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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-09-07, Page 11° I 41 YOUTH CO-ORDINATOR isthe title for Peter Keil, 25 -year- old Gorrie insurance man in the Huron election campaign of Liberal Charles Thomas. Peter heads up the "First Time Voters' Committee" formed in HWingham last week and is undertaking to organize youth ,workers in the five high schools in Huron riding. (Staff Photo) Elementary enrollment lower in Huron schools Elementary school enrollment in Huron County is down about 300 pupils on the total figure for opening day. This year's enroll- ment is 8,285 as compared with 8;519 last year. Most elementary schools in the Wingham area are down slightly, but may adjust upward a bit after the first few days, The Advance - Times learned from Huron ounty Board of Education office, in Clinton. Figures for the schools In the Wingham area Fare asfollows, with last year's total listed sec- ond in each case: East Wawa - nosh, 226, (232) ; Brussels, 273, (274) ; Turnberry, . 263, (270) ; Wingham, 413, (424); Grey Cen- tral, 295, (315); Blyth, 291, (293); ALONG, THE ;MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian It MANY VIEW ART— More than 300 persons attended the two-man art show at the Heim t gallery here during the past two weeks when the work of Ken Han- son, a water color specialist from Weston, and that of Guenter Heim of Wingham was featured. ' A number of paintings changed hands during the event. The gal,, lery has now reverted to the regular showing of the work of 14 Ontario artists. 0-0-0 . HOT STOVERS MEET— Every second evening from eight to .11 o'clock the streets calm down in Wingham when hockey fans withdraw to their TV sets and bite their fingernails as • Team Canada battles it out with the Soviet Rusia team. Color sets are especially sought after, and attendance has been excel- lent at local taverns where the �► anaesthetic' is handy. • 0-0-0 v DAMAGE SLIGHT— Wingham Fire Department re- sponded to a call to the Manor Hotel kitchen right after 'noon • Saturday, where a deep fryer had burst into flame and actuated a sprinkler unit. The blaze was promptly extinguished, with more mess than damage result- ing. Water from the sprinkler system striking the hot cooking oil virtually exploded the oil in all directions, calling for a massive mopping -up operation. 0-0-0 POSTPONE MEETING— Owing to several members of council being unable to attend on the regular night, the monthly open meeting of Wingham To n Council has been set ahead to next Monday, Mayor DeWitt Mil- ler advises. o--o—o QUIET HOLIDAY— The Town of Wingham ex- perieneed a quiet 'holiday from the standpoint of local police. Eveii though there was plenty of traffic, there was a minimum of trouble, and no serious accidents, though fatality figures soared elsewhere in Canada. Howick Central, 613, (672) ; Brookside, 403, (416) . There was a smaller decrease in enrollment recorded in Huron secondary schools. The total this year on opening day was 8,285 as compared with 8,519 last year. The greater decrease in the elementary schools was not a surprise,' in view of declining birth rates in the area served over the past few years, which may . eventually be reflected in secondary, school figures a few years trom now. • In general, the population of Huron and other largely agricul- tural counties has tended to con- tinue a decline as family farms disappear with agricultural auto- mation, part of a long-term trend New service inaugurated for day care Wingham Day ' Care Centre went into action Tuesday ,morn- ing with nine children on hand as the service was ina'ugur'ated for - residents of Wingham and dis- trict under the auspices of 'the Town of Wingham and •the De- partment of Social and Family Services of Ontario. Two more children were ex- pected in the afternoon, with a further 10 enrolled on a part-time basis, according to Mrs. Law- • rence Lane; supervisor, bringing the total to about 20. The centre is designed to accommodate 25 chil- dren. An open night and informal opening ceremonies will be held Friday evening at the centre, according to Reeve Jack Alexan- der, chairman of the centre com- t mittee. Murray Gaunt, MPP, has been asked to cut the ribbon and Mayor DeWitt Miller and other h officials have been invited to w attend. The centre will be open c for public inspection from 7:30 to h 9:30 p.m. it is planned. r Damage :hivy, injuries light Robert Swan of RR 5, Kincar- dine, escaped with only minor in- juries August 28 when his vehicle wasinvolved in an accident with one driven by Charles Taylor Of RR 2, Paisley, The collision occurred on High- way 86 east of the Huron -Bruce county line. Damages were esti- mated to total $7,000. In