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�
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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.
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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'."
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* 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.
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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,
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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.