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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-01-30, Page 11John C R. 5 . U WARD & UPTIGROVE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Word, C.A. ptiggrovo, C.A. Listowel (519) 291-3040 Need Money? Por competent help with your Mortgage Requirements permanent or interim FARM— COMMERCIAL— RESiDENTOAL Builder and Home Owner To purchase or renovate, to consolidate and reduce monthly payment CALL THE PROFESSIONALS • ONTARIO DISCOUNT 360 Wallace Ave. N.,, Listowel, 291-4740 Open Mon. thru Fri., 11 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. After hours or evenings call Bill Ropp 356-2379 Pete Henderson, Kitchener, 579-5705 16. INCOME TAX SERVICE INDIVIDUAL, FARM, BUSINESS REASONABLE RATES Contact MRS. CAROLINE McDONALD at ELLIOTT INSURANCE AGENCY Josephine St. Wingham Feb. 15 - 28 on Thursdays March 1 - 15 on Thursdays and Fridays Mar. 15 - Apr. 29, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays 5 OR PHONE 392-6382 FULLY TRAINED TAX PREPARER AND CONSULTANT Satisfaction Assured ti THE BEARDED GENTLEMAN was A. J. Morton, Wingham lawyer, and the photo comes from a group once owner by the late Dr. Towler. The young man in the foreground is un- identified. Elora sponsors first Heritage Festival • Planned for Saturday, Febru- ary 15, the Village of Elora will host its first annual Heritage Festival. Located on Irvine Creek, 3 miles south-west of Fer- gus-, the Elora region is one of the most scenic areas in southern Ontario, featuring such attrac- tions as the famous Islet Rock and Elora Gorge. Many old and Ask for this hookiet from our representative NORRIS PEEVER & B. BARON, Mgr., who will be at THE TOWN HALL WINGHAM, Ontario. 357-3550 On February 4, 1975 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. If you require financing to start, modernize, or e xptital your business, and are unable to obtain it elsewhere on reasonable terms and conditions;: per -hap, /DB -c -an- elp-you. - -_ ►ao /NDU�IAL DEVELDPMENTDANK 1032 Ontario N..e,, St.allo.d, Ontario N5A 6Z3 271-5650 historic • mills and buildings add nostalgic appeal to the village, making it the ideal location for such a festival. Initiated by Philip Wong and Leslie Scrimshaw, two third year Man & Environment students at the University of Waterloo, the Heritage Festival will have the flavour of olden days with an em- phasis on participation. Leslie and Philip approached local businessmen with their idea in October of 1974, and interest soon expanded to the point where service clubs, school and church organizations are all contribut- ing. The Elora Town Council has also contributed funds with which to support the event. As was mentioned, emphasis is placed on history and participa- tion. Historical tours of the Elora and Salem area are to be con- ducted while the Grand River Conservation Authority is con- =ducting a geological showshoe hike of the scenic Elora Gorge Conservation Area, located near- by. Free hay rides and a bus service are being offered to transport visitors around the vil- lage to the many events. During the day, there will be displays of home=made arts and crafts, a quilting bee by the !oral Women's Institute group, and snow -sculpturing. As the day is intended for people -of all , ages, there will be free films for the kids and be sure to bring your skates, for there will be an old - IT ALL ADDS UP When you use the smartly styled Bu(o)L-,3 Here's the newest idea to help solve family problems a Tally -master personal figuring machine that'll be used by all in the family. 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Rockets will be fired to signal the start of the evening's festivi- ties which will feature a torch- light parade, square dancing, theatrical skits, bonfires, con- tests and even more skating. Most activities are free, and we are sure than .an enjoyable time will be had by every member of the family. For those of you who know the Elora area, or those who have yet to see this beautiful portion of sourthern Ontario, come to the Elora Heritage Festival. Any proceeds generated by the Festi- val will be donated to' the muni- cipal Arena Fund. The events start on February 15 at 10 a.m. and booths and itineraries will be available at Elora for informa- tion on festival .day. The days activities will in- clude: 1. Skating carnival at Optimists