HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-12-07, Page 1BOB SANGSTER WAS winner of the November Minor
Hockey Booster Draw and the $50.00 which always comes in
handy. He is seen here receiving his prize from Andy Rit-
skes of the Minor Hockey Association executive. Bob is a
,resident of RR 1; Wingham, and a holder of a lucky Booster
Club season ticket from which a winner is. drawn every
month. Next draw is slated for Dec. 17. (Staff Photo)
Damages high
in mishaps
Damages totalled Close to
$2.,000 in three separate accidents
which occurred last week in this
area . and were investigated by
members of the Wingham de-
tachment of the Ontario Provin-
cial Police,. No injuries were, suf-
fered by those involved. .
On Tuesday of last week, ve-
hicles driven by, Murray E. Hack-
ett of RR 3, Lucknow and Ray-
mond E. Harris of RR 3, Wing -
ham, were involved in a collision
on sideroad 30-31 of East Wawa -
nosh Township, south of Highway
86.. Damages were estimated at
$600. ,
Damages were estimated at
$1,100 in a two -car collision Fri-
day involving Vern Redman and
Donald Bateman both of Wing-
ham. That mishap occurred on
Highway 86 just east
of the
town
limits.
On the same date, Ezra Steck-
ley of Fergus was involved in a
single -car accident on Highway 4
near Wingham. His vehicle re
ceived damages in the amount of
$250.
Monday voting elects officials
Municipal elections held on for the incumbent, Harold
Monday in area municipalities son. Mr. Gibson has been
resulted in some surprise deci- township's road superinten
sions. for the past few years.
In Howick Township there was deputy reeve. will be Harvey
a turnover in the reeveship, when Michael, 511, who defeated
Robert Gibson polled 600 to 366 ley Johnson, 435.
• For `council, elected were
titRobinson, 644; Stuart Doug
638 and Harc
John Stafforc
n was defeated.
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG In Morris Township there
By The Pedestrian an election. for council only.
three elected were Tom Mi
306, Ross Smith 291 and Ro
KIEFFER BACKED HERE—Grasby 292. John Skipjack,
Oscar ' 'Kieffer got strong, votes, was defeated.
backing. at the Wingham poll in Don Eadie headed the poll
ills race for the Huron -Perth Se Ttu nberr. To•
Sep- Y wnship • with 27�,
rete'- hod to a 'e1n - ' to dY y4'acl on .Dunlap
East and West Wawanosii . Turn- and Harold Elliott 207. Defeated
berry Township and : Wingham, , was David McCallum with 204.
winning overall by 184, to ,168 over
Robin- • The reeve, Ken McMichael and
the , deputy, Harry Mulvey, received
dent acclamations.
The In Culross . Township Bruce
Mc- Keith,. with 368; defeated Archie
Mor- McKinnon, 274, for the reeveship.
Arthur McKague won the deputy
Jim reeveship over David Ireland 319
las, to 280. Three,Were elected. to'
596. council, WilliatBorho 367, Wil. -
379, liam Zettel 328 and Lloyd Lamont
282. Defeated were Don Stobo 211
was and Elmer Scott 169.
The Leo Murray was elected reeve
ller of Kinloss and the councillors
bert elected are Barry Johnston, Dun -
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s in
William Van Osch. The poll in •
Wingham town hall gave Oscar a . Friends honor
64-16 count and of 10 spoiled bal•
-
lots, eight apparently intended
for him: Mr. Kieffer is from near 95th birthday
Wroxeter and his opponent lives
at Kintail at extreme opposites of Any birthday deserves a few
the area, hence the lopsided hoots and hollers, and when
votes. you're 95 theretreally should be a
0._0._.0 fireworks " display, or something
FAVOR LOUNGES— similar!
Liquor and dining lounges were Friends" and relatives of Mr
voted in in McKillop Township in David Cathers of Minnie Str
a plebiscite Monday, polling 272 did the next best thing and
in favor, 101 against for dining , a big surprise party, compl
lounges and, 269 to 108 on liquor . with goodies, cake and ice eyes
'n' lounges. A 60 percent majority is for her special day last week.
needed to carry a liquor vote. it would seem we are a wee bit
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SOFT SLUSH-- day `quietly'. Guess that pro
Abnormally high temperatures that we are still at the sta
converted snow to soft slush on where birthdays hurt and t
the main 'drag Tuesday after- sooner they're over, the bett
noon, creating sloppy walking We still hope it was a happy o
and deep pools as pedestrian for Mrs. Cathers, who has o
hazards. son, Lloyd, of RR 1, Hanover.
can Campbell, Donald Bell and
Grant Eckenswiller.
