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Iuevale Personal Notes
Vie+ °' t Visitors with Mrs.
OltVet Campbell; were Mr. and
.flUgiVCattipbell and fam-
ily',; 14ah,d lir Charles
Capipbell and family, Mr. and.
Mrd Peter Campbell and fam-
) . Mr. and heirs, Ken John-
0,1,,t
ohn-
o and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Colin Campbell and family of
Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs. Mur-
ray Shean and boys of Strat-
• ford and Mr. and Mrs. Ron
Smith of Harriston.
lvlrs. Murray Shean, Danny
and Dale of Stratford spent a
few days with her mother, Mrs.
Oliver Campbell.
Master Bradley ,Campbell,
eon of Mr." and Mrs. Charles
Campbell is a patient in Wing -
ham apd District Hospital.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Campbell on Boxing
Day were Don Darling of To- '
ronto; Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Darling and family of Agin-
court, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Darl-
ing and family. M. and Mrs.
George Darling and family,
Ross Abraham and Dale Machan
of Brussels.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ross,
Jeffrey an4 Jennifer visited in a
Windsor for the New. Year's
holiday.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil McEach-
ren, Mr, and Mrs. Gilbert Mc-
Eachren, Mrs. Neilson and
Michael of Downsview were
visitors during the week with
M'ac Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. Alan White
and family of Springfield spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Lowis.
4'.
Sunday visitors. with Mr. and
Mrs. Percy Vincent were Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Murch of Clinton
On Monday Mr. • and Mrs. Vin-
cent • visited' ith Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Vincent of Belgrave.
8 in Belmore
BY- lVQNNE BALLAGH
1964 in'Belnnore--and to.
quote Frank Sinatra, "It Was a
Very Good Tear" for ;many of
ut,, anyway.. For slime.' it pro-
duced painful Memories that
.'t --Will. for many years to come,.
:brand it as an unhappy year.
"' ` There , weremany happy mo-
ments for people who heard the
strains of "Here Comes the
gide", and couples who wel-
'comed new arrivals into their
homes. .
1968 was the year that the
village's only manse, after!
almost a hundred years of being
a manse (first Presbyterian, then
United) became just a house,
with a new owner, Peter Mul-
vey. It was also the year that
- the United Churches lost a rnin-
ister, ‘Rtev. Rea Grant, and wel-
comed a new minister,' Rev.
Keith Wettlaufer who, though
living farther from us in Mild-
may. would soon be thought of
as 'ones. of us'.
There were more business
transactions, with Brian Sander-
son taking over the Harper res-
idence, Mr. and Mrs; Selah
Breckenbridge moving to the
former William Struthers home,
and Mr j alt. M
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eod and bane calling the.Neill
homestead their new home.
And happiest newsy for all of
ius,v++ was when Mr. and Mrs: .,
john..Farrell, after so long away
• from. us, Anally -carne home to
stay, Mrs. Farrell progressing
marvellously after their 1967
accident. •
. There were some.anxious
moments for.•Belmore people,
though. Sickness was prevel
ent .throughout the year, some
of it minor alit some of it ser-
ious. One of our younger resi-
dents, Gwen Press, had a close
.call when she was seriously
burned while using gas on a
:bonfire: We hope others may
'have 1c tned from her . exper- .
lenge. The community was
• saddened -by the deaths of Roy
Rutherford and.Elmer Zinn, '
• both valued church members
and community workers; and
shocked by � the tragic death of •
Tom Schiestel who died ac-
cidentally while helping with-
farm work in July. His largely
attended funeral was held on
his 18th birthday. ,
1968 was the year the Bel -
more • Library officials fought
to save the library, after the•
County Board threatened to
close, it. •At the end of the
year, the outcome of that fight
was still not known.
But the biggest news of Bel-
more's year swas the,sigantick •
Maple Syrup Festival --an un-
dertaking which perhaps many
people thought an impossibility
in a small village. ' Belmore
people wanted a :pew roof for
their arena, and they worked
night sand day without com-
plaining to see their dream a
reality. Together, the people
of the community pitched in to
make this the biggest event in
the area and on Maple Syrup
Day, people came from far and
near to make their .efforts -a
roaring success. In summer,
the arena boasted a ,new roof,
the tangible proof of what great
things c an' be accomplished by
friends, and neighbours working
together toward a common
purpose.
But then, it has always been
'The People' who have. made
Belniiore- the find` Tittle village
it is; and it has been 'The Peo-
ple' who have kept it on the
Map and thriving. From 'The t*
People' to all those who care
enough to read of our happen-`
Ings, a healthy, happy 1969!
And from your correspondent to
'The People' who have made
lier,.task easier: and more worth-
while, . may all fine things, and
an abundance' of peace, good
health:, and happiness by yours
in. the year just begun; Thank
you for your assistance and co-
operation in past years.
ANNUAL PARTY
BI,UEVALE .-Th . Recreation- •
al As i tion gave their annu-
al' "the community hall
on Friday evening. The Ranch
Boys played forthe dance and
there was a good attendance.
