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August 24, 1977
Air cockt rEturns
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An
18 year old air cadet return-
ed to his home in Gorrie earlier
this month after spending three
weeks travelling through Great
Britain as a goodwill ambassador
for Canada.
Jeff Nay was one of 53lets `
from across Canada chosen ,.to
participate in this year's Interna-
tional Air Cadet Exchange.
Twenty-three of the 53 go to Great
Britain, with the others going to a
other countries in 'Europe.
The exchange is sponsored by t
. the Air Cadet League of Canada p
with the purpose of promoting
friendship among young people of
participating countries, encour- c
aging Canadian air cadets to take I
an interest in world affairs and E
rewarding cadets who have given n
outstanding service to their a
squadrons over a period of yea
Mr. Nay, who has been a mem-
ber of the Listowel "Centen-
naires" air cadet squadron for
the past five years, was called to
Toronto last Marchi. for an inter-
view by a board of league repre-
sentatives, He was informed in
May he had been selected to rep-
resent Canada in Britain.
He left Ottawa July 17 aboard
n armed forces 707 bound for
Gatwick, England. There he and
he 22 other cadets were trans-
orted by RAF bus to the Wool-
wich Artillery Barracks.
The next four days were spent
ommuting back and forth to
.ondon, where they saw queen
lizabeth during a Royal our-
ament at Earl's Court. They
Iso saw the changing of the
guard at Buckingham Palace,
Big Ben, London Bridge, Picadil-
New stop signs ly Circus, Trafalgar Square and
numerous cathedrals.
erected in Morris Moving on • to Southampton,
where he was received by the
New "stop" and "yield" signs mayor, Mr. Nay spent four days
are, sprouting up at intersections in the home of a host family, 'a
throughout Morris Township this Mr. and Mrs. Maunder. During
week following a decision of the this time he went to a show of old
township council earlier in the steam engines, visited Lord Nel-
summer. son's ship, HMS Victory, paid a
At its meeting July 5, council visit to Lord Montague's estate
passed a 'designating museum and and motor museuand feasted
bylaw
through roads, thus determining in medieval style, using only
where the signs are to be placed. plate and knife, at Beaulieu Cas -
Township -Clerk Mrs. Jane Bad- •tle. .
ley said the action was based on a He also travelled to the Isle of
survey conducted by the trans- Wight via hovercraft to tour the
portation and communications British Hovercraft Corp. factory
department. Township crews are . there, returning to Southampton
erecting the signs. by ferry.
Motorists in the township are His next host, a Mrs. Hoy of
urged to be on the alert for the Plymouth., kepta 50-60 pound tor -
new signs controlling intersec- toise in" her garden, Mr. Nay re -
tions. . calls. He spent four days in Ply-
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Brussels man credited
with saving three lives
The prompt action of a Brus-
sels man is credited with saving
the lives of three persons trapped
inside a car which caught fire fol-
lowing an accident near, Wing -
ham last week.
Frank Rutledge was passing by
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Howick native
is named to
new position
A native of Howick Township
and now a resident of Gorrie,
Raymond Gowdy has been
named general superintendent
for the Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority. Mr. Gowdy
will be in charge of general
supervision of the authority's
field staff of 12 men. His supervi-
sion also extends to•the conserva-
tion area staff.
'Ray' has been with the MVCA
for five years, employed as a
foreman. He was chosen from 22
applicants, six of whom were
interviewed for the position. He
replaces Graham Jackson who
resigned 'for greener fields'.
when he saw the ,mishap and
rushed to remove the occupants
moments before the vehicle burst
into flames, Fire Chief Dave
Crothers reports.
If they.hadn't been removed all
would have perished, Mr. Croth-
ers added, as the car was blazing
like a tanker when the firemen
arrived.
The driver of theIlford
C. Laking, and two passengers,
Sonya Urbonas and an infant,
Lona Laking, .all of Toronto,
were taken by ambulance' to
Wingham hospital. Mr. Larking
was admitted with multiple in-
juries and Miss Urbonas with la-
cerations and abdominal pain.
The baby was released following
observation.
Police report Mr. Laking was
westbound along Highway 86
about a mile and a half east of
• Wii gham last Thursday morning
when his vehicle crossed over the
roadway, entered, the ditch and
struck two trees.
Wingham fire department was
called to the scene when the car
burst into flames; they extin-
guished the fire and looked after
the occupants until the ambul-
ance arrived. Mr. Crothers said
the vehicle was a total loss
mouth, during which time he
visited the Royal Air Force's
(RAF) Mountbatten base for ma-
rine craft and air and sea rescue
demonstrations, and had a ride
on a naval rescue boat.
He also went to the Exeter Air-
port and took a ride on a 130 Her-
cules aircraft to the RAF basQ;;
Harham.
