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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-08-29, Page 1FM" U=0N Li limmIZI t i Wingham, Wedneshisy. August 29. 1979 Refugee fam i es ay find homes .-In'surroundina area At least two families of Heart and Jim Steffler, chairman Southeast Asian refugees will be of the committee, visited im- coming to .this area sometime migration headquarters in this fall, with possibly more to Kitchener earlier this month to follow, as local churches begin sign the sponsorship agreement. gearing up to offer aid. No date has been set for the The parish of Sacred Heart arrival of the families, but they Church, Wingham, is leading the are expected within the next two way, with a commitment to to 21/2 months. Sponsor the two families and a Father Sonderup said the committee set up to smooth their names of the two families being resettlement. However other sponsored were obtained through churches are also exploring ways a Toronto-based organization. to help. One family consists of a mother, Rev. Tony Sonderup of Sacred father, four children and a BARN BURNING—A fire apparently started by lightning destroyed a barn owned by Jim Dennis in Lower Town last Thursday. The hay in the barn was lost, but fortunately there was no livestock inside. A lightning strike during a brief thunderstorm last Thur- brother of the father while the live on the 5th line of Morris involved in sponsorship. other is a mother, father and Township, north of Brussels. Dan Stuckey, an elder in the three children. It is very important that the epngregation, noted the group Following a meeting several families not feel they have been must still meet to make the weeks ago at which the decision brought here and then aban. decision whether or not to to sponsor was made Sacred doned, he noted, and a number of sponsor. He said groups from Heart parishioners have begun to • people have volunteered to spend Clinton and Kincardine were also rally support for the project. time with them and help them represented at the information Father Sonderup said pledges adapt to the new culture. Three meeting and expressed an in - amounting to $17,000 have teachers have volunteered their terest in doing something. already been given in addition to time for language instruction. Wingham could decide to the promises of houses, furniture, One job offer has already been Wonsor as a chapel, he said, or if clothing and food. received and people are actively it -feels it isn't big enough it could One family will be settled in the searching for others, he added. t6 together with one of the other Ethel area while the other will In addition to Mr. Steffler, the groups in joint sponsorship. firemen stayed nearby to keep an resettlement committee includes He added that if the chapel effort. Mrs. McIntosh reported A tornado warning was issued Sally Campeau, Tony Kaciulis, went ahead with sponsorship it people from Huron had been counties Thursday afternoon and Colleen Schenk, Herman Plas, Would probably try to engage the The cleaning up has been serious materialized. Cory de Bruyn, Beth Skinn, Pete whole community in the effort, but volunteers, especially car- Albers and Marg Van Ness. Each noting contributions of clothing, chairs a subcommittee food and other necessities would to donate their services and responsible for looking after a be required. particular aspect of the reset- He reported the congregation federation office at 482-9642 Clement. was told that single people While the Sacred Heart effort among the refugees are probably .T has proceeded tthe furthest,'in even greater need of sponsors :.-• -' other groups are also taking an than are families at the present ' 3 interest in the refugee problem, time, so it could decide to bring sY The congregation at - Wingham over one or more single people. Yn sX� Bible Chapel recently had a There have . been reports that speaker from World Vision come members of at least one other < to outline the needs of the Wingham church are considering refugees and the responsibilities sponsoring refugees, but this could not be confirmed last week. 01, A report on the plight of the Southeast Asian refugees Lightning strike outlining what is involved in sponsorship appeared in the Aug, ' s�rks �rn� pa 8 issue of The Advance -Times. BARN BURNING—A fire apparently started by lightning destroyed a barn owned by Jim Dennis in Lower Town last Thursday. The hay in the barn was lost, but fortunately there was no livestock inside. A lightning strike during a brief thunderstorm last Thur- sday afternoon is blamed for Donations starting the fire which destroyed a barn in Lower Town. The loss of the 50 R 00 foot barn tstm vvwume and its contents is estimated at $25,000. In addition to hay the The Huron County Federation barn contained furniture, tools, of Agriculture is still inviting harness and saddles and a donations to its fund for relief of bicycle. Wingham firefighters tornado victims around Wood - succeeded in saving the attached stock and in the Oxford County buildings. area. So far $2,500 has been The barn belonged to Jim collected, with contributions still Dennis, who reported he had just coming in, Publicity Chairman arrived home about.4:30 when a Brenda McIntosh reported. neighbor called to say it looked Anyone wishing to contribute like his barn was on fire. For- should send the donation, tunately his horses were not in payable to Huron County the barn at the time and the only Federation of Agriculture Tor - other animal, a young puppy, nado Relief Fund, to Box 429, was rescued quickly. A banty hen