HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-11-16, Page 7NOW IN ACTION—A floating dredge is
now working in the Lower Town pond
pumping silt from the pond into a settling
basin on the south side of Victoria Street.
The work is being done by Inland Dredging
of Orillia, under contract to the Maitland
Valley Conservation Authority. The ma-
chine has a cutter under the water and a
huge pump that sucks up the silt and
shoots it out through a floating pipeline.
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SILT FROM THE Lower Town pond is be-
ing carried by pipeline from a hydraulic
dredge to this settling basin created by
throwing up a dike around wasteland on
the south side of Victoria Street, just west
of the bridge.—A-T Photo.
Icy roads were a hazard on November 5
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Principal Frank Madill, re-
porting to the Huron-Bruce
District High School Board last
Thursday, said progress on the
new addition is being held up
because the contractor is short
of bricklayers, The company
has offered bonus payments to
bricklayers but only 13 are on
the job although 20 to 25 are
needed. The roof is being put
40 on the administration area, he
said.
The secretary-treasurer,
Miss Y. McPherson, reported
that an interim grant payment
Shortage of help slows building program
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Of $121, 000 had been received,
bringing the total so far this
year to 074,800, The interim
payments have been a great
help she said, in reducing the
amount of borrowings which the
board has had to make during
the year,
The board passed a recom-
mendation that staff member
R. Jackson, architectural draft-
ing instructor, be considered
in breach of contract. Mr,
Jackson was given time off in
mid-October. He failed to re-
port back for duty and could
not be located, although he did
not formally terminate his con-
tract. Mr. Heinz Hoernig has
been engaged as a replacment.
Mr. Madill said that daily
attendance for October had
averaged 977, Enrollment was
1,028. The principal reminded
board members that commenc-
ment will be held on Friday
evening, December 1st.
Mr. Madill reported that the
school cross-country teams had
won all three divisions in the
Conference and in WOSSA
came first in Junior, third in
Intermediate and fifth in the
Senior event. The school rugby
team, Mr. Madill said, would
play Exeter on Tuesday and
buses were being made avail-
able so that students could go
to the game if they wished.
He also said that interested
Grade XIII students would go by
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bus to College Day at the VW.,
versity of Western Ontario on
November 11, and that Grade X
business and commercial stu-
dents were lined up for a trip
to see data processing equip-
ment at Althouse college of
Education ill London. A music
workshop is slated for Novem-
ber 25th at the Wingham school
and about 150 teachers are ex-
pected to attend. Mr. Webster
is to host the agricultural teach-
ers of the district on November
18th.
Mr. Madill said that profes-
sional development day took
place on November 3rd and
each department was respons-
ible for its activities for the
day. All the teachers were in-
volved, By visiting other
schools, he felt the staff had
accomplished much more than
meeting in one place.
LUCK NOW REPORT
Principal J.W, Allason, of
the Lucknow school, said com-
mencement would be held the
following night. He reported
two teachers had attended a
geographers' conference at Lon-
don and that SATO tests had
been administered at the school.
Hi's request for the purchase
of a record player was granted
as was his request for the staff
to have November 13th off for
professional development day.
Staff members will visit Lucas
Collegiate in London,
Mr. Allason said attendance
in October had averaged 96.9
per cent on the enrollment of
172 students.
Department of Education
approval had been received to
operate night school courses
where the enrollment was
slightly under the required
amount.
Various committee chair-
men reported to the board, but
problems were all of a minor
nature.
L.O.L. elects
1968 officers
The regular meeting of
L.O.L. 794 was held in the
Orange Hall on Monday. After
the business of the meeting was
completed the election and '
installation of officers was held
as follows:
Worshipful Master, Clayton
Baird; Deputy Master, 'Brian
Hogg; chaplain, Bill Hogg;
rec. -sec., Carl Johnston; trea-
surer, Henry Wheeler; fin. -sec,
Milo Casemore; marshal',
W.J. Peacock; first lecturer,
John McInnes; second lecturer,
Leonard James;.tyler, Fleming
Johnston; committeemen,
Gordon Sanderson, Borden Jen-
kins, Russell Baird, Cedril Mof-
fatt, Wayne Johnston.
BLYTH
O. P. P. officers on duty
November 5 had a busy day
with several accidents caused
by icy roads. In all, five mo-
tor vehicle accidents were in-
vestigated that day and three
others occurred later in the
week.
On Sunday, November 5, at
8:45 a.m. a car driven by
George M. Davidson of Brussels,
slid on the icy road and struck
a vehicle owned by Carmen R.