During his next four day stet,
at the Swanton Morley RAF.ba;'
he availed himself of the app
tunity to take some gliding je
sons before moving -on to Oxfon
In Oxford, Mr. Nay stayed wfj
F1.Lt. Dunford, a photographer
to RAF. He visited orpus
`risti College and Blenheim
lace, where Sir Winston
urchin was born and buried, as
.1 as seeing the new Concorde
1personic aircraft during a trip
o the RAF base at Brize Norton.
Atter his four days in Oxford,
Nay boarded a coach for
ighton. There, during a stay
h a Mr; and Mrs. Bates, he had
e chance to tour the Link -Miles
'wlator factory, where aircraft
nulators are buile
ther activities included a 10-
e orienteering course and a
ant but losing effort in a
cket match against a team
om the Women's Reserve Air
rps.
Brighton was Mr. Nay's last
p and, following a farewell
ty at the RAF Biggin Hill
Ise, he once again found himself
taiboard a 707, this time bound for
'. 'nada via Lahr, Germany. He
jived back in Ottawa Aug. 8.
the cadets enjoyed the stay
Britain, Mr. Nay reported; so
bitrch so that, when asked if they
l
uld like to return there, every-
one offered to leave on the next
,flight.
r 1e also noted the weather was
'svlatively good, with none of the
'xpected fog. The people were
'very .warm and friendly" and
food is much the same • as
urs, he said; though potato chips
re called "crisps" and French
ies come wrapped in news -
aper. He also noticed gasoline
osts $1.56-$1.70 per gallon.
After returning to F. E. Madill
ondary School' in Wingham to
mplete some credits this fall,
. Nay said he hopes to enlist in
e armed forces and become a
otog r e J ned photo -
"by during a six -Week cadet"
-',tourse he took at Cold Lake,
e Alberta.
He said he would "definitely
recommend'\ joining the •air
cadets as. an activity for young
people. "You can get a lot out of
the summer courses and week-
end trips," he noted = to say
nothing of the possibility of
spending three weeks in Europe.
CADET EXCHANGE—Jeff Nay of Gorrie,ta member of the
Centennaires Air Cadet Squadron in Listowel, recently
returned from a three week trip to Great Britain under the
International Air Cadet Exchange program.
Separate school board buys van
to transport a handicapped student
By Wilma Oke '
The Huron -Perth County
Roman Catholic Separate School
Board will provide a van to trans-
port a handicapped student with-'
in the system, who is permanent-
ly confined to a wheelchair.
The van has been purchased at
a cost of $7,233.75 from McLaugh,
lin Ford Motors, Seaforth, with a
hydraulic loading device to be in-
stalled by Gold Line Conversion
of London at a cost of $1,822.70. A
'grant from the Ministry of
Education provides the' funds for
this purchase.
At the meeting held in Dublin
Monday, Aug. 15, the trustees
learned that the anti-inflation
board has rolled back the 1977-78
salary schedule for the teachers
'because it exceeded the guide-
line. The roll back amounts to
0.58 per cent, reducing the maxi-
mum compensation increase to
six per cent.
The board approved a four per
cent wage increase for the clerk -
typists in the schools, giving
them $4.36. per hour effective
September 1.
The eight drivers of the board -
owned buses have been awarded
art increase of one dollar per day
for the 188 day school year, giving
them approximately $17 per day.
Terry Wilhelm, has been hired
to teach Grade 8 at St. Boniface
School, Zurich ; Agnes' Gaffney
will teach kindergarten at St.
Joseph's School, Clinton (50 per
cent); Mrs. Mary Kinahan,
Wingham, has been advanced
from teaching 50 per cent to full
time; and Herman Koert will be
transferred from St. Boniface
School, Zurich, to 60 per cent at
St. Patrick's School, Kinkora and
40 per cent at St. Mary's School,
Hesson.
The Ministry of Education has
informed the board that it will be
included in' the Western Ontario
regional office located in London
beginning at the end of the year.
The board was formerly with
the Waterloo regional office but it
has now been eliminated along
with two others in the province,
reducing the nine regional offices
to six. This Western Ontario
region has as its eastern boun-
dary the counties of Grey, Bruce,
Huron, Perth, Oxford and Elgin
extending to the lake and Wind-
sor.
The board approved payment
of $300 for professional services
for advisory officers.
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MARKSMAN—Kevin Lee will be representing Wingham at the Ontario Summer.
Games in Kitchener -Waterloo this weekend as he competes in the small bore rifle
event.
Local marksman ; to compet
in Ontario summer games\
A 15 -year-old marksman has been a member of the mouries is only 20 yards,
will be representing
Wingham Maitland Marksmen Club for which could bea handicap to
when the Ontario Summer the past year, shooting at the shooters training exclusively
Gimes get underway in club range in the basementof there.
