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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-10-19, Page 1If: Ur- iM*b! month �. IP+7, '" 4* your suO rlptlen ia, lros this moth tails pop Not Ow otic rneddown b By Shirley J. Keller At the second shortest meeting innthe history of the Huron County Board of Education, according to Chairman Bob Elliott, members agreed not to permit Henry Pulsifer of Henry's Harmony House in Seaforth to park a trailer on school property for the purpose of giving 'musical in- struction to students. Pulsifer had asked for this approval because some parents are having a proble. m arranging time and transportation to music lessons for their children. He felt that by_takirig the music lessons onto the school property, he could Five from Wingham .hurt in accident at Waterloo Three members of Wingham and District Hospital staff were painfully injured and two Wing- , ham area residents also seriously hurt in a motor vehicle accident on King Street in Waterloo Fri- . day, Oct. 13, with the most seriously injured being trans- ferred to the hospital here for continued treatment. Staff members injured were Clayton Baird, 24, a nursing assistant, who was treated at K- T W Hospital and transferred here' Oct. 14, with fractured left leg, abrasions to both arms, injured left shoulder. He was admitted to hospital with.a full-length leg cast„ and his condition was reported satisfactory. Released after treatment at St. Mary's Hospital at Kitchener was Carolyn Rode, RNA, of Wing - ham, who suffered shock and lacerated face. Also released front St Mary's Hospital was Kay Marie Hardie, Reg.N., Wingham, after treatment . for shock and chest injuries. Now in satisfactory condition is Richard McPherson, 20, of RR 2, Wingham, who was treated at St. Mary's Hospital and transferred here with fractured ribs and abrasions to his left hand and chest. Less seriously injured. was •i Lt ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian SETTLED DOWN— Population at Wingham Day Care Centre° seems to have Stabilized at a total enrollment of 40, reports.Supervisor Mrs. Law- rence Lane, who is in. charge of 13 full-time children, the remainder being enrolled on a part-time basis. • 0-0-0 IT'S ALL OVER— The final. OCAS juvenile softball *game between Binbrook 'and • Whitechurch teams was played on a neutral diamond on Satur- day evening at. St. Marys. Each team had won a game for a standoff going into. the final game. The score was 9-1 in favor Of Binbrook. 0-0-0 PLAY BASKETBALL- At;, local people who would en - w joy playing basketball can find action at the Madill SS each Mon- . day and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.. There are plenty of spots open for newcomers. Bring your running shoes, of course. 0-0-0 COULD BE WORSE— Wingham residents shuddering at the sight, of a few flakes of snow and sleet this week are re - *minded by Perry Pennington that things could be a heck of a lot worse. He recalls that on Oct. 8, 1925, it snowed heavily all day in Wingham, and by the next day the white stuff was knee-deep. Then by April 20 the following spring, the Snow was completely gone, so cheer up! ' 0-0-0 MUSICAL TREAT— ,' Winghamites will have a chance to hear one of the best bands in Canada Nov. 18 and 19 when the Danforth Citadel Salva- tion Army Band of Toronto will 0 perform Saturday and Sunday evenings at St. Andrew's Presby- terian Church here. Everyone will be welcome. A special guest will be Divisional Secretary Ma- jor Bob Chapman for that week- end. 0-0-0 BARGAIN BEDS— The Wingham and District Hospital has recently been on the receiving end of some new beds which are now being putto good use there, As a. result the beds formerly in use are for sale at ex- tremely moderate prices. These are ideal for nursing homes or for convalescents in private homes. *Anyone interested may phone the hospital and inquire about ob- taining one. Douglas Baird, 18, of RR 2, Wing - ham, who suffered facial lacera- tions and abrasions and was re- leased after treatment here. The accident was investigated by Waterloo City Police. Youngsters Hurt A game of football in Wingham Ball Park resulted in a broken collar bone for Richard Sailows, aged 13, Sun . He,vas released after treat en ospital here. Another youngster, Julie Mulvey, aged 6 of Wroxeter was treated for burns to her left leg suffered when she spilled hot tea. alleviate. this concern for moth- ers and fathers of musical stu- dents. Director of Education 4ohn Cochrane said a privately -owned trailer on school property would present, problems as far as fire, theft liability, etc. was con- cerned. Jim Taylor of Hensel., sugr gested this would be the re- sponsibility of the trailer owner. John Henderson of McKillip asked why Pulsifer wouldnot be St. Thomas man buys Wingham hardware store Alexander's Hardware and Gift Store has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Dougherty : of St. Thomas, who will take over the business January 2 next. