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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-03-24, Page 8daily licensed and inspected. In addition 0,11, S. C, should he extended to cover disabled children, whose disability is so great that they are incapable of caring for themselves. The number of people over aged 70 increased by 334, from the period 1951-01 and will in- crease even more from 1901.- 1971, This is, in effect, a population explosion at the top, AND STYLES ARE LIVELIER THAN EVER! FINE BED LILY CE R ITU ECU mossaaansweirsroismum.„ (Wingham) Limited THE FRIENDLY STORE HiUS YOU'RE SURE OF A FRIENDLY WELCOME From Miss Catherine Stirling, District Manager Bill Duncan, and John Bowman, when you visit CIA's Huron County Office rt 14 King St.. Clinton, to discuss your insurance needs. You are invited to our OPEN HOUSE on Thursday, March 31, from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Coffee and donuts will be served. CIA has 32 offices across the Province and has over 220,000 policies in force in all lines. AUTOMOBILE • URBAN FIRE • BOAT 0 ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS 0 FAMILY LIABILITY FARM FAMILY PROTECTION CIA CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 291 King St., London 433-3131 Page 8 — Wingham Advance-Times, ThurS„ March 24, l' Ye, Howie* Lions Hear Pub. School Speakers A WALKERTON RINK skipped by Harold Dobson won the early draw and the Branch 180 Trophy at the Legion bonspiel here on Sunday. From the left are Ross Dobson, vice; Clayton Walmsley„ lead; Skip Harold Dobson, being presented with the trophy by Legion President Willis Hall, and Bud Adams, second. They captured second place with a score of three and nine.—A-T Photo. • Meeting in the Fordwieh United Church basement on Monday evening the Howick Lions Club named the winners in its annual public speaking competition for elementary school pupils. Ruth Neable was the over all winner and topped the senior division. She was followed in the grades 7 and 0 class by Cherub Tompkins, Michael Granger and Rickey ClaIke. She chose as her subject, "The New Mathematics" and presented her material in 3 very humorous fashioa. Miss Tompkins spoke on The Future or Canada" with the two boys taking "General Grant" and "War by Accident" as their topics. In the junior section, Deb- orah Townsend was in first place speaking on a cruise through the n'Inkj islands. She was followed by Elizabeth Mas- sey who spoke on horses; Lois Martin, "Christmas in Many Lands' and Colleen Carson who told of her !amily's 1;165 vaca- tion to Eastern Canada and the U.S. All speakers are students at the llowick Central School. The winners will go on to a May Call Inquest In Child's Death A private funeral service was held at the Walker funeral home in Wingham for Steven Ward Craig, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Craig of Blue- vale. The child is also surviv- ed by one brother, Gary and a sister, Tearza. Burial was in the Wingham cemetery. The little boy died last Wed- nesday, about 12 hours after a fall down the stairway in his home. Taken to Victoria Hos- pital, London, for treatment, he was examined by Middlesex County Coroner, Dr. J. Bev. Robinson, who said that the child had suffered a fractured skull. Provincial Constable Murry Fridenburg of Wingham is in- vestigating the death of the youngster at the request of Dr. Robinson. Huron County Cor- oner, Dr. F. G. Thompson of Clinton is awaiting the Middle- sex coroner's report before de- cision to call an inquest. zone contest on April 1st. Prizes for the winners and medallions for the runners-up were presented by Lion District Governor Keith Cook of Brant- ford. He was guest speaker dux ing the dinner and outlined the history of Lions in Canada. Judges for the competition were three Listowel teachers, M. Henderson, supervising prin- cipal; Derrick Nind, vice-prin- cipal and Miss A. Mitchell. The contest was organized by Lions Ray Cooper and Bill Felk- er in co-operation with Bruce Robertson, principal of the How- ick Central School. . . Marilyn Irwin Is Zone Winner Marilyn Irwin, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. El- wood Irwin, a grade 5 pupil at Wingham Public .School woo won the John Pattison trophy in the Branch 1Se Royal Canadian Legion public speaking contest here last month, was declared winner in the zone contest on Saturday. Marilyn will now compete in the junior public school divis- ion of the District C finals to be held in Harriston on April 2. Other winners of the compe- tition here on Saturday were two Goderich brothers, one in grade 11, Andrew Pirie, 16, who won the senior high school division and Allister, 12, a