HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-12-10, Page 1Ladies Are Left Out
Election Fills Deputy Reeve
And School Board Positions
Jack Alexander, local hard-
ware merchant, won the deputy-
teeveship of Wingham in a
closely contested election on
Monday of this week. He de-
feated Mrs. Roy Bennett, a
Member of the 1964 council,
by 13 votes, polling 439 bal-
lots to 426 for Mrs. Bennett.
The new deputy reeve was a
member of council for two
years and conies back after an
absence of nine years. Mrs,
Bennett was the first female
member of council and won
her seat last December. Her
I Council Stalls on Sale of
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land for Warehouse Site
At Monday's council meet-
ing a letter from Canada Pack-
ers requesting council to sell a
piece of property owned by the
Town was read and brought
about a lengthy argument on
the part of the councillors.
The packing company wants
to purchase enough land from
the town to build a 24 x 72
foot warehouse to the east of
Joe Kerr Construction Co. ga-
rage. The building would be
used for the storage of bulk
fertilizer. The letter stated
that there would be no manu-
facturing or odor from the pro-
duct and the warehousing
would be used to serve the com-
pany's customers in this area.
Councillor Wild, who lives
on Diagonal Road just east of
the proposed site doubted the
statement that there would be
no odor and he said that the
management of Fry & Blackhall
Co. had serious objections to
the warehouse for the same rea-
sons.
Clerk Wm. Renwick said
that the type of building which
was proposed would probably
mean about $200.00 in taxes
as it would have a minimum
assessment.
Councillor Bateson wondered
if the property could be used
for any other type of industry.
Councillor Wild expressed the
view that it was filled land and
not of a type to support a heavy
building. Deputy -Reeve Joe
Kerr took exception to this
statement pointing to his own
building and the fact that he
has hundreds of tons of equip-
ment on his floor at one time.
Councillor Wild suggested
that a survey of the ratepayers
on Diagonal Road close to the
proposed site would be taken to
obtain their opinion.
Finally the subject was left
in the hands of the property
committee for further investi-
gation. No date was set for
the committee to report to
council.
By-law Enforces
Snow Removal
A by-law that received its
third reading at council on
Monday evening requires pro-
perty owners on the main
street to shovel snow off the
sidewalks.
The area affected is both
sides of Josephine Street from
Victoria St. to Maple St. The
by-law becomes effective on
December 15th.
Council decided that the
local police should enforce the
measure immediately. Proper-
ty owners who do not comply
will find that town workmen
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AIONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
Pedestrian
NEW DECORATIONS --
Town employees made fast
work of putting up the new de-
corations on the lamp stand-
ards. It looks like an excellent
job and the decorations will add
some4I'life to the old main drag
for the Christmas season. So
far the system to provide music
from a series of speakers on the
main street hasn't been install -
cd.
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TIIAT W13ATlI1R!-- -
Just to keep our lucky friends
in the shiny south posted --
winter has been with us for the
past week, with the odd day
starting out with low tempera-
tures and a considerable amount
of snow. Monday morning
dawned with a real blizzard,
hut it eased off somewhat during
the morning to snow flurries.
--That should make Florida
winter -birds feel good about it
all.
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PROUD GROUP -
It was a real pleasure to at-
tend the 4-11 Achievement
Night at the high school on
Friday, It would he hard to
find a more intense group of
r: young people, led by men and
women who believe in their
vocation and good citizenship,
Our congrats to the ntarty win-
ners.
will be called in to do the job,
and the cost of the operation
will be added to the tax bill of
the owner in question.
This means that owners of
property which is vacant will be
responsible for keeping the snow
cleared from the sidewalks in
front of the lots in question, as
well as those which are occu-
pied.
At the same meeting coun-
cil passed a by-law which will
prohibit the discharging of fire-
arms within 300 yards of the
boundary of the sewage lagoon.
