The Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-10-27, Page 17THEY CAME ON HALLOWE'EN old and
roung and this group ran all the way from
hrse years old on up—they said their name
was "Riley," but that's all they would tell
and that monster in the lower right could
be anyone.—A-T Photo
THERE WERE WILD ONES out on Monday
night making the rounds for tricks or treats.
This aggregation, names unknown arrived,
with dire threats of tricks if no treats —
they got the treats.
—Advance-Times Photo.
Report on District Activities
At Meeting of Saugeen Council
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ONE SECTION THIS ISSUE
Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Nov. 3, 1966
Single Copy Not Over Fifteen Cents.
PRINCIPALS AT THE annual meeting of the
Huron-Bruce Liberal Association last Thurs-
day evening were, left, Murray Gaunt, MLA;
Farquhar Oliver, of Priceville, guest speaker,
and Bill Elston, of Morris Township, associ-
ation president.—A-T Photo.
To Buy Wingham Motors
Federal Bd • Approves Purchase
Of Site for New Post Office
Final Estimates for S Addition Reach $2,739,661
Wingham was well represent-
ad at the autumn meeting of
Saugeen District Council of the
Boy Scouts of Canada, held at
the Legion Hall, Lucknow, on
Wednesday evening of last
week. More than 100 Scout
leaders and group committee
members enjoyed a fine dinner
served by members of the Leg-
ion Auxiliary, who were ex-
tended thanks for the enjoyable
meal by Scoutmaster Tom Rus-
sell, Wingham,
—iiiA
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The l'edestrian
OMISSION LAST WEEK--
In listing proficiency awards
presented at the high school
:onlmencement last week we
Inadvertently missed the Grade
XIII Physics award, donated by
rohn Pattison and won by Doug-
las Elliott. We are sorry to
have made this error.
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HEY KNOW WHEN TO GO--,
Mr, and Mrs. Bill McCool
ook off for Florida one nice
;tinny day last week. They must
mow how to call it for on Wed-
tesday morning the first snow
)f the season hit the district, It
was not a big fall, but it was
Iteady all morning and was
Melting atound,
The meeting which follow-
ed was conducted by District
Chairman Roy Hamer, Hanover,
who extended thanks to the
many leaders who carried on
Scouting throughout the district
Kin Attend
Fall Council
On Saturday and Sunday
Kinsmen from District 1, start-
ing at Fort Erie to Windsor and
north to Collingwood, travelled
to Niagara Falls for the annual
Fall Council.
Governor Dave Jenkins, Na-
tional vice-pres.Art Jones and
Chairman Dave Fisher of the
national anniversary project
were on hand to accept cheques
from the 74 Kinsmen and Kin-
ette Clubs.
These contributions will help
build a $400, 000 institute in
Toronto to assist in training
those who will teach the men-
tally retarded. This is a na-
tional project and does not in-
clude the individual projects
performed by each club in its
own community;
Members of the Wingham
Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs who
attended were Mr. and Mrs,
Dawson Pollock and Mr. and
Mrs. Dave Burgess.
so successfully during the past
year. Chairman Hamer was re-
elected for the 1967 term, as
was also Bill Ross of Durham,
secretary-treasurer and Mel
Hart of Walkerton, was elected
first vice-president.
Chairman of the Lucknow
Group Committee, James Hen-
derson, welcomed those in at-
tendance. Archie Gowanlock,
Walkerton, was voted another
term as District Commissioner
and his report showed many ac-
tivities during 1966 by the one
Sea Scout Troop, 16 Boy Scout
Troops, including two Ventur-
er companies and 18 Wolf Cub
Packs which comprise the dis-
trict membership.
Reports of the district camp-
oree and cubaree were present-
ed by A.D.C.'s George John-
ston of Durham and Harold Gar-
lick, Hanover, Venturer Ad-
visor Lloyd Ackert, Holyrood,
gave up-to-date information
on the Centennial tour. Be-
cause of this latter project the
caMporee will not be held in
1967.
This summer the Ripley
Scout Troop was reorganized
and at present the formation of
a Wolf Cub Pack at Pine River
is under way.
The spring district meeting
will be held at Cargill and the
invitation from Durham to hold
the district church parade =in
that town was accepted at the
meeting.
Representatives from the 14
municipalities which willow ,
prise the amalgamated school
,districts of Wingham and Lucke
now met here last Friday ever
Wing to hear final estimates of
costs as established by the board
,and approved by both the Fed-
eral and Provincial depart-
relents.
The figures have., risen to
$2,739, 661 for the addition to
the school from the first depart-
ment estimates of $2,100,919.
Ross McRae, chairman of the
building committee, outlined
the steps which have been tak-
en since the last meeting of the
municipal representatives in
May. He explained that the
number of square feet in the
addition as estimated by the
Roger West, chairman ofthe
swimming pool committee,
said on Wednesday that he and
Mayor Miller had held a meet-
K. E. Wood Is
Vice-President
K. E. Wood, head of the
science department at Wing-
ham District High School, was
last week elected vice-presi-
dent at the annual meeting of
District 10 Ontario Secondary
School Teachers' Federation.
