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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-11-30, Page 1your 140 itRobacrIpt100 ST. ANDREW'S BELL RINGERS, under the leadership of Gordon -Leggatt, entertained ThursdeY night for the Grand Master's banquet In St. Andrew's Church. I°OOF and Re- bekah Lodge members of District No. 8 attended. Seen at the head table are Keith Sharpe and. Mrs. Sharpe, DDP of Rebekahs from Seaforth; Mrs. Wanamaker Wanamaker of Port Perry; Mrs. Gerrie and Gerrie of Wingham; Mrs. Miekel of Exeter, Alex Miekel who was just out. of camera Photo) and GM'GIen DDGM Harry wife of DDW range. (Staff iiik141-- Couple married in 1897, ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian HOMES WANTED— More than 30 applications have been received for geared -to -in- come housing and homes for sen- ior citizens in the survey being conducted for Wingham by the , OHC, Town Clerk Bili Renwick R reports. In view of the serious in- terestbeing shown there is some possibility another building may be considered for Wingham. 0 -0 -0 - SPECIAL MEETING— A special meeting of Wingham town council was tentatively call- ed for Wednesday evening when tenders for renovation of the pro- . posed _ new police office in the • h armouries building would be con- sidered. No tenders had. been re- ayor .DeW ell Miller eedrepotted, . but it was anticipated at least one' might reach the town office by • Wednesday. 0-0-0 . SEPARATE BOARD VOTE— The - only municipal vote in Wingham Monday, Dec. 4 will be that for the Huron -Perth Separ= ate School Board, and a polling place will be set up in the town hall. There are less than 15( separate school supporters here, and a heavy vote is not an- ticipated. . • 0-0-0 SNOWMOBILERS TO MEET— A safety clinic for snowmo- bilers is set for the Wingham 11) armouries building at 7:30 p.m. , Monday when regulations, li- cense fees and 'first aid will be among the topics discuased. Some of the more avid fans had their machines out for trial runs as early as Sunday night and prospects Are for a busy season. 0-0-0 ROADS TREACHEROUS . • Drivers who haven't hit the sideroads since the storm} Sunday are warned the gravel reads are Snow and ice -covered and treacherous, particularly when . meeting oncoming traffic. Lanes and sideroads were very bad Tuesday and • one rear -end acci- dent'took place near Whitechurch Tuesday, due to inability to stop. Many other minor accidents were reported in the area. 9-0-0 KEEP OFF THE GRASS— Each year the principal of the F. E. Madill Secondary School, G. 0. Phillips, urges snowmobile fans to steer clear of the school . football field until there is a heavy coating of snow there. The damage done to the playing field , is often irreparable. 'Nuff said? 0-0-0 KEEP IT COOL— Wingham firemen will be hop- ing there's not a "hot time in the II old town" Saturday night. That's the time they've chosen to enter- tain their wives and lady friends at a Christmas dinner at Lee's Tavern. 0=0-0 'M SWING THEIR i'ARTNERS— Lucknow Square Dancing Club played host to the Southwestern Ontario Square Dancing Associa- tion here Saturday, staging a parade of dancers, cars and floats down Josephine Street from Highway 86 to F. E. Madill Secondary School where dancing sessions were held. About 200 meiibers of 34 square dancing Se clubs from- Owen Sound to Sarnia, Londoni Stratford, Galt and Brantford attended. . celebrate 75th anniversary Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Campbell of Thessalon district, moving there married December 1, 1897 .1)37,- Belgrave will celebrate their 75th before the railroad was built. Rev. W. R. Sealy of the Methodist wedding anniversary at their Gertrude Garniss was born in Church when they were nineteen, home on Fri�9 y, December 1st. Bluevale where her father, John Mr. Campbell, a bush super-. Both are in their 95th year. Garniss was a carpenter. - His visor for a pulp and paper cont-.., Mr. Campbell, eldest son of the wife was the former Annie Coul- pang for over .20 years, started to ate James Campbell and oSarah tes. Within about two years of the work in the bush as a youth * Wilson, was born m Belfast, near . time the Campbells moved to saw the lumber camps grow from Lucknow, where his family farm- Thessalon the Garniss family the original rough accommodaa ' ed. When he was about 12 years of moved to the .same area. It was tions to the present modern de.; ase his-fami' y took up lanolin the there the couple met. They were velopments where employees .k. and their families live quite com- fortably. When their own family of two.:„ sons and a daughter grew up, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell bought a farm near Lucknow for their. sons. They purchased a home that village where they lived until' 'y building- their present home in Belgrave in 1958. However, Mr.. Campbell_ con- tinued�to work in the bush, hying home for visits with the fanny. As woods manager for Spruce Falls Power and Paper Company at Kapuskasing when he retired, he was not home long until he was called back into service in an