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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-05-11, Page 1Thursday, May 11, 1972 Strike idles 84 Approximately 70 employees of MI Stanley -Berry Limited who are members of the Teamsters Local Union No. 879, left their jobs in the Wingham plant last Thursday afternoon. The union and the company had been engaged in negotiations over wages and benefits, since January of this year. • FIRS' SEMI9141 The strike has also idled ap- proximately 14 other employees who are not members of the union. They belong to super- visory, maintenance and ad- ROBERT SHIELL, 18, of RR 2, Listowel, was seriously injured when the car he was driv- ing left Highway 86 and struck a tree early Sunday morning. The youth is noW in critical condition in Hamilton General Hospital. —Staff Photo. Car crashes into tree, Listowel youth hurt Robert Shiell, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Shiell of RR 2, Lis- towel, was seriously injured Sun- day morning when his car struck a maple tree in front of the farm of John V. Fischer, two miles west of Wroxeter on Highway 86. Exact time of the crash is not known since he was alone at the time and no other vehicle was in- volved. The car was proceeding west along Highway 86 and, veer• - Bob bitten by muskrat • Christopher Storozuk, five- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Storozuk of Victoria Street East was treated at Wingham and Dis- trict Hospital Tuesday morning for a small laceration on his right leg. The boy, was bitten by a musk= rat which was"crossing ,the back- yard. Mr. Storozuk telephoned the Department of Animal 'Serv- i110 ces at Seaforth and men came and caught the muskrat with a net. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedezlrian , By The f edestrian A THE FLUSH OF SPRING -4, The staff of the PUC started flushing hydrants Wednesday and probably this will bring com plaints 'about discolored 'water flowing from some household taps: The PUC assures-ueryone this Will be a very tentpoi'ary condition. THE SWEAT OPRiNG— b Ken Saxtep is calling a practice at 2 .p.m. Sunday for the. Inter- mediate Baseball Club. Anyone wishing to try -out for the team wall b"'ma'de welcome' b� 0-0-0 NO DAMAGE— The fire shortly after 12 noon Tuesday was at the Lloyd -Truax plant *here a small quantity of sawdust on the roof of the north 4, building , Akas ignited by sparks blowing froth a scrap fire. 0-0--0 PICTURE 'DATED— Ross Hastings has solved one of * our current mysteries. The A -T recently published a picture ,of students at Gilmour's school, but the date was uncertain. Ross says it was taken in 1934. He knows be- cause he appears in the photo'." - 0--0-0 * STILL SEEK STAFF— The administrative committee for the Day Care Centre is still working on the acquisition of the required staff. One applicant for the post of supervisor was inter- viewed late Tuesday. 0-0-0 TO SET MiLL RATE— The Mayor and council will hold a special meeting tonight ' (Wednesday) to work on the 1972 budget and set the mill rate. ing off to the left, struck a -tree on the south side of the road. The ditch is very shallow at this point. The accident was discovered about 7:30 a.m. and police and ar'ribulance were summoned to the scene. The young man's father has stated that the driver; who is a student at the Listowel District Secondary School, was returning from a fishing trip at Port Albert. The young man was given. first aid treatment at the Wingham and District Hospital before re- moval to the Hamilton General Hospital where he remains in critical condition with severe head injuries and a broken jaw. The car was totally demolished. Wingham,OPP Constable Foulon investigated. Tower built_. near Bluevale The recent erectionof a high tower on the Thornton farm pro- perty, east of Bluevale has given rise to some speculation. Erected last Wednesday and Thursday by John Hayman & Son Co. Ltd. of London, it still has one more sec- tion to be added which could bring its overall height in excess of 300 feet. Area residents apparently have no definite knowledge why the tower was erected." One person said he. understood it was one of three being built between Kit- chener and Owen Sound. To sup- port this theory, two men travel- ling by light plane from Wiarton last Sunday noticed a similar •`- tower situated north of highway 9, :south of -Cargill and slightly hast of Chepstow. All