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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-08-13, Page 1Holidays The Advance -Times WILL 8E CLII.IiSED Aug. 17 toAug.28 RE -OPENS AUGUST 31 High Praise for Student Militiamen • Lt. Col, T. ti, Burdette, as- sistant adjutant and quarter- master general for the Western Ontario Area, of London, had logh praise foe :39 young men who completed a six -weeks' militia course Friday, Ile was • speaking at the passing ()lacer emonies held at the local hall park when he and Major 11ar rt y, 1 C of the '.:Ist Field Re- giment were on hand to inspect the group. The group included the hovs who had taken instruc- tion both at Wingham and Walkerton under Lt. R. A, Campbell and Lr. R. D. Mc- Laughlin. Named hest militiamen were Doug Walker of the Walk- erton group and Howard Moon- . ey of Corrie, from the Wing - ham section. The two were presented with jackets by the regiment. Allan Leggatt was course leader for the event which saw the group inspected by the two visiting officers. Besides the general salute and inspection of ranks the young soldiers put on demonstrations with the FN ri- fle, gun drill and first aid. Following the inspection Col. 13urdette addressed the • group and later as they marched down the main street, took the salute in front of the town hall, ALONG THE MAIN [MAGI By The Pedestrian Pedestrian IN A TiGIIT FIX -- Our photographer narrowly missed the shot of the year on Sunday afternoon when a com- paratively small hoy got stuck in the trash container in front of Mason's book store. Too short in the legs and too wide in the hips to get out again, his older brother was wildly • soliciting aid from passing youngsters with the plea, "Please help my little brother." During the period of junior's incarceration the police crui- ser passed several times and each time it approached he ducked hack into the gash bin to escape detection --all of which didn't forward the cause of his release. Eventually he was pulled from the trap by an older lad, none the worse for wear. 0--0--0 START 'EM YOUNG- - Noted an interesting group around a gum -vending machine on the main drag the otherday. A youngster was attempting to ♦ get some chewing material out of the automat, apparently with the vocal assistance of mother and a couple of aunts. As we passed her "nickel" drop- ped to the pavement with a dishearteningly dead sound, It was one of those round slugs electricians drive out of con- nector boxes when they are putting in the wires. There's a lot to be said for early train- ing, at 0--0--0 ti FIREMEN OUT -- The rural fire brigade was called to the farm of James El- liott, R. R. 1, Blucvale, on Highway 87, when a tractor took fire Monday. The ma- chine was being started in an implement shed in preparation for threshing operations when the fire started. Damage was mostly confined to the electric- al system of the machine. Mr, Elliott and his son were able to !told the blaze in check ,• until the firemen arrived to finish the job. The tractor was dragged from the shed before any damage occurred to the building, ZbLe arti not. Ei FIRST SECTION Will Proceed with Improvements Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, August 13, 1J1;4 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents Council leases lower Pond To Maitland 'alley Aulhorfty Following an engineering study on the condition of the lower dam and pond presented to council last week, the town fathers decided to request the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority to proceed with an improvement project, The decision was reached at a special session of council on Tuesday evening which saw members of the Riverside Parks Board, the P.U.C. and Author- ity representatives sit down to discuss the overall concept of the scheme. Mayor Hetherington out- lined the background of plan- ning which l e d to the meeting. Ile said the Parks Board had been working to have the lower pond de -silted as a shoreline improvement project. This plan had been approved by the department under the Parks As- sistance Act and the $15, 000 scheme would have received a grant of 50 per cent. Since this approval had been received, the mayor said, the department of Energy and Re- sources Management had boost- ed grants for reconstruction of small reservoirs to 75 per cent, but such work has to be handled by conservation authorities. When council learned of this change in grants it requested the Maitland Authority to have a study done on the dam and pond. Mayor Hetherington went on to explain the various aspectsof the latest engineer's report, which accepted previous work done in connection withde-silt- ing, but enlarged the program to include improvement to the dam, allowing for better drain- age, water control and repairs to the cement work. With the 75 