HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-02-13, Page 14' '1li ,Th* 'Windham Advance -Ti e8, Thursday, February 13, 1975
Four injured, damages
h::ayy in car mishaps
Four persons were injured in
WO Separate accidents hives*
POO by the Wingham detach -
Molt of the Ontario Provincial
Police during the week of Feb.
3-9. The -first accident on Feb. 3
`'was a, collision on County Road
22, east of Highway $6, involving
Rudolph Pilwin Waterdown
and Paulus Plasschaert of RR 3,
Listowel. Mrs. Ann Plasschaert,
passenger in one of the cars, was
injured in the collision and was
taken to the Wingham and
District Hospital. She was treat-
ed for ,chest injury and released.
Wolfgang Weber of RR 1, Luck -
now and a passenger in the
Pilwin car was also injured. He
was treated at the Wingham and
District Hospital for injuries to
his right arm and released after
treatment. Damage to the cars
was estimated at $1,950.
The second serious accident
occurred on Feb. 6 when a car
driven by. Wayne Ward apparent-
ly skidded on ice and hit a bridge
on Concession 3 of Morris
Township, east of Brussels.
Injured in the accident were
Larry Coughtrey of RR 2, Kippen
and Judy Sellers of RR 2, Blue -
vale, both passengers in the car.
Mr. Coughtrey was treated for
scalp lacerations and wrist injury
and Miss Sellers suffered wrist
injury., Both were treated at the
Wingham and District Hospital
and released.
Two other collisions occurred
in this time period. Wilmer
Glousher of Londesboro and
David McKay of RR 1, Seaforth
were involved in a two -car acci-
dent Feb. 7 on County Road 25,
east of Highway 4, Morris Town-
ship. Damages were estimated at
$275. A two -car collision the next
day at the Maitland River Bridge
in Fordwich involved Debra
Crispin of Holliston and Roger
King of Guelph. 'Damages were
estimated at $700.
Four separate single -car acci-
dents were investigated by the
Wingham OPP. On Feb. 3 Gary
Jamieson of RR 3, Wingham was
involved in an accident on Lot 31,
Concession 10, East Wawanosh
Township when his car skidded
and hit a tree. Damages were
slight at $25. On Feb. 7 a car
driven by,,R.onald Seidman of RR
3, Wingham left the south edge of
Highway 86, west of the Maitland
River Bridge, East Wawanosh
Township, and sideswiped some
guide posts. Total damage was
estimated at $830. A Saturday
accident on Huron County Road
12, south of Highway 86, resulted
in some $450 damage when a car„,
driven by David De Vogerlaere o
Chatham veered onto the west
shoulder of the road and struck a
guide fence. Robert Wicke of
Listowel was involved in a
• single -car accident Sunday on
Sideroad 30-31, south of Conces-
sion 1-2, Grey Township, when his
car left the east edge of the road
and struck a treee-Damage was
estimated at $1,000.
Snowmobile club
to sponsor Scouts
Town police chief Robert F.
Wittig will be the official starter
and ,Huron -Bruce MPP Murray
Gaunt will tow Mayor Jack
Reavie to launch this Sunday's
"Snowflake Safari" sponsored by
the Wingham and District Snow-
mobile Club to raise funds for the
Wingham Boy Scouts' trip to the
World Jamboree in Norway. The
details were presented at the
Monday meeting of the club.
Marvin Streich reported on some
- of the finalized plans, including
the two hour and 35 -minute time
allowance for the rally and some
of the governing rales- but:added.",
that .he had encountered some
difficulty in getting permission
from property owners for the
running of the over 35 -mile trail.
Club members also heard
reports of the success of the
snowarama held the previous
weekend to raise money for
crippled children. Mr. Streich re-
ported that $159,000 was raised in
Ontario alone, with about $29,000
of that coming from the district
snowarama in Mildmay and
Chesley.
