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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-06-09, Page 1ncemeitra „ . ---"Win817arn, Ontario, Thersday, June 9 1906 FIRST SECTION Sirigle Copy Not Over Fifteen Cents. LOADING THEIR gear into the trunk of a car before leaving on a week-end camping trip at the Goderich United Church Cub camp are, left to right, \Hingham Cubs Terry and Stephen Sallos, Paul Bennett, Doug Vanderwoude and Richard Lloyd. FAMILY DINNER MARKS FIFTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 0 Forbes Denies Huron E.M.O. Will Be Dropped by County A AIM THE MAIN DRAG. By The Petlestriee NAMES NEEDED-* The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion has compiled an honor roll of for- mer members, to be read at the Decoration Day service on Sun- day. Te make sure the list is complete, families of deceas- ed Auxiliary members who are not absolutely sure the names are now on the roll, should con- tact Mrs. David Crothers. The names must be in by Saturday. 0--0--0 ALMOST READY-- The new coin-operated car wash is nearing completion and should be ready for operation within a week or ten days. J.C. McIntyre is the owner, 0-0-0 SHOW CANCELLED-- The executive of the Wing- ham Horticultural Society has announced with regret the can- cellation of its first flower show which was slated for Sat- day of this week. Adverse wea- ther conditions have prevented the development of too many flowers and it was decided that the blooms which are available would not make the show suf- ficiently competitive or inter- esting. DOG'S VICTIM IN HOSP. Rodney White, 13, of Bel- grave, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray- mond White received extensive lacerations to the right thigh on Saturday when he was appar- ently bitten by a neighbor's dog. The boy was riding his bicycle at the time. Rodney is in Wingham and District Hospital where his con- dition is reported as satisfactory. Police Aid Hospital in Poison Case The hospital has been treat- ing a number of patients with injuries to hands, fingers, toes and feet suffered while making adjustments to power lawnmow- ers which have been left run- ning. The hospital is most ap- preciative to the Mount Forest Police who contacted the Kin- cardine Provincial Police to rush a specific medication from Kincardine Hospital to be used in the treatment of arsenic poi- son. This medicine was used on a child who had eaten " sweet ant poison" which contains ar- senic. Two children who have eaten this substance have been treated at the hospital within the past week. Again, children are allowed to take poisons in every form-a lemon oil furniture polish, adults' tranquilizers, heart tab- lets, aspirins, etc. Every week children must be treated for some type of poison. It is most fortunate that no deaths have resulted from these ingested poisons, corner of Scott and Minnie; corner of Patrick and Leopold and from the town hall. The pickup will start at 2.30.There will be chairs at the cemetery. Anyone without transporta- tion who cannot be at the places named as bus stops should, call David A. Crothers, 357.- 2446 by Saturday, June 11 so that other arrangements maybe made. The Legion and Lodge mem- bers have made every effort to make it possible for people to attend this memorial service and they anticipate a large crowd. Roger West was elected presi- dent of the western district On- tario Young Conservatives at the general meeting in London on Saturday. The district takes in from Stratford to Lake Huron and Wingham to Tillsonburg. Other officers are Gordon Walker of London, vice-presi- dent; John MacNaughton of Ex- eter, treasurer, and Mrs. John R. Lloyd of Wingham, secre- tary. Amendment of the Criminal Code to permit lotteries was supported with the money to go to hospitals and schools, A resolution was passed call- ing for changes in income tax laws to make mortgage interest payments up to $1, 000 and mu- nicipal taxes up to $500 de- ductible each year. Delegates passed a final re- solution advocating intensified agricultural training programs at all levels of education, with special financial incentives to "help rural youth partake of this training." The resolution stated: "The trend of farming has been to larger units, which require the use of complex equipment and better techniques, and the pre- vious father-to-son approach to fanner training is no longer adequate to teach today's faxen , er the skills ha needs." Advance-Times Offers Photo Print Service Arrangements have been completed at The Advance- Times office to provide a fre- quently-requested service for the public, Each week, as news pictures appear in the paper, we re- ceive numerous requests for photo copies of the pictures. Up to the present we have found it impossible to provide extra prints. Under the new arrange- ment, however, such prints will be available. The price will be $1.50 for each 6 x 8 inch print. If desired, larger prints will be made in the 8 x 10 size at $3.00 per