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00,
Wingham Advo
and MM. Whard -.
r,I m are'visiting at the borne o
their on Mr, and Mrs, mon
lograw« Stratford.
Mr, .and. Mo. Allister Green
and Janis of oderireh spent 'Sat'
urday with Mrs, Ws Weir and
Miss Gertrude Bush,
Miss Vera Piercy of London
spentthe week -end with Mr,
and Mrs. Mac Allan.
Guests with Misses Elsie and
Marion Gibson are Mrs, C.S.
MacDougal and Miss Le yl a
Smith, Winnipeg.
Sunday visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart Higgins were Mr,
and Mrs. Melville Greig, God-
erich.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Charles
and family, Listowel, Mr. and
Mrs. William Smith, Gorrieand
Mt. and Mrs. George Westlake,
Wroxeter, visited Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs, Walter Charles.
Mr. Morley McMichael, who
has been a patient in a London
hospital for the past week, re-
turned home on Sunday and is
progressing favorably.
Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Haugh,
° who have spent the, past five
weeks touring the western prov-
inces, returned home Friday
evening and had as their week-
end guests Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
Noble and family of Maryhill.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Newton,
•
who stayed at the Haugh home
during their absence, have re-
turned to their home,in Wing -
ham.
Mr. and Mrs.. Peter Isabelle
and Sandy and Mr. Clarence
Clement of Toronto spent the
week -end at their home here.
Mrs. Clarence Clement was
able to return home from Wing -
ham and District Hospital on
Friday morning and accompan-
ied'her family back to Toronto
on Sunday. ,We wish her con -
FOR ,SALE
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
' Consisting, of four business blocks and two apartments
• above, back yard and storage building. Situated on the
main street' of a friendly village in the heart of a rich
faf'ming area. This progressive business, handling hard-
ware and general farm supply along with 'some furniture
and appliances has.; been providing the owner with a very
attractive income. The entire propertyplus fixtures and
equipment can be purchased for :only 14,500, plus stock
at invoice price.
VALUABLE. HOC,: OPERATION
100 -acre highway farm .consists of ari'eftracfive d.'room
home fully modern including a new oil furnace. • Barn
measures 50x60 is set up for beef. HOG BARN steel
covered 36x114 fully automated feeding and cleaning with
fan jet air conditioning. 450. hog capacity. 'You can
take over right now with a barn .full of hogs along with
the best hog contract going, if you desire. ,Full asking
price is only $46,000, with terms to be further .arranged.
•
KEITH FITZSIMMONS
REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS BROKER
ANNALISA FITZIMMONS, Rep.
. 176 Diagonal Road, Wingham, Phone 3574117
WILFRED McTEE
REAL ESTATE LTD.
MAIN STREET WINGHAM
FARMS -- BUSINESSES — HOMES
HOMES
One -storey brick home with attached garage located in
good residential area in Wingham. This home is• only 7
years old, has 3 bedrooms, modern kitchen, Iivingroom,
dining room, recreation room, paved 'drive and is in ex-
cellent condition throughout. Lot 66'x132,;. Terms can
be arranged.
One -storey angel stone and redwood home located on a
corner lot 142'x66' in Teeswater. This home has living
room with stone fireplace, dining room, kitchen, 3 bed-
rooms, den, 4 pc. bath, broadloom, full basement with
recreation room partially finished, oil forced -air heating,
TV tower and many other extras plus beautiful landscap-
ing. Immediate possession., Let us show you this out-
standing home.
FARMS
50 -acre farm with 3 -bedroom brick home and good
buildings. Located on Highway 9 close to the junction of -
No. 9 and No. 4. Barn is 50'x52' with steel roof, 14
cow tie-ups, loose housing plus hog pens. Drilled well
on pressure to house and barn. This farth with 35 work-
able acres and cement silo 12'x30, is a real buy at only
$17,500.
100 acres with 7 -room insul brick home plus barn
40'x30', located in "urnberry Township. 60 acres work-
able with remainder in bush and never -failing creek.
This farm is a good buy at only $13,000.
SCHOOL HOUSES
We have four school houses for sale . all shapes ...
•aII sizes ... and all prices. They would make ideal sum-
mer homes or be converted into permanent °homes. They
must be seen to be appreciated.
IlrLTIPLI Lt$TII1 $IIVIUI
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SERVICE
Phone: Office 357-1344
Res. 357.1418
w y it at'b+l t',.
