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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-03-07, Page 14Palle yhe inghank , r Bge.Times, Ivlarch 'F,1904, • Morris' '04• = d subsidy :Whitechurch Personals I� cut by over twO r cent, MI* G.ertmde Tui#in .of Wingham called .on Mr; and Mrs. Fred Tiffin. and Ur, and Mrs. Victor Emerson on. Saturday. On Thursday Kirk Beecroft of Exeter visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Beecroft. Saturday guests at the same home were Ronald Beecroft, Kevin, Shannon and Heather of Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson _ Craig of Auburn visited Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Emerson. Sunday visitors with the Emersons were Mr. and Mrs. Tony Straker, Wingham. Members of Whitechurch Women's Institute are reminded to bring gifts for the Sunshine Boxes to the meeting at Copeland Lodge on Wednesday. Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. John A. Currie were Heather Currie of Toronto, Robert and friend Miss Lise Boissonneault, both of Hamilton. Michael, Matthew and Alicia deBoer visited last week with their grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. John deBoer, while their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim deBoer, attended her uncle's wed- ding in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Dick deBoer of Bluevale visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. deBoer. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mc- Clenaghan and Mrs. Mary U.1 %NOT NI) 1111 I101 tiI HI 1) -13.1111 -ATI( IIE\-(l1- 1 254 Josephine St. Wingham Ph. 357-2993 BEAUTIFUL GIFTS for spring and summer brides and their attendants. Cdoss CQQrdinated Accessories for BED - BATH - KITCHEN SHOWER & WEDDING GIFTS McClenaghan visited Sunday with MF and Mrs. Mack Stewart Of Waterloo. Recent weekend , visitors. with Mr. and Mrs, Joe Tiffin were Mr. and Mrs. Dave McGlynn, Janet and Wayne of Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. Snowden, Billie and Joey of Goderich. Mrs. Tiffin ,spent. Monday to Friday of last week with the Snowden. in Goderich. The McGlynn family members were also recent visitors with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lorne McGlynn of Teeswater. The After -Four Class met Monday at the manse with leaders Mrs. Lamb and Mrs. Moore serving cookies and drink to the 10 in attendance. Mrs. Moore told the story of Joseph and the Mouse, based on II Corinthians, chapter 12, verse nine. Songs were sung and the children made felt tulips. Day of Prayer service is held BELGRAVE — Approxi- mately 30 ladies attended the World Day of Prayer service March 2 in Knox Presbyter- ian Church. Mrs. Garner Nicholson, Mrs. Harold Jardin and Mrs. Harold Vincent conducted the service, with members of the Anglican, United and Presbyterian churches read- ing scripture lessons and portions 'from the pamphlet, "Living Water From Christ Our Hope", which related to Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well and was prepared by women of Swe- den. Mrs. Don Vair, guest speaker, delivered a mean- ' ingful message. Mrs. Ade- laine Campbell of Blyth con- tributed three vocal solos, with Mrs. Dalrymple as piano accompanist. Mrs. Dalrymple supplied organ accompaniment"—fzr - the hymns. Mrs. Agnes Youngblut thanked the participants for their contributions to a very fine service. Ft rie._ Queen "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" 482-7103 The Township of Morris will receive over two per cent less in road subsidy from the Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications in 1984 than, it did last year. Council was told of the ministry cutback at its meeting Monday. The town- ship will receive $223,900 from the MTC in 1984, compared to $228,700 in '83. In order to get the promised- amount of subsidy, the township must spend $128,800 of its own money on roads in 1894 for a grand THE CASE FOR GOOD BUSINESS SENSE ' Visit us in Wingham every Tuesday. REPRESENTATIVE: Rob Swim Imakes t simply good sense to meet with the representative of the Federal Business Development Bank who will soon be in your area. There is no obligation and no cost to you. And there is so much you could gain for your business. Come talk with us if you could use financial aid, in the form of loans, loan guarantees or even selling an equity position in your business. We have experienced counsellors who can help you plot a course of growth and success for your business. And we can provide you with direction to government assistance, both federal and provincial, as well