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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-07-04, Page 13The Junior Agriculturalist Program has started another successful year of operation. Many urban youths packed their bags June 24 and traveled to Huron and Perth counties to start what will be an experience they will never forget. These students are working for nine weeks and work 12 out of every 14 days, going home every other weekend. This year .the students working in this area come from Toronto and Oakville. Hopefully, they are learning what life on a farm is really like. The purpose of the program ' is, to provide practical learning in agriculture for students froth a non-agricultural background. The Junior Agricultural- ists are paid an equivalent of $25 per day. This includes $8 worth of room and board each day, $8 from the host family and $10 from the On- tario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. . >1 Mrs. Freida Hossfeld and Norman Hossfeld of Mild- Last Thur the . may visited ' Mrs. Bert Hubbardt'Sunday. Belgrave Institute en- Attending a family tertained residents of the 'gathering at the home of Mr. Callander Nursing ,Home at and Mrs. a fotrdF tileokipni WO June; birthday 'p ty. One Sunday were. lite aiid:Mrs, • of the ladies shared a story of Jack Lang and daughter Irene of Vancouver; . Mrs. Ruby Crossweller • of • Calgary; Mr.. and Mrs. William Thomson of Stroud; and Mrs. Ronald . Raisbeck, Jeffrey • and Christie of Barrie; Frank Stiffeck; Mr. and Mrs. Steve Nagymarosi of Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph. Hackett of Agincourt; Lorne Wright and daughter Gloria and April and Mr. and Mrs. Greg Higgins, all of Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs. Allan Steedman, Mark, Paul and .Darren of Mississauga; Eldon Wright. of Geri -Care at Harriston;. Mr. and Mrs. Tim Wylie and Jennifer and Stephen of Hamilton; and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wylie. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Mann were guesth at the Morton- Domintronic weilding in St, Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kitchener, last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ross King. and Rebecca of Stratford visited Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Haskins Sunday.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hedley of Teeswater and Mr. and Mrs. Mel Dennis were supper guests'at the same home last Friday. George Brown is a patient in the Wingham hospital. Jack Underwood of Guelph visited last Saturday with his mother, Mrs. Earl Un- derwood. a mischievous calf • in fer fruit ..cellar andanother showed slides of her trip to Haiti last summer. Then tea and cupcakes were served. The program was enjoyed by all. Those celebrating birth- days in June were Ethel Fischer, June 4; Margaret McBrien, June 6; Jack Hamilton, June 8, and Harvey•Goll, June 16. Jim Scott of Brussels graduated from the two-year General Business -Account- ing program at Georgian College, Owen Sound. He will be returning for a further year in Business Administra- tion. c�. R. W. Bell . OPTOMETRIST Goderich The Square 524-7661 WrNGHAM INDUSTRIAL HOCKEY 4th Annual Low Net Golf . Tournament will beheld Mon., July 16 at Wingham Golf Club. For tickets call • Jon Bateson, Bob Armstrong or , Golf Club. ' Prize for every golfer. WROXETER PARK'S BOARD SUMMER DANCE Dance to be held on Arena floor sponsored by: Jr. D Hockey Club & Bluevale Ladies Ball Team Howick Community Centre Saturday, July 14, 1984 Music By: DRUMLIN Dancing' 9 p.m. till 1 a.m. $5. per person Lunch Available For more details phone: 335-3830 or 335-3302 14 Z=====z. WINGHAM OPTIMIST MONSTER BINGO Sun., JuI,y15 Wingklain Arena Dogra open at, 1:00 p,rns Ai Quickie Bingos at 1:30 10 Regular One -Line $10g Bingos 3 Special $200 Bingos 1 $500 Special Game 1 Jackpot of $1,000 2 Share the Wealth 1 Bonanza Bingo All Bingos Must Go! All proceeds to youth work. r Page 12—The Wingham Advance -Times, July 4, 1984 rsP0TLIT $ "> 'tet MRS. ALLAN .GRIFFITH Wroxeter PersonaIs Mr. and Mrs. Peter Iredom and son of St. Thomas . were weekend visitors with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Acker, man. We are pleased to hear Mrs. ,Clarence Clement arrived home from hospital last Friday and we wish her better health. Mrs. Allan Griffith was a supper guest with Mrs. Eldon Erb and Doug last Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Marks accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Adrien Poirier orWeston to visit Mr. and Mrs. Llloyd Pfeiffer at London on Sun- day. Junior Ag. Program Simon Hallahan enjoyed his years of public life By Margaret Arbuckle East Wawanosh's grand old man of municipal politics, Simon Hallahan, may be out off the limelight, but he certainly has not lost interest in local and national affairs. Mr. Hallahan first was elected to municipal government in 1958 and has served as both coun- cillor and reeve until his retirement in 1982. He was born March 10, 1899, a few months short of the turn of the century. The Hallahans were of sturdy Irish stock who left County Cork, Ireland, in 1846 to escape the great potato famine. As a boy Mr. Hallahan attended Union School No. 3. His first day of school is among his earliest and happiest memories because he loved school, but his education was interrupted. An early experiment in beef farming very nearly bankrupted Mr. Hallahan's father and he was forced to withdraw his son from school: He was in Grade 7 at the time. After a brief stay at home to help his father get the family finances rolling again, Mr. Hallahan was able to return to school and finish Grade 8. However going on to high school was out of the question because.he was needed at home. Once he had completed Grade 8, Mr. Hallahan went to work on his.father's ditching machine and then at Dominion Roads in Gderich before taking over :the family .farm in 1920. His interest in community affairs was sparked' in 1921 when he started working for the Belgrave Farmers Club. During those early years of com- munityy involvement his mentor, Robert Scott, a local fanner and orator bf some renown, took the young Simon under his wing and taught hire the ropes. For the next .30:years Mr. Hallahan was active as a promotor of pork and milk producers', boards, . secretary -treasurer of the East Wawanosh . Federation of Agriculture and was a 4-H clubleader . for over 40 years. It seemed only natural that when a seat