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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-09-29, Page 1CHAMPIONS CELEBRATE—There were big doings in town on Tuesday night when Wingham's Squirt ball team re- turned after defeating Rostock in their fourth straight game to win the trophy and the WOAA Squirt champion- ship. Mounted on the fire truck the boys were driven in a triumphal parade around the town to celebrate the victory. —Advance-Times Photo. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian THOMAS FELLS celebrated his 90th birthday at his Pa. trick Street home last Thursday.—A-T Photo. 4 Ortret•Tio btanCits 4,, FIRST SEC'T'ION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Sept, 29, 1966 Single Copy Not Over Fifteen Cents, SQUIRT TEAM WINS WOA A CHAMPIONSHIP Sr rio Wingham Boys Defeat Rostock in Four Straight Two Men Seriously injured When Car Plunges off Road The Wingham Squirts, under the management of Ivan Gard- ner and coached by Charlie Lee and Bruce Machan, romped home on Tuesday evening with the Western Ontario Athletic Association championship. Re- turning about 8.30 from their 10-3 victory over the Rostock boys in that town, they were met by the fire truck and parad- ed around the town to the ac- companiment of auto horns and the cheers of their faithful fans, Tuesday evening's victory was the fourth consecutive win against Rostock to give them the best-of-seven champion- Marlene Walsh Hurt in Accident South of Gorrie Marlene Walsh, 24, of R.R. 4, Brussels, was injured when her car left the road about three miles south of Gorrie on Sun- day evening. The vehicle struck a stump when it plunged into the ditch. Miss Walsh was enroute to Kitchener when the accident occurred. She was admitted to the Wingham and District Hospital with undetermined back injur- ies. Const. Ron Bell of the Wing- ham Detachment, OPP, investi- gated. HOLE-IN-ONE-- Harry Garniss had a great day on the golf course recently when he managed a hole-in-tIne. Members of the Garniss family have kept their names in the limelight this season as may be noticed elsewhere in this issue, son Martin being the club cham- pion. 0--0--0 TOUCH OF FROST-- The first hint of winter ap- peared this week when light frosts were felt on Sunday and Monday nights. Few flowers were severely hit, so the lovely fall blooms are still in evidence., 0--0--0 DIGGING OUT-- On Tuesday a power shovel was at work in the upper pond, digging out a section of the north side of the river bottom. The removal of stumps and silt in the area will make boating a good deal less hazardous when the pond is re-filled next sum- mer. 0--0--0 FINISHING ROAD-- Mowbray Construction is completing the work on the base road north of the new Han- na Memorial Bridge in prepara- tion for the laying of black top pavement. Sewer lines have been laid along the roadside to accommodate connections from tomes north of the river when sewer service can be extended to that section of the town, U--0--0 GIANT GIVEAWAY-- Wayne Brown finds some- thing faintly ridiculous in the wording of the Canada Savings Bonds posters which promise to double the investor's money. This is his reply: They put a sign upon our wall, And goodness knows it pleased us all, But don't you think it's kind of queer, With roaring inflation our great. est fear, That the Liberals so full of fun, Will pay back two dollars for every 1)11t:' ship series and the trophy. In addition to winning the WOAA title, the same team, with a few replacements from Teeswater and Lucknow, came within a hair of winning the On- tario championship in OASA play a couple of weeks ago when they advanced to the final round in a championship tourna- ment at Port Perry, being elim- inated by Richmond Hill in the final game. The Wingham boys proved themselves the superior team throughout the series with Ros- tock, winning all games by a comfortable margin. In the Tuesday evening fixture the lo- cal lads out-hit their hosts by a 7-3 margin and they were charg- ed with only one error while Rostock had six errors. Doug Leitch and Tommy Lee opened the scoring in the first frame with a run apiece, but it was not until the fifth that the Wingham team really began to bring them home, when Gerald Skinn, Doug Leitch and Jeff Lockridge crossed the plate to bring the count to 5-0, Bruce Skinn, R. Perrott and R. Tiffin added three