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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-01-28, Page 1inobart btoncoeinte FIRST SECTION EDITORIAL COMMENT is MoneSupreme? ARE DOLLARS more important than human beings? This question, we believe, might well be asked of 20 members of the Huron County Council who voted last week against the erection of an addition to the county home on a site other than Clinton. • There was a thorough airing of the reasons why no further additions should be made at the Clinton site, chief of which is the humanitarian aspect. As we have previously pointed out in this newspaper, grievous hard- ships can and often do arise when old people must be completely removed from their home areas and taken to • the home at Clinton. One of the most important is the distance which is placed between old people and their families. Frequent visits become impossible and a curtain of loneliness descends upon aged people who are dependent upon their families for contact with the only world which is familiar to them, As we have said, these facts were discussed in county • council, and carried sufficient weight to cause 21 of the 39 council votes to favor further study before a recom- mendation to build at Clinton was accepted. That decision was arrived at early in the week. BY Friday, however, something had happened. A sec- ond vote was taken and this time 20 votes favored build- ing at Clinton and only 19 opposed it. As things stand now, the proposal to build at Clinton awaits only the approval of the Department of Welfare. It appears that the Friday decision was made because of mortetary considerations. Representatives from a firm of architects had pointed out the savings which would be Please turn to Page Three l Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, January 28, 1965 Driver Not at Fault in Accident ✓ A coroner's jury ruled last Wednesday in Clinton that Mrs. J.P. McKibbon was not respon- sible for the accident in which her car grazed a pedestrian, who later died of injuries sus- tained when he fell. • John Edgar Cook, 83, of Clinton, fell beside Highway 4 near his home on November 20. He was admitted to Clinton Hospital with a fractured left hip and left wrist, and died November 29 of pulmonary • embolism. Crown Attorney William Cochrane, of Goderich, con- ducted the inquest which was presided over by Huron County coroner Dr. F. G. Thompson, of Clinton. a Jurors were Norman Counter, foreman; Gordon Lawson, Her- bert Bridle, Reginald Ball and Russell Gervis. a ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The e��v�.� By Pedestrian 1 WHAT'S THE SECRET- - Housewives will be interest- ed to know that at the Huron County jail an inmate can be fed at a cost of 51.590 p e r day In the interests of a sound local economy it might be in- teresting to have the jail chef publish some of his menus. Wouldn't that smarten up some of our snippy youngsters? WEATHER--WOW!-- a Maybe it's a little cold in Florida, but stick it out, friends. Things are worse back home. Friday and Saturday produced blizzard conditions, followed by a thunderstorm on Sunday morning and a down- vour of rain that glazed roads and walks. We're getting all kinds this year. ASKING FOR IT -- The individuals who are tor- turing elderly ladies with hathsomely dirty telephone calls are asking for trouble. It is hard to believe that a decent community can harbour such foul characters. We would sug- gest that the people who have been subjected to this perse- cution arrange a set of identi- fiable signals with their friends and relatives --such as a given number or rings, hang up and • try again. --Then all other calls could remain uitanswered. Lions to Sponsor Competition in Public Speaking The Wingham Lions Club met in the Queens Hotel on Tuesday evening. The club will conduct the Easter Seal Campaign for funds again this year. Two Lions' dis- posal cans will be placed in the arena. The guest speaker was Lion Mel Gattie of Collingwood, public speaking chairman for District A-9. The top project of Lionism in District "A" (Ontario and Quebec) is public speaking. This project started in 1944 and is the only compe- tition which has separate con- tests for boys and girls both in English and French. He out- lined the many advantages and benefits derived by both the students who participate and the club and community as well. The club approved holding a public speaking contest in Wingham and arrangements will be made with the Wing - ham District High School. This contest is open to students from Grade 9 to 13 inclusive (ages 13 up to 20). The local con- test will be held the latter part of February, with the winners entering regional competition which will be held prior to April 1. The final contest for District "A" will be held in Owen Sound on Saturday, May 1st. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, Britain's war -time prime minister and veteran parliamentarian, soldier, adventurer, writer and painter, who died in London Sunday morning. A state funeral, attended by the Queen and Royal family, will take place on Saturday. Register Before 19th Birthday A recent reference in our editorial column to the danger of permitting an individual or a family to remain withouthos- pitalization insurance has brought several inquiries. One point which a number of persons have forgotten is the age at which a son or daughter must be insured as an individual, rather than benefiting from coverage under a family pro- gram. The date for the change- over is the 19th birthday. Forms of application for insurance coverage may be ob- tained at banks, hospitals or at any office of the Ontario Hos- pital Services Commission. You are advised, too, to read the information on the back of your premium notice form. It does not pay to overlook the payment of premiums or the transfer of sons and daugh- ters on or before the 19thbirth- day, because insurance cover- age is not immediately avail- able upon application. As we mentioned in our editorial, hospital daily ward rates are now so high that no one can afford to be without this vital coverage. Over 10,000 Books Are Available at Library At their inaugural meeting the Wingham Public Library Board decided to change the time of meetings to '1 p, m; , the second Monday in the month. The next meeting of the board will be February 8th. F. E. Madill was unanimously elected chairman, pending his approval on his return from a holiday. A recorded vote of thanks was extended to Mrs. Mary Cleland, for her con- scientious efforts as head of the library board for the past two years. New members elected to the board during the past year are Miss Doris Fells, Richard Campeau, and Rev. J. G.Moor- ey. Other members are A.D. MacWilliam, T. S. Beattie, and Mrs. F. A. Parker. Mrs. W. Har- court is secretary -treasurer and librarian with Mrs. Kate Mundy as assistant librarian. The annual financial state- ment showed total receipts of $4,873.95, which included $40.00 from Huron County, $2,300.00 from the town of Wingham, •and $1,860,04 from the Department of Education. The expenditures included a total of $1, 575.55 for new books; $2, 544.00 for salaries; $89.59 for a steel book -truck; $89.39 for magazines and news- papers; $310.83 for supplies and rebinding; leaving a cash balance of $264.59. In her report Mrs. Harcourt said there are now 1,790 act- ive book borrowers; and 10,410 books available in the library; 25, 663 books were circulated last year. 45 Speakers in Legion contest Despite stormy winter wea- ther and poor driving conditions 45 young elementary and secon- dary school students participat- ed in the public speaking con- test in the high school auditor- ium here on Saturday afternoon. The number of contestants -- almost twice that of last year -- necessitated continuance of the program until 6:45 p.m. As an aid in solving the tra- vel problem the trophies and prizes for the elementary class- es were presented at 5 p.m. when the last of the public and separate school speakers had been heard. During a short re- cess the members of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Legion served refreshments to contestants and audience. This is the third consecutive year that the district speaking contest has been sponsored by Wingham Branch 180, Royal Canadian Legion, and the trials drew entries from Wingham, Brussels, Culross, Dungannon, East Wawanosh, Howick, Ripley, Teeswater, West Wawanosh, and Lucknow. Winners in Saturday's event will meet other contestants at Legion Zone Level, from which the winners will go on to dis- trict and provincial trials. Judges in the contests here were, for the elementary grades Mrs. G. W. Tiffin, Wingham; Bert Morgan, St. Marys and E. Hall, Lucknow. For the second- ary grades, G. W. Cruickshank, John Strong and Norman Wel- wood, all of Wingham. THE WINNERS Winner of the Pattison trophy for Grades 1 to 6 was Brenda Leahy, of Teeswater Separate School; second, Ronnie Sillick, Teeswater Public School and third, Cheryl Lynn, Howick Central School. The McKibbon trophy for Grades 7 and 8 was won by Dorothy Elliott, Brussels Public School; second, Vicky Rosen- hageri, Wingham Public School and third, Ruth Ann Rich, Wing - ham Separate School. Wanda Hunter of the Luck- now District High School was the winner of the Advance- Times trophy for Grades 7,8 and 9; in second place was Annabelle Ritchie of the Ripley District High School and third prize was won by Jon Lizmore of Lucknow D. H.S. The R. S. Hetherington trophy for Grades 12 and 13 was award- ed to Charles Congram of the Wingham D.H.S. Second prize winner was Shirley Steele of Ripley D. H. S. and in third po- sition was Jim Emmerton of the same school. Since the Hetherington trophy has been won three consecutive years by the Wingham District High School it will now remain permanently with the school and a new trophy will be put up for next year's competition. In addition to the trophies, first place winners were given World Book yearbooks or dic- tionaries; second place winners received wallets and those in third place received pen and pencil sets. The increasing participation in the contest is welcomed by the Legion and hope has been expressed that even more stu- dents will participate next year. Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents Tickets Still Not Claimed Played Five Games to Mark Minor Hockey Day Saturday was Minor Hockey Day in Wingham. In all, five games were played. There was some fancy shifting done in the schedule because of the weather, but things went quite well. In the morning, the Wing - ham Squirts started the day with a 13 to 1 victory over the God- erich Mites. Some refer to this hockey as "cute", because of the size of the players involved, but the calibre of hockey pro- vided by•these age -groups is amazing. The Wingham victory seemed to set the theme for the day. Aroundthe noon -hour the local Minor Association receiv- ed a call from Detroit that the Pee Wee and Bantam teams would be unable to make it, because of excessively stormy conditions in the Detroit area. The end result was a house - league game, involving the Pee Wee boys from Wingham. MEET SEAFORTH The Seaforth Bantam Club came to Wingham's rescue, providing opposition for the 6:15 encounter, and here was another thriller. The final