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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-04-21, Page 1ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By Thi, Pedestrian It was explained at the regu- lar meeting of the Wingham District High School Board on Thursday evening that the Luck- now District High School Board had passed a resolution asking the consultative committees of Huron and Bruce Counties to dissolve the Lucknow district in • order to create a new district comprising that now under the jurisdiction of both Lucknow and Wingham. A similar resolution was pre- sented to the Wingham board by the secretary, to dissolve its district. This was discussed by the members. The resolution outlined the conditions of am- algamation, chief of which was to make the Lucknow high school available to the elemen- tary boards of Lucknow and Kin- loss once amalgamation takes place. The board passed the resolution, which will be for- warded to the county commit- tees. The Wingham board later met with a group from the Luck- e now board and a further condi- FIREMAN NORMAN ANGER watches op- Department soak a large shed to keep the erations as members of the Wingham Fire Underwood barn fire from spreading. Name Change Likely If Two School Districts Amalgamate FIRST SECTION ebje Wingharn; Ontario, Thursda April 21, 1966 (knicta-77 Single Copy Not Over Fifteen Cent:, Hold Tax Increase to Three Mills PICNIC PAVILION OUT -- COUNCIL ECONOMIZES BACK AT WORK-- Friends are indeed pleased to see Elmer Wilkinson in his place of business again, following his recent accident. Mrs. Wilkin- son was removed from Toronto to the Wingham and District Hospital at the week-end and is progressing favorably. 0-0-0 TAKING OVER-- Did you note that Ken Du- charme has taken over the pho- tographic business established by Bill Connell, who is moving on to greener fields. Ken has been with CKNX for the past six years and will now be free lanc- ing. 0--0--0 ROLLER SKATING-- Keep your shirt on gang, the arena authorities haven't for- gotten about roller skating, now that the ice is out of the rink, Current plans call for starting out the summer season of roller 4 skating on May 5th. In the ie- terval the arena is being clean- ed and necessary maintenance and painting being completed. 0-0-0 TIME CHANGE'.- Don't forget to set the clock one hour ..head before you re,- tire on Saturday night. Day- light Saving takes effect at 12.01 a.m. Sunday. tion was added to the resolution to the effect that a formal agreement from the elementary school interests should indicate their obligation in taking over the Lucknow building. The two groups also discuss- ed a proposed building program which will be necessary if am- algamation of the two districts takes place. The added facilities as out- lined by Principal F. E. Ma- dill will be in addition to those already approved by the De- partment of Education for a necessary expansion at the school, based on survey figures of enrolment at the school ov- er the next five years. The new proposal includes accommodation for an extra 190 pupils from the Lucknow area, which would bring total Waldens Engage Traffic Manager Carl Goodyear of Toronto has been engaged by Walden Brothers Ltd., local transport company, as their new traffic manager. He commenced his duties on Monday and will be in charge of rates and sales for the firm. Mr. Goodyear comes to Wingham after serving with the CNR for 16 years in the traffic department and latterly with the Canadian Transport Tariff Bureau which is an association owned by the transport com- panies to compile rates and to deal with government agencies. He is married and has one three-year-old daughter. The family will take up residence next week at sn Francis Street. accommodation at the school up to 1,450 pupils. To accommodate these 190 students it is proposed to add three classrooms, one science room, two vocational shops and one commercial room. The proposal also recommends an enlarged administration area, an enlarged cafeteria and con- sideration of departmental work areas. There is also the possi- bility of the need for a fourth gymnasium. The previous building pro- gram allowed for four class- rooms, one library, secretarial laboratory, office practice room, marketing room, agri- cultural laboratory, greenhouse, machine shop, metal and weld- ing shop, occupational shop for boys, single gymnasium, cafe- teria addition, staff room, teachers' work room and in- creased administration area. This plan was set out to supply facilities for an expected in- crease in enrolment over the next five years of 300 students from the existing Wingham area. The two boards also discuss- ed the need for a change of name if the two districts amal- gamate, and a motion was passed to suggest to the county consultative committees that the new area be called "The Huron-Bruce Secondary School District". In other business Principal Madill reported that seven teachers have resigned, effect- ive the end of June, and that a number of replacements have been secured but some positions are still open. No action was taken on a letter from the Trustees Coun- cil in