Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-02-18, Page 111
Wheelchair basketball chain
to compete in Wingham Sun
By Elaine Townshend
Two of the top wheelchair
basketball teams in Ontario,
the Kitchener Waterloo
Spinners and London Forest
City Flyers, will vie for their
conference championships
.at F. E. Madill Secondary
School, Wingham, 'this Sun-
day, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m.
Co -captain of the Flyers,
Keith Cartwright, is a for-
mer resident of the Blyth-
Londesborough
lythLondesborough area. He
attended public school in
Blyth and high school in
Clinton. His wife, Linda, of
Belgrave was a high school
student in Wingham.' Mr.'
Cartwright, 33, broke his
back in a farming accident in
1967. The next year he and
Linda moved to London,
where he is now an under-
writer for London Life Insur-
ance Company. The Cart-
wrights have two daughters,
Donna, 13, and Patricia, 9.
Mr. Cartwright became in-
volved in sport in 1976 when a
weightlifter from London
and a basketball player from
Toronto founded the London
and District Wheelchair
Sports Association of which
Cartwright is treasurer.
The basketball team was
formed inri 77. They posted
one win and six losses in
their first season but came
on strong in the second with
nine wins and one loss. In
January 1981, they were tied
with Kitchener for top spot in
the Ontario Conference of
the. National Wheelchair
Basketball Association. The
other teams in the confer-
ence are Scarborough, Nia-
gara and Ottawa,
Although many strong
wheelchair basketball teams
exist in Ontario and across
Canada, the five Ontario
teams are the only Canadian
representatives in the 150 -
team NWBA. Mr. Cartwright
feels at least three of the
Canadian teams rank close
to the top 50 American teams
in the NWBA.
This is the first season for
the Ontario Conference in
the National Wheelchair
Basketball Association. Pre-
viously the five teams be-
longed to the Southern On-
tario Wheelchair Basketball
League (SOWBL). Mr, Cart-
wright ' explains the ,'ffer-
ence between the two organa-
zataons:
SOWBL allows able-bodied
players, to participate. This
helps smaller .centres that
don't have enough disabled
athletes interested in playing
basketball to form a tean~a.
NWBA permits only individ-
uals 'who are pe mknently
disabled and cannot play
s' nd-up basketball to com-
pete.
Wheelchair basketball has
three classifications', which
are defined according to the
level of disability. Class 1
consists primarily of para-
plegics to whom the wheel-
chair is part of regular life.
Class 2 is made up of moder-
ately disabled athletes. Class
3 usually is comprised of
people who have had polio or
amputations. Most athletes
in Class 2 and Class 3 use the
chair only for sport.
A point system ensures
that members of each class
have equal opportunity to
play. Class 1 equals one
point; Class 2 is two points;
and Class 3, three points.
Combined points of the five
players on the floor at one
time cannot exceed twelve.
A starting line-up, for
example, may consist of
three Class 3s, one Class 2
and one Class 1 for a point
total of twelve. Teams can
play with a point total below
twelve.
Rules of wheelchair
basketball differ only
slightly from conventional
ball. A referee is required to
work three wheelchair
games before he is con-
sidered qualified to officiate.
A player is allowed to have
the ball in the "key", the
rectangular area beneath
the basket for five seconds.
In stand-up ball, a player is
allowed three seconds. An
athlete can push his wheel-
chair twice before dribbling.
He must remain seated in
the chair at all times. If not,
a physical advantage foul is
called.
Devices to prevent tipping,
such as a roll bar at the front
of the chair under the foot
pedals or "tipping wheels"
at the back, are part of a
basketball wheelchair. If the
devices touch the floor while
.the player has the ball,' a
vlolatin is Balled because.
the a .,:lr IS considered part
of the body. Alayer must
have his wheelchair under
control at all times.
A basketball wheelchair
costs approximately $500,
and a repair kit is essential
since the chair takes a
beating in every game. The
sport chair is lighter in
weight than a regular chair,
and the back wheels are
slanted in to increase
maneuverability.
The baeketball'season runs
from September to " April.
Twleve regular season
games are `sandwiched .be-
tween tournaments in which -
teams often play as many as
three to five games in 48
hour. The K -W Spinners
scheduled `50 games for the
'80-'81 season.
Last September, the
Forest City Flyers won a
tournament in Rochester,
New York. One of the best
tournaments in Ontario is
Kitchener's Oktoberfest.
Last year, Kitchener placed
second and London fourth
out of eight teams. The
tournament was won for the
second consecutive year by
the Connecticut Spokeben-
ders — a team ranked close
to the top 10 in the NWBA.