Secondary discussions at the
meeting centered on membership
incentives and the new'Motorized
Snow Vehicles Act. The club
decided to offer special member-
ship to all snowmobilers who pay
their dues by Feb. 28. Under the
special conditions, all present
members and everyone who joins
by the Fe* 28 deadline will -have.
membership privileges for both
1975 and 1976.
Questions on the new snow-
mobile regulations ndicat ;,that
'co"nfusion is still" rampant as to
the actual meaning of the new
rules. The only issue that seems
to be clear is that non-members
are liable to prosecution and fines
:f they trespass on the club's
private trails. Club members
decided to investigate the
possibility of inviting a speaker to
a future meeting to clarify the
many ambiguities and legal
terminology of the act.
Gorrie Personals
Mrs. Beverley Currah returned
home Saturday from Kitchener
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard `Carson
attended the hardware conven-
tion in Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. George Brown
spent the weekend with Miss
Jean Brown, Brantford, and
visited in Detroit on Sunday.
The Gorrie Women's Institute
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Glad Edgar on Wednesday even-
ing, February 19.
Elgin McInnes of Oshawa spent
last Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas L. McInnes.
Cecil Grainger and Cameron
Edgar are patients in Palmerston
Hospital. •
James Mair of Brussels,
Belmore teams
chalk up wins
BELMORE —• Local hockey
teams represented the village
well in ice action last week at the
local arena.
On a bit of a bad day for the
Tykes, they went down 743 at the
hands of the Brussels lads on
Thursday. It was all downhill
from there, though, as the Tykes
defeated West Howick 2-0 on
Saturday. Steven Wright and
Tom Inglis were the goal -getters.
In Squirt action on Saturday,
the local boys trimmed Brussels
7-1. Taking credit for the win
were Keith Rutherford and Dan
Kennedy with two each and Alan
Kieffer with three.
The PeeWees were on the !lull
as they walked away with two
victories. On Friday, they de-
feated Kurtzville 7-3. Doug Busby
and Murray Mawhinney each
scored twice and singles were
knocked in by Don Busby, Kenton
Schaefer and Jeff Mulvey.
On Saturday, Murray Mawhin-
ney again led the scoring with
two against Forest. Singles were
credited to Larry O'Malley, Doug
Busby and Don Busby to make a
final score of 6-2 for the local
Robert Gibson, Harvey Mc-
Michael and Ivan Haskins are at-
tending the Rural Municipalities
Convention in the Royal York Ho-
tel, Toronto.
Mrs. Audrey McKinney of
Burlington visited Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Haskins.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Ross,
Marjorie, John, Marlene and
Marian of Preston visited Satur-
day with Mr. and Mrs. Irving
Toner.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ferguson
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fergus-
on attended the Old Time Cou-
ples' Club of McIntosh United
Church at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Cameron Taylor, Walker-
ton, on Sunday evening. °
Mrs. Eric Munro, Donald and
Tyler of Guelph visited Saturday
with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Robin-
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Henderson of
Montreal visited Sunday with
Rev. and Mrs. Wesley B. Ball.
Mrs. Ross Wightman and
Tracy of Chatham spent a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ferguson., •
Miss Wendy Amos spent the
weekend with Miss Sue Amos of
Burlington.
Howick vs.
Plattsville
series tied
The playoff series between the
Howick Intermediates and
Plattsville is now tied at one
game each. ..
Plattsville took the opener,
played in Ilattaville. by a 6-3
count while the Howick Golden
Hawks edged out the visitors in
Howick arena on Sunday night 4-
3.
The third game was scheduled
for Plattsville Wednesday,
February 12, and the fourth game
will be back in Howick on Sun-
day, February 16 at 8 p.m.
WOMAN'S WORK? Not at Howick Central, where Rennie Stanley learns to knead dough
as part of a cooking elective class for the junior grades.
