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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-05-08, Page 14 w '0 #7 NEW OWNERS --Mr. and Mrs: Gordon Wal- • ter, right, have purchased Edighoffers (Wingham) Limited from Mr. and. Mrs. Edward Edighoffer, left above. The put- „ oo ut-I/4414/111111111111/1411/mII1411114111IIH1/11114144 o11141111•4114411111141/44444/41141111141n1111111nn414411111n/I/I//1O/I1I1444n11n1111nn141//UIYH1444444444I41114444444444 411/nI chase of the Wingham store by the Gode- rich couple was effective Tuesday of this' week. The Edighoffers have owned the store -for the past 17 years.-.--A-T Photo. Edighoffer store is sold to . couple from Goderich Edward Edighoffer, owner of Edighoffers (Wingham) Limited, announced on Monday that he has sold his store on Josephine Street to Gordon. Walter of God- erich. The new owner take s possession of the business at once. Mr. and Mrs. Edighoffer have owned the firm since its purchase from the Weinberg firm of Torontoin November 1992. Previous to the Weinberg wnership the business was own- ed by the King family and was one of theearliest and largest LONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedeitrian 1 S- '1111ti:` T„ .BENEFIT- , Y, ltrs. 1� G: Niurrriy reaped the benefits,of an avid hunter who apparently was not as mooch interested in the trophy as the kill. She picked up a 15 -pound jack rabbit near her home, . R. R. 4, Wingham, which had been shot in the shoulder. -Mrs. Mur- ray said it was delicious. • 0--0--0 NO DAMAGE-- . There was a little concern Sunday afternoon when smoke was noticed in the apartment , of Mrs. Wilson at the Senior Citizens' Building on Edward Street. .The fire chief and a couple of his men investigated Obut no cause was discovered and no damage or fire resulted. 0--0--0 ' R'LIMMAGE SALE -- It's that time of year again. When the members of the La - diet' Auxiliary to the Hospital set the date for their rummage sale, it's time to get on with the spring cleaning --and spring • cleaning )means unwanted art- icles. The sale on Saturday, May 24 at the arena offers the perfectopportunity to get rid of these objects and to. pick up replacements. ' • 0--0--0 LONG NOW-- who have been inter- ing the boards put the two dams will be know that the town. ill be asked to re - at once. Many ed the d e l a y in er levels up to nor- aters want higher it craft; beauty to the unsightly f the exposed mud e who live close re sick of the t forth by warmer WON'T BE Those ested in see back into . relieved to workmen w place them have protest bringing wat mal. The water for the lovers Object appearance o flats and thos to the ponds a stench Brough weather. 0--0--0 GET INTO THE ACT -- Councillor Ace Bateson can usually be counted on for some particularly helpful suggestions at each meeting of the to w n council. He came forthwith a ' solemn thought on Mo nd a y evening while discussion of the lower pond was in progress. Af- ter it had bden pointed out that the park area w ill be much more attractive this year, since the pond has been cleaned out,. Ace declared thatwe should have sortie swans. He said he was tired of reading all throe pub- licity about S t r a't f o r d and thought it was time that Wing - ham caught up with the larger centres. Anybody around here with any spare signets? establishments in the commun- ity. Mr. Walter, . the new owner, is known to many in this com- munity as a former represent- ative of Bisset Brothers Dairy of Goderich. Prior to. his con - Hopes to organize employment buieau Since this coming sumer is likely to find many teenagers without employment, the Wing - ham Recreatiop Department has decided to do something prac- tical about it. The. interest of the recreation people was arous- ed when 47 applications were received for the 16 or 17 'jobs open . for summer staff at the ol, arldi,.other recreation pxo- tectS. • Feeling that a needs hada been established, Jim Ward, the dir- ector of the W itgham ecrea-- • tion• and Community, Centres. Board, has called a meeting th• help those who •were not suc- cessful in securing employment. Anyone else who is interested is welcomes to attend. Purpose of the meeting will be to organize an employment bureau or agency for the young people. "The young people themselves will have to be in- volved in the organizational end as well if this is to be asuc- cessful venture, ” according to the director. The meeting is called for Monday, May 12, . 