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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-03-11, Page 1. Council Delegates To Visit Goderich Town council got into a discussion regarding the propos- ed addition to the home for the • aged at Clinton, on Monday evening. The Mayor agreed to at- tend a meeting of county coun- cil on March 24th, and recom- mended that a number of other interested citizens should also go to the meeting. Reeve Kerr said that a busi- ness. meeting in Toronto the same day would mean that he could not attend. This brought a chorus of complaint from 4 council. Most expressed the view that voting was so close on the subject at county coun- cil in January, that it was im- perative for the reeve to attend, Mr. Kerr bowed to this pressure and said he would make every effort to arrange his time so that he could be at Goderich when the issue comes up. Council also discussed what could transpire if the voting re- sulted in a decision not to build an addition to Huronview. Most • felt that if such was the case Wingham would have to be ready with some concrete sug- gestions for this area. Ike bant btonctaZimet FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Mar. 11, 1905 Council Will Sell Town Shed And Purchase Mowbray Bldg. It didn't come to fisticuffs, but an hour-long argument de- veloped at council on Monday night over the sale of the old town shed to Canada Packers for use as a warehouse, and the subsequent purchase of the Mowbray Construction Co. build- ing on Albert Street. The row developed when Reeve Joe Kerr brought in an offer of purchase from Canada Packers. The offer was for $7.000 for the town shed. The reeve said that the Mowbray firm had offered their building to the town for $8,000.00. Councillor Callan claimed that the reeve had not been given permission to negotiate • Huronview Problem May Be Aired Again From what can be learned it appears that the problem of • more accommodation for the aged in Huron County will be reviewed again at a sitting of county council later this month. According to arca representa- tives there will be a motion presented to council to reopen the subject for debate. The issue is whether to build an addition at the present Huronview site at Clinton, or to build at another Location. The county home commit- tee recommended last January • that a $550,000, 75 -bed unit be built at Clinton. This turned out to be a contentious issue, and when put to a vote the Clinton site was chosen by a one -vote margin. Enough public opinion has + since been expressed that appar ently council is going to take a second look. It is likely that a vote will be taken on whether or not to re -open the subject. If council agrees to re -open the debate it • is probable that a second vote would be taken on whether or not to set aside the original de- cision to build at Clinton. Those favoring the addition at Clinton have argued basically i from the standpoine. of cost. It has been stated that to leave I�R/tll /1f1 - ALONG THE MAIN DRAG 6y The Pedestrian By The Pedestrian DAYLIGIIT TIME -- Council OK'd the start of Daylight Saving Time for the end of April. Clocks will be moved ahead at 12:01 Sunday, • April 25th. D.S. T. will run through to the end of October. 0--0--0 'ii1IS IS 13ETTER-- You Winghamites sprawl- ing in the Florida sun can start to consider the trip back home. • The weather this week, after that dandy storm last Thursday, has been up in the balmy 40's. The huge snow hanks pictured last week, ate fast disappearing and the grass is showing on a • number of front lawns. 0--0--0 RAT! IliR FUNNY- - The councillors who oppos- ed the building of a fertilizer warehouse ,near Diagonal Road last year due to the fear of odor, promptly voted for the sale of the town shed which will he used for the same thing. "It Must make a difference where the smell is," suggested Coun- cillor Bateson, What makes it tiiore humorous is the fact that the material under question is a granular chemical, a boxfuI of which has been sitting in the cotuicil chamber for the past four months emitting no odor • at all. a Clinton for another site, the cost to the county would be in- creased by $44,000. Those not supporting Clin- ton have expressed the opinion that there is more involved than money. They have sited the travel distance for people in other parts of the county to Clinton, pointing out that resi- dents of the home would be bet- ter etter served if accommodation could be built in either the north or south end of the county., Support for building at another site has come from municipal representatives from both the north and south areas, although they were not unanimous. In this area both Reeve Procter of Morris and Reeve Snell of East Wawanosh voted in favor of the Clinton location. Since January a great many people have become interested in the subject. A poll taken by this newspaper has indicated that of about 800 people ex- pressing an opinion, only one was in favor of building at the Clinton site. Whether or not any of the county councillors will have changed their opinion since the first of the year will not be proven until the matter can come to a head again at the March session. It is obvious, of course, that some change in thinking by council members will be required if any change in the original decision is to be expected. To Drop Payments For Sanitary Job Council got onto a rather odoriferous subject when deal- ing with the accounts on Mon- day night. One account was brought to the attention of the group by finance chairman Callan, who said council has been paying $300.00 annually for many years to have a number of pit toilets, owned by local rate- payers, cleaned out. Ile said tee of these tenets are in use in the town, and council