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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-02-01, Page 1r .LIONS ' CLUB PRESIDENT °Fred McGee, right, congratulates Harold Wild, winner of the club's shopping spree after Harold piled up his shopping cart with , over 111..N.. .NNMMN} 11 $86:00 worth of groceries in- the allotted time of three minutes. Red Front Grocery proprietor Harry Merkley, looks on. ,--Advance-Times Photo. Annual meeting NNN1••swoon Horticultural Soc. to host district'meetingin April The W.ingharr},A . orticultur al .Society held its annual meet- ing (tithe fellshipha110d" the Presbyterian Church On Monday evening. .Despite -the. inclerrient weather there was a good attendance and the inter- est was high. The meeting was under the direction'of the president; W.E. Fielding, t•llao welcoord the members and. , visitors. In his remarks heoat- lined tele acct rnplishrrients of the society in Centennial year and .announced that a member- ship drive would soon beunder- way. . - The minutes ,of the last an- nual meeting were read by the secretary, Mrs. R.J. Harrison, as well as correspondence; Miss Doris Fells, treasurer, : read the audited financial statement, which showed ,the society end- ed -the year with a,g'ood-bank , balance. The society spent $95:59 on civic improvements, and $221.34 on plants, bulbs. ,_ and trees. The flower show ex- penditures amounted to $89.40. Top awards at the show last year were mainly purchased by the society, with awards also being donated by individuals. Various phases of the year's r. work were reported by the pub- licity ,chairman, ;Mrs. Jim Meyer; program chairman; Mrs. W. -E. Fielding; project. chair- man, Roy Bennett, and show chairman, Ed Fielding. Delegates named to the annual meeting of the, Ontario - Horticultural Association,Ao be held in Windsor this coming June were Mr. and Mrs. W . E: Fielding. Mrs. Jim Meyer and Miss Z. Hopwood were named AMC THE'"1NAIN DRAG By The Pedestri*n .. NEW PAINT JOB- - Laddea, tarpaulins and ' paint cans have been the Order of the day at Bill Henderson's barber shop this week.. The • shop{has come out bright and shiny with the new paint job. 0--0--0 NOT ALL B.AD-- ' ' . Eleven -year-old Bill Staight learned on Sunday that not an. the teen-agers around the local arena are tough guys. Young. Rill took a nasty fall.dn the ice . and opened a gash, in • the back of his head. °A group Of boys took him to the arena Office and then to the hospital for first aid. A few stitches were needed to close the gap in Bill's scalp. voting delegates to the annual meeting ingof District No. 8 to held f"n aria atu highm on" g r - day, April 20th. Thisdistrict meeting will present an op- portunity for all interested horticulturalists in the area to attend, and it is an .honor for the ' W ingh am Society to host this important gathering. Mrs.Morrey,• Mr . I. LE . a s . • chairman of the nominating committee, .brought in the- slate heslate of officers and directors' for the corning year. They will be: President, W.. E. Field- ing; 1st vice-president, Rev. G. L. Fish; o'2nd vice-president, H. L. Sherbondy. Two-year directors, Ir. W, A. McKibbon, Mrs.. Jim Meyer., Mrs. I. E. Morrey, Miss Z. Hopwood, William Harris. One-year directors,, Mrs. Wm. Connell, Mrs. W. 5. Fielding, Mrs. W.E. Forsyth, Roy Bennett, Earl Jenkins. Auditors, Mrs. Betty Fea- gan, Miss Margaret L. Currie. • The "secretary and treas- urer are appointed by the. board of directors. A question and answer period was held: Mrs. Morrey demonstrated the planting of African violet leaves, donated • eaNNN•N..N..N••.i. a NMr by a friend of the societf, in p g a plastic bubble reenhouief.. • • . The president then showed , slides, a portion of which. were taken at last fall"s mum show at Oakland, California. Also shown were a .numbertaken in local gardens. A very pleasant evening was concluded with refresh- ments scr ved b-, :« O wrnmittno convened by Mrs. H, L." Sher- -bondy. " Theft totais over $504 in break-in Over $5.00 in electrical equipment was stolen from the Warren House last week. Chief of Police jim Miller said the theft was discovered_Tuesday when the store was opened. Stolen were three portable tele- vision sets. two.tape recorders . and a set of walkie-talkie ra- dios. About $38 in change was stolen from the till. The thief gained entry by -smashing a window at the reaY of the build- ing. Thar articles stolen were taken out the same way as the doors'to the Warren jjouse, lo- cated on Diagonal Road, would not open from the inside with- out the key. r stolen while owner at game A Kitchener youth is� 1 ak-- ing bis home. at the, .Hur n' County alai/ this week forting a car 'theft from the area of the Wingham arena; oh 'Saturday, night. 