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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-12-05, Page 1Zbe blob noemeintt IRST SECTION THREE VETERANS RETURNED Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Dec, 5, 1963 Single Copy Not Over Ten Gents. Election Gives Wingham First Wornn Councillor In the municipal election for council on Monday the final count saw Mrs. Roy Bennett elected to office giving Wing - ham its first woman councillor. Mrs. Bennett polled 414 votes. The balloting was light with only 906 ratepayers casting their vote out of a total of 1, 622 on the voters' list. Serious Trouble at Howson Dam; Repairs May Be Costly Town Council learned from an engineer's report on Monday evening that unless repairs are made at once to the piles of the Howson Dam, there is a very good chance the structure will collapse in the high water next spring. The public works committee made an inspection a few weeks ago and found that piles at the foot of the dam had moved away from the structure, ap- parently due to water action at the base. It appears as though the earth is moving out from under the lower apron under the pressure of the water in the up- per pond. Preliminary engineering calls for the installation of another row of steel piles to reinforce the old set, the dumping of large rock on the down stream side to cut the water action at the base, and then concrete poured to fill the gap between ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian Pedestrian REMEMBER THE ENVELOPE? -- A week or so ago you re- ceived an envelope from the local committee of the Cana- dian National Institute for the Blind. The letter it contained asked for your assistance. So far, contributions have been slim. How about looking after it today? 0--0--0 COMMENCEMENT ON FRIDAY - Big event of the week will be the annual High School Com- mencement Exercises, slated for the school auditorium on Friday evening. Awards for last year's scholastic and ath- letic achievements will be pre- sented to the scholars. Guest speaker for the evening will be the Very Reverend F. G. Stew- art, of Kitchener, who is a member of the secondary school board in that city and one of Canada's outstanding speakers. 0--0--0 A TOUCH OF WINTER - The first real winter weath- er was felt when a fairly heavy snowfall swept over the area on Sunday. Temperatures on Mon- day and Tuesday dropped down to seasonable levels for the first time this year. A lighter snow- fall early Saturday morning made Santa's visit more realis- tic. 0--0--0 LOTS OF VISITORS - Santa Claus was greeted by hordes of youngsters when he visited town on Saturday after- noon, along with a fine turnout of parents who had ample time to look through the attractively decorated stores. 0--0--0 ALL TORN UP- Construction work on the sewage project must be leaving the parks commissioners in a state bordering on tears. The beautifufstretch of newly - seeded park area along the west side of the town, has been com- rely torn up by a big shovel ,Making the trench for a mon- ster trunk sewer. Despite the fact that the contractor will be required to leave the land in its original condition, the park is a sorry sight right now. the piling and the apron of the darn. A special meeting of coun- cil will be held when the De- partment of Highways engineers make their report on the prob- lem, as the dam is actually the support for the bridge. Saw President In Dallas, Tex. Mr. and Mrs, R. M. Crabbe of Toronto were in Dallas, Tex- as the day President J. F. Ken- nedy was assassinated and were among the spectators witnessing the parade. They had seen the president and Mrs. Kennedy at very close range just five min- utes before the shooting, Mrs. Crabbe is the former Shirley McPhee, a frequent visitor with Mrs. John Hanna. Santa Makes His Hospital Visit Santa and the Elves, with DeWitt Miller representing the Lions Club, visited the hospital on Saturday and distributed bags of fruit and candy. This is an annual event which is anticipat- ed nticipated by not only the patients, but the staff as well. One little boy remained as a patient until he was able to see Santa Claus and make his wants known. This is the beginning of the Christmas festivities at the hos- pital and the interest shown by organizations and individuals is appreciated by patients and staff. Three former councillors were returned to office with W, G. (Bud) Cruiokshank heading the polls with 734, Warren Cal- lan, veteran councillor, receiv- ed 653 and Alan Williamsstand- ing for his third term had 582. The other two new council- lors, John Bateson and Harold Wild polled 62$ and 614 respec- tively. Of the three losers, Roland Kaufman trailed by only seven votes behind Mrs. Bennett with 407, Cy Robinson polled 352 and Ted Moszkowski tallied 121. The election results mean that Councillors Bennett, Bate- son and Wild will fill the seats left vacant when Donald Na - smith, Gordon Buchanan and Len Crawford failed to qualify although they were nominated the week previous, By wards the vote was as fol- lows with the totals by consecu- tive poll: Bateson, 83, 172, 141, 173, 59; Bennett 60, 92, 103, 129, 30; Callan, 101,168, 132, 202, 50; Cruickshank,102, 192, 157, 213, 70; Kaufman, 45, 104, 93, 127, 38; Mosz- kowski, 12, 26, 32, 28, 23; Robinson, 47, 98, 63, 95, 49; Wild, 101, 150, 135, 173, 55; Williams, 87, 139, 117, 178, 61. Constable Injured Near Walkerton Police Chief James Miller and Mrs. Miller received minor injuries on Sunday in a carmis- hap east of Walkerton. The couple were travelling west in a blinding snow storm and when approaching a hill were in col- lision with a stalled car. Chief Miller sustained in- juries to the ribs, and cuts on the. right hand. Mrs. Miller suffered injuries to the right shoulder, neck and abrasions to both knees. Both were allowed to return home following em- ergency treatment at the Wing - ham and District Hospital.Dam- age to the car amounted to over $200.00. The accident was in- vestigated by Constable Whit- field of the Walkerton O.P.P. detachment. MRS. JAMES