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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-03-29, Page 1The ea t 'iy •of two corridors under study by 00440 HYD fob heavyansm sign lines "from. Douglas Point, nuclear power station to Seaforth has approved by theOntario Govern* went andproperty acquisition ...... ... . will commence iMul , `ateiy. The• route toy be purchased south fir ►m Bradley Junction Just west of Chepstow to a junction about four miles east of Wing- ham. First public annouireement of the order -in -council which authorizes the route WAS made at a "public input" meeting ssspof- cored' by officials 'of Ontario Hydro at Hillcrest Central School , in' Teeswater Monday night, A question from the audience brought confirmation frorfi'*, D. Mosher, Transmission Right of Way Planning Department angd A. T. Nevill, System Planning Division, AP. Consult Public The meeting bad been called as the fifth in a series in whim the' public is asked to volu nteerideas on where the best routes might lie for the transmission lines which will hook up Douglas Point nuclear power station in the pro- vincial grid with five,other major stations. The corridors to be con- sidered at the meeting were those Hydro wants from Bradley June - tion to Georgetown and , another to Swing by Kitchener, However, an accusation from a meinber of •'the audience that there was a "line on the map somewhere" already decided upon andthat the meeting for dis- cussion was futile, drew the reply ,that an order 4n -council had authorized the easterly alterna- tive of the Bradley Junction -Sea - forth corridors, and no further decisions had been made. May Expropriate Underthe order -in -council H▪ ydro,gai is theelegal right:tooexf PrOrinte,lande where nig v. stated .to 'AdvanceMmes tthat expropriatiOn is a last resort procedure, OfferiliVill be made to the land Owners a !n, the:mitethe for the necessary easements. The *.erne Official stated ,that ex- propriation la been nese ryIri only "about o per cent" of tra'nsa'ctions where; previous power corridors have been acquired, Tlae, route tobe purchased in this .area will run osouth from Bradley, Junotion, west of the vil- lage of Chepstow, crossing; No 9 Highway a short distance west of . the hamlet of Greenock. From No, 9 south the corridor wfll.ze 540 feet wide and Hydro proposes to straddle properties which are back -'to -back .so there will be a minimum of loss from any one farm. Theit ?c will . run south to the W• i n ant area ,. through the • Townshi .ps . of Greenock and. �Cul- . ross and thence into Turnbull', followin g a path approximately two miles east of No. 4i a w y to a junction about four miles east of .. Wingham, From that. point the corridor will narrow to • 120 feet and go. southeast through Morris and Gullet Townships to Seaforth. Not Heavy Attehdance at the Teeswater meeting was not as large. as an- ticipated. Invitations had been • issued to residents of tlt. ` three tows li . 'affected by possible cOrritiorafrom Bradley Junction, to Georgetown and Kitchener,; and discussion hadbeen planned, on these future corridors rather than:the Seaforth line which has been finder study for some month;,. A. D. Mosher of the Transmis. sion right-of-way planning department of Ontario Hydro was chairman and moderator of panel of Hydro experts repre- p senting various departments, in- cluding E. M. Kenny of the plan- ning department, Don Fraser and S. McDermid of the property division; R. ,Walker' of the Forestry division; G; Gregory, station projects. division; A. T. Mevill, system planning division and- R.Henderson, lie rola ' tions. Mr. Mosherreviewed the. pur- pose of the public meeting,fifth of 12 such meetings planned for the area concerned. Other meet- ings e t- ings were announced for Ford- wich Tuesday evening, Arthur April 2;. Listowel April 3; Dray- ton April 4 and Elmira April 6. Five previous meetings had been held with township and other elected officials. When