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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-05-22, Page 1ri^` T SEcrioN. 4 t 4 Students, teachers contribute 175. pints blood to Red Cross The Red Cross has been Mr periencing no little difficulty in persuading adults to give blood in, sufficient quantities to supply the central banks . The program as set tip by Red Cross provides the' central sup- ply from which hospitals throughout the district are able to draw the blood they require for transfusion putposes. A few months ago Red Cross approached some of the..secon- dary schools in the London area with the suggestion thatstudents might be willing to aid this vital cause, and the response has been overwhelming --as is so often the case when the en- thusiasm of young people is en- listed. The first donors' clinic was Kinsmen, wives attend comenfioR The national president, Har- ry Moll, presided over District 1 annual convention with over 1200 Kinsmen and Kinettes in , attendance. The four day af- fair was held in Sarnia with the Sarnia K insrnen Club acting as hosts. District 1 Governor 8111 Stew- art conducted all business ses- sions in which 86 clubs partici'= pated. Elected for the 19 69- 70 Kin year as governor of District 1 was George Irving of the Galt Club. The fall council will be held at Stratford in October with next spring's convention at Fort Erie. The London Club is hostessing the 1971 national convention in which clubs across Canada will be in attendance. ' ve io This year's t}ata9,na 1, �A tit n „Ja i,h ,�, aeld, x•2lie«.Skyline Hote1ii Toronto. Five Kinsmen and their wives from the Wingham club .attend-. ed the Sarnia convention. They were president, Bill Hanula, president elect, Mac Ritchie, Bob Crawford, Verne Redmond and Doug Layton, Waif ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By, The Pedestrian QUIET HOLIDAY -- Victoria Day.was marked in Wingham chiefly by its utter quietness. There wen' no par- ades, no games-- and very few fireworks. Unlike the,scene a few years back when lives and limbs were in constant danger for a full month before the holiday; this year we heard nothing more than the occasion. al small-scale bang. 0--0--0 WET WEEK -END - The Scouts and leaders who went off so happily to Camp Martyn for a week -end Cam- poree, returned wet and soggy on Sunday after a continuous downpour of rain.' Camping can be fun --but not in that sort 'of weather. 0--0--0 LATE SEASON -- Farmers arc growing more than a bit restive at tlfc cn - forced delay of much'of this year's seeding operations. Con- tinued heavy rainfall has left the land so thoroughly soaked that it can't be worked. 0--0--0 FAREWELL EVENT -- Ed Walker,our genial neigh- bor, concluded his term as president of the Huron TB'As- sociation because the organisa- tion has been merged with the same one in Perth. Ed has done a fine job as head of a very worthwhile association. 0--0--0 DIG THEM OUT=-' Don't forget the Hospital Auxiliary Rummage Sale slated . for this. Saturday. Dig out all those unwanted articles you have around the house and turn them over to the ladies for a very worthwhile cause. 0- 0'-0 GRADUATION-- G°iaduation.exercises will be held for the 1969 class of nurs- ing assistants on Friday. Cere- monies will take place in the new training centre on Cathar- ine Street at two o'clock. held in the F. E. Madill §Sec» 1 As tate blood donations are ondary School in Wingham on Tuesday of this week and no less than 176 students and teach- ers gave their pint of blood. Nine technicians and three drivers under the direction of Mrs. Wallace, all of the- Lon- don area headquarters set up their clinic in one of the small„ gymnasia at the school and at 11.30 the first of the donors started through. The process of giving blood is in no way painful' and takes only 30 minutes of the donor's time, After registration a sin- gle drop of blood is taken from a thumb and tested for blood type and hemoglobin content. Then the donor moves to one of, the cots where a female tech- nician inserts the -blood-letting apparatus. It takes only about ten minutes to collect the pint of blood and another ten min- utes during