HIGH
BOWLING
LADIES' WEDNESDAY
NIGHT LEAGUE
Three cheers . for Caroline's
Kooks, triumphant winners of the
second set, an lir first place in
this week's play with a miles -
ahead 53 points. The second -place
team Sylvia's Snorkers are trail-
ing far behind with 34, followed
very closely by Mary's Mishaps
in third, with 31 • and Linda's
Loonies edging closer with 30.
Jayne's Jokers with 21 are just
slightly ahead of Muriel's Mules
with 20 points.
High scores in this week's play
were bowled by Shirley Sallows
with 300 for the high single and
Shirley Storey with 690 for the
high triple honors. Other games
over 200 were bowled by Mary
Forrest, 216, 224; Joyce Gardner,
230; Sylvia ,Pewtress, 204, 264;
Diane English, 220; Shirley
Storey, 206, 219, 265; Edna Mae
Armstrong, 240; Marg Moffatt,
215, 220; Joanne Harrison, 223,
233; Diane Grove, 236; Louise
Welwood, 242; Grace Thompson,
214; Ruby MacLennan, 277;
Jeanettle, .ott, ; Mary Camp-
' belts - 206; l or y T!mpson,
217; Muriel McFarlane; Verna
Steffler, 215; Lila Hickey, 218;
and Jayne English, 219.
0-0-0
THURSDAY MIXED
In last Thursday night's action,
Brenzil's Boomers took seven. big
points and again they're closing
in on Keith and his Mollies.
League standings are now as fol-
lows: Moffatt's Mollies 79, Bren-
,zil's Boomers 76, Wayne's _ W.P.s
70, Skinn's Streakers • and Lay-
ton'S Loonies 65 and Daugherty's
Ding-a-lings 59.
In individual scoring Elda
Nethery took the ladies' single
with a super game of 329. Audrey
Mansell had the best triple with a
706 total. For the guys, Doug Lay-
ton had a 250 single and Keith
Moffatt rolled a 672 triple.
Other good games included
Bruce Skinn 220: Gail Holmes
250; Ron Tervit 220; 226; Gwen
Swan 213; Len Phillips 218; Aud-
rey Mansell 237, 246, 223; Marg
Moffatt 201; Helen Skelton 204;
Isabel! Montgomery 204; Earl'
Young 222; Wayne Pletch 204;
Bruce Machan 220; Doug . Neil
204, 216; Ron Church 229; Paul
Rintou1,204, 209, 248; Don Mont-
gomery 202, 206, 226; Al Skelton
235, 206; and Keith Moffatt 222,
236, 214.
0-0-0
LEGION LADIES
The Opals held their lead last
week and now have 64 points. The
Sapphires moved up to second
place with 54 points, followed
closely by the Emeralds with 53
points. The Diamonds are in
fourth place with 49 points.
Games over 200 were bowled by
Lila Hickey 225; Jean King 317,
213, 212; Lyla Ann Harkness 264;
Norma - Strong 207; Doris
Remington 210, 218; Bea Shrop-
shall 214.
Jean King chalked up both the
high single of 317 and the gigantic
high triple of 742. Runners-up
were Lyla Ann Harkness' 264
single and Lila Hickey's 597
triple.
0-0-0
TEESWATER AND
WINGHAM LADIES
Charging ahead on all four
wheels are Dot's Darts, now at 14
points. Their nearest rivals are
Betty's Buicks and Phyllis'
Furys, tied at 7. Marie's Tin
Lizzies and Rina's Torinos are
tied at 5 and Marie's Mustangs
have 4.
Gladys Stewart VMS ticking
along on all eight cylinders as she
blasted high single of 246 and high
triple of 537. High average was
Betty Kennedy's 184.
Bowling singles of 200 or over
were Bernice Tilson 213; Donna
Johnson 201; Joyce Vincent 209;
Phyllis Ireland 232 and Trudy
MacDonald 212.
SCORES
SENIOR LADIES'
N. Finnigan, sparing for the
league, came up with both the
high single of 241 and the high
double of 376. M. Henderson was
the league regular who chalked
up high scores, a 198 single and a
-351 double.