three are suplposed -to 3 e "PBell Telephone projects., Supposition is that thes towers will be relay points fo"r the trans - Mission of television programs with the possible addition of car- ryirig special telephone lines, but no onecnntactedlin the Bluevale area knows. - r It has been reported that vneither the Bluevale or Chep- stow -Cargill towers have been painted the required orange color, both still having natural steel color. Presumably, when in-. stallation is completed at both sites they will be painted. In the meantime, the Bluevale tower is carrying lights. Attend baptism Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kieffer and Ron Kieffer of RR 1, Bluevale, and Miss Mary Barger attended ,the baptism on Sunday of Michael Joseph Kieffer, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Kieffer of Hamilton at,Holy Family Church. Godparents were Ron Kieffer and Jackaline Fortney. Mr. and Mrs. Kieffer enter- tained grandparents, uncles and aunts at a dinner at their home following the christening. Meals -on -wheels prove worthwhile • A meeting, of the community committee for meals -on -wheels was held in the United Church on Monday evening. After discus- sion and reports on the progress of the •project had been 'given, it was decided that it is proving to be a very worthwhile venture. • ,To date, during the current year, 1250 meals have been de- livered to those requesting them. The committeewould like to take this opportunity to thank all drivers, co-ordinators, the local paper for publicity, and ahy others who helped in any way• to make meals -on -wheels a success. ministrative staffs. The, Stanley -Berry • Compaq manufacturers metal and plastic garage doers' in the Wingham . locatigp and is a Stanley Work industries with headquarters in New Britain, Conn. In a news release issued to. The Advance -Times ori_ Tuesday' morning the 'company stated:, "The employees of Stanlle Berry Limited in Wingham long ,to Teamsters Local UfIQ>i, No. 879. The union and the corn pany have been engaged in negO� tiations since January. Bargain- ing had been continuing through • conciliation and mediation, "Meetings were held last Wed nesday and Thursday in Wing4,, ham. The employees left the plant at noon Thursday while a meeting was in progress and failed to return, to work that of-, .ternoon or on Friday. Because the legal strike deadline under the Labour Relations Act was at ,midnight on Friday, May 5th, the scompany has filed a petition with othe Ontario Labour Relations jBuard, seeking the Board's con - '+sent to prosecute the employees for engaging in an illegal strike." The company declined to dis- cuss the positions of the parties 'y except to confirm the issues ,appear to be economic. No statement has so far been `made available to this newspaper from the union representatives. Explain water main torO ert p p owners seconded by DeWitt Miller, that a the local PUC apply for approval • for the rate increase. Approval was given for the in- stallation of overhead power lines to a building owned by Harvey Mintz (Sunrise Dairy) and a let- ter from Ontario Hospital Serv- ices engineer regarding changing the underground service at the hospital to overhead lines was held over for further considera- tion. The manager also reported that there had been leakage in some of the Cascade 40 water heaters and that trouble with a main at Bridge Motors had been corrected. " A proposed schedule of rates for water' was presented 'which would raise money to pay off de- bentures should proposed im- ;pro ements to the town's water system be adopted. n; ' In an attempt to make the of - .ice building at John and Jose- , trine Streets more attractive, ome`landscaping will be done on he John Street side. The situation regarding a pro7 posed new watermain to serve North Street East was explained to property owners at the Public Utilities meeting last Thursday' night. In view of proposed building projects in the area, plus fire pro- tection, the present service in- stalled some years ago is not con=. sidered adequate. Manager Ken Saxton told the group the extension of the water main would be 1,700 feet, costing • the property owners at the rate of $6.50 per foot of thein frontage. Before the installation of this. six- inch main, it will be,necessary to have a petition from the owners indicating the' majority of ' them want this service. No action was taken at Thurs- day's