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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-07-13, Page 9fM b DAVID MONTGOMERY and Peter Goodall were first over the 20 -mile finish line in .Fri- day's waikathon sponsored by Wingham Lions during Crazy Days to raise money for a new ball park. The youngsters were greeted by Mrs. Jack Nevery, a volunteer official at the start -finish line.. (StaffPhoto) fit BIRD'S EYE VIEW of the bikes, tricycles and wagons parading down.Josephine Street after the judging"at.th Aai,1.p.4rj l iprsday evening as part of Wing.harn'.L':oris club Crazy Days program. (Staff 'Photo) a deliver. 41, Nr av} }v x 6r '•%%� . �//„..;,....,:,,,,,,;/..„.„........„',•::::....``,.., ,. •Cor J{/ .nom }:w •.5• 4 J '''.•11,..t.,[ fri ::_ r. r/ }r Wd, /^rli r r ” +Sq /y ?- •s' 11Ap ... purr A N {: f rl,[6 /,•: :/f/{j Air iC.{riv*rff VAY i%/ f • .. ... ... rr .... ,... he rest is up to you. Delivering a constant flow of power, dependably and safely—that's your Hydro's round-the-clock responsibility. 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Good reasons for giving top priority to your home wiring when you consider making improvements. lo find out what rewiring can do for your home, call a qualified, JJ Electrical Modernization contYactoi: - And ask him about the Hydro Finance Plan—an easy way to fit the work into your 4144. budget. 1 CAL BURKE ELECTRIC Wingham ( Phone 357.2450 "COW Paiet th‘' street lair and carnival event'held under the sponsorship Qf ham dons and merchants, occupied three blocks of the. street 'hy day, Friday and urday and saw sidewalk Sale* in progress through that ,period, measured up pretty well to last year's event, Lion Russ Zurb, committee chairman reported, Tuesday, Financially, the result* Via come close to matching last year. The "waikathon" in which 1:en. trants undertook a 20 -mile walk to. -raise funds from local spon. sors, saw a high percentage finish and should gross about $900 if the pledges are honored and' turned in by July 18. The mghtly bingo game was well patronized and showed a good return, as did the ' food: booth- Returns from the games of chance were down and the log sawing contest did a poor'trade, The dunking tank ran; into mechanical difficulties and also- ran lso-ran out of volunteers for dunkipg purposes, cutting the action and the revenue down propor- tionately. Lack of attractions specifically for children was the main criticism heard along the main street. It had been considered too expensive,to hire outside attrac- tions at the rates', they were charging this year. ' One of the wind-up events Sat- • urday evening was the draw for the beef calf with 750 pounds of- veal fAveal on the hoof being won by Ron Stacey of Wingham. The street painting contest for the youngsters 011 Saturday waa ",won by Sylvia Beard, followed by Connie Streich and Anne Mahe in that order. Entries totalled 37 in this competition. In thedecorated bikes, bikes and wagons competitions at the ball park, the winners were: Bikes, up to .eight-yearolds, Shelley Jones, most attractive; ;Robbie Strong, most original; ,Philip Rintoul, funniest, Judges, Maria and Chris Gosling. Nine to 11 -years, Sylvia Beard as an ice cream man was judged most attractive; Steven Morri- son, "Snoopy Days are Crazy Days" was funniest; Carol Wheeler, RR 5, Brussels, as a • locomotive was the most original. Judges were Audrey Tiffin and Stewart Beattie. Ir) the 12 and over class the prize for the most attractive ex- hibit went to Michael Zimmer- onan; funniest to Ansley Currie and most original to Ellen Reid and Cathy Skinn. Judges were • Anna Goodall and Shirley Kauf- man. In the trike division Jamie Robertson got the most original prize, Brenda Ritchie, most attractive and Tini Brown, funniest. Judges were Nancy Kennedy and Dorothy Conron. A busy feature during. the three-day event was the accident prevention trailer operated by the Ontario Provincial Police, where many visitors saw slide presentations ,on traffic safety. Litter bags were given away and static exhibits in the trailer viewed by hundreds. Most retail businesses in the • Welfare -costs are up slightly A most interesting set or\fig 1 It was learned after' studying ores was presented to Huron 'the figures that in some areas County Council at its June session where welfare costs hadbeen by John McKinnon,, director of lower last year than in 1972, there social services for Huron. ,could be several reasons for the • It showed the comparison of change. In some instances, nurs- gross costs for General Welfare ing home patients were sent to Assistance, nursing homes, another municipality where they supplementary aid, and special become the welfare responsibil- assistance for persons in Huron ity of that municipality. from January 1 to April 30 for the years 1971 and 1972. County council gave its ap- The figures are interesting be- • proval to enter .into an agreement cause in 1971 there was ho wel- with the Victorian Order of .Nur- fare county -wide and opinion has ses to provide nursing service at been that costs for welfare across horse, where necessary, for Huron would increase substan- recipients of general welfare • tially when.county • welfare was assistance. An 80 percent grant is established. paid by the government toward However the overall increase these services. The county will was only slightly over $2,000— Pay the remainder. • from $107,097.69 in 1971 to A resolution put forward by the $109,332.51 for the same period in Huron County. Health Unit Board 1972. January to April is consid- was approved by council. The ered by welfare personnel, the resolution asking the province to peak. season for social services. consult with health units and By municipality, the figures boards of health regarding any show -variation: Ashfieid;$469.5:; ,• proposed changes in health legis - in 1971 ($3.018 66 in 1972) ; Col- lation, is in anticipation of borne, $145.63 ($917.60) ; : Gode- regional health units .which .are rich, Township, $592.68 ($1,382.- feared to be more costly. 45); Grey, $1,555.65 ($2,735.96);• . "We don't know the'intention of Hay, $1,935.90 ($264.35); Howick, government," said Chairman $6,090.23 ($6,512.44); Hu7,lett, Derry Boyle. "The Minister -isn't $2,067.52 ($1,216.60); McKillop, $1,572.16 46,014.39); Morris, $689.99 ($3,244.18); Stanley, $58.1.00 ($1,8389); Stephen. $4,821.82 ($5,170.74) ; Tucker smith, $4,261.98 ($2,553,.95): Turnberry, $11,067.19 ($8,552.72); Usborne, $1,771L24 ($628.48); East clear on it but it looks like hos- pital insurance, health care and welfare could all be rolled into one.. They're.trying to co-ordinate allied services. The Minister has refused to meet with the Ontario Health Units Association and has turned down .an invitation to peak at its next convention be- cause he'll be out of the country. We don't know where to go' for more information but we don't want the same thing to happen here as happened to our school system where legislation was rammed through. We may only be paying 25 percent instead of 50 percent, but costs will be greater and we won't be- saving any money." • . Wawanosh;