print. At one time The Advance- Times was able to turn over negatives of such pictures so that those who wished could have their own prints made, This is no longer possible be- cause all negatives are now re- quired for filing in our office. Those who wish to purchase WROXETER—The Wroxeter Telephone Co. Ltd. voted at the annual meeting last Thurs- day to sell to the Wightman Telephone System of Clifford, the changeover to take place October 1. The Wroxeter company, un- der the name of Wroxeter Rural Telephone Co. was formed in 1909 and in 1933 Robert Heth- erington brought the list of shareholders up to date and again in 1962. There are some 400 patrons in the Wroxeter ex- change. Present officers are Robert Searson, president; Leonard Sanderson, vice-president, and directors, Kenneth McMichael, Dean Karn and Arthur Gibson. The lineman is Allan Adams and operators are, Mrs. Geo. Westlake, Mrs. Ross Coates, Mrs. Everett Cathers and Mrs. Allan Adams of Wroxeter and Mrs. Blake McMillan and Miss Kaye Nichol, Gerrie. The Wightman company will also take over the Howick Mu- Fly West for 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Colin Fingland left Melton by plane on Thurs- day for Vancouver where they will visit Mrs. Fingland's cou- sin, Mrs. A. Taylor, They were accompanied to Melton by Mr. and Mrs. Harold France. The trip was planned in cele- bration of Mr. and Mrs. Fing- land's golden wedding anniver- sary on June 3. Their many friends wish them many more years of health and happiness. prints are reminded, however, that not all photos which ap- pear in the paper are taken by Advance-Times staff photogra- phers. Prints will be available only from those pictures which carry the A-T credit line at the end of the captions below the photos. If photo prints are to be pure chased the order must be plac- ed within two weeks after pub- lication of the pictures in the paper and the required prints will be made within one week. nicipal Telephone System. The shareholders voted 53 to 3 for the sale at a meeting on Wed- nesday of last week. Ray G. Wightman of Clif- ford, manager of the Wight- man company, has reported that the two systems will be converted to dial by the end of 1968 at a cost of $300, 000. The main exchange at Clifford will not be converted until 1970. Exchanges at Neustadt and Ay- ton changed to dial two years ago. The dial exchange building to serve the Howick and Wrox- eter exchanges, which include Fordwich, Wroxeter and Gorrie will be built at Gerrie. The Wightman Telephone System, formed in 1909 by Robert Wightman, grandfather of the present manager, will have 2,000 subscribers after the takeover in October. The sys- tem bought the Bell Telephone exchanges at Ayton and Neue stadt in 1930, sponsibility of making the de- cisions, He requested council to give consideration to a fall exercise. Various councillors express» ed the opinion that the plan is a waste of time. Others thought that there has never been an emergency in the county that demanded this type of organiza- tion and fires and floods have been handled adequately on a local basis. Mr. Forbes said it is true most people are not interested in disaster plans until they are needed and that a little prepar- ation is well worth the effort. E.M.O. is interested in aiding in the small emergency as well as in a wide-spread disaster. He said the E.M.O. has made it possible for communi- rather than purchased. Council backed the motion. A motion was passed by the council to request the two drive- in stands to close at 1,00 a. m. There have been complaints from residents in the area about the stands being open until late hours. Councillor Wild reported a few complaints about wet base- ments during the heavy rains Monday evening, but other than that, all is going accord- ing to plan in the Public Works Department. He said sidewalk repairs will be made on Jose- phine and Victoria Streets. Deputy Reeve Alexander re- ported that the fire department's tanker had burned out a motor and this had been replaced and other repairs made to the truck. Council passed a resolution ties to have auxiliary police- men and it may b,e possible to set up auxiliary firemen. In Huron County the organization is costing 25 cents per capita, and the costs are subsidized to the extent of 90 per cent. We get a lot of service for a very small outlay, he said. Mayor Miller wanted to know who would be involved in the proposed exercise, and Mr. Forbes presented him with a book outlining the program and those in charge. He said the exercise would give direction and show what can be done. It would provide those charged with responsibility an oppor- tunity to test the plans. Alter further discussion Coun- cil deferred making a decision until the July meeting. A-T Photo Mrs. Elliott is the former Elizabeth Magee, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Magee. Mr. Elliott's parents were Mr. and Mrs. W. D. El- liott, Bluevale Road. The couple was married at the home of the bride's