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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-02-22, Page 11 Legion speaking contest to be held at public school • John' Strong, president of Franeb 18Q,loyal .Canadian Le Bion is this week com .letin Arran encs for the - ra c " g goat . .,�. -:� n . h s annual public speaking Contest, to be held Saturday of this week in the auditorium of Winghatn Public School. The. contest opens at 2. p.m. In It years the arrange; mens re made by the late Ted ; Moszkowski, who died suddenly in early December. Mr.` Moszkowski: was the person.' mainly' responsible for the or- ganization of the annual;event which has proved very ;success fulEntries will be down this i year because of three other contests ‘ beingheld by Brunels, Lucknow and Ripley Legion, branches. Schools in these areas had previously sent their entries to the W ingha,m compe- tition. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By Ti Pedestrian BIRTHDAY SATURDAY -- Mrs. Thos. Felin will quiet- ly observe her 90th. birthday at her Patrick Street home on Sat- urday, February 24. A host of friends extend their best wishes to. Mrs. Fells on this occasion. . 0--0--0 SEEN AT THE P.O.-- A .O.--A number of residents with fingers numbed from cold re- ceiving post cards fron friends who are enjoying.more favor- able climates. If they plan on returning soon they could be in `for a nasty shock. 0--0--0 THEY.SAY THINKS -- The response to , last week's plea for helpers and skates for the pupils of Golden Circle ' Sehcl• has-been wonderful. Mrs. Reavie has received many. offers to help with both skating , . and bowling,and there•have been donations of skates. The teachers, pupils arid. everyone connected with the Golden Circle sports program thank all .those who volunteered their" . services and contributed skates. 0--0--0 A BIT CONFUSING -- Shopping habits in this area should be .well add 'thoroughly . . shaken up before long. This week the merchants in Clinton decided on a full weekly holi- 4ay' rather than the Wednesday -half holiday. Their decision was to.close all day Wednesday:. Several other towns in this -area, including Goderich and Wing - ham, are closed all day Mon- day, and`a sizeable number of merchants are pulling for Sat- urday closing. One thing about it -- the buying customers who live in between these towns can now have a free choice of places to do their shopping. Some nearby town is bound to -be ,open regardless of the -day. 0--0--0 IT'S SUICIDE-- Events.of the,past week have certainly proved the contention of the police that the only thing to do when winter weather is really stormy is to stay, off the roads. Bad weather and poor visibility have cost several lives in this district. ° 0-„0--0 GAME POSTPONED-- The OSTPONED--The intermediate playoff match scheduled for Tuesday night between the Kincardine Bulldogs and the Wingham "180 Sports" was cancelled arid re- scheduled forFriday night, at 8:30 in the local arena. It is understood the Kincardine team was missing two of its better players so the snow came as a welcome excuse. 0--0--0 MORE SNOW— ° " Reports ,were heard around town Tuesdaynight that drifts as high as 15 feet had built up near Belgrave and motorists were having trouble travelling. One chap, managed to get his ears nipped `with frostbite while pushing a car out of a drift on Highway 4. 0--0--0 DON'T MISS THE PLAY -- The Towne Players stage their porduction of "Angel Street" next week, Their past productions have shown they warrant support from the towns- folk. Don't miss it. Four trophies are offered as two .senior entries .from Tees- the top awards, The Stanley- 'water Separate School. Berry Limited Trephy will go Six to eight entries are ex.. to the winner of the senior class pected front Wingham District in the Secondary school division High School in both classifica ' and the Advance -Times Trophy tions in the secondary school to the Junior Class. The senior division and -one in the. senior elementary .school winner will class from Lucknow. receive they Dr. W. A. McKib- bon Trophy and the Pattison The winners will advance to Trophy will be presented to the the zone competition which winner in the junior classifica- will be held in Brussels. tion. - Lunch will be served by the " - Entries to date in the ele- Ladies' Auxiliary to contestants, mentary school contest number parents and officials -following foura(two in each classification) the contest. from each of the following • Speeches by high school schools: Wingham Public School,,students must be not less thin Sacred' Heart School. Wingham•, nine minutes, nor more than 10; Belgrave Public School, Tees_' • -• elementary pupils, not less than water Public School and Howick . four minutes and not more than Central School, There.will be five. NN.NN11M1.1Nf•NNaNN1 .N/N•N Came Battles through snowdrifts to warn school bus driver Mrs, John Gnay. whose hus- band, is a member of the`Wing- ham District High School staff, was the heroine of a battle with the weather on Saturday morn- .iag. Proceeding south from • Wingham to her home near Belgrave. Mrs. Gnay's car be- came stuck in the snow. 