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Alexander will continue to reside in Wing - ham. Jack will devote himself to his auctioning service and farm evaluation practice. allowed to teach music ;ie ;the school,in thesanre way piano teachepis permitted t lessons at Brookside WOO` Dungannon. Helps told lifer had not asked foe sion to setup "den within the school. There was some indieatiio board members felt that, study was recognizedtias a ft and that students with Gi piano and Grade 2 Theory treat that as one credit,'* gra..uatii g Mugu uniul Mr. Cochrane reminaded' t board it is recognized as a sub only when the student applies ft* entrance to a Faculty of Mualc,. George Parsons ° of ' ' '` claimed that if teachers' in tr ers were permitted to set up school yards the play areasM be "full of trailers" and it look like a "carnival". w Chairman 'Elliott said them''` legislation which allows stuff time off from school once we for musical training dutsidel school. He felt that if Pulsifer ° his trailer somewhere . off ,the school property but within access of the students Ole* ` would be no problem. "Town meeting" will now replace nomination night A "town meeting" will fill the void left by the abolition of the municipal nomination meeting by recent legislation, and will be held in the council chamber of Wingham town hall at 8:00 p.m. Nov. 8, it is announced by Mayor DeWitt Miller. The decision. was made at the regular committee meeting of •mow ~eulmcif- Mondpy -evening, when council as a whole ap- proved of the meeting as an opportunity forthe ratepayers and voters generally to discuss civic affairs with the elected rep- resentatives and possible candi- dates for office. Similar Meetings Other municipalities in , the area have .made similar arrange- ments, calling meetings for the same purposes accomplished by nomination meetings, aside from the actual nomination: of candi- dates. Nominations are now ac- cepted during business hours through -the mUnicipal-mak:-fie-. receives niiiiihiation foriihs en- dorsed dorsed by ten eligible votors, with the signature of the candidate agreeing to accept office if elected. • Wingham councillors, reeve and deputy -reeve have agreed to be present and in a "sense "gi an account: of their stewardsh• ' in the event anyone is iiiteres Decisions Later At the next regular meeting council, Nov. 6, it is likely the mayor ,and council members will; have decided whether or not they intend to makelthemselves avail= Y able for election again and Will --rwObably-diferare their intentiOns in accordance with ,custom most municipalities. No firm decisions have been announced here as yet. There is one vacancy on council, owing -to, the resignation of James Currie earlier in the year. PAST LIONS PRESIDENT "Casey" Casemore (centre) was given a rare honor in Lion - ism by District Governor Ellwood Tucker of Kitchener as President Gord Walter looked on. It was a diamond "100 per cent president' pin awarded to only three officers in the 44 - club district for excellent performance during his tenure last year, as head of the Wing - ham club. Many Wingham members earned attendance awards. (Staff Photo) tion "` "If this can be worked out, it would be good for . the rural people," said Henderson. Hulls! Gully Sports and Recrea- tion Ltd. offered to provide snow- tnobile operator. responsibility ~'training for students in Huron I,,,County Schools. The board .,agreed to commend Hully Gully for the interest and concern, but to advise the firm that the board is not presently in a position to s participate in a program of that stype. In other business, the board learned that Professional De- rVelopment Days are arranged in Huron County Schools from Sep- tember 25 to November 10; and that the board of education office Will not be ready for occupancy until the end of November. 4-, a At the end of the regular meet - Chairman Bob Elliott invited oard members to indicate whether or not they would run for hoof board for the next two ers. He said he had served his ;hast term for the present and that 'there would be "someone elseto represent Goderich ar d Ceiba ;e wnships" next term. He said :hevould say more at a later date. Dr. Addison, Jim Taylor and ohn•Taylor also said they would not seek re-election this fall. Those who will run for re-elec- tion•are Charles Rau, Mrs. Mar - .ion Zinn, Wilfred Shortreed, Gar +:Set Hicks, ' Clarence McDonald .arid John Broadfoot. Those who still.have not reached a final de- ision on the matter are Alex Cor Tigan, Don McDonald, Mrs. iViallie Kunder and John Hender- son. Cayley Hill of Goderich was not present at