The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-06-13, Page 15a
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JUNE, 11131 formerly of Blueval% learned XaMody has a position with the regular meeting of Meat town's
Rev. Weyburn E. Smith, that he has been promoted to an CNR. council. He sueewils Vincent
minister of the Baptist Church, executive position with the 'file ooe/Il+a_11, s of Ailaa Petteplace who has held the
wrili preadn his farewell sermon Supertest Corporation at London. a'aig ami >llairn Presbyterian position for 18 months and
next Sunday evening. Mr. Smith For the last few years Mr. Cbuircb s have issued a call to resigned to resume business
Will leave for Brantford next McKinney has been manager of Rev. John Pollock, who has been activities -
week and take charge of the the Toronto district for the same supplying the charge for the past JUNE. IOU
Emmanuel Baptist Church. He firm. two years. Prier to going to Ailsa Scouting activities in Wingham
has been here for five and a half The Lindbergh baby kid- Craig, Mr. Pollock had resigned seemed to be due for an increase
yam• nappers are still free. Sad news, as miaistet at Wlutechurch due last week when inaugural
Walt McKibbon has beam ap- but true. to ill health, meetings of both a Brownie Pack
Pointed pro of the Kincardine Bethel Cemetery was a William G. Tucker is con- and Scout Troop were hold. Silty-
Golf Club and will take over his wilderness situated two miles ducting a butcher shop in nine girls registered as Brownies
duties about July 1. All golfers east of the village of St. Helens Brussels and will move his and the "nucleus of a Boy Scout
around time parts know- that until John Joynt ' of Lucknow family to that village at the end of tr00p was -formed who six boys
Walt swinge a wicked dub and undertook last summer to make the school term. met in the town hall. .
>leel he will more than make good it into a decent burial ground. It Clifford Marham, who recently Miss Patricia Brophy,
at the Kincardine Club, is now one of the finest looking moved from Wingham to daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
The Wingham branch of the cemeteries in Western Ontario. Wallaceburg, and is now with the Bray, w bo'was one of'a class of
Women's Institute hol4 its annual JUNE, 1844 Wallaceburg Creamery, was the 76 nurses to graduate from St.
meeting and elecTed Miss Tuesday morning Mr. and Mrs, winner of a. silver cup at the;, first Joseph's Hospital, London,
Margaret Anderson president. W. Elston, second concessiop of meeting of the season of the received a scholarship valued at
Vice presidents are Mrs. James Morris, received a telegram Southwestern Buttermakers' $350 for one year postgraduate
Fowler and Mrs. William informing them that their son, Association. work at the University of
Wellings. Treasurer is Mrs. W. H. William John Elston, has been Mr." and Mrs. E. L. Stuckey Western Ontario.
Fraser and secretary Mrs. wounded in action in Italy and is have moved into the house on Murray Gaunt,' who Is in his
Richard Clegg. in hospital. Bill arrived overseas Frances Street formerly oc- first year at the Ontario
Somebody, likely boys, have in April of last year and was only cupied by Bert Armstrong. Bert Agricultural College, Guelph, has
broken several windows in the six weeks in England when he and his family have purchased received his report and is first in
area. This practice should be went to North Africa. He also the Mason home, next to his place a class of 87. He is the son of Mr.
discontinued at once. took part in the invasion of Sicily. of business. and Mrs. Andrew �Gaunt,
It was with pleasure that Mr. and Mrs. William Kennedy Joseph N. Sillick was named Lucknow.
friends of R. E. McKinney, left for Kitchener where Mr. police chief of Teeswater at the Plans for a Morris Township
centennial celebration in 1956 got
well under way when over 50
residents of the township
gathered at the Morris -
Com-munity Hall. The celebration its
SOME scheduled for August 4, 5 and 6 of
PEC*U next year.
Rev. C. D. Cox, who has been
JUST minister of Knox United Church,
Belgrave, and Brick United
AREffT Church, East Wawanosh, for the
Past three years, has received a
CUT call to Wellandport United
Church.
OUTJames Coulter, son of Mr. and
TO Mrs. George Coulter of
Wingham, who has been teaching
in Kitchener, has accepted a
BEposition on the staff of the
Stratford Collegiate Institute.
GOLFERS...
At the ordination service in St.
\ Pauls Cathedral, London, Frank
Edward Russell, who has been in
charge of the parish of Gorrie,
Fordwich and Wroxeter, was
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SLUGS IT—Terry Rintoul of Wingham Public School was one of the big sluggers for his
team in the north Huron two pitch ball tournament held Monday at Turnberry Central
School. His team beat East Wawanosh Public School 15-0.