more in the sixth and it was in that inning that the Rostock boys scored their only points. Krueter, Ackersmill and D. Jacobs ac- counted for their runs. The Wingham lads topped it off with two in the seventh, scored by Lee and Brown. Tommy Lee and Jeff Lock- ridge formed the Wingham bat- tery. Wingham--B. Skinn, D. Leitch, J. Lockridge, T. Lee, B. Brown, R. Perrott, R. Tiffin, B. Simmons, G. Skinn. Rostock—Schneider, Nahr- gang, Krueter, Sage, Acker- smill, Rach, D. Jacobs, S. Ja- cobs, Reihl. R E Wingham 200 033 2 10 '7 1 Rostock 000 003 0 3 3 6 The management of the Squirt team has asked us to ex- tend appreciation to the fire- men for making the fire truck available to them on Tuesday evening, to CKNX and the Ad- vance-Times for the support given them throughout the sea- son and to all the fans and those who provided transporta- tion. Those people who were rea- dy to take the Sunday evening CN passenger train back to the city found that their plans were altered slightly. Trouble with the dayliner which normally makes the Sunday run immobil- ized it at Kincardine and motor taxis were called into service to handle the waiting passen- gers. Two taxis were dispatched from Kincardine, one going directly through to Stratford and the second picking up passen- gers at Lucknow and Ripley. Two more taxis were sent out from Wingham, one directly to Stratford and the other doing pick-ups at Brussels and At- wood. Another taxi was sent to Stratford from Listowel. The dayliner, which normal- ly comes through Wingham from' the lake at 7.15, was rescues by a tow engine and taken to Stratford for repairs late Sunday night. Murray Gaunt Is Speaker at Lions Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. for Huron-Bruce, was guest speak- er at the regular meeting of the Lions Club on Tuesday evening. He spoke on the work of the government's Youth Commit- tee, young motorists today and the high percentage of acci- dents attributed to them. Mr. Gaunt had some con- crete ideas on the improve- ment of the point demerit sys- tem and the issuing of drivers' licences. The club endorsed financial support for the publication of a brochure by the Wingham Muni- cipal Development Board. The folder will be distributed for the first time at the Interna- tional Plowing Match in Octo- ber. It points up the advantag- es and attractions of the town as a business and industrial loca- tion. About 20 organizations, cov- ering all areas of the social and service life in the Brussels dist- rict, have joined in a responsi- ble and ambitious centennial project. They propose to cre- ate a medical and dental cen- tre to serve the area. It is be- lieved to be the only such cen- tre to be built as a centennial project in Canada. Although no longer eligible for grants from the senior gov- ernments, the organizations met in the public library at Brussels on Monday evening to examine ways and means of raising funds for the project. Brussels had previously pass- ed the deadline for application for government grants when agreement was not reached on a centennial project. Brussels allowed the grant to revert to the county. Present at the Monday meet• ing to outline ways and means of raising money for the pro- ject was J. Russell Croden, of London, regional centennial re- presentative of the Ontario De- partment of Tourism and Infor- mation, representing the coun- ties of Perth, Huron, Oxford, Middlesex and Lambton, Mr. Croden urged each per- son in the community to be- come involved in one of the centennial projects. Ile told the group; "Your project, a medical centre, will take a lot of work, a lot of planning, It will take all your efforts hecauSe the centennial grants are cut off," llc suggested a possible list Two men, Ralph Saint of Wingham and his son-in-law, Donald Morland of Kitchener, are in serious condition in hos- pital as the re)ult of a single car accident at the Belmore road intersection on No. 4 Highway Saturday night. Provincial Police from Wal- kerton and Wingham detach- ments, who investigated the , accident have not been able to ascertain who was driving the of necessary committees, then showed slides of money making centennial efforts which had brought success to other com- munities. The meeting adopted the following slate of committees: Programming committee, Jack Thynne, James S. Smith, Mrs. H. Thomas, John Mac- Farlane, Frank