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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-04-13, Page 1Single Copy Not Ov ursday, April 13, 1972 GUESTS AT THE Huron Chapter 89, O.E.S. banquet on Friday evening, marking the 50th anniversary of the chapter were Mrs. Peggy Murphy, .WGM, and George Pike, WGP, centre, seen with Mrs. John Gnay, WM and Alex Robertson, WP. —Staff Photo. OES PAST MATRONS, and long-time members of Huron Chapter 89 attended the 50th an- niversary banquet at the United Church Friday evening. They are Mrs. D. B. Porter., Mrs. .T,r A. Carrie, Mrs, rjrtFuiler� 't111rs,.. W. A. Heu hen and M� ,, too ld, Ra In the back- ground � p. -R y .A , .!..: Q x..:Rs , '(.,.#� .� mr+ . .rs a are Alex Robertson, F', en tMrs."Ifin Gnay, 6 fj...=Staff"'Piiol��o Huron Chapter celebrates anniversary with banquet A three -tiered birthday cake, gold candles and daffodils deco- rated the tables for the 50th anni- versary banquet of Huron Chap- ter 89, OES, held `in the Wingham United Church Friday evening. Rev. Barry Passmore gave 'the invocation followed by the toast to the' Queen . Mrs. John Gnay, W.M. and Alex Robertson, W.P. welcomed the guests.' The head table guests included Mrs. Peggy Murphy, W.G.M. and , George Pike, W.G.P. as well as several' General Grand Chapter, officers and Grand Chapter officers. Mayer DeWitt Miller brought the greetings from the Town of Wingham and wished Huron Chapter continued success. Mur- ray Gaunt, MPP and Robert Mc- Kinley, MP; also offered their congratulations to Huron Chap- ter. The Good Impressions of Tees - i water entertained the guests with a well chosen selection of songs. ALONG THE MAIN. DRAG By The Pedestrian ON SCHEDULE— Work in the old post office is moving ahead with a portion of the new plumbing installed and partitions dividing the main floor area erected. The old furnace has been removed and some renova- tion has been done in the base- ment. 0-0-0 NOT EVEN S.R.O.— Tickets for the Talent Hunt final are sold out and a full house is assured. There will be five jud- ges udges and prizes awarded the suc- cessful contestants will be $50, $25 and 15. BLITZ SUCCESSFUL— The cancer blit2 Monday night resulted in $1,100 being collected with returns from five canvas- sers still to come in. The Cancer Campaign continues during April and those missed Monday may still contribute. A gift of money was presented to Mrs. Peggy Murphy by Mrs. Gnay and the Star Point officers for the W.G.M.'s personal pro- ject, Retarded Children'. The draw on the handmade quilt was won by G. Montgomery of Don Mills. - The highlights of the first meet- ing in 1921 were read by Mrs. Planning board discusses zoning Wingham and District Plan- ning Board met Monday night un- der the leadership of David Ben- der the newly -appointed chair- man who succeeds the late W. B: Conron. County Planner Gary'Davidson of Goderich was present and gen- eral discuOsion was held regard- ing the Draft Plan for Wingham and bordering townships, the preparatory stage toward the' adoption of zoning regulations. The purpose of the meeting was to consider the ramifications of zoning concerning the fringe areas of Wingham for industrial development, keeping in mind the need to retain adequate green belt areas. The Planning Board came to no definite decisions and a further meeting, is planned. Christine Currie, P.D.D.G.M. While several of the long stand- ing members of Huron Chapter were present the two charter members, -Mrs. Viola Fox of Guelph and Mrs. Margaret Shane' of London were unable to be pres- ent. The cutting and passing of the birthday cake concluded the eve- ning. Belmore Syrup Festival Saturday Saturday of this week will see the gathering of hundreds at Bel - more for the annual Maple Syrup Festival, which each year at- tracts a larger influx of spring - minded folks from all over West- ern Ontario. Timing for the opening of events is set for 11 a.m. and those who are hungry can get their fill of pancakes and maple syrup un- til eight in the evening. In addition to the feasting there will be opportunity for those who wish to seethe actual syrup -mak, ing operations in progress. Home baking and maple syrup will also on sale. This is a big event for the Bel - more community and one that most people in this area don't want to miss. A total of 126 