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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-03-25, Page 14 r • • 4 e 4 r Council Approved Design of Road Council gave its approval last week to a plan presented by the regional functionalplan* ning engineer of the Depart- ment of Highways, for an ac- cess road to serve properties at the easterly limits of Wingharn. The road will be required after the Highway 86 by-pass from the east boundary of the town is built across the prairies to join up with the causeway south of town at the junction of Highway 86 and No, 4. Several designs were submit' ted and council concurred with one that will utilize the present highway, causing few changes in the existing private drive- ways. The plan will also pro- vide access to property owned by William Conron, that may at some time be sub -divided. Culross Man Was Hurt Thursday A Culross man, John Mc- Kague, 49, of RR 1, Teeswater, was admitted to the Wingham and District Hospital last Thurs- day suffering from injuries sus- tained in a car accident. The mishap occurred two miles north of Teeswater on Conces- sion 4, of Culross Township, when a car and truck collided. Mr. McKague suffered frac- tured ribs, knee and face in- juries. His condition was re- ported as satisfactory. Truck driver Donald Park, of Teeswa- ter, was not injured. The accident was investiga- ted by Walkerton provincial police. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian SO THIS IS SPRING? -- Chief topic of conversation seems to be the size of snow banks remaining, despite the official first day of spring on Sunday. Predictions on Tuesday were for a fall of an additional three to six inches of snow. Cheer up --maybe Lake Huron will regain a foot or two of wa- ter when the snow melts. 0--0--0 ATTEND COUNCIL -- Deputations from the Exeter and Wingham areas attended county council in Goderich on Wednesday morning to urge re- consideration of the decision to erect an addition to the county home at Clinton. 0--0--0 TO AMALGAMATE? -- There is some suggestion that the arena and recreation committees might be combin- ed, since the newly selected rec. director will be employed in both these departments. This might well be the solution to several nagging problems. ..aot Abtoncies. FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Mar, 25, 1965 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents Council Hires Simcoe Man To Fill Recreation Post Ivan Kersell, a 36 -year-old Simcoe man was hired by coun- cil on Monday as Wingham's new recreation director. He will take up duties in Wingham on April 12th. Members of the Recreation Committee travelled to Guelph on Wednesday of last week to interview a number of appli- cants for the position, and recommended several to the council, who chose Mr. Kersell at a special meeting Monday afternoon. Mr. Kersell is com- pleting a two-year diploma course in recreation at the Uni- versity of Guelph, The new recreation director is married and the couple have three children. He served with the RCAF as a bomber pilot for five years after the war, and before taking his course at Guelph was engaged as a sales- man with several firms. Midget Tournament Will Be Held Here A Midget B hockey tourna- ment will be held here with the final game for the Walter Lock - ridge Memorial Trophy on Sat- urday, April 3 at 8:30 p.m. Two games will be played on Friday of this week with the remainder on April 3. Each team will be provided with food following the games. Mrs. Walter Lockridge will present the trophy, donated by Mrs. Lockridge and her family, to the winning team at the con- clusion of the tournament. The trophy is on display at Stainton's Hardware, An exhibition Midget A game will be played between Kitchener and London at 6;30 on Saturday, during a break between the semi-final and final play-offs. SCHEDULE Friday, March 26; 7:00 p.m. Durham vs. Seaforth; 9;00 p. m. Hanover vs. Mitchell. IT STILL FLIES- - The old red ensign is still waving in the breeze at the cenotaph. Whether or not it has been overlooked we don't know, or perhaps the theft of the two flags from the high school and the separate school are the reason for leaving the old flag in place. 0--0--0 SOME TRIP -- That was some space shot on Tuesday. It was a real show, but for our part we will stick to main drag. Saturday, April 3; 8:30 a.m. Wingham vs. Listowel; 10:30 a.m. St. Marys vs. Exeter; 12:30 p.m. Durham/Seaforth vs. Walkerton; 2:30 p.m. Hanover/Mitchell vs. Winghanl/ Listowel; 4:30 p.m. St.Marys/ Exeter vs. Durham/Seaforth/ Walkerton. 