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A LION FOR THE LIONS CLUB--Lian "Casey" Casemore
• presented the Incoming president, LiortJack Hayes, with a
statuette of the official lion used as a symbol for the club.
The presentation was made Tuesday night at the last
Lions meeting for the year. The club will hold its next
scheduled meeting in September.—A-T Photo.
Farewell service held for
Captain and Mrs. Copple
A farewell service was con-
• fleeted in the lower hall of the
Salvation Army Citadel on Sun-
day evening to mark the de-
parture of Captain and Mrs. Don-
ald Copple, who are leaving
for a post in London East.,Corps
Sgt. MaJ: William Henderson,
was in charge, assisted by -lo-
cal officers.
Waif
ALONG THE MAR DRAG
• By The Pedestrian
pciutux HoLumy.,-:
The stores in Wingham will
remain closed on Mo nd a y
•which is the regular. weekly full
holiday, and 'on Tuesday, the
Dominion Day statutoryholiday
.. They will re -open Wednesday
morning. Better stock up well
on Saturday if you •have a bunch
of hungry mouths at your house.
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WEATHER? LOUSY !--
There must beA lot of folks
who wish they had stayed in
Florida this year. Ra in and -
more -rain with chilly winds
haVe made this one of the most
clscQurag11ig.springs in a long
me. What do you bet that
when it does .• warm up we'll '•
just about, fry?
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' HOLIDAY SERVICE-- •
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• „There will be,no,wicket
• service nor rural route service
from the Wingham pOsr office •
on July 1. Mail ftein street
letter boxes will Bre collected
as usual and the lock box' lob-
by is open 24 hours per day. •
Mall 'will be despatched at 6:30
p. m. The post office will be
open as _usual on Menday, lune
30.
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HOT RODS--
• The Wingham Fife Depart -
'tient was called to two car
fires last week. •On June 17
minor damage resulted when a
car owned by Sandra Ware of
Goderich had a short circuit and
the brigade was summoned to
the Mark Brothers parking lot.
The following evening a Sun-
beam Tiger owned by Delton
Burkhart of R. R, 7, Guelph,
took fireon Minnie Street. Dam-
age, caused by.wiring, was
minor.
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LET'S LIVE IT UP --
Many, of the merchants ,and
their staffs as well as members
of the Lions Club are outfitting
themselves with colorful Mexi-
can garb for Fiesta Days which
will be celebrated on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of nex t
week. Some of the stores in
town have straw sombreros and •
sidrts can be made from gay
material or remnants. Serapes,
the popular male dress, can be
made very simply by cutting a
headi-hOle in any sort of color-
ful material or even in a bright
beach towel. No doubt the
imaginative will come up with
some pretty fancy garb. The
main thing, however, is to get
into the spirit of the celebra-
tion and put it over with a bang.
Supply your own taquilla. .
Mr. Henderson spoke of. the.,
faithful service rendered to the
Corps and to 'the people of this
district by. the Copplepand
ex-
•iended the. good wishes of their'.
.friends here for the success of
• their work in London. Captain
• and Mrs. Copple have served
• here for two years.
Prayer •wak offered by R/Sgt.• ,
Norm Bonnet' and Scripture was
,read by Mrs. Marjorie McKay.
The departing officers were
presented_ With a -gift from the
Corps by Sr. Maj. M. Wheeler.
Bandmaster Thomas Bell lid •
,gip:chorus: singing and wlth Mrs.
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Bell presalierd4 gift from the
band and the -singing company
to' Beverly Rawn, another mem-
ber of the Corps who isleaving
shortly.
Captain and ,Mrs. Copple
will be succeeded by Lieut. and
Mrs. J. Fearnall,. who w ill
come to Wingham from Hamil-
ton., Corps Sgt. Maj. Hender-
son. will conduct a welcome
service for them on Saturday
evening of this week. •
Masons attend
St Paul's Church
service Sunday
• An excellent turnout of the.
Members of Wingham Masonic
-Lodge greeted the guest spealc-•
er, .Rev. H. L. Parker of Wood-
stock on Sunday morning in Si..
Paul'Anglican Church: Mr: .
Parker, a. former member of
the Wingham Lodge and. rector
of St. Paul's fdr several years,
wat asssistFd in the service by .'
EdWard EfliOtt, -master of the
lodge and Scott Reid, pastmast-
er, who read the lessors for the
day. ,
Mr. Parker's sermon centred
on the importance of the vows
to which every Christian and
every Mason susbscribes and
how any shortcomings in ful-
fillt-nent of those vows betrays
us as people who fall short of
the ideals to which we aspire.
An informal gathering was
held in the parish room follow-
ing the service, attended by
members of the congregation,
the officers of the lodge and
other clergy. Alvin Higgins,
church warden, acted. as chair-
man fora seats of presenta-
tions to Mrs. It W. Hamilton,
whose husband was rector of
St. Paul's until his death a few
weeks ago.
