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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-08-28, Page 1FIRST SECTION' f HE'S SEVENTY-FIVE but still showing them how +es done when it comes to fiddling. When John Boyd of Gorrie re- turned home from the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, he brought with him second place honors in the "over 70" class of the provincial fiddlers' contest. A long- time veteran of competition, Mr. Boyd seldom returns - • home empty handed.—A-T Photo. Eye is injured,— patient in London Wingham, 0440. Thursday, Aninit 28, 1969 Wayne Pletch, who is em- ployed with Keating Electric, suffered a painful injury on Tuesday while he was working at Lee's Restaurant. A hammer he was using bounced back and struck him in the left eye. Initial examination w a s made at the Wingham and Dip; trict Hospital and the patient was sent on to S t. Joseph's Hos- pital, London. Full extent of the injury will not be known for a few days. SIGNS WITH LEAFS • Doug Brindley of Niagara Falls, formerly of Walkenton, • recently signed a contract with the Toronto Maple Leaf hockey club. He reports for training camp at Peterborough in Sep- tember. Mrs. Brindley is the former Linda Farrish of Wingham. Over 230 entries in annual flower show -attendance up With excellent weather con- ditions and a good attendance of spectators, the Wingham. Horticultural Society held a very successful flower show in the public school auditorium on Saturday. Growing conditions lately have not been the best, especially with roses and-gradi, and some other annuals, but ap- parently this did not affect the show results as there were 235 • entries from 24 exhibitors. The annual section had 60 entries with Mrs. I. E. Morrey winning the highest number of points; the dahlia -section, 17 . enjiXes,Ms. E4,., Ritchie, win- ner; gladiolus, 6 entries, Mrs. John Donaldson winner;, rose, 17 entries, Ed Fielding winner; plant section, .11 entries, Roy Bennett winner; arrangements, 74 entries,Mrs. Ed Fielding winner; vegetable section; 45 entries, Ed Fielding winner; junior entries, 4 in number and Ruth Bennett winner. , Winners in the school poster contest were Evelyn Morin, Karen Smith, Trudy Temple- man, Lynn Richardson and Ricky Jacklin. Each will receive a 10- month subscription to "The. Young Naturalist". The Toronto DominionBank award for "Best in Show" was won by Mrs. Ed Fielding for a . mixed arrangement in a con- tainer with pedestal. Ed Field- ing with total show points of, 89, JAAJ ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian received the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce award. • Mrs. I. B. Sharpe of Dur — liam was the judge for theshow. Prize winners were as fol - lows: •• ANNUALS •\• • Antirrhinum (Snapdragon), -Esther Norman, Mrs: John-Dap- aldson, Zina Hopwood; Asters, Esther Norman, I. Morrey, Ed Fielding; Calendula, Roy Ben- nett, Mrs. W. E. Forsyth;. Cos - mot, Zina Hopwood, Ed Field - Ing, Mrs. W. E. Forsyth; large Maagolds, Ed Fielding, Roy 13extnett, I,,Morrey; dwarf -Mari- golds, bronze shades, Ed Field- ing, RorEreiniarrl. moriey; dwarf Marigolds, yellow shades, I. Morrey, Mrs. W. E. Forsyth. •• Nasturtiums, Ed Fielding, Roy Bennett, Zina Hopwood; Nemesia; 'Ed Fielding, I. Mor- rey; Nicotiana, I. Morrey, Ed • Fielding; Phlox, perennial, I. Morrey, Mrs, John .Donaldson, Mrs. E. Ritchie; plain Petunias, Mrs. Lloyd Ellacott, Roy Ben- • nett, Mrs. E. Ritchie; ruffled Petunias, Mrs. Betty Feagan, Mrs. R. H. Lloyd, Mrs. Daisy Connell; Verbena, Mrs. John Donaldson. Zinnias, giant, Roy Bennett, Zina Hopwood, Mrs, D a is y Connell; cactus Zinnias, Mrs. Jack Deans, Mrs. E. Ritchie; dwarf Zinnias, Mrs. John Don- aldson, I. Morrey; any other annual, I. Morrey ( Cleome):' Ed Fielding (Nigella); Mrs. John Donaldson (Twinkle Phlox). • DAHLIAS Cactus, Mrs. E. Ritchie; 21 DAYS TO GO! -- Readers are reminded that the Back -to -School Contest, sponsored by a number of the Wingham businessmen, ends S$turday at noon. A list of the participating stores appears in an ad in the second section of this issue which also explains the contest rules. Ads placed by the merchants themselves are scattered throughout the pa- per. Be sure to read them and shop. at Back -to -School stores to .get your entry forms.. Some student, public or high school, will start to collect his weekly $2.00 allowance immediately. O--0- -0 \ ALL SET TO HOWL? -- Better get a good night's sleep on Saturday. You'll' need your rest so you will have lots of pep for the Kinsmen's annual Shirt Tail Parade and Dance, scheduled for Sunday midnight. After the usual dress -up shenan- igans on the main drag the par- ade will wend its way to the Wingham Arena, where there Will be dancing to the music of the Bluetones. The p a r ad e takes off from the ball park at 12:05. 