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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-03-22, Page 1.r: 4 Single Wingham and Markt. onng Board turned Omni* ,a $49,090 apartment house and town house project foi second time Monday after conferring with carnes man el .London; developer principal in Jayhay Dev'el meats. An alternate.site suggested' the board was not availableat present time, Mr. Hayman ported, stating that negotiati for the alternate site had fail Sitting in with the.: fid, Hayman said that if the boa would still consider the origi site, he would agree to elim,ia ing half of the proposed' 30 t houses to .lower the density ra would increase the width of private road from 22 to 28 f and furnish additional .parka space where town houses were originally to be located. 'To Be Corrected An earlier objection by the: board about inadequate sewage purpirri capacity will be met by .a .,the Ontario. Water Resources down Commission which has .under- taken to install.a larger capacity e the • pump. l Mr.. ;Hayman produced'' an Hey- artist's conception of the project and from the original plans, and dis- oh- cussed details with the board for labout an hour and a ,halt before by withdrawing while the board the went. into private session for °an • re- hour. - ons On his return to the meeting, he ed• was advised' Planning Board had Mr. resolved as follows: rd ' "That although item No. 2 nal (sewer. capacity) could be cor- et- ratted, the other points (of objec- own tion) still stand and the board re- tio, quests Council to decline a permit. the for Jayhay Development <:to pro- eet teed on the Manor Road area. �ng "The Planning Board is in agreement there is a need for further rental housing and would like'to investigate other sites with the developer:" ' Up To Council „ When advised of this decision, Mr. Hayman stated Oat he would wait for the resolut'on to be con- sidered' by town council arid determine his next move on the basis of council's decision. He added that he would obtain further legal advice as to what !r recourses might be deemed advisable" under the circum- stances. Board Chairman Dave Bender opened the meeting by reporting ALONG TGE MN DRAG By The Pedestrian - SPACE FILLED— Early Saturday evening as winds were gusting to 40-50 mil an hour in this neighborhood, driver pulled hisear out of th private parking lot behind McDonald . Block oil Joseph" Street and drove away for couple hours. On returning, th one -car space between two oth vehicles- was filled. This 'is unusual except it was filled wi drifted snow , to ,cart° leyel olt . S d A n sa it d w tt,; r -wen ,t e a n "� �'��ron.�`tl� !p ' a a�k77t+RdT R , CROSS FINGERS— The Olde Pedestrian is getting heck for running that picture of the dry and dusty Main Drag last week along with Bill Henderson's storm photo from 1947. Seems we get the blame for sucking in that big storm from Mexico. Power of the press! 0-0--0 HOT FLASHES—. About 4:05 a.m. Saturday there was plenty of flashing light on the "B" line at the Borth end of town when Const. Doug Foxton dis- covered a hydro wire being blown:. against trees and shorting. The wire burned through and fell to the ground, creating a serious hazard. Wingham PUC boys were alerted and soon had the situation under control. 0-0-0 FIRST GAME— Clinton Lions Midgets defeated the Lucknow entry 9-5'in the first game of the Ninth Annual Midget Hockey Tournament at Wingham arena Tuesday~ afternoon, start- ing off continuous action for the following week. The tournament will conclude this coming Sunday afternoon when three midget championships will be settled. Forest "C" team defeated Dur- ham' in the second game Tuesday afternoon by a score of 6-3. es e the iniured ne C. !n accidents er not in this area Jw Artist's conception of housing complex An artist's conception of the $320,000 apartment building and town house complex pro- posed by Jayhay Develop- ments for Wingham at the Henderson Survey north of F. E. Madill Secondary. School shows how the project might w look on completion. Wingham and District Planning Board In session with the developer Monday night for the second time recommended that Town Council refuse the building permit despite modi- fications to the density rate, larger road allowance and in- creased parking ratio, Sketch by Guenter Helm Graphic +►' Arts, Wingham. A: car o r b at Al �p hart' Was - :410, y e. ,. '�'j� f. i^ Y !I �j • a.-aed, 's amaged in front of Hamm s. Garage in Blyth Tuesday of last week when involved in collision with a vehicle driven by Kenneth W. McGowan of the same village. There were no injuries but total damage was estimated at $1,550. Only 'minor damage resulted Saturday when John K. Higgins of Turnberry Street in \Brussels lost control of his vehicle while travelling west on Highway 88 and struck and broke some guide posts. There wereno injuries but damage was estimated at about $125. On Sunday Ian D. Scott of RR 3, Blyth, became stuck in• heavy snow, aftermath of the heavy snowstorm Saturday. L. B. Kelly of Davidson, Michigan, was southbound on Highway 4 at the . 