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Club wins
4 H event
The Exeter Cali Club, with
its presentation "That's No
Fairy Tale", won the 4-H
demonstration competition
held at Clinton recently. This
demonstration illustrated
steps which can be taken to
prevent farm accidents.
The Huron Poultry Club
took second, place witn
"Poultry Geist" and the
Kippfield Calf Club took
third with "The History of 4-
H".
The Exeter Calf Club will
be representing Huron
County at the regional
demonstration competition
at Stratford this week.
Public Meeting Concerning a Proposed
Amendment to the Wingham Official Plan
TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town
of Wingham will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, August
29, 1984 at 7:00 p.m. in the Court Room of the Wingham
Town Hall to consider a proposed official plan amendment
under Section 17 of the Planning Act.
The proposed official plan amendment would designate the
Town of Wingham as a Community Improvement Area. The
amendment will deal with deficiencies in hard services (ex.
public works) and soft services (ex. parks and recreation)
within the Town of Wingham.
ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make writ-
ten or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition
to the proposed official plan amendment.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposed official,
plan amendment is available for inspection at the Clerk's Of-
fice, Wingham Town Hall between the hours of 8:30 and 4:30.
DATED AT TOWN OF WINGHAM THIS 25th. DAY OF JULY,
1984.
CLERK, TOWN OF WINGHAM
W1NGHAM TOWN HALL.
357-3550
The Wingham Advance -Times, July 25, 1984—Page 5
A MAJESTIC CHAPEL—Speaking in a setting which he described as
more stately than any cathedral, Major the Rev. George Youmatoff
addressed the gathered Legion members and others present at Sun-
day's Drumhead Service at Wingham's Cruickshank Park, reminding
There are six uni ersities
in Canada which recently
train professiop_ foresters.
them to be true to the ideals of those who fought and died in war. Un-
fortunately the service was interrupted by noise from a slow -pitch
tournament going on in the ball park just across the street.
Bicentennial attractions
Continued from Page 1
Katherine Milley „of Port
Elgin had the best time for
the ladies at just over 40
minutes and she also was in -
the 18 and under division.
Another new event this
year, - the heritage fair and
an@ique market held at
Cruickshank Park, was not
as well attended as the
organizers. had hoped. But
they ' attributed that to . the.
fact that several other local
towns Were holding similar
fairs.last weekend.
A real crowd pleaser was
last Saturday morning's .
baby show held in front of the
town hall. Over 20 little
bundles of joy .were entered
with the top prize going to
little Lesley Burton of
Wingham, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burton.
Brandon Hull, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hull of
Wingham, won the three to
six months category : and
Timothy Barfoot, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Barfoot
of Wingham captured the
newborn class. Fernanda
deVos, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill deVos of
Turnberry Township, won
honorable mention in the
contest.
Mrs. Walker said the
biggest surprise off the
weekend was the over-
whelming success of last
Saturday's break -dance
demonstration at the arena.
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The event had been planned
for the main street
originally, but the huge
crowd of people which
turned out made that im-
possible and it had to be
TRU C KLOA
SALE
OF BULK FROZEN FOODS
Along with bulk baking goods and discount groceries
AT THE WINGHAM SALES ARENA
This truckload sale consists of:
Beef burgers, New York strip steaks, bacon wrapped filet, beef cubed steak'
McCain chicken breast cutlet strips, chicken steakettes, pork cutlets, shoestring
french fries, McCain superfries, hash browns, southern pecan pie, coconut cream
pie, battered vegetables, Hardee mixed vegetables, kernel corn, choice sweet
peas, diced carrots, green beans, battered onion rings, Eggo waffles,
McCain regular and deluxe pizza, Highliner fish and cheese portions;
Shopsy's wieners, peameal bacon, chicken breast fingers,
!mitered mushrooms, battered cod, Italian veal cutlet, r'
frozen sweet or sour cherries, Lafave margarine, Heinz
ketchup, vinegar, bulk baking goods, bulk cookies, soup •
mixes, spices, peanuts, peanut butter, honey, candy, bulk soaps ... r
and cleaners, cannecl fruit and vegetables, canned meats, coffee,
jams, pickles, toilet tissue, paper towels, plus various types of cat
and dog food.
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A terrific opportunity
to stock up your
freezer.