0--0-0 There will be no wicket ser- vice nor rural route service on Monday. Mail from street let- ter boxes will be collected as - usual and the lock box lobby is open 24 hours a day. Mail will • be despatched ttt 6:30 p. m. • • le Co Not Over Fifteen Cents. KES THIRD LIFE Jane Anne Nethery is second victim within fiveidays Jane Anne Nethery, 16 -year. old datighter of Mr. and Mrs. Abner Nethery, Diagonal Road, Wingham, was instantly killed in a two -car collision at the in- tersection of Highways 4 and 86 at 2. 45 p. in. Wednesday of last week. • Injured in the same accident were here father, the driver of the car in which the was a pas,- sengei; Hilliary Hay, 14, of Kitchener, who had been visit, Ing in town with her grandmoth. er, Mrs. F. A. Parker,. Centre Cactus, 3 blooms, I. Morrey,. Mrs. E. Ritchie, Mrs. John Don- aldson; Decorative, Mrs. Jack Deans, Mrs. E. Ritchie; Decor- ative, 3 blooms, I. Morrey, Esther Norman, Mrs.. John Don- aldson; Pompon, Mrs. JohnDon- aldson; any other variety, Esth- • er Norman; Mrs. Jack Deans, - I. Morrey. •'GLADIOLUS Single spike, pink, Roy Bennett; Single spike, r ed , Mrs. John Donaldson; Single spike, yellow, (Seated) Mrs. E. Ritchie; Single spike, smoky, • Mrs. John Donaldson; Single' • spike, any other shade, Mrs. Betty Feagan; Three spikes,' ' same c olor, same variety, Mrs. W. E. Forsyth. • ROSES • .Royal Canadian, Roy Ben- nett; Peace,,,One Worn, Roy Bennett; any other Peace, one bloom, Ed Fielding, Roy Ben- nett, Mrs, Ed Fielding. • Hybrid Tea, white, (Second) .Mrs. E. Ritchie; Hybrid Tea, red, Mrs. Ed Fielding, Ed Field- • ing, Roy Bennett; Hybrid Tea, • pink, (Second) Zina Hopwood, Ed Fielding; Hybrid Tea, any ' other color, Ed Fielding. Miniature, any color, 'Ed Fielding, I. Morrey; any other variety of roses, Mrs. W. E. Forsyth, Wilma Kerr. PLANTS African Violet, single, Mrs. Rennie Goy; African Violet, double, (Second) Mrs. Rennie • Goy;. Coleus, Mrs. F. Dustow; three varieties, non -blooming, Please Turn to Page Seven .Street; Heather Farnell, 16, ,,.daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don- aldFarnell, Wingham and 'Lin- da Paul, daughter of Mr. and • Ass. Bernard Paul, Wingham. , The driver of the second car, '.4Richard Wayne Seip, 21, of tchener, was treated at the .,;.'Whigham and District Hospital And later released. • ,The news of the accident :tattle as a drastic shock to this , , „:,eommunity, for it was only five .:(1a,ys previously that a young liamilton woman, Mrs. Sheena Baird, lost her life in a colli- sion on the same corner. An accident at the same place claimed the life of an ex- change student frord Hong Kong, Joseph Lo, 20, in March of this year. • In addition to the three fa- tal accidents within five months, there have been five,accidents causing serious personal injur- ies and dozens of minor colli- sions in which injuries were light. The conditions which create the unusual hazard are under study by police and De- partment of Highways.officials as outlined elsewhere in th is issue. MAKING TURN The four girls had spent the previous night sleeping out in a tent at the Farnell home and after lunch together asked Jane Anne's father to take the group . for a swim at the Centennial Park in East Wawanosh. Mr. Nethery swung onto Highway 86 from Diagonal Road at the easterly limits of the town and A FAMILIAR SCENE at the intersection of Highways 4 and 86 shows the wreckage of, two cars after a fatal crash on Wednesday afternoon. The car on the left was driven by Abner Nethery of Wingham in which his daughter, Jane Ann, died and three other teen -aged girls were iniured. The Nethery