The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-03-16, Page 2BRUSSELS — The afternoon
unit of the United Church Women
held its regular meeting at Miss
Mae Skeleton's home on Monday,
March 6th -with 17 members in
attendance.
Mrs. William. Miller ' used
Easter as the theme throughout
the devotions. A poem "Easter
Flowers" was read as a call to
worship. The scripture, John 20,
relating part of the Easter Story:
was given by Mrs. Carl Heming-
way. Mrs. Cecil Parker led in
prayer. A very interesting read- '
ing, "Easter 1972" was read by
Mrs. William Miller.
Miss Laura Lucas presented
the topic; "Change in Africa". In
many of the 38 new nations, a
great wave of prosperity is taking
place. Some cities have increased
three times their population with
'new schools and building de-
velopments everywhere. In
Ghana alone 30' per cent of the
budget is spent on education. This
stunning progress achieved
withina few years accents many
serid'us problems . faced by eight
million people of Biafra,—unem-
ployment, housing shortage, lack
of medical care for orphans and
an acute shortage of funds for
everything. Nevertheless these
people are trying to forge' a new
life amidst the rubble.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Miss Lucas on April 4.
The employment situation for
war amputees has reached a crit-
ical stage, according to A. J. Par-
sons of Toronto, general manager
of the War Amputations of Can-
ada Key Tag Service. Public sup-
port of the organization's key
tags and related items is, as a
consequence becoming relatively
more important than ever.
There are three factors work-
ing against war amputees and
contributing to their high rate of
unemployment, according to Mr.
Parsons. First, Canada has not
been involved in a war for two
decades and the public tends to
forget those who were wounded
while fighting for their country.
War amputees, with this passage
of time, are becoming a smaller
proportion of the population and
therefore their problems do not
loom as large on the social scene.
In 1946, said Mr. Parsons, there
were about 3,700 war amputees in
Canada; today there are only
about 2,600.
Secondly, age is catching up
with surviving amputees --a man
with one leg at the age of 50 is us-
ually less capable than he was 25
years ago. And finally, with a
generally high level of unemploy-
ment as exists today, it becomes
harder than ever to convince em-
ployers that amputees are good
risks as workers.
One of the services provided by
the organization and made pos-
sible by sale of the key tags is an
employment bureau which man-
ages to find jobs for about two
amputees a month. The Key 'Tag
Service itself gives full-time work
for 26 amputees, and from Janu-
ary to June, when most of the
work.of mailing and collecting is
done, another 25 part-time peo-
ple, most of them near relatives
of war veterans, are 'hired.
. "The biggest project now,"
says Mr. Parsons, "is reviewing
all pension files of amputees in
the tight of new legislation passed
in April, 1971, and trying to en-
sure that all of our members get
all the allowances and other
benefits coming to them."
In the conviction that no one
knows more about flow best to
manage with an amputation, war
amputees visit civilians who are
about to have a limb amputated
or who have just undergone such
an operation. They not only give
advice but, by demonstrating
how well they are able to use an
artificial limb, are able to dispel
anxiety and communicate confi-
dence.
For 25 years now the War Amps
Key Tag Service has been mail-
ing miniature license plate key
tags to motorists in Canada. Last
year more than 16,000.1ost sets of
keys were recovered and re-
turned free to their, owners
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Death of Christ
is worship theme
WHITECHURCH — Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Wybenga and Wesley
Tiffin on Sunday afternoon
visited Pinecrest Manor to con-
duct a worship service with the
residents.
Mr. Wybenga led in prayer and
scripture reading.
In his meditation he focussed
attentidn on the suffering and
death of Christ through which we
may have the hope and assurance
of eternal life.
Everyone joined in the singing
of favorite old time hymns.
Page 2—The Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, March 16, 1972
OSCAR NOMINATION FOR NFB
"Evolution," a fast moving and
imaginative animated film from
the National Film Board, has
been nominated for an Oscar in
/he Animated Short' Subjects
category. Directed and produced
by.Mike Mills, this 10_minute film
has already taken awards at An-
necy and Grenoble France; and
at the Canadian Film Awards in
Toronto. As well it has been hon-
oured in six other international
non-competitive film festivals.
Mills' film is an explanation of
Evolution that is far more imagi,-
native and much more entertain-
ing than the cold theories of Dar-
win. The facts are still all there
only the species have been
changed.
dews Items from Old Files
MARCH 1937
Thomas Kew has purchased
the harness business of J. Johns-
ton and will operate it in conjunc-
tion with his own business of the
same kind.
At the regular meeting of town
council a tender was received
from R. E. Campbell for the pur-
chase of the Holmes Block froth
the town at a price of $525. Coun-
cil members moved that the ten-
der be accepted under certain
conditions. Council also dis-
cussed the purchase of a new fire
truck for the town.
The Post Office Dept. at "Ot-
tawa has announced a new issue
of Canadian postage stamps
bearing the portrait „ of . King
George VI, will 1)e available April
1st
Bert Mitchell and Herb Fuller
left 'on Saturday for Northern On-
tario. They expect to secure work
at one. -of'the mines.
Appointment of Wellington C.
Kelly of West Sumu erland, B.C.,
as Judge of Yale County, has been
announced by the .Dept: of Jus -
lice. Mr. Kelly was born at Tees -
water and for a short time
worked in Wingham at Dr. Chis-
holm's Drug Store.
