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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-12-14, Page 1if yr I rbit fids Doc, -94744,444 Subscription oltpirits this month,. Single Copy Not Over 25c Five reeves plan to seek wardenship a By Shlrley J, Keller There will be a five -way race for the Warden's chair in Huron when County Council convenes in January. Those men who aspire to the highest county office will be Reeve Ed Qddliefson, Bayfield; Reeve Hugh Flynn, •Hullett; Reeve Harold Lobb, Clinton; Reeve Roy Pattison, East Wa- wanosh; and Reeve Everett Mc- Ilwain. Flynn and Pattison have both been candidates before. Retiring members of county council spoke briefly. One mem- ber, Deputy -reeve Eugene Frayne, Ashfield, said that he felt the men sitting on council this year should elect the warden for 1973. "It is those who have sat with these men and heard them speak and watched them' work who are best qualified to elect the warden," claimed Frayne. There was no further comment from council, ' Also in council Friday were many of the new reeves and deputy -reeves who will be mem- bers of county council for the 1973-74 term. All spoke and ex- pressed their desire to work at the county level toward a better Huron. In that connection Reeve Paul Carroll of Goderich made a re- mark during his parting address which is pertinent. Reeve Carroll urged all members of county council—old and new—in 1973 to leave their urban versus s rural feelings outside the county cham- bers. He suggested that council members. work together with. a broad outlook for the future of Huron County and all its citizens. SANTA AND THE MISSUS—Leaving Mrs. Claus tucked in her skiboose, Santa hopped off his float several times dur- ing Gorrie's Santa Claus parade to greet children along the route. Later they both handed outbags of candy to all youngsters attending the successful event. (Staff Photo) Dedication. made Snow White, 7 Dwarfs in memory of winRirstin orrie ora ew.�.(rulckshank. — Judges at Satur- youngsters was the float carrying Go r- Mr. and Mrs'Santa Claus -of the ys, ...da.SantaClaus Parade in rie awarded first prize to Cur- North Pole. Following • the ,par- . rah's Store for their float depict- ade, Santa took time off from his ing Snow White and the Seven busy schedule to hand out candy Dwarfs. in the Gorrie. Community Hall. Other prize winners were sec- - Judging the New books of praise, in mem- ory of the late W. T. Cruickshank, were dedicated by. Rey. R.' H. Armstrong at the morning wor- ship service in St. Andrew's u ging parade were Mrs. Presbyterian. Church on Sunday.ases se.t ora Howick Central School W It Moods The presentation was made by G; third, Pat and Wayne Evers, and Jean Sparling of Gorrie and R an on e family. John Donaldson accepted the gift on behalf of the congrega- tion. The late '`Mr. Cruickshank was an elder at St. Andrew's. Mr. Armstrong entitled his ser - the "Make a Joyful �o' Lord". The junior choir and an ensemble sang Christmas music and Mrs. Betty Feagan and Miss Annette Oughton sang a duet. Flowers were placed in the sanctuary in memory Of the late Iter of Wingham, Miss. w W.Cruickshank b half of the Belmore with .,their Sesame ev. Street float. The best costume prize went to Bruce Elschner and Kenneth Templeman for their lion., Among other participants in the parade were: the Hanover Girls' Band and Majorettes; GIenn Johnston with his team and wagon; the Women's Institute; James Morden with his race horse; Myra Dane and Carol Anne Behrns with their horses; the Hawick Majorettes, and a number of clowns. Among the -floats were: Howick Lions Club;Moir Furniture with a harnessed dog and wagon; the Gorrie Girls' Ball and Hockey. Team, the Howick Fair Queen; Elizabeth Neilson; The Farmatic Co. of Wingham; CKNX sound truck; Wingham Fire Depart- ment; John Brown Motors with Big Al of CKCQ in Kitchener; To- ronto -Dominion Bank and the Bank of Commerce from Wroxe- ter and Fordwich. h will o ly b ere if the advance monNoise Unto Mr. and .Mrs. A. M. Peebles. ALONG THE MAIN DRAB By The Pedestrian By The Pedestrian PLAN YULE PARTY— Children enrolled. at Wingham Day 'Care Centre attending Fri- day,. Dec. 22, will have special treats when a Christmas party will be held for the kiddies. Spe- cial arrangements are now being planned to give the pre-schoolers a very happy day. 0.0 FREEZING RAIN— Wingham's main drag was a slippery, sloppy place as freezing rain struck late Tuesday after- noon and persisted for. several hours, freezing up car wind- shields, and rendering any bare road surfaces extremely hazard - on,,. Traffic was reduced to a crawl for the rest of the evening. 