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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-01-09, Page 14MAU WHOMA iVIIMee-Tinmes, nand" , J U 8, 1475 iP L biy sic . Imore hockey�' Be Aus rua teams busy WILT— F011owiang a OMNI vacation, Howick Ws* bug with hockey One again last week as rilitie#►Med. to the finish to de- Ifinlinift the wieners. ,eothtbition action, the East H wleikT*ea defeated the East O* Atniior Girls 5-4 in an O'Clit400 game. West Howick Pee Wei went down to defeat at the bklingla of the Palmerston team; afore of that game was 6-3. And KUrtzvilte defeated Fordwich 10- a; 'Iso in an exhibition game. ,! . The East Howick Squirts sent ti Kurtzville team on its way, to the 1 tune of 15-0, and Fordwich Old - i :timers defeated the Belmore- • Wroxeter oldies 8-4. Intermediate competition saw Howick team meet its Waterloo ( as they did battle with Platts- i ville; resulting score of that s 7-2 ELMORE — On December 16 elmore Squirts defeated Kurtz- ville by a score of The goal - getters were Allan Kieffer 5, Dan Kennedy 2, Brenda Chambers- 1 and Larry Fischer 1. On December. 23 Brussels lost to the Belmore Squirts, by a score of 6-0. Players scoring goals were Allan Kieffer 2, Dan Kennedy 2, Brenda Chambers 1 and Grant Harkness 1. The Belmore Squirts won over East Howick by a score of 8-6. Allan Kieffer got five goals, Larry Fischer 1, Jeff Harper 1, and Keith Rutherford 1. At Watford on Sunday the Bel - more PeeWees took part in the Silver Stick Tournament. After playing overtime Belmore was defeated by Parkhill 5-4. Scoring were Don Busby 2, Larry O'Malley 1, and Kenton Schaefer 3 game wa . 1. 1 1 1 —Mr. and Mrs. Lee Millar of Edmonton, Alberta, spent New . . Year's at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Walker. I —Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gaunt . returned to their home after -holi- daying for the past two weeks with their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Don Dirstein and family of Ajax, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Don Gaunt . of Chatham were guests at the same home Christmas Day. • —Hume Foxton of Toronto visited Saturday with his aunt, Mrs. Norma Bender, and other relatives in the community. -Mr. and Mrs. Douglas.Walk- er of Ottawa . spent a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1. George E. Walker. Holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Murray, Minnie a1 F. 1 like wWingham, Canada Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton has and acre of wheat, oats, barley heft to celsius readings, and os of, /received a most interesting letter and lupins. They export the seeds duly lst this year we have 4°gone from Mr. and Mrs. Eric Poole of of thelatter for stock food said to metric". No more miles, gallons, Wingham, New South Wales, be very high in protein. We also inches, now it's all Idlo netre$, Australia. Mr. and Mrs. Poole passed through lots off sheep and litres, kilograms, etc. Alright for visited with Mrs. MacNaughton cattle statiens. It has been - a the young but harder for us to ad - and other Wingham families in particularly good rainf year just. 1972 and since that time there has everywhere this year, so I do feel tnfflation has risen to an unbe- been an annual exchange off we saw the country looking at its lie~vable level. in the last two Christmas cards and letters. best. Wildlife was more evident years, since the Labor Govt. Although we have carried also. We saw kangaroos, rabbits, came into power. They are Stories of the Wingham "down emus, foxes and wild pigs, and backed by the unions (which are under" in the past, this particular many kinds of birds. In all we communist led) so wage claims letter provides such a graphic covered just on 8,000 miles in just Street, were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Marr of Kitchener, Mrs. Charles Bushfield of London and Brian Murray of Alvinston. —Miss Kathy Pattison has re- turned to *flaterloo University after spending Christmas Vaca- tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pattison, and Jim, and with friends in Willowdale. —A very happy occasion took place on January 4 when family members, neighbors and rela- tives called on Mrs.' Allan Pat- tison, who was celebrating her birthday, to wish her many happy returns of the day and good health and happiness for years to come. • —Miss Bertha Walker of Walkerton was a New Year's guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .George E. Walker. —Holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Hodgkinson, of Scott Softball team Street were Mr. and Mrs. Ken fand Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mc d of plans dance _ Hr. and Mrs. Dave Murray, Hodgkinson and boys of stowel Following a New Year's party, the executive and players of Bro- phy Brothers slow -pitch ball 11 team announced their second a dance; It will be held Friday, R .,) -F4:11?,--..0 the 1ing1iam Arm- ouries and will feature a return r by popular demand of the Moran �1 y` Brothers. Band. from 'Walkerton. a Tickets will be available only 1 from team members. 