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WI.V,GII414 ,RINK° WINS L.,1)411 IDSON 711.0111:
WIN DRAWS- - Debble. Grose
s.
Was the winner of the weekly draw
at the ,:arena week -before -last and
last week' thenaive. of Percy
son was Peeled; from the hat, Both
Winners wore absent when the
draws were made, so had to he
happy with the $40 aware; Winner
of the dra'.v on Monday night was
• Harvey Fisher, taking only, the
$40.00, Now $80.00 is waiting. ter a
winner at the next;game. I
RE11t
ACIF IN B • SINESS. 1!I B_.. U
member t yea
r,• r�whe
When
the
firemenplaced' a barrel on the ice
, at Howson's pond°aitook' °geese -
es (et' so much pend t ' each) as to
when the -barrel would•'go over the
dam? Later this week they 'will be'
all set to take your bets- for, :this
year's breal -up.' Just ask any of
the firemen for a, ticket.
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LET'S' WINTER IN WIARTON
Some people head for Florida at
this time .ofYear, but we're plane
ping to head :fee °LWiarton,''up in.
the Bruceeem that
a. 'Peninsu `
h 1Seems hat
the groundhog which emerged
up there last-Satuday"'failed to `see
his shadow, so winter is nearly
over. Here in the Wingham area
the weather -conscious ` little •.beast
could have seen his shadow all over,
:the plate, se- it's Wiarton for .us..
HEAVY SLEEPERS ---:The Main
Drag must be a great place 'foe
:those" who might, otherwise • be-
troubled •by insomnia. With the fire
', truck wailing its way down to The
Advance -Times office, and despite
• the noise of 'b reaking, glass and
hustling ` fire-fighters, several of
.:the nearby", .neighbors'.; failed:° to
waken.' throughout the ,whole :epi-
sode. Two ofthese`: folks' who -
are em to •ed at . hnewspaper•f-
P. y, the of-
fice, looked a •wee bit sheepish^^the
"next mor'ning,when they•found'the
familiar il'`
r ,old, ;place •:black • with
smoke and d'ri in' ' water at every.
ervy
ore.'
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SAY"
• ING IT WITH FLOWERS-.•
'red Wtngham Brownies
a •- d aY_ i.
n
g
gtet well" inthe est" t 'rive
a he rat.
m .,a.
vaY
:'these dere ' Du thea'.l s
t
three ° SatU days
13 Wents: have
leen giYen tocht0
IC P
Atl ets
at
h w . tis iter
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� and at/ the same ° time; i5- Poems
p..
r
lecited to the' ati""encs by,. the
B eie''The° ,.,E , lleht Ai o ee
row , cs. xce c t Pr j t ls.
very much, appreciated `.by the hos-
pital staff as well ,as the. °Patients.
GIVING OUT TICKETS•-Pro-
vinci 1 Police Officer Bob Lewis
a c b
f r
gave -out 1.00 'tickets this'week-not
for traffic I` offences butfor the
annual Police vs Goderich ,Lions:
Club hocke arae ' which ill -take
Y g w'
in" o ere h A n
`place- the' G delen. '''Arena p
Friday, :March 29th.
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DOGGONE TT}
:PolleeChief
Bert Platt tothe Wing-
ham',Councilon *indite evening_
that Several cemplaints.'had',reach-
ed,•his department,` ab'ete • stray
•
dogs on`the streets' of., totene Se
v-.
cral arents ha:d' said that the ,dogs
g,s
,
were frightenie 'their children and
g.
he said thin an of ort to irri rove
•p
.i o tl `.
' thesituation~won h r be Put
�s u
Y P
into operation.
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BUSINESS 'SOLD Mrs. Audrey
Swatridge,: who, ,for the ,past few
years, has operated the, infants'
wear store known as Fairyland
has'sold the business. tee Mrs.' Clar-
ence Wade of ,Belgrave. The .,new.
' owner took, over et Feb.'lst
Anti=Polio Vaccine
For Huron.'County
` Dr. It. M, „A.ldis, Huron. County
M.O.H., has announced that , his
Office have received confirmation
from the Ontario Department, bf
Health that. 11,000 daces of Salk
anti -polio 'vaccine are to be' sent
to the..county° within the next
th. „
of the vaccine`°will be limit -
o elementary and secondary
• 'school students, 'Clinics are, tents
tively scheduled'-. for •February,
March and 'April.
