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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-02-08, Page 1NDP iauiIa noalnaffons eext Mei The New DemocraticParty .,coon for Huron is planning its nomination caw tion for Clinton Monday with:. t 1:�0, partyleader . ,•'Lewis ,1 1 • o pupal a , The convention,. to be• held in Clinton Puhilc ,School Auditorium commening at 8:30 p.m.to minate candidate fist the March15.by-election. Fo ch Reeve. Paul Carroll is the only declared nominee so far. The riding has been held for the Prog ive ., . Conservatives; 'for the past 45 years by. `C.:S_ Mme- Naughton whose recent retire- ment from his ninth cabinet post and his seat in the Legislature brought about the. by-election. Several prominent Conservatives have indicated their willingne s to follow in his footsteps. A meeting of the NDP Proyini-. cial Council is scheduled for Goderich:'March 3 and,4. About 200 delegates are 'expected from acme Ontario, to meet at Vie - tole Public School. t may well shape tap as a far home building w; pro. a lgham for 1983 was considered by Whagham . Tow% Council. session here Monday evening as council gave' "ap- provalmaple" to an apart, ment build and townhouse building petit application sub, teed by, Jahay Development. Co. Ltd. of Ciandeboye.. Esti- 1 . ted value of the project was ,000 for the first phase with additional townhouse units planned ' for ,instruction later. Wingham has been approved for the construction of additional homes for senior citizens and geared -to -Income rental housing by the Onterlo Housing corpora- tion, and Single family units con- tinue to be erected in Winghani and area as products or 1Ningham"-. based Royal. Homes Limited meet with increasing approval, K +' 1 motion in the com- munity, including single family dwellings being built' by indi- vidualsplus co . an i residential additions could bring the total over the million -dollar value mark by year's end. After hearing. James. Hayman of London speak in support of the project, as well as cwn is by Wingham• residents with an qua caret in the area concerned, council passed a motion man -' mely to accept the building, permit"in principle" end- pro- ded that it be placed before Wingham Planning tto4 and :Huron County planner for recom- H;mendations at a special meeting to be called as soon as possible. From that stage it would return to council for final consideration. Immediate Start Mr; Hayman indicated that early approval -would be impor- tent as . loped the firms esold Start coustmtion March 1. Consideration of the pal was the first of Nairn*, and Mr. l drawhiglielt area and the proposed.structures for study by cid and in- terested citizens. , y. Studying 'the plana along nIth ,council were Hans K of Royal' ones Ltd;, l Dave Bender, chairman of Wing - ham Planning °• Committee, Dr. Ken Lawless, a COIrMlittee MOM ber and Dick LeVan, a resident near the Henderson survey urh, lies on the north. side of Jebn Street , and east of FR, E- ', qi Secondary School; Mr. Hayman advised that the proposal was for a so -unit apart- ment, comprising 15 oho- room units and 15 "two-bedn units, plusa seven unit ;town. cip& supervi. lasts counc.iI • n re; In a scathing denunciation :of have done for " he concluded. along alright and things are just the very beginning. After the apathetic and slipshod adminis- Following is the complete. text fine and .dandy. More import- augural Jan. 71 meati f ' tration which he . claims has of Mr. , Currie's "final report" anti and most unfortunatelyor cil, 1 ` plagued the town for manyfound.tnyself as re rt o years, written after the post of munici- the electorate es the Fire °Commiittee *here ,.all. pedally, there ° former town councillor and ex- pal supervisor was abolished. are more questions unanswered new councillors find their b,- municipal supervisor James Cur- than answered by the weak to ung --ter ;some l important rie let town council„ have a FINAL,1tEPoRT double-barrelled blast Monday" non-existent reasons for the dis- one. It is with rngret,that I write°to "In continuance of the addition, I was a member night. inform you that the Council voted 4, post. The post of mound ' ,, to discontinue the position of It is therefore necessary for . of the Police COMmittee and also vin " pal su i me to reca itulat a b • a member visor was recently abolished, f> iri M!u!iclpal Supervisor as of Janu- P e xld, su rant to of thehep'ropertJr mid W '.a closed meeting' o"r• ary 31st 1973. the public through this council Cemetery Committee. Be' Of council inwhat indeed has,and has not thusiastic and very interested committee". Mr. Currie had not This letter was dated January ry 11th, 1973. No at the inaugural been done by. the municipal (which must 'be �° ltttusunl I `• �naslCeuol for a report on his s�, W ugur lit .oritb trial on the job..meeting on .Tama 2,1973,.Po- supervisor s post so that they can acquainted myself with e � He made -January ° determine if the o o g nears- up for it Monde . s - • ,,. •.