ad- visory capacity at the Long Lac development of Kimberly-Clark enterprises. Employees at th Strange creatures join Santa parade here Dec. 9 Strange "critturs" ranging from a huge Dalmatian dog through a big black gorilla, big. rabbit, monkey, gingerbread an and a clown•will be• added to 'the Santa Claus parade here Dec. 9, according to the latest bulletin from Wingham Businessmen As- sociation. Committee Chairman Vern Redman and Brian Cameron made a trip to Stratford and ob- tained the use of some;extra spe- cial costumes which will inject a note of novelty into the spectacu- lar event for the kiddies. Four bands have definitely been obtained from out of town, plus the Wingham Salvation Army brass band, two pipe bands and two drums and bugle bands. Entries Welcome More than 25 floats have been entered for the parade, but there's still plenty of room . for more and any new entries will be welcome. There are also likely to be some surprises by parade, day. Tenta- tive arrangements are under way for more attractions which cannot be confirmed at press time. Complete and final - details of the big parade will be published in next week's issue of The Ad- vance -Times, including times and parade route. Municipal Elections set for Saturday Municipal election day will be a . quiet* one in Wingham Monday, Dec. 4, with only one polling place set up for election of a Separate School Board representative to the Huron -Perth Board. How- ever, neighboring townships have races for council seats and places on the Huron County Board of Education. In Morris an advance poll was set up at Morris Township hall Monday and a repeat for Satur- day, Dec. 2 from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The regiliar voting day is Dec. 4 for three councillors and two trustees, at six polling places. Helen D. Martin is the re- turning officer for the township. In Turnberry four candidates are running for three council and Monday positions. They are Donald Eadie, Jackson Dunkin, Harold Elliott and David McCallum. Kenneth McMichael was ac- claimed as reeve and Harry Mul- vey was acclaimed. Advance polls were set for Nov. 27 and this Saturday, with regular voting • day Monday at five polling subdi- visions. John V. Fischer is the re- turning officer. There is also a vote for Huron Board of Education to represent the Brussels, Morris and Grey area. In East Wawanosh there is only a vote for the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic separate School Board at Belgrave community centre from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Ivan Wightman is the poll clerk, Winona Thompson the re- turning officer. 1 1 orrie tl II+ "I want to fight this election, but I want to fight it clean and if I, Bob wants to carryon as he is and.. if you like it, then vote for him," said present Howick Reeve Har- old Robinson. Mr. Robinson was speaking along with other candidates for ?'the Dee. 4 municipal election last week at. a public meeting in the ',,Community Hall in Gorrie. About ••'75 people attended. Hard feelings seemed to exist between some of the., present township officials as allegations were made, particularly between M Mr. Robinson and Robert Gibson, who is seeking the reeve's seat on council. Mr. Gibson is the present 1 Howick Township road. superin- tendent, but as of Dec. 30, he is to be retired from that position be- .: cause he has reached the age of 65. Asked by someone in the audi- ence why Howick had passed a by-law to retire a man at 65, Reeve Robin on said, "Itis coun- ty wide. Other townships have it and others will follow. The prov- ince has it but it doesn't apply to council because ratepayers have a right to their say. Morley Johnson, RR 2 Gorrie, present councillor who is . now seeking_the deputy -reeve position said, "There is nothing wrong with a man retiring at 65. There is 'nothing wrong with being '65. 'Every industry and business, all unions, do the same thing." Mr. Robinsbn asked Mr. Gibson if it was true that he had'made a `statement in Fordwich about :?council meetings lasting only a few hours with .council members still collecting -a full day's pay? Mr. Gibson did not deny mak- ing the statement. He said, "This • is the only , council in 25 years which did not meet on the 5th of this month." Hawick council usually meet on ithe 5th of every month, no matter bat day it falls on. Nov. 5 this r was on Sunday. Mr. Robinson told Mr. Gibson, "We don't get paid for the whole day if we only meet for a few hours, we get paid by the year." Mr. Johnson said, "We are ex- pected to meet -70 hours a year, but there are a lot of times we meet that the road superintend- ent doesn't know about. Our e development still remember Ira Campbell and his great know- ledge of the bush. Mrs. Campbell too, believes that hard work and keeping busy have contributed to their long and happy marriage. She always had her garden as a hobby and was especially interested in flowers. Mr. Campbell is the only sur- viving member of a family of four sons and Mrs. Campbell is the last survivor of six They have one daughter, Mrs. Edwin (Ivy) Ansley of Thessalon. Their three sons are deceased; Ray died in infancy, Glen of Bel- fast died -in 1965 and Floyd of RR 4, Brussels died in 1969. They have 18 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. .Open Monday for want ads No! The Advance -Times office is NOT closed on Mondays. The deadlines made necessary by our publication date mean that we are open --for business each Mon- day (except statutory holidays) . The Advance -Times recently announced that the final time for accepting want ads would be 6 •p.m. Monday of each week. The earlier -than -usual deadline for want ads does not create any par- ticular hardship, since most ad- vertisers know at least a few days in advance that they will use the classified ad service. However, a few people are still calling on Tuesday, in the belief that the newspaper office is closed on Mondays, along with other busi- ness places on, the main street. Just call your ad in, or bring it to the office. We'll be right here to serve you. COLLEGE GROUP— Of special interest to young people will be the arrival of musical trio from Richmond Col- lege at Toronto for a perform- ance at the Wingham Salvation Army Citadel Saturday night at 8 o'clock. With guitar, piano and vocals, the group has a lively rep- ertoire calculated to make an in- teresting program. The group will also take part in the Sunday worship services at the Citadel. ti s p s c p h v meetings don't have to be here, we do plenty of work outside the ,chambers.' Reeve Robinson ssid, "I have attended 100 meetins this year in connection with councilbusi- ness." Another controversial issue dealt with during the meeting was the Glen Wallace gravel deal. Mr. Robinson said that lie m council had 'been told they tyere not putting eliough gravel in the eastern corner of the township. Mr. Gibson was sent to buy more gravel. He took with him Joe Kerr, a member of the road de- partment e-pa rtment crew. According to the reeve, instead of the road superintendent buying the gravel, he sent Mr. Kerr to buy it. Mr. Kerr was able' to buy. the gravelfor five Cent. ,aYard, whereas Ow council WOUld have l r had to pay eight cents. Irbil andthen Pay $1 to cab' the graYei Pu it on. the roads, Mr. Rob- bison ob-b son said that because Mt Wal- lace found out Mr. Kerr was buy- ing the gravel for township, sell the ravel to them In defending .himself, Mr; Gib- .; son said, "I have nothing . hide," He said he went to one pit in the east corner of the towns_P and wouldn't sell• the. grayej tb him, so he went to SE' Wallace's pit, ..and; Joe Kerr . did the 'buying. He said, "It didn't cost, the township any more for Joe to buy it,in fact he gotit, cheaper than the township would have. There. is nothing between Joe Kerr and: me. I have nothing to hide." Mr. Robinson also \state that, three men, naively Mr. MOM, Clerk Ivan r �Deputy and ' Reeve Harvey McMichael> spend at least 25per cent of .theirte i the clerk's. office. Ile said he had talked to some people and.they said that when they went to the clerk's office to get a. 'marriage li- cense or something of this sort, it was Me. Gibson who served them at the wicket half of -the time.. Mr. Robinson , said, - "Gibson spends 25 per cent of his time there instead of where he should be, with the•machinery or on the roads." Mr. Gibson said, "There are two or threeon this council who have things pretty well talked over _before they even come to meetings." Harvey McMichael said, "Most of the timewhenI.go into the oft . Tice,' it is to find out something. I think ,I know more than Most 'of the members of council..? Clerk Ivan H skins: so before now and' - wot>kd have handed in my resignation before now." He later - clarified this statement saying he was not re- signing unless of course, he was asked to. - I;v A person in the audience asked, MRS. DAVID CATHERS, 338 Minnie Street, Wingham,. quietly observed her 95th birthday Sunday at her home here, and her 25th year as a Wingham resident. Mrs. Cathers is cheerful and bright despite her years and has a lively sense of humor. She recalls her birthplace, . a log cabin in Howick Township about four miles north of Gorrie. (Staff Photo) Please turn to Page 3 o cutback in beds here rom provincial orders No specific cutback in beds or departments has been ordered at Wingham and District Hospital in order -to comply with extra stiff requirements •of the 'Ontario government. The highest possible standard of hospital care will continue to be maintained, hav- ing regard to the rigid limitations imposed. This assurance came Tuesday from Hospital Administrator Mrs. I. E. Moorey as hospitals throughout the province received directives aimed at various expenditures and departments which in some cases will leave hospital beds vacant and even 'close entire departments. No over-all figures have been re- leased by the ministry of health. The province's eventual objec- tive is to reduce capacity to equal an average of four beds per 1,000 population. In addition to the news they. would have to hold spending in- creases to five per cent, which in tself may result in reduction of ervice in many areas, some hos- itals received specific direction o cut back on individual depart- ment budgets. This has not hap- pened in Wingham as yet. Victoria Hospital at London was one, where a reduction of $56,000 was applied on the dietary ervices department to meet omparable costs in other hos- itals. 