The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-04-11, Page 11"1
OMB d.Iay
May increase
standpipecost
The . Wingham PtIC boa been
light ,in bOreanCratIC bind
that could add thou. 01
dolma to the price of the new
standpipewhich the. town very badly, nee
Thio PlIC has, been given pre,
Brain ►y approvals for the project
from theMinlstry of the Environs
Meat and hasreceived a price
from Canadian ;Gunite,:a firm
which builds prestressed con -
Otte standpipes, However, the
ail*impportant go ahead has .,not
been given, by the Ontao Muni.
shoal Board .yet.
The increasedis probably
because ' the -cunt Co. has
quoted a price that it will stand
by until April" 7. However, if a
contract is not signed by that date
the price will .change, due to
rising prices in material. That
contract cannot be 'signed until
the OMB gives peraiissioni,
PUUC.'C1frnan Roy Bennett is
upset by the delay, Mr,, Bennett
explainedthat it iso virtually im-
possible to get any, company to
quote a price they will stand by
nowadays. The IUTC managed to
find a compaby that whuld
guarantee a price'.,and because of
hold ups they are in danger of
loising the contract,
ALONG PIE MAIN DRAG
'By Tins Pedestrian
PAPER DRIVE-,
Last month's paperve for
the Wingham Cubs and .Scouts
was, so Successful that plans are .
being made to hold another one
on June 8. The proceeds from the
drive will be used toward sending
as many Wingham Scouts as
possible to the upcoming world
jamboree iii Scandanavia.
TOWNE PLAYERS—
The. Wingham Towne Players
will present two one -act plays at
the Town Hall on Api it 18, 19 and
1 3vh t tonin nut cud 000000
f nation' �L .
lmea, duos and price of ad-
mission carrbe obtained from any.
member of the group.
up.
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JESUS FpLK—
A member of the Wingham
Salvation Army Corps, " Terry
SailoWs, has een chosen to
appear in.a musket "Jesus Folk"
which is being produced by the
SA's Southern Ontario Division.
Our congratulations to Terry and
I, we hope the show will be a sue -
;
cess.
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MAPLE SYRUP --
Don't forget that this -weekend
the Village of Belmore is holding
its annual' Maple Syrup Festival.
The day should be packed with
fun and surprises for the whole
fainly, so why notplan to attend?
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'\ EASTER GREETINGS—
This week is a period of the
most s ligious celebra•
', tftitrs of two ma r religions as.
;well as the day 1 the Easter
bunnies in the wo wait for.
Please accept our wit " s for a
appy. and safe Easter kend.
I ORI. GAVRELUK was the first skater in history to receive
the Shorty' Brooks trophy. She won the trophy Iast, week by
placing first in Wingham Figure Skating Club intramural
competition for intermediate skaters. Mr. Brooks was on
hand to present the trophy which was. donated to honor his
Tong and outstanding service to the figure skating club.
for weekly news readers
The Canadian Community
Newspapers Association (CCNA)
is again sponsoring a competition
for readers of CCNA weeklies.
The contest, "Our Hometown
Paper", requests readers to des-
cribe their own Words just
what -the weekly newspaper
'means to them.
The written expression of frank
oPinion should be at least 250'
words but should not exceed 700.
In order to give us an Op-
portunity to publish your entry in
this paper before the competition
deadline in mid-May, the
deadline for our readers to have
their copy into us is April 26.
The objective of the com-
petition is to encourage CCNA
readers themselves to think
about what their weekly means to
them, their families, their lives,.
and their communities, and to set
these thoughts down in straight-
forward language. Polished lit-
erary expression is not sought.
mug couple spoke well
if Mexico experiences
f Since the tragic death of Paul
fin in Mexico two weeks ago it
quite understandable that
any should express a revulsion
any sort of travel in that coun-
. The violence which brought
bout Paul's death, coupled with
es previously heard about
eying natives and btdlying
like make an unpleasant pie -
e.
Speaking with Paul's parents,
er, The Advance -Times was
ovided with an entirely dif-
- ent view of Mode() and its
ple. Paul Tiffin and Karen
0, ay had been travellhig in Mex-
.' for several months and their
esiages home indicated that
were received everywhere
-y went with simple warmth
hospitality. They made many
their necessary purchases
m the Mexican people, rather
, from stores, and thus were
frequcnt and close contact with
1. local residents.