'Bob 1~'oxton, had left his 1903 Dodge parked outside the arena while he watched the. Intermediate hockey game, but when he went. out to get in his car about 11:15 it Was pile. Bob' told police that the. key had been placedunder the. seat and the thief must have found. thein there or pled Some other means to start tit Town police searched the immediate axe for the car and then no** fled therOPP, It was found, about 43Q a.m. Sunday a mile and a half the east of Harriston It was located by the Mount Forest detachment of the _pm. `vincial Police. • When officers recovered. the car It was recalled that a Kitchener youth had been seen in town and a warrant for his arrest was issued. On arriving in Wingham he signed a state ment confessing to the crime. Police said the car was damaged slightly, the muffler. system being torn when the car left the road. It was in a road.'. side ditch when found. • Legion home is sold fico • c ntr cto Robert N. RintOUI of Brampton has purchased the Legion home on Centre, Street and it is understood that the large white brick structure will be remodelled as an apartment 11fi lding. The Rnyal Canadian Legion nch 180, will vacate the Qme in the ,spring' upon coo- Notion of their new building at resent under construction on Victoria Street West, The Le- giants hopingfor eompletiOn by May of this year. The cent - ie street building was purchased ';by the Legion shortly after the war and both main and second floors were renovated to provide fiat club and meeting rooms. A sizeable addition was erected at the rear of the liome about' ten years ago to providekitchen space and storage. The Dion Auxiliary has catered -for many banquets over the years. The Legion's new building will provide greatly enlarged .capacityfor dinners and .public meetings. Only two hurt in several .accident On Wednesday afternoon .: of last week Ethel -Darling of R.11:1. Clifford lost control -of her.. -car while westbound on CountrRoad 7. She skidded on the icy road and went into the ditch.. Damage was esti- mated at $250.00. The -acci- dent was investigated by Corist. K., G. Wilson of the W ingharn detachment O.P.P. ' Const. Wilson d invests ate d g , another tyre satire of ternoon ori Morris. Street in Blyth in which the leftfront -" fender of a vehicle driven by Norman Mc•Dougall,. R. R.1, Auburn, struck the left front. fender of a car driven by Robert Machan of Blyth. Damage was • estimated00 a t $3 a car driven ,by Terrance Morri- son` of Bornholm was -struck on the right side by a car driven by Paul Felker of Seaforth. The ' - mishap took place at the inter- section -of King and. Morris Streets in Blyth. Damage was estimated at $1,200.00 and' Const. W.A. Stevenson was the investigating officer. A car driven by Joan Wil- son o&„Waterloo went -out of control Saturday afternoon on Highway 4; just south of Wing - ham, and skidded into the_ Maitland River bridge. Passen- gers.David Alexander of London and Adrian Midden of Kitchen- er were uninjured. A third passenger, Bernice Wieland of Waterloo, and. the driver were taken to Wingham and District Hospital by ambu- lance where It was found Miss Wilson, 17, had -received con- cussion and suffered froth shock 9N•wan.•iNsou eau NN1Nona sot Nasin local rink wins Kin bonspi'eI The bonspiel held at the Wingham Curling Club Sunday night, sponsored' by the , local Kinsmen Club, was won by a W ingh.am rink skipped by Carl doodyear. The trophy ,winning rink defeated Jim. Hyde's Hen- • salt rink by a 6-4' tally to take aggregate honors, other mem- bers of, the winning rink were Mrs. Goodyear and Mr. and Mrs. Stu Leedham. Second prize in the 9 at. m. 