During May end- June, children
silt months to six years will have
the opportunity' to receive the
vaccine at district clinics:
tiYO EUCHRE
AND. DANCE
'The CYd is holding' a euchre and
dance n;, the Sacred, Heart .Parish
Hail of Tugsday, °February. 12th.
l 'rites, lunch; 'Everyone welcome.
F6b-
ANNUALiliEETllNG
The 84th Annual Meeting of the
Ifowick• Farmers''Mutual: Fire
Insurance Companywill be held In
the Township Miall, Glorrle,On
Pledgee, February' 8, 197; at 1.34
pee, to receive, the anneal state -
•meet, .elect two 'auditors and such
other business as may 'properly be
brought before the meetings
The retiring d'lr+ectars are
Messrs. J'. A. Bryans end Norman
lye Harding, -both of whom are
eligible °toitre-election.• Fhb
etleentelie
The Wingli e% Ptlbila Library
Wille be bloated lea*urday evenin'gsx
tinting the Months • of tiantittt!y,.
A iax:stile to, dispose of property
c n which taxes are 'in arrears was
a 'Itch
considered • at MondaY
Tit's . cauncil' Meeting, W. ,et-.
ft heel , clerk, .showed a list of
arrear
sc •sonie going
batik , to
and suggested 'that a' tier sale
duld
be''arranged and that any
roPerts ee "lyhieh takes are tine
eiid
be
brought ,
gh ender the hem.
e
an tea n
p h o r all
d o e ed 'o
{►, Y z n.
:lir± property •turned, over to `the
Amen iii settlement of the; tax pie
'Mettlori,' ,
.''.ounell 'debated the;leiatterat1e'ni;thanddC idedtoait fo'few 'weks before mak' a• findecision.',Telephone+Coat pangtheiM,
A letter was °received (rani Coup:
caller Jack 'Geebutt, chairman of
the fire committee, Who Was .not
present et the meeting, pointing out
1ac • f
k cooperation with the fire
department on the part of the Bell
Tel , Company The letter
asked the council to • write the
company, requesting their co-oper-
F. , DavidsonF. L. presents' the Davidson Trophy tp Dr; W. A,e'Crawi'ord while 'the other members' of ,the•
winning rink' leek on, They are 'Hugh C rini hal, T, A. Cule and Warren C
allan,;
Fire, which broke out at 4 akin.
on Saturday, January 26, caused
extensivedamage°
to an aliartmcht
above the plant and• offices of The
Win ham Advance -Times n
g im s a d forc-
ed thea e ri
p p r t o cancel=;its- January.
30th edition.
Mrs
Robert
Wenger, o
oth o
f
the. publisher, Who occupied the
aPsrtment, was.awae ed
,.the
e
mel 't r e n
$ of. 1 e
l e$..he na.
a S a d
g 4
thio twoe ail a '•f t t
Ws o a n o �c
wa ro
n t
r itu l�o�f
1 n �,� ox ':�
n ,
reed', i !! •
co � to lepra. c.rT vi =room
d` ev•ii�'.i Y
thedense "'Smoke. . She bad "time•
only to phone 4n the firea1 rm
u
n
then leave the apartment n, bee.:
night attire a °•
Prompt action by g the Win harp
Fire 'Department confined the
blaze to one sideof the living
i
ng
room, but damage from smoke and
water extended, throughout
xtended,throughottt,
he liv-
ing 9uarters.
Damage to the business premises
n h
beeeat was`..eau ed chiefly s e y liY
water which flooded the stock
room M • uc stockpaper
the of P P a e
r
,and envelo el?.s was ruined. Loss is
estimated ;atsomewhat oyer .$1200.
FbrtunatelYpublisher the ' ' and
members of the fire de artment'.
fi p.
were, able to get into the plant
and v •co er.meet ° of the mechanical
e ui ment with ''tar tarpaulins, re
Q P P P.
venting any major damage 'to the
Machinery.
•' Publication of the PaPerlaSst
week .was made virtually impos-
Bible because damaged stock was
piled in every available space
throughout'. the plant until it could
be sorted and , counted, However,
business operations are now back
to normal. This edition of the
paper carries most of the'ne'.'S in-
tended for last week's paper, '.