Meehan also of Brussels. Dam-,
age was estimated at $250.00
Prov, Const, K. G. Wilson in-
vestigated the accident.
Again on Sunday, at about
1:25 p.m. Douglas A. Evans of
Kitchener lost control of his
car on Highway 86, and ended
up in a ditch, This accident
occurred while Evans was at-
tempting to stop behind a ve-
hicle driven by Allan G. Mac-
Donald of 343 Wallace Ave. E.
Listowel. Damage was estima-
ted at $200.00. There were
no injuries. Both persons were
charged under the Highway
Traffic Act.
At about 5:15 p.m. the
same day, Reginald J. Russell
of Listowel, who was driving a
1966 Chrysler, lost control on
the icy highway, crossed over
the westbound lane and broke
off three guide posts on the
north shoulder of the road.
There were no injuries and no
charges were laid. Prov. Const,
W. R. Bell investigated. Dam-
age to the car amounted to
$375.00.
About 9;30 p.m. John C.
Cochrane, of Ethel, who was
driving a 1958 Pontiac on 86
Highway, applied his brakes
for a left turn at County Road
19. The vehicle he was driv-
ing spun around on the icy high-
way, crossed the eastbound lane
and rolled over once. Damage
to the car amounted to approx-
imately $200, 00. There were
no injuries and no charges laid.
Prov. Const, W. R. Bell inves-
tigated. Also on November 5,
Janet I. Meyer of Formosa,
while driving a 1966 Plymouth
north on Highway 9, lost con-
trol on the snow-covered road,
crossed the southbound lane and
struck the guard rail on the west
side of the road. There were
no injuries and no charges laid.
On Wednesday, November
8, at approximately 8:00 p. m.
Bernice J. Sperling, who was
travelling east on Concession
4-5, Howick Township, applied
her brakes, but was unable to
avoid striking a cattlebeast
which had run from the north
ditch directly in the path of
her vehicle. Damage to the
car was estimated at $150.00.
No charges were laid. Prov.
Const. K. R. Balzer investi-
gated.
On Thursday, at 2:45 p.m.
Miss M. Jardine
dies in hospital
GORRIE-- Miss Margaret
Sheriff Jardine, 85, of Wroxe-
ter died November 6, in Pal-
merston Hospital, following a
short illness.
The daughter of the late
John Jardine and his wife the
former Janet McIntosh, she was
born in'Howick Township Nov-
ember 17, 1881.
She was a member of the
Wroxeter United Church and
Friendship Circle and had re-
sided in Wroxeter over 40 years.
Surviving are one brother,
Norman of Tagaske, Sask.,
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service was held at
the Moir funeral home, Gorrie
on Wednesday, conducted by
key. Ronald M. Sweeney of
Wroxeter United Church.
Pallbearers were Alvin
Grainger, Tack McDonald',
Jack Hodgiris, Donald Watson,
Bill Heibein and Glenn Under-
wood. Burial was In Geirrie
Cemetery.
Albert E. Eno of Blyth, after
entering an intersection and
attempting to make a left turn,
struck a car driven by Eunice
R. Johnston of Clinton. Dam-
age to the vehicles amounted
to approximately 8115.00.
There were no injuries. Al-
bert E. Eno was charged as a
result of this accident. Prov.
Const. W. A. Stevenson inves-
tigated.
On Friday, at about 6:45
p.m. Donald G. Nickel of
Wroxeter, while eastbound on
86 Highway, applied his brakes
but failed to stop in time to
avoid striking a vehicle driven
by Douglas M. Cooper of Ham-
ilton. There were no injuries
and damage to the cars was
estimated at approximately
$1250.00. Prov. Const. W.R.
Bell investigated.
The Wingham detachment
of the Ontario Provincial Po-
lice conducted 21 safety checks.
Ten persons were warned and
eight were charged for Highway
Traffic Act offences,
Four Liquor Control Act in-
vestigations were made with
four persons being charged.
There was one break, enter
and theft investigations, two
wilful damage and seventeen
other criminal investigations
made.
Howick Lions
bingo winners
Mrs. Simon Huber of Mild-
may, Mrs. Bruce Montgomery
of Wroxeter and Mrs. Rocker,
Listowel; Mrs. Irene Leitch,
Kincardine; Mrs. Bates, Harris-
ton; Mrs. Bill Schill, Formosa;
Mrs. Ed. Rich, Wingham; Mrs.
