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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-10-08, Page 1x i f 1 Committee Appointed No Decision at Meeting Held To Discuss Bluevale Arena A meeting called by the Bluevale Recreation Association, to discuss the possibility of er- ecting an arena in that commu- nity, last Friday evening, did not produce any definite deci- sion. Ross Mann presided over the gathering of over 40 interested residents of the area. However, most of those in attendanceliv- ed in Morris Township with only two or three on hand from Turnberry. A poll of those present in- dicated 21 in favour of proceed- ing, with six opposed and a number who were of the opin- ion they were not directly in- volved. As a final result it was de- cided to request a number of Turnberry residents to visit the ratepayers as a method of de- termining public opinion. During the meeting Mr. REEVE ROY ADAIR NAMED ACTING MAYOR OF TOWN Robert S, Hetherington ten- dered his resignation as mayor, to council on Monday evening. He has been appointed judge of Huron County and will be sworn in next week. His resignation was effective as of Wednesday. Council named Reeve J. Roy Adair as acting mayor for the remainder of the year, Mayor Hetherington thanked his committee chairmen f o r their support and said that a great deal has been accomplish- ed during the past three years, work that will be of teal bene- fit to the people of Wingham. He thanked the press for its support and said that council has had very little criticism.' Council members, the May- or said, co-operated well to- gether and once a decision was reached all went to work on it, He went an to say that it has been a pleasure to be mayor w1r��eli— ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian By The pedestrian JUST A TASTE - Old Man Winter stuck his nose in the door on Tuesday and Wednesday with low tempera- tures and a skiff of snow that had roofs and lawns white both mornings. Hopedt was just his nose and that he backs out again. 0--0--0 NEW SIDEWALK -- The public works commit- tee of council stated a side- walk would be built to the ar- ena on Victoria Street. It is hoped that the job replaces the broken cement from the rink to the main street. The new structure certainly needs this final touch that has been delay- ed due to digging for sewer mains. 0--0--0 HOPE OF IMPROVEMENT - The Business Association has asked council for a by-law to force main street snow shovel- ling by owners of property on the main drag. Sounds good if it can be enforced. The mer- chants also asked for the use of ice pellets instead of salt and sand, claiming the latter is very hard on floors - to which • we say, amen. 0-=0--0 OFFICIAL OPENING - We hear the new develop- ment road from Morrisbank to Seafotth will be officially open- ed at Brussels by the Minister of Highways, Charles MacNaugh- ton, on Friday afternoon. This new pavement has been a big boon to the area and is a fine job of road construction. 0--0--0 NOT ALONE - Re -reading our editorial column after it was in print we realized we had left a wrong impression in connection with the construction of a landing strip on the Cruikshank fartn when we said that the local i men did not wait for the au- thorities to pay for it. The work does bear a $700 grant from the town, an indication of council's interest in the pro- gress of the community in this regard. Our reference in the editorial was to the fact that the project was inspired by the enthusiasm of the individuals involved, rather titan being a, full-scale public works venture. and that the work was no more extensive than that of the com- mittee chairmen. He said no councillor should be afraid to move into the mayor's chair. Mayor Hetherington said he regretted not being able to fi- nish out his year, but he can- not sit as mayor once he is sworn in as judge. The resignation was accept- ed with regret by the council. Cars Damaged In Two Accidents Two accidents on Saturday, one at Gorrie and another at Bluevale, resulted in over $600 damage but fortunately no one was injured. An intersection accident in the village of Gorrie in the early hours caused damage amounting to $125.00 when a car driven by James McNair was in collision with another driven by Alex Strong. McNair was charged with failing to yield the right-of-way by Wingham Provincial Police who investi- gated. In another crash at Bluevale at 5:15 on Saturday afternoon, a car driven by Hugh Bell of Wingham east bound on High- way No. 87 struck another ve- hicle driven by Frank Barrett, of Kitchener, who was turning out from the Highway 87-86 intersection heading west. The latter driver was also charged with failing to yield right-of- way by the O.P.P. officer in- vestigating. Damage was $500 to the two cars. Firemen to Make Safety Checks Members of the local fire brigade plan to make a number of spot-checks during Fire Pre- vention Week of business and Industrial premises. The checking will mean recommen- dations to property owners where fire hazards are present. Any owner of a private res- idence may have his home