Qdd,+on, Y.aited at the week.,
endo with 'Mt, and Mrs, Clarence
White, Mri, Margaret .McCabe
of few YorJ, ilo bas been viii'
ting ,he1<±e, ,returned to London ..
with them for 1a visit, -
Mts. Edgar. Pane, Myra,
Laurel and Shauna called on
Miss Gertillde Bush. an4 Mars. W.
Weir on Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Maple-
tuft, Millbrook, spent a few
days With her parents, Mr. and
MTs. Ross Coates and, attended
the Coates. reunion.
W141S AT LONDON
GORRIE--Mr. John Boyd of
Gorrie won first '011ie Old Time
Fiddlers' contest in the over 65
years class at the Western Fair,
London, on Saturday evening.
---Mr. and Mis. Wendell Al-
ton and children of London visi-
ted on Sunday withhis mother,
Mrs: W. E. Alton, Victoria St.
• --Mrs. W. J. Roulston of
Frances Street' spent the week-
end at the home of her sister,
Mrs, Elmer. Osborne at Ripley.
MRS. D. STATIA, Miss Joanne Elliott and
Mrs. Robert Mundell prp;ded over the
coffee and cakes . at thy, open house last
Wednesday when the p.uilic toured the
MOS
new training school building at the Wing -
ham and District Hospital. The room is
at the rear of the building and contains
complete kitchen facilities.—A-T Photo.
Cabinet ministers insist regional -govt.
will be optional for all municipalities
• •
Several hundred mayors,
reeves, councillors and govern-
ment members gathered at the
Legion home in Hanover on
Thursday afternoon to hear two
Ontario cabinet' ministers an-
swer questions on regional gov-
ernrnent ' and the new assessment
plans. They came from muni-
cipalities
in Grey, Bruce and
Huron.
Provincial Treasurer Charles
MacNaughton and Municipal ,
Affairs Minister D a,r c y • Me -
Keough had announced, th e
meeting, one of a series in
which they are attempting to
answer the many queries which
have arisen as talk of regional-
ization has become more pre-
valent; The two ministers ad=
dressed the gathering and out-
lined the reasons for bringing
information to the municipal
representatives. ,
Mr., MacNaughten said, that
a "'phitie paper" .hhs Rreert &awn '
up, fOiltlitiing in general form
the changes which are proposed.
He said, however, that since
the proposals have not yet be-
come law, there is still time
for discussion and change. where
'it appears advisable. He referr-
ed to the new plans for taxa-
tion which have been proposed
and said that the effort will be
to reform taxation in such a
way that it will. promote pro -
gi•ess rather than retarding it as
has been the case in 'the past.
SEEKING OPINION
Mr. McKeough explained
that one of the reasons for the
series of meetings in which he
and Mr. MacNaughton have
participated is to provide an op-
portunity for the government to
Team the thinking of munici-
pally -elected people. He said
that with the increasingly long
sessions of the Legislature too
little time is permitted the
average member io communi -
cate with those who have elect-
ed him. It was the minister's
hope that the opinions of muni-
cipal representatives would
clarify the course which the
government should pursue.
As the question period open-
ed Mayor Bob Rutherford of
Owen Sound voiced what is prob-
ably the commonest complaint
throughout the province --that
the probability of regional gov-
ernment has made it useless for
local councils to embark on any
long-range planning. He asked
that the essentials of timing and
formation be spelled out so that
municipal councils could chart
a reasonable course.
Mr. McKeough's answer did
not provide a clear-cut answer
to Mr. Rutherford's question.
. Instead , the minister' x.plained
that there is no definitely -
timed program. He said that
regional govemment will not be
imposed upon any municipality,
but rather that it All be estab-
lished when any group of muni-
cipalities agrees they want such
a plan set up. The minister
said the need for change is great-
er'in some areas than in others,
and that, in fact, his depart-
ment cannot handle the requests
for regional planning with which
it is already faced.
Four regions are operating
under this new form of local
government and four others are
under study at the present time.
Five or six more areas have re-
quested study and it will be
some time before final recom-
mendations can be made in
these cases. i A total of 14 are
under broad study and will be
given detailed recorrrmenda-
ions as time permits.
Mr. McKeouzh said there
are no,pre-conceived ideas of
the bqundaries' which -will be
followed for the new regions.
Rather? they will fall into the
patterns dictated by localneeds
and interests.
