The Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-02-20, Page 15Thursday, Feb. 20, 1969
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The members of the Wing-
ham Kinsmen Club are rounding
out their plans- for the town's
first mid -winter carnival and
from the program which has al*
ready been finalized it appears
that the event should prove high-
ly interesting to everyone in
the community.
The action starts in the local
arena on Friday afternoon fol-
lowing classes at the highschool,
when the students and teachers
will whack into a broomball
tourney. At the same time
there will be considerable in-
terest in the snow sculptures at
the high school where many stu-
dents will be trying their hand
at this specialized art form.
On Friday, evening a Bantam
hockey game is scheduled for
7 o'clock in the arena. The
team which will meet the local
boys has not been finally de-
cided, but arrangements are
now under way to bring in a
city team for the game.
F• lowing the Bantam game
the hi:' school students'coun-
cil will in charge of the
nne4
'loter carnival
crowning of the 1969 Snow
Queen, also at the arena.
After that f estive event the
highlIghht of the carnival will
get under way as a selected
team of Old Timers meets a
band -picked Kinsmen team.
This game will bring many well
ternembered former players
back to the local ice and will
no doubt evoke some warm
memories of the good old days.
On Saturday at one o
the afternoon's program of snow-
• mobile races will get under
way at the high school football
field. • Some ten different class-
es are being set up to offer com-
petition to a wide range of ma-
chines .and. drivers.
In addition to the r ace s ,
snowmobile rides, will be offer-
ed to the public at the same
place and time. Free skating
will bei available at the arena
the same afternoon from 2 to, 4
p. m.
On Saturday evening the
Wingham Tykes will take on
the Belgrave boys in the same
class and the game will be fol -
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lowed by tug-ofrwar, also at
the arena. Four hefty teams
have been lined up to• compete.
From what we hear at pres-
ent the Wingham toown council
Members have been talked into
participating in a• trfeyo1e race
on the ice. If this"is.only a
foul rumor we will, apologize
next week, but since severalof
the town fathers have evident
need of exercise, we can ex-
pect some thrills and spills 0
they really take to the ice.
The final event on Saturday
evening will be a rip-roaring
broomball game, in which one
of the experienced ladies' teams
from this area will take on the
highly inexpereienced Kinsmen.,
The draw will also be made
on a.portable television set on
which the Kinsmen have been
,selling tickets for some weeks.
Big event on Sunday is the
Kinsmen curling bonspiel at the
local rink.
Refreshment booths will be
,set up at strategic points near
the high school and of course at
the arena.
Successful test day for
Wingham Figure Skaters
Wingham Figure Skating
Club' belongs to a unique organ-
ization called Interclub. Thir-
teen clubs from Huron, Perth,
Waterloo and Wellington count-
ies united together in 1968 to
form this interclub. Its founder
was- a young professional skater
from Stratford, Bob McCrabb.
Jack McPherson of Stratford is
its current president. It iscom-
posed of 2400 skaters and is di-
vided into northern and southern •
pj. lin Walkerton,
ou h a rirott"
and Adastral• Park belong to. the
Northern Interclub. Bruce Brad y
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
THE WINNER--
Reeve
INNER--Reeve Jack Alexander•of
Wingham emerged as the first
place winner in the snowmobile
race for mayors and reeves at.. •
the Clinton Winter Carnival at
the -week -end. Spectators say
he was a real Barney Oldfield
when he, grasped the handlebars.
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WARMING UP --
Our weather note for this
week is that the February sun is )-
beginning to shed a little warmth
on our snow -bound landscape
However, the;Piles of snow are
still plenty high. (Now you
can look for a storm and lots of
biting wind to make us into 'a
liar. )
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YOUNG ARTISTS --
Better keep an eye on the
high school area for the• next
week. With the co-operation
of the H.S. Students' Council,
the "inmates" of the school are
working on a variety of plans
for sculptures which may take
some fantastic shapes by the
time the carnival rolls around
next week.
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RUNNER-UP- -
Linda Walden was the runner-
up in the junior high school di-
vision of the Royal Canadian
Legion's zone public speaking
contest at Exeter last Saturday
and Dorothy Elliott was runner-
up in the senior division. The
girls represented the F. E. Madill
Secondary School.
