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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-07-14, Page 1bit ingbain htaiut4iint.. Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, July 14, 1966 FIRST SECTION MADELYN SEWERS and Joe White point out the red flag at the swimming pool at Riverside Park which indicates there is no lifeguard on duty. A green flag indicates the area is safe for swimming. —Advance-Times Photo. t. ry t a Firemen Battle Four Hour Blaze in Asphalt Burner ALONG THE MAIN DRAG Pa' The Pedestrian LAST IN SCHEDULE—, The Brophy Goodyears will meet Belgrave in the last sched- uled game at the Wingham Town Park on Friday night at 8.00. Last week the Good- years played three games, two scheduled and one exhibition. They won two of the three games. 0--0--0 ORANGEMAN AT WORK-- We have been using a very reliable calendar--up ;to July, but while checking for events to take place next week dis- covered there are two Glorious 12ths this year; there is no 21st. Perhaps the printer is an Orange- man. Drop down to McClure Motors next Thursday; you may hear the fife and drum. 0--0--0 VERY TAME-- Nothing like a quiet town for an opportunity to commune with nature. In case you're in doubt, watch for the man on Minnie Street who sits out on his front lawn with a full-fledg- ed pigeon perched on his head. He carries on a one-way con- versation with his feathered friend while it surveys the land- scape from its human perch. 0--0--0 WRONG IMPRESSION-- Last week a young lad stood in careful contemplation of the flowerbed recently planted by the Horticultural Society at the five corners. As the mayor of the town approached he looked up and enquired in respectful tones, "Mister, could you tell me who's buried here?" 0--0--0 HIGH LEVEL WORK-- Elmer Wilkinson, local paint- er and decorator, has been awarded a contract by the Pub- lic Utilities Commission to ap- ply a coat of paint to the stand pipe at the high end of John Street. Open-Air Bible Clubs Next Week For several summers now the children of Wingham as well as in the majority of centres throughout Ontario have enjoy- ed attending Bible clubs during one week of the summer. Next week, July 18 to 22, is Wing- ham's week to have these clubs. Two young ladies from the Child Evangelism Fellowship of Ontario will be in town to con- duct the meetings. The time and place of meetings will be as follows: 9.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., Mrs. , B. Corrin, Diagonal Rd. and Mrs. H. Schipper, Minnie St.; 11 a.m. to 12 a.m., Mrs. E. Anderson, Shuter St. and Mrs. H. Fuller, Charles St.; 1.30 to 2.30 p.m., Mrs. C. Jouitsma, Lower Town and Mrs. T. Neth- ery, Victoria St.; 3.30 to 4.30 p.m. Mrs. A. Thompson, Leo- pold St. and Mrs. E. Irwin, Summit Drive. Children are invited to at- tend the club closest to their home or the club of their choice. They are conducted on the lawns. Stiff Fine for Pets On Park Beaches Campers and others who en- joy the privileges of Ontario's 92 provincial parks will have to keep their pets securely tied when they go swimming at the park beaches. An announcement early this week bans pets of any kind from the public swimming areas in the parks in an effort to insure the cleanliness and safety of such places. It is claimed that pets -- dogs in particular -- dirty the waters and that there is the danger that an over- heated animal may not be in a reliably quiet temper. Pets will be permitted in other areas of the parks, but a $500 fine will be levied against those who take their pets onto the beaches. The body of.two and a half year old Steven Krohn was pull- ed from the Maitland River a few yards from his home early Tuesday afternoon after the youngster bad apparently slip- ped into a hole in the river bot- tom and drowned. David Hart, Despite hopes that the sour- ces of contamination would be cleared, the water in the Mait- land River swimming area near the CN bridge is still polluted, according to word from Dr. R. M. Aldis, Huron's medical officer of health. In conversation with Dr. Al- dis on Wednemay morning, The Advance-Times learned that the coliform bacteria count was 4,000 per millilitre, consider- ably above the count recom- Norm Corrin at N.Y. Summer Camp Norm Corrin is spending the summer as a counsellor at Camp Pinnacle, Voorheesville, N.Y., near Albany. He is in charge of younger children at the young people's camp. According to a note from Norm this week he finds camp- ing in the mountains a great experience, but he was a little worried about losing contact with news happenings in his hometown. Slight criticism of his family stated that the Ad- vance-Times either arrived fragmented or they didn't send it at all, and he wished to sub- scribe for the rest of the sum- Josiah Alvin Fox, chiroprac- tor in Wingham for over 50 years, died at the Wingham and District Hospital on Monday af- ter a long illness. He was well known to a wide circle of