The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-08-24, Page 1MISS DORIS FELLS holds dwarf nemesia
for which she won first prize at Satur-
day's flower show. Miss Fells also won
five firsts in the gladiolus section, some
of her entries are shown in this picture.
—Advance-Times Photo.
Senior Centennial queen to
be crowned at holiday fete
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
411111 IMPROVE ENTRANCE,-,
The entrance at Walker
Home Putnishings etas been
much itriptOVed this Week with
the installation of a new' con-
etete step and replacement of
the flooring inside the doorway.
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RETURN TO BUSINESS--
Jeanne and Leine Mel:N:11141d,
operators of Ivicbeinald'a Ladies'
and Childten't Wear`,. reported
back to work Well rested after a
Week's vacation at a Bruce
Beach Cottage near kitieittditie,
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CHARGES LAID—James Berki, 41-year-old Whitechurch
area farmer, is shown as he was taken from the Wingham
police office by Chief James Miller to the county jail at
Goderich. He has been charged with assault ditusing bod-
ily harm as the result of a stabbing incident Thursday
evening which sent two elderly ladies, Mrs: -Leander Good
and Mrs. Thomas Cassels, to hospital with severe cuts.—
A-T Photo.
Second doctor now practising
Kinloss man will be beard ta d ay
TWO ELDERLY WOMEN STABBED
Exam results by
cable and radio
Rae Gurney, 19-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Gurney, is probably the only
Grade 13 graduate from the lo-
cal high school who has ever
received her results by radio on
a ship.
Miss Gurney, who wrote hcr
Grade 13 exams at the Wing-
ham school in June, left five
weeks ago in a "ship school"
from England. The vessel was
in the Gibraltar area when the
results were given to her by her
father, via telephone cable to
London and ship-to-shore radio
from London to the S. S. Dun-
era,
Her dad said that the circuit
to London was good, but ap-
parently the radio link was poor.
However, he knew his daughter
got the message that she had
done well in the exams when
he heard her cheering.
The ship school originates
in Toronto and the students
were flown to England where
they boarded the Dunera six
weeks ago. The Voyage has
taken in ports of call from Nor-
way to Gibraltar and has in-
cluded an inland jaunt to Mos-
cow from Leningrad.
Hopefully we'll hear more
of Miss Gurney's trip when she
arrives back in Wingham.
with the annual water show at
Riverside Park, sponsored by the
Wingham Sportsmen's Associa-
tion. A pyjama parade will
start at midnight, on the main
street and will be followed by a
dance in the arena.
The Pan-Am 5-mile mara-
thon at 12.30 p.m. Monday is
still open for entries, with Brian
Caslick in charge of this event.
The race will be followed by a
parade with prizes for decorat-
ed bicycle, child's centennial
costume, comic entry or float,
musical float, old-time entry
or float, riding horse, decorat-
ed car, horse-drawn vehicle,
organization entry, and float
depicting Canada's centennial
celebration.
Events to take place at the
ball park in the afternoon will
include a double-header ball
game featuring the Wingham
Old Girls v. s. Belgrave Old
Boys; tug-of-war, water fights
and hose display by the fire-
men, and contests. There will
be free boat rides for the young-
sters at the boating area of
Riverside Park and other special
events.
A centennial dance will be
held at the arena in the eve-
ning with prizes awarded for
centennial costumes, authentic
and new, for men and women.
A senior centennial queen will
be chosen at the dance from the
ladies in centennial costume,
She will be crowned by Wing-,
ham's queen, Miss Mary Ahara,
who also holds the centennial
The Wingham Horticultural
Society held its most successful
flower show to date in the Fel-
lowship Hall of St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church on Satur-
day. Despite the inclement
weather the turnout of specta-
tors was good, and the officers
and directors were very pleased
with the response from exhibit-
ors. There were 38 exhibitors
making entries to total 312 ex-
hibits.