score, Wingham 4, Seaforth 3. Wingham led 2-1 at the end of the first period, on goals by Monty Templeman and Bruce Cameron. Seaforth's goal was scored by Doug Phillips. Each team scored once in the second period, Robert Armstrong for Wingham and Glen Nicholson for Seaforth, opening the third period with a 3-2 score for Wingham. Ricky Wood scored for Sea- forth ea-forth to tie the game at the 7:14 mark of the third period. Less than two minutes later, Tommy Gower put Wingham ahead to stay. Seaforth pulled their goalie in the dying seconds. There were some close ones, but the score remained 4-3, in fa- vor of Wingham. There were only two minor penalties in this game, one to each team. The referees were Ken Cer- son and Don Lee. Earlier in the day Jim Lockridge officia- ted for the Squirt game, and Barry Fryfogle and George Kerr for the Pee Wee game. MIDGET GAME At 7:30, just about the best Midget game played in the Wingham Arena in some time began, with Detroit boys pro- viding the opposition. They ob- viously suffered little because of a difficult and long drive up for by the five-minute mark of the second period Detroit led 3-0. Then began a tremendous team effort by Wingham. De- troit's goals were scored by Ed Whittaker who scored twice, and Don Edwards. Kevin Fisher started the up - Accident Injures Two At Arena Corner The dangerous corner at the intersection of Victoria Street and Diagonal Road was the site of another accident on Saturday evening, that saw two people injured. The two persons hurt, Wil- liam Showers and Ken Sinna- mon, were passengers in a car driven by Kenneth W. Noble. They are all of Wingham, Show- ers suffered a cut on the fore- head that required 12 stitches and Sinnamon received a badly cut left hand. Noble was unin- jured. The accident occurred when the 1954 Ford driven by Noble was proceeding east at 7:00 p. m. He intended to cross Dia- gonal Road and continue on up the hill. As he entered the inter- section his car was struck by a stake truck owned by Stanley Horsburg of R. R. 2 Wingham, and driven by Rae L. Brecken- ridge of R. R.5 Brussels. The truck was loaded with cattle. The impact pushed the car some 40 or 50 feet north on Diagonal Road where the two vehicles ended up on a front lawn, so enmeshed that it took workmen half an hour to get the two machines disentangled. Neither Mr. Breckenridge nor a passenger, Fleming Black, were injured. The car was totally wrecked and the truck had about $275.00 damage to the front end. Constables Ron Zimmer and Doug Foxton investigated. Char ges are pending. hill struggle in the dying min- utes of the second period bring- ing the tally to 3-1 for Detroit, Wingham's Midget coaches Bill Lockridge and Mac Ritchie came up with the right strategy which they passed along be- tween the second and third per- iods. Bill Kerr made it 3-2 just after the third period start- ed; Tom Miller tied the score at the 10:07 mark and Don Wil- lie illie scored what proved to be the winner some two minutes later. The action was literally fast and furious in the dying mo: ments of the third period. Nei- ther team had any particular advantage so Detroit couldn't risk pulling the goalie in favor of an extra attacker. The Midget team has im- proved vastly in the last week or so and their 3-3 tie against Mildmay Friday night, and the victory Saturday night illustra- ted this very well. JUVENILES PLAY The final game of the even- ing was another fast-moving affair between the Detroit Ju- veniles and Wingham. Detroit had not lost this season and Winghain had lost but one game. The reason for the success of both teams was readily appar- ent. Wingham led 3-2 at the end of the second period and scored two unanswered goals in the thirst --for a final of Wingham 5, Detroit 2. Wingham marks- men were Ross Forrester with two, Ron Deyell, two, and Doug Johnson, one. For Detroit, Keranen and McCormick scor- ed the goals. The game was exceedingly fast and neither team let up. As a result there was plenty of excitement. Tempers flared with 30 seconds remaining in the game and four major pen- alties were assessed, two to each team. During the course of the eve- ning local men performed the opening face-off for the various games and also picked a three - star selection. Mayor DeWitt Miller drop- ped the first puck for the Pee Wee game. Stewart Beattie per- formed similar honors for the Bantam teams and selected Ro- bert Armstrong as first star, Monty Templeman as second, and Hank Scott of Seaforth as third star. Percy Stainton started the Midget game and selected as the three stars, Bill Kerr and Tom Miller of Wingham and Ed Whittaker of Detroit. W. O. A . A . President John Crewson dropped the first puck for the juvenile game. He se- lected as first star Ross Forrester, second, Jon Bateson and third, Mike McCormick of Detroit. The day was quite successful. The hockey mothers again pro- vided a delicious lunch at the conclusion of each game and were there to help serve. Harvey Aitchison spent a long, cold term of duty as time-• keeper; Don Brooks •as score- keeper; Dave Curzon as P.A. man, and Harry Gerrie and Ross Hastings as doormen. The cheer- leaders really urged the local teams on and it would be won- derful if they could attend more home games. There was a long list of goal judges and Dr. W. A, McKibbon was on call, as he is for every game through the season. As yet, no one has claimed the door prize, four N. H. L. tickets. The winning number was 139303. The ticket holder may contact Roger West. The Minor Hockey Associa- tion is grateful to all the men and women who helped out and to those who gave the teams encouragement by attending the games.