HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-05-20, Page 8rage 8-Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday,May 20, 1965
London .Accident Takes
Life of Belgrave Native
Mrs. Agnes Dunbar of St,.
Thomas died in the St, Thomas
General hospital about 0,15 on
Sunday evening as the result of
a ear accident earlier that day,
Mrs. Dunbar, a native of Bel -
grave, and a one-time resident
of W'ingharn, was in her 72nd
year.
Deceased was a passenger in
a car driven by Mrs. Bertha
Brown, 88, of St. Thomas,
which was involved in a two -
car collision at the intersection
of Highways ,3 and 4 at the
western limit of London. Mrs.
Brown was in only fair condition
on Sunday evening with head
cuts and fractured right knee
cap.
Mrs. Dunbar died as the re-
sult of severe head and internal
injuries and a fractured right
leg. She lived at the same ad-
dress as Mrs. Brown.
Four persons who were riding
in the other vehicle, who carne
from St. Thomas, Kitchener and
Blair, received only minor in-
juries and were released from
hospital after treatment.
Mrs. Dunbar's body was re-
moved to the R. A. Currie
Sons funeral home, where ser-
vices were held on Wednesday
afternoon at 2.00 o'clock with
Rev. Cecil ivl.Jardine of the
Wingham United Church offi-
ciating, Interment was made
at the Brandon Cemetery, Bel -
grave.
Pallbearers were Wendal
McCallum, James McCallum,
Albert Cook, Norman Cook,
Keith Dunbar and Allan Dunbar.
The deceased was the fo r -
mer Agnes McCallum and was
born in Belgrave 71 years ago.
Nearly 40 years ago she was
married to the late William
Dunbar, who passed away some
25 years ago.
Left to mourn her passing
are one son, Kenneth of Lon-
don and two brothers, Jack and
Finlay McCallum of Wingham.
One son, James Ross of Niagara
Falls predeceased her in March
of this year, There are three
grandchildren.
A member of the United
Church, Mrs. Dunbar lived in
Belgrave following her mar-
riage, and after her husband
died she continued to reside in
the community for sorne time,
later moving to Wingham, She
has been living in St. Thomas
for the past 11 years.
Society Receives
Old Minute Book
The Honorable Charles S.
MacNaughton, Minister of High-
ways for Ontario, has presented
to the Huron County historical
Society an old minute hook
dating back to 1904. it is a
complete record of the then
Liberal Conservative Associa-
tion with dates, places, and
names of many well known
Huron County people. It is
written in longhand in a per-
manently hound book and shows
the gradual change from the
Liberal Conservative party to
the present Progressive Conser-
vatives.
The Historical Society will
place this precious volume in
the archives, which will be set
up in the new Huron County
Museum wing, presently being
erected.
Teachers Attend Workshop
The Association of Teachers
of Retarded Children, Region
5, held a workshop at the
Mapleton School, Listowel, on
Saturday. Teachers and guests
were present from Chesley,
(odericl►, Kincardine, Listowel,
Mount forest and Wingham.
Kathleen and Lynn
O'Malley Graduate
Kathleen O'Malley, daugh-
ter of Mr, and Mrs, Thomas J.
O'Malley, formerly of llth
Con. of East Wawanosh, was
one of the graduating class of
St. Joseph's hospital School of
Nursing, which was held at
Thames Hall, 11. W.O. , Lon-
don on May 14.
Following the graduation
exercises, Mr. and Mrs. O'Mal-
ley entertained at a reception
for 40 guests at Blessed Sacra-
ment Church Hall.
Among the guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Robinson, Tom
Robinson, Mr. and Mrs, Donald
Dow, Mrs. W, Dow, Nelson
and Ivan Dow, Mr, and Mrs.
Lloyd Whytock, Mr. John Boyle.
Mr. Clarence Gibbons and Mr.
Jim Cummins, all from the
Fordyce area.
On May 15, Lynn O'Malley,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J.
O'Malley, was graduated from
Western Ontario Institute of
Technology, Windsor.
Both Lynn and Kathleen
O'Malley are graduates of
Wingham District High School.
The president, Mrs, Florence
Reavie of Wingham, conducted
the business which included the
reports of the regional represen-
tative, Mrs, Nellie Harcourt
of Mount Forest, who outlined
changes since the Education
Authority has been set up. The
theme for the workshop was on
attitude training for senior pus.
pils looking towards sheltered
employment, and on home
activities,
Miss Jessie Manson, director
of adult workshops for Metro
Toronto, was the special speak-
er in the morning and brought
a wealth of intor►ra tion to the
teachers from her vast experi-
ence with the mentally retard-
ed of every age, both in Can-
ada and England.
In the afternoon, I, B. Spring-
er, Toronto, reacher --special-
ist in school programs for boys,
continued the workshop theme
by speaking on economic
training for boys and girls. Be-
sides being a teacher Mr.
Springer is also a registered
psychiatric nurse, having spe-
cialized in Occupational and
Recreational Therapy at the
Saskatchewan Training School
for Mentally Retarded Children.
The speakers imparted know-
ledge of what they found most
beneficial in teaching and
training pupils to find happi-
ness in achievement in what
they are able to do, and to fit
them for life after they gradu-
ate from school.
At the noon banquet held in
the Anglican Church greetings
were brought to the teachers
Fordwich Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Martin and
family were in New York over
the week -end, where they at-
tended the wedding of their
son, Wallace, on Saturday.
