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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1976-04-15, Page 11 FIRST SECTION - r t WILL SPEAK IN WINGHAM—Barbara Ryan of RR 1, Bluevale (left) was judged the top female speaker in the Lions' Region 3 competition held Friday night at Newry. Runner-up was Jan Gillin of Listowel. Miss Ryan was spon- sored by the Wingham Lions Club and Miss Gillin by the At- wood Lions. Both will compete in the District 9-A competition in Wingham tonight (Thursday). (Staff Photo) TOP LIONS' SPEAKERS—Robin Brent of Wroxeter (left) won the top award in the Lions' Region 3 public speaking competition held Friday night in Newry. Placing second was Ken de Boer of RR 1, Lucknow. Both will be competing in the District 9-A Lions' competition tonight (Thursday) in Wingham. (Staff Photo) � Wingham students win Lions' speaking contest ATWOOD — High school stu- dents from Wingham defeated students from Listowel and Luck - now to win the Region 3 Lions speaking competition held Friday night at Elma Township Public School at Newry. Barbara Rush of RR 1, Blue - vale won the girls' division while Robin Brenn of Wroxeter won the boys'. Both are students at Wing - ham high school. Miss Rush spoke on Superstitions while Mr. X20,000 grant for Authority A $20,000 grant towards capital improvements to the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority's administrative headquarters in Wroxeter has been approved, Natural Resources Minister Leo Bernier announced last week. In addition to renoveiting the office building's exterior, the Authority plans to convert part of an existing garage into a year- round workshop. Improvements will also be made to the parking lot and driveway. Total esti- mated cost of improvements is $40,000. Brent spoke on the John Howard Society. Runner-up in the girls' division was Jan Gitlin of Listowel who spoke on the Kinsmen Stevenson Camp. Second in the boys' divi- sion was Ken de Boer. of HH 1, Lucknow who spoke oh The 4-H Pledge. All four speakers will compete in the Lions District A9 competition to be held in Wing - ham high school at 8 p.m. tonight (Thursday). Both winning speakers were sponsored by the Wingham Lions Club. Miss Gillin was sponsored by the Atwood Lions and Mr. de Boer by the Lucknow club. Also speaking Friday night was Gerald Schieven of Mount Forest who delivered his speech in French. He will advance to the competition in�a Chute, Que., on May 1. A total of four girls and four boys including Mr. Schieven, spoke in the competition. Lions Region 3 is comprised of 20 clubs. Lions District A9 includes 62 clubs from Grand Bend to the Bruce Peninsula and Orange- ville. Judges for the competition on Thursday night were Mrs. Iva - delle Bartman and Mrs. Jean McIntosh of Listowel and Maur- ice Audet of Palmerston. In brief... News o In Britain, where economic conditions have reached an all- time low, Treasury Minister Denis Healey offered the power- ful trade unions a "new deal". If the unions will settle for a three per cent limit on wage increases the government will guarantee lower taxes for the union mem- bers. The move is among the first suggestions of the Labor Party under their new leader, Prime Minister James Callahan. During the week the value of the British pound dropped to its lowest point in history in comparison with other world currencies. 0-0-0 The bare -skin magazines and their distributors were given a rough time when charges were laid against dealers and dis- tributors of 47 magazines. Famous names in the raid -and - charge campaign were Playboy, Penthouse, Viva, Oui, All Men, For Men Only and Hustler. Among those firms charged was Metro Toronto News, owned by MacLean -Hunter. 