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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-01-16, Page 1BOK YOUR WINTER VACATION NOW1» Business or Pleasure • CE Us t►wet,, Ol Carla_ . °0P2,1 291.2tri Dail rill From 11-1300,2W3220 January 1Qi, 1980 Tony McQuail, 2; :o . West Wawanosh Township farmer and a director, n_f the tieri41 Cernnnty Federation of -Agriculture, has been chosen to contestthe Feb. 18 federal general election for the New Dernocratic•Party in Huron - Bruce riding.. -Fie won the nomination Monday night over one other candidate, Osborne Fansher, 72, a retired. merchant from RR '3, Bayfield. Another nominee, Carl Hemingway, 69, a retired Brussels area farmer, withdrew his name before the ,ba.lioting, noting, "the spirit is jltst as willing, but the flesh is getting a little weaker". In his nomination -speech Mr-. Local girl has narrow escape A Wingham girl was fortunate to escape with'little more than a gooddIscare when She was struck by a ear while playing with some. friends along Frances Street last Thursday. Wingham police report Kim- berly Metcalfe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Metcalfe, was playing with her friends when she ended up sliding between parked cars and into the street, in front of a car driven by Bill' Lee, also of Wingham. There was nothing the driver could do, police said, but for- tunately the ear was moving very Slowly. Miss Metcalfe was taken to Wingham and District Hospital for X-rays, but was found to have» suffered only scrapes and bruises. AutO accidentO » , injure tnital, Tiivo persons received `xiainor ' injuries as a result of motor' vehicle accidents around' the Wingham area lase '`week, provincial police report. 'Laura McConachie received minor injuries as a result of a single car accident along High- way 86, east of Huron Road 22, East ' Wawanosh Township. She was treated at Wingham and District' Hospital and then discharged. The accident occurred Saturday afternoon. ' In another accident last Thursday George Jutzi of Brussels received minor injuries for which he was treated at Wingham hospital. The single vehicle collision took place on Conc. 3-4, east of County Road 12, Grey Township. Provincial police report there were a total of three motor vehicle collisions causing an estimated $6,400 in property damage during 'the' ,past week. McQuall (said the theme 'for this election should be, "Don't make •n� sena yea c.9.::'� Irman�� ani P K...... J ' . r , criticized the Liberals and i:Conservatives for a track record :of broken promises and bankrupt policies. ; The NDP has always presented Canadians with clear policy proposals, _which have some- times been adopted by the other parties after elections, he said, citing Petrocan and universal medicare. 'The NDP is con- tinuing to produce good policies contest el and it" is time they got to heti- plement them as the 'govern- rj?p2t. i, He promised an NDP govern - meat would lower intereat rates to help small bysineases and agriculture and would move to equalize the burden of income taxes by "eliminating .the tax gimmicks which have lowered the taxes for the wealthy at the expense of the rest of us". ' He characterized John Crosbie, Conservative finance minister, as a "misguided Robbing Hood" NDP CANDIDATE for Huron -Bruce riding Tony accepts congratulations following- his victory at a nomina- tion meeting. in Clinton Monday night., Mr. McQuail was selected on the first ballot over one other nominee to contest the federal general election for the New Democratic Party McQuail OW enjoys r. d at town hall • Sheila Stapleton startedout the new year in a new job, learning the, ropes as deputy clerk - treasurer at the Wingham Town Hall. So far, she said, she is` finding the work interesting and • likes it very well., •She joined Bill Renwick and Marie MacLean in the town office Jan. 2 and will\ be taking over - Mrs. MacLean's duties when she retires next month. Mrs. Stapleton said the new job is quite a change from her last one, working as secretary treasurer at the General Motors dealership in Hanover, but not a completely new experience. She was used to dealing with the public from having worked in the office of Dr. Ray Bateman and later at the car dealerships of Chris Gosling and John Cullen. 'She noted she had been looking for a job in Wingham because she didn't relish the thought of commuting to Hanover during the winter when this one opened up. . {I thought , it would be a challenge and interesting. • "I like it, great," she added. . vt` e'pe9pleare easy to get along She commented the post lets her keep on top of everything that's going on in the community since people come in with birth' and death certificates " and she also types* the minutes Of »town council meetings. She and her husband, Steve, have lived in Wingham for eight years since coming here from Fort Erie to work at CKNX. Her activities in the community since then have included starting a girls' gymnastics' program at the public school in 1973. She was involved with that for three years, but