Asked whether the present .
county school board boundaries
will be altered under regional
planning, Mr. McKeough said
they "probably will be in some•
cases. " He added that the coun-
ty boundaries have been crossed
in hundreds of instances under
the old school board set-up and
said he could see no particular
drawback in doing so in the fu-
ture.
The minister said that a form
of regionalization has already
taken place within some coun-
ties and districts under the name
of "consolidation. " He men-
tioned one county in which 13
municipalities have been re- .
duced to five in the interests of
economy and efficiency.
Two fire culls in past week
The firemen lost no time in •
getting to the Lloyd -Truax north
plant last Wednesday afternoon
when the alarm was sounded. By
the timethey arrived, however,
the employees, of the, flit, had
. 1
put out 'the blaze.
The fire in an area close to
the sawdust bin, started when a
truckleaked gasoline from its
tank. As the driver started the
• motor the gas ignited. Only
prompt action by the men at the
scene prevented a serious, spread
of flames. . There was no darn-
age
amage to the property or the truck.
On Friday afternoon the fire-
men were called to the farm of.
Mrs. Mary Cunningham,., on the
19e90 TPYttship.
Lightning struck in the,middle
of a stubble field and fire be-
gan to eat its way out from the
point of impact. • .
The firemen were able to
put out the blaze before it
reached any of the buildings or
the nearby bush.
--Mrs. William Brydg'es re-
turned home last week,after
spending some time at the home
of her daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Downie and family at Pen-
, etang, and with Mr. and Mrs.
Eldon Rousselle at their cottage
at Lake Constan, near Renfrew.
She returned to Toronto with
Mr. and Mrs. Rousselle and vis-
ited with them as well as her
son, Dr. and Mrs. Tom Brydges.
--Mr. Robert Mowbray at-
tended the Grant-Purdon wed-
ding in Strathroy on Saturday. •
--Miss Joanne King,. Reg. N.,
of London, spent the week -end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph .M. King of Teeswater
before entering University of
Windsor on Monday.
--Mrs. Percy Harri"s has been
spending the past two weeks in
Toronto with Mr. and Mrs. Alf
Bartlett.
--Barrie Conron and Doug
Elliott of Wingham ,5 Do ug
,Wheeler of Brussels, and Don
Procter and Doug Gamiss of Bel-
grave began their first year of
studies at the University of Wa-
terloo., •
--Mr. and Mrs. KenDownie
of Penetang visited on Saturday
with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bryd-
ges. They all attended *the 'Hur-
on Pioneer Thresher and Hobby
Association annual show at. • •
Blyth. �.
--Mrs. H. W. Hamilton left
last Thursday for London where
she intends making her home,
--Miss Lynda Reavie, Miss
Gloria Reed, Miss Jean Wel -
wood and Darryl Gibson, each
entering . their second year,
Gary Reed in his third year and
Doug Mowbray, first year, left
for London this, week w begin
their courses at the University
of Western Ontario.
--Mr. and Mrs. James F.
Saunders and family recently
moved to Oakville,
LETTERS TO T}IEEDITOR
R. R. 2, Priceville,
September 6, 1969
Dear Sir:
I had the misfortune to enter
the town of Wingham yesterday
and was directed into the D e -
partment of Highways Safety
Zone. I was enroute to the Lon-
don Fair with a load of goats on
my truck. The town police
would not let me contfnue on
to London. I could not find
a stock truck to take them for
me, they were afraid to come
,near for fear of being stopped
themselves. The police would
not let me drive back home to
unload.
This was at 9:30 in the morn-
ing and one trucker said if I
brought them to his place I
• :5; rr:• y
could unload them there and he
`would be free in the afternoon.
This was gnly 7 miles away but
I was also refused. The police
officer promised to find me a
trucker. I waited, but at 12 :30
they packed• up and left, leav-
ing me stranded.
Finally I phoned a friend 25
,files away. He came and tow-
ed the truck home, 60 miles,
on the same wheels.
These animals were on the
tru, for nine hours. I think
th �vis very unfair. The least
your police officers could,have
done' was allow me to unload
the goats in the trucker's pens
or take them to the nearest
farm.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Sandra Tomalin
TO SPREAD LOAD
Mayor Irwin Lobsinger of
Walkerton asked two questions:
Will the presence of the vast
Douglas Point development
speed the advent of regional .
government in Bruce County;
and will,the boundaries of the
present conservation areas be
altered by regional planning.