0 0 0 • PLAN WINTERFEST Wingham Kinsmen Club plans to follow through with their an- nual Winterfest to be held Feb. 16, 17, 18. Dancing, snowmobiling • and other events are still in the planning stage. More details later, President Alex Strong says. 0 0 0 CHEMICAL DE-ICER— As a fund raising project, members of Wingham Kinsmen Club plan to "blitz" the town about the middle of January, sell- ing chemical de-icing powder for use on walks and drives. Pro- ceeds go to muscular dystrophy fund. 0 0 0 300 GOOD ONES— Gary Double of Wingham was the winner of the $300 draw on the Grey Cup ticket sold by Wing - ham Kinsmen. lie picked up his winnings the Saturday of the game. Velly nice! J. Brush of Molesworth. Register now for night classes This week secs the conclusion of three half -courses offers this fall at the F. E. Madill Secondary School. These well -attended courses included Foreign Cui- sine, Ladies' Hairdressing and. .Small Engines' Overhaul. • Beginning on Wednesday, January 3, for nine weekly ses- sions; are Knitted Fabrics, Art for Beginners and Rug Hooking. Beginning Thursday, January 4, will be Foreign Cuisine. Each course costs $5.00. Any reader interested in these courses is urged to phone the school at 357-1800 before the Christmas recess to ensure a place in these classes. Classes n eo Special attraction for the enrolment is sufficient. Announce Manor Hotel' under new management It was confirmed this week that Reenal Enterprises Limited, of which Al Watson of Guelph is owner, has arranged that The Manor Hotel here, effective 'Dec. 4, will be managed by John Heist, formerly of Kincardine and Jim MacDonald, formerly of Paisley. The new managers are now in charge of operations locally. Mr. Heist, a native of Kit- chener, has had a long working experience' in the hospitality business, mostly in Western Canada; since leaving the RCAF after World War II in which he served with the "Snowy Owl" 420 Sqdn. �1 ' Shortly after the war he operat- ed bars .on one of the few Carib- bean cruise ships sailing at that time, the SS New Northern from Florida to Nassau and the islands of the West Indies. Western Hotels Other experience has included a position as catering manager for the Caravan Motor Hotel at Edmonton; hotel section manag- er at the International Inn, Winnipeg and night manager at Georgian Towers Hotel at Van- couver. He was also for some time maitre de hotel at the Coaching Inn at Edmonton. Latterly he was manager of the lounge at the Bruce Inn at l in- cardine. Co -managing the Manor with him here is Jim MacDonald of Paisley who has spent many years in the Canadian entertain- ment field, having performed coast to coast as a country and western and folk entertainer and is well qualified in the entertain- ment field. Both are single. In an interview with The Ad- vance -Times this week Mr. Heist said that extensive changes will be made to the decor of the hotel. Guenter Heim, Wingham artist and decorator, has been retained to renovate the decor of the din- ing and lounge areas. Changes for the better are now under way in the food service de- partment and a new luncheon buffet system is to be put into ef- fect in the near future. Mr. Heist stressed that effec- tive and efficient management methods are being imposed im- mediately. Both he and Mr. Mac- Donald have been favorably im- pressed with their friendly recep- tion by the people of Wingham and look forward to meeting many more patrons from the town and surrounding area. • Wingham's "main drag", .Jos phine Street, was densely.. .,410040lated early Saturday 4ft when several thousand witne' one of the best Santa Claus pa ades in recent years. Nearly three dozen' floats a many individual entries tool ,'a most an hour to wend their along the main street _ to., music of --four bands, turn ,at .th Victoria Street corner and •rem to the armories building '�n the town hall where Santa •'l court with his helpers. Weather was overcast , otherwise pleasant for an a trl December day and many e holders were out along the t from F. E. Madill *onSchool to Wingham Fruit e on Josephine Street. From there with the Wingham Police cruise leading, the parade slowly pie down the main street to the' usi from the Brussels Royal Cana dian Legion Pipe Band,..M Forest High School Band,. $ea nc forth Girls' Trumpet Ba} `ap the Teeswater Highlanders; ,• Many spectators were reyiard ed with gifts of candy showej,to one side