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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-10-23, Page 1r opportu facts ondrugs, The Home and Schoo14 sae iation bas 'a prograrniXanned for the next meeting, October. 27, which should be 0 interest to everyone, whether or not they have children in°schogl. Drug and alcohol addiction will be discussed by, a panel of people keenly interestjed in the problems who will be leoking at the situation as they see it. ear addictions Ar. J. C. McKim of Luck- now will View :drugs and alcohol from the medical standpoint, Rev. K, Barry Passmore, as a clergyman, and Ted Bridle, the social•and amental, problems in- volved. The fourth member of the panel will be Brian Miller, student at F. E. Madill Secon- dary School, who has attended conferences on the subject and . is a thinking .teenager who is not afraid' to . speak for or against coptroversial subject's involving his generation. Parents from schools in the surrounding district are invited to attend this meeting, That's 8:15 in the public school audi- torium next Monday, October 27. o000011000000000000•a0u00•au0pnntg"R,0000t•a0000t0•aN•a00t 0011n0000•a00t0u•anm00u00u0•a,iiimoi 011,0p00t!•au11q•aY•t•a•a•a00u•a•a•au•a•a•a•aq•atNut11•an•a•a•a•a00 mown tw•an•auN Non-resident fees cut by 'Huron Bd. of Education BY RICHMOND ATKEY Members of Huron County Board of Education re -.consider- ed the student fees policy laid down on a previous occasion, and approved a much lower scale for non-resident pupils at a meeting -in Clinton Monday evening. The Board adopted a recom- mendation of the committee of' the whole ,that "the fees for non- 'resident pupils, whose fees .are not payable by another Board or equivalent" be established at $100 per year for elementary grades (including .kindergarten), and $200. per year for secondary grades. Opposition to the former $900 annual fee for non-resi- dent pupils attending the secon- dary schools of Huron County OA/ ALONG THE MAIN By The Pede5telan ORAINININMENE DRAG INSTRUCTING LEAFS-- J sonMr.and o Wild,of John Mrs. flai°o1d=-Wild;-Wtngham,' has been appointed as a . skating instructor to the Toronto Maple ' Leafs hockey team. John has been instructing in power skat- ing at a club in the Toronto area for several years. 0--0--0 A LITTLE EARLY-- A.two-inch fall 'of snow on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning came ly almost too early for Mother Nature her- self, With many trees still car- rying their leaves, theload of wet snow weighted them down so heavily that,branches were sweeping the ground in many places and dozens of limbs were broken off. Snow falls are pre- dicted for the next few days. • 0--0--0 ACTION STARTED -- Several of the minor hockey teams have already started prac- tising for the 1969-70 season. Since there is no ice in the lo- cal arena, they are going to other towns for their practices. 0--0--0 ILLEGAL SHOOTING- - Police have been interested in locating the marksmen who have been taking pot shots at the wild ducks which alight on the lower pond. This presea- son shooting may land someone in the courts. 0--0 --0 LEADING SERIES- - The Wingham Bantams are leading their WOAA playoff series with Wellesley by two games to one after their win in the Wingham town park on Sat- urday evening. The series is a best -of -five affair. 0-.-0--0 RAINED OUT-- , Only one of two scheduled games was played in the Wing - ham park on Sunday afternoon. The Wingham Intermediates de- feated the Whitechurch Juniors in the first of what was to be a three -game grand championship tournament for WOAA cham- pionship teams. The second game. between Rostock and Linwood was rained out. The Wingham squad will meet the winner of that tilt in a sudden death encounter to determine the grand championship. • 0--0--0 LAYING SEWERS= - Traffic is still excluded • from the major portion of Vic- toria Street West while the, con- tractors are laying new sewer lines and rebuilding the road bed preparatory to a new sur- face. Victoria East and•piag- onal Road are still torn up. arose 'ata previous meeting of the Board. The Board has accepted the resignation of Mrs. C. Porter from the staff of Victoria Pub lie School, Goderich, effective December 31, and the resigna- tion of Mr. and, Mrs, R. S. Da- vis as custodians of J. A.D. Mc- Curdy Public School, Huron Park, Centralia. Mrs: Virginia Doyle was hired as clerk -typist (accounting). Scale of remuneration for part-time teaching