1 The -proceeds from the dance ' will be held in trust toward sup- 1 porting local Boy .Scouts who through their achievements have a qualified for a trip to a world 2 Scout Jamboree in Finland. :Team sponsor Desmond Bro- phy, who hosted "the group at his home for the New Year's party, b reported a sustained high team a spirit and- interest following a p very successful first season. ' . I The team won 21 out of 32 games played last season and I were eliminated in the league • I semi-final rounds. Teani mem- ! bers will soon begin spring train- . ing in preparation for their second season. Canada Manpower !, Centre COUNSELLOR In Attendance TOWN HALL WINGHAM J nuary 16, 1975 1;00 p.,rm. to 4:00 p.m. Lucknow. Minnie Street, spent Sunday in London: —Mr. and Mrs. Charles description ' of our Australian under three months. Next winter, namesake that we reproduce it in all being well, we hope to go up full. the Queensland coast and up Dear Mrs. MacNaughton: around the top to Darwin, and • It is as well we have Christmas -maybe right around. Itis a big each year, which tends to jog us country. into remembering loved ones anf Our town has a population of friends, especially those who are around 3000. The main north far away. We did so enjoy your coast railway runs through, but letter. We have reread it many we are eight miles from the main times, and so have our special Pacific Highway. Our nearest friends and relatives. Last week town is Laree (Lar -Ree) which is we heard that two girls from on the highway with a population Wingham, Canada had been in of about 12,000, and would very our town, and we were so Ws.- much like to take us over as part appointed that we did not meet of their area but so far we have them, as we could have shown resisited. Our symbol is the thekn around, and generally horseshoe. We have a horseshoe make them feel welcome. factory here, also an abattoir, a We have a lovely district, with. tannery, a dairy .factory, and mountains on one side, and, a about four sawmills, specializing beautiful river (the Manning) in hardwoods. At one end of our and within a range of 30 miles main street, facing the river, we some of the best beaches in the have what is known as Wingham world. When you know the area, • Brush, which is an area of ,virgin there are many scenic Spots. I rain forest which has been fenced don't think we fully appreciated off and kept in its natural state by it, until we had been abroad. You the early pioneers. It has a couple tend to see it through different of enormous fig trees which are eyes then, and appreciate your truly outstanding. Each year country for what it is. millions of flying foxes (or fruit We bought a VW Campm`laile, bats) come to the Brush to breed. which is a' van set out with a bas No effort to rid the Brush of them stove, fridge, wardrobe, sink, has proved successful, so now cupboards and bed and a push up they have become a tourist at - roof. Welad a shake -down cruise traction. We even had a TV docu- to decide what to take, and what mentary on it called "Jungle in to leave at home, and the Spring, Main St." we set out across the continent to We have eight churches of dif- Western Australia and its capital, ferent denominations and a bowl - Perth. Our main purpose in going ing club, tennis club, golf club, was to see -the wildflowers for pony club and swimming pool, as which they are justly famous. well as a Memorial Servicemen's There are over 6000 varieties, Club and two hotels and a show 2500 of which are indigenous to ground, where the annual show or W.A: Each year in Spring they fair is held, also an annual rodeo. ° hold' a wildflower exhibition in We have a stock saleyards on the Kings Park, Perth, over a four outskirts and a hospital and four day period. It was in an enormous doctors. hessian marquee, which shades Our shopping area - is quite the flowers, yet lets in the light— good; I seldom have to go to making it a photographer's para- Laree, eight miles away. We also Bosman have returned to theirs dise. It was beautifully arranged, have a garden nursery, and our home after spending Christmas '� th, tide hanks . of flowers in- as---dearest:airport is Laree. Ir takes holidays with their son and natural a setting as possible,_ and about three-quarters of an hour to family in Naramata, British tapes of bush bird songs playing fly to Sydney (our state capitol) 1.3olumbia. in the background. Down one end, about 220 miles away. Inciden- Miss Anne Geddes s ' • nt the each specimen was identified tally, when we returned from New Year holiday with i • nd with its botanical name; and they overseas in '72,_ we found our. Mrs. A. Lunn of -Seaforth. • had a stall where you could buy weather had gone from fahren- the seeds, and books on nature, seeds, and books on nature, - WI euchre plants and shrubs. I was in my element, whilst Eric got some BELGRAVE — The Women's truly wonderful color slides. We Institute held a euchre and dance also saw the wild flowers growing in their natural state of course—a on Friday evening, December 27 natural garden as far as the eye in the WI Hall. � � could see, in places. W.A. is a Winners of the euchre were, high lady, Mrs. James