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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-10-26, Page 15ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian ONE SECTION THIS ISSUE A COMMUNITY CENTENNIAL Service was held at St. Paul's Anglican Church on Sun- day evening. Local clergy taking part were, back row: William Henderson of the Salva- tion Army; Rev. G. L. Fish, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church; Rev. C. M. Jardine, Wingham United Church; Rev. C. F. John- son, who acted as bishop's chaplain; front: Rev. J. G. Mooney, Sacred Heart R.C. Church; Bishop C. J. Queen, Windsor, who was guest speaker, and Rev. H. W. Hamil- ton, St. Paul's Anglican Church. Centennial church service held Sunday at St. Paul's Right Reverend C.J. Queen, Bishop of St. Clair, was the guest preacher at a centennial community service in St. Paul's Anglican Church on Sunday evening. Other clergy assisting in the service were Rev. H. W. Hamilton, rector of St. Paul's, Rev. J. G, Mooney, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Rev. G. L. Fish, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and Rev. C. M. Jardine, Wingham Unit- ed Church. Rev. C.F. John- son, retired rector of St, Paul's, acted as the bishop's chaplain. The order of service was the drie planned and distributed by the Canadian Council of Chur- ches for use at centennial ser- vices. Father Mooney quoted the opening sentences from Scripture and the following prayers and responses. The first Scripture lesson was read by Rev. Fish, the Psalm by Rev. Hamilton and the second lesson by Rev. Jardine, who also gave the prayer of thanksgiving. Mr. Fish led in the prayers of inter- cession. In his opening remarks Bish- op Queen spoke of the early days when he served as curate in the parishes of which Rev. C.F. Johnson was the rector and said how pleased he was to have the same man as his chap- lain for this special service. The bishop said that we live in exciting times, but they are times frought with danger. "Canada has come of age," COSTUME WINNERS-- Winners at the Hallowe'en party in the arena last week were comic boy and girl under 12, Stewart Montgomery, Fay Walden; comic boy and girl over 12, John Crawford, Ellen Gorrie; other winners, Christ- ine Rae, Mary Lynn St. Marie. 0-0-0 A CHANGE OF COLOR-- The town of Wingham takes on a holiday appearance this week as workmen are busy re- placing the bulbs in the main street decorations with those of the festive colors. The bulbs are supplied by the Wingham Business Association. 0-0-0 RENOVATIONS-- A gaping hole appeared in the south side of the Wingham Meat Market building on Wed- nesday morning, as workmen installed a window as part of a renovating program on the ap-, artment situated above the store. 0-4-0 PAINT J08-- The Wingham Medical Geri tre went one step further in its face lifting this week as paint- ers applied a fresh coat of color to the woodwork and trim around the building. Earlier in the summer the structure was sand blasted, rriuch im- proving its appearance. he said, "but have Canadians reached the same stage of mat- urity?" In the bishop's words, man has not yet learned to live in harmony with himself, his Retires after 19 years as rural mail courier Mr. and. Mrs. Rennie Goy, Victoria Street, acted as host and hostess at, a buffet supper last Wednesday evening in honor or James Fallis, who re- tires this week after 19 years' service to the patrons of R. R. 5 Wingham. Honoured at the same time was Walter Simmons of Wingham, brother-in-law of Mr. Fallis. Mr. Simmons has served faithfully as Mr. Fal- lis' driver for most of his 19 years' service. Postmaster G.K. Sutcliffe read a fitting tribute in respect of the services rendered by Mr. Fallis and Mr. Simmons, after which they were each presented with foot-stools. Those attending were the staff and rural couriers of the Wingham post office, along with their wives and husbands. neighbor or his God. "Man - kind," said the speaker, "still stands at the crossroads, uncer- tain of his path." Bishop Queen said that des- pite the fact that the church has the only answer to the dil- emma in which man finds him- self, it has been failing to ful- fill its mission. He referred to the fact that five-eights of the world's population is hungry and said that we must answer to God for our failure to carry out the trust He has imposed upon us. Man, he said, must learn to live in partnership with God or perish. Music for the service was provided by the Wingham Corps Salvation Army Band and by the choir of