The game in Wingham is
being sponsored by the
Awareness League of Physi-
cally Handicapped Adults in
Huron. County (Alpha
Huron) as part of its acti-
vities in the International
Year of Disabled Persons.
Tickets will be available at
the door.
The contest will be the
final game of the regular
season for both clubs. They.
will be going all out, vying
not only for the Ontario Con-
ference Championship but
also for a better position as
theyhead into the first round
of NWBA play-offs.
The game could be low
scoring. Better wheelchair
basketball teams keep
scores low, stressing defence
rather than offence. London
plays man -on -man, while
Kitchener prefers zone de-
fence. ..
The Flyers and Spinners
are well -matched. Both have
players who have competed
at regional, provincial,
Vanastra centre continues
its special needs program
With the International
Year of the Disabled Person
new underway, the Vanastra
Recreation Centre is
grearing up for a very ex-
citing year.
The centre is continuing its
special needs program for
individuals and groups who
at the present time are
unable to fit into regular
aquatics, fitness and
recreational programs. The
clientele presently includes
mentally and physically
disabled persons, senior
citizens, arthritic and stroke
patients.
Both children and adults
are encouraged to partici-
pate. All programs are
geared as closely aspossible
to each individual's specific
needs.
As well as special needs
programs being offered, a
community development
project has obtained govern-
ment funding for a six-month
period.
This outreach project will
make a positive contribution
to the community by pro-
viding recreation and leisure
activities to individuals and
groups who, otherwise would
not be able to get out and
participate. A large area of
Huron County, bounded by
Goderich, Wingham, Dublin
and Exeter will be covered
by the project.
The success of this pro-
gram would be to eventually
integrate the involved in-
dividuals and groups into a
regular program, where
benefits of mental and
Perf�rnt a
death- delyl
act.
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blood pressure
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physical well-being would be
generated.
Bob . Marshall is the
coordinator of special needs
at the Vanastra Recreation
Centre. A graduate of the
University of ,Waterloo, and.
originally from Itirkton, he
has had considerable ex-
perience in recreation for
special needs groups.
Sandi Fremlin is the
program coordinator of the
outreach project. A local
Clintonian, she has worked
in various capacities at the
recreation centre and with
the day care program at
Huronview Nursing Home in
Clinton.
Both would welcome
support and suggestions in
order to make a special con-
tribution to the International
Year of the Disabled Person.
For more information
regarding these programs,
please feel free to contact
them at the Vanastra
Recreation Centre, GMB 130,
RR 5, Clinton, or phone, 482-
3544.
FORDWICH I
The second meeting of the
Fordwich 14-H Club was
held at the home of the
leader, Mrs. Ruth Harding,
with six members present.
Our club will he called The
Stitch and Rip Gals. Mrs.
Harding - demonstrated the
parts of the sewing machine,
followed by a quiz. Like the
family car, the sewing
machine must be properly
taken care of, cleaned and
oiled to run smoothly.
Mrs. Joyce Lockie and
Mrs. Harding then helped us
decide what alterations
needed to be done and
showed each girl how to do
them. Mrs. Lockie led a quiz
on pattern symbols and
talked about preshrinking
and straightening fabric.
At the next meeting, Feb..
21, we will be pinning the
pattern onto the material
and starting seam samples.
Junier sewers are to practice
using their sewing machines.
national and 01ymptc-leveJ
Each year Ontario .sen
provincial team : apt
national chaMplOntibipas, In
November UU¢f1, prellitnly
selections were made.fa0 the
1981 Canadian carnes to be
held in New Brunswick at the
end of April.• Of the 12
players and three alternates
' hosen, five starters were
from Kitchener and four
from London.
According to Cartwright,
Dean Mellway of the K -W
Spinners•is a world class ath-
lete — one of the few Ontario
players on th9Cana an
National Wheelchair Bas t -
ball team, which has com-
peted in tournaments around
the world. The Canadian
team stacks up well against
international competition.
When wheelchair basket -
.comes to Wingham on
Sunday, calibre of play Will
be high and competition will
be keen.
Swingers
are hosts
dor dance
Glenn Patterson of
Goderich called the squares
and Peter and Celia Chan-
dler cued rounds to about 75
enthusiastic dancers at a
successful Valentine dance,
hosted by the Huron -Bruce
Swingers. The dance was
held Thursday at the Luck -
now Public School.
Harold Quipp, president of
the Lucknow club, welcomed
guests from the Clinton
-Wheel'n Dealers Club and a-'
group of beginners from
Goderich, who enjoyed an
evening of fun 'and fellow-
ship.
