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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-10-12, Page 1Single Copy Not Over 2.5e Wingham, Qntario, 'lursday, October 12, 1972 Young peo • le's delegation resents views to board Channels of communication be- tween the young people of the town and the Wingham Recrea- tion and Community Centres Board were opened up in a new way at the regular meeting of the board in the town hall last Wed- nesday night when a deputation representing the young people appeared as a delegation to make & suggestions on programs for the winter Season. Chief spokesman for the young people was Owen Curtis, who was joined by Susan Burke and Bob Williams. The trio made a num- ber of suggestions regarding the operation of the arena concerning the roller skating and ice skating programs. Their principal com- plaint was what they felt was a breakdown in communicati.en with the management of the rink. They were assured that sugges- tions are welcome at the arena office or at board meetings, and that those facilities are open at all times ' to suggestions rep- resentative of the thinking of the young patrons of the facilities. Chairman Roe Croskill pre- (' sided, and those in attendance in- cluded Mrs. Roy Bennett, Bruce Machan, Harold Wild, Jim Bain, George Thomas, Jim Beattie and Tim Willis, as well as Jim Ward, recreation director. Report Erred There was considerable discus- sion on an incident involving damage to a light at the arena. There was a minor rumpus at the 01 arena Friday night when roller skating was closed early.. The damage. to the light, however, occurred Saturday night and was not connected with the Fridayin- •cident as was erroneously re- . ported in The Advance -Times ALONG. THL MAIN DRAG By The PedestHlan 1 DAMAGE SLIGHT Only small damage was re- ported when a fire at Fordwich Feed Mill in Gorrie was snuffed out in the early stages at one *o'clock Tuesday. Wingham Fire Department was called to the scene as a safety precaution but the fire was practically out on arrival. No cause had been ascer- tained at press time. o—o—o COLD AWAKENING— the first really stiff frost of the' season struck Wingham and dis- trict over the weekend, attended by flurries of snow and dashes of sleet 'along with driving rain. Car windshields were well encased in i ee Tuesday morning, causing a general search for plastic scrap- ers tucked away last. spring. 0•-0-0 CEMENT PAD BUILT— A new cement mount has been constructed for an ancient field gun which stands in front of M Wingham Branch Royal Cana- dian Legion Hall. The gun is to be - anchored there, .making it much neater and simpler to cut the lawn. Old artillery hands are at a loss to identify the gun exactly, but there it is. 0-0-0 SHELLFIRE HEARD— Just how much damage the duck population has suffered is unclear, but the sounds of heavy bombardment have been heard .3n recent mornings. Even :hough, the price of meat is high, that's a hard way to put a meat on the table. GOOD CATCHES— The anglers have been enjoying excellent rainbow fishing recent- ly. The fish have apparently been both pelntiful and sizeable. Larry *McDonald and father Lorne came home .with several. real beauties. o—o--o 4 CAMPAIGN H.Q.-- Mobile .Q.—Mobile headquarters for the Conservative campaiOn for the forthcoming October 30 election has been set up on behalf of the candidate Bob McKinley, mem- ber for Huron in the last Parlia- ment. A trailer has been located at the Joe Kerr Construction building, Josephine South. 0 0 CALLING ALL BOYS! -- Registration for Cubs, Scouts and Venturers will be held Thurs- day night of this week at the pub- lic school at 7:30. Cubs include boys 8-11; Scouts are 12-14 and &the Venturers are 14-17 years. Don't forget to get out and regis- last week. Wingham police in- vestigated both occurrences. Separate Times Owen Curtis and his fellow spokesmen urged the board to consider accommodating the very young skaters at an earlier time than the older youths so that the two would not have to use the ice at the same time. They thought the youngsters were an impediment to the older skaters, and were in fact in danger of being injured by the faster skaters. They felt a segregated system would be much better for both groups.. Susan Burke was concerned that recordings used for skating be brought tip to date and that choice of bands or music had a great deal to do with attendance. Mr. Ward and members of the board made it clear that the board welcomes the opinions of the young people. They said they would