HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-12-15, Page 1EXCITING--
Wet snow and a touch of
frost made driving hazardous at
the week-end and some drivers
report hair-raising experiences
as their cars went into uncon-
trolled spins on the slippery
roads.
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FREE PASSAGE--
The barricades were remov-
ed from the new Hanna bridge
last week to permit traffic's un-
hindered use of the span and so
avoid the long detour to the
west. Access to the bridge isa
boon to residents north of the
river who have been going the
long way around since last
spring.
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS--
Amateur artists on the staff
of the Wingham and District
Hospital have excelled them-
selves in decorating the win-
dows in the building with
Christmas scenes. The Hospi-
tal Auxiliary will donate prizes
for those judged winners in the
decorating contest.
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SLIGHTLY PEEVED--
Several car owners in town
are in a very foul mood after
having car tires slashed by
some weirdo with a sharp knife
on Thursday night. The tire-
cutting caper is likely to prove
costly for the slasher before the
episode is closed.
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HOW'S THIS!
On Tuesday we received a
Christmas card from some
friends in. Listowel. It was post
marked last Thursday. Noth-
ing unusual in that, it's a busy
time of year for the post of-
fice. However, on the same
day we received a card from
other friends who live at Inu-
vik, in the Northwest Territor-
ies -- that card was mailed on
Friday.
Gifts presented to
Rev., Mrs. Johnson
Members of St. Paul's An-
glican Church were out in full
strength for the Sunday morning
service and to gather in the par-
ish room for lunch.
The occasion was planned
to honor Rev, and Mrs. C. F.
Johnson before the former's re-
tirement at the end of the year.
Before lunch was served Nor-
man Deyell addressed Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson, expressing the
appreciation of the parishioners
for the years of devoted service
the rector and his wife have
given to the congregation. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson voiced
their appreciation and their
deep affection for the families
they have served.
Elmer Walker and Norman
Cronkwright assisted in the pre-
sentation of a television set and
snack tables and Julie Foxton
presented Mrs. Johnson with red
roses.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have
moved to their home on Pat-
rick St. and will enjoy their re-
tirement in Wingham. The
rector has completed 40 years
in the ministry of the Anglican
Church. lie served parishes in
Prince Edward Island, as well
as in London and Owen Sound
before coming to Wingham.
His successor at St. Paul's
has not yet been named.
Receives degree
in social work
David Kennedy, a graduate
'of Wingham District High
School and Ottawa University,
where he received his B.A.,
has completed his post graduate
work at the University of Tor-
onto and received his Master of
Social Work degree at the fall
convocation.
Ile is at present at The John
Howard Society in Toronto.
David is the younger son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Kennedy
of Brussels.
MRS. C. F. JOHNSON received a bouquet
of roses when the congregation of St. Paul's
Church gathered for a presentation and
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social time for the rector and his wife on
Sunday morning after the service. Julie
Foxton made the presentation.—A-T Photo.
DIRECTOR HIRED
Council limits budget to $12,000 for year
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FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Dec. 15, 1966
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SLASHED TIRES — Some moron went off
his rocker last Thursday night and indis•
criminately started to slash tires around
the community. In all some ten vehicles
fell victim to the slasher. The two tars
shown here were on the McClure lot but
others received similar treatment on the
main street and at the high school parking
lot. Police are investigating, but so far
haven't caught up with the cuiprit.—A.T,
GAM...•,•,•
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG.
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It is expected that the Wing-
ham and District Hospital will
undergo a survey, possibly in
the spring, for official ac-
creditation by the Ontario llos-
pital Services Commission,
For some time past the hos-
pital has been working toward
accredited status and during the
past year and a half, while re-
building was in progress, some
necessary changes in procedure
were impossible. With building
operations nearly complete the
The extent of need for an
"opportunity" class was thor-
oughly discussed at the meeting
of Wingham Public School
board members OR Monday eve-
ning. Board chairman William
R, Harris opened the discussion
when he asked Principal T. S.
Beattie whether or not the in,
spector had reported on the re-
sults of a survey to determine
the number of children in the
school who would benefit from
the special classes,
The board has been attempt-
ing to resolve the problem for
two or three years and several
members reported that repeat-
The Sacred Heart Separate
School Board met in the parish
hall of the church on Thursday
evening for routine business and
the election of officers.
Father Mooney addressed the
board. He covered the events
of the past year and gave the
financial report.
Rea Morrison, who was com-
pleting his term of office as
chairman, expressed his ap-
preciation for the co-operation
he had received from the board
members.