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SHINNY HOCKEY --
Interest haf been so low in
public skating at the arena on
Tuesday and Thursday after-
,noons that it has been decided
to introduce shinny hockey. If
the boys wish ,o go to the arena
after school on Thursdays they
may pick teams among them-
selves and play., Up to the pres-
ent, many boys have wanted to
play shinny hockey so now it is
Wing made available to them.
Regular'skating prices will be
charged and hockey will be al-
lowed.
of Stratford and Harold Brooks
of Wingham are the profession-
al skaters herein town.
The purpose of Interclub is
to provide. help and co-opera-
tf6n between larger and small-
er clubs as well as the profes-
sional skaters.
Test Day -for the Northern
•Interclub was held in Wingham
on Sunday with the following
judges: Mel Douglas of Exeter,
Albert.Dyer of Stratford,, Ann,
liosenhagenn from Wingham..
' ;� •, ' ,' ng young people.
successfully passed their Figure,
and Dances:
Dutch Waltz, Richard Hodg-
ins, Joanne Anger, Pat Orien,
Mary Shepherd, Geri Bennett,
Joanne Wood, Marcia Fenwick,
Ruth : Anderson., Doris Fisher, -
Nancy Majka, .Carol Haistings,
Lynn Foxton.
Canasta Tango,' Richard. Hod-
gins, Joanne Anger, Pat Orien,
Mary Shepherd, Geri Bennett,
Doris Fisher, Nancy Majka,
Carol Haistings, Elizabeth Neth-
ery,
Swing Geri Bennett, Nancy
Majka.
Fiesta Tango, Helen Hollo-
way.
Willow Waltz, Helen Hollo-
way.
Ten Fox, Helen Holloway
and Marilyn Irwin.
Thanks to KimMellor arikd
Helen Holloway who were part-
ners throughout.
The season for Winghamwill
clin}ax with the carnival which
is being held March 15th. This
is to be a completely new show'
featuring several guest skaters
and some help from the other
Northern Interclub members.
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Cur tng notes
Ella Gurney, skip, Marguer-
ite Callan, Ella Gibson and
Nan McKibbon curled in Goder-
ich last Wednesday and on Sat-
urday. Ann Rosenhagen, skip,
with Mary Williams and Joan
Ste. Marie curled at Alliston.
On Friday Mr. and Mrs. Al
Hafermehl attended the .Valen-
tine bonspiel at Mount Hope.
They curled with Mr. and Mrs.
Harty'Tschirhart of Caledonia.
Two British doctors
in Wingham practice
DR. J. D. HUGHES
Two British doctors have ar-
rived in Wingham within the
past thny..weeks and have en-
tered general practice in assoc-
iation with Dr. R. D. Wilkins.
Their offices are located in the
Wingliam . Medical Centre on
Josephine Street.
Dr. J. D. Hughes, who is a
graduate of'the University of
Glasgow, served for 16 years
with the Royal Medical Corps
and his duties took him to serv-
ice in Germany, West Africa,
Gibraltar and the Middle East.
'After his retirement from the
RMC with the rank of Lieut. -
Colonel, Dr. Hughes, practised
for tome time in Yorkshire be-
fore coming to Canada.
tial,
DR. W. T. HARRETT
Mrs. Hughes and two of their
children will arrive . in Canada
early in April. The third mem-
ber of their family will remain
at, school in England for the
present.
Dr.. Harrett is, a graduate of
.Guys Hospital, London, England
and has post -graduate qualifi-
cations in obstetrics. He has
been practising at Porthcaul in
Wales. He was accompanied
to Canada by his wife and three
of their four children: The
fourth, also at school, will join
them later.
Dr. and Mrs. Harrett have
rented the McGee. hoe on Ma-
ple Street.
