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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-06-06, Page 1fi • sday, Aline 0, 1974 non =nom r t 'A representative from Bell Canada was on hand at Menders Council meeting to explain why, , rates in the Wingham area will be subject to a 25 cent per phone in- crease this year. Council hid deCided at the last meetIng that such a representativt3Wuld at- tend this month's council meeting GARY BAUER Gary Bauer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bauer of Wing - ham, graduated from the. University of Guelph On May 22 with the degree, of Bachelor of Science in Human Kinetics. illA ALONG THE MAIN ORA k: The l'eth..trian VISITORS FROM ENGLAND Winkham, visited with Wen here for several days last *lee They left on Wednesday • of t week for their home in southe England. Mr. and Mrs. Hamm ton operated the photo studio a retail store when they lived Wingham, returning to Engla 16 years ago. SUCCESSFUL TELETHON— Last Saturday the Canadia Arthritis and Rheumatism Soc ety, with the aid of CKNX, put a very successful telethon. great many people deserv • lhanks for volunteering the time and money to the cause. Th actual total has not been release yet but as soon as it is we wi notify you. By the way, you ca still send donations to CARS b mailing them to Box 817, Win ham, Ont. FISH DERBY— The Wingham Sportsmen' • Club held their seventh annu Fishing Derby for Handicappe Children on Sunday. Darrell Zim merman of Wingham won the derby by snagging a 13 and 5/8 inch rainbow trout. Wayne Leachman was the lucky winner in a draw for a dressed pig. 0-0-0 SNOWMOBILE TRAILS— There will be an inaugural meeting of the Wingham and Dis- trict Snowmobile Club in the tOwn's council chambers op June 10 at 8 p.m. All snowmobilers are ELECTION CANDIDATES— Well, the time is drawing near when we should be taking notice of the issues and personages in the current election campaign. In our riding of Huron -Middlesex all three major parties have nom- inSted the candidates of their choice. The Conservative can- didate for the election will the in- cumbent for the riding, Bob Mc- Kinley ; the NDP has nominated Shirley Weary and the Liberal party's hope is John Lyndon. Keep your eye on these candi- dates, come July 8. You'll have to chose one to represent you. SWIMMING REGISTRATION— The time has come again to register for swimming instruc- tion and Recreation Director Jim Ward tells us that this year an experimental "mail in" registra- tion form will be used. The forms will be distributed to school chil- dren at their schools. Anyone in- terested in registering more than one child is asked to make ap- plications on separate sheets of paper giving the same informa- tion and forward With the form. after they received a letter front Bell informing them of the in - The representative told council ° that the ntunber of telephones in the "%Ingham exchange has ex- ceeded the number in its group- ing, Group 4, which allows 2004 to 5,000 phones, by over 5 per cent and the increase is a matter of course. Councillor Jack Gillespie want- ed to know if there would be a further rate increase in 1976 when become toll-free exChanges. He was told there would be an in- crease to help compensate for the loss of the toll charges but ' the comphny would still lose on the Councillor Tim Willis was upset because the rates, are based on the MIMber of telephones, includ- extensions, rather than the number of actual subscribers. The Bell spokesman agreed that the company had received crit- icism on that count but said that unles8 the legislation binding both the federal government and the telephone company is chang- ed`the .situation Would persist. Moving into the council's reg- ular agenda Mayor DeWitt Miller told council that the Boy Scouts would not be able to use the old pN station because CN had rent4 ed the building to Harkema TranspOrt, He said the ScOuts had been informed of the situation. Hotel License On the matter. of the ManOr Hotel, the mayor said the town's solicitor' agreed that then council could send a letter to the Liquor Control Board AS that *be had added that a petition fronft the public Would probably baar great deal of weight with the board. COUncillor. Jack Hayes said he had been in touch with the owner of the hotel, Al Watson, and sait, sonable explanation for the eit00, tions that have arisen, Mr. Hay* added that Mr. WatsOn felt .