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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-03-16, Page 8Page 8-- The Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, March 16, 1972 Police Maple Leafs are ous1eaguec amps AWNS WITH THE INTENTION of having organ and piano in uni- son for parts of the Easter services at Wingham United Church, "Hap" Swatridge tunes the piano to the same pitch as the organ Friday afternoon. —Staff Photo. Town police kept busy investigating accidents Wingham Town Police are still inv,gstigating a two -car collision which occurred Saturday, March 4, at about 2:30 a.m. but was not reported until the following day. The accident, which occurred on Highway 4 just south of Wingham involved a car owned by Douglas Ray Carter of Bluevale and a rented car owned by Dominion U - Drive of Toronto and driven by Dorothy L. Butler of 177 Fulton Ave., Toronto. - Damages to the two cars were estimated at $700 and police state that charges are pending. Early Sunday morning, a few minutes 'past midnight, a car owned by John Finnigan, parked in front of his store on Diagonal Road was struck by a .vehicle, the driver of which neglected to stop and report the incident. Damage to the Finnigan vehicle was esti- mated -at $350. A three -vehicle collision short- ly after 7 a.m. last Tuesday morning resulted in $750 damage to a 1970 car owned by William Templeman of Catherine Street; $5.00.damage to a 1968 car owned by Kenneth M. Thompson of Vic- toria Street; and $350 damage to a 1965 car owned by Ross Arthur Jamieson of Frances Street. The accident occurred at the inter- section of John and Shuter Streets. • Mr: Templeman was travelling west on John Street; Mr. Thomp- son, who was stopped at the inter- section of John and Shuter,., looked both ways, saw • no car in sight and proceeded into the in- tersection, striking the Temple- manvehicle on the'rear. It went our of control, crossed the street and struck the Jamieson vehicle which was parked on John Street about 40 feet from the intersec- tion. No driver was involved in a: qne-vehicle accident which oc- curred Thursday shortly after 9 a.m. in the Stanley -Berry storage lot. A 1970 tractor trailer loaded with steel was parked in the lot and rolled backwards ° striking a pile of doors stacked • ready for shipment.' Damage to 29 doors was estimated at $800. The truck was owned by. Boyd Transpor Ltd. of Newmarket. On Monday of this week, a t o- ' car collision occurred at the in- tersection of Victoria Street and Carling Terrace. A 1966. car owned and driven by Michael C. Ryan of Wingham was proceed- ing west on Victoria Street and a 1969 car owned by Norman Fair- ies of RR 1, Gorrie and driven by his son Robert was stopped at the stop sign facing north. Fairies apparently saw no car in sight and proceeded into the intersec- tion and the two cars collided. Damage to the Ryan car was es- timated at $125, to the Fairies ve- hicle $350. The collision occurred shortly before 4 p.m. The Wingham. Town Police were in charge of investigations • of all the local, accidents. Police Maple Leafs captured the Novice house league cham- pionship last Friday when they defeated Canadian Tire Cana - diens 1-0 to take the final playoff . series in three straight games. Leafs 'had led the league and then defeated the CKNX Hawks to enter the finals. The Hawks and Brophy's Bruins meet in the consolation series. Robert Ste. Marie scored the lone goal in a well -played game with Daryl Holmes and Peter Goodall setting up the play. Canadiens deserved a better fate, especially in this last game as they showed indication of out- scoring the Leafs, but Bill Ohm in the blues net' always seemed to Belmore. games come up with the key save. Ken Hopper had a clear path to goal en three occasions but Ohm out- guessed him. Holding the Leafs to a single goal is really an accomplish- ment. Kevin Netterfield in the Canadiens net made several good saves. Bruins and the Hawks have each won a game in their conso- lation playoff with the former winning last Tuesday 3-2 and ,Hawks coming back Thursday night to win' 2-1. In this latter game Doug Merkley scored. both goals for the Hawks with Danny Thomas assiting on the second. Steve Thompson from J. O'Hagan counted for the Bruins. Poor visibility causes accidents Storm conditions and lack of visibility Sunday, March 5, were the cause of four accidents on Highway 4 investigated by the Wingham detachment of the pro- vincial police. Damage was assessed at $700 when a vehicle driven by William Rintoul of Wingham struck the rear of one driven by Vincent Mullin of Chepstow. The collision occurred when the former at- tempted to pass the Mullin ve- hicle which was struck in the snow. While Mr. Rintoul was stopped, a vehicle driven by Robert Clubb proceeding north on Highway 4 slid , into the Rintoul vehicle. Damage from this accident totalled $800. Mr. Clubb applied his brakes but was unable to stop. Extensive , damage occurred ' when a car , driven by George Dastic of Owen Sound struck the rear of a parked truck owned by George Mead, RR 5, Wingham, and a vehicle driven by David Torrance of Dartmouth, N.S. Torrance and his passenger, News from Grrie Mr. and Mrs. John Searson, of Kitchener spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robt., Searson . Mrs. Lloyd Jacques of Clifford was a supper guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Finlay on Sunday. Miss Edna 'Lawrence of Toron- to spent a few days with her mother Mrs. Chas. Lawrence: Mrs..Albert Dustow is a patient in Wingham hospital. Lloyd Harrison, of' Clinton is. spending several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hai: rison . Mrs. Harry Gowdy and Mrs. Roy Gowdy attended the shower on Saturday at the home of Mrs. John Donaldson, "Wingham, for Miss Bonnie Feagan, bride -elect. Mr, and Mrs. Anthony Brenner, and family of Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Omand and family of RR 1, •Listowel, Mr. and Mrs.. Ken. Coulter, Kitchener, Fred Coulter, Mr's. Thos. Templeman, Sandra and Barbara visited Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Coulter. Mr. and Mrs. 