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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-11-09, Page 111 your.lobsi mods Nov. 941+5434 ►yr subscription sxpiaar.s this month. Single Copy Not Over . Win h.anl. Qnt ursday, November 9, 1972 MST SkMON ,o M HONORED FOR SERVICE—Mrs. R. W. N -Wade of Gorrie.(centre) was presented with a diploma for meritorious service to agriculture by the Howick Agricultural Society. Mrs. Wade was narked the recipient of the diploma at the Howick Fall Fair in October but was unable to attend because of illness. A native of .Howick Township, she was a member of the agricultural society there for over 35 years and was active in community affairs in general. Making, the presentation to Mrs. Wade on behalf of the society were Oscar Kief- fer, president of the society, and Mrs. Robert Gibson, president of the women's division of the Howick society and also the president of the women's division of the Ontario Associa- tion of Agricultural Societies. (Staff Photo) i�#ki�ft— Ass�ciati�n gets ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian grant for lights. SEPARATE, HOURS— There will be public skating at Wingham Arena. Sunday from 2:00 to 5:O0 p.m. with the period, ;from 2:00 -R,m• to 1390 pa.limited to children Up to Grade V and their parents. From 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. the Grade VI children and older will be admitted, Jim Ward announces.. 0-0--0 TOWN MEETING— V A chance to quiz municipal offi- cials at nomination time was planned for 8:00 p.m. at the coun- cil chamber in the town hall, Wednesday, Nov. 8 when a town meeting was called to take the place of the former nomination night gathering. Members of council and PUC and possibly board of education were expected to be on hand to answer any ques- tions by interested citizens, ,if any. • 0-0-0 A grant of $500 to Wingham Businessmen's Association was • authorized by the town council in regular session \Monday evening. The funds were requested for re- newal of the electrical Christmas decorations mounted on light standards on Josephine Street, mainly for the. renewal of the electric lights. In view of the anntial mainten- ance cost there was discussion of considering some alternate sys- tem which would not be so expen- sive:to maintain and might make for a welcome change of design. Mayor DeWitt Miller observed that the association is in a "touch and go', position but' has under- taken to 'organize the- annual. Santa. Claus parade. Being short of finance's, funds are needed, or there will not be illuminated • decorations or candy treats for the children. Reeve. Jack Alexander con- firmed that part of the grant would be used by the association todefray costs of treats for the children after the parade Dec. 9. Wants Tree Councillor Margaret Bennett urged council to considerl erec- tion of a large Christmas tree suitably lighted before Christ- mas. She noted outstanding jobs along this line had been carried out by other. small centres and the cost Would probably not be large. The suggestion was re- ferred -to the property committee for consideration. Town Supervisor James Currie offered an economical idea with regard to spotlighting the town hall with heavy duty spotlights using appropriate Christmas colors. Henoted that later the color could be changed for illu- mination at other' seasons. This will be considered by the prop= erty committee. pro supervisor reports cess in five-month perio As the result of judicioys. p ' chases of maintenani a egUip�= meet, Wingham, Cemetery *Iw will become self sustaining u fore two years elapse, .if ant sooner, and because of a large', saving in man. hours, staff men?! bers were made available . `to assist other, town departniteftalai; Town Supervisor James Cue reported to town council.. This will mean that in a stiOrt; time the cemetery operation will Board request for more land,:; is deferred be self supporting, eliminating a substantial subsidy annually from local tax revenues. To- gether with efficiencies adopted in the cemetery operation and re- vision of the schedule of fees, the cemetery will pay its own way and make staff available to other town departments, notably public works. Reviews Work These' statements were made as part of, a wide-ranging report from Mr. Currie who reviewed his five months m office as part- time r town supervisor. As' the appointment had been made on a six -months trial basis, he wanted to have council's judgment on the success of the plan to date. He in- dicated he would be interested in continuing to serve. He noted that the work was an interesting challenge and after considerable time spent in the study and planning stages, many improvements in the town opera- tion "are just starting to jell". Pays Off Mr. Currie explained that much more time had been