• The • publisher ''would ,> like CO
thank the • dozens of -neighbors,
friends - and customers who offer-
ed assistance; as well as the many
subscribers who were so. under-,
standing of the difficulties 'which,
forced interruptioin of normal sere,
vices
Cars Collide at
Zetland Bridge
WHITECHURCH-•-A. scrieus ac-
cident was narrowly averted oh.
Saturday ` evening in a mishap°
which occurred at the Zetland
bridge, west of • Wingham,, A car
occupied by .Tames Robhnsnn and
Ronald Jamieson;' of the White-
church district, Was just driving
off the eastendof they bridge When
it Was met by a ear driven by Ross
Willits, ° The, Willits ear struck the
sidestruetut•e of the bridge,
mounted part, `Way tip the frame
and then toppled Over on the other
Vehicle;
' None of the three were. ,seriously
hurt in the accident,
30 feet =, and Lives
testi 'Reynolds, of Wingha,m,
fell 3b Feet into ii ;snow hank 'When
a ladder he was using to bract ' a
television "antenna slipped free%
under hien, on Thursday, Mr. Reyy
beide was' admitted to the Wing' -y
ham General Hospital .suffering
from shoelr and :possible internal
in juries. His condition, however,
is 'deperibed as satisfactory.
lie and a fellow, worker, Elmer
Purtion, were working in ,Lower
Wingharn when the accident hap -
Petted. Mr.-'Reyndlds� was _ thrown
backwards ' roma the ladder and
.I fell dist,30 'l'Into. a
February.and March. F23,30,6b• snow'It bank.,arnce'of eot
StaffordBateson, 8'r,.
6 year old
, Yo
Wingham man ' suffered chest and
neck injuries when the car he was
rivin w i o i
d as n c 11 seen iib' car.
g w a
drivi ii by Mac 'Sewersr aisp ef:
Wiughrim,
The accident hai?
penCd sho
rtly af-
ter
6 p.m. on 'Jamsit r Y ,' 24th at the
intersection of Patricktr :paid '\lin-'
nie` e
S e is l�a
Ee cn w as to
k-
en
to"t_h6 i}'
n'
haM
...e
n
a
:
s -
i
S io
iis til <confinedto:tmh
e
it 1, but condition
1?.
teeing..
ri.
was- not injured•=;
YO.�NCi -TER. ED
U S SCALD
BY CQ HOT V �f•E
Acc °dent o children bile m -" f' iii• '
Accidents Ire ig. ed
prorninentl in the lie' ° itai list' this
Y gip.
week. e'erifaps' the Meet ;• unfor-
tunate of all Happened to:one-year
-Mrs. '
old' Sha.John ,ne FForton;oxton;;`soofn °cit Mr..
tand`
The
'
The accident' ,occurred,;lege Settle
day»as the ferrety ` was getting5,tile.,
,boy's brother 'Toady•to go` to hos-
pital
os-
pitalor an opeao'The little
,for rtin
'fellow pulled a pox of ,hot` coffee;
over ae
tete r ceived burns:,to
..
this ,- chest,.arms . and •f c "The'.
. ale .
'child, is in the Winghani General
Hospital and his :condition is
described as fair:
•a
Purchase Trailer
r e of : rade
For Salvation,
1x Army
Considered Eby. Lion's
The regular meeting of the Lions
Club' was held on i,+ riday evening,
January 25th. It beirig Burns' night,
several Scottish songs were sung,
The singing, was led by Lion Bill
Conron, Tail -twister: Poe. Howsoim
fined all Lions of 'Scottish descent.
Itwas announced that the -charter
night of, the Lucknow Club would
be held on Monday, eenunr'Y28th.
Lion Treasurer Norman 'Wel
wood gave the financial report.
Considerable discussioir took place
regarding the ptirciiasc of • new
song books. This matter was finally
left ; in the hands of• the :musical
eommittee.Teo treasurer announce
ed that the peanut drive had net-
ted $178.84, t
Lion Bill Tiffin: cenulucted the in-'
Makin of two new' members, Lloyd
Caseinore and • Harry• McArthur..