The night on which the tragedy
surred the young souple had
ked their camperquit off the
way to Acapulco and the
ts which followed, and which
rainated in Paul's death would
to have been the result of
same sort of spasmodic via.
lence which has afflicted so many
parts of the world during
the past few years — and cer,
tainly not confined to Mexico.
Contrary to first reports, Karen
did not :Irive their van into the
nearest city, for she was not a
driver. About 20 minutes after the
shooting occurred a passing car
stopped and its occupants im-
mediately offered their as-
sistance. Paul and Karen were
driven to the hospital at once and
one of the assisting party drove
the camper.
Karen was kept in the hospital
oven' ght and because' her pre*
ence was required later she was
given shelter and comfort, not in
public accommodation, but by a
member of the police force.
Although the girl was confront-
ed by a line-up of suspects, she
was not able' to make an iden-
tification, since she had seen the
attackers only in the dark.
—Assisting Rev. T. K. Haw-
thorn during the morning Wor-
ship sexvice at St. Paul's Angican
Church were Mike Milosevic who
read the first lesson, and Larry
Milosevie who read the second
lesson. Good Pride? services will
The judges wi n eres e
simple, clear exposition that
indicates an awareness by the
reader of the role of the weekly in
the community.
The winner of the competition
will receive a prize of $400 and a
gold medal. And because a
winning submission is a re-
flection of his own pcOition as a
factor, in the community, an
award of $200 and a gold medal
will be made to the publisher of
the winning entry.
" 1f you eve* W 1 atn;, ' d you ; would be tighter tlx: year (hie to
own a swinuning• peel or ire:' inflationary trends and increased
planningto have the tom, lam consumption, A � .
a water connection .to your bornes ' in the breakdown 41►f . revenue
it .#s going to You- money. .and expenditures for the electric
Tile W PUC Made .Seine Utility, Mr. Blake told the com-
Changes in tructure of water mission. . that they had 'just
rates at the April meeting it managed to survive the recent .
Thursday. They have. deckled ,t)ntario Hydro rate increase. He
that effeetive May
1, itseill cost . aid that the commission col -
per
year to fill a.swimmi . ' f ected $46,000 in revenue but paid
that holds over: 2,500 gallons o.
water. The charge, designated
filling charge, will be levied :�
anyone in town .owning- a peel "
Over the specified limit -
There Will- also' be 0 ,1125in- h
crease in the cost ofcaaaling a,_
water service, ' The price will
jump from $40 to $65 for 'a half- ..
inch service, from $45 to $70 for AWL
fromfive-eighths inch service and
from $.50 to $75 for a.threeVar
inch service. Any service; above, as
threes quarte inch WilteeSt time.;
arid, material, .
PUC, .Superintendent Ken Sa
ten explained tO the' commission:
that the PUP wa It ingdnoney ate.
the old .T a cost: of mai
terial alone . was for a haiif-,
inch. service $12 fora five-. ;
eighths anti " $129' for., a. three-� <
quarter . inch The: Charge is'for
e
running.. a connection from r,1
water main to a property line,
The .superintendent noted th`a
the prices for installation.*,
water servicing should have been.".'-
..increased ranch sooner but then';
PUC had beep carrying: the
However, with the expectea
expenditure of ;.$190,000 for deben-
tures for the new well,' pump„
house and the new standpipe they y.
can no longer afford to do so.
Even with the increases the in-
stallation charge is below most
other municipalities of the same
size. In fact, the rate increases
will not pay fortheentire cost in;:`.
material and labor to the PUC,'
but simply\\sii'►akes the burden ;;•
somewhat easier to bear.
'Inmore regular business the
PUC briefly, exainined the corn.:
mission's 1973 auditor's report"
with Thorne Gunn and Co. rep- The Conservative member of
resentative Doug Blake. In the Parliament for Wellington
water works section of the report.. riding Alfr- srl dales; told the.
Mr Blake eommenied that 'tees.+e t `t►e i
• end:,°a :to beufort ;,t }e} s ed +'er, I�yat ve.
year butfigure might be Association in Clinton Friday
night {that the size of the civil
service, in , Canada should be
limited 'to a certain percentage of
the population.. He " said the
federal civil service • has become
"Most 'expansive and expensive"
Wider the Trudeau government.
