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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-02-10, Page 8Page 2—The Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, February 10; 1972 Morris Council supports a wider toll-free plan Members of the Morris Town- ship Council, at their regular meeting last week, endorsed the action being taken by the Huron Federation of Agriculture's Tele- phone Committee for larger toll- free service within the area. All members attended the meeting which, was presided over by Reeve William Elston. A delegation of representatives from the township and county Federation of Agriculture was• present, asking for a return of the levy or a grant. Also discussed was the installa- tion of a twd=way radio in Wing - ham and district rural. fire trucks, council members approv- ing such an installation. The Morris Township rep- resentative to the Wingham and District Hospital Board will be elected to a two-year term at the Township election.- It lection.- It was decided that the council would advertise for warble sprayer and warble fly,inspector; also that they enter into agree- ment with R. M. Dawson to en- gineer the new Clark Bridge at lots 15-16, Concession 6 of Morris. Road accounts of $6,-171$8 and general accounts of .$645.75 were approved and ordered paid. $81,000 b!!Iet set for reads Reeve Roy Pattison presided for the February 1 meeting of East Wawanosh Township Coun- cil held in the Belgrave..commun- ity room. The membership fee of $15 will be paid to Ontario Farm Drain- age Association. Expenses of $55 will be paid if J. Gaunt, drainage inspector, attends 'conference. Council decided to endorse action being taken by Huron Fed- eration of Agriculture's tele- phone committee in trying to ob- tain a larger area of toll-free ser- vice. Council also recommends a corresponding telephone direc- tory be made available for new groupings. Council names rec. committee West Wawanosh Township Council met in regular session at the clerk's home Februark 1. Reeve Lyons presided. A by-law levying a special rate on the 1‘11,-,1‘112 Lot 15, Concession 3, to cover a tile drainage loan was given third 'reading and. finally passedon motion of Coun- cillors Hickey and McDonald. A by-law to amend the Boyle drainage works by-law was given third reading and finally passed on motion' of Councillors Durnin and Hickey. This by-law amends the original clue to the fact that the actual cost was less than . the engineer's . estimate. The following persons were named by council to form the - West . he -West. Wawanosh4 Reereat&on Committee for i914:<"Hatol'd Errington, Vernon• Hunter, William McPherson, David Black, Roy Taylor, Clare Millian; Mrs. Susan Cook and Miss Marion Armstrong: The matter of • the proposed Dungann.on Drainage Works was raised' and the clerk was instruc- ted to contact the engineer in this regard again, to be sure of an early decision on ' the proper.. course to be followed in the con- struction of the drain for village residents. • A motion by Councillors Aitchi- son and • Hickey instructed the clerk to advertise for tenders for approximately 600 pounds warbi- cide cattle spraying for warbles and applications for inspector for 1972 at $2:50 per hour, tenders and applications open until March 4 at 6:00 p.m. The road accounts and general accounts were passed for pay- ment. An expenditure bf $804.71 for installing tA,o;way radio in the Wingham rural fire trucks was approved. Payments of $5,088.19 for road accounts, $2,291.67 for general accounts and $30 membership fee to the Association of Municipali- ties of Ontario were passed. W. S. Gibson, agent for Frank Cowan Insurance Co., met with , council to review insurance policies. The clerk, Mrs. Thompson, will advertise for a warble fly inspec- tor, operator and helper. The road superintendent, C. W. 11anna will advertise for crushed gravel for township roads. A motion carried that the road expenditures for 1972 be budgeted at $81,000. Hill urges use of new license fee schedule "The Ontario Federation of ' Agriculture helped develop this hew licensing schedule for farm trucks;" OFA President Gordon Hill said recently, "so let's get out there and use it." M. Hill, a hog and white bean farmer. from Varna, war com- menting on the Deptment of Transportation and Communica- tion's new licensing schedule for, farm trucks, 6,000 pounds and over. The Federation originally proposed a special rate for farm trucks.,,anci was 1a> 0el .xesport- sible for .developing the new schedule. "Farmers can start buying their' licenses on March 1 from Motor Vehicle Licensing Agen- cies," Mr. Hill said. "All • they have to do to get the reduced licensing rate is to sign a declara- tion that they are eligible." Eligible farmers are those that farm 11 acres and more or sell more than $2,000 of.: farm products if they have less than 11 acres. A 6,000 pound license for a farm truck will now cost $37, $7 less. than last year. Farmers with trucks requiring 8,000 pound licenses will save $20 over last year's price. And 28,000 pound licenses will cost $195 less th . last year. "Fanners should check with their' local licensing agency on reductions in other weight ,cate- gories" Mr. Hill said. ESTABLISHED IN 1936 We specialize in a complete line of FARM EQUIPMENT McGAVIN'S FARM EOUI.PMENI. 