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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-10-17, Page 1w ONE S 0.eTION THIS I SO THE .GLASS in;, the front door of 4Bondi's Restaurant was quarter -Inch. ,pl'ate so the person who smashed it on Sat relay' morning must•° have had •muscles and a .good, heavy weapon.-- -A-T Photo. pat* rote on qua Iounqes Town Clerk William Ren.. wick has received; word froin the chief cleetoral office for the province, setting the date fox the liquor license vete It. Will be held as. a separate re. • ferenduru, rattler than coin- 'E. - bined. with, municipal elections. Date for the vote will be Wed- nesday, January 15th. Mr,. Renwick states ti'iat all persons 21 years of age or over., who have ,resided°in,the town ler a minimum of 81 days prior to the teferendurn' will be en- titled to vote. The vote will be on two questions only: License for a dining lounge and license for cocktail lounge. rite applicant is Arthur Mal yk, -proprietor of the Queen s Hotel. Buys Sunoco George Cameron, proprietor of a billiard parlor in town and school bus ,operator, has pur- chased the Sunoco service sta- tion at the corner of. Josephine and Patrick Streets from Robert Downie. The latter has owned the business for the past 15 years. In addition to the full line of Sunoco products and .service, the building is the location for the local bus depot. Mr. Cameron will continue to operate his other businesses and his son, Doug Cameron, will be in .charge at the service station. Mr. and Mrs. Downie will con— tinue to reside in Wingham. 0 Businessmen extend Friday shopping hours . . At a . meeting of the, Wing- - ham Business Association on `,Tuesday evening of last week it was decided: that shopping hours on Frida.yevenings will be ex tended to 9.30. The stores have been attempting to close. at 9 p. m. on Fridays, but it was:generally felt that the extra half hour would be appreciated by shoppers. There was considerable dis- cussion on the subject of open evenings in the months of Jan- uary, February and March Several of those present' were of the. opinion that since the full Monday holiday has been estab- lished it would be advisable to. Culross- man will stand for election Ross McRae, representative of Culross Township on the F. E. Madill Secondary School Board, told his fellow board members last Thursday evening that he is going to stand for • nomination on the new Br u c e County Board which will be elected on December 2nd. Mr. McRae is the immediate past chairman of the highschool *board which comprises 14 mun- icipalities in Huron and Bruce Counties. Under the new county board system each county is divided into wards which will elect' members to the new organization. Mr. Mc- Rae will run for the seat to be elected by ratepayers in Cul- ross, Kinloss, Teeswater and Lucknow. • Nomination day for the county system has been set for November 18th, elections De- cember 2nd with the newly - .formed board to hold its first meeting on December 9th. Mr. McRae has been repre- senting the Wingham board on the Interim School Organiza- tion Committee in B r u c e County. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian retain the one open evening during the winter months.; All business proprietors will be notified by letter thata vote on the question will be taken at -another reefing 4nd the »decision of those present atthat time will be final. The schedule of Christmas shopping hours was also. set. Stores will remain open each evening starting December 18. Closing hour will be 9.30 ex- cept on Christmas Ere (Tues - n' :+, ), when they will close at 6 ?m. The .stores will also be open all Mondays in December, including December 27.'De- cember 25 and 26, Christmas and Boxing Day will be. ob- served as full holidays. A Santa Claus parade was discussed and it was decided to seek the assistance of the recre ation director and the high school principal will be contact- ed with the suggestion that the student body might work on a Christmas project of some sort which could be incorporated in a parade. A letter will be sent to town council requesting that as far as possible purchases' by the rec- reation committee be made in town. Arthur Malyk outlined the . improvements which have been made and his plans for future development of the Queens k Hotel in the light of his formal request to town council for a: liquor vote. The general feel- ing of those. present was that licensing of a lounge at the ho- tel would be a help to industry and commerce in Wingham. SORRY, LADIES— In last week's report of Rev. and Mrs. K. Barry Passmore be- ing g welcomed by representa- tives of the United Church or- ganizations we stated that Mrs. Jack Reavie spoke for the Unit. ed Church Women. It was Mrs: Jack Gerrie, president of the II.C.W. who extended the wet, come. Our apologies, took, to the press reporter, why had the 'correct name in the story. Five vehicles damaged in Belgrave spree Someone with a distorted. sense of humor managed to cause several hundred dollars damage to five cars at Belgrave during the early hours of Sat- urday morning. A11 of the cars had been left parked in the