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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-11-13, Page 1FIRST SE Singe Copy Not Over 25e Cindy 'rho nt n valiedictoricsn Over 300 receive •diplo Over 300 students at F. R. Ma- dill Second* School in Wing - :ham were awarded their dip- lomas during' commencement night ceremonies Friday. Of these, 26 received certificates of 'training on, completion of a two- year special education court,; 226 received' secondary scha graduation diplomas; and 57 were awarded' secondary school - honor graduation diplomas. The program was uninvolved but lengthy due to the number of students receiving diplomas and awards. W. Shbrtreed, chairman of, the Hurtin County .Board of Education, was present to extend his congratulations to the gradu- ates. The climax of the evening, following the presentation of dip- lomas and awards, was the kTief but impressive speech of valedicc torian Cindy Thornton. Miss Thornton, an Ontario scholar and winner of several proficiency awards, spoke on the novel ex- perience of her first days at the University of Toronto. She reminisced about her years at Madill and expressed her grati- tude for the security ,and fellow- ship of the secondary school years. Her speech was received with a standing ovation from her classmates. CERTIFICATES OF TRAINING di Joel Arkell, Paul Armstrong, Pamela Bridge, Robert Burt, Bradley Foxton, Barbara Glou- sher, Christopher Hartemink, Kenneth Hewitt, Patricia Hilts, Victoria Hopkins, 'Vincent Kumm. Dwight Lamont, Brian LaRose, Jeffrey Lewis, Jack MacDonald, Russell MacDonald, Alvin Moffat, Leland Parker, Marjorie _ Reid, Bryce Ritchie, Bruce 17 Robinson, Kenneth SohieStels, Keith Shanks, Edythe Snell, Rtitti Arm White, Kathleen Wilken. Secondary School Graduation Diplomas Brenda Ablett, Paul Ackert, Kevin Adams, Diana Adamson, Murray Armstrong. Kevin Bain, Warren Ball, Gary Ballagh, Thomas Barger, Peter 'Bauer, Sharon Bell, Brenda Ben- nett, Gordon Black, Joyce Black, Dorothy Boneschansker, Mary Borigerttnan, Mary Bradley, William Brasjen, Robert Breg- man, Debra Brenzil, Judith Bridge, Donald Bryce, Donald Bushell. Glen Campbell, Sharon Camp- bell, Janet Cardiff, Ross Case - ...,more, Patsy Caslick, Thomas Chester, Susan Clark, Paul Cloakey, Catherine Cook, Cindy Cook, Douglas Corrin, Darlene Coultei, Kim Cowan, Leone Cranston, Jeffrey Croskill; Ken- neth Cullen, Karen Currah, Alexa Currie, Karen Currie. Myra Dane, Robert Darling, Peter Deans, Deborah Demaray, Bruce Dickert. ) Ruth Eckenswiller, Barbara Elliott, June Elliott, Debra Errington, Christopher Exel, Frances Exel, Frederick Exel. Marjorie Fair, Julia Fairies, Katherine Farrell, Barbara Far- Markdale murder shocks the area Many in this area were shocked to learn of the brutal death of Mrs. Violet Semple at her home, 30 Toronto Street, Markdale. A post mortem examination performed in Owen Sound on Monday 'morning, revealed Mrs. Semple died of massive fracturq to the left side of the head. • Mrs. Semple's body was dis- covered by members of the Markdale Fire Department who had responded to a fire alarm to her house shortly before 8 p.m. on Sunday, November 2. Her home had been set afire after the murder. The former Violet Brown was born in Holland Township and in 1913, she married James Semple. He died in 1964. She was also predeceased by one daughtdr, Shirley, in 1948. Mrs. Semple in survived by one granddaughter, Marilyn, Mrs. Ronald Jones of Victoria Street, Wingham, and four great grand- children. Mrs. Semple hadAgen visiting with her granddaughter two weeks ago. The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon from the Donald G. May Funeral Home, Markdale. Interment was in Markdale Cemetery. rish, Janis Fawthrop, Allen Foxton, Katherine Foxton. Keith Galbraith', Stanley Gorel, James GroWland, -1,4fli guest. Abraham' liciasnoot, John Hamilton, Linda Hanula, Thomas Harris, Brock Hasty, Mary Ellen Havens, Pgtrick • Hedley, Peter Hilbert, Mavis Hodgins, Richard Hodgins, Janette Hogan, Lawr- ence Hogan, Truly Holmes, Linda Hopper, Bonnie Hum- phrey. Joyce Ireland, 1VIurray Irvin. Richard Jacklin, Cathy Jamie- son, Connie Jamieson, Bruce Jermyn, Gilbert Johann, Edwin Johnston, Joan Johnston, Marion John#tone, Kelly Jones, Dennis Jurjens. Graham Kay, Murray Keith, Theresa Kelly, Marilee Kennedy, Suzanne Kennedy, Jacinta Kief- fer, Joann Kieffer, Genevieve Kinahan, Michael King, Joy Kuepfer. • Carl Lee, Dale Liddle, Bonita Lig, William Loree, 'Dale ',oils - heed. Jean MacAdam, Brenda MacDonald, Donna MacDonald, Janet MacDonald, „ Warren MacDonald, Bradley MacKenzie, Robert MacKenzie, James MacLean, Steven MacNay, Fran- cis Mahe, Linda Mair, Michael Manjin, Ronald 1Vlanjin, 1Viatiene Mann, Stephen Mann, Marilyn Martin. James