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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-07-21, Page 83 MEMBERS , • „330, • or EAST WAWANOSH Town- ship council accepted delivery Tuesday of a $24,780 road grader. This huge ma- chine is expected to aid greatly in snow removal during the winter months. Left to right are: Coon. William Gow; Road Superintendent C. W. Hanna; Reeve Ernest Snell; Coun. Norman Coultes; Coun. Roy Mattison; R. H. Thompson, clerk, and the operator, Allan McBurney.—A-T Photo. 1_ 5re / / / / / EDIGHOFFERS (Wingham) Limited THE FRIENDLY STORE SUMMER CLEARANCE GENEROUS REDUCTIONS ON ALL MEN'S AND LADIES' SUMMER SPORTSWEAR SAVE FROM 20 % to 50 % PLUS THESE SPECIAL FEATURES: ALL LADIES' CLOTH COATS AT 1/2-PRICE ONE RACK OF LADIES' COTTON DRESSES Values to $8.98 Clearing at — $4.99 ONE RACK OP LADIES' SLEEVELESS DRESSES Values to $8.98 Clearing at — $3.99 OUR COMPLETE STOCK OF BETTER DRESSES — 20% OFF Pfut 4 Appearing in The Advance-Times, which have been taken by our staff photographers are now available to those who wish to purchase reprints. ORDERS MUST BE PLACED WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF PUBLICATION. - PRICE SCHEDULE 6x8 in . . . . . $1.50 8x10 in $3.00 1 MARJORIE KIEFFER GOES TO NANAIMO Miss Marjorie Kieffer, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kief- fer of It, R. 1 Wingham, left Thursday, July 14, for her new position as dietitian in Naniamo Regional Hospital, Vancouver Island. Before leaving she spent a two weeks' holiday visiting with her parents, FIRST MEETING IN 21 YEARS Seton (Smokey) McLeod of Truro, N,S., Mr. and Mrs, Ross Bennicke of London and Mrs. Blanche Bennicke, Hamil- ton, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Andy Scott last week-end. All were former service friends of the Scotts, and this was the first time they had seen each other in 21 years. W. R. HAMILTON OPTOMETRIST Josephine Street WINGHAM FOR APPOINTMENT Phone 357-1361 A group of farmers who pio- neered artificial insemination as a means Of cattle improve- ment were guests at a dinner sponsored by Waterloo Cattle Breeding Association at Kitch- ener last Thursday. Marking the ;;;)tli year of artificial insemination service in the area, the dinner was something of a reunion, with the speakers and 1>wers present reminiscing en the early days of Among the speeial guests was W. P, Watson, general manager of Toronto's Royal Winter Fair, who was Ontario Livestock Commissioner in the 19,10's and helped the various groups to organize artificial in-. dustry in Ontario who got their start at Waterloo Cattle Breed- ing Association: Dr. C. R. Reeds, manager of Central Ontario Cat- tle Breeding Association at Ma- ple; Dr. R. J. Macdonald, manager of Oxford and District Cattle Breeding Association at Woodstock, and Roy G. Snyder, secretary-manager of the On- tario Association of Animal Adopt New Techniques If you have not yet dropped in to the new dry cleaning plant on Diagonal Road you are really missing something. The new equipment which you can readi- ly see in operation right from the counter is certainly worth seeing and Mel. Cramm, the owner, will be glad to show you around and explain just what does happen to your garments and why they come out looking like new. Even the new spot removal techniques are worth seeing. Drop in anytime. You are under no obligation, but as a summer dry cleaning special for a limited time only, they will clean any three plain garments (suits, dresses, trousers, skirts, etc.) for the price of two. Of course if you prefer, they will pick up and deliver at no ex- tra cost just by phoning Wing- ham Cleaners 357-3190. Why not do that today? (Advt.) -Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Charnney and Miss ClairCham- ney met the former's daughter, Mrs. John McCormick of Los Angeles, at Toronto Interna- tional Airport on Saturday. Mrs. McCormick will visit with her parents and other relatives for a couple of weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomp- son, 18 John Street W., were honored by their family on Fri- day when a dinner was held at Danny's Restaurant to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary. The date of their anniver- sary is June 1 but the celebra- tion was postponed until their daughter and her family of Montreal could be present. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were married at the home of her father, the late John Shieli, Lakelet Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hiscox of Woodstock and Mr. and Mrs. H. Huth and sons of Waterloo were week-end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ferguson. Miss Frances Inglis is a pa- tient at Wingham and District Hospital, having suffered a stroke last Sunday. Her con- dition is reported to be improv- ing. Mr. and Mrs. James Inglis visited at the home of Miss Elizabeth Dryden and Mrs. Wm. Dryden, at Guelph, on Satur- day. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gadke and children and Mr. and Mrs. Robt. McComb and dajighters enjoyed a visit to Pike Lake on Sunday. -Mrs. Marguerite Chopin spent a few days in Hamilton and Burlington with relatives who will be included on a Ham- ilton three-week charter flight to Europe. in East Wawanosh. Mr. Thomp- son's parents were Mr. and Mrs. Sam Thompson of Donnybrook. They farmed on the 10th concession of East Wawanosh for 35 years, retiring to Wingham ten years ago. Mr. and Mrs, Thompson are members of Wingham United Church. Mrs. Thompson be- longs to the United Church Wo- men and the Women's Institute, Mr. Thompson was for some time on the Wingham District -Mr. and Mrs, Jack Quellet of Fenelon Falls spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pitcher. -Miss Patsy Walker is spend- ing this week as a counsellor at the Goderich Summer School. -Home for the week-end from army camp at Niagara- on-the-Lake were Gnr. Alan Carter with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Carter; Gnr. Jamie Douglas with Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan Douglas; Gnr. Terry Gardner with Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Gard- ner; Gnr. Brian Forsyth with Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Forsyth and Gnr. Doug Elliott with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Elliott. -Kim Mellor and Helen Hol- loway are attending the United Church Camp at Walkerton. -Mrs. Monty Bennett was in Toronto for a few days last week where she attended the funeral of her aunt. -Mr. Bob Crewson of Downs- view is on vacation and is visit- ing with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Crewson and family. -Mr. Jim Nasmith, who is working in a Toronto laboratory for the summer, spent the week- end at his home here. -Miss Wendy Crewson is at- tending camp at the Goderich High School Board and served a term as board chairman. There are two children, Sid- ney on the home farm, and Helen (Mrs. Jack Seibert) of Montreal. Their five grand- children are Sheila Anne and John Andrew Seibert, and Den- nis, Lori and Lisa Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Seibert and children have spent the past couple of weeks with her par- ents and left today to return to Montreal. Slimmer School. -Miss Gertrude Newman of Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Edgar and family of Guelph, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Chris New- man. --Mr. and Mrs. Bill Craw- ford and Cindy of Toronto spent the week-end with their parents, Mrs. Winn Fowler and Mr. and Mrs. Len Crawford. -Mr. and Mrs. Vin Dittmer, Don and Susan of Toronto, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lorne McDonald and fam- ily. -Mrs. Vera Armstrong of London spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Mil- ler and family. Bobby and Bri- an accompanied their grand- mother home and are visiting friends in London. --Mr. and Mrs. Robert Case- more, Nancy, Jim and Kimber- ley of Kenora are visiting for a couple of weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hall at Bluevale, Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Miller and other friends in Wingham. -Mr. R. B. Peterman of London spent a week with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Grant McLean and visited Ott Sunday with Miss Mary Purple who has been hos- pitalized for some rime in Vic- toria ilospital, London, -Mr. and Mrs. John Stacey, Bill Si aecy, Miss Leone Dun- can and Miss Barbara Mintz of Newmarket spent the week-end at Orillia and attended the wed- ding of Mrs, Stacey's sister, Mrs, May Wright and Mr. Bill Richardson. --Mrs. Peter Bedard and Steven of Windsor spent the past two weeks with her parents, Mr, and Mrs, Chris, Newman, -Misses Faye Procter and Mary Joan Lapp of London ac- companied Mr. and Mrs. W.T, Lapp and Olive on a motor trip to the West Coast visiting