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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-11-02, Page 1A ,4 0 41 yOur ii subsOlption Single day, November 2, 1972 • POLLING SUBDIVISION 133, located in council chamber of Wingham town hall, was a busy spot Monday, with an exceptionally good turnout of voters in the general election. Gordon Baxter was abouttbvote a s this photo was taken, showing,,Mrs. Murray Taylor, DRO; Mrs. K. M. MacLennan, cleil.k; Mrs. Gordon Baxter, scrutineer.. More than two- thirds of eligible voters turned out by early afternoon. (Staff Photo) Kinsmen project to support. Cystic Fibrosis "'Foundation i Ross Wilkie, chairman of the Zone Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, was guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Wingham Kins- men Club held at Lee's Restau- rant and Tarn on Tuesday of last week. Mr.' Wilkie, who comes from. Harriston and is a member of the executive of Zone B, used slides to illustrate his talk on this some- i!fl. 4011 Unknown disease. District One of the Association of Kins- _ ... ►n Olgll in the seCettlf sr a three-year project to supply.the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation with funds for research . and staff training,. • Mr. Wilkie explained that this money is desperately needed as little it known about cystic fibro - 4 sis• while the disease is claiming more victims than polio did at its pre -vaccine worst. The lungs and digestive system are the areas which are affected by this dis- ease. The disease is a chronic dis- order of Canadian infants and children and; while research and treatment has increased the probably lifetime of a victim, the chances of an infected child liv- 'i ing beyond his teens is, very slight. , Trea tme methodsthod s presently Y used are dlet supplements,mi t tents, 'postural drainage' therapy, breathing exercises and ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedrrtrian By The Pedestrian .n EX -CHIEF VISITS - Major Bert Platt, former long- time resident of Wingham and police chief here, was a welcome visitor here Tuesday, renewing Old acquaintances. He has a host of friends here through his police and army connections,and was a noted marksman while an officer with the artillery regiment here. He now lives at Grand Valley. 0. 0 0 HOW ABOUT IT? Anyone having surplus hockey equipment that might come in handy for some youngster* in minor hockey • here is asked to give Rev. Barry Passmore a calf at 357-1072 or drop it off at the 111 manse or arena. Any pads, socks or sweatters, anything of use would be welcome. A quick check of the garage, basement or attic would be appreciated. 0-0-o STUPID SOAPERS- The annual unfunny window soaping campaign got under way early last week with store and car windows generously scrawled With the stuff. The soaping is stu- pid enough, but the obscenities scrawled in prominemt places are symptomatic of`'Teeble minds. 0-0-0 HOUSE LEAGUE MEETING- ycoaches and managers of Minor Hockey House League teams are called to a meeting at the arena, Thursday Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. for garhe scheduling. The all-star cuts are expected to be made Saturday and teams organ- ized. 4 v • specific medications. Drug costs for a family with a C.F. child can be as high as $2,000 per year. After a question session Mr. Wilkie and another guest, Deputy Governor of Zone B, Derek Nind of Listowel; strongly encouraged the Wingham club to support this district project to raise funds for C.F. research and treatment. The club decided to hold a special preject,‘yet oIle termined, the proceeds 'from Which would be -4)1,4W-10440e Cystic Fibrosig Foundation. This project will be held in the very. near future, it is hoped, and the club looks forward to strong support from the com- munity to help conquer this dis- ease. In addition to Kin members Wilkie and Nind, other special guests were Don Ruetz and Doug Cruickshank of Goderich, also 4one B executive members; and Peter 'McGillawee, a prospective club member. Wingham Kins- man 'Mac Ritchie also attended on behalf of the Zone. Don Carter,Grey Cup draw chairman, reported that tickets for the draw will' be available within the next week or ten days. As the club still owes money for the new ball park lights, a very successful 1972 draw is hoped for to enable the club to reduce its money owed for the lights. The club's 25th ' anniversary will be celebrated during the 1973-74 