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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-12-21, Page 13GO 0 :YOU MOS rr, �n THE WINGHAM DEB.0-TONS made the draw Saturday for the heaping hamper of groceries and turkey, the winner being Mrs. Ruth Schefter of Wingham. Pictured left to right are Susan Bain, Carol Ann Rutter, Michelle Rintoul and fti Kara Sue Spiesz, who sold over $20 worth in tickets and will receive awards for their hard work. The proceeds will go toward uniforms and new equipment. Josephine Street theft takes joy out of Yule. MillerQl' Tees �ettpeiFie3nce Whil`e's ",in W last Friday afternoon. She had been shopping at .various places along Josephine Street and placed parcels in her car which she had parked in front of Mc- Intyre's Be kery. On returning to the car to head for home she discovered the gifts were gene. They had been stolen, as, -.she reported. - to Wingham police. Gifts valued at $25 were in the missing parcels. .• A local man has been charged with public mischief as the result of a couple of side windows being broken in a car which was parked behind the Manor Hotel Dec. 13. The suspect was apprehended by Wingham police the following day. A 1965' Ford owned by Thelma Purdon oft Wingham and driven by Richard Stacey -was damaged to the extent of about $200 when in. collision with a 1970 Ford pickup driven by . Steven McDougall which was damaged in the front to the extent of. about $i,000. The accident occurred early last week when Stacey was slowing QW .to Make a tjlrn of, JPa h,$n] . A number of nulno violations have been' bog ;and warnings issued in othe;cases. Final Christmas greeting from Wingham Police Department: If you are drinking, don't drive; if you are driving, don't drink. ALONG THE. MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian By The Pedestrian SLOPPY CHRISTMAS -- soft spellTuesday with inter- mittent rain turned parking lots and unclearedstreet areas into slippery quagmires, occasioning great distress to unwary car drivers trapped in slippery going. Numerous accidents were nar- rowly averted owing to hazar- dous driving conditions and a lot of drivers had to be pushed out of slushy curbside snowpiles. 0-0-0 PREPARE HAMPERS- Wingham Citadel of the Salva- tion Army is well along the Ar- my's,Christmas hamper pro gramand many of the gifts for the needy of Wingham and area are now being assembled ready to supplement Santa's work. Their problem is what to give the many who have nothing. A cash donation would help solve this shopping problem. 0-0-0 SPENDING FREELY - Some stores on Wingham's main drag report an excellent Christmas trade to date, although it is a bit early for comparisons with previous years. Shoppers - seem to be spending relatively IF freely. It is possible the trend will be slightly up again this year, as reported from larger centres. Slushy roads close schools Slushy sideroads impassable for buses kept nine Huron County primary schools closed last. Wed- nesday after steady rain turned roads into slushy swamps. Huron County Board of Educa- tion closed- Huron. Centennial, Colborne, Hullett, -Brookside, E. Wawanosh, Holmesvi�, N. Ash- field and Turnberry. Blyth school was open but only town children attended. About 2,500 pupils were Gaunt ark fridge: o Official opening of the Clark Bridge over the south branch -of the ]Maitland River in Morris Township was held on the bridge site between lots. 15 and 16, Con. 5 Auctioneer- in student news A recent, issue of Contact, the student publication of Conestoga ' College. at Kitchener, includes two interesting, pictures of Jack Alexander in action at the auction block. The article, written by one of the journalism students, is based on the increasingly popular public .auction and particularly about the sale of antiques. Although Jack is not mentioned by name, it is obvious that the writer had used one of the regular auctions at Estate Marketing Services in Wingham as back- ground for the story. of .Morn$ Mpndoy , �arnh g,when Murray Qaunt, MPP. did the honors. Taking part -in the ceremonies were Reeve William Elston: and members. of council, ,Douglas Armitage' of the Minis. r of Transport and Coninnilikations, Stratford office; R. M, Dawson, consulting engineerl,of $ter; 'ord; Peter Maloney of Maloney.Con- struction, Dublin, buildera''`.the -large concrete structure. The group celebrated thee; e'1ent with luncheon at the Antierican Hotel in, Brussels. The project was completed at a cost of $104,998 and was finished in good time despite averse weather conditions since ;sting in July. The three -span structttte,of re- inforced concrete is 45 feet wide and 70Ifeet across the Maitland, and is the sixth bridge to be built in Morris Township in the;st 13 years.. All have been paid=for, with no outstanding debentures at a total cost exceeding $`11,000. Former resident awardi $37,344 injury damages Damages amounting to $37,544 were awarded last week to a for- mer Wingham woman who was injured in a single car accident near here nearly three years ago. Christina Theresa