The Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-06-27, Page 8Advance -Tinges, Thursday, June 27, W68
Alf Lockridge honored
on retirement from. WOAA
Continued From Page One
committee which raised the
money for the artificial ice
plant and was manager of the •
arena for five or six years. aIn
195940 a juvenile team under
his management, "the Wing-
ham Jokers" won the WOA A
championship. ,
` - Though retired from both
business and the .WOAA, Alf is
still busy, for he operates a
farm with a fine herd of Here-
ford cattle. Through the years
he has also maintained ,an ac-
tive interest in horse racing.
SPEAKERS "
One of the early speakers on
Friday evening's program was
the newly -appointed secretary -
Manager. Milton Filsinger, of
Mildmay. Milt said that he.
knows Alf has left a very large
pair of -shoes to be filled, but
that with the help of his wife
he hopes to be able to serve
the WOAA faithfully.
A 'telegran from. Lloyd Pol-
lock, •:president of the Canadian
Arnateur Hockey .Association,
expressed regret that he could
,not be present and extended
• best wishes to 'Mr. Lockridge.
A similar message was read
from; Spero Annis, secretary of
the Ontario Baseball Associa-.
tion.
•Dr. E.J. Weiler of Mildmay,
himself a veteran supporter of
; • amateur athletics in the area,
'expressed: thanks to Alf Afor all
that he has, done to aster§port
for the' young peoplc,. ' He said
that the WOAA was the one
organization that succeeded it•
welding together all the sports
'groups and made" possible a
high calibre.of athletics. The
speaker also referred to the ex
cellent co-operation which was •
always forthcoming from CKNX
in publicizing sports events.
"Dr.' Weiler pointed out that
it was after the forrnarion° of
'2WOAA. in' 1942. that dozens of
,new arenas were built all over
this section of the province, to
accommodate the hundreds of
teams which had,entered the
hockey asraciation.
Mr. Lockridge • was asked to
istrtothicwthe.prembirs ,of his
fdiily who•had• gathered to
wish him. well on. this important'
occasion. They Were Captain
and Mrs. Doug :Lockridge of
Toronto; Dr. and Mrs. Tom
Lockridge of Manchester, New
Hampshire; Miss Ruth Lockridge.
of Toros to and Mr. and Mrs.'
Malcolm McCammon :of. Toron-
to; Mr. 'and Mrs. Gilbert Fraser
of Niagara Falls. N.Y. (the
latter a sister of Mr. Lockridge),
PRESENTATIONS
Mrs. Lockridge was present-
ed with flowers and good wishes
by Mrs. Dan Davis of Clinton,
Stan Stokes, president of the
Ontario Minor Hockey Associa'
tion; presented Alf with a baro, -
meter and Hugh Hodges present-
ed a plaque, wallet and money
from .the WOAA. Another gift
was a scrapbook containing a
.history of many WOAA-spon-
sored events.
Tory Gregg was the guest
speaker for the evening, -and he
reminisced about the early days
of the WOAA,and the episodes
which had marked the early
years of the organization and
the predicaments in which he
and the guest of honor had fre-
quently found themselves. Tory _
said, "I am delighted to have
been asked to talk about one of
the best friends I have ever had;
Mr. Gregg, who• was also
one of the founders of WOAA
and it?president for the first
seven years, said that Alf was •
the guiding spirit of the organ-
ization and that his carefulness
with the funds was one• of the
reasons the project had flourish-
ed. He also paid `tribute to W.
T. "Doc" Cruickshank for his
liberality in .permitting his em-
ployees time to devote to' the
activities of WOAA and his en
couragement of the young or-
ganization.
GUST OF HONOR
Mr. •hockridge also referred
to the early years of WO '
and the struggle to build • e
organization into something
which would serve the best in-
terests of young people through-
out the district.
Citing the past season as an
example of,the success of this
project, Mr. Lockridge said
that there.�were 136 hockey
teams, 41 baseball teams and
•92 softball teams in action.
"I think that's.a record to be
proud of," he said, "No or--
ganization in the country is
able to offer a more compre- •
hensive program :of sports to the
young,people than the WOAA."
The speaker gave full credit •
to: the officers who have served
the organization over the years •.
and" said, "WOAA has taught
mea lot and I.like• to think
that .I have contributed some*
thing to it." He concluded by
expressing his thanks to all who
had co-operated with him, re-
ferees, umpi'tes, conveners' and
players.
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AT OFFICIAL OPENING -The opening of
the new club house at the Wingham golf
course on Saturday evening marked the
successful completion of a project which
has been under way for more than two
years. At ,left` is Don Kennedy, chairman
of the building and finance committee,
Mayor DeWitt Miller, ,who officiated for
the opening ceremony, Dick Lloyd and
Harley Crawford, two of the original club
members who were responsible for the
purchase. •and development of the present'
course.
--Advance-Times Photo.
O°
damage heavy in
traffic accidents
On Wednesday afternoon of
last week the cab of a trans-
port truck was badly damaged
when the vehicle overturned on
Highway '4 north of Blyth. The
driver, Allan Bailey of Wind-.
sor was not hurt. Apparently
two rear tires on the trailer
blew out and the driver lost
control of the truck. Prov.