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The snow shoveller bent to his task again with the thought in his mind, 'Driving could be tough to- night- Hope the plows are out." His knowledge of weather and road conditions may be limited, but not too far away sits a man who not only knows what is happening at the moment weatherwise, but has a fair idea of what the next six to eight hours (nay bring. The man is the dispatcher in the Department of Transporta- tion and Communications control office. He receives reports via teletype, mobile telephone and the regular telephone service about the amount of snow that is falling, wind velocity, tempera- ture and other factors affecting the highways and driving condi- tions. Every minute of every 24 hours a dispatcher is on duty, working in eight hour shifts, ready at the first sign of trouble to have snow plows and sanding -salting trucks start out for the area where they are needed. A map of the division's work area is in front of him, showing usually in varied colors the road territory for which each snow plow and truck is responsible. In addition to the information the dispatcher gets via teletype from -London', Windsor, Barrie, Owen Sound and" Penetang, head office in Toronto transmits reports from Kingston, Peterborough, Ottawa, Kenora, North Bay and „many other points, Road supervisors and patrol- men keep their ' own division headquarters informed of condi- tions in their own area. Members of the provincial police, garage - men operating tow-trtfck service and reports called in from, pri vate motorists all add to the in- formation the dispatcher ,nsseni bles. With all this detailed know- ledge, the dispatcher at a division headquarters such as Stratford, which covers this area, or Owen Sound which covers as far south as Orangeville, is veritably the key man in a huge network of highway service. The man in' his driveway struggling with; three to five inches of snow has his own parti- cular problem, but this has no compairson with the problem which often developes on the open road. This is the time when the division dispatcher and those in authority at the various office- arage units such as the one on ghway 4, just south of Wing - ham, have to make quick deci- sions regarding where plows and sand -salt trucks should go. Many of thetrucks are pri- vately owned and are on stand-by duty, ready when the'call comes to head out to try and make high- ways safer. Criticism is often levelled by the motoring public and compari- sons made .with the amount of snowsclearing done in other divi- sions, usually by those who fail to realize the vast job, the difficult conditions and perhaps the lack Speaker says Credit. Union has potential BELGRAVE — Jim Simpson, guest speaker at the Belgrave .District ' Credit Union annual meeting and banquet on Febru- ary 1st spoke of continued growth of Credit Union in Canada,'men- tioning an increase in member- ship of 534 per cent for the year' 1971. He said. that Belgrave District Credit Union, while 'making steady progress, needs more members to be able to give greater servie. Mr. Simpson said that the 15 -mile area around Belgrave serviced by the local holds potential for a Credit „Union with its own building, regular office hours and personal chequing accounts. He stressed the Credit Union principle of people helping people withdut outside help. The election of officers resulted in Ross Smith and Peter Chand- ler 'being directors for another three-year term, Ross Anderson being re-elected to the credit committee and Charles Procter for the supervisory committee. The directors met following the annual' meeting to elect a president and vice president. Gil - of sufficient equipment to combat extreme sto'-m conditions. Work accomplished is in direct relation to the amount of equip- ment and staff available. Traffic surveys are made at intervals in each district and they indicate to the department's road engineers the need, numerically speaking, (or road equipment. Cover loo Miles At the Wingham office, for ex- ample, there are five plows and four sanders and their responsi- bility covers approximately 100 miles of