Czerniaw- ski, 23, now of Kitchener was awarded $20,000. in general dam- ages and $17,544 for medical and hospital expenses and loss of wages after the June •20, 1970 crash in which she suffered con- cussion and a' fracture of the left leg. a.. The award wasmade by Mr. Justice J. H. Osler of the Ontario Supreme Court. ' Judgement . was given against the estate of Barry Angus Mac - ay, 19 of >41:t, 2, Wi! gham Y�yiSv�lid � �t�ar~ involve! • zin The ac'cide$ on .the B Line Road about a half mile west of High- way 4. MacKay died in Victoria Hospital, London, six days after the accident. Driver Negligent It was found- that MacKay's failure to keep the car under con- trol amounted to gross negli- gence, and Miss Czerniawski, the only passenger, was entitled to judgement against his estate.` 'affected by the closings. Huron -Perth Separate School Board closed St. Jd`seph's in Kingsbridge. Bus students for Sa- cred Heart and St. Joseph's in Clinton were not picked.up. About 470 separate. school students missed classes. Central Huron Secondary School was 'epen but bus drivers - picked up students only along Highway 4 and 8. The car left the road and smashed into a tree., The judge dismissed all action against the owner of the:car, Bruce G. Griffiths, 19; of.iklamil- ton. MacKay had taken Griffith's car without the owner's. consent, Mr. Justice Oyler found.. - Miss Czerniawski.was in hospi- tal 51/2 months following the'acci-> dent. As a result one leg is shorter than the other and she has scars on her face and left leg, theCourt was advised. Work loa: -- ay ; : app ves family hom Mayor DeWitt Miller received word from the provincial Housing Development Corporation on Monday of this week that official approval has been given for the erection of more senior citizens' apartments and family housing in town. The approval covers an addi- tional 33 senior citizens' apart - Awards. presented Several' staff members of the Wingham and District Hospital received service awards when the annual hospital . Christmas party was held Saturday evening at the Legion Hall. Receiving five-year service pins were Mrs. Margaret Ben- nett, Mrs. Joan Pletch, Mrs. Mona Tunney, Mrs. Bertha Grif- fith, Mrs. Lyda Reidt, Mrs. Mar- garet Campbell, Mrs. Sharon. Skinn, Eric Cleave and Joe Smith. Mrs. Pansy Hotchkiss, Mrs. Helen McBurney, Miss Ed- na Carr and Mrs. Jean Ellacott were honored for ten years' faith- ful service. Fred Sawyer and Mrs. Mary Clark were awarded 15 -year service pins and one staff mem- ber was honored on the comple- tion of 20 years as a hospital staff' member; Willie Vanderwoude received a special 20 year pin. William. Henderson has suc- cessfully completed a 200 -hour operating room technician's course and was presented with his certificate. The presentations were ,made by Mrs. I. E. Morrey, hospital ad- ministrator. s in There has 'been considerable increase in the work being done by the X-ray, laboratory and physiotherapy divisions of Wing - ham and District Hospital, the board of management was ad- 'vised at the regular meeting Dec. 13 by the administrator, Mrs. I. E. Morrey. The infOrmation came in her report on hospital operation in which she also ob- served that hospital days were slightly down but the stays of individual patients were unduly long. There is pressure to have the average stay time reduced. J. T. Goodall presided at the meeting which was routine in nature, dealing with a great deal of hospital operation' detail. Statistical reports indicated for November 279 patients admitted; November , hospital days . 2,574, with 27,554 to date this year; daily arerage of 83 per cent capacity. creasing divhions' Plan Prizes Mrs. K. M. McLennan, report- ing, for the Hospital. Auxiliary, stated prize money forme Christ- mas window decoration 'contest had been increased to $60. Win- giows on the entire three floors are now beautiful withthe ar- tistic efforts on. the Christmas theme and were to be judged ' Thursday of this week. . ments and 14 family housing units. •After the opening of the new units the town will have a total of 69 senior apartments and 24 family homes. There were 43 applications for senior citizens' accommodation, of which 33 were considered'to be from "very interested" persons who had a real need for housing. There were 22 applications for family units, of which 14 were considered urgent, . As in ,previous OHC develop- ments here, the rents will be geared to the income Of the appli- cants. Next step ,in ,the program will be selects -of a suitable building. site or sites for thT new housing Pita, Under the current arrange* ment with DHC --the town is re- sponsible for up to .714 per centra( any operating losses. ,Last• YOar Wingham bad to meet a small ob ligation in. this ,regard, No completion date can be set until land has been selected and the tenders for constrtoction called. "THE SALAD QUEENS" of Whitechurch took an active part in Bruce County Achieve- ment Day for 4-H Homemaker clubs at Lucknow Saturday. In front, from the left are Mrs. Elmer Sleightholm, assistant leader; Linda