HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-09-14, Page 12Page 12--- The Wingham Advance -Tunes Thursday, Sept. 14, 19t2
'accidents occupy
Wingham detachment
Wingham retachrent of the
OPP has been busy during the
past week investigating a series
of motor vehicle accidents in this
area.
On Sept. 4, Alexander Logue of
Blyth and Joseph W. Cooper, also
of Blyth, were involved in a
motor accident in that village.
There were no injuries but
damages were estimated at $400.
Jack Miller of Barrie and Mrs.
Ruth M. Galbraith, RR 1, Gorrie,
were' involved in a two -car colli-
sion on Highway 87 at Gorrie in
which damages WCl e t Jdttttaled
at $550. There were no injuries.
Warren J. Thynne of Wingham
Y' tll, V 4.01 V'Cd IH d sittgie-Car acci-
dent .on l-lighway 4 north of Bel -
grave in which a Highway sign
was broken and damages • to the
Thynne vehicle were estimated
at $3,000. 'No one was injured.
Four Injured
Robert H. Bridge of . RR 1,
Wroxeter, and Raymond A. -Kelp
of Waterloo were involved in a
two -car accident on Con. Road 12-
13 at Sideroad 10-11, Howick
Township. Both drivers were in-
jured, as well as Joseph Brick
and Harold Keip of Waterloo,
both passengers in the Keip ve-
hicle. Damages were estimated
at $900.
On Sept. 7, Robert B. Lamarsh
of Goderich and Donald G. Nickel
of RR; 1, Wroxeter, were involved
•in a two -car accident on No. 7
County Road, east of Highway 4.
No one 'was injured but damages
were estimated at $1,050.
Russell R. Ackerman of RR 1,
Formosa, and John I. Wright of
RR 1, Wingham, were involved in
an accident on Sideroad 15-16
north of Con.. 6-7, Turnberry
Township. There were no injur-
ies. Damages were estimated at
$l00.
On Sept. 8 Dermis M. O'Neill of
RR 3, Goderich, was in a single -
car accident on Highway 4, north
of the Blyth' CPR crossing.
Damages were estimated at $900.
On Sept. 1U, Kenneth R. Bird of
RR 2, Blyth, struck a 'cattlebeast
on Con. 7, east of Highway 4, and
me animal, owned by Elliott
Somers of RR 2, Blyth, was
killed. Damages to the vehicle'
were estimated at $500.
Mary M. Kelly of Seaforth and
William •J'. Carter of Blyth were
involved in an accident on High-
way 4 north of the junction of
Huron Road 25 in Blyth. There
were no injuries and. damages
were estimated at $100.
Activity Report
In the period Sept. 4-10, ,one in-
vestigationunder the Liquor Con-
trol Act was carried out with one
person charged; 15 charges were
laid under the Highway Traffic
Act with 10 warning§ issued and
32 investigations under the
Criminal Code were carried out
with two persons charged, re-
ports Const. H. B. McKittrick for
the Wingham Deta.chment.
Lions, town co-operate
in street sign project
Wingham Lions Club and the
Town of Wingham will share in a
$2,600 street sign project, the club
to furnish -new reflective signs for
the streets, and the town supply.
ing the required posts and their
installation.
The project was accepted with
_thanks by to_w.n counciini regular
session Monday night. Estimated
cost of the signs is $1,500, with a
figure of $1,100 set for the posts
and installation. In the meantime
Town -Clerk Bill Renwick will be
compiling a list of street names
and intersections from the town
map in. order to form a compre-
hensive guide.
Buy Truck
A heavy Dodge truck in the 50
series will be ordered from Len
Crawford Motors of Wingham at
a price of $5,308 plus sales- tax,
and a metal box for the truck
from Prink of Canada at Preston
at a• cost of $1,835 installed.
Prices on similar vehicles had
been solicited from other local
dealers and they were pretty well
in line. Council accepted the.rec-
ommendation of Councillor F. J.
Bateson, chairman of the public
works committee and passed his
motion unanimously.
The 12 -foot steel box for the
truck will be useful in a number
of ways,. including snow removal.
It is three feet high in front and
has detac b • • s which may
be rais d or ,lowere • depending
on the work being done. The truck
purchase has been under con-
sideration for several months.
. Council also unanimously
backed a motion to apply to the
Ontario Housing Corporation for
a -formal -survey of the town's re-
quirements in respect to the need-
for senior citizens' and geared -to -
income housing. •
JOHN AND STELLA Dabrowski (at left) are the new owners of the-Wingham Mote(, ef-
fective Sept. 15, having purchased the business from Shirley and Dick Jamieson, well-
known proprietors for the past four years. The Dabrowski's have two daughters, Ann, 16,
•and Lori, 13, who will be coming here from Mimico. They' also have a son John, 18, who
will remain in Toronto where he is employed. ( Staff 'Photo)
OFFICIAL OPENING of.the new Wingham Day. Care Centre was carried out by Murray
Gaunt, MPP,°shown cutting a symbolic ribbon held by Reeve Jack Alexander, right,
chairman of the centre committee and Mayor DeWitt Miller of Wingham. About 200 per-
sons visited the,facility during the open night Friday evening. (Staff Photo)
Council•e- erson resoluti�n
turned down in Godr-ich.