regard to school centen- nial projects. At the meeting of the board of directors of the Wingham and District Hospital on Friday eve- ning, the board members were taken on a tour of the new sec- tion of the building which has been under construction since last summer. Mrs. I. E. Morrey, the hos- pital's administrator, explain- ed the layout of rooms, which include a section for`the care of children, another for patients with infectious diseases, chronic patients, surgery cases and ob- stetrics. The board members had an opportunity to see for them- selves the quality of workman- High School Budget Shows 3 Min Drop The Wingham District High School Board passed a record budget on Thursday evening of last week, but a surplus from the past year's operationsmade it possible to drop the mill rate by 3 mills. Last year's rate on the county equalized assess- ment figures was 12 mills and it has dropped to 9 mills for 1966. RECEIPTS The budget estimates show the following receipts: 1965 surplus 82,369.65; gen- eral legislative grant, $481,500; tuition fees from other boards, $44, 798; from night school and driver training $2, 387; cadet grant, $837; auditorium rent $180; sale of materials, $210; total $737,165, EXPENDITURES Vocational department 1965 deficit $10, 029; administration, $25,759; plant operation and maintenance $65,800; instruc- tion, $366,100; supplies $67, 538; night school and driv- er training, $6, 405; transporta- tion, $85, 150; other services (cadets, cafeteria, auxiliary) $16,400; interest $5,300; capi- tal expenditures, $21, 000; de- benture payments $65,480; mis- cellaneous $167; total $735,165. P.S. Teachers Get Raises Public school teachers in the minimum category have a $400 salary increase, Raises were al- so granted in all other categor- ies. The minimum will be $3, 500 and the maximum $5,300 in category i. Salaries in category 2 will be $4,000 to $5,800; category 3, $4, 500 to $6, 900; and cate- gory 4, $5,000 to $7,400. The school board accepted the resignation of Mrs. Douglas Conley. Principal T. S. Beattie re- ported an average attendance in March of 474, about 94 per cent of the total. ship which has gone into the building and is generally satis- factory. Some dissatisfaction was expressed at the quality of windows which have been fit- ted. It was explained that the matter has already been brought to the attention of the archi- tects and it is expected the win- dows will be replaced. In her report of statistics for the month of March Mrs. Mot- rey said that the patient popu- lation has been heavy, consid- ering the fact that the building operations have disrupted nor- mal facilities. During the month there were 16 births, 216 operations, 162 mills on residential property and 83.5 mills on commercial and industrial assessment. The 1965 rates were '75.'75 and 83.50 respectively, The increase of three mills comes from a general increase The urgent problem of am- bulance service for this area came under discussion at the April meeting of the directors of the Wingham and District , Hospital. Board Chairman R. B. Cousins announced that the ex- ecutive committee of the board would meet on Wednesday eve- ning of this week with the sev- en ambulance operators in or- der to seek a solution to the problem. Apparently most of the pre- sent operators want to get out of the business since new legula- tions call for the installation of special equipment in their vehi- cles, as well as the employ- ment of an attendant with spe- cial training. The present operators con- A two-car collision on No. 87 Highway at Wroxeter sent four women to hospital with in- juries late Friday afternoon. The accident occurred when a car driven by Mrs. Harry Tem- pleman of Gorrie was travelling east on the Highway and was in collision with another car driv- en by Evelyn Jean Holt, R.R. 2, Bluevale. The Holt car was entering the highway from Wrox- eter and was travelling in a general northerly direction when the mishap occurred. Sau g een District Scout Leaders Meet in Wingham A dinner meeting will be held at the Wingham District High School next Wednesday evening. Group committee members, Scout and Cub lead- ers and Auxiliary members from the centres throughout the Sau- geen District will gather to dis- cuss activities for the coming year. The district extends from Paisley and Chesley in the north to Wingham in the south. One of the important topics out-patients, 335 x-rays, 1158 laboratory tests, 37 electrocar- diographic examinations, '75 at the cancer clinic. Daily aver- age of patients was 77. Per patient daily costs were up to $25.24 during March, which is considerably above the $24.03 which is the allowable cost set by OHSC. However, it is expected that this will drop later in the year when the in- stitution is back to normal and the building completed. MANAGEMENT Barry Wenger, chairman of the management committee, reported on a meeting of that committee on the previous Wed- in cost of operations in the town and a better than two mill in- crease in the county rate, plus a deficit of $6,800 in last year's operations. A drop of three mills in the requirements of the Wingham District High