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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-08-01, Page 16a, -1 `s sE n3jif 1 974*".1t'.a.. Tuesday, Aug. 1, 1989 SECOND SECTION GUNN-SON-OLA PLANT—This photograph was taken at the Wingham Gunn -Son -Ola plant in 1929 at the peak of production. However, the stock market crash of that year was to have dine conse- quences for the factory, which closed its doors soon afterward. Among those shown in the photo- graph, not in order, are: George Moir, Gordon Ard, Albert Bell, Albert Green, William Krohn, Sam Small, Herbert Mitchell, Gordon Lediett, Alfred Mitchell, Cecil Cook, Harold Mitchell, Charlie Cook, Jack Gorbutt, George Haller, James Webster, Robert Burgess, Frank Preston, Bert Collar and Ed Smith. It is believed the lad in front is Jack Gorbutt Jr The photograph has been donated to the Wingham and District Museum by Dave Crothers of Wingham. Gunn -Son -Ola plant suffers in stock market crash By Cheryl Reece The Gunn -Son -Ola Ltd. factory was located in the former Walker and Clegg Furniture Factory. The building stood unused from 1918 to 1920 when it was purchased by William Gunn, a phonograph man- ufacturer from Michigan. An open house was held April 9, 1921, at which a 10 per cent reduc- tion was offered on phonographs selling for $135 to $400. In 1922, Gunn -Son -Ola Co. Ltd. was formed and authorized to manufacture organs, gramophones, pianos and other musical intru- ments. In 1926, Mr. Gunn died and his son took over. In 1927, with the increase in sales of radios and the phonograph sales declining, the firm went into the manufacture of radio cabinets and toilet seats. Around 1928, an order was received for 500 radio cabinets. By the following year the factory was operating 24 hours a day, with 115 men employed. Twenty men worked the night shift, making_the Ginn toilet seat. They had enough, orders to keep the factory going all year. Unfortunately, the stock market crash of 1929 came and like many businesses, the Gunn -Son -Ola com- pany suffered. Orders were can- celled and many already -finished products were not shipped out, The firm was kept open while a • buyer was sought. A sale of radio and phonograph cabinets was held. These cabinets sold for as little as $2.00 each. In 1931, Brown Brothers bought the factory. The Browns operated the firm for many years. However, it finally was shut down New cancer agency, clinics part of expanded service A new cancer control agency with more than $2.4 million for the development of a pediatric oncolo- gy program in Hamilton and a total of $2.8 million for expansion of can- cer treatment services in Windsor and Thunder Bay, has been announced by Ontario Health Min- ister Elinor Caplan. Mrs. Caplan also announced $450,000 in funding for cancer research by the Ontario Clinical Oncology Group of Hamilton and the appointment of the director for the province -wide breast -screening P �ew cancer agency, to be known as the Ontario Cancer Con- trol Agency (OCCA) will coordi- nate cancer services across the province. "We are forming the largest cancer control agency in the country and one of the largest in the world," Mrs. Caplan says. OCCA will strengthen the exist- ing cancer care network through improved coordination of services. It also will advise the ministry of funding priorities. The treatment and research work done by the Ontario Cancer Insti- tute and the Ontario Cancer Treat- ment and Research Foundation will continue under the direction of the new agency. The OCI operates Princess Mar- garet Hospital and the OCTRF operates eight regional cancer cen- tres across the province. OCCA will begin its work when the new can- cer act, reflecting the agency's Hale and responsibilities, becomes law. The legislation will be developed after extensive consultation and will be introduced later this year. Mrs. Caplan also announced that Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals of Hamilton will open a new regional, 12 -bed pediatric oncology program late this summer. The ministry 1$ providing $576,000 In one-time developmental funding and $1.9 million in annual openit g funds. As well, the Minister atitiountar d that the Ontario Clirtieei rte01bgy Group of Hamill°( k will; teceiwe $450,000 over three years to pro- mote clinical research. Emphasis wiiFbe placed on testing new meth- odstif treatment and prevention. On May 8, Mrs. Caplan announced a province -wide, breast - screening program. Last week she announced the appointment of Dr. Carl J. ZyJ k of McMaster Universi- ty and Chedoke-McMaster Hospi- tals' department of radiology to head this $5 -million program. The minister also announced that the Thunder Bay Regional Cancer Centre will be expanding its exist- ing chemotherapy facilities to han- dle an estimated 100 additional chemotherapy cases each year for a total of 600 patients per year. The miniitry.is providing $2 mil- lion toward this capital expansion which is expected to be completed by late 1991. The Windsor Regional Cancer Centre will receive $800,000 to expand its chemotherapy treatment facilities. Cancer is one of several special- ty -care areas in which the ministry is concentrating its resources. The others are: cardiovascular care, dial- ysis, AIDS, maternal and newborn care and emergency and trauma services. TYPHOID FEVER Typhoid fever was very prevalent in many parts of Ontario in the fall of 1900. The long spell of dry weather had