More than 300 teachers attend-
ed the meeting.
Other officers elected were;
Allen H. Jewson of Clinton,
president; R. 0. Huschke, of
Elmira, second vice-president;
Robert Smith of Goderich, sec-
retary-treasurer and councillor;
A. G. Edmunds, of Palmerston
and Z. J. Gnay, of Wingham,
councillors; Earl Zurbrigg, of
Listowel, public relations of-
ficer.
Police ChiefJames Miller
said that there was no vandal-
ism of any major importance
Hallowe'en night. He compli-
Union Rejects Lloyd-
Truax Wage Offer
In a press release on Mon-
day, D. C. Nesmith, president
of Lloyd-Truax Limited, said
labor negotiations have been
continuing between the com-
pany and the Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of Am-
erica for several weeks. Most
recent sessions concluded on
Saturday.
The company made an offer
which would have resulted in
increases ranging from 5 cents
to 39 cents per hour over a two-
year period. Specifically, this
would have meant 26% of em-
ployees increased between 5
cents and 9 cents, 41/0 between
10 cents and 15 cents, and 33°j,)
between 16 cents and 39 cents.
At the same time a formula was
advanced to adjust the inequal-
ities in the present wage struc-
ture.
The proposal made repre-
sents a substantial cost to be
borne by Lloyd-Truax during the
present critical period of re-
organization.
Mr. Nesmith expressed his
regret that the union saw fit to
reject this Offer.
The union has made no re-
lease to this newspaper. How-
ever, it is understood that the
chief demands are for increas-
ed rates of pay and new job
classifications. In a recent
vote over 80 per cent of the
employees at the Wingham and
Walkerton plants voted to take
strike action if necessary.
Negotiations have been re-
ferted to the Department of La-
bor.
Department of Education turned
out to he considerably too low.
Several changes were made in
the plans to get the square foot-
age reduced to an absolute
minimum, lie said that the
site having a considerable grade
at one point made the plans
more difficult.
The fact that some of the
corridors can service class-
rooms on only one side also
makes the corridor construction
relatively more expensive.
However, Mr, McRae told the
meeting that his committee
had met with department of-
ficials at the end of September
and as a result of these discus-
sions grants had been increased
so that the amount to be de-
bentured by the municipalities
ing in Toronto with Robert Boy-
er, vice-chairman of Ontario
Hydro, the previous day, in re-
gard to the purchase of proper-
ty at the corner of Victoria and
William Streets owned by Hy-
dro.
Mr. West said that Hydro
has agreed to sell the one-acre-
plus piece of land to be used as
a site for the proposed swim-
ming pool, for $2, 500. This
was the amount Hydro paid for
the land when it was purchased
from the Lloyd company a num-
ber of years ago. At that time
it was Hydro's intention to build
a garage and office on the site
but in the interval this plan has
been scrapped.
The land is adjacent to the
campsite at Riverside Park.
Mr. West said that the fi-
nance committee is ready to
get to work on a fund raising
campaign. A public meeting
will be held to decide on the
size of the pool and the list of
requirements for equipment and
the estimated final cost.
mented the young people of
the community for their good
behaviour. Only damage was
a broken windshield on a truck
parked behind the main street
dairy. It appeared to have
been holed with a rock.
In the area served by the lo-
cal detachment of the Ontario
Provincial Police the evening
went by with no major disturb-
ances other than the burning of
a small two-room shack on the
16th Concession of Grey, south-
east of Brussels. The vacant
building contained some 50
bushels of grain.
An old shed that has grad-
ually been wrecked by vandals
at the Lower Town Dam was
burned on Saturday evening. It
was owned by the Wingham
Public Utilities Commission.
Stop logs for the dam, stored
beside the building, were char-
red and a number will have to
be replaced. The local fire
brigade answered the call and
an empty gasoline can was
found nearby. The incident is
being investigated by the local
O.P.P.
Hallowe'en Frolic
Was Huge Success,
The Wingham Arena Hal-
lowe'en Frolic last Saturday
night was a real success. Three
hours of roller skating followed
by one hour of dancing finished
off a good season. Many at-
tended in costume and quite a
number went to watch the fun.