car was struck by the vehicle on the right, • driven by Wayne Seip of Kitchener. The, Wingham fire men were summoned to hose down the gasoline from the wrecked .vehicles, seen in the foreground. —Advance -Times Photo, Wingham company • is granted ODC loan A $90,000 Ontario Develop- ment Corporation loan-- the bal- ance of a total $179, 521 loan -- will assist Western Foundry Co. Ltd. , Wingham, with the sec- ond phase of a major expansion program. Trade and 1Development Minister Stanley J. Randall said BOY SCOVT' S ire always good story tellers and Ron drieri (right) has Dawson Pollock in his grip as he tells of the fun he had • in Nova Scotia this summer, as a guest of Scut Don Miller (centre)./ Don left this week after a visit with the Orien family. While in Wingham he met Mr. Pollock, chairman of the Group Committee.—A-T. today that with the aid of the first part of the loan, the com- 'pan y-;-whith produces cast iron -- heating and cooking equipment, castings and a variety of sheet metal products --has completed an initial program to extend its product range and improve ef- ficiency. The $90, 000 balance will assist the company with the second stage of its expansion,' involving additions to the mouldings and Material han - dling facilities. • • Plans include a new 5,000 square foot building and a 1,000 square foot storage structure, to cost a total of $425, 000 includ- ing new machinery and equip- ment. • Mr. Randall said' that when completed the expansion will add 16 new jobs initially, and a further 15 jobs within five years.• CKNX production was seen in Chile Rev. J. G. Mooney recently received word from his brother, a missionary in Chili, that he had seen a show on the Santiago television stat lo n which had been produced b y The program was a one-hour, documentary on the Sisters of St. Joseph, London Diocese, in which Anna Meyer interviewed members of the Order. Th e viewers saw the simers at work and relaxation. The camera- man was Alex Walton of CKNX. The program was shown on the local channel a few months ago. It was later seen over Lon- don and Windsor stations and is scheduled for El Paso, Texas. Highway officials promise further hazard warnings On Thursday morning of last week, following the highway death of Jane Anne Nethery the previous day, a group of deeply concerned officials met at the intersection of Highways 4 and 86, south"of Wingham. Purpose of the gathering was to deter- mine, if possible, the reason for the very high incidence of accidents at this point. Present were DeWitt Miller, • mayor of Wingham; Chief Con- stable James Miller, Wingham; Cpl. C. R. Crosskill, Wingham O.P. P. Detachment; Traffic Sgt. D. C. Dowsere O. P. P. District Headquarters, Mount Forest; T. Mahoney, Highway • Safety Officer, Dept. of High- ways, Downsview; A. Cormier, . Traffic Operations Supervisor, Dept. of Highways, Downsview; T. A. Hickey, Maintenance Engineer and J. B. Morris, Ser- vices Supervisor, Dept. of High- ways, Stratford; and J. E. Glea- son, Regional Traffic Engineer, Dept. of Highways, London. Studies of traffic control which have been made since the by-pass intersection was opened were reviewed. These have included stop sign obser- vance tests, driver interview, deceleration measurements and traffic direction movements. As a result of these studies during the past few months four successive additions have been made to the usual warning in- dicators which would normally appear .at the intersection of two highways. An overhead flasher was installed; ex t r a large direction markers were erected on both approaches to Highway 4 along Highway 86, • with freeway -size lettering; rumble strips were installed on both of the east -west approach- es and the speed limit on the approaches was reduced to 45 miles per hour for the full ex- proceeded to the.Intersection with Highway 4. It was while hewas making a leftium to go south on No, 4 that the Kitch- ener car failed to stop as It came from the west andrstnaSh. ed into the right side of the Nethery sedan, Both cars were totally de- molished by the impact and rhe attendants who' arrived withthe two Wingham and District Hos— pital ambulances had to etti- ploy wrecking bars to pry open • the doors of the Nethery car to remove the injured on the right side. Two Of those injured in the accident are still in the Wing, ham and District Hospital. Heather Farnell suffered multi- ple fractures of the pelvis, con- cussion, lacerations to thescalp and shock. 