-he; was being dealt %/tit unjustly in the matter. - Council decided to ask the town,' solicitor to come to a ceuncit meeting and explain his advice more fully. Councillor Bill Harris aske4-.. what was the use of declaring ' "clean Up Week" in town foi. residents when the lawn in fron Centre', Edward St. zones changed to residentiql The Wingtam Planning Board has decided that it will remove the commercial zoning -designa- tion of the east side of Edward St. and the west side of Centre St. from the town's draft zoning by- law; — at least for the vresent. That change wai oni of three major decisions made at the board's May 29 meeting. The other changes will virtually wipe 1 the, railway lands designation from the town zoning map except . for the land presently under the CN tracks and will allow resi- dences iti the commercial zone mmth. otthe Hanna Bridge, near — Oeorge*andMartlut St. to con - m., Clime ekIsting)Mtlaulltesidentlal ds , area under a special zoning see- k. tion. his The, change in the Centre and rn Edward St. areas involves the er- changing of the commercial zone nd boundary, at the suggestion of in County Planner Gary .Davidson, nd so that. it runs along the back lot line of the homes which were pre- viously included in the zone. Mr. Davidson ruled out the possibility of leaving the area in ith former designation and allowing people free Options as to the use of 'their on property because he felt that the A residents would be unhappy with the deterioration of neighboring ir homes which might be sold for e d conimercial ventures. He said 11 such deterioration is, quite com- mon in such situations. The board generally agreed Y that it isn't likely that new busi- g- nesses will swamp the area, how- ever they did feel that they should keep their eye on the commercial growth in town. Mr. Davidson al summed it up by commenting planners felt that such a buffer . C'ouncil which demanded that the Ontario Mickey Association con- duct its,own inquiry into violence in oinor hOckey and set up an arena, vile:: committee within its orgam*Sation. The resolution also cattalo* the on to support fully the provincial' inquiry into violence in hockey and provide police protection for , fans and players durinekgames: Before endorsing the resolution some councillors commented oo ng at possible sites for re- , Please turn to Page 13 definition to alloW the residences locating sports 44cilities. ion of a C5-1 zone., from 66 feet of frontage. The county planner told the board This, C5-1 zone will not allow 7 ., any further residential devekop- that such reductions in lot size ment in the area but allows pre- could be afforded without cl,ang- sent residents the full range of ing the bylaw provisions. He options they would have in a resi- explained that anyone wishing to build on land smaller than that dential zone. Any further development in the area would be stipulated by the bylaw could commercial. It should be noted apply for , a "minor '' variance" that a notice of this particular ruling from the county's Com - change will be circulated to the mittee of Adjustment. It is not interested residents and they uncommon for that conunittee to must apply for the special zoning okay building *on lots 20 Per cent or their property. If they don't smaller than the bylaw allows. apply their homes will not be The board did decide to reduce that the town must decide wheth- zone was not necessary anY er it wanted a larger downtown longer since virtually all train core or wanted development tO, traffic has ceased. follow the highway. The board The board alsO discussed th4,- seemed to opt for the highway. posiibility of re -zoning the Ball, The decision that the town will Park as commercial. That sug-., ,probably be better- off growing gestion was turned down because along Hwy. 4 was the basis for the the board did not want to commit decision to modify the corn- the town, the. landowner in thiS , mercial zoning restrictioni in the case, to such a designation untila, George and Maitha St. area. new site for a ballpark had been4; Under the new designation the arranged. At thislime members' area would primarily be zoned of the town's Recreation and . C5, as it is now, but a new rider CommunitY Centres bOard are dense Would be added to the C5 1 ki Of the municipal offiCes is a "dis. ,grace". CoUriellior Will* Said he did not think the area was laoking too bad. CounCillOr Marg Bennett then demanded that COUncillor Willis take a look at the laWri. The when Mr. 'Willis, Mrs. Bennett and Councillor Jack BatesOn went outside to inspect the lawn, When they returned Councillor Willis conceded to cotmcil that there are sortie partS of the lawn that had not been mowed. Mrs. Bennett further exclainied that the job most certainly had not been done properly. Council heard a letter from the provincial government tnforming them that the town's roads sup- plement subsidy would be $20,000 for construction and 91,000 for maintenance. That brings the town's total road subsidy to the neighborhood of $60,000% Public Works Chairman Joe Kerr announced to council that the cost of rebuilding Frances St. alone this year had been set at $7400‘and on top of that there were other repairs that will total Hockey Violence reselution from thePeel Regional The. 