The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-05-30, Page 3itr
Wngham Police Chief Robert
Wittig gave store owners a lesson in
crime -proofing the workplace at the
recent meeting of the Wingham
Business Association.
Chief , Wittig said peopleof his
generation wereraised in a differ-
ent society, a gentler society. -
Back then, shopkeepers and ''their
employees knew everyone who
carne into their stores and there was
an ease of trust and honesty,
However, not so today, claimed
Chief Wittig. There have been dras-
tic . changes in society ® values
have loosened, family violence is
increasing — and small towns have
changed right along with the larger
centres.
"We cannot stop crime. But how
do we manage crime in business
and in the community?" he asked.
Most crimes, even in small
towns, are drug-related, claimed
the chief. The drug trade is an
eight -billion -dollar industry in this
country and most stolen merchan-
dise is sold for drugs.
Today's criminals are wily and
clever, he added and can "case" a
store in a matter of moments. They
look for visibility of stock, as well
as the location of the cash register
and alarms. Mr. Wittig cautioned
store owners to. rem khat d
plays are not only for sales, but a
a target for thieves,
Displays shote he highly visi-
ble, not tucked away in a corner, he
said, adding someone should be
out on the floor at all tithes..
There are numerous other ways
that store owners can protect them-
selves nightly bank -deposits;`'
alarms, motion detectorsand ti neo
lighting systems.
Chief Wittig also praised the
Crime Stoppers program and
encouraged store owners to become
involved.
Another device which has
proved valuable at Wingham and
District Hospital is videocamers
placed at strategic locations. Chief
Wittig said these units can be pur-
chased for less than $1,000.
When dealing with juvenile
offenders, the chief said, business
people should always contact the
police. It is best for the child -in the
long run, he claimed, because they
can get proper guidance.
He encouraged the business peo-
ple to get involved with crime pre-
vention in their stores and offered
the full cooperation of the police
force.
Madill student's poster
judged best in Canada
Cindy Newton, a Grade 9 stu-
dent at the F E. Madill Secondary
School in Wingham, has had her
poster judged as the best in Canada
in the 1988 national poster contest
sponsored by the Royal Canadian
Legion.
Don Farnell; president of Legion
Branch 180, Wingham, is very
proud of Cindy's accomplishment.
Her poster was entered in the inter-
mediate division and earlier had
won at the zone, district and
provincial competitions.
Mr. Farnell is especially proud
because another Madill student,
Andrea Grant of Wingham, won
first place last year in the contest
for her Remembrance Day poem.
Cindy will be receiving a plaque
and ..a.cheque from :Dominion .Com-
mand later this- sun nier, -adds Mr,
Farnell and the school also will
receive a keeper plaque in recogni-
tion of her achievement.
Cindy is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Newton, Wroxeter.
County museum gets $614,000
The Huron County Pioneer
Museum was presented with a
$614,000 cheque by Huron -Bruce
MP Murray Cardiff in Goderich on
Friday.
The funds are provided under
the Canada -Ontario Cultural
Development Subsidiary Agree-
ment and will go toward the
rebuilding of a section of the muse-
um and to upgrade the old Central
School portion of the facility to pro-
vide for new exhibition, storage
and programming space.
Mr. Cardiff said he found it excit-
ing that the history of Huron Coun-
ty's early settlement will have such
an excellent new facility to display
the wonderful collection of artifacts
from all over the region.
The museum project provided a
direct economic benefit -of 82 per-
son years of employment during
construction.
The estimated cost of the project
is $3,587,000. The federal contribu-
tion for Phase 2 is $1.15 million.
The payment of $614,000 to the
Huron County Pioneer Museum
represents the department of com-
munications' second payment
under the Canada -Ontario Cultural
Development Subsidiary Agree-
ment.
The official opening of the muse-
um is scheduled for Sept. 30,1989.
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BALSEJ. FAMILY RELTNION Mro and Mrs. Allen Balser of Shuter Street in Wingham hosted
over 50 descendants of Johannes Von Baltzer, who landed in Halifax in 1752 from his native Ger-
many. This is the first such reunion of its kind for the family.
Balser family holds
its first-ever reunion
Last Saturday afternoon, May 27,
three generations of the Balser fam-
ily gathered at the home of Alien
and Geraldine Balser, Shuter Street
in Wingham.
It provided family members a
chance to reunite with many of
'their cousins an meet others for
the first time.
Von Johannes and Katherine
Baltzer left Rotterdam, Holland, on
May 30, 1752, with their five
daughters and three sons, sailing
on the ship "Sally".
The . family had come from the
Kingdom of Hesse in Germany and
arrived in Canada early in June of
1752 after receiving a land grant in
Lunenberg. Johannes died just four
years later in 1756.
•There now are hundreds of
descendants in Canada with a large
concentration .in Nova Scotia. A
number also reside in the United
States, some as far south as Texas
and as far west as California.
Those in attendance at last week-
end's reunion were from: Moncton,
GRADUATES MAY 25
Celia Chandler graduated
from McMaster University on
May 2,5 with an Honors Bache-
lor of Arts degree in :4 litical
science. She has-accep a posi-
tion as a master's candidate
with the department of political
science at York University,
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New Brunswick; Lunenberg, Nova
Scotia; Oshawa, Toronto, London,
Guelph, Waterloo, Kincardine and
Cambridge. Between 50 and 60
attended the reunion, including
descendants of four of the original
families. Others sent messages of
regret at being unable to attend.
All were very enthusiastic in the
making of plans to attend the 1990
reunion.
Derivations of -the original
Baltzer name include: Baltzar, Bab
er, Balser, Balsar and Balsor.
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