Doubles of 300 or over were
rolled by E. Laidlaw 343; A. Sim-
mons 315; A. Geddes 330 and A.
Edwards 311.
The Canaries are way out in
front, up to 60 points now. In
second place are the Wrens with
41, followed closely by the
Flamingos at 40. The Bluebirds
have 37; Robins 33 and Night-
ingales 29.
Thanks to the ,spares who help
the league frequently.
0-0-0
COFFEE KLATCH
Two new girls showed + up for
bowling this week, making a total
of 27.
Dorothy Croskill and Ellen
Henderson won prizes for the
•alarm clock draw. Sylvia Pewt-
ress rolled the high single of 286
and the high double of 487.
Girls•4kiviliiigj200- o fife! 41-401-1
week were Lois Surridge 23"0;
Louise Welwood 219; -Sylvia
Pewtress 286, 201; Dorothy Cros-
kill 232; Carol Shaw 206; Edna
Armstrong 237; Verna Haugh 259.
Howick Lions'
bingo winners
Regular games — Jean Dewar,
Atwood; Vi Hallan, Lucknow;
Mrs. Schell, Formosa; Mrs. Cas-
well, Bluevale; Mrs. Denstedt,
Dorking; Bessie Gadke, Palmer-
ston and Joan Robinson, Luck -
now. Mrs. Denstedt, Dorking and
Mrs. Patterson, Wingham; Bill
Upper, Listowel; Bonnie Hislop,,
Wroxeter; Lyda Reidt, Wrox-
•
eter ; Matilda Showers, Wingham
and Debbie Humphry, Chesley;
Mrs. Holloway, Wingham;
Dianne Leek, Wroxeter; Mrs.
Kaufman of Listowel and Sarah
Hamilton, Lucknow; Bessie
Gadke of Palmerston and Mrs.
Caswell, Bluevale; Matilda
Showers, Wingham; Mrs. Ryan,
Wingham; Mrs.. Day, Wingham
and Bonnie Hislop, Wroxeter.
Share the Wealth — first, Jean
Dewar, Atwood; second, Joan
Robinson, Lucknow and Mrs. Ron
Bester, Mildmay.
$25 special Mrs. Denstedt,
Dorking and Mrs. McLennan,
Lochalsh. jackpot consolation +
bonus ($20 + $9.50) — Nllrs. Har -
nock, Gorrie.
Stand up bingo -- Mrs. W.
Seiling, Wingham; lap card —
Mrs. Ferg Riley, Wingham ; dart
gan-te — Mrs. Hazel Gowing,
Listowel; ..
Door prizes — Catherine
Edgar, Wroxeter, Mrs. Hastings,
Listowel, Mrs. Kaufman, Listo-
wel and Mrs: Denstedt, Dorking.
Lucky draws — Mrs. Ryan,
Wingham, Audrey Moyer,
Walkerton, Ethel Day, Wingham
and Lillian Patterson, Wingham:
Culture moves to Grey -Bruce,
mond-long Artsfest '75 arrives
Artsfest '75, the 'fiaienth-long
cultural festival which opened in
Grey and Bruce counties recently
will be augmented by a wide
range of special attractions ar-
ranged by the "Festival Ontario"
program of tiie Ministry of Cul-
ture and Recreation.
The Festival Ontario events,
provided at the request of Arts -
fest '75 officials in the two count-
ies, include the Ontario Science
Centre Circus,. a print show from
the Art Gallery of Ontario and
three 'travelling . Musetimobiles
from the Royal Ontario Museum.
Culture and Recreation
Minister Robert Welch said these
and Other unique historical,
scientific and cultural exhibits
are offered free to community
festivals across Ontario through
the Festival Ontario program.
The ,,Ministry of Culture and
Recreation has been established
to assist physical -fitness, sports,
recreation and cultural activities
throughout the province.
In addition to displays, Mr.