'With' visibility all but nil. a second ;;earran into the back of the Gtiay car. leaving two vehiclfes as a hazard to oncoming traffic. Mrs. Gnay ,knew that within minutes a school bus from Wing - ham would loom out of the storm,loaded with;,.a• group of young wrestlers from the WDHS • on their way to a WOSSA com- Ead weather makes driving dangerous Wingham police report that three accidents occurred during the past week, all as -a result of poot•weather condi- tions. On Tuesday, February 13, a car driven by Alvin Hart of R. R. 3, `Wingham collided with the open door of 'a ,parked vehicle owned'by DeWitt Mil- ler of Wingham. The'accident happened on Josephine Street in the vicinity of Miller Ladies' Wear. Both cars were facing south at the time. Mrs. Miller hadkentered the car but had not had time to close the door. On Friday, two accidents were reported. Shortly after noon, Mrs. Jim -Currie struck a vehicle.owned by Jack Reavie which was parked at the time. Mrs. Currie was attempting to back out of her snow filled . drive when the mishap occurred About $225 damage resulted` when a car driven by Greta Bennett of R.R. 1. G,orrie slid into the rear of a car driven by Betty Ann Christie of R.R. 2,, Teeswater. The accident oc- curred ,at the intersection of • John Street and Josephine. \a Mrs. Don Kennedy in Montreal Hosp. Mrs. Dori Kennedy mot with an unfortunat skiing accident on Friday of last week when she broke her leg in two. places, She is a hospital patient in Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy and Toronto friends had spent a week at Grey Rocks, in the Laurentians, and Friday was the last day of their holiday. The accident occurred at the :bot- tom of a .ski run. Mrs. Kennedy was taken to Royal Victoria Hospital where a cast was applied and the leg put in traction.. She will remain in hospital there for at least three weeks. When she ' returns home she will be on crutches and later in a walking cast for about three months. tier address is Royal Victoria Hospital, Room 4232, Ross, ' Memorial Wing. petition inLondon, in her hus- band's charge. Leaving her two Children in care of the second motorist, Mrs. Gnay headed back up the highway and inter- cepted the bus before it reached the scene of the crash. The school vehicle -;detoured and continued on its way, returning some hours later after being forced back by the storm. . Before the two cars had'bee.n freed from the drifts a new -car transport sideswiped the second car but damage was'not too ex- tensive. The storm was:•so intense that provincial police closed the Blyth to Wingham stretch of • highway for about two- hours on Saturday morning.. Solite 15• vehicles were stick in that sec- tion of road ,durin& the storm.., Brussels girl wins county speaking contest A Brussels Public School pupil, Judy .Vallance, on Mon- day won the public speaking contest for Huron County ele- mentary students sponsored by the Ontario School Trustees •and Municipal Councillors Associa- tion. The competition was held in Clinton. • The winner defeated 14 con- testants. She will now advance,' to the zone competition to be held in Strathroy. Judy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Valiance of Brussels. Runners-up were Marilyn Ir- win of Wingham Public ,School and Betty Ann Brown of Howick Central School, 'both in Grade 7. Marilyn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Irwin", Summit -Drive. Her teacher is Harry West. ' � ' Betty Ann is the daughter of .,Mr: and Mrs. Clifford Brown of Gorrie and her teacher and coach in public speaking, is Ronald Livermore. The Judges were Mrs. Doro- thy Balibf the Clinton Public School teaching staff, •Gordon Smith of the Huron Secondary School at Clinton, and J.W. Coulter of Goderich, public school. inspector. " Foedwich wpm injur.d in car train accident. A S6-yewold Fordwiob woman, lairs. riorenee Wim, was trapped In the wreckage of ,� her car Monday afternoon after nit collided with..a CPR snow. plough train at the rail cross at the porch end of Fordwieh. She was released from the wreckage bymbul. ance atter. ants'who transported her to thee' Wingham and District, Hospital where she is reported in fair condition. Mrs; Wilson suffered head and chest injuries, scalp: and - facial lacerations and deep ..lacerations to the knee, which was fractured. .Those at the scene said the, car was carried 40 feet after striking the engine of the train and was then turned over, CPP" Constable Wittig investigated. There was approximately . • $1, 000 damage to the •Wilson v . lcl'but the train was not damaged. Wendy Fuller is ' princess in festival Wendy Fuller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. • Herb Fuller of Lions' Head, formerly of Wing.