Kitchener -Waterloo this the Armouries, and before Little things can make a lot
weekend. Kevin lee will. be that practised • shooting as a df difference in competitive
among 30 competitors from Scout for several years. Albert
across Ontario vying for the Rintoul, president of the
gold in the small bore rifle marksmen club, was his - in- -
event. • structor as a Scout. ,
He will be trying for a More recently Kevin has.
perfect 600 score, firing his .22 been tratielling to' Stratford'
alih €ieOhrt.SO rdumnge,,: ;' one night a week ,-to„:receive;
at a bullseye'less than an inch instruction from Finn Peter -
and a half in diameter. 'sen, . a former small bore
Using special target rifles champion at the Canada
with precision sights (tele- Games.
scopic sights are not per- "Shooting's become more of
,mitted), each competitor 4, a science,” Kevin .said, with
will fire 60 shots — 20 froth a new techniques emphasizing
proneposition, 20 kneeling and • use of the whole body and not
20 standing. Bullseyes count just the arm muscles, He,
the maximum 10 points, with demonstrated.a new standing
.shots in the surrounding rings hold that brings the weight of
scoring progressively lower. the rifle back over the centre
Keven qualified to compete of the body and a prone hold
in the summer games by plac- that shifts weight onto the left
ing second in a regional side of the body, leaving the
competition held in Woodstock right arm free.
earlier this summer. The 30
competitors at the games
comprise five from each of six
regions in Ontario, with boys
and girls competing together. Another reason he travels to Winchester, anotherarms and
While this summer marks Stratford is that the,club there ammunition maker. He is cur -
his first time in competition, has a 50 yard range, the dis- rently working on the three -
Kevin is no newcomero the tante used in competition. The position category in the Win -
sport of target shootin\ He range at the Wingham Ar- chester 'competition.
target shooting and the degree..
of specialization can be seed in
the 'equipment used. Kevin •
uses a German -made, . ; An-
schutz 190
nschutz.190 target rifle valued}
at' $300. It is a single shot 22
'riinf ie, and :differs froinerru.g{
hunting rifle principally in the •;
additional 'weight of the barrel
and the precision peep sights.
There is also special target
ammunition, which is more
expensive but cars give a
shooter an edge. In com-
petitions, however, everyone
must use the same, type of
ammunition.. •
In addition to his second
place finish at the Woodstock
competition, Kevin has quali-
fied for the bronze, silver and
gold marksman crests
awarded by the shooting
Mr. Petersen is pioneering Sports program of Valcartier
the new techniques in Canada Industries, an ammunition
after picking them up in the manufacturer, and the four
United States, Kevin said. prone position . awards from
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BowrnanvjIIe man named
president of Can. Kinsmen
Don Masterson, 33, of Black-
stock, Ontario, was elected the
57th national president of the
Association of Kinsmen Clubs
SISTER RESIDENTS—Wingham had a visit on the week- are Emiline Mueller, chairman of the sister city organize- ,row,Jerry
end from residents of Standish, Mich., Wingham's sister tion, Judy Federspiel, Phyllis Thorner, Barb Stoner, Elaine Harold Butch, Don Porte,
JimMuelleBrown, DonaFeders lel
city. Standish has a population of 1„260. Back row from left Stoner, Bill Hartman, Mike Stoner and Pat Stoner; front and Genep
Stoner.
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during the organization's annual
convention held in Toronto' las
week. .
Mr. Masterson succeeds
Wayne
Boddy
Woodstock,
Y of
On-
tario, as the chief executive for
this country's only all -Canadian
young men's service organization
of almost 17,000 members in 600
Canadian communities from
coast to coast. During the past 12
months.. Kinsmen provided over
$45,500,000 in service to their
communities.
A 12 -year veteran of the Kins-
men Club of Bowmanville, Mr.
Masterson served his local area
as club president, deputy gover-
nor and governor. He won the
"Decew Shield", his associa-
tion's highest honor for his dis-
trict, as governor, He has served
his association at the national
level as District Eight building
fund chairman for the past three
years and national vice-president
in 1976-77..
Mr. Masterson is an engineer
at General Motors of Canada
Limited in Oshawa and is also
very active in his community. He
believes Kinsmen is a way of life
for his entire family and involves
his wife Ginny, daughter Sherri,
4, and son Timmothy, 1, when-
ever possible.
Following his recent election as
national president, Mr. Master
son stated that during his up-
coming
office, year of ffic e, he- would
encourage
expansion n o�
� Kins-
men throughout Canada so that
every community would be able
t to enjoy the benefits — not only in
its service to the communities but
also to its citizens who can be-
come members. He further•
stated that the two major empha-
sis .programs will be: (1) Build-
ing over 200 Participarks across
the 'country and, (2) raising over
100,000 units of blood from the
many Kinsmen sponsored blood
donor clinics and called upon all
Canadians to join Kinsmen Clubs
in achieving these two very
worthwhile and ambitious goals.
DON MASTERSON
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