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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-08-01, Page 1I Wingham. W. August 1, 1879 a „ 16bra century a rce no w. reAlla will be held at the arena tonight mittee have been making Working for the centennW has abo* for cm - By Dave Dineen Though not on any program as tournament as well as SUNDAY 44 7 p.m., j� before the �- preparations for the big crowds committee are Steve Hill, tenial 0etek, the 0601101 Otago "All we can hope for now is centennial committee members, registration. A quilt display is The Maitland Wemea a In- tin" q� competition. A new expected in town until next Mayme Sewers and 'Mdwne in Mount Forest has pred4Nd good weather and good crowds," many individuals who have scheduled to be in the Legion hall ditute is in charge of the pates Rintoul. The will helpwith there will be hot, humid weaffier tlgn will be erected at the arms M� the help of volhmtsers they cleanup during and- atter ern- until Saturday. The size of Bill Rantoul, Wingham Cen- painted their homes, decorated from 2 to 4 p.m. and again from 7 breakfast at the town Pm'k• two plaques will be placed P tennial Committee chairman, store windows, displayed the to 9 this evening. The beard Ming church as'vi� will be have decorated the arena for the tenial week and have prepared centennial crowds will be said last week of the town's main centennial buttons, T$hirts and growing contest is upstairs at the held individually at churches. SUMMER STUDENTS many activities slated for the the centennial restaurant at the determined by the spirit of post In the afternoon the Junior. centennial celebrations which bumper stickers or attended any arena at 6 p.m. and is followed by KELP COMMITTEE building and have erected a stage town park and centennial residents d Wingham and area start today and go until Monday. centennial events held to date the arena dedication and name Citizens hold a water regatta at - ee students'' hired for five at the north end of the playing headquarters in the town hall. and their feelings toward the He hopes there will be 6,000 to have played an important role in change at 7 and announcement of the town park from 1 to 4 o'clock weeks by the centennial com- surface. As for any worries Mr. Rintoul town. 10,000 in town for the teesuvines. the celebrations of wmgham's the winners of the homes and and the fly to and airplane rides ue a Tice results of three years oi. 100th year as a town. businesses decoration contest. A homecoWingharn ming will 1 work by at least 17 sub- The midway will be open daily committees culminate during the About 50 main centennial behind Joe Kerr's lot on for nurses at the hospital Aug. 1-6 period with events and events or activities are planned Josephine Street. to 5 p•m• and the mon activities of interest to virtually for the general public for the The final event of the day is the and drumhead service As everyone who has a connection Aug. 1.6 period, though individual Wingham Junior Citizens' cen- also and the Bavarian ga with Wingham. groups like the Bell Canada tennial queen competition.at the open between 3 and d. "Pretty nearly every operators are planning their own arena at 7:30. At 4:30 a two4mw e organization and club in the town get-togethers. THURSDAY r, as barbecue supper starts e of Wingham is involved now," Today's activities started this Registration goes from 9 a.m. Hanover Pipe Band will 1 Mr. Rintoul sald. morning with the centennial golf to 6 p.m. in the centennial music. headquarters in the town hall. At 7 p.m. the combined while other events are in the service will be held at tt, evening. The Kinsmen Bavarian park. At 10:30 ,a shirtail �Barden opens on Diagonal Road starts from the town park, eCtiVe alarm �� at 5 p.m. and at 7 p.m. the official at the arena with a dant opening ceremonies of the. MONDAY sends out firemen centennial celebrations are held. The -Wingham Sport The Lions talent contest follows Club's horseshoe pitching An unusually effective alarm have a fire in the United at 7:30 in the arena and during � ��midway ea a system at the United Cooperatives store in Belgrave". annul doll will be the ten- a.m. Other activities in tl Firemen rushed toward tennial doll draw. Cooperatives of Ontario store in Following the talent contest are a tug of war, a bed r Belgrave sent Wingham firemen Belgrave, but while on the way will be a senior citizens' sing sehap box derby and na. to the UCO store Monday af- they got a radio message from along and coronation of the king mering and log sawing c ternoon though there was no fire. the fire hall saying there was no and queen. An antique car show wi Workmen at the rear door of fire. FRIDAY EVENTS the midway from 1 to 4 p the Coop store had a lawn mower Mr • Crothers said he hadn't Registration is from 9 a.m. to 9 the Bavarian garden OF operating, which set off a smoke heard of such an automated p.m. The day starts with a and doses at 5 p.m. detector in the store. system being operated in con- pancake breakfast in the town WHO COORDINATI Automatically, a recorded junction with a small volunteer park, served by the United THE PLANNING message was phoned to the fire department, but said its a Church women from 7:30 to 10. In After hearing repo emergency fire telephone very good system, especially ata the afternoon the Horticultural centennial celebrations L ber ; saying location like the feed mill where society will hold a tree dedication Years in 'neighboring . b """ „" " Wixh¢ham, ser ns "wet « c,n arnw large if not ani a ai v O'clock and die Bavarian_ steering committee de discovered quickly.garden opens at 4. into the centennial`. COMM "It's a good thing," he said of A bicycle and buggy parade 1976. Following a -public Four Injured a the UCO fire alarm system. starts from Cruickshank Park at attended by about. 