HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-11-13, Page 1WINTER'S KAT - - Seven hunters from Wingham found
the deg. plentiful when they went out last week. On
Tuesday morning they shot these two beauties in the
Whitechurch district. The one is a ten -point buck which
will dress out at about 220 pounds. The hunters included
Paul RiintouI, George, Eddie and Marvin Skinn, Gary Willis,
Bob Metcalfe and Ken Crawford Jr. -A -T Photo.
Gordon Moir is chairman
advisory vocational comm.
The Advisory Vocational
Committee of Huron County
Board of Education decided at
its last meeting to hold monthly
meetings on the second Thurs-
day of each ' month , it reported
to the Board at its meeting in
Clinton last week. Gordon •
Moir, Gerrie, a member of the
board, was elected chairman of
the committee., with D. J.Coch-
rane as secretary with power to
delegate.
The Board of Education, on
recommendation of the com-
mittee, set the scale of remun-
eration for part-time teaching
assistants in the occupation
courses at a rate of $30 per day
for the school year 1969- 70, and
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
JOINS LISTOWEL POLICE -
John Sinnamon, formerly of
Wingham and a member of the
Seaforth police department,
has accepted a similar position
in Listowel:
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RALLY ON SATURDAY --The
`first night car rally to be held
her' ;gas been dubbed "Novem-
ber's Nocturnal Navex" and will
see the first car get away from
the Hodgins- McDonald lot on
the B -Line at 7.15, Saturday
evening. Two daylight rallies
have been held earlier this year.
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HARD ON THE HEAD --
One of the Scouts who was
taking part in the parade at-
tendance at the cenotaph on
Tuesday morning suffered a
nasty fall during the service.
Standing at attention' during the
sounding of the Last Post, the
lad apparently fainted and fell,
backwards onto the pavernent.
His head struck the ground with
a resounding whack which must
have been painful indeed. How-
ever, he need have no fecHngs
of inferiority, for even seasoned
veteran soldiers do the s a to e
thing quite regularly.
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MILD FALL --
The large crowd in attand-
ance at the cenotaph service
didn't get quite as thoroughly
frozen as is usually the case.
Although the wind was cool, it
was considerably milder than in
most recent years, consistent
with the nice weather we have
enjoyed all fall.
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GOOD HUNTING -.-
Hunters from the l3clgravc
area had a very successful foray
last week when they bagged
nine deer, a fox and a few ra-
coons- -alt within•six miles of
the village.
the salaries for principals of the
board's night school program at
$500 each for the current school`
year.
Robert M. Elliott, Goderich
Township, questioned the in-
cfease from $24 to $30 and
Vioridered if "A hairdt sset shi�lild `
be paid $4. 50 per hour. D.J.
Cochrane, director of educa-
tion, stated that some people
who have done the work before,
flatly refuse to do anything at
the same rate as before.
In answer to a query, John
B. Lavis, board chairman, said
night school teachers are being
paid $8 per hour or. $24 for
three hours. "It's the old situ-
ation, " commented Mr, Elliott.
"Three wrongs are making a
right.
Among .other actions of the
Advisory Vocational Committee
were the following:
Referred a request to estab-
lish an occupational depart -
ment in one of the secondary
schools for discussion at a meet-
ing with technical directors,
commercial directors and prin-
cipals.
Tabled for further study a re-
quest for appointment of an as-
sistant technical director in
one of the secondary schools.
Recommended purchase of
blackout drapes in one class,-
room-and
lassyroom-and two adding -multiply-
ing machines as requested by
the commercial director at F.
E. Madill Secondary School,
Wingham.
Decided to invite principals,
commercial directors and tech-
nical directors, to attend its
next meeting.
Decided to leave question
of remuneration for non- board
members to decision of the
Board.
Decided to meet monthly ,at
8 p. m. on the second Thursday.
usiness c.
:4(0:Sans dor
c:I.rIsim as Saw,
insures with Exeter firm
Members of the Wingal
Business Associati6n meeting
last : Wednesdayevening at the
. ,
°'h once of Mr, and Mrs. Lorne
McDonald, made arrangexnents
for the annual Christmas pro-
r440.P.1 . as well. as plans for
SantaIr stay in town:
A carni iitee composed of
Murray Gerrie, Lorne McDon-
ald and Jim Snyder will be in
charge of decorating and set,
Ong up Siinta's Workshop. The
Workshop will be erected either
in front of .the old post •office
building or the town hall and
Santa will be on hand^several
afternoons prior to Christmas to
welcome the children and hand
out bags of treats.
Prizes and candy bags will
-be looked after by Gordon Wal-
ter and Monty Bennett.