After the regular business
was completed the board was
dissolved and nominations were
held for a new board since the
school on January 1, 1967 will
become the Combined Roman
Catholic Separate Schools of
the Town of Wingham and the
Councillor Warren Callan,
who has served on council since
1955, was guest of honor at the
home of Councillor Mrs. Roy
Bennett where members of the
1960 council met to mark his
retirement from the organiza-
tion.
Mr. Callan was first nomin-
ated to council 11 years ago
and for many of the intervening
years has been chairman of the
finance committee. A popular
shoe merchant on Wingham's
main street, Councillor Callan
gained a reputation as guardian
of the public purse, usually sup-
portieg, progressive measures,
administrator, Mrs. 1. E. Moe-
rey, hopes to bring all depart-
ments up to the required stand-
ards.
STATISTICS
The information on possible
survey was given to the hoard of
directors at their meeting on
Friday evening, presided over
by the board chairman, R. B.
Cousins.
The administrator reported
186 admissions during Novem ,
bet; 5 deaths, 114 operations,
ed demands have been made by
ratepayers for the opening of
an opportunity class,.
These special classes are
provided in some Ontario
schools for children who find it
difficult to maintain the aver-
age pace of advancement.
Teachers with special training
are required and the board
chairman pointed out that the
furnishings and equipment for
the classroom differ from stan-
dard rooms, He said that if an
opportunity class is to be in-
cluded in the Wingham school,
one of the new rooms should be
so designated and the proper
Townships of Turnberry, Morris
and West Wawanosh. It will in-
clude No. 12 West Wawanosh,
Nos. 5 and 6 Turnberry and
Union No. 4 of Turnberry and
Morris. Pupils from these sec-
tions are now attending school
in Wingham.
Members of the former
board were Father Mooney,
Steve Majka, Rea Morrison,
Mrs. Wilfred White, Bill Halla-
ban and Keith Montgomery.
Elected to the 1967-68
CRCSS Wingham board were
Raymond Schmidt, Jerry Mc-
Glynn, Gerald Wilhelm, Mrs.
Wilfred White, Keith Mont-
gomery and Oscar Kieffer. Mrs.
Rea Morrison is secretary-treas-
urer. The first meeting will be
held Wednesday, January 4.
but always keeping a wary eye
on the budget.
Following the Monday night
meeting of council the mem-
bers gathered at Mrs. Bennett's
home where Councillor Callan
was thanked for his many years
of service to the community by
Mayor DeWitt Miller, and pre-
sented with a silver tray by
Councillor Bennett.
Mrs. Bennett, who is the on-
ly woman to hold a seat on
council, served lunch following
the presentation and was in turn
thanked for her gracious hospi-
tality by the mayor.
228 out-patients, 373 x-rays,
8 blood transfusions, 3605 la-
boratory tests, 41) cardiographic
examinations, 04 at cancer
clinic, one post mortem ex-
amination, one coroner's re-
port, Total patient days were
2605, for a daily average of 87
patients. During November
1965 the daily average was 72.
MANAGEMENT
Barry Wenger, chairman of
the management .committee,
reported that a ninth statutory
equipment purchased at once.
Several of the board mem-
bers expressed their dissatisfac-
tion at being under pressure
from the public and at the same
time lacking information on
the subject.
The chairman stated that
the board cannot set up an op-
portunity class unless the in-
spector's survey indicates that
a sufficient number of pupils
require it. He said that Mr.
Kinkead had carried out some
sort of preliminary survey but
the board had never been told
of the results.
Outcome of the discussion
holiday had been added for the
benefit of the staff and at the
employees' request was set for
Nov. 11th rather than Boxing
Day.
The report also referred to
some problems in work assign-
ment and admitting procedures.
New methods of handling staff
assignments will be used on a
trial basis.
The staff will hold a Christ-
mas party at the high school on
Friday evening of this week, at
was a motion requesting the in-
spector to carry out the neces,
sary tests and to provide the
board with the results In writ-
ing so their position could be
clarified to the ratepayers, The
board requests some definite in-
formation before the January
meeting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Correspondence included a
letter of appreciation to the
board from Grade 8 pupils who
had been taken on a bus trip to
Goderich, where they visited
the Huron County Museum and
the court house.
Kenneth Benjamin of Lis-
towel has been hired as Wing-
ham's new recreation director
as a result of a decision by
town council on Monday eve-
ning. Mr. Benjamin has been
associated with recreation in
Listowel for some time. He is
a graduate in recreation from a
three-year University of Toron-
to course.
The decision to hire another
recreation director followed a
long discussion by council on
whether or not the town could
afford to spend the necessary
money. At one point in the de-
bate it appeared that the total
cost of recreation in the com-
munity would hit over 5 mills.