Hunter; very sandy place, but everything low lady, Mrs. Leonard James; appears to thrive, especially the lady's novelty, Mrs. Ross Ander- roses. I have not seen any as good son • high main Douglas Bruce • anywhere in the world. lows man, David Fear; man's We went 600 miles north of novelty, Elmer Bruce. Perth as far as Carnarvon, where Music for dancing -was supplied we inspected' the space station, by The Blenders. Lunch was which played a very important part during the mdhn shots. We served by the ladies. BELMORE • Alex Gilmar of' Fawcett, Al- berta is visiting friends and rela- tives in the Belmore and Gorrie areas. Lynn Robertson of RR 3, Walk-' erton, spent a day during the holidays with Steven Johann. Craig and Lesley Harkness of Richmond Hill spent holidays with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harkness. also went down a gold mine in Kalgoorlie, which was interest- ing. We saw the Wave Rock at Ryden, which as its name implies is a huge 50 -foot rock shaped like giant curling wave. We walked in the. giant karri forests at ° Pem- berton and visited the lighthouse at Cape Leeuwin. Down south also of Augusta we saw through five different and beautifullime- stone caves. We also called at the whaling station at Albany. Eric found it interesting, but it was too smelly for me. We also saw acres an You, one an a - As I complete a long period of public life in this community, first as a town - councillor and latterly for several years as mayor, member of the Public Utilities Commission and Hospital Board, I would like to express my appreciation of your patience, friendship and loyalty. In addition to the electors of the municipality and their families I would mention in particular those who have served as councillors and reeves, without whose co-operation my tasks would have been a great burden. Particularly appreciated has been the assistonce of the town employees and those at the P.U.C. We live in a wonderful community and - with your help - I hope I have con- tributed something to its development. My best wishes to the new mayor and council and to all the residbnts of Wingham. May the coming years bring even more progress than the ones during which I was privileged to serve you Dewitt Miler BELGRAVE, Mrs. Claire Rainer of Scar- borough and Mrs. Clarence Chamney spent the holidays in the Hawaiian islands. Gorrie Mr. and Mrs. Barry Jones and Leslie of St. Catharines, Mr. and Mrs. David Thompson and Heather of Bowmanville, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Thompson and Jason of Waterloo spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Goldie Thompson and Don. The Gorrie Women's Institute will meet on the regular date, January 15, at the home of Mrs. Martin Scott. Members will notice the January and February programs are interchanged. Come with suggestions for new projects. Everyone is welcome. Dedication GORRIE -- Rev. Wesley B. Ball of Gorrie United Church dedicated a pair of golden candle holders on Sunday in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ewart Whitfield. The holders were donated by their family. WINGHAM RESIDENT HURT IN ACCIDENT Two persons were injured Saturday when their car swerved off Highway 9, six miles north of Teeswater, climbed an embark- ment, turned over and rblled back -down to the roadway. The driver, Helen Hammond of Port E-lgin, -- and a passenger, Kenneth Snowdon of Wingham, are in satisfactory condition in Bruce County Hospital, Walker- ton. The vehicle was demolished. —Walkerton Herald -Times PLENTY OF SUPPORT FOR NIGHT CLASSES Better than 10 per cent of the adult population of Goderich is involved in furthering their . knowledge at night school pro- grams held at GDCI. Approximately 400 people are registered in the program now and these combined with the 200 enrolled , in Recreation Board programs have made it evident that night school programs are desired in Goderich. —Goderich Signal -Star and strikes are We oar of the day. The Government bit :Q11 a credit squeeze which sent many people broke, now people are losing their jobs, because busi- ness and industry cannot afford to pay the wages, A beautiful country, being ruined! Well, my dear, the Compli- ments of the Season. Would love to hear from you in 1975, 3f you have the time. Jean and Eric Poole 'FARO. ` PTIG s' CHARTERED .ACCOUNTA! Jou . Wur a ,. ►,� . jptigrov4, C, COMING SOON SWEETHEART SWEEPSTAKES SANTA'S SURPLUS SALE % OFF BIRD SEED MIXED 10 lb. $1.99 20 lb . $3.98 401b$7.27 100 lb. $17.77. 'SUNFLOWER 51b. $2.25 10 Ib. $4.39 25 lb . $9.95 ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREES DECORATIONS LIGHTING SETS CURLING BROQM..S 'LITTLE BEAVER" Or "TIGER" REG. $1.,1.57' sage x9.98 REG. $9.95 "CURLMASTER" SALE 898 ELECTROHOME HUMIDAiR ES This unit uses the new -HUMIDI-PAD method of humidity distribution with variable speed control and removable water bucket. REG. $74.95 Above features plus automatic humidigtat (59.98 REG. $84.95 (69.95 POOL TABLES SIZE - 45" 50" 60" - 1 -,rte--__- 11/4" 1 lift--" BALLS CUES 36" 36" 36" SALE PRICE Reg 24.95 Reg 48.65 $ 1 6 `'$29 Re4 72.98 44 AMY STAINTON HARDWARE WINGHAM 357-2910