HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-03-15, Page 9church treasurer and
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Arnold TOW 'has %In
Athard look at a pry to re-
construct Patrick Street; from
Shuster Street:to Carling Terrace
estimated by Burns Ross and As-
sociates Ltd., engineers, has fedi*
cated that with the elimination el
' a -essential phases Of the job,.
lam% reconstruction +sold be
for "about $30,000".
fi..
gook ,Was heti `' by,
Reeve Joe ' Kerr; s ' year's
chairman of the town's works
committee and a contractor in his
own right, who told Monday
night's session' of council . he
thought existing storm sewers
are.adequate and could continue
to function without being moved;
jydro and. Bell Telephone lines do
not necessarily have to be
moved; and where sidewalks are
low, .blacktopping. could bring
them `up to level. He. saidthat it
could, well be an improvement to
eliminatep ►o pposed concrete
curls and utters' from the plan
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edges which are much easier to
snowplow anyway. •
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4 laving would be :more
cent of the estimated
cost of as laid out Flay the
engineers, and yet Petrick Street
would be effectively rebuilt.F.A
cfecision to not move 0404
storm sewers would:' also
eliminate changing the line along
Shuter Street of 700 feet at u*
siderable expense,.•
speed It.Up
With little dice fon, eouneil;
immediately. accepted peeve
Kerr's appraisal of the, situation,
asked him to check ()Ohio
on the storm sewers, revise the
"specs" and call tenders for thee
defrilled job immediately; in
orderto get a better price and an
early start on, the work, -
Reeve Kerr's comments came
when TownClerk Bill Renwick,
at 'the request of Mayor .DeWitt
Miller, read a communication
from B. M. Ross. Associates. a d
n
The letter said that in respect
to thespec
proposed reconstruction of
Patrick Street from Shuter to
Carling Terrace, the original
"off-the-cuff" estimate of $50,000
was too low.
"The total could well amount to
$55,000 plus Bell Telephone re=
location, PUC pole relocation,
engineering and contingencies.
The total cost would , exceed
$65,000."
The letter added: "This is a
large amount of money for ap-
proximately 150 feet of street re-
construction. However, it does in-
clude storm sewers throughout .
the project and north on Shuter
for 700 feet.: .
"The cost of the excavation,
granular backfill and paving
amouiits to only about $20,000
.fsic) but there is an
$12,000 for removal and minor
meat of walk and at
curb and; gutter. There is sIss
,for'perforated subdr*inalle
pipe and the balance of *a the con-
struction is; in the storm sewers,
manholes, catch ;basin* etc".
Commented Reeve Kerr;
we tried to 10* litter all the
streets in Wingham. that need it at
this rate,,it.could.' take 105 yew;
There are people who have been
taking gravel and Wit . for 20
years and it's about time they
hada break: There is nno Way we
can spend t kind of xnouey on .a
couple Of. Weeks",
bigg
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progress has been made in
cent meetings with the I.NinghaM
Police Association' and ' a . new
contract ,could be presented for
ratification by town council, at thw
next
meeting,
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Councillorc11lar 8
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Harris advised the regular , se,
sion of council Monday evening
ening::;
At the same time he indica,'
clearly that the police budget
would require a substantial „a In
crease as "the budget will' :go,
up". With this in mind he per
posed that revenuefrom. town'
parking meters and from parkin
fines should be earmarked for y
police budget.
Reeve Joe -Kerr, public works
cbairinan, `'instantly interjected;
that the parking meter and rille
revenue had been. allocated for
streets, and inferred it would not
be, given up without a str'ttle.'
Councillor Harris 'told cOUteil
fie had interviewed police offic. Ors
and commissions in other to ens
and had been advised that meter
revenue in some cases was
turned into the police committee
ore revenue
lice costs
ti
•
budget.
Share Gallonage?
Another important revenue
source for policecon iittees ,ln
other centres is a percentage of
the provincial liquor gallonage
tax collected from licensed"
remi
P sea, where local police
forces are in charge of law en-
forcement.
He said no application had been
made from Wingham for this in
the mistaken belief it was avail-
able only to twat having at least
five full-time men on the force.
He had learned that smaller
forces have been eligible, and
even part -tithe Men have been in-
cluded. ;
Council agreed that perhaps an
important revenue .bet °was being
overlooked and Town Clerk Bill
Renwick was authorized to write
the Liquor License Board of On-
tario for pertinent information.
Women started to work in
Canadian city post offices be-
tween 1888 and 1892.
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CHANGEDsince 197 !Lodging -by this photo dfJosephine $fregt, Wiu h
this week in, 1947.
The e phof�a was taken' by well-known resident and former
active photographer, who had to climb ; step' ladder :.: .
i � << �► p"�o take fhepi�tur� looklr��l�:1!+�"t�h, in
mid-March 26 years ago.
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own isalready yours
--one pair of eyes. Just
knowing what's going
on around you helps.
you avoid job accidents.
So it makes good
sense tc look after your
eyes — so they'lllook
after you. It's a good
habit to protect
your eyes, if your job
makes it neccessary.