The measure is designed to
protect wild fowl in the fall of
the year,
Wins Scholarship
Marie Coultes; daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Coultes of
Belgrave, has received word
that she is the recipient of the
Huron County Scholarship. It
is awarded annually to a first
year student at Macdonald
Institute, Guelph.
Marie is a 1964 graduate of
Wingham District high School.
chair will be taken by Ted
Moszkowski, who was elected
by acclamation last week.
SCHOOL BOARD
In the election for public
school trustees the ballot con-
tained five candidates, Mrs,
John Crewson, John Currie,
Lorne McDonald, David Murray
and Scott Reid, of which four
were to be chosen. In the.
voting Mrs. Crewson was the
loser with 274 votes. Mr.
Currie led the poll with 679,
Mr. McDonald was next with
630, Mr. Murray had. 616 and
Mr. Reid 612.
The public school requires
the nomination of four candid-
ates each year with members
seated for two-year terms. This
year Alton Adams who sat on
the board for 18 years retired
and Dr, E. F. Shaunessy left the
board two months ago. This
meant two vacant seats in ad-
dition to those held by Mr. Mur-
ray
urray and Mr. Reid were open.
The four members of the board
who will be completing the
second year of a two-year term
in 1965 are William Harris, Dr.
K, M. MacLennan, Roy Bennett
and Murray Gerrie.
COUNCIL
The members of the 1965
council elected by acclamation
are DeWitt Miller, mayor, re-
placing R. S. Hetherington, who
retired in October, when he be-
came county judge; Joseph Kerr
as reeve, moving up from the
position of deputy -reeve to take
the place of J. Roy Adair who
is retiring. Members keeping
their seats on the council are
John Bateson, W`, G. Cruick-
shank, Warren Callan, Harold
FIRST SECTION
Winghani, Ontario, Thursday, Pec. 1.0, 1964
Elect Ron. Lee
Master of No. 286
Wingham Masonic Lodge,
No. 286 A. F, fi A, M, , held
election .of officers at the reg-
ular meeting on Tuesday night
of last week. Ronald Lee was
named master for next year.
Other officers are; Treasurer,
Howard Sherbondy; senior war-
den, Fred McGee; junior war-
den, Bruce MacDonald; senior
deacon, Scott Reid; junior
deacon, Ted Elliott; secretary,
Gordon Leggatt; chaplain,
George Guest; inner guard,
Keith McLaughlin; tyler, Wil-
liam Elliott.
Wild and Alan Williams.
BALLOTING
The voting by polls for the
various members went as fol-
lows with the total for each
poll in numerical order;
Alexander; 60,110, 111, 114,
44, total 439; Bennett; 59, 97,
74, 153, 43, total 426;
For school board; Crewson;
29, 66, 55, 89, 35, tota1274;
Currie; 87, 161, 147, 221, 63,
total 679; McDonald; 84, 147,
139, 201, 59, total 630; Mur-
ray; 93, 155, 137, 183, 48,
total 616; Reid; 74, 152, 135,
192, 59, total 612.
VOTING
The turnout of voters was
reasonably good, 865 rate-
payers visiting the polls out of
a total of 1665, or 51.95 per
cent.
Crawford Douglas Tells
Kinsmen Plans for Scouts
Crawford Douglas of CKNX
was guest speaker at the Wing -
ham Kinsmen Club meeting
held Monday night at Danny's
Restaurant. Mr. Douglas spoke
about the new methods now be-
ing used for Scouting activities
and those being planned for the
future.
The Wingham Cub and
Scout troops now include over
100 boys. This is made up of
54 Scouts and 67 Cubs. Mr.
Douglas said it is hoped to di-
vide the Scout troop into two
groups. Those from 12 to age
14 to learn all the teachings of
the Boy Scout Manual. Boys
from 14 to 18, who by the way
will be allowed to wear long
pants, will go outside and prac-
tise all they have learned as a
new Scout in the younger group.
These older scouts have been
blessed with a farm which was
made available for their use in
field trips and overnight hikes.