'draw was also a local rink, Mr. and Mrs. Ace Bateson and Mr. and Mrs. Ca1- Burke and third prize went to Jim Currie's '' ►in ham rials of M. Don et ha. a and setrh n Mr. .ate Mrs: g Bol .Gutpell: Consoiationwent to the J.Rannie rink of London. In the 11 o'clock draw Vern.Denomy's rink from Ches- ley took top honors after de- - feating Harvey Fisher Of Wing - ham 7-5 in the last game. The Fisher�7rink.of Mr. and Mrs.; ;171.1YI K M. Gary Gibson won second spot and third prize went. to Herb Fish- er's rink, also from Chesley. The consolation prize went to Harold Knight of Hensall,;- In all, sixteen rinks from, area Kinsmen clubs competed. • and Miss Wieland, 15, received whiplash injuries to the. spine. Hospital authorities have re- ported, the- condition of the young ladies as satisfactory. Prov. Const. K. R. Balzer in- vestigated. . -The same evening, a car driven by Donald Cook of Wing- .ham ing.ham was struck froth behind by a_ vehicledriven by'Mthur „Showers as the Cook car Stop- ped on Highway 4 to turn into Marty's Place. Const.. Steven - Son also investigated this ac- cident in which estimated dam- age 'was $500.00. Fivepeople were forced from their Whitechurch home Monday afternoo_ afte caused an estimate' OM damage to the storey and a half structure, located just north of._the. main intersection, Mrs. Walter Moore, at home at the time, said she had been upstairs during the after- noon and returned to, the kit- chen when one -of the children 11111111111111M POP floored smoke. Mrs. Moore rushed up the 'stairs :but .was driven back. She . then phoned the fire departmentand got the children out of the. building Harley Craig, working at the Whitechurch Feed Mill,. was on the: cetnent platform. ., when he thought heµ:sr elied . smoke and therk'saw Mrs. -Moore come from the house: with the children. She shoutedfor help Awarded CentennialMedaI.s STEWART PROCTER of Morris Township has been Awarded a Centennial Medal in' recognition of his valuable service to the community and nation. Mr. Procter is past reeve of Morris Township. He wa§,.., f i ret elected to the townships council in 1954 and was . a - councillor for sevenears. ' He was then. reeve for seven years during ::which time he served on the -Huron ounty Co n CaY nt u cil:: Mr. Procter retired from muni- cipal office this year. • Guaranty Tnist in. (Ton office Guaranty. Trust of Canada announced yesterday that a new branch of that firm will.Open in Wingham on Monday. The. office will be located in the , Wingham Public Utilities build-. ing on Josephine' Street and will handle rearestate only, for the present. Staffing the new office . will be Gerald Walter and John Dirstein, •both,of Hanover. Mr. Walter is well known in Wing- ham, . having been on thettaff of Paul Starr Real Estate'for. five year -se His wife, Dorothy, and children, Ricky and Debbie made many friends as Wingham residents. -- Mr. Walter said Wednes- day that the office could possi- bly expand to include the firm's banking facilities as well. A new location would be sought if such an expansion takes place W. T. '"Doc" Cruickshank, president and founder - of CKNX 'Radio. and Television, has been awarded the Cen- tennial Medal, it wasan- nounced this .week. The award is made to persons who have contributed in Large measure to the progress of their - com- munities and the nation at Targe. Recommendations for "Doc" Cruickshank to . re- ceive the medal were made by Mayor DeWitt..Mliler. , of Wingham and the Canadian -Association of Broadcasters. Mr. Cruickshank served for some time on the ,executive committee of the later or- ganization.: CKNX Radio was founded in 1926 and the Tele- . 5 in 1 station vision 95 The s s . cit tio; . r>ed'ds: "On the oc- casion of 'the, 100th anniver- sary of the Confederation of Canada the Centennial Medal is . conferred ' on Wilford Thomas Cruickshank, Esquire, in recognition s of valuable service to the nation." Fuller home on .n Charles St. soleal • Mr. and Mrs.• Herb Fuller - of Lion's «Head have sold their home on Chailes Street to. Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Wraith of Francis Street. Mr. Wraith is on tie Wing - ham District High School teach- ' ing staff -where he has been teaching electronics since the beginning of,:the fall term.' • The new owners take pos- session February 1. ilverton man elected to head Maitland Cons. Authority Alvin. D. Smith, Bluevale, chairman of the Maitland Val- ley Conservation Authority for the past two years, turned over the -reins of office to W.J. Kel- terborn, a long-time conserva- tionist from Milverton.. Mr. " Kelterborn has been vice-chair- man of the Authority during Mr. Smith's term of office. George McCutcheon of Brussels, a former member of the Authority's executive was elected vice-chairman; defeat- ing Earl Oppenhauser of Logan Township. Retiring from the executive.. after two-year terms were the chairmen of the flood control committee -and the' reforestation committee, Clifford Dunbar of 'Grey Township and ,Earl Oppen hauler of Logan. They, were re- placed by R. -G.' Bridge of Pal- merston and Austin Stinson of , tMinto township., The latter is provincial government appvin- tee to the Authority. Members of the executive. who have one More year in their`=terms are R.,11. Oakes of Goclertch Township; William Miller of Clinton and Jack Graul. Ellice .Towirsliip: Cyril - Bamford was returned. as .sec- retary -treasurer. In his remarks the retiring chairman said the Authority has made considerable .progress' since its enlargement in 196L In that interval the organization has acquired 1650 acres of land, four dams, three ponds an of- fice and workshop; the Falls Reserve Conservatioh►rea at Be:taiiller has sponsored public school scrap book competitions; the Authority has` worked with ,the OW RC" bn water quality con- trol, and co-operated with a number of municipalities on. various conservation projects. - He said the Authority is not a one-man show and that he owes a debt of gratitude to the mem- bers of the Authority, the exei cutive, the Conservation Branch and the work st aj'f as well as consulting engineers and other experts. ' Mr. Smith told the meet- ing that the area has a number of good things such as clean water. minor land erosion r problems and Confined flood areas, all:' of which we must, keep in the presentstate or improved.. He .concluded by .stating that if we don't safe., guard our environment we will lose it. • INCREASED BUDGET - The 1968 budget approved by the membership totalled $8,1,800.0a, up by $11,300 over last year. Half of the increase is covered by provindial govern- ment subsidies and the remain- der will ,be levied on the 29 member municipalities, Sec - »•N1thmnN• 0.41•NN•NNNNNMNN•NN•NNN• retary-treasurer Cyril Bamford of Listowel.noted in his budget - report that while assessment on Authority -owned property is frozen, mill rates are increas- ing, resulting in higher munici- pal taxes. Expanding opera- tions were cited as another reason for an increase in the budget. The financial state- ment for 1967 was also Present- ed and showed that 'expenditures had exceeded the budget slight- ly. The treasurer said there was enough surplus from the previous year to cover the NNNN.N.NN NN.W N1.1N•N..1.•INNNNNN•1• Marching mothers collect $560).00 Captain Mris. Bill Hanula of the sponsoring Wingham• Kinette "Club. reported Tuesday that the "marching mothers" had raised $560 and there was still more cash to come in. Mrs. llantila said about 45 woe atten canvassed the town, many of therm' helping the 'Kinettes on this project and their assiSt- ance was greatly appreciated. • Following the canvass, the ladies gathered at the home of Mrs. Jack Walker for° coffee and „lunch. Mrs. H anula said she thought the response to the drive had been excellent `and thanked the mothers who turn - 'ed out for the canvass on such a rainy Knight. None backed out because of the inclement Weather. • amount but suggested deficit financing should not be consid- ered for more than one year. BOARDS REPORT The five advisory boards (committees) reported% the ° meeting through their respec- tive chairmen. " A The flood control report indicated that its program•was the largest project and is cov- ered by a 75 per cent subsidy under water storage program. The de -silting project at Wing- ham has been halted by winter • weather but is about one third • completed. It was noted that all but five per cent of the Au- thority's share for this work is being paid by Wingham. The report stated that late in the year a strip of land along the south side of the Bluevale pond ,was acquired and will provide public access to the water. The pond was turned over to the Authority by the Bluevale Milling Co. Investi- gation is continuing as the res' suit of a request to consider acquisition of the Brussels dam and pond. Records are•taken at •a number of sites to measure snow fall and its moisture con- tent, with the information gained