Kin year and anniversary, chairman Cal Burke reported that plans are taking shape for the anniversary events. Cal is having difficulty locating some of the club records which are re- quired for the anniversary preparations and requested the members to attempt to find Santo Claus p'ade plan goiflg ahead Plans are proceeding' for the traditional Santa Claus day in Wingham to be held. December 9, and a good parade is in prospect for residents and visitors, ac- cording to members of the Wing - ham Businessmen's Association who have taken on the project again this year with the co-opera- tion of local service clubs. The parade is to form up at F. E. Madill Secondary School and will proceed to Josephine Street and thence to the ball park` where Santa is expected to do his thing with goodies for the, youngsters. Several bands are expected to be in attendance and a drive is under way to get bigger, better and more floats than ever. Any- one wishing to enter a float or participate in any way, with clown suits or any suitable cos- tumes, with horses and riders or donations toward the goodies fund should contact members of the committee. They are Vern Redman, 357-1304; Brian Cam- eron, 357-1565; Don Carter, 357- 3406; Jon Bateson, 357-3096. these,. especially the records from 1966 to the present time. Cai will be attempting to contact all past members and asks the town residents who are past members or know the whereabouts of a past member, to contact him as soon as possible. Other projects discussed dur- ing the business period in charge of President, Alex. Strong, in- . eluded the Lockridge Memorial Hockey Tournament, club hospi- tal beds and Minor Hockey booster tickets. Robert McKinley r-omped.ho, for the Progressive • Consc>i12 tives in Huron in the vote Monday' when •he was accorded his greAtl est ever majority in a Vote that favored him better than twos; one in most areas of the ridi> fr He polled ,19,131 votes to keep,. Huron in the PC fold against ,. eral Lnewcomer Charles Thomas? a well -liked Brussels man w.ho. chose the wrong time to run, ,He polled 8,631 votes in a situati, where the Liberal leadership WU being repudiated across the na* tion. As he said for publicatt. soon after his defeat became eery tain early Monday evening: "We certainly have nothing to be• aT amed of." "Until Tonight" Mr. Thomas was referring to the campaign carried out for ih,' by his supporters in Huron, ffe uronin PC said it was an experience that he would not want to be without. Asked if he would consider run- ning again, he thought it was pre mature to say immediately and would have to be considered. "I was happy with everything, tap_ until tonight," he concluded. The trend in Huron became` evident shortly after' the polls closed, a few minutes after 8.00 p.m. Robert McKinley had no reason to doubt he was the winner in his third consecutive race. Later in the evening the extent of the victory was confirmed, even better than' he had anticipated. Surprised at Total 'Here in Wingham, where he drove to radio and television in- terviews at CKNX, he indicated he was surprised at the extent of the majority. He thought it was possible the voters had voted "for What appened. Just what did happen with Canadian voters on Monday? Nobody knows ---least of all the leaders of the two major •political •parties, who, for once, had just. about nothing tosay when it was all over. Certainly the Liberalslled a lot less votes than they expected and the..Pp's thousands more than even the most optimistic counted on. Obviously the "neuV, voters" -181 to 24 years of age, didn't create any mob scenes on the way to the Trudeau banlwtgon. °Somewhere along the road from 1968 the~ mania has faded from the Trudeau image. Equally apparen',;the "lack=lustre" Stan- field campaign had its,O,Wn brand of tow -key ap- peal. Contrary to widespread predictions, disil- lusioned Liberal sup . , ' rs did not turn to the .beacon of socialism. T, w Democratic Party gained seats -but They can .chalk up one more failure. With such a 'massive swing of voters the Lewis party did not°get its share of the spoils. It matters tittle whether the Liberals or the PC's form the next government, the power of de- cision actually rests with the NDP -a party which elected only 30 -odd members and those from only four of the 10 provinces. No NOP members were elected in Alberta, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia or Newfoundland. The result will