since they have a family there's no longer time for it, she said. She is also involved with the Wingham Towne Players. CLEARING SNOW—Wingham's main street took on a more familiar aspect last week as one of the season's first real snowstorms dumped snow on the area. The town works crew had to clear a section of the street Thursday afternoon to allow them to work at unplugging a section of the sewer running under It. who glares to ,llhe by the .poor. ire clan auto lowfiaterest 1pglti'1 pledged d that the the fatitilyfarmSaotl of Canadian agr. i suring the loads " human needs r porate greed. Oa the topic • declared, an NDP' would implement energy policy dedic servation and r.dev renewable energy,.r would set up a eo' establish the reel basedon actual Indus, production and rely costs, he said, stud. Woq Petrocan to provide:Li petition with the multi and safeguard Canadian, About 45" people' atte? meetiing, held in, the ;s Public School, and- Paul chairman of the election committee for the...,; association, called :tbat» sign. . l "It's been the custoi- s;l have 17 to 20 people;; DP, - nomination meet' ," he said, "and we a fight a vigorous campaign with that start." He also said that at the time the meeting . was called the association had collected nearly $1,000, which represents "a goodly portion of the money we sually spend on a campaign". Mike Davidson, New ruemocratic MPP from �fiamilton, was a guest speaker at lithe meeting and he told the group dile couldn't think of a time in "Canadian history when there was .more justice for calling an election or when an election was more needed. . He said Canadians thought after 11 years of Trudeau nothing .epuld be worse, but found after seven 'irnonths of Clark there was soinething equally bad. All the NDP ever asked for was a chance to show what it could do, he said, predicting it is going to do good things, in this election, Mr. McQuail will be competing with Liberal candidate Graeme •»:Craig and Progressive Con- servative Murray Cardiff for the seat held for the Conservatives by Bob, McKinley since 1965. Liquor prQdv 1 A "real' concentrated;p enforcing liquor laws by . Ontario'' Provincial detachment is °credit reducing the number of violations and petty.cr'i 7 perhaps even saving;spme during thepast yeIa, The .numbpaer of'tq s! Th by OPP in this area Met • nearly 78• per cent: Sgt. Roy Anderson Wingham detachment 1 and this, coupled wit fines . for liquor, '1offences, beginning to�owets'b crackdown RuIts Ioca'IIy court. . u "We found the number of of - .fences dropping off once the word of the high fines got around," the sergeant reported. What happens to the beer and liquor seized by police? It all goes •down the drain, Sgt. Anderson `sand. The beer bottles are counted and then returned to the •.. Brewers' Retail store to be dumped, while the liquor is held for an inspector from the liquor control board and then dumped. Every bottle must be accounted .for. .. end of the . at.. "I personally felt liquor .was behind manyOf the prob s- re were having,'." ''the geant noted. "Time will tell."' • Since the enforcement cam- paign started at 'the end of 1978 the number, of vibrations has tapered off, he reported. Even better, it has been- accompanied by a drop in the number of noise and violence corgplaints and by a„ reductionin the -severity of motor vecle accidents . ' While it is difficult to prove lives have been saved, he defi- nitely feels the. liquor campaign is paying off in improved high- way safety. Sgt. Anderson said the decision to start a push against drinking offences was made locally, as a result of problems seen in this area, rather than being handed down from Toronto. He said he noticed when he first arrived here in 1978 the 'number df empty beer and liquor bottles strewn around, especially following Weekends. "I could see a problem there, so 1 decided to push." He instru ted'the officers to be on the lookout for liquor of, fences—primarily drinking in a place other than a residence or licenced hotel and drinking by minors—and they cooperated very well, he said. By last May the number of liquor seizures had doubled 'over the same period iri 1978 and by year erid showed a total of 380' separate seizures, up from 220 the previous year. He said he would come in after sortie weekends and find 25 or 26 liquor seizures stacked up in the office. Soni seizures involved 60 or 70 bottles, he reported, and at least a third of the cases involved drinking by minors. At the same time he and Wingham Police Chief Robert Wittig went to see the local judge to discuss the problem and as a result the fine for liquor offences was doubled to $100 plus costs and it was made mandatory for minors charged to ,appear in Graduates from mechanics program Rick Hill of Wingham was among the recent graduates from the advanced motor vehicle mechanics program 'at Fan» shawe College, London. Graduation ceremonies were held for apprentices enrolled in the advanced electricians and mechanics programs. The ceremonies marked completion of the students' in -college Graining PC CANDIDATE ,,for`Huron-Bruce Murray Cardiff gets a congratulatory kiss from Roy Bennett, president of the local PC riding association, after winning hepom n the first ballot last weak. 4n#. Crippled Children's Assoc: provides what parents cannot afford Parents fortunate enough to have children born without any crippling handicaps may live with a false sense of security. They may feel they will never need assistance from the Ontario Crippled Children's Association. "But something. can happen •very easily through an accident," said John Butler, guest speaker at last- week's meeting of the Wingham Lions Club. Mr. Butler, public relations supervisor for ' the . Ontario Crippled Children's Association, explained to the Wingham group. and some Lions from Tiverton] that ,QHIP covers hospital bills. "But OHIP doesn't pay for anything outside of the body such as braces or new limbs. Somebody else has to ;do it and young families especially may not be able to afford He sand- the aa-snciation has been providing chairs, camping HEAPINO HAMPER—Joel le Reavie, baton -twirling queen, and Shelly Tolton, Canadette major- ette of the year, pose with the turkey and heaping'hamper of grocerse5 won by Andy St. Marie The Canadettes will use the prods from the draw to help pay travel and equip- ment casts this season. ( Photo by Ward Robertson) Wingham centennial J • and other services 'since 1922. "Whatever a child .needs, but parents can't provide, we will provide." However all of this costs money • and .this, year's operating budget totals approximately $5.75 million. To help raise the $2.5 million' that must be derived from public donations, various snowmobile clubs aind service clubs within the area are sponsoring a Whipper Watson Snowarama 'for Timmy to be held Jan. 27. To give the Lions scre idea of expenses incurred by the associ- ation Mr. Butler, said that an artificial arm now costs $3,680, over $1,000 more than it did two years ago and a walker which was $85 is new $132. • He gave the group an update on activities, stating, "We are now developing equipment that is second to none in the world, adding that special attention is now being placed on the family»of, the crippled child. "The family camps are not just for the youngsters," he said. Not only do youngsters associate with each other, but parents com- municate -with each other too and in turn help one another deal with the problems of having a hah- dicapped child. • "We are going' to expand this," he ' said, but• noted, "We are not spending taster Seal dollars on 'the .family, but we are interested in it." • He explained that"if a child is totally dependent on' a parent, -somebody has to make sacrifices. "This is going to cause some marital problems and for the benefit of the ladies the first one to run is the husband-" Mr. Butler noted that those living in Southern Ontario should be. thankful for the amount of,. specialists, benefits and good health car they have. "It may be good arod , here, but it isn't throughout the province." Ending with a note of thanks to the Lions and other organizations helping with the snowarama he said, "You are helpirig to provide the care that is, needed. for crippled children." ' In other business the. Tiverton 'group announced its zone' chairman candidate .for the upcoming convention in Goderich would be Brad Crawford. Also Lion Andy Ritskes; this year's chairman for the Lions annual talent shows, reported that applications for the 6ontests. have been circulated. Gettingon the voters' list Notice of enumeration cards should • now be in the .hands of voters for the Feb. 18 federal general election. If you are eligible to vote and have not received a notice of enumeration card, you must contact the Elections Canada office in your electoral district to•ensure you are able to vote. , The people at the office will explain how you can get your name onto the revised, final list of voters. Your name can be added to the list during the period of revision, when deletions, additibns and corrections are being made to the preliminary list.. This will take place in urban districts on nine lays, Jan 25 to Feb. 4, excluding Sundays, The hours for revision are 10-11 a.m., or longer if necessary, and 7-10 p,m. Revision in rural areas will be done between Jan. 14 and 30. The telephone number of the Elections Canada , office will appear in advertisements in local newspapers between Jan. 1.5 and 25, or you can obtain the number by calling the local telephone directory assistance: the number will be listed under Elections Canada, together with the name of your electoral district. To be eligible to vote you must be at least T8 years -old on polling' day, Feb. 18, a Canadian citizen and' a resident of Canada. interviews As part of its coverage of the upeomina federal general" election The Advance -Times will be bringing you interviews with the three candidates in the Huron -Bruce riding. Watch the pages of this newspaper next week for con— versations with the candidates on the issues as they see them.