BY SHIRLEY J KMER
Huron County hoard of
cation members were taken
surprise Monday evening
Goderich when. vice-chalrmart-
Robert Elliott, .G004 .01 ' *�
ship presented an idea cohcev-
ed last Friday by Chairman Jam;
Lavin, Clinton, which could'
prove a considerable saving tO
county taxpayers if ,approved,
Armed with rough sketches
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board de
.1 office. location
of a wing in. Central Huron Sec- '
ondary School, Clinton, Elliott
pointed out the advantages to
consider the site as the location
for the board of education
fices
The suggestion came in the
heat of discussion concerning a
recommendation by director of
education John D. Cochrane,
supervisor James Coulter and
business' administrator Roy B.
Dunlop that the county board
of education offices be housed -
in the upper floor of the new
assessment building.
In the report made by Mr..
Cochrane, rent in the proposed
Clinton site in the nurses' res-
idence would be $9, 000 per
annum; in Cardno Hall, Sea -
forth, $7,200 per year; and in
the assessment building, $5,000
each year plus $1,000 annually
for five years (or until thelease •
was broken) to pay for certain
office furnishings and .some •
partitioning.
Other factors considered in
the director's report were the
distance to meetings for board
•members (it was noted this
couldchange with each elec-
tion); the distanceto schools in
the county; availability of
clerical staff; and proximityto
comity agencrea.
While the-siie over the as-
sessment bonding was, at Lugo.
and would afford, no boardr0Qrr
Mr. CochraAe pointed out.e
board could continue to -hold
meetings in the court house.
He admitted this might cause
some inconvenience at meeting
time in the event the board
would request to see certain
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WINGHAM STAINTON SPITFIRES, Intermediate "A" and Grand Cham-
pions W.O.A.A. 1950 -51 --=Back row: Norni Tustin, Ted English, Roy
Wilson, Bill Hilbert, Percy =Stainton (manager), Leonard Huff, John
Crowson, Murray Stainton, Geor9e Westlake; front. row: Jack Pym,Roy`
Dewbury, Levi Purola, Bob Sangster, Fred Templeman, Bob Green;
Bill-Lockridge, (John Jackson absent).
Kinsmen will take on Old Timers during carniv
An interesting hockey game
is shaping up as oneof the main
features of the Kinsmen Winter
Carnival next week. An -old-
timers •team will do battle with
a squad hand-picked. by the
Kinsmen. .
It looks as though the Old-
timers have gathered together,
the top stars of yester-year.
Acting as coaches will be Wing-
ham's own Punch Imlach and
King Clancy in the person of
Alf Lockridge at the .helm and
Percy Stainton at his shoulder
giving top tips.
Lucknow had the famous
Chin line, but returning for this
game is Wingham's renouned
and perhaps only complete
brother line, the Stainton broth-
ers, Murray, Maurice and Neil.
Sisters pass
musicexams
with honors
Miss Julie Anne Heal of Hen-
sall has successfully passed her,,
Grade 8 Piano with Honors, with
the Royal Conservatory of Mus-
ic, Toronto. Julie has also
successfully passed her Grade 2 '
Theory. She has studied music
under Mrs. Carol Carter, Sea -
forth. She is a grade 9 student
at South Huron District High
School in Exeter,,
MissJane Heal has received
word also that she has passed
with First Class Honors her Gtadn
.5 Piano with the Royal Conserv-
atory of Music, Toronto. Jane
is continuing her musical stud-
ies with Mrs. Carol Carter; and
is in Grade 7 at Hensall Public
,School.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman C.
' Heal of Wingham are grandpar-
ents of Julie and Jane. They are
the daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
John Heal (Joyce Walker) of
Hensall and formerly of Wing -
ham.
We know Murray.is;in fine
shape;- Mau, although perhaps
a little slower and heavier,
will patrol the right wing and
Neil, returning from -Service '
'with IBM, will have some new
combinations and calculations
- to add to the attack,
Between the pipes will be
Lavi Purola. Remember him --
Mr. Zero of Stainton Spitfire
fame. If memory serves cor-
rectly he was the frust goalie to
introduce the /goalies ball glove
trapper to the Wingham crowd.
Backing Lavi Purola as sub -
goalie will be Bob Sangster. He
was the young goalie who got -
his start in Gorrie and his great
ability led to careful observa-
.tion by Perc•. Stainton's Wing -
ham scouts, tesulting in his
signing with W ipgha m Spitfires
where he was' a real standout
for many years.