A draw was made for a doll
dressed in bills amounting to
$30.Levi Carter -won' the doll.
The second prize, $10., was won
by Neil Edgar and Mrs. Bill
Adams won the third prize, $5.
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Protect Your
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Bob Bitton, of Chatham,
vfsited Harvey Mann last week.
Susan Gannett. of Wingham,
was a guest of Mona Hamilton
last week,.
Jack Horton, an R.C.M. P.
official at Stoney Rapids, N. W.
T. , writes to his mother, Mrs.
George Lowis, of a temperature
of 75 degrees below zero in his
locality.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murch of
Clinton were Sunday visitors •
with Mr. and Mrs. Percy Vin-
cent.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Forbeck
and Linda of Niagara Falls spent •
a few days with Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Elliott of Bluevale.
° On Christmas Eve the family
of Mrs. J. - J. Elliott entertained
her and all spent Christmas -Day
with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ohm
and family of Wingham. On
Boxing Day Mr. and Mrs. El-
liott visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Porter and family. in
Lucknow. On Christmas Sunday
Mr. and Mks. Elliott and Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Mashers and
family had dinner with Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Elliott and family.
:Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. El-
liott spent the day with Mr. and
Mrs. Mathers and family.
The Junior Farmers sponsor-
ed a dance intim community
hall on New Year's Eve with
Tiffin's Orchestra supplying the
music. The stormy night pre-
vented some of the part)cipants
from travelling afterwards and
they did not arrive borne until
the next day, hospitality being
provided by friends.
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borne Bty, Cdn Ai ...
borne Regiment stationed at
Edmonton, had aniee "chew
.the fat" session: with WO Morin
on 'Friday. 'IA Krauter
former member of the -0th flty,
and anexcellent sergeant he
was, - Ie hails from Brussels and
washome for a bit of leave,.
1,4 Wainer enrolled in the
Offieer Candidate Programme
from this Unit. He passed all
of his des •withextremely
good marks and was one ()idle
top OCP graduates at C'FB Shilo
two years ago. He is now a
fully qualified airborne officer
of the Regular Force.. He tells
,,us there is never' 'a dullmoment
and he thoroughly enjoys jump-
ing with his troop of gunners.
They are a real "go gid" lot.
Makes the Old Gunner wish he
was 15 years younger.
Q--0--0 ,
Capt. • Ralpb..Wareham is' to
be congratulated on the first-
born arrival -in the Western On-
tario District. That is reel gun-
ner timing, Capt. Wareham.
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• Lt. Barry Nolanhas been
transferred froth Clinton to To-
ronto by Bell Telephone, Furth-
er to his transfer he will go to
Montreal on a special Bell Tel
course. Due to all this, we
have had to put Lt. Nolan onto
the supplementary list of pffi-
vers at regional headquarters.
Lt. Nolan'is another officer to
come up through. the ranks in
21 Field Mgt.
We train them, and we . lose
them. In the past few months
we have been on the losing
end. With all -the movement
"of personnel, unit strength looks
pretty sad, to say nothing of
the work load which remains
constant.
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21 Field Regt. had. two ve-
hicle accidents over the Christ-
mas holiday period, neither
of a serious nature, and little
damage done. However, the
paper work is about' the same, -
which is considerable. Causes
of these accidents would appear
to be traveling too fast for road
conditions, impatience, lack
of judgment and courtesy. Is
it not always so? , Ten miles
'per -hour slower, let the other
person have the right of way
.whether he is in the right or
•
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detonsivemte4,44,04"
alit be patient.'
a yery import.
ant Conference within the ,Reg-
/Ingot on ,Sunday'the; January
e , .mere cow be aonxc
portant developments, from this
Conference. •
_.
WO "Bunker" PHI Perry has
had his departure date set back
to the 20 January ON The -
Bunker has; ,fast •a Si 4e his
crutches and cane and Is almost
ready to rust 4, ft race. He
also has managed to get rid of
bis 196E Pontiac.. We
hoot c ei, at ' "time
t ►ey will fly to Europe 10 loth
BIU.. NO now the 90410g,
twig the rest .this sus1,
leave*
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OPTOMETRIST
J?itepbine Stree .
WING Ah
FOR APPOINTMENT
Phone 3574361
DANGEROUS BUSINESS—Some Wingham residents ignor-
e ed the barriers set up on Josephine Street in front of the
r)ueens Hotel Last _Friday at the risk of incurring serious
jury. A portion of the -sidewalk was barricaded to fa-
cilitate the safe removal- of huge icicles which hung from
the roof of the hotel. Pedestrians seemed totally uncon-
cerned about the danger as they either hurdled the bar-
riers or ducked under them.—A-T Photo..
Histories biggest fires staled -small
"All fires start small, " runs
a firefighters' adage. "What
counts is how •they finish. "
What happens between be-
ginning and end depends on a
variety Rf factors --some within.
man's control and other in the
lap of the gods. - Both elements
were at work in the great- fire
,of 1871.