0-0-0 There were more bitter words Wingham, 'IUuWW4y,,'AprU 15, 1976 :x F t he N �� t� . on fi. would not be forced to closeerber, out of Sault Ste. Marie a further review of appeaLH asRived from Bay City, Mich., 10 completed. Doctors' Hospital ',illi itoke on a load of salt. The mayor Toronto and the local hospitals ISO Oct- Goderich presented Captain Clinton, Chesley and Paris °Jlm Scott with the traditional silk been ordered closed. How hat. the Chesley Hospital has sine _ conceded failure to win a rs- prieve and the staff 69 been psi Two are honored Off. 0-0-0 . of social evening A coroner's inquest in Montreal, found two 15 -year-old boys crust in Bluevale Hall inally responsible for the'beating death of a 59 -year-old security Clerk of Turnberry Township guard at a furniture factory. The Jack Fischer and treasurer Bill boys admitted they had been Cruikshank were honored at a sniffing glue before they entered social gathering at the Bluevale the factory building. Community Hall Wednesday 0-0-0 evening. More than 50 attended the event to honor the men and The 1976 shipping season was their wives. opened at Goderich last Wednes-- Mr. Fischer has been clerk of day, when the freighter E. B., the township for 18 years taking the position in 1958. Previously, he served as a councilman for six Workshoyears and as reeve for six years. NOW 60OKIIOG — Charter flights and ru.,r► iu Britain and Europe. 400 W'AV�� UStOW01, Ontario W"1-2111 Sop4 Copy Not Over 25c IF Mr. Fischer was warden of Turn- A SOCIAL EVENING was held last Wednesday to honor J. V. Fischer and Bill Cruikshank berry in 1956. who have served as Turnberry's clerk and treasurer. Their wives, Margaret Fischer and dor community poMr' Cruickshank concluded his Kay Cruikshank, were also honored and presented with lamps during the ceremony. sition as treasurer after ser- ving for 31 years. Mr. Cruik- in Montreal when the Quebecprogramming shank's father held -the position of government announced it would treasurer before him for a period take over the Olympic Village of 25 years. Funfor a I l a t Open H site and Construction. Premier A workshop in community pro- The Irisinging group, The Robert Bourassa also announced amm' will et the ball rolling Irish -singing that as soon as the -Games are completed the Quebec govern- ment will launch a deep probe of the reasons why the estimated $350 million which was predicted as the cost for the Games has risen to $1.3 billion. Now the pro- jected deficit is $900 million — and there won't even be flush toil- ets for the visitors from around the world. 0-0-0 Provincial spending restraints are cited as the reason for a 40 per cent increase in taxes for Bruce County schools. Although the board of education held its own b4dget increase to a lit e over 11per cent, .limits on p - cial assistance have made the 40 per- cent increase necessary. No budget has been released by the Huron board so far, but taxpay- ers may expect something is the same range as in Bruce. 0-0-0 Hopes for a stay of execution were revived in four Ontario Hos- pitals when Acting Health Min- ister Bette Stephenson said they Jessie Hayden celebrated 99th birthday Jessie Hayden celebrated her 99th birthday with friends and staff of Brookhaven Nursing Home March 17. Born in Fergus, Ontario in 1877, she resided there until moving to Wingham in 1910. Her husband Oliver died in Wingham in 1943. Mrs. Hayden has four grandchildren, Mrs. Ted (Lois) Straughan of London, Ross of Wingham, Mrs. Roy (Alice) Pajunan 'of Kitchener and Mrs. Reg (Linda) Purdon of Kitch- ener. She has 12 great-grandchil- dren and one great -great-grand- child. Alf Lockridge honored guest The Kincardine Minor Hockey Association honored Secretary - manager Alf Lockridge recently at a dinner held at the Sutton Park Inn. Members and coaches of the minor hockey club at- tended the event to honor Mr. Lockridge for his 34 years of ser- vice to the association. Speakers were Niele Catto,� Frank Pearce, president Dave Neilson and past president of the WOAA George Wicke. They reminisced on the development of the association. Following the dinner the hon- ored guests were given a tour of the new Kincardine Sports com- plex prior to an exhibition hockey match between the Molson Old Timers and Kincardine Minor Hockey officials. Mrs. Lockridge dropped the puck to begin the game. After the game, Mr. and Mrs. Lockridge were led onto the ice by the Kincardine Pipe Band and later presented with two re- cliner chairs by Keith Davidson and Niele Catto on behalf of minor hockey. Herman Young presided over the dinner and presentations 6t mH g on the local channel of Wingham Cable TV. The workshop is being held tonight (Wednesday) at F. E. Madill Secondary School. The community channel is a concept that the Canadian Radio Television Commission has fostered to provide for commun- ity communication. Not intended to do the same job as commercial television, the channel is set I side for use by the residents of the community