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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-01-13, Page 1f r "We"--C—Opy Net Over 25 ` P6-. 4a J r t,:isy; �► 50-1EAR CLUB—Forest Lodge No. 162 A.F. & A.M., Wroxeter, has four members in the 50 -year club among its ranks. Shown are G. A. Gibson, Sherriff Hamilton Gibson, Arthur Bertram Wearring and John Howard Wylie. The latter three were presented with 50 -year jewels at a meeting held Monday night. Mr. Gibson received his three years ago. (Staff Photo) • Chief's annual report !�I I�. .4 shows $42,000fire loss Fire loss in the area served by .the.Wingham and. District Fire Department during 1971 was set at $42,010, resulting from 42 fires. The annual report by Fire Chief Dave Crother's revealed that FHowick Township was the area heaviest hit with $35,000 loss in seven fires. East Wawanosh Township had Two admitted to hospital - John Mowbray of RR 3; Luck - new was admitted to Windham., and District llOspital last Tines:' day with leg and head injies re- ceived when he fell from a barn into the chute of a feed mobile truck at'.the farm of Dave Moffat. Mrs. Tena Verhulst, RR 3, Goderich, was admitted by ani- balance following a fall at home., She fell to the basement,and frac- tured her right leg, Following emergency treatment here, she was transferred to St., Joseph's Hospital, London. Falling off a snowmobile near home last Wednesday, Susan Thompson, 12, daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. Samuel Thompson, RR 1, Belgrave, was treated at hos- pital,for an injury to her back and released. cN thAA ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The .Pedestrian TO MEET AGAIN • — The ' Wingham Business As- sociation. will meet Thursday, January,20, and efforts are being made to secure ,an interesting speaker. • 0-0-0 SAVE YOUR TREES- The Kinsmen have planned to hold a Christmas tree burning near Riverside Drive Wednesday night, January 19,`and. need all the trees they can get. The group will organize a pickrup work party to prepare for the big event. 0-0-0 AN ERROR— A couple of weeks ago a picture appeared in The Advance -Times which indicated the, girl taking part in a Christmas cencert was Cathy Wybenga. It was, in fact, Joanne Bakelaar. We apologize to both young ladies for the error. 0-0-0 HAVE MADE CONTACT — A letter to -the editor last week from Dr. R. G. Ballagh of Han- over, requesting to hear from.or about a Miss or Mrs. Reba Boyd in connection with•family history, quickly bore fruit. Mrs. Hugh G'il- n' mour of Alfred Street, the former Reba Beyd, has had an in- teresting visit with Dr. Ballagh,. and has received many telephone calls in connection with that letter. Mrs. Gilmour says she has ' found there are more relatives 'than she ever knew about. 0—b-•-0 PROPERTY SOLD -- Mowbray Construction Ltd. have sold their buildings and site on _ Concession 9, Turnberry toy Harold Kerr Construction for two fires but loss was heavy, esti- mated at $28,000: Turnberry had the greatest number of fire alarms with 14 for a total esti- mated loss of $26,950. There were 10 calls answered in, Wingham, but all were of .a minor nature with loss set at $1,- 060 and Morris Township also es- caped serious losswitla $1,000 in two fires: Working under the M itual Fire Aid plan, • the Wingham firemen assisted at three firs at Blyth, investigated" four pb s'ible fires and listed two false alArms. Windham firemenatt,,nded every meeting of Hur9i_ County Ear's Fair is. purchased by Toronto couples Casimir "Casey" Chciuk (pro- nounced Chuck), of Toronto' has purchased the business of Char- les Wittenberg, Earl's Fair, -on Josephine Street. He became the new owner on January 1. Mr. Chciuk is fully acquainted with the dry goods business and merchandising. He has been manager of one of the larger wholesale concern. sin Toronto for the past 16 years. It is his tinten- tion to add several lines to the present stock. Mr. and Mrs. Chciuk moved lnto • the ' apartment - above the store just before Christmas and are looking forward to becoming actively involved in the com- munity. He was here fora short period last summer and found that he liked ,Wingham., Born in Poland, he spent most of his childhood in Belgium, com- ing to Canada 