'George Brown and Miss Jean Brown of Galt, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bull of Hamilton visited Sunday with Mr: and Mrs.• Murray Brown of Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald. Gray have returned after holidaying in Florida. Mrs. Gordon Underwood visi- ted Mr. and Mrs,. Ed. Stewart of Harriston on Sunday. Mrs. Chas. Koch visited friends in Shelburne on Sunday. Keith Watson of Fergus spent Sunday with Mrs. Lyle Watson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Moir re- turned home Sunday after vara boning in Florida.. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Simmons, Joanne and Carol of Owen Sound visited over the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sim- mons, Wroxeter, and Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Simmons: Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Freiburger, Chris and Mary of Greenoch also visited at the same homes on 'Sunday.. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dettman of Wroxeter' visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Boyd. Mrs. Max. Bell of Rill1, Wroxe- ter, was injured while 'milking a cow on Saturday. She was kicked and trampled and X-rays at Palmerston General Hospital re- vealed her right ankle bone was broken. • , Winners at the Gorrie bonspiel held in the Listowel arena on Sat- urday were'. • first prize, Gorrie rink comprised of Wesley Galla- way, Kenneth Underwood, Glen Underwood and Murray Under- wood; second prize, rink skipped by Dale Graham of Listowel; third prize, won by Ronald Adams' rink of Listowel. The Prize donated by the Toronto Do- minion Bank was won by the rink skipped by Alex. Graham of Gor- rie. BELMORE Mrs. Pat Murphy is a patient in Wingham and District Hospital having undergone surgery. Miss Marlene Inglis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Inglis was successful in passing her hair- dressing course at the Marvel Beauty School in London. Edna Hammell,. RR 2, Tara, re- ceived minor injuries. Total damage was estimated„at $2,500. The accident occurred on High- way 4, one mile north of Blyth. Also Sunday in the same vicin- ity, a vehicle driven by Leonard Baird, RR ,2, Wingham, ran into the rear of a vehicle driven by William Purdon, RR' 3, Wingham. Damage in this accident was set at $650. Extremely poor visibility last Wednesday was the major factor in four more accidents in the area, all investigated by Wing - ham detachment of the provin- - cial police. A vehicle driven by Norman Bell of Ripley struck a vehicle driven by Anne Wisser of Luck- now at the junction of Highway 86 and Sideroad 18-19, West Wawa - nosh Township. Damage ,was set at $300. Damage was $1,300 when a ve- hicle driven by Clifford Pyke of Gorrie was struck in the rear by one driven by Betty VanDonkers- goed, RR 2, Gorrie, while travelling On County Road 28. Louis Stadelmann, RR 2, Blyth, collided head-on with a vehicle driven by Arnold Falkner of Kit- chener itchener about one-half mile north of Blyth on Highway 4. Damage was estimated at $1,500. Also in the Blyth area ponald Baker of Chatham was proceed- , ing north on Highway 4 when he ran into the rear of a vehicle driven by William Medd of Huron Park. Damage was set at $500. Various injuries treated in OPD Several miscellaneous injuries were treated last week in the out - 'patients' department of the Wingham and District Hospital. Among those treated were two area people sho suffered painful injuries in two separate acci- dents. John Anderson of RR 7, Luck - now, caught his left hand in a car door last Tuesday and fractured some bones in the hand. Thirteen -year-old Wayne Er- nest, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ernest of RR 3, Teeswater, was treated for lacerations and abra- sions to both knees after he fell on some' metal in the' barn on his 'father's farm on Sunday. Both patients were released following 'treatment. Cold, in the form of cold com- presses or ice wrapped in cotton is the best remedy to reduce the pain and discoloration of bruises, according to St. John Ambulance. The addition of a little rubbing al- cohol may help evaporation arid add to the effect of the compress. A CHORAL READING by members of Grades 4 and 5 was rer'ninisce1,t of a sea chanty of years ago and the children wore black patches over one eye. - .,iaff Photo. &- grave on March 6 when the game was tied 3-3. Greg Inglis, Willie Stafford and Ray Lewis each scored once. In a 10-0 victory Thursday against Belgrave, the Tykes were proud of goalie Paul O'Malley, who had his fourth shutout of the season. Murray Mawhinney played an excellent game slamming in nine goals with David Eadie scoring the other counter. The Bantams played two games with Kurtzville, winning the first 6-3 and losing the second 