Welch said teachers from the
Ontario Science Centre will con-
duct, on request, special classes
in Grey -Bruce schools. Artists
from the Stratford Festival
Theatre, another of the parti-
cipating Festival Ontarin
agencies, will organize work-
shops for local theatre groups on
acting, directing, make-up, light-
ing and other theatre crafts.
Plans are also under way to
present the Art Gallery of On-
tario's "Artist With Their Work"
program in which talented artists
demonstrate how they achieve
their artistic effects. The AGO's`'
print show includes 30 , framed
works illustrating three graphic
mediums: etching, silk-screen
and lithography.
The Ontario Science Centre
Circus will be in the Kincardine
Arena from Feb. 13 to 25 A
Science Centre in minature, it
invite visitors to patlicipate in
dialogues, for example, with a
talking typewriter; to enter a dis
torted room where nothing, is
what it seenA; to test scientific
phenomena like an audidelav
unit and a bicycle ,which gener-
ates its own electricity. Scientists
from the centre in Toronto will he
on hand to explain the marvels
and show films.
The Royal Ontario Museum's
"Ethnology" Museumobile will
be on display at Owen Sound
Museum. The Museumobile
focuses on the Woodland, Algon-
kian and Iroquois cultures and in-
cludes artifacts, films, slides and
publications covering' aspects of
Indian life and thought.
The other two Museumobiles —
one displaying fossils of southern
Ontario and the other graphically
relating the 12,000 -year history of
man in Ontario — will tour
schools in Grey and Bruce.
Other agencies of the Ministry
of Culture and Recreation which
participate in the on going Festi-
val Ontario program are: The
McMichael Canadian Collection,
which includes many paintings
by the members of the famous
Group of Seven; the Ontario Film
Theatre; the Ontario Heritage
Foundation; the Historical and
Museums Branch; the Archives
of Ontario; the Royal Botanical
Gardens (Hamilton) ; and a
number of other organizations
under the general aegis of the On-
tario Arts Council.
Canadians ahead
in House League
In Atom House League Hockey
games Feb. 6, the Canadian Tire
"Canadiens" with a full team out
.for the first time overpowered a
short-handed team of Brophy
"Bruins" by a 4-1 score.
Robbie Strong scored twice for
the winners, with Jim Bain and
Don Brooks rounding out the
score. Bryon Thompson scored
for the Bruins.
In the Monday game, Green's
and $rophy Bruins fought to a 2-2
tie. Green's scorers were David
Scott and Geoff Hamilton. They
led until 43 second in the game
when David Sha* scored his
second goal for Brophy's to tie
the game.
Standings up to Feb. 10 are:
Canadiens, 20; Bruins, 13;
Green's, 7
—Mr. and Mrs. Mac Newton,
Brian and Linda visited Sunday
with the former's mother, Mrs.
Alice Newton.
on mum
Goderich
Mrinksi.l"..
.
win trophies
BELMQRE --- The Curling
Club held a very successfpll
bonspiel on Wednesday. They had
a full entry of 20 rinks,
Winner of the nine o'clock draw
and the Elliott Trophy, was the.
rink of Jinn Hawkins of Goderich.
Mason Robinson's rink of Wing-
ham was second, Ron Adams'
rink of Wroxeter third and Hugh
Pearson's of Brussels fourth.
Consolation .prize went to Lorne
Schmaltz' rink of Walkerton.
The 11 o'clock draw and the
Renwick Trophy went to Dennis
Foerster's rink of Mildmay.
Wallace Ballagh's rink of Tees -
water was second; Bob John-
ston's rink of Lucknow third and
Clark Brown's rink of Cheltley
fourth. Consolation prize was won
by the rink of Benny Johnston of
Gorrie.
Ladies of the area served
meals, sandwiches and pie. One
hundred tickets were sold on a
ham which was won by Jim Ren-
wick. The draw was made by
Mrs. Cecil Wilson.