which the donor rests before imoving around.. A light lunch is providedbefore the donors are on their way to normal activities. Volunteers from the Wing - ham Legion Auxiliary looked after such tasks as registration and lunch. • Mrs. Wallace ex- plained that a first clinictakes a bit. longer than normal be- cause everyone of the donors has to wait for a blood test. For second and subsequent dona- tions the donor carries a card which. tells immediately all the information secured in previous testing. taken in individual sacks the containers are stored, in a re- frigerated truck kept in opera- tion outside the school and at the conclusion moved to Lon- don where further tests are car- ried out and precise clas$if ioa- tions established so that the blood is ready for immediate use when transfusions are re - quired. Paul Hendersonto speak ..at banquet It is expected that the Legion Hall will be crowded with near- ly 140 young hockey prospects from the minor hockey teams in Wingham on Tuesday night. The banquet, jointly sponsored by the Kinsmen, Lions, Legion and Recreation and Community Centres Board, will hear Paul ,Henderson of the Toronto Maple Leafs as guest speaker. All boys and coaches w h o were involved in minor hockey are urged to attend. Crests will be given to each boy up to Midgets. Trophies w ill be awarded to : all players on the Midget and Juvenile teams who . were WOAA. Champions for the past season. It is expected that members from the service clubs will be present a the dinner to host the boys for their season's efforts. That's next Tuesday night at 6.30, Wingham Legion Hall. Angti after short. itev, ischel Wi ar ,lis ilton, rector of St.1?20'*. ctor dies illness glucan -Church since February, 1, 1967, died early Iviondaymorrt- ung in Wingham and District Hospital where he had been a patient- for two 'weeks. Mr. Hamilton was born • in Bervie. He received his early education in Owen Sound. He was an industrial engineer be- fore entering the ministry.. He was a graduate of Seaga. Hall, and Huron College, University of Western Ontario. Mr. Ham- ilton was ordained in 1963. Be- fore„coming to Wingham he had been rector at Christ Church, Sarnia and Christ Church, Cal- machie. Funeral service was held Wednesday afternoon at S t. Paul's. A full obituary will ap- pear next week. NNNNHN�NNNNNNNNNMNMNN Ni Mowbray Const.. awarded contract The Mowbray Construction'; firm of Wingham has been • awarded a $371, 928 contract -y, to,build an overpass at Caradop. „ Station in Middlesex County.:;-•� The structure, with graded apt: proaches, will be about a.miie; long. . Purpose of the overpass is to eliminate a level crossing. on Highway 81, Construction, which is to commence in early June, will be completed this fall. NJNNNNM HNNN10N Chicks, calves lost in fire The Wingham Fire Brigade was called out at 3.40 Monday morning when fire was discov- ered in a driving shed at the farm of Soren Anderson, about two milesvast of Wingham on Highway 86. The farm was formerly owned by Albert Fox - ton. Lost along with the building. were two calves and a quantity of week-old baby chicks. The fire is believed to have started when a heat lamp, used to .pro id t h for the chicks, was knocked over dur- ing the night. PRESENTATION OF 50 -YEAR JEWEL --On' Tuesday evening at a special Convocation, a jewel was presented to Companion Edgar J. Harrison, centre, of Lebanon Chapter No. 84 on the occasion of his being a member of the Chapter for 50 years. The 9 presentation was made by Rt., Rx. George A. Stewart, :right, of ,Rupee', Gran Superintendent of Huron District No. ” assisted by Rt. Ex. ` ompanioi James.'4 Mair. Mr. Harrison is a patient at . Br:ta+ Final meetingHuron havenNursing Home. v e warm former Winghifl .a 1d1IeI in car accident NINE RED CROSS' TECHNICIANS were on hand Tuesday' to handle the 176 student . donors -who gave blood. The cots were set up in the small gym and the donated blood was taken by refrigerated truck to the London centre.