meeting as the invitation to owners was simply to explain need and required procedure. Bryan Griffin of Ontario Hydro attended to discuss the proposed increase in Hydro rates for Wing - ham. Following the outline given by', Mr. Griffin, Commissioner Rod Wraith presented a motion, .YI OF CONSIDERABLE4INTERESTo those visiting F. E. Madill , Secondary School last Thurgday night to view the commercial programs was the operation of the IBM corn- puters by Helen Chandler and Carol Adams. --Staff Photo. A CEREMONY UNIQU E in the Masonic Order saw two pairs of brothers receive their 50 - year jewels last Tuesday night at the meeting of Wingham Lodge No. 286, AF & AM. Jim ' and Art Wilson, Arley and Ermin Copeland received the jewels indicating their long membership from Worthy Master- Spence Scott. The lodge celebrates its 100th anniver- sary next year. —Staff Photo. Pensioners, students, business chief beneficiaries in budget Finance Minister John Turner was in the nation's spotlight Mon- day evening when he presented the federal budget for 1972-73 to the Parliament of Canada. Com- ing as it did in a year when an election seems certain, the bud- get was surprising in that there were no appreciable .tax conces- sions for the average Canadian family. •Two outstanding features were a new deal for pensioners and corporate income tax conces- sions to manufacturers.' The pensions for Canada's' aged were established on a basis of $80 per month, but the.budget set up a new rule, that the pensions will, henceforth, be geared automati- cally to the cost of living. In other words, when cost of living goes up, 'so do pensions: TheAm- mediate increase will be $2.88 for Giant reactor arrives at Douglas Point site Residents along the Lake Huron shore were t'r`eated to an unusual sight this week when a monster water -borne cargo arrived at. the Douglas Point nu- clear generating station. Carried on a barge, the shipment con- ' sisted of a 650 -ton nuclear reactor and•the load included 100 tons of annular shielding, 50 tons of cur- tain shielding slabs and a 40 -ton shield tank extension. The cargo, consigned to O = tario Hydro, ,tpwered t, 3 inches in height and rwaS feet width, Loadoed,:on,-the barge at M A �;d ;eal after 1Corb'l11etion by nadian Vickers Limited and he .Dominion, Bridge Company, the journey of 800 miles was mace entirely by water.rJ'he.trip. required ten days. • Several more days will be re- quired to move the reactor the re- maining 1200 -odd feet from the Douglas Point dock to the power station site. The barge on which it was carried will be sunk and a railway dolly slipped under the cargo. Froni' that point it wi1i be inched uphill to its final resting place. It is not expected to pro-. duce' powera-nuntil 1976. MRS, Gi BALL of F. E. Madill staff explains some of the filing routines which are part of the commercial course to visitors from Wingham & District Hospital participating in the Commercial Denartrn nt Onan House Thursday night. - -Staff Photo. Three more reactors will be in- stalled over the next three years, to bring the power development to its full capacity by 1979. Ice and rough weather slowed the journey through the St. Law- rence Seaway and Lakes Ontario, Erie, St.. Clair and Huron. Arriving at a point offshore from its final destination, high waves _prevailing at the time prevented docking and the barge and its cargo were returned to Goderich -for an over -night stop before re-' tur> ing to the Point the following DaIe.McKee is moved to Penetong hosp. -' A 21 -year-old Holyrood man, -Dale McKee, was transferred on „Wednesday of last week from county jail at Walkerton to the Ontario Hospital at Penetan i shene. McKee had been taken Walkerton Sunday night, charged witli non -capital murder, follow, ing the death of a Teeswater man, Don Donaldson, 41, of gun- shot wounds. McKee was to appear in court in Walkerton Thursday but was. transferred to Penetanguishene the previous day' following a psychiatric examination request - c4 by defence attorney Dan Murphy of Goderich. Crown At- torney George Paterson stated he approved the commitment when the examination showed McKee had suicidal 'tendencies. No date has been set for Mc- Kee's next appearance in court. Judge H. C. Mosser ordered a bench warrant issued to maintain the court's jurisdiction over him. An employee of the Bruce nuc- lear power development at.Doug- las Point, Mr. McKee was arrest- ed