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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 ncoZinte 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. 0-0-0 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.