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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-03-27, Page 14 .„ . le Copy Not Over Fifteen CPO. JOHN EMBERLIN of Lucknow received his team's cham- pionship trophy Saturday night at the arena, the presenta- tion being made by Bill Lockridge. The Lucknow team was entered in the C class.—Advance-Times photo. 4soiessei N4 11004111111 441141411414 t Viewers in Wingham a r e - likely to be offered cable tele" vision service within a few rriOnths--provided approval of the CRTC is given. Eric Walden and Ian Mac-, Laurin of Wingham, who head a firm known as Wingham Cable Television appeared before town council on Monday evening. They requested that councilpro- vide them with a letter of rec- ommendation -which might be used in their application to the Canadian Radio and Television Commission, Messrs. Walden and MacLaur- in were accompanied by ion Macintosh of Sgathroy, who heads Airland Cable Television, the firm which would construct the system if the applicants are successful. Mr. MacLaurin explained that cable television requires • precise antenna that intercepts Const. Harold Tighe speaks at Home and School Assoc. About 30 people heard Con- stable Tighe of Mount Forest speak on the work done by the Accident Prevention Branch of the Ontario Provincial Police at Monday night's meeting of the Home and School Associa- tion, Mrs. J. Kopas chaired the meeting and reported a balance on hand of $55.73. The at- tendance banner was won by Miss Joan Armitage'sclass. Mrs. Kopas referred to an ,.,officia‘WteLftwal:19Xne.40 listhig the new motions and amendments to be. brought to this Spring's Canada -wide Convention. "The letter will be ,placed on thepub- lications' table for anyone' who wishes to read it in detail. The convention dates are May 1,2,3, in 'Ottawa. Any rnethber who Is in Ottawa during that time is urged to attend•part or all of the sestions. There is also a Leadership Conference atlake Couchi- - • chilli from June 12th to,15th. Brochures. on this are now'avail able. Mrs. Kopas made' it clear that the fordicoMing gradua- tik.:n banquet for Grade 8,stu- dents, principal, and staff is absolutely free to all guests and will be entirely provided by our Home and School Asso- elation. The Association has been asked to phone every mern- ber and make a complete list of all those who have not re- ceived either or both of The Quest magazines. R. P. Ritter, head of the ' Guidance Department at the E. Madill High School, will speak on the subject of "Guid- ance and Counselling" at the April meeting. • Ron Bell welcomed both , Constable Tighe of Mount For- est and Corporal Zimmer of the Wingham Police Force to the meeting. He mentioned that Constable Tighe, was born- and raised in Owen Sound about *the same time as himself, and that he is now an -Accident Pre- • vention Co-ordinator. Corporal Zimmer added that accident 'prevention is as important as anything elite that can be learn- ed in life. He welcomed Con- stable Tighe to Wingham on behalf of the peace force. Constable Tighe brought greetings. from Superintendent Andrew of No. 6 District, which includes Grey, Bruce, Perth, Wellington, Waterloo and Hur- on counties. He gave -a humor- ous parent -teacher interview poementitled "Anything Coes" by Doris Humphries. The Accident Prevention Branch is the newest one in the Ontario Provincial Police. It was started four years ago as the Traffic Safety Branch, but • this was limited in scope. Un- der its new name it opened up a much wider field. There are now 138 men in this branch lo- cated in 17 dhtriets. It is their duty to,supervise the work of accident prevention. The nine 0- 0 men in No. 6 District have spoken in 222 elementary schools to 60,000 boys and girls, (schools not in a town with lo- cal police) whO are under the O.P. P. jurisdiction; in eight high schools to over 3,-000 stu- dents; have established 25school bus patrols; spoke to 53 groups of bOys and girls (camps, Scouts, etc.) and to nearly 3,000 adult& In this time they have almost doubled scontacts with the chil- dren but reduced man hours so as not to waste taxpayer dollars. A special course is required for this branch at