7.30 p. m. at the arena.. Regimental inspection at arena tonight The formal inspection of the Twenty-first Field Regiment RCA(M) will take"place in the Wingham arena tonight (Thurs- day) at 8.30. The reviewing party will include Col. A. R: McIntosh, Lt. Col. E., D. Bell and Major Miller. The program will include the general salute, inspection of the regiment, march past in column of route, address by the inspecting officer and presenta- tions to several officers and oth-' er wanks. Music will be prpvid- ed by th and from CFB Clin- ton. A drive past of the regiment mounted will o o n c l u d e the events. Open house will be held at the Armouries, Edward Street, following the inspection, where there will' be displays of com- mand posts and signals, gun de- tachments, and stria -Al arms. vection with Bisset Brothers he was with Purity Flour Mills and served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. His wife is the form- . er Mary Schaefer of Goderich and a niece of W. B. McCool o(W ingham. They have two sons, ,John 23, and .Bruce, 15. Mrs. Walter's father, George Schaefer, was a resident of .Wingham in early life and her , two brothers and a brother-in- law are all engaged in\business operations closely allied with the Wingham business., f o h n Schaefer owns the Schaefer La- dies` Wear in Goderich; Bill owns Schaefer's Interiors of. .the same town and a brother-in- law; ' John Tudor owns a ladies' wear store' in St. Marys. The lines. presently carried in the. Wingham store will be continued and expanded ladies' t ,inei sawearxand'dryygo ,. rr. n e The itei�t . g of ownership sale in the near future. , Mr.: and Mrs. Walter will move to; Wingham as soon as accommodation can be found; and friends of Mr, and Mrs. Edi- ghoffer will be pleased to learn that they do not plan to move out of town. BURNS TREATED At HOSPITAL William McKelvie, 18, of Diagonal Road, was admitted t� the Wingham and District Hospital on Saturday afternoon. He received third degree bums to his left leg when gasoline ignited while he was working on a car at the Cleghorn resi- dence. His condition is lads, - factory. ANNE FORAN A former student of Goderich Collegiate, Anne form of R. R. 2 Auburn, : daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Foran, will graduate friday evening from the St. Joseph's Hos- pital School of . Nursing. Three injured at intersection Kinloss chill... in 16_ aCti. Bradley BlakeSuttoa old ma of Mt. and ham.: . ley Bud. Sutton !f Con. St. los: north of the' village., .whiteehurch was 141104 day morning when big clothing became entangled in the r* , takeoff of hit father's sego unloader. Mr. Sutton .and Lloyd flies demon were .unloading Silage: the burn when the accident ha, pened. The .e..01.'000, Dtp , .,, C,' McKim of Lucknow, has.,not` made a decision about an in quest. Besides his parents, the.' is survived by his gra>adparl Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Sutto4;01 Kinloss Township, and z;. a Mrs, Walter Baker•of T. burg; two brothers, Blair,. and. Brent, 3, and two .sisters,: Laurie, 6, and Kim, 5.' private funeral st:ril be held at 2 p. m. today -at. Johnstone funeral home in .Luc now with interment in Sou: Kinloss Cemetery. Another accident occurred at the intersection of Highways 4 and 86 at 1.20 Saturday after- noon. A vehicle driven by Gordon F. Dutisdon of Brant- ford failed ta: top at the corner and collided with a car driven by Albert Bacon of Belgrave, who was alone in his car. Removed to. the Wingham and District Hospital by ambu- lance, it was found .that Ur. ' Dunsdon had suffered scalp la- cerations and shock. He was admitted to hospital where his condition was described as sat- isfactory. Mrs. Dunsdon was treated for abrasions to her right arias and knee' and released. Mr. , Bacon was treated for'injuries,to his left leg, shock and contusions. He, too, was released a f t e r treatment. Prov. Const.. R. F. Wittig investigated and charges are being preferred. 32 cyclists finish. bike-athon course'` Approximately $1,000 was pledged for Saturday's Bike -a thon sponsored by the Winghaiu Teens. Dave Gibson, sonof Mi`, and Mrs. Gary Gibson, nailed .: sponsors for about $3:90 per: • mile and while not a winner et far as time was concerned,. cosy*+` erect the entire course to make a tidy sum for the Teens. ' hirty-three cyclists took part in the bike -a -thou. The., route was from Wingham to the CNR station at Teeswater on, Highway 4 and 9;. west to Kin -` loss, Holyrood and Lucknow; and through Whitechurch to Wingham, a distanceof 43 miles, :Only one person -dropped out -en Si G 4Y :.1 ti route. t• John Deneau,was the first to return, His time was 3* hours. Following close behind was'Paul Gardner, second. • Dick LeVan, chairman of the Recreation Community.Centres Board; was the starter and Mrs. Norm Shepherd and Mrs. Alan Williams assisted at the * check- points. ' Part of the proceeds will be used as a donation to the Chil-' dren's Aid Society while the re- mainder will go towards the 'coffee house: • ' At the regular meeting of town council on Mondayeven- ging a letter was read from the Ontario Department of Health fin reference to infringements of the Air Pollution Control Act. ,';The letter stated that the town 'is in violation of the act be- cause refuse is being. burned at ,;the town dump t in East �"Wawan- bosh Township. Howtrer:, the writer recognized thefact that ;alternative methods of handling refuse cannot be provided ov:r- night and stated that the town should apply to the department. ' for permission to continue the ;present method of disposal for a reasonable time. Immediate Huron education requirernents set at X9,318,031 The budget for the Hu r o n County Beard of Education was set at $9•, 3 78, 037 ata meeting held in Goderich on Monday evening. The exact allotment for each municipality will not be established until May 20. The.breakdownby municipali- ties will be done according to ' a formula set up by the