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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-03-26, Page 15P Page 14—The Wingham Advance -Times, March28, 1984 MRS. GEORGE BROWN r Gorrie Personal Notes Mrs. Gordon Underwood of Geri -Care, Harriston, spent a few days with Mrs. Earl Underwood. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Crump and Stephen of Kitchener visited Sunday with Mrs. Joe' Simmons. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Ross of Cambridge (P) called on Mr. and Mrs. Irving Toner on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs: Alan Whytock of Teeswater visited Mrs. Glad Edgar on Sunday. Birks Robertson of Teeswater visited Tuesday with Mrs. Gordon Edgar. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Hogg, Janet and Kendra of Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hogg visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Hetherington. Mrs. Les Fleming, Lana and Lyndsey of Neustadt, spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. William A. Smith. Mrs. Walter Charles is a patient in Wingham and District Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. William Klumpenhower, RR 1, Wroxeter, visited Mr. and Mrs. John Van de Kemp on Sunday,. Miss Nancy Fisher, ,c Thornhill, Paul Searson, Mississauga, Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Hyndman and Christopher of Elmira spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ruppel. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Robinson visited Miss Linda Robinson of Fergus on Sunday. Mrs. Ethel McArthur has returned home from K -W Hospital, Kitchener, where she recently underwent surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hart of Gadshill, Mrs. Frances Lewis of Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Raven and Lisa of Etobicoke were recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Melville Dennis. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Hoy of Wingham visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. t ending were. Bruce Grainger of Montreal; )Mr. and Mrs. Ian Howes and Lana of Peterborough; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grainger, David and Steven of Waterloo; Gary Grainger, Kitchener; 'Mr. and Mrs. Michael Grainger and Bronwen of Baden; Mr. and George Brown. Cecil Grainger was . guest of honor for his birthday dinner held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Grainger on Saturday. Guests at - 11111. Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada Consommation et Corporations Canada NOTICE Notice is hereby given pur- suant to the provisions of sub -section 205(2(8)) of the 'Canada Business Corpo- rations act of my intention to dissolve the following corpo• - ration unless cause to the contrary is shown before August 10, 1984 CONESTOGA CHAIR CO LTD Frederick H. Snarling Director Canada Business Corporations Act Place du Portage Ottawa /Hull K1A OC9 Canada It Mrs. Murray Grainger, Ch s opph r and Craig of Shakespeare; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Williams, Chet and Drew, Mrs. Ken Williams, Murray Williams and Miss Lauranne Samson, all of the Listowel area, Mrs. Cecil Grainger and Mrs. A. L. Stephens. ill hears about Blyth festival plans BELGRAVE — The Edu- cation meeting of the Bel - grave Women's Institute was held at the hall on Tuesday evening, opening with a poem read by the president; Mrs. Jim Hunter. Eight members answered the roll call, "What comes to mind first when the Blyth Festival is mentioned?" Mrs. Ross Higgins gave the WI prize list for the Bel - grave School Fair and a do- nation of $50 will be given to the fair. It was decided to give $25 to Mrs. Jim Hunter to buy some medical sup- plies to take to (Haiti. Mrs. Ross Tay'or read the article prepared for the Huro County Historical At- las. The collection and Pen- nies for Friendship were taken. The program convener, Mrs. Glenn Coultes, called Foot clinics at day centres Since the Victorian Order of Nurses established foot- care clinics at the Wingham and Area Day Centre for the Homebound in Wingham and the Huronview Day Centre in Clinton, more than 125 seniors have•. received foot care. The clinics were started last November by the Perth- -4man - bra •eh of the VON on her son Steven to play two piano solos, then introduced Brenda Doner, who spoke on the Blyth Theatre. She outlined plans for the , theatre's loth anniversary, beginning in June with spe- cial opening ceremonies at which there will be native In- dian dancers and a craft ex- hibit. Maureen Forester will be the special guest. A history of the theatre will be published and a quilt depicting the history of the theatre will be hung in the hall. She