Mr. Hales, who is chairman of
the public accounts committee of
the House, said "inflation is
today's greatest concern." He
pointed ottt that since Trudeau
took over as prime minister the
cost of living has risen more than
29 percent, and accused the PM
of not realizing that excessive
governemnt spending causes
out $44,000 in hydro expenditurei.
Mr.. - Blake told the meeting that
the .PUC had been, lucky because
there wasno major capital outlay
last year r compa. red with previous
years.
The commission then moved on
t0 the correspondence section of
their meeting. Superintendent
Saxton Aoki the commission
members that a water works in-
spection report bad
,.bbeen ccm-
piled by Mr, B Dickie of the
Ministry of the Eovjr0Onlent. The
inspector reconunended that ,the
PUC Send the Mifi*y one
sample per,weekof view ° teem
each well and five samples a
week from different areal 'in the
system. The superintendent : told
the keommissioners that ,it has
been the policy of the PUC to send
e
the prescribednum of
eaMeles Plus *be **Mtge*
week
week
tt eP Chadd nin intea few
work week*, that, " tinseled
with a . + s bottle*,
which the. Ministry sem,had
caused the .sbo► tinting,
Jibe Sliperbstendent read a
letter from thepntario Mtinicipel
w
Ea ,. o o asking'
commission to su
*
reloolu-
tion by that
.ate' complaining
thatthemunicipaad representation
on, the Ontario Hydro rdof
Directors 'amsouneed by p
' incil Energy Minister Dare,-
McKeougb recently is
eat. ° The ,miaassi
Ided, 'thatthey r ] 4
their ss up of the resolution by
sending a letter to that effect to
MPP Murray Ga
The commiswas informed
that Bruce MeDomdd, bad l -
ered his , tender price for the
,pbmphoa *from $21,000
$19,000 and had been given the
contract. M1 that remains now
before the work cars. be started la
to : secure the i deed- for the
prop-
erty the. well is sitiated on.
Mr! Saxton told"
prices .badbeen'received for
multi -couplers necessary to allow
twor;more
cies on the P1Je
system. osi auris filen Cheirnaa
yst , 'C
rtoy,Bennett informed t mee
ing that the Winghatii a
trict Hospital wasloing.,i�d
possibility of -setting up a radio
system and Might be interested
in using ,one. of the frequencies
that would be available on the
PUC's asteria,
MBERS OF PC EXECUTIVE—Elected to office at the annual Meeting of the l-loron
,rogressive Conservative Assoc. in Clinton last Friday were: , R. E. McKinley, 'MP,
tionprary president; Mrs. Margaret Bennett, Wingham, vice-pres.; Alfred Hales, MP,
gtfest speaker and Clayton Laithwaite, Goderich, president.
er at PC annuai
government waste
but 15 days -later US President
Ncalixilnornitottlaoets)amvme et;ceii!71, flight to,
thr ,talltiberlesai "go,lact.out6ined4luit,
Wee iii 1 c; iteveti pert years
ago, they have spent more than
all the govermnents put together
since Confederation. He went on
to describe at least eight different
departments of government
somewhat misleading.. He lex-'
the books was money collected in
advance for debenture payments.
However, the debenture will not
show on the books its an .expendi-
ture until payment has been
made.
The auditor - commended the
commission for collecting a por-
tion of the debenture cost before
it was due in December as well as
its policy of investing extra cap-
ital in short terminvestments in
order to cushion the blow of the
debenture outlay. He. predicted
that, the outlook water works
inflation. I
As an example of the waste,
Mr. Haletp said in 1960, Under
1974 under Pierre Trudeau the
same official residence will cost
the Canadian people the sum of
"When the' energy crisis hit,
Trudeau and his government
asked the MP's to form car pools
take the bus, leave the car at
home, save fuel," Mr. Hales went
on to say. "But what did he'do in
early December? He took a
governemnt jet plane and flew to
Vancouver to attend a $100 per
.plate Liberal fund raising dinner,
burned up 6,000 gallons of jet fuel.
He said safety wouldn't let him
take a regular commercial flight,
WINGHAM AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL was en the receiv-
ing end of a donation from the Wingharn Lions Club, April 3.