'Listowel Memorial Hospital was told to cut $6,000 from its ousekeeping budget. Outlines Drive In a letter to all administrators of public hospitals and chairmen and directors of regional schools of nursing, S. W. Martin, deputy minister of health, outlined the drive for cuts in spending. Where a hospital has more than the 4.5 beds per 1,000 population the province indicated a reduc- tion lathe budget to reflect fewer beds. Once this is subtracted, the officials were told6the five per cent allowable increase in spend- ing could be calculated. "This should encourage an ac- celerated shift in health care from in-patient to more ambula- tory care and to other health facilities in the community," Mr. Martin wrote. There will be no additional funds for new or expanded hos- pital pregrams or services in 1973, the minister has said. The reduction in the number of beds *at various hospitals will Gift subs are coming in fast Following our,special offer of a reduced price for Christmas gift subscriptions to The Advance - Times, a good many have al- ready taken advantage of this once -a -year opportunity. An added factor is that you .c'an pay your own `subscriptio at the re- duced rate if you are iur, basing one or more gift subscri tions for your relatives or friends. Gift subscriptions cannot be classified as such for the reduced rate unless the person for whom the subscription is paid is either a new subscriber or one for whom the paper has been purchased as a gift in previous years. (Hus- bands and wives paying for the paper as a gift to their spouses do not qualify) . The Advance -Times asks that gift subscriptions be purchased as soon as possible, so that there will be ample time to get out the gift cards before Christmas. Like everyone else at this time of year, we shudder a bit when the rush starts in the final few days before the holiday. Please see the advertisement in this issue of the paper for de- tails of the Christmas Gift Offer. Police nab suspect in fit -run A suspect has been appre- hended and will be' charged with failure to remain at the scene of an accident which occurred on Josephine Street last week. A car driven by John CongearWof RR 5, Wingham, was damaged while proceeding south on the main street. Winghain police carried out the investigation. Other car damage is becoming chronic in parking lots and on local streets, in which cars are damaged to a small extent and no attempt made to inform the owner at the time. Damages ranging from five or ten dollars up to $150 have been inflicted on cars parked in private parking areas, parking lots, including Wingham and District Hospital parking lot, store lots and on the street. Police Chief Jim Miller stated this week that.a keen eye will be maintained for this offence and discouraging charges laid. A number of traffic charges have been laid, covering minor infractions, such as failure to stop at stop signs, making un- necessary noise, etc. A few liquor seizures were also made and ap- propriate charges are being pre- pared. Two Listowel youths and their girl friends complain they were accosted on Josephine Street by local youths, with a disturbance ensuing. A local youth has been charged with creating. -a disturb- ance and further charges of as- sault may be pending. mean fewer jobs. In London the new University Hospital, in the early stages of activating its facilities, has been told it cannot use 60 of its 451 beds. St. Joseph's Hospital is to re- duce by 45 beds While Victoria is to close down at least 40 beds. This will mean reductions in staffs, but it will be accomplished by attrition rather than laying off personnel. Bluevale without correspondent The Advance -Times is seeking a correspondent to report the weekly news for Bluevale and district. Mrs. M.' L. Aitken, who has faithfully served that com- munity for several years, has. been forced to relinquish the task, dile to the fact that she will not be residing in Bluevale for the winter. months. The correspondent need not be a literary genius. Editors are available in the newspaper office to check on English if the local writer is in doubt about proper usage. The Bluevale news is also published in The Listowel Ban- ner. No one is going to make a for- tune at this job, although there is remuneration. The - chief in- centive is that the continuing news of the local community helps in no small way to keep Bluevale "on the -map"-to let the world know that its citiiiens are alive and progressive. It would be a worthwhile proj- ect for the Bluevale Women's In- stitute to seek a person who would be willing to take on this task. It is certainly one of the very important aspects of com- munity development. Please call Barry Wenger at 357-2320 if yoti have a suggestion.