McBurney, Lori Mc- Cutcheon, Richard McGlynn, ,Mary Anne McKenzie, Lois McLaughlin, Carolynne McMil- lan, Jane McPherson. - Douglas Messenger, David Mewhinney, Lennis Miller, Wayne Mitchler, Barbara Mont- gomery, Ian Montgomery, Mar- garet Montgomery, Barbara Moore, Evelyn Morin, Arnold Morrison, Marvin Morrison. Terrance Nethery, Catherine Nevery, David Newbold, Hugh Nichol, Donna Nicholson, Judith Pt" rtificates Nicholson, Larry Nicholson. Gien Stewart, LaL Strong, Kim Nixon, Mary Norman. . Sullivan, Kevin StuP-t. Henry Olechowski, Keititki , Jeffrey Taylor, Cora Thacker, O'Malley. , Earl Thompson, JO, A Thompson, Irene Parker, Roxanne pot& Dennis Thompson, Mark Tiffin. place, David Phair, Grant Pbii, 'Nelson Underwood, Lissette lips, Kenneth Procter, caro Van Diepenbeek, John Vath, Harry Verbeek, Johannes Visser. Daniel Walden,; Allen Walker, Kathy Walker, Brian Wall, Ken- neth Wall, Richard Wall, Michael Purdon, Kathy Purdon, Purney. Janice Rae, Debra Readynaa, Anne Reid, Kenneth Reid, Rod% erick Renwick, Stella Renwkki Walsh, Jeannette Weishar, Deb Deborah Reynolds, Donald ItIV orah Welwood, Stewart White- chie, Nandy Ritchie, ,Rosely pj `head, Lonnie Whitfield, Gail skes, James Ritter, Brian Robill,; ' •Whytock, Helen Wiersma, Robert son, Dale Rock, Hugh Ross, Williams, Al Willits, Gordon Terrence Sallows, Audrey Saris:, Wray, Timoth ylie. ders, Donald Sanderson, PatrieW; Sanderson, Catherine Sc.hiesteg Secondary School Phylis Schneider, Irene Schuit- Honour Graduation Diplomas ema, John Scott, Sharon Shotr- Beverly Ballagh, Alice Bee - brook, Bradley Simmons, Jeatr14 croft, Joan Black, William Bone - Simpson, Paul Simpson, Withal)! 'schansker, Colleen Carson, Rene Simpson, Karen Smith, Rithaai.,:riCaskanette, Stephen Caslick, Smith, Benjamin StadleMann, David Colling, Sandra Currie, Wayne Steinback, Connie Steven', Eileen Darling, William Darling, son, Darlene Stewart, RonaIe DeBoer, Ian Dubelaar, THE F. E. MADILL Ontario Scholars were presented with their 'awards .during commencement , night last Friday. They are: front, Gail Renwick, also proficiencyaward winner in biology and chemistry; Cindy Thornton, valedic- torian and proficiency award winner in French and Latin; Brenda Johnston, also winner of the proficiency award in history, the Linda Mahood Memorial Award and the Wingham Kinette SchOlarship; back, Douglas Miller, Janis Pattison, also proficiency award winner in mathe- mp s,'science and physics; Rene Caskanette, also winner of the Stanley Door Systems Scholarship; James Mc Ewan, also winner of the Paul V. Tiffin Memorial Award. Faulty wire suspected cause of standpipe leak The embarrassment suffered by the Wingham Public Utilities Commission due to leaking at the new standpipe may not be the only price borne by the PUC. A new page was added to the grow- ing file of annoyances, major and minor, at a meeting of the PUC last Thursday. Manager Ken, Saxton reported that PUC workers might be forced "to re- move the aerials and entire com- munication system atop the standpipe if suspicions of faulty construction materials are veri- fied. Mr. 'Saxton told the com- missioners that Canada Gunite personnel examining the lealets suggested the cause might be traced to a "bad batch of pre- stressing wire" used in the con- struction. A 25 -foot section of the wire has been removed and sent for testing to the laboratories. If the wire proves to be faulty, Canada Gunite faces the job of repairing the standpipe to original 'non -leak' specifications. This would include removing all the outer attachments, including the ladder and the communi- cation system installed by the PUC on top of the standpipe. The system services both the hospital and the police communications. Mr. Saxton explained that the system would be moved to an- other pole if removal from the standpipe becomes necessary. No blame for the leaks is placed on Canada Gunite itself or the workmanship. "Durham has no problems with theirs; Chesley has had no problem with theirs, and it's much bigger, so you can't really question the workman- ship," Commissioner Roy Ben- nett explained: "It could easily be the materials." The cost for the repairs and workmen's wages are completely borne by Canada Gunite under its contract with the 'Wingham PUC. In other business, Mr. Saxton said that the new automated system of pump controls may be expanded to include another stage. This could increase the price to $4,450. He reported a malfunction in the telephone alarm system but explained it should be correeted soon. Mr. Saxton also reported that the light requested by Wingham Town Council at the junction of Diagonal Road and Highway, 86 could not be installed effectively under the present regulation of the Ministry of Transportation and