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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-12-11, Page 1: a will begin1 winler season Several new COUrilea Will begin when the winter session of the F. E. Madill Secofdary,School night , school progran, resumes on Wednesday, Jan's!*' 7, at 8 p.kin. Mrs. M. Underwood of VOW - ham will instruct 10 -Week course in "Ladies' Fitness", M. M. English, Wingham, will again offer the '.`Floral Design and Decoration" course, also for 10 weeks. "Metrics. for Adults' will again' be available for five' sessions, M. McLennan of _the Mathematics Department in- structing. Mrs. F. Mitchell of Walton will teach a ."Decorative Tube Painting" course to com- plete the new Wednesday evening,. program. The Winter pottery course is already filled. g On Tuesdays, beginning Febru- .. ary 10, D. Webster of the day - school staff will offer a five- session course in "Greenhouse Design and Operation" for `green thumb' addicts. Anyone interested in the above courses may register by phoning the school, (357-1800) during the day until December 19. In the ,k spring, golf and tennis instruction will again be atrailable. .178 Pass C.A. exams Norman MacLennan, son ,of Mrs. K. M. MacLennan, Minnie Street, and the ,late Dr. Mac- ��•.een�nan, and Glenn Ruttan, son of lVir. and Mrs. Robert Ruttan of Turnberry Township, received word last week that they had passed their final examinations and become members of the Canadian and Ontario Institutes of Chartered Accountants. Norman is a graduate of the University of Waterloo in Honors Mathematics. He is associated with the firm of Coopers and Ly - Wand, .eliartered accountants in Glenn is a graduate in Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University and is as- sociated with Peat, Marwick and Company, London. --police report four rnishaps Four minor accidents were re- ported by the Wingham Police Department last week. On Dec. 3 John Green's truck was struck on ,Josephine. Street by a van driven y Alfred J. Scammell of Palmerston. Damage was esti- mated at $50. Douglas R. Porter of RR 1, Lucknow and Roger Oke of 273 Shuter St., Wingham were in- volved in a collision Friday on Patrick Street. Estimated damage was . $125. That same day Mary Crawford 0) of Blyth and Doreen J. MacAdam of RR 2, Wingham were involved in a collision on Josephine Street. Damage was estimated at $125. Police also reported $200 damage to a vehicle owned by Donald Cameron of Victoria Street when it was struck by a 500 -gallon tank which had been chained to the front-end loader of a tractor driven by Harold Met- calfe. The tank came loose and Suck Mr. Cameron's car. The police department laid 11 charges under the Liquor Control Act and two under the Highway Traffic Act. Juvenile remanded until Jan. 8 The i5 -year-old boy, charged with attempted murder in con- nection with the attack on Mrs. Fanny M. Burt of Listowel, ap- peared in juvenile court in Strat- ford on Tuesday and was re- manded in custody to appear in the same court on Jan. 8, 1976. Chester C. Misener of Stretford has been retained as defence counsel for the boy. The juvenile was arrested by Listowel police on Dec. 2. Mrs. Burt, 80, who was stabbed and sexually attacked in her home on the night of Nov. 29, re- mains in satisfactory condition in Listowel Memorial Hospital. • Which come fit— the chicken or the egg? Ort in the case.o 'the LaMOrsh Commission Os violence in the media the cause zor l.the effect of increased *fence :int s iety? This was the 9uestioin facing about 200 `Wingham and area residents last Wednesday even, ig when the Royal Commission on • Violence in the Communi- cations Industry held its eighth hearing in a fierier of 38 sche- duled throuighout the province. Although most of the speakers, and the three oneMbers of the La, Marsh Commission, indicated that they considerviolence in the media, the undoubted cause din - creased violence in society, there were song dissenting votes. One of these -was cast by Jim Currie of Win ghatn. "Media is a reflection of our Society," Mr. Currie said. He ex- plained his concern that the majority opinion through the evening seemed to focus' on the media, especially 'television, as the reason for increased crime in the country: "Television has been made .a whipping boy here tonight." Mr. Currie