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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-07-23, Page 1• 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. r • 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. tianct47 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 r' v 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 t DRIVER DISAPPEARED—This car was in- volved in a queer accident early Saturday morning. After knocking a new Volks- • • wagen over an excavation at the Victoria - Josephine intersection, the driver climbed out and disappeared.—Photo by Connell. 'Id 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. 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The 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. t allot, stt sn, , tt it,�i. a I, Ali}' 'Lll t(..1)p�B8L Lang ij int `.tr.ot i �.i:tt'1 t't'li:-II .-i',' :I Firm ri i f7•}f`7' �ttttSeS •t ,It.t1 t1 s !. :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.