No Wingham teams would
be complete without adding the
extra punch which. can be ach-
ieved only by one of the Lock-
ridge clan, and Uncle Alf has
added nephew Bill to' put thump
to the defence crew. It is ex-
pected Bill will be wearing the
famous Lockridge No. 2, about
which for years visiting teams
always were overheard to say,
"Beware No. 2; that's Lock-
ridge.
ock-ridge. "
From Teeswater comes that
red-headed dyanamo, Borden
Litt, an exciting player and a
real hitter. From Orangeville
comes Wllf "Sharpie" Sell, for
years the Gordie Howe on the
local scene, a natural, athelete
whatever the sport, and as Tory
Gregg used to say, "the player
With the strongest wrist shot I've
ever seen. "
From the London area, leav-
ing behind his golf clubs, the
famous southpaw George Lough -
lean, always a real moneyplay-
er with that old Loughlean de -
.tire for victory. From Toronto,
lack Lloyd, one of the lighter
players but always a real threat
around the net. 1;'0.
back too will be Johnny Crew'
son who worried many a goalie
as he parked at the edge of the
crease, ever ready to deflect
a shot or fire a rebound into the
net.
No oldtimer's line' up would
be complete without a colorful
player like Johnny Brent --a real
skater. We remember one
time when a big figure skating
show was scheduled for the lo-
cal arena and performers were
late in arriving. With a packed
arena officials were worried
about how to entertain the
crowd. You guessed it --John
dressed asa clown and put on a
skating exhibition which stole
the show --and to this day many
have believed . it was some high -
paid professional. '
From. Mitchell comes a real
fine player, B i 11 Gatenby. -
'Another former Spitfire who
presently diverts his hockey in-
terest to local minor sports; is
-„Bill Hilbert, a real speed de-
mon in the past, who spent
some time in Junior A company,
From the "Halls of Wingham
High" comes Bob Ritter, a
strong player reminiscent of the.
former Syl Apps, a superbplay-
er rarely ?blind in the penalty
box. Adding muscle to the de-
• fence crew will be that real •
thumper, Scotty Jackson. By
the way, what was his first
name. Never heard him called
anything but Scotty. Rounding
out the roster is the one and ' • `
only Ray Wilson. He could do
more on one skate than .Eddie
Shackand his shot would put a
bullet to shame. Many former
goalies in the area have scars
to prove it.
Lookslike a real strong team
and it will be a real treat to
see these former stars who pack-
ed the arena in the past, back
in action. The crowd will be
big,' as in the past. You'll
have to get to the' arena early
to get a seat. Don't be disap-
pointed; be there early.
F. E.,M�diII is appointed asst.
supervisor for Huron area
Frank E. Madill, principal
of the F. E. Madill Secondary
School in W ingha rn, has been
appointed one of the two 'assist-
ant supervisors of education for
the county by_ the Huron Board
of Education.
Theannouncement was made
by a spokesman for the board
on Tuesday.
The other assistant supervisor
will be W. Harold Knisley of
Prescott, who has been area ,
superintendent (inspector) for 4'
the Grenville County area.
Mr. Madill will assume the
new post on August 1st of this
year and his duties will, Of
course, mean that -he 0111 no
longer act as principal of the
Wingham district school. A
new principal will be named
before that time.
The two assistant supervisors
will work under James Coulter,.
who was recently named as su-
pervisor by the Huron Board.
John Cochrane is the director of
education for the county.
Frank Madill came to the
Wingham High School in 1934
after two years on the teaching
staff at Port Arthur. He is a
graduate of Queen's University.
with an honors degree in math-
ematics and economics.
He was named principal of
the Wingham school in 1959 -fol-
lowing
59 -fol-
lowing the resignation of the
former principal, Stanley Hall.
The first section of the n e w
school had been completed at
that time, but several additions
have since been made and Mr.
Madill has been responsible for
a good portion of the planning
'necessary for these extensions.'
The school.now.has accoXnmo-
dation for nearly 1500 students
and has an enrollment of about
1300 at •present.•
It is Wingham's good fortune
that Mr. Madill's new appoint-
ment will not necessitate the
family's removal from town. •