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Communications John R.111)010041 *peed limit was greater than 35
announced today- I� per hour.
Section l The new law a lies iteg ardless
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ot The Highway Traffic of the posted speed Jhnit on
requires traffic travelling in 6' ' biighways, countty roads, city,
directions to halt when a stoppi and village streets. .
school bus flashes its alternat .The only exception is on high -
red signal lights regardles of the Ways divided by a median strip.
posted speed limit. Then, only vehicles behind the
Traffic may not proceed un�.� ,, —school bus must stop upon seeing
the school bus resumes motion or' 'the flashing red lights. Oncoming
its red lights - affixed to both t ,traffic on the opposite side of the
front and rear of the bus --- step median may proceed.
flashing. ' A median strip is a physical
Failure to stop for a school l l$ barrier or an unpaved strip or
~ground separating ,traffic
tv travelling in one direction fronn
tiafffic travelling in the opposite
direction.
With the new Sept. 1st law,
each municipality will, have the
-..authority toenact by-laws
designating local school bus load-
jqg zones.
f In these loading zones, the
school bus driver Will not be per-
mitted to flash the vehicle's
alternating red lights.
The loading zones will have
identifying signs, and can be
located only on the same side of
the road as a school or non -school
facility often visited by school
children and teachers — for
example, - the Royal Ontario
Museum, where many school bus
_loads of students and teachers
arrive from all over the area.
The school bus driver cannot
stop a bus to drop off or pick up
school children on a road or high-
way opposite a designated load-
ing zone. And at the zone, the bus
must be as close as practicable to
the right curb or edge of the road-
with its alternating ed sii
lights flashing carries a pen
of four driver demerit points
Starvation
stalks millions.
A massive,unprecedented human tragedy is in the making.
Who cares?
During this world food crisis
1 pledge to skip or cut down
a meal a week for the
rest of this year and send my
"empty plate money"to
CARE for the starving
people overseas.
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Field crops
are judged
BRUSSELS—J. Peden Connell
of RR 3, Palmerston has com-
pleted judging of the field crop
competition sponsored by the
Brussels Agricultural Society.
' In order to qualify for the prize
money, A. Edwin Martin, secre-
tary -treasurer of the society re-
minds competitors that each
must exhibit a half bushel of his
grain at the Brussels. Fall Fair,
September 16 and 17.
e results OF field crop judg-
ing are as follows:
Barley , — Jim Bowman .90;
Jack Cardiff 88; Jim Mair 86;
Ross Mitchell 85; William Coultes
84; Glenn Coultes 83; Lawrie
Black 82; George Procter 81;
Emerson Mitchell 80; Ross Hig-
gins 79; Graeme Craig 78; Har-
vey Craig 77; John Van Vliet 76;
Jan Van Vliet 75; Gerald Smith
74; Bodmin Ltd, 73; Murray Car-
diff 72; Wayne Hopper 70:
Two-way Mixed Grain -- Rich-
ard Kufsky 90; John Boneschan-
sher 88; Joe Black 87; Tom War-
wick 86112; John Adams 86; Jack
Higgins 85; Wallace Black 84;
Murray Houston 83; Rae Houston
82; William Adams 81; John Van
Vliet 80; Jan Van Vliet 79.
Three-way Mixed Grain — Bill
Pearson ; Norman Hoover 86;
Murray Hoover 85; George Hig-
gins 84; Bob Higgins 83; George
Pearson 82; Claire Veatch 79;
Ross Veitch 76; James William-
son 73; Keith Williamson 72.
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The Highway Waffle Wit, a s a .
bus used for the transportation of
children and from school that:
bears on the rear the words DO
NOT PASS WHIN SIONALS
FLASHING; carries two red sig.
flat lights on the rear and two red
siginat lights on the . front;. Is,
painted chrOMeyellow with black
lettering and trim.
No busiother.than a school bus
may be painted chrome yellow.
No motor vehicle .other than a
school bus may bear the words
"Do not pass when signals flash-
ing" or "School Bus".
Daniel 1. Kerr
was native of
Glasgow, Scotland
A native Of Glasgow, Scotland,
and a resident of this area since
1910, Daniel Forrester Kerr of
Wingham passed away in the
Wingham and District . Hospital
on Saturday, August 16, following
a lengthy illness. Re was in his
87th year.
