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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-11-16, Page 3T 1' le • WIN H " DODY SHOP C .COrglete collision Re ond Pig. 'rowingSerie C SIP ADAMS Prop etoir . WINGHAM, ONT, Res. 357.1171, Bus. 357-110Z The �i ntinued' from .Page- roadat �n 1pn#4ent in operation Stratford that ,might interest the local department• of works. He .described a machine that appar- ently heated old tar pavement and skinned off a couple of inches preparatory to laying a new coat- ing. it would remove bumps and -high crowns. Councillor Bateson replied that YOUR HEADQUARTERS F� an.ioi BROOMBALL EQUIPMENT BROOMS x300 A� $350 BALLS $2" SHIN GUARDS $425 Pair BROOMBALL SHOES '10" Pay. New Fresh Stock CURLMASTER, LITTLE BEAVER. BLACK JACK, MUSTANG CURLING BROOMS SPECIAL SALE PRICED STAINTON HARDWARE Phone 357-2910 Josephine St. 1hei as- not familiar with the .ma aid ohne as describled. He said much of the pavement to be renewedin Wiaghatn was found to have in- adequate bedding underneath and would have to be dug out to a considerable depth, in which case such a machine could not be used. He agreed it might be .useful in some situations, putting it in the category of a good deal of other machinery which the town might well use but could not justify on grounds of expense. More Increases • At the invitation of Mayor Mil- ler, Roy Bennett, PUC chairman discussed the problems of the commission inherent in the rate system in which the latest in- crease recently announced can - net be passed on immediately .to the commission's customers. The chronological timing is bad for the individual commission, as the increased cost is laid on the com- mission in the winter, a peak load time, and can only be passed on to the customer after a delay of several months with specific approval of Ontario Hydro. By that time a low demand .period has been reached and revenue is much lower, leaving the local commission in a financial bind. He said Wingham PUC was just nicely looking forward to recov- ering from the last rate hike when it was hit by the new one. He could not say whether the en- tire increase would be passed on to the consumer or not, but indi- cated there seemed to be no end in sight for the next several years. In his opinion, and that of other commissioners with whom .he - had discussed the matter, the basic fault lies with Ontario Hydro which did not forecast re- alistically its future needs and ,slake financial provision for the tremendous expansionary pro- grams being undertaken. Now a great deal of capital :must be raised in a short time. Mr. Bennett also described in some detail engineering plans be- ing studied with a view to provid- ing adequate water pressure for industrial fire sprinkler systems: Several alternatives are being considered , in conjunction with fire underwriters and the Ontario Water Resources Commission. In brief, the commission is. seeking to avoid inordinate expense in- volved in construction of above- ground storage when the installa- tion of additional pumps on exist- ing underground water might welt suffice. Councillor Tim Willis, .as chair- man of the industrial committee observed that after studying4he the situation for some time, 'he was led to realize that acquisition of ARTICLE FOR ARTICLE OUR PRICES CAN'T BE BEAT - BARGAIN TABLE Savings up to 1/3 $2.95 - $3.95i E4.95 ORLON PULLOVERS Men's V-neck, turtle neck, brand names, . top quality. Save up to 1/2. ' $999 LADIES' PANT COATS Lots of colors, new Amer - foam, washable, sizes 10-18. MITTS, GLOVES, SCARVES, TOQUES, ETC." 0, The variety is so huge we just can't List them. The prices are unbeatable for the quality. Come take a look. We're loaded on colored briefs. Clearance table on Men's and Boys' Sizes. Brand names - Harvey Woods, , Stanfield, etc. 25%OFF its t without , - will not expire. until the end of No- cotn'e cl to the break en l�ti'� i� th � ,. lama ,adoes not neceswily vember, Out at this stage it is Pelnt. co>titx'lbuterlargely to the tiiuf hese difficult to know whether the t%oupty Council � of the town in the long run. The o situation is a. a MptiCa. One type of industry Might re- quire. a great deal of servi In- volving water supply and waste disposal where an industry of another character might not pre- sent