Communication. He sug- gested the alternate installation of about 14 lights to light the entire area. Partial funding for this could be obtained from the Department of Highways. Addi- tional lighting will also be in- stalled at the police and fire halls at the request of council. Report vandalism at Western Fdry. Vandals at the Western Found- ry caused an estimated $300 damage to property last week. The Western Foundry reported that about $250 damage was done to a straight truck with an addi- tional $50 to a trailer. The case is under investigation by the Wingham Police Department. The Wingham Police reported only one minor motor vehicle accident Saturday, involving Robert McDougall of 95 Water St. and Dorothy A. Lewis of RR 1, Wingham. Damage to the Mc- Dougall vehicle is estimated at $150. Is this the Cctrada they died for? On Tuesday morning at eleven o'- clock silent crowds gathered before war memorials all across the land. Heads were bowed in solemn thankfulness to the thousands of young Canadians who gave their lives in two devastating world wars. There were intimate personal memories of sons who did not come home; of fathers who left their families for the last time; of the legions of wounded who still pay the price of free- dom. Freedom! The word has a magic It is the watchword of our Western civilization. But freedom for what? To grasp with both greedy hands for all the com- forts we can get, regardless of the plight of our neighbors? Freedom to defy and frustrate every move to gain a fair and decent living for ALL Canadians, rather than a privileged or a powerful few? Freedom to gobble and gouge, to squeeze and heckle, to shout and de- mand? Surely those men and women who surrendered their last breath or suffered the mutilation of their own bodies did so because they believed devoutly in the people back home. They thought that. those left behind were worth fighting for; that their country was a place where honor and justice would forever prevail. A good land for their brothers and sis- ters, their children and grandchildren. It has taken a scant thirty years to prove that many of their beliefs were ill- founded. All too many of the Canadians who have enjoyed the Years of peace and affluence care not one iota for the future of the country which has been so kind to them. They are blindly dedicated to its economic destruction. Whether their eyes are scaled by ignorance or their hearts are moulded by greed the conse- quences will be the same. If we behave in the next thirty years as we have in the three decades since our young men fought and died, their sacri- fice will have been in vain. Allan Dunsmuir, ,Erika Paring, Siglinde During. Karen Elliott, Kathleen Fines, Mary Edith Garniss, Shirley Garniss, Janice Gaunt, Arthur Gibson, James Hanna, Larry Hayes, Lynne Hill, Janette Hogan, Joan Irwin, Brenda John- ston, Nancy King, David Kreutl- weiser, Elizabeth Anne Leahy, Lynda Lyons. Dolma MacAdam, Ian Mac- Kenzie, Mary Kathryn MacKen- zie, Mary MacKinnon, James McEwan, Douglas Miller, Mary Ann Miltenburg, Elizabeth Neth- ery, Danial Newton, Raymond Nicholson, Sandra Orien. James Pattison, Gail Prit- chard, Keith Raymond,- Gail Renwick, Lauranne Sanderson, Rosemary Schmidt, Jane Shiell, Dianne Thomas, Cindy Thornton, Douglas Wall, Stephanie Watts, James Welwood, Karen Wilson, Russell Young. VALEDICTORIAN CINDY THORNTON 'received a standing ovation at the F. E. Madill Secondary School COM- mencement exercises last Friday night. Cindy is an Ontario Scholar and winner of the proficiency awards in French and Latin. New offices dedicated for Huron -Perth Board Close to 100 persons were pres- ent last Wednesday for the offici- al opening of the new offices of the Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board in Dublin. Only about 50 of those present could ' crowd into the boardroom to witness the dedica- tion of the new premises by Most Rev. John Sherlock, auxiliary bishop of London. , Bishop Sherlock spoke briefly on total commitment to God and the need for rededication of all Christians to -re-examine their tiPorlard :tnit‘tedChtiisrittnitillutt role of parents in religious educa- tion. "We must do more than pay lip service to the primacy of the role of parents," he said. "The open- ing of this centre gives us an opportunity to examine, the genuineness of our invitation to parents to share in Christian education." After the official program, guests were invited to tour the renovated building which will house the new board offices and kindergarten children from St. Patrick's School in Dublin and St. -Columban Roman Catholic School. The board offices were previ- WINGHAM OPP FOUND BIKE The Windham detachment of the OPP has reported a three - speed 'Tru -Line bicycle found in the