parents, also of the Bluevale Road, June 7, 1911. They lived in Durham fol- lowing their marriage where he was employed by the CNR, Lac- er they returned to Wingham and Mr. Elliott was CNR fore- man here for 25 years. He re- tired in 1950 after 40 years with the railway. Moses Brown, owner of the old factory building on Alfred Street, visited town council on Monday night and asked for consideration in regard to his taxes on the factory property. He claimed he had not receiv- ed his rebate on taxes for va- cancy and that the assessment is too high. Mr. Brown said that whenhe was in Wingham previously and tried to get information regard- ing his assessment, he had been given "the brush-off' by the assessor and others. His com- plaints lasted for nearly one hour, during which time Coun- cillor Bateson said he had sat on the Court of Revision last year, and felt Mr. Brown was taking up an unnecessary amount of council's time. The irrate ratepayer was given no satisfaction by council as to its plans in regard to the assessment other than that the Mayor said it would be discuss- ed at the next council meeting. Councillor Mrs. Roy Bennett suggested the answer to the tax problem would be simple if Mr. Brown tore the old building down, Before leaving Mr. Brown said all he asked from council was fair treatment. Assessor Jack Reavie said the building was now assessed at wrecking value and this could not be made any lower. OTHER BUSINESS The Department of High- ways informed council by let- ter that the service road to be built in front of properties at the easterly outskirts of town will cost an estimated $3,264, which will be subject to the usual subsidy. A letter from the Ontario Housing Corporation stated an- other survey for low-rental housing would be made at council's request. The proper resolutions were passed by council. The final by-law authoriz- ing the sale of $40, 000 worth of debentures for the new Han- na Memorial Bridge was read and passed. POLICE RADIO Councillor Bud Cruickshank told council that if a two-way police radio network is set up in the county, Lou Palmer would be willing to man the base station at his home for $60.00 pet month. He moved that council join the network if the plan proceeds and that the necessary equipment be leased Stuart Forbes, emergency Measures officer for Huron Coun- ty, told Wingham Council on Monday evening that published rumors to the effect that the Emergency Measures Organiza- tion is to be dropped by the county are not correct. He said be had a meeting with the county committee recently and there was no intention of dis- banding the program. Mr. Forbes was addressing council in regard to a proposed E. M. 0. exercise for the Wing- ham area. Council had been asked to approve an exercise earlier in the spring and had turned it down. Mr. Forbes outlined his reasons for wanting to have the plan put into effect and said that in case of an em- ergency it would be elected of- ficials who would bear the re- A plot and memorial to all veterans who paid the supreme sacrifice will be dedicated by Branch 180, Royal Canadian Legion on Sunday afternoon at the annual Decoration Day ser- vice at the cemetery, sponsor- ed by the Legion and the LOOF Lodge. The service will start at three o'clock. All people of Wingham and district are invited to attend. For adults without transporta- tion bus service has been ar- ranged. Pick-up will be from five locations, CKNX, corner of John and Carling Terrace; corner of Albert and Josephine; Legion Will Provide Bus • Service for Decoration Day Roger West Heads Western Dist. YPC's Howick, WroxeterTelephone Companies Sold to Clifford A family dinner and social evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Davis on Saturday marked the 55th wedding an- niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Elliott. All members of their family were present: Mr. and Mrs. Ted Elliott, Brad and Randy, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Elliott, Karen and Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Elliott, Airnajane and Sally Lou, Mr. and Mrs, Bill Elliott and Linda, and Mr. and Mrs. Davis, all of Wing- ham, and Mrs. Dorothy Ryan, Cathy and Gregory of Toronto, Gordon Waple of Toronto was also present for the occasion. Seeks Tax Cons i deration for Vacant Industrial Property approving the proposed addi- tion to the high school and the necessary debentures. $396, 000 in building per- mits were approved which in- clude the public school addi- tion, the new car wash and two new houses. A motion was approved in- structing the clerk to issue war- rants for the tax sale of proper- ties now three years in arrears. Donald Kennedy, chairman of the Municipal Development Board, attended council and requested financial backing for the publication of a brochure to be used at the International Plowing Match this fall. Coun- cil granted his request after re- viewing the artwork and layout for the proposal and also en- dorsed setting up a display at the Match.