skate s pated in the 1972 ,skate -awl which opened at 9 o'clock Fr evening for the*senior group ;ted at nine Satur,y morning those six to nine year Pledges made to supper, skaters totalled $3,091. The was held in the Wingham arena. When tie senior group took'ie the ice on Friday evening :thy were 95 on s Cates, of whO . ; '• completed the 24 hour grind* Laiit. year there were only 75 Seth Sixt Lion raise starters. When the under -tens started skating on Saturday morning - there were 17 competitors and of these 12 completed the 12.hours to the finish line that evening. -Other skaters who were on and off the ice intermittently macre up the total of 126. Those carrying the five highest pledges were Doug Kuyven= hovep, $211.68; Brian Lader, $192.96; David Bennett, $182.40; Russell Jones, $145.68; and A total of 16 speakers, e girls and eight boys, represented. Lions Clubs from Regions 3' aimk 16 at zone effective spea finals hosted by the Atwood 1< Club Saturday night. ` +`` First and second place fid ers from the competition held t Elma Township Public Sell*. Newry, will compete at the stll district competition in Angus ort' Friday, April 14. The winners Of.. the Angus competition will.;go on to the Lions effective speaking finals to be hetd in Peterborough in May. Winners for Region 3 Saturday' night were: girls, Mary Edith: Garniss of Wingham, represent- 09 Cheryl Gavreluk, $135.65. The entire event was under the direction of the Recreation and Community Centres" Board, with Roe Croskill, chairman, and Jack Ward, the rec. director, taking charge of the necessary records of individual skaters. Proceeds of the event• will be used for arena improvements. Food services for a skate-a- thon are a very important part of the arrangements, for a tremen- dous aggregate of physical ener- speakers in ub contest. ing the Wingham Lions Club, who :spoke on "Canadian National- ism"; boys, Rick Snell of Clinton, representing the Blyth Lions, who spoke on "The Kent State crisis". Region 16 winners were: girls, , Mary Lynn French of RR 1, :Palmerston, representing the Palmerston Lions, who spoke on "Quebec"; boys, John Root of Guelph, representing the Guelph Lions, who spoke on "Peace". Placing'second were: Region 3, girls—Jo-Anne Palmer of Clin- ton, representing the Blyth Lions; -boys—David Balser of Wingham, representing the Wingham.. Lions; Region 16, girls—Donna Artuso of Guelph, Damages toall 3,5OO in seven area accidents Damages were estimated at.. more, than $3,500. in seven are accidents which occurred du**n f• 4 e li at a Week. ek./t` wo' e #1!% 1 e P injured, though .fortunately, their injuries were minor. On Sunday, April 2, Donald H. Gibson of Brussels apparently fell asleep while driving north on County Road 12..His vehicle left the road and struck and broke a hydro pole. He was not injured but 'total damages were estimat- ed at $700. The same day John K. Higgins of Brussels was towing a snow- mobile trailer in which Kenneth D. Higgins was . riding. While making a right turn, the. trailer tipped, throwing the passenger against a tree. He received injur- ies to his left leg. William J. Doig of RR 3, Palm- erston, received minor injuries last Tuesday when his car was in collision with a vehicle driven by Earl Cober.of Fordwich at the in- tersection of concession 2-3 and sideroadd 30-31 of Howiek Town- ship. Damages to both' vehicles wereestimatedat $1,200 and po- lice state that charges are pekd- ing. While travelling south on High- way 4 on Thursday, David C. Burt - ton struck a patch of ice, lost con- trol of the car and left the road, coming) to rest in a snowbank. Approximately $300 worth of damage was sustained by his car but he was not injured. The same day, travelling west on Highway 86, Frank J. Stamper lost control of his car on icy roads. His car skidded and rolled onto its side, receiving damages estimated at $300. Again, the lone occupant of the car escaped in- jury. On Friday, Mary J. Porter of R 1, Lucknow, was travelling est on Highway 86 and was struck on the left side by an un- known vehicle. Damages to her vehicle were estimated at .