on East • Wawanosh council came open in 1958,'14. Hallahan would fill it. He won the seat by acclamation, but lost the election in 1960. Never one to be daunted, heran again in 1966 and was'successful in his bid. In 1975 he became reeve of the township and served on county council also until December of 1982. Mr. Hallahan loved his public life. Admittedly, he said; he went on council because he "thought. the other people were always wrong-". But he soon became more open-minded and learned to realize that others usually had good points to offer if only you listened. . •.He is proud of his years on East Wawanosh and county councils. Township historians probably ;will remember him as the father of the East Wawanosh Secondary Plan, something he supports whole- heartedly to this day. He also is proud of the response his council got at the time of renovation project at the Belgrave arena. All the funds were collected by a canfass of the outlying area and there still was 812,000 -left to spare which has been used for other community improvement projects, like at the Belgrave Kins- men Park. At the county level he was involved with the Goderich museum and the 'Goderich airport, the Auburn garage, the Clinton library and the con- struction onthe division line betwe n"tast." nd West Wawanosh townships. aaa"""J He loves being active so much that h can't un- ' derstand how some people can sit back and be apathetic. But so many people are like that today, he says, and it bothers him a bit. In fact he swears it his involvement that has kept him well -arid fit for so long. At 85 years of age he could pass for a roan 10 years younger easily and says it is because he keeps active, plus he does not drink heavily nor Aloes he smoke. I i • Granted, he ha slowed down in recent years, mainly due to a heart attack he suffered near the. end of his term on council. But he is still•the major shareholder in Hallrice Farms, the other partner is his son Maurice, and he likes to keep a grip on the family business. ,- - As. a staunch Liberal hewaS. very, interepgin the repent leadership race and as a Rornat1 otic said he was in favor of premier William Davis' recent decision to extend funding to separate schools. " Scott and Linda Galbrait and Carleigh of Paisle visited his parents, Ken and Marg Galbraith, and Keith last Friday and Saturday, Barbara Brent of Ottawa is spending an extended vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Brent. Mrs. Harold Mullens. of Aylmer, Quebec, is visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ron •McMichael, and accompanied the McMich- aels to attend the Reis Re- union in the Hanover Park last Saturday. Clarence Ott of Listowel spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Musgrove. Mrs. Allan Griffith ac- companied Mrs. Bert Scott and David of Toronto to Kincardine Sunday af- ternoon and also was a supper guest at their home in Gorrie, where Rev. Thomas Fleetham of Listowel also was a guest. Mrs. Art Gibson visited with Mr. and Mrs. Les Chaplin in Toronto last Tuesday on the occasion of their 55th wedding an- niversary and had lunch with Mrs. William Smith, the former Irene Robinson, last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Galbraith spent last Thurs- day and Friday with their son and family, Jim and Cindy Galbraith, and baby son Craig in Lucan. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Dickison and family, Gorrie, visited their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. pat Campbell. Sprinkling system installed at golf club Four years of planning became a reality last Saturday when the new, watering system began operation at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club. The concept of a watering system was first discussed in a serious manner in the summer of 1980. An engineering survey was conducted that fall resulting in an aerialphotograph of „the course being sent out to irrigation contractors. A sub -committee chaired by Doug Neil made a proposal to the membership, based on these bids, in the fall of 1982. Due to a com- .binatign of high interest rates and the high cost of installation, these plans were shelved. • The committee then, with the aid of McGregor Irriga- tion of Sarnia, ,developed a plan which could be phased over a number of years. The initial phase, which was accepted and passed by the board of directors, will allow coverage of all greens and tees should the -=old system fail, beginning plans to convert all greens and tees to automatic watering,' and produce three and a half watered fairways. Volunteer labor by local residents and club members completed the trenching program, pump installation and hydro connections prior to .. McGrego1r-rigation completing the project with installation of sprinklers around some of the greens and tees. Further work will, be required over the summer by volunteer clean-up crews. An initial fundraising campaign has been quite successful. Further done - ti ns one-tions to the project can be made at the golf club by anyone interested in helping to make this club one of the., best in the area. ,dr L A NEW SPRINKLER SYSTEM was installed at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club last week. A crew from the E. G. McGregor company of Sarnia, which specializes in ir- rigation systems, used a machine to slice the turf and pull the pipe underground around the No. 3 green. So far only part of the course is covered by the automatic sprinkler system, but eventually plans call for it to be extended right around the course. MRS. GEORGE BROWN Porde MRS. CLEM McLELLAN Brussels QUILT DISPLAY—The Brussels Majestic Women's Institute sponsored a quilt display and hospitality centre at last weekends"bicentennial celebrations -for the townships of Morris and Grey and the village of Brussels: lona Moore and Ila McLarty greeted visitors to the WI display. Other events over the weekend at Brussels -included a parade, dances and barbecues. 7040,)y70w.r, If you're plan'hrng a wedding, plan to,vrsrl us first for wedding stationery and accessories Listowel Mount Forest Milverton Wingham. 291-1660 X23-1550 595-8921 357-2320 THIS LITTLE PONY looks rather dubious about having, his picture taken but his two young friends, Corey Campbell and Cheryl Kerr, were very cooperative. Their.little buggy said "Just Married";,on the back in keeping with the old-time theme of the parade at the Brussels, Morris and Grey bicentennial celebrations last weekend at Brussels. '