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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-09-15, Page 193rd Birthday INI-11TECHURCH—Congratu- lotions are extended from the community to George Case- mere who on Sunday quietly ob- served his 93rd birthday. Present for the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Doug McQueen and Brian of Toronto, and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ross and fam- ily of inuevale. On Monday his sister, Mrs. Haines, and her son Clayton of Guelph prolonged the celebra- dun by having dinner with him. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG WORKMEN OF THE Mowbray Construction Co. Ltd. fit 12 cables into a single cable as they complete post tensioning opera- tions at the Hanna Memorial bridge. Al- most 25 miles of cable were used in this operation:—A-T Photo. ttanct4iemt FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Sept. 15, 1906 Single Copy Not OVer Fifteen Cents, Compromise Action on Site of Sub-station Receives Approval After Council Hearing Annual Appeal to Begin Here Next Week The annual appeal for funds for The Canadian National In- stitute for the Blind will begin in Wingham next week. The chairman, J. H. Crawford, out- lined some of the services made possible for Wingham blind per- sons through local gifts to this campaign. A former resident of Wing- ham, now blind, is living in Tweedsmuir Hall, London, CNII3's general service centre for four counties -- Huron, El- gin, Middlesex and Perth. There he exchanges ideas with other blind persons, takes part in a recreation program designed for their special needs and enjoys the safety and security of pro- tective gates at stair tops, rais- ed identification signs on doors and other special aids. Those remaining at home are making use of the CNIB li- brary with its recorded and Braille books on a variety of subjects from Perry Mason to space travel. Listening readers select their own books from a descriptive catalogue sent out from the Toronto based library and thus enjoy books of their own choice, just as their sight- ed neighbours do through the local library. Others are learning crafts and the use of the white cane through the guidance of the CNIB Home Teacher, blind her- self. Mr. Craw ford urges citizens to watch for the letter appeal which will reach their homes. "Through this effort all earners of Wingham will have a share in the services to the blind of this community." Barn Destroyed In Turnberry A barn owned by Sol Steck- ley, on lot 2, con. 2 Turnberry Township fell prey to fire on Sunday morning. The owner said the loss was partially cover- ed by insurance. Lost in the barn was a quan- tity of hay and grain and 300 hens. A diesel tractor standing near the barn suffered some damage but can be repaired. The bank barn measured about 40 by 60 feet. The fire of undetermined origin was first noticed by the family in the farmhouse about 8.15 a. In The whole structure was in flames. The Wingham and District Rural Fire Brigade was called to protect other nearby buildings but the barn was beyond saving by the time the call was made. By WELCOME TO TOWN-- A newcomer to Wingham is Mrs. Curzon, mother of Dave Curzon of the farm department of CKNX. Mrs. Curzon has moved into the apartment over Rush Ladies' Wear. She comes here from Toronto where sherd- tired as a high school math teacher at the end of last term. We hope she will enjoy living hetc. The Hanna Memorial Bridge, spanning the Maitland River at Wingham, will soon be com- pleted. Post tensioning has al- ready been finished. Shoring is now being removed and the fill- ing of the approaches to the bridge is under way. The main span of the bridge now awaits sidewalks, railings and an asphalt surface before it is open to through traffic on Highway 4. An interesting phase of the construction was the post ten- sioning work. This system has been used in Canada only since 1961 but has been widely used in other parts of the world fora number of years. To complete this phase, 40 tubes were run through the con- crete of the centre span. Each of these tubes carries 12 steel cables which are twisted into Ernest Lynn Morrison, 28, of R.R. 5, Wingham, owner of Morrison Transport, died Thurs- day evening of last week as the result of a two-car crash in Mor- ris Township, 11 miles west of Brussels. Injured in the same car were Mrs. Morrison, 24, who suffer- ed shock, facial lacerations and injuries to her right foot; his daughter, Sandra, 2, frac- tured right collarbone; a son, Steven, 3, shock and contus- ions; Joyce Taylor, 12, shock. The two Morrison children remained in hospital this week Lions Meet "Dee" Miller presided for his first meeting as president of the Wingham Lions Club on Tuesday. This is the 50th an- niversary year of Lions Interna- tional and this year's Interna- tional President is Ed Lindsay. The club will sponsor a pub- lic speaking contest and the Lions Peace Essay Contest, The aim in the latter contest is for 1,000, 000 essays from around the world, At a special joint meeting of the town council and the PUG on Monday evening the whole question of a new sub-station, to be built north of Boland St. between Catherine Street and a new extension of Carling Ter- race, was given a good airing. The station has been the sub- ject of serious objections by the residents of the area who sent a delegation to council on Wed- nesday of last week. As a re- sult council called the joint meeting in an effort to resolve the differences. The result of the session was endorsation by council of