had a great effect in the water supply in many towns and villages and there were more cases of fever in Ontario than ever before. Wingham was fortunate, recording only one case of typhoid fever in town. Wingham was con- sidered one of the healthiest towns in Ontario. In November of that same year, however, the sad spews carne out of Wingham that Yom.,. l�. C.outts of Snits S in her 4nd year, a VI' t o typhoid. and the building sat empty for a long while. Eventually it was demolished and the site now is occupied by the senior citizen building at 45 Alfred Street. .The Wingham and -District Muse-' um has one phonograph, now over 60 years old. which was manufac- tured at the Gunn -Son -Ola factory. Distance table is updated by the MTO The 1989 Provincial Highways 'Distance Table now is available from the ministry of transportation. The distance table is a valuable aid to truckers requiring exact point-to-point distances, tourists needing to know how many kilo- metres it is to a highway turnoff and salesmen and other business drivers calculating their expenses on a given trip. The publication „indicates dis- tances exact to a tenth of kilometre between Ontario communities and important crossroads or inter- changes. It covers all the King's Highways, secondary highways and tertiary roads in Ontario. You may obtain a copy for a min- imal fee in person or by writing: The Ontario Government Book- store, : f' Bay Street, Toronto, M7A 1N8 or Ontario Ministry of Trans- portation, Administrative Services Office, East Building (lower level), 1201 Wilson Avenue, Downsview, Ont., M3M 1J8. Mail orders should be .accompa- nied by a cheque or money order payable to the Treasurer of Ontario. Man charged with impairing water quality The Ontario Ministry of the Envi- ronment has charged a Blyth man with impairing water quality in the Nicholson Municipal Drain. The defendant operates a custom manure -spraying business. The charges allege that, between Nov. 14 and 17, 19 , Richard Francis, koharski applied excessive amounts of liquid Manure onto a Logan Township farm, resulting in a runoff of manure into the Nichol- son Municipal Drain, This alleged drain's water f Mr. Ifoharskl under Section it Water to perntittin May impair; impaired the Faces brie count Ott" Otitillitt ideh MNR district office announces '89 deer hunt The Wingham- district office of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has announced its 1989 deer season dates. In Huron County and Minto Township, the season runs from Nov 6 to Nov 9 for shotguns and muzzleloaders only. No dogs are allowed and it is open to Ontario residents only. This is a controlled, four-day deer hunt in which all hunters must have their deer licences validated by a special tag. Farmers and Vehicles are demolished in Grey Township crash Two young Bluevale women and a dump truck operator received minor injuries in a two -vehicle acci- dent last Tuesday morning in Grey Township. A spokesman for the Wingham detachment of the Ontario Provin- cial Police reports that 18 -year-old Katherine Brubacher of Bluevale was the driver of a 1983 Chrysler New Yorker, which was coming out of a private driveway on Con. 1-2 of Grey Township July 25 at 7:30 a.m. Howard Pehlke, 40, of RR 1, Monkton, was eastbound on the concession road, driving a dump truck for R. Farrish Construction, report the police. According to the OPP, Ms. Brubacher made a wide turn out of the laneway, causing the dump truck to strike the left front corner of her vehicle. The police report that the truck and driver continued along the ditch until the truck rolled end -over -end and landed on its roof. Both vehicles were demolished in the accident, say the OPP. Although `an ambulance was summoned, Ms. Br ubacher, hens 16 - year -old sister Louise and Mr. Pehlke did not go to hospital for treatment of minor injuries, reports the police spokesman. Municipalities may enact own privacy legislation Municipalities across the province will have their own legis- lation to parallel Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Murray Elston, chairman of the management board of cabinet and minister responsible for provincial freedom of information and protec- tion of privacy legislation, intro- duced the new act in the Legisla- ture last week. It will take effect Jan. 1, 1989. The Municipal Freedom of Infor- mation and Protection of Privacy Act, 1989, was introduced after extensive consultations involving Mr. Elston, Municipal Affairs Min- ister John Eakins and representa- tives of municipalities and local boards, such as school boards and police commissions. It will ensure that municipalities and local boards will be covered by legislation that mirrors — iti pur- pose, scope and procedures — the current act. "Freedom of information legisla- tion specifically tailored to meet the needs of Ontario's municipalities will be an important step in ensur- ing that result," says Mr. Eakins, while Mr. Elston adds, "This act will parallel the one already in place, but with some modifications Huron -Bruce NDP picnic Huron -Bruce New Democrats will have an active afternoon at a picnic scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 13, as they elect three delegates to the November federal leadership convention. Windsor MPP Dave Cooke will be a guest at the picnic, to be held at the Tony and Fran McQuail farm near Lucknow. Mr. Cooke, New Democratic house leader, was first elected in 1977 for