By Murray Gaunt, MPP for Huron -Bruce
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Ret. from Queen's Park
England. a eaeamn of the ('hturch of Energy Minister James Auld troversy at the Royal Ontario necessary before the auditor can
has announced that 109 students Museum and allegations of be directed to examine the
from various centres throughout mismanagement of its $44.5 museum's books.
Services council Ontario are participating in 53 million renovation and expansion Radioactive tritium was
energy-related projects for the project have prompted the recently reported in the
to hold meetiltg ministry of energy as part of the legislature's public accounts municipal water supply of
government's "Experience '79" committee to look into its Pickering Township and 'was
at Vanastra summer employment program. operation. There has been a great traced to leakage from the
S6 Agencies and individuals in- Employed individually or in deal of discussion recently about. Pickering nuclear plant.
groups of up to eight, these the museum's finances and on However the minister of energy
terested in providing social
services to Huron County'are students will work for an average how long it will be closed to the has told the legislature that he
of 15 weeks on a variety of public for renovation. The has "positive assurances from
invited to attend a meeting at the ,
�- Vanastra Recreation Centre this energy-related projects designed committee has asked the Ontario Hydro that the traces
Thursday, June 14. and supervised by professors, museum to supply financial routinely found in the water
The meeting has been called by teachers and other Taff mem information for analysis by the present absolutely no danger to
OTHERS the Huron County Community hers of partic•ipaling organiza- provincial auditor. However the people, wildlife, plant life, scotch
If you're one of the ARE lions. consent of the legislature is drinkers or anybody else".
Services Council, a recently
former . . . why not sell • formed group which aims to Students from the University of
those golf Clubs to one of develop cooperation. coor- Waterloo will aid in the research,
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dination and public awareness of design and construction of an
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the latter. A low-cost ad social issues. It will also advise earth -sheltered dwelling and will re chiefs a I e rued to
in Classified Will find a funding sources on the needs of be looking at the design and
cash buyer for you. communities. construction of wind powered
ft.. Issues currently being water pumps, heat recovery and hazards of falling Skylab
discussed include liaison with filtration systems for waste
county council reports from water, a solar 8Vater-heating
local resource centres, mem- Fire chiefs across Ontario have
system as well as insulated by the debris are less than those
Advance -Times shading devices for windows been alerted it possible hazards of being hit by a meteorite, ad-
Winghams
bership fees and operating The minister of colleges and connected with the imminent ding: "In 200 years no one has
budget and membership in the universities has told the reentry of Skylab, the American been killed by a meteorite and
Ontario Welfare Council. The legislature that if there are too scientific space laboratory. there have been very few reports
PHONE 357-2320 council would like to broaden its many, applicants to Ontario's 22 It is expected the large satellite injury property
membership and invites an Y pp P� g of personal in ur or
p Y community colleges this fall will reenter the earth's at -en damage."
n, interested organization or in- mos here sometime between
dividual to attend the meetingat many of those who are un p
successful could find places in June 10 and July 13 and estimates Skylab is being tracked by
the Vanastra centre. privately run industrial training indicate there is perhaps a two y
ro g per cent possibility parts radar and reentry can be
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programs and at private land somewhere in Canada. might predicted a few hours before it
vocational schools. She was occurs. The space station will
responding to a charge by As a r%sult the ministry of the scatter debris over a path 6,400
Liberal Leader Stuart Smith that Ontario solicitor general has km long by 160 km wide and the
the government "is still sur- issued a memorandum to fire U. S. has announced it will be
prised" by a boom in applications chiefs alerting them to the responsible for any damage or
at the colleges and "is unable to possibility of falling debris. injury caused by the debris.
act in accordance with it". The memorandum notes that
He cited a report by the the satellite is not nuclear
powered and consequently there
o � chairman of the council of 9 Y
o • (N $S regents for community colleges is no danger from radiation. It
• NOW which said there are 90,000 ap_ also reassures the chiefs that
plicants for 40,000 first-year most of the 400 to 500 pieces it is
spaces at the colle In the estimated will survive reentry
minister's view, however, a more will `float like leaves". However Mr. and Mrs. Carl Watson of
accurate figure for the number of two large chunks weighing Ridgetown and Mr. and Mrs.
applicants would be 55,000 when between 4,000 and 5,000 pounds Evan Wilson of Wheatley visited
' students who have applied to each could remain intact. Art Wilson on Sunday.
atever ou ve ot more than one college have been The U S National Aeronautics
VMdeducted. and Space Administration says Rev. William Munshaw
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against being in
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ontinuing reports of con- es o anyone being hit m' • t f
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The Canadian movement for personal fitne.
MVCA hires 22 students
The Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority is hiring 22
students this summer under the
Experience `79 program. The
conservation authority was
allotted $31,116 by the Ontario
Youth Secretariat for the sum-
mer program.
Marcia Gibson of Wroxeter is
the senior supervisor of the
student program and started
work May 5 with five other
students. Other workers started
on Monday, while some will begin
work June 25.
