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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-06-22, Page 11NOTICE IF YOUR ADVANCE -TIMES LABEL READS JUNE 9-8-7 YOUR SUBSCRIPTION IS DUE Advance -Times TIAVELWAYS BUS SUMMER SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JUNE 22, 1977 Featuring NEW IMPROVED SERVICE BETWEEN NARRISTON — TORONTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT — TORONTO Now Available At Your Local Truvelways Agent BUS PARCEL EXPRESS Service On All Departures. For Information Call: HARRISTON BILLIARDS & VARIETY 338-3525 ( HELD 6 YEARS TO MATURITY, AND COMPOUNDED TWICE YEARLY AT8%PER YEAR ) � TD SAVINGS CERTIFICATES — a great ' little\ investment If you think you need a tot of money before you can make an invest- ment, then here's something that will change your mind ... TD Savings Certificates. TD Savings Certificates are available for as little as $15.60'. In six years, when they mature, you receive $25 fore.ach $15.60 invested. That represents an attractive guaranteed return of 8J' per year, compounded twice a year, on your Investment. Of course, you can cash TD Savings ,Certificates anytime before they mature, but your investment will earn a lower rate of interest. TD Savings Certificates are an ideal way to help your savings pro- gram along. Use your Family Allowance cheques to purchase them regularly or buy them whenever you have a little cash left over at the end of the month. And because they're investments there's less temptation to cash them before maturity. TD Savings Certificates are just one of a wide range of TD Term Deposits. Drop in to your nearest TD branch soon and see which one best suits your needs. -'Effective May 1, 1977 and subject to change. ID BANK TORONTO D0MINION the bank where people make the difference A THIS IS FUN—With crys of "He's eating my grass, all right" and "He licked my hand" these kindergarten pupils of Mrs. Colleen Robertson's from the Wingham Public School fed the cattle grass. They had a tour of Mrs. Robertson's farm, last Wednesday and listening to the comments, the trip was worthwhile. West Wawanosh installs 2 skins in West Wawanosh Township Council has instructed the road superintendent to place a "Drive Slowly" sign at the hamlet of St. Helens after complaints were re- ceived of speeding traffic. Possibilities of a four-way stop, three-way stop or speed limit signs were declared impossible at the June 7 meeting for the situation.'The hamlet is situated on Con. 10 and 11. Two signs will. be placed at the east and west limits of the hamlet. 'Council is requesting the Minis-'` try of Transportation and Com- munications to include the in- spection and appraisal of the one bridge in West Wawanosh under the appraisals it will, be under- taking on bridges in most towns and villages. It was considered uneconomical to hire a consultant to prepare a report for a single bridge. Harold Menary, Bob Gibbon and,Roy Robson were present at the meeting to discuss the cattle and pigs running -at -large that cause considerable damage to lands and crops. Council informed the farmers that it was waiting receip4 of a by-law for consideration and post' sible passage by council. This by- law will likely contain a clause dealing with the condition of road fences intended to enclose the livestock. Ron Snowden attended the meeting to inquire about the consequences of building an addi- tion to his home and if such an addition should encroach, upon the road allowance. Council advised Mr. Snowden that it would not consider closing Student examines tree plantations Arnold Dyck, a resident of Waterloo, is on the experience '77 program at the Ministry of Nat- ural Resources near Wingham. Arnold has spent one and a half years at the University of Water- loo studying Geology, four years in British Columbia working in the forestry field, ,and two years at Conestoga College speciali-, zing in photography. Arnold plans to return to Conestoga Col- lege in the fall to 'receive his third year in photography. At the Ministry of Natural Re- sources, Arnold is under the supervision of Marvin Smith. He is required to collect and compile 'information concerning tree plantations in the Wingham Dis- trict, therefore, allowing the ministry to better organize their work priorities in the future, This information will be used for the management programs provided under the Woodland Improve- ment Act. These management programs determine if the minis- try•can be of any assistance to the private individual. Plantations must he over five acres to apply. Arnold will inspect these plantations to observe the uni- form appearance of the trees. The different species of trees will be recorded, and the year they were planted are of importance. Arnold's information will be kept on file to be used in the man- agetnent programs, St. Helens hamlet the road allowance and that he should contact other land owners in the immediate area to obtain' their views on' the subject. Two trustees from Auburn were present to inquire about obtaining, culverts for road drainage in the village. The road superintendent agreed to order the necessary pipe. Stuart Reavie and Barrie Mc- Donagh, representing the Luck - now Lions Club presented their plan for the construction of a Communityeeentre in Lvcknow, They also advised council of the June 16 meeting held on the