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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-02-20, Page 10 V r M 1,450 raised for Scouts. "Snowflake Safari" Good weather, no casualties, minimal machine failures and great participation mark Sun- day's "Snowflake Safari" that netted $1,450 for the Wingham Boy Scouts fund to finance a trip to the World Jamboree in Nor- way. The event was organized and sponsored by the Wingham and District Snowmobile Club. Fifty-four snowmobiles Were entered in the rally and the entire force of the Boy Scout troop came to navigate or just cheer on the snowmobilefs. The route stret- ched over 35 miles of track and Former Wingham family killed in plane crash Four members of a Wiarton family died Sunday night when their Cessna light aircraft crashed in a farmer's field near Eastwood, five miles east of • Woodstock. Dead are: Carl George Monk, 41; his wife, Muriel, 40; and sons, Carl Neil, 16, and Frederick, 13, all of 319 Gould St., Wiarton. The crash occurred around 11 p.m. in a field on Tower Line Road. Neighbors reported they heard a plane circling at a low altitude for a long time before the crash. Mr. Monk, a corporal with the QPP at Wiarton, had recently re- ceived , his 20 -year medal. He served for many years in Mount Forest and was a Provincial con- stable on the Wingham detach- ment from October 1., 1957 to November 3, 1958. He was also president. of the Wiarton Flying Club. Authorities at the Brantford airport said the plane landed there Sunday afternoon. The family was visiting Mr. Monies brother, Clayton, in Paris. It took off Sunday night from Brantford, 20 miles east of East- wood and crashed as it was re- turning to Wiarton, about 15 miles northwest of Owen Sound. Woodstock OPP and the minis- try of transport are investigating the crash. ran through checkpoints Algoma, Boondocks, Dewline, Christmas and Eskimo. Only three machines didn't finish the course due to machine failures, and the last "easy rider" didn't return until 5:45 because his snowmobile ran out of gas. But the district ham radio operators stationed at the five checkpoints and- the ambulance standing on the alert had no business that day. Snowrnobilers came from as far as Hamilton and St. Claire Shores, Mich., to join in the fun; and a Listowel couple came all the way up on their snowmobile, ran the "safari" trails, then re- turned to Listowel the same way they came up, thus qualifying maybe for an endurance award. But an event of that magnitude and„ people -participation can never pass without some inci- dents, and the "Snowflake Safari" ran true to course. Memorable moments were pro- vided at the start as Police Chief Robert F. Wittig flagged the opening event that featured Huron -Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt and Mayor Jack Reavie in a horse-drawn buggy. As may have been predicted, the horse at first refused to start, but then took off down the street in a burst of speed that almost nest; buggy. Following that pe formance, the'snuwrnobile8 Viere almost an anti-climax.�:� Some comic relief wad vided during the rally by , ah unlucky participant, ' Who probably didn't think it all that funny. Not only did his to tele develop vapor lock and stall in the bush, forcing him towor help, but when he finally came to a checkpoint to report his pOO lem, he found he.couldn't retnetxt- ber where in the bush he'd leftthe snowmobile. A search party finally found the machine, but whether that particular snowns0- biler will ev r ride that trail again is doub ul. , i1 Participant in the "Snowflake Safari" got more than justa Id of fun from their run. Prizes were awarded in three different cate- gories, and each navigator=Boy. Scout received a flashlight courtesy of the Wingham and District Snowmobile Club. First prize for the Boy Scout with the most pledges Was awarded to Michael Rintoiil wbo received a pair of snowmobile boots, courtesy of Callan Shoes, The driver with the most pledges was David Cameron who won ,a snowmobile helmet from .Lynn JUNIOR SPEAKERS in the elementary school division of the eanadian Legion zone C-1 public speaking competitions Saturday were: front, Mary Kay, Campbell, Phillip Weber, Janice Needham, Regan Dettman, Darryl Fox; back, Rob Smith, Gary Van Beers, Kathy Brandon, first -place winner Maureen Gaus, Marilynne Maclntyre and Melanie Dustow. SENIOR SPEAKERS in the elementary school division of the CanadianLegion C-1 public speaking competitions Saturday were: front, Mary Luanne Clare, Tom Wilson, Janet Schnittker, first -place winner Sandy Carson, Barbara Johnston; back, Carolyn Wilson, Mary Jean Betties, Joanne Vink, Beth Walter, Steven Sparling and Frank Leahy. Legion hosts 31 speakers Public speakers, parents and visitors packed the Wingham Legion Hall Saturday for the a Canadian Legion zone C-1 public speaking competition. Only nine students were entered in the senior competition, but the 22 ele- mentary school speakers in the afternoon more than made up for the morning calm, The senior competition for secondary school students was divided into junior and senior divisions with John Strong, Mrs. I. E. Morrey and Rev. T. K. Haw- thorn ,acting as judges for the morning event. Eleanor Mc- Millan of Goderich placed first in the junior division, and Don Melady of Seaforth was first in the senior division. Other speakers in the junior division were Paul Van Estroech of Exe- ter, Ken de Boer of Wingham, Deb Rose of Seaforth and Mari lyn Rhody of Ripley. The three other speakers in the senior divi- sion were Tony Kyle, Exeter; Mary Edith Garniss, Wingham ; and Ernie McMillan, Goderich. Eleven speakers vied for first place in the senior division of the elementary school competition. Sandy Carson of Gorrie placed first, with Mary Jean Betties of Clinton in second and Frank Leahy, representing Wingham, in third. Other speakers in the senior division were: Steven Sparling, Blyth; Beth Walter, Goderich; Janet Schnittker, Kincardine; Tom Wilson, Ripley ; Carolyn Wilson, Seaforth; Barbara John- ston, Brussels; Joanne Vink, Exeter ; and Mary Luanne Clare, Lucknow. The junior division of the ele- mentary school public speaking compdtition also had 11 speakers. Maureen Gaus of Exeter was judged in first, with Phillip Weber of Brussels as second - place winner and Kathy Brandon �f Blythin third place. The other participants in this division were: Marilynne Mac- Intyre, Lucknow; Melanie Dustow, Goderich ; Darryl Fox, Clinton; Regan Dettman, Gorrie, Janice Needham, Ripley; Mary Kay Campbell, Kincardine; Gary Van Beers, Teeswater; and Rob Smith, Seaforth. Judges for the elementary school competition were Jack Kopas, Mrs. Cheryl McDonald and Mrs. I. E. Motrey. Time- keeper throughout the day was Hugh McKague. ccess Hoy Enterprises and 10 gallons of gas from Bridge Motors. Second prize winners were Marvin Streich and Mike Beattie who re- ceived snowmobile mitts from the Wingham Service Center and six T-bone steaks from Green's Meat Market. Russel Foxton and Brian Reid got third place and won two steak dinners_._from Turnberry Tavern and ten quarts of chocolate milk from Bateson's Dairy. Winner of first prize for best time and observation was Aileen Davies who won a helmet from Tolton's in Bluevale and five dollars worth of gas from John King's Gulf Station. Second -place winners were Bill Bain Jr. and Brian Ste. Marie who received ten dollars worth of merchandise from Canadian Tire and a snowmobile aerial from Machan Hardware. Douglas Proctor of Seaforth won snowmobile mitts from Stedman's and an ice bucket from Dougherty Pro Hardware for placing third. A straight was collected by Bradley Coulter for best poker hand drawn in the rally. He received a v winter jacket from Gosling's Chev Olds and five dollars worth of gas from Hamil- ton's Lunch. Douglas Gibson and navigator Brent Foxton got the second-best hand and won a tool kit from McGee Auto Electric and five gallons of gas from Bur- ley's Service Centre. Third-place winner was Douglas Proctor of Seaforth who received six quarts of oil from C. E. MacTavish Ltd. and three bottles of cologne from Triangle Discount. Damage is heavy in tractor fire A tractor fire caused extensive damage for Northan Coultes of ,,.jot 39, Conceiiiibil 10. in East Wawanosh, Sunday. The fire started when a heater cord burned off into the engine. The Wingham Fire Depart- ment received the call around 4:45 p:m. and extinguished the fire, but Chief Dave Crothers said the damage was still very heavy. Schools to close on February 25 All Huron County elementary schods will be closed Feb. 25 to .allow teachers to attend a Pro- fessional Development Day'. Activities have been planned for four centres in the county: Sea- forth Public School, Exeter Public School, Wingham Public School and Robertson Public School in Goderich. Silver .Circle wins praise On Monday evening, Feb. 10 an executive meeting of the Wing - ham and District Association for the Mentally Retarded was held in the Silver Circle School. A letter from Mrs. Hilhurst from Day Nursery Branch, London complimenting the teachers of the Silver Circle School was read by the president, Mrs. Lorna Douglas. The Adult Workshop got off to a start on February 1st under the direction of Harold Brooks. Any- one wishing to volunteer their as- sistance for just a . half-day a week would be appreciated, and information about this can be ob- tained by phoning Bill Stephen- son at 357-2782. Connie Jamieson reported that the YACMR girls would hold a Valentine party for all the stu- dents on Wednesday evening, Feb. 12 and a tobogganing party in the near future. Pat Scollard will be coming ..to Wingham to show slides and answer questions on the Guelph Kiwanis Camp Bellwood near Fergus at the next Association meeting to be held Monday evening February 24 ii the Golden Circle School, Wing - ham. All parents of local students and anyone else interested in seeing these slides are very wel- come. Camp Bellwood also offers adults two Camp Lodges, one in June and another in August. Any adult interested in this camp can receive information at the meet- ing or . from Mrs. Florence Reavtie, principal of the Golden Circle School in Wingham. SNOWMOBI LE RS wait'to take off from "Algoma" for• .the "Snowflake Safari,unday. a aunt demon ubiic inquir Murray Gaunt, Liberal MPP for Huron -Bruce, has called upon the Minister of Energy to in- stitute an immediate public in- quiry into the proposed Bradley - Georgetown hydro transmission route. "The Provincial Government plans to expand facilities 'at the Bruce Nuclear Power Plant to provide hydro -electric powdi to the Toronto market. This would incur capital costs of many mil- lions of dollars, and necessitates numerous and heavier transmis- sion lines across prime agricul- tural and scenicareas. of South- Western -.Ontario. These pIahs� Darnages, are heavy i1i eight m Damage reports were heavy in Grey Township when she skidded eight separate accidents investi- and struck a vehicle owned by gated by the Wingham detach- Faye L. MacDonald of RR 2, ment of the Ontario Provincial Brussels. Damage was estimated Police during tile week of Feb. 10- at $450. i6. A single -car accident occurred On Feb. '10 Robert Young of RR on Highway 4, Turnberry Town - 3, Stayner and John Bryars of ship Feb. 12 when a car driven by Brussels were involved in a colli- Evelyn Kennedy of Teeswater sion on County Road 12 at left the east side of the road and Hawkes St. in Brussels. There landed in the ditch, resulting in were no injuries and damage was $300 damage. A collision Thurs- estimated at $830. day on Highway 4, north of Huron • -George A. Newbold of Lucknow Road 20 involved Gerald Gibson was involved in a single -car acci- of Brussels and Calvin Burke of dent on Highway 86, east of High- Wingham..Total damages to the way 87 on Feb. 11 when his car vehicles were an estimated $950. went onto the north shoulder of the road and struck a sign post, Ay collision occurred the next causing an estimated damage of day on North St., east of Highway $45. Another single -car accident 4, involving James MacDonald of that day occurred on Concession Lucknow and Barbara Cameron 4-5, west"of County Road 12 when of Wingham. Total damage was a car driven by Guy W. Stroop of estimated at $550. A single -car RR 5, Brussels struck a pig accident occurred Saturday on owned by Wallace J. Black of RR Sideroad 20-21, north of Con - 5, Brussels. Damage to the car cession 5-6, Grey` Township when was estimated at $600. a car driven by Alan K. Finlay of, Jean Veitch of RR 2, Brussels Guelph ran into deep snow and was southbound on Sideroad 15- slid into a snowbank. Damage 16, south of Concession 11-12, was estimated at $400. Ministry approves hospital budget The Ministry of Health has ap- proved the 1975 budget for the Windham and District Hospital at $2,454,237. The report on Ministry \approval was