Alex Corrigan of Turnberry
Township vas returned as, the
r. epreseative for that township
and Howick on the Huron County
Board of Education. Mr. 'Corri-
gan polled 624, defeating Mrs.
Phyllis Hogart 343.
Oscar Keiffer was returned as -
the Huron -Perth Separate School
Board -representative for East.
and West Wawanosh, Turnberry
and Wingham. He polled 184
while his opponent, William Van
Osch polled 168.
s. Snowmobile rider
eel • •
threw inured Sunday
ete With the first taste of winter
m, upon us, winter sports fans are
out in full force.,However, it '"
in ceases to be fun when injuries oc-
he . cur, as happened on Sunday when
So
'es Joseph L. Phelan was travelling
ge across a field on a snowmobile
he and was struck in the face by a
er• single strand wire fence.
ne .Mr. Phelan received only
ne minor injuries and hisvehicle
was not damaged.
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CLOSED ALL YEAR—
Reference last week to a
winter -time prohibition against
snowmobiles, swamp buggies
and horses on the F. E. Madill
Secondary School grounds was. a
mite misleading. Fact of the
matter is such vehicles and ani-'
mals are forbidden to use the
school grounds at any time—win-
ter or summer.
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AWARDED CONTRACT—
The bid of $16,392 by Paul Rin -
foul, general contractor of Wing -
ham was accepted at a special
meeting of town council last Wed-
nesday evening for alterations to
the armories building which is to
be used as a new police office.
The tender was the lower of two,
the other being in the amount of
$16,945 submitted by Square Deal
contractors of Wingham., Work is
expected to commence in the
near future in the gun shed sec-
tion of the armories building,
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CONDUCTING AUDITS—
Representatives of Thorne,
Gunn, Helliwell and Christenson
and Co. of London were last week
engaged in audits of the muni-
cipal books and also of the books
of Wingham and District Hos-
pital. Doug Blake and Ray
Hatherell were auditing the town
accounts in the council chamber,
while John Partridge, Ed Reid
and Michael Mulholland were
working at the hospital. The firm
has a Wingham office which is
open principally in the first quar-
ter of the year to handle income
tax business for clients in Wing -
ham and area. The company has
40 offices across Canada.
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THIS ANCIENT BOTTLE once held the product of the J. W.
Orr bottling firm of Wingham and contained "aerated
waters" according to the legend moulded into the pale
green glass. It was found by Mr. and Mrs. Garret Borg of
RR 1, Fordwich, while going through their attic. Also found
was an old beer bottle from a•Pal"merston brewery, long de-
funct, and a small triangular bottle believed issued by an
apothecary. The Borgs would be interdsted in any informa-
tion about the old Wingham company. (Staff Photo)
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A busy and lengthy.se8sia ofd
Wingham town council regal
i T
in some frustration for membri
Monday evening as several -
tentious questions calling. for .:'
de-
cisions in the immediate future
had to be deferred for consi , a-
tion of the 1973 council.
There was almost unani u
agreement that a "package",
posal governing the employment
conditions for all employees of
the town, with special ref erenee
to allowable holidays as well :
pay, should be brought in:, The`
rnploy
siaer
topic cattle to life in two submis-
sions, one by the Wingham Rec-
reation Committee, submitted by
chairman Roe Croskill, the 1973
budget in" which a three-week
holiday proposal was introduced.
Similarly in a submission by.
Reeve Jack Alexander on behalf
of the Day Care Centre commit-
tee which he heads, the, three-
week holiday issue was a definite
recommendation which he sought
to have ratified immediately
along with pay increases which
he said are already contractual
obligations.
The recreation budget was
tabled for future study. Action
and the Day Care. Centre recom-
mendation Was also delayed for
action by the new council, over
the protest of Reeve Alexander.
His ,motion for its adoption as
presented was overridden by a
motion to table on the advice of
Town Supervisor Jim Currie, in
whose view this was the proper
procedure.
Good Shape
Generally, council appears to
too
be holding the lane .nn; budgets,
with some departments short and
others long on fund, averaging'
out to a good position.
"The budgets look very good,"
commented _Councillor Margaret
Bennett as she presented the fi�.
nance report, observing that ex-
penditures to the end of October
indicated administration budget
slightly overspent as the town ad-
ministrator cost has not been
foreseen. However, property`
committee is well under its budg-
et and .the town was spared the
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COUNCILLORS and alternate delegates to the annual con-
vention of United Co-operatives of Ontario at Toronto are
these members of the 'Belgrave branch elected at the an-
nual meeting Friday evening. Front row, left to right, are
Maurice HatIlahan, John Gaunt, Stan Hopper, .Fred Meier;
back row, Ron Coultes, Richard Moore, Ab Bieman and
Murray Vincent. ( Staff. Photo) .