driveways of their owners' homes and they were rolled away from these parking spots. One of the vehicles was released and rolled down the roadway until it struck a hydro brace pole. A second rolled in- to another parked car and three of the machines were apparent- ly pushed to a point where they would coast down the hill be- hind Hanna's house and they ended up in the creek at the ljottotn of the slope. O.P.P. Constable Ron Bell is investigating the occurrence in which total damages are esti- mated at 0200. Anne Douglas badI"injured Miss Margaret Anne Douglas, 28 -year-old daughtei of Mr. and Mt s.. Les Douglas, .of the Wroxeter area, was seriously injured in, a single car accident on Saturday: . Miss Douglas, who teaches school in Ottawa was on her way to her parents ' ° h o m e for Thanksgiving. Westbound on the C Line of Howick Township, she apparently lost control of the vehicle whicheft the road, struck two stumps in the north ditch and rolled, corning to rest on its wheels. The driver, who was alone, was thrown from the car, a n d discovered by James Dunbar, who heard the crash at his near- by home. Miss Douglas was re- moved by ambulance in a semi- conscious condition to the Wing - ham and District Hospital. Ex- amination disclosed skull in- juries, multiple lacerations to face, back and legs and cuts to the left ear. She was transfer- red to Victoria Hospital in Lon- don, where'her condition is re- ported as serious. O. P. P. Const. W.• R. Bell investigated the accident. I..,,,. Wi ghatn, C*t rfo. 'l utsday, Oct, V?. ne08 flOspitat faces ternoryaricy C y a • Members of the board of dir- ectors of the Winghant Lk Dis- trict Hospital learned on Fri. day evening that an expenditure of something over $62,000 will be necessary to provide new x-ray egtiptnent 'for that insti- tution. Board Chairman R. B. Cousins said that breakdowns have been oceurring• regularly and that service personnel from Can, , A.44.4.N01. Ri ..Rf,H n/i,, I•.n ,........,,. su 1,,141,01,! RNAqradut�: is serving with board of missions Esther Steekle, daughter pf Mr. and Mgrs. Daniel Steckle of Zurich, began a one-year term " of Voluntary Service with the: Mennonite Board of Missions,, Elkhart, Ind. She is serving as a licensed practical nurse at St« Francis Hospital, :Carlsbad, New Mexico. Miss SteckIe is a member .of the Zurich Mennonite.- Church .and a 1965 graduate of Central . Huron .Secondary School, Olin. ton.' She attended Ontario Meta. nonite Bible Institute, .Kitchen- er for three years and took, a registered nursing assistant's course at. the Wingham & .Dis-. • • • adian- General Electric have been called in many times to keep the present' equipment op. erational. . A letter was. read from Dr. 11: Treleaven. of .London, the bus - 10.11 pitai's radiologist, pointing out the delays which are- ,occasioned by the breakdowns, and advis- ing tie„purcbase of new equip- nierlt. 'Tire London specialist said that considerably more 1 mow • Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Sharpin» lived 50 years on same farm Mr. and Mts. Morrison Sharp- in of R. R. 1, Bluevale were honored on Saturday, pctober on the occasion of their 50th :wedding anniversary at a fam- ily dinner held at the) Blue Barn, :Listowel.. Guests were present , from Teeswater, Ethel, Wing - ham, Kitchener, Belgrave, Beamsville and Blues/ale. Open house was held at their home on'.Wednesday, October 9, when many friends and rel- atives called to offer their con- gtatulations. • . Married on October_ 9, 1918 at Gorrie by Rev.. J. J. Rai. Mrs. Sharpin is the former Rgsia Merkley, .daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Merk- ley, of Belmore.; Mr. Sharpin the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sharpie of Turn - berry Township. The couple have farmed for •50 years s4hore they presently • reside at Lot 2, Concession 5, Turnberry Township. ,n, I. They have a family of four daughters: Mrs. Charles (Marie) Chittick of Wingh ani a .Mrs. • Stewart (Evelyn) McLennan of 6 Teeswater; Mrs. Jack (Wer. - .,. ticlloolzon, Jamestoi rt aiai Mrs. Stan (Jean) Hopper of Belgrave. Thlar& are 17 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. , Both Mr. and Mrs. Sharpiri enjoy good health. They re- trict Hospital for one. year. Miss SteckIe won the proficiency. award . when she graduated in •1966, In. Carlsbad VS-ers work in a hospital, and participate in com- munity programs, including rec- reatien.. One of the volunteer's main functions is to assist in ,the building of a church group begun by a few families located in that city. More than 300 youths and ad- ults stationed in 56 different locations currently serve in the .Mennonite Board of Missions Voluntary Service program. As- signments vary from migrant ministries and community ser- vice projects to work in hospi- work can be handled in 'a, with the new machinet A - Vice : called "image intensifier is used to brighten the, picture which appears on the. fluoro, scope and so makes examina tions .much morel positive. The new ,equipment also : o a coupled television Wee% remote position, viewing by cth- er doetora and trainees on »the nursing staff. Rab Gilding of. the present :fillet processor' would permit the develop of xray plates in. 90 seconds to 2 minutes. At present 7 utes are needed for develop- ment. n A representative of Canad- General Electric had submitted a quotation :o of $62;000 for the machine. 