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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-04-25, Page 8lir 8, 4 ' m A4vance- 'ii es, `l-hur • p April gib,, i9€ nly six oppose formation of 38 -member zone. council BY SHIRLEY J. KELIER , Now that Huron County is to have a zonal. council -of Mid- western Ontario Development Association, Manager Bill Ur- quhart of Stratford and Moda President Ory Wassmann, Grand Bend, asked a meeting in Har- bot.Light Inn, Goderich, on Thursday afternoon to select • the, type of representation best able to provide the views of a broad cores -Section of .the coun- ty. Huron County councillors .who had convened with the Moda group after their regular . April sitting held in the morn -0 ing and delegates from the ' Federation of Agriculture and the .conservation authorities .who had been invited to'-attt nd agreed 'after hot debate that' lo- " cot municipalities should, be' givers, a voice on the Huron zone council of .NJoda. . The.• proposal most accept - b e to 1.6' voters called for two u v representatives from 'county ,council, one .from, each muni- cipal council (including Grand Bend), otte from each .conser- vation authority. one from the. Federation of Agriculture and one. from the tourist council . total 35 Sixteen persons in atten- dancefelt that Warden Cal Krauter. the. Industrial and •Tourislt Committee of County Coui ciY!leaded bjr Reeve perp. bort ll, Such of Goderich and' two, representatives each from the, fed'eration, the conserva-• - tt;ior authorities and: the tourist council would be ideal total • • •• In the discussion which .fol-. lowed Stephen Township Reeve ,'.James Ilayter _repeatedly 'stated that he was in favor of the.sinal- • ler group. since 'it was so liffi- Cult ,t.q get people out to:meet- iings. 11e, felt, that local 'repre.- e� Y• sentation was good �6ut claimed' thcrc w.as not •sufficient interest or: understanding attlic amutue 1 - pal let el• to 'prompt delegates to attend ,rriecttngs at which pYL»would receive no ref nutter- Mr. Hayter said the•coinn,it- tee of county :council we d work.hard .in:the intcrests.of• all run cipalities;and' wcu•ld°ccr- ". to inly .keep' all rriun' tpa I conn cils' informed about, 'ogress and dec isions; "'This committee would function -the same ,as the road .committee which. considers. the whole ;:yf Huron County." add- ed .Reeve xlayter. . .A;S1(. FOR VOICE ":The :town of Wingham .Wants a voice, en this zonal council," said Jack Alexander, deputy -'reeve of Winghhfn. . •.41-lensall is as much a part of Iluton ;County; as Goderich interjected Reeve Minnie ',Noakes,. 'fermi', who stated her village wanted a represen- tative on this zonal council, McKillop Reeve Ken Stew, art pleaded with delegates at the meeting to give local mun- icipalities a voice. He said it was a.pilot project in Huron County to set up a zonal coun- cil to formulate plans for the economic growth of the area and needed the views of all municipalities and from as many people as possible. Alvin D. Smith, Turnberry, noted that it was the "demo- cratic system" and should be used in this. instance. Reeve Elgin Thompson, Tuckersmith, asked how councillors could go back to their municipalities. without being able to offer them a voice on this important ,planning council'," On the, suggestion of Bert Such to combine the two pro- posals only, six delegates were opposed to a zonal council comprised of Warden Kranter, five members Of the industrial and tourism committee, one ' • member from each, of the 27 municipalities, oneeach from the federation, the conserva- tion authorities, the tourist', council and the trades and la- bor council - total38. An executive -secretary to co-ordinate the activities of the Huron zonal council will be provided at no charge for the summer. and perhaps into fall on loan from a university - pro- bably the University'of Water- loo. However next year, the Huron, zonal council of. Moda will tae; hiring an executive - secretary of its own to work under Bill •Urquhart .in the spe- cial,interests of Huron. One of the first duties of the newly -formed zonal council will be to determine objec- tives.and goals for the eeono- rnic'development of agricul- ture,: tourism, industry., coma- merce and essential serViees in Huron County., "This zonal council will have tp Wrestle with the Lo' blerns of where HuroWtounty should go,',: observed Jack Wright of the University ofi .. Waterloo who will be working closely with the group. Mr,. Wright explained that for two -years Premier John Ro- bart`s and his government put out a white paper entitled, "Design for Development'', urging the co-ordination of re- gions within the prottince as a step to solving the problerns of wage differences, uneiiploy- ment and social and cultural lack. - A study was launched at the University of Watetlee through its department of geogiaphy and planning to discover the techniquesto be :used for region!. al. development and.govern- ment. The four county area of Moda was selected as the focal point for the study and a regio alaevaluation study and a- re- port of the particular problems and issues within the. Moda dis- trict has been completed,. Now, Huron County has' been selectedas the pilot -zone. to digest the ,findings of the study as it pertains to Huron and formulate goals. fir Huron along definite paths for future development of its most likely • and valuable assets. "This new zonal council will be attempting to produce. the best living conditions for the people in the cou t w Wright. -"said " It's a big -job. and an important one. • It re - 'quires a biroad base of represen- tation and involvement on the part sof members." - First meeting. of the .council will ire held as soon as possible in the. county cou'neil chambers. 7"There is some•urgency about this," concluded Wright. ' The young bride' had sad news for her husband. "I was pressing your best suit and burnt ak hole in the troclserS*" „Don't worry about it," said the bus' band. "1 have another pair pants to, that suit." `a Yes, I know," was the reply, "444 it's lucky that you have, 1 used them to patch the hole." EWELLERY BY 'SHIRLEY J. KELLER In an orderly and efficient meeting of Huron County Coun- cil last Thursday morning, '.