checked for hazards, free, by calling fire chief James Carr or Dave Crothers. Mann explained that the meet- ing had been called purely to explore the subject and to ob- tain ideas, He asked William Elston of Morris to outline how the Belgrave arena had been built and paid for. Mr. Elston said the rink in that community had cost $14, 000 for material with labor having been donated free, A grant of $5, 000 had been received from the pro- vincial government. The re- mainder had been raised from public subscription. Other work on the hall had brought the total cost up to $18, 000. Mr. Mann pointed out that a centennial grant would be available if Turnberry Town- ship accepted the project and that with the provincial grant this would be more than half the amount required to put up an arena and other necessary facilities. The group discussed the lo- cation for the proposed centre. One suggestion was to purchase the old school building from the Turnberry Central School Board and put up the arena on that property. Another was to build the arena behind the community hall using the hall basement for dressing rooms. No decision was reached in this regard, and further ideas will be investigated. Mbe ItCle& FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Oct. 8, 1964 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents WOAA CHAMPIONS -- The Wingham Squirts won the WOAA championship and the Fred Wicke Trophy on Sat- orday when they defeated St. Agatha, Team members are from the left, back row: Donnie Murray, Ronnie Murray, Barry Gardner, Bobby LaRose, Bobby Sangster, Terry Dingman; front row: Tommy Lee, Bruce Skinn, Steven Tiffin, Carl Mowbray (standing), Neilson Gower, Billy Brown, Larry Simmons.—Photo by Scott. Dingman, Mowbray Lead Way Squirts Down St. Agatha, Win Championship The Wingham Squirts trounc- ed St. Agatha 11 to 3 here on Saturday to win the George Wicke Trophy, the emblem of squirt supremacy in Western Ontario. The Squirts won the best of five series three games to one. Mail for Despatch Requested Early Post Office service on Thanksgiving Day, October 12, will be confined to box service with no wicket or rural delivery service, The lock box lobby will remain open from 8 a.m. to 6 p. m. There will be one street letter box collection at 5:30 p. m. A 'stamp vending ma- chine at the front of the post office is available to those who wish to purchase stamps. The public is reminded of the change in service that came into effect October 5. In- coming first class mail is sorted at 8:30 a.m. and mail for de- spatch should be mailed by 6:30 p. m. Large mailers are requested to mail at mid-day in addition to their final mailings. W.O. A. A. Softball conven- er, George E. Wicke, was on hand for the game and to pre- sent the trophy to Squirt Cap- tain Carl Mowbray. This was the first year Wingham has en- tered a squirt team in W.O. A. A. competition and the boys deserve a lot of credit for their fine showing of skill and sports- manship. Double plays, uncommon to any game, especially squirt, were at the head of the rnenu Saturday as the local team came through with two and St. Agatha one. The long practice session paid off in the end, and the boys who were sometimes a little annoyed at their coach- es for long, hard practises, are naw proud that they played on a championship team. The Squirts bombed St. Agatha's Bill Curtis with twelve hits and eleven runs that was Bridge Will Honor Late John Hanna A letter .from the Hon. Charles MacNaughton, minister of highways, was read at coun- cil on Monday evening, which requested permission and ap- proval of the council to name the new north -end bridge "The John W. Hanna Bridge". The subject had been dis- cussed at a previous council meeting and the idea met with approval. However, on Mon- day evening Mayor Hetheringt ton said he did not disagree with the idea but he felt that the bridge should be called " The Hanna Memorial Bridge". Council members agreed with the mayor that this would be a better name for the bridge and probably one that would find easier usage. The minister's letter point- ed our that the late Mr. Hanna had served the riding of Huron - Bruce faithfully for a long time and that the naming of the bridge would be a fitting tri- bute to his work. Would Cost Town $2,500 Engineer Recommends Improvements to Control Nigh Water at Howson Milldam A $10,000 project to reha- bilitate the Howson Dam under a three-point program was recommended to council an Monday by Ralph Crysler, con- sulting engineer. The project, if taken up by council would cost the town $2,500 but this. could be spread over a three- year period. Financing would be handled by the Department of Energy and Resources Man- agement through the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. Such schemes are subject to a 75 per cent grant, the remain- ing 25 per cent loaned, if de- sired, for a three-year period. A similar plan is going into op- eration on the Lower Town pond and dam. Mr. Crysler's recommenda- tions are designed to provide the safe passage of water at high flood levels, without do- ing damage to