The new Lions weft; presented,by
Lion_Bill Bushfield. ;Lion Stan Hail.
then read° the Lions' Code of Eth-
After the membershad ,been in-
Stalled a, discussion: took place re-
gttr'ding thepurcliaso:of a trailer•t6'
be used by The Salvation :AArfny to
enable' the Corps to attend, fires or.
Other disasters that they may be
called. to. The trailer Was to facili
tate the serving cif 'coffee .and issu-
ing of clothing° its Well as fleet aid.
whenever necessary,.• This :'matter';
Was favourably cotisidered'and left
hi the hands of the 'beard 'of dir-
Ccters, • •
Discussion took (,lace regarding
,hockey stinks for the hockey teem
sponsored by the Lions. Thi was
Settled by a genernue donation by
several of the members.;
ILEDION EUCHIIE
The Ladies' :Auxiliary to the'
Legion id holding a 'euchre ih the
Legion :Home, on Monday, Fe`brti-
ary 11th, 'at 43,18(p.'100 Good ;prises.
Lunch served, 'Ad'teedett. 860.,
Etseryono Welcome. a FNb
'The 'work of .Cupid and -Mr.
Stork is one of the biggest -Woe
levee we Have to face in the run-
ning of this hospital," stated Mrs.
r"
T zs E. • Mprrey, ;:administrix of
.Winghain' General ital Hos - s 'she
p a.
addressed.'about 5d people attend-
ing the annual: meeting -held
le the nurses.' residence on Friday
veni n
, g.• Mrs.: Moxre was.ex lain'-
F
Yp
in how a s orta a `n, r'
g h g r nu sing staff
brought on . mainly. by, tae condi ion.
of the heart no doctor could cuttt e.-
was'just one of the many problems
faduring
cad rho running of the
hospital in 1956.
P,
I feel'.that the year a .
gone byh a
s.
beena Year,o
changee in.zt staff
a
►e
i'
n o
h m of
t
e :o
;.she i
d w 'eft(
a
e. R'
t..
l no Pl•, p
ere.. as s .a
n a
l,,
eae had ,to grew ion
g -with'it
-n.•her statietical
<report•%
Mr
s.
Moire,Y ..:said°•that-the' number of
adrnissions • to the hospital had 'tot=
ailed 1,969 and 'the number%of pat-
ients discharged was 1,861,' '.
The administrix opad 'glowing•
tribute to thb' cooperation of> the
entire staff and to the man
Ypeople
who had. helped the;, hospital' during
the•year. She gave special mention
to- the' work of the Ladies'"Auxil
rthe H ial tothe-Ladies'
to y °e•..to osPt ..
Auxiliary of the Can diart Legion,
"ker
the' donors, t ch •rc a s
o o w r
11
acid •.t' the mmbersof the, Win -
o e Wing
-
heel Town CP uncil.
H
• MacLean pr asisi den t of -the
hospital board opened the meeting
'and welcomed the •gather'ing. ° He
said°that he regretted that so few
people were' present 'and : blamed
the high location of ` the meeting -
place for•keeping many' of the
older 'members of the ° community
from attending.
• r' ee J,
tee sod wc.
C
•i t d
A,ppdt h e to ,d.
V. Fisehei, representing 'Hurnn
Pease turn to a e twelve)
(Please P g
Mr, Cardiff, 68 -year old farmer,
has represented - Huron 'at .Ottawa.
since 1940,' winning four elections.:
At tee` meeting confident pre-
dict'i
on that John n, Diefenhaker
will` w
sweep the , n t i
e p e _ a on at the . next
Federal. •a1 lee
de► election - were• made.
Geon
e es ;.'f a-
Rees, Mf.l' o out.
g e r e r
h' T
, Broadview `o
tl
d hisau ie c °
d n e. that
the x
at ec o
tel tr wouldvery
•
ebe-a
n
special a e al one,ec 1
b h se the : would.
to outtheIa Pi 1
.b a o ern
n C m nt:
e e
tS' %.' `CEI,
d"f^!�.
r
,v
During the year the .Sector Plan students' fund and sent gifts to oit
'was asedea-nd a, cons. fete visa anon ,own mssionaries,; Their vhsitIn
i? t
Was made of the congregation. The
(Please turn :to °page twelve,)
;effect of this effort? s now being'
e
].t•' ° thelife '
of the church.Bibi •
°°Accident List
ere ,•
r nt
5 ed
e c to all. Sunday
S
Pn
Y
h:
C chi
a� nip"
1 Idren ne
.