be a stand-off period of no firrri or important decisions, while the party with - nominal power waits for the Canadian voters to gather patience for a return journey to the polls. Four Canadian political parties have just lost an. election. PTE. D. M. GREIG Private Denise M. Greig, 22, of Wingham,' graduated from Canadian Forces Re- cruit School, CF B Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. She is the dayghter . of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Norman of Hanover. Pte. (W) Greig has spent nine weeks at CF B Cornwallis, the basic "training centre for all English-speaking recruits. At the end of her basic training she was awarded the Com- mandant's Shield for best all- round recruit. 200 attend night courses Just over 200 students are now enrolled in 13 courses offered evenings at the F. E. Madill Sec- ondary School this fall. "Art for beginners" was can- celled last week owing to insuffi- cient enrollment. This course will be offered again beginning Janu- ary 3 if enough students enroll. A minimum of 10 is required. Also in January, rug hooking and foreign cuisine will be avail- able to anyone unable to attend the first courses. • Courses which are now filled include small engines and out- board 1engine overhaul, ladies' fitness class, beginners' typing and personal grooming and hair- dressing. The Wingham Kinettes will be in attendance at evening "break" periods to sell refreshments as a fund raising venture.. This will commence November 1 and 2 and will be continued weekly if finan- cial support warrants, E. Beard, in charge of night school, reports. Mae marijuana seized from high school youth A seizure of marijuana (canna- bis) was made and a young man taken into custody Monday at F. E. Madill Secondary School with what police describe as 15 sacks of the drug with an estimated street value of $150. He will ap- pear in court at Goderich Thurs- day. I•n the meantime the investi- gation by Wingham police con- tinues and no further details are being released for publication on the advice of the Crown. The seizure is the second such development in the ' past two weeks. Another young man was taken into custody with a quant- ity of hashish and marijuana with a street value of several hundred dollars and is awaiting a court appearance. A rash of vandalism kept local police busy late last week, mal- icious damage being done to cars and property in Wingham. Last Friday police had to inter- vene in a fight in front of Gary's poolroom at 11 p.m. when a crowd of possibly. 75 persons gathered, attracted® by the rum- pus. A local man, Basil Cassidy was hospitalized with injuries suf- fered in a fight with Lloyd Albert Wolf. Another local man is charged with assault. The inci- dent occurred early on the morn- ing of Oct. 28, Danikge to the Lyceum Theatre was reported October 28 as a result of the canopy lights being smashed, possibly by a person or- persons with sticks or clubs. Investigation continues in- to this situation and also the breaking of a window at the pool- room. On Saturday three men were taken out of the Manor Hotel and locked up for creating a distur- bance. They were released later on bail and will face charges. Vandalism is also under in- vestigation at Connelly's car' wash where heating equipment was damaged to the extent of an estimated' $175. Pushed Away A motor vehicle owned by Ian McPherson of Teeswater which had been parked behind the F. E. Madill Secondary School await- ing attention by one of the techni- cal classes, was pushed from -the parking area over 300 yards ac- ross the playing fields to the. track around the football field and later damaged extensively. Just about everything that could be broken, aside from the win- dows, was dented and pummeled. Investigation continues by Wing - ham police. In two similar but separate instances the tops of convertible cars were slashed, damage amounting to about $200 in, each ease for replacement of the fab- ric. One vehicle parked behind the Manor Hotel was the property of Bryan McEwan, former mana- ger, and the slashing of the car is considered spite work on the part of some disgruntled bar custo- mer. No known motive backs the slashing of a car owned by Alan Hafermehl of 271 Shuter Street whose 1970 Meteor car was badly cut up, damage being estimated at $200. Investigation of these incidents is also continuing. the man" apd were appreciative of his record in Ottawa in the past seven years. Wingham