outdoor ice rink, 10 a.m. - 12 noon; 2. Historical tours of Elora and Salem area, 10 a.m. 12:30 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.; 3. Arts and crafts displays and sales, 10 a.m. 6 p.m.; 4. Old fashioned skating party at mill pond, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; 5. Quilting and coffee and pie, 11:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; 6. Snow sculptures, all day; 7. Snowshoeing and ecological.. tours of gorge, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.; 8. Indoor and outdoor food booths, all day; 9. Free films for children, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.; 10. Rockets fired signalling start of evening events, 6:15 p.m.; 11. Torch lite parade to arena from park, 6:15 p.m.; 12. Bon fire at arena, 6:30 p.m.; .13. Skating carnival at arena, 6:30 p.m.; 14. Choosing of best costumes, Heritage Queen, etc, 7:30 p.m.; 15. Broomball game between University of Waterloo and the Elora Optimist Club, 8:15 p.m.; 16. Arena lottery draw (broom - ball intermission), 8:30 p.m.; 17. Square dance plus live thea- trical skits, 9 p.m.; 18. Festival dance for -a4'! ages (of adults), 9 p.m.; 19. Public skating at areha,' 9 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. GORRIE Mr. and Mrs. Barry Jones and Leslie of St. Catharines spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Gold- wyn Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Ferguson and Jan of Georgetown visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jack. Ferguson. !Rev. Stanley Johnston and Harry - -Barnard of Thamcsford called on Miss Jean Sparling and other friends in the village on Monday. LAKELET Miss Heida Krum'iand spent the weekend with her grandmother, Mrs. Harvey Demerling and Mr. Demerling. Mrs. Don Juno had surgery Friday in the Women's College Hospital, Toronto. ���Cr�AGI�'G4 —Mr. and Mrs. Don Merrick of Oakville, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Nicholson, Mary Anne and Steven of Bluevale and Mr. and Mrs. George Whitby, Peter and Michael visited on the weekend with Mrs. I. W. Merrick. The Winm Advance -Times, Thursday, January 11975 --Page 111 Heavy accident count nets high in damages The accident count was high and damages were extensive over the past week but the Wing - ham OPP Injuries reported in only one car accident and one snowmobile mishap. A collision on January 20 in - Injured man taken to London for jaw fracture Two early morning accidents on Monday sent two area people to the Wingham' and District Hos- pital with injuries receiv-ed in two separate accidents.. Treated in the local hospital and then transferred to Univer- sity Hospital, London, was Jerry Huizanga of RR 3, Goderich, who was apparently driver of a car which left Highway 86 west of Lucknow and hit a tree. He suf- fered a fractured lower jaw and was described late Monday as being in satisfactory condition. That mishap is being investi- gated by officers of the Kincard- ine detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. Mrs. Melita Edwards of RR 2, Holyrood, waS treated for head injuries and released following a snowmobile accident one-half mile from Riversdale. She appar- ently was driving the machine which went over,a steep bank and upset. A passenger, Brian Percy of RR 1, Holyrood, was uninjur- ed. Officers from the Walkerton detachment of the Ontario Pro- vincial Police investigated 'that accident. volving William Vannes of R,`; 1, Ethel and John Raynard of RR 2, Listowel occurred on Concession 6-7 at Sideroad 20-21 and caused injuries to both drivers and Barb- ara Marshall, R 2, Listowel, who was a passenger in the Ray- nard car. Damages to both cars were estimated at $2500. Glenn Walker of RR 3, Wing - ham was injured January 22 when he was thrown off his snow- mobile on Sideroad 36-37 north of Concession 9-10. Mr. Walker was treated at the Wingham Hospital for injuries to his left hand and released. A car accident on that Wednes- day caused damages of about $600 to Robert Hopper of Wing - ham and William Dennis of RR 2, Wingham, when theircars collid- ed on Albert St. at Helena St. Two more collisions occurred January 23, both on county roads and with, relatively minor damages. A col- lision on County Road 16 at Holli- day -St. in BFussels involved Ralph Darlow of RR 2, Bluevale and Marjorie Culbert of Brussels for estimated damages of $400. James Oldridge of RR 2, Blyth and Barbara Barber of Brussels were involved in an accident on County Road 12, and damages were estimated at $600. On January 24, William Wag- ner of Auburn and Ralph Wind of RR 1, Kingsville were involved in a car accident on `1Iiihway 4, north of the junction of Huron Road 25. Damages to the Wind vehicle were estimated at $300. A second accident that same day occurred south of the Maitland River Bridge on Highway 4 when a car driven by Roy W. Riley. of Blyth damaged a fence owned by Isabel, Congram for estimated damages of $400. Another single car accident Friday resulted in an estimated $1000 damages to the car involved, when James Strong drove his car off the road- way on County ad 28, struck a tree, and damaged posts and a Fence owned by Tony Kacivilis. On Saturday, Dean Ireland of R 2, Teeswater, was involved in a single -car accident on County Road 12 when his car went into a ditch and rolled over onto its roof. Damages were estimated at $750. Another single -car accident Saturday involved Jeffrey B. Goy of Acton when the car he was driving went off the south side of Highway 87, east of Gorrie, and struck a post. Total damages were estimated at $1135. Randy Zinn of RR 3, Wingham, was involved in an accident with an unknown car on McIntosh St., west of Helena St., incurring an estimated $100 damages to his car. One single -car accident was investigated Sunday on „Conces- sion 1-2, east of Highway 4, when a car driven by Terry Carter struck a telephone junction box and slid into a fence, causing damages of $375. BELGRAVE Miss Nancy Anderson of Lamb - ton College, Sarnia, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Anderson. • Mrs. Russel Walker of God- erich and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stonehouse visited on Saturday with their brother, Norman Stonehouse of London, who is a patient in Victoria Hospital, Lon- don. "Heritage. for the future" is viewed by congregation Interested members gathered at Wingham United Church on Sunday evening to review 1974 records and to authorize people and prices for 1975. Rev. K. B. Passmore con - Whitechurch Mrs. Bessie Mulliss arrived home on Saturday after visiting a week with Mrs. Cousins of Thamesford. On .Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Ted Robinson of Donnybrook were accompanied to Alliston by her mother, Mrs. Ella Johnston of Wingham. They were at the funeral home at Alliston where Albert, Peacock rested: Richard Moore of the Lucknow PeeWee Hockey team informs us that on Friday evening they played in Brussels with a score 5- 4 in favor of Lucknow. On Satur- day Brussels played at Lucknow With a score 4-1 in favor of Luck - now. On Thursday, January 30, they paly with Milverton. Con- gratulations, boys. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Johnston were Sunday visitors with his mother, Mrs. Gershom Johnston of Wingham. George Grigg and Mrs. John- ston were Friday evening visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ted Robinson of Donnybrook. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Conley and Jason of Wingham were Sun- day visitors with Mrs. Earl Cas- lick and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Conn. Albert Coultes visited on Thursday with his daughter, Mrs. Wilbert Schwichtenberg, in Southampton Hospital and reports she is improving quickly. Mr. and Mrs. John Willis and Jeffery of Kincardine spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Caslick of Culross. Mrs. Earl Caslick also visited there Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elliott and family were Sunday visitors with her sister, Mrs. Ronald Perrott, Mr. Perrott and family of Goder- ich. Tom Jamieson was a Monday visitor with his son, Joi'n, and Mrs. Jamieson of East Wawa - nosh. Whitechurch United Church annual meeting is this Thursday evening at 8:30 in the church. Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Farrier spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis and family of Windsor. Polio is no longer the threat to health that it once wa§. But the March of Dimes Ability Fund reminds us that you should have your immunization shot every five years. Protect yourself and your family against polio. Keep your polio shots up-to-date. ducted a brief devotional service and, along with music director Hap Swatridge, led in the singing of several favorite old hymns. The names of 20 members and adherents who died in 1974 were read by Lloyd Casemore and they were remembered. The 1974 annual reports were in the possession of all members. These reports were reviewed in some detail and were approved for the congregation. The past year was a good one for the Wingham United Church with a substantial credit balance in the general account and with Mission and Service givings at a high . point, well above $13,000. The, 1975 financial budget was outlined by finance chairman Bert Morin. It proposes wage increases for all employees, fully covering inflation to date and making provision for anticipated increases in operating costs. This budget was also approved. One embarrassing figure, and one to which no one had an an- swer, was the fact that there are almost 200 "non-resident members". These are people who have moved from this area but have not bothered to transfer church membership. They' have no contact here and apparently have simply dropped church from their lives. Officers for .1975 . include the minister, Revs. K. B. Passmore; director of music, -H. J. Swat - ridge; church secretary, Mrs. Jack Kopas; treasurer, Ray- mond-Walker; ay- mondeWalker; custodian, Harold France; senior, choir president, Ken Wood; junior choir leader, Mrs. K. B. Passmore; secretary of the Official Board, G. W. Tiffin; clerk of session, Don Mc- Nichol. Committees are headed by ' Bert Morin, Gordon Baxter, Mrs. Albert Rintoul, Wayne Elston, Art Laidlaw, Lloyd Case - more and George Underwood. Mrs. Ken Wood is president of the United Church Women and Mrs. Ed Daer superintendent of junior congregation., Miss Jean Han- cock heads the inter -denomina- tional CGIT groups and there are many 'others performing nec- essary and important duties. Ken Wood expressed apprecia- tion 'to Mr. and Mrs. Passmore. for 'their continued outstanding leadership and Mr. Passmore in turn thanked all church workers. A 'presentation of slides and story entitled -Heritage for the Future", telling the story of the church's 50 years as a`_. United Church, was viewed with enjoy- ment before the „ meeting ad- journed to a social period. Chalmers congregation ends successful year_ WHITECHtJRCH — Don Ross, Bill Purdon, Wallace Milligan and Mrs. Kay were elected managers of Chalmers Presby- terian Church when that con- gregation held its annual meeting on Friday in the Sunday school room. The treasurer is Mrs. John Gaunt and the organist Mrs. Don Ross. The auditors are 'Mrs. Bill Gibson and Bill Versteeg. The meeting opened with prayer by Rev. Glenn Noble, interim moderator. The minutes of the previous annual meeting were read by the secretary, Lorne Forster, and approved. The session report showed 117 on the roll as of December 31. Two members were removed by death. Most encouraging reports were given from the other organiza- tions. i The Children of the Church held eight meetings during the year with an average attendance_of 11. The Sunday School super- intendent, Walter Elliott, and secretary -treasurer Mrs. John Gaunt, and six teachers had a successful year with all being present the last Sunday before closing for winter. The Women's Missionary Society held 12 meetings during the year. There are 16 active members and 11 associate members. The meetings were held in the homes with the excep- tion of June when Mrs. Grace Richardson, a missionary from Zambia, was the guest speaker, and October when Captain Murkin of the Salvation Army, Wingham, spoke at the Thank - offering meeting. A membership fee of 50 cents is paid and quarterly Birthday teas are held to add to the expense fund. The Young' People's Society holds joint meetings each Sunday evening, alternating between the two churches, with an average attendance of 20. In November, first-year Knox College students visited with the YPS for the Youth Rally and Coffee House. Ten of the members went to the fall rally at Dresden and on Christ- mas Eve the group went carolling around Whitechurch and Lang - side. The Ladies' Aid, with treasurer - Mrs. John de Boer, had a very active financial year when they catered for a wedding and received donations for other work. They were able to pay for some redecorating work done at the manse. A vote of thanks was tendered Mr, Noble, Bever:y Kay -and the other church officers. Mr. Kay closed the meeting with prayer. �Y'