40 two aecidenitS 6 p.m. and a penny carnival chairmen of various con follows in the Armouries at 6:30. were chosen. Four persons received minor The 4$l nny wDowns Qom► - WjUptoul was chose . gJueiea,.Js�•4m, single -car ac- Postal service will provide music"in the are[ia .. beaaieut chair an au Idents last Sunday, provincial for the centennial ball from 9 to 1, Layton and Ray Walk police here reported. f Or holiday while a teen dance w$1 be held in named vice chairmen Joe Weber of Kitchener was the Armouries from 8 to mid- Adams has been ce treated at Wingham and District There will be no dispatch of night. treasurer since the ce Hospital after he apparently lost mail on Sunday, Aug. 5, Post- SATURDAY committee was formed i control of the car he was driving master G. K. Sutcliffe advises, The Wingham Figure Skating Gerrie is •'... , �.. . along Highway 87, east of High- and the post office will, also be Club is in charge of the morning Heads -of major cox way 86, in Turnberry Township. closed on Monday, Aug. 6, for the pancake breakfast at the town are: ways and mea In the other accident three civic holiday. park. Other things to do in the bra; program, Don P passengers were injured when 'There will be no rural delivery morning include. the back to parade, Tan Lyell; ad Bruce A. Blake of RR 2, Brussels, that day but there will be a school reunion at F. E. Madill and Promotion, Dick 1 apparently lost control of his car collection from street letter Secondary School from 9 a.m. to invitations, Ruth on County Road 12 north of boxes. The dispatch of mail will noon and registration, which goes registration, Vern Ga Sideroad 29-30, Howick Town- be at 12:10 noon. to 6 p.m. home and school, I snip. A centennial plaque will be Reavie; entertainme; Treated and discharged fromunveiled in front of the Wingham Ducharme nos Roger Keay aha Wingham hospital were MurrayOar thanks t0 Museum at noon and the brig billeting, Gail Holmes. TOWN ARTILLERY—The old town cannon, which had Ducharme of RR 3, Brussels, parade follows at 1. Following the Other committees were formed been rusting away In the works department yard, has been stoner Mike Chappell and members of a summer' clew, Gerald Paul Ryan - of RR 1, a�� who lel @d parade will be two band tattoos, by special groups like the Junior cleaned, painted and mounted on a new base outside the which did the work: Heather Currie, David Reid and Adrian Walton, and Bill Diehl of Monk- P the pipe tattoo at the town park Citizens, the Kinette centennial Wingham Museum. Manning the gun are works Commis- Van Veen. ton. The Advance -Times wishes to and the brass tattoo at the new book committee, senior citizens, Police also reported that motor express its thanks again to ball park between Park Drive the Wingbam Recreation a ide vehicle accidents during the everyone who contributed and the Maitland River. Department nos the slater cityneon finds homeoutsmuseum. • week caused an estimated $10,875 photographs or other items to our A Kinsmen beef barbecue will Bap in town. Town ea in , .. r :_ 1, damage: Nineteen centennial edition. Without your be at the town park from 5 to 7 ARENA RENAMED_ towns as dicey charges were laid under the contributions it could not have p.m., while the service club's . The spirit and effort shown for Although its history is cleaned and freshly painted, was cannon of a type made around surrounding Highway Traffic Act and 15 been such a success. Bavarian garden is open from 3 local sports by Alf and Walter somewhat uncertain, a piece of gently lowered onto its base. 1825 and the letters XXII which pieces. He noted there are warnings issued. Four charges These photographs are now p.m. to 1 a.m. Lockridge and the Loci ridge the town's past has found a Mr. Chappell said he's been appear on top of the breech -22 in similar cannon at Goderich, were paid under the Liquor ready to be returned to their Airplane rides will be available family ova' the Yea's �l be resting place outside the unable to find out much about the Roman numerals—appear to Kincardine and Lucinow. Licence Act and four more under owners and may be picked up at at Wingham Airport all day and recognized tonight when the Wingham Museum. The town cannon's past. It is known to have support this theory. He said the gun i!1 identical to the Criminal Code. The Advance -Times office at there will be an allay fly -in as Wingham Arena will be cannon, after rusting away in the stood for many years beside the He said it is possible the gun English ship cannon of that era your convenience, Monday to well. dedicated in memory of the works department yard for a ball park at the north end of was mounted on one of the and was probably cast in Bir - Friday between 9 a.m. and noon The last CKNX Barn Dance Lockridges. number of years, again guards Josephine Street and was warships in the Great Lakes and mingham, England. It was fired Hospital awaits or 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. will be at the arena starting at 8. The arena will be renamed the the heart of the town. referred to in The Wingham later removed