10th Con. of East Wawanosh Township and struck the Scott vehicle. There were no injuries. Total damage was estimated at $1,200. During the week March 12-18 officers of Wingham Detachment OPP carried but two investiga- tions under the Liquor Control Act with two persons charged; laid 12 charges under the High- way Traffic Act and issued two warnings; carried out 10 investi- gations under the Criminal Code with one person charged. a meeting Of the board had been held Thursday evening with Huron County Planner Gary Dayidson, in which he undertook to give the board guidelines for ideal conditions in development of multiple housing units in a small tuwn such as Wingham. He added that the board still con- siders the Henderson Survey an unsuitable site for the develop- ment proposed by Mr.. Hayman, but approved of an alternate site owned by Mrs. Mary Henderson on the other side of F. E. Madill Secondary School adjacent to Highwa► 86. He. continued that the board "wants something like this", meaning rental accommo- dation, but continued to be op- posed to the original?block of land which Mr- Hayman presently controls. Business assoc. elects Nantia. John McInnes chaired the regular meeting sof the Wingham Business Association when it was held at Leets Tavern on Thursday evening. It was reported that members nominated for the offices of president and secretary at the last meeting had declined the positions. Bill Hanula was then nominated as the association's new president. Nelson Frank agreed to continue acting as sec- retary until a replacement is found. John McInnes refrfains as treasurer and Don Carter as vice ' p restdent. Monthly meetings will continue 0 on th �t'. e hind Thursday f o h . , y eaC. month, -tarot b�. Ltad� eve. ning's meeting was a film presentation, "Valleys and People" on the work of the On- tario Conservation Authorities. Will Not bell Mr. Hayman reported, tt *n negotiations carried on untii4,30 p.m. Monde evening, be had been unable , to obtain the so- called alternative site, • to a reluctance on the pert the owner to sell. Mayor DeWitt slier con- firmed that he had interviewed Mrs. Henderson in the matter of obtaining a road allowance out to Highway 86; which would . make sixradditional building lots' in that area available forsale; as well as making about four acres available for the apartment and town house project, ' He bad thought it would be to her, d - v ntage to open up the ,_ °a( allowance and make the bu Tots saleable. There vii, ' v- Latest in steal a f Somebody's got to ,ben -'bit crazy around here. One day last we c when the A -T man picked up the n4114%1114 one of the pieces was a gr un- tidy box which -proved to contain (a) one copy of the Toronto Grob'e & Mail; (b) one copy, krifr.t4e Toronto Sun; and (c) six a- d an and Ohtario , ffags, �` eaeb neatlyrolled and each bearing hand -printed notes indicating from whence they carne. Two were from the F. E. lVl Secondary School; two;:from ,fie Wingham Public ' .; School; one from the local post office 'and one from the residence of Bill Bre 110 Carling Terrace. A check with the schools ,;and pos SV, fbleaf e' tn. offica dt acto s fied that a 1 t baphatoekfVeV nn darkness. Right' now the local" police are working on theirown ,,,private theories. .. Shoplifting toll rises while examinations on Shoplifting reared its ugly head a little higher ' than usual last week as three miscreants were apprehended on three consecu- tive days in the act of swiping items from local stores. All those caught were high school students, and all were found to be ripping ' off petty merchandise such as perfume, mascara and even miniature candles "to put on my boyfriend's birthday cake", Police investigation of these cases is still continuing, Police Chief Jim Miller advised The Ad- vance -Times this week. These in- stances are known to be merely the visible part of a bad situation which sees up to three per cent of a store's volume disappear in "leakage" over the course of a year. Students on the loose during examination time have been blamed for the recent outbreak, but it also calls attention to a con- tinuing problem. New measures are being taken to crack down on petty thievery in the local stores and a number of charges are an- ticipated in the near future. Nearly $1,300 damage was caused when flwee cars tangled at the -local Brewers' Warehouse here at 9:30 on March 15. Dan Dickinson of RR 1, Bluevale, had the right front of his '69 Chev• damaged to the extent of about $600, including a broken wind- shield. Bra§ilia M. Grubbe of RR 4, Wingham, had her 1969 Pontiac extensively damaged to the ex- tent of $1,200,' while a vehicle operated by Daryl Walker of RR 4, Wingham, was damaged to the extent of about $100. Police in- vestigation continues. There were a number of dog complaints. • ever, an objection stated to what would result in .the: way of in-, creased traffic in the area. Mr. Hayman assured the board he understood the matter of the lots being sold to the Henderson development as single family housing, and that the 'developer had obtained permission for a' fourplex from the area residents, believing such permission would be required. He pointed out that at no time did this restriction legally apply to the block of land. under consideration now, which was never part of the subdivision as approved by the Ontario Muni- cipal Board, Need Surveyed Mr. Hayman told the board he had spent a great deal of time conducting a survey of the need for rental housing here, and had checked what he thought must be "every street" in his search for suitable building sites. He had discarded all sites west of Josephine Street on the grounds they were too far from the likely prospects for the type of rental