and the other by 's,in helpers -and other souvenir011- eluding pencils.from oiiher Santa himself, attended by' «;his helper "elves", brought up gibe rear of the parade; Original Floats - The parade featured some • highly original get-ups by indi- viduals and floats by local organizations ' particulatl_y demonstrated that a great deal of originality and work had gone:in- to their make-up. The panel of judges, consisting of Mayor DeWitt Miller, : CotMeil- lor Margaret Bennett and MrsI. E. Morrey, awarded the prizes as follows : The . Winners General classification- e- piu- n ed r- nd 1- ay e n a tet y e ry d c'. t ci o>; visits Utan ham Figure Skating Club, first; Wingham and District Hospital, second; Scouts and Minor Hock- ey Assoc. tied for third. Children -Andy Foxton's "choo- choo", first; float on behalf of the mentally retarded entered by YACMR, second; Don Thomp- son's unicyclists from Teeswater, third. Commercial—Readman's Dry • Win Cleaners, first: Lynn }toy Enter- prises, second; Vonvabar Ken- nels, RR 1, Wingham, third. The section of the crowd on Josephine Street between Vic- toria Street and the town hall got the benefit of a "re -run" of the show as it returned uphill to the armories building. Here a huge line-up of kiddies and their par- ents developed as Santa held g ara� court while his helpers and volun- teer workers dispensed fruit and candy treats to , the youngsters. Santa quizzed the kids on whether they had been good or not, and solicited preferences in toys and other rewards for good little boys and girls_ . Well Pleased President Verrt Redman of the Wingham Business Association, ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS are my two front teeth cduld be the plea of this youngster when meetin41,1 g Santa Claus as the armories building Saturday afternoon after the giant , lt. `:-pracatla,_..as.'some of -the zCab,.and ,-;Scout personnel- 'oine - the 1, ,,u - . 1 � sing p tSl°dk ���;toa Salary incr� Salaries for Huron County em- ployees for the coming years were' approved at Friday's ses- sion of Huron County Council in Goderich. Increases in the caretaking staff at the Court House were from $500 to $600 per annum. Salaries range from $5,700 to $7,- 700. At Huron County Library, County Librarian Miss Ethel Dewar received an increase of $500, bringing her salary to $11,- 600 per annum. Assistants at the county library received raises of from $330 to $400 with salaries now ranging from $4,200 to $6,000. Dr. Frank Mills, Medical Offi- cer of Health, received an in- crease of $1,000 per annum, bringing his sal ry to $25,000. Nursing supervisor Miss Sandra Malabar received a $500 increase and her salary now stands at $10,- 800. The remaining salaries at the Health Unit are still under nego- tiation At Huronview, Administrator Chester Archibald's salary went to $12,800 from $12,000. An assist- ant administrator, Edgar Rowe of Kippen, was appointed at a salary of $8,000 per annum. , The remaining salaries .under county jurisdiction at Huronview range from $5,900 to $8,470. The county engineer, Jim Brit- nell, received an additional $1,000 per annum, bringing his wage to $22,000. Two other salaried em- ployees received, an additional $500 per annum, each with salaries now of $8,000 and $10,500. Salaried foremen with the county road crews received $500 per an- num and hourly -rated employees • gained an extra 20 cents per hour. J. A. MacKinnon of the Social Services department went from $9,500 to $10,500. Field workers went from $6,500 to $7,200. R. 5 Cummings, county de- velopment officer, received an increase of $500 bringing his salary to $11,000 per annum. lay Scotchmer of the_Huron County Pioneer Museum re- ceived an additional $800 to a salary of $7,800. In the planning department, Gary Davidson, director, was given a $700 increase, hiking his salary to $14,500. Planner Nick Hill received a $500 increment, bringing his salary Ito $8,200. As well, he will receive an additional $800 between January 1, 1973 and ' January 1, 1974, for reclassifica- tion from a technician to a planner, effective January 1, 1973. A salary schedule for the• planning department was pre- sented and approved, the director to receive a minimum of $14,000 to a maximum of $20,000; a planner, $9,000 minimum to $12,- 400 maximum; and technician, $7,000 to $9,000. Clerk -treasurer John Berry, e who chaired the parade commit- tee, expressed himself as well pleased with the co-operation that came from all sides in pre- paring for the gala event as well as financing the treats. He