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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-12-28, Page 10 if your labol Medi� your sv�eri t � 4 :.. �' .. k' n. + i this Math. Single CcpY Not Qver TuIIy winner I • photo contest Jinn Tully Mix newer•►, topped theStation's still photo apanelcontest, of jitudges was announced; 'abyk t second and third place W: photo technician Ward ROW son. The, winners were present* with gift certificates by ,Tint der, local studio-: who headed the panelphotographer, of judges Mr. Tully's winning effort ,i -A picted. an elderly man conteil- plating a collection of old rla4 chinery in a farm yard. Iteadata may remember the newsstory concerning an old gentleman who had a passion for collecting old machines, from implements t old aircraft, and an auction. war held at the Southwestern Ono farm last year which attracted. great deal of attention. Ward Robertson's pictures were one of a scene depicting cid: smog stifling natural growth {, the suburbs, and a no scene of an old weather-btalea� farm house. The winning rprints have . enlarged, sepia toned, approp ately framed, and occupy a pial;, of honor in the reception areafiof CKNX studios. The competition was sponsors by management of CKNN and judges were Jim Snyder, Anil. Hemchert and Ross Hamilteri. JUNIOR POETS OF HOWICK were recognized Tuesday evening of last week when Rob- ert Harkness (right) chairman of the essay and poem contest sponsored by Howick Branch 307, Royal Canadian Legion, presented cash prizes to first prize winner Debora ,. Small, Beverley. Telehus, second; Lynn Jillings, third; Lori Stafford, fourth. Debora's poem will be further judged against 12 branch winners in the zone and 58 in the district. (Staff Photo) Police. enjoy peaceful Yuletide The peace of Christmas settledover Wingham Police affairs from December 23 to 26 as activ- ity slowed down to the irreducibleminimum and there was no ici- dent serious enough to warrant police action. Only a few' phone calls, mostly inquiries, were re- ceived in that space of time. No impaired "drivers were appre- hened. A strict check will be maintained over the New Year's weekend also. However, the few das preced bwsferthanugh with ALONG THE MAIMDRAG By The PedPxtrianBy •The Pedestrian HURRY, HURRY!Ladies planning to join the 92 - year -old Wingham Curling Club had best ante up the fee of $22 be -fore Jan. 15 or it goes up to $25 it says here, on the list of fees for the season. Men's are $45, with a special fee of` $26 for beginners. High school students get under the barrier at $10 and so do as- sociate mmbers. Alan MacKay is club treasurer, Judy Nevery is the money girl for the ladies and Manager John Jamieson carr issue a receipt over the counter anytime. MERRY CHRISTMAS MUM!— It was a truly merry Christmas for Mrs. Andrew Casemore, 183Edward Street, Wingham, the winner of a Sanyo portable tele- vision set drawn at Stedman's Storefrom nearly 12 thous entries by Mayor DeWitt Millat 615 p.m. Saturday. It wa case of daughter putting mu name on the slip and crossing fingers, and it worked. Haviewing, Mrs. Casemore. POPULATION DROPS -- Santa Claus proved too big attraction over the holiday wee and the Wingham Day Ca Centre population was down seven in the morning and five the afternoon Wednesday. See ingly some parents are having long holiday over the week or a out of town for a few days. GOOD PROGRESS— Good progress is being madeorenovation of the itac 'n Breaksmoke shop and billiard parlor o Josephine Street recently deva tated by fire. The interior of th building is being renewed wi attractive plywood panelling an a concrete sub -flooring is bein installed as well as supportin steel beams. It maybe a coupleweeks yet before the refurbisheestablishmentis ready to resum ',busines, according to ProprietGary Templeman. WE BELIEVE IT- ander, sa m's her Pan k,re toin t reis th nle nths-e thg Wh do ar e y of incidents ranging fro accidents to dog problems an complaints abut snow m chines. On the evening of December 1 several seizures ofliquor wemade from cars operating in thtown. and appropriate charge laid. Dog owners are reminded tha if their dogs are allowed to run"a large and wind up in the pound they are kept for only a limited period. of time before being or Aen �th� a dogis to be recovrered prompt action should be taken. BreakAnother warning is issued re- garding the operating of snow -mobiles within the town limits. Some serious complaints of young people racing machines about the other afternoon have been received. If the problem continues, steps will be taken 'to Wiprohibit the use of snowmobilesin town completely, forcing own- ers to trailer them out of the c municipality for. their 'fun. fr A week ago Wednesday a car W parked by Harold Walsh of Wing- m ham in front of the post officewas co m damaged on the left side to the d extent of about $100 by an un- a- known driver still sought by