Bob Montgomery, Wingham;
Mrs. Irene Leitch, Kincardine;
Mrs. Alex McMichael,Clintone
Art Davie, Harriston; Mrs.
Bates, Harriston; Mrs. Bates;
Mrs. Lloyd Montgomery, Wing-
ham.
Share the wealth: Mrs. Mc-
Innes of Vordwich arid Alex
McMichael, Clinton; Mrs. Mc.
Laughlin, Georgetown. $25
special, Mrs. Art Davie, Har-
riston. Jackpot consolation
plus bonus, Mrs. Ken Lawrence,
Listowel,
boor prize winners were
Mrs. L. Montgomery of Wing,
ham, Mrs, Beattie and Mrs.
KeesaW, Listowel and Mrs.
IL.aRose, Kincardine.
"HATCH'S MILL"
If the few productions that
I have seen are any evidence
of the quality of "Hatch's Mill"
scripts, I must say sadly, that
this Canadian series will not
be given the recognition a ser-
ies of its type could command.
There are so many fascinating,
exciting and wonderful stories
to come out of our pioneer life
here in Canada, that a series
of this type should be able to
keep everyone, from Grandma
to Junior, glued to the TV set
for an hour each week (Tues-
days at 9:00 p.m.). Unfort-
unately, this is not the case
with the episodes I have wit-
nessed.
Hatch's Mill was created by
George Salverson, who made
the characters come to life in
a pioneer Canada, in the years
between the War of 1812 and
the MacKenzie Rebellion of the
1830's. The village was to be
situated on the rough and lone-
ly road leading south to Toronto.
and north to the bushland and
wilderness. With this in mind,
and information from "dozens
of books" he read, CBC designer
Robert Lawson, with his assist-
ant Ken Lamb and a crew of
carpenters, started to build
"Hatch's Mill" in mid-July of
1966. Inside scenes were to be
shot at Studio City, near Klein-
burg, Ontario, and a half-mile
from there the men found a
clearing perfectly suited to
their needs.
Five weeks after the first
construction began, this same
clearing boasted a road, a duck
pond, Hatch's Inn and Tavern,
a general store, a blacksmith
shop, a barn, a mill, and some
log cabins. The first week in
September, it was ready for
the cast and crew to begin
filming. Lawson now recalls
the hard work involved --"We
worked seven days a week, and
as long as the light held. Luck-
ily, it was a dry season ...".
When they finished the out-
door set, they moved indoors
to make the interiors of the inn,
tavern, general store, and the
cabins. The household furnish-
ings are really as authentic as
they look -- they came from
Toronto's Pioneer Village. The
series took six months to film,
will run for ten weeks. It is
produced by George McGowan,
who also directed all but one
of the episodes. The scripts
were written by a number of
different people.
Some are based'dn incidents
that actually happened, at
least variations of these inci-
dents.
The four stars are Robert
Christie, one of our finest Can-
adian actors (father of Dinah);
Cosette Lee, a top character
actress; Marc Strange, a com-
paratively young Canadian per-
former; and Sylvia Feigel, a
graduate of the National Thea-
tre School, Montreal, who un-
til now, was making much of
her wages doing television com-
mercials. They play the Hatch
family -- Noah, Maggie, Saul,
and Silence. By the way, if
you're wondering where you've
seen Christie before, he has
'Tis
Show BIZ
8y Vonni Lee
become famous in the role of
Sir John A. MacDonald, and
toured Canada es the famous
Prime Minister during centen- „ nial Year.
Safety inspector
reports to council
The Clerks of the various
municipalities of the County
should get in touch with the
construction safety inspector
whenever new construction is
contemplated or under way in
their municipality, Huron
County councillors agreed at
the November Session in God-
erich.
Everett Smith, county safe-
ty inspector stated that the
number of project reports from
the various municipalities was
as follows: Goderich, two re-
ports, 15 projects; Blyth, two
reports, three projects; Zurich,
four reports, 12 projects; Hens-
all, one report, four projects;
Stephen, seven reports, 16 pro-
jects; Exeter, seven reports,
33 projects; Wingham, two re-
ports, two projects; Beaver
Lumber, three reports, three
projects; Hay Township, 18 re-
ports, 21 projects.
Mr. Smith reported that
326 inspections had been made
to date, resulting in 194 with
contraventions, 129 without
contraventions and three with
stop-work orders left at the
projects.
Three fatal accidents took
place in the County of Huron
on construction work: two by
drowning (at Bayfield); and one
with road (near Dungannon).
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