William Austin presented a
gift from the parish; D.H. Far-
nell made the presentation for
The Sunday School; Mrs. Alvin
Higgins for the Senior Altar
Guild; Patti King for the Junior
Altar Guild; Bill Farnell for the
Servers' Guild and Mrs. D. Far-
nell for the Anglican Church
Women. Mrs. Robert Ahara
also presented a gift froin the
Business and Professional Wo-
men's organization. Mrs. Ham-
ilton is moving to London short-
ly.
Mr. Parker expressed appre-
ciation, and that of Mrs. Park-
er, for the opportunity to visit
with old friends in the parish
Plans are pretty weU e9M-
pleted for three run -filled days
next week when the Lions Club
will stage their annual street
year dubbed "Fiesta,
.Pays",' Zhe mati, sueet will -
be closed to traffic on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
• 011e„of. the interesting aspects
of this year's stteet event is the
fact that the Lions are being
aided by several other groups
in their effort to produce a rea1.
ly worthwhile first-of-surniner
celebration. Merchants along
the 'street will place displays
outside their Stores and a good
many of them are Joining in the
spirit of the thing by planning
tO dress themselves and their
staff members in Mexican at-
tire. The Mexican theme will
be carria out in store wind°
and interior displays as we.1/...,
Rumor has it that one place, of
business has already acquised;
burro to facilitate its dallyilkat
deliveries.
The CartersMidway'RidCa
will be set up along- the street
,for the three *days, as well*:
the customary carnival games'
operated by the Lions, With •
bingo and food booths.
• Earl and Martha Heywood'
will provide ftee entertainme0
from a specially built traileX '
which wUl be provided by
bates.' The Lyceum theatre
will open fo ye three days andi.
showing will "Hot MillionSrt'
Among.other features Will
be a booth in Which you can
have your fortune told arid a
e for Fiesta D
ICar Bash, which will be operat-
ed by high school students for
*hose who dank they have big
i.rnuscles.
BABY SHOW ,
The big event on Fridaywill
be a baby contest with $10.00
•and $5.00 first and second
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prizes for boys and girls up to.
six inonths. The same prizes
are available for best babies
up to one year and there is a
special $10,00 prize for iwnz
up to -one year.
Entry forms are obtainable
from Bill Comm.
Ten o'cloOlt Saturday 111QMs•
ing wiU see the opening of the
soap box derby which is being
staged through the cooperation
of the recreation department.
Rules and regulations for the
derby were published a few
weeks ago in this paper and
entry for= Carl be seedi')fl
loorne Malenald. P.dzes are
$10,00, $.00 and $2, 50,•
The derby.will be run off.%
heats of two or Owe, PaTi atolW
time and winners Will advance
to quarter finals, >11111-fitlfU
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Doctor leaving for
Clinton practice
Dr. W. T. Harrett, who
has been engaged in general
medical practice in Wingham
.since February, is leavingtown.
He will commence practice.
this week hi binton, where he
"cAwill succeed Dr. J. A. Addison
who has :announced, his retire-
menV.
Di.".,Harrett'was associated
with Dr. J. D. Hughes. 'The
„latter will continue to practice.
here. Both doctors are gradu-
ates of British medical schools.
Awards dinner
held for Sacred
Head graduates.
On Monday evening the stu•
'dents of Grade 8 dithered in
Sacred Heart parish'hall.for
their graduation dinner. Also
present were the field d a y .
champions, teachers and moth-
ers of the graduates.
The guest speaker,' Dr.
Leahy, pointed out two import-
ant facts --that learning to live
is learning to 'laugh, and free-
dom is not what you want to do
but what you ought to dot. -
Mrs. F. Caskanette, the
president of the Catholic Wo-
men's Leaglieepresented tbe
C. W. L. 'Scholarship for profi-
ciency in Grade 8 to Bill Bauer.
Bruce SIdnn was runner-up. •
Rev. J. G. Mooney present- (I
ed each graduate with a rosary
and a wish for the.best of fu -
^tures.
Jim Steffler presented the
field day trophies to the win-.
nets and -congratulated them on
their improvement during the
yeal. •
Mrs. O'Malley congratulat-
ed,the students of Grade 8 and
the field day winners. Dr.
Leahy was thanked, by M r s .
Kinahan and the mothers by
Mrs.- Carter.
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Superintendent is
honored by S.S.
Gordon Leggatt,,S und a y
/School teacher and superintend-
ent at St. Andrew's Presbyter-
ian Church for 18 years, was •
guest of honor at a su rp rise
party in the fellowship hall on
Monday evening. Session mem-
bers and their wives, and mem-
bers of the Bell Choir werepres-
ent as well as the people con-
nected with the Sunday School.