London's Teach- Prease Turn to PageNine Annual Mid -Western Ont. Science Fair successful On•Friday, the fifth annual . Mid -western Ontario Science Fair was'held in the_auditorium .ofF. E. MadillSecondary Scheel. The exhibitors set up exhibits from 8:30 to 1000 in ' the morning. From 10:00 to 2:op the judges toured the gymnasi- um and .inspected .the exhibits. The four judges were: Dr. B. Torrie, ofthe Department of Physics, University of Waterloo; Dr. G. Atkinson of the Depart- ment of Chenlistry, University of Waterloo; Dr. J. Pasternak of the Department of Biology, University of W at erloo ; J. Gnay, Science Department Head, F. E. Madill Secondary School. The judges decided upon the following winners: Honorable mention in the girh' division, "Learning: Man vs. Animal", Janice Pounder, St.. Marys; 3rd, "Agglutination of Blood", Jean Meta and Mar- sha Turner, St. Marys; n d "Photoperiodism", Marilyn Day, Stratford Central; 1st prize "Corrosion of Steel", the own- er of the exhibit being Anne Fuller of St. Marys. In the boys' biological divi-. sion,the third prize went to the exhibit named. "Drugs and De- termination: For All 'Age • • Groups". • This entry was from Rick Mann, St. Marys. Second prize in this division went to "Planaria Regeneration and Learning" an exhibit from Strat- ford Central entered by I en • Thorn. First prize went to St. Marys on an entry from Glen Fuller called "§tentor (Protoz- 19.. the boys' physical divi- sion third prize went to "Eck -- The Cybemaut", entered by Howard* Clarke of Stratford Central. Second prize was awarded to Mike Holden from Stratford Central for his exhib- it named "Lift vs Drag". First prize went to George Bees' en- try "Plasma-- The Fourth State of Matter". 'George is from Huron Park Secondary School in Woodstock. The trophy for the overall best in the physics division was presented to Mike Holden for his exhibit "Life vs Drag". Mike is in grade 13. • The trophy for the best in the fair landed with George 'Bees from Woodstock -for his demonstration of Plasma. Trophies were: Biological, the Lion's Trophy; Girls', CKCO Trophy; Best in Fair, -C KNX Trophy; school with the mos t points, University of Waterloo. TV signals, a cable attached to, local utility poles and atnflt,, fiats designed to bocist the sig- nal to the homes connected to the system. The channels which would' probably be available: NBC „ CBS, ABC, CTV Kitchener* 04' . well as Wingham and London r stations. Other TV channels' as' well as two F.114. radio stations:, would possibly be included. ' Several advantages in locati ; ownership were cited, including the keener interest which w01114;. be shown by resident owners and; the several thousand doll a rs paid to the P. U. C. for pole rental. As council discussed the pro'i posal it was mentioned that re- ception from the cable in Walk- erton has not been good. Mr. Macintosh promised that results° would be much better here. A test will be run to determine quality of picture before the cable is installed. Although a final figure could not be quoted, the delegation believed that $5.00 per month5f with a $15.0.0 installation charge'. would be close to the prevail- ing rate. Mr„ Macintosh said that it 'c would possibly be some monthie, before the application is heard. Council moved unanimously to support the application of Wingham Cable Television. By-laws were passed for the borrowing of sums of $9200 andi, $15,000 for the construction of - sanitary sewers along Diagonal goad and on Industrial and Wa- ter Streets. The money will be' raised by the sale of 15 -year debentures bearing interest at, 80/0. • CONSTABLE HIRED Edward C. Daer of Blythwas chosen from several applicants for the position of donstable`b7 • the town force. He will corn-. mence his duties in about two weeks. Married and with 4"/ young family, Mr. Daer will move to Wingham as soon as accommodation can be found. • Reeve Jack Alexander re- ' ported that the Ontario govern.: No injuries in 2 -car accident Damage was extensive in a two -car accident on Victoria Street early Friday evening. A 1969 Dodge Dart o w n e d and driven by Jack Gillespie of 49 Diagonal Road was proceeding • west on Victoria Street when the