years old id
Includes Children
x wtine,Unitpd Church'Observer is -
placedin 'all mes, ales
of cloth-
l t °
non's :
J i. ilso a '
n wan tt
Yl' adint to
Ing' `Which were`. made and: acked • ed
P th,c hos nail n Leila
'l s v
P ri a a o
�- is t d f
by ,the women s organizations and
,la
ua r
n i itl '• ;f.. •
Y W a. ,auLu' bon
a, red e in
iyalue
ed t more thee , 2'
.000,00 were Y .a a ,. x r
itn$,
i right '
hs rtltan
e hive e sk -
b dre d�vhn at
n o
I{ a a of ar mission ins`,
Thee r`'
T e:;..
n :<o
, NI d
Mrs
r
1 5 eel -O a i. '�.
ct ethe -
e Th .b v for Mil.'
S
.lJame*.
'1 Wi'
k it » i t h
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r C
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on n
t an int a ce I d i
a M e u was ,
ry. n
ti a. .n °m
Jt t
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e' w' t
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t-,
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l�
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for"nex '
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Y
t year;'From all organize -
son of Mie and o.`,
Mrs• #t. ,s ,•Don las
s.
Liens; s the total ' in •
, o giv gs amounted' to _ .. . ,,
Wtngham; fell on the ace
27 659.6?
$ , of Which $9,907,20 was
sent to.missions. i skating and fractured his right leg
After a east had 'been applied the
Each :' Sunday. morning during child was,' allowed home: ',The acci-
dent happened ened on Sunday:
P Y
Jim Webster, 7, the son of Mr.
Mrs. Keith and K t Webster,fell while
e
playing at. school last rida and
gY
fractured his right elbow. ,He was
allowed to go borne after being
treated at the WrngIr&� General
R i f';
'annual meeting
Wlugl
z
an
►
,,ZThiited Churchwas held en ' Wed-
1leeeay. evening, January 23rd; ere -
retied by ahot supper served by
he 'Woman's :Association, Rev. D.
1, ,MacRae presided at the meeting
and:.conducted a short devotional
.peried:•..welch included':' a memorial
seryice for those members who
lied passed away during the year
Tee reports presented from" all
organizhtipns gave ,evidence .to •tile.
conclusion of a very successful
year,. .beth
in, .church attendance.
'end finances, all objectives 'l, Bing
.exceeded. The congregation' .in-:
eludes,36Q°..families with 613 mem-
bers.
War Cry alxcl collected $109.00 for
UNICEF,
With its other activites, the
Young Woman's AuxiliarY •spansors
the nursery ` which looks after
children up° to three years while
the parents attend/nothing church.
This has proved .a,. real service, The
Evening Auxiliary has the respon-
sibility of registering the attend
ance of the Young Worshippers'
League each Sunday morning This
registration includes 110 children
and rewards are given :for perfect
church attendance, Besides it$
.
ether obligations, the Afternoon
Auxiliary of the. Woman's. Mission
ary Society, subscribed to the
alien With ;the fire ,department ; In
ase
ease e of emergencies other than
fires. ,He stated that in two
stances recently the, telephone
company f . e
a x s o
e r
Y' u t o e
P d .ao ate
with the ";brigade when the, little
Taylor philrl fell through a grate
at: the Hillcrest pumping etation.
The letter stated that the telephone
exchange would not. ,call the fire
department • to,,•help get ;the little.
girl ° out. :In another ease ; twc el-
derly people were overcome by gas
and again the telephone operator
r'Q.It ADVERTISEKS,
Advertisers Who . paid for tete
insertion of advertising matter
in. the Jan. 30 issue, of The Ad-
vance -Times :ineY have refunds
by calling at the 'office.-
many
ffice.-
maiuy cases the advertise,
melds which were scheduled to
appear were not paid in advance;
but' those who have suffered
any loss tltrougli our.failur) to
publish hast week will 'be . re-
imbursed without' question.
Elston •caret ff'•was re -nominated
r Progressive Conservative candi-
date
for o
•IIr last
r u n,week at .a,
meeting held in the Clinton Legion
it g.
lTa ,
r
•iee
while f nba °
tier e Will '•
1? the
w w 1 m.
p
ne o
x _G v rum
.t e cute ofCanada," Mr.