}rese committee chairman Wil- y g t their peratians of the fire de " •' = l ny. moneys worth, and rf the actions lam: . �s�enti ..: , lne�. .. ., : �u. aim:r.. meat, a "-Etre f +„Yaa. rep rt .be.. had e- li , a meet Cme sura, i kill, �. f coon ci 1 e r�n . �. en ti d c ,�' � ter is kin, t:: Itee ° it .. iiik 4 a inl . .. eco x►f g oic .. aainn , , .. 4 ,f f� discc an. o' 'final" # 1 elm a t%nreally..:. r- 1 rt. co at .report prepared since po ass of a , ! dive any : e tette u. that time. vital mature.: The niYdrrionth p°t f va►ew, or indeed whose 'in- ., cause I'd been chasing=ehe� Mr. Currie was invited b meeting of 'coulncil iii" ommittee tresis :are ming served by this trucks in this town ever since the Mayor DeWitt Miller to present would also f lldubious action of ill-considered time the Cr wf r his"final report. At his invitation, ins week to care for other btisi- decision making. Chev wrecker used to get the Mr. Currie took a chair at the, co(incil table and read his.reports` to a silent council. At the conclu- sion he was thanked by the mayor who expressed his appreciation for "the tremendous job you have done". Mayor Miller also re- ferred to the many hundreds of miles Mr. Currie had driven as a member of council, and a great deal of work done in careful de- tail. "I thank you for what you house. He indicated ' would be undertaken thjs sptg, with more tow rouses to be built rot latera Brick and Block The building permit ap- plication deribes the structure to be- Nickendbloatercou ction of standard walk*up construction,: being three' storeys and 27 :feet high. He ' indicated the 'tow,n�. houses would be set back on alternate unit to minimize the effect of "row housing", and that the apartment building, not in any sense a high rise, was to be set in 'the lowest section of the ground so as to produce minimal obstruction of the skyline for area residents. He said there is. a fall of 17 feet across the land, with' the apart- ment beingin the low area. In an- swer to a question he stated there would be 57 parking spaces al- located to the apartment building and that aprivate roadway would be constructed giving access to the H-shaped structure. ` The developer w,�. td :construct the sari andetorm se . ta>G'J' Wer$. `What purports to be a road on.a map of Wingham, hailed Manor "Road, does not in fact exist, and never did, and remains an integra_ i part of the block of land -•which is 396 by 331 feet located on the town in, boundary. 01) take place e follow- late Mex a. o' des old old would not be suitable for older ALONG THE MAIN DRAG $y The Pedestrian THANKS A LOT— The efforts of the Wingham Kinette Club paid off well as they made their campaign for the Ability Fund in Wingham and Bluevale Monday evening. Again, they are grateful for the support of all those who so gener- ously donated their time and money for the cause and most es- pecially, to Mrs. Paul Rintoul who opened her home as cam- paign headquarters. Because of their efforts, the Ability Fund has grown by $660. 0--0--0 STILL WORKING -- Meanwhile, the boy Kinettes, or Kinsmen as they are more commonly known, still have some ice melter available. Their campaign was 'not as successful as they had hoped as many people believe that spring has sprung and they will have no need for ice melter, Have we got news for them! At any rate, when the next snowstorm arrives and you are caught with your ice showing, just call any member of the Kips= men. Remember, the proceeds go. to the Cystic Fibrosis research fund so you can't, lose. f' 0-0-0 WINTER DOLDRUMS OR SPRING FEVER?-- Wingham Town Police report a very quiet week to end January with no reportable accidents or disturbances. Seems people are either taking advantage of the fine travelling weather and leav- ing town, or they are taking the groundhog's advice and crawling back under the blankets for awhile to see if old man winter is going to call for a visit. Whatever the reason, it sure is nice to see our street; clear of mishaps. ness, ' ' "At this point I want something hose reel and the ladder' `wag understood, food "The Municipal Supervisor did specially by those and the firemen to the sce e A not attend this meeting for it had electorate who began this sojourn time to record anothi�hapter nothing to do with his duties to in the operations of our munici- the legend of The Wingham council. Time to work on reports Brous affairs with very gen- Department's accomplishment to;the new committees at the fol- support when I was elected "Always