said that the prime responsibility for thestate of today's society, and the first influence on the children, belongs to parents. "We do not meet our obligations," he concluded. Jerry Chomyn, also of Wing - ham, was the other dissenting voice of the evening. He said vio- lence in the media is not "the root cause" of the social phenomenon but the "catalyst". Mr. Chomyn expressed his con- cern that public opinion sug- gested censorship of violent Shows : as a solution for the prob- lem. "What's going to be next to go?" he asked. Scott Young, who chaired the meeting Wednesday, assured Mr. Chomyni Athat the commission has no preconceived notions for censorship: "We're not any red- hot censors up here." He did admit, .however, that views aired ' by some speakers at thehearings did give an indication that cen- sorship wasnot unacceptable to many people. . Mr. Young said the major prob- lem to date is the lack of alter- native programming. "If you don't like the violence, where do you go?" he explained. The majority view of the six briefs presented during the hear- ing, however, supported the contention that violence in the media is indeed the reason for in- creasing violence and crime in society. "It's , time it was stopped," Mrs. Jocelyn Daunt of Moles - .worth told the commission. She presented a brief on behalf of the Molesworth Women's Institute, recommending steps be taken • soon to "cut out all violence in -the media." The recommepdations included a proposal that tele- vision swing cameras away . when ay fights start during hockey games or other sports. The brief also suggested a public boycott of pro- ducts advertised during the presentation of shows charac- terised by violence. The print Media a15o contri- buted to the problem, Mrs. Daunt, said, citing sadism in books and • magazines and sensationalism in newspaper reports of crime and violence as examples. "I wish they'd just tell what happened, " ` native programming for parents she said. y •, rho protest agaiinst the violent Mrs. Daunt, a mother of due content in the. Media. Several children, told the commissions ,speakers also suggested that the prime viewing • hours be desig- •,nated as "faintly viewing time" with only non -objectionable ma- terial broadcast at the time. A rather different definition of violence Was presented by Mrs. These views, were also' 's ;Cr Sally Campeau of the 'Wingham ported by a Presentation from, ,he pro -Life group. "We call abortion Bluevale-Whitechurch Pastor -intra -uterine violence," she ex- Board, Mrs. Evelyn Demaray ,tplained. She protested adver- told the commission that,, "lurid,'•tsing on some Canadian net - details" About crimes reported in ,,,works for abortionists in the the media provided a blueprint " United States and called for "a for violent acts: "You justhave t(; ,, elean-up of pro-abortional adver- read and watch common mar'. rising in the media." terial on the media to learn to 1 ,' The Wingham hearing was also commit crimes." 'made unique to date by a brief She said that media is ,"lavish- < `presentation from the first news- ing attention on evil and riot4, : per publisher to appear before giving equal. time to good", pre, r • e commission. Barry Wenger, senting a distorted view of the , :• u,tblisher of The Wingham Ad - world. Mrs. Daunt said the media nee -Times,, Listowel Banner is also contributing" to a corr-up- � ;slid Mount Forest Confederate, tion of ideals: "Our• children are:, .i bmitted a brief citing the On - increasingly taking for granted �{,,,t$rio Press Council as an effec- that people are expendable, that 'live monitor for. newspapers, He the case justifies the need, or at t„ -,:explained that membershipin the least it will get them attention.” council is voluntary and disci - Mrs. Genevieve Moore, pre- ;spline is imposed by one's peers: senting a list of recommenda '`=1`This is the host form of control." tions from the same group, sug- ° . The undisputed culprit of -this gested a change in the audiencearing, and of all the cornniis- rating system to keep good showson hearings so far, was tele on television. She also recom-r ;• ion. It was cited variously as mended that viewers be warned 'te strongest influence in society somehow about objectionable;today, an "authority figure" for content of shows. •.. L�rildren, an educational medium The concept of non-confercial end as the first "involuntary television was a wsup- medium , in the history of ported proposal included to ►mmuniaations. The power of several briefs Wednesday::Vans ,,.Mans . 