DENEAU enjoyed a brief visit with Frances Hyland last Thursday afternoon when Miss Hyland was at CKNX for an interview. Mrs. Deneau and Miss Hyland were classmates while attending high school in Regina. in the short time they had together they spoke of others who had been in the same class and of their families. Miss Hyland had to rush back to Toronto that afternoon because of a baby sitter problem, and was not able to be at the Lyceum for the opening of "The Drylanders" as was announced in this paper last week. -Photo by Connell. WINNERS of the Intermediate B title and the Grand Cham- pionship of the WOAA, the Belgrave softball team was honored at a banquet in the Belgrave United Church Sat- urday night. Trophies were presented and members re- ceived either rings or pen and pencil sets from the com- munity. Shown in the front row from the left are Doug- las Johnston, Glen Coultes, Grant Coultes, Wayne Coultes, Ivan Daw; centre row, Brian Coultes, Jim Coultes, Murray Mulvey, Tom Robinson, George Procter, Douglas Coultes; back row, Hugh McBurney, Keith Pletch, Robert Higgins, Jim Taylor, Murray Shiell. Missing from picture, Jack Coultes.-Photo by Cantelon. At December Meeting Council Changes Nomination Day The regular meeting of Town Council was held on Monday, the session getting underway af- ter election returns were count- ed. Councillors Callan, Cruick- shank and Williams were con- gratulated by the other mem- bers on having been returned to office for another year. In the business session a num- ber of letters were dealt with, Council agreed to send a dele- gate to a county meeting re- garding mutual fire aid; renew- ed a lease on the old CPR freight sheds with Lloyd -Truax Ltd.; turned down a resolution from the City of Woodstock re- garding depressed areas; passed a resolution requesting a pay- ment of $9,000.00 from the OWRC for the town's expendi- ture covering land purchased for the sewage lagoon. Mayor Hetherington explain- ed that a joint meeting with re- presentatives of the Townships of Turnberry, Morris and East Wawanosh bad been held re- garding the expansion of the Wingham-Turnberry Planning Board to include Morris and East Wawanosh, As a result council passed a resolution which will be forwarded to the minister if the other municipalities do like- wise. The resolution calls for the inclusion of the latter two townships to form a new plan- ning board along with Wingham and Turnberry. Councillor Nasmith, report- ing for the police committee, recommended a salary increase for the new constable, Ronald Zimmer, who has been on the force for six months. Council concurred, Reeve J. Roy Adair said the public works committee is fac- ed with a few problems regard- ing sewers that are plugged with roots and action will have to be taken in the spring, as only temporary repairs have been made. The mayor reported that the construction of a street in the Henderson subdivision had cost more than estimated in the en- gineer's reports, due to the fact that the sewer lines and a water line had meant digging the street up, and this had been done later in the year than an- ticipated. Thomas Henderson, the subdivider, had fulfilled all his commitments, the mayor said, but it required more fill than estimated to bring the road up to standard. The matter of paying for the extra work and material was left over until the next meeting. No reports were made by either the fire and cemetery committee or the welfare com- mittee, Councillor Cruickshank said he had attended a trade show at Kitchener as chairman of the industrial committee. Mayor Hetherington expressed the view that while Wingham has not obtained any new indus- try, local firms have expanded considerably and that this is the best type of industrial growth. He also reported to council that it appears the sewage project is going well. On the same subject, Mayor Hetherington told the council that it could be expected that ratepayers on the north side of the river will be asking for sew- age service. On the suggestion of Council- lor ouncilfor Nasmith the decision was reached to bring in a by-law at the next meeting, changing nomination day from Friday to Thursday each year. It was felt a good many people could not attend nominations when it Legion Elects New Officers David Crothers has been elected president of the Wing - ham branch, 180, Royal Can- adian Legion. He replaces Glen Sinnamon. Other officers: First vice- president, Willis Hall; second vice-president, John Strong; secretary, Ken Simmons; finan- cial secretary, Lloyd Elliott; treasurer, Bill Hogg; sergeant - at -arms, Ian Edwards; execu- tive committee, Douglas Rath- bun, T. E. Moszkowski, Jack Gorrie, Hugh Band, Bob Hick- ey, Verdun Ducharme, Alvin Seli; service bureau officer, Lloyd Carter; padre, DeWitt Miller. ' falls on open night for the mer- chants. A recommendation was also made to co-operate with W. B. Cruikshank at such time as his airstrip is licensed. Mr. Cruik- shank has recently enlarged his strip and when licensed it will be listed in the pilots' manual. There is a possibility that a plane from the Goderich airport would be stationed here for training purposes. Before adjourning council set Boxing Day, December 26th as a public holiday; approved three building permits, and turned one down; re -appointed Robert Wenger as the town's represent- ative on the Wingham District High School Board; Move to Zurich A surprise party was held last „Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Swanson for Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Schwich- tenberg who left Thursday for Zurich, where he has accepted a position with the Zurich Citi - was' News. Their friends presented them with a hostess chair. INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES were presented to two players of the Belgrave team Saturday night. Shown left to right are Ross Ander- son, who presented his own trophy to Jim Coultes, the batting champion; Glen Coul• tes, the most valuable player, received his award from the donor, Ross Robinson. • -Photo by Cantelon