friends and patients. He was in his 81st year. Born in Ohio, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adel- bert Fox. He received his ear- ly education at schools in Mich- igan and later graduated from the Robbins Chiropractic Col- lege in the same state, He came to Canada and opened practice here in 1913. He was married on May 22, 1909 in Union City, Mich. , to the former Viola Walkley, who survives. Also surviving are a son and a daughter, Dr. Bruce Fox of Guelph and Mrs. Wil- liam (Vesta) Brawley, Toronto, and two grandchildren, Mrs. Bruce (Joan) Campbell, Toron- to, and Mrs. Richard (Judith) Norton, Sarnia. Three brothers Roy, George and Marion, re- side in Michigan and two broth- ers predeceased Dr. Fox, Lloyd and Charles of Wingham. Deceased had been active in many organizations until his re- tirement due to ill health a year ago last January. He was a charter member of the Lions Club, a life member of the Or- der of the Eastern Star and a past patron, member of the Ma- sonic Lodge and a past treasurer, 15, attempted mouth-to-mouth respiration at the scene and Dr. W. A. Crawford of Wingham was summoned and had the child rushed to the Wingham and District Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Both Mr. and Mrs. Charles mended as the safe limit for swimming. Placards at the pool warn of the condition of the water and parents are warned that there has been little improvement so far in the pollution situation. Dr. Aldis expressed the opin- ion that the only satisfactory place for swimming instruction with small children is in arti- ficial pools where the super- visors can clearly see the bot- tom and observe all the young- sters in order to avoid accidents. member of the Canadian Chiro- practic Association, the Ameri- can Chiropractic Association and a past director of the On- tario Chiropractic Association. He was also a member of the Wingham United Church. Service was held on Wednes- day at 2 p.m. from the S. J. Walker funeral home with Rev. C. M. Jardine of the United Church in charge. Interment was in the Wingham Cemetery, the pallbearers being Don Ad- ams, Harold Taylor, Murray Taylor, Harold Wild, Jack Rea- vie and Ian MacLaurin. The floral tributes were carried by T. A. Currie, Dr. George How- son and Elwood Armitage. Krohn, the parents, were at work when the accident occur- red. The Krohn home is locat- ed immediately east of the let- land bridge on the bank of the river. The boy had been playing about the house, in the care of a teen-aged sister and his ab- sence was not noticed until sev- eral of his brothers and sisters went down to the river for a swim. His older brother, John, 10, found Steven's body and it is believed the lad slipped into a deep spot in the water. The lad was one of a family of 14 children, He is survived by his parents, brothers Wayne and Edward, both of Calgary, John, Douglas, Fred, Stanley, Ronald and James at home, and sisters, Mrs. William (Ruth) Martin, Teeswater, Nancy, Pat- sy, Mary Ann and Charlene at home. Steven's grandmother, Mrs. Caroline Krohn, resides in Grey Twp. He was prede- ceased by two other members of the family who died in in- fancy. Service will be conducted at the R. A. Currie & Son funeral home in Wingham at two o'- clock today (Thursday) with bur- ial in the Wingliam Cemetery. P.S. PuIs Pass St. John Tests The following pupils of Wingham Public School took the St. John Ambulance Course in First Aid for Elementary Schools during the year 1965- 66 and received certificates for successfully passing the written and practical tests: Philip Beard, Patty Boyd, Joanne Cameron, Bill Hilbert, Marlene Irvine, Christine Kre- gar, Sandra Lee, Murray Leg- gatt, Stephen Lloyd, Margaret McLaughlin, Janice McTavish, Douglas Mason, Kim Mellor, Karen Ritter, Rae Robinson, John Schipper, Karen Sutcliffe, Susan Williams; Rhonda Bell, Suzanne Bren- zil, Julie Burke, Sally Lou El- liott, Nancy Guest, Randy Haf- ermehl, Steven Langridge, Luanne Lavergne, Bob McGee, Jane Ann Nethery, Lynda Paul, Gene Porter, Anne Welwood, Instructor, (Mrs.) M. Under- wood. Raymond Archer, John Broome, Patty Cantelon, Wayne Carter, Candice Foxton, Doug- las Gammage, Barry Gardner, Lee Grove, George Howe, Mar- lene Jamieson, David Lloyd, Adora MacLean, Gerald Marks, Jeanette McDonald, Carl Mow - bray, Judy Ohm; Daphne Robb, Judy Scott, Ian Shepherd, Leslie Thompson, Douglas Thompson, Marie Whit- by, David Balser, Jane Bateson, David Gibson, John Leitch, Ruth Ann Readman, Bob Shaunessy, Joanne Sutcliffe, Sandra Tiffin; Janice Carter, Dianne Cas- lick, Linda Cerson, Barbara Dauphin, Brian Deyell, Frances Du Charme, Brad Elliott,, Ann Ewing, Mark Fisher, Bill Full- er, Debby Gibson, Jennifer Henderson, Barbara Hethering- ton, Gail Irvine, Joe Kerr, Sus- an Kregar, Linda Lockride*, Karen Rae, Ken Rae, Vicki Ro- senhagen, Bill Strong, Paul Templeman, Marilyn Tiffin, Instructor, H. G. West. Kenneth Aitchison, Joan Bennett, Wendy