• members passed the 1968 .bud- , yet calling for a, general rate of .9• mills. and a highway rate of • 10 mills: This tqtal'of 19 mills is increased by seven -tenths of a: mill..over 1967 and, is credit - 'ed . to the roads department which cited highercosts as the reason for the hike. C1erk,John Berry pointed out there have bcen••substantial in- . creases in the cost of child wel- fare, the health• unit, the li- DIFFERENT 'COLOURS AVAILABLE Gold, Light Blue, Light Brown and Ivory brary and Huronview.- As well, new legislation governing am- bulance service will cost the county $12,500 this year and $5, 0a0 ;has been budgeted for the acquisition of an assessment commissioner and staff. 'These increases have been offset by the change in the ad- ministration of, justice. The ; report read, " The province has agreed to :accept the cost of the administration of justice, This action will result in -fewer expenditures at the county level and a saving *property tax but from our experience to date the cost to the taxpayer at large will be considerably greater. If the .province ,has simply agreed to reimburse the county for expenditures on be- half of the adMinistration of justice considerable saving could -have been effected." Council accepted.,a finance and executive committee re- port which recommended that local municipalitie's be permit- ted to pay indigent funeral costs under the General Wel- fare Assistance Act with the province and the county each paying a half of the the costs. Fixe prices on caskets, funer- al home use, , ministers' fees etc. have been establis SPEC IA LOOM MITTEE A special committee chair- ed by Everett Mcilwain got !approval for a new system which divides the county into ten cards for school purposes. The report noted that Huron County is to have a 14 -repre- sentative school board next year when department of edu- cation legislation becomes law. The following is a list of the wards'to he established in Hur- on on the basis provincially equalized farm and residential assessment: Ward One, Stea- phen, Exeter and Osborne, as- sessment $29.925,911, two representatives; Ward Two, Hay, Zurich. Hensall, $13, - 863, 557, one= Ward Three, Tuckersmith, Seaforth, Stan- ley, Hayfield. $28,193,498, two; Ward Four. Goderich, $18: 470,729, one; Ward ,Five. Brus- sels, ,Morris Grey, $16,2600. 493, Bowe; Ward Sb4, 1'urnberry, How Lek. $16.266,591, one; Ward Seven, Ashfield, West Wawanosh. $12,925,091, one; TI IESE GRADE VI: youngsters won them- selves prizes in the W.P.S. Music Festival° on Friday. They,,,are Randy Elliott, first „GRADE .V11 and VIII winners trie d 'to fade: into the background. First was Stephen; tlrayd, second Paul Swatridge, third 'Doug- Old Doug Old paper found behind picture: Ruth 'Hinton :of •Brussels last weekpY found a co `of the Wing- _ . ham Tithes dated March 4, 1892 when she. removed an old . picture. from its, frame.. The' .r subscriber who received this; dopy✓ was W. -Elliott.` J. Swartz of Bayfield had just arrived in town to take over the"Exchange Hotel, Mr. Gracey, local underta- .ker, hada notice in the paper defending. himself against ru- mo°fs that he was charging from $10.00 to $20.00 rnore for -fun- eral, furnishings than other un- dertakers in nearby towns. The Times,editor urged the town°council and the ratepayers 4.tto place a petition in- the• hands of J, T. Garrow, representa- tive to the Legislature, to op- pose the action of Crowell Will- son illson to have -his farm detached from the town and attached to Turnberry Township. It was felt that by allowing. Mr. Will- son to do so would open'the door for Messrs. Mckenzie, An- : gus, Dawson and others "to do likewise and there is no telling where this mischief would stop:' The article continues, "Only let .these,,properties Out of the corporation and their owners could make a good thing sell- ing lots for building purposes . and those who would build and live on them would have all !the benefits of the town with- out contributing:one cent to- wards the same." The obituary of Robert Orr, local businessman, stated that he was a member of the Royal Ternplars of Temperance in which society he had an insur- ance on his life of $2, 000; .$1,000 insurance on his life with the Canadian Order of For- esters and $5, 000 of company insurance "and these sums a- prize;' Rick •Hr dgins and Steven Caslick, who tied for second place, and Bernie Bailey, third»A-ir Photo. - las Mason,, 'Stephen Sailows and Brad Lewis, who tied: . .—Advance -Times Photo. i 0 long,,with his estate will leave, hiswife and -family in. comfort- able circumstances.” Wingham market prices .list- ed` by F. Deans quoted geese at . 50 per. pou'nd, turkeys 9d, dressed hogs $6.00 per Cwt., eggs 140,, ,butter 150 per tub or roll 'and wood at $1,50 to $1.75 a cord. • • WINGNAM, ONTARIO COOL AND . CASUAL FOR The Sportsrnafl 'The turtleneck fad be - Comes increasingly popular and you'll appreciate our smart selection lay • terry. Williams. These, handsome sweaters are r`; ra "blend of Orlon and La'mb's ,Wobi and"are "4. presented :in many' color's: Bottle Green and Carrleltone.. :sizes;.S .- M and „L at ° $14.95. Sharp, new' Short -Sleeve. SPORT: SHIRTS in lively colors, plain, checked or stripes with regular or 'button-down collars and available in fine cottons or "fiericota" Perma-iron. $5,00. and $6.00. .Short -Sleeve SWEAT SHIRTS so popular with, the young men, the selection includes• fresh new - colors, ' gay°and bright. 'Wingham) - Limited THE FRIENDLY STORE Ward Eight, Wingham, East Wawanosh, $12,746,170, one; Ward Nine, Goderich. Town- ship and Colborne, $16,357,- 62Z; one; Ward Ten, Clinton, Hullett, McKillop and•Blyth, $23,120,155, • two. There was some discontent- ment voiced by various coun- cillors at the division of boun- daries but Everett Mcllwain ex- plained that -distribution was done as fairly and thoughtfully as possible, Assessor A. A. 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