gave a brief sum- mary of the four, new plays to be presented this year. The meeting closed with the Queen and the Institute Grace and lunch was served by Mrs. Ross Higgins and Mrs. Jim Hunter. with staff' trained by. VON nurse Ruth Hansford of Stratford, who had received special training in the care of feet. The VON, a non-profit' organization managed 'by a local' board of cominunity representatives, provides nursing services to all age groups. Last year VON nurses made almost 8,000 visits to residents of Huron County and nearly 9,000 visits in Perth. • As well as "hands-on" nursing services, the Perth - Huron VON bran`c'h provides assessments for insurance companies, the -cancer society and the Department of Veterans' Affairs. • • Money to fund its services comes through home care programs, community and - social services, private contracts, county grants, the' United Way and fees for services. -- .The main VON office for this area is in Stratford, with sub -offices at Listowel and Clinton. The Clinton office can be reached by calling 482-3937 after 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Former resident receives honors BELGRAVE — Edgar Wightman received a phone call recently from Mrs. Vel- ma Coates of Wingham, who had received a letter from her brother-in-law in Florida containing this newspaper clipping: "New Member Board of Trade Club" January 9, 1984 P.C. Gord Swayze intro- duced a new member, John David Wightman, originally from Belgrave, who is the son of Edgar Wightman of Belgrave. kedi i-n=Bear by tarp Raio n Toronto since October, 1969, deals with prehistoric times, and has been with the Na- . when . sabretoothed tigers, tional Trust Company since &aye bears, and wooly mam- then in various jobs such as moths roamed the earth. securities officer in the Cor- Ayla, a member of the porate Trust Department Others (a more advanced and Operations' officer in tribe of fair coloring) was Personal Trust Department. lost -and then found by the John is now the manager Clan. (The Clan, or flatheads of the Corporate and Institu- as known by the Others, was tional Accounts Group, Per- a primitive tribe that had no sonal Services Department. vocal form of communica- He holds an Honors B.A. tion; they used hand signs. from Atkinson College (York In Valley of the. Horses, University) Toronto. • Ayla is on her own, exiled. John and his wife Susan from the Clan. The story tells and. their family, Charles of her struggle to survive, and Kimberly make , their the first meeting with Jonda- home in. Burlington. Bel -.'lar (a member of the Others) • grave friends wish to con- and of the love that grows gratulate Jahn in obtaining between them. this new position. This book had a lot of qual- Filter ueen "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" 482-7103 a n- my opinion Why use drugs? Would somebody please answer my question? Why do people use drugs? There must be a perfectly valid reason ,for sticking a needle in ,your ,arm, snorting quanti- ties. of powder up your nasal passages or drying and smoking plants. So many people are doing it nowadays that I thought I was missing something. well, lets -see if we can sum up the situation and form a valid reason. From what I understand, drtlts make you feel "good". Apparently when you're down in the dumps, depress- ed or in a bad mood, drugs pick up your spirits. Some anonymous people say they (drugs) help them perform throughout the day. They make you alert, alive, a real go-getter. Well, those seem like pretty valid reasons to almost anyone; at least any- one who's a weak-minded simpleton. Get re.. porting or in- jecti a drug into your bloj stream that makes yo i' mind perform in an ar- tifi Hal atmoshpere makes yi' more. alert? Somehow t t doesn't quite fit to- gether. Drugs make a rough situation easier? How? Are the people who do drugs try- ittl to tell us that while thier nlinds are floating through space, a bad situation is straightening itself out and if it's not straight by the time they come down, just shoot up again and again until it is? Sounds more like a fairy - error Student Message question of hope tale than reality.Anew and unique way of Drugs make you feel good. expressing oneself is sweep - Whoopee. In exchange for ing the continent. Break feeling good for a little while dancing involves dancing on you merely burn out your your head, elbows, knees, nasal passages, make your spinning around and putting arms look like swiss cheese, yur body into various posi- destroy your sense of judg tions. I asked the students of ment and fry the delicate F. E. Madill if they would circuitry that, forms You like to learn this new fad. brain. Well. If that isn't a Paulette Lippert 9C