be open to suggestions at all times and give due considera- tion to suggestions, and make changes desired by the majority of young people provided they are feasible and practical•, having re- gard to the funds available and the physical facilities. Report Baek The deputation agreed that an informal survey of opinion of the young. people of Wingham should be made on arena operations and constructive suggestions re- ported back by the deputation. All seemed to be in general Charges set for ice time New rates have been set for the various • teams and clubs using the arena during the coming sea- son and approved by 'the Wing - ham Recreation and Community Centres Board as follows: Minor hockey and figure skat- ing, $1.50 an• hour,. up slightly over last year; broomball, $8.00 an hour; Wingham town hockey teams, $10.00 an `hour; out -of- , town hockey teams, $15.00 an hour. General admission for skating will be 25 cents for children 12 years and under; 50 cents for children .13 and over. The fee for participants in minor hockey was set at $3,00 per boy with a $6.00 maximum per family. Prior to the last regular meet- ing the board met with the minor hockey and figure skating groups and established a season's budget Of $1,000. for hockey, a $100 in- crease over last year, which averages out at about $1.50 per hour. Three injured in collision Dawn Wraith, 8, and sister Shelley, 5, da ghters of Mr. and Mrs. Rodwell Wraith, 37 Charles Street, Wingham, were admitted to Wingham and District Hospital Oct. 6 at 12;15 p.m. -by ambulance as. a result of injuries received when struck by a car reportedly driven by Mrs. ,Joanne Gorrie of Wlhghai "' en 'oute home over Shuter Street North at the rail- • way tracks. Dawn suffered head hijuries with abrasions to her 'face and Shelley suffered head injuries with abrasions to her left knee. Their condition. was reported as satisfactory. Police Chief J. Mil- ler of Wingham Police investi- gated. Whiplash injuries were suf- fered by Ross Green, aged 51 of Holyrood, Saturday when the car driven by his brother Edmund, i1 which he was a passenger, was struck at the corner of Alfred and Josephine Streets by a second car, .driver unknown. He was treated at Wingham and District Hospital and released, The 'hit- and-run: incident was investigat- ed by Cpl. Ron Zimmer of Wing - ham Police. A COUPLE OF WINN left, was named the Gorrie the winner, in Howick Fall Fair on EFS. —Debbie Townsend of Wroxeter, first runner-up and Liz Neilson of the Miss Howick Fair contest at the Saturday. (Staff Photo) agreement. A detailed report was. pre sented by the recreation direete , Jim Ward, in which he report work on the arena plumbing had' been delayed owing to late arrival of plans which were ex,. pected toward the end . of the week. This work is required be- fore the icemaking equipment. can be turned on. When the brine heater arrives it can be installed in avery short time without to of ice. The electrical panel will not Pe changed for possibly another month. Along with that change,. Norm Keating will install the: radiant heaters. . Since the work that is being. done in conjunction with the. heaters includes boxes for another six heaters, he suggested their installation in the New Yeah.; so that people could have the. benefit of them this season, ant the cost could be levied against the 1973 budget. He estimated the cost at about $150 per unit. The dressing room floors and benches have been painted, and the upright boards around the tce surface, as well as the red trim have also been completed. A screen for the south end is ex- pected any day now. Mr. Ward presented drawings - for a larger trophy case which he recommended be constructed as the _present one is inadequate. .Ed Bauer has given up the re- freshment booth and it was sug- gested this concession ,be offered do the Minor Hockey Ladies' Aux- iliary. The meetingdealt'with a num- ber of recommendations regard- ing schedules and fees to be charged for use of the ice this year, including smile increases in .rates, reported elsewhere in this issue of The Advance -Times: FIRST' SECTION ted ' • QUEEN OF FAIR CONTESTANTS -=Last year's Miss How - ick Fair, Elaine Kieffer of Bluevale, third from left, poses with this' year's contestants at Ford)vich on S t$urday. From left are Debbie Townsend of Wroxeter,st runner-up; In hospital after traffic accident Mrs. Lulu Anderson, RR 3, •Lucknow, .was admitted to the i/ingham and District Hospital qn Wednesday of last week, suf- fering from injuries to both knees, right ankle and