$200. Damages were estimated at representing the Guelph Lions.; boys—James Conway of Guelph, representing the Elora Lions. Guy Gibbons, Lions District A-9 effective speaking chairman, was the overall chairman for the event. Chairman for the girls' competition was Orville Oke of Seaforth while Mel Schaub of Milverton chaired the boys' com- petition, Speakers were judged on pre- pared and impromptu speeches. Judges for the competition were Mrs. Frazer Dewar of Atwood, Mrs. Dorothy Conron of Wing - ham, Mrs. Alex Jack of Milver- ton, Ian Miller of Owen Sound, Rev. Dennis. Clarke of Atwood and Ted Rodgers of Owen Sound. Regions 3 and 16 comprise an area from Grand Bend to Orangeville to Owen Sound. Keith Flynn of Atwood was chairman of The organization committee for the Atwood Lions. He also assisted District Governor Nor- man Coghlin of Atwood in pre - 'senting gifts to .the judges. $820 to two cars involved in an ac- Other speakers taking part in cident Saturday on '.Highway 9, the competition included: girls— w st;,,: , the ;l iuron Bru d^�Co . �M T i of G h h c . � a. uel Sar n e yn� /� C.W.. - p lite: T.h.•. •t .9 1-, F 1 L `Dr "'r . 'of ' trie e s the ears' rk►e�`e�. ' xv'�aiir�f` towansto�n, Patsy A. Friar of Paisley and Ian Copeland of Mount Forest .and M. Grant of RR 1, Formosa. . Debbie Keller of Owen Sound, all There were no injuries. Region 16; boys -Bill Watson of —All the above accidents were Mount Forest, Dennis Shouldice investigated by the Wingham de- of Owen Sound, Jame Ross of tachment of the Ontario Provin- ' 'Palmerston, and Roger Dowdall cial Police. of Arthur, all Region 16. IN THE SPRING a young man's fancy turns to love, it has been said, but in this case Sandi Gall, dressed to encourage good weather, shows interest in rose bushes displayed in front of Bennett's store. Staff Photo. in ` LOs gy is burned ,up by the partici- pants. Throughout the 24 hours of skating • food was served during most of the 15 -minute breaks which were allowed once an !tour. Hamburgs, hot dogs, sandwiches, chocolate milk and fruit were served during these periods, At six in the morning the -volunteer workers, some of whom had been on duty all night, even managed a breakfast of . scrambled eggs, toast and fruit juice. Carl Bondi donated baskets of oranges, ba- ° nanas and apples. Mrs, Roy Bennett was in charge of the rood truces, �. sisted by Mrs. Rea Croskill, lam, Gwen Mac! ut''in, MM. John A Donaldsofl, Mrs. Ken Wood, Mrs, Walter Brown, Mrs. Jim ,Ward„ Mrs. Bill May and Ruth ;Benne,tt," Roy ,Befnett looked .after the music and announcements, on the public address system and acted as general scout aid raison effi0 cer for the committee. REGION 3 WINNERS—Mary Edith Garniss of Wingham,. Ieft,,,won the Region 3 Lions Club effective speaking contest for girls and Rick Snell at Clinton, rdpresenting the Blyth P 9 1't Lions,400k t+he sarne: rn lti ,l r bo a , 11 1d Saturday night in ,Erma Township Public School, • Newry. Speakers nowadvance to sub -district competition in Angus on April 14 (Banner Photo) • Property wners invited. to attend PUC meeting Property owners who may benefit from new water and hy- dro services will be invited to at- tend the May meeting of the Pub- lit Utilities Commission. This de- cision was reached after an ap- plication for these services was received frorp one owner in the North Street region. Superintendent Ken Saxton also reported that Royal Homes Ltd. had plans for the erection of model homes between Cornyn Street and Highway 86. a,,nnd had requestedwater service, also that Remus Bailey had submitted a request for the installation of a 550•volt service to Sunrise Dairy'. Following damage to a- power line by a falling tree, PUC work- men had gone to Lucknow to re- pair the damage. A letter was sent to Lucknow PUC stating the• rates 'for service as required. A letter from Ontario Hydro advised of the increased cost of power also a reminder regarding cut-off procedure for non-pay- ment of accounts. Another communication ad- vised that the waterworks con- ference for the Georgian Bay District wilt be held at Stayner April 19 and the spring meeting of the Association of Municipal • Electric Utilities would be held at Stayner, April. 