'Her condition was described this week as fair. Abner Nethery was consider- ed to be in satisfactory condi- tion this week. He was treated. "for scalp lacerations, concusi. -sion. neck injuries: and extreme shock. • - Linda Paul was admitted to hospital with concussion and abrasions to her shoulders. She has been discharged from hospi- tal. • Hilliary Hay, who is a ciaugh- . ter of Dr. and Mrs. JohnHay of Kitchener, suffered contu - • sions and abrasions as well as extreme shock. She was con- sidered satisfactory, on-dirr charge from the hospital. The driver of the second car, Wayne Seip, suffered': coneys- sion, lacerated lip, scalp in- juries and abrasions to his left hand. He was latelreleased from the hospital. . Prov. Const..H. B. Maltir- Yiq was t4e,P1M-q4160,°,0," 4%. der. tent of the Wingham town him - its. The stop signs have been of • the 30-indi size, considered to be an oversize installation. (The standard size is 24 inches.) As an interim measure ar- rangements were made to in- stall a 48 -inch sign with about four times the norrnal area. Highway officials said that the most promising changes which might be made would be: 1. • A bouncing ball type o f flashing unit for installation on . the stop signs; the erection of overhead lane signs on canti- lever .supports which would contain a stop sign 'message;the installation of traffic signals at the intersection. The opinion was also expressed that traffic signals are not warranted for the volume of vehicles using the intersection and their installa- tion would likely reduce the type of accident occurring now, but they would also increase certain other types of accidents which, would render the value of such signals highly questionable, The Highways officials said that the devices decided upon would be made as speedily as possible. Places second in drumming Brian McKague, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McKagile of Wingham, won second prize in solo drumming at Thousand Is- lands, New York. The "Clan Farquharson" band of London, of which Brian is a member, recently toured Highland Games at Maxville, Thousand Islands and Dutton, placing first at Dutton in Grade . 3 competition. Brian is 19 years of age and attends Fanshawe College, Lon- • Public invited to tour hospital training school . • • Membets of the public are invited to visit the new training school for nursing assistants on, , Wednesday of next week. The school, which is operated by the Wingham and District Hos- pital, is located on Catherine Street, immediately behind the hospital building. • The school was completed earlier this year and the class of • trainees which completed their course before the holidays took their final classes there. A new class of trainees will commence their course in the new school • within a few days. Open house will be on Wed- nesday; September 3 from 2 to. 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 1).m. Mem- bers of the hospital board of•dir- ectors and the instruction staff will be on hand to show visitors through the attractive new quar- ters. ACCIDENT VICTIM. Mrs. Marie Lucas,•34, of — R. R. 2, Lucknow, was admitted to the Wingham and District Hospital on Friday evening, af- ter she was involved in a motor accident near St. Helens. She was treated for lacerations to both knee and a fractured nose. Her condition was described as satisfactory. Teeswater creamery damaged by fire Damage es tlma ted at $500,000 resulted from a disas- trous fire at. the T e e s w.a. ter Creamery early Wednesday. . The blaze was d iscovered about three o 'clock in the morning. Fire equipment from Tees - water, Lucknow, Mildmay and Walkerton answered the alarm and the firerrieh were on duty until seven in the Morning in order to • confine the blaze to the older section of the build- ing. Fire Walls within the ..structure are credited with min- imizing the damage to the nevi- er portions. The owners have stated that the loss is covered by insurance.