�.s o u ciippa, el
although the cos the Wing-
had► part Of the gyrate Scio0►1
board vote and advanoe poll.
be borne by . T po
budget is, in•,good hap�ei,•with the
fire departmentWig,t 54007
over. Payments rom ':the;:,par.
ticipating townships in the .,
area•are.expected to bring it back
into balance, The • new radio
equipment was cited by.; Council-
lor Carter as representingthe
bulk .o f the. over -expenditure,
MrS. Bennett observed ' the
cemetery
account, is 'over the e
tb e
hn
but the town want, plus interest
accruing, will bring it back into'
line.
Approach Province
Wingham's subsidy position
from the provincial government
could possibly°be improved .if .a
,long range plan, ' is adapted .to
remedy the problems in`: connec-
tion with the storm sewers, sani-
tary sewers and street and; side-
walk construction.
A five-year plan has been, vis-
ualized by council as a Means of
achieving this improvement.
Town Supervisor Jim Currie/ ad-
vised council. that in Consultation
with Burns Ross, municipal en-
gineer, he had been+advised the
Town of Wingliam should `address
a letter -of -intent to the provincial
government asking for a "need"
survey. •
Mr. Ross had expressed. the
view the province might take.on.
the entire expense of the need
survey fora 'community of this
size. Ex -reeve Joe Kerr com-
mented from.the audience that
Huron County had paid $24,000 for
such a survey which was not im-
plemented and Wingham might have the same experience.
Mr. Currie replied that the cost
/t4.. f a �.,surve was.' bnd� tlie:
fi Yta q �t
emeans,,, VlTui�, but
+ on ions,
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province would undertake the
whole cost, and it was worth a
letter at least, on this possibility.
Council generally agreed, with
• the proviso the letter be drafted
to the attention of Mr. Ross for
prior approval.
nt usiastic .„„
Sewage Problem
A deputation from Silverwoods
l � � .n Lwhich has a •'
proplablemat disposinticknowg
of plant efflu-
° ent, consisted of Al Sargent, Art
old safety session here
More than 125 snowmobile
fans, ranging from youngsters to
oldtimers; assembled at the
armories Monday evening for one
of the largest safety sessions in
Western Ontario so far this sea-
son.
The safety -oriented meeting,
conducted with the assistance of
Wingham police and Ontario Pro-
vincial Police, was jointly spon-
sored by the Snowmobile Dis-
tributors' Association of Ontario
and Molsons. The association was
represented by a local dealer,
Lynn Hoy, who advised on serv-
ice and preventive maintenance.
The session continued for near-
ly three hours through several
phases, including local operation
and law enforcement conducted
by Cpl. Ron Zimmer of Wingham
Police; provincial statutes,
registration and its importance in
recovery of stolen vehicles,
Const. H. A. Tighe, OPP Mount
Forest; maintenance and me-
chanical problems, Dave Camer-
on and Lynn Hoy. Chuck Seager
of Molson's Toronto office was
MC for the program, assisted by
Paul Cotes of Guelph, company
representative for this area.
Questions Answered
Active question. and answer
sessions were held at the conclu-
sion of each segment, enthusias-
tic snowmobile fans 'coming up
with frequent questions. One
question fielded by Const.. Tighe
was why the registration fee had
been raised from $2 to $10, to
which he submitted that costs of
law enforcement respecting the
many thousands of snowmobiles
now operating in the province '
had to be met this way. Asto why
the regiStration is called that in-
stead of a license, he commented
merely that that is the way the
legislation -is framed, and that iS
that.
Don't Idle
Some interesting points that
, emerged on maintenance in-
cluded a warning against exces-
sive idling of engines when stop-
ped. Many people seem to be un-
aware that idling for any length
of time results in badly fouled
plugs and very hard starting. Ad-
vice from Mr. Hoy was to shut off
the engine immediately on com-
ing to a halt and thus save a lot of
rope -Pulling, frustration and plug
changes.
Another point was storage pro-
cedure. 'At first it was recom-
mended that tension be taken off
the track for storage, but it has
'been found that in many cases the
belts would shrink When slack
and were almost impossible to fit
or re -align for, the next winter
when put under tension again.
Now the procedure is simply to
snap out the rear springs and
leave the track as it is while in
storage.
Special mention was made of
inspection of throttle cables, one
of the key safety features, where
dfaeinlutsr.e can cause serious acci-
Coffee an'd donuts were served
during a mid -program break,
after which a colored "film on the
sport was shown.