gave Mr. McKinley a two -to -one vote, with 1,100 as against 550 for Mr.. Thomas. Wingham'$ NDP vote for Mrs. Shirley Weary of Goderich was only 92. Independent Ed. Bain of Goderich got four votes in Wing - ham, and a total of 85 in the rid- ing, Total NDP vote in Huron was 1,869, up considerably from the 1968 election. The principal centres of Huron gave McKinley similar backing and even his home village and home poll, which had previously been reluctant, " came through with substantial majorities for him. Zurich ."voted 269 to 160 in his- favor. It was, two -to -one almost everywhere. • There was arf'excellent turnout of voters throughout the riding and in Wingham they were out early and late. In the subdivisions at Wingham town hall, nearly' one-third had exercised their franchises by midmorning and - about two-thirds of those eligible by mid-afternoon, with a rush ex- pected at suppertime. Overcast but rainless weather was no de- • Turnberry home, contents totally lost by delays A telephone put out of commi- sion by fire, lack of the correct fire number to call, plus a garb- led telephone conversation added up to long delays that finally re- sulted in the.total destruction of a Turnberry home by fire last Fri- day evening. Fire started when deep frying was in progress in the kitchen of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hahn about 6 p.m. When the fire got out of con- trol it was four the phone had been damaged and -could- notbe used. When the neighbor's phone was reached, the right number to call was not immediately avail- able, and a Walkerton operator started the search from • there. ofmer Wingham goy In Irltish Merchant Marine Warwick Hammerton, a- for- mer resident of Wingham, has been a guest of Roger Oke in Wingham for, a few days and•has renewed acquaintances with sev- eral other Wingham families. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ian- ville Hammerton, who.owned the local ,photo studio for several years. They left here 14 years ago to return to their native England. Warwick has served with the British merchant marine for the past three years , as a radio operator. His . travels have taken him all over the north and south Atlantic, intothe Mediterranean a _tic Sea and the Caribbean Sea. For several months .hit ship has been engaged in mercantile trade on the Pacific coast of .. North America, running from Vancou- ver to more southerly destina- tions. j Mr. and Mrs. Hammerton have resided at Tunbridge Wells, E Jg_ land, since they left here. ar- wick's younger brother, Ro er, recently joined the merchant marine, also as a radio operator. His sister, Coralie,. is married in living in Spain. She and her hus- band have two daughters. Cattlebeast damages car in collision Barry Adams of RR 2, Blue - vale, had the misfortune to strike and kill a cattlebeast last Thurs- day on Con. 1-2 east of Huron County Road 12, Grey Township, resulting in about $500 damage to his car. The cattlebeast was the property of Jack Galbraith of At- wood. The incident was investi- gated by Wingham Detachi'cient, OPP. Wilfred Fischer of RR 3, Brus- sels, and Shirley A. Alcock of RR 5, Brussels, were drivers of ve- hicles' involved in a collision on County Road 12 south of County Road 16 in Brussels. There were no injuries and damages to both vehicles were estimated at $3h15. Charges are pending, Wingham Detachment, Opp reports. During the week October 23-29, officers of the Wingham Detach- ment laid one charge under the Liquor Control Act, six charges under the Highway Traffic Act and issued eight warnings. Twenty-two investigations were carried out .under the Criminal Code, Cpl. C. R. Croskill reports. Wrong Address The call, which should have been immediately made to 357- 2131, eventually arrived.at Wing - ham, and eight firemen manning the Pumper and tanker trucks re- sponded. Unfortunately •the loca- tion of the fire was understood over the phone as Con.' 8 instead of Con. "A" of Turnberry, and precious minutes were consumed because of the error. Npt rpc»lt tntal lnra nf the ones - storey brick _home valved._ _at_ about $15,000, plus' contents valued at about $5,000, with only partial coverage of the loss by in- surance. , Mr. Hahn had to be treated for first degree burns to his hands from his attemptto battle the blaze. Mrs. Hahn was unhurt, Stickers Here Wingham Fire Ch%i1 � Crothers toihiid Times this week that fire phone stickers are freely available from