The hall was suitably decor-
ated with colorful placards and
the centennial emblem, using
flower, vegetable arid fruit mo-
tif. Stainton Hardware also had
an excellent display of garden
and flower insecticides, herbi-
cides and fertilizers as well as
the tools necessary for success-
ful horticulture. The Ladies'
Aid of the church were on hand
to supply the inner wants of
those who came to View the ex,i
hibitiOn.
During the afternoon ad-
mission draws were held for ap-
propriate horticultural items
and were won by Mts. Dustan
Beecroft, Mts. Fraser Forgie,
Mrs. Lee Breckenridge of Blue-
vale, Mts. Roy Hastings', Mrs.
A. Hafermehl, Mrs, L. Phil-
lips, Mrs. WM, Hannan of
Brussels, Mts. Robert Hall,
Mrs. R. Wormworth and Mts.
Bernice Jenkins.
The winners in the various
queen title for the county.
People are asked to wear
centennial costume to all events
if possible, and the merchants
and clerks are asked to again
dig out their outfits for Satur-
day, September 2.
Picture missing
A picture loaned to us by
Dawson Craig is missing. It is
a photograph of the Coulter
family and a threshing outfit
which appeared in the July 6
edition of the Advance-Times.
We had quite a number of
old photographs in our office at
that time and tried to make
sure they were all returned to
their rightful owners. It ap-
pears that Mr. Craig's photo-
graph must have been put in
with those from some other con-
tributor. We ask that all those
who had pictures returned
check to see if they may have
the photograph.
There are still some pictures
in our office from the Centen-
nial edition which have not
been picked up by their owners.
Would anyone who has not yet
called for pictures loaned at
that time please do so in the
near future?
--The Institute members
took a bus trip to Goderich last
Thursday and enjoyed a picnic
in Harbour Park.
sections were; Annuals, Mrs.
1. E. Morrey; dahlias, Mrs.
Chas. Shiell; gladiolus, Ed
Fielding; roses, Ross Hamilton;
plants, Merle Wilson; arrange-
ments, Mrs. E. Fielding; vege-
tables, Ed Fielding; juniors,
Ruth Bennett. The winner of
the Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce award for the exhib-
itor winning the highest num-
ber of points in the show was Ed
Fielding.
The prize winners were as
follows:
ANNUALS
Snapdragon, John Donaldson,
Mrs. L. McDougall, Mrs. Ena
Ritchie; asters, Mrs. H, Sher-
bondy, Ed Fielding, Mrs. Ena
Ritchie; calendula, Mrs. H.
McArthur; candytuft, Ed Field-
ing; cosmos (Centennial), Doris
Fells, Ed Fielding, Mrs. I. E.
Morrey; marigolds, large, Mrs.
1. E. Morrey; marigolds, btonze
shades, H. Sherbondy, Ed
Mrs. J. Donaldson;
Marigolds, yellow shades, Mrs.
H. Sherbondy, Mrs. W. For-
syth, Dt, W. A. McKibbon;
nasturtiums, Ed Fielding, Mrs,
I. E. Morrey, Roy Bennett;
nemesia, tall, Mrs. Daisy Con-
nell; nemesia, dwarf, Doris
Fells; nicotiatia, Mrs. 1. E.
Morrey
Phlox (perennial), Mrs. I.E.
Morey, Dr, W. A. McKibben,
Mrs o F. Forgie; petunias, plain,
Doris Fells, Z. L, Hopwood,
Mrs. I. E. Morrey, petunias,
A Kinloss fanner, James
Berki, is in the county jail at
Goderich charged with assault
causing bodily harm as the re.
suit of an incident involving
two elderly women last Thurs-
day evening.
The two ladies, Mrs. Lean-
der Good, 82, and Mrs. Thom-
as Cassels, 72, are in Wingham
and District Hospital suffering
from stab wounds to the arms
and hands. Mrs. Good had cuts
on the left hand, left shoulder
and elbow and Mrs. Cassels had
severe cuts on the right upper
arm and hand.