Howick Arena
Calendar
Thursday, Feb. 13: 4:30-7 p.m.,
open; 7-8:30 p.m., West Girls and
Harriston; 9-11:30 p.m., recrea-
tion hockey -Drew vs. Fordwich;
Friday, Feb. 14: 5-6 p.m., open;
6-7:30 p.m., West Squirts vs:
Brussels; 7:30-9 p.m., and 9-11
p.m., open;
Saturday, Feb. 15: 9-12 a.m.,
figure skating; 12=1 p.m., East
Bantams practice; 1-6 p.m.,
open; 6-7 p.m., girls practise; 8-
10 p.m., public skating; 9 p.m. -1
a.m., dance, Brown's Orchestra;
Sunday, Feb. 16: {'11:30 a.m.,
Howick Midget vs. Cooksvilie
Minor Midget AAA; 2-4 p.m.,
public skating; 6-7 p.m., West
Squirt practice; 7-8 p.m., open; 8-
9 p.m., Intermediates vs. Platts-
ville;
Monday, Feb: 17: curling;
Tuesday, Feb. 18: 5-7:30 p.m.,
open; 7:30-9 p.m., West Bantams
vs. Belgrave,; 9-11:30 p.m., open;
Wednesday, Feb.19 : 1-3 p.m.,
moms and tots skating; 4:30-7:30
p.m., open; 7:30-9 p.m., West
PeeWees vs. East PeeWees; 9-
11:30 p.m., East girls vs. Palmer-
ston.
Bridge results
First, Mrs. D. B. Porter and
Mrs. A. R. DuVal; second, Mrs.
F. Moffat and Reg DuVal; third,
Omar Haselgrove and Farish
Moffat; fourth, Hazel Weir and
Art Wilson. .
Weekly euchre
BELGRAViF — Eight tables of
euchre were played at the com-
munity rooms last Wednesday
evening. High lady was Mrs.
Edgar Wightman; low lady, Mrs.
Lorne Jamieson; high roan,
Clarence Hanna; low man, Mark
Armstrong.
Girls defeat
Mount Forest
The Wingham Girls finished
their first playoff series Saturday
night when they defeated the
visiting Mount Forest Girls three
straight games.
The girls played their first
game in Mount Forest with Ellen
Reid getting two hat tricks and
Lois McLaughlin scoring the
other two goals. Assists went to
Sue Burke and Jane Vath. The
final score was Wingham 8,
Mount Forest 0.
The Mount Forest Girls came
to town on Tuesday of last week.
Scoring for Wingham were Ellen
Reid 2, Donice Duck and Janis.
Rae with singles: The final score
was 4-2 for Wingham.
he third game was in Wing -
am Saturday night with Lois
McLaughlin scoring 4 and Ellen
Reid getting a hat trick. Final
score was 7-1 for Wingham.
The girls are off to Wallace -
burg this weekend for the annual
Girls' Hockey Tournament.
Wingham fans wish them good
luck.
PerJm '
—Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher,
Patrick -Street, were hosts on the
weekend to visits from Mr. and
Mrs. Elliott Carruthers and Mr.
and Mrs. Doug Martin and family
of Ripley, Mr. and Mrs. Carman
Machan and Ross of Waterloo
and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Creech of
Pine River. '
—Mrs. Ray Laidlaw spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Todd and Christina of St.
Helens.
--Cathy and Charles Hender-
son of Toronto are spending some
time with their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Henderson and
Mr. and Mrs. C. Flett.
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�l�UIr1ok score;
Exhibition Tyke: Howick gacit
Liato ►e12; Beirnore 3► Iowivk
O.
quirt: Howick X. 1Q; Howkkk
West. 5,
PeeWee : Howick .East 6,' Bro.
seas 2.
Recreationala Fordwich 9,
Wroxeter 2.
Midget Playoffs: Drayton -9,
Howick 3. Drayton wins series 2-
0.
Intermediate Playoffs: Howick
4, Plattsville 3. Series tied one
each.