The famous Cullinan I., world's
largest diamond, which is set in
the sceptre of .His Majesty King
George VI, is on display in repli-
ea at George Williams', local
jeweller.
Friends° and neighbors twice
saved the two-storey brick home
of Robert Shortreed, Concession
. 9, Morris, when overheated pipes
caused .a fire in the wall.
Kenneth. Brook of Blyth has
taken a position in the Brantford
Your
own home -
less
than rent!
Now, when ypu're
making out your
income-tax return ----
worrying
worrying about budgets.
— this is the time to
decide to sto a in .
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rent. Get that dream
home you want. 'Own
it for less than you pay
for rent and live in
your own home while
its value rises thiough
the years. See about
a mortgage — today —
at Victoria and Grey.
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Furniture Factory.
A new industry has started on
the outskirts of our town. At the
junction of•No. 4,Highway and the
old road, on a V-shaped piece, of
land just „ north. of town, a car
wrecking establishment has been
erected.
The annual businessman's car-
nival was held in the , Gorrie
Arena. Among prize winners
were Jack Abram, best gent
skater ; Maxine Bolton, youngest
girl on skates; and Miss N. Doig.
and Miss M. Brown, best dressed
couple. P
MARCH I947 •
W. R. Sholdice was named a
delegate to the Ontario Education
Association Convention in Toron-
to at the regular meeting of the
Morris School. Board:
Larry Hiseler has joined the
staff of Edwards Motors and is
presently taking a course on
Chrysler product cars and trucks
at Stratford:
James W. Morley, magistrate.
' for Huron County, is at present a
patient in Victoria Hospital, Lon -
'don, where he .underwent sur-
gery. His condition is described
as serious.
Miss Ruth Gannett 'has accept-
ed a position in the office of the
Wingham Utilities Commission
and commenced work' there on
Monday of last week. '
The Baptist ' Young Women's
Mission Circle held their March
meeting last week and elected of-
ficers for the coming year. Presi-
dent' is Miss Marjorie Falconer;
vice president, Miss Mildred
Jones; secretary, Mrs. F. Collar;
treasurer, 'Mrs. G. Schiefele.
An interesting exhibit of tro-
phies and medals won by Police
Chief T. W. Platt is on 'display in
the window of Hamilton Optical
Co. Bert has won 25 trophies and
50.mgdals and is one of Canada's
outstanding revolver shots.
Winners in the Winter Sport
Festival were guests at a banquet
in Wingham last week. Tory
Gregg presented thetrophies to
the winners who 'included Billie
Reavie, Jim Chittick, Larry Hut-
ton, Gerald Gerrie, 'Bill Lock -
ridge, Margaret Sanderson, Shir-
ley Lockridge, Jean Hobden,
Maxine geddon, Murray Gerrie,
Willard Platt, Marion Gerrie' and
Maxine Cowan.
Norma Mofatt was named win-
ner
inner of the •rual public speaking
contest held in Bluevale on Fri-
day. She defeated three other
contestants, Delores Hamilton,
Ruth Hewitt, and Jean Hall. At a
similar contest at SS 10, Morris,
Kenneth Johnston was named
winner. He defeated . -Charley
Fraser and Lloyd Wheeler.
Gorrie postmaster Brown and
Miss Myrtle Short were two very
busy people sorting mail on Fri-
day. The first mail train since
March 1st, arrived Thursday
evening, with an accumulation of
letters and, magazines.
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local funeral director
Placed in Hotels, Schools,
Hospitals, Prisons
Mrs. H. Schipper .and Mr. and
Mrs. P. Meurs.
Mr. and Mrs, Earl Hamilton
spent a' few days last .week in
Montreal attending the conven-
tion for Canadian Bottlers of .Car-
bonated Beverages.
John Wild has taken part in the
.,Fergus Orangeville and Guelph,
carnivals and will be skating in
the . Aylmer, Georgetown and
New Hamburg carnivals.
Mr. and •Mrs. Walter Davisson
of Toronto have purchased. the
Thomas Ritchie home in Wroxe-
ter.
O. E. Taylor was named chair-
man of the Belgrave Community
Arena Trustee Board. Vice chair-
man is Mason Robinson, L. Van-
nan is . secretary -treasurer and
members are Mrs. J. R. Coultes,
Stewart Procter, C. W. Hanna,
Leslie Boltand Gordon Pengelly.
Howick Junior Farmers and
Junior Institute placed first in the
Huron County Junior Farmers'
drama festival held last week.
Mrs. T. C. Vittie and Glenn Mc-
Michael were directors , of the
play; cast members were' Ethel
Ries, Ron McMichael, Ruth
Toner, Murray Underwood,
Grace Sanderson, Sandra Edgar
and Jack Stafford.
Easter theme of
UCW devotions
MARCH 1958
The Wingham Figure Skating
Club held its annual carnival, this
year with the story of Snow White
and numbers from each.. part of
the world in "Around the World in
80 Minutes". Principal skaters
were Irene Saint, Douglas Hamil-
ton, Ruth Ann Hamilton, Wilfred
Pocock, Jean Gurney, Nancy El-
liott,- H rold Brooks, and Elva
MacDoribld.
Five couples from Wingham
and district 'ere among the 44
New Canadians who received
their citizenship documents at a
Goderich ceremony last week.
They are Mr. and Mrs. S. Bakker,
Mr. and Mrs. IX Besteling, Mr,
and Mrs. John Martens, Mr. and
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