Mr. Douglas, on behalf of
the Scouts, thanked the Kins-
men Club for supplying the
Scout House and keeping the
place running. He stated that
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THE ELSTON CARDIFF CITIZENSHIP TROPHY for 4-H
members was won by Ken Gemmel, of Kippers, et the 4-H
achievement night last Friday. The beautiful cup was
presented to the winner by Doug Miles, Huron County
Agricultural Representative.--A-T Photo.
any Kinsmen would be warmly
welcomed at any Scout meet-
ing.
The Wingham troop is mak-
ing plans for a coast to coast
trip in 1967, to include the Pam
American games and also the
World's Fair. This trip would
be offered to the boys at cut-
rate prices, thanks to the trans-
portation companies, who also
believe in Scouting.
The Kinsmen club also pass-
ed an additional $50.00 dona-
tion to the Retarded Children's
School, which will make the
total donation for this year
$150.00.
Reports showed that the 1964
Radio Auction was more suc-
cessful than in previous years
and the Kinsmen Club thanks
all the participants and donors
involved in the Radio Auction.
Single Copy Not Oyer Ten Cents
THE SALVATION ARMY started its Christ-
rnas Fund campaign last Friday when Capt.
Ferris and Herb Phillips set up the Christ-
mas "kettle" on the main street - in a
blinding snow storm. Mayor -elect DeWitt
Miller is pictured making the first
donation.
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Quotes Lack of Toll Privileges
Councillor Feels Telephone
Company Is Discriminating
At Monday's council meet-
ing Councillor Warren Callan
said that in his opinion Wing -
ham and the surrounding area
is being discriminated against
Directory and said that in Wing -
in regard to toll rates by the
Bell Telephone Co. of Canada.
Councillor Callan pointed
to the new Be11 Telephone
S.S. Board Elects
Nominations were held in
the parish hall of Sacred Heart
Church last Tuesday for the
1965 school board. Election
night was Wednesday.
Keith Montgomery, Henry
Skinn and Mrs. Wilfred White
are completing their two-year
terms. Bob Chettleburgh,
Peter Vath and Alex Skinn were
up for re-election. Mr. Chet-
tleburgh and Mr. Vath were re-
turned and Mr. Skinn, as well
as several other nominees, was
defeated, A new -comer to the
board is Rea Morrison.
The Sacred Heart School
Board met on Thursday night
for routine business. During
the meeting the members de-
cided to adopt a policy simi-
lar to one set by the public
school board, that teachers do
not accept gifts from students
at Christmas and June.
Centennial. Project
Under Scrutiny
Acting Mayor J. Roy Adair
said at council on Monday eve-
ning that a letter had been re-
ceived from the provincial Cen-
tennial advisory Committee
that Wingham's application for
a project had been received and
that further information was re-
quired.
The project approved by
council in November would
have new seating installed in
the arena and the old sheet
steel walls replaced with ce-
ment block.
The provincial committee
requested further cost estimates
on an itemized basis. Appro-
val for the project has not been
given, and it appears the more
detailed information is required
before approval will be consid-
ered.
ham there are toll charges for
calls as close as three miles
from town, while in other com-
munities a wide area is toll
free.
He said that telephone sub-
scribers in -Hanover may call
Ayton, Durham, Neustadt and
Walkerton without toll charges
while Walkerton su;',scr1bers can
call Cargill and Hanover toll
free. On the other hand, Wing -
ham subscribers have to pay a
toll charge to make a call in
the Bluevale area.
He went on to state that a
subscriber in Hensall can call
a very wide area without toll
charges, and felt that the peo-
ple of Wingham should at least ,
have toll-free calling to Wrox-
eter, Gorrie, Bluevale, Tees -
water and Lucknow.
Deputy -Reeve Joe Kerr said
the fact is we can't call any
other centre without a toll
charge.
After considerable discussion
on the subject the council ap-
proved a motion to request a
representative from the Bell
Telephone Co. to visit council
in order to gain more informa-
tion on the matter.