According to police the in-
cident occurred at the Good
home, on Victoria St. West, at
approximately 7.00 p.m. Thurs-
day when Mrs. Good heard a
man come to the door. He en-
tered the home and after a brief
conversation drew a knife and
started to attack Mrs. Good.
Mrs. Cassels attempted to in-
tervene and was in turn attack-
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chet-
tleburgh of 531 Alice Street re-
ceived word last Thursday that
their son, Thomas Henry, 20,
had been killed in an accident
on Dixie Road, near Cooksville.
Dr. Raymond Nessim of
Cooksville said the youth died
instantly when his motorbike
collided with a car as the car
pulled from a laneway. Driver
of the car was Edward Joseph
Steer, 31 f Erindale.
Dr, Nessim said no inquest
will be held.
Tom was born in Wingham
December 11, 1946. He at-
tended public and high schools
in Wingham and had just com-
pleted his first year in Chemi-
cal Engineering at the Univer-
ruffled, Mrs. F. Forgie, Mrs.
G. Allen, Allan Hafermehl;
petunias, double, Emma John-
ston; tuberous begonias, 1
bloom, H. McArthur, Dr. W A.
McKibbon; tuberous begonias,
3 blooms, Mrs, H. McArthur,
Emma Johnston; verbena, Ed
Fielding, Mrs. I. E, Morrey;
zinnias, giant, Z. L. Hopwood,
Mrs. Daisy Connell, Mrs. Betty
Feagan; zinnias, cactus, Mrs.
J. Donaldson; zinnias, dwarf,
Roy Bennett; any other annual,
Ed Fielding, Mrs. E. Fielding,
Fraser Forgie,
DAHLIAS
Cactus, 1 bloom, Mrs. G.
Allen, Emma Johnston, Mrs.
Chas. Shiell; cactus, 3 blooms,
Mrs. Chas. Shiell, Emma John-
ston; decorative, 1 bloom, Mrs.
Chas. Shiell, Mrs. G. Allen,
Mrs. Wilma Kerr; decorative,
3 blooms, Mrs, Chas. Shiell,
Allan Hafermehl; pompon, Mrs.
Chas. Shiell; any other variety,
Mrs, L. McDougall, Mrs. Chas.
Shiell, Mrs. I. E. Morrey.
GLADIOLUS
Single spike, white, Ed
Fielding, Mrs. Betty Feagan,
Mrs. Ena Ritchie; pink, Ed
Fielding, Roy Bennett; red,
Doris Fells, Ed Fielding; yel-
low, Doris Fells, Ed Fielding;
smoky, Doris Fells, Emma
Johnston; any other shade, Om-
it Fells, Ed Fielding, 14. Sher-
bendy;
Three spikes, same color,
samevariety, Doris Fells, H.
ed by the assailant, during
which time Mrs. Good ran from
the house and down the street to
the home of Robert Deyell. Af-
ter attacking Mrs. Cassels the
man dropped his weapon and
the woman escaped by the back
door and also ran to the Deyell
home.
Another neighbor, Mrs. Tab-
or, had seen Mrs. Good leave
the home and realized some-
thing was amiss. She called to
Mrs. Deyell, a registered nurs-
ing assistant, who was across
the street from her home. Mrs,
Deyell immediately ran home
and gave Mrs. Good first aid
while Mrs. Tabor called a doc-
tor and the police. In the in-
terval, Mrs. Cassels reached
the Deyell home and collapsed
on the front lawn, Both women
were bleeding profusely,
Constable Ron Zimmer of
the town police was dispatched
to the scene by radio and on
telephoned instructions from Dr.
sity of Waterloo, He was in a
co-op course and had spent four
months earlier this year with
the Goodyear company in Kitch-
ener. He was on two weeks'
holiday between studies and
employment and would have
reported back to the Goodyear
firm next Monday,
Surviving besides Mr. and
Mrs. Chettleburgh are brothers,
George and Ken Chettleburgh,
of Brampton and Hensall,
spectively, and Eric Peterson of
London; sisters, Mrs. Ted (Shir-
ley) Rose of London, Mary and
Esther Chettleburgh, at home,
and Luanne Peterson of London;
his maternal grandmother, Mrs.