+ ham, was one of the two prin..,` cesses in the recent Groundhog• Festival Queen contest in Wiar- ton. Wendy attends high school in W iarton. The queen, Maureen Low, and the two princesses, Wendy Fuller and Wilma Frouws, were chosen from 25 girls entered 'in the contest. The 25 contestants were sponsored by merchants and were treated, to a dinrler,at the. Arlington Hotel by the sponsors. The queen received $100.00 worth and the princesses $60,99 worth of merchandise and vou.t chets each. } Warning signals . . are ordered for Brussels crossing Warning bells and lights, will be installed at the CNR, level crossing in Brussels, as a t result of a decision handed down last week by the railway 'transport committee in Ottawa. Request, for the warning. signals was first made in 1960 but was later withdrawn when • the estimated cot was placed at over $17,000. The applica- tion was renewed last spring by Robert McKinley, M.P. for Huron. A new estimate of $12, 400 has now been placed on° the 'in- stallation. of which the grade crossing fund will pay°80%, County of Huron 121/0 and the balance to be met by the rail- way. Railway and county will share the operating cost. 'Need for the signals w a s emphasized a week ago Sunday • when a car -train collision oc- curred -at the crossing. Fortun- ately none of the three persons in the car, one of them a 3 - month -old -month-old baby, were injured. 'CHARGES LAID . Three ligseizures were made by the Wingham policef at a dance at the high school on Friday night. Chief Miller said charges had been laid. `n N1 Snap rote in income ax surcharge coup spell defeat for liberal governrnent Canadian voters may face a federal election within the next two months as the result .of a snap vote in the House of Commons on Monday evening of this week. The E% surcharge on personal income tax, Which the government has been col- lecting since the first of the year, . was under discussion and IHI M1NNNIN1N sharp attack =from the opposi- tion parties. When a vote was called the count showed a sur. prising 82 in favor and 84 op- posed. • The Liberal government of Prime Minister Lester B. Pear- son has survived several ,want of confidence motions, but a defeat on a major ,money bill /N..N.y..RNN.iN.Nttano /t►.IIr miee'�. has always, in tithes past. spelled the automatic resigns tion of the government. ,and the calling of a.general elec. tion. , The prime Minister was.in Jamaica when the surprise de- feat took place. What action he will take upon his return re- mains to be seen. Apparently he. has *neral aiternativet .- -r.;.4: none of theM very palatable. Ike of them would be to appea> to the House for .a new vote of Confidence --Virtually begging, for another chance;. LEADERSHIP The snap defeat poses sow,. special problems for the Liberal •party. For'weeks past all at- tention has been focused on the preliminary skirmishes in :the battle for leadership, sof the party which; will be :left vs,. cant when the..prune minister reigns following a leadership convention in April. the of his alternatives in the present crisis would be to ask the .'. ernor-General to name a new prime minister and this would, be tantamount to Mr. Pearson ' naming his own .successor, Sit far :he• bas doaaedJv refused to' iodinate any pre ference among the nine men who,ae seeking, the office. One complication lies in'the fact that it is unlikely the Pro gressive Conservative oppositior 'really, wants ;to face an election Aso soon after:.` Robert,Stanfleld's • assumption of the office of PC' leader.' Reporters ill the. Frees gallery 14/ionday night saiid that Mr, Stanfield appeared: to' be as stunned by the results of the vote as were his Liberal oppoh- ents. ' Former prime :minister and PC leader, John G. Dlefenw.' baker was reported to be visibly delighted. Another consequence of the defeat is, tb..throw.iiito sharp question the gality,of the , .governjnent's action in collect-• Ing the extra income. before the House of ommons had given its formal approval. ~Mr. Pearson's action on his' return from.Jamaica wasto air • trounce that a resolution of ' 1confidence,m the .govern et ' ,ould be .place before ;die . House on Wednesday. Final vote and a decision otr the government's future may not come until Thursday or Friday. LADIES' CHAMPIONS in the North Huron Broomball tournament were the ,members of the Brussels team seen above " with their trophy. Front row: Doris Coultes, Shirley Wheeler, Maxine. Morrison; second row: Pat Machan, Shirley Pipe, Dianne Machan, Anne Machan; third row: Linda Wilson, Brenda Coultes, Karen Mutter, Joyce Kellington; back row: Dale Machan, coach;; Ann Lowe, Bonnie Workman, .Mar- lene Rutledge, Carman Machan, coach. —Advance -Times Photo. Workman injured in scuffle at high school building site A 30 -.year-old R.R. 1, Elm- wood resident, Lloyd Hope, was admitted to Wingham and District Hospital last Thursday with what was thought to.be severe head injuries, suffere in an accidental fall from a scaffold at the construction site at Wingham District High School. Subsequent investigation by Wingham Police Department, under the direction of Chief Jim Miller, revealed that the injuries had in fact°been the result of a pushing match. Mr. Hope was said to have fallen. over a small pile df bricks dur- ing the scuffle