However, when the figures were
broken down and grants and do-
nations were taken from the
costs involved it appeared the
total figure would be consider-
ably less. The motion which
was passed to hire the director
carried a rider that the Recrea-
tion Committee have a total
budget of $12,000. This pro-
vides for an increase of about
one mill to acquire the services
of the new director. The re-
mainder is spent on other ser-
vices and equipment needed to
carry on the recreation program
both winter and summer, an
amount consistent with that
budgeted over the last number
of years.
Mr. Benjamin had been in-
terviewed by the Recreation
Committee and council's de-
cision was based on the com-
mittee's recommendation. He
will start his duties early in
January.
OTHER REPORTS
In other affairs committee
reports were held to a mini-
mum. W. G. Cruickshank re-
ported that a number of tires
had been slashed last Thursday.
Police are still investigating the
incident.
He said he hoped to have the
police two-way radio problem
resolved early in the new year.
Councillor Harold Wild, who
heads the public works com-
mittee, said that street work is
normal for this time of year.
The department is requesting a
front-end jack, he said. This
matter was left over for a de-
cision next month.
Mr. Wild pointed out that a
delegation of businessmen from
the south end of the main street
had requested an answer from
council in regard to the re-
moval of a barn behind the
buildings on the east side of the
street, The councillor was of
the opinion that these men
should have an answer to their
question. He referred to a re-
quest by Lee Vance and Harold
Remington which had been
made earlier in the fall to the
effect that a group of business-
men had agreed to purchase a
barn owned by Alf Lockridge,
situated behind the IGA store
which time service pins will be
presented.
The management comtnit-
tee, at a meeting the previous
week, had reviewed a revised
staff schedule which sets up
three major staffing depart-
ments; Group 1, nursing and
professional group; Group 2,
administrative and clerical;
Group 3, domestic. Salary in-
creases ranging from 5 to 8 per
cent have been recommended
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The principal said the tour
had significant educational val-
ue for the pupils and expressed
the hope it might become an
annual event,
H.S. REPRESENTATIVE
The board was unanimous in
its approval of the re-appoint,
rnent of Dr, W. A, MeKibbon
as public school representative
of the district high school board.
Dr, IvieKibbon expressed Ms
thanks for the boards' confidence
and told them of the expansion
program now in the planning
stages for the high school. He
showed the basic plans for class-
rooms, shops, library, etc.
and other business premises in
that area. They wanted coun-
cil to tear down the building
and convert the area into a free
parking lot. The businessmen
agreed to donate the land, once
purchased, to the town.
The subject met with ser-
ious objection by some mem-
bers of council and finally a
motion was passed to inform the
businessmen involved that coun-
cil would not act on the re-
quest.
POLICE BUILDING
Mayor Miller congratulated
the members of council who
were returned to office in the
recent election and said coun-
cil will miss the services of
Councillor Callan who is retir-
ing after many years of service.
The mayor reported that
agreement has been reached
with the Department of Public
The six trustees of the new-
ly organized Morris-East Wa-
wanosh Township School Area
held an organizational meeting
at Brussels on Monday of this
week to lay the ground work for
the inaugural meeting of the
board which will likely be held
on the first Wednesday in Janu-
ary. George McCutcheon of
Brussels, former chairman of
the Morris board, was named
chairman of the amalgamated
boards of Morris and East Wa-
wanosh. James Coultes, chair-
man of the East Wawanosh
board, was named vice-chair-
man.
Other trustees on the six-
man board are Jack Stewart of
Blyth, Carl Gowing and Bert El-
liott of Morris and John Currie
of East Wawanosh.
The new school area, under
the amalgamation which takes
effect at the first of the year,
will look after education for
Brussels, Morris, Blyth and East
Wawanosh. The first three mu-
nicipalities amalgamated two
years ago to form the Morris
Area.
The new school board will
be responsible for the educa-
tional requirements of some750
elementary pupils from the four
municipalities, in three schools,
which are to be added for the
accommodation of about b00
more students,
Since both motor and pedes.
trian traffic is now free to use
the new Hanna bridge, the
board voted to discontinue the
bus service, The last trip will
be made on Friday of this week,
The bus was operated to Pro'
vide transportation for pupils
who would otherwise have been
forced into a long walk via the
detour during construction of
the bridge.
Building committee chair-
man Roy Bennett reported on
the progress of the new build-
works on a new proposed site for
the provincial police building.
He said a lot owned by R. E.
McKinney, on Bristol Terrace
just to the west of No. 4 High-
way, has been approved. Mow-
bray Construction will build on
this site he said. This resolved
a problem as a proposal to build
on the corner of Riverside Drive
and Shuter Street met with ser-
ious objection by home owners
in the area.
