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Wingliam, Ontar o, Wejel,. les4gy,.Jantig
ar_.� ea,
abroad qWing the storm.
the blizzard.
winds and
y
The only major accident The o n Sunday
virtuall
was a
areas of
reported in this area was a -few hardy snow
bilers, however by
five -car pileup just north of me
Pik I no
11.1 ` I iebec on the
Monday morning town crews
WVkeot&��t ,;first blizzard
Blyth at -about 4:30 p.m.
Saturday. Const. J* Saxon
-of J ugh the
op
the snow -clogged
had ekled the -'job of
thr ening
nt,
of the Wingha me
5 a
t It, roads -the collision
streetip to traffic.
OPP, reported
as triggered when a south- They were hampered in
w
ie Lake
i4al LA
their efforts by a broken a
y
#4�fvere elbsed bound vehicle driven b
noW`_
THEY SPARKLE LIKE NEW--�-Bandmaster Bill Hender- R On the number one s
0 weekend. WM' a pqkito onald Nesbitt of Lon
Nd`rm Rude, treasurer of thp Optimist club desboro left the-, highway,
so icir it has a euphon t,W,
n Sr... and, struments. S M :Ipway closed b plow, but by Monday night
y
-flat horns, two trombones, three trumpetai two,flu all the streets in town were
stand next to, �t table holding Instruments purchased for & day night during -a whiteout and
plus Memo
and by
a ed
ingham Community 8 nd with was
the new W two cladets ow/, closed became stuck in 'the w
and abass,, #rum, open opee again
funds ralls est
e' Optirmsts. The, band managed struments and �,snare Otim d M
It was struck from
ditch
"during a canv@ss by th s oil loan fro m theI-Aigh Tuesday crews were hauling
to Elmira
away the snow from the
ro
001. on some reconditioned in- s6h y night
to g'&t a very good. des/
behind andfrom there on, it
main street.,
as chain reaction as cars
roy I ported. w a
we re
and continued t.
DU)ring 'the storm mem
o pile up in' the
e mobile clubs- ran
conditions p
bers of snow
mercy �missions, hauling
-during the Other drivers invglved in.
fvod and medication to the collision were Leverett
in, with
�eak];Y -are.
families in need and. trans-
Itl n in
Balser
Wingham; Ke
o -of Vehicles nneth
ts
a prting nurses to and. from
minor fen- Adams of London, driving
the Wingham, hospital.
M,'wever only Lewis Bread truck;., Diane rews, also were
Wingham, and
one ident was McLe an,
Snowplow e
calkid out Monday to.open a
n, James Arnold Bruce -of
and there
road for the ambulance to has b a sOt, whic were up T�. prudently ted few
r-, out- that,all reg lar, council.. ate ee h' of injuries, Londe�boro.
Citizens of Wingham who whether the ublic. unde pick up a Morris Towpftp.
the
* Id move itback, to, May,
gree eetings are to as Most, Town police repor
have a Pidef with the co ci s With'what
un 'I stands or a man who had broken his leg.
'but] should ed, 0 he problems on the weekend as
00
.,m;and off t
Mr.,14o sa
or questions about,,the way they are doing. Public. ialt Fortunately th
hardly anyone v
run will
T�at is true,- Mr.'C :$uffici6nt.. to 'hold -it after roads' 40 height of
the town is being iurrie e 'fire calls during. the height of "Maybe we'll only get e udget
nthio a eed, but a person Ai the' its en.
have a chance next moi the However firem
three people there, or we
rego'.1ar. next., o The other
tending a. Council
enter intb,,the.
Council has agre6d to hold..,-"" In' ly. A af ternoon when onday
-holding. the perm� -to -ask questib 114'. mi . . . . . .
st 'the fact of 11 rate - are' the senool har' e in
do something about -it. 10 he said, but in W4ngha' were,calleddt
ght'get factor4%
meeting . nolriiiil hl
tted en ck
a citizens"foruni Feb. 22 at Ju Tw, frozen pipes in the sprinkler
ft.
-all townspd6ple will be meeting will do ",aaaw'fuliot -Councillor Torn Miller_ board and �county levies.