these problems,. inclustrY makes demands on the a-` `ailable labor force or attracts new resi- dents and puts pressure on hous, - ing. This results in either ,higher rentals or increased construction and additional services, As. \a re- sult of studying these problems, Mr. Willis thought more attention should be paid to°obtaining local revenues from tourism, which is becoming big business else- where, without imposing great costs for construction and serv- ices. Town Advertised . . Reeve Jack Alexander pr, oipt- ly endorsed this opinion by point- ing out that during his term as warden of Huron County he had authorized publication of b004 - lets and brochures which extolled the virtues of Huron from the. tourist's viewpoint, 'arid these have been given wide distribu- tion. Wingham is given its due publicity in this literature and is bound to benefit from it. The reeve and others mentioned the popularity of the tourist cam �'.at Riverside Park here. It is getting good referrals and. word-bf- mouth praise by campers who have enjoyed it and are returning year after year. Councillor George Carter, fire committee, fielded a question from the floor about the newly in- stalled radio system on the fire vehicles. He expressed the opin- ion the effective range is about 27 miles. Fire Chief Dave Crothers who was in attendance confirmed it is actually about 25 miles, de- pending a great deal on weather condition and nature of the ter- rain locally; which is poor, owing to the hilly countryside town is actually saving money or On his work at Huron y not until a detailed apPraiNd can Council, be underlined the -- be made, rnensi ty of the job by mentioning lie referred to economies and the four million dollar budget of efficiencies as a consequence of which one and a half mullion is co-ordinating and properly spent on roads. There are 450 em - equipping the labor force em- ployees and under the new elec- pioyed by the cemetery board tion procedure there will be 42 which resulted in man hours be- councillors. ing given to other departments, of During the past year there the town. The purchasing of ma- were more than 25,000 visitors to serials had been co-ordinated to Huron County Pioneer Museum. advantage. He said it .had been Huron's population is now about obvious a number of areas of 52,000 persons, and covers 1,295 town work needed better organ- square miles in which 345 miles of ization and it would require some county roads plus 77 bridges are study to know definitely what has - maintained. been accomplished at this stage. Holding Line Councillor Bennett confirmed Councillor Bennett, reporting that an ."excellent job" had been on finance, stated the total bud - done in the cemetery situation get for 1972 was $382,000 and all which resulted in considerable committees 'are ending the year savings. The interior of the without, deficits, with the excep- chapel had also been painted and tion of the cemetery board which consideration is now being given is rapidly moving into a position to wiring for light and heat. where it will be self-supporting Reeve Alexander commented and thus save the town a great that re -organization at the cerise- deal of money. She left a distinct tery can, within two years, elim- impression that council's attempt inate 'subsidies as high as $8,000 to hold the line on the tax rate in one year. would work out that way. Councillor Bateson,' who has Councillor Wild, reporting for made no secret of his opposition the recreation commission, noted to the idea of a town supervisor that there are three members of admitted some phases have'been' council on the board to see that helped "but does it warrant hir- the recreation funds are spent to ing a man at the price we have to best advantage. In addition to . pay?". He suggested another town funds and money raised by .month of probation time should other means there is a $6,000 be given. so that a decision could grant . from the, provincial gov- be made by.the incoming council ernment. as to whether the effort has been Councillor Harris, in winding worthwhile. , up the meeting, commented on He speculated it might cost behalf of the police committee. $10,000 a year to hire a full-time ' He said citizens should bear in man in that post. He admitted mind that if there are delays in