Moore; Rhonda Gibson, Mrs. Walter Elliott, leader; back row, Wendy England, Ruth Elliott, Janet Adams, Kathy Wybenga, Mary Lou Adams. (Staff Photo) : � was recentlydonated bAcc d e n t damaqe s total the Auxiliary and hangs over the gift shop corner in the main lobby. three thousand dolIars nearly touching the ceiling, has' been installed in the lobby which has been tastefully decorated, as has the hallway and . main cor• - ridor on the first floor where at- tractive trellises have been decorated and , gay Christmas decorations hang from the hall- way light fixtures. NURSING ASSISTANT STUDENTS gave Santa Claus a generous helping hand lasfweek when they presented Hos- pital Administratorr, Mrs. I. E. ,Morrey, with this •wide as- sortment of gifts, consisting of toys for pediatrics and games for the geriatric area. The students held a bake sale and in other ways raised the funds for the gifts which they presented at the Training Centre where the Students' • Christmas dinner party wa`s held last week. Kneeling are Miss Joanne Nelson and Miss Dianne Bridge; back row, left to right, Mrs. I. E. Morrey accepting on behalf of the hospi- tal; Miss Linda' Henderson, MISS hirley Watkins, David tschanz, Miss Brenda Glousher, Martin Cretler. (Staff Photo) - More than $3,000 in damages to motor vehicles resulted from a series of accidents in the. area during the past week, but drivers luckily escaped injury in each case, according to the weekly re- port of Wingham Detachment, OPP. Alexander Gretzinger of Kitch- ener and Richard S. Cronin , of Teeswater were involved in a col- lision on Highway 86 in Turn - berry Township Monday of last week, total damage being . esti- mated .at $600. The following day a car owned by Thomas J. Cunningham of RR 1, Auburn, which had been parked, was struck in the rear by a vehicle driven by Arthur ° W. Heffron of Blyth. Damages were estimated at $300° ° On the same day, a car owned by Martinus T. Defoer of RR 3, Blyth, which was also left parked, was struck in the rear by David ,B. Smith of RR 2; Blyth. Damages to both cars were esti- mated at $425. On Dec. 14 Clayton Shine of RR 3, Monkton, and Doris A. Miller of Clinton were -involved in a colli- sion at Con. 1-2, Huron County Road 19. Damages of $225 result- ed. Earl L. Richardson of Stratford One youth fined others remanded One area youth was fined $100 after pleading guilty to posses- sion of the restricted drug LSD and three others were remanded to January 16 on marijuana pos- session charges in provincial court at Goderich Thursday. Richard S. Stapleton, 19, of RR 4, Wingham entered the guilty plea and was fined $100. Morgan A. Moore, 16, RR 4, Goderich, Andrew J. Perrott, 17, of Teeswater and Jack Vlasblom, 19, of Wingham were remanded to January 16 on charges of pos- sessiion of marijuana. Perrott also faces a trafficing charge. struck a telephone -pole on High- way 4 north of _Huron County - Road 16, but was uninjured.. Damages were in the $800 area. - Paul G. Mutter of Brussel:41 nd -Mrs. Muriel A. Ward of RR 1, Ethel, were involved in a collision Dec. 15 -in Brussels..Damages were minor. Dieter U. Neuman. of RR 7, Guelph, struck and broke two guide posts on Highway 86 in Howick Township. Damage was $270. On Sunday Glenn W. Fines of RR 1, Bluevale, and Barry W. Underwood of Gorrie were in- volved in a collision on Huron County Road 30 just south of Highway 87. Damages were esti- mated at $550. In the course of the week 13 charges were laid under the Highway Traffic Act with five warnings issued. Sixteen investi- gations were carried out under the Criminal Code of Canada. Brampton firm buysWaIden Transport Co. Bill, and Ronnie Walden, pro- prietors of Walden Brest., Ltd., Wingham transport firm, have announced the -sale of their busi- ness to Harkema.Express Lines Ltd. of Brampton.— The Waldens, father and son, will continue with I the firm as Wingham managers. Walden 'Bros., Bill and Eric, established their trucking busi- ness in Ripley in 1946 and opened their Wingham base six years later. 'Brother Eric left the firm four years ago to enter the cable television field and his share in the firm was purchased by Bill's son Ronnie. The Walden firm has under- gone an impressive expansion over the years, serving not only the needs of the general public but district industries in their Long-haul shipping. MR. AND MRS. GORDON DAUGHERTY of St. Thomas, who have moved to Wingham and will assume ownership of Alexander's Hardware and Gift Centre at the first of the month. Mr. Daugherty has been in the electronics business until the present time. They have two sons and one daugh- ter: Bob, a student at Fanshawe College; Lea Anti, a grade 12 student and Richard, who attends public school. The baughertys have moved into the apartment above the store, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander having moved to the Craw- ford home at the corner of Minnie and John, which they purchased a few weeks ago. The business will be known as Daugherty's Pro Hardware and will continue to offer the same lines of merchandise.