Born in Whiteinch,,Glasgow, on
August 12, 1 , Mr. Kerr was a
sop of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Archibald Kerr. He was a
member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Kerr was predeceased by
his first wife, Nancy Agnes
Patterson, in 1932, and by his
second wife, Annie Casemore, in
1962. He 'is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Allen (Maud)
Tanner of ,Kincardine and Mrs.
Percy (Velma) Gibson of Wing -
ham; one son, Douglas `Munro'
Kerr of Wiarton; nine grand-
children and 20 great-grand-
children. •
The late Mr. Kerr rested at the
R. A. Currie and. Son Funeral
Hone until Monday when Rev.
Robert Armstrong conducted
funeral service at two o'clock..
Interment followed in Wingham
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Barry Gib-
son, Doug Gibson, tI)'Arcy
Tanner, Clarence Tanner, Bruce
Tanner and Robert Bauman.
Floral tributes were • carried by
William Kloida and Herman
Casemore.
Dies in hospital
after long illness
Sidney Joseph Andrew Moore
passed away at the Wingham and
District Hospital on Monday,
August 18, after a lengthy illness.
He resided at 11 John Street East
iu Wingham.
The late Mr. Mbore was in his
65th year and was born in Han-
over. He was the son of Mrs.
George Moore and the late Mr.
Moore.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Helen Cronin, whom he
married in November 1940. Also
surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. David (Gladys) Russell,
Walkerton, and Mrs. Henry
(Marie) Blom of RR 1, Lucknow;
four sisters, Mrs. Ronald (Grace)
Petteplace and Mrs. Ronald
(Mary) McGarvey, both of Tees -
water, Mrs. Walter (Alice)
Moore, RR 3, Wingham, Mrs.
Gary (Rita) Johnston, Mildmay ;
one brother Paul of Teeswater;
and four grandchildren.
The, late Mr. Moore rested at
the R. A. Currie and Son Funeral
Home, Wingham, where services
were conducted yesterday by
Rev. Barry Passmore of the
Wingham United Church. Inter-
ment was in the Wingham Ceme-
tery.
Howick native
dies in West
Albert Wallace Edgar of
Wembly, Alta., died August 8 in
Grand Prairie Hospital following
a short illness.
He was born in Howick Twp.,
the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
James W. Edgar, and went to
Western Canada in 1909, to the
Peace River District and later to
Wembly. Mr. Edgar farmed until
1928 and then was grain buyer for
United Grain Growers.
He was a member of the
Wembly United Church.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Mabel Maguire and one
son, Roger of Edmonton; two
grandchildren; two brothers,
Gordon of Gerrie and Kenneth of
Wroxeter. He was predeceased
by two daughters.
Burial was in Scenic Heights
Cemetery, Alta.
FLOWER APPRECIATION was the order of the dayyat the
Wingham Horticultural •Society summer show Saturday
but these gentlemen were more drawn to the `displays of
vegetables that graced a side table. The shorn►,pheld at the
Wingham Masonic Hall, was well -attended by visitors from
this area and from more distant cities.
J.J. Kerr was •
veteran of.
world war 1
A veteran of World War I and a
resident of Wingham for more
than 30 years, Joseph John Kerr
passed away in the Wingham and
District Hospital on Friday,
'August 1, following a brief illness.
He was in his 86th year.
Born in Wingham, on July 27,
1890, he was a son of the late
'Joseph John Kerr and Luella -
Salter. He received his ele-
mentary education at SS 'No. 9,
East Wawanosh, and during the
first war, served in France with
the 58th Battalion and the 161st
Battalion. He later farmed at'RR
4, Wingham, retiring to the town
of Wingham in 194,1. At the time of
his death, he made his home at
345 Minnie Street.
-Mr. Kerr was a member of the
Wingham United Church and
belonged to Branch 180 of the
Royal Canadian Legion. -
'Surviving are his wife, the
former Vera A. G. Bunker whom
he married in Oshawa on Sep-
tember 9, 1919; one daughter,
Mrs. Patrick (Marjorie) Hen-
nessy of London; three sons, Jack
Kerr of RR 4, Wingham, Robert
of London and Luther of Lachine,
Quebec; ten grandchildren- and
seven great-grandchildren. Also
surviving is one sister, Mrs.
Leslie (Kathleen) Buckman of
London. He was predeceased by
one son, Douglas Clark Kerr, in
1968, and two brothers, George
Kerr and Ted Kerr..
Funeral service was held at the
R. A. Currie and Son Funeral
Home on Monday, August 4, at
two o'clock with Rev. J. Gratton
Roberts officiating. Interment
followed in Wingham Cemetery.