thinks fair deal, I don't know what it would be a great way to get is. (If you're really into feel - into shape. ing good, you can become an "It would be fun, but there addict. If you don't feel good would not be anyone to com- twenty four hours a day, pete against," said Wendy your brain decides to quit. Sanbur against," working. Wow! Sounds like Melanie Sanderson 9D, fun). who remarked that she Well, I haven't seen a valid would like to be in a Pepsi reason to "do" drugs yet. In commercial with Michael fact, it looks like anybody Jackson, thought that it is who does drugs must be a probably more fun to watch real loser. Maybe not a than do. "loser" in the sense of hav Ian Fairish 11C would ra- ng lots of money or being ther learn to fight. famous, but the rock star Ronda Douglas 12B thinks who does drugs eventually break dancing is stupid. winds up as big a loser as the Finally, Mr. Stuckey said teen who smokes up on the if he tried, he would break. weekend with his buddies so It seems most people that he can be one of the would enjoy learning the bunch. crazy moves of this type of I've tried to be objective dance. Soon you may see about this topic, but, le break dancing in the halls. "\ —Angela Petten- (Fortunately . . . ) I only PeOp know one side off the story. So, just to be fair, I-' invite any dealer, producer or user of drugs to write an article and leave it in the Madill Mirror Mailbox. Ask me for directions. I'll tell you where it is. All of us non-users want to know what we're missing. In My Opinion. , —Clint Pewtress BOOK REVIEW The book Valley of the Horses by Jane Ariel is the sequel to Clan of the Cave c0 1 N o l• * WINGHAM -k\e *.moo .\ INCORPORATED Sao NOTICE' Please be advised that the Town of Wingham and Wingham Horticultural Society have cooperated this year to plant trees on town streets, to replace those being removed. Any ratepayer wishing a tree is asked to notify Town Clerk's office as soon as possible. 4 J. Syron Adams Clerk -Treasurer ities that I enjoyed and I find that many others would en- joy it as much as I did. It was s moathe yes, sometimes sad story that has the ability to stick in your mind and make you think when you are buying a resent for someone special; ''Hey! I know what they ould really like!" Maybe I am overrating it, and yet I don't think so. The love story of Ayla and Jonda- .lar is prehistoric, but the book is ahead of its time. It has been almost four years since our hero, Terry Fox, passed an. It is now time realize we must carry on this battle for people like Terry Fox. Cancer can be beaten with the help of all Canadian citizens. In order to do this we must carry on to fight cancer. Terry Fox, thanks to his dedication and determina- tion, has give a message of hope to the Cancer Society's volunteers and cancer pati- ents fighting cancer. This brave young hero focused the attention of all Cana- dians on the importance of cancer research to fight against this merciless killer. His work mus be continued. He has become a "hero in his own time" — a true Cana- dian legend that will always be remembered. Canadians, we need your heldp to fight this disease. Cancer can be beaten! Thank you Terry, and many thanks for what you have done for this country and itscitizens. —Melody Ireland BLUEVALE III By Lee -Anne Nicholson The fourth meeting of the Quacky Quilters was held last Saturday at the home of Sharron Darlow. We opened the meeting with the 4-H Pledge and the roll call. We then started to do our sample of appliquing the "Moon over the Mountain" pattern. The leaders explained every- thing thoroughly and helped each of us to press the mater- ial. then they helped us start our samp es. " e en meeting by deciding the next meeting will be. April 7 at Bonnie Johnston's. The Canadian National In- stitute for the Blind Library opens the door of knowledge to over `12,000 blind and visually impaired people through their braille and talking books and maga- zines. Recreation Report BY RENNIE ALEXANDER' Rec. Director You are invited to attend a presentation of a variety of 4 recreation activities, par- ticipated in and enjoyed by members (young and old) of our community. on Monday, April 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. The participants in the following activities and their in- structors, will share the results of their hard work during the past year: F. E. 