Al Pickering, a graduate of the
University of Waterloo, is acting
as resource technician for the
summer and will be doing car-
tographic work and spring
identification using thermal
imagery.
Andy Etmanski and Ralph
Schroth, Wilfrid Laurier
University students, are working
on a gully monitoring program,
conducting inventories of more
than 100 aWlies along the Lake
Huron shoreline. The information
they get will be used to determine
the need for erosion control
assistance and improved land
conservation management
practices.
Maurice Wilson of Palmerston
is the environmental education
research technician. His duties
include completing an inventory
of environmental education
programs within the Maitland
River watershed, reviewing
current school curriculum
materials and developing a plan
for introducing teachers to the
'Land for Learning' program.
Beverley Hoegy of Brodhagen
is the community relations
technical assistant for the
summer. She will prepare plans
for the Maple Keys Sugar Bush
and the Wawanosh Valley
Conservation Area. She will also
work on the MVCA scrapbook
competition and floats for the
Wingham centenary and the
Auburn 125th anniversary.
P.
anis er o the Lucknow
Presbyterian Church, was the
speaker at the Sunday morning
worship service in St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church. His ser', w
mon topic was "A Wonderful
Love". Rev. Dr. Robert H. Arm-
strong was preaching at the
anniversary service at South
Kinloss.
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A MUSEUM
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The availability of hvsb clean
water was of great concern to the
early settlers in town or country.
In the beginning it was obtained
from the nearest stream or ring -
spring -It was said that the Lloyd and
Blackwell families carried water
through the bush from the north
end of Leopold Street w V they
were building their b i on
Leopold and Minnie unset south
Of Jahn Street in 166b
In those days the meal job &LLw
building a house and planting a
garden was to dig a wa. Most of
the older homes in Wingham had
their own wells. They were still
used in many cases after town
water was available. In fact
some were used up to 1800. Once
the well was dug a pump was
required.
In keeping.. -with the pioneer
spirit pumps were made locally
from the materials readily
available. The top part of the
pump was made of pine and the
bottom part, which extended into
the water in the well, was made
of tamarack logs. .
In the beginning the handle and
spout were also wood. Later cast
iron spouts were used.
There was a hole about four
inches in diameter bored through
the centre of the logs by a special
auger in a lathe. A flat stone was
placed in the bottom of the well to
support the pump assembly. The
bottom log, about five feet long,
rested on this stone and each log
was tapered to make a tight joint
with the next one. There was an
iron band around each joint to
keep it from splitting. The sucker
was turned and carved from a
block of wood and was equipped
with a flapper valve. The sucker
had a strip of leather tacked
around it near the bottom tq
make a water -tight joint in the,
log.
The sucker rod was aro ; ;;,oyah
some were wood.
In 1879 there were two pump
factories listed in Wingham. The
Dodds Pump Works was on Scott
Street near the Victoria Street
carrier. George Proctor had a •
pump works on Minnie Street
East, south of Patrick. Harry -
Cook came from Goderich and
started to produce pumps in 1880.
He made iron ppmps as well as
wooden ones.
The pump works that was the
last to survive was on Diagonal
Road where Alf's Shoe Repair is
today. John Pelton had made
wooden pumps at his farm west
of Zetland before moving to
Wingham in 1895. Charles J.
Reading had been in partnership
with R. N. Duff in a saw milling
business in Bluevale. He moved
to Wingham and after helping to
rebuild the Union Factory bought
Pelton's business and operated it
until 1908. Christopher Thornton
had it for the next three years. J.
Edgar Pattison purchased it in
1911 and closed it in 1915 when the
small market made it un-
profitable.
The building on Diagonal Road
was a two-storey frame structure
with a single storey shop on the
north side. There is a picture of
the interior on display in the
museum.
While the first pumps were
made by the use of horse power
the lathe at the last shop was
operated by electric power. The
old shop was torn down and the
present building was erected in
the late 1940s as a welding shop.
WINGHAM
BODY SHOP
SID ADAMS
Comply
RADIATOR SERVICE
for
Autornobilos, light Trucks,
Form Tractors
Now Rod Coros
Rodding
Clooning i Flushing
14 North Sty. 557-1102
Listowel Travel Bureau
One Day Summer Bus Trips
• June 20 - Woodbine Raceway $12.
• June 26 - Oshawa - Parkwood and GM plant $12.
• July 6 - Botanical Gardens, Hamilton and Marineland,
Niagara $14.
• July 24 - Lion Safari and Doon Pioneer Villdge $10.
• August 9 - Midland, Martyrs' Shrine and Boat Cruise $16.
• August 27 - Blue Joys Game and CNE $14.
Prices include admissions.
Phone 291-4100 for further
information.