head. She apparently lost control of 'her.car while attempting to avoid another vehicle on the 12th con- cession of West Wawanosh. Her condition is now satisfactory. —Mr. and Mrs, Harold Hamil- ton of Wyoming spent Monday with Mrs. D•. S. MacNaughton., SSC~registration- is set for Oct. 13 The Wingham .Figure Skating Club announced executive changes at a recent meeting. Mrs. H. Wild is president; secre- tary is Mrs. Fred Moore; Mrs. Tim Willis is treasurer, Mrs. Ken Wood test chairman and Mrs. Robert Gavreluk is carnival. con- vener. The annual registration will • take place at the Wingham Arena on .Friday, October 13, from 4-6 p.m.' and 7-9 p.m. To ensure more concentrated instruction and assistance to the skaters, a change in ice times for the different groups is to be used this year..Beginners and national test skaters will be on the ice Wednesdays from 4:15 to 5:15. Skaters working on preliminary C.F.S.A. figures and dances,` 5:30 to 7; senior skaters from 7:15 to 9. Fees for the three groups will he $14, $16, and $18 per season. Senior skaters will be able to attend a coaches' clinic in Goder- ich on October 22 and a judges' clinic will be held in Clinton on October 29. The club is looking forward to presenting "The Wizard of Oz" and "Mary Poppins" as the carnival themes this year. Falls injure area people Four area resident were ad- mitted to the Wingham and Dis- trict Hospital during the past week after suffering serious in- juries in falls. On Thursday, four-year-old Russell Stauffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stauffer of Tees - water, fell against a cook stove and suffered first and second de- gree burns Co his left arm and right hand. His condition was de- scribed early this week as satis- factory. Also in satisfactory condition is Donald MacNay of Elmira, dwho fell Saturday in a farm lane near Lucknow and fractured his left ankle. Sean Kieffer's fun at the Tees - water Fair ended suddenly Saturday when he fell on a plastic horn and was admitted to hospi- tal with inner mouth lacerations. Sean is the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Kieffer of RR 1, Wingham. William Wiggins of Dungannon was admitted Monday after fall- ing at home and lacerating his forehead. His condition was de- scribed as satisfactory on Tues- day. Thank sgiving program presented by PS pupils The Thanksgiving season was appropriately celebrated at Wingham Public School Friday morning when the pupils and staff enjoyed a special program presented for the occasion. Master bf ceremonies for .(he program was John Penny from Mrs. Montgomery's room, mho opened the assembly in the school auditorium with "0 Canada" and prayer. The Twenty -Third Psalm was read by Jan Fryfogle of Mrs. Montgomer,'s room. The hymn of thanksgiving, "Father, We Thank Thee", was joined by everyone. The kindergarten children, to- gether with Grades 1 and 2 gave a finger play, "Open, Shut Them" and a memory gem, "I Met a Turkey Gobbler", followed by a song "I Heard Mr. Turkey Say" and a poem, "Thanksgiving". Youngsters, appropriately at- tired in pilgrim and Indian head- dress, sang songs. A play, "Legend of the Iro- quois", was presented by Mrs. Thornton's class, which was well received. Mrs. Heipel's class contributed songs "The Turn- ips", "Thanksgiving Turkeys" and "Gobble, Gobble, Gobble" Mrs. Edgar's class • recited "Thanksgiving Magic", followed by a song, "It's a Long Rhad to Freedom" by Mrs. Mont- gomery's room. Mrs. Edgar's class portrayed the story of "The First Thanksgiving" and the pro- gram concluded with songs "Thanksgiving Day" and "Thanksgiving Hymn" by Miss Dalrymple's; class and "Can a Little Child Like Me", sung in unisdn. Sin'ging of "The • Queen" brought a memorable) Thanks- giving ,program to a close. Susan Grotz of Fordwich; Miss Kieffer, Christine Bunker of Fordwich, Rosemary Nickel of Fordwich and Liz Neilson of Gorrie, this 'year's winner. (Staff Photo) �+ ne killed, five iniu ed in Bluevale accident A young Bluevale man lost his ner, He is survived by his wife, the life and• five others were injured • As far as can be deter—"—ed the former Wendy vJenaly uones; one son in a collision on Highway 86 about Brenner car, was"travelling east Shawn at home; his parents, Mr. 9:30 Monday evening. The crash and the second vehicle was a and Mrs. Jack Thompson, Biue- occurred at the west end of the headed west when the . accident vale; two sisters, , Mrs. Scott highway 'c'urve adjacent to Ar- occurred. A light truck and a (Kathleen) McLennan of 'Listo nold Lillow's home. Holiday