late Sunday night, April 30, about two hours after the shoot- ing hooting which also injured Mr. Don- aldson's son Steven, 18, and° 19 - year -old Douglas Wall. Both boys were taken to the Wingham and District Hospital and are now in satisfactory condition. a single person and the increase will be retroactive to the first of this year—a cheque for $11.25 to go out at once to all those receiv- ing pensions. Those receiving the full guaranteed income supple- ment will get an additional $15 per month and a back payment of $60." Also benefiting under the new plan will be students and the parents of students who are foot- ing . the bill for their children's education in institutions of higher learning. They will be permitted a tax-free allowance of $50 per month to help offset the costs of education. (Whether or not this assistance will offset "the recent increases in tuition fees in 'On- tario is doubtful) . • Corporate income, tax fpr manufacturers, has been, reduced, from 50 per cent to 40 per cent, the intention of the reduction being to 'stimulate the expansion of Canadian industries which supply employment and hope- fully to reduce the numbers of un- employed in the country which have been running to em - Horse and bike cause injuries Roger Pentland, 25, of RR 6, Goderich, was admitted to Wing - ham & District Hospital Sunday with multi -abrasions, contusions to his body and facial lacerations. It was. reported he lost control of his motorcycle ' approximately one mile north of Dungannon. His condition has since been described as satisfactory. The accident wa§ investigated by Prov. Const. Ron Bell of the Wingham'detachment. Margaret Vanderklippe, 16, RR 5, Lucknow, was treated Sunday for lacerations to her forehead received when she was thrown from a horse. barrassing levels for the federal government. Investments in new production equipment will be permitted full -depreciation write- off ,in two years rather than in five years as has been the case up to the present. There was no change in per- sonal income tax or deductions. Taxes on liquor and tobacco are unchanged. Graduates from Bible College Ross Errington of . 263 Minnie Street,, Wingham, .graduated - from Eastern Pentecostal Bible..._... ' College in Peterborough. Family and friends attended the graduation exercises held at Massey Hall, Toronto, on Friday, May 5. Ross plans to become a Wy- cliffe Bible .translator, following another year of special training. Mobile eye clinic coming. to armouries_ May 15-19 A mobile eye care van, the first of its kind in Ontario, will visit Wingham Monday, May 15 to 19 and dperate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This eye examination centre.will be stationed at the armouries. 'The van is designed to conduct medical eye examinations and to test for eye diseases. "It is an opthalmologist's office on wheels and there is equipment for per- forming"minor eye surgery on an emergency basis," said Dr. W. S. Hunter, medical director of the project. Financed by • a $75,000 grant from the Physicians' Services In- corporated Foundation, the mo- bile unit is a giant step forward in .the prevention of blindness. It is sponsored jointly by The Cana: dian National Institute for the Blind and the Section of. Opthal- mology of the Ontario Medical Association. The appearance of this mobile service in Wingham was ar- ranged by the Wingham Lions Club and will be manned by an eye specialist from London, a nurse and driver. Besides Lions, other volunteer help will be needed at each morning and afternoon session. Anyone able to assist on any of the five days is asked to call Lloyd Casernore at 357-3582. Appointments for examina- tions must be made prior to the arrival of the mobile van at Lee Vance Drug Store, 357-2170. Re- ferrals from doctors will receive priority. Gift of money for newlyweds BELGRAVE — A reception and dance were held .in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Procter, newlyweds, on Friday evening in the Women's Institute Hall. Music was provided by The Alley Cats. After lunch was served George Procter read an 'address to the young couple and Wayne Hopper presented them with a gift of money. Both Mr. and Mrs. Proc- ter replied. —Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Ballagh visited last Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark and family in Hamilton and saw their grandson Steven for the first time.