Spot dances were won by
Wilma and Ross Higgins,
Lois and Murray McGill,
Stan Bodaly and Catherine
Taylor.
After the dancing
everyone enjoyed a delicious
lunch. Don Watson,
president of the Clinton club,
thanked the Lucknow group
for its invitation.
Trinity ACW
meeting held
in Nixon home.
FORDWICH — Mrs. Wally
Nixon opened her home for
the February meeting of the
Trinity Anglican Church
Women. Mrs. Wellington
Hargrave, president, opened
the meeting with prayer.
Mrs. Jack Douglas led in
devotions, reading from
Matthew . 25: 31-41, with a
discussion period following.
Mrs. Peter Browne gave the
treasurer's report.
The roll ,call, 'Your
favorite Bible verse, was
answered by 16 members
and two visitors. A thank -you
note was read for bales
received from Rev. McLeary
and also a thank -you from
Everitt Armstrong.
The World Day of Prayer
service will be held in the
Fordwich United Church (In
March 6. The Alban Airs will
be coming for a music
program sponsored by
Trinity Anglican Church,
which will be held at Howick
Central School Sept. 20.
The March meeting will be
held in the afternoon at the
Fordwich Nursing Home
March 26. Mrs. Ron Shelley
and Mrs. Stewart Rowley
will be voting delegates for
the Diocesan ACW. The
annual meeting will be held
in St. James' Church, .
London, April 30; Deanery
Annual to be held May 7.
The ACW will support the
Altar Guild project
remodelling, and pay for the
material for the new linen
cupboards. The price of
secret pal gifts at Christmas
is to be the same as last year,
one dollar for a gift and two
dollars for charity. A fall
bazaar will be held Nov. 7.
Mrs. Orrance Laramie
spoke briefly on . Lenten
services or program and
then closed the meeting with
prayer.
Mrs. Peter Browne was in
charge of the program.
Lunch was served by Mrs.
Doug Bunker and Mrs.
Harold Foster assisted by
the hostess.
Worry doesn't help high
blood pressure. Getting and
following your doctor's ad-
vice docs.
ACIQNaETS CLOSE as disabled athletes compete In wheelchair basketball.
TWo gf•the..;. p teams In this area, the Forest City Flyers of London and the
K1ltchener-W;bterloo Spinners, will vle for the conference championship In a game
fe be played at F. E. Madill Secondary School this Sunday.
(Photo by John Alldredge)
Fanner Whitechurch resident
dies on Manitoulin Island
. Whitechurch and area
friends were saddened when
they heard of the death of
Thomas James Morrison of
Little Current who passed
away at the • Manitoulin
Health Centre on -February 2
following a long battle with
cancer.
Mr. Morrison was in his
74th year'ind`'had worked as
a 'mechanic for 50 years
before ,hip retirement, He
was.. Born .18...Wingham' on
Septeiinber 5, 1907, a son of
the late James Morrison and
Eleanor Hesston, For many
years he operated a service
station in the village of
Whitechurch. '
He was a Member of the
Presbyterian; Church and
also belonged 'to.the United
Church Fellowship Fund,
Little iCu r crit . the Royal
Canadian ' Legion, Branch
309, Lucknow.; and the -Little
Current Fish and Game
Club:
Mr. Morrison is survived
by his wife; Connie; whom he
married in Guelph On April 4,
1938; one daughter, Mrs.
'Frank (Marilyn) Stockill of
South Porcupine; and two
sons, Jim of Lucknow and
Ken of South Porcupine. One
sister, Mrs. Edna Casemore
of Brantford, and . two
brothers, Jack • of
Southampton- and Jim,
Essex; also survive. Besides
his parents, he was
predeceased by one brother,
Ralph, and two sisters,
Norma and Eva-, The latter
passed away the same day
as her brother, February 2.
The late Thomas Morrison
rested at Eagleson's Funeral
Home, Little Current, where
a Legion_ memorial service
was held Tuesday, February
3. Removal was then made to
the MacKenzie -,McCreath
Memorial Chapel, Lucknow,
where fellow members of
Branch 309, Lucknow, held a
memorial service on
Thursday evening, -February
5. Funeral service was
conducted at the funeral.
home on Friday, February 6,
at 2:30 p.m. by Rev. William
Munshaw of Lucknow.