Mr. and Mrs. Leggatt were
presented with boutonniere and
corsage and Miss Verna Mc-
Laughlin read an address. Each
department head spoke briefly
and gifts were presented by
Fred McGee and Tim Willis.
•Mr. Leggett received a paint-
ing and a gift certificate.
Former members of the Bell
Choir which was organized and
directed by Mr. Leggett, Ray
and Norm dorrin of London
were present and Norm spoke
for the bell ringers.
and he mentioned the high
esteem in which Rev. Hamilton
had been held in Nc w St.
Paul's Church, Woodstock, dur-
ing his residence there before
entering the ministry. M r.
Parker is the present rector of
that parish.
Donald Proctor
second for dist.
in math contest
Four grade 13 students of Ft,
E. Madill Secondary School, „
Douglas Gamiss; Donald Proc.,
ter, John Turvey and Douglais
Wheeler, were entered in the'
Ontario Senior Problems Com•
petition and all were above die
median.
Donald Procter did verywell,,
placing second for District 10, ,
Ontario Seeendary Schoo
Teachers Federation. He was one
TRACK AND FIELD champions of Sacred Heart Separate
School were presented with their trophies at an -awards
dinner in the church hall on Monday evening. From the
• left 'are: Bill Bauer, senior boys' champion; Lynn Schill,
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arn burned
on Saturday
The Wingham firemen made
hurried trip to the home of
Brandon on Highway 86,(the
'former Albert McQuillin farm)
'4 a mile east of Whitechurch at
3.15 Saturday afternoon. A
barnon the property was
:completely ablaze when the
Ifirernetratitied and,potlittig-. —
could be done to save the build-
ing.
• The barn contained about
700 bales of hay but no live-
stock of of ny kind. The loss
was covered by insurance.
DONALD PROCTER
of the top 60 students in the prov-
ince from a total of 806 com-
petitors. He won a cashaward
of $15.00 for standing second,
in the district. ,
Donald will enter the Univer-
sity of Waterloo this fail where
he will major in mathematics.
A Clinton students. Charles
Trewarnit, placed first in Dis-
trict 10 and won a cash prize of
425. 00.
MOVING TO LINDSAY
Several friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Matt Boyd 'gathered at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
MacDonald 'on Saturday even-
ing to say farewell to the Boyds,
who .are moving to Lindsay this
week. Progressive euchre .was
enjoyed. .
Mts. Jack Higgins expressed
best wishes to Dorothy and Matt
and presented them with a bar-
becue on behalf of their friends,
Both replied graciously.
Vacation policy established
by board of education
BY RICHMOND, ATKEY
Revised recommendations on
non -teacher vacations, as re-
commended by the committee
on non -teaching employees'
salaries and benefits, met very
little opposition at a special
meeting of Huron County Board
of Education held in Victor
Lauriston Public School, Goder-
!eh, Monday'evening.
A motion sponsored by Mrs.
J. W. Wallace and D.J. Mur-
phy, both of Goderich, was car-
ried on a show of hands with
one dissenting vote, that of
Robert M. Elliott, board vice-
chairman and representative
of Goderich and Colborne Town-
ships.
Although he did not speak at
length, he said he objected to
the last three sections which
provided the three top men in,
the employ of the board --D. J.
Cochrane, director of education;
Roy B. Dunlop, business admin-
istrator; and J. W. Coulter, su-
perintendent of schools --each
with four weeks' vacation after
one year. He was of the opi-
nion that they should be, employ-
ed for five years before receiv-
ing the extra week, not on e
year.
Schedule for vacation per-
iods as follows:
Director of education, su-
perintendent (academic), and
business administratOr: .up to
one year of service, three weeks;
after one year, four weeks. in
each case, one week of any
yearly vacation may, be accum-
ulated Over a two-year period.
Assistant superintendents (ac-
ademic), chief accountant,
plant superintendent, manager
of purchasing and services: after
one year of service three weeks'
vacation. In'each case, one
week of any yearly vacation
=Cy be accumulated over a two•
year period.
Custodians, engineers and
maintenance employees: (a)
after six months and up to one
year, oreweek with pay; (b)
after one year, two weeks -with
pay; (c) after seven years, three
weeks with pay.
.
Secretaries, clerks, clerk -
typists and supervisors: same as
custodians, etc.
Present employees of the
board,. Who were in the employ
ofpredecesior boards on De -
cember 31, 1968, will have va-
cations in summer of 1969 as
per policy of former board, and
• previous service will count.
Board and school offices will
be open at all times except for
the following ten statutory holi-
days; New Year's Day, Good
Friday, Easter Monday, Victor-
ia Day, Dominion Day, •Civic
Holiday, Labour Day, Thanks-
giving Day, Christmas Day,
Boxing Day.
