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Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, February 4, 1965
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• Professional Assistance Is Authorized
•
Council Approves Request
For Recreation Director
On Monday evening town
council agreed with Councillor
Bateson that the Recreation
Council should be given the go-
ahead to hire a recreation di-
rector for the community, if
one can be found this year,
It was pointed out that grants
to the extent of $1,500 are
available towards the salary of
a recreation director.
Councillor Moszkowski said
• Father of Five Killed
In Car -Train Collision
James Alexander Smith of
• Listowel, 31 -year-old father of
five children and husband of
the former Margaret "Peggy"
Nethery of Wingham, was kill-
ed instantly Friday night when
his car was in collision with a
CNR passenger train.
• The accident occurred at a
level crossing, just after Mr.
Smith left the laneway of Ross
Simpson which intersects Salis-
bury Avenue about 50 feet
north of the railway tracks. The
dayliner travelling from Kin-
• cardtne to Stratford dragged the
car 100 feet down the tracks.
Mr. Smith, who was alone
in the car, was not thrown from
•
•.
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
NAME MISSED --
In the report of the inaug-
ural meeting of the W. D.H.S.
board a couple of weeks ago
the name of J.C. Brewer was
left out of the list of commit-
tee members. John, who is the
Huron County representative on
the board, will sit on the pro-
perty committee.
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DRIVING IS BAD --
Poor road conditions have
prevailed for the past week.
High winds and snowfall made
visibility bad last Thursday and
through the week -end. Monday
night brought a 14 -inch snow-
fall, followed by real blizzard
conditions.
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WDHS SURVIVES--
• Classes at the Wingham D.
IL S. have been in operation,
despite the stormy weather --
much to the annoyance of the
younger set. Lucknow, Ripley
and other district schools have
operated only intermittently
when driving conditions pre-
vented the school busses from
making their rounds.
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WRONG ANIMAL --
Problems arose when a local
housewife was convinced by a
* friend that roasted pigtails
make a delicious meal. She
bought a batch of these nether
appendages and invited her pal
in for advice on the cooking
process. Turned out, however,
she had a refrigerator full of
• ox tails --which are slightly
larger than the ones her friend
expected to see.
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WINNER LOCATED --
The winning number for the
door prize draw at the Minor
• Hockey night in the arena was
published in last week's Ad-
vance -Times in an effort to lo-
cate the holder. Reading the
item in the paper, Herb Hotson,
manager of the Canadian -lm -
pedal Bank of Commerce dis-
► covered he was the winner.
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FEW ACCIDENTS --
Despite desperate driving
conditions for the past week
the Ontatio Provincial Police
detachment here repotted no
serious accidents. A few cars
• skidded off the icy roads in the
snowbanks but both injuries and
property damage were negli-
gible.
•
the vehicle. The car was de-
molished by the impact. Dr.
W. C. Pratt, Listowel coroner,
pronounced Mr. Smith dead at
the scene.
There are no signal lights at
the crossing. Dr. Pratt said an
inquest will be held.
Conductor of the train was
Thomas Ferguson of Kincardine.
The engineer was David Hynd
of Stratford.
Mr. Smith is survived by his
wife; two sons, Jamie and Ke-
vin; three daughters, Karen,
Heather and Carla Jane, all at
home; his mother, Mrs. Jan-
ette Smith of Listowel; brother
Jack of Listowel and two sisters,
Mrs. James Ronald of Palmer-
ston and Mrs. Wm. Kaufman of
Calgary. He was a son-in-law
of Mr. and Mrs. Ab Nethery of
Wingham.
Service was held Monday
afternoon with interment in
Fairview Cemetery.
that this expenditure might
raise the tax rate as much as
one mill. However, he felt
this would be a sensible expen-
diture, as the recreation pro-
grams in the community need
centralized planning.
Councillor Bateson, who
represents council on the rec-
reation group, said that while
the community has a good re-
creation program at the pres-
ent time, the Recreation Coun-
cil has been urging the town to
hire a director for some years.
The various programs depend
on volunteer help and profes-
sional services would improve
the quality of programs.
Council gave the Recrea-
tional Council permission to
investigate the hiring of a
director, which will require a
by-law of authorization before
anyone can be actually hired
to do the work.
Condition Is
Still Critical
LAKELET-The condition of
Herb Burchill remains critical
at Victoria Hospital, London,
where he was taken by ambu-
lance one week ago after hav-
ing suffered a fractured skull in
a fall at his home. He had not
as yet regained consciousness
at the time of writing on Mon-
day.