hat been footing the bill to have them cleaned out every two months. The view was expressed that there is no longer any nec- essity for anyone in town to have an outhouse. Water is available to all residences and septic tanks are not too expens- ive, if the homes are not with- in reach of the sewer system. Asa tcsult of the discussion a motion was passed to inform the property owners involved, that, as of the first of Septem- ber, council will no longer pay the hill for this type of sanita- tion. to this point, as no motion was on the books to this affect, Clerk Renwick read from the January minutes an item which was not a motion, but which indicated that council had in- structed the reeve to proceed in negotiations with the packing company. Councillor Callan claimed that it was a bad deal. He was of the opinion that the Mowbray building is not large enough for the town's requirements, and that not enough space is avail- able inside for storage. He said this would result in the area looking like a junk yard. He maintained that the old shed is better for the purpose, and that :own men are not anxious to move. Reeve Kerr said that when he interviewed the town men they were all for the change, and that the Mowbray building is perfectly adequate and that there is no necessity for under- cover storage of much of the town supply. Councillor T.E. Moszkow- ski said that a decision had been made in January and the reeve had been given the green light on the proposal. Council- lor Moszkowski stated that he would back up that decision. Councillor Bateson said the argument was silly; that coun- cil had discussed the matter in January and Councillor Callan had e.very opportunity at that time to voice his objections. He claimed that if council did not back the reeve, it would put him in the position of bar- gaining in bad faith, Councillor Williams told Mr.Callan, "You have; it all wrong, I wouldn't want to be a party to bad faith such as this." Mayor Miller granted that the old building is not so large, but he felt there are a lot of things stored in the shed that don't have to be inside. Deputy -Reeve Alexander said there is poor housekeeping in the shed, and if cleaned up it would mean space require- ments could be cut, Councillor Callan inter- jected that he still thought of it as a poor deal and that if the Mowbray building is pur- chased it will require a fence to hide the junk. Reeve Kerr said, "What are you talking about? There is room behind the building for the storage of the snowplows and similar equipment." The protracted argument was finally settled when the Mayor called for a vote on the issue. It was moved by Wil- liams and seconded by Mosz- kowski that council accept the offer of Canada Packers for the shed. All but Councillor Cal- lan voted for the sale, and he requested that his vote be re- corded as opposed. On motion of Kerr and Bateson council also voted to purchase the Mowbray building for $8, 000, after the sale of the shed had been confirmed. Councillor Callan again regis- tered the only negative vote. --Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Beirnes spent a couple of days last week in Stratford and at- tended the funera? of their cous- in, Mrs. T. M. Northcott. Discuss Playground At Board Meeting The monthly meeting of Sacred Heart School Board was held at the school on Tuesday of last week, chaired by Peter Vath. The minutes were adopt- ed as read. Correspondence was read and it was moved to pay the monthly bills. A letter was re- ceived from the Recreation Committee asking for two rep- resentatives to that organiza- tion. It was decided to refer the request to the parish. Teachers had been asked to attend the meeting for gen- eral discussion. Mrs. Charles O'Malley stated that atteudance for the month was poor due to storm conditions. Discussions followed in re- gard to the playground area and facilities. It was decided to blacktop an area near the school and to seed down and eventually develop a baseball and football field away from the school. Father Mooney closed the meeting with prayer. Tanker Ready for Use This Week Deputy -Reeve Jack Alex- ander told council on Monday that the Fire Department has purchased a 1960 model truck and a 1,200 gallon tank, which was purchased some time ago, which is being fitted by a Lon- don firm. Ile said the truck should be ready by the of the week for rural fire service. The equipment is being paid for by the rural municipalities who support the rural brigade. Mr. Alexander also told the council that arrangements have been made with the county li- brary to have a number of books placed in the Golden Circle School. Single Copy Not Ove Ten Cents THE CRAWFORD TROPHY was won by an Uxbridge rink at the annual ladies' bonspiel here on Wednesday. J. H. Crawford is shown presenting his trophy to skip Mrs. Betty St. John. Looking on are Mrs. Marie Andrews, vice; Mrs. Margaret Manktelow, second, and Mrs. W. W. Gurney, of Wing - ham, a sister of the skip, was lead. —Photo by Connell. Bluevale Creamery To Change Hands Don Robertson, of Blueva1 said this week that he has arran- ged the sale of the Bluevale Creamery. The change of ownership will take place on March 15. He said that the business will continue under the name of "Bluevale Creamery" with the present staff, and that for the time being he will carry on as manager. The business will continue to purchase eggs and milk, and to buy cream for the manufacture of butter. Mr. Robertson said the name of the purchaser can not be re- leased at the moment. Tentative Plans For Auditorium Seen by Board The Public School Board meeting in regular session on Monday evening heard Douglas Kyles, of Kyles Ltd., archi- tects, explain his tentative plans for a school auditorium - gymnasium. The