The club pretented the hospital 'with a color television
which will be placed in the second floor solarium. On hand
for the presentation were Lloyd "Casey" Casemore, Lions
Clyb secretary; Russell Zurbrigg, the club's president;
Me§. Iris Morrey, the hospital's executive director; Archie
Hill, a club vice president, and G. W. "Bud" Cruickshank, a -
Lions past president. (Staff Photo)
that at cost of- Per olontli
they would
with the use
multicoupler for *sib*,
heated buildingandh 0 for the
base station as w as main
by the PUC
where 'millions of dollars have
6een wasted during the past
The guest speaker concluded
• his remarks by promising that if
government were elected in
Canada they would trim spen-
ding; give the House of Commons
more power over spending ; allow
the auditor -general to do a man-
agement audit; and limit the size
of the civil service.
Mr. Hales was introduced to
the gathering of over 200, who sat
down to a beef banquet, by Huron
MP Robert E. McKinley. Mr.
McKinley told the party
stalwarts that there is more talk
of an election around right now
than there has been for some
time.
"The NDP are starting to talk
about losing their credibility," he
added, "and pretty -soon they will
be willing to throw the Trudeau
government out of office."
Mr. McKinley also told the
gathering. that he hopes to obtain
some federal financial assistance
for the town of Goderich to help
develop the airport at Sky
Harbour, pointing out that this
project could be beneficial to the
industrial future of the area.
Re-elected to the 1974
association executive were: pre-
sident, Clayton Laithwaite, RR 1,
Goderich; vice-presidents, Ed-
ward Powell, RR 1, WinghaM;
Fred Heaman, RR' 3, Parkhill;
Mrs. Margaret Bennett,
Wingham ; Harry Hayter, Rit, 2,
Dashwood ; Roy Cousins,
Brussels; William Musser,
Exeter; Murray Cardiff, Ethel
and secretary -treasurer, Mrs.
Norma origg, Clinton.
Directors of the association
Clinton; Gerald Holmes, Clinton;
Edward Grigg, Clinton; V. L.
Becker, Dashwood ; • Glen Webb,
RR 2, Dashwood; James Don-
nelly, Goderich. WC director is
James Sills, Seaforth, while R. E.
McKinley and Elmer D. Bell,
Exeter, are honorary presidents.
J. T. Murphy, Clinton, was the
chairman for the evening's pro-
gram, and Mr. Laithwaite intro-
-Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Bal-
lagh and Lavonne visited last
Thursday with mr. and Mrs.
Claude Bronson and Carolyn of
Elmira. The occasion was the
51st wedding anniversary of Mr.
and Mrs. Ballag,h.
warehoese bigot
A fire last Friday *MAY des;
troyed the contents of a ware-
house belonging to Burke. Elec-
tric on Josephine St. The.
Wingham Fire Depmiment was
notified of the blaZe when a
passerby; Terry IVIerldey, noticed
smoke coming from the building
about 11:30 in the evening.
Firefighters were hampered in.
their efforts to get inside the
buildhig by heavy smoke. How-
ever, they managed to extinguish
and ventilate the blaze. Whigham
Fire Chief Dave Crothers said he
would estimate the damage at
$15,000 to the contents and $200 to
the building itself.
The fire is thought to have been
set by vandals and police have
two unidentified men in custody
for questioning in connection with
the blaze. Investigations are
being carried out by the town
police and Ken Pypher of the On-
tario Fire Mashers office.
Town police lay
charges under
Criminal Code
Wingham town police made
five investigations under the
Criminal Code with charges
being laid in three cases over the
past week.
On April 3, Ken Snowdon of
Winghtun was charged with as-
sault and causing a disturbance.
Mr. Snowdon was taken to
Walkerton jail and is being held
until he appears in court 'in
Goderich. On April 5, Stuart
Holloway Jr. was arrested and
charged with causing a dis-
turbance after police investi-
gated a reported fight near the
pool ralm.
Two juveniles were charged
with vandalism April 5, after .
police received a report that
someone had broken a window at
the IGA store on Josephine St.
Police also discovered that a car
in the store's parking lot hid been
The town police also laid two
charges under the Highway
Traffic Act and one charge under
the Liquor Control Act.
—Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pattison
and Mrs. Allan Pattison visited
on Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald WatsOn and sons of