Temporary entombment
took place in South Kinloss
Mausoleum with spring
interment in South Kinloss
Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers'
were . three grandsons,
Harold Stockill, Ken Stockill
and- Shane ' Stockill; a
brother-in-law, Herb
Buckton; a nephew, Jerry
Forsyth; and a good friend,
'Ray Meyer. Active
pallbearers were members
of Branch 309, Royal
Canadian Legion: Eldon
Mann; Elroy Laidlaw; Dave
Moffat; Stuart Collyer;
Dave Jewitt and Arthur
Burrows.
William Dane dies
in Victoria Hosp.
William Dane of Ethel,
passed away Wednesday,
February 11, in Victoria
Hospital, London.
Mr. Dane was born On Lot
8, Concession 10, Howick
Township, on September 10,
1901, moving with his.
parents while still an infant
to Concession 8, • Grey
Township. -He had resided on
• the home . farm until • illness
forced him to -leave and
becamea resident' of
Callander Nursing Home,
Brussels.
In- June, he was taken to
Wingham and District
Hospital, then in November
he was transferred–to Vic-
toria Hospital fo.\surgery.
He was a ,son of the late
Vance Dane and Annie
Lockhart. He never married
'and is survived by -two
sisters, Mrs, .Ed (Celestine)
Stephenson and Mrs. Alvin
(Edith) Westover, both of
Niagara Falls. There are
also several nieces and
nephews. ,. $esides his
parents, he was predeceased
by one brother, Lockh ,rt
Dane (Fort 'Erie) and one
brother-in-law, 'Ed
Stephenson (Niagara Falls).
He was ,a longtime member
of Ethel -United Church:
Funeral. and committal
service was held at the-
Gorrie'Chapel of M. L;. Watts
Funeral Homes on Saturday
with Rev. Bert Van Cook •of
Gorrie Presbyterian Church
Miss, Y. Olive Currie
was native of E. W.
Miss Violet Olive Currie of
276 Centre Street, Wingham,
passed away February 11 at
Callander Nursing Home,
Brussels, in her 87th Year.
Miss Currie was a native of
East Wawanosh Township,
born there on February 13,
1894. Her parents were the
late John T Currie' and
Margaret Jane Riggins. She
received her elementary
education at SS No. 11, East
Wawanosh, and graduated
from Wingham High School,
Stratford Normal School and
Denver, Colorado, Business
College. She taught school,
then was employed as a
secretary by Metropolitan
Life insurance Company,
She later became a share-
holder and secretary -trea-
surer of a San Francisco
company which made a
powder cleaner for false
teeth. That company was
later sold to the Americah
Home Co. of Chicago, USA.
Miss Currie retired in San
Francisco in 1962 and came
to Wingham in 1967. She was
a member of the Church of
Christian Brethren.
Miss Currie is survived by
four sisters, Mrs. John
(Cora) Aitken of Moose Jaw.
Saskatchewan, Mrs. Nelson
(Mina) MacRitchie and Mrs.
Merton (Mary) Galbraith,
both of Wingham, and Mr.
T. K. (Rea) Bibb of Col-
chester, Ontario: and one
brother, James H. Currie of
Wingham. There are three
brothers and one sister pre-
deceased.
Funeral service was held
February 14 al The Currie -
Walker Funeral Home,..
Wingham, conducted at two
o'clock- by Rev. K. Barry
Passmore. Final resting
place will be Wingham
Cemetery
Honorary pallbearers
were R. John Currie, John L.
Currie, John A. Currie, Ken
Currie, Floward Walker,
Dave Crothers, Jaynes A.
Currie and Roy Pattison.
officiating. Burial will take
place later in the family plot,
Gorrie Cemetery.
Relatives and friends from
a distance were welcomed to
the home of Mrs. Alex Taylor
where Evelyn (Dane)
• Wilson,. Margaret Dane,
Margaret Taylor, Elva
(Dane) Jacques and the
hostess served lunch. Those
attending from a distance
were Mrs. Ed Stephenson,
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Westover
and Mrs. Cheryl McKeown,'
Mr. and Mrs.. Jack
Stephenson, 'Mr. and Mrs.
Clyne Stephenson, Paul
Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs.
Patterson of Niagara Falls;
Mr. and. Mrs, Vance Dane of
Brantford; Mr. and Mrs.
(Rae Dane) Snider, Mrs.
Ruby Stephenson, Hamilton;
George Lockhart, Ingersoll;
Mr.:. and Mrs. Harold
Pollock, Stratford; Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Pollock, Kin-
cardine; Mr. and Mrs.
Patterson, Hamilton; Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Stewart,
Bluevale; Bruce Harkness,
Belmore; Leslie Earl and .-
Chester Earl; Atwood; Mr.