road. There are 25 men on the job here during the winter months. Similarly, there are units of about the same strength situated at Clinton and Listowel and the combined operation of the three results in the service the people of this rather wide -spread area receive. A verv•careful record is kaept of all operations carried out by the mobile units. The operator of each plow and truck fills out a de- tailed report, showing time of starting a run, the district and distance covered, road conditions and the treatment given, localized weather conditions and time of return. Thus, at any given time in succeeding weeks. def(ite in- formation is always available about what happenedin regard to THIS PLOW, one of the five at the Wingham yard of the Department of Transportation and Communications, moves out of the garage with Ron FoCton at the wheel to start snow clearing operation Friday afternoon, —Staff Photo. CHECKING ON THE equipment situation at the Wingham office, Danny Tiffin, dispatcher, looks through window to garage area below during.Friday's storm. -Staff Photo. Survey underway in Huron County The Social Services Co-ordinat- ing Committee for Huron County has been granted funds for salar- ies and overhead expenses through the Local Initiatives Pro- gram, Dept. of Manpower and Immigration, Federal Govern- ment, to conduct a survey throughout the county. The ,pro- ject began on 'January 31st and will be completed by the end of May. The Social Services Co )rdInat ing Committee has been in exis- tence since 1968. It is made up of representatives from social agencies such as Children's Aid Society, churches, the Board of Education, Dept. of Health, Goderich Psychiatric Hospital, Probation, Canada Manpower, The Medical Association and the Dept. of Social and Family Serv- ices: The committee was formed in the hopes of improving co-ordina- tion and communication between all the various members and the services they represent. Also, they hope to plan' for future de- velopment of new services to meet unfilled needs in the county as a community. A four -man sub -committee heads the workers. They are Rev. G. G. Russell,. chairman and re- presentative from the Ministerial Association: Basil Hall, director of social work, Goderich Psy- chiatric Hospital; William Car- bert Beecroft is president and Archie Purdon vice president for another year. Peter Chandler was appointed secretary and George Michie manager. ter, psychologist, Board of Education, and K. M. Streich, Dept. of Social and Family Serv- ices, Regional'Offices, Wingham. J. E. Fleming, a consultant from the Dept. of Social and Family Services, Toronto, will be assist- ing in the setting up and evalua- tion of the survey ,itself. Mrs. I. MacDonald, Goderich, will be survey director. Interviewers are, Kathleen MacDonald, Ar- thur Maybury and Susan Bell. Chris Rompf is statistical clerk. The office phone number .is Social Service Survey, 524,77:13. The purposes of the survey are twofold. First to assess the over- all . health and social services already in the county. Second, to determine whether additional services, such as family.counsel- ling and recreation are needed. An extensive.qiiestionnaire has been developed which will be taken to local officials, both elected and appointed, profes- sional and semi-professional peo- ple, community leaders and all people who are regularly dealing with the public. As a result of this survey, the Social Services Co-ordinating Committee will be able to assess available Services and to make better . use of existing resources and manpower. In the long run, the committee will be able to plan health and social services to ful- fill the needs and, wishes of Huron County, as discovered through this survey. The committee is using the facilities provided by the North Street United Church, 44 North S,reet, Goderieh as the central office. atarh of hghwali and if' a complaint "lltrouid be Togiaterod, 'the control Office is in a position to check into it. ° The appearance, of the flashik g blue light denoting the snowplow or sander is very often a welcome sight for the traveller who is amid - way between possible acconumo- . dation for the Wight or is 44494,11 to reach home. ntiut it is per questionable if many give prow credit to the men who are out for hours, ' very often in extreme • weather, and who give up steep inn their efforts to make driving little more pleasant and certainly much W,afei . • .. • on 5 year Debenture Investment Certificat es You earn higher interest on all of The Municipal's Debenture Investment Certificates. , Interest payable semi-annually or left to accumulate. Tomas: _‘One to Fivo _yours. Amounts: $100 to 520,000. 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