the matter of the Sea - forth line came into the open, it was explained that initially power would go in to the Douglas Point s" . f�� to, e,�. , Later',power wall:meowing eat e the plant Ping PcsIth. Alarge imp displayed t meeting showed the ares Bradley Junction to Ifiblistior and Georgetown where IWO corridors -:woul l;have tobe eatab- iished hy 1975 and 1976.to town and within 2a. miles' cbener. • The chairman' st• ressed tit Ander the present, policy +f .tailed consultation with't dents of the areas affected", the public meetings were being Iseld to se l input" information which public opinion; could be as- sessed on What' weight is booing given by the public 00074. natural resources, ; randswe present and future, . igrioultaral methods and techniques, " 'leer°ing feasibility and total coal; In reference- to the atepd unction, near 1tlgl�lanllr� � ad that from that point too area,"if the Area' just . . a ,iest of Wingham is sensitive" the dor might have, ,to ". above Wingham. He explained that, corridor should Rbe removed in order:tha Lot..vulnerable .storms 'which mij power- " It'.doesn''t have 'Hanover, but it could a mit should- be west of .Ora t'#gev' he sold, Howick to hold open meptirig A public triee40r,, viii be hekc ir. hovvsck Central Public. School Fridg, nigt t for the pur ;c�vr► - of ct c 1 o . siiy a c+ nnrp:f,nity recreational, Centre for l owlek Tov Peter Keil of ,Gorrte, vui I oelaairel�y Various groups • planning such a ce, yr i decided ta_ tit rare tentatively i Au neair'the Howick Central Pub' school but in announcing t i public meeting, Doug . Bunker of RR 2, Harris - ton said the meeting :was "We want� . dor *Alnvestlg�ative war'k,, . to .hear what. people think of the idea," he said.. The meeting, open to anyone intereStetr in a Howick Tocommunity centre for wnship, will commence at 8:30 p,m. /yrr; r •rr�v�. r r r r r r syr; r.• r •r r,; r r `ri ,1k:PM �' /rr,,.r,/'r• o fo r r f }}"WWWf •Ff ff ! ', .rr%',� .4?;rf/ Stewart Beattie retires at end of school -term A nominating committee was appointed by the Huron County Board of Education at its meeting in Clinton Monday night to bring in a nomination to fdlVie' vacancy created bythe resign* tion of Jack Riddell. Mr. Riddell, 'the newly -elected - y ed provincial member. of the Legis- lature e is` lature for the riding of Huron, along with Clarence McDonald represented the Town of Exeter and the Townships of Usborne and Stephen on the Huron Board. His resignation was accepted with regret. On the nominating committee are Clarence McDonald of Exe- ter, Herbert Turkheinn of Zurich and John Broadfoot of. .HR Brucefield, whowill bring in their report for the'next meeting of the , board on April x8.,' In other business the board resignations from two iglu speed hale nets public school -;principal's and a secondary school vice principal. T. Stewart Beattie, principal of '.Wingham Public School since 1942.. J. (Bert) f , A • �GraY, principal - of . Clrnton ".public. School since 1956;.„and Morle y C. Sanders, vice rincipal of South Huron District ><ct High School atE ter EKo , all who willre e,as of AugUst 31.. The, board pp :a ..roved .: hiring John 11. Mann of Stratford as. principal of Wingham ` Public . School, effective September 1, Since' 1967 he has been* Master at Stratford Teachers' College. In a transfer of other princi- pals: Allen•T,aylor:from Usborne Central School to .Clinton Public School as principal; William Linfield from the prin- cipalship at J. A. McCurdy Public School, Vanastra, to UsbOrne' Central School as principal; John Siertsema, vice principal 'of Exeter Public School to J. A. McCurdy Schoo'l' as principal. Two custodians were appointed by the board: Stephen Youngblut as custodian at Victoria Park Publle School in Goderich; and Robet Knox as custodian at South Huron District High School in Exeter, both effective April 2. The ..Opportunity for ' Youth group vias granted the use of the Zu ich Public School