6:30 p.m. Exhibition "A" Midget, Kitchener vs. London, 8:30 p. m. Hanover/Mitchell Wingham/Listowel vs. St. Marys/Exeter/Durham/Sea- forth/Walkerton. arys/Exeter/Durham/Sea- forth/Walkerton. Jack Reavie Is Crossing Guard Town council last week named Jack Reavie the new school crossing guard. He was picked from several applicants for the position. Mr. Reavie, who is town assessor; took up his duties on Monday morning. He will be at the corner of Josephine and John Streets every school day both morning and afternoon. Council designated the times as 8:30 to 9:00; 11:30 to 12:15 in the morning and 12;45 to 1;15, 3:30 to 4:15 in the afternoon. Parents whose children have to cross Josephine Street going and coining from school, are advised to have the youngsters go to the John Street intersec- tion where Mr. Reavie will be on hand to provide safe cross- ing. JACK REAVIE is the newly -appointed school crossing guard. He will be on duty every school day to protect the children crossing the main street at the John Street intersection. With him are: Ricky McKay, Richard Lloyd, Jim Welwood, Jim Pattison and Tommy Morton as they came from school on Monday.--A-T Photo. The new recreation director will also take on the duties of arena manager, and will take a special two -weeks' course on this subject during May. His salary was set at $4, 300 by council. This figure will be subsidized by the Community Programmes Branch of the De- partment •of Education to the extent of $1, 500, with the re- sult that Mr. Kersell's services will amount to about one mill on Wingham's tax rate. The Recreation Committee hopes to see the arena used on a year-round basis and to oper- ate all the facilities in the building. The new director will assist with all existing pro- grams such as minor sports, which are already doing so well, and institute a broader summer program so that more of the young people, both boys and. girls, will be involved. It is hoped that,more of the rec- reation facilities in the com- munity will be put to use and that a broader scope of activity will be arranged to serve the public. It will be the new director's duties to administer the recrea- tion program and operate the • recreation facilities according to the policy established by the appropriate municipal auth- ority. He will exercise execu- tive control over the rental and use of the arena and other rec- reation buildings; the use of athletic fields and pools; and municipal programs as well as recreation services, Big Loss Suffered In Morris Fire A loss estimated at $20,000, only partially covered by insur- ance, was suffered by Rowland Marks, when his Morris Town- ship barn burned Monday morn- ing. The farm is situated on the fifth line of Morris, west of Brussels. The alarm was sounded about 7:45 Monday morning when both the Blyth and Wing - ham rural brigades were called. However the structure was too far gone by the time firemen arrived. Aided by neighbors, the firemen were able to save about 25 head of cattle although a number of cattle, small pigs as well as hay and grain were lost in the fire. New Company Buys Bluevale Creamery Don Robertson,former owner of the Bluevale Creamery, has announced that the plant has been sold to Darigold Products Ltd. Darigold is a new Canadian company, staffed and managed entirely by Canadians, and completely independent of any associates in the United States. The firm is financed for the most part with Canadian capi- tal and is presently engaged in acquiring and setting up sever- al similar plants in Canada. Plans call for expansion of the operations at Bluevale, about which information may be expected in future. BARRIE CONRON, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Conron, received his swimmer's and musician's badges from Scoutmaster Crawford Douglas at the Father and San banquet. —Photo by Connell. Local Students Took Top Speaking Honors Mary Ann Schaeffer, of Tees - water, and Charles Congram of Wingham, both students at the Wingham District High School won top place in the regional Lions Club public speaking con- test held here on Friday even- ing. The two young people were sponsored by the local club, the first time that the local organi- zation has placed entries in the annual competitions. The two winners were top speakers a short time ago in a contest that embraces several Lions clubs in neighboring cen- ters. They will now go on, as well as the runners-up, Grace Hi11 of Clifford, and Peter Laz- ier of Owen Sound, to a sub- district competition at Guelph on April 12. The winners from there will proceed to a district Local Speakers Win at Clinton Vicki Rosenhagen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Rosenhagen, won first place in the public speaking contest at Clinton Pu- blic School on Tuesday after- noon. Susan Carson ofHowickCen- tral School was second, with Susan Bissett, Goderich Public School, third. Inspector J. H. Kinkead was chairman and judges for the contest were J. W. Coulter, in- spector of public schools; J. A. Gray, principal of Clinton Pu- blic School and Mrs. Ball