Thompson, Mrs. James Smith, Mrs. D. Wheeler, Mrs. Roy Cousins, Mrs. Betty Bronson. Publicity: Caroline Carna- han, George Langlois, Douglas Callander, Ross Duncan, Dan- ny Durst, Cal Smith. Project: John Hanna, Geo. Blake, Clarence McCutcheon, Jim Bowman, Gordon Stiles, Harvey Jacklin, Jack McWhirt- er. Finance: Russell Knight, James Mair, Bob Richt:nand, Emerson Mitchell, Roy Turvey, Mrs. James Armstrong Jr., Jack McDonald. Arrangements have been made for projected plans of building and costs. Approxim- ate estimates presently list the building of 1,200 square feet at a cost of $15 per square foot. This includes plumbing, wiring and heating. Mr. Croden felt there would not be too much difficulty in securing doctors, possibly through immigration, and Roy Cousins, chairman of Wingham District Hospital hoard assured the meeting that the board would welcome such a medical vehicle, nor the precise cause of the mishap. The car was completely demolished in the crash, the top being jammed down on the two occupants when it was discovered. Both men were brought to the Wingham and District Hos- pital following the accident, but Ralph Saint was sent on to Victoria Hospital in London the same evening and the following day Morland was transferred to centre in the Brussels area as an added service for the many patients who would benefit. A retired businessman and public figure, Thomas Fells, celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday. He is a narive of Sheffield, England, and has re- sided in Wingham since 1901, Mr. Fells worked for W. F. VanStone when he first came to town but shortly afterward pur- chased a building where the curling rink now stands and opened a butcher shop. He la- ter bought a block on the pres- ent site of Deyell's Meat Mar- ket. Ile carried on his business there and the family lived above the shop. In 1011 the building was destroyed by fire and Mr. Fells replaced it with the present structure. lie con- tinued in business for many years, selling the shop to Percy Deye.11 when he retired, Mr. Fells has seen many changes in the business life of Wingham since he first became a part of it :;5 years ago. Ile also devoted over 20 years to public service. He served on the hydro commis- sion, as a councillor and as the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospi- tal. The younger man, 21, is suffering from a fractured right leg, fractured right elbow, concussion and facial lacera- tions, His condition is describ- ed as serious. Ralph Saint, 51, suffered a possible skull fracture and chest injuries. He has been listed as from "critical" to "poor" ever since being admitted to hospi- tal. —Mr. and Mrs. Warren Web- er, Denise and Danny of Strat- ford visited over the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weber in Listowel and Mr. and Mrs. James Gib- bons. mayor. He was the first mayor to serve a two-year term, and held the office for seven con- secutive years. He has main- tained an interest in the muni- cipal affairs of the community. MARRIED IN ENGLAND Mr. and Mrs. Fells were married in St. Bartholomew's Church, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. They came to Can- ada on their honeymoon and de- cided to make their home here. That was tics years ago last June. They have visited their home- land three times in the inter- vening years. Mr, Fells and his wife have always enjoyed gardening and the garden at the Patrick Street home has long been a show- place, He has also been an ar- dent fisherman and, no doubt, still has a few secrets up his sleeve about local fishing spots, —Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Al- ton and Jeffrey of London ac, companied by his mother, Mrs. Wm. Alton, spent the week- end with friends at Gravenhurst. C.N. Passengers Moved by Taxi Const. W. Waite Goes to Listowel Constables William Waite, 33, has been employed by the Listowel Police Force. The Waite family, now living in Palmerston, will move to Lis- towel as soon as accommoda- tion is available. Constable Waite has 81 years' experience in police work. He has been with forces in Port Elgin, Wingham and Newmarket. Chief Sachs of the Listowel police said Constable Waite has specialized in identification work which will be of help to the force there. Medical Centre Project Is Approved by Brussels Group Thomas Fells Celebrates 90th Birthday--65 Years in Town