the period August 28 to Sep- tember 3 six investigations were carried out by Wingham ..detach- ment of the QPP under the Liquor Control Act, with six persons charged. Sixteen charges were laid under the Highway Traffic Act with 15 warnings issued and 28 investigations were carried out under the Criminal Coade of Can- ada resulting in three charges, reports Cpl. C. R. Croskill, de- tachment commander. "it waslots of fun," CO. ed 17 -year-old Marilyn . ilehortl son, Quee i of the Furrow at Huron County Plowing Match. last week. She was describing- e' plowing and public speak competitions at the match widch, won her the crown and the to advance into provincial -1- petitionTat-the International next month. Beauty -is no handicap, ; but seven years of tractor dxl. and 10 homemakers' club ;;- jests as well as serious attgitiOn to high school studies WQ.od make Marilyn a keen Competitor in any area. From Wingham Area . ; Marilyn is the youngest of three children of Mr. and Mrs:. AIex Robinson of RR 5, Winghatdf, and has been driving tractors sR f.Q' years old. A brother Jim work in London and a sister Margaret is employed at Lloyd -Truax -Limit- Laboratory tests will determine' drug use The possibility thatdrugs may be circulating in Wingham for what is referred to as "non-medi- cal use" is being checked out by Wingham police. Some pills have been seized from a young person locally and are ' undergoing a laboratory check for positive indentification. No further details were available in the pending case. Wingham has been relatively free from drug incidents in recent months. . A number of young people have had bad = riences with drugs in the: ;" I. but the cases have originat n , other jurisdictions and have n. involv- ed local police officers. Meat Missing An unusual complaint has been Jim Armstrong. buys bUs line A new transportation industry has come to Wingham with th inauguration of the Jim Arm strong bus line, through the pur chase of the, franchise formed held by Ralph Pearson ' of Brus sels. Mr. Pearson hasp held th • franchise ' since 1951, which in eluded a school bus line wit some charter work. The new firm,. owned. and operated by Jim Armstrong of RR 4, Wingham, is a full charter or public vehicle license and in- cludes not only the Pearson buses, but a 'brand new unit, a new Dodge' 66 -seat bus which can accommodate 44 on a charter, trip. Capacity of the fleet is about 150 persons with four buses; plus a station wagon for small parties. Mr. Armstrong has. also acquired the services of three drivers who are available in addition to Mrs. Armstrong and himself, all commercially licensed. The franchise takes in the re- gion from Brussels to . Wingham plus 10 miles radius from that line, which covers passengers or groups originating in the Blyth, Fordwich, Whitechurch, Tees - water, Brussels, Walton, Moles- worth, Wingharn area. Charter trips;' as permitted by he license, may travel inter -pro- vincially and into several' of the United States: The former Pearson units have een renovated and repainted ith the Jim Armstrong sign learly legible on the sides, as as the new unit, and all are now eady for operation. y e h area competitor is "Queen o ed of Wingham. The Queen of the Furrow com- petition was a highlight of the plowing match sponsored by the Huron County Plowman's Asso- ciation, and involved the pre- sentation of prepared and im- promptu speeches as well as the actual plowing competition. Miss Robertson, topped representa- tives from bolborne and Usborne Townships, but there were no hard feelings andail enjoyed a dinner party with Robert McKin- ley, MP for Huron, along with the judges of the event, at the. Do- minion Hotel in Zurich, the MP's home community. in addition to the crown itself, Marilyn was awarded' a hand- some sheepskin mat for her bed- side, a large trophy to hold for one year, a miniature trophy as a permanent keepsake, a $20 cash awarctand an extra $10 for spend- ing money at the International mateh at Sebringville where she registered from Farish Moffat Albert Street who is short " ,25 pounds of meat from his freezer, Evidently some hungry or greedy individual purloined that amount of steaks and . hamburger, id made off with it. Cpl. Ron Zim- mer is investigating. During the past week there; were the usual number of liquor seizures, a minor accident at the IGA parking lot in which damage of less than $100 was done: A number of disturbances were:• investigated, including the usual domestic rows.) • - . • Horne auIiaina on increase More than a quarter million dollars in residential constru_ c - tion has been undertaken in Windham, since the first , of the year, With the total at the end,of August surpassing the entir year of 1971. • D'i`ning '"is.71 ''reeildetitiat co - struction amounted to an mated$227,621 With 20 permits issued, including eight new houses. This year to date 31 permits have been issued for domestic construction, involving an esti- mated $268,750. - There was nowhere to go but up On the commercial front. In 1971 no commercial permits were issued: This year four commer- cial permits amounting to an estimated $60,000 had ben issued until the Stanley -Berry Limited application at $110,000 •brought he total to date to $170,000. Enrollment same: at ..public school Wingham Public, School was back into action Tuesday morn- ing as pupils returned to class and nearly 50 beginners experi- enced their first day . at kinder- garten. Total enrollment remains virtually unchanged fram last year at 413. No less than 25 tiny tots showed up for the morning kindergarten class under Mrs. Vera Elliott, with 24 attending the afternoon class, an increase of about 12 over the number last year, There have been no changes in the teaching staff, Principal Stewart Beattie advised The Ad- vance -Times, but Mrs. William Cruikshank will be school li- brarian i- brarian on her return from Eur- ope. She succeeds Mrs. Nelson Prank, formerly school librarian. General election is called for October The announcement last week by Prime Minister Trudeau that a general election will be held on Monday, October 10, came as lit- tle surprise to most Canadians. It Was . a foregone conclusion that the vote would be called before winter, and the October date was the one favored by most informed observers. A special sitting of Parliament was called to pass legislation or- dering West Coast do k workers back to their jobs afterla prolong- ed strike which was particularly disastrous for Western wheat farmsrs. The announcement of the election came after the back - to -work legislation had been ap- proved. An entirely new element will affect the voting this year for the first tune—the several hundred thousand young people between the ages of 18 and 21 years who will mark their first ballot since the legal age was lowered. Robert McKinley, who repre- sents the riding of Huron, has al- ready indicated his intention of running as the Progressive Con- servative candidate. Charles Thomas, reeve of Grey Town- ship, has been named by the Lib- er01 as their standard-bearer. So far there has been no word about the intentions of the New Demo- cratic Party despite the state- ment by the national leader, David Lewis that there will be an NDP candidate in every riding in Canada. This fall is likely to be a busy one for officials who must deal with election machinery --and for the printer& who have to produce voters4 lists and many other offi- cial documents. Coinciding as it does with the year of municipal and school board elections in On- tario, two groups of enumerators will be knocking on doors and asking questiong within a few days of one another. Enumera- tion for municipal elections be- gan on Tuesday of this week. In any case the interest in fed- eral politics is running a poor second to Hockey Canada and the contest with the Soviets at the present time. AS QUEEN OF''THE FURROW at Huron County Plowing Match last week, Marilyn Rob- ertson ofR R 5, Wingham was winner of the Huron crown over representatives of .Colborne 'and Usborne Townships. She was awarded the crown, a fleecy white sheepskin mat, a large trophy to hold for one year and a miniature as a permanent keepsake. A cash prize of.$20 went with the crown and an extra $10 will be spending money for the international match when she will compete for the Ontario crown. (Staff Photo) elgrave couple Fifty years of" happy 'and con- tented marriage were celebrated for William George Van Camp andhis wife Hazel at their home in Belgrave on Saturday, when surrounded by their children and grandchildren, they enjoyed a family dinner. o- Nearly every member of the immediate family was present for the festive dinner in the Insti- tute Hall, following which a host of friends visited them at their home during the evening: The grace was said by Glen Van Camp and Clare Van Camp proposed a toast to his mother and dad. Ken Johnston proposed a'toast to Glen and Verlaine Van Camp, who will soon celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Norma Davidson proposed a toast to their grandmother, Mrs. James Taylor, who then favored with two piano selections. Mr: Van Camp thanked the ladies of the Women's Institute for serving a delicious meal to which the president, Mrs. .Nor- man Coultes, replied. Other ilmembers of the family who spoke ere Mrs. Donna Johnston of Victoria, B.C., Mrs. Kay Harris of Teeswater and Mrs. Harold Jardin of London. In the evening an open house was held, which was attended by nearly 200 