20. Doug Blake of the accounting firm of Thorpe, Gunn,* Helliwell and Christensen attended •the meeting last Thursday to discuss the financial report with, the corn- mission. The .question of truck re- placement and improved plant costs were given sortie attention. Following consideration of tenders submitted, the commis- sion approved, the purchase of a Savin photo copier. The meeting was conducted by chairman Roy Bennett with com- - mission members Rod Wraith and DeWitt Miller, secretary treasurer ' G. C. Snowdon and Supt. Ken Saxton present. Youth injured, dragged by car ` An 18 -year-old Wingham youth, David Foxton, was taken to the Wingham and District Hospital on Saturday following a mishap. in Turnberry Township. Mr. Foxton was reported to have been sideswiped by a car and dragged some distance. He was treated forbrush burns to his left shoulder and abdomen, abra- sions to his right elbow, shoulder, arm and hand and was later re- leased. '- Constable .,Constable Doug Foxton ► and Corporal Ron Zimmer of the Wingham Town Police are still investigating the toishap. enders asked to note change in mailing system Readers of The Advance -Times who receive their papers by mail will no do bt notice a change in the addresses this week. Instead of the customary orange labels on the upper left corner, they will find name and address as well as expiry date printed in black directly onto the newspaper it- self. Purpose of the change is to im- prove the efficiency of our mail- ing system. The orange labels were applied to the papers by means of a pasting applicator and it was not an uncommon ex- perience for some of the labels to peel off and become lost when the papers were being wrapped. With the new equipment and the direct printing method there will be no possibility of an ad- dress being lost. An added fa for is the fact that changes ofad- dress and the expiry up -dating will be completed each week rather than once a month as was' necessary under the old system. However, subscribers will have to interpret the expiry date in- formation somewhat differently than in the past. Under the pre- vious system a subscription which expired in April, for ex- ample, was indicated on the orange label as "Apr: 72". Now you will' find a line which reads "Apr. 98765432" which means that the month of expiry is April and the year will be indicated by the last figure 'in the line—in other words, April, 1972. As soon as your subscription is paid the final figure in the line wily be obli- terated and the new expiry date will read "Apr. 9876543'4—the final figure indicating payment to April 1973. Our apologies to those people who paid their subscriptions some weeks ago , and have be- come anxious about the fact that the date on their label has not been changed. Difficulties and delays in getting the new system away to a successful start have accounted for a longer -than -usual period between date changes. We hope that all will be kept right up to date in the future. In order to initiate the new sys tem. the entire mailing list had to be typed out on individual stencilstsly a firm in Montreal. Our office has checked the entire list, but it is possible that a few errors in address may still exist. If you find anything amiss in the addressing of your own paper, please let The Advance -Times office know at once so any necessary changes can be made. Toronto Delays While we are on tubject of mailing papers, another word to those city readers who are re- ceiving their copies of .The Ad- t.yane-Times late—in some cases as much as 10 days after publica- tion. A letter in Tuesday morn- ing's mail from Rev. W. G. Wylie of Scarborough states that on some occasions his paper arrives in good time—but that is not al- ways the case. He says that his March 30th Advance -Times arrived at his home on April 10th. The latest mailing for any copy of this newspaper, regardless of its destination is before noon on Thursday, the dateof publica- tion. From the word we receive from other Ontario publishers it is a common experience that papers addressed to the Toronto area are delivered when and if the spirit of postal workers moves then. Protests by the hundred have been addressed to the post office department at all levels without any apparent im- provement. - ,ilur near -despair over the situation can be understood when we quote the final paragraph of Rev. Wylie's letter: "Your paper is excellent, but 1 wonder if any- thing can be done for speedier service." The best we can say to Mr. Wy- lie and all other Toronto sub- scribers who are suffering the same sort of inconvenience is, "We're .trying --but we don't appear to be winning."