po- lice. 9 On the same day minor dam- e age was done to the vehicle Park- e ed by Fraser Strong of Wingham s near Keating Electric when it was backed into by a truck. t Cars Damaged t Last . Friday. several.cars , parked at the Lloyd -Truax firm ;were damaged; having wind- - •• shield wipers broken off by some - destructive individuals. The ou. , • prits have been apprehended. and the remedy is being applied. Also on Friday at 6:28 p.m. as a 1970 Oldsmobile, driven by Irene Stainton, was stopped at the traf- fic lights on Josephine it was da aged to the extent of $175 when it was involved in a collision with a 1962 Pontiac driven by Goldwyn Gallaway of RR 1, Ingham. Wingham police in- vestigated. Friday evening a charge of reating -a disturbance resulted om the actions of a youth at the ingham arena where he was re- eved by Const. Ed Deer after mplaints were received of dis- 4 urn COU ember A newly modified federal rid- ing of Huron could wind up not only with added"area$, but with the new name of Huron -Middle- sex -Perth, if the incumbent member, Bob McKinley, has his way. The announcement this week of proposed riding readjustments contained in the Electoral Boun- daries Readjustment Act men- tions changes in many parts of Ontario. The most important changes are in the "golden horse - Niagara to new ridings are shoe" area from a Oshawa where Music exams being created to take ,into .account hu$e population increases, Two ridings in Northern Ontario will disappear through amalgama- tion.Describe Riding • Section 26 in Part III of the Act describes the proposed new Huron. riding as follows: "20. HURON consisting of: (a) the County of Huron ex- cluding the Village .of Lucknow; (this is not a recent change as Lucknow has been excluded for many years). a (b) that part of the County of ets Middlesex contained in the Town- ships of Biddulph, McGillivray (presently included), East WU- liams and West Williams; The Town of Parkhill; (these would be new additions) and the Vil- lages of Ailsa Craig and Lucan; (these have been part of the rid- ing in recent years). (c) that part of the' County of Perth contained in the Townships of Blanshard, Fullarton and Hib- bert (the latter township was in the riding in 1949 and also in 1965) and the Towns of St. Marys and Mitchell (the latter town was in= m • Four students of Mrs. Nori Moffatt have received word that they successfully passed their Western . Conservatory pian' exams held recently in Goderi*: The students are: Andy Hein Grade V, Honors; Ansley Currie, Grade VI, Honors; , Roseman; Schmidt and Dale Loughee+ Grade VIII. orderly conduct and obscene lan,;1' guage at a hockey game. Expired Plates ' Warnings have been Issued regarding expired platea snowmobiles. A number haVeN Ives stopped:wiui 494 pla which expired in October. Proin January 1 forward no excuses will be accepted for Operating with expired plates. In another bit -and -run type of affair Saturday, a car parked by Craig Gilroy in front of Machan's Hardware was damaged hi the grill and headlight by a driver. who left the scene. Police investi- gation continues. Another stoplight collision oc- curred Saturday when a vehicle stopped by Robert Arinstrong at the lights on Josephine Street was damaged in .a minor way by a truck driven by Allan McDonald owned by George Galbraith. %Mb amid THIS IS JUST A PA R T of the mass of food and toys transportedto those who can very well use it in Wingham and area by a joint effort of Wingham Salvation Army and -the Huron Children's Aid Society. Deliveries were commenced Thursday of last week in' good time for Christmas. Seen inspecting part of the donations are volunteer helper Mrs. Marjorie McKay and .Capt. Jack Cameron. (Staff Photo) airman clarifies role f count The following is the text o speech given by Chairman, R ert Elliott of Clinton, who is tiring from, the Huron Coun Board of Education as of Dece ber 31, at the last board meet ,of the year held Monday in new board offices, 103 Al Street in.Clinton: In 1967 the incumbent Prem of Ontario, the Honorable W iam Davis, then Minister Education, announced the inc ion of County Boards of Educ ion for the Province of Ontar Their prime goal was to be equ ty of opportunity for all studen the province. As well, my pe onal feelings were that he f e time was ripe for units arger administration for reaso f economy, efficiency and co ctive bargaining. Whatever h ought, I'm sure the result has ot been completely as planne People smile, taxpayers cr hen economy is mentioned i e same breath as educatio y have taxes continued to ris hile county boards proudly ex aim that they have cut costs Well, the obvious reason is hat other costs have com wn? Where would the costs ve gone to if the smaller boards d continued to exist? The hypo- ' thetical questions have varioila answers, depending on who f chooses to answer them. A quick I look at the statistics and facts shows a considerable decrease in administrative personnel in Hu- ron County. Starting with the trustees theinselves, we find over one hundred and twenty-five , trustees have been replaced, school boards a initially by fourteen and now six- • ob- teen members. "re- Unfortunately, some people ty feel this has caused a remoteness m- of the board from the people it ing serves: People have not chosen, the or the press has been unsuccess- bert ful, or the Board his not pro- moted just exactly where the ier people's representatives fit into il- this complex scheme. I say com- of Plex, because anything which is ep- not understood is complex. a.