St. Paul's under the leadership of Mrs. G.L. Davidson at the organ. The Centennial Hymn, by Mrs. A. R. DuVal was sung by the choir. Mrs. Murray Gaunt and Mrs. Jim English sang "At Eventide" as a duet. Frank Renwick of Teeswater was heard in a solo, "How Great Thou Art". RECEIVES PROMOTION Jim Newman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Newman, who is employed by the Toronto Dominion Bank in Cobourg has been promoted to assistant manager of administration. GRADE I PUPIL at the East Wewariosh Public School, Doug- las Arbuckle, six-year-old sort of Mr. arid Mrs. Robert Ar- buckle, proudly shows his parents and three-year-old sister Joan the work he has been doing this fall at the new school, Teacher of the Grade I class is Mrs. Henry.—A-T, HUGH HAND of Whitechurch, lost his life at nine o'clock Tuesday evening when his car slammed under a transport truck. The accident occurred at the turkey farm west of the Zetland bridge. —Advance-Times Photo. ran tosuritcfr Wingham, Ontario,, Thursday, Nov, 2, 190 Boiler fails at town hail Town council was faced with a rather nasty problem when the coal-fired boiler failed this past week, and it was learned it could not be repaired. No figures as to cost of its replace-, ment are as yet available. The unit supplies heat to the town hall building, the armouries to the rear and the fire hall buildings. The equip- ment has been in use for about 35 years, and will likely be re- placed with an oil-burning unit. Council has invited tenders from local contractors. At best it will likely be a matter of weeks before the system can be back in action. It is not known what plans are afoot to heat the buildings on a tem- porary basis. Wins scholarship Miss Kathy Hodgins of Wing- barn, a fourth year student at MacDonald Institute, University of Guelph has won the May B. Stewart scholarship. This award is made to the student in the Home Management Option who has shown outstanding abil- ity and progress in all phases of home management in the third to sixth semesters of her pro - gram at MacDonald Institute. Ted Ahara, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ahara, Diagonal Road, Wingham, was seriously injured in a two-car accident at the corner of John and Centre Streets on Saturday afternoon. He is confined to the Wingham and District Hos- pital, where his condition is ' listed as satisfactory. Car leaves road on Highway 86 Twenty-one year old Robert Harrison of Wingham escaped serious injury on Tuesday night when his late model car went out of control and left the road, east of Wingham on Highway 86, The accident occurred about 1:30 a.m. near the Canadian National Railway crossing bet- ween Wingham and Bluevale. Police said Mr. Harrison thought a blowout in one of the tires could have caused the accident. The car, a 1964 Plymouth valued at $1, 400, was exten- sively damaged and will not likely be repaired. Wingham O.P.P. who in- vestigated the mishap said Mr. Harrison suffered no serious injuries. No charges were laid. Representatives from some 12 area elementary school boards attended a meeting at the Wingham Public School on Wednesday evening of last week to discuss the feasibility of teaching oral French to the children under their jurisdiction. William Harris, chairman of the Wingham board, organ- ized the meeting which was also attended by Inspector James Kinkead. John Young of Kitchener, French program consultant with the Department of Education, was guest speak- er, He also answered numer- ous questions on the subject. Mr. Kinkead suggested the group should think about the overall improvement in educa- tion that the teaching of French could make and find out if it is practical. He also suggested that if it is practical, the sub- ject should be introduced into all schools or not introduced at all. Mr. Young told the group he was not there to "sell" French but to provide answers to questions and bring informa- tion on the subject, so that an intelligent discussion could take place. In his examination of the situation across Ontario as it Equipment is damaged Norm Smith of Inland Dred- ging, the firm doing the de- silting on the Lower Town pond, reported that extensive damage was done to a bulldozer by van- dals over the week-end. He estimated it will cost about $500.00 to repair the machine which was left on the dike at the east side of the dam. A small boat used in the op- eration is also missing and pre- sumed stolen by the same people responsible for the dam- age to the bulldozer. Two-car accident in Grey Township Prov. Const. K. R. Balzer