forming part of the pro- vincial flood .warning system. ' The land use report indica- ted continuing attendance by committee members at various conventions related tri soil con- • servation. Two applications - for hillside trickles were pro- ces ed. The wildlife section is investigating improvement of d, fish habitat on Sharps Creek. The report stated .that the Sun- shine Conservation Area in Mor. ris Township appears to have a potential for propogation of up- land birds. • The reforestation board re- port ,said two" parcels of land were acquired' in the Saratoga swamp, on the western boend- ary of, the watershed. ' The land acquired totalled 175 acre's. 4'i'ree„ plantings continued at several locations. The Author- ity assisted students from the , Harriston Public School'on an Arbor Day plaiting bee. ,The Please TWA to Page Me • anti. Harvey immediately shutLL, down`the •mill and ran to the Moore home with a fire '.eating' wisher. Climbing, the stairs to the bcdroorn where the fire seemed to be ,located. he was driven back by intense heat and heavy :smoke,, powerless to stop thefire,.. he proceeded 0to remove furniture until the fire department arr ivgd1► • Meanwhile, : Mrs. Moore and her three • children, Linda lk Richard 4 and Cindy 2, went to' the home of a neighbor while ' the Lucknow Fire Brigade work* «ed to control the .flames., Great gusts of smoke puffed from the windows but little .£latae„ cold be. seen. . Following the fire Mr„ and: Mrs.:, Moore and°the children. went to the home of Walter's mother; Mrs. Dorothy°:Moore in. Wroxeter where they spent the night. Contacted there, .Mrs.° Mooresaid;they had no. definite plans but wee trying .: to get temporary quarters near. • Whitechurch until. details were worked out with the insurance• :firm. It is.understood that the home and contents were .`nsur- ed. 'Mr. Moore is employed at the Stanley -Berry plant in W ingharn. CAUSE UNKNOWN - ' . Some speculation at the scene -of the fire suggested faulty wiring as .the cause but when the Advance -Times checked with the deputy -chief 'of the Lucknow fire brigade... Bill Johnston, he said: he doubt- ed that such was the case. The' spot where the fire appeared to have started was. not near,any. outlet. A possible cause,, he speculated, could have been mice chewing on matches. Brigade Chief Geerge:•Whitby, s,aut of town, :at the :time •of ,the fire acid had not visited . 4scene when -contacted.; ° a Until the Moore family: . are able to get back to normal, Wingham 'Salvation Army of- . ficers are offering a helpings hand by accepting donations of•clothing. bedding; bedroom furniture, ° curtains- and dishes. Sizes for the clothing -are girls? 6X and 2 and boys' size 4. Anyone with articles- who wish- es to help out should call -357-' 1951.. Talking with firemen fol-°` lowing the blaze it was learn- ed that a new well in the vil- lage of Whitechurch had per- formed very satisfactorily dur- ing the fire, giving the fire-.. men adequate water pressure. 'Deputy Chief Johnston said that the cistern for the water • system was located 'just south, , of, and behind the Whitechurch. Feed Mill. With the 1, 200 feet of hose carried by the A Lucknow brigade, almost every port ion Of the'. village. except the extreme east end;can;be Leached for fire protection. The department has suggested that, a section of hose be pur- chased and placed at °the cis- tern by the members of.the- water system, to insure that watelr would be available *for every home in the event of fire. , At the time rhe fire start- ed, an engineer from the Ont- ario Water Resources Commis sion was at the home of Mrs,. Victor Emerson; secretary of the water system and caries- , ponZnt for the Advance -Times, She said he was questioning her regarding the performance of the new well: at the very moment the alarm for the Moore fire was sounded. The O.W.R.C, engineer was thus afforded an opportunity to see for himself how well the system functioned. ° 4 PEEWEES RECORD ANOTHER WIN trick at Ripley on Monday night winning S-4. ° Tom Lee led the boys with five goals, 'making it 13 in 3 ° games. Also on the scoresheet were Roger Tiffin counting two and Bill Kennedy and John Henderson notching.,gne each, For Ripley. Stanley beat, Bill ,Anger'three times and El- liott managed once. Anger played an excellent game in goal for the team. -