Alice Wilson and his paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Susan How-
ard, both of Wingham. There
are also four nieces and one
nephew.
He was predeceased by his
mother, the former Julia May
Wilson in February, 1955.
The body rested at the R. A.
Currie & Son funeral home un-
til Monday morning when req-
uiem mass was celebrated at
Sacred Heart Church by Rev.
J. G. Mooney. Burial was in
Wingham. Cemetery.
The pallbearers were six
friends and former schoolmates
of the deceased, John Hopper,
Martin Garniss, Eugene Skinn,
Donald Merrick, Joe Vanstone
and Bruce Gauley of Orillia,
formerly of Wingham. Flower
bearers were Wayne Kreger and
Eric Peterson.
Sherbondy, Ed Fielding; five
spikes, different colors, Ed
Fielding, Mrs. Betty Feagan;
five spikes, miniature, Ed
Fielding; display in basket, Ed
Fielding; display in basket,
centennial red and white, Ed
Fielding.
ROSES
One bloom, Miss Canada,
Mrs. D. B. Porter, Mrs. I. E.
Morrey, A. H. Henry; Peace,
Mrs. H. McArthur, Ross Ham-
ilton, Mrs. F. Forgie; other
Peace, Roy Bennett, Mrs. E.
Fielding, Ed Fielding; Hybrid
Tea, white, Dr. W. A. Mc-
Kibbon, Emma Johnston, Ed
Fielding; Hybrid Tea, red, Mrs.
E. Fielding, Ross Hamilton,
Mrs. J. Donaldson; Hybrid Tea,
yellow, Mrs. I. E Morrey, Ed
Fielding, Mrs.. Ed. Fielding;
Hybrid Tea, pink, Ross Hamil
ton, Ed Fielding, Mrs. Ed Field-
ing; Hybrid Tea, any other col-
or, Ross Hamilton, Roy Bennett,
Mrs. I, E, Morrey; Floribunda,
one spray, red, Roy Bennett,
Mrs. W. Forsyth, Mrs. 14. Me.
Arthur; Any other variety of
roses, Dr, W. A. McKibben,
Mrs. H, McArtinir, Ed Fielding,
PLANTS
African violet, single, Mrs.
Allen; African vielet, dou-
ble, Merle Wilson, Mrs. G,
Allen, Mrs. Ena Ritchie; glox-
inia, Emma Johnston; collec-
tion, Merle Wilson.
ARRANGEMENTS
Miniature flower arrange-
W, A, Crawford, rushed the
two women to the hospital.
Constable Zimmer alerted Chief
James Miller by radio during
the hospital trip, picked him up
at his home and returned to the
Deyell home on Victoria. Street
to learn that the incident had
occurred at the Good residence,
The two officers were inform-
Dr. R. D. Wilkins, M,D.,
F.R.C. s., arrived in Wingham
at the end of last week and will
be working with Dr. J. A,
Bozyk who arrived earlier in the
month. Dr. Wilkins has been
associated with Dr. Bozyk in
Marathon for the past six months.
A graduate of St. Thomas's
School in London, England, and
a specialist in surgery, Dr. Wil-
kins worked in London before
coming to Canada in 1964. He
practised in Grand Bank, New-
foundland, before moving to
Marathon.
Dr. Wilkins' 13-year-old
ment, Mrs. Wilma Kerr, Mrs.
E. Fielding, Mrs. L. Ellacott;
miniature arrangement, roses
only, Mrs. E. Fielding, Mrs.