A pre -Christmas business
promotion will run from No-
vember 27 through to the holi-
day. Shoppers in the partici-
pating Wingham stores will be
given free draw tickets with
their purchases and when these
have been filled out with namet
and addresses, may be dropped
into boxes which will be set up .
in each of the stores.
A draw will be made in each
of the four weeks and four
prizes of $25.00 merchandisd
certificates will be presented
to the winners. The night be-
fore Christmas a final draw will
be made which will not only
determine the four $25.00 win-
ners, but the winner of a $100
grand prize as well. The cer-
tificate will be redeemable in
any of the .participating busi-
ness places in the town.
The prize draw is a joint •
promotion, sponsored • by the
Business Association and The.
Wingham Advance -Times, each
• of which will provide a portion
of the money, for the $500.00
in merchandise certificates
'whiehll bthe4dtaw .prizes.
Localmerchants who have
not yet been contacted and
wish to take part in thepromo-
tion may. contact The Advance -
Times not later than Friday of
this week.
Kindergrten
schedule changed
Kindergarten classes present-
ly
resently being conducted at the Brus-
sels and East Wawanosh public
schools on a half-day, every-
day basis, will he changed with
the re -opening of school inlan-
uary, 1970, to a full day every -
other -day, so that pupils may
avail themselves of bus trans-
portation presently being pro-
vided to other children in the
school. The decision w a s
made at last week's meeting of
Huron Board of Education.
-Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brophy
and family were week -end visi-
tors with her sister, Mrs. Wayne
Tabor, Mr. Tabor and family
of Kitchener.
- - Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lloyd
left Wednesday morning for
Tucson, Arizona, to spend the
winter months
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W, H. .Hodgson Limited,
Exeter, was awarded conttact
for supplying Insurance cover.-
age on Board property by Hufon
County Board of Education at
Its meeting in glint= last, Weeg;.
at a total figure of $22.631;„
This compared with $40, 099
1968.
The tender was made in be-
half of the Perth :Huron lode -
indent Insurance Agents' As-
a0.ciation. Dale and Company
1411 act as a broker for the
Hodgson firm and pay a com-
Mission to it. The group In -
Chides 29 out of 35 insurance
;agents in Huron County..
Details of the five tenders
submitted were: Fire .0$100 de-
ductible): Dale and Hodgson.
$10.150 as compared with $14, -
463 last year. Other tenders
were: Reed, $11.907; Shore,
$15, 781; Cowan, $13, 778; Dale ,
$10,150;Hodgson, .$10, 952.
All risk ($100 deductible):
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Tax pro'OSaiS
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$L 050, as against $3,231 in
1968; Reed, $1, 645; S hole,,
$560; Cowan, $1,409; Dale,
$1, 050; Hodgson, $2;157.
Extra expense: Dale and
Hodgson. $800 (new; insurance
this year); Reed, $718; Shore,
$1;129; Cowan, $307; Dale,
$800; Hodgson, $1,086.
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}11N.f.fi..n,nHelms.
If the proposals in a govern'
ment "white paper" on tax reg
form are carried out, Canadi-
ans will face some changes in
the next year or two. The pa-
per,, which is not Legislation,
but rather the government's of-
ficial notice of legislation to
come, has resulted from a long
study of the Carter Commis-
sion's recommendations.
Welcome news for taxpayer*
in the lower income brackets
will be the intention of increas3 '
ing the basic income exemp-
tions from $1, 000 for a single
person to $2•, 000; and for mar-
ried persons from $1400 to $2800.
Child care deductions would go
up to $500 for a child. These
changes would free approxi -
mately 750, 000 Canadians from
income tax payments of any
kind.
Another proposal is a genera
deduction for "einployrnentex
penes up to a maximum of
$150. (Supposedly this would
be to allow for costs oftrans-
portation to and from work; etc
A flat 50% income tax rate
for the profits of corporations.
The present level is 21% on pro-
fits up to' $35; 000 annually - and'
500fo over that amount.
End of special tax status for
members,of the armed forces.',
Elimination of loop-holes°in
tax laws where travel, conven-
tion and expense ,account living
are concerned.
Averaging of income taxes•
over five year periods in those
caseswhere there.is wide fluc-
tuation in annual earnings.
Farmers or businessmen?
five appeal assessment
Five test cases were heard
by a court of revision in Zurich
on Monday when farmers in that
area appealed a business assess-
ment imposed by the Hu r o n
County officials.
The five farmers had been
assessed 250/0 business tax on the
Graduates with
bachelor's degree
James George Inglis. elder
son of Mr. and Mrs. James F.
Inglis of the 17th of Howick, re-
ceived his Bachelor of Arts de-
gree from Waterloo Lutheran
University at the Autumn Con-
vocation held on November 2
in the Kitchener Memorial Aud-
itorium.