In answer to the first ques -
tion the minister expressed doubt
that regional --government would
be hastened by he. Douglas
Point growth, out he. added that
his department is quite well
aware of the problemss.which'are
posed by the unusual expansion
in the towns of Port Elgin and
Kincardine and the nearby town-
ships. He said that sortie meth-
od of spreading the load will
have to be found, and the ad-
ditional tax burden and added
tax revenue will hav e to be
equalized.
Regarding conservation auth-
orities,
uth-orities, the a n s we r was that
since their boundaries are dic-
tated by obvious.geographic
-features- ii would be unlikely
that they will be changed to
conform to political and socio-
logical regions.
ASSESSMENT
Eric Winkler, Hanover M.P.P.,
asked whether it was the govern-
ment's intention to turn the re-
sponsibility for assessment back
to the lower levels of adminis-
tration after it has been fully
equalized by the province. He
suggested that the province
rnight return this responsibility •
after five or six years.
Mr. MacNaughton said that
at present this appeared to be a
possibility "if anybody is.foolish
enough to want it .back. "
The Provincial Treasurer add-
ed his opinion, which he said
he has been expressing openly
for some time, that "we are on
the verge of a taxpayers' revolt;
He feels that the people of the
province` are paying all that can
reasonably be expected and'3he
looks to a reformation of the
tax laws to p r o v id e a more
equitable and efficient method
of raising the money needed to .
maintain our present rate of
progress.
Mr. MacNaughton said that
the. government had announced
the take-over of assessment in
full knowledge that the move
would not be popular with eith-
er the public or with municipal
governments. However, it ap-
peared so necessary in order to
set up an equitable system that
the political risk had to be tak-
en,
Mr. McKeough amplified
the Treasurer's .remarks by ex-
plaining the system of equali-
_ -nation factors which has been
employed to fairly distribute
the grants and subsidies the prov-
ince pays out to, municipalities
each year. He said that it has
become increasingly difficult
to allot these funds fairly when
they had to be based on a half
dozen standards of assessment.
Only by setting one standard for
the entire province could the
problem be solved.
In answer to a question from
the floor Mr. McKeough said
that in the original concept of
area govemment a basic popu-
lation figure of 200,000 had
been set for a region, but it had
become obvious that in the
areas where there are no large
cities, a lower population base
would have to be accepted.
un
of new fire
continued from page One
George Carter's report .on
welfare problems wand the d.
cussion which followed was an
amusing exercise in double talk,
New regulations forbid th;e;use
of names to any discussion•of
welfare•reeipients•, so the whole
conversation was sustainedby
veiled references and double,-
jointed
oublejointed questions. Since coun-
cillors are perfectly free to dis-
cuss these problems outside the
council chamber, including
names of those on he welfare
list, it must be assumed the
regulation is to make certain
that the press doesn't cause per-
sonal embarrassment to those
unfortunate enough, to be on wel-
fare.
S4tce this newspaper has nev-
er pdblished the name of a wel-
fare recipient in 19 years of
council reports, the whole ex-
ercise appears a bit ludicrous.
The regulation, by the way,did
not originate with the local
council.
RECREATION
Councillor Bill Harris, re -
porting for the Recreation and
Community Centres Board, 'gave
thc figures for attendance at the
swimming pool during the past
summer, which showed an in-
crease over last year. He also
stated that the ball diamond in
the town park is being drained
and re -surfaced and a tempor-
ary repair has been made to the '
back -stop at the ball park.
Repairs to the present wad-
ing pool on Josephine St. would
total about $1, 500, including
the installation of circulating
and chlorinating equipment.The
alternative, a'new. wading pool
adjacent to the swimming pobl,
would run anywhere from. $6,000
to 512, 000, depending on the
accounts. Motion of approval
was passed. •
Reeve Jack Alexander, chair-
man of thc property committee,
remarked with satisfaction on
the excellent job which is be-
ing done by thc custodians of
the town hall building, Mr.and •
Mrs. Len Philips. . Several of
the councillors remarked that
the building is very well look-
ed . after.
WELFARE
type pl , rtilcrtucA;t!n•i•OTY!y upon.