the structure and at the same time to pro- vide, in conjunction with the Lower Town dam, a measure of flood control. His report suggested that the old mill race could be re -open- ed, and with a control struc- ture at the upstream end, put back into use to take off some of the excess water. At t h e other end of the dam, he re- commended a sluiceway be built of paving material that would act as a safety valve, by letting high flood water take a natural course around the dam in a controlled basin and barck into the river. The third main item in the report was a plan to replace the present flashboards and cat- walk with a system of stop logs that could be retnoved by a portable derrick. The re -use of the old mill race and the stop logs in the dam would mean that the pond could be drained in 40 minutes, the engineer said, In case of a flood warning the two ponds Could be drained, thus provid- ing a storage capacity that would take the crest off all re- corded flood levels and allow the flood crest on the other branch of the river to pass by. He did not suggest that these two dams are the total answer but his program would be of considerable assistance. Council discussed the plan at length, and councillors wan- dered if it would be feasible to increase the capacity of the proposed south -end spillway, and delete the work suggested on the old headrace. Mr. Crys- ler was of the opinion this could be done, provided the town would put up with steepergrades on the road leading to the bridge. He agreed to study this factor in greater detail and bring in another report. sparked by a seven run third inning, Wingham took a 1-0 lead after two innings and nev- er lost the lead. through to the final inning. Donnie Murray allowed St. Agatha eight hits but needed relief help from Carl Mowbray with one out in the last inning. Terry Dingman went four for four on the day slapping out four singles to drive in five runs. Carl Mowbray slammed a triple Gowanlock Cup Captured by Wingham Group The two cub Packs and 1st Wingham Scout Troop partici- pated in the annual Saugeen District Field Day competitions at Walkerton District High School on Saturday afternoon. Attending from Winghm were 27 Cubs, eight Scouts and six leaders. Because of the small num- ber of Cubs from each pack, the Wingham Cubs were entered as a single pack. One would think from the manner in which• they behaved that they had been studying and training to- gether all year. The boys were neat and tidy and their performance of the Grand Howl was the envy of several other groups. The only thing that was lacking was sup- porting attendance of parents. They put on a good show and it is quite possible that with more enthusiasm from parents they would have brought home the shield for most points in Cub competitions. The shield was won this year by the Hanover packs. The Scouts dtd exceptionally well and won all their events with the exception of knotting and fire lighting. However, they gained enough points in the other events to bring home the winners'shield, presented annually to the troop acquiring the greatest number of points at the meet. The Gowanlock Trophy for the group (Scouts and Cubs combined) with the most points was also won by the 1st Wing - ham group. it was presented by District Commissioner Arch- ie Gowanlock who praised the boys and their leaders for the and two singles and Barry Gard- ner added a double and a single for the victors. Jim Hincshberger hit a tri- ple and single for St. Agatha. Wingham - L. Simmons cf; B, Skinn rf; D. Murray p, 3b; C. Mowbray 3b, p; R. Murray c; B. Gardner ib; S. Tiffin, If; T. Dingman ss; T. Lee 2b, St. Agatha - J. Brenner lb; L, Greyerbiehl c; B. Curtis p; J. Hincshberger 3b; B. Weber ss; G. Dietrich 2b; A. Fisher cf; L. Heimpel if; R. Shantz rf. R H E St. Agatha 000 100 2 3 8 3 Wingham 017 003 x 11 12 1 B, Curtis, and L. Greyer- biehl; D. Murray, C. Mow- bray (7) and R. Murray. Composite score by innings for four games. R H E St. Agatha 202 202 5 13 28 8 Wingham 418 726 1 29 36 6 Two LB. Cases Found in Huron During the county -wide tu- berculosis survey carried out this summer, 23, 33 7 persons were tested compared with 24, - 184 in 1960. Two cases of tu- berculosis were detected and 247 persons were found with other diseases of the chest. Anyone over 40 years of age who may have missed the sur- vey is urged to consult his fam- ily physician who can perform the tuberculin test, and, ifnec- essary, refer him to the local chest clinic. Both the mass survey and the local chest clinics are sup- ported through the sale of Christmas Seals by the Huron County Tuberculosis Associa- tion, fine efforts. The last time this cup was presented to the Wing - ham group was in 195t7. Leaders attending with Pack A were C.M. Murray Friden- burg, A.C.M. Louise Lloyd, A.C.M. Charles Kennedy and A.C.M. Don Rintoul. Accom- panying Pack B was A.C.M. Fileen Bennett and A. S.M. Ross Hastings was with the Scouts. The leaders thanked each and every boy attending the meet for their excellent behaviour and sportsmanship. It is a real pleasure to work with boys like these,