driver slowed down to make a left tum into a grocery store lot. The c a r was struck on the left froritfender door and • wheel by a 1968 Cougar owned and driven. by Robert G 1 e n Thompson of Bluevale. Both •vehicles were travelling west at the time of the accident., Mr. Thompson .claims he did not see the signal of the Gillespie car and pulled out to pass on the left. Damage was estimated by Wingham police as $500 to the Gillespie vehicle and $250 damage to the Thomp- son car. STEAM CLEANING— Walter Renwick of Belmoi'e cleans one of the evaporating pans before starting tb boil another load of sap. The steam jet used for the cleaning will later be connected to the finishing pan and become part of the final process the sap will pass through before becoming maple syrup.---Advance-Times photo. 3 ication levision rnent has announced that Hurou and Perth Counties will be thrown together for assessment purposes. The reeve also commented on the fact that Huron County was permitted- to proceed with the construction of a costly building asteadquarters for its assessment department. Now the building is to be rented by the provincial authorities. He said they must have known that the assessment section would be taken over by the government before approval for construction was granted. Bill Walden wins contest If a number of men are seen on the river near the Howson dam one of these evenings, they will be fishing—for an old car body. The firemen's contest con- cluded at 1 minute, 55 seconds past 11 o'clock Monday. morning., when the car they had placed on the ice above the Hanna Bridge went, out in the spring •thaw. Bill Walden is the fellow who claimed the $100 as his guess was 11:10.40. The time on the ticket of Elizabeth Currie was pretty close, 11:15.55., The third closest guess was that of P. McConnell of London whose time was 2,p. m. • . A PAUL FLEURY dropped the puck for the first face-off Thursday morning to open the Walter Lockridge Memorial Midget Tournament. The players are Cern Lorenz of Hanover, left, and Maurice Madkenzie of Kincdrdine.—Adviince-Tirnes ph9to. Os o Oo 44 mOO,Of.ffloiOossm.immonsmws , •Wingham Lions' Midgets capture Lockridge cup A mighty roar from the arena about six o'clock Sunday evening signified news which Wingham hockey as have been awaiting for five years. Wing - ham had won the "B" Trophy in the Lockridge Memorial Mid- get Tournament. • The march to the trophy be- • gan Thursday afternoon when Joe Kerr's two goals and singles by Templeman, Dubeau, Ma- hood, and McPherson resulted in a 6-2 decision over Listowel. • In the semi-finals, on Satur- day, Don Dubeau 's shooting eye was right on. The Teeswater sharp -shooter scored four goals, with line -mates Jack McPher- son scoring twice and Joe Kerr 'once. Jeff Lockridge scored what proved to be the winning goal at 8:36 of the*fitst period. Paul Templeman also added a single. • ' This vi et,o r y • led to the championship game on Sunday, against Hanover. Jack McPher- son opened the scoring late in the second period but Hanover tied the game with less than • two minutes remaining in the period. • At the '8:33 -nark, of the third, Joe -Kerr scored the first of his two goals and, ai It turn- ed out, that was the winner'', DBuutbtehaeu see tension andcothat continuedas both teams pressed. At 12.40 ap- peared to break the heart of Jim Curtis, the Hanover goalie. who had played extremely Several times he faced one or two Wingham players alone,,, and beat them.. Two minutes • later Templeman scored and a minute after that Kerr made it 5-1. That was the way the * game ended --and Helen West then presented the 'trophy yea,. mighty happy group of play* and'ream officials. THE WINGHAM LIONS' Midgets won the B championship at the Walter Lockridge Memorial Midget Tournament.? Front,* Bill Innes, Joe Kerr, Bruce Corrigan, Ricky Ken- nedy, Bob Sangster, Dale Edgar; centre, Coach George 1.1 Skinn, •DoueSteinback, Tom- Irwin, Don Dubeau, Brian Skim!, Paul Templeman, Owen Curtis and Doug Skinn, manager; back, Jeff Lockridge, Jack McPherson, Barry O'Krafka, Ron Dore, Doug Mahood and Carl Mowbray. Arbitrators appointed by board By Shirley J. Keller Architects from Page -and Steele