Council agreed to the pur-
chase of a lot east of Josephine
Street at the river, owned by
the Lions Club, for $1, 500.The
area will be included in the
park system and balanced a do-
nation made by the club to the
washrooms which were con-
structed at the camp site.
A letter from the Ontario
Water Resources Commission
stated that a recent inspection
located at Brussels, Blyth and
Belgrave.
It is expected building pro-
grams being carried out at the
three centres will be complet-
ed by the end of the year and
new facilities put into use at
that time.
The East Wawanosh Board
has been erecting a nine-room
school at Belgrave. A similar
Morris program has been under-
way at Blyth. Both schools will
have gymnasium-auditoriums.
At Brussels three new rooms and
a gymnasium-auditorium are
almost completed. Cost of the
three building programs totals
nearly S700,000.
The new school area will
have an assessment of approx-
imately $5, 500, 000.
Morris Township has already
had four of its one-room schools
closed out and when the new
facilities are put into use anoth-
er five will be closed. At the
same time seven schools will
cease to operate in East Wawa-
nosh.
The changeover means a
considerable number of trans-
portation problems will face the
new board as all the rural pu-
pils will have to be transported
to and from school by bus.
ing, which, he said, 'Is gars*
.erally good, He enumerated
some specific problems which
have emerged and are being
dealt with,
Sterling Fuels of London was
awarded the contract for supply
of oil for the sobool t f neWl1Pat"
ing plant at 10.'60 per gallon
over a two-year period,
Mr, Bennett said the new
boilers would be fired on Tues-
day for the first time,
Some time was devoted to
consideration of several items
of furniture and equipment
needed for the new rooms and
administration office,
of the sewage lagoon and pump-
ing equipment showed that the
system is working properly and
doing a proper job of treat-
ment.
Council named Robert Wen-
ger as its appointee to the Hur-
on-Bruce High School District
Board for a two-year term.
The inaugural meeting of
the 1967 council will be held
on Monday, January 9th.
Fry & Blackhall
Christmas party
On Saturday the manage-
ment of Fry & Blackhall Ltd.
treated the employees and their
wives or husbands to a Christ-
mas dinner and party at the Le-
gion Hall. At the close of the
meal hour useful cosmetic gifts
were given to all the ladies by
the company manager, Jack
Nevery.
Appreciation was voiced by
the employees and manage-
ment also voiced appreciation
for the co-operation of the em-
ployees.
The evening was filled out
and thoroughly enjoyed with
games, dancing, and novelty
numbers with prizes for good
talent. The Limbo prize went
to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Van-
Wyck.
Hope to form
drama club
Several local people who
are keenly interested in the for-
mation of a Little Theatre
group, met recently to explore
the possibilities of such an or-
ganization.
In the expectation that still
others may be interested they
have arranged that anyone who
would like to take part in the
formation of a drama club may
call either Dave Curzon or Jack
Gillespie at 357-1310 between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
If sufficient interest is in-
dicated an organizational meet-
ing will be held on Tuesday,
Jan. 9th at S p.m. in the cof-
fee shop at CKNX.
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Public School board to ask inspector for results of opportunity class survey
Formerly Sacred Heart
Amalgamated school area
elects board of trustees
Councillor honored
W. Callan retiring this year
Local boy
ordained
LAKELET—Mr. and Mrs. Le-
vi Byer and children motored to
Petersburgh on Sunday to be
present when their son, Rev.
Eldon Byer, was ordained into
the ministry of the Brethren in
Christ Church. The ceremony
was conducted by Bishop E. J.
Swaim of Collingwood, and
took place at the Rosebank
Brethren in Christ Church at
Petersburgh.
Rev. Byer attended Wingham
District High School and is pre-
sently stationed at Virginia
Town, Ontario, which is lo-
cated 400 miles north of Toron-
to.
This community rejoices
with the Byer family on this
happy occasion.
Monday winners in
merchants' draw
Mrs. Ferguson Riley won the
$25.00 prize on Monday's
Lucky Bucks draw sponsored by
Wingham merchants.
The $10.00 winners were
Chris Newman of Wingham,
Valerie Errington of R.R. 2
Lucknow, Sally Dobson of Wrox-
eter, Mrs. Gordon Mundell,
Bluevale and Agnes Mitchell of
Wingham.
The draw next Monday will
include prizes of the same de-
nomination, $25.00 for first
draw and five $10.00 draws.
The Christmas Eve draw will
be for one $50.00 prize and six
$25.00 prizes. All draws take
place at Miller's Ladies' Wear.
--Mr. and Mrs. Elwell Web-
ster left Monday morning for
Lakeland, Florida, to spend the
winter months.
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Hospital expects accreditation survey next year
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George McCutcheon heads
new area school board