forlesseir bl sad. mgt a 1e -.. Mouth ,..ofJuly with the approval of the principal of .the school., The board was informed that 12 Huron County high school stu- dents will visit Didsbury, Al berta, from July 3 to July 17, as Young Voyageurs '73. Allan Mullin, a teacher at Goderich District Collegiate In- stitute, and Mrs. Laura Mullin, a teacher at Central Huron Sec- ondary School will accompany the students from Huron and Middlesex. Students included from F. E. Madill Secondary School are '. ALONG THE MAIN, DRAG By The Pedestrian HOUSE SCORCHED- Wingham and District Fire De- partment had a short run to Jack McIntyre's home at the north end of Minnie Street Tuesday after- noon when a fire in leaves in the yard scorched the house. It was caught before any serious dam- age was done. Two trucks re- sponded, but, the small blaze was quickly snuffed in a Minute or so and the equipment returned to the firehall in a matter of minutes. O --0--O COMES IN CYCLES— Bright sun and high tempera- tures at the beginning of the week resulted in many cases of spring fever. One -of the sure fire signs was a display, of brand new bikes on the sidewalk of Josephine Street, catching the eye of all and sundry, especially the small fry. Breathless we await the official harbingers, the first reports of snowdrops, daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. The robins have checked in and the snow checked out. o--o---o BACK TO COUNCIL -- Next regular meeting of Wing - ham Town Council will be April 2 when one topic on the agenda will be the second recommendation of Wingham and District Planning Board that the Jayhay Develop- ment apartment proposal be de- nied a building permit. The com- pany has proposed a $320,000 apartment and town house pro- ject for the Henderson Survey. 0-0-0 HOLE IN ONE— A note from R. E. McKinney, written form Palm Beach Shores, Florida, says that he managed to score a hole in one at the Holiday Country Club on March 16. He was playing with Mr. and Mrs. George Radford of Blyth. Mac also says that Mr. and Mrs. Bill McCool were recent guests with the McKinneys. 0-0-0 SPEAKING CONTEST- Keep in mind the Lions -spon- sored effective speaking content for high school students, this Sat- urday evening at eight at the Wingham Public School. The finest quality of speakers will be in the competing line-up. All are previous winners in club con- tests. And another added incen- tive; everything is free, if your time is. LIONS RADIO BINGO WINNER of a thousand: dollar cheque was Mrs. Jirii Newell of Wingham, smiling her pleasure as she receives the welcome prize from Frank T. Field, Lions zone chairman for 3-N, of Teeswater. At right is Lion Doug Bishop of the Wingham :club, chairman of the radio bingo committee. Another bingo will be sponsored In a few weeks by the Lions clubs of Blyth, Brussels, Howick, Lucknow, Ripley, Teeswater, Tiver- ton and Wingham. (Staff photo) Committee` says thanks to swarms of helpers Wingham Recreation and Com- munity Centres Board wishes to express thanks to the many volunteers who took part in the 'ninth annual Wingham Midget ' Hockey Tournament last week, including the citizens who bil- leted and entertained visiting players and those who assisted at the actual operation of the tournament. • A host of helpers was involved, not the least of which were the "rink rats" who operated on morning,' afternoon and night shifts to work in the dressing rooms and on the ice and operate the scoreboard. Rink Rats The boys on this duty included Murray Edgar, David Reid, Jack Ohm, Joe Brophy, Terry Anger, Jim Ste. Marie, Kevin Tervit, Mike Beattie, Sheldon Jones, Ronnie Johnston, Billy Ste. Marie, Stan Stapleton, Jay Mac- Laurin, Bill LeVan, Steve Mc- Kay, Ken McLean, Tom Reming- ton, Tom McLean, Mark Pass- more, Paul Aitchison, Craig Hove an eye for All mail recipients, particu- larly those in business, whose addresses are easily obtainable from many sources, are advised to be on the lookout