investigated an accident in Grey Township Saturday after - noon when the left front corner of a late model car driven by Linda Clarke, R. R. 1 Ethel, was struck by the left front cor- ner of a car driven by Wilbert Hall of Trowbridge. Miss Clarke and a passenger in the Hall vehicle, Kenneth Schnock of R. R. 3 Brussels, were injured. Hall was charged with fail- ing to share and damage was estimated at $900. Ted was a passenger in a Volkswagen driven by Miss Lynn Page of Exeter. Both were delegates to a youth conference in progress at St. Paul's Angli- can Church and were returning to the church following an er- rand when the accident occur- red. Approaching the inter- section from the south along Centre Street in front of the Legion Home, the Page car was in collision with a car owned and driven by Ken Ducharme of Wingham, who was proceeding west on John Street. The lighter vehicle was struck on the passenger side by the other car and as a result Ted Ahara suffered the major injuries, Miss Page, 19, was treated at the hospital for minor abrasions and contusions and released. Her passenger suf- fered a fractured right leg, above the knee and internal in- juries. On Monday afternoon he underwent exploratory sur- gery to determine the extent of possible internal, injuries, when it was found that he es- caped serious internal damage. He will be confined to hospital for several weeks. The driver of the second vehicle was not injured. The accident was investigat- ed by Police Chief Miller of Wingham. now exists, Mr. Young said that 980 teachers are involved in teaching oral French to Eng- lish speaking students, The latter are estimated at 300,000 across the province or about 55 per cent of all Grade 7 and 8 students. Some 231 boards are involved in the program. In recent years the Department of Education's attitude in re- gard to teaching French to ele- mentary children in Grades '7 and 8, has gone from the per- missive to a suggested course. It is still permissive before Grade 7. There is tremendous pressure to integrate all pro- Mail service November 11 There will be no wicket service nor delivery of mail On rural routes on Remembrance Day, Saturday, Nov. II. There Will be a street letter box col- lection at 5;30 p. m. but no mail will arrive from other offices on this day. The lock box lobby will be open from 5 p.m. to 1 p. m. while mail is being prepared for despatch at 7 p.m, Hugh Hand, 53, a resident of Whitechurch, was killed about nine o'clock Tuesday evening when his car struck a truck a short distance west of the Zetland bridge. The truck, a large tractor- trailer, was backing into the laneway at the turkey farm op- erated by Harry Sjaarda and was apparently across the north side of Highway 86 when the car driven by Mr. Hand ap- Hockey meeting Sunday at 2 p.m. The executive and players of the intermediate hockey team will meet in the Wing- ham Arena on Sunday after- noon at two o'clock. The team will hold a practice ses- sion after the meeting. Those interested from the surrounding towns and villages are velcome to try out for the team. Players are asked to take their own equipment and sticks until the team is proper- ly organized, and pucks will be needed as well. Charlie Lee reported that contributions on Tuesday of this week had reached $200, 00, Besides the previous total of $75.00 donations have been received from William Walden, 825.00; Angus Mowbray, $50,00, Donald Cameron, $10.00; Nor- man Cameron, $10.00; Theo- dore Saint, $5.00 and Dr. James H. Golem, $25.00, Since it will take between $400 and $500 to ice the team the contributions have not yet reached the half-way mark. grams in education from Kin- dergarden to Grade 13 and the artificial break at Grade 8 is disappearing. Mr. Young stressed that French instruction in element- ary schools should be oral, with no time spent on learning to write the language. In this way younger children learn much more easily, he said, and language is a skill not requiring an I.Q. factor. The speaker said more res- ponsibility for this type of change is being left to local people, but they should be careful that the needs of the community at the moment do not influence courses—the in- ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED TO MEET A public meeting of the Wingham and District Associa- tion for the Mentally Retarded will be held in the Wingham Public School auditorium Mon- day, November 13 at 8:15 p.m. Mrs. Tait of Walkerton will lead a discussion on home care and pre-school training. All interested citiaeris are invited to