20 years ago. He met his wife, Irene, also'a native of Poland, in Canada and they were marri : d two years ago. ' Mrs. Chciuk will assist her hus- band in the store. ' Mutual•Fire Aid Association held regularly at -various points,in the county, attended a workshop at Mitchell and nine attended ses- slops at the Ontario Fire Mar- shal's' College at Gravenhurst. Under the heading of public. relations, the firemen conducted nine tours at the Wingham fire - hall for school children, Cubs and other groups, gar-ademonstra- tion of fire fighting at Bluevale and taped, a. fire prevention- pro- w gram for use on CKNX-TSU: ' M1� Crothers' report was pre- sented to council Monday night • by fire committee chairman Jim Currie. Rally offers prize -money in four classes Plans for -the snowmobile rally January 23, the Sunday afternoon feature of the Wingham- Kinsmen Club's ,Winterfest are complete and chairman Murray McLennan announces the details. - The rally will run from two to 21/2 hours over fields and through bush, starting at 1 p.m. Drivers' skill reading and following direc- tions will count more than speed. Registration will be at the • Canadian Legion Hall -ft om 12 noon until 2 p.m. with a $3 entry fee per machine. There- will be four classes: with speedometers and one or two riders; with speedometers, . cutter . and passengers; without speedo- meters with. one or two riders; and without speedometers .with cutter and passengers. Prizes of $10,' $7.50 and $5.00 will be offered for those placing first, . second or third in each class. —Jim Gibbons of Alice Street is a patient in the. Wingham and' District Hospital. NEW OWNERS—Mr. and Mrs. Casimir "Casey" Chciuk of Toronto became the new owners of Earl's Fair on January 1. They have taken up residence in the apartment above the store. Wingtian , Ontario, Thursday, January 13, Masons present jweh 50- .ear� Three members ,of Forest Lodge No. 182, A.F. & A.M., .of the Masons in Wroxeter' received their 50•year jewels at a pie ns Cation` at a meeting Monday night. - Presented with the jewels were Sherriff Hamilthn Gibson, ArthUr Bertram ° Wearring and John Howard Wylie. All three are veterans of World War I. The jewels were presented by Claus O'Krafka, district deputy.. grand master; G. A. Gibson, past district deputy grand master and George Inglis of Fordwich Lodge No. 133. A fourth member of the Vrox' eter Lodge, G. A. Gibson, re- ceived his 50 -year jewel three years ago, Snowmobile group's aims presented Executive members of the Wingham Snowmobile Associa- tion appeared before council Monday night to discuss means of eliminating unnecessary noise in the -operation of snowmobiles. Fred McGee was spokesman with Dan Stuckey and Marc For- rest adding comments. The gist of their remarks related to' the association's desire to not be con- sidered a nuisance to town resi- dents and to co-operate with law enforcement officers: Mr. Forrest pointed out that it is their , aim to keep noise at a minimum, 'observe traffic regu= lations and promote the sensible handling of snowmobiles. Mr. Stuckey suggested, that if com- plaints are received by council, the association be informed and if offenders are not members of the association, the "grapevine" will. make it possible for some control to be applied. , Mr. McGee and,Mr. Forrest spoke briefly of aemergency' ,,. service organized by the group, ready to help people in difficulty due to storms. Mr. Forrest Said the police have a list Of -telephone numbers which could be called. Reeve Jack Alexander ques- tioned if members of the associa- tion could be identified to dis- tinguish them from non-mem- bers. and if colored pennants would . be carried on the. ma-, chines. Mr. McGee said that most - members have pennants; con- sidered a good safety feature; and that his executive would con- sider some means of quick identi- fication on machines. Mr. Alexander expressed ap- preciation to the deputation for coming to council to show their willingness to." abide by local regulations and to promote public relations. f 1972 FIRST SECTION FOB ALI. WWI TRA,.VRL NEEDS AIR - SEA - LAND No Service Ciparge$ 2914109 Cat rtn+ey 4tS1'',, t -L ,`HAVE,- urchase- of old post office dears armouries for police Council•made a'definite