with a fellow workman. His condition when first ad- mitted was only fair and con- cern was voiced for his recov- ery. -However, by later in the week he was termed in " satis- factory" condition. It is re,- ported e-ported that Mr. Hope has a mild doncussion •with minor cuts and abrasions. Police said no charges had been laid. Mr. Hope is"em= ployed with Able • Masonry„ - (Kitchener), Ltd., a subcontrac- tor working on the $2,500,000 addition to the Wingham high school. Lynn Hoy home is"damaged by falling tree Mrs. L nn Hoy rr ay have thought, Henny-Penny. that the sky was falling when she was startled by a loud crash at her home Tuesday afternoon of last week. A large tree, being removed by the Public Utilitiesr, crew, had fallen out of control and struck the house. • The tree smashed the over- hang and eavestrough on the northeast corner of the Hoy home and cracked the plaster inside the house. Repairs have been• made. Lynn said he had asked the P. U.C. to remove the tree. Children's Aid holds annual .inWingharn: the Huron County phi The 56th annual meeting of ldr'en's Aid Society was held Wednes- day of last Geek in St. Andrewk Presbyterian Church here. La- dies of the church catered for the dinner which was served in , the fellowship hall. ' Reports were given by Miss Clare McGowan of Goderich, director of the society. and,by Ivan Haskins of Gorrie, the president. Dr. Benjamin Goldberg of London, superintendent of the Children's Psychiatric` Research Centre, was the guest speaker. Mr. Haskins was rerelected as president. Other officers are Mrs. Howard Klumpp of Dash- wood. and Clarence Hanna of Belgrave, vice-presidents, and William Hanley of Goderich, ,secretary -treasurer. Retiring from the 21 -member board were Mrs. John Gorwill of Sea forth and G.B. Clancy of Goderich. Elected to succeed them were Gordon McGavin of Walton, and Ross Duncan of Brut- ( ruml sels. M1 1NNNINNNNNN Slippery roads, poor visibility cause of many accidents Blustery winter weather and poor visibility have caused dozens of accidents in this area during the past week.. ranging ' from a fatal accident costing six"lives north of Walkerton to minor mishaps with nothing more serious than light property damage. On Sunday, Feb. 11 Victors Neremberg of Wingham escaped injury when his Volkswagen • left the road when he was trav elling on Highway 4. The car went out of control, rolled over and came to rest on its roof. Damage to the vehicle was est- imated at $500. Prov. Coast. K.G. Wilson investigated. The same evening Lorne McCulloch, R. R. 2, Port Elgin, along with his wife .and three- month -old son miraculously escaped injury when their car was in collision with the CNR railliner at a level crossing in Brussels. The car was exten- sively damaged a>ndthere was minor damage to the liner. Prov. Const.' W.A. Stevenson was the investigating officer. On Monday morning, Feb. 12 $375 damage was caused'to two cars on Highway No. 4, north of Blyth. A vehicle driven by Ethel Niton of Wiar- tori, went out of control as the driver attempted to pass a car driven by Fred Meier of. R. 4; Brussels. Prov. Const. Wilson investigated. John Hildebrand of R. R. 2, Auburn emerged unhurt When his car went out of control on Highway 86 Wednesday evening of last week. The car rolled over and came to rest in the south ditch. The investigating Officer, Prov. Const. W.R. Bell estimated damage at $600. At 12:15 a.m. Thursday morning a car driven by Harm Thalen, R. R.2, Blyth, was . turning right from Highway 4 onto Con. 8, Morris, when it was struck in the rear by a car driven by Joyce Showers of Wingham. Neither .of the,lriv- ers nor the passengers in the Showers car, Hazel Saint and Pauline Wells,, were injured. Damage was $450 and Prov. Const. 'W. A. Stevenson investi- gated. Total damages of $500 were suffered by two vehicles in an accident north of Blyth on Sat- urday morning. A car driven by Wilbert Howald of Lucknow collided with another driven by William MoClinchey of Corrie. The vehicles met head-on and the left front secitions of both cars were damaged. There were no injuries and Prov.• Const. Wilson investigated. On Saturday evening a car owned by Alan Johnston of Brus-, sels suffered $445 damage when it was struck from the rear Eby a vehicle driven by John Pipe of R. R. 4, Brussels. Mr. Johnston had stopped his car on County Road 16 before the accident occurred. No one was injured in the accident which was in- vestigated by Prov. Const. Bell. Ross Wormworth of Wingham suffered a lace ated scalp and ° left thumb in a Ndccident four miles east of Bluevale on High- way 86 .on Tuesday of this week. He was' given first aid treatment at the hospital and allowed home. Prov. Const. Stevenson investigated. There were six other minor accidents during •the week, but no serious injuries were reported in any of the mishaps, The Provincial Police repeat their warning to drive with ex- treme caution during the haz- ardous winter storms when vis- ibility is at a minimum and sno r or ice make braking tato- tion questionable at all bines. 4)