sub- ject. Tile drain loans were given to Bruce Raynard., $2,400 and to Peter LeBeau, $7,165. A 10 per cent share of arena costs of $595 was given to the Village of Luck - now. The tender of James Adams, RR 2, Bluevale for hauling pit run gravel, to road construction at 59 cents per cubic yard for approxi- mately 20,000 cubic yards was accepted, subject to approval' by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. The rQad,'superintendent was authorized, to advertise for tenders for a new grader with de- livery date, Dec. 1, 1977. Quota- tions with and without trade-in are requested. Motions of the last meeting were approved and the road and general accounts were approved for payment. ' Antique car flea market draws crowds to Brussels More than 1,000 people at- tended a Brussels flea .market organized by the Maitland Valley Region of the Historical Auto- mobile Society of Canada (HASC) June 11=12. There were 55 vendors of an- tique car parts' at the market. held at Brussels Fair Grounds, with ladies' crafts on display in the Palace on Saturday. In the evening there was a tour of Brussels, followed by a barbe- cue and dance. The net morning breakfast was served to 250 people and then a group visited ACCEPTS POSITION IN WOODSTOCK Ross J. Casemore, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Case more of RR 4, Wingham, graduated from Fanshawe College, London, on We Ines day, June 15. He completed a two year technician's course in Mechanical (Design) En gineering and has accepted a position with Truck Engin. eering Ltd., Woodstock, On tarso. Bainton`s Old Mill, Blyth, 'in 32 antique cars organized by George Brown and Charles Hudson. James Armstrong of Brussels invited all antique car owners to his airport to see a Harvard, used as a trainer plane in World War IT, which was flown in from Woodstock and put on a show. Tiger Moths which had flown in were also on display. Carl Graber of Carl's Auto Body, Brussels, put on very in- teresting model plane shows both days. On Sunday, Don McNeil of Brussels presented the trophies. The trophy for the, oldest car, donated. by the Brussels busi- nessmen, went to Jack Durnin of Kitchener for a 1921 Model T Ford. C. B. Fequin, who came 325 miles from Sudbury in a 1947 Chevrolet, was awarded the trophy for having come the longest distance. This trophy was donated by Carl's Auto Body. The Bainton Trophy for the most attractive car went to Harry Gardiner of Waterloo for a 1'930 Ford coupe and the best truck award went to Ed Rivard of London for a 1932 Ford two ton. Trophy for the best grafitti car, donated by Maitland Valley, was won by Larry Dowd of Listowel for his 1954 Ford Sunliner. The hard luck trophy, donated by Mr. McNeil, went to Keith Patrick of Hamilton. Karen Higgins of Stratford won the prize for hest costume and Jack Bray of Oakville was recog- nized for having been the first to register. The Radar Circle Region of HASC hosted the car games, with Maxine Watts in charge of the children's games. STEAM TRAIN In honor of Goderich's Tri - Jubilee celebrations and Blyth's ,aetttlennial, a steam locomotive will take passengers on a four hour trip from Guelph, stopping in Blyth for water, and on to Goderich. The trip was first taken between these two towns in 1907. This trip will take place July 3. Engine 1057, built in 1912, will head the trip. Problems of handicapped is UCW Topic About 100 UCW, members and friends gathered Monday evening in the Wingham United Church to hear an inspiring and informa- tive talk by Miss Elaine Town- shend ' of Clinton. The guest speaker's talk followed a pot luck supper after which president Mrs. Jack Walker welcomed all those in attendance. Mrs,. George Underwood led in a hymning of old favorites and then introduced the speaker. Miss Townshend's talk centred mainly on ALPHA Huron, a local branch of the Awareness League for Physically Handicapped Adults. Miss Townshend, herself a handicapped. person, stressed the function of the group which is to help handicapped people inte- grate into society. The group originated with six or seven members andit now has 20. Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of the month and are open to everyone. The speaker cited many ex- amples of situations which isolate handicapped people — store ent- rances, post offices, churches and doctors' and dentists' offices. ALPHA has taken action in the cases of new buildings being erected; an area arena recently built provides an elevator for the handicapped and for others Who may have trouble getting around. The organization also is work- ing for `curb cuts' whereby street curbs would be sloped. Miss Townshend explained that the curbs would not only be easier to navigate but would cost less and be easier to instal. Public tele- phones have also been a special project with ALPHA and Bell Canada,.Where new ones are be- -ing installed, are installing one telephone low enoughto . , ac- commodate a wheelchair. Miss Townshend said that one iri seven people in Ontario is handicapped in some way. She urged her listeners to "Iook beyond the handicap and see the real person". Mrs. Barry Passmore ex- pressed warm words of gratitude to Miss Townshend and ex- pressed the appreciation of the group for the information about ALPHA and the wonderful ex- ample of courage set by the speaker, truly a "real 'person" who is helping