I. E. Morrey, Mrs. W. Forsyth;
miniature arrangement, exclud-
ing roses, Mrs. L. Ellacott,
Mrs. E. Fielding, C. Isbister;
Elfin Magic, arrangement On, a
button, Mrs. Wilma Kerr, Mrs.
E. Fielding, Merle Wilson;
sweet peas, Reg. Elliott, Mrs.
E. Fielding, Mrs. I. E. Money;
pansies, Mrs. L. McDougall,
Mrs. I. E. Morrey, Mrs. H.
Sherbondy; asters, Mrs. H.
Sherbondy, Z. L. Hopwood;
roses, Mrs. H. McArthur, Mrs.
I. E. Morrey, Roy Bennett;
nosegay, Mrs. I. E. Morrey,
Mrs. Ed Fielding, Mrs. W.A.
McKibbon; floating flower,
Mrs. H. McArthur, Emma
Johnston, Mrs. E. Fielding; ar-
rangement for a den, by men
only, Lloyd Ellacott, Ed Field-
ing, Dr. W. A. McKibbon;
dish garden, Merle Wilson, Em-
ma Johnston,
"Pioneer Days”, native ma-
terial, container found in pio-
neer home, Mrs. E. Fielding,
Mrs. I. E. Money, Mrs. L. El-
lacott; floral arrangement with
figurine, Mrs. L. E, Morrey,
Mrs. E. Fielding, Emma John,
stop; with candles, Mrs, F.
Fielding, Mrs. I.E. Morrey,
Mrs. Betty Feagan; "Rural Gold',
live flowers with grain, Mrs.
Ed Fielding, Enema Johnston,
Mrs, E. Matey; decorative
ed by onlookers that a man was
Still in the Good home, He was
apprehended as he attempted to
leave by the back door by
Chief Miller and taken to the
town police office. After in-
terrogation he was removed to
the county jail,
During the attack on the two
elderly women, Mr. Good who
daughter, who is attending
boarding school in England, is
visiting with her father for the
summer. A son is a member of
the Grenadier Guards and is
posted in Germany. Another
daughter is married and living
in Washington and a third, a
graduate nurse, is married and
living in Singapore.
Dr. Wilkins has purchased
the home of Donald Kennedy on
Catherine Street. He will take
possession this week. Mr. Ken-
nedy is moving into the former
R. S. Hetherington residence on
John Street.
plaque, Mrs. I, E. Morrey,
Mrs. Wilma Kerr, Mrs. L. El-
lacott; centennial arrangement,
Mrs. Wilma Kerr, Emma John-
ston, Merle Wilson; planter
arrangement, junior exhibitor,
Rosemary Forsyth.
VEGETABLES, ETC.
Beans, green, Mrs. F. For-
gie, John Donaldson; beans,
yellow, Reg. Elliott, John Don-
aldson, Ed Fielding; beans, any
other variety, Mrs. W. Forsyth,
Reg. Elliott, Ed Fielding; beets,
Ed Fielding, Mrs. F. Forgie,
Reg. Elliott; cabbage, Mrs. W.
Forsyth; carrots, long, Ed Field-
ing, Mrs. W. Forsyth; carrots,
short, Mrs. F. Forgie; cucum-
bers, slicing, Reg. Elliott, Mrs.
Wilma Kerr, Doris Fells; cu-
cumbers, pickling, Doris Fells,
Mrs. F. Forgie; corn, Ed Field-
ing, Reg. Elliott, Mrs. F. For-
gie; lettuce, Roy Bennett, Ed
Fielding; peppers, Ed Fielding,
Mrs, F. Forgie, Mts. W e For-
syth;
Squash, Dr. W. A, McI<ib,-
bon, Mrs. F. Forgie, Ed Field-
ing; tomatoes, green, Mrs. W.