-and Mrs. Dunbar and Robert
Cunningham, Ethel; and Mr. •
and Mrs. B. Hayden, RR 2,
Wingham, former neighbors.
•
The first meeting of the
spring project, 'Ready, Get
Set, Sew', for the club was
held at the' hofne of -the
leader, Mrs. Stamper, on
Feb. 9. The assistant leader„
is Mrs. Breckenridge.
The officers' were elected
as follows: president,
Waneeta Boonstra; vice
president, Nelda Lubbers;
secretary, rotating, 'slid'
press reporter, Brenda
Chambers. The members
decided the club name will
be 'Wash and Wearers'.
Each girl decided whether
she is a beginner or an ex-
perienced sewer. The
members then took each
othel's measurements.
All members are to pur-
chase their pattern, fabric,
interfacing and notions for
the next meeting, which was
held Feb. 16 at Mrs. Stam -
per's home.
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The Wingha)lu Admit
. Feb rte'
Joseph A. Bu
dies iflhospfl
The sudden death occurred
Thursday, February° 12, ate
Wingham and District
Hospital of Joseph Augustine
Burns of Angus Street,
Wingham, in his 77th year.
Mr. Burns was born and
educated in Streetsville: Ho
was a son of the late William
Burns and Mary McDevitt
and was 'born August 15,
1904. He farmed during his
early lite, then was em-
ployed in Detroit as an auto-
-Worker froth 1927 to 19: t,
before returning to the farm.
He retired to Wingham nine
years ago.
On June 1, 1946, he
married the former Frances
Landree in ..-Holy Name
Church, Toronto, She sur-
vives to mourn his passing,
Y
as dorsa :one da, lac
Colin B. ary :Anne/
Campbell of A.iax; apo:
granddaughters, Belinda
andIchla; i o
Mrs, John J. (Marie)
McKenna, lslingtoal.
The late Mr, Barna
at. The Cuirrie-
Funeral Home he
day whenretnovytde.
to Sacred Watt
Catholic Chore '
at it a.m. `leondt
Wesley. Gutowkii,
Burns' parish prltsts
Interment followed m S a. d
Heart cemetery, Wi.
Pallbearers were
Hawley, Raymond ' ,,.
Alfred Mason, ale, , ,
Faustus McKenna2 ell
Houghton.
Down hose
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"The receptionist switch-
board operator works in
what is the centre of the hos-
pital activity. Through this
main office area pass most
in -patients, out-patients and
visitors and most communi-
cation from inside and out-
side the building. In the
centre of it all, with her
finger on the pulse of all this
activity and a duty to report
it to those in charge of
various hospital depart-
ments, is the receptionist -
switchboard operator.
Through the main swit-
chboard comes all incoming
communication and many of
the outgoing calls made from
within the hospital. The
operator also places staff
members within the hospital
in touch with each other by
means of the public address
system or the beeper system
which she operates within
the building and for 'on-call'
staff outside, the hospitaa.'
Her voice should always be
pleasant, her requests never
commanding or saucy, the
pressures' of her job never
evident, her emotions never
apparent:'. t.: t; „srsrk : ,;
The receptionist switch-
board operator may also he
called upon to register out-
patients, admit in -patients,
despatch an ambulance and
operate the ambulance
.radio, do . general office
duties like accounts, typing
and filing, comfort a ber-
eaved family, humor a dis-
gruntled patient.
The receptionist is also the
first person most people see
when they -enter the hospital.
S
Many are ill, apprebensi*,
and frightened., • T :;
receptionist can make them
feel more confident anal ;a
little less fearful. •She t •
reassure them and bolster=
their courage, without
resorting to idle chatter or
gossip. Her impatience and
tiredness must never show,
she must at all timesbe
ready to healp, courteous,''
kind and willing to be a good
listener. And always, she
must remember that in-
formation she has been
privileged to share must
remain confidential.
Despite the pressures and
demands of her job, the
receptionist -switchboard op-
erator enjoys meeting and.
serving the many people who
walk the hospital hallways.
Hers is an exciting job with
real challenge.
Sacred heart
card party
A euchre part was held
Friday at Sacred Heart
School in Winghaitt. Twelve
tables '- of = particip tfits
played. -.
Barb Marklevitz finished
as high lady, while Mary
McGlynn, playing as a man,
also took high honors. Low
lady was Francis Shaw with
Ken Currie as low man.
Mrs. Henry Ernewien of
Chepstow won the $100 draw
and Olive Lewis took the $50
prize. The $25 prize was won
by Simon Hallahan.
Lunch was served by the
PTA committee.
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