- Representation is very simple, io. however, and I • will attempt to al- have people see once more how ts ; the board is made up. It was ac- r- tually the duty of County Council elt of ns d. n. n er the 'Believe it Or not' category comes a note that Scotty Rosa, a well-known resident o Scott Street received an air mai letter from his oldest sister who lives in Banff, Scotland. It had been posted the 8th of January, 1960, which means, as he points out, it took 12 years to land in Wingham, Canada. in the beginning to set up areas based on a common base. They s chose representation based on county into 10 areas and desig- f nated how many members each area should have. These members form the _it larger unit of administration and u replace all the small elementary school boards and. the five sec- 4,1:' ondary school boards that pre- u viously existed in Huron County. They are responsible for all the , elementary, secondary and the a e school for the trainable retarded g in Huron County. They each re- ce place, on the average, 12 or 13 w Academically, the directo education,. two superintend and two assistant superinte ents replace the inspectors yesteryear and are responsibl the county board instead of Department of Education as f merly. Add to this reduction staff the saving incurred bycv tune buying of supplies or se icei 'and of collective salary gotiationsand you have an idea the savings that have been ma However, .larger units gave ri to new unions being establishe such as custodian and Cleric workers, for these people are no numerous enoug to be T r of the results of what the larger unit ents can do. nd- Those critics of the educational of aspect of the endeavors of the e to Huron County Board of Educe - the tion are just not aware of the or- hour* of the days that the mem- in bers have spent trying to better ol- comprehend and hence, develop rv- policy that would extend the ne- learning process to more and of more students at a level they de. could understand and at a cost se they felt the taxpayer could af- d, ford. The press in our county has al reported through the past year, w meetings that were held with ed Huron County h s one of the mallest administrative staffs per student of any in the prov- nce, and yet one of the most ef- icient. One has only to look back over the past four, or even two years, o see that this board has en- eavored to fulfill the prime rea- on for county boards, equality of ves, and rightfully so, have not ooked after their own areas a e expense of the overall cotinty spect. They have worked to - ether to see that all students re ived an equal share -of all tha as to be offered. It has not al ways been possible to achieve things like thin- in a short time, but those who have students who have been helped because of kin- dergarten, because of the addi- tion of Irries, because of, op- portunity *lasses, because of all the forms of special education that are now existent in Huron County, speak highly of the system because they have seen 1 th teachers, with superintendents, joint discussions with academic people, 'within and without our system, in an attempt to learn what is being done in our system to help the itudents become bet- ter and more learned citizens, able to take their place in society. As you know, our board took up, its first residence in the County Council Chambers in the Court House in Goderich. It was not e long, however, until we realized t accommodation had to be more than was available there and so oi the nurses' residence adjacent V - the Clinton Public Hospital was /, t leased from the Clinton, Hospital k cost, to the needs of the Huron , County Board of Education ad- 'II ministrative staff. This served until this year, at which time the Ju Hospital Board informed the vi Board of Education that they sec needed the space to accommo- date doctors and per.haps the Hu- tal:1 ron County Health Unit'in the 1°°° Cr Please turn to Page 9 wa Staff artists creative in hospital decoration Brightly colored symbols of Christmas, Biblical, legendary and modern, decorated the win- dows of Wingham •and District Hospital again this year in what has become a traditional comtie- Members of the hospital staff applied their talents to just about every glass surface available, in- cluding doors and partitions, and