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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.
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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.
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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 $17,544 for medical and
hospital expenses and loss of
wages after the June •20, 1970
crash in which she suffered con-
cussion and a' fracture of the left
leg. a..
The award wasmade by Mr.
Justice J. H. Osler of the Ontario
Supreme Court. '
Judgement . was given against
the estate of Barry Angus Mac -
ay, 19 of >41:t, 2, Wi! gham
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�t�ar~ involve! • zin The
ac'cide$ 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.
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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) :
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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'
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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.