Chief Miller Recommends
Guards at Intersections
Police Chief James Miller's
annual report to council was
read by Councillor Cruickshank,
head of the police and execu-
tive committee, at Monday's
In Business Here
For 25 Years
Monday, February 1st, mark-
ed
arked 25 years in business here for
Percy Stainton, well-known
hardware merchant. He bought
the Buchanan Hardware and
took possession on February lst,
1940, after working for eleven
years previously in the H. Stain-
ton Hardware firm in Toronto.
In the intervening years,
Percy and Mrs. Stainton and
their family of five have be-
come valued citizens of the
community, taking active
places in sports, service club
and church organizations. Percy
was especially interested in
intetmediate hockey and for
many years sponsored the local
teams.
His sons, Murray and Mau-
rice both played excellent hoc-
key for the Wingham teams and
the former spent one winter
with a team in Europe. Murray,
Maurice and daughter Barbara
are associated with their father
in the hardware business.
council session.
Chief Miller in his report
recommended that council con-
sider hiring crossing guards for
school children at the inter-
section of Josephine and John
Streets. He said it is not always
possible for the police to be on
hand for this duty at all times.
He also requested consideration
by council to allow statutory
holidays for the members of the
force.
The recommendations were
left by council for the police
committee to deal with and re-
port at the next meeting.
Councillor Cruickshank also
told council that it will cost
$18.00 to have the doors of the
cruiser painted white with the
town's crest superimposed on
the door, and that this action
will be taken. He reported that
badges for the police uniforms
can be bought for 91 cents each.
The committee is making ar-
rangements for their purchase.
It stated the force had inves-
tigated 73 accidents in town;
one person was killed and 11
injured during the year. Some
112 charges were laid under the
traffic act and 104 convictions
were registered.
Under the criminal code
there were four cases of break-
ing and entering; 16 o th e r
theftsreported,.33 charges laid,
30 convictions registered. There
were 46 offences under the
Liquor Control Act, 46 charges
laid and 41 convictions register-
ed.
egistered.
The police arrested 18 per-
sons, four for other police de-
partments. Some 70 business
premises were found insecure
during the year and there were
1, 065 occurrences and com-
plaints reported and attended to
by the department,
Stolen property amounted to
$4,453.00 of which $4,289 was
recovered by the department.
One car was stolen and recover-
ed and a truck recovered for
another department. Six bi-
cycles were stolen and recover, -
ed.
MAITLAND EXECUTIVE—The executive of the Maitland
Valley Conservation Authority was revamped at the or-
ganization's annual meeting in Blyth last Thursday. From
the left, front are: Harold Cosens, Wallace Township,
past chairman; Cyril Bamford, Listowel, secretary -treas-
urer; Robert Wenger, Wingham, chairman; Alvin Smith,
Turnberry Township, vice-chairman; standing: William
Evans, Kinloss, chairman of the Reforestation Board;
Ken Musclow, Listowel, field officer; George McCutcheon,
Brussels, Conservation Areas; Mason Robinson, East
Wawanosh, Land Use and Wildlife. The latter two,
along with Nelson Cardnow, of Seaforth, chairman of
the Public Relations Board, are new comers to the ex-
ecutive.—Photo by Cantelon.
Engineer's Report Received
High Frontage Rates May Stall
Sewer Project North of the River
Mayor DeWitt tvliller pre-
sented an engineering study by
Burns Ross, consulting engineer
of Goderich on a proposed plan
for sewers on the north side of
the river at council on Monday
evening.
The report outlines an area
of 85 acres that can be served
by gravity flow sewers. It in-
cludes the B -Line of Turnberry
for a short distance east of No.
4 highway, and over to the
Lloyd -Truax plant on the west,
as well as the properties to the
west of the Western Foundry.
The lateral sewers would be
brought to a central point at
the Howson Dam where an
" inverted siphon" would be used
to make a crossing of the river-
bed and into the new trunk
sewer that was installed in this
area during 1964.
Big snag in the report is the
Ankle Broken
In Hockey Game
Bill Dauphin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ken Cerson, was injured
in a hockey game last Wednes-
day night while the Wingham
Juveniles were playing in Rip-
ley.
He was brought back to
Wingham and District Hospital
by ambulance with a broken
and dislocated left ankle.
Bill remained in hospital
until Monday. He expects to
reture to classes at Wingham
District High School this week.
cost. Estimated at $84,300.00
the lines, while serving a large
land area, would only service
53 homes. This means that the
frontage payments would be
very high for the property own-
ers, varying from $4.20 per
foot in one section to $5.70 in
another. The report states that
when the cost of private service
is added, the total cost will be
approximately $1, 700 per unit.