of Clinton. The Trustees and Ratepayers Association and Ontario Hydro sponsored the contest for pupils of Huron County. The winners will now compete with other successful candidates from this section of Western Ontario in Breslau. competition, which will bring regional winners together from across Ontario and Quebec for a contest at Owen Sound on May 1. There were five boys and five girls taking part in the re- gional test, held at the local high school. The entries were from Chatsworth, Mt. Forest, Clifford, Ripley, Owen Sound, Palmerston, Lucknow, Clifford and Wingham. George McCutcheon of Brus- sels was the chairman for the evening. Judges were Ross Ham- ilton, Norman Welwood and Miss Phyllis Johns of Wingham; Ralph Smith, supervising prin- cipal of elementary schools at Goderich and Stanley Wheeler, head of the English department at the Goderich and District Collegiate Institute. Lion Mel Gattie of Collingwood, sub- district public speaking chair- man, presented cheques for $15.00 to the winners as well as certificates and $10.00 cheques to the losers. Authority Options Wroxeter School The Maitland Valley Con- servation Authority has taken an option on the Wroxeter Pub- lic School, which was built in 1954 at a cost of $40, 000, with an offer to purchase for $8, 500. The Authority will place the project before a generalmeet- ing of the organization on Fri- day of this week, and if approv- ed, the scheme will then be sent to the Conservation Branch of the Department of Energy and Resources for its approval. The department, if approval is Please turn to Page Eight Lions Vote for Early Carnival Meeting at the Queen's Ho- tel on Tuesday evening, mem- bers of the Lions Club engaged in a lengthy discussion of mo- ney -raising projects for this spring and summer. It was decided to engage the Carter rides for the first week -end in August on a three - night basis. The Lions will operate bingo, games, etc., on the Friday and Saturday eve- nings While the show is in oper- ation in the town park. Plans will be formulated to hold other projects to raise funds for the club's welfare program during the summer months. Lion President Lloyd Case - more presided over the meet- ing and Lion Bill Conron led the singing and collected the fines. Lion Fred McGee looked after the secretary's chores for the night. The next meeting of the club will be a farmers' night in early April. A letter from the Retarded Children's Authority explained that since the Department of Education is assuming the ma- jor share of operational costs at the local school for retarded children, the Authority is now forwarding a new project- -look- ing after the needs of pre- school retarded children and retarded adults. The letter re- quested the club's financial as- sistance be continued to assist in these new activities. The president requested that as many Lions as possible go to Guelph on Friday evening, April 9th, to support the two local students who are the win- ners of the first two rounds in the public speaking contest. Lion DeWitt Miller intro- duced the speaker of the even- ing, Barry Wenger, who told briefly of a recent trip to the Canadian NATO forces in France and Germany. $660,800 Washes Out Donnybrook Dam The council of East Wawa - nosh Township has decided to drop any further planning in connection with a proposal to build a dam at Donnybrook, on the boundary between East and West Wawanosh Townships. The reason—money. The council asked Maitland Valley Conservation Authority to investigate the possibility of building a datn, as the County of Huron is going to replace the old bridge at the same site. The river crossing would lend itself to the construction of a dam, which would create a reservoir about four miles long. The Authority called in en- gineers to do a quick estimate of costs in order to find out the magnitude of the scheme. This report was given to council last Thursday, which showed an estimated cost for both bridge and dam, plus land pur- chases at $660,800. When ail subsidies were in- cluded for the bridge work from the Department of High- ways and the county, plus the 75 per cent subsidy for small reservoirs from the Department of Energy and Resources,nearly $125, 000 was left to be picked up by the Authority—which in essence meant the township, as it would be the only benefit- ting municipality. This amount could be finan- ced by the government over a 10 -year period. However, it would mean nearly 10 mills on the township's assessment base. As a result council made a fast decision to drop the sub- ject, for the obvious reason that it would cost the taxpayers too much money. It is anticipated that Huron County will now proceed to call for tenders for the construc- tion of the bridge, which it had delayed until the cost esti- mates of the dam were avail- able.