7 The board agreed that the 'need fthe new'equiipment WM obviou but ' failed oto find a solution . to the question ofhow it might be financed, since the hospital's total borrowing c ity has been' absorbed' to Me the costs of the butid,ing and rifr- novation' program.. - It was finally decideto bare:. ; the executive committee of the boardhmeet in special session SO . - that all• the ' figures , and; foe could be: -"ase sessed and a .Met*. •od of financing developed. Early replacement of the' equipment it vital be :cause ' the number of x-rays being done as .the hospital has doubled and tripled in the past few rrlouth4 in part occasioned by the _hi- . t-. creased` amount of ° surgery ing done here.; ceived .many lovely ,gifts from:. the family; neighbors and friends. ' Congratulatory messages were received from a host of friends, also porn Murray Gaunt, MLA for Huron-Br'uc°e; 'ley, M. 1', for 'lmonnaf`ll" ert Starrf .eld. A plaque from PremierJohn 0Robarts was presented by,Mur- ray Gaunt. ' • ' owbray Construction awarde contract for hosp. training school Chairman R. B. Cousins an- nounced at the regular meeting of the Wingham & District Hos- tats and other welfare institu- tions. Mrs. E. Fielding received a note from Esther this week in which she said that the hospi- tal in which she is working has 110 beds. She is working on a 35 -bed surgical ward and is en- joying the experience. pital board on Friday evening that Mowbray` -Construction of Wingham will erect the new training school building. Though total cost of .the train- ing school will be met by the Ontario Hospital Services Com- mission, ommission, -the local board is re. sponsible for placing the con- ract and handling the interim Payments. The building, which is to be erected on the site of the form- er McPhail home on Catherine SL, will be approximately 36x84 feet and will provide class- rooms, administration offices, service area, etc., for the train- ing of nursing assistants. One class of 20-23 assistants takesthe course each year. The training extends overr a ten- month period: When the new building is ' ready for occupancy the present school will be demolished.. Class- es have been conducted for the (Please turn to Pae Nine) Thirty -woo; klltdet pupils o undlta.7,CenPli School visited a turkey firm° last week to see what ,a tury looks like before it is 'served for Thanksgiving dinner, - Mrs. Rick.Wellwood, kinder- garten teacher, took the chil- dren to the Colonal.Turkiey Farint on Highway 86 in two: sessions, 20 on Thursday and .' the remaining 17 ori Friday. Many of the young students. had never before seen one of these birds alive., They were taken on a tour of the estab- lishment by Jack Hillsdale- who explained -the process of raising turkeys, which has in recent years become an important in- dustry. ' And after the visit to the turkey farm the children were out of school for the long holi- day week -end, to enjoy their turkey dinners with cranberry sauce and traditional pumpkin pie. High school board pays tribute to deceased members At the opening of the regular meeting of the F. E. Madill Secondary„School Board last Thursday, Chairman Charles Webster called for two minutes of silence in memory of two deceased members -of the board, Dr. W. A. MciKibbon of Wing - ham and Gerald Rathwell of Lucknow. Both men, the • chairman said, had served their communities well and will al- ways be remembered by the, members of the board. Principal Frank Madill ex- plained to the board that there has been a change in the oc- cupational course requirements and now public school pupils do not necessarily have to have exposure to Grade 8 in public school before they can be ad- mitted to occupational courses at the high school. If a student in public school is not making progress and it is felt an occu- pational course can be of value, the student, even though not in Grade 8, can be accepted into the high school system. Mr. Madill said that the occupation. al courses are, one of the rs successful programs in the school. The change will also allow occupational students to spend more,than two years in the progfam. Continuing his report, the principal said there is a healthy balance in the school between those taking vocational subjects which include the -commercial and business courses and those taking academic subjects. Of the total enrolment of 1299 students 6'x.8 per cent are reg- ister�ed in -the vocational pro- gram`d 46.9 per cent -are in the four-year program.. Some 5.2 per cent of enrolment is ' registered in the occupational courses. The balance is close to that 'Of the previbu's year. There are 54 boys and 51 girls registered in Grade 13. this year. DISCUSS USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES Both the principal andboard member Murray Cardiff re- ported that requests have been received by groups interested in using the school facilities. One group wanted to use