per cent grant, the mayor said, it would seem a golden opportunity to have a much better project brought to reality. As far as cost is con- cerned, Mr. Hetherington went on, it meant that instead of a $15, 000 project, a $30, 000 scheme could be handled at no extra cost to the municipality. He explained that in order to have the IM1, V. C. A. take on the project the property would have to either he sold or leased to the Authority. However, the suggestion had been made to enter into a lease agreetnent, and in order to protect the P.U.C. , have the Authority lease back the power rights. LOSING MONEY? Emerson Shera, P. P.C. sup- erintendent, said that the power plant is not essential and was not saving the community any great amount of money, and perhaps was losing money. This statement sparked a discussion regarding the fact that the P, U, C.. had been ask- ed to put up the money required as the town's share of the orig- inal de -silting project as set up by the Parks Board. P.P.C. member Richard Lloyd said he felt a plebiscite should be ta- ken before the money was spent Gordon Buchanan, a member of the Parks Board, said that it would be ridiculous to bring such a matter to a vote, Coun- cillor Bateson wanted to know how much money the P. P.C. had in reserve. After checking the auditors' report, Mayor Hetherington said there was $77,000 in reser.•, and the P. U.C. showed a 'tet profit of $13,000 last year. Councillor Alert Williams said he understood that the P. U. C, had a ttlet,,,u on the books to set acid • : :";,500 for the work. P, i'.' e chairman DeWitt Miller eget Mr. Shera agreed that this see. the case. Parks Board chairman Harry McArthur said that as far as his group was concerned, rhe new plan sounded rel: otiahle, and that the meeting was getting off on the wrong foot discussing the local financing for this was a problem between council and the P. U, C, Mr. Miller said he was in favour of the: scheme, as it would be of real benefit to the community. Mayor Hetherington pointed out that the P. U. C:, is spending money each year on the dam and pond and that the work done under the scheme could be written off over a period of time for it would save annual maintenance cost for some years. Authority Chairman Robert Wenger outlined the necessary steps to be taken to have the Authority assume the project. Please turn to Page Eight Father Was Former Police Chief dere Interesting visitors to Wing - ham last week were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bullard, of Alame- da, Cal., who called on his cousin, Orville Welsh and spent a good deal of time in- vestigating information about the earlier years of the town when Mr, Bullard's father was local chief of police. The father was Joseph Bul- lard, who was the town's chief constable from 1892 to 1896, according to records in the JOSEPH bULLAifD will be remembered by only the older residents of town. He was chief constable here from 189246. His son, Harry 0.ullard, of Alameda, California, brought the picture to The Advance -Times office last week. town clerk's office, In the latter year the family left here for the Harriston area, where the father died in 1898, His death was the result of injuries sustained some years previous when he was employed in the Wingham chair factory. The family resided in the home now owned by Dr. DuVal on John Sr, , immediately back of the Toronto -Dominion Bank. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bullard consisted of three daughters and three sons, Agnes, Elizabeth and Gertrude, Wilbur, Frank and Harry. Fol- lowing their residence at Har- riston the family moved to Illinois, where Flarry married and resided until 21 years ago, when they tnoved to California. lie spent 18 years with the fed- eral civil service as an elec- trician at Great Lakes, Ill., San Francisco and Alameda. His parents had an interest- ing background for his grand- mother (another of Joseph 13u1 - lard) Odelia (Ferguson) Bullard, was a woman of decided opin- ions and positive action. Her husband, a native of Ireland, was a young soldier and much to his dismay was shipped away for service in Canada when their infant son was only a few months old. The hus- band, however, had failed to reckon fully with Odelia's de- termination, for when the ves- sel was a few days out on the rolling Atlantic she and the baby emerged from hiding and presented not only her husband but his offieets as well with the unassailable fact that she had no intention of being left behind. The lady herself had a sea- faring background, for she was born aboard ship in the Medit- erranean Sea, iter father was killed in action at the Battle of Waterloo. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bullard who last visited this area in 1058, ate travelling with their trailer for accommoda- tion and are thoroughly enjoy- ing this leisurely opportunity to visit with relatives and old acquaintances of the family. i CLINTON WOMAN INJURED—Mrs. Gerald Leeson, wife of the driver of this car, was seriously injured when the car was in col- lision with a truck, upper picture, owned by John A. Lane, R. R. 1, Wroxeter. The mishap occurred two miles north of Wing - ham on Highway 4. Mrs. Leeson was treated at the local hospital and later re- moved to Victoria Hospital, London. —Advance -Times Photo. Barden Spears Named Executive Editor--Macleans W. Borden Spears has been appointed executive editor of Maclean's Magazine, He suc- ceeds !editor Lefolii, who re- signed a week earlier. Publisher F. G. Brander said the new title of executive edi- tor was created when Mr. Spears was appointed. Mr. Spears, a former mana- ging editor of the Toronto Star, left that position in 1960 and has since been editorial advisor to the president of Maclean - Hunter Publishing Co. Mrs. Spears, the former Mary King of Wingham, and their family are at presort hol- idaying at Bruce Beach; Will Study Dams In Howick Twp. A preliminary engineering study on dams at Gorric, and Fordwich, similar to that com- pleted at Wingham under the Department of Energy and Re sources Management's new res- ervoir assistance program, is being carried out by the Mait- land Valley Conservation Au- thority. Purpose of the study is to de- termine the feasibility of reha- bilitating the ponds and dams in those localities. The 1)c • pertinent of Energy and Resour- ces is contributing 75 per cent of the cost, and the other 35 per cent is paid by the munici- palities. If major rehabilita- tion programs are undertaken costs will be shared on the sante basis. Flood conditions resulted at Gorrie and water was at a high level at Wingham following the estimated five -inch rainfall which drenched this section of the Maitland watershed over Please tura to Page Eight Clinton Woman Seriously injured North of Wingham A Clinton woman suffered serious injury in a car -truck collision just before noon hour on Tuesday. Mrs. Gerald W. Leeson, 3R Truck Takes out Two Hydro Poles P.U.C. workmen lined quite a mess to clean up out Tuesd.:y morning when a I.isto- we] Transport truck snagged overhead w ires tele :, tenting in- to the alley heftiest the Crontp- to,t Block from Patrick Street. As the result of the pull on tl.c heavy wiring a pole. adja- cent to the lane hro,ce off and then another to the west sup- porting a transformer crashed down across the street, shorting out electrical service ill the ar- ca. Wires of all descriptions were draped along the street presenting a real hazard until the crews were able to cut atf the clot lines. The first pole was hroiseu the ground line and then snap- ped off again below future; which supported tete wires, leaving about a 1u -toot section dangling in mid-air. A conduit into the Crompton building w is also torn off the wa11. PVC superintendent I'tneraut Shera said it was hard to estim- ate the damage hill but it would probably be over seem, on, depending on the condition of time transformer which is worth $600,00, Linemen stntng temporary wires to provide service to buildings in the immediate vicinity, but they were with- out power until out into the al- ternoon. There were no injuries and fortunately there were no cars parked out the street where: the poles came down. was removed to rhe Wingham and District General hospital where she was treated by Dr. W, A, McKihhon and then re- moved to Victoria Hospital, London. She suffered a frac- tured skull, dislocated and frac- tured hip. multiple lacerations and abrasions. The car was driven by the injured woman's husband, who suffered bad bruises to the head as well as minor lacerations to the arms. Ile was able to tra- vel to London with his wife. Their 10 -month old daughter is in Wingham Hospital suffering from shock but was reported to he in satisfactory condition. Truck driver John A. Lane and his passenger, 1'.andall Ilain ilton. of 8. lP. I, Wroxeter, were not injured. The accident occured two utiles north of Wingharn on No. -1 Highway when the Lee -out car was travelling north and attempted to pass tete truck which at that juncture started to make a lett hand turn into a farm Lune. Thc late model car was pretty well wrecked. hamage was set at ,Ort. The truck ended up in the ditch facing south-west with the box knocked orf to the side. The vehicle was teed for hauling grain, The road was very slippery at the time of the accident as it was pouring rain. To James Bay Mrs, lrltua Jenkins and Mrs. Herb Fox tort motored to Coch- rane where they took the North- land Train to eloosonee, near James Bay. On their return to North Bay they took the cruise down the French Riser art the ChicfCorn- mando, returning home by Sud- bury and et.tnitoulin island.