assistants in the Occupations Course at a rate of $24 per diem, was es- tablished. Complaints dealt with and settled wereone on the opera- tion of one of the contracted buses; another on salary from one of the employees and a third on the suspension of a pu- pil from'the F. E. Madill Sec- ondary School, Wingham. No - names were divulged in the open Board meeting. • Homes entered. end n;. at �A•rA� � .. Wingham police are investi- • gating two break-ins which are believed to have occurred on 'Saturday evening. . Entry to -the home of Charles Lloyd on the comer of Patrick and Leopold Streets .was report- ed Sunday afternoon and. since Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd are away, it is not .known whether any - thing was taken from the prem- ises. On their return home about 10:30 Saturday evening Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Derbecker, 279 Leopold Street, found that the . . lock on their kitchen door had been broken and other locked• doors had been left open. Cup boards in the home had been gone through and one of the beds . had apparently been used by the entrant. Nothing was missing from the home. They had left their hone on- ly three hours previously. Home damaged in Saurday fure Extensive damage resulted from a fire at the residence of Keith. Henry in Turnberry Town- ship, west of the Foundry about eight o'clock Saturday morning. The home is owned by Mrs. Linton Sitter of R. R. 1, Green- ock. Neighbors noticed the flames through the partially -opened front door and the fire depart- ment was called. Neither Mr, nor Mrs. lie`nry, who were mar- • reed recently, were home at -the time. Destroyed was a •studio couch, a rug and other smaller items In the living room and there was extensive heat and water . damage to the interior of the home. The firemen answered a second call to the same home later Saturday morning to quell a fresh outbreak of fire. • - The scene of the blaze was inspected by a representative of the Ontario Fire Marshal's. of- • fice on Saturday 'and. the tenant appeared in provincial court in Goderich on Monday under a charge of arson. He was not. . asked to plead at that time and. has been .remanded: in custody for a: Weep, Fuel contracts let by board Poor turnout .for hockey meeting_•. Only six interested persons turned out for .the Meeringwill4 was called Monday night ,to make plans for the 1969* 70, termediate hockey season. W1 this small number on hand and; no indication whether a suffi- cient number of pimeraand exp; ecutive members are interested it. was impossible to make any decisions. Charlie Lee has informed the Advance -Times that unless there is a sufficient number both players and officers indi- cated by Sunday evening, no further effort will be made .to. organize a team for this yea/; Those who want to see an It- termediate team formed'' are N asked to call Charlie at once, If he is not,at home when your call, please leave your tele- phone number. If an adequate number of', ' volunteers are received, ice time will be arranged for inthe ; Teeswater arena next week for_ a first practice. All players will be expected to supplythe own sticks and equipment and 500 char ge .will be made to chit-• er ice time. Those who are iii7A terested will be notified by telephone about plans for the:a.,. practice. Ratepayers must wait • J ures til next A suggestion at a previous meeting by John Broadfoot, Brucefield, representative of • Tuckersmith, Stanley, Seaforth and .Bayfield on Huron County Board of Education, for infor- mation to be presented to mu- nicipal officials o atepayers' meetings this f , . did not a move his colleagues to action, - at this particular time. However, at Monday even- ing's meeting on recommenda- tion of D.J. Cochrane, director of education, it was decided, on a show of hands, "'that the Board and its administrative staff be prepared to hold meet- ings with municipal officials and/or ratepayers of Huron County by March 15, 1970. • Mr. Broadfact.stuck to his guns to the last 'and registered his vote against the motion. He said later he was planning to present his own report at the ratepayers' meetings in his area 'mese o•a•ales tnttMums, ttt•a•attt•attt•at11•attttt•a•at•at ustementesia ussomNN umea/ttNt/•asstssioNott Appointed managei at Waterford store Fred Templeman, who has' been assistant manager of the "i. Wingham Liquor Control Boart, store since it was o;:rned . has been appointed manager of th LCBO store in