in
which syste e a
causing,
su gested councillors become uncomfortable if ncil is,now -entering its flooding and setting, off an st, minor -
Of good"., suggested things, could e 'noted that
invited X6 ask questions Mr. Curti. bur
cou
bout.a nything, to do with the knt, he s
coulct, a lie, accept., questions. pe6 le at the meeting asked d' ao 6
secon y4 �aiid it woul be a
opera tion:of the town. -P led to appear''at alarM. Later Monday im-ght
r men hav
ting, t: the meet not e schedu
inwr ifig, to, questidns council An 0,
sd�kit what w`
Wingham and Luckhow
The meeting was proposed toe J A, been eha' eil!lwith several 'K-incardihe Provincial,court,
bu kitp
W� y reR, rp,, gin 0 X IV
–Thesey,% ng ladies, f ad,
0
ii6patio b a ' d,' to,.',,, sWei and at the,,Provimial fireme' ed
by Coumillor James Currie�, enci(luiraigq par, t ' da.h.1,18, n, respond
0!1kXWAYT0GQ-m-
am an.27 z a way get aroun wh
Me, 177-1� UFFIC401d4lim
n up,
illors do not always s fro I It, ng in court in nigh on J separate bla' es
that coun
itan Golf
ne&' thos&;wh6, nifight�,bii good
who expl an Wi w h i�e' ng ucli'meetin'ps, theft
know to , W d" *ill'und6sfiifid, hold s
ask a �pe 1�s 164 9 ossi ly vestigation. by.;, e afternoon un py
c nnot Wingham, toface.th charges. destroyed two homes in the wake of'S d 's bli;�zard. qu ioh-in p rson. that '6uficili lie ol6i a regular� basis, P
0 ht months, Ile OPP� officers into a number
There was some discussion specific a6e ut atters which, eve six, or eig
ry
ug
u
cotincil membersbefore the� and that should not pose a Council agr
0
for,,,
!eed t0c OPP s0okesr�4n 0,
hedule. r vide
adopted the idea. eeting: Monday of area burglaries. d
of the pro'posa-I by other
the', in Vprted the chatges, ste i e I,u
-Two -h "mes, are still , rider tiation, s gested. - Snowmob"'.1 c P
Councillor Richard,LeVan problem.
veni,ng, 10eb,. 22, at 7: in
rump e .-frorn break-ins at McGavih
said he has no objection -to su .1� ., destroyed ggested postponing the the� court room' of'thi� town Farm Equipment in Walton,'
pnotch Feeds Ltd. on,
r
meeting, but pointed meeting until after the'Mill hall. TO
such a County Road 12, Hyndman. d- recent-sto,
ice mrin
Transport in Wroxeter, the
re sery
by fi' s
B
constafitly. Snowmobilers Jan. Benninger. Mrs en
nces of this assistin
'forth ninger said she *61ild
Lucknow liquor - store and, The -e
g people in need. Th
Keil's Country Kitchen, past weekend's sto
Carl Martin, said took nurses back and
ital and the receiv
rm could president
rse for the group wa from, the hos e a call-, dispatch"
s interested in,
Monday Bluevale. have been, much wo'
-ing home and delivered. s.. obilers
the com- just -helping people any Way nur
'and the
s nowm
break-ins "so
me
OeopW in
Mopt of the would call back to relay
area homes' were Id'.
meals-,on-wh6els to elderly
pity
oce
,Two if it weren't for the it cou
11 . . . . . . urred last week, although mu
messages.
destroyed by fire in two effort. of one group: the it-esidents.
'District
Winghain and
onday. on happened about a month Marti%n* said the
separate blazes M The cog.stant runni
agt. Phones were set. up to take
association s
0
Snowmobile Ass ciation.
groved. har4 on
night. distress calls at two�
's during
'Nil
s
Police reported that �Pe storm and
member biles. The machines
otal. -of eight
locations, 1he Martin'home snowmo
rothers
Fire Cilief Dave 6 A sociatibn
lene tanks and torches were,on their machines from estimated a t
acety
,of the Wingham fire depart tended to sliallin the,bifterAy
valued,; at, about $550 were achines w
ted
ere ru�ning and at the home. of Lloyd and
m
to Monday
ear
ment repor ly Sunday cold temperatures and would
stolen from NcG9vin's and aga n.
n
belongin UP .g, to William Wiema have to be started
con., 11 of Turfi- . . . . . . an afteriipt to
of Lot latier'used i, When the axle on'the n
berry TQwnship was com- open the safe at Topnotch. plow. roke ftn da''y",
snow
y fire The attempt was unsuccess,
pleted destroyed b al association mem-
sever
ay morning'. The' ful, but the thieves cauged an
early Tuiesd bers went on' a five-hour
d, i $400 damage
estimated, at estimate
jois was miss-
ing
before giving up and leavi
$50,00Q. -
up the part.,
o Listowel to pick
the tank. and torches
Bill Crump, member_9f
Firemen - received the call
behind.
althe association, said th6
at 12:58 a,m. and when they
An estimated $7007worth of, - worsl run of the storm i0ci
arrived 6n the- J'cene, the food and, cigarettes was
curr�d back portion of 'the house 'n,
stolen ro the Countr
y when several sn.owmobilers
was,completely ablaze.
Kitchen, little of which was were sent to Whitechurch to
The fa m ly 9a't alerted- Mi recovered. 4 However about deliver food to a family that
had only ofie jar of pean ts'
half' of the $1,200 worth of
"d Mrs. Wiema, their
teenag� sort and their2 liquor taken from the LCBO
thehQuse.
r, Joyce Blok, to in Lucknow has been The visibility on the run
recovered, and police expect was poor and the road was
the blaze whrch was t
ght so
hou
to have been started by a k"61 to find more. vith snow.
it
was
Sev difficult for the machines to,
eral hundred dollars
wood -burning stove..