re- quired than anticipated in the planning and study stage, but much of this is now beginning to pay off, and tangible results are starting to be seen in many ways. There was some inevitable dis- ruption at first, but "the dust is ' beginning to settle now and the A formal requestfor more latiid, for cemetery purposes was pi sented to Wingham Town Coun i1. Monday evening when Councili ", Marg Bennett presented a repOrt to council from the board to which she is a council appointee,: .The question had beer,' broached previously in an , -. formal way, and now has been; presented with a definite requestL;� the not nib ,to make avant 1e for the .,.,a:3,... six acres at the southwest corner of Arthur Street and the "B" Line. When Town Supervisor James Currie advised council that . -a larger parcel . of land may be available at reasonable terms, the 'cemetery board request W;as "tabled" for definite discussion at next council session, while the new land acquisition situatiort`$' studied in the meantime. Improved Operation Mrs: Bennett reported that new. equipment purchasedthis yea, including a mechanized 'mower .and leaf mulching machine had saved many man hours. Due to:. the saving . in time, extrawork'' had been carried out in improv- ing the chapel and the cemetery staff had been made available for other town duties as planned by the town supervisor. She ex- pressed herself as well pleased with the improved operation of the cemetery. No Memorials Commenting on the need • for more land, she indicated that 'there was no immediate rush, but inevitably more space will be needed: She said the board was prepared to fence a new area, in- stall appropriate gates, and that consideration had been given to eliminating tombstones to make the new area more parklike, possibly with inset identification plaques. until approves plans for new police offices Tenders will be called im- mediately for renovations to• the gunshed section of the armories building adjacent to the town hall for use as police office and deten- tion cells, it was decided at the regular meeting of Wingham Town Council Monday evening. Since the present lockup fac- ilities in the town hall were -con- •demned some time ago, plans have been under consideration by the police and property commit- tees for alternatives. ° The armories building, main- tained and heated by the town and used .only sporadically for various public functions, the farmers' market and occa- sionally by small local groups as a meeting place, is only a few feet from the present facilities. Revised plans were presented to council lly William Rintoul at committee meetings October 16 and were presented to town coun- cil Monday night by Councillor William Harris, chairman of the police committee. Reeve Jack Alexander, chairman of the prop- erty committee moved that tenders be called and the motion passed unanimously. No preliminary estimate had been made of thin cost of the rens\ vations and no definite idea will be • available until tenders are opened. The changes contem- plated in the building consist mainly of alterations to existing additions, the provision of counters for the reception office, alterations to the heating system and installation of sanitary . facilities in the cell area. Only. about two-thirds of the gunshed area would be utilized under the present plan,. with . the remainder of the space available for expansion at some future date.' HECK OF A NOTE— The name of Robert Charters, well-known director of East Wa- wanosh Federation of Agricul- ture, was reported as "Charles" in the information under the group picture of the township ex- ecutive in last week's issue of The Advance -Times, for which due apology is rendered. It was cor- rect in the report of the, annual meeting on the same page, mak- ing for a batting average of .500 which is not considered very good in the weekly newspaper league. Sorry about that. 0--0-0 SWEET SWEEP— The Minor Hockey players will be calling on 'each householder this week .selling .bridge mixture and peppermintatties. All pro ceeds will go to Wingham Minor Hockey so please support these boys. o—o—o MAIL SERVICE FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY— • Postmaster G. K. Sutcliffe passes word along that service will be curtailed this weekend be- cause of the Remembrance Day holiday. There will be no counter V or rural route service on Satur- day. A,street letter box collection will begin at 1:45 p.m. Mail will be despatched at 3 p.m. on Sun- day. 0 4 -0 REMEMBERING— Rev. R. H. Armstrong Was in, charge of Remembrance Day services on Sunday morning at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Flowers were placed in memory of war dead by parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Adair, Mrs. T. C. King, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Lloyd and Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Pym. Two minutes' silence was observed in memory of those who gave their lives in the wars. 4. Five youths involved. with suspected `grass' Five Goderich youths, ranging from 15 to 18 years of age, were involved in two separate seizures by Wingham police of cigarettes inspected to contain marijuana Satulyday night. • Both seizures were made from cars parked behind the Manor Hotel on Josephine Street. One car was searched at 9:55 p.m. occupied by four youths, 154.16, 17 and 18 years old. A cigarette thought to have been smoked jointly Was seized. Same Place About 11 p.m. at the same loca- tion another seizure was made from an 18 -year-old ' Goderich man andwill be checked out. The circumstances have been re- ported to the Crown and routine tests are being run on the smok- ing material.. Fines for the possession of marijuana have been running about $50 in some sections of On- tario recently, although there have been. no recent convictions in Wingham since the mandatory jail term was dropped. No further information was re- leased in the new ca es, except that investigation ntinues. Otherwise, Wi ham police were busied with Hallowe'en pranks. Saturday and the firemen were called out also to a pile of burning tires Tuesday night in Turnberry Township by the Lower Pond. The tires were tossed in the river. Scatter Garbage Further damage was done to heaters and a sign at'Connelly's car wash and in other sectors of town forgetful people insisted on putting their garbage out Hallo- we'en night, with the predictable result it was scattered all over the place. Two false bank alarms and a fire'alarm were crossed off to in- terference with telephone cables on John Street where some con- struction work . may have dis- turbed the lines. The banks were unaware of how the alarms might have been sounded. ore details .settled for rota Claus clay, Dec. 9_ Plans for the annual Wingham Santa Claus parade, December 9, are shaping up well; Brian Cameron, member of the Wing- ham ingham Businessmen's Association committee advised The, Advance - Times this week: About $100 has been collected .toward the candy fund to date and many more are to be called upon. Settle Route , A definite route for the parade has been settled in detail. The parade will form up on the park- ing lot behind F. E. ,Madill Sec- ondary School and. will proceed by Carling Terrace to Patrick Street, west on Patrick to Centre, north to Albert 'and west to Jo- sephine Street at the Wingham Fruit Market, scheduled to arrive, there at 2 p.m. The parade will then proceed the length of Josephine to the Red Front store, turn there) and come back along .JTsephine to wind up from Wingham Lions, all being well weatherwise. - a Wagons Needed Farm wagons are needed for' the parade. In the past.these have been loaned through the kindness of farmers in the Wingham area, and the committee urges that any wagons available for the parade should be offered to any member of the committee as. soon as possible. Anyone interested in contribut- ing to the success of the day for the youngsters in any way should contact the following committee members: Vern .n, 357- 1304; Bria . C eron, 3 7-1565; Don • Carter, 357-3406 an • Jon Bateson, 357-3096. at the armories building, where Santa will give out the goodies to the kiddies inside the building. Wingham Scouts have been asked to help with traffic control' at the armories, and it is hoped the lineup will .bre funnelled in one door and out another to avoid congestion. . Two Bands • .Two bands are definitely lined up for the December 9 occasion and others may still be obtained. CKNX mobile unit will be taking: part and Chief.Dave Crothers of Wingham Fire Department has indicated his boys will pd`rtici- pate. Mocha Temple Shrine Club is entering its fire engine outfit,; Wingham Deb -U -Tons will fur- nish some high-stepping girl's and it is expected a good number of floats will be entered in;the next couple of weeks, including one path is clear". The biggest business inntown is the town itself, 'he asserted, yet this large operation for many years had not had the efficient operation that companies and businesses insist upon from their managerial and operational staffs. 