Pallbearers were members of
Branch 180, Royal Canadian
Legion. Floral tributes were
carried by William Young,
George Hetherington, Harold
Wild and Russell Gaunt.
Mrs. W. J. Bride
Mrs. W. J. Bride, 97, died on
Aug. 14 at the Clarkwood Estates,
Palmerston.
The former Harriett Ida
Spence she was born- March 13,
1878 in Newbridge to the late John
Spence and his wife Susan Mc-
Clennan. She resided in New-
bridge until her marriage to
William Bride in October 1912. -
After living for several years in
Colgate and Weyburn, Sask.,
where Mr. Bride had a livery
business, the couple returned to
Ontario.in the 1920s to make their
home in Palmerston.
Mrs. Bride was a member of
Palmerston United Church.
She was predeceased by her
husband in 1954 and by a brother
William H. Spence and a sister
Mrs. B. J. (Susan) Fallis.
She is survived by her sister-in-
law, Mrs. Hope Spence of
Boulder, Colo.; a niece, Mrs.
Paul Cook of Albruquerque,
N.M.; and tWo nephews, Hart-
zell Spence of Essex County and
Fraser Spence of San Francisco;
one grand niece and three grand
nephews.
The funeral service was held
Saturday, Aug. 16 at 2 p.m. at the
Henderson Funeral Home,
Palmerston. Burial was in the
Palmerston cemetery.
Pallbearers were Morley
Bride, Carman Bride, Stanley
Bride, Milton Hill, Norman Hill
and Wilfred Hill.
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Mrs. 1. Litchy
diedAug. 1 1,
Mrs. Leander L -itchy of :Gorrie
died August. 11 in Wingham and
District Hospital. She was the.
former Hannah Sauder, daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. John ° B.
Sauder and °was born in . St.
Jacobs on January 14, 1910:
She wasa member of Birother-
stop Mennonite Church, Wallace '
Twp., Con. 6.
She married Leander Litehy ip
.1935 and they. moved to Gorrie in
1969.
Surviving besides her husband
are one daughter, Verna at
home; three sous, Mervin of
Waterlob RR 1, Leverne of''
Elmira and Leonard of Fergus;
five grandchildren; two sisters,
Miss Melinda Sander, Elmira RR
1, and Mrs. Urias (Edna) Weber,
Wallenstein, RR 1.
Funeral service was conducted,
by -Mr.' John- Dc �1dgh; 'W uketer,
RR 2 at her residence followed by
service in Peel Mennonite Chdreh
with burial in the church ceme-
tery.
Albert A. Hall.
Albert Llewelyn Hall, 75, of
Fordwich, died suddenly in Ford-
wich on Monday, July 2e.
Porn Feb, 20, 1900, in Northern
Ireland, County of Tyrone, son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hall,
he cache to Canada in 1925 and
worked in the Fordwich vicinity
until his retirement When he took
up residence in Fordwich.
He was a member of Fordwich
United Church, also a Past
Master of the LOL No. 642 and
Past Master of the Red Cross
RBP No. 335.
The Orange Lodge held a
service Wednesday evening.
The funeral service was con -1
ducted by Rev. J. McDonald at
the Moir -Davidson Funeral
Home, Gorrie at 2 p.m. on Thurs-
day. Burial was in the Fordwich
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Lloyd Mont-
gomery, Ken ' Graham, Wray
Cooper, Jim Warrell, Jack
Bracon and Jim Renwick.
Teeswater couple
hosts for reunion
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur McKague
were hosts for the Johnston re-
union at their farm home near
4 Teeswater,
This, the 24th reunion, was a
happy occasion EIS relatives from
Goderich, Walkerton, Wingham,
Dungannon, Exeter and Windsor
renewed acquaintances.
After some entertainment, all
enjoyed a fine smorgasbord
supper.
WHI TECHURCH
Whitechurch friends were
sorry to learn that George Grigg
was admitted on Friday to the
Wingham and District Hospital.
His many friends here wish him a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. Bill Evans, who was ad-
mitted to St. Joseph's Hospital on
Wednesday of last week, was able
to return home on Monday.
Mrs. Mack Inglis was released
from Wingham hospital after
being bedridden with a broken
leg and now is with Mrs. Tom
Inglis, Tom and Betty.
Mrs. Snyder and Mrs. Colvin of
Teeswater were Monday visitors
with Mrs. Tom Inglis.
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