—A-T Photo. Rev. J. W. Hird is honored by congregations of two churches FORDWICH--A unique serv- ice was held here when the Fordwich United Church w as joined by the Newbridge con- gregation to celebrate the 80th birthday and ordination of 50 years in Christian ministry of a former minister, Rev. J. W. Hird. • Mr. Hird took as his text, "By the grace of God I .am what I am". Jack Reid of New- bridge read the lesson. Before the sermon Rev. W. ; C, Parrott addressed Rev. Hird and presented him with a book of memories, a plaque and a gift of money. Mr. Hird's sermon was on the. bitter and the sweet, as he look- ed back over the years. He said, "Memory is a place we collect in our lives.' After the benediction the congregation adjourned to the basement where dinner w.as served and a short program car- ried out. Happy Birthday was sung to Rev. Hird and he was presented with a birthday cake. Rev. Stewart of Lucknow, Rev. George Sach of Gorrie and Rev. Harold Jenkins of the Ford- wich Anglican Church each ex- pressed best wishes. Robert Hibberd was also pre- sented with an autographed book and envelope of money on behalf of the United Church Men for the work he has done. A Stratford man and: former resident of Wingham, William T. Booth of 59 •Easson Street, was killed. and four others were seriously injured in a three -car crash on Highway 7 and 8, a V mile' and a half east of Strat- ford early Friday night. Mr. Booth, 74, driver of one car.died shortly after being ad- mitted to gtratford G e'n e r a 1 Hospital. The four others were in only fair condition at 'the Stratford Hospital. • William Elder, Stratford, driver of the second vehicle, suffered a possible fractured pelvis. Milan Mislenovic, Wa- terloo, driver of the 'third car involved, received a fractured tibia and fibula. Passengers in the Mislenovic automobile, Mrs. Marga Fedoruza of Water- loo, and Bahtijar iozajaci 27, • Kitchener, both suffered multi- ple lacerations to the head , face. and knees. A fourth vehicle, owned by Gordon August Gaul, was park- ed unoccupied at the side of the road. It received only Mi- nor damage. . The acdident occurred about half a mile east of the Little Lakes curve, on a straight stretch of road, at about 6:20 p. m. Mr. Booth was a veteran of World War I. He served in the Air Force. When he resided in Wing - ham he lived in the house now occupi d by Dr. McGregor on" Patrick Street and was in part- nership with the late Abner Cosens representing the Mutual Life Assurance Company. The partnership "was known as Cosen: and Booth. He was also an active mem- ber of St. Paul's Anglican Church and Lebanon Chapter 84. He was married while he lived here and, his daughter Dorothy was born in Wingham. The family moved to Strat- ford where he continued in the insurance business. He was a chartered Life Underwriter and had been an employee of Mutu- al Life Assurance Company ' since 1921. He was still active Its a life insurance consultant at the time of his death and was president of the Stratford Chamber of Commerce within the last five years. Mr. Booth was a member of the Stratford Lids Club a nd Techuinseh s•*� rn..4% Mrs. Edith Brothers, of Strat- ford, who was elected a 'few weeks ago to head the newly - formed Huron -Perth Tubercul- osis and Respiratory Diseases Association, assumed leader- ship of the Huron section on Wednesday evening. The oc- casion was the annual meeting' and dinner, 'held this year in St. Andrew's Church, Wingham. The gathering was presided ' over by E. E. Walker of Wing - ham, the retiring president of the ,former Huron County TBRD Association. Effective date of the merger of the two associa- tions was April 1st. In his re- port Mr. Walker outlined the accomplishments of the past year and his liopes for the suc- cess of the new organization. Tom Leiper of Londesboro gave the financial report. Executive of the Huron -Perth association includes Mrs. Broth-. els, president; E.,E. Walker, past pres. ; Dr. G.P. A. Evans, Goderich and Ivan Forsyth, Tuckersmith, vice-presidents; Comrnittees--case finding, Tom Leiper; education, Mrs. Edith . Fisher, Mitchell; rehabilitation, G. A. Watt, Blyth; Christmas Seals, Ralph Goren, Stratford; WILLIAM T. BOOTH Lodge No . 