He "es' declared
S'. liar o tuni
Wn p sm was expressed
'byMari
Marvin Howe, . member for
' Wellington -Huron
ri •
in
d w o lied
h
g,
taken time me out•fro Prl'
m a lament to
appear in support of Me. Cardiff's
P
re -nomination.
Mr.
,
accepting his fifth
P g .
' nomination, said he had' been a
Close friend of Mr D e n k
i fe ba ere
during his17
u g years on Parliament
Hill and had eternised the ;new;
party leader "that; I'd bring back
a, g
at aeast�:one` seat"after the general
Saturda "causin ;the toss of three 'vote.
Y g
fin r
e s Th fi
g e hers- 'had to "be `•
g
'
amputated ' ' :t Weightier), at. ee Wt g am 'Gen-
eral Hospital. His condiion is
satisfactory. "
Brenda da Conran, 11- ear=old
Y
daughter of - "Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam. Conron, of Wingham, fell on
Monday and injured her right arm.
After being'treated at the Wing-
ham
ingham General. Hospital she was al-
lowed home.
church ,service the junior congre-
gation of 126"members with Mrs,
A
.Green as in n n
su er to dot met
p , meets
in ,two groups in the church par-
lours and are, trained in Bible
study, The youngest 'group in the
church is the Baby Band a' three -
mg organization; with 103 'members 'Hospital.
an "
d had ' rs: 'R,o n
,M y Bennett ' as
leader: The Mission Band meets
each month for work and study
tinder the . leadership of Mrs, D.
Miller,. Mrs. • D.on Rosenhagen and
Mrs, 'Jim Hainiltoh, The three
groups of C.G^I.T. embrace girls of
all denominations from 12to 16
d
years who gather each week with
their leaders, Mrs. G W. Tiffin,'
Mrs, A . D. ° McMurchey . and Miss
Janet ''Thomson: These. groups•
inade Easter baskets .for the junior
congregation and tray cards, for
Y r
the hospital:patients at Christmas,
'f he' also distributed the Christmas
Y
Sixteen -year-old Bruce Campbell,
son' of Mr. and Mrs, Floyd Camee
bell, of R,R. 4, . Brussels, caught;
his left hand in a hammer mill last
ST. :PAUL'S (41111.11.
✓ , TEA
JL A,
E
The Valentine Tea of the Ladies'
Guild ,of St,. • Paul's Anglican
Church will be •geld. on Wednesday
February 13th, at 3 o'clock, Tea
will be served and there will be a
baking table: F6:13b
Winners • of the eeellixe'g Match at tl WINlflram Peelle School get
together in fteear'atlos- foe the •ir epeettlpaatfu rliateh. They 'aiie"blur'
would not call the fire gkepattial
Someoneit was
explain
ed,,h
;first eait e fire chief,o
: li
sounded the aearm.
'rhe council agreed that a • tl
would be written to the .tele?, o
company in regard to the al
tion described in Councillor
rot
u l er
is et
t.
,A °letter which Mayor R. E.
Kinney had scut to x S, D,urrc
chairman of : the Hydro Fleet '
,Power'.Commission, was ,read t,o,th
council' members, l►tr, 11'IcK`ith4e
,had asked
pfor ilgreateruresand protepoh'cntets
from ower fa�"„
haoutd thatlasted thefor last Power st•opDurpage,"
.35. minutes
big the past year- there had been.
ser•+
vise, The mater asked if anything
1,
could4interruptions be done toiimproventiehydro the ser-
vice. '
An answer had been received and
the commission' estimated that the
installation of a seeond feeder into
this area would cost, more Alien -
$224,000.00 and that the ,purchase
of h+n Wrigham does not
warrantydro' sucih high :expenditure,
A. meeting' between hydro of-
ficials and: the° mayor,is scheduled
for today (Wednesday) regarding
emergency . 'hydro connections at
which consideration: is to be given
to the matter.