for phony ad- vertising invoices emanating from Hong Kong. Last week The Advance -Times received a neatly -printed add very businesslike invoice, pre- sumably for andvertisement in a publication turned out by South Pacific Limited" and payable in the ainount of $136 (Canadian), The instructions were to cable the money to a Brydges, Jeff MacLaurin, Paul Montgomery, Mike Montgomery. Made Lunches Girls °who helped with the lunches for players did a yeorinan chore too, and their numbers in- cluded Debbie Brehzil, Kelly Jones, Lois McLaughlin, Lynn Foxton, Marlene , Foxton, Alexa Currie, Janet Nevery, Lori Guest, Karen Smith, Heather Smith, Janice Rae, Evelyn Morin, Cindy Beard. Ticket sellers and takers were Connie Burke, Janet Gorrie, Mac Ritchie, Christine Rae, Doug Layton, Elizabeth Nethery, Janet Haines, Paul Rantoul, Marg Mc- Laughlin, Ken Lawless, George Fbulon, Gary Watcher, Jeff Cros- kill, Harold McKittrick, Murray McLennan, Bruce Greene, Bob Wittig, Ken Balzer, Bob Middle- ton, Ron Bell, John McInnes. First Aid , Recreation Director Jinn Ward points out that this year for the first time there was first aid and ambulance service available throughout the tournament, and phony invoices chartered bank in Hong Kong. The address given was `$o3 Holly- wood Commercial House, 3 Old Bailey Street. With considerable experience of the number of arguments we can expect when selling advertis- ing in a well-known local publica- tion, at may be presumed that few Western Ontario businessmen would fall for such a far-fetched oriental rip-off, but there must be a lot of slickers somewhere or the enterer, sing Far Easterners would not be spending so much on printing and postage. special thanks for this goes to the Wingham and District ambu- lance staff in charge of Reg. O'Hagan, including, Doug Swit- zer, Joe Smith, Eric Cleave, Rod Hickey, Marty Cretier and Bob Hickey, who were on active duty or standby. On the announcing staff for the various games were Bill Brown, . Bernie Haines, Keith Nethery, while alternating at timekeeper were Kevin Hickey, Steve Mont- gomery, John Henderson. Score- keepers were Dave Bennett, Kevin Carter, Rick McFarlane. Goal judges were Don Bailey, Tim Heffer and Paul Skinn. The4minor hockey auxiliary mothers did a big chore at the re- freshment booth and everyone connected with the affair co- operated to the utmost, to make one of the most successful tournaments ever. Made Sandwiches Young work crews on sandwich making included Hilda Brown, Bev. McBride, Edith Lockridge, Jean Leitch, Donna Kinder- woude, Jean McKay, Mary Hen- derson, Ruth Duffy, Norma Brenzil, Dorothy Marks, Joyce Gardner, Elaine Colvin, Mrs. Wall, Gail Holmes, Audrey 'Tiffin. Joanne Gorrie, Beth Wall, Aud- rey Vath, Shirley Hanula, Marie McIntyre, Mrs. Anger, Sheila Rantoul and Mary Lee. Other work crews were sup- plied by Lori Guest, Susan Barker, Janis Rae, Brenda Ab - lett, Angela Lockrldge, Karen Smith, Cathy Guest, Jill Car- miehael and Cathy Nevery, Lynn Foxton, Susan Burke, Betty Anne Adams, Pat Farrow, Janice Ohm, p'aY Walden, Elinheth Jaeklin and Heather Smith. :+orlgra tam Wound `up With two speeding charges' against a resi- dent of elgrave and a resident of RR; 2, ;lnburn. Const:': Ed Daer of Wingham Police noted a car travelling at high . speed south on the main street and followed: He chased two vehicles which he estimated were travelling between 90 and 100 miles an'hour, overtaking one at Belgrave and the second on the 4th of Morris. Speeding charges were laid. There were a number of liquor seizures, including some from American youths who accom- panied the teams from U.S. points to the midget hockey - tournament here. They were minors and were consuming in a public place. Five domestic rows were in- vestigated and one dog com- plaint. A parked vehicle owned by Guenther Heim- of Wingham was almost totally wiped out when struck by a car driven by William Showers on Water Street near Estate Marketing