7# levision, therefore, seemed to Feldmann of RR 3, Listowel, sag make it the most popular target gested that a publicly -owed ,or criticism of both program and network would provide alter-ilvertising content. • , . , Bev Brown, a pig farmer in the gingham area perhaps best mmed up the majority opinion television. at the hearing. ked b d d it rsh..whet -b04i�a, barn', Miss • Brown answer '• '`-No, we wouldn't let our pigs be influenced by that sort of thing." that her solution at present is t turn off the.tel'evisionset, `f d have time to see what My ehikl ren are seeing," she explained: "The best thing to do is to keep it off." THE LaMARSH COMMISSION was the second royal commission in as many weeks to visit Wingham. All three members were present for the Wednesday evening hearing. They were: His Honour Judge Lucien Beaulieu, Globe and Mail columnist Scott Young and the Honourable Judy LaMarsh. Five injured Five persons were taken to the hospital last Friday after an acci- dent on Highway 86 near the Turnberry Central School. The Wingham detachment of the On- tario Provincial Police reported that Beverly A. Morrison of RR 5, Lucknow and her three passen- gers were injured when their car struck another car driven by Carol A. Shaw of Bluevale. Mrs. Shaw was taken to the Wingham and District Hospital and ad- mitted with possible back in- juries. Mrs. Morrison was treated for an injury to her left wrist and released. Arnold Morrison was treated for a laceration to his forehead and abrasions to his knees. Mrs. Anita Willis of RR 3, Wingharn, was admitted to the hospital with contusions and numbness to the legs and back. Mrs. Leola Gib- bons, also of RR 3, Wingham, was admitted with a fractured femur. The Morrison car was completely destroyed, while damage to the Shaw vehicle was estimated at $O. John W. Corrigan of Barrie was involved in a single -car accident last Monday, Dec. 1, when his car in accident crossed the eastbound lane of Highway 87, west of the Huron Road 12 junction, entered the ditch and struck and broke a fence pot owned by Peter Cunninghain of 'RR 1, Bluevale. Damage was estimated at $275. On Tuesday, Dec. 2, Carl M. Whitcroft of Lucknow was in- volved in a single -car accident when his car entered a ditch, went through a fence owned by John A. Currie of RR 3, Wing - ham, and came to rest in a field against a hydro pole guy wire. The accident occurred on High- way 86, west of Turnberry Estates Limited. Damage was estimated at $250. Edward Baker of RR 3, Walton was involved in an accident Thursday when several cattle - beasts came onto the road at Con- cession 15-16, east of Sideroad 30- 31, Grey Township. A cattlebeast owned by Glen Crawford of RR 1, Monkton, was struck and killed by the car. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $1,500. A deer was the cause of a mis- hap Friday when it ran into the left side of a car driven by David R. McCallum of Gorrie on County Road 12, south of County Road 7. Damage to the vehicle was esti- mated at $150. The Wingham OPP also re- ported a truck stolen from Wil- liam Edgar of Grey Township that was intentionally driven into the Maitland River. New clerk is named in Howick Howick Township will have a new 23 -year-old clerk -treasurer beginning Jan. 1 after Clerk Ivan Haskins steps down. Born in Winnipeg, Man., Wesley Bell will take care of the township's books in the new year. He studied executive law in Eng- land for six years acting as a legal executive there. He has lived in Howick with his wife for about a year, at one time em- ployed by the Wingham Advance - Times. AFTER 15 YEARS' SERVICE as a..cancer clinic volunteer, Mrs. Myrtle MacNaughton,._.r (centre) was not only retired but also 'tired' last week. She Was presented' with a basketof fruit and flowers during a surprise visit from associates Mrs. Edith Rathbun and Mrs Ethel Montgomery. Mrs. MacNayghton was also the first president of the Cancer Socfety in Wingham. Horticultural Soc. Record accom reported as y • The Wingham Horticultural Society held its annual meeting last Friday in the Fellowship Hall