Forsyth, Mts. F. Fergie, Ed
Fielding; tomatoes, ripe, Ed
Fielding; tomatoes, ripe, any
other variety, Ed Fielding; col-
lection of berries and fruits,
Ed Fielding; collection of gar,
den vegetables, Ed Fielding,
Mrs, F. Forgie, Reg. Elliott,
JUNIORS
Zinnias, Ruth Bennett; vege,
table collection, Ruth termett,
was in the basement, heard the
scuffle and arrived upstairs to
find that his wife had run out
and Mrs. Cassels was leaving by
the rear door,
Another occupant of the
house, Mrs, A. P, Fenn was up-
stairs at the time. When she
heard the commotion she ran
down a back staircase and es-
caped to a neighbor's home.
She is the owner of the farm in
Kinloss which has been operat-
ed by Mr. Berki.
Neighbors said that after Mrs.
Good left her home a man came
out waving a knife and after
shouting, returned to the house.
It is understood that police
later discovered a blood stained
knife in the Good home.
The two ladies are reported
to be in satisfactory condition
in the local hospital.
Constable Zimmer and Chief
Miller were assisted in their in-
vestigations by O.P.P. Consta-
ble Robert Kerr of the Mt. For-
est identification branch.
Berki, a 41-year-old bache-
lor who came from Hungary 10
years ago, will appear in God-
erich court on Thursday of this
week.
Public School
French to be
meeting theme
William Harris, chairman
of the Wingham Public School
Board, is at present contacting
the other elementary school
boards in this area with a sug-
gestion that a meeting be held
in October. Purpose of the
meeting will be to discuss the
teaching of French in Grades '7
and 8.
Mr. Harris has been in con-
tact with John Young, Depart-
ment of Education staff inspec-
tor for French, and has learned
that Grade 9 French, taught
during the first year in high
school, will be upgraded by
1970, This move will be made
on the understanding that with-
in a short time all public
schools will include French in
their regular teaching schedule.
In view of this information
the local public school board
feels that French should be
started in Grades 7 and 8 nolat•
er than the fall of 1968. Since
it will be necessary to secure
the services of a qualified
French teacher, it seems wise
to confer with the representa-
tives of all elementary school
boards whose pupils will attend
the Wingham District High
School (or the Huron-Bruce
District High School, as it will
be known by that time),
Mr. Young will be available
to attend the meeting of boards
and provide more detailed in-
formation of the introduction of
French classes in the public and
separate schools.
Although French would be
started in only Grades 7 and 8,
it would eventually be back-
graded through to Grade 1,
Public invited
to bridge opening
The Hanna Memorial Bridge
will be officially opened on
Thursday afternoon of this week
by the provincial treasurer, the
Hon. Charles S. MacNaughton,
former minister of highways,
and the Hon. George E. Gesnrne,
current highways minister in the
provincial government, The
ribbon cutting is slated fot3.00
p.m. and the general public
has been invited to attend.
Mayor DeWitt Miller will be
the master of ceremonies for
the event which will pay a fit-
ting tribute to the late John
Hanna, Huron-truce's member
of the legislature of 19 years.
Reeve Joseph Kerr, who has
organized the program, said
that the town council hopes to
have as many people out as pot.
sible.
The highway will be closed
at about 2.30 p.m. with traf.
fic touted around the detour
which was used during construc-
tion of the structure, Reeve
Kerr said that if it rains the
ceremony will be moved to the
council chambers,
Wingham's fun-filled cen-
tennial celebration, scheduled
for Labour Day, will get a head
start on Sunday, September 3
Left last week
for Germany
Lt. R. E. Smith of Wingham
left Trenton on Wednesday of
last week for ten weeks' train-
ing with the 4th Canadian In-
fantry Brigade Group in Soest,
Germ any,
Eighteen members of West-
ern Ontario militia units are on • the course. The. group is part
of a contingent of 300 Canad-
ian militiamen taking part in
Exercise Orion Special '67.
They will take the place of
regular force soldiers on leave
from the brigade.
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Wingham youth killed in
accident near Cooksville
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312 entries by 38 exhibitors in most successful flower show