Services. His daughter, Vicky Showers was treated at `Wingham and District Hospital for facial injuries. Damage was estimated at $1,500. Const. Ed Daer investigated. Missionary is gust' speaker, at St. Andrew's Rev. Glen Davis was guest speaker at St. Andrew's Presby- terian Church on Sunday morn- ing. He chose as his sermon topic "A Day of Good News". Mr. Davis is a missionary of the Presbyterian Church working among Korean people in Japan. He and Mrs. Davis will leave later this week for Jaden. A ladies' quintet sang two num- bers, "I Am Not Worthy" and "Burdens Are Lifted at Cal- vary" Sunday evening Mr. Davis talked more of his work and showed slides at an evening of fellowship. Next Sunday morning, mem- bers of the St. Andrew's Young People's Society will conduct the Worship service. There will be special music and a panel discus- sion, including young people and adults, will also be a part of the service: •4Mr. and Mrs. Rae Maclntyre M Owen Sound visited with friends in Wingham on Saturday. Jeanette Marr of RR 1, Holyrood; William Darling of RR 4, Wing - ham; Allan Dunsmuir of Luck - now ; and Sandra Orien of Wing - ham. Murray Hunter, a teacher at F. E. Madill, Wingham, and his wife will host 20 Young Voyageurs from Burnaby, B.C., who will visit Huron from August 5 to t August 13. OSCAR THE WHIFFLE BIRD, sr very rare s�ieciea .In. was found ;on. -Lorne Se .eb north of Klncardine by Elliott of the :.. Wingham post office'staffand 'fitted itted with intelligent eye 'and Comfortable 'rasa bar ; George Allen of Win gg ha m ”. a � Here he 9ets.a' fr lo, idose=u" .;#dei ptYr,lr'� an. Skelton, • of The AdvancL Tirnes Staf# � Her Maiden oh raxewas which makes itscheep little Joke? � PhotO) TO 1U Se Huron County Board of Educa4 tion meeting in Clinton Monday night apprii'ed' the sketch plans for alteratio;is' to Wingham Pub- 1ic.School. -D.'J. Cochrane, Direc- tor'of Education, said he hoped .there would be, no delay in having the work completed in the reno- vations to the two classreetno to enlarge facilities for the. train able retarded. He reported atthe present there are 16 'pupils .and. when school opens in the fall he hopes -to accommodate 22 `pupils: Mr. Cochrane informed the •board that he had replied toy t ter rot the WOO Coim °Dzrec Educatfot1= 1 there are several pupils In Brookside School in Ashfield Township who should be attending Ripley Public School in Bruce County, Mr. Cochrane wrote that he was most emphatically opposed to the unilateral decision of the Bruce Board to withdraw -pupils from a school that he was :con- vinced they have a right to attend under the laws of the province. He told the Bruce director that if he referred to those pupils liv- ing on lots 1 to 60 inclusive of con- cession 1, Huron Township, that it was his opinion that these pupils have a ' right to attend Huron schools, basing his contention on the facts that, children of resi- dents living on these lots had the right to attend the school in the North Ashfield Union School `Sec- tion, and that subsequently, but before January 1, 1969, the former North Ashfield Union School Section was absorbed into he Ashfield -West Wawanosh Townships School, Area. With the Damage $2,100, four hurt in Howick Tp. collision Damages totalled about $3,200 in accidents in•this area last week investigated by officers of Wing - ham Detachment OPP. Heaviest damage plus injuries to four persons were recorded on Monday of last week when Thus Kloostra of RR 4, Wingham, and George C. Hislop, RR 2, Wrox- eter, were involved in a collision on Con. 12-13 east of County Road 12, Howick Township. Injured in the collision were George C. His- lop and three passengers in his car, 'Elizabeth Yoder, Raymond Mast and Lucinda Yoder, all of .RR 1, Wroxeter. Damages were estimated at $2,100. Heavy damage was done last Sunday when Lawrence B. Kelly of Michigan struck an abandoned vehicle owned by Violet M. Scott of RR 3, Blyth, on Highway 4, south of the Maitland