And it your eyesight's
not up to par --have
your eyes checked.
You need them.
Take care of your
eyes, and they'll see
you safely through
the working day.
The sure
way to
° safety is
Self- efence.
THE SAME SCENE Tuesday morning was snapped by, The Advance -Times pho'10-
grapher, showing dusty dry pavement from whictithe snow is long.;gone. ttaff.Photo
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Your Workmen's CompensciIon Boal
and The Safety Associations, Ontario
Four young people were in-
jured, one of them seriously, in a
single -car crash early Saturday
morning.
Robert Michael Newbigging,
20, of 107 St. David Street, Strat-
ford, was driver of the car when it
went off Highway 87, two miles
west of Harriston, in Minto Town-
ship and hit a culvert.
James Dixon, 20, of 485 Binning
Street, Listowel, was taken to K-
Belgrave
Miss Wanda Mason, who has
been on the nursing staff at
Huntsville.hospital, is spending a
few weeks with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Mason, before
leaving for Hazelton, B.C., where
she has accepted a position on the
nursing- staff.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lichty
and Wayne of RR 1, Milverton,
visited on Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hibberd.
Mrs. Robert Campbell, Sandra,
Lisa and Pamela visited on Sun-
day with Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hibberd.
Robert Hibberd visited on
Thursday evening at the home of
Frank Collar, Wingham.
W Hospital in serious condition,
with undetermined abdominal in-
juries, following the' 3:30 a.m.
crash. A member of the family in
Listowel stated Tuesday that
James was.\still in intensive care
in the K -W ospital, but.that his
condition was slightly improved:
Mr. New`biggirig suffered a
broken ankle. Two other_ passen-
gers were also injured. Elizabeth
Moran, 16, of Harriston had one
leg broken and Karen Gerrie, RR
2, Harriston, received cuts and
bruises. All three were taken to
Palmerston hospital.
Karen Gerrie is a niece of Mrs.
Jack Henderson of Wingham.
Harry Gerrie is her great-uncle.
Damage to the 1965 car has
been estimated at $2,000 by the
Mount Forest Provincial Police.
Lakelet
Norman Harper was able to re-
turn home from Wingham and
District Hospital.,
Bob Howitt, Miss Janice Mc-
Comb and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Dodd called on Mr. and Mrs. C.
Greenfield in Kincardine on Sat-
urday
aturday for a social evening.
Patronize amateur cabs
at your own big risk
Amateur competition is giving
ingham's only licensed taxi
er a hard time and he wants a
stop put to it.
That was the gist of the mes-
sage Taximan Jerry McLean left
with town council in session Mon-
day evening when he presented
his case.
In presenting his complaint,
Mr. McLean stated there was a
skinny enough living in the busi-
ness normally, without his fares
being pirated by amateur drivers
who were driving illegally for
fares and were without insurance
to cover their' clients.
He admitted he had condoned
some of this, having made
arrangements for a back-up
service by another driver on
occasions when he was called out
of town. He thought if he could
have .the amateur competition
stamped out by police enforce-
ment he might be able to license
and insure a second car for
standby use.
After some discussion of the
. pros and, con of the matter,
council turned the issue over to
the police committee for follow
up.
One point was made that citi-
zens should be warned that
travelling with an unlicensed
driver for hire leaves them com-
pletely unprotected insurance -
wise, in the event of accident or
injury.
Major
changeover
Ideal Supply Company's head
office, Listowel, was a busy pllace
Sunday evening as the company's
35 -member sales force met to dis-
cuss a major changeover in
Ideal's line of automotive belting
and hose products.
John MacDonald, president of
Ideal Supply, called the special
meeting to discuss the mechanics
of the massive changeover from
the present supplier's line to B. F.
Goodrich Canada Ltd. products.
The switch affects Ideal Supply
wholesale outlets in Listowel,
Winghatn, ''Mount Forest, Han-
over, Kincardine, Goderieh and
Owen Sound.
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°The death occurred at'•
home, 52 Bristol Terrace, Wi
ham, on Saturday, of John
McLean, Death followed'.
illness, "'.
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• $ori) T n Peterborough,
on August' 21, 1905, il+tr. McLe
waSa farmer in his early life;
lived ill Western Canada '-fo
many years and during part of
the time spent there, was an,
apartment superintendent at Up-.
ton Apartments, Brandon, Man. '
He retired and came to this area
to reside in 1971.
Mr. McLean was a member of
the United Church.
Surviving are his wife, the for-
mer Rena Wear whom he mar: •
ried in Boissevain, Manitoba, on
December 18, 1945; one step-
daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Gerald-
ine) Chappell of RB° 4, Winghan ;
and one grandson.
Funeral service was held Tues-
day at the Brockie-Donavon Fu-
neral Home in Brandon, Mani-
toba, at 2 p.m. Interment fol-
ioed in Brandon Cemetery.
fol-
ioed
were Lenard
Wra Mervin Wear, Leslie
Wray, David Weiss, Murray Ken-
nedy and Jack Webber.
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watch daytime television.
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