Clinton. nesting in an adjoining shed In the wake of the storm the refused to leave her nest through federation' was also channeling all the excitement, so one of the volunteers from the county to the firemen stayed nearby to keep an area to help with the clean-up eye on her. effort. Mrs. McIntosh reported A tornado warning was issued that by the end of last week 225 for Huron, Bruce and Grey people from Huron had been counties Thursday afternoon and directed down to help, evening, but fortunately nothing The cleaning up has been serious materialized. largely completed, she added, but volunteers, especially car- penters, are still needed to help with rebuilding. Persons wanting to donate their services and needing further information can obtain it by phoning the federation office at 482-9642 between 91 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday and Friday. Those are the only two days on which the office is manned full time. HOSING IT DOWN—Rod Hickey and Dave Sonnei of the Wingham Fire Department were among those hosing down joining buildings. Firefighters were handicapped by a lack the barn owned by Jim Dennis In Lower Town Thursday, to of water, which had to be brought from hydrants at the make sure the fire didn't get out of control and spread to ad- north end of town. A 4 No Labor Day postal service There will be no counter ser- vice or rural delivery from the Wingham post office on La Day next Monday. Howevell lock box lobby will remain open and mail will be collected from the red receiver in front of the post office at noon Monday. Nursery needs volunteer help It's back to school time for the pre-schoolers who attend the Silver Circle Nursery in Wingham and once again the Wingham and District Association for the Mentally Retarded is appealing for volunteers interested in helping the youngsters one morning each week. The two staff members in charge „ depend heavily on volunteer help, as each child has an individual developmental program to follow. Anyone willing to help with this wor- thwhile work is asked to call the Silver Circle Nursery or Mrs. W. Vanderwoude. G MM -SEA -AIR FACKA4t TOS Susinfss or ploasur! - book now! r,ffAVrX �R�� Ustowol, Ontario .' * 291.2111 Call Toll Free 1-1100-2"-1220 Single Copy Not Over We A HIGHLIGHT of Wingham's centenary was a noon luncheon held at Barb Nicholson's, home. Included in the'Old Gang' of the'50s are Sandra (Smith) Shantz, Marion (Chittick) Ross, Betty (Henry) Breckenridge, Mary Frances (Currie) Smith, Barb (Merrick) Nicholson, Mary Louise (Town) Howardk Alice (Hayden) Pajunen, Marlene (Stainton) Danchuck and Mary ( Rae) Pigg. Some of the fellows from that era were a little sorry they weren't invited. Eighteenpersonsinl*ured0 n motorvehicle a cci Bots Eighteen persons were injured, one fatally, in motor vehicle accidents around the Wingham district during the past week. Mrs. Gertrude Sauve, 91, of Brussels, died Wednesday as a result of injuries received in a head-on collision on Highway 4 In Belgrave the previous day. Mrs. Sauve was a passenger in the car driven by her son, Clayton, of Brussels, which collided with a truck being driven by John Sachs, 21, of Listowel. She died while being transferred to London from Wingham and District Hospital. A total of nine young people were injured Sunday in a collision between vehicles driven by Bradley McLellan of Brussels and Kenneth MacLean of Wingham. The accident took place on Con. 7-8, Sideroad 10-11, Morris Township. Both drivers were injured as well as four passengers in the McLellan vehicle: Vickie and' Julie McCall, Scott Wheeler and Brenda Knight, aall of Brussels; and three passengers in the MacLean vehicle: Jeffrey MacLaurin of Byron, Ontario, and Bradley Gerrie and Michael Hamiwlt Cg u. _-: Messrs. MacLean, MacLaurin and Hamilton and Miss Vickie McCall were admitted to hospital while the others were discharged following treatment. Four persons were injured in another accident during the early hours of Sunday morning when a car driven by William H. Krotz of Listowel apparently went out of control and rolled over. along Highway 87 east of Huron Road 30. Mr. Krotz and three passengers in the vehicle, Susan Gillies of RR 1, Gorrie, Carol Hamill of Hamilton and Bradley Smith of Kitchener, all escaped with minor injuries. In a third Sunday mishap Lorne Wall of RR 1, Clinton, received injuries when he was involved in a single car accident on Highway 4 south of the Maitland River bridge. He was admitted to Wingham hospital for treatment. H. Bruce Currie of RR 1, Wingham, was admitted to hospital 'Saturday when the tractor he was driving was in collision with a vehicle driven by Richard J. Orr of RR 3, Teeswater. The accident .,took place on County Road 7, east of Highway 4, Turnberry Township. Bruce Orr, a,.ase i6 i.. in the Orr vehicle, was treated at hospital for abrasions and discharged. Christopher Grover of . Kit- chener suffered a broken leg in a motorcycling mishap last Tuesday. He was riding in Morris Township when the motorcycle struck a fencepost lying in the grass and crashed, breaking his leg. Business to third generation The Bondi wholesale fruit John, will be taking over the and later, starting in 1919, by business is being passed on to the business Sept. 1. truck. Carl took over in 1969. third generation of the family. The business was started in He and his wife will continue to 1912 by Carl's father, Charles, operate the fruit and candy slap Carl Bondi announced last week who delivered frult around the they opened this year on his sons. Charles, Barry and area first by horse and wagon Josephine Street.