traf- . small British car were near wel, And Mrs. Wayne (Sharon) fic was very heavy at the. time. misses, and were stopped at the Day of Bluevale; and four' broth - Donald Garniss Thompson, 21, scene, but apparently their men- ers, John of Wingham, James of Bluevale, was pronounced pants escaped without injury. and Robert both of Bluevale and dead at the scene of the accident Cpl. R. Croskill and Constables William of RR ,1, Wingham. o1Ie . by Coroner Dr. J. K. McGregor of Wittig and Bell of the Wingham was predeceased by'two sisters. Wingham. detachment, OPP, investigated. Funeral service will be held - In' ' Born In Wingham Thursday at. 2 p.m. at the R. A. Injured ' in the same vehicle t., . ki were Neil H. :a:mit? ll Donald Thompson was born in Currie and Sop Funeral Home�hi Bluevalewho d. to Wingham and lived iniis"area R'" Wingham: Interment will follow the Wingham and District' Hospi- all his life' in Wingham Cemetery. e . tal with a fractured jaw, multiple facial lacerations, partial ampu- talion of. ,the. second left finger Hans Verbeek 22, Bluevale, Expanded water was transferred to Victoria Hospital, London with fractured Ufl er stu PU.0 left leg, crushed chest and y by multiple lacerations. Wingham Public Utilities Com- ton reported that - p permission had 'The other vehicle involved in mission in regular , session not been received from Canadian the accident was owned by Ro- Wednesday of fast week eon Pacific Railways for construction. man Brenner, 50, of Kitchener ferred with B. M. Ross, Goderich of a water main across the tracks who suffered a lacerated and municipal engineer, on studies on at North Street. Lines are being fractured left elbow and multiple expansion of the Wingham water built on North Street for power to lacerations to his face. He was system. customers pre'viousl`y served by admitted to the Wingham. Hospi- He reported.the Ministry of En- Ontario Hydro. tal and is now in satisfactory vironment is making a study of He also reported service calls condition. proposals and a further study on had been made to Lucknow and '" Mrs. Dorothy Brenner, 47, of friction loss is to be n -fade. Insur- some new lines had been built Kitchener received chest injur- ance underwriters had to be con- there. ies, shock and facial lacerations. tacted for approval of> later pro- Equip Truck She is also considered to be in posals before proceeding with The new truck was taken to , satisfactory condition. consideration of plans. - Woodstock last week to have A daughter of. the Brenners, . In the meantime essential con-' equipment assembled on it and Wendy, 16, was treated for glass trol systems for pumps will be in- the old line truck was taken down ' in her left eye and shock. She was stalled and a schematic of the to have the power , winch re- released after 'treatment. system procured. moved, checked and repaired if The remaining passengers in Applications for water for need be, and installed on the new the Brenner car were two poodle James Marks on North Street and truck. dogs which were examined by Murray MacDougall. on Patrick Mr. Nabrotsky was contacted Wingham veterinarian Dr. Green Street were approved. . regarding trees which had died and released with Wendy Bren- Superintendent Kenneth Sax- and he advised Mr. Saxton re - MISS ANN GIBSON and one of her small charges at Wing - ham Public School were happily on their way to the special Thanksgiving assembly last Friday morning when snapped by the cameraman. Some of the pupils were costumed as pilgrims and Indians. (Staff Photo) placements would be made. Commissioners Miller and Wraith were present with chair- man Roy Bennett presiding. P.M. to visit Prime Minister Trudeau will arrive in. Wingham by helicopter next Tuesday forenoon. He will be the guest on an open line pro - gra m ,over CKNX Radio from 12 to 1 p.m. L. Hutton opens his own agency Lloyd Hutton, a former resi- dent of Wingham, has opened his own real estate agency in Kincar- dine. Mr. Hutton became an agent for Wilfred Mclntee four years ago. During his employment with that firm he held an enviable rec- ord, being top salesman in 1970, 1971 and the tirst.six months of 1972. He also had the highest sales, for a one year period, of any salesman in the_history of the company. Before entering the real estate business Mr. Hutton was district sales manager for Purina for 18 years. It is 18 yOarsysince Mr. Hutton moved froth Wingham to Kincar- dine. He is presently chairman of the finance committee with the Kincardine Public Utilities Com- mission.