the PUC's plans which had been changed to allow more space between the residential proper- ty line and the fence line of the station. PUC Chairman John Pattison said that only two hours before the meeting the PUC members had learned from an Ontario Hydro engineer that it would not be necessary to have as large an area as originally plan- hausers about 21 inches in di- ameter by 14 h. p. motors work- ing from each end, with a total pull of 17,500 pounds. More than 24 miles of steel cable went into this part of the con- struction. While fundamentally design- ed to strengthen the structure, the tension of these cables was powerful enough to raise the structure at the middle by al- most an inch. Following the completion of post tensioning, tubes carrying the cables were sealed by pumping an expanding mortar into them to keep out water and prevent corrosion. Work was carried out by iMowbray Construction Co. Ltd. under the supervision of em- ployees of the Department of Highways for Ontario. under treatment, but are in sat- isfactory condition. Mrs. Mor- rison and Joyce Taylor were re- leased shortly after the accident. Driver of the second car, Ernest Pletch of R.R. 5, Brus- sels, escaped injury. Mr. Morrison had purchased his trucking business only a few months ago and was a popular resident of the community and a member of Calvin-Brick Unit- ed Church. Born at Wingham, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Morrison, now of Guelph. He received his educa- tion at Blyth public school and the Clinton Collegiate. Since leaving school he has been a farmer and drover. He was married in 1961 to the former Maxine Meehan of Brussels. There are two child- ren, Steven Lynn, 3 and Sandra Maxine, 2. Two sisters also survive, Mrs. Ken (Kae) Mc- Kenzie of Willowdale and Miss Joyce Morrison of Kitchener. Funeral service was conduct- ed by Rev. H. C. Wilson at the Currie funeral home at 2 p.m. Monday, with interment in the Wingham Cemetery. Pallbear- ers were Carmen Howatt, Jerry Heffron, Frank Hallahan, John Currie, Jim Taylor and Len Rooney. The floral tributes were carried by Ken Black, Syd- ney Thompson, Harold Dawson and Brad Galbraith. A delegation of five rate- payers, representing a group of about 20 from the Boland St., Carling Terrace and Catherine Street area attended council meeting last week to express their objections to the substa- tion and pole yard to be built by the PUC in that district. Colin Campbell was the spokes- man. Mr. Campbell outlined to council why the residents in close proximity to the substa- tion objected to the plans. He said that his group had tried to reach a compromise with mem- bers of the Public Utilities Commission at a meeting but had received an answer by mail to the effect that the Commis- sion would only agree to move the fence around the property 6 feet farther away from the residential property line, for a total of 18 feet. The spokes- man told council that while most of his group would like to see the station built at some other location, they realized the fence will be another 15 feet to the north. This information was pre- sented after Mayor Miller had outlined the reason for the meet- ing and set out the salient fac- tors of the problem. He said he believed the people of the that the PUC had to build a station and had acquired the property for this purpose. It developed the bone of contention was the proximity to the residential property of the station, which Mr. Camp- bell claimed could be moved farther to the north if the PUC abandoned its plan for the in- clusion of a pole yard at the same site. LETTER TO HEPC Mr. Campbell said his group had become so disturbed over the matter that a letter had been written to the vice-chair- man of the Ontario Hydro Com- mission. An answer had been received which stated that the problem rests solely with the local PUC and the town coun- cil. The letter stated the lo- cation of such a station is dic- tated by a number of factors and can only be settled by the local PUC. However, accord- ing to Mr. Campbell, the vice- chairman had asked a represent- ative of Ontario Hydro to visit Wingham in the hope that the matter could be settled ami- cably. Mayor Miller, council's re- presentative on the PUC, voiced the hope that the Ontario Hydro REV. H. C. WILSON, TEMPORARY MINISTER Rev. Hugh C. Wilson of Ex- eter is taking over the work of the Belgrave United Church charge on a temporary basis. Mr. Wilson has served at Au- burn, Brussels, Clinton and Thames Road. He also supplied in Goderich from January to June of this year. area understood the necessity for building the station at this location but were objecting to the proximity of the station to their properties. He said the• station could not be moved far- ther north as long as room was left for a pole yard. representative would call on him when in town. Mr. Camp- bell said as far as he knew the man had not arrived as yet. The delegation went on to tell council of its dissatisfac- tion in its dealings with the PUC. Mr. Campbell quoted from a report appearing in this newspaper the previous week which he said showed the PUC was allowing 10 feet more for grass between the Carling Ter- race street line and the fence around the station, than be- tween the residential property line and the station's south fence. Mr. Campbell said, ''What we would really like, is to have it (the station) moved out, but if impossible have it as far toward the tracks as possible." Mayor Miller said the site was chosen to serve the high- use consumers in the area. He said it sounded