stej,to- wards acquiring the old post of- fice building Monday night when a motion to purchase it carried. Early in December Mayor Mil- ler, acting for council, had for- warded an option to purchase to the Hamilton owners of the build- ing with actual purchase contin- gent on the use of the building as a day care centre. With Mr. Miller's announce - ment that the way was now clear to purchase, Reeve Jack Alex- ander raised the question of what should be done with the Arm- ouries. This brought comment from Jim Currie to the effect that the police offices heed renova- tion, or better still, new quarters. Mr. Currie suggested that the "Gun Shed", the lean-to section of the Armouries, be adopted as new- police offices. The space would permit offices for Chief Jim.Miller and Cpl. Ron Zimmer, a foyer, interrogation room and other' areas for records, finger- printing and storage. He added that the Department of Correc- tional Services had practically condemned the present cells and use of this portion of the Arm- ouries would also provide space for new cells: Both Mr. Alexander and Mr. Currie stressed that the town faces certain priorities such as work on the exterior and interior of the town hall, classed as neces- sary repairs- and renovations which had been deferred pre- viously to help keep the mill rate down. Mr. Currie said advice would be sought regarding structural changes to the "Gun Shed" sO specifications could be prepared in order to establish the cost. THE NEW OFFICERS of Wingham Lodge, AF & AM' No. 286 were -installed last Tuesday night in a special ceremony, a highlight of the evening's agenda. In front are. Mel Craig, Immediate Past Master; J. T. Goodall, Junior Warden; Spence Scott, Worshipful Master; Elmer Walker, Senior N M Warden; and Keith McLaughlin, Chaplain. Back row: Colin Campbell, Senior Deacon; Lee Grove, Junior. Steward; Robert Wittig, Inner. Guard; George Thomas, Secretary; Ken Lawless, Senior Steward; and Earl Young, Junior Dea- 'con. —Advance -Times photo. trong bid made to revive: •rbershop singing here. Many came to mourn what they thought, might be the passing of ';the Wingham Harmony Men at a dinner meeting at Lees Tavern last Wednesday night, but in- . .cipient tears turned to cheers as the evening's program progress- ed, . Lack of a chorus leader., and poor turn -outs at rehearsals dur- ing the past five months brought the feeling that 'the barber shop. PUC.pldns survey of water facilities An engineering survey to de- termine the needs of the town re- garding water volume and pres- sure will start immediately. This matter, and a lengthy discussidfl about employees' salaries, were the prime items on the agenda at Thursday night's meeting of the Public Utilities Commission. The need for more water vol- ume at the Lloyd -Truax. Ltd. plant, partly to ensure adequate water supply for the plant's sprinkler system, sparked the de- cision to have a town -wide sur- vey. • It was made clear at the meet- ing that no complaints bad been received from any of the manu- facturing concerns of Wingham, but it is becoming increasingly evident that&the need for more volume with resulting increased pressure is growing. The discussion about the nor- mal. annual increases in salaries was based upon the,type of work, the manner in which it.,is per- formed ,and length of service. Chairman Roy Bennett ex- pressed the opinion that the PUC is fortunate to have a good staff, a comment with which Superinten- dent Ken Saxton concurred. The Commission checked ^ the salary ratings of several muni- cipalities of the same or slightly larger size as .Wingham and de- termined the scale of increases to bring salaries in line with sur- rounding municipalities. Ted Elliott of the Elliott In surance Agency attended the earlier portion of the meeting and insurance requirements were re- viewed.