School and Board offices
will be open during the Christ-
mas and Mid -Term recesses.
Two cars damaged
A 1963 Rambler driven by
Richard Wharton, 17, of Wing -
ham and a 1966 Ford, driven by
Beverley Neable of Gorrie,
- were badly damaged in a col-
lision near the CNR main Street"
crossing at 1.05 Sunday morn-
ing. • • •
• , The Wharton car struck the
.rear of the Neable, vehicle as
--both were travelling sinith on
Josephine Street; the Neable
car, struck from the rear, :was
shoved off the street in the im-
pact. .,
Damage to the .Wharton•car
amounted to about $500 and
• the estimate on the second ve-
hicle was $900.
• Both drivers suffered injur-
ies and Wharton was arrested
following a chase on foot by
local police. Charges arepend-
ing.
Pass music
examinations
The following is a list of .
successful candidates in examin-:
ations held recently by the Roy-
al Conservatory of Music of To-
ronto in Wingham. The names
are arranged in order of merit.
Grade IX Piano: Honours,
Brenda 'Leahy.
•• Grade VIII Piano': Pass, iohn
Gibb; Marilyn Robertson, Doug-
las Thomson (equal); Colleen
Carson.
Grade VII Piano: Pass, Carol
R. Higgins.
Grade VI Piano: Honours,
Marilyn Irwin.
G,rade V•Piano: Honours,
•Lorie Moir.
Grade nr Pi an o : Honours*:
Karen E. Hyndman.
Grade II Piano:
Cyndy Beard.
Grade I Piano, Honours, El-
eanor M. -Reynolds.
Honours,
senior girls' champion; Gemma deBruyn, intermediate
girls' champion, and Bruce Skinn and 'Jackie deBruyn, wh6,
were tied for the intermediate 'boys' championship, •
—Advance -Times Photd.
Rally drivers show
big improvement
Forty-four eager car,raUy-
ists bounced, slid, roared and
darted over eighty miles Sun-
day afternoon. Contrasts 'be-
tween this rally and that held
In May are quite noticeable:-
ev.eryene.
a chang.00from
Pool to.open
, Every effort is being made
to have the swimming pool op-
en on the week -end. A clean -
lip and paint -4 crew has the
pool ready to take the Water.
The painting was held back by
the weather and was completed
on Saturday. It must cure for a
week, so water starts to flow
Friday and it is hoped thatswim-
ming will get under way offici-
ally on the week -end.
Lessons begin on Monday,
June 30. At time of writing 235
people from Wingham have reg-
istered including 16 in the adult
class. Approximately 150 will
be coming into the second ses.:-
sion from Lucknow and area. It
is expected that more people
will be registered from the rural
schOols at -Turnberry and East,
Wawanosh:
After the participants com-
plete a course they may re-en-
ter a classitirther up the scale
In order to improve.
A very active summer of ac-
tivities is anticipated if the
weather warms up for a decent
summer. It is hoped that syn-
cronized swimming and scuba
diving will be part of the pro-
gram this year.
Adults again are urged to
register for lessons. Last year's
crass was very enthusiastic.
In the May lith rally the
,Orq
winner had 31-pointrcounted
against them. This time, hav-
ing 31 points.put Doug and
liemingIday in seventhpos
Among AtA;
ishers on Sunday; t
'mew 16'004#:$P0
May rally, the -difference
among the first eight was over
50 points.
. Donald Shannon, driver.
and Wayne Shannon, naviteat.-
or, seventh last time, were
rust on Sunday; they won tro-
phies presented by Miller.; La-
dies" Wear and McDonald La-
dies' Wear.
In second place came Ter-
• ry Wilson, last rally's winning
driver, and Murray McLennan
with 19 points. Tied with them
for points, but demoted to third '
for making an error earlier
than the Wilson.- McLennan
team, were Bryan waiden and
Doug Mowbray. 'Terry and
Murray now possess the Hayes
-Family Clothing and Vern's
Texaco trophies, while the W.
B. Conron and State Farm In-
surance trophies reside with
Bryan and Doug.
Delton Burkhart should be
congratulated on organizing
another enjoyable rally. CKNX
provided excellent publicity
through its sports director Craw-
ford Douglas and Victor Neren-
' burg. The generosity of local
businessmen in providing troph-
ies is heartily applauded alsb.
• Because the rallylits are
getting better and better, what-
ever kind of rally is held next
time will likely be more diffi-
cult! (It is rumored that a
night rally may be the n ex t
innovation.)"
CAPTAIN AND MRS. DONALD COPF'LE
were presented with a gift from the local
Salvation Army Corps on Sunday evening,
prior to their departure for their new post .
In London East. Sr. Maj. Wheeler, right,
made the presentation.—A-T Photo.
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