nothing like that is being paid response to police calls, it is gen- now, but "we probably would". erally because the police are ex - Mayor Miller . added on the tremely busy and are probably same topic that James Currie, attending to several at a time. He the present town supervisor, has commented that it is a thankless done much of the work which job and frequently discouraging. committee chairmen have not He thought police were some- . had the time to do. times frustrated . by what they Reeve Alexander later paid thought was too much lenience in the courts, but recently sentences have been stiffer. In 'conclusion, Mayor Miller ex- pressed the view that the town meeting had been worthwhile, giving the councillors an oppor- tunity to report on their work and answer questions of any rate- payers who 'might be interested. There was a round of applause from the small but appreciative audience and that was it for another yews Mr. Crothers explained that the tribute to Mr. Currie's work in department can operate on:,two connection with establishment of frequencies, one for Huron Coun- the Day Care Centre, commend- ty departments similarly equip- ing him for his valuable services ped and the other known as, the in directing the . committee to Fire Marshal's. wave -length, sources of supply and expediting through which Wingham can -con- natters in many ways. He said tact any other radio -equipped de -1 he knew a great many more partment in the province:, Re- hours had been put into the job gional co-ordinators for fire serv- , than anyone realized. • ice have been set up, the Huron As the meeting neared its con - official. being at •Seaforth.,. elusion, Reeve Alexander repor- Councillor John Bateson .told~. ted for theproperty committee cif the meeting the amount. oe road 04 f MA* ' °irte `'of die c, e f V work possible in Winghanl,inanyr difficulties encountered in trying one year is severely limited by to get tradesmen to work on reno- the budgets set for ,this depart- ment. There is a great `deal more that could be done if the funds - were available. . Asked by Mr. Streich if a long rainge plan has . been undertaker fol• road work, Mayor Miller ad- vised a five-year plan is being set up. 1 BOYS' PANT SALE All New Style Flairs LADIES' INSTRUCTOR SKI COATS S� S95 CHRISTMAS DRAW Our Store Only DECEMBER 27th Y®resent toHave sj0000 in MEItCHANOISE —9 SEE OUR SELECTION OF DRESS SLACKS - BLOUSES - ETC. HAYES FAMILY CLOTHING 222 JOSEPHINE3'i . 2 eSOi':.'r� Y7 ••r ia` N flu 1t�, •'�44hjY/1.Il �.v .JFP v.AIN 9i e.• r.. ..0 . P.:it A 57.17.0 ,.�.nu ue.'l uv r.,.rf;^�••:+,• ,ct.ns�un�.. '�.Ac47r� :.N',.,." .� t, - - John Pattison asked from the audience what council's impres- sion is of the advisability of con- tinuing with a town administra- tor. Mayor Miller pointed out that the town is .a major operation with a half million dollar budget: Council is in the corporate sense a board of directors • which has hired a part time manager in an effort to see if a supervisor would improve management of the town's operations. He said the .town had been for- tunate to get a person to take this. responsibility on a part time basis for six months. .The .term vations to the town. hall. Exten- sive repairs are required to the roof and eaves and some' of the window sills, including brick- work, but most contractors are extremely busy and individuals don't seem too interested. . However, over a period of time the committee is "gradually get- ting things into shape". Specifi- cally, the'men's room in the .base- ment is being renovated and is becoming quite presentable. The council chamber has been im- proved and suitable equipment has been acquired for the custod- ians. On the ;Day Care Centre he re- ported it is operating well, with 16 full time children enrolled plus about the same number on part time. He pointed out that the ap- pearance of the building has been greatly improved and is a pleas- ure to look at. He indicated that later, as the full time enrollment increases, the operation will tfriolvi Scouts, Cubs to enter float, The group committee of Wing - ham Scouts ,and Cubs met last Thursday• evening in the public school library. Scott Reid was in charge in the absence of the chairman, Crawford Douglas. It wasreported that there are 39 active Cubs and 