progressive and th lowing week's meeting in coin- as councillor. At no time have I degree of co-operation in the no mittee. � . been anybody's "man". At no ItAngham Rural Fire Area is th "The most obvious question is time have I compromised my envy of many municipalitie this. In absence of a status report ideals. My integrity is today the Best equipment that was afford from the Municipal Supervisor, same as it was then and with this able and well ' looked after. I how did our newly -elected coon- understood, I enter • into an area looking back, however I was cillors and the new "experi- that I know to be hazardous and discover the fundamentals o ++ not without repercussion. I was mecdnomics were not as well i enced reeve to such a pro- found decision. Could it be the re- given a trust as an elected repre- hand as the operations. Th salt of the Coffee Club Trial by sentative and a duty as an em- ratios of charge -out for fire sery Emotions? ployee of this town.' L choose not ices was • to Wingham s ,disadvan "This decision abolished the to take the easy way out—what- tage and the rental for housin position of Municipal Supervisor, ever the consequences. The the equipment was so low and ou not the man, which could have Council's "don't confuse us with of date I was surprised. The fire beeii based on some logical rea- the facts, our mind's made Up" agreement between the town soning, but the position. This ac- attitude cannot be changed for it ships and the Town of Wingham tion therefore conveys to the is their decision on your behalf. was 20 years old and void for the electorate that the need for better You • are entitled therefore to last ten years. Further there was management through asuper- some information to consider for no Mutual Aid agreement be - visor is both unnecessary and ex- acouple of years. Further your tween Teeswater, Lucknow and always constant "do something" Wingham who had by unwritten View Plans .. After a short introduction Mayor DeWitt Miller, the plans were laid out before council an interested citizens,'with an Cavi Cation to question Mr. Hayman any points of interest. On examination of the plan Mr. Kuyvenhoven expresse misgivings as to. how snow clear ance might be effected in view the laytut of the street and pri vate road. He inquired of counc if the . ;..a had been planned .' *ea er' an rage s� �. S � �deutuel�:,.°;,asr'e>►L l,y fo` density area. When Mr. Kuyvenhoven suggested a three-storey walk-up THREE TOP SPEAKERS were seleccted,from 10 cod here Thursday., for North Huron elementaryschools.��#,fors �f Wingham Public School Street; Blyth Public School; The' three equal winners �rare�%lilp►r�'` Y Gordon Kinahan, Sacred 'Heart Separate School, Wingham Janice Guest, Wingham Public School. (Staff Phofo). oun•g a head. Nort Young orators from Wingham O ,Public and Separate schools took two out of three top places in the. North Huron "speak -off" or pub- lic speaking contest here ¶burs day, with the third winner coin- of" ing•froniBlyth. The top: three out _ of 10 contestants were to compete Tuesday of this week, for the il $ Huron County honors at Clinton'' •�Publi School. ' The..,:three- winners, graded-- ** equal (instead of " `the custom- ary one, two and three ratings, were Janice Guest of Wingham on residents; 'Mr. Hayman replied in that in the- . company's experi- in s. e s e , s. a n t n yours e bo g t the tl 1- 8� ence, such buildings' were popu- eFirlar with elderly people, but that they tendedio prefer the first and econd floors., He pointed out that w half -storey stair flights served first and second floors, so that the ttip to the third floor involved aversing a maximum of one nd a half flights. Mr. Kuyven- hoven wondered if such- a build- ing- would not attract' mostly g people on account of the esign. Mr.. Bender and Dr. Lawless th indicated they had been im- pressed it was a single family dwelling area and had obtained it properties on that under - tending. Dick LeVan declared Cat in his view the proposal was totally undesirable" as he ught it was a single family area and construction of an apartment would ten to lower the value of the existing single units. "Apartments of this kind in the cities are not the most beautiful in the world," he suggested. Please turn to Page 10 cessive. This conveys to a degree was done, not enough maybe, not agreement -helped .one another that this town and its elected rep- always popular, but on the right when in peril. Without agree- resentatives are quite able to track you can be sure. meats, the governing bodies of cope with the needs as they arise. The Beginning each of these communities were This conveys that all is going "The best point to begin is at Please turn to Page 10 Kinloss woman was 99 Mon. WHITECHURCH —Mrs. Annie Public School who, spoke on 'Fig ments of the Imagination"; Go don Kinahan of RR 2, Lucknow, pupil of. Sacred Heart'Separat School, Wingham, who spoke,. on "Color Blindness and " , Phili Street. of Blyth, a pupil ;of Blyth Public School, whoe' was "., "Vain ires E. c o P a hi,.R f ehec•lA eon - tta es its was a1 , uir so r � +' ■ :t•• ;T. r a ea dungy selection, A-, newly intro d ced featur 1f .die. -spies .,. consts. lUdgestedretired.to r- lssessments, was the;0 a • songs.:in Rnglisk�'and. Tench by e pupils of".grades, 0 ;and at ught by .'