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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. 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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, G. A. WILLIAMS, 0.0. Optometrist 9 PATRICK STREET W. WINGHAM Phone 357-1282 TURNBERRY-1 MUSIC FESTIVAL 1 IN TURNBERRY CENTRAL SCHOOL FRIDAY, MAY 21 AT 9 A.M, and 1:30 P.M. 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