to him as though the ratepayers were be- Please Turn to Page, Seven To Observe Anniversary at Baptist Church Anniversary services will be held at Wingham Baptist Church Sunday on the occasion of the 103rd anniversary of the congre gation. Guest speaker will be Rev. Charles A. Tipp, M.A., B.D., of Toronto, editor of The Evan- gelical Baptist. Music will be provided by the Brubacher Quartet of St. Ja- cobs. Mayor Miller said the points in question were; Is it necessary to have a pole yard at the same location, or can it be else- where?; can the station be mov- yedardn?orth if there is no pole The PUC chairman then out- lined the necessity for building the sub-station, stating that the old station on Minnie Street is overloaded by 20 per cent; that the use of power on the east side of town is growing contin- ually; that the sub-station must be located where the 44, 000- volt transmission lines do not cross any buildings. He went on to say that the PUC felt a good site had been chosen: it is low and when plantings are made around the area it will hardly be visible; the site pre- viously was only a weed patch and the area will be cleaned up,. well maintained and will have improved drainage. In regard to the pole yard Mn Pattison said that a lease on the existing yard at the CNR had recently been renewed for three years and no poles will be mov- ed until the end of that time. PUC member R. H. Lloyd said that in time the landscap- ing which the PUC intends to establish will mean you'll nev- er be able to see the whole thing and there would never be more than 50 poles stored at any one time. Mayor Miller stated the on- ly objection he could see to the pole yard was that it would keep the station too close to the resi- dential properties. However, another 12 feet has now been added. Mr. Lloyd said in three years the people will wonder why they objected to the station. Deputy Reeve Alexander thought that if the people had known this extra distance was going to be allowed between the property line and the station fence, the delegation would not have appeared on Wednesday. Mayor Miller interjected that the 30-foot distance is nearly half the width of the lot. Councillor Alan Williams said from a safety aspect it would be wise to move the pole yard into the new enclosed sta- tion area as soon as it was built Please Turn to Page Seven De-silting to Get Authority Study Wingham town council on Wednesday night of last week passed a resolution to request the Maitland Valley Conserva- tion Authority to investigate an enlarged plan for de-silting the Lower Town pond. Harry McArthur, chairman of the Riverside Parks Board, at- tended council and said that un- less the pond was de-silted a large part of money invested by the board in the camp site and other areas will be wasted, He presented a plan of financing based on the fact that the parks board will not require as much money for capital investment in the future. The money which has been ear-marked for the board could be diverted into the de-silting program. He explained that original plans for having the work done could not be carried out and that the Conservation Authority had been obtaining prices from a number of possible contractors. Through the Authority, it was explained, a grant of 75 per- cent of the cost of engineering and de-silting can be obtained from the Department of Energy and Resources Management. The local club is handling the stuffing and stamping of envelopes for the C.N.leB. campaign, 24 Miles of Cable Support Hanna Memorial Bridge Accident Takes Life of Young Transport Owner ned fenced in to provide pro- tection around the sub-station. As a result, he said, the fence can be moved another 12 feet to the north. This would allow a total of 30 feet from the pro- perty line to the fence plus the fact that the structures inside County's Mutual Fire Aid Assoc. Met Here Monday The Huron County Mutual Fire Aid Association held its second meeting at the Wingham Fire Hall on Monday night. The first meeting was held in Sea- forth a month ago when the group organized and some of the officers were named. Organizers from the Fire Marshall's Office, S. Oxenham of Toronto and 0. F. Anderson of Guelph attended the meet- ing. The Huron County co-ordin- ator is Chief Jack Scott of Sea- forth. Chief Irwin Ford of Ex- eter is the president; Archie Johnson of Goderich, vice-presi- dent; and Mel Creech, Exeter, secretary-treasurer. The running card for the county's mutual aid set-up was scheduled. Only two or three municipalities have yet to an- nounce their intention to join the association. This is the last county in South-Western Ontar- io to form a mutual aid system. About 50 firefighters from Huron County attended the meeting. Also present were re- presentatives of the Bruce Coun- ty Mutual Aid, Chief Erwin Lob- singer of Walkerton, county co- ordinator; Ray Harwood of Tara, president; Doug Huber of South- ampton, secretary-treasurer and Fireman Earl Nelson of Walker- ton. Local firemen have been questioned by residents of the area on the new set-up and some. people have been worried that they might have to call in another brigade should a fire take place while the local bri- gade is on a call. As far as the public is con- cerned the procedure remains the same: call the local fire station, give the name of the property owner, the address and type of fire. If there is a need to call in another brigade be- cause the local firemen are busy, it will be handled by the stand/ by at the fire hall. Council Hears Objections to Location of Sub-Station