Se- attle, Vancouver, Penticton, Banff and the Calgary Stam- pede, They visited with rela- tives in Regina for a few days and then returned to London by plane. -Dr, and Mrs. G. W. How- son are spending their holidays at Stoney Lake. -Mrs. J. E. Nicholson re- turned home last Thursday from a six weeks' trip to Saskatche- wan and Manitoba where she visited friends and relatives, -Bdr. Alan Leggatt ofCamp Ipperwash visited with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Leg- gatt at the week-end. Also at their homes for the week-end from Ipperwash were Bdr. Gary Reed with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reed and Bdr. David Wenger with Mr, and Mrs. Bar- ry Wenger. -Mrs. Edith Haldenby of Toronto is visiting with her cousin, Mrs. W. J. Roulston. -Rev. and Mrs. Garnet Hus- sey of Terrace Bay spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reavie recently. --Mr. and Mrs. W. B, Mc- Cool have returned Home after attending the Florida Lawn Bowling tournament in Lindsay last Monday, and then they went on to Muskoka, --Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Moores and family of (3eorge,, town are staying at a cottage at Point Clark for their holidays, Miss Pat Coulter of London is spending a couple of days this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Coulter, Page 8 Wingham AdvaneemTirnes, Thursday, July 21. 13G6 BREEDING ASSOCIATION HONORS ITS FOUNDERS RIGHT NOW it's a big hole in the ground. In the near future the hole will be filled with a modern, eight-room addition to the public school. "i his is but one of the major construction projects currently under way in Wingham. The upper part of the photo shows a small part of work presently being completed at Wingham and District Hospital. —Advance-Times Photo. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson Wed 45 Years 0 4 • that there is something "holy" about food producers, Agricul- ture, he said, has gone through a "wringing out" process that has left 200,000 less farmers in Canada than there were' 0 year: ago. Tile responsibility for maintaining the farmer's image rests with themselves and their organizations, he said. "You are the public rela- dons people for agriculture, The way you talk, the way you dress, the way you act, the way you run your business, the kind of product you market these are the things that create agri- culture's image," Also present were key figures in the artificial insemination in- semination. Following the din- ner he recalled some of the difficulties involved, "The association was estab- lished by a relatively small group," he said. "In the early years it achieved some success, but with many problems. In the last twenty years it has ex- panded because of the excel- lence of its service: Mr. Wat- Breeders at Guelph, who acted son trqced the development of as master of ceremonies. Mr. Ontario from "an agricultural to Snyder was the first full time an industrial nation". The key employee of the Waterloo Cat- to success for agriculture in the tle Breeding Association, and face of increased food require- was its manager for seventeen merits is increased production years. and efficiency, he felt, "We must develop more ef- ficient strains of livestock," he said, commenting that know- ledge of ancestors of sires would not be enough, but sires with performance information would be more and more necessary. CREATE OWN IMAGE Following the dinner the guests moved on to WCBA headquarters in Waterloo to join in the breeding associa- tion's annual open house, More than 900, association members and their families, gathered to see the bulls of the various breeds and to hear the evening program. Guest speaker for this program was the well known CBC-TV personality, Bob Car- ben, Mr. Carbert's topic was "What others think about our industry" and he spoke of the farmer's image, which is creat- ed by farmers themselves. He commented on the tractor dem- onstrations being carried on across the province. "Their position justifies deep concern, and their actions cer- tainly demonstrate the exasper- ation and desperation they feel, ---However, at the same time I believe quite sincerely that it would be a tragedy for all con- cerned if our governments were stampeded into some ill-advis- ed action because of the threat of inconveniences to the public, or possible strike action". Mr. Carbert blasted farmers who have adopted the attitude I ti 4