the meeting al - .though Mrs. Zinn indicated that it seas understood Mr. Hill would return. George Parsons, also of Goderich, probably will return year although he .did not shto° Monday evening's meeting. THE ONTARIO CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION honored members with more than 40 years of practice with Honorary Life Membership scrolls recently. Dr. Stephen E. West presented A. R. Du Val, D.C., of Wingham. A graduate of the Canadian Chiropractic Col- lege in Toronto in 1921 he taught Spinology and Technique in Canada and the United States until 1925 when he set upa practice in Wingham. He now has a .second practice in Auburn. Staff Photo. • utpatient service up at Wingham hospital Outpatient service continues to month totalled 206. crease a and Dis= trict Hospital with 814 treated during the month of September, it was reported by the hospital ad- nlinistrator, Mrs. I. E. Morrey to the regular meeting of the hospi- tal board Wednesday evening of last week. Patient days totalled 2,210 month,for the representing 74 per- cent of capacity, bringing the - ti itdays.:t+a idate: or year• tb 22,485. Operations diirl ig "the served that two staff members in t W'Ingham Chairman' J. T. Goodall pre- . hard been outpatients and 12 had sided for the meeting and in the received treatment consisting Of absence of. Barry Wenger, fi- first aid. Employee sick days nance chairman, presented high- were 46, up somewhat. lights from the financial report . Some unexpected expense had which indicated monthly revenue developed with the ambulance of $143,073.37 as against disburse vehicles, one with a damaged: ments of $126,002.74. • windshield and another with rims Speaking for the management which proved too light and had to committee which he heads, be exchanged for heavy duty Robert Ritter reported: ntu aing�.� o s tdd+ently the . fight;"' rims staff, full time.,.. :►. em- h d.. aina e . tires p "yee health services, he old- dr iiot stand up to opera to lrng. con- ditions. • Auxiliary Report For theHospital Auxiliary Mrs, K. M. MacLennan reported that six members had attended the fall conference in Clinton and the auxiliary had been repres ited -at a meeting ,in Exeter last es - day. Mrs. MacLennan also reported the rummage sale would be held October 19 and 20 in the armories building. Two delegates will be attending the Ontario Hospital -Association convention in Toronto October 23- 24. To Meet Here After .a discussion of the possi- bility of realignment of hospitals in new districts or regions for ad- ministrative purposes under the Ministry of Health, • the board agreed that a meeting would be " held here at the request of admin- istrators dministrators of the Listowel and Palmerston hospitals to study the feasibility of co-operation in services such as pathology, possibly joint laundry facilities and incineration. Mrs. Morrey reported 18 new beds have been secured to re- place a similar number of the older, high models in use in the chronic ward. What disposition would be made of the old ones had not been finally determined • rug seizure in Wingham suggests active market Drugs of the so.called "soft" variety are here in Wingham and in substantial quantities, suffi- cient to support a lively retail trade. The . presence of hard drugs and their availability is largely a matter of conjecture, but a serious consideration. The subject was brought into focus this week by the arrest of a local man in possession of a size- able amount of hashish and a quantity of marijuana (canna- bis), who was subsequently' chargedwith possession of nar- cotics and • will appear in provin- cial -judge's court here Dec. 13. Worth Hundreds Value of the hashish seized is estimated at several tundreds of dollars, at "street" prices, while the marihuana seized is a rela- tively "small quantity. The amount of "hash" on exhibit is much, more than adequate for an individual's use. Packaging in the form of ' glassine bags com- pletes the picture. • The arrest was made by Con- stable Doug. Foxton of Wingham Police. The presence and non-medical use of drugs in Wingham was the Lions District Governor honors Wingham members Out of 44 Lions clubs in District A-9 last year, only three earned the coveted "100 Percent Presi- dent" award, one of which was Wingham Lions Club. Past Presi- dent "Casey" Casemore was pre- sented with a diamond pin by Lions District Governor Ellwood Tucker of Kitchener at a regular meeting of the club here Tuesday of last week at the Manor Hotel. M1 The award was the principal one of a number made by the visiting dignitary who was guest speaker for the evening. He took the occasion to award perfect attendance pins and "chevrons" to qualifying Lions, and initiated r a new member, Lion Jack Grilles- -pie of Wingham. There was a good turnout for