Prescn>f for the graduation
value of poultry buildings on
their farms. Basis of the assess-
ment was that the poultry raised; .
in the barns was fed on purchas-
ed feeds, not grown on the
farmers' lands. No business
assessment was .charged to the
other farming operations on the
same properties. • .
The five who appealed were
Peter and Erhard Voersma, R. R.
1, Exeter; William Roosevoom,
R. R. 3, Zurich; Stephen Ging-
erich, Zurich and Donald Hen-
drik, Dashwood. Attending ,•
the court as spectators were
other interested, poultry farmers,
representing McKinley Hatch-
ery, Zurich; Scott Poultry
Farms, Seaforth and T. . B. Al-
len, Londesboro.
County assessors said the
business tax involves an addi-
tional assessment of $130,000
in Huron County.
Many farmers in the poultry
raising business will be interest-
ed to learn of the final deci-
sion in those cases -and to find
out whether they are still farm-
ers or have become business -
men.
exercises were his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. James Inglis, Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Inglis and M is s
Gail klutcheon of Toronto. Fol-
lowing the graduation exercises,
Mr. and Mrs. Inglis held a fain-
tly graduation dinner in Jim's
honour, at Leisure Lodge, Pres-
ton.
Jim attended S. S. No. 1,
Public School, Howick, Wing -
ham District High School, Strat-
ford Teachers' College and was,
with the Guelph Board of Edu-
cation for ten years. Last Sep-
tember, he joined the staff of
the Georgetown Second a r y
School.
MEMBERS . OF THE Legion Auxiliary in
their poppies Wit. the Lion wreath be
it is placed on the cenotaph by Legion
President Alex Corrigan on •Tuesday: -T -A -T.
Fire truck proposal
meets opposition
A meeting of representatives
of the municipalities in the , •
Wingham rural fire district fail
ed to agree on the purchase of
a new fire truck. 'The ga her-
' ing was held here on Thursday
evening, when Wingham, Turn-
berry, East Wawanosh, Morris
and HoWid Townships discuss-
ed a proposal to place an order
for a truck which would cost
about $27,000.
The Wingham council gave
approval to its share of the ex '-
penditure at a meeting last
month.. ' The Wingham share
would be about $6, 600, 24 per
cent of the total cost. • '
Turnberry, East Wawanosh
and Morris gave verbal agree -
meat but, the representatives
from Howick opposed the pur-
chase,.
Request for a new pumper
was received by. Wingham coun-
cil from the fkre department -
personnel several weeks ago..
Their . brief pointed out that the.
younger of the two trucks is
reaching the age -where serious
trouble can be expected, and
that the safety of many mil -
lions of dollars in property is
.dependent upon the efficiency
Of the. department 'and its equip-
ment.
The Howick representatives
were asked to discuss the pro -
posal with their. council at the
next meeting.
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Ontario ' Hydro to
up power rates
"The economic and social
climate is pushing the cosi of
electricity upward, " said On-
tario Hydro Chairman George
Gathercole; in announcing an in-
crease in wholesale ratesto
Municipal electrical utilities.
For local technical reasons,
the increase varies slightly from
one municipality to another,
Mr. Gathercole said, but aver-
ages about six per cent across
Ontario. The increase is effec-
tive January 1, 1970.
Large industrial customers,
who purchase power directly
s. from Ontario Hydro, also have
been notified of a rate increase
which averages eight per cent.
In October, 1968, rates were
increased nine per cent to re-
tail customers in rural areas and.
a further increase is forecast.
Boilers: $1,,636; last year,
$2.908; Reed, $1, 636: $hO e,
$1, 636; Cowan, $2, 320; Pale,
$1, 636; Hodgson, $1.B45.
Crime: $1,075; last year,.
$962; Reed, $944; Shore, $649;
Cowan, . $719; Dale, $1,015i
Hodgson, $1, 501.
Automobile:. $1, 335, as
compared with $4, `727 in 196$;
Reed, $3,497;Sbore, $3, 654,
Gowan, $3,266;. Dale, $4,290;
Hodison,, $1,235, -
Liability: $1,411, as against
$3, 966 last year; • Reed, $1,-
430;
1,-430; Shore, $325; Cowan, $2
164; Dale, $1,400; Hodgson;'
$1.417.
Accident; $168, last year,•
$842; Reed, $234, Shore, $350;
'Cowan, :$140, Hodgson,. $163.;
Workmen's Co npensation:
$5,000, as against $9,000;
,.Reed, no tender; Shore, $7, -
500; Cowan,." $5,000; Dale,
$6.000; Hodgson, $5.000,
Total tenders under the
above headings worked out as
follows: Dale and Hodgson, •
lowest tender, $22, 631; Reed
(without quotation on workmen's
compensation) $22, 006; Shore,
$31, 614; Cowan, $29,174;
Dale, $26,541; Hodgson, $25,-
461.