'It is now being ire- structured for more viable and sound operation. ' He pointed out that Custodial services to the Day Care Centre and Town Hall are now excellent and day-to-day care of the build-. ings is greatly improved. Inex- pensive butnecessary equipment bas been providedfor this work, and he said he could not under- stand why proper equipment had never been supplied before. Good Progress Mr. Currie said he was satis- fied with progress in most areas, but proper communications is still a matter which will. take more work, to keep decisions flowing freely from .council through the clerk and foremen to actual production of the town's work. - Councillor Bennett commented that she thought a very good job had. resulted at the cemetery of co-ordinating the equipment and work.. Counicillor Williaiit Harris said, that from the outset he did not consider six months would be long,,enough in which to evaluate the town supervisor's work and it should be continued before a ver- dict could be rendered. Mr. Currie concluded that "the facts as presented prove the need for the job" and he was willing to carry ongif council should 'decide it to be desirable. Mayor Miller stated the matter would be dealt with "in depth" at the next meeting of council in committee-ofthe-whole. —Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lloy left on Tuesday for Tucson, Ari- zona. • • ii. if survey n probesneed for housing William King, clerk of the vil- lage of Brussels, has announced that survey forms will be mailed out this week . to determine the number of senior citizens who are interested in low rental housing. The survey, which will include the townships of Morris and Grey, has been arranged by the Ontario Housing Corporation in co-operation with the three muni- 'cipalities. The letters will go out to residents 60 years of age and over. Only minor traffic cases were listed, involving speeding and one high speed chase lasting ten min- utes. Charges have been laid or are pending in these cases. Only minor accidents were reported. A number of liquor seizures were made and appropriate charges laid and a number of domestic fracases investigated: On November 4 three persons were charged as the result of a disturbance near the Manor Hotel on Josephine Street at 1:15 a.m. McKinley plans to urge action Robert McKinley, re-elected PC member for Huron, has stated in Ottawa that one of the most ur- gent matters for consideration of the government, in his opinion, will be action on the report of the transportation committee which held hearings at several Western Ontario points earlier this year. The committee recommended that passenger trains be restored to service on the rail lines in the area north of London and Kit- chener to Geon Bay. Mr. McKinley recognized the fact that the decision of the com- mittee'was not binding on a new House of Commons, but said that if necessary he would ask that a new committee be named to study the findings of the old one and act to relieve the total ab- sence of railway„passenger serv- Under the plan, similar to that Wingham and Listowel, rents w set according to the in- come . the tenants, as low as $36.00 wh ; re the sole income is from pe sion. Utilities • are supplied thout additional cost. . King stated that in Brus- se alone there are some 200 hom occupied by persons 60 years of age or older. Construc- tion of the government-sponsored homes would not only provide lbw rent housing for those who need it, but would free some of the existing larger homes for the use of larger and younger families. • After the plan has been ap- proved it could take up to two years to complete construction, so prompt action is advisable. ice. He did not believe that it would be necessary to hold fur- ther public hearings. The report of the former com- mittee tabled in the House of Commons this year, was not con- curred in by the Commons. •Mr. McKinley placed a notice on the order paper for concurrence but did not proceed with the motion when he received a written com- mitment from the „ministry of transport that some action would be taken on the matter of public transportation. —Don Merrick and Miss Pat McDougal of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Don Herd and daughters, Mrs. Adele Coleman and baby daughter Lorie, and Gwen Ann of Kitchener visited at the home of Mrs. Helen Merrick on Sunday. PASSING THROUGH a color party of Branch 180 Royal Canadian Legion and Auxiliary, members leave a special service of remembrance held Sunday morning at the Wingham Salvation Arr'ny Citadel. Leading the recessional parade is Mayor DeWitt Miller followed by Legion members. (Staff Photo) All aboard for Nassau Most of our readers have al- ready noted the fact that a mid- January one-week tour to Nassau in the Bahamas is being offered with Barry Wenger as tour es- cort. Several individuals and couples have already indicated their in- terest, but the time has come to firm up the plans. No one is being asked to sign any. contracts as yet, but the travel agency which is arranging the trip is hoping. to, announce an evening coffee party at which those who are interested will be told all about the mid -win- ter holiday and will see slides of the Islands and the sights to be enjoyed there. If you are interested in the trip, please let Barry Wenger know at once so arrangements for the party may be completed.