from the ship to a by f do& --a late inxavadw ii We hope you enjoyed the At the end of the program the Lockrieige Memorial Arena• Earlier this summer a crew of Times as far back as 1894 as land fortress, probably at which allowed the cannon to be r special issue and have a most centennial car and t .draws Town council decided earlier students working under the "Mayor Hanna's cannon". Goderich. This was a common fired even whoa the ship rolled lawyers advice memorable centennial. will be held. this year to make the change on direction of Works Commissioner Although he doesn't know practice. and which fitly preceded the The board of governors of the recommendation of the Mike Chappell prepared a new where this specific cannon came Later, when the fort was invention. of breech loading recreation department. concrete mount for the cannon from, however, his research dismantled, the guns could have cannon. Winghham and District Hospital A brief dedication ceremony and last week the gun itself, indicates it is identical to naval been distributed to the The . firing mechanism is weeks have a better idea by this Saturday parade to have missing now, but its mounting weekend what courses of action halos can still be seen at the are open in its attempt to hang WINGHAM C"TENNIAL PARAD! MAP breech of the gun. onto all 82 active treatment beds.`•so ' ROYAL HOME! He also calculated the gun fired se The cais still being assessed more than 120 entries _ _ �/ _ .qT q AE - a snxaxnch shot wdghing about 18 and the board expects an official pounds and required about 34 statement from its Toronto More than 120 entries are onto Victoria and go two blocks to \ �— pounds of powder for each shot. lawyer, Warren Seyfert, by expected in the big centennial Minnie Street and turn right. The �"—' The gun itself weighs )chat under Thursday, Board Chairman parade Saturday at 1 p.m., Tom parade route ends at the in- a,two tors Les r Boris Milosevic told a meeting of Deyell, parade committee terseM�� ction of Minnie and Water I r s The can= could still be fired, the Citizens' Action Committee chairman, reported this week. streets at. the Howson Bridge. 1 I I REGI---- s=RaT'°" Moeday eight, Though about 90 per cent of the Registration will be at Stanley / _ Mr. Chappell said, although it Door and will start at 9 a.m. , �W f,c coq would first be necessary de He said no boicrd meeting has floats expected for the parade � I I I out the touchhole used ignite Yet been scheduled, but a special are from the Wingham area, Mr. Prizes will be awarded to the LE Ole y �F.a. the powder. But just one salute meeting will probably be called Deyell hasn't seen even one following entries: best overall, I ; ' would probably require replacing atter the board hears from the because he's been too busy most original, most humorous,' 1 _ all the store windows up Varye organizing the parade, which is beat commercial, best non down the street, he added. her f e ted to last about three commercial, best horse and rider i--�--� i t ""'r♦ \ %� - 1 LAND-iEA-AA PACKAOi TOM Business or ploasuro - book now! P�'r�rwv��� �diMO�Z Listowel, Ontario , 2l 1-2111 Coll Toll Free 1-000-2"-3220 Copy Net Over Mk Mr. aeytert, a men o a Toronto legal firm, was hired last xpec hours. in dress, best horse and carriage month to review the hospital's Ninety regular floats are en- and best horse team. legal case in attempting to keep tered, while there are nine Traffic and parked cars will be the beds and to advise on possible Shrine's entries, 10 bands and a kept off the parade route, Police courses of action. dozen fire departments Chief Robert Wittig said At the Monday night meeting represented. Tuesday• members of the action eom- Pipe bands are coming from Josephine Street will be closed mittee, which earlier this year Teeswater, Brussels, Fergus and Thursday, Friday y spearheaded the fight to prevent Listowel. Other bands are from to traffic, turning closure of the beds, decided to Standish, Owen Sound, the into a pedestrian mall, so cars postpone asking for donations Kiwanis Cavliers from Kit- shouldn't be a problem on from municipalities until it is dhener-Waterloo, the Vagabonds Josephine. No parking will be dear what money will be needed from Butler, Pennsylvania; allowed on Victoria and Minnie and what it can be used toward. Seaforth and Durham. stress prior to and during the However the committee will The Wingham Canadettes will parade. send an information letter to all lead the centennial parade, Wh& the parade is on the municipalities served by the which starts at North Street (the Ontario Provincial Police will hospital, informing them the Turnberry B-line) and ,, reroute traffic around Wingham committee is still active, inviting south on Josephine to Victoria via Highway 86, McLean's participation on it and asking for Street (Pepi's Pizza). From Sideroad and the Turnberry B- thdr support. there the parade will turn right line. 39 r-.,44 TFT:. 711 CENTRE STIR[F i ! I �i�--'.i _ nuc P a« N T N TR I I—. • I } 3TRTlyl I V I I I I I o►r n R j;-� " Information PARADE Fc�UT E m"flng open - 1 • Anyone who is or might be interested in helping to sponsor a `+ I refugee is encouraged to attend an information meeting set for ` \\ next Monday night. ' The meeting will get c CPA R W r at a p.m. in the basement of Sacred Heart Church and tmhsre RLEI'q, Falhw Joseph Hardy of St. # i Joseph's Church, Clinton, as 8 guest speaker. it is open to all members of the public. H 0