housing he had in mind. He saw the proposal as ideal'for high school and public • school Please turn to Page 5 Mrs. HELEN'S honored ,.,r atrick o Fri � Allan Miller and daughter Lori Miller B iia v T.w at the. Wingham and District Hospitalgift ca �� .t# ut On a�., � l ho�er'n;��{e ��ndy� da • ! t,d a !and oficesbusiness `the#situ are members of the Hospital Auxiliary and a IS0 St. �of� ,elan. which Mrs, i president. They are seen here with, some'of the'Pretty Irishhem.., ifts at -the 'case Yi n,thospial lobby. � (SStaff Phott Ritter ital Robert Ritter, itter Wingham mhighwhtc which are held at thehospital, the during the month. school' vice principal, was elected president ident oft the e Wtn amH Hospi- tal sp i - tllAs�Q���a}vod cherr aif 'OfrftergelieTne0 'Week ames Cardiff of lifuseels was named vice, chairman. e election was edt 'the he opening of the board's inaugural meeting on. Wednesday. Mr. Ritter welcomed all board members, fn particular the new- comers, Boris Milosevic and Ro- land Kaufman, representing the Town of Wingham; Harold El- liott, Turnberry ° Township and Robert Gibson, Howick Town- ship, the lal4rr returning to the board afterai absence of several years. The chairman also welcomed Barry Wenger, former board member and in attendance as a press representative. The new • board re -appointed Mrs. I. E. Morrey as adminis- trator, John Strong, board secre- tary, and Gordon Baxter as treasurer. .Appointed to the striking com- mittee were . the chairman, ' James Cardiff, Wallace Conn, Jack Hodgins, Dr. P. J. Leahy, who brought in recommendations for the personnel of the standing committees. While the , striking committee was deliberating Mrs. Morrey distributed printed sheets which outlined the active and consulting medical staff, the regular clinics . ' must eov+ committees of the medical staff Mrs. Morrey also reported for health ins . �. rso e1 nn anti. objectives of thethe finance ace co m xt m to tee.. e y; •RY. .;s q 0 V� 3 rs and .�., g � . � l ��th " Yelec e e �e� c n k -k R , ys yy//�� Q u a w. t 't */ .� .'T?� y m�Rg sem. w R� .tfi � aQ: � e � ,. , .. , � �. � . , , - th .hospl- bad as b�?1��� �'�•"a�itl•�c tai s services are divided. . himself with the figures. She it is not ,.necessary that Stier! Committees noted that a debit has been placed be in ,hospital Ijefore. being The report of the strikingcom- on the hospital's books in the eligible for home care. mittee, read by Mr. Ritter, was amount of approximately $20,000. Dr. Leahy said that the l ength adopted'as follows: (First named This was in effect a repayment to ofatient s P a ay, is above the..pro- is chairman in each case.) the Ministry of Health because .vincial Average lin Ooze'=depairi Man agement- T. Cardiff, Dr, the hospital had not beexr occu- Leahy, J. V. Fischer, B. Milo- pied for the number of days budg- sevic, Robert Gibson. eted last year. However, she said Finance --J. Hodgins, R. Kauf- that "an incentive payment is ex - man, D. Button, Dr. J. C. McKim. petted later Allis year which will Property—W. Conn, M. Craig, offset the debit. D. Miller, H. Elliott, H. Walker. Wallace Conn, reporting' for the Public Relations—Mrs. K. M. property committee, said that MacLennan, Dr. L. Clarke, H. three tenders have been received Walker, D. Button. for the installation of a fire wall Executive committee --R. Rit- and new • transfer switch and ter, J. Cardiff, W. Conn, J. Hod- transformer to replace equip - gins, J. V. Fischer. ment burned out several months Joint Conference—R. Ritter, J. ago. Cardiff, J. Hodgins, Dr. Leahy, The tender of Keating Electric, Dr. McKim, Dr. Clarke, Mrs. Wingham, in the amount of $9,647 Morrey. was accepted, being the. Lowest of Statistics the three submitted. Mrs. Morrey reported the Medical Staff figures for the month of .Febru- ary. There were 258 admissions, 17 births, 241 discharges, 9 deaths, 197 operations, 724 out- patients, 613 X-rays, blood trans- fusions to 11 patients, 5,324 lab- oratory tests consisting of 57,672 units, 105 electrocardiograms, 48 at cancer clinic, 2 post mortems, 459 patients received physio- therapy treatments. The hospital averaged 86 per cent occupancy ments lint every effort is 'lienng. made to rectify the situation. :Meetings of medical and :nuns ing staff are hexa every other month and very rewarding dis- cussions have been held on matters of mutual interest and concern.: Auxiliary • Mrs. MacLennan reported a • busy month during which the gift case grossed $145 and she said that sales in March have been brisk. St. Patrick's Day tray favors were made for the patients. A candy sale will be held on Friday" (March 16) by the St. Helens' ladies. Dr. J. C. McKim reported that DeWitt Miller, chairman of the a meeting of the medical staff public relations committee, com- had been held March 5. New carr mented on the excellent publicity diac care standing orders were provided for the hospital by The passed and revisions are now in Advance -Times and CKNX. process on the orders for "Code The chairman said that the 7", which is the emergency pro- Gestetner company is promoting gram in cases of cardiac arrest. the sale of a printing press to the Mrs. Cardno, director of the hospital and on motion it was de - Huron Home Care program dis- cided to hear the company's rep - cussed changes in the plan. One reset tative at an executive com- of these requires that a patient mittee meeting on March 21. •