According to legend, the
conflagration started as a miflor
blaze ignited when' Mrs.' Pat-
tick's O'Leary's cow kicked
over a kerosene lantern. in a
South Side' bark. l was a typ .
:cal case of human failure: Mrs.
C'Leary's carelessness.
'But Nature helped to feed
the holocaust- -first by 'drought
which had left the city's wood-
• en buildings tinder dry and} then
by .a stiff wind, which drove
the flames out of control.
HEAVY TOLL
Twenty-seven hours after
, the first spark, .a third of Chi-
cago lay in antes. The toll:
more than 250 dead and $187
million in property loss.,
But human neglect was the
sole culprit in one of America's
most appalling industrial fires:
New York's Triangle sweat-
shop catastrophe. of 19114
All the elerrtents of tragedy
were compressed into the upper ,
floors occupied by the Triangle
Shirtwaist Co. in an . antiquated
10-storeybuilding in mid -Man-
hattan: more•than 600 workers
squeezed into three stories.. ;
floors littered with clothscr
aps
and tissue paper. single- file
corridors' and narrow stairways•
leading to two pitifully inade-
quate exits--oneof them bolt-
ed from ther-outside!
CAUSE A MYSTERY
What sparked the fire reg
nains• a mystery, but suddenly
an inferno erupted. Dozens
died pounding at the bolted
door or wedged in the passage--
ways. Spectators watched
helplessly as, ode -after another,
60 girls, leaped to their death
from n11141 -floor windows. In
all,146 persons lost their lives;
70 were critically injured.
NEW LAWS
Like the Chicago' fire, the
Triangle tragedy shocked leg
islators, engineers, architects
and safety experts into strength•
ening the fire -protection
clauses of commercial build-
ing codes. Yet even now,
millions spend their days in
factories, offices or schools
constructed with built-in tin-
der.
High among such hazards
-is •combustilbe pipe insulation.
Most commonly, this -flam-
mable material‘is jacketed
around pipes inutility shafts,
whichthemselves act as chim-
neys to fan and spreada minor'
',blaze into a conflagration. As
Richard E. Stevens, technical .
secretary of the National Fire
Protection Association, puts
it:
"Utility shafts for piping and
wiring sometimes promote,
spread of fire and smoke, with
resultant loss of life and prop-
erty. "
INSULATION BURNED
He cites as "notable examp-
les" the spectacular fires which
,struck the Empire State Build-
ing. in New York on January 9,
,1963, • and .a Montreal office •
building three weeks earlier..
In both cases, Stevens says,
"pipe insulation and jackets
provided the fuel, produced
the smoke and caused the fire
spread, - •
Recognizing the hazard, he.
continues, manufacturers are
developing -incombustible pipe
insulation. Following recogni=
•
G. A. WILLIAMS, O.D.
optometrist.
9 PATRICK STREET W.
WINGHAM
Phone 357-1282
Next meeting
a week early.
BELMORE--The , Un it e d
Church Women met for their
Christmas meeting on Monday.
of last week, at the home of ,
Mrs.. Wilfred Johann. Mrs. Wil-
liam Mulvey was leader, and
opened the meeting with a
P g -
poem, "Silver Bells ".., -
A Christmas carol: was sung ,
and Mrs: Mulvey gave a med-
itation about the wise men. go-
- ing to Bethlehem; may we ' ,
come to the Christ-child•'as did
they, with humility to. worship, •
and wisdom to return home
another way.
Mrs. William Boyd read the '
Christmas story from Scripture'
with Mrs. Mulvey conducting a
worship service and leading in
-a prayer for the holiday season.
Each spoken portl9n.was inter-
spersed with they si.ngirig of
some verses of favourite Christ-
mas carols. Mrs, Norman New- '
ans gave- a reading, "A Mod-
ern Yule Has Its Good Points",
with Mrs. Mulvey reading "The
Reality of Christmas". A sing-
song of some carols, and a
songfor the New Year, . follow-
ed.
The business portion of the
meeting opened with the roll
call, ideas for the 1969 pro-
gram. New church calendars
were distributed. It was decided
to hold a. meeting for planning
next year's :program on Thurs-
day evening, January 9, at the
home of Mrs. William Mulvey.
The next regular meeting, will
be held'one week earlier than F.
usual, on January 22nd, ' at the -
home of Mrs. Harry Mulvey.
It was moved that the mem-
bers would continue in 1969 to
send money to support a foster
child in another country.
The meeting closed with the
Lord's prayer in unison and Mrs.'
'Mann served lunch.
testing procedures, not
on the pipe insulation but the
jacket and its binding adhesive
are laboratory tested as a unit.
Researchers say the new in-
sulation is a dramatic break-
' through
reak'`through in the battle for greater
protection of human life from
thehazards of fire and smoke.
And Stevens adds that "it is to
be hoped that designerswill
specify" flame -proof insulation.
'in blueprinting commercial,, •
buildings.
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