40 active Scouts at the present time. The annual Apple Day was a very good success. Now the com- mittee is planning to enter a float in the Santa Claus Parade; De- cember 9. A representation also participated in the Remem- brance Day ceremonies: Due to lack of storage room, the fall paper drive will not be held. A drive will be held in the spring. The finance committee was asked to organize a ftmd raising °project. SMOKE MASKS AND OXYGEN were the order of the day'as Wingham firemen coped with dense fumes in a persistent fire at the Rac and Break Smoke Shop on Josephine Street Friday evening. Fire thought to originate in overheated wiring swept up partitions to the ceiling. Several thousand dollars in damage was caused, although no definite esti- `mate--has :as.syet -been established. Staff Photo. Grades. 1, 2, 3, 4 • . 11: Carter's Grades 1 and 2 and . Mclieoh's' Grades 3 and 4 re doing woup f activities till- ing how insects, animals, birds, atnphibians;•plants andeven peo- ple, prepare for winter. .Grades 3 and 4'also have been making delightful posters telling us not to forget to feed, be kind to or. just make comfortable Our pets. - Grade 5 and 6 -As a preparation for Remein- brance . Day, films about both world- wars were reviewed by Grade 5 to 8. 'Grade 6 took charge of the Remembrance Day 'Serv- ice, presented to the school chil- dren, teachers, Father Kaminski and parents. Chris Dubelaar was master of ceremonies. The wreath was laid by Danica Ram- ameloo. Music was provided by Grade 7, 8. Grades ? and 8' On Tuesday; November 7, Grades 5 & 8 participated in a cross-country meet at the high 1 cre+-Mailbox school. Eight boys and eight girls Wartentered from Sacred Wart:..School= which placed seventh. At the Armistice service in Wingham, Rick Nesbitt from Grade 8, placed the wreathfor our school. COOKING MONSTERS WINGHAM — Mrs. 'Wahlhosted two meetings of the Wing - ham I Club where the girls. d o cussed table settings and pp-. posed dishes for the buffet sup- per. Table settings for a family dinner and a buffet -style meal, were set by the girls. The leaders demonstrated how to make a cheese souffle and a cheese fondue which the girls en- joyed- A work meeting was also held when the girls .worked on their book .Covers and'practised for the Achievement Day skits and ex- hibits. All were reminded of Mothers' Night and the food each - member was to contribute. Used Car Savings '69 'CORONET 4 -Door Sedan, t auto, . radio • '68 SATELLITE 2 - Door Hardtop, 8 auto., power steering . & brakes, radio • '68 (FORD ' '66 BELVEDERE 6 cylinder automatic- '65 utomatic-'65 FORD Half -Ton, 6 cylinder 111 CHRYSLER - DODGE - PLYMOUTH WINGHAM ONTARIO PHONE 35;7.3862 • ONTARIO AssessrneutReview Court NOTICE OF HEARING. TAKE NOTICE that they first sitting of the Assessment Review Court for the year 1972 to hear complaints against assessment for taxation in 1973 in The Town- ship of Morris in the County of Huron will be held at Township Hall, Morris Township, Ontario corhmencing at 2:00' p,m. on December 8th, 1972. Appellants will be notified by mail, of the date and time at which their complaint will be heard. • Dated at Newmarket this 13th day of November1972. M. Harbinson, M.I.M.A., - Regional Registrar ' ONTARIO Assessment Review Court NOTICE OF HEARING TAKE NOTICE that the first sitting of the Assessment Review Court for the year 1972 to hear complaints against assessment for taxation in 1973 in The Town- ship of Howick in the County of Huron will be held at Municipal Office, Gorrie, Ontario, commencing at 2:00 p.m. on December 7th, 1972. Appellants will be notified by mail of the date and time at which their complaint. will be heard. Dated at Newmarket this 13th day of November 1972. M. Harbinson, M.I.M.A., Regional Registrar ONTARIO Assessment Review Court NOTICE OF HEARING TAKE NOTICE that the first sitting of the Assessment Review Court for the year 1972 to hear complaints against assessment for taxation in 1973 in the Town of Wingham in the County of Huron will be held at Town ' Hall, Wingham, Ontario commencing at 10:00 a.m. on December 6th, 1972. Appellants will be notified by mail of the date and time' at which their complaint will be heard. Dated at Newmarket this 13th day of November 1972. M. Harbinson, M.I.M.A., Regional Registrar