provin- cial department of education. Division of the cash require- ments falls into the following, . categories: $4,248,115 for the county's elementary schools ; $4,739,922 for the secondary schools and $40, 000 for schools for the retarded. John Lavis, chairman of the board, said that the budget was not considered excessive. He said that the situation id Huron is closely parallel to th a t in Lambton County, were t h e board estimates that the ' n e w system will be operated for some $50, 000 less than the old one. It was also pointed out that a •saving of some $25, 000 will be affected by'the reduced number of trustees' salaries un- der the new systema etails heard on planning program J. A. Nickolm of the firm of G. V. Kleinfeldt and Asso- ciates appeared before the Wing - ham council on Monday even- ing. He was accompanied by Calvin Krauter and George Laithwaite . of the county plan- ning committee. The consultant outlined the study whichisbeing carried out in Huron with the purpose of developing an official plan for the County. Sitting in on the discussion were Cal Burke and Don Kennedy of the Wingham area planning board. Following Mr.Nickolm's outline;of the project a question Kperiod ►>rov detl ppportuniitr9 points. The en- gineer many p said that the officialplan •which has recently been drawn up for Wingham willbe incor- porated as far as possible in the county plan. The town will be reimbursed for such portions as are used by the county. The county study will in- clude transportation, recrea- tion, pollution and land use for agricultural, residential, com- mercial and industrial purposes. The speaker assured council that the full co-operation of all municipalities will be sought and that the plan will be kept as flexible as possible to leave room for changes in the future. Three daysIeft toenter contest ,The Mother's Day contest, jointly sponsored by the W Ing= ham Advance -Times and the Wingham merchants ends at noon Saturday. Whether you have already entered of not, fill in another form and drop it in the box. There is no limit to the number of times you may enter: If you are not sure of the con- test details, here is a brief run- down. Any person can fill in a form as long as the name of a mother appears on the bottom. ft canoe the name of your mother, grandmother, sister with children or a friend, but the winning person must be a mother. Complete the sentence I tLIKE TO SHOP IN . WINGHAM BECAUSE: in -twenty-five words or less, and you could be ithe winner. That is the contest in a nut -shell. If you want to win a $100.00 Shopping Spree in Wingham, you have until noon Saturday to fill in ,your entry form. . 4441444n4N411 4NNI,N44N414NNN44-44441//441444444 steps should be taken, however,, to provide for proper disposal as soon as possible. • A long discussion ensued on how the garbage should be haifd- led, alternative sites for refuse dumps and the employment of a contract site owner, who would dispose of the refuse on a cost • per load basis and take all re- nsibility for proper standards of disposal. Decision was deferred until Reeve Alexander can discuss the matter with Health Unit officials in.Goderich. inensmestiim;stiosisansumessioneunestmitimp A letter from the Depart- ment of Highways granted per» mission for the'closing of Jose- phife Street to traffic through the two main business blocks during the mall days in July. Council concurred with the contents of a letter nom the Association of Ontario Mayors and Reeves and the Ontario Mu- nicipal Association, protesting the application of Bell Tele- phone for an increase in rates. • Ten dollars was voted to the. associations' fund to fight the . increase. INP14444•4404,410#1111 • ship .Aof Sres41u1allon:ee frregardom ache, Tot e tem'. exce sive :cost of eduostlog since the. amalgam* o schools boards - and .lack of .ad- , ... equate'planning, ex cess v e haste, etc.. "'was, read :end' disc. . cuss u#r it llow�ed.. - S earpo r:a l coue ors potted; out, that the resolution was based. purel y on ' assumption since few nun ci- panties have actually. seri board.. of edcatlon badgers; ' was also mentioned `th' a t ;the minister of `educatio2'ha3: proms' iced 'tax relief for , areas 'w education costa assn too. The council agreed to fi letter without further, ection. . A letter from the Wingrttam%,.. .Recreation anct Commmnity Centres Board asked `clarif Ica ;' tion of responsib ,lity for the _ball ciiaimn d; the sown par' The communation polatedy out that an extensive `l+' renovation is needed .to put diamond into proper sit ap`t since each rainfall leaves. diamond in unusable Condit for several hours. it gested that the entire surcfac the..diamond should he grad off,.:a layer. of;gravel laid well � as tile drainage:,arrounc per1n etes and the` area resu ti :Faced. • • ' 4�4 Councillor Georgi Car stated his belief that .the facie of the diamond=shook raised above its preset he to allow drainage,* ▪ :outfield. Coon s rered the question s ym'` yt [ G .iL n • �.o it of the anon board', but that further Please Turn to Page Eight JOHN DENEAU, right, came in frist in last Saturday's . Bike-a-thon, and Paul Gardner, left, was,. second. They travelled the route in 3V2 hours,—A-T. Photo: Clinton man named principal The new principal of the F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham will be G. O. Phillips of Clinton. - Mr Phillips, who is vice-principal of the Central Huron Secondary School at Clin- tons will assume his duties here with the opening • of the fall term in September. He will succeed F. E. Madill, who has been ap- pointed one of the two assistant sup'erintendents for Huron County schools. ' Mr. Phillips is a native of Port Arthur, and 40 years of age. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Univer- sity of Manitoba. After several years in the profession he served as vice-principal at the Fergus High. School before' his present post at Clinton. Car burned A 1956 Volkswagen owned by Mike Cummins of Josephine Street took fire Monday after- noon on No. 86 Highway. ' Mr. Cummins was travelling towards Wingham at the time and was just across from R o n W ingfield s when the fire broke out. The interior of the ve- hicle was completely gutted. Wingham firemen were call- ed to the scene. ft is believed that the fire was caused from wiring under the dash. 9 Hensall man is hired by P.U.C. A Hensall man, Harry Page, 42, was selected last Thursday evening by the Wingham Pub- lic Utilities Commission a s their new superintendent-man- ager. uperintendent-man-ager. Mr. Page, who was one of 17 applicants, will succeed Emerson Shera, veteran mana- ger, who has retired. Mr. Page was employed for. 19 years with Ontario Hydro and has been with the Hensall PUC since 1966. He will commence his duties in Wingham at the first of June. X50fiie damage at Canadian Tire Fire at the rear of the new Canadian Tire store on Jose- ,phine Street at 3.20 last Friday afternoon caused about $ 5 0 0 damage. Crates at the back of the building apparently caught fire from sparks or burning debris at the dump. A pile of old tires then took fire with black smoke billowing over a wide area. Both trucks and the tank- er responded to the call and the fire was quickly extinguished but there was some damage to the back wall of the building. ar Ralty is planned for Sunday Local car enthusiasts will have an opportunity to demon- strate their driving skill this Sunday afternoon.. Through the' inspiration. of Delton Burkhart, a teacher residing in Wingham, a •group of young men has ori ganized a car rally cornmenc- ing at 12:30 p. m. Starting firo'm die I. G. A. parking lot, the rally course .will cover roughly seventy-five miles, and will requiretwo and ' one-half to -three hours to com- plete. (It ends in W ingharll. ) Rallies seem to have a very wide appeal --even St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Kitch- ener had a congregational car rally two weeks ago. A rally, of course, is not a race;" rather it is a test of driver alertness and navigator skill in mathe- matics and instruction inter- .pretation. For instance, check- . `points on the course to measure times and to co-ordinate data, with penalty points being as- , sessed for those too hasty and those too slow. At the end of the rally, prizes are awarded for the top three finishers. The entry fee of $2.00 cov- ers the driver, his navigator. and his car. If you have a val- id driver's license, car insur- ance and part consent if you are under years, you are cordially invited- to enter this event, which promises to be a lot of fun. For more in- j formation, call Delton Burk - hart at 357-2347. Horticultural Society to supervise free planting The town will purchase 30 trees immediately to replace some of the older ones which are currently being removed from the town's streets. The decision came after Ed Fielding and Roy Bennett of the Wing - ham Horticultural Society had outlined to council on Monday evening a program for year -by - year replaceinent of the shade trees in town, Mr. Bennett presented figure& from,Gottfried Nabrotski of Teeswater, which offered 10 to 12 foot Norway maples, and other varieties, to be planted on a one-year 'guaranteed basis, including the planting and stak- ing. The thirty`trees will cot the town $588.00. The Horticultural Society representatives had also worked out t► planting and landscaping program for the front of the town hall and 'showed' drawings. They proposed a plan whereby the two narrow sidewalks at the north and south sides of the lawn would be removed and hedges would be planted -along t h c curbing parallel to the present walks. Short flagged w a l k s leading in from the street at the . north and south would terminate with concrete benches. T w o flower beds would flank the central walk and a planting of shrubs and evergreens would front the building on either side of the main entrance. The councillors agreed that the plan, which would cost in the neighborhood o f $1,200 would add greatly to the ap - pearance of the town hall and that it should be carried out as soon as possible. However, final decision on the program will not be made until the bud- get for the year has been drawn up and it is clear how mu ch money is available for improve- rents. The Horticultural Society will be asked to supervise the planting of the trees along the streets and will select the places in which they are to be planted.