the dinner meeting, with Lion President Gord Walter presiding and introducing the guest speak- er. Ellwood Tucker, who has been a dedicated Lion since 1954, in his address, hammered away at the theme of "Service" as the key- stone of Lionism. He described to the club how impressed he was while being inducted in his office by the presi- dent of Lions International, George Fredericks of France, at the international convention in Mexico City in July of 1972 He recalled that he was inducted along with 506 other officers in the presence of an audience of 44,000 persons, representing 26,000 clubs all over the world. He stressed the magnitude of the scope of the organization in order to convey the realization that seemingly unimportant local services to communities, in sum through the worldwide club or- ganization, amount to a great deal of service to the world com- munity. "Good deeds will travel all over the world," he declared. Million Members He reminded his hearers there are nearly a million Lions the world over, actually 983,000 in 26,000 clubs in 147 countries. Genuine Lionism is not "knife and fork goad time Charleyism". Aside from the good times and fellowship Lionism goes deep into service to the community. He cited the Wingham club's con- tinuing program in Connection with the Wingham parks as an imporant service to the commun- ity among the many other pro- jects being carried out. He thought the decision of Lions International to undertake the Lions program of aid to the sightless was one of the most im- portant decisions made in world history. "We always come back to serv- ice to our fellow man," he declared. In what he referred to as his "expectations" for the ensuing year in. office, he would like to see three new clubs formed in the district and a good many new members added. He stressed the importance of the work of club secretaries in following up the 'movement of members from one town or city to another, Job transfers which move members from one place to another, can lose°members if the clubs arernot advised of members moving into their orbit. In the business session, Presi- dent Gord Walter called for com- mittee reports and heard from Lion Treasurer Doug Bishop there would be a profit.of about 100 from the annual "white ele- phant" auction held at the ar- mories building last week. Past President "Casey" Casemore reported for the peanut sale that . it appeared' proceeds might be down slightly from last year, but the final returns are not in and some retail sales' are still being made in local outlets. Remaining stock on hand was rapidly sold out to members of the club. Lion Fred McGee asked for a work party to get the Lions float ready to take part in the Goderich Lions' celebration of their golden anniversary. subject of a civic or community meeting about two years ago when a committee was appointed to delve into the subject. 'The committee came up with .little hardevidence of an alarming na= ture, and nothing concrete was undertaken at the time. Show„ Film Dr. Frank Mills, medical of- ficer of health for Huron, has an- nounced an educational motion picture on the subject to be shown in secondary schools on the topic of illegal drug use, and parti- culars of local showings are an- nounced elsewhere in this issue of The Advance -Times. Dr. Milts has indicated the film may be shown later in ' elementary schools in Huron as well. Treatment has been given in Wingham District Hospital for conditions arising front abuse of drugs, most of the patients. originating from places in the Wingham area. "Hash" pipes are sold through novelty shops . and boutiques in Huron for whatever use the buy- ers may decide, and some have shown up as evidence in drug cases in Goderich, if not else- where in Huron. Young people. in Wingham speak with easy familiarity about "hash" and "pot" and who uses it and who has it, but there are no volunteers willing to attend court as witnesses to cinch a conviction on a trafficing• charge— as yet. WATCH YOUR STEP- It's hard to plan a sure-footed campaign when miscreants insist on swiping the steps from your campaign headquarters. That's the way it was at the Progressive-, Conservative headquarters of Bob McKinley here Tuesday when entrance steps were re- ported stolen from the trailer set up beside Kerr Construction on Josephine Street. Wingham po- lice are taking steps to apprehend those taking steps. EATONS NEW ORDER OFFICE and display rooms on Josephine Street, Wingham, were officially opened Friday morning when Mayor DeWitt Miller cut the traditional ribbon in the presence of store manager Mrs. Harold Taylor and District Sales Manager Peter Wisniewski of Toronto. The new office is lqcated In the former Bondi restaurant location, directly across the street frdm the former Eatonsorder office. Staff Photo.