to make life easier for others. Exchange student is guest at WI GORRIE — The Women's In- stitute met Wednesday evening, June 15, in the Gorrie Community Hall. Following the Opening Ode and Collect led by the president, Mrs. Glenn Johnston, and the minutes and treasurer's report given by the secretary -treasurer, Mrs. Robert Gibson, the ladies decided tosponsor an entry for the Queen of the Howick Fall Fair contest. A 'report of the Historical Society meeting held at Wroxeter was given by Mrs. Melvin Taylor. Mrs. Gladstone Edgar intro- duced the guest speaker, Miss Barbara T.,Gilmore of Gowans - town, an exchange student to. Australia sponsored by the Listo- wel Rotary Club. She gave an in- tensely interesting account of her year spent in Australia and dis- played many mementos of her stay there. She concluded her talk by showing a series of slides taken while she was there. Mrs. Edgar presented Barbara with a gift on behalf of the In- stitute. The roll call, answered by members and guests, was to 'name a Canadian province, its capital and floral emblem'. Lunch' was served by Mrs. Glenn Johnston, Mrs. Edgar, Mrs. Gibson and Mrs. Alex Gra- ham. Lakelet Mr. and Mrs. Jim Inglis Jr. of Milton visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Inglis. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Jackson (Carol Anne Behrns) who were married Saturday. A good turnout of the Lakelet Jets and thefr wives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Howitt on Saturday evening for their annual hockey party. Mr. and Mrs. August Jerke, Helen and Otto of Edmonton and Mrs. Jennise Snell spent several days last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Behrns and family. Helen was, one of the at- tendants for her cousin, Carol Anne Behrns, at her wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Snell and family of Swastika, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Taylor and family 8f Goder- ich, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Behrns and Joyce of Gowanstown and Mr. and Mrs. Mac Newton were Sunday visitors at the, same home. The Wingham Advance -Times, June 22, 1977—Page 11 Wroxeter Personals Father's Day guests with Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Matthews were Mr. and Mrs. Craig Matthews and family of Brampton and Mr. and Mrs. Murray Matthews and family, Alliston. Mr. and Mrs. George Allan, Sarnia, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mac Allan at the week- end. Mrs. Howard Wylie spent a few days in Toronto where she at- tended the Golden Wedding anni- versary of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wylie. in Leaside United Church with a dinner held the fol- lowing. day at the Yacht Club, in their 'honor. Mr. and Mrs. Art Gibson had as guests last Thursday Miss Rita Beattie of North Ireland and her cousins where she is visiting, Mr. and Mrs. Art Everest of Don Mills. Gordon (Pete) Yeo was''taken to Wingham and District Hospital by ambulance last Friday eve- ning after suffering a heart at- tack at his home. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Clark were weekend guests with Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Pollock and Todd at Brannalea. Mrs. Elaine Mclntee, Weston, was a weekend visitor with Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Marks. Sunday guests at the same home were Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Grigg of Lucan, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marks, Cathy and Steve of Brus- sels and Jack Griffith. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Higgins and family, Stratford, visited. on Father's Day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Higgins. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Griffith spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eaton, Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs. James Sander- son, Rosetown, Sask., are visiting at the home of the latter's sister, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Marks and with other relatives rated friends'. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Mus- grove were at Alliston on Sunday where they visited at the home'of their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Weber and Kevin. Mr. and Mrs. Art Gibson were guests at a dinner party in the, Vendome Hotel, Teeswater, Saturday evening in honor of the 25th wedding anniversary"of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Marks of Wing - ham. Mr. and Mrs. James Sander- son, Rosetown, Sask., visited Sunday with Mrs. George Griffith and Miss Margaret Griffith. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. William Dettman who, cele- brated their Golden Wedding anniversary with family and friends in Wroxeter Community Hall on Saturday. GOOD RIDE—Murray Lapp starts to dismount Bead horse at the farm of his teacher, Mrs. Colleen Rober Sherri Ann Robertson holds the horse still. ty, a on. GIDDY-UP—Christa Curzon rides Beauty as Sherri Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Robertson, guides the horse. Mrs. Robertson gave her kindergarten pupils a tour of her farm last Wednesday. OIL BURNER SERVICE Cleaning and Servicing John D. Pennington Brussels 887-9233 STEFFLEr CONTRACTING INC. orb New Construction Complete Remodeling Telephone (519) 656-2022 Box 296, Wellesley Ontario NOB 2T0