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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 4 • • • 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 IU/tA l �l- �lAi�a- 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. 0--0--0 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. 0--0--0 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 O,,.," 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. --Advance-Times Photo. 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