Mr. Noble Cattanach spent
a few days in Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Doig of
St. Catharines visited on Friday
with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Doig.
Mr.Fred Hambly spent two
days last week in Toronto with
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Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Hambly.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wray,
Brian and Grace of Toronto,
visited Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Wellington Hargrave.
Week -end visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Lorne Siefert Jr. were
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Winger of
Gormley.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack King were
London visitors one day last
week.
Mrs. Peter Browne spent Fri-
day in Hanover.
Mrs. Anson Ruttan and Mrs.
Ted Klaassen were London
visitors one day last week,
Miss Bonnie Inglis of Toron-
to and Mr. Dave Inglis of Kit-
chener were week -end visitors
with their parents.
Miss Sharon Pollock of Kit-
chener was a week -end visitor
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Pollock.
Mr. and Mrs. William Soth^
ern and Mr, and Mrs.James Vit -
tie visited Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Stewart, in Listowel.
The sympathy of the com-
munity goes to Mr. Clarence
Carswell in the death Saturday
of his sister, Mrs. Russel Reid.
Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Lynn,
Judy and Karen of Orillia, Mr.
Earl Ridley of London were
week -end guests with Mrs. Earl
Ridley.
Mrs. Roy Simmons visited
last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Doug Wildfang at Cooksville.
Miss Nancy Jacques of Kit-
chener is spending a week's
vacation with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Jacques.
Mr. and Mrs. Anson Ruttan,
Misses Audrey and Janice Rut -
tan and Mrs.Elsie Demerling
were Saturday visitors in Kitch-
ener.
Mr. and Mrs, Robert Mont -
;ornery of Wingham visited one
lay last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Anson Rattan.
Mrs. Mary Sanderson of Lis-
towel visited over the week-
end with Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Dinsmore.
PERSONALS
--Mr. and Mrs. Ed Griese
and son Ronnie, Mrs. Ken Gorr
and Jim Landry of Pembroke
spent the week -end with Mr.
and Mrs, Murray Kuehl and
family. Mrs. Griese and Mrs.
Gorr are sisters of Mr. Kuehl.
Saturday visitors were Mr. and
Mrs. Ken Thompson of Walker-
ton and Mr. and Mrs. Keith
Thompson and family of
Tham esford.
To Attend Kinsmen
District Convention
Five members of the Kins-
men Club of Wingham and
their wives will attend the Dist-
rict 1 Convention being held
in Buffalo on the May 24th
week -end. Local delegates are
Kinsmen Cal Burke, Dave Bur-
gess, Freddie Templeman,
Bill llanula and Keith Mc-
Clure. The convention is a
gathering of all Kinsmen of
the district, together with the
district executive headed by
Governor Mait Edgar of Clin-
ton. A member of the national
executive of the Association of
Kinsmen Clubs will also be on
hand to address the convention.
At this time the year's ac-
complishments will be review-
ed, next year's plans will be
formulated and the incoming
district executive will be elec-
ted.
The Association of Kinsmen
Clubs is a purely Canadian or-
ganization with a membership
of 12, 000 young men in over
400 communities. The country
is divided into eight districts
and is also an organization on
a national level.
Kinsmen Set Aside
Pool Planning
At the regular meeting of
the Kinsmen Club on Monday
evening at Danny's Restaurant
members heard Kin Matt Boyd
report that the cost of building
a swimming pool in conjunc-
tion with the new public school
addition would amount to
$125,000 to $150,000.
The club discussed the mat-
ter at length, and decided to
abandon further planning for
the time being. The subject
will likely be brought up again
later on.
Kin Jake Jutzi said that he
had committed the club to as-
sist with a silver collection
during the fireworks display on
Monday evening. Those able
to help are to meet at the fire -
hall at 7.30.
Club President Calvin Burke
told the rnemhers that the ex-
exutive had investigated the
possibility of renting the Royal
T dance hall for the year, with
the object of operating weekly
dances as a fund-raising scheme,
The members voted to have
the coutrnittee negotiate with
the owner.
from special guests who attend-
ed; Len Vickars of Listowel Fd-
ueation Authority for R.C,;
Rev, David Crawford represent-
ing the Listowel Ministerial
Association and Mrs. A.Kendal,
president of the Regional A. R,
C.
Exercise 'Illwind'
Simulates Disaster
The Huron County Emer-
gency Measures Organization
held an exercise last Saturday
for evaluating the capability
of a municipal government
emergency headquarters.
It was a simulated hurricane
of 120 mile per hour winds,
and torrential rain. It tore
through the county from the
south-west, cutting a wide
swath between Clinton and
Exeter until it roared out over
Lake Huron.
All Counties between Nia-
gara Falls and Goderich parti-
cipated for a six hour period.
Warden Glenn Webb and
the Emergency Measures Com-
mittee of council authorized
each move and the co-ordina-
tor, W. Stuart Forbes, acted as
staff officer in conjunction
with the County Civil Emer-
gency Planning Group.
Brigadier Fred A. Clift,
Reeve of Bayfield, an active
member of the Emergency
Measures Organization, refer-
eed the learning exercise.
PERSONALS
--Mr, and Mrs. O. Clayton
Gantmage and ',Corn of Willow -
dale visited on Saturday with
Mr, and Mrs. H, Sherbondy,
--Dr. and Mrs. A, W. Irwin
of Florida have returned to
their cottage at Amherley
Beach for the summer months,
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