Waterford, a town south of Brantford, He • commenced his dutiesthere o Wednesday morning. U Mrs. Templeman ate; the family will move. to the' new location when housing accom- modation Is settled. � • ,w �Bot"h °'IMr, ant , Temple- man'are.Ilfe-lonag rest of `:, this community and they will/ be missed by a large circlepf friends. as he always had done While a member of the ,previo r y Mr, Cochrane,' wbo'had beeen: requested to bring in a recom- mendation regarding dates of such a meeting, expiained, ;that the executive council of the Board had discussed the `matte, at some length and "It Pi our. feeling that "Tinancia1 ,operations for the year 1969 must be available for study and understanding by., Board members before such meetings are held. "The .anticipated .f lnancial picture for -1970 must be avail- able for study andunderstaracd ing by Board • members` before. such meetings ,are. held',' (bud gets., salaries, ,results of 'arbitra•- 'tion, municipal levies, etc, "Accomplishments in 1969 . and aims and objectives ,(both academic and financial) -fora 1970, must be studded.and stat ed . by the. Board before such'. meetings can be' held. " John B. Laves, Minton,° Board' `chairman,' $ id: ,'"If 'want the figures, we should re- ciuest they be broiight up on the agendas :" Mr, Broadfoot had . asked for figures. Mr. Cochrane kfelt thatif.one Board member received thy, - figures, then all .Board 41014: 4: bets were entitled to the,satne figures. • • •Mr:- Broadfoot-quesy ',lue~ ►f- a rneetingr next year. Now is the timethey are needed, at the time of the ratepayers' meetings before the local elections. Contracts for supplying fuel oil to the five secondary, 28 elementary schools, and the Board's headquarters in Clinton, were approved by Huron County Board of Education at its meet- ing in Clinton Monday evening. Lowest tenders were accept- " ed in almost all cases. Sterling Fuels Limited, Lon- don, with Outlets in the county, was awarded the bulk of the contracts on a price basis. Other firms receiving contracts were: 'Ross Scott Limited,. Brucefield; Gordon Grigg Limi- ted, Clinton; Willis Dundas, Seaforth; Imperial. 011 Limited , - London. Induchon service on October 3011i Rev. T. K. Hawthorn, new rector of St. Paul's Anglican Church, conducted his first . service here on Sunday mom- ing. 'Mr. Hawthorn comes to Wingham from Brantford and with Mrs. + Hawthorn moved to the •Wingham rectory the mid- dle of last week. Induction service will be conducted. in St. Paul's Church on Thursday evening', October 30th. The Right Reverend H. F. Appleyard, . Bishop of Georgian Bay, will be in charge of the induction. WINTER CAME EARLY this year. k three- leaves, of trees in town with such a inch fall of snow on Tuesday night and weight 'that they swept low over streets Wednesday morning loaded the unfallen and lawns.—A-T Photo. "Fallen Leaves" rally brings Chairman Lavis felt it.:was'' impossible to compare only part of the . year; the Board must wait for the entire year before an • authentic result. . out thirty-one driving teams. Sunday's "Fallen Leaves" car rally was another success for organizer Delton Burkhart. Thirty-one teams of drivers and navigators began leaving in one minute intervals from the F. E. Madill S. S. parldngiot at 1.15 p.m. Over three hours and ninety miles later, first mud -splattered and leaf -be- decked vehicles arrived at the finish point, McClure Motors Showroom. ' (Selecting this place was a stroke of sheer geni- us; entus; rain was teeming down in bucketfuls. ) Although expressions like "Curse you, navigator 1 " (driv er!) or other indelicacies usual- ly directed •at the" organizer could have been heard, every- one seemed to enjoy himself. The enthusiasm generated by t'''his rally and the previous two held in May and June, guaran- tee a good list of entrants for the proposed November NIGHT rally. • The overall winners' were the mixed team of Wayne andJean- nette Zurbrigg with eighteen penalty points. Feist in the men's team divi- Hospital treats accident victims Mrs. Margaret Stanley, 21, of Lucknow, was examined and discharged from the Wingham and District Hospital after she suffered whiplash injuries in an accident last Friday morning. The accident occurred when she was travelling west on Highway 86 and apparently lost control of her car. The vehicle skid- ded into a guard rail two miles west of Whitechurch. . James Clancy, 20, of Kitch- ener, was admitted to the Wing - ham Hospital