'resulting zoning would. be Thw -members also discuss riga 411-' given the special status and will remain commercial land and thus non -conforming under the bylaw. In effect they will be spot zoned under the new definition. The board decided that the buffer zone around the CNR tracks shOuld be wiped out and the lands freed from that zoning should take on the zoning desig- nation of abutting zones. That decision was made because the the amount of floor space nec- 'easary in single family homes from 1,000 square feet to 900 square feet. The board will hold at least one more meeting before it takes the final draft bylaw to the public again. At its next meeting the board plans to take one last look at the changes it has made to the bylaw and set a date for a public meeting. HARLEY CRAWFORD had something of historical interest to present to the president of the Wingham Lions Club, Russell Zurbrigg. Mr. Crawfoed had found a charter night pro gram from the first Lions Club in ,Wingharn which was founded in 1923, more than ten years before the present club was fdunded. Mr. Zurbrigg accepted the program and it will be placed in the Lions' archives. (Staff Photo) CATHY EDGAR, a teacher at Wingham Public School, demonstrates ip hoMemade balance scale which has been on display at a teachers' centre at 'the school Over the past three infeks. The centre was conducted after school and teachers from most of the public schools in, the area attended the sessions on one of the nine nights of operation../The idea behind the teachees' centre is to bring teachers and their ideas together. The,,displays consisted of games, homemade equipment and various drills aimed at.bringing edb closer to the students' environment. (Staff ,Photo ansWers 3 calls Fireman attached to the Wingham and District Volunteer Brigade were called out to three small fires over the past Week. The first occured 'last Thursday tnorning at the , home- of Ed Gilmour in Gorrie. Fire Chief Dave Crothers reported that .a heat lamp which had been used to keep water pipes warm during the winter had accidentally been turned on in the basement of Mr. Gilmour's home. However, the chief reported a blaze was avert- ed and the damage sustained was minimal. ' On Friday, firemen rushed to the scene of a car accident on. Hwy. 86, near the Maitland River Bridge in Grey Twp. They quickly extinguished a fire in a car belonging to Levi Carter of Listowel.. On Saturday, Robert Ruttan of RR 3, Wingham turned in an alarm when a children's play- house near his home caught fire. The Wingham brigade had no trouble putting the small fire out. 1. E. after 32 Thirty-two years of dedicated service terminated on Friday, MaSr 31st, when Mrs. Iris E. Mor- rey's resignation from the Wing - ham and District Hospital took effect. During Mrs. Morrey's term as lady superintendent, ad- ministrator and executive direct- or she was the guiding factor in three additions to the original hospitAil.The first addition was in 1945, the second in 1955 and the last in 1965, bringing the institu- tion to its present capacity of 104 beds. Mrs. Morrey graduated as a registered nurse from tWGIen- ville Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1929. Following graduation and a short term of duty she returned to Canada, and in 1932 took psychia- tric training at the Ontario Hos- pital in London, Ontario. During ° the war years of 1941-42 she was a Red Cross instructor. It was on June 1st, 1942, following the un- timely death of her husband, Jail board, county council agreement to be drawn up Huron's Historic Jail Board will be given approval by Huron County Council to use the former jail for whatever is deemed ad- visable by them, providing the terms of an agteement, expected to be drawn up and signed short- ly. are met. Property Committee Chairman Harold Wild reported to council the Huron Historic Jail Board is an indivividual board and not a cosubu-cncoimi. mittee of Huron County He §aid the terms of the agree- ment*ith that board will provide that any structural' altergtions to the property in question must be approved by the property com- mittee; that the organization will adhere to any parking restric- tions that will be necessarily im- posed by the property com- mittee; that while the county will carry insurance as to liability and fire protection, it will be the responsibility of the jail board to carry