as other vital information. For an advance appointment call: 271-5650 (collect) or write: 1036 Ontario Street, Stratford, Ontario. Federal Business Banque federale Development Bank de devetoppement Your future i -s our guarantee. Canada MRS. CLEM McLELLAN Brussels Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hart of:. RR 2, Brussels, visited last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kitchen of Bluevale. Later they all visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Goll and family to mark Jordon Guy's 12th birthday. Also there for Jordan's birthday, were his aunt and uncle, Clem and Edna McLellan of RR 4, Brussels. Rev. Douglas Black will be preaching for a call March 18 at the Brussels Presbyterian Church. A good attendance would be appreciated. LAKELET II The third meeting of the Lakelet II Busy Bees Was held at the home off Mrs. Rae. The meeting opened with the 4-H pledge. We showed the quilting sample which we had started at the last meeting and fin- ished at home. The members then showed each other the scraps of material they had . brought to share with the club for the String Quilting Sample. The club leaders then demonstratedhow the sam- ple could be put together. The meeting closed with the 4-H motto. total of $352,700. Clerk -Treasurer - Nancy Michie said in a telephone interview later that council did not express too much' surprise at the news,, bot it has applied for $150,000 in supplementary subsidy from the province. Council will know by May how much supplementary subsidy it will receive. A total of $35,000 of that supplementary subsidy (s uld council receive it) has been earmarked for repairs to the "Blinn Line" Bridge, just off the town- ship's first concession. Last fall council Was in- formed that the structure, built in 1913, was in serious need of repair. Council in- structed the engineering firm Dawson and Johnston of Stratford to assess the situation and report back what repairs were needed to bring the bridge's load limit up to par and ensure its safety. A summary, of those repairs has been received and was presented at Monday's meeting. Mrs. Michie said the bridge's deck must be replaced, its trusses reinforced and its, handrails reconstructed, all to bring the bridge up to a 15 -tonne load limit. ETHEL I QUILTING BEES The third meeting of the Quilting Bees was held at. Pam McLellan's last Thurs- day. The president,, Lori Terpstra, took care of the business and the roll call was answered. The girls read about colorselection in their books and then picked material., for the choosing prints activity. Then, they started their string quilting samples. The leaders read from the book and showed the girls each step. The samples are to be finished and in the books next week. The meeting closed with the 4-H motto. F>. MRS 'JOE WALKER Bluevale A euchre party will be held March 12 in the community hall at 8 p.m. sponsored by the senior citizens. Everyone is welcome. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Brian Adams on the birth of a daughter, a wee sister for Katey. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Leland Johns on the birth of a son, a little brother for Curtis. Sincere sympathy is ex- pressed to Mrs. Mel Sanburn and family on the death of a dear husband, father and grandfather. Sincere sympathy is ex- pressed to Mrs. Alice Elliott on the loss of her niece. Family honored before moving to Listowel Repair work .on the bridge is to commence this spring and must be completed, with or without the sup- plementary subsidy. The remainder of the supplementary ,subsidy will go to offset expenses in- curred when the township purchased a new graderlst year. George Radford Ltd. of Blyth will .supply crushed gravel to the township this year at a, rate of $2.70 per cubic yard o?$67,500. Last year Morris paid Radford $2.25 per cubic yard for crushed gravel. One other tender was received for gravel, from Joe Kerr Ltd. of Wingham, but it was higher than the Radford bid. The line meetings being held throughout the township to discuss Morris' secondary plan are going well, said Mrs. Michie, with good at- tendances being reported. Council regretfully ac- cepted resignations from Bruce Richmond and Doug Machan, its representatives on the Blyth and Brussels and the Morris and Grey community... centres boards, respectively. Bruce Bromley was appointed to replace Mr. Richmond on sthe Blyth board and Neil Gowing will replace Mr. Machan. Rural mixed bonspiel is held at curling club A full complement of 16 rinks competed at the Rural Mixed Bonspiel held last Saturday