and his committee members, plus a good many volunteer helpers, as- sisted by Wingham Town Police and auxiliaries, kept the long line of children and parents moving through the treat line and inter- views with Santa and his elves. Radio auction big est ever Wingham Kinsmen Club's 23rd annual radio auction, held. through the facilities of CKNX Monday night, was the •"best. ever"and set a new high for net profit for the club's service fluids. Net revenue derived from the three-hour auction program, , in which most of the -club members were involved, amounted to $1,500, about a hundred dollars higher than the sum* raised, last year. President Alex Strong reported the last item auctioned at exactly 11:05 to clear the decks. kin Bruce Green was in charge of the committee for the auction, assis- ted by Ray Bateman, but in the actual event,,, from 7:00 ' p.m. to 11:00 p.m., all the members had a job of some kind. Items auctioned went faster and at better prices this year, possibly because the items were. ..generally of a. higher calibre and , it�iylea e,.,. • byHuroii' n deputy clerk -treasurer .Bill Hanly each' received an addi- tional $1,000, bringing their sal- aries to $17,500 and '$13,000 re- spectively., Construction safety engineer Everett Smith ' re- ceived an additional, $500 to $6,- 700 per annum. At Huronview, the estimates are in for the landscaping project there. Contracts let to date in- clude R. Gordon -Rapson, $8,293. for sidewa,ks nd pathways; Ives Construction, $2,500 for patios; Art's Landsacping, $4,224.62' for trees and shrubs; total is $15, 236.62. "This total is approximately $2,000 less than the original esti- mate," said Hugh ,Flynn, chair- man. "The balance of the work will now have to be left until next spring. This includes the installa- tion of a planter, lighting and the golf greens, as well -as the digging of flower beds in certain areas around the home." FIFTEEN PAST PRESIDENTS of the Mary Hastings Club assc:»,l,led to celebrate the club's 25th anniversary and enjoy a Christmas party at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church here last Tuesday. Front row: Mrs. L. Balser, Mrs. Emily Elston, Mrs. Mae Blatchford, Mrs. Olive Walker, Mrs. Alvin Purdon and Mrs. Ed Marsh. Second row: Mrs. Bill Bain, Mrs. Ken Sinnamon, Mrs. Laura Gowdy, Mrs. George prehman, Mrs. Dave Crothers, Mrs. George Sell- ing, Mrs. Harvey Aitchison, Mrs. Helen McBurney and Mrs. Eva Brownlee. (Staff Photo) Also at Huronview, the, fuel oil tender ' was let to Ross Scott Fuels, Brucefield, for 12.95 cents' per gallon. Last year's oil cost 14.16 cents per gallon. Snow removal at Huronview will cost $11 per- hour this year and the contract goes to Glen Layton, RR, 5,' Clinton. Layton had the contract last year at the same cost. Total expenditures in the Social Services Departn ent amounted to $232,314.58 as of October ' 31. The county share amounted to $62,313.90 with the- province con- tributing the balance. The county share is approximately $15,000 less than anticipated and it is ex- pected the surplus will be main- tained for the balance of the year. John McKinnon said the sur- plus is due to the fact the Prov- ince of Ontario is taking over the extended care program for nurs- ing home patients. Next year's committee struc- ture will be a little different. The Development Committee will be divorced from the planning board and will be set up with a separate committee consisting of five members. This committee's re- sponsibility will be the develop- ment, tourism, reforestation properties and agricultural mat- ters. The function of the county museum will be transferred back to the property committee. Two additional members will be added to the Social *Service Committee, although only four of the total could represent County Council on the Children's Aid Board. University of Western Ontario scholarships were approved for John Goddard of Hensall and Miss Margaret Gorwill, Seaforth. A scholarship for Joseph Phelan, RR2 Blyth, a student at Ridge - town College of Agricultural Technology was also approved. --Mrs. Ed Stafford of Port Bur- well spent the. weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Montgomery and also visited with her mother, Mrs. McMichael, in Wingham and District Hospital. —Rev. and Mrs. Graydon Cox of London spent the weekend with Mrs. Olive Boss, Minnie Street. —Mr. and Mrs. William Keil were hosts Saturday to a visit from Mrs. Keil's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Pagel and her cousin, Frank Fowlie, all of Waterloo.