The town clerk read' a' letter
stating ,that' the approval had not
been granted to the .council .for
the erection of traffic lights at the
intersection, of Victoria, and' epee -
• Streets. Council intends to
t
continue efforts° to secure^approv-
al of the D ,partmenteef Hi lhw-e s,
,e g. y
Arena Under hire'
Roy, re
h
J. p Adair,e n".
Yve and- c.hta,ir-
Man of;the .poperty committee;
sae ,h a .n
at h had of n
'*d, t hi g tp, report
on town°',property. Ib presented
bill ° for a n
s me t on the Witi
P Y 4 ,.l;harn
arena, 'r
e ort` a
t 4 that t d ri n T
P g u g ,an;
ua xe.es
� ry e p ns•s for light and 'Water
`were. $262.00, '
•
e
had=ho •tie mat h
c c
wwhich
Y' ., e
brdu t n '
i 42c
h ^;Mr Adair g A e-
da r'ti
n' u t'ht
a b t a t int o
g s t C u e tier
Po ni
me tl
k' r so st ted
I n W • us
� a e t
�' n 5
M1 1
can f
t afford. this -,Mc
' s
ov •r
"t`liy ` `i5"'i
s tett is'tn13 t e ^
an't � a in ;•
ro "osi O '°. 'n
P p tl n end tee a°'ci izen �
t s
het it to be °aS` we'd run erne
P run u• r
own .:: °i.e
bits nee e
ss S 'profitably.
Mr.McKinneyi
,sad that the'
ar�`'
ena is, after ell, ein the bends of,a
specie]. commI n
p ssho and it. is not
f
the council' el
ace aec to crti'
eze
, i lie
P 1~
arena is not the councils responsi-
bility' he skid, and' the:' should not
a Y
even consider discontinuing, it,' He
g,
explained that the council is in fact,
obliged to keep it running, since
provincial •government•grans have
been applied for arid reeeiyed,
Councillor` _Wilkinson • said teat
the arena is a very major exense.
p..
and that it is impossible to': know
just what ° further "expenses will
have to be met,
Councillor
Warren' Callen .
a said
that if the Young,. 'people of 'the
town did not have'an arena.to go
to, the town Might well have oth-
er r..
r problems, even ' more seriou,,
than the .paying of these bilis.
' Mr, Wilkinson made 'it: clear that
the was not a' ainst the:aren
g a -'-it
is °a wonderful' thing., What •he,
didn't like, he. :stated, was the loss
of money tie the town. '
Councillor Conron said that the
council' just doted not, close down
the arena, "Ex'penses have beee.
ou't again and again in an effort
to run it as eheapiy as possible,"
lie said
A suggestion to build advertising
signs in thae arena as a means 'of •
i-evern o, was put forward by Earl
Hamilton. Me. Conron said' that
this suggestion had already been'
investigated and it was found that
there are too Many ° snags in it. Th'e
cost of erecting the signs merle 'the
profit : froth. advertisers ' ::io Vete
small that, it just 'isn't worth' the
effort involved to sell space, ;
A motion by Reeve . Roy Adair
hat the ,arena bills. be paid: wae.
leconded, be' Councillor Colleen,
The' total arhotint of money Involv-
e*.
was :$3,200.00.
Mr. Wilki:iisoe said that he
would, like: Co put •oh record his
opinion that the small taxpayer
should not have to pay that 'Rind
Of money 'for 'what he 'said wtis a
"white elephant"
Mayor McKinney reported that
grants totalling $20,000,00 for 'con*
struction and maintenance to roads
and streets had been okayed and
the council decided that tell' year
Edward Street Would be paved af-
ter eli ,''estima'te had been received.
The !council :received a depute,.
tion from Turriberry' Township, in
the fieii'son of Reeve J', V.Fiscli5r,,
Who said that this. year Tnrnberry
Township is Celebrating Its cert-
tenriial and',as' t:hahrnian of°" the
committee ho had been asked to
find out if arrangements could be
made to (told thie celebrations in
Winghant,
e Mayor Mctiirittey voiced the op- ,
fan that tike 'w'ould be a i ood
leg for the town and rather than
ave a, series of gatheringsa
hroughs`tlae township it would the
etter for 'o /or'yorio to use Win
a* as a headquarters for '
Wee
• b
celebr'atiori
"The township tOwnShilY Can be cc,
i; big. welcome from cthe to
of g rr hat>ri hd t` oitit
Welcome to Plor use of i
the mayor*alit. a _