Election Results in Nearby Centres
Voters went to the polls in
western Ontario municipalities
on Monday resulting in quite a
few changes to the member-
ship of councils and school
boards.
The election that perhaps
sparked the most widespread
interest in Ontario was the race
between the firebrand lady
mayor of Ottawa, Charlotte
Whitton and Controller Doti
Reid, 38 -year-old furniture
dealer. Miss Whitton lost the
election by over 15, 000 votes,
It was her first defeat in rnuni-
cipal elections.
On the local scene Blyth and
Brussels held elections. In
f3lytii seven men contested one
scat on the school board, Win-
ner was Jack Stewart with 87
votes. The final count read:
Jack Manning 55; Edward Wat-
son 46; Dr. R. W. Street 24;
Donald Young 15; Keith Web-
ster 13; William hull 6,
At Brussels six candidates
ran for the four council seats.
Jack McCutcheon headed the
polls with 295 votes, Others
winning seats were Henry Ten
Pas 293; Lawrie Cousins 289;
Ivan Campbell 233. Losers
were Cecil McFadden 180 and
George Mutter 147.
LIQUOR VOTE
In Ashfield "Township the
ratepayers voted for school
trustees and four liquor ques-
tions, with the latter being
turned down decisively.
Nine candidates ran for five
seats on the school board. Mrs.
Marion Zinn led the polling
with 336 votes. Others elected
were Russel Irvin 303; Ross
Ecdy 281; Robert 1Icitti 260;
Sant Gibson 240: Losing out
were: Roderick McKenzie 230;
Robert Simpson 221; Leo Court-
ney 214; Eldon Culbert 206.
On the liquor question the
voting ran as follows: melt's
beverage rooms --for 179,
against 376; women's beverage
rooms -for 191, against :368;
dining lounges (beer and wine)
--for 1.76, against 376;diniug
lounges (liquor} for 104,
against 360; liquor lounge --
for 188, against ;367,
1 IOW ICK
In ilowick Township there
was a fight for the deputy-
rceveship between incumbent
Robert Gipson and Hartwell
Strong. Mr. Gibson held his
seat with 584 votes as opposed
to Mr. Strong's 221 ballots,
For Council five encu stood
for the three scats which were
open. Harold Robinson led the
list with 471 followed by John
Ferguson 457 and Norman Car-
son 126. Losers were Frank
King 308 and 11arvcy i`teMich-
acl 296,
KINLOSS
In Kinloss Township five
lien stood lor four council scats
and six for five seats on the
school board.
Wallace Conn 285, William
Evans 275, Orville Elliott 251
and William E. iialdcnhy 250,
won seats and Elliott Carruthers
lost out with 118 votes,
Elected as school trustees
were Russell Ross 217, Leo
Murray 211, Evan Keith 193,
Walter llrec!cles 183, Ronald
Thacker 179. loser was Gerold
Rltody 168.
CARRICK
In Carrick Township 'Wal-
lace Wilton a former reeve and
councillor defeated incumbent
Rudolph Scigncr 432 to 336.
For council the winners were
Nicholas Lang 548, William
Kucneman 533, Norman
Schmidt 487, Milton l'ilsingcr
-182. John Montag lost with
231 votes.
Three school trustees were
elected: Lorna Klein 320, Ilerb
Waechter 25'1, Rueben Allcnson
240. George Scip had 12?
votes and lost out.
CLIFFORD
At Clifford Arnold Darroch
Held the tceveship polling 170
votes to 133 for Clarence Smith.
Clifford also elected four
school trustees, Clarence Rie-
man 183, henry Amoneit 177,
Emerson ilickert 165, Murray
Snider 11;2, Losers were; Mc1-
vin liuhro 116 and Clarence
Miller 81.
An election at 11arriston saw
the incumbent mayor, Fred
Beek win over Donald Gordon
.11.1 to 327. 1)r, Kenneth Fisk
won the reavc's chair 532 over
former councillor J, C. Dale who
polled 200