Of the total cost only some
$16, 000 can be classed as
Wingham United Holds
Congregational Meeting
Elected to the board of stew-
ards of Wingham United Church
last Wednesday at the annual
meeting were Roy Bennett, F.
L. Davidson, Howard Machan,
Albert Brenzil, Lloyd Casemore,
Two Games Here
On Friday Hight
In Midget play-off hockey
Wingham lost a thriller at Kin-
cardine on Tuesday night. This
first game in a best -of -three
series was won 5-4 by Kincar-
dine.
The second game will be
played in Wingham on Friday
night at 7 o'clock and it is felt
with local support the boys can
come through to take the series.
The Juveniles will also play
against Kincardine in thc Wing -
ham arena on Friday at nine
o'clock. This will be their
opener in the play-offs with
Kincardine.
Dawson Pollock and Jack Rea -
vie.
Those elected to the board
of sessions were Elmer Ireland,
Alvin Moffat, Donald McTag-
gart, Harold Burrell, Norman
Keating, Dr. K. M. MacLennan,
John Finnigan and Russel Zur-
brigg.
Trustees elected were W. B.
Cruikshank, G.W. Buchanan,
and Walter Van Wyck. Auditors
are Rowland Kaufman and Ken-
neth Wood.
The congregation has 854
members from 401 families and
the Sunday school has an enrol-
ment of 293.
Annual reports showed the
general account totalled $15,-
795, mission givings were $7, -
307 and the building fund was
$4, 415.
The Sunday school raised
$1,062 including $533 for mis-
sions, and the United Church
Women had receipts of $3,708
of which $2, 475 was sent to
the Presbyterial treasurer.
trunk sewers and therefore sub-
ject to a Central Mortgage and
Housing subsidy, the remainder
going on the general tax struc-
ture.
The report indicated that
the scheme would total 8, 790
feet in length with 28 man-
holes. The approximate asses-
sable frontage (including future)
amounts to 13, 150 feet.
Council decided to send
copies of the report to the rate-
payers in the area in order that
they may study the problem,
and to call a public meeting
in the near future.
Mowbray Co.
Gets Contract
A $91, 950 contract for a
bridge over the Saugeen River
on Highway 4 at the outskirts
of Durham has been awarded to
Mowbray Construction Limited,
Wingham.
The contract includes erec-
tion of the bridge, grading,
drainage, granular base and ap-
proaches,
Dosco Industries and Cana-
dian Bridge Company, Rexdale,
are low bidders for galvanized
structural steel at $52,183.
A bailey bridge is now in
operation to the north of the
present one which has beencon-
demned.
Construction is expected to
start this winter with comple-
tion slated for late summer.
Three New Members Named To Authority Executive
Meeting in Blyth for its an-
nual session, the Maitland Val-
ley Conservation Authority elec-
ted three new officers to its
executive last Thursday,
George McCutcheon of Brus-
sels will head up the conserva-
tion areas board, Mason Robin-
son of East Wawanosh the land
use and wild life board and Nel-
son Cardnow of Seaforth will be
the chairman of the public re-
lations board, The three men
replace Oscar Nickle of Listow-
el, Harry Tebbutt of Mullett
Township and W.J. Kelterborn
of Milverton.
Returned to office for ano-
ther year were William Evans
of Kinloss, chairman of the re-
forestation board and John Co-
ghlin of Elms Township, head
of the floodcontrol board, as
well as Chairman Robett Weng-
er of Wingham and Vice-Chair-
man
ice-Chairman Alvin Smith of Bluevale.
In his report the chairman
warned that if the Authority is
to fulfill its objectives more
revenue will be needed, as the
organization's properties are
expanding. tic said that last
year the municipal levy amount-
ed
mounted to 61 cents per capita when
related to the 37, 000 people
who reside in the watershed --
not a high price for what the
Authority has done,
The chairman went on to
say that thc various advisory
boards will meet during Febru-
ary to formulate plans and to
bring in figures for the budget
which will be brought to ano-
ther general meeting for appro-
val.
Mr, Wenger said the new
Department of Energy and Re-
sources Management under
which Authorities operate,
which was set up last year, has
been helpful and that the in-
creased grants offered by the
Department for small reser-
voirs have proved beneficial.
tie suggested every municipal-
ity take a careful look at its
water problems and make use
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