River bridge. Damages were estiihated at $1,200. On Tuesday, Sarah M. Timm of Bluevale was involved in a single - car accident on Highway 86, Turnberry Township. Damages were estimated at $100. There were no injuries. ' On the same day, Max Oldfield of Brussels and Irene Thalen of RR 2, Blyth, were involved in a collision on County Road 12, north of Con. 6-7, Morris Township, There were no injuries. Damages were assessed at $400. Grace M. Cassidy of Walkerton was involved in a single -ear acci- dent Tuesday on Highway 4, south of Belgrave. There were no injuries and damages were esti- mated at $300. About $200 damage was done when James E. Struthers of Ethel struck a deer on Huron County Road 19 north of Con. 5-6, Grey Township. There were no in- juries. On Saturday Lorne J. Schnurr of Mildmay was .involved in a single -car accident on Highway 4, north of Belgrave. There were no injuries and damages were esti- mated at $200. During the week March 18-25, officers of the Wingham Detach- ment carried out six investiga- tions under the Liquor Control Act with six persons charged; laid six charges under the High- way Traffic Act and carried out 14 investigations under the Criminal Code with one charge laid. —The Key '73 committee is sponsoring the Covenant Players at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Monday evening, April 2, at 8 p.m. The California tour group will present "The High Calling', a drama depicting the life of the apostle Paul. All are in- vited to attend for an evening of informative entertainment. to' uca pupilsrreferred abov'e, due ;to previous rights f attendance, were guaranteed : cantinuance ' their rights under section 1 p the Secondary Schools- .,,a Boards"of Education Act, H S . ' T O Study Busing The Huron'board referred a r quest from the'Huron-ii er'th County Roman, Catholic Sep;3rate,: school. to its xna sagelmeet eom mittee for in-.dep:'th study on the feasibility •' of integratrng sorv.ioi s. ,for, public and sopa John winter, Superintendent o: Educationfor the 'Separate. School Board, requested, lute - grated . transportation services for all pupils attending Sacred Heart ' School, Wingham, ' Turn - berry Central public School and' F. E. Madill Secondary School, with particular :emphasis on the alignment of dismissal ;t mess t all schools mentioned: Last summer the adininistra-. tions of both boards discussedin- tegration of services, but the pro- posal, was prohibited by a stag- • gered dismissal time at F. E. Madill. Presently the two boards have integrated services for Mc- Killop Township and . parts of Grey, Hullett and Morris,. Town- ships. Mr. Vintar is hoping for shared bus service by Septem- .ber. Another recommendation from the Education Committee was• approved in principle, that of converting surplus classrooms for library facilities in elemen- tary schools where no library facility exists, subject to budget- ary considerations. Final approval was withheld on a field trip from Grey • Central School to Toronto in June until full details of the trip are submit- ted, such as number of chaper- ones, plans for overnight accom- modation, etc. The following' trustees volun- teered to act on the Ad Hoc Com- mittee for Schools for Trainable Retarded Children for 1973-74 term: Mrs. Mollie Kunder, Sea forth; Mrs. J. W. Wallace, Goderich; and Herbert Turk- heim, Zurich. Two injured in accident near Belgrave Two young women are patients in the Wingham and District Hos- pital and in satisfactory condition following a one -vehicle mishap just south of Belgrave. A car apparently being driven by Miss Grace Cassidy of RR 3, Walkerton, and containing as passenger, Mrs. David Lee of Londesboro, apparently skidded on ice, struck the Belgrave sign and was stopped by a telephone pole. Miss Cassidy was treated for internal injuries and Mrs. Lee suffered chest and internal in- juries. Prov. Const. H. McKittrick in- vestigated the accident which occurred Wednesday of last week.