friends and neighbors. Presiding at the tea table were Miss Nora Van Camp of Bel - grave, .Miss Verna Johnston of Sarnia, Mrs. David Murray and Miss Lilla Taylor of Wingham. Two little granddaughters, Jo- hanna Van Camp and Sandra will compete for the Ontario crown against girls representing most of the counties In the pr v. ince. Marilyn is a Grade XII :student at F. E. Madill.;Secondary.SehpoJ Runner-up in the empetition. was Beth Passmore,1$, :.of RR 3; . Exeter, with Helen' Brindley of RR 6, Goderieh, ,gird, Plowing Winners Barry Gordon of RR I,,Solara, . won , the Es,A special award for the best plowed land i i two fur: . • rows. Beat junior was Marty Brecker of Dashwood while Bill, Armstrong of RR 4, Winghar» won the award for the :bleat plowed land in the utility .clan using a mounted' plow.with :three or more furrows. Elmer Hayter of RR 1, Varna won the special prize for best cor- ner. Judge for the match was. Raymond Montague of Jarvis, Reeve Alien Campbell of Mc Killop Township won the Huron County trophy for the businesis- men's class. Sixteen nom farmers took .part, using horse-drawn plows. Other winners were: David Turnbull, 12, :RR • 1, Dashwood; Leonard McNeil, 21, Alvinston; Rubema Brindley,..i,R 6, Goder- ich; Joanne Ifickey, RR 3, Au- burn; Lorne Passmore, RR 3, Exeter; . Alien Turnbull, 'RR 1, Grand Bend. - Class of 1967 reunites here A 1967 pact to meet in 1972 was fulfilled for 15 members of the Science, Technology. and Trades graduates of F. E. Madill Second- ary School Saturday evening,- at the Manor Hotel, Wingham. These ex -students, at the sug- gestion of guidance teacher Marc Forrest decided as a `Centennial pledge" to meet five years later in Wingham and renew friend- ships and acquaintances and meet wives and fiancees of:.rar classmates on a social . .basis, Twelve members of the original Liw.e�c■e4■e, unable to .attend ifif Local teachers in attendance included Marc Forrest, Ed Beard, Boris Miiiosevicand Dan Webster. A buffet lunch and dance were enjoyed by all pres- ent. It was decided to try to bring the group together again in 1975. 1975. David Grant of RR 1$ Formosa, was convener for the event. wed 50 years Harris, looked after the guest book. Lunch was served by eight other granddaughters, Mrs. Gary Black, Mrs. Len Zeuenbergen, Mrs. Harold Jardin, Miss Debbie Johnston, Miss Mary Sue David- son, Mrs. Clarence” Bailie, 'Miss Karol Davidson and Mrs. Ken Lovering. . The tea table was centred with a three-tier wedding cake, a floral arrangement of gold and bronze mums and gold candles. Gdests were present from To- ronto, Brampton, London, Sar- nia, Bowmanville, Exeter, Guelph, Kitchener, Moorefield., Clinton, Glencoe, Thunder Bay and surrounding district. , Included in the numerous writ- ten cards and letter were mes- sages bringing congratulatory greetings from Prime Minister FIFTY YEARS WED are Mr. and Mrs. William G. Van Camp of Belgrave who were honored by a family dinner and evening "at home" at their residence in Belgrave Satur- day evening= (Staff Photo) • " Pierre Trudeau, Opposition Leader Stanfield, Robert McKin- ley, MP (Huron), and ' Murray Gaunt, MPP (Huron -Bruce). Formerly residing a mile and a quarter south of Belgrave on Highway 4 from 1943 to 1971, they retired to their present home in the village last year.- Mr. Van Camp is a son of the late John Van Camp and Jane Nethery of Morris, while Mrs. Van Camp, the former Hazel Dell Taylor, is a daughter of the late James Taylor. Her mother, Mrs. ' Jennie Taylor, resides in Wing - ham, and had the rare pleasure of marking her daughter's golden - wedding day. The marriage"' was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents by the late Rev. Colston Jones on September 13, which was a Wed- nesday, most popular day of the week in those times, for wed- dings. One of Mrs. Van Camp's ,friends , insisted on a Tuesday wedding to avoid the number 13. Now, the Van "Camps can con- firm there was no bad luck but a great deal of happiness and family love in store for' them, despite the ominous date of their marriage. - They farmed for many years on the 5th of Morris, where they had a family of five children in eight years and a sixth 11 years later. The children are Clare, farming on the 5th of Morris; Norma, now Mrs. Ken Davidson of Glencoe; Jack Van Camp, in the contract- ing business at Belgrave; Glen Van Camp on the 5th of Morris; Donna, Mrs. Ken Johnston of Vic- toria, B.C.; Kay, ,Mrs. Bert Har- ,, tits, of Teeswater. There are 19 grandchildren and three great- grandd ildren. Mrs. Van camp has one sister, Miss Lilla Taylor of Wingham, while Mr. Van Camp's brother, James H., died in 1961 in Morris Township. Mr. and Mrs. Van Camp are members .of Trinity Anglican Church at Belgrave.