sufficient liability insur- ance, cOntent insurance etc., for their own protection; that the jail board will be responsible for the maintenance and operating costs ot the building and ground and eniure that the building will be maintained in a safe mariner; and the agreement will be for five years with option to renew. Chairman of the jail board is former Goderich reeve and county councillor Paul Carroll. It is understood the jail board has plans to open the jail this sum- mer, providing plans are not altered by unforeseen diffi- In speaking concerning the recommendations of the property committee, Chairman Wild said it was his belief that the jail board was comprised of sincere, dedicated people who deserved a chance to do what they could to bring the former jail into the limelight as an historic building and tourist attraction for Huron County. —ViSitors over the weekend with Mrs. Gershom Johnston, Catherine Street, were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Johnston of Vic - Johnston of St. Pauls, Mrs. William Stanley of Lucknow, Jim Johnston of Listowel, . Mr. and Mrs. Ken Johnston and their daughter, Mrs. Garry Black, and Mr. Black of Clinton. • yeare,s0vice whom she married in 1934, that Mrs.' Morrey came to Wingham as lady superintendent for the' then 18 -bed hospital which was founded in ,1906 by the late Dr. John Kennedy. Later in 1942 Mrs. Morrey started a school for nursing as- sistants to ease the shortage of nurses in the hospital. When the Apologies The Advance -Times extends apologies to any householders who may have been inconvienced by our error in last week's paper. We unintentionally referred to the date of the Boy Scout paper drive as June 1. The correct date is June 8 -- this coming Saturday. The mistake occurred because, in writing the "Main Drag" column we listed several other events for June 1. In order to avoid any repetition of such an error The Advance -Times will, in future, refrain from publishing these free "plugs" unless written copy is in our hands from the sponsors of such events. Each will be assessed on the basis of its charitable character and adver- tising charges will be made where applicable. We certainly did understand the annoyance of tfie paper drive sponsors when an incorrect date was published, but we were less appreciative of a telephone call which was explicit in regard to our inefficieney hut failed to mention the (act that we had boosted the event for weeks — without charge. We will not make that error again. registered nursing asSistant pro- gram Came into force under the Hon. Russell T. Kelly, minister of health, this program was modi.. fied to conform to that of the'Pro- vince - of Ontario. In 1969 the school moved into the present building erected by the Ontario Hospital ServicesCommission on the hospital complex, which pro- vides excellent facilities for the training of 23 nursing assistants tYienAauiriwniga.yeds ucation, Mrs. Morrey 'a firm believer in con- h'4s been instrumental in encour- aging many of the staff to partici- pate in the various short courses and seminars offered. Mrs. Mor- rey has been a member of the On- tario Hospital Association and the Canadian Hospital Associa- tion since 1963. Prior to 1966, when she was admitted to the Americin College of Hospital Administrators and the Ameri- can Academy of Medical Admin- istrators, Mrs. Morrey graduated from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg with full honors in hospital administration. She is also a member of the Canadian College of Health Service Execu- tives and the National Purchas- ing Committee. Over the years she has also taken an active part in the hospital administrators' section of District Number Two of the Ontario Hospital Associa- tion. During her years as executive head of the Wingham and District Hospital Mrs. Morrey ha in- stituted many elinecal services in connection with this institution. Notable are the clinics for X -ray - gastric, Red Cross blood bank, cancer clinic. tuberculosis pre- vention, ophthalmology, internal medicine, child asthmatic clinic, paediatric and psychiatry. "Meals.on Wheels" also has been a hospital service for several years. As she retires from this execu- tive position it is the wish of all staff members of the various de- partments in the hospital, and residents of Wingham and the surrounding townships which the hospital has served for decades, that she may enjoy many years of relaxation in het garden and the freedom to enjoy travel and per- use her many hobbies, typical of her wide range of interests. Mrs. Morrey has been succeed- ed by Norman Ilayes, a recent graduate in hospital administra- tion, who has been in Wingham since April 15th.