at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club. Bill Keil of Wingham presented the Keil Insurance Trophy to the rink of Neil McGavin of Walton, winners of the 9 o'clock draw with a record of three wins and a plus of 13. Other team members were Marie Whitechurch — On Saturday evening a going - away party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Falconer for Mr. and Mrs. Alex Craig, Lana, Ryan and Jarret who are moving to, Listowel during the winter school break. Alex has ac- cepted a job as patrol supervisor of the staff of the highways department oper- ating out of Listowel. About 30 attended the party and enjoyed euchre and a social evening. An address was read by Bevin Tiffin and Mrs. Falconer presented the Craigs with a housewarming gift of a mantel clock. Lunch was provided by all in at- tendance. 0. Sac jHeart. 4 -- r ' Mailbox McGavin and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Pryce. The rink of Jamieson Ribey of Goderich was second, the rink of Glen Sellers of Bluevale, third, and fourth place went to the rink of George Fischer of Teeswater. Wally Ballagh of Teeswater won the con- solation honors. • The Mason and Jean Robinson Trophy for the 11 o'clock draw was won by the rink of Earl Fitch of Belmore Sacred with 'three wins and a plus of 10. Tem mem`Fiers are Audrey Fitch and Mac, and Mary Eadie. " The Reg Northcott rink of Kincardine .was second in the 11 o'clock diraw; the Grant Coultes rink.,front third, and John Nikon's ,Irink from Belgrave was fourth. Murray Shiell's . Wingham rink won the consolation. A Calcutta was held with over $500 being raised for the new roof fund at the curling club. By Anne McGlynn and Marc Nesbitt Kindergarten celebrated Shrove Tuesday March 5. We had pancakes and sausages. We are going to try and do nice things for other people during Lent. Our tulips are up and should be flowering after March break. We may have to stick them back in the fridge to slow them down. Grades 3 and 4 had a Leap Year celebration. Each pupil presented a riddle to the class, a good deed and shared four cookies or . squares. In science, the class is studying snow. Grades 5 and 6—Miss Ermacora and Mrs. Cam- peau attended the Modern Language Conference in Toronto last weekend. Grades 7 and 8—We .are holding a card party at Sacred Heart Church, Wingham, this Thursday at 12:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome! Bridal shower held at WI hall BELGRAVE — A bridal ' shower was held Thursday, March 1, at the Belgrave In- stitute Hall for Lori Camer- on. Mrs. Mac Scott welcomed everyone and Mrs. Dorothy Logan gave readings follow- ed by a piano solo by Heather Hopper. Mrs. Belle White gave a humorous reading and Carol Hopper played a piano solo. Mrs. Bob Gordon gave a reading. Mrs. Bill McKeon read the address and Lori was pre- sented with gifts. Lori thank- ed everyone for her gifts and Iuneh was served. • Bridge club play report Wilfred French and Harley Crawford took top honors in last Thursday evening's duplicate bridge club play, followed by Ruth Currie and Mary Mathers, second, and tied for third and fourth, Omar Haselgrove and Bert Mathers and Jean Aitchison and Nona Elliott. Line meeting held at Sander's home BRUSSELS — A line meeting was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sanders for the sixth line of Morris Township last Tuesday at 1 p.m. There were 17 interested citizens present and Wayne Caldwell of the county planning department chaired the meeting. The meetings deal with land severances, pits and quarries, building permits and foreign ownership, to name a few and lead up to the formation of a secondary land 'use plan for the town- ship. There was a discussion on each of the topics before tile meeting closed and coffee and donuts were served. Missionary speaks at United churches BELGRAVE — Rev. Bruce Eaton, assistant minister of St. John's United Church, Stratford, acted as an, exchange minister with Rev. John G. Roberts of Knox United Church and Calvin -Brick last Sunday morning. ' Rev, Eaton has served in a missionary capacity as a welldriller in India and many African countries. Following a language course in Ontario, he with his wife MEN'S ROUND ROBIN winter draw winners at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club was the Roly Kaufman rink, with Barry Simpson, Jeff Balch, Gerry Kavanagh will return to Togo in Guinea, West Africa, to supervise welldrilling for an extended period of time. He is intensely interested in Christian Blind Mission International. He stated that three 50 cent vitamin cap- sules given