Atorns bottle
to 3-3 tie
in overtime
One of the best games of
hockey seen in the Mitchell arena
in some time was played there
Saturday afternoon when the
local Atoms battled Wingham to
a 3-3 tie'after ten minutes of over-
time.
The game was only 12 seconds
old when Daryl Holmes fired a
backhander into the top left
corner of the net. Mitchell camp
back and tied it up at 1-1 in the
second period and the game
stayed that way until Bill Brophy
fired what was thought -to be the
winner with five minutes left in
the third period.
MitChell buzzed around the
Wingham net and finally put it
through a maze of legs with just
-17 seconds left to tie it up again.
The two teams took a break and
came out for ten minutes of over-
time, and with about half of it
gone, Daryl Holmes zipped in
with his second goal, of the game
to make it 3-2 for Wingham.
. Not to be left behind, Mitchell
with less than two minutes left
tied it up again, so the local lads
had to settle for a point. But it
gives them the upper hand with
one win and a tie. Mitchell • will
have to ,wintwo games whereas
Wingham nebds only a tie game
to take the series. A great game
in goal was played by Ken
Deichert who filled in for the two
regular goalies who were absent
from the game. A lot of Wingham
parents came away from this one
with weakened hearts and quite a-
few flushed faces. •
—Dr. Barbara Cameron, Dr.
Alex Strong and Dr. and Mrs..
Stewart Leedham attended the
Ontario Veterinarians' conven-
tion in Hamilton last week. Dr.
Leedham was a convention speaker on T'uesaay. ` """
While digging through the files
at Maitland Valley, Rocky
Raccoon uncovered some facts.
which people seldom consider
about snow.
Most of us know that snow is
frozen water in a variety of.
small, crystallized forms, and
that it is good for making snow-
men. Some other cOknmon
properties of snow include the
necessity of shovelling it from
driveways, its association with
cold weather and higher heating
bills and its tendency to allow you
to get your car stuck. .
What most people seem to,
forget, is that snow is a very
important commodity in the
workings of nature. The depth of
snow and the nature of the crust
determine how, when, and where
many animals get their food .
during the winter.
The insulating capacity of snow
keeps warmth near the earth to
protect seedlings and to keep
insects and certain young
animals alive through freezing
surface temperatures. Even
man, in northern climates, uses
the compaction and insulating
qualities of snow' to build an ef-
fective shelter against the attack Nt
fo sharp, hexagonal snow
"needles", (which are formed in
colder climates), and saves him
from harsh Arctic temperatures.
Snow increases the light -re-
flecting capacity of the Earth
during winter months. It sends
the suns' rays back into the
clouds where the energy is re-
flected a second time by the
Earth's atmosphere, and is re-
turned to the surface as heat
energy. This process, known as
the "Green House Effect", helps
the growth of plants and depends
largely on the reflecting quality
of the snow.
° Although snow is a hazard and
a hinderance in many cases,
Rocky would like to remind you
that it also has its good qualities
when it performs its essential
duties in the natural environ-
ment. 'w Ap ..4. L. *�
BLYTH LIONS CLUB
DANCE
Blyth Memorial Hall
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21
Music by
"WAYNE RIEHL & THE COUNTRY. VERSATILES"
(T.V. Personalities)
Dancing 10 - 1 Lunch to Follow
ADVANCE TICKETS ONLY $6.00 PER COUPLE
Phone 523-9564
Restricted to Persons 18 Years of Age and Over
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LAUGHS A PLENTY
A night of comedy entertainment
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MEMORIAL HALL
Sunday,Feb, 16
8 p.m.
Adults $1.50 Students $1.00
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from
BLYTH LITTLE THEATRE
A one act comedy
THE WEDDING
and
BLYTH SPIRITS '75
A comedy revue
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NOTICE
The Manor Hotel, Wingham
PRESENTS GREAT ENTERTAINMENT
SIX NIGHTS WEEKLY
Here For Two Great Weeks
"DANNY HARRISON WITH
HIS THIRD WORLD BAND"
MUSIC EVERYONE CAN ENJOY
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