on Saturday even- ing with whiplash injuries. He Was hurt in an accident at the intersection of Highway 86 and the Millbank Road, east of Lis- towel. The collision occurred when an oncoming car made a left tum and was sideswiped, the Clancy car smashing in a pole after the original impact. Provincial police from Listo- wel investigated. Ronald Cook, 16, son of Norman Cook, Belgrave, was described as satisfactory at the Wingham and District Hospital IT MAY BE A sign of winter for some but for John White and Dennis Vath these snowshoes show that they are ready for a season of work in the Arctic. The boys left Inst week for Calgary where they will be flown into the MacKenzie Delta to work on mining operations. This is John's first `trip to the Arctic but Dennis has already worked seismograph equipment at the same site. They have promised us more realistic pictures once they arrive. . Advance.Times Photo. Leave for the Arctic sion was taken by Jim ewell and Malcolm Dimelo ,19 points Second went, to Terry Wilson and Murray McLennan, 23 points Women's team first place was won by Kay McCormick and Reba Schneider, 35 points, Second• were Belinda Dimelow and Gail Newell, with 121. The second place mixed team of Eleanor and Duncan. Campbell collected 66 points, e. is did the only entries in the "generation bridgers" (parent. tnd child) team, Isabel and James Oke: The organizer and his help- ers should be congratulated on producing such a well-run event It was good to have so many , teenagers join in this time, and • it's hoped even more entrants will register for the November rally. cClure car hit y running driver A 1965 Pontiac car,, stand- ing on the McClure. Motors used car lot suffered $300 damage early Saturday morning when it - was struck by another car which . turned into the property. A neighbor heard the crash and the squeal of tires as. the hit-and-run driver took off south on Highway 4, but was unable to see the car 'itself. Wingham police are investigat- ing. John White and Dennis Vath left on Friday for Calgary where they will s p e n.d two weeks on a course in First Aid before being posted to Fort Mc- Pherson in the Northwest Terri- tories. Dennis and John are em - ployed by the United Geophys- ical Company. after an accident at 3.45 Sun- day morning. It is believed that the car he was driving failed to stop at the Belgrave comer when it came into the village from the west. The vehicle crossed Highway 4 and struck the side- walk on the east side of the street. • The young man was found on the ground beside the car and taken by ambulance to hospital. He suffered multiple lacerations to his face, a deep laceration on the chin and cuts on the right elbow, The accident was investigat- ed by Prov. Const. H. B. Mc- Kittrick. Driver is charged after police; chase .' Danny Stacey, 22, of 'Lower Winghatn, has been charged by • Wingham police after a chase through the west end of the town early Saturday. Const. Doug Foxton was parked at the. Texaco station on Josephine Street south at 3:40 a. m. when two cars went past at a fast clip. He followed one of the vehicles which turn- ed up Scott Street, went through several stop signs and crossed the Lower Town bridge at -an estimated 70 miles per hour. After failing to negotiate the right turn ` west of the bridge the car ended on a lawn and the driver and patsenger took off on foot. The constable was able to identify the driver, whose driv- ing license was under suspen- sion at the tirne. Cars damaged in minor accidents About $350 property damage was sustained by two cars in- volved in an accident near the Lower Town bridge at 1.40 a.m. Sunday. Harry Bakker, who . lives just east of the bridge,had. backed his 1967 Mustang onto Victoria Street and was about to proceed toward town when a 1964 Studebaker driven by James Brooks of R. R. 2, Wingham crossed the bridge and struck the rear of the Bakker car as it was starting to move away. Wingham police assessed the damage to the Bakker car at $300 and $50 to the Brooks ve- hicle. At 5.20 p. m. last Wednes- day a stake truck owned by Whitehead Transport and driven by Paul Fischer of Teeswater was proceeding south on Jose- phine. When it stopped for traffic in its path the truck was struck from the rear by a 1964 Oldsmobile owned and driven by James Netterfield of Wing - ham. Damage to the car was estimated by town police at $500 and damage to the truck at $20. The accident occurred in front of the IGA store.