as a preventative will prevent blindness in a child. We wish them every suc- cess in their missionary en- deavours. and Roly Kaufman. Norm Rude presented, the plaque to the winners., CAPTURE C DIVISION—The 1976 edition of the Wingham Lions Midgets was the first Wingham team to capture their division at the Wingham Midget Hockey Tournament since 1969. Team members and coaches include: back, Tom McLean, Spencer Burley, Doug McGregor, Shel- don Jones, Ken Tervit, Mike Montgomery; cen- tre, Dave Kieffer, Rick Deichert, Stan Stapleton, Laurie Haines, Dave Bennett, Bob Armstrong; front, Doug Taylor, Dan Montgomery, Bernie Haines, Gord Kinahan, Bill Kerr and Tim Heffer. (Photo courtesy of Bill Kerr) Local Midget team fares better in second 10 years of tourney The Wingham Midgets habe fared better in the last 10 years of the Wingham Midget Hockey Tour- nament than they did in the first 10 _ years. The local lads have captured the championship for their category three times, in 1976, '82 and '83, and have taken the consolation honors twice. The town proclaimed the two weekends the tournament was held in 1975 "Midget Tournament Days" and the merchants put up displays in their windows to welcome the young hockey players to town. A total of 34 teams were entered and 50 Wingham and area families were called upon to billet team members. Several local service clubs played an active role from the Kinettes, who served lunch, to the senior citizens, who made the Armouries building available. The local lads almost made it; but were beat out by Clinton for the C championship. The 12th Wingham Midget Hockey Tournament in 1976 provided the local fans with their first cham- pionship team since 1969. Wingham. defeated Durham 6-3 to clinch the C division. A newspaper report of the day said that the tremendous support the Wingham Midgets got from the fans was decisive in the win. Gord Kinahan paced his team to victory with a two -goal performance and Captain Bernie Haines accepted the trophy on behalf of the Wingham team. The year 1977 saw the biggest Midget toutnament the town has ever seen. A total of 56 teams were slated to be involved and even though 45 finally did show up, the '77 tourney required the use of the Wingham, Howick and . Lucknow arenas. . Countless people were called upon to render their services at that "Megatournament". Organizers , estimated that between 900 and 1,000 hockey players converged upon the town during the 10 -day tournament and over 1,500 meals were served. After their championship per- formance of the year before, the Wingham Midgets wound up the "bridesmaids", winning the con- solation trophy after a 6-1 defeat at the hands of Dresden. Laurie Haines scored Wingham's lone marker in that match. f, Team Captain Jay McLaurin accepted the trophy on behalf of the local Midgets. After flirting with expansion for One year, the tournament returned tO . its 32 -team size in 1978.. The. '77 tourney had been a success, blit organizers felt it had drained many past active committee members because of the increased adminis- tration and organization needed to get it off the ground. Wingham's centennial year, 1979, saw the local Midgets take the C consolation with a 5-1 loss to Shelburne. A dark cloud overshadowed the 1979 tournament: one of its original organizers, Alf Lockridge, died earlier in the year. NEW DIVISION ADDED A D division was added to the tournament in 1980 and it proved very effective in drawing more local fans. To make room for the D players, the A division was eliminated to keep the tourney at its more man- ageable 32 -team size. Organizers estimated tournament attendance was up 25 per cent because of the in- • elusion of the D category, which Brussels captured. The local Midgets were out of the running for the top honors in 1980 and '81, but hard work paid off in 1982 when the local squad took the C championship with a 4-3 win over Forest. Wingham repeated its winning ways last year by taking the C division for the second year in a row. The March 30 edition of last year's Advance -Times said: "In front of a Targe and enthusiastic hometown crowd, the Wingham Lions Midgets repeated as 'C' division champs in the Wingham Midget Hockey , Tournament with a 5-4 cliffhanger victory over Tavistock Sunday night." Mark Foxton, Paul Kenyon and Steve Nicholson all scored for Wingham in last year's final showdown match. The hometown team and fans will be hoping for three in a row as the ' Wingham Lions Midgets try for their third C championship at this year's tournament which gets underway next weekend. See you there!