have been instructed by Huron County Board of Educa- tion following a meeting Mon- day evening in- Clinton to pre- pare plans for the renovations at Central Huron Secondary School to make way for board offtces. Although no plans for the renovations were discussed at 11441.14, the meeting, it was learned that Clinton contractor Cale Doucett has moved the 'science lab at a cost of $3,131. • It is now assumed the new board of- fices will include a board room, the subJect of some discussion at past meetings. • Three public school boards in McKillop, Usborne and God- erich were refused their requests to function for additional lengths Still searching for $8,000 worth of goods Wednesday Provincial Police from Mount Forest and Wingham detach- ments are still investigating a Thursday night break-in at Bain - ton Ltd. in Blyth. The intruders netted ktotal of approximately $32,000 worth of men's and la- dies' leather and swede jackets and coats, but about $23, 000 worth was recovered by Wednes- day. As a result of a series of po- lice raids on homes in London, Hamilton and Dorchester, three persons have been arrested. Don- ald MacDonald, 30, of 10 5 Cheever Street, Hamilton, ap- • peared in Hamilton court Mon- day on 'a charge of possession of stole,n goods. In Londo.n, Victor Livingstone of Ingersoll, appeared hi provincial criminal court Tuesday charged with po- session of stolen goods, and his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Living- stone, R. R. 1, North Dorchester, • appeared on a charge of posses- sion of stolen goods. The stolen merchandise con- sisted of items from the firm's *display room Including new spring lines of ladies' coats, some valued at more than $200 each. Only clothing was taken. -"The plant quarters„had not been ransacked. The investigation will gon- tinue is an effort to recover the remainder of the merchandise. , of tithe, because of unfinished . business. The board of educa- tion had previously agreed to permit certain boards to remain temporarily in business if they vcould show -just cause why they should be retained. Secondary school boards will be phased out at the end of Ap- ril, it was announced. The board received a request to establish a remedial teacher in the Seaforth Public School. Director of education John D. Cochrane will take the need of remedial teaching staff for the entire countyunder study. • Mrs. Marilyn Kunder, Sea - forth, Urged immediate action so the matter would not be left over "for another year". Elmer Bell, Q. C. , has been appointed the board's solicitor. Arbitrators appointed by t he board are Leonard Winters, real - tor, Clinton; Ron Menzies, re- tired, Goderich; Barry Wenger, editor, Wingham; W. D. Burton, SHDHS business administraior, Exeter; and William Dale, farm- er, Seaforth. Board of education business •administrator Roy Dunlop, now working full time in the county, reported that he and.superinten- dent of education James Coulter had been working on the budget and "screening" expenditures. Dunlop said it was too early to sit down with the budget corn- . Children examined and released A motor vehicle accident Occurred on Concession 10, Turn - berry Township, about fo u r miles west of Highway 4 o n Saturday, when a car travelling west, driven by Mrs. James Cur- rie of Wingham, was bumped by a car driven by Lorne Met- calfe, R.R. 2, Wingham. (The incident took place about 5.45 p. m.. Mr. Metcalfe apparent- ly did not notice the other ve- hicle and backed into the Cur- rie car. , Neither of the drivers w as injured. The two Currie chil- dren, riding in the back of the • car, received contusions when they struck the front seat. They were taken to Wingham and District Hospital by G. Alan Williams where they were ex- amined and released. mittee to discuss terms. Board members to the Schools for the Retarded committee are Norman Shepherd, Wingham; Mrs.‘1. W. Wallace, Goderich; and. Clarence McDonald , Exe- ter, Nine board members ,, Mr. Cochrane, Mr. Dunlop and Mr. Coulter will attend a workshop for county boards in London. Ben Straughan, GDCI busi- ness administrator, has been hired by the board at a salary of $10:000 per annum. His po- sition and job were not defined. d