of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. About 20 persons at- tended the meeting chaired by president Mrs. I. E. Morrey. , In committee reports, Gordon Baxter .told the members that the past year recorded the highest receipts and expenditures in the history of the society. Member- ship was also. reported at a record high by Frank Madill who •gave the total as 188, the greatest since the group_ was organized in 1966.. Roy Bennett reported for the planting committee, listing the garb rl yin 1* .,and --ssjpkiitdeWA-oxeg-thr r 1 h town. • Concern ' was voiced at the meeting in reference to public • planting, especially' that, in front of the Town `Hall. Continuing damage to the bed's has made the efforts of the committee a waste of time and money. . The planting committee re- ported on a new project involving planting and maintenance; of two beds at the Cruickshank Memo- rial Park. The society has also planted one bed at the Wingham and District ' Hospital`}' and' assumed care of the hospital rockery. The rose beds at the hos- pital have been discarded, and - will be re -planted with annuals in the spring. Stewart Beattie re ie ^ a MVCA approves motion to buy flood properties WROXETER —.Buying up the properties located in the flood- plain ,of Lower Town Wingham "looks like the only way out" according 'to the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. At their general meeting held Dec. 3 in Wroxeter the Authority approved a motion to buy up properties in Lower Town Wing - ham when they become available at appraised prices. The motion followed a recommendation from the Ministry that $10,000 budgeted for a • study of the feasibility of buying up such properties be used instead to pur- chase the property, thus eliminating the study. The Authority stressed that the motion does not authorize "any- thing like expropriation" of the land. The properties will be pur- chased only when they become available and the motion will have to be approved by the Town- ship of Turnberry. Lower Town Wingham, as Authority member Jack Alex- ander of Wingham pointed out, is actually located in the Township of Turnberry and as the benefit- ting municipality, the township would be required to pay 20 per cent of the cost of purchasing the properties. It is for this reason that the township would have to approve the motion before the Authority? can act upon it. Maryborough's representative on the Authority, Reeve Lorne Murray of Moorefield who is also the vice chairman of the Authority, said the Grand River Conservation Authority is pre- sently carrying out a policy of buying up properties located in the Cambridge floodplain. "At first everybody thought they were going to make a killing," he said, "but the prov- ince stepped in and made it known that property owners would get the appraised value of their land and no more. Then thinge tapered off but now that the people see they're not going to get any more than the appraised value the Grand Authority is getting more offers to purchase than it has money for — and it has $3 million to work with." Maitland Authority members agreed that they would have to be equally firm regarding prices. "If you give that first fellow a good price, then boy, we've had it. because everybody else will be. expecting the same," Listowel Reeve Vince Judge said. Another member noted that property owners with homes located on the floodplain would have to learn that "nobody is going to feel sorry for them." A} fewer than last year's ?figures, was higher than the number of exhibitors the. year previous. The attendance at the show, however, was at a record high. , ' • Mr. Madill reported for the nominating committee and chaired the election. Elected as officers and directors for 1976 were: president, Mrs. I. E. Morrey; first vice-president, Mrs. Janet Fielding; second vice- president, Mrs. Daisy Connell; one-year directors: Roy Bennett, Mrs. M. Cleland, John Donald- son, Mrs. L. Statia, Jack Walker; two-year directors: S. Beattie, Frank Madill, Hugh Mundell, Mrs: Ena Ritchie, Miss Merle Wilson; auditors, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ellacott. The secretary and treasurer are appointed by the board at the inaugural meet- ing. .M1 4 a After ten yep cultural Society, wood resigned A gift predation for her servi the various ._comtiii Society was :presented Madillon behalf ;of the Miss Hopwood ear preciatian,for the pleasure in helping the Societyln their' program in the town A letter from the Ontario Horti. cultural:Association :liras earl bym the secretary -tn c e - 3rio°•body was Seel` 1, ` i►, five .cents tea erease-in dues; - of. current invoices.. Mrs. Morrey Mrs. Fielding„ Mr. Madill and Mr. Beattie were named asvoting'delegates to the District 8 annual meeting to 'be held next April in\ Seaforth. Current slides; were -shown by Ed Fielding covering the spring show, the annual flower show, garden scenes and the successful bus trip to the Black Creek Pioneer Village. Following the business meeting a demonstration of Christmas ideas was presented by Mrs. Fielding, Miss Hopwood and Mrs. Connell. Each outlined in' detail how these could be assembled using materials from home, gar- den and countryside. Specimens of the finished product were on display and a discussion period was shared. Physical education in USSR highlighted at bd. meeting The Huron County Board of Education got a glimpse of life behind the Iron Curtain at the November meeting when Ron McKay, principal of the Hensall Public School and Bill Weber, physical education teacher at Central Huron Secondary School, made an audio-visual presenta- tion of their three-week trip to the Soviet Union. The two men spent their three weeks in a dose study of the system of physical education i, the Soviet Union. Their conclu- sions were interesting and in- formative: Physical education is compul- sory throughout school in Russia and if students show promise in a particular sport they are en- couraged to attend a school specializing in that activity. Good athletes from such specialty schools are sought. for Sport's Boarding Schools. The outstand- ing athletes from the latter schools are actively recruited by the Sports Clubs i..e. Dynamo, Red Army, Spartak, etc. Ironi- cally, while no professionalism exists in Russia, the prime in- ducement to join one of the Sports Clubs is money. Noteworthy too, is the revelation that this recruit- ing takes place at all age levels. The Sports Clubs provide the members of all National teams. Painstakingly selected, these athletes are truly the best the Soviet Union has to offer. Teaching training takes place in 23 institutions preparing specialists and 84 faculties at Teacher Colleges. The Central Institute of Physical Culture and Sport trains the top coaches and teachers in a four year program stressing psychology, physiology, chemistry and physics. Practical training is received in the schools One injured in collision Mrs. Deborah Benninger of RR 2, Wingham, was treated for in- juries at the Wingham and Dis- trict Hospital after a collision in Formosa. Mrs. Benninger was treated Sunday for soreness in the neck and knee areas. The accident was investigated by the Walkerton detachment of the On- tario Provincial Police. Gaunt named Caucus chmn. Murray Gaunt, MPP for Huron -Bruce, has been named chairman of the provincial Liberal caucus, a position of con- siderable importance in the party's structure. Succeeding him as agriculture critic for the Liberal party is Jack Riddell, MPP for Huron - Middlesex. and Sports Clubs and training must be upgraded every five years. Physical education is ranked third in importance to languages and mathematics. As a propa- ganda vehicle to illustrate the superiority of Communism noth- ing, if possible, is left to chance. As an example female gynmasts will be between 4 ft. 11 in. and 5 ft. 3 in. and weigh between 101 and 112 lbs. This represents the re- searchedideal. Weight training is an integral part of all sports and the emphasis is on Olympic events rather than "carry over" athletics. Interestingly enough, in their search for the ultimate, all athletes „are urged to play chess in order to develop tactical techniques. So important is chess that it is taught as a university subject. The trip was sponsored by the Huron County Board. Procter heads shorthorn club At a recent meeting of the Perth -Huron Shorthorn Club, Ross Procter, RR 5, Brussels, was elected to the presidency of that organization. First vice- president is Ken Mewhinney, RR 1, Lucknow ; second vice-presi- dent, Ron Shelly, Gerrie and secretary -treasurer, Gerald Smith, 'RR 2, Brussels.