'A'as
caused at
miss Blok was treated at da ma ge maileuver properly, said,mt the Wingha m. and District Hyndman'Transport as the Crump. He said he felt like
Jolene, daughter of Debbie and John Emberlih he had been m a wre tlin
Hospital for-miribir burns and NEW YEAR'S BABY—Audra Of thievqs searched for money,
9 '11 day when .-he
"smoke inhalation. The bQrn at the Wingham and Distridt Hospital in 1982. but nothing reported LucknoW, was the first,, baby maich a weighed in, at five po stole n.
Wiema's teenage son Jolene, who was born at 5-:26 a.m. Jan. 6 unds and 14 ounces. .retprned to town.
,aid the in- me�mbers also
uxiliary to the Wingham and District Hospital, and Police Club
escaped by bi�eA.king through Lorna Stuart, president of the A
continuing.
a window" in the* house. Cathy Ritssyma of the Welcome Wag9n orgabization presented- Mrs. Emberlin and 'Vestlgatlono� deliv
A tanker f rom the Joleng with gifts last Thursday morning at the hospital. The t\N'o meft are pFescription to Bluevale-and- transported workmen to the
T e e s w a't
Co -*;o to start the boilers -
assisted Wingham firetyien
in fighting the blaze. There were some pi
The second fire occurred mok, shmobwow. I hat club members just could
Xir
ately 8 p.m. not get to. said Mrs. Ben -
at appro m nd de- U WIN Pit) S awardiW incr
inger. But the snowrnobi'l-
n
Monday . evening h
ers were able to make any
stroyed a house owned by Evan McQuillan, 80, ap- Employees of the The comrrfission also weekends and holidays. November and December. emergency runs.
Wingham Public Utilities approved a- one -dollar The pagers, similair to 'have been collected.
proximately three kilo- Mr. Martin said the club
(tribut
'commission have been upervisory differential for those' used by the hospital He (I the tem, -
ed busy ps it. has � ever
s
tofLucknow. w a s as
metres eas
awarded pay increases of 7.6 the employee design"aled as and" fire department, cost. porary deficit to the sub. been during this -weekend's
house owned by Evan Mc- per cent for 982. teinporar'y forman whenthe $3.56, but should save money. stantial repairs to the'Water
Quillan, go, approximately storm. But be congratidated regular foreman Ken in the long run by replacing tower undertaken -last fa�ll, club members on'their good
three kilometres east of Thi$,is in addition to the 4.4
" I st -of living adjust- Simnions. is on vacation, as the special telephone hook- as well a., replacement of
per cent to
Luc�noW. Work and' dedication to
some water m A i ris.
'Whitby ment awarded last July, . well as.a change in policy up now used, Mr. Saxton helping people, in a time of
Fire Chief George
bringing� the total to 12 per which will givLl- 6mployees said. It also will free the man The fi.nal . bill for the water enlergency.
of -the Lucknow fire -
tower ,epams
five weeks hofiday after 20 'an call from havig to completed
department said the fire cent. Mrs. Benninger said the.
-of service. main near the phone all 'date came to about $44,000
p y y
started in a chimney' in the the *a' rai-se, which was ears re 1110,17m should teach peo0le
by the com- Mr. Saxton said a- survey weekend, while still,allowing and. has al�,. beeif aid, he
nekotiated I", son. She urged people who
upstairs of Mr. McQuillan's This is about
He estitnaled the loss mission during an earlier howed that 80 per centlof the him to respond to any calls. reported need prescription dru
hogg 10
meeting, was approved'6t utilities in Ontario now" give The �December fi-riancial double \01at the MMMission slock an extra supply in the
at, $15,000. �cted to 80nd,
the regular PUC meeting . fifth week after 20 years. reporktiows the PVC with a originaliv exP( winter months becaUge the
McQuillan t ng the Addititinal round the area sprang into action over the
Mt. ried to
hist Thursday., Commission mileage Was raised to 7 defMto waterworksforthe. reflecti
N—Snowmobilers all a possibility . of 4ormy,
fight the blaze himself, MERCY -MISSIO
Manager ken Saxton sai'd cents per kilometre.from 1'5 time in several years. scope of the d'atfilge I Bill
reported Mr. Whitby. hen the -work- Weekend to help out people stranded or in trouble because of the blizzard weather is'.4o great, 81* also
reW
ee the raise k " ps the, linemen and the corhmission I -low ver Mr. Saxt(in . later discove Wingham and Disttict Snowmobile Association, lakes off for
Mr.0 r of the tre%,,wd that people shbuld
Firemen r es c ed here on par with thO average greed to purchirse A por- explained'this is just. a' paper men (,111(,red t he tower. Crump, .9 roernbe
McQuillan froM �is,.hnii h after getting a call fr9m a family which was runnin� short of food owing -extra food qp hand -
Sorne Whitechurc
wagei� being 'aid by other. iiiNt. pagingr system. for use ngure and 'will disappea'r jidditional rOpairi of
-o one P i his I ime 6f the yeskir,
'burns it ll (please It urn to Page 2) to a recer)tmOve
He suffered Wilifis around the area. hv the Inall oil C, I d1iring wiWn the wafer rates for
hand.
gin