- Largest Yet ,
Similar safety sessions are
slated for many centres in
Western Ontario and a number
Santa parade Saturday
looks like a big one
Looks as though the biggest
Christmas parade Wingham has
seen for many years is shaping
up for Saturday, with 30 or more
floats or entries guaranteed and
possibly some late starters to
come, according to Brian Cam.
eron, member of the Business
Association committee.
A real show wagon has been en-
tered by Shur -Gain with a mul-
tiple hitch of horses, complete in
decorative harness. Another late
entry is a "Wells -Fargo" type
stagecoach to carry the Yule loot,
with at least one mounted out -
car has also been entered. Four
bands are certain and, there is
great activity around town as
wagons and motorized vehicles
vairseitbeing modified for Santa's
The committee urges that par-
. ticipants get up to the parking lot
behind F. E. Madill Secondary
School by 1 p.m. sure, as it takes
quite a while to get the parade or-
egaarneizfeodi.especially with horses to
Parade Route
The parade will proceed from
there via John to Carling Terrace
tarniedtthHeonee. to Wingham and Dis-
who has been having his hang-
nails trimmed as an outpatient.
From there the parade will pro-
. seed down Patrick to Centre
Street, thence to Alfied and from
there to Josephine at Wingham
Fruit Market. The parade will
proceM south along Josephine
to Victoria Street and turning
left, will circle in the Red Front
area and return to town hall and
the armories building where San-
ta will give out the candies for the
youngsters.
Thrsoutherly SIDE DOOR will
be the entry point, so guide the
youngsters there to avoid confu-
sion. Now it's up to the weather-
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have already been held. The
meeting Monday night was esti-
mated 'at the largest in this part
of the province ao far.
Printed material on reventi
maintenance 'of snowmobiles
published by Outboard Marine
Corporation of Canada was dis-
tributed to the driver -owners and
considerable other pertinent
literature was made available to
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Busy season
for Deb -u -tons
Since. September of this year
members of the Deb -u -tons
majorette drill team have been
busy making television arid per-
sonal appearances throughout
the area. They have appeared on
Big Al's Talent Showcase in Kit-
chener, on Marketplace On CKNX
arid at the Clinton Talent Festi-
For the past month they have
been preparing for this week's
local Santa Claus parade. At re-
cent practices the girls have been
outside marching in the streets
near the Ktngham Public School
where they . practise. Motorists
who came upon this' merry little
parade of majorettes were all
courteous and didn't seem to
mind any delay the girls caused
as they trouped along!
Behind the scenes busy major-
ette mothers have been sitting up
nights and combing the stores,
preparing uniforms for the girls'
performances.
busy year eoming up and wel-
come anyone who would like to
join. Please do so by January 6,
when classes re -open for the sea-
son. The group ranges in age
from 3-15 years and is taught by
Mrs. Patti Robertson, advanced
baton teacher and national baton
man. • champion.
Purney and Harry Edinborough.
Their proposal, whiCh had been
taken up with Town Supervisor
Currie, was. presented by the
latter. The proposal is for Silver -
woods to dump up to 2,000 gallons
of fluid effluent into the Wingham
treatment system, not to. contain
more than 70 pounds of solids,
and *with the proviso that if a
scum should result from fatty or
greasy materials, the company
would be responsible for skim- ,
ming it from the lagoon. Later in
the session council approved the
agreement, setting a rate of $15
per dumping.
Extend Contract
Toward the end of the meeting
council went into committee and
excluded the press while con- '
sideration was given to extending
the contract of Town Supervisor
Jim Currie until the new council
could decide w,hether the job •
would be continued as part of the
town administration. The term
was extended to Jan. 31 at $183.33
twice monthly.
Plan Inaugural
Although statutes call. for the
inaugural meeting to be held by
the second Monday of January,
council decided the inaugural
meeting of the new council will be
held Jan. 2, the day after New
Year's Day.
At that time the new and con-
tinuing councillors will take the
required oath of office admin-
istered by the clerk and the Wing -
ham Ministerial Association will
bp asked to nominate one of its
members to conduct a brief dedi-
cation service. The public is in-
vited to attend.
The inaugural meeting, once
the ceremonies are over, will
settle down to establish standing
committees and their chairmen
and deal with accounts and other
regular business of council.
Holding a high priority is the
consideration of working terms
and conditions relating to holi-
days and wages for town em-
ployees. It is hoped a comprehen-
sive report will result.
Witnessing the final meeting of
the .1972 council were councillors -
elect Jack Hayes, Jack Gillespie
and Reeve -elect .Toe Kerr, pres-
eonutnbeyii invitation .of the present
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