Don't miss this 3 day
Sale at the
WINGHAM
SALES ARENA
Just north of Wingham
. on Highway No. 4
357-1730
„fri)
Thurs.
9-9 p.m.
Friday
9-9 p.m.
Sat.
9-6 p.m.
111100
All to be offered at
low, low.
prices.
a
T
et
moved to the arena.
Mrs. Walker said the
committee had estimated
maybe ,200 people might
have attended -the -break ---
dance contest; instead over
1,000 - turned . out. A
professional break -dance
group from Kitchener, the
Suicide Breakers, put on a
demonstration after which
local people were. able to
give the new fad a try.
Other Saturday events
included 'a horseshoe tour-
nament. in the Crawford
Motors car lot on main
street, sponsored by the
Wingham 'Sportsmen's Club
and an antique car. show
which attracted car en-
thusiasts from . as far away
as Orangeville. Over 50
vintage automobiles were in
the show. from a pre -1910
model right up to the 1960s.
414. massive crowd of be-
tween 1,200 and 1,300 .attend-
ed. last Saturday evening's
dance at the arena, which
felt like an oven after the
heat of the day and with so
many bodies crammed so
close together. In spite of all
that, it was the most suc-
cessful dance, since the
town's centennial in 1979.
WINDING DOWN
Things came to a close
Sunday, starting with church
services at local churches.
The Wingham Legion
reunion came to a close
Sunday afternoon with a
parade from the Legion to
the cenotaph and then on to
Cruickhank Park for a
drumhead service.
Bert Morin, a Legion
representative, said almost
20 branches were rep-
resented in the parade,
which featured the Wingham
Community Optimist Band
--and the-MitchellBrass,Band.-
The only thing which spoiled
the service was the noise
from the ball park across the
street where the slow pitch
tournament was in full swing
throughout the service,
something which made the
JOHN HAINES OF RR 4, Wingham, won a top award at
the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology at
graduation ceremonies held recently. John, who was in
the Agricultural Business Management course, receiv-
ed recognition for proficiency in farm, analysis and was
presented the award by Nick Stokman, president of the
Western Ontario branch of the Ontario Institute of
Agirologis ts.
town look very bad, to• its
visitors, he said.
From Cruickshank Park,
the two bands: went to
Riverside Park for an...ol&
fashioned concert.
The entire weekend
celebrations came to an end
Sunday night at an open-air
church service at the old
fairgrougls in Lower Town.
$40,000 raised for.
heart foundation
Nearly $40,000 was raised
in' Huron County this year
toward .the work of the
Ontario Heart Foundation.
In a report released
recently, the Huron County
chapter of the heart foun-
dation shows $39,145.22 as
the amount raised during the
.1984 campaign. The bulk of
this, $32,476.45, was raised
through the canvass, with
the rest coming through
other donations and special
events.
This total is 30 per cent
higher than the result for the
1983, campaign, which netted
$30,112.24 for the foundation.
The municipality with the
highest contributions this
year was Goderich, with a
total of $6,775.92, followed by
Exeter, $3,594.75; Clinton,
$3,077.47; Seaforth,
$1,999.92; Goderich Town-
ship, $1,839; Blyth, $1,799.&;
Morris and East Wawa -
nosh townships (jointly),
$1,642.25; Hensall, $1,585,60;
Stanely Township, $1,544.50;
Wingham, $1,450.87; McKil-
lop, $1,412 and Howick,
$1,323.25.•
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Contributions from other
municipalities in this area
were: Grey Township,
$1,184.94; Brussels, $920;
Turnberry Township,
$751.85; Auburn, $239, and
West Wawanosh Township,
$252. -
"Jump Rope for Heart"
events staged at a number of
schools in the county also
raised a considerable
amount of money for the
foundation, with the •top
fund-raiser being the event
at South Huron Secondary
School, Exeter, which raised
more than $6,000.
An official OHF• demon-
stration team, The Huron
Hearts, was established at
the Wingham Public School
unde- the direction of ,Coach
Dave Shaw, and Principal
John Mann, which demon-
strated skipping techniques
to more than 10,000 students
at schools in Huron, Bruce,
Perth and Grey counties.
The Huron chapter also
reports that blood pressure
screening clinics held in the
five county towns during
Heart Month were highly
successful and it hopes to
make these screening clinics
an ongoing community
service.
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Public Meeting on Lower Town Dam, ,8
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