detachment area. They ask that the owner contact the Wing - ham OPP. We're doing our best! Despite the continued strike of inside postal workers, now into its fourth week, The Advance - Times is reaching most of its reg- ular readers. The village post offices in the area are' nOt affect- ed by the strike, so we have been able to deliver papers as usual to readers in those areas. The Wing - ham post office has, however, been locked since Monday morn- ing, October 20, and subscribers in town have been calling at the The Advance -Times office for their papers each week, as they will have to do until the strike is settled. The couriers on the Wingham rural routes are not members of the postal workers' union, but since no mail has been sorted through the local post office there has been no mail to deliver to rural boxholders. These country subscribers, too. have been call- ing at the A -T office. This week, however, the publishers have employed the rural mail carriers to deliver the papers to the Wing - ham routes, so there will be no need to fui-ther inconvenience our country friends. Inside workers at 68 post of- fices across Canada have volun— tarily returned to their jobs, indicating that they are ready to accept the government's wage offer. The Listowel post office, for example, is operating as usual. The Wingham office is still locked. ously located in Seaford). The new premises are a former Ursu- line Order Convent and high school. It was originally built in 1915. The high school continued until 1969 and was one of two public secondary schools adMini- stered by the Ursulines in all Canada. The nuns moved out of the building in June. Representatives from the Ursuline Order were present for the official opening and ex- pressed their pleasure with the job of renovation on the.building; The strtieture %vat': tint VItagetl' """' since ,are was taken to keetyit-in- the natural state. No major structural 'Changes were neces- sary. . Also present for the dedication were the board trtistees, Rev Father Durand, dean of the Strat- ford Deanery, and W. Shortreed, chairman of the Huron County Beard of Edwation. Several rep- resentatives from the Ministry Of Education: were alsO in at- tendance. Windstorm sweeps area The unseasonally mild weather which has prevailed for the past couple of weeks suffered a violent interruption on Monday when high winds battered much of the province. Worst 'effects of the. windstorm were suffered by those unfortunate enough to be afloat in the Great Lakes. The 729 -foot ship Edmund Fitzgerald is missing and presumed sunk in Lake Superior about 45 miles west of Sault Ste. Marie. Small pieces of wreckage found on Tuesday are believed to haye been from the vessel. She carried a crew of 29. . One man drowned in Lake Erie when a fishing tug sank out of Port Burwell. Three other crew members were rescued. Throughout our own area there were numerous hydro interrup- tions as trees.iand limbs broke tramsmission kaines. A building under construction in Owen Sound was blown down and there were many reportsof less costly damage from other points. Winds on Lake Huron were re- ported at up to 63 miles per hour and in Lake Superior at 80. Waves as high as 40 feet battered break- waters and shore installations all along the lakes. Remembrance Day Wingham's main street was hushed for a short time Tuesday as town residents, young and old alike, turned out in force to honor , the war dead on Remembrance Day. The cenotaph was the focal point during the special services as the nanies of the fallen were read out by Mayor Jack Reavie and a moment of silence was ob- served in\their honor. Close to 20 wreaths were laid at the foot of the memorial by representatives of civic and service organizations and school and youth groups. 'The Remembrance Day parade of Legion and Legion Auxiliary members, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, CpIT mem- bers and other groups Jvas led by two members of the, Teeswater Highlanders. At the cenotaph, Mayor Reavie offered a short tribute to the veterans, followed by a scripture reading by Rev. T. K. Hawthorn and a prayer by Lieutenant Bruce Hardy of the Salvation Army. The service was concluded by reveilleand a bene- diction. Elementary school students celebrated Remembrante Day in their own ways Monday. Each of the area schools commemorated the day with a special assembly. Many of the students also parti- cipated in the parade on Tuesday. HURON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Chairman W. Shortreed was one of the guests last Wednesday during the opening ceremonies of the Huron -Perth Separate School Board offices in Dublin. He extended his congratulations to the board and chatted _briefly with trustee Michael Con nolly.