the Department and should be placed in a prominent .location at every phone in the area. In the meantime, if you have to write it on the wall or paint it with a large brl ish, it might be . well worth while. The number is 357- 2131. Put it by the phone so it will be there when you need it, terrent and seemingly this condi- tion prevailed over most of tl:~~ie country. Still Puzzled At press tine Wingham, ,along with the rest of the country, wow still puzzled about how the new government of Canada would be constituted, with press .ac- ences being scheduled, by Pierre Trudeau and Robert' Stanfield to declare their intentions, which. were anyone's guess at the time. Happier than anyone, of course, was David Lewis, dustier. of the strengthened NDP with a nation- al representation of 31 members.. Asked how long a minority go- vernment might, expect to .sur- vive, he stated clearly in a interview that it would depend on how long it had NDP approval, of action to be taken against unem- ployment, the corporate "ripoff" and equity of taxation. The bal- ance w c ofpower is in fact, in Mr. • Lewis' h hands. Wiigiam rates 2-1' fir Mckiiley . The vote to return Robert Mc- Kinley -to Parliament'to repre- sent Huron riding was better than two -to -one in Wingham and - star - rounding municipalities, over the only serious contender, Charles Thnmzu nf Rrnocalw Scant attention was paid ,Shur! ley Weary, the NDP candidate, but even her low tallies were re- latively higher than in the last campaign. Independent Ed.'Bain, a God- ` erich machinist, now hospitalized as the result of an industrial.acci- dent, polled only four votes in =.e. ! 1 man , Anly. on nttiili;ol e � ° h+ or4Jer Thomas, Weary, Bain, the votes in' this area were as .follows: Wingham, 1,056, 506, 90, 4; E. Wawanosh, 352, 164, 32, 0; . W. Wa- wanosh, 33, 210, . 33, 2; Turn - berry, 410, 199, 42, 4; Morris, 492, 236, 26, 0; Howick, 807, 405, 110, 4; Grey, 444, 323, 38, 2; .Brussels; 406, 208, 16, 0. Riding totals were 19,131, 8,631, • 1,869, 85. Rembrance services Saturday and Sunday Civic. Remembrance Day serv- ice will be held in Wingham, Sun- day, ,November 5, at the Salva- tion tion Army Citadel at 11 a.m. un- der the sponsorship of Wingham Branch 180 of the Royal Canadian Legion, when the public is, cor- dially invited to attend. Officiating at the ceremony will be Mayor DeWitt Miller rep- resenting the town, with Ian Ed- ward, president of the Legion branch as chairman, assisted by Mrs. Robert Hickey, president of NURSE REGISTERED Miss Judy Reid, Reg.N., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Reid of Wingham, this week received notification from the College of Nurses of Ontario, that she has success- fully passed with honors,_ the necessary examinations en- titling her to the classification of Registered Nurse. Miss Rbid is a graduate of Victoria Hospital, London, and is pres- ently on the nursing staff there. of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Le- , gion. Organist for the occasion will be Donald Vair with Stephen Sallows at the piano: The Remembrance message will be given by Capt. J. Cameron of the Salvation Army,, Nov. it Service A civic service of Remem- brance will be held at the Ceno- taph on Josephine Street, Satur- day, November 11, at 10:30 a.m. to which the general public is in- vited. Chairman will .be President Ian Edward of Branch 180, ,Royal Canadian . Legion. Also taking part will be Mayor DeWitt Miller and other municipal officials will be present, as well as representa- tives of local organizations. Prayer will be offered•by Rev. M. S. Kaminski. The names of the fallen in two world wars will be read, followed by 'Last :Post" and the silence, concluded by "Reveille". Following placing of memorial wreaths, benediction will be pronounced by Rev. Barry Passmore. Those wishing to take part in the parade are to meet at the Le- gion Hall at 10 a.m. Earlier deadline for classifieds.. Commencing Nov. 6, the final deadline for acceptance of classi- fied advertising at The Advance - Times office will be 6 p.m., Mon- day evening of each week 'from then onward. Please bear in mind that The Advance -Times office is open every Monday except on statu- tory holidays. You can bring or phone in your ads until Monday at closing time. If you want a tip about placing these little ads here it is: When- ever possible include your name. Almost any prospective customer prefers to know the person he's dealing with.