School tend that ambulance service will be a losing proposition and have asked the hospital authori- ties to assume responsibility for the maintainance of such ser- vice. The hospitals, however, are all operated under regulations set out by the Ontario Hospital Services Commission, which will not consider the operation of an ambulance as art allow- able cost. Wednesday night's meeting (too late for a report in this is- sue), will explore all the pos- sibilities and recognize the necessity of a reliable ambu- lance service for Wingham and the surrounding rural area serv- ed by this hospital. Mrs. Templeman suffered lacerations to the left leg and chest injuries. Her daughter, 14-year-old Susan Templeman received facial lacerations. Mrs. Holt had back injuries and a passenger in her car, Mary Robinson, had a slight concus- sion. The two cars received a total of approximately $1, 000 damage. Provincial Constable Ken Wilson of the Wingham 0. P. P. detachment investigated. Charges are pending. Hospital Gets $200.00 Legacy The Wingham and District Hospital was named as a bene- ficiary in the will of the late James Duncan Anderson of East Wawanosh Township. Mr. Anderson directed that the hospital was to receive a gift of $200.00 from hisestate, The money will be used topur- chase equipment for the com- fort and care of the patients. will be the Scouts Centennial Tour to Quebec and the Mari- time Provinces, slated for July of next year. nesday evening. At that time Mrs. Morrey detailed the utili- zation of the new sections of the hospital now nearing com- pletion. She also pointed out a few problems which have arisen in the areas under construction and the committee toured the building. The management commit- tee report also refetred to the recent visit of Dr. L. Genesove of Toronto, who had made a courtesy survey of the hospital and had made several suggest- ions for changes in procedure which would lead to accredi- tation of the hospital, possibly Please Turn to Page Seven will also ease the burden on the ratepayers this year. The Pub- lic and Separate School rates increased only .10 mills to 17.53 residential and 19.48 commercial this year. The general rate, which is the mon- ey raised to cover the expendi- tures by council, will be 35.02 mills and $9.82 respectively. The general rate will raise $109,090.58; high school $2,6, - 648.68 ; public school $52, - 008.45; separate school $2, - 143.08; and the County of Hur- on levy $52,455.18. One mill more was in the. budget to cover the cost of building the Centennial picnic pavilion at Riverside Park. How- ever council had received only one tender for the building, and this tender was $3, 000 over the $9, 000 estimates of last year. As a result council decided to dispense with the project for this year in order to keep the mill rate from climbing any higher than necessary. RECEIPTS The estimates indicated that the town will take in $141, - 294.46 from all sources other than local taxation. This in- cludes $43,108 in provincial and county grants and $81,156 in recoverable debenture debt on the high school and public school. On the expenditure side of the estimates the breakdown is as follows: general government $3, 200; administration, $10, - 050; heat, light, insurance, printing, etc. , $12, 225; police, fire and street light costs, $38, - 500; public works, $54,800; sanitation, $7,200; social wel- fare, $5,500; recreation and community services (library, arena commission, flower pots, park) $16, 568; debenture charg- es and interest, le 9, 076; dis- count on taxes, and writeoffs, $4, 000; cemetery, $7, 000; misc. $300; Riverside Park, $2, 500; pension plan, $2, 000; Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, $1,820; meters, $1, 000; Conservation Authority for Lower Town pond $3,50'1; Retarded Children's Authority, $600; town shed $8,076.6 6 . Fire Destroys Turnberry Bain Fire of undetermined ,.rigin completely gutted a 4-storey barn on the Orb Concession of Turnberry belonging to George Underwood. Lost in the blaze were 12,500 month-old crick- ens. The fire be gar. abote 1.30 p.m. on Tuesday, Mr. Kenneth Chamte-e , who lives at the farm and e, are- ployed by Mr. Underwood, said he was plowing near te,e barn when he first roti..-ed smohe, He said that whep he enterer± the barn the fire was alseady out of control arc' he was un- able to get rica:: it. Mrs. Ches•ioet -- saic. she was sitting in t',e eatteten whet the noticed the s Extent o' thEe loss to the building and stock has not yet been deterrnincd, according to Fire Chief Tim Carr of Wing- ham Fire Department. Wingham Fire Department 'answered the call and 'ept their hoses trained on a nearby shed to prevent the fire spreading to other buildings. Chief Carr said firemen's f aces were blistered frotri the in- tense beat as they controlled the fire. By knocking out the centen- nial picnic pavillion from its 1966 budget the town council in special session on Monday evening held the mill rate to within three points of last year. The 1966 rate will be '78.80 ttt fif Meeting Tackles Ambulance Problem Board Members Tour Hospital Wing FOUR WOMEN INJURED IN WROXETER ACCIDENT •