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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-09-21, Page 2il,\age ?--'Fhe.Wingham, Advance -Times, September 21, 1977 RINK COMING DOWN -Elmer, Schultz of RR 1, Lucknow'with sons Ellwin and Dennis, has been busy taking down the old curling rink on Josephine Street. The building's timbers are still good, Mr. Schultz said, though the roof was in bad shape. He plans to use the timbers to put up a couple of sheds on his farms. A date written on the wall said curling started in the rink on Dec, 17, 1936, he reported, adding it used to be a dance hall in the summer with natural ice curling in the winter. Several residents travelled by van to Blyth on Saturday after- noon to the steam threshers' re- union and enjoyed the exhibits Whatever your. money problem Whatever you need in ney service -- a loan, a mortgage, high, interest savings, estate executor- ship, personal estate management „- bring your problem,te specialists who keep up to date on swiftly changing financial proplems. In all money matters look to Victoria and Grey - for four generations the preferred "home based" financial house. VlE7ORlA.ne GREY VG TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 Main St. E. Listowel, Ont. D.N. Lefebvre, Manager fr . ti. ��c; „gin. and the parade. Mrs. Eric Luther of Hensall led the Sunday evening song service sponsored by the Christian Women's Club. Eric Luther accompanied at the organ for the hymns and assisted with the special vocal and instrumental numbers by Elsie Henderson, Mrs. Britton, Shirley Luther, Norman Speir and Cecil Skinner. Mrs. Mary Jane White, M4on- Wiltse and Jim McEwen were welcomed to the home at Monday afternoon's old time music pro- gram. Marie Flynn, Lorne Law- son, Norman Speir, Cecil Skinner and Morgan Dalton provided the music and the Clinton Christian Reformed volunteers assisted with the activities. The Clinton . Horticultural Society arranged the Family Night program and eacleresident was presented with a lovely cor- sage by the ladies at the audi- torium entrance. The president, Mo. Durst, brought greetings. "from the society and program cf nvener Mrs. Marion Powell waif emcee for the evening. The musical numbers were provided by "The Greensleeves", "The Bluebells" and students of Mrs. Stephenson of Kinburn - Sandra Wadel and Gerda Brand. The Clinton Marching Twirlettes, although they had record prob- lems, stole the show with their batons. Following the program several bouquets of flowers were presented and Mrs. Hattie Burton thanked the society and the en- tertainers on behalf of the resi- dents. esi- denis. New road in W. Wawanosh A road constructed by J. W. Joynt on part lot -13, con. 14 West Wawanosh has been ac- cepted by the township council as part of the municipality's road system. The short length of road is an extension of Palmerston Place, Lucknow and between the resi- dential lots of Mr. Joynt. Township solicitor, R. R. Campbell attended the Sept. 13 m eting of West Wawanosh tour •1 and stressed the im- portance of adopting the Ontario Building Code by bylaw and the requiring a building permit for any new building in the township. Mr. Campbell will prepare the bylaw and forward it to council for consideration. A bylaw to prohibit the running of dogs in Manchester at any time was passed and provided for stricter measures to enforce the control of dogs there. Another bylaw given third and final reading authorized the borrowing of a further $50,000 to covet expenditures necessary before the final installment of the tax levy is received. A few general accounts were passed and council adjourned' until Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. 0 Belgrave Persorais Mrs. Robert Procter visited on the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ensom of Sarnia. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coultes visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harman Mitchell of Roth- say who were celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Anderson attended Varna United Church anniversary 'service on Sunday morning and visited with Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Hayter of Varna. Ralph Logan and Kevin of Wyoming visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. deorge.McGee and Mrs. Cliff Logan. Taking courses at Centralia' BELGRAVE - Attending Cen- tralia College of Agricultural Technology is Miss Doreen Tay- lor, who is in her first year taking community home economics; Miss Muriel Taylor is in her second year of community home economics and Jim McGee is in his 'second year of farm business management. o We are sorry to hear that Mrs. Lawrence Taylor is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, having undergone eye surgery last Friday. We wish her all. the best. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wightman were Mr. and Mrs. Don Metcalfe and family of Hanover, and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Richardson of Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Coultes of Manitoulin Island visited re- cently with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coultes. A family picnic was held at the Women's Institute Hall, Bel- grave, on Sunday afternoon. Pre- sent were Mr. and MrS. Mark Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. • Mel Craig and family, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Armstrong and family and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Taylor and family. Travellers' alarm clocks were presented to Terry Arm- strong as a graduation gift and Mark Taylor as a going -away gift. Mark has joined the Cana- dian Armed Forces and reports to Cornwallis, Nova 'Scotia, on Friday, September 23. Special UCW meeting for members, guests BELGRAVE - The UCW of Knox United Church, held a special fall meeting in the church on Sunday evening. Miss Annie Cook and Mrs. Ross Higgins pre- sented the worship service. The president, Mrs. Kenneth Wheeler, welcomed the guests from Brussels, Blyth, Calvin - Brick and the Belgrave Presby- terian and Anglican Churches. Dungannon drain to be restored • West Wawanosh Township council is requesting an engineer to advise on how to have the Dun- gannon Municipal Drain restored to its original capacity. The erection of a building foun- dation apparently has caused damage and obstruction to the drain. Paul Ross presented the problem to council on behalf of his clients, Mr. and Mrs. J. Boel. William Shifflett, engineer of Gatnsby and Mannerow cif Guelph advised council of two solutions. One was to remove the obstruction or have an engineers report ' prepared to. reroute the drain. After approximately three hours of discussion, council decided to contact Mr. Shifflett to have the drain restored. Trustees from the police village of Manchester were pre- sent to ask council about assis- tance to install new street light- ing. The clerk isto be in touch with ministry officials as'' to the initial steps to sell debentures on behalf of Manchester to cover in- stallation costs. Other business at the Sept. 6. meeting included the passing of road and general accounts. R re- quest to clean out the Purdon Drain was received and council is contacting R. Nicholson Con- struction to undertake the work. It was decided to consider thez completed report on the Smyth Municipal Drain Oct. 3, at 8 p.m. Wingham Lions Club ANNUAL PEANUT SALE Tuesday, September 27 the Wingham Lions Members assisted by Junior Citizens will be canvassing, the homes in Wingham and area for their annual peanut sale. They will be collecting used eye glasses which are urgently required for under -developed countries. All proceeds for Wingham Arena Fund. c' ccJ ata 01 c•Cs _ e� Peanuts - $1.50 Mixed - $2.50 Variety - $4.00 er`, peecc�; �9*, � moo.-•,�„ 533 SPEECHES -Officials of the Belgrave, Blyth and Brussels school fair siboke to the students and their families Wednes- day at the opening. Above Don Pullen, agricultural rep- resentative for Huron County spoke while president of the fair, William Coultes stands to the left. Mr. Pullen said it was his 15th year to attend the fair and said the exhibits were very good. She reminded the members of the UCW about the meeting entitled "Come to The Fair" at Upper Thames School in Mitchell on October 1 and the "Enrichment Day" on October 12 in Winghamee A trio composed of Janice and Joanne Coultes and Donelda Lamont, favored with a number, accompanied by Alison Roberts. The guest speaker, Mrs. Jean Christensen, was introduced by Mrs. Harold Vincent. Mrs. Chris- tensen is from London and teaches English to New Cana- dians. Her address on "Some In- teresting New Canadian Women I Have Known" was enjoyed by everyone. She answered ques- tions on how she begins an initial lesson in English, and showed some beautiful pieces of oragami, made for her by a Japanese pupil. Mrs. Alice Scott thanked Mrs. Christensen and everyone en- joyed lunch and asocial hour at the close of the meeting. Fuld crop winners The Brussels Agricultural. So- ciety announced the following winners in the ensilage corn and grain corn divisions of its field crop competitions last week. Ensilage Corn Dave Wheeler 95, John Wheeler 94, George Wheeler 93, Lawrie Black 92112, Bill Pearson 92, George Pearson 911/2, John Bone- schansker 91, Ross Veitch. 901/2, Clare Veitch 90, Jack Cardiff 891/2, Bob Wheeler 89, Murray Houston 881/2, Rae Houston 88, Jack Knight 871/2, Doug Machan 87, Leslie Knight 861/2 Graham Work 86, Murray Car- diff 851/2, Wayne Hopper 85, Harvey Craig 841/2, Graeme Craig 84, Gerald Smith 831/2, Bill Coultes 83, Charles Higgins 821/2, Wallace Black 82, Ross Higgins 811/2, Glen Coultes 81, Jack Hig- gins 79, Bob Black 74. Grain Corn Murray Cardiff 96, Emerson Mitchell 931/2, Ross Mitchell 93, John Boneschansker 921/2, Doug Machan 92, Jim Mair 911/2, Clarnce._�McCutcheon 91, John Wheeler 901/2, Roger Kufski 90, Lawrie Black 891/2, Leslie Knight 89, Dave Wheeler 88, Don Procter 871/2, Chester Higgins 87, Bob Thomas 861/2, Bob Wheeler 86, Ross Higgins 851/2, Tom Warwick 85. 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