It could be two months before
any final disposition' is made iof°
the resolution here.
Pleading lack of information on likely to make a public statement
which to base'a judgment, Wing- on the administration orjustice.
ham Town Council in regular ses- Councillor Carter thought the
sion Monday evening tabled the council's interest should not be'
controversial Clinton resolution purely' local but should -'be con -
that calls for an investigation of .cerned with the Huron aspect of
the administration of, justice in the situation. He said he would.
Huron County`4by the Attorney- ' solicitopinions of Provinccial Po -
General's department. lice officers.
In this action council followed
the example of Exeter Town
Council which last week tabled
the Clintgn resolution. The reso-
lution has been sent to 'all murnici-.
pal councils in Huron by Mayor
Symons of Clinton. •
• In the meantime the views of
Wingham and Provincial Police
will be sought, although Council-
lor William Harris declared that
Police Chief Jim Miller was un -
Mayor DeWitt Miller reviewed
a'meeting• of 1971 at Clinton which
he attended when a similar
proposal 'had been decided upon.
It was taken to Huron County
Council where no further action
was taken.
East Wawanosh and McKillop
Township councils have endorsed
the resolution in recent meetings.
It was tabled in Exeter and
The first meeting of Belgrave
II 4-11 Club was held at the home
of Mrs. Peter Chandler with an
attendance of eight girls and two
leaders. Election of officers was
held when Jane Shiell was elected
president, Alice Beecroft as vice
president and Marilyn Robertson
as press reporter. The secretary
is to be each in turn. '
Mrs. Alex Robertson. discussed
the changing .pattern of 'meals
THE AFTERNOON KINDERGARTEN class at Wingham
Public School waved a greeting last Tuesday afternoon on.
their first day of school. Kindergarten -attendance is up by
r
about a dozen -over last year, with 25 reporting for the morn-
ingfgession and 24•in the afternoon. Teachers Mrs. Vera El-
liott. (Staff Photo) '
and 'Mrs,. Peter Chandler dis-
cussed the four-day meal record.'
Darlene Coultes demonstrated
making a pizza and Marlene Mc-
Gee read the recipe.,.
The girls decided to have a pic-
nic at Riverside Park in Wing -
ham on Monday evening, Sep-
tember 11.
Top writer will
Creative writing at the high
school level gets a shot in the arm
this fall when one ofCanada's
major trust companies will
award a prize of $1,000 to the stu
dent producing the best, open
subject, short story. This is be-
lieved to be the highest cash prize
available to students for .creative
writing, and 'is on a par with
amounts earned by many profes-
sional writers. Over $6,000 will be
awarded to the top three submis-
sions from each province and
specially designed award certifi-
cates will be given to all other
outstanding entries. .
Rules and regulations have
'been sent to the heads of English
departments of all Canadian high
.schools and copies are also"avail-
able from branch offices of the
spoiisoi iug company, Canada
Permanent Trust. "Young people
today tend to think of financial
companies as being pretty un-
emotional places," says Den Sin-
clair, public relations manager,
"and a trust company is the last
place they'd think would be in-
terested in encouraging them to
express their feelings 'through
writing. Our company has made
thousands of new young friends
Tale of accident
said cause to be
affectionate dog
thaThis is the' story about a dog
t really wagged the tale.
An OPP report says that Mrs.
Frances Harnock of RR 1, Gor-
rie, driving on Perth County
Road 14, near Amulree, was
blinded by her pet collie causing
her to go off the road into a ditch
and into a utility pole.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harnock,
had left their dog in the car while
tliey visited with friends. After
the visit they travelled along the
road for about 600 feet when the
car suddenly swerved. They told
police that the dog, happy tosee
them, had jumped onto Mrs. Har-
nock's shoulders while she was
driving, started licking her face
and prevented her from seeing.
The accident occurred before she
could stop. No one was injured
but damage to the car was ap-
proximately $600.
Police and court officials have
for years been hearing tales
about dogs creating traffic acci-
dents but a few months ago, a
provincial judge outspokenly ex-
pressecOis views, saying he felt
the tales sounded 'like fabrica-
tions.
v But now, Ontario Provincial
Police •have something with
which to back up the tales.
win 1,000
across CiiiaTa Tii the six years we-
-have been sponsoring these
awards : Wen over 2,000 shies
arelightrec
.eived each year and some
first rate material has come to
The company publishes the
provincial first prize winners in
book form. This is made avail-
able to high school libraries and
is also used by teachers for class-
room instruction.
Deadline for submission of en-
tries is December 31, 1972.
Some parents could do more for
their children by not doing so
much for them.
T r rnove paint or putty froi
windows soak first with hot vineti
dr. t her. Vitus - time to
work Irl, thou scrape off with a
razor blade.
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for home and farm and will be happy: to look
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Furnace financing available for approved accounts.
Automatic delivery for household fuel.
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PHONE 357-2664 - WINGHAM