Const. W. A. Stevenson in-
vestigated. - `
About $900 in damage was
sustained by two vehicles in an
,accident near Belmore on 'Fri-,
,day morning. A 1954 Chevro-
let driven by. Fraser Haugh of
R.R. 1, Wroxeter was struck_ in
the rear by a 1967 Dodge driv
en by Clarence Palmer of Han-
over. Mr. Haugh suffered
only minor injuries. 'Prov..
Const. W. A. Stevenson in-
vestigated.
Five persons were injured in
an accident which occurred_ on
Saturday afternoon at the inter-
section of Con. 9, Turnberry
and Sideroad 1546. A 1964
Ford driven by James Rachoof
Seaforth .and a 1962 Dt ilkswagvn'
driven by • Almer James of R. R.
2, Wingham, :collided, with
an estimated $900 damage ito
the two vehicles.
Treated .at the Wingham & .
District Hospital were .Mrs.
Linda James, 18, wife of the
driver, who received concus-
sion, abrasions to the left knee,
arm and jaw, as well as shock.
Dawna Jamesj5 months,
who was sitting on her mother's
knee and was thrown through
the windshield, facial lacera-
tions and shock. The child was
picked from under the car near
the rear of the. machine. Ap-
parently the car passed over
hers but shewas nottouched by
the wheels.
The driver, Almer James,
34. was treated for facial 'la-
cerations and released. The
mother and child are in satis-
• factory condition.
James Racho, 73, driver of.
the second car. was treated for
facial lacerations and injured
ribs. He was released after
treatment.
His wife, Mrs. Mary Racho,
64, received treatnient for
wrist injuries and released.
Prov. Const. R, F. Wittig
investigated.
Another accident occurred
on Saturday afternoon at the in-
tersection of Con. 10-11 and
sideroad 15416 in Howick Town-,
ship when a 1963 Pontiac driven
by Ross King of R.R. 1;' Gorrie,
and a 1962 Plymouth driven by
John, Jacques of R.R. 2. Clif-
ford. collided. The Jacques
vehicle went out of control
and finally came to rest on its
roof. Although damage was.
estimated at $2800, neither of
the occupants were seriously
injured. Prov. Const. W. A.
Stevenson investigated.
Mrs. James McBurney. Mrs.
M. Hingston gave an excellent
paper on agriculture.. Mrs. 0.
Boss gave.a report on the dist*
rict annual held recently .at
Benrniller and Mrs. M. Brad-_
burn's. report was read by Mrs.
Hingston. It was decided to.
hold a picnic on July 18th in
John Street Park.
The hostesses were Miss
Agnes Williamson, Mrs. N.
Wellings, Mrs. Wm. Jardine
and Mrs. C. Tofting.
WI will hold
July picnic
Agriculture and Canadian
industries was. the theme for the
June meeting of the Women's
Institute held in the council
chambers on Thursday. Mrs.
Robert Powell, president,
opened the meeting with the
singing of "0 Canada".
The minutes of the last
meeting and this correspondence
were read by the secretary, .
Mrs. Charles Shiell. Many
helpful household hints were
the answer to the roll call.
The motto "To take drud-
gery out of your wotk+ put your
head into it". was given by
}11
--Mr. and Mrs. Eugene De-
• vereaux, Molly and Danny of
Alliston were Sunday visitors
with Mr. and Nits. Gus' Dever-
eaux
ever-eaux of St, Augu sine and . Mrs.
Joseph Brophy 'of Wingham.
•
--Albs. Charlie Hawke of
Calgary, Alta., has spent the
past month visiting with her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. H.J. Miller. _ She is
returning ,to her home to -day
(Thursday).
bjuries Ireatsd
at iiospfti
M s,
Made LeBlanc, 45, of
Carling Terrace, yinghain, tee'
ceived treatment for abrasions
to her left,foot last 'Thursday
.morning .following an accident
at the intersection oaf Diagonal
Road and. Vict+tia Street, where
her vehicle collided with
another car. She suffered the
injury ,on her way, into the Fry
• & Blackball office to colt the
police.. Chief Miller investiga-
ted*.•
"Three persons, were hurt in a
single car accident on Saturday
when a car driven by Mervyn
Craig of Bluevale went out of
control and struck a tree on the
road about a mile west of Blue-
vale, 4
Brought to the Wingham and
District Hospital by ambulance!
Mrs. Craig, a. was found to '
have suffered scalp lacerations,
Multiple' abrasions and : contu-
sions as well as an injured leg.
Shewas admitted to hospital
Miss Marie Whitby; of
,Hingham, 15, a passenger,
suffered shock and injuries to
her right., ankle. Two ant a
half year old Michell Craig was
thrown out of the car but was
apparently not injured... .
Prov. Const..Row Bell inves-
tigated.
Mr. .A. McBurney; 85, of •
R.R. 1, ' Belgrave was treated
for.whiplash injuries at the hos-
pital following a rear -end col-
lision in front of the Lyceum
Theatre on Tuesday morning4
He was a passenger in a car
driven by Warren Gear of Kitch-
ener, which had stopped ,in. a
heavy downpour of rain to avoid
anodsor SIC* aot
from the curb, The Goat car
waa struck from the oar by *
1950 gdsmobile driven by
Frank Balfour. of Wingham.
Mrs, Balfour,, a passenger with
r ham, struei bar is*ad on
the windshield, but did not xew
Wire hospital treatment,
Darnagos amounted to about
00, Coast, Zimmor of**
Winshoigi police investigated.
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