presented at the Wednesday meeting of the hospi- tal board. Jack Hodgins of the Finance Committee reported that the approved figure is only $5,238 short of the proposed budget sub- mitted by the hospital board and was a minimal cut compared to the total amount allotted. The hospital will also receive $20,930 left as a bequest in the will of Frederick Jackson. Estate executors and counsellors acting on behalf of the hospital have reviewed the terms of the will, and Gordon Baxter reported that all the details have been ap- proved by both sides. Mr. Hodgins also reported on a plan to save the board ap- proximately $2,000 on capital purchases by contracting for the purchases immediately to evade cost increases that might arise in the future. Major items to pur- chase included a mobile oral sur- gery unit, a spectometer, a fetal monitor, an IV pump, bed units and an oxygen blender as well as other smaller items for a total estimated cost of $26,701. A report from the Management Committee indicated that ambu- lance calls had increased in 1974 by 19.8 per cent odgr 1973, with 1,063 calls recorded in 1974. A statistical report for Jan. 1975 on overall hospital activity is still above the provincial average. The board members were re- minded that the date for the annual meeting of the corpora- tion has been set at March 14 and were invokedto purchase memberships. They voted to advertise the meeting four times in the five weekly newspapers covering the area,. involved. Nominations to the corporation were received from Morris, Kin- loss, East Wawanosh, Brussels and Wingham. s completely negate Hydro's stated priority of locating all, generating stations close to major load centres. Also the proposed rout ing of the primary transmissiop line, and -the secondary "security • or ,back=up line cover a :distance of 150 miles, which at an appr'oil,� to t%ted cost of a half -to ,,. one million dollars per mile, de- pending on the terrain, means s an expenditure of up to $150 million. "Hydro's long range plans have not been publicly discussed, but it is clear that they are plan- ning a program to establish generating stations around the western perimeter of the ,the ' vince. :Obviously, Hydro made plans, -held superficial hearings — merely going through the mo- tions of public and democratic participation — and then simply proceeded to do, with Cabinet ap- proval, exactly what it had in- tended to do from the outset. The Bradley -Georgetown transmis- sion route is inappropriate and il- logical because the primary market for Bruce power should be the Kitchener -Waterloo area, with any back-up line for Toronto being routed via Owen Sound, Collingwood, etc., linking up with the already established Essa- Kleinburg corridor, and serving the Markets en route. "The Government has given much emphasis to the Solandt Commission Report, of which a very curious aspect is the fact that Dr. Solandt chose to ignore completely the expert, neutral and highly expensive report of his environmental consultants, Bruce Howlett Inc., which recommended that the Escarp- ment be crossed at Rattlesnake Point, permitting the Kitchener - Waterloo line to be routed via the 401 crossing. It would seem the consulting engineer's report was changed to be acceptable to Hydro. The question is — why? "Although the Nanticoke - Pickering transmission corridor was extensively studied, this was not the case with the Bradley - Georgetown route. In July 1974, former Minister of Energy Darcy McKeough said approval of the Southern 500 IV transmission corridor between Bruce and Georgetown via Kitchener was being withheld pending review of the long range plan for Ontario Hydro. Nothing more was heard until January 1975 when the new Chairman of Ontario Hydro, Rob- ert Taylor, announced blueprints outlining the expansion of North America's secondlargest electric utility would not be changed. Ob- viously, Hydro officials intended from the beginning that the Es- carpment, should be crossed at Limehouse, beside Georgetown, and serious consideration has never been given to the Bruce- Essa route, with Essa-Kleinburg as a "security" line, involving only one crossing of the Escarp- ment, at the 401. The Essa-Klein- burg line has a capacity of 6,000 megawatts with the present sing - Please turn to Page 2