the music room for choral singing lessons and another wanted the use of a gymnasium and show- er facilities for badminton. The report prompted a long discussion on theoproblems of after hour use of the sehooL Gordon Moir expressed the view that if the amotint interested in the school had been made by industry then it would be oper- ating 24 hours a day. The gen- eral consensus seemed to be that the school should be used in the evenings, and if it was a 'profit-making organization a higher fee should be charged than for noneprofit activities. The use of school equipment presented problems, but the board seemed of the opinion these could be ironed out. Mr. McRae said that at a ' meeting of the Interim School Organization Committee in. Wiarton a Department speaker had urged more use of school facilities for recreational pur- poses and°even suggested that some schools may be in a posi- tion to hire recreational direct - Plate window is smashed at Bondi's When Sam Bondi, proprietor of Bondl"s Restaurant, arrived at his place 'of business on Sat- urday morning' he found the plate glass in the front door had been stiashed during the night. There was no evidence that the place had been entered, nor was there any sign of an object such as a stone or bottle which might have been thrown at the glass. Police checked the doors along main street as late as 4 a.m., and found nothing amiss at that time. Since the window was made of quarter -inch plate glass, it is obvious that a heavy instru- ment of some kind was used to smash it. Constable Ron Zitn- Iner of the 'Wingham police de p$rtment is investigating the occurrence. ors as permanent employee's. •Mr. Madill said these are problems in arranging after hour activities in areas where the population is light. He not- ed that night school courses did not obtain enough interested people to be held this year. ' The principal brought up the subject of students smoking when they are off s"cho l prop- erty and becoming a nuisance to residents of the area near the school. The board decided that while it did not condone smoking by the students , it rec- ognized that it had no authority over smoking by the students. In an dffort to overcome the problem the principal was giver permission to set aside some area on the campus where the students would he permitted to smoke. The board approved the pur- chase of photographs of those students who won Ontario Scholarships. The pictures will be hung with those of past years. Plans were discussed for the official opening of the new ad-• dition but a definite date was not set. When this is done the date» for commencement will also be set. GIVE PERMISSION FOR SCHOOL PAPER Mr. Madill reported that he had been approached by a num- ber of students about a student paper. This could, he said, tie in with the idea discussed at an earlier board 'meeting of keeping parents informed of school activities. The board concurred with the idea. A progress report on all stu- dents will be given out by Oc- tober 2 5th. This will be follow- ed by,a Grade 9 parents' night on November 1st. The principal reported that home instruction is being giv- en to a Brussels student who has a chronic_condition and cannot' attend schooL The board agreed to advertis for an aud- io-visual technician. The principal and Mr. An- derson. head of the math de- partment, will interview appli- cants at Waterloo on October 16th in connection with the Co-op Mathematics program approved earlier by the board. A math student from the Uni- versity will teach in the school from January to ApriL property chairman Albert Worrall said that the building contractorchas dumped fill into the gully east of the school, and this may affect the drains • which feed into the depression. He su vested the architect look into the matter. He reported that facing tile on some sec- tions of the original building have corse loose. He said the architect had recommended the tile be replaced with ag- w gregate similar to the facing on some sections of the new wing. The board approved this action. The board also approved the purchase of several items for school maintenance and the hiring of a contractor for snow removal from the new road to the west of . the school buildings. JohnnTaylor, who heads the transportation committee re- ported that a meeting of the bus contractors had been held and all contracts have been signed. Several bus routes were checked for distance.. Cafeteria committee chair- man Mel Craig said the new cafeteria is now in use. Mr. Madill added that four lines are being handled at one time and everything; is working out very welL The cafeteria cat seat over 400 pupils at one time. Leslie Fortune said there has not been a meeting of the Huron Interim School Organi- zation Comfnittee since June.. Mrs. W. B. Cruikshank has been retained as school librar- ian, Mr. Madill told the board. Mr. Madill reported that several meetings of the Bruce ISOC had been held and a re- cent one at W iarton had pro- duced a considerable *amount of information. The work of ISOC is nearing completion and various reports on pricrity pro. gams have been established by (Please turn to Page Nine) v.