'Madill Cheer Squad; Ju Jitsu; Gymnastics; Ladies' Fitness; Canadettes; Ballet and Huron Hearts (skip -it) . The hockey games this week at the Lockridge Memorial Arena are as follows: Thursday, March 29, 6:30 p.m., Bantam II game; Friday, March 30, 6:30 p'.m., Pee Wees vs. Clinton; Friday at 8:30 p.m., Royals vs. Ripley; Sunday, April 1, 2 p.m., Royals vs. Ripley. BROWN BEAR Brown Bear lying forgotten in the corner Watches from one eye and listens through tattered ears Brown Bear ,,Who has no secrets hidden in his stuffing and old peanut butter smeared on his chin Brown Bear What would'i have done without your faithful friendship and everlistening silence? You'll always be soggy from my tears and filled with my endless dreams Brown Bear I'm sorry I grew up. —Valerie Ricker Rockers. take Kincardine, lose to Hanover last week By Fraser Strong Although these pages have been silent about the ac- tivities of the Wingham Rockers Oldtimers lately, we have net yet succumbed to . that most -feared disease known to our teens as the "over30s". After a two-week lay-off the Rockers jumped back ' intothe hockey wars with a win and a loss in last week's up until the end of the game. action. • Wayne Drury, in the Hanover visited the Wingham net, played a solid oc ore—la'st—ga Wednesday and took ad- shots f the many vantage of a rusty Wingham Hanover rushes. squad in posting a 4-2 vic- tory. Hanover wasted little time registering a goal when Herman hit the red light -at 1:10. McEachen made it 2-0 for the "Old Yeovils" at 6:09. Wingham managed to pot two goals of its own in the first frame when Ray Walker scored, assisted by Rob Laurie, and Bill Tolton connected on a pass from John Cullen in the last five minutes. In the second period Hanover's Batte and Lemmo potted one each to' give the visitors a 4-2 lead that held KIRSTEN KEIL, a student in Mr. Sakasov's Grade 4-5 class, matched wits with Jason Aaron Moore Monday at noon as part of the ongoing chess tournament Mr. Sakasov is holding. He estimated the tournament will take about three weeks to complete and the top player will have competed in a total of 18 matches before a winner is decided. r Conservation is theme of 4-H program Howick Pee Wees win -three matches FORDWICH — .. The Howick Pee Wees played three exhibition matches last week and won all three. Last Tuesday the boys defeated Palmerston 6-4. Goal scorers . for Howick were Mike Latronica With 'a hat trick and single goals went of Donald Livermore, Kenny Wheeler and Jeff MacGregor. Wheeler also picked up three assists. Last Friday the Howick team defeated Lucknow 5-3. Peter Robertson earned a hat trick. Singles were scored by Jeff MacGregor and Steven MacGregor. Howick defeated the Palmerston squad again. Sunday, this time by a count of 5-0, Howick goal -getters were Livermore, Jaret Henhoeffer, Latronica, Todd Templeman and Robbie Van den Broek. Peter Stewart. and Mark Fraser shared the shut -out. Many area young people interested in conservation will have an opportunity to meet other concerned conservationists this sum- mer through the Ontario 4-H program. Ray Hanna, organizer of the club, hopes to introduce proper techniques of natural resources malnagement through field trips and club projects. The 4-H con- servation club, scheduled to start in April, is open to anyone under the age of 21. Conservation -related pro- jects will be undertaken by the members, providing an opportunity to put their new-found knowledge to use. The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority will provide technical and financial assistance as sponsor of -the club. For further information about 'joining, contact Mr. Hanna at RR 2, Auburn or 526-7251. Manila surrender Manila surrendered to U.S. forces on Aug. 14, 1898. The Canadian National Institute for the Blind is the only agency in Canada offer- ing counselling and rehabili- tation to deaf and blind per- sons. The Rock rstraveled to Kincardine Stinday 'for an afternoon match with the "Oldsters". Once again Wingham fell beind early when Mallette and Davidson gave Kincardine a 2-0 lead after one period. The Rockers did not give up and roared back in the middle frame to tie the game at three goals apiece. George Skinn notched two of the goals and John Fryfogle.; ,added a third. Fryfogle, Fraser Strong, Jim English and Paul McKee picked' up assists. In the third period Wingham exploded for another three goals and held Kincardine to one to make the final score Wingham, 6 and Kincardine, 4. Skinn l-RagaLbome two more to give him four goals in the game. Fryfogle and Strong earned assists. Tolton scored on a fine three-way passing play from Ross Davies and Wayne Brown. Tom Creeden stood out in the Wingham net, holding the Rockers in the game in the first until they got their skating legs going. MANY WAYS TO SAVE YOUR MONEY AT STANDARD TRUST Short Term Deposit 30-1 19 days ($5,000 Minimum) SavingslChequing Account (Paid Semi -Annually) Guaranteed Investment Certificate ($500.00 Minimum] (5 Yr. 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