Best costume winners were
Rhonda Bell, Eddie Ross and
Murray Procter. Couples' prizes
went to Beverley Merrick and
Ellen Gorrie, Vicki Rosenhagen
and Linda Cersen,
Assisting arena manager
Harold Wild in judging were
Mrs. Roger West, Mrs, G. W,
Tiffin and Stewart Beattie.
was decreased from approxim-
ately $750,000 to $652,000,
Principal F. E. Madill said
the board had spared no effort
to keep the costs to a minimum
and the district inspector felt
the school had obtained good
treatment from both the feder-
al and provincial governments
in regard to grants,
In the total financial pic-
ture the municipal representa-
tives learned that the part of
the building program eligible
for 75 per cent vocational
grants for the building contract,
architects' fees, furniture and
equipment will provide $1, -
687,462; $400, 000 will be re-
ceived for one section which is
subject to 100 per cent voca-
tional grant. The amount to
Murray Gaunt, M. P. P. for
Huron-Bruce, informed The Ad-
vance-Times on Tuesday that
the federal Treasury Board had
authorized the purchase of the
property at the corner of Jose-
phine and Patrick Streets in
Wingham as the site for a new
The annual meeting of the
Western Ontario Athletic As-
sociation was held in the newly-
decorated council chambers in
the Wingham town hall last
Wednesday evening.
During the meeting Joe Mil-
ton of Orangeville, Allan Bax-
ter of Walkerton, Ivan Gardner
of Wingham and Milton Fil-
singer of Mildmay were elected
to the executive of the organi-
zation. Mr. Filsinger was also
presented with the Mike Wei-
chel Trophy, awarded each
year to the person who has
made an outstanding contribu-
CORRECTION
In the report of the Lions
Club meeting last week we
named Wallace Conn as one of
the new members. We were in
error. It was Wallace Johnston,
owner of one of the local drug
stores that became a Member.
Our apologies to both Wallace
C. and Wallace J,
be raised locally, $652, 099 is
25 per cent of the vocational
cost, $662, 519, along with an-
other $89, 580 which will be
spent on areas for which no
grants, or limited grants are
paid,
The breakdown for deben-
ture purposes was listed and is
based on the provincial equal-
ized assessment figures, which
by the long and large leaves a
higher percentage to be paid by
the urban municipalities than .
by the rural municipalities than
if local assessment figures were
used.
The list gives the following
breakdown of the $652, 099
which will be charged to the 14
municipalities; Ashfield $50,
53'7.67; Brussels $29,344.45;
post office building. The lot is
at present occupied by the
Wingham Motors garage build-
ing, owned by James Carr and
Wilf Congram.
The message to Mr. Gaunt
included the information that
the necessary funds would be
tion to sport in Western Ontario.
The meeting was under the
chairmanship of Dick Parker of
Harriston, who is completing
the second year of a two-year
term of office. Two more men
will be named to the execu-
tive by the president.
Secretary-treasurer Alf Lock-
ridge read the minutes of the
last meeting and the financial
statement.
Trophies for the various di-
visions in the baseball and soft-
ball leagues were presented to
the winning teams.
On hand were representa-
tives of the Ontario Athletic
Softball Association, Ontario
Baseball Association, Ontario
Hockey Association and the On-
tario Minor Hockey Association.
A new agreement between
the WOAA and the OHA-OM
HA was presented and approv-
ed by the meeting. The new
agreements have once again
established affiliation between
the WOAA and the other two
leagues after a one-year separ-
ation.
Agree to Buy Hydro
Lot for Pool Location
Hallowe'en celebrated here
Without major disturbance
W.O.A.A. Annual Meeting
Held Here Last Wednesday
culross $48, 646,59; ,East Wee
warrosh $39,712.83; Greenock
$6,455.79; Grey $13,824,001
Howick $71, 404.84; Kinloss
$48,777.01; Lueknow $38,
995.52; Morris $66,601.16;
Teeswater $30, 387,81; Turn..
berry 659,210,69; West Wa•
wanosh $26,410.01; Wingham
$122, 790. 24.
Now that final approval of
the estimates and sketch plans
has been received from the two
governments the municipali-
ties will have to approve the
debenture allotments and the
Ontario Municipal Board will
have to rule on the whole
scheme. It is not anticipated
that tenders will be called be-
fore next March,
available for the 1967-68 sea-
son, which appears to indicate
that a start will be made on the
new building in the spring of
next year.
The building which will be
removed to make way for the
new post office was erected by
the late Alex M. Crawford, one
of the pioneer car dealers in the
town. Mr. Crawford came to
Wingham in 1900 as the pro-
prietor of a billiard parlor and
when the first automobile dea-
lerships were opened he took on
the agency for the Ford comp-
any. His first stand was in a
former livery stable on the cor-
ner of John and Edward Streets,
where Jim Carr's house now
stands.
Within a few years Mr.
Crawford realized that larger
quarters would be needed for
his business and purchased the
Josephine Street site, which
was at that time occupied by
the old National Hotel. When
he erected the new garage
building the general opinion
was that he has lost his sense of
judgment and that the garage
was fantastically large. How-
ever, the public had failed to
realize that the automobile was
here to stay and that it would
soon become one of the most
important adjuncts to the Cane
adian way of life.
The present owners purchas-
ed the business from Mr. Craw-
ford in 1946 and for many years
were the General Motors deal-
ers for this area,
As yet there has been no
suggestion about the final fate
of the present post office build..
ing a half block south of the
new site.