plan also in- cluded space for a library whict can be incorporated under the grant structure. After looking the plans over the board instruc- ted Mr. Kyles to obtain some indication of cost so that the project can be placed before the Wingham Council, The principal, Stewart Beattie, reported to the hoard that John Rathman of the spe- cial services branch of the De- partment of Education, accom- panied by James Kinkead, pu- blic school inspector, had visit- ed the school to observe a num- ber of pupils and their progress in the light of proposals for the establishment of an opportunity class. Mr. Rathman will report his findings to the board at a later date. Attendance at the school during February averaged 92 per cent of enrolment, a drop from normal accounted for by a considerable amount of ill- ness among the children. The board also decided to add all art supplies to the list of material provided free of cost to the students, commenc- ing next fall. Murray Gerrie was named as the board's representative on the Recreation Commission. Hospital's New Boiler Will Go into Operation The firm of Bennett and Wright of Kitchener, general contractors, have almost com- pleted the installation of a new boiler in a temporary location at the Wingham and District Hospital. The installation is the first move in the $700, 000 to $800, 000 hospital addition. The new oil -fired boiler has been tied into the existing steam headers and it is expect- ed that it will be brought into action next Monday. It is housed in a temporary building beside the present hospital boiler room. As soon as the hew ma- chine is functioning, workmen will start to rcrhovc the two old coal-fired boilers. When they have been taken out a second oil -fired unit will be brought in and set up in the boiler room. When the second unit is installed then the first boiler will be disconnected from its temporary location and also moved inside. The two new units will provide larger capacity for the institution, At the present time work- men are also digging the pits which will house the large oil- storage tanks to serve the new boilers. It is expected that tenders will be called for the new add- ition some time next week. Donnybrook Dam Proposal Will Hold up Bridge Start A request by the council of East Wawanosh Township to have the Maitland Valley Con- servation Authority do an engin. eering study for a possible dam and reservoir at Donnybrook on the East-West Wawanosh boun- dary has caused a delay in bridge plans by Huron County at the same site. The county was ready to call for tenders for a bridge to replace the old Donnybrook structure next week. The bridge is in a bad state of repair and it was the county's intention to proceed with the structure as quickly as possible. The request by East Wawa - nosh was made to the Authority's executive last week. As a re- sult officials of the Huron Coun- ty Road Committee, county engineers, representatives from the township, as well as Auth- ority representatives and engin- eers held a meeting at the site to review the problem. Apparently the township is of the opinion that money go- ing towards the bridge could be directed to the building of a dam which would also provide the river crossing. The County officials agreed on Tuesday to hold up the call for tenders on the bridge briefly, to allow Authority hydraulic engineers an opportunity to do a tentative study in an effort to provide some indication of the scheme's feasibility and cost. If the plan comes into be- ing it will mean a dam of about 25 feet in height, which will flood a narrow reservoir back to the 10th bridge and a short distance upstream from Mar- noch. It is expected that the en- gineers will be able to come up with a report by early next week. This will form the basis of fur- ther action. If the plan is ob- viously out of the question, then the county will proceed with it; bridge plans. If, how- ever, the scheme seems feas- ible, then the various organiza- tions will have to move quickly to arrange for co-operative planning and accurate cost studies. Fireworks Will Be Banned in Wingham Council decided on Mon- day evening to ban both the sale and the letting off of fire- works within the corporation on a year-round basis, The ban will come into effect when the necessary by-law has been ap- proved, probably at the April meeting. The move did not meet with full support. Councillor Cruickshank said it seemed a shame that the kiddies can not have even sparklers. Deputy -reeve Jack Alex- ander said that while he has been selling fireworks for many years, he agreed with tate ban. The decision by council came after urging from various private citizens and organiza- tions within the community. The control will not stop fireworks displays which may be set up under permit. This will allow the service clubs and firemen to once again co-oper- ate for a May 24 display as was done last year, Last year the Kinsmen Club passed a resolution requesting council to ban fireworks, based an the premise that every year dozens of children across the province receive painful and serious injury. Heavy Agenda At Regular Council Meeting Town Councillors were faced with a prolonged meet- ing on Monday. The session started at eight o'clock and didn't end until just after mid- night. However, er, a considerable amount of business was conclud cd and when the meeting ad- journed the Mayor said he felt council had completed a lot of work. A number of letters were read by the clerk. As result council decided to: authorize two delegates to the mayor's and reeve's convention in Kit- chener; give a grant of $25.00 to the St. John Ambulance As- sociation at Goderich; reply to W, II. Gurney K Co. regarding a broken plate glass window, Please turn to Page light