Several councillors said they
thought the Centennial pool was
closed too early ,this year. Its
final operation was on Labor
Day andthere have been many
very warm •days since.' 'It was -
also pointed out that in an y,
adults would enjoy an opportun-
ity to swim in the new pool af-
ter
fter the rush of summer classes is
over and the pool is no so crowd-
ed. Mrs- Harris said that he
would bring these points to the
attention of the board at its next
Police ask .help
in suspect search
Police in Ontario are pushing
their search for a male suspect
believed responsible for a sexu-
al assault and pistol whipping
of a young girl near Owen
Sound, shortly after noon on
August 25.
A spokesman for the Owen
Sound Detachment 0. P. P. has
described the suspect as being
a man of medium build and
height, middle aged with red-
dish, light brown hair combed
back. He was clean.shaven and
well spoken.
.At the time of the offence,
he was reported wearing a short -
sleeved gold sport 'shirt, green
trousers and green canvas sneak-
ers. He was armed with a long
barrel black revolver. '
He was driving a 1969 Chev-
elle Malibou two -door hardtop
sports coupe, frost green in col-
or with green interior. The car
was equipped with a conven -
tional front seat and shoulder
harness equipment in place
along the inside roof. No 1i -
cence number was obtained.
If anyone has any -
tion regarding such ainformacar and
person, they are asked to con-
tact the Ontario Provincial Po-
lice at Owen Sound 376-3433,
collect.
--Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gal-
braith of Guelph spent theweek-
end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Galbraith, Patrick
Street.
--Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mof-
fat
olfat of Oakville spent the week-
end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Farish Moffat.
-- Mrs. Alfred McCreight
spent the week -end with rela-
tives at Woodstock, Bright and
Atwood.
pment
meeting,
OttildIng permit* which r
caved approval totalled Il26
600 in estimated value, ior'p e
house and several smal,1xstrr
tures.
The mayor said thathe had
received a letter from the l -
partment of Highways stating,
that "bouncing ball" stop warns°
ing lights will be installed'
above the present stop. signs ,at .
the iutersec;on of Highways 4
and 86. The wiring is already
in place.
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PROPERTY
For 'Sale
BLYTH HOME
2 -storey solid brick home•
with full' • basement and
heated .by an oil furnace.
This home contains a .living •
rdom, dining room and kits
chen on the main floor, =up-
stairs there are 3 .bedrooms
and a 3 pc. bath. Pius there: '
is .a bright sun porch on the'
main level. This home
excellent condition. through-,,
out. This is .a lovely bright,;,
home on: a beautiful lot lo-
cated at the north, end of
the village. This has to be
seen to be .appreciated. Full•
asking price only -$12,500.
INCOME
PROPERTY
2 storey block building
painted white located on the
main street in the village. of
Lucknow. This building con-
tains 3 self contained .moo-
dern apartments and one
office. Heating is by an .oil,
furnace: Total income from
rent for this building per ,
month is $200. There is -a.
brick building at the rear of '
this building measuring 16x
60 equipped with hydro and
water -and used as a work-
shop. This building is in
good condition throughout.
Full asking price only $18,-
.900.00, with approximately
half down; with the balance
at 61/2%. interest.
PIG SET-UP
There are not any set-ups
like this one for 'hundreds
sof miles. The 1 /2 - storey
white brick home is set or.
a hill overlooking the coun-
try side. This home has
been completely renovated
with new windows, lowered
ceilings, kitchen has lux-
urious cupboards, with
built-in oven and counter
top range. This home hat
been insulated,,and. is easily
heated by the new oil. fur-
nace. The 'upstairs has 3
bedrooms and a 4 pc. bath.
There is a sow barn on .this
property which keeps 60
sows of which 20 can far-
row at one time. The floors
are all sloping into gutters
which makes it easy for
cleaning. Everything has
been done without regard
to the cost. Also a barn 35x
200, all steel, and all auto-
matic, just four years old,
which will finish, no less
than 1500 pigs a turn. The
low price of. this 200 acres
will amaze you.
DON HOLST
REAL ESTATE LTD.
Realtors, Wingham
"Rural Ontario Specialists"
"FOR THE BEST RESULTS
PHOTO -LIST YOUR PRO-
PERTY WITH DON HOLST"
•
Dan Marsdin, Manager
Wingham Off, 357-3840
Res. 357-1014
Gary R. Stevenson Rep.
Off. 357-3840; Res. 357-1048
Jake Jutzi, Rep. •
Phone 357.1570, Wingham
Barry McDonagh, Rep.
Phone 528-3423, Lucknow