a wide range of subjects was por- trayed in gay colors. Prizes totalling $60 were awarded by the Ladies' Auxiliary to the hospital, with judging car- ried out by Mrs. Frank Madill and E. tuckey. The competition was divided into senior and no- vice divisions. inner in the senior category was Miss Theresa DeBruyn with the depiction of an angel with a lamb. Second was Mrs. Mary Lee's Christmas elf with a candle and mouse; third was tied with Mrs. Donna Sutcliffe's "Snoopy's Christmas" and Mrs. E. Mon - criers manger with mountains. Three fourth prizes were award- ed to Emergency Department's 'Squeezed Santa", Mrs. Merger - ss Debbie Woods. Honorable mention in this category was ven the work of Robert Hellen- beck, Mrs. Joan Pletch, Mrs. M. . Thompson and Mrs. J. Stry- er No first prize was awarded in is section, the painter of the best entry according to the dges turned out to be a non-no- ce, having entered three Con- utive years. Second award as to Mrs. Mary Vair, third to ss Dianne Tyndall (kittens in 0 tied with Miss Corrine anston. Miss Brenda Glousher s fourth. Honorable mention Administratively, the story is the same. On the business side two men, a superintendent of business and a chief accountant with a small office staff replaced five business administrators in the secondary schools and 22 sec- retary -treasurers of the element- ary school boards in the cohty. went to the efforts of Miss G. Wraith, Miss R. Lind, Miss L. Henderson, Miss P. -Griffith, Miss D. Bridge, , Miss L. Purcell and Miss J. Stewart, Elsewhere in the hospital, lights, walls, doors, patients' rooms, lobbies and entrance area were festooned with bright de- corations and a handsome tree was set in the waiting area at the hospital entrance. NEAL HARDIE Neal Hardie, son of Mrs. James Hardie, graduated from Carleton University, Ottawa, with his Bachelor of Commerce degree. The fail convocation was held at the National Arts Centre with Lester B. Pearson presiding as Chancelldr. Mr. Hardie is now working in Ottawa for Thorne, Gunn & Co., a char- tered accounting firm. eluded in 1940). Populatlod Member Pleased in a telephone int Wed nesday Morning, Mr. Mc . . told The Advance -Tues from Zurich home that he was "very. pleased" with the ProPoeal for re* adjustment of Huron, but would make a: proposal in writingaa► tire.. hearings thatr the riding o.be re- named, to be called ,Huron Mld- dlesex-Perth" riding ao that ad- ditions from those cou counties would. be properly�reeo Mr. Mc �Kinl ��.in sayit�{ 114-0L pleased about the proposals, a ed that he had considered . possibility that'the name Hur might have been eliminated. the riding itself imiunat such with the expansion of neigh boring ridings •to include' it. It' is noteworthy that gal Ings such as gimp and 4r Bruce are hovering in the 70, population area ,with 'little, per pect of futua, fie... ban ri ten and l �N a. ionto' tares' ,bid, to include i dd- on as ey- IMO ti- al r th er thi th ha gr ern in Sees Delay He tends to believe that by the time the hearings are concluded and the various submissions studied, the "red tape" involved in the cumbersome procedure will take much longer 'to imple- ment, and it will take much long- er to enact the measure into law. As to the possibility of an elec- tion in the near future, Mr. Mc- ICinley declined to make any' pre- diction on that score, pointing out that the Progressive -Conserva- tive policy as enunciated by Op- position Leader Robert Stanfield' has been to operate in Parlia- ment on a "one -day -at -a -time" basis, and prepared for any even - Before concluding the inter- view, Mr. McKinley conveyed his "best wishes" to his constituents in this section of Huron riding for - a Happy New Year and an all- round good 1973. Centre kids greet Santa One of Santa's most apprecia- tive audiences in ItVingham this year was the coterie of kiddies at Wingham Day Care Centre. They greeted his arrival at the centre Friday morning with gurgles and giggles and shrieks of delight, and plied him with some pretty sincere suggestions and requests. Most of the enrolled youngsters were present for this special event, including those who usu- ally attend only part-time, and they had a special pr'ogram of their own on the Christmas theme, under the direction of Mrs. L.. Lane, assisted by Mrs. Fitch, Shelley Campbell, Mary Campbell, Debbie Fitch, Sharon Payne and Brenda King. Youngsters attending the party ncluded Annette Carter, Debra - Ann Hodgins, ,Geordi Baird, Ste- phanie Kasters, Doug Montgo- mery, Carrie -Ann Taylor, Heath - r Thompson and Michael. Also in the thick of things were amie Robinson, Judy Lancas- ter., Renus Bailey, Jennifer Ben- der, Marc Courtney, Gregory Lee, Jason Goodall, Andrea Mill, rian Mill, Gregory Moore, Ste- en Templeman, Steven Skinn, uzanne Wareham, Gregory alton, Jeff Wareham, Jason wley, Lisa Daw, Ann Edgar, ndrew Kaufman, Scottie Angela Walker awl Robert Leed- co A sch