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The Board also accepted the
recommendation of the Hartley
consulting firm that ,'due to the
$250 deductible and the fact
that only 53. 000 , of 1,152,000'
square feet of 'floor area . is. over
20 years old, w e,f e e i that
Dale's $3,800 premium for op -
tieing. extensions for ;glass, fall-
ing objects, water escape, col-.
lapse from weight. of snow, -i's•
excessive and do not recom-
mend that the Board purchase
these extensions at this time. "
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.Thievet whd centered. the Ca-
nad ian Tire Store, on Josephine
Street South early Sunday morn-
ing managed to escape with
about $3, 000 worth• of merch-
andise. M. -L. Gilroy,, store
manager:, says that t is not '
yet possible to placean exact
figure on the loss, bu scan be
.sure of at least $2k100 htissing
,merchandise and expects the
higher figure will: be reached.
'Police : checked`the building
• at 4.30 a.M. and nothing was
amiss at that 'time. 'b ne of the
exitptoyees `coming d o', w n to
wash his cat. on Sunday rriorning
`noticed`.>}hat one of the doors
wa;r,slightly open and went in
to • nd the stock ransacked.
Entry was gained through the, °
main doors on the north side of
the building and the stock re-
moved by way of a smaller exit .
on the south sides •
�'.Mr. Gilroy says that tools,
guns, sporting goods and taped
records were included in the
'haul.
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Calvin Christian School Society seeks
"financial equality" with Huron boar
Seeking what they called
"financial equality", two rep-
resentatives of Calvin Christian
School Society, which oper-
ates an elementary school in
Clinton, appeared as a dele-
gation before Huron County
Board of Education at its meet-
ing in Clinton last week. °
Harry Bakker , ‘ Londesboro,
and Gys Vanderhaar, R. R. 2,
Brucefield, made a strong pres-
entation of their case for co-
operation with the Huron Coun-
ty Board, pointing out the great
difficulties under which the
school operates. it has•203 pu-
pils for whom their parents pay,
$12 per week, and receives no
government support."
After hearing the two Bele-
gates,, who answered various
pertinent questions. the board
referred the requests to the exe -
cutive council for study and
recommendation.
Mr. Bakker, a prominent
young chicken farmer of the
Londesboro area, stated that
the Calvin Christian School So-
ciety of Clinton owns and op-
erates 'a six =roomed school on
,Princess Street, Clinton. It is
non -parochial, non -denomina-
tional, and its doors are open
to the children of all parents
who want their children to re-
• ceive.a distinctly'Christian• ed-
ucation.
"Why, did we establish our
school? Our school exists to
educate young people to make
a distinctive Christian contri-
bution to'thc growth and devel-
opement of the community and
the nation. Mr. Bakker stressed
the financial burden carried by
supporters of the school and in
particular, the tuition -paying
parents.
"On the basis of our right of
existence as a school in this
democratic society andthe
sizeable financial contribution
that the supporters of our school
make to Huron County, we
would appeal to your board to
extend to our school many of
the services provided for ofher .,
schools under your jurisdie•tion,
Mr: I3aer said.
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� P� . Many
of otir children live on existing
public or separate school bus
lines. Our request would be
that your board provide as a
service to our students, trans-
portation to and from our school,
based on grants from the Ontar-
io Department of Education.
(h) Opening the library fa-
cilities of your schools to stu-
dents of our school.
"I think there is a great mis-
conception of our school here, "
Mr. Bakker said. "It is called
a private school, but we be-
lieve it to be a public school,
Christian in character. "
Governing body is the On-
tario Christian School Alliance
which operates 46 schools with
more than 8.000 students in the
province, with a fully qualified'
inspector. Gys Vanderhaar
dealt with some of the financial
facts in connection with opera-
tion of the school. He pointed
ou`t that the parents of the pri-
pils attending the Calvin Christ-
ian
Schools in Ontario paid
inore than $900,000 in proper-
ty taxes per year. He felt the
bill for transportatitn'should be
net by the Department of Ed-
ucation as in the case of the
other schools in this field.
"Why not send your children
to our schools?" James Taylor,
board member from 1 Iensall.
asked the delegate.
"Why not yours to ours?" re-
plied Mr. Vanderhaar. "We
think tlic grant should go where
the kids go. " it is costing the
Calvin school $13.000 per year
for pupil transportation.
John 13. Lavis, Clinton, •
Board chairman asked if all
their children were attending
the Calvin Christian School.
Mr, Vanderhaar said that not
"many" were attending the
regular puhlic schools. Mr.
Lavis agreed that a Christian
education was important in to-
day's world.
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