car and knocked 50 feet after hurd-
ling a 9 -foot -wide excavation on Wingham's
main street. It landed on its tep. The
driver suffered only minor injury.-- Photo
by Connell.
Flew Through 01e' Air with
the Greatest of Ease
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iiCcide•irt oil r'. iiijF^ . heel; thrown shit mid
;trot burin i::e
early t.t'tas to Saturday Litt iter
lett police scratching the!: t.;r.:•l:ei tin- (tai was 1.tiilled out
heads 'ei s,,ui&• time.
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pinned be- and it w.3: sound the .'Fig e r Lad
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a brand olksw.tt ,'u, uri-
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:Itatlt ,itlt of the exe.: t•.:trt'l.:t and
was jtl.it'k in the rtai aliorli-
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impact drove the small car
clean across tlat 9—toot-wide
hole and it landed on its top
nearly feet north of the pouiit
of impact. •l1 a second ear
thin plunttt d into the hole do-
ing considerable damage to bur-
ied telephone cables that had
been exposed during the digging
operations.
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:kit down ,,:a thia;st i :o t
t Fd �t?i`C�T(t'� Machine
.inothet ti 'st'd intoa 'ow s. w e t
excavation at the curet r. ht; i
driver of the car in the hole was
nowhere to be seen and for a
time it was feared the man had
Fractures Skull
Freak 'all
Bob Crewson, 16 -year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs, John Crow-
son, Angus Street, suffered a
fractured skull in a freak acci-
dent last Thursday.
While Bob was at the Bert
Armstrong garage he raised him-
self between two counters and
was swinging with one hand on
each when he slipped and fell,
sttiking his head on the cetnent
floor.
lie was taken to the Wing-
ham and glstrlct Hospital, suf-
fering from concussion. X-rays
later showed he had a slight
fracture of the skull. He was
released in satisfactory condi-
tion on Tuesday afternoon.
I)a . id• ou Well Drilling, a
firth which has ht'en providing
water for c`ntario tarn!; <InCe
the year 1':+ttu, last week enter-
ed a completely new era. Da-
vidson's drilled their first well
with a recently purchased ro-
tary -type drill bought in Lv.tns-
ville, Indiana. cordon David-
son, who heads the firm, states
that the first well was com-
pleted in less than one-third of
the time which would havt been
required with the more famil-
iar percussion type drills.
The new machine is mount-
ed on a special truck chasis so
that it is completely mobile.
The complete outfit cost over
$50, 000, 00 and is the only
one of its kind in operation in
Ontario. Davidsons also oper-
ate two percussion drills.
Mr. Davidson's son, Douglas,
spent several weeks in the
States learning to operate the
rotary drill before the machine
was brought to Wingham. The
drill can be operated by two or
three then.
Parker was wearing a seat
belt, which probably saved his
life, for he emerged from the
car with only minor injuries.
The other driver had disappear-
ed and it is not known whether
or not he was injured. Both
cars were wrecked beyond re-
pair.
Police Chief James Miller
said that the accident is still
under investigation. It is
thought the second vehicle is
owned by a Lucknow area resi-
dent.
Parker was travelling home
to visit with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs, Everett Parker of
Hollyraod when the accident
took place.