itself. Many cable systems use the. channel both as a way of com- municating in a community and as a way for service clubs to hold fund seising events. The enter- tainment value of the channel is also held in high regard by cable operators who find that local people providing the entertain- ment are able to attract substan- tial audiencdls. The workshop is designed to prepare a few interested people to use video equipment in the preparation of programs. Dave Wenger, the cable company's man in charge of the workshop,' says that cameramen and inter- viewers can be trained in a very short time to produce interesting programs. "We will be starting with community events and sporting activities interspaced with lively interviews," he explained Monday. "We expect in the next few weeks to begin airing local shows put together by Wingham residents." The workshop is open to anyone interested in getting involved with programming. "The experi- ence is designed to be fun and may in fact provide some basic training for young people inter- ested in a career in the broad- casting field," he added. Bradley Family of Clinton enter- tained. During breaks in the sing- ing, many who attended thanked Mr. Fischer and Mr. Cruikshank for their excellent service over the years. The evening was concluded when Reeve Harty Mulvey pre- sented plaques to those honored. Mrs. Cruikshank and Mrs. Fisch- er were honored as well and re- ceived beautiful lamps. After the presentations, all enjoyed lunch and coffee. Three to hosp. rAu ing the week of April 6-13, the Wingham Town Police in- vestigated two motor vehicle accidents which sent three persons to the Wingham and Dis- trict Hospital for treatment. On April 7, a vehcile driven by Richard DeBoer of RR 1, Blue - vale collided with a vehicle driOn by Grant Maclntyre of Wingham in front of the Canadian Tire Store on Highway 4. Ronald•DeBoer, a passenger in his brother's vehicle, was treated for, whiplash while Richard De - Boer and Mr. MacIntyre were treated for minor injuries and later released. Damage was esti- mated at $1400. On April 9, a vehicle driven by Agnes Williamson of 19 Bristol Terrace collided with a vehicle driven by Dr. R. Wilkins of Wing - ham on Bristol Terrace. Damage was estimated at $5W with no in- juries reported. Town police report that two charges were laid under the Liquor Licence Act. One charge was laid under the Criminal Code and one under the Highway Traffic Act. Wingham Public School's O)ien -House program held Thursday showed that parents are truly in- terested in their children. From the beginning of the day to the end of the program at 9 p.m., many parents visited the school. Principal John Mann says up- wards of 75 per cent of the par- ents attended. Aside from examining displays in the main hall set up by the Canadettes Baton group, the Cub and Scout display, metric slide presentations and the Wingham Recreation display, parents took an active role in making. this year's.festiviti,es a great success. Parents were introduced to the school's junior choir in the even- ing, led by Mrs. Schedler. Fol- lowing the singing the school's $1,400 damage in car mishaps During the week of April 5-11, the Wingham detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police in- vestigated three motor vehicle collisions which caused an esti- mated $1400 in property damage. Thre were no injuries. On April 7 Jim McNaughton of Turnberry Township reported the theft of an arc welder from a shed at his home. Constable Balzer is continuing the investigation. Six charges were laid under the Liquor Licence Act and one charge was laid under the Crim- inal Code of Canada. There were 32 charges laid under the High- way Traffic Act, the same num- ber of warnings being issued. The OPP conducted 27 investigations during the week. Q 1 A POPULAR ROOM to visit during Wingham Public School's Open House program Thursday evening was the library. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harrison and family of Wingham look at a bird display. The library was only one room out of many parents were invited to visit. .f HEATHER STREICHand Pam Cameron of the Canadettes perform a baton duet at the junior assembly Thursday at Wingham Public School. Their baton routine won first prize in the local competition in Wingham recently, second in the International Baton Championship in Scarborough last spring and third in a Toronto competition. Four hospitals to retain emergency treatment role The local ,hospitals at Clinton, Durham, Paris, and Doctors' Hospital in Toronto will cease to operate as active treatment centres on June 1, according to an announcement by Premier Wil- liam Davis on Monday. However, in each case the hospitals will continue to function as medical centres for the handling of emer- gency treatments. Patients requiring overnight accommodation in hospital or longer -stay care will be trans- ported to other nearby hospitals. The hospital at Chesley, which was one of ten in the, province ordered closed, has paid off its staff and has ceased to operate. The precise status of the Clin- ton Public Hospital will not be known until further clarification of its future role is outlined According to Acting Health Minister Dr. Bette Stephenson the ministry is ". . . not really keeping hospitals ops n. What we're doing is closing hospitals and providing alternative 'ser- vices in the sites in which those hospital beds were available." The premier's announcement in the Legislature was quoted. in part "'The decision to redo• duplicate active treatment bc- pital beds and orient our system of health delivery towards both an imoovement of quality and , more appropriate allocation of health resources, is a policy deci- sion which remains in the best long-term interest of the people of Ontario.., Folk Dance Club seemed to at- students actually won the match tract the most attention. The by displaying agility on the court club, starting with a square danc- which caught the parents off ing demonstration, suddenly ap- guard. _ proached parents to get them in- The final volleyball game, pit - volved as well. The club was ting the boys' team against the taught by Mrs. Thornton, Mrs. fathers, was almost identical to Walsh and Mrs. Robertson as an the previous match. While the extracurricular activity for Stu- parents showed disorganization dents from Grades 5 through 8. on the court, the boys' team took The program came to a fitting advantage of their mistakes and end when two volleyball games later went on to win. r - were held in the gymnasium. The Before the activities in the first match, pitting the girls' ' gymnasium many patents took = school team against a strong con- the time to visit the library, Gold- tingent of mothers, got everyone en Circle, remedial 'and acral involved one way or another. Al- French rooms. They had an op - though the parents were allowed to win' the ihatc�`; 'with a Iilfle� portumty p view, > +s "wbr� and-scusa ` 8� help from a teacher referee, the methods with the teachings I .f HEATHER STREICHand Pam Cameron of the Canadettes perform a baton duet at the junior assembly Thursday at Wingham Public School. Their baton routine won first prize in the local competition in Wingham recently, second in the International Baton Championship in Scarborough last spring and third in a Toronto competition. Four hospitals to retain emergency treatment role The local ,hospitals at Clinton, Durham, Paris, and Doctors' Hospital in Toronto will cease to operate as active treatment centres on June 1, according to an announcement by Premier Wil- liam Davis on Monday. However, in each case the hospitals will continue to function as medical centres for the handling of emer- gency treatments. Patients requiring overnight accommodation in hospital or longer -stay care will be trans- ported to other nearby hospitals. The hospital at Chesley, which was one of ten in the, province ordered closed, has paid off its staff and has ceased to operate. The precise status of the Clin- ton Public Hospital will not be known until further clarification of its future role is outlined According to Acting Health Minister Dr. Bette Stephenson the ministry is ". . . not really keeping hospitals ops n. What we're doing is closing hospitals and providing alternative 'ser- vices in the sites in which those hospital beds were available." The premier's announcement in the Legislature was quoted. in part "'The decision to redo• duplicate active treatment bc- pital beds and orient our system of health delivery towards both an imoovement of quality and , more appropriate allocation of health resources, is a policy deci- sion which remains in the best long-term interest of the people of Ontario..,