• Coverage on buildings, stock and equipment will be in- creased. Presenting his report, Mr. Sax- ton told the commission that there had been,, two applications- for pplicationsfor hydro servic ' and one for water, that an unde round serv- ice had been install d to serve residences and thre Cascade 60 water heaters had been installed. Notices from several Ontario and municipal associations deal- ing with hydro and water serv- ices; of which the PUC is a mem- ber, were read . advising the membership_ fees for 1972 are due. On a motion by Rod Wraith, seconded by Mayor DeWitt Mil- ler, the PUC will renew its mem- bership in these associations. New warden Elmer Hayter, Reeve of Stan- ley Township, was elected war- den' of Huron County at the open- ing session held Tuesday after- noon. , • He ^ defeated Roy Pattison of East Wawanosh with 32 votes to eight. Mr. Hayter ran for the position last year and was involvedAn the tie vote between himself and Jack Alexander of Wingham, broken in favor of Mr. Alexander by the reeve of Goderich, • style singing group was ready to fold. Wednesday's meeting was an attempt to revive interest and on the surface, at least, this was accomplished. With Gerry Crooks of Kincar- dine as the . spark plug, the pro- gram never had a dull moment. Immediately following the dinner, he, conscripted the ser- vices ofd "Hap" Swatridge as chorus leader to giveimpetus to a brief session of singing. Mr. Crooks had all present and former members of the Harmony Men in their respective voice ranges and from that arrange- ment emerged five quartets. In three cases, due to a preponder- ance of leads and tenors, the groups grew to five or six -singers. A contest was staged,with each group announcing 'its name and the selection it would sing. The Lonesome Five ung "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"; Flannelfeet quartet ruined .,`My Wild Irish Rose"; the Five Fits sang "Ken- tucky °Babe"• asit probably has never been sung before; the Four Misfits and Gerry 'attempted "I Had a Dream"; and Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other sang 'the SPEBSQSA song, "We Sing that They Shall Speak". • The panel of judges was Ken MacPherson, Dave Litwiller, Lyle Pettigrew and John Ders- tine, the Mello -Men barbershop quartet of the Kitchener -Water- loo Chapter of SPEBSQSA and their humorousadjudicating had the audience laughing from start to finish. Each in turn commented .on arrangement; stage presence, balance of blend, harmony :ac- curacy and voice expression, and all competing groups came under the fire of their" peculiar brand of criticism . The Lonesome Five, composed of Harry Chapman of Kincardine, Don Cameron of Lucknow, Paul Rintoul, Wingham, Raynard Ackert .of Holyrood and Norman Taylor, Lucknow, received first prize. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of several songs by , the Mello -Men, con sidered one of the better barber- shop quartets in Ontario. Their harmony was excellent .and they added humorous routines to their program. Explained Purpose • Lloyd Sillick of Wingham spoke• on the barbershoppers, project, the support of the ,logopedics hos- pital, saying that being a mem- ber of an SPEBSQSA group has a purpose other thanlo enjoy sing- ing. "We appreciate having the ability to sing and, have sympathy for those with speech problems." George Keil of . Gorrie ex- pressed the group's appreciation to Mr. Crooks for -arranging the. evening. He made reference to delinquent members and ex-. pressed the'hope that they would again becomeinterested'and help ;%• revive the . Wingham Harmony Men. Bev Grahlman of Owen Sound, vice president of Northern Divi- sion, SPEBSQSA, expressed de- light with the program and en= thusiasm shown. "You certainly have the potential here for a good group and I hope, to see a revival of interest. Mr. Grahlman told the audience that the Wingham . chapter should have been surren- dered in December' because` of non -activity, but a six month's extension fiad been arranged. He offered to assist the local men to re -organize and the Mello - Men from Kitchener also offered to attend local rehearsals, bring- ing others from Kitchener with them, to assist with rehearsals or with any future :entertainment planned by the Wingham group. No formal business session was held. The evening was planned as. a- get-together to enjoy ,singing. Including the wives of some, 63 attended, plus the special guests. ri THE MELLO-MEN of Kitchener provided the entertainnient at the Wingham Harmony Men's dinner last Wednesday night. Singing are Dave Litwiller, Lyle Pettigrew, John Derstine and Ken MacPherson. --Advance-Times photo. 0