Crewson, Ruth Ann Currie, Betty Fish, Esther Fish, Randy Foxton, Lloyd Fri- denburg, Susan Gannett, Jean- Repairs Started Al Howson Dam Workmen from the Gunite and Grouting Division of Can- adian Refractories Construction Ltd. started to work this week repairing broken concrete on the Howson Dam. The firm was awarded the contract by the Maitland Val- ley Conservation Authority ear- lier this year. The job entails breaking out bad concrete on the dam and bridge abutments and replacing the bad concrete by a process known as " gunit- ing" , a method of blowing on cement and bonding agents to repair and refinish the struc- ture. Summer Program At Scout House Mary Ahara and Sheila Crew- son are into their second week of the playground program at the Scout House. Well over`70 children have registered in the two classes. The program includes or- ganized games and crafts and is divided into five to eight-year- olds with Sheila in charge, and the eight and over class super- vised by Mary. The program will continue week days from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. until some time in Aug- ust and will wind up with a pen- ny carnival. ette Geddes, Norman Gorrie. Bruce Henry, Lyla Ann Hick- ey, Wayne Hunter, Leonard Johnston, Gloria Lewis, Gloria McKee, Irene McKee, Brenda McTaggart, Cathy Miller, Bar- rie Paul, Matt Richardson, Da- vid Schiestal, Michael Walden, Richard Wharton, Instructor, (Mrs.) J. Wilson, Members of the Wingham Rural Fire Department faced an uncomfortably dangerous situa- tion at 11.30 a.m. Saturday when they were called to an as- phalt paving plant on Highway 86, located about a mile and a half east of Morrisbank Cor- ner. The equipment is owned by Greenwood Construction of Grand Valley which has a con- tract for resurfacing stretches of Highway 86 in that area. The blaze broke out when the oil which is used for a heat transfer agent in the flues of the asphalt melting plant leaked through onto the fire in the burners and rapidly built up such an intense heat that fire brigades from both Wingham and Listowel were summoned. The Wingham firemen fought A meeting of the committee set up to study a proposed pub- licly owned ambulance service for the Wingham area was held at the Wingham and District Hospital on Thursday evening under the chairmanship of R.B. Cousins. The committee is composed of the executive committee of the hospital board and representatives appointed by the rural municipalities which are interested in the es- tablishment of the service. A report was heard from a sub-committee which had visit- ed an ambulance manufactur- ing firm and had investigated prices, delivery dates, etc. The meeting concurred with the re- commendation that two new ambulances be purchased, to include complete first aid and the blaze until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, operating from be- hind protective bunkers made up of sandbags. Fear of explos- ion was prevalent throughout the battle, for in the immediate vicinity of the overheated burn- er were storage tanks contain- ing 45,000 gallons of diesel fuel, bunker oil and asphalt. Each of these substances is high- ly inflammable when hot. Boiling oil in the storage tanks was blowing out as steam and recondensing on contact with the outside air. When the fire was contained enough to risk draining off the excess fuel, the oil took fire as it was emp- tied into drums. Over $500, 000 worth of equipment in the plant was en- dangered by the fire. rescue equipment. Total cost, including the erection of a gar- age for the vehicles is estimat- ed at approximately 822,000. A full meeting of represent- atives of the municipalities in- volved has been called for the latter part of next week to pre- sent the recommendations and to seek final approval for the purchase of the equipment. Ambulance service is pro- vided at the present time by the funeral directors in Wing- ham, Teeswater arid Brussels, all of whom are anxious to get out of the ambulance business. Impending regulations which require more sophisticated equipment and trained person- nel are cited as the reasons for the desire to withdraw from ambulance work. fr Little Boy's Body Found by Brother Steven Krohn Drowns in River Near Turnberry Twp. Home iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii *IMMO iiiiiii uumullall„u,ll unmet Im lllllllll 10111.01111111114111 lllllllllllllllllllllll M.O.H. SAYS SWIMMING AREA IS STILL POLLUTED 11111111111111111111111.11111111111111111111111111111111 HOLIDAY CLOSING The Advance-Times office and plant will be closed Aug. 1 to Aug. 13 inclusive. smai11111111111111111•0•11111..31 mer. Norm will arrive home in time to spend the last week of his vacation at the Youth For Christ camp at Guelph, an award he won, in the South Huron group, for having high score during the year in Bible study. Dr. J. A. Fox Practised in Wingham over Fifty Years Committee Recommends Purchase of Ambulances