grade 8 pupil at Victor Lawra- son Public School in Goderich, the senior public school cham- pion. Wanda Hunter, 15, a grade 10 pupil at Lucknow District High School and winner of the Advance-Times trophy in the local competitioi , won the junior high school division. There were 17 contestants in the four divisions. Box 390 Editor, Advance-Times, Dear Sir: Let us realize that the coun- cil has a tremendous decision to make concerning the main street. Which looks better -- a dump, flags or flower pots? M. Mathers. eport BY MURRAY GAUNT, M.P,rn Construction will start on Ontario's new Colleges of Ap- plied Arrs and Technology in 1967„About $12, 0'0, 10 1 0 has been budgeted for the com- munity colleges for the &lens Specticer COMMURiCatiOlIS in World of Tomorrow A meeting of the Wingham Lions Club was held in the Queen's Hotel on Tuesday eve- ning, First vice-president De- Witt Miller was in charge of the meeting. The program was in charge of the Property Com- mittee under the chairman, Lion Percy Clark. The guest speaker was Mrs. McBride of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Mrs. Mc- Bride, who is from the traffic instruction department of Bell, spoke on "Communication -- Prologue to Tomorrow" and fur- ther illustrated her talk by the use of flip charts. She outlined the progress made in communi- cations through the years and plans under way to meet future requirements. The two winners of the pub- lic speaking contest sponsored by the club will compete in the Region contest to be held in the Palmerston public library on Friday evening, March 25 at 7:30. .4111.141.001.4111.61.1.1101111111.4114 According to Education Mirr- isre:- William Davis, construe- ition will start this !all in six areas of the province. Presum- ably the regions named would have one college. The districts are (1) The counties of Renfrew, Lanark, Carleton, Cissel and Prescott, (2) Wentworth and Brant Counties. (3, Essex Coun- ty and some townships of Kent County. (4) Counties of Mid- dlesex, Elgin, Norfolk, Oxford. (5) Districts of Algoma, Mani- toulin, Sudbury and Nipissing. (6) The districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming. Eventually plans call for 18 districts across the province to be serviced by these facilities. Huron County, Perth Waterloo and Wellington will receive a college. Bruce, Grey, Duffer- in and Simcoe will be served by one college, the location of which hasn't been decided. Sweeping new legislation that would put the securities business in Ontario in line with U.S. law was introduced in the Legislature. Two bills - the Securities Act 1966 and an Act to amend the Corporation Act were introduced, embodying nearly all of the recommenda- tions of the Kimber Committee and the Kelly Royal Commis- sion. This legislation brings On- tario up to date with the U. S. Suggest Council Tell Reasons for Tree Removal Continued from Page One topic of interest along the main street at present, of the remov- al of trees in front of the town hall and the flower pots along the main street followed. A recommendation will be sent to the town council requesting that they make public the reasons for the proposed removal of the trees. It was felt at the meet- ing that if townspeople were aware of the condition of the trees, which is nut actually evident to the eye, and the cost involved to try to save them, it would be more clearly under- stood why their removal has been proposed and replaced by more attractive plantings. in regard to the flower pots, it was understood that these are to be put up again this summer. The Society felt they have be- come a landmark in the town and should not he removed if it is possible to maintain them. Plans were presented for the fall flower show, which will in- clude a junior division for all youngsters under hi years of age. A special instruction sheet is to be set up and given out to school children in order that they may participate in the pro- ject. The fall show is to take place the middle of August. Special prizes for the children will be awarded along with a grand champion trophy. Many of the Cubs and Scouts will be able to take advantage of this in working for their badges. All children of the town will be able to enter the junior event but adult entries must be sub- mitted by members of the Wing- ham Horticultural society. in five major areas. (1) Insider trading. (2) Proxy solicitation. (3) Financial disclosure. (4) Takeover bids. (5) Prospectuses, The Corporation Act is bind- ing only on corporations charter- ed in Ontario, while the Secur- ities Act must be observed by all companies whose securities are traded in Ontario. 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