attend. proached. The car struck the side of the larger vehicle and smashed part way under the trailer, The car was complete- ly wrecked and the truck ex- tensively damaged. Rushed to the Wingham and District Hospital, Mr. Hand was pronounced dead on arrival. The driver of the truck was Larry Jones, of the Watford District and the vehicle was owned by Imperial Transport, Five persons were injured, two of them seriously, in a two- car accident on the brow of a hill on County Road 19 in Grey Township. The two vehicles driven by Larry Ward, 20, of R. R. 1, Ethel andNicholaas Terpstra, 58, R.R.3, Brussels collided head-on. The accident occurred at 3 p.m. Saturday. Most seriously injured it John Terpstra, 13, son of the driver of one of the vehicles, who was admitted to hospital at Wingham and then rushed on to hospital in London by am- bulance under police escort. He suffered a bad skull fracture and his condition is considered as serious. His father, Nicholaas, was -- Mr. and Mrs. M. Kjor- lien of Edmonton were recent guests of Mrs. Kjorlien's parents Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Donaldson. terest of the child should be paramount. The visitor discussed the problems faced by a board when attempting to establish a second language course. Competent teachers are the key, he said, He described the various sourc- es of teachers, but he indicated that a poor teacher would com- pletely spoil the program. French-speaking immigrants have been a good source of teaching staff. Regulations allow them to teach oral French only after a special course on the subject. Other sources of teachers are those people now teaching in the elementary system who can speak French, and the Ontario teachers' col- leges. Mr. Young said it is possible to have itinerant teachers look- ing after the language in more than one school, as is done with music at the present time. Or if a board is fortunate, a teacher with proper qualifica- tions could teach more than French and so fill out her time in the school's timetable, As to the reasons for teach- ing French, Mr. Young said there are many. It is the corn-, binatiOn of instruction that is important, not necessarily any Single Copy 149r Over Fifteen Cents,, Hugh Hand is killed when car smashes into truck on highway Ted Ahara is injured in accident at Legion corner Strathroy. Hr. Hand, who was employ- ed by Stanley-Berry Limited in Wingham, is survived by his wife and four sons and three daughters. The accident was investigat- ed by the Wingham detachment, O.P.P. Dr. W.A. Crawford, coroner, says no decision has been made about holding an inquest. also treated at Wingham and later transferred to St. Joseph's Hospital in London. He suffer- ed a fracture of the left thigh, fractures to the left ankle, right ankle, possible jaw frac- ture and lacerations. His con- dition is fair. Mrs. Barbara Ward, 18, a passenger in her husband's car, suffered multiple contusions and abrasions and a possible frac- tured jaw. Her condition is listed as satisfactory. Mr. Ward was admitted to hospital with multiple lacera- tions and abrasions. He, too is in satisfactory condition. Mrs. Johanna Terpstra, wife of the second driver, suffered shock and contusions. Damage to the two vehicles was estimated at about $2800, Constable W. R. Bell of the Wingham O.P.P. investigated the accident. Mr. Terpstra has been charged with careless driving. one subject. He cited the es- thetic and cultural advantages as well as the fact that Canada is a bi-lingual nation and from a utilitarian view French can be most useful in later life. It was also pointed out that oral French instruction at elemen- tary level will make the sub- ject much easier for the high school student. In the question and answer period Mr. Young was asked why the language could not be taught before Grade 7. He said it could, but if such was the case in all schools there would not be enough teachers. He intimated that it is likely that the language will be taught in progressively lower grades as time goes along. Mr. Young suggested that it is the aim of educators at the present time to establish integrated courses from Grade '7 through to Grade 13, There was a lengthy discus- sion on teacher qualifications, These Mr. Young set out and said he would be willing to look over the qualifications of final applicants for teaching positions if the boards in ques- tion so desired, Mr. Young heard a question- Please Turn to Page Nine Serious injuries result of accident in Brussels area 111.01..“ Elementary school French is discussed by boards