Windsor -Riverside. He is NDP critic for financial institutions and was a member of the Windsor Board of Education and the Wind- sor Planning Board. Huron and Bruce will send three delegates to the federal New Demo- cratic Party leadership convention to be held in Winnipeg this Novem- ber. Three people will be elected by the membership at the picnic. appropriate to suit local needs." Ontario's Freedom of Informa- tion and Protection of Privacy Act came into effect for provincial insti- tutions on Jan. 1, 1988. landowners of 20 hectares (50 acres) or more are eligible to receive a tag. Other Ontario residents must enter their names in a lottery -type draw for a limited number of vali- dation tags. Applications for this hunt should now be available from the Wing - ham district office. The completed applications must be received at the Wingham MNR office by 5 p.m. on Aug. 31. Farmers and landowners should apply before Oct. 25. Controlled deer hunts have been, held in Huron County since 1980. In 1988, 1,474 tag holders harvested 391 deer which was a record har- vest for our district. The deer herd has increased to the point that the ministry is receiving complaints of damage to orchards, Christmas tree plantations and grain and vegetable crops. The bow -hunting season in Huron and Minto runs from Oct. 15 to Nov 5 and from Nov 10 to Dec. 31. Once again, no dogs are allowed and it is open to Ontario residents only. In Southern Bruce County, the season is Nov 6 to 10 for rifles, shotguns, bows and muzzleloaders — no dogs. The bow season is Oct. 15 to Nov 5 and Nov 11 to Dec. 15. In Perth County, the bow season runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 31. A con- trolled gun hunt has been proposed for this area, but details have not yet been finalized. Interested hunters should direct any questions regarding this hunt to the Wingham office by Aug. 18. Further details on the 1989 deer seasons are available from any MNR office or licence issuer. Summer means increase in car, boatingaccidents e is Summer's here and the tempera- ture's rising, but so are the number of alcohol-related automobile and boating accidents. While public awareness about drinking and driving tends to be very high around the Christmas holiday period, statistics show that drinking drivers are more likely to be involved in accidents in the summer. About one+.tbir+d of alcohol-relat- ed crashes occurred between June and August, whereas only 18 per cent took place December through February (1986 data). About six million Ontarians enjoy boating activities during the summer, according to the ministry of natural resources. And more than 20 per cent of boating deaths are linked to alcohol use. Ontario Provincial Police statistics show that of 64 who were killed last year in boating accidents, 14 of the deaths were alcohol related. "Boating tends to be more close- ly associated with recreation and pleasure than driving a car," says Larry Hershfield, director of pre- vention and health promotion pro- grams at the Addiction Research Foundation. "But boating requires many of the skills required of an automobile driver: alertness, judgment and quick decision-making. All of these become impaired when the 'cap- tain' of the boat has been drinking." Over the course of a year, between one-quarter and one-third of fatal automobile accidents involve a driver who has been drinking. Forty per cent of drivers killed have been drinking. Week- ends (Friday through Sunday) account for two-thirds of drinking drivers' accidents. "The statistics may seem daunt- ing, but we're actually experiencing a decline in drinking and driving," says Dr. loan Marshman, founda- tion president. "Although we still have a long way to go, attitudes really are changing. More and more people are deciding not to drink before they get behind the wheel." According to. the foundation, the safest approach is not to drink before driving or boating. If you are going to drink, ARF recommends that you consume less than one drink per hour to stay safely below - the .05 per cent blood-alcohol con- centration. For example, a 160 -pound male, without food in his stomach and of average leanness, would only need to drink about two -and -a -half stan- dard drinks in the first hour to reach .05 per cent blood-alcohol concentration. That's the alcohol level at which police in Ontario can suspend a driver's licence for 12 hours. A 120 -pound female would only have to drink about one -and -a -half standard drinks per hour to reach the same concentration. "Whether driving a car or boat- ing, it's safer to err on the side of caution when deciding if you should get behind the wheel," Mr. Herschf eld says. For more information about drinking and driving, call the ARF's toll-free drug and alcohol information line (1-800-387-2916) and ask for tape number 105. NEW APARTMENTS It was announced in February of 1968 that the Ontario Housing Cor- poration would erect a nine -unit senior citizens' apartment on Alfred Street that spring. The building would cost $79,072 or $8,786 per unit. The building was to be rented to older persons in need of low -rent housing, with rents starting at $32 per month, scaled upwards, depending on income. pisl tenni Kerr and Felly Neil had fun making balloon shapes at last p;p 0t the Wingham branch Library. Marian Doucette of the Huron County tit fird$W11, condo ted the '*orkshop for local youngsters. A similar workshop is 1MittTordwith.