13-2. In the Tuesday game Paul Inglis scored 3, Allan Willits 2, and David Mawhinney 1. Maw- hinney and Garth Rickert scored one each in the Thursday en- counter. Tri -County Squirts played Gorrie Friday and were defeated 8-2. Murray Mawhinney and Jeff Mulvey each scored in this game. Peewees lead from the first W,ngham PeeWees had it pretty much their own way when they defeated Ripley 11-1 last Tuesday. The tone of the game was set in the first period when Kevin Hickey, then Sheldon Jones"with help from David Kief- fer and Hickey again on a pass from Jackie Ohm, gave Wingham a 3-0 lead in the first period. Two goals in rapid succession early in the second period by Doug McGregor and Kevin Hickey and at the 8:43 mark Shel- don Jones got his second goal. David Kieffer and Kevin Hickey again aunted with assists going to Hickey, Jones, McGregor, Tim Henderson and Jackie Ohm. David Bennett got into the goalscoring column at 10:20 of the third period with Jones and. Jay MacLaurin assisting and less than a minute later Kieffer scored again unassisted. Only four penalties were handed out with Ripley on the re- . • ceiving end. Two of the Wingham goals were scored while Ripley • was shorthanded. Afternoon UCW discusses Eskimo 'FORDWICH—The Afternoon Unit of Fordwich UCW held their March meeting , in the "Sunday School rooms. The worship serv- ice was conducted by Mrs. Bruce Agla and Mrs. Geo. Ashton• by a worship centre, bright with spring flowers. , The theme of the worship serv- ice was "Prayer" and was given by Mrs. Agla. The scripture, from Luke II, was read by Mrs. Ashton who also offered prayer. The program was presented by Mrs. William Wilson and Mrs. Jphn Topham. They chose as their topic, "The Eskimo". Dis- cussed were the Eskimo mode of life and language. Mrs. Bruce Agla, unit president, presided for the business. Roll call was an undeveloped. country. Mrs. Warren Zurbrigg read a letter from Rev. G. W. Sach of' Gorrie regarding the snowmobile project for a mission in Labrador. The meeting closed with prayer by Mrs. Agla and the " Lord's Prayer in unison. During the afternoon the ladies quilted. Lunch hostesses were Mrs. Clarence Carswell, Mrs. Crosby Sotheran and Mrs. Lorne Kelly. Capacity crowd attends first of film series Huronview The Seaforth Junior Band led by Doctor Toll provided a variety program on Sunday afterhoon in the auditorium. Doug Hooper as master of ceremonies for the pro- gram introduced the numbers which included several selections by the band, a trombone duet, Don Beneivia, Glen Stewart; gui- tar duet, Albert Sisters; vocal duet, Rose Sisters; tap dancing, Rose Marie Kelly ; and pianist Mrs. Rose. The residents are Looking forward to a return visit from this band some time during the summer. The first company Girl Guides of Hensall visited the home on Tuesday evening and presented Miss- Ida Cunningham with . an afghan that had been knit by the girls as one of their craft pro- jects. Miss Cunningham has the honor of being the first lady resi- dent of Huronview. The Guide leader, Mrs. Couper, who inci- dentally is an experienced weaver, is starting her group to work with hand looms that were made by some -of the male resi- dents of Huronview. A full-length movie, "Jaunty Jalopy" was shown on Thursday family night. Percy Brown of Clinton was in charge of the pro- jector assisted by Albert Colombe. The Old Tyme- Dance Club of Clinton are planning a visit on Friday 17th (St. Patrick's) in the evening from 8 to 9. On ilonday the residents were once again treated to an old time music session by Norman Speir and Mrs. Mary Taylor. This week's program, however, featured guests Mrs. McReil" and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Finlay of Goirerich who played the piano and violins respectively. The special attraction was a variety of violin numbers played by Howard Turner. The size of the crowd and the applause which they gave indicated that the unique get-together . was -a suc cess in every way. The volunteer The Salvation Army's series of family movies began last Sunday with the exciting full-length color film based on the life of Nicky Cruz entitled, "No Need to Hide". The local citadel was filled to capacity for this' initial feature, with extra chairs having to be brought in. Many availed them- selves of the free bus service for senior citizens, and which is available to all interested per- sons. This film series, which has been widely publicized and which includes some of the best family viewing to be brought to this area, will continue with the show- ing of "Beloved Enemy" on Easter Sunday, April 2nd at 7 p.m. The margin between safety and disaster is often fine, says the On- tario Safety League. For in- stance, a survey in Detroit some years ago showed that most drivers are able to stop only 3 or 4 feet after they have hit a pedes- trian. group from Goderich which of- fered their help with all phases of the activity did an excellent job. Their time and effort was sin- cerely appreciated. Wroxeter Friends in the conprnunity will he sorry to learn Bruce Cham- bers and Harvey Reidt are pres- ently patients in,hospital. Mrs. Ivan Sararas . New Dun- dee, and Elgin Taman spent Sun- day at the home of their brother, Ross Toman. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nordstrom and family, Grand Bend, visited Saturday evening with Allan, Griffith and Mrs. Kate Griffith. Mr. and Mrs.. 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