144 A. F. & A. M. He was a faithful .member of St. James Anglican Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Bessie Stacey and daugh-, ter, Mrs. • E. R. (Sara Dorothy Ann) Hollis of Wilmington, Cal- ifornia; four granddaughters and two brothers, Leonard of Ed - monton and Charles H. of Vic- toria. Funeral service was held at St. James' Church on Monday afternoon with burial in Avon- dale Cemetery. 3'w.ii+Up`'pX i`iw:.:d.,imo•J..�:.:, •�+T,+v�: k ' ��5'.sC Medical advisory, Dr. J. • U. McKim, Lucknow and Dr. Wes- ton, Tavistock. Executive council: E. C. Boswell, Seaforth; Colin Camp- bell, Wingham; Mrs. Jack Mans, Goderich; Ivan Forsyth, Tucker- smith; Mrs. R. Homuth,Clinton; E. R. Knight, Brussels; T. Leip- er, Londesboro; Mrs. Clare Mc- Cauley, Clinton; Dr. J. C. Mc- Kim, Lucknow; J. E. McKinley, Zurich; Mrs. Mary McLaughlin, Wingham; Miss .Eileen O'Brien, Goderich; Mrs. Vern Reid, Wing - ham; E. E. Walker; G. A. Watt; Dr. A. Vokes, Dungannon. Ex " officio, Mrs. C. M: Elias, Dr. Evans and the administrators of hospitals in the two counties. GUEST .SPEAKERS D. M. Rae of Stratford, a past president of the Perth asso- ciation and also a past president of the Ontario TB Association, was the guest speaker, and he dealt in detail with the history of the work in the province. He recounted the' years of struggle in which it was extremely dif- ficult to make any appreciable progress. Mr. Rae said it was with the founding of the Ontario associa- tion' that effective progress start- ed, and described the near vic- tory over tuberculosis in this country as a 'medical miracle': He pointed out, however, that . the disease is still a major kill- er in those lands where diets and general living conditions have not been brought any where near our own high stand- ards. The speaker said that the development of new drugs has OPP reporton two accidents On Wednesday of last week a 1965 Chrysler driven by Ron- ald O. Schefter of R. R. 4, Wing - ham was westbound on Highway 86 when the vehicle left the road and ended up in the south ditch. Damage was estimated at $300. 00. Const. R. F. Witt- ig, Wingham detachment OPP, investigated. About 2.15 p. m. the follow- ing day Const. H. B. McKitt- rick was called to investigate a mishap on Concession 12, Turnberry Township. A vehicle driven by LeRoy Bender of R. R. 1, Clifford ran off the it) a d causing about $500. 00 in dam- ages. made it quite possible tfvely treat TB at home am4 sO the sanitaria have been emp- tied. Because the prevalence of TB has .been so sharply re = duced theassociation has been permitted to expand its interests and activities to include other respiratory diseases and to enter the battle against s mo king which is causing so manydeaths from lung cancer. One of the great forward steps was made when the gov- ernment took over the entire cost of case -finding, thus free- ing some $750,000 of associa- tion funds for other aspects of the work. Another very im- portant development is the for- mation of the Thoracic Society, the organization of doctors de- voted to the study of respiratory diseases. DR. EVANS Dr. G. P. A. Evans of God- erich spoke of the new program of sputum cytology --a test by which cancer cells may be de- tected even before there is any damage apparent under x-ray. Dr. Evans was emphatic that the use of cigarettes is by far thegreatest contributing factor in the increasing toll of lung cancer: He said that other air pollutants are insignificant com- pared with tobacco. Lung can- cer deaths in Canada run to 5,- 000'a , - 000'a year; 50,000 in the U.S. presentations to leaders The girls of the 1968 "Grads' Group" of Wingham C. G. I. T. presented Mrs. G. W. Tiffin with a bouquet of pink rosebuds to commemorate her 25th year as superintendent of Wingham C. G. I. T. Several C. G. I. T. leaders gathered at the home of Mrs. Ken Wood last Tuesday and pre- sented her with silver maple leaf earrings in honour of her 25th anniversary.. The Maple Leaf is the symbol of C.G.I. T. leadership. - - Miss Wendy Fuller of Lion's Head visited with her grand - mother, Mrs. F. Fuller over the week -end. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Fuller of Don Mills spent the week -end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Riley and with the former's grandmother,. M CS. Fuller.