_, -+hornton. `fine songs''Vpe `e P excellently done: Others' taking.' seal ing and reading .coal were Murray etcalf, of Reading Poor Mrs. I. E. Morrey of Wingham, one of the panel of three judges, commented that the reading re- quirement in some cases had brought down average ratings for some of the better speakers, and conversely had helped others. It was her suggestion that more at-) ention' to the reading portion of the contest would have resulted m superior performances. Taylor celebrated her 99th birth- day on Monday, Feb. 5 at Bruce- • lea Haven, Walkerton. Mrs: Taylor's eyesight is fail- ing. She cannot see to read cards and letters or write letters. Mrs. Taylor is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Ross. She married William Taylor and for a few years farmed north of c Teeswater before moving to the c 4th Concession of Kinloss around q 63 years ago. After the death of her husband about 35 years ago she remained on the farm with b her son, Charlie. d Other judges officiating were Mrs. James Donnelly of Goderich and Mrs. Ed. Fielding of Wing - ham: Trustee Mrs. J. C. Wallace of Goderich of the Huron County Board of Education was in barge of the • competition and ommented favorably on the uality of most of the performers. Also addressing the pupils riefly was Trustee Jack Alexan- er of Wingham, who spoke en- She has a daughter, Mrs. Irene c Paterson of Toronto, sons . Russel a of Woodstock and Charlie on the be home farm. A son, Ross, was n killed in action in World War I. a This community extends con- gratulations and best wishes to Mrs. Taylor. in ouragingly to the speakers and udience, stressing notallcould winners, and to be a non Win- er with good grace was in itself good lesson. Musical Treat A special treat for the gather - g in the school auditorium while THIS OPEN AREA east of F. B. Madill Secondary School known as the "Henderson Sur: vey" may present a 'much different picture this summer if houSi g plans, now before Wingham Town Council are approved. An apartment project and sevdn; town houses pro- posed by Jayhay Development of Clandeboye was given "approval In principal" pending .a • consideration by Wingham Planning Board and the municipal engineer. This view from the secondary school parking lot, shows the town boundary on the right, with built-up area to left along Summit Drive. (Staff Photo) Goner .0411 .. t■I■r/j ' R ., �:°--./t,.�, t*ussolex 'tial, who chose the topic' ness Racing Rhonda Ke " Brussels Public School, , mess and Figure Skatingv, ginia Chisholm `?of: a ungaMed,a pupil of St.' 'Joseph'sSeparate chool at K ngsbridge hard, .. Walsh of Br ls, a'.. upd ni, Wawanosh'1, f Igrave who spoke on "Hair"; Janet Par r sh, Brookside Schooly, "Etiquette" and Lori Moir, Gorrie, Howick': Central, speaking on "Tall Tales". LIP urants area projects Two enterprises close to home will benefit ' under the Local Initiatives Program. (LIP) with substantial grants coming to projects in Brussels and Bel - more, it was announced at the weekend by Robert McKinley, MP' for Huron. The Belmore Artificial Ice Committee has been granted $8,- 150 to pursue plans for installa- tion of used ice -making equip- ment from Toronto in the arena there, together with the piping and modifications required to the arena floor to give the communi- ty artificial ice. This will open up the possibilities of a much- longer and dependable season for hock- ey, as well as scope for curling, skating and figure skating. Walter Renwick, Mac Inglis and Earl Fitch have been active on the committee, but were not available at press time for com- ment. A community craft workshop to employ four persons at Brussels will be based on a grant of $8,243, Mr. McKinley announced. Mar- cia Eberhart of RR 2, Bluevale is a member of the committee in- volved. Auto licence deadline fast approaching The deadline for renewing auto- mobile or other vehicle licence plates for 1973 is fast approach- ing. Residents of Wingliarn and area, particularly newcomers to this district, are reminded of both the deadline and location of the office issuing the new licence plates. Don McKay, 205 Leopold St,, two houses south of Patrick St., is the man to see before the rotate Feb. 28.