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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-09-26, Page 1• Two is Two study , at the present mement theHuron y. ening Des The issue up for discus if a u noun l N i tg pei"mit throb , the with one set of roles .. app ' - to rural muni ipttlitde�s and 'another for urban • ' end • hich attention ;is being given 11 the lability .a Holding Zoning .Bylaw to give low councils control 'over .development until such Mile as secondarypiens zoning ws , have been. ap- •proved n conjunction vith p� ty �cial.�l�n� Planning Director Garry Davidson told council:,: there should probably be one uniform building permit across the - county., especially in the"rural municipalities with a wide variety of building problems. The case of Bridge Motors just outside ^.Wingham in Morris Towihip,was cited as a prime example of the type of proms' ..0 41 toes under study by Huron Planning Department WWI can Occur. • . 1 '., t Motors, conetnoteda d . . u ' on the Iforii Township PO building peras 'required. tw Rowever, uponmaking ap- l� for weft to the i- way, the Ministry of ,. ,tion and Communications denied Bye Motors a permit to corm struct a driveway 'since Huron's "ing Board advised the MTC• the: Bridge Motors operation ma* in conflict to the provisions in Huron 'County's Offtclai Plan, While there is stili some dispute the Bridge Motors oration, Gary Davidson said the premises would be primarily a 'car' dealership which is not striictly an agricultuureareiated enterprise a as: was permitted by the official plan, warden Bill Elston, reeve of Morris Township, said the Bridge Motors operation was a good th1 g for the comimunity", He indicated the company would deal in farm machinery, a much. needed service in the Wingham area, as well as `other modes of Charles Thomas, r eve of Grey Township, Naked what was wrOng with the Badge Motors develop- x t and acrd it was as fain related as some othe'develop- ments recently permitted X on agricultural land in, Huron. "It seems to depend where the agricultural land is and who it ' affects," mused Gederich, deputy -reeve Stan Profit. He recalled the uproar in that area n. regarding the Hydro line crossing prime agricultural land. "Now they'resaying Bridge Motors is a good thyS," Profit, reasoned. "ft may be, but it is.eti l agricultural land going out of 'production." Reeve Her. Mcllwan of Goderich Township said.he knew the area in question quite well and toldcouncil only a very small portion of agricultural land was being used for commerical development, Bridge Motors purchased 180 acres offarm band, most of which is still in farm production. Only the portion of land formerly %coiled by the . . farm •i bei used for'ths Motors buil. Reeve Moines also: adv' council tbsrt:peoplewere mewed about the -btkilding, rvulationt‘yy, from m1 �1� ty, to •r T., laity' Clerk John Berry said; ' noticed that some people mod the building ,permit es 'us Proval to build, In some cash,: however, a taxi . Overcook required before construction can begin ens may l develop p in t...lts area unl something is done to ,stream the procedure followed in isOing.2 'building; permits. Gary .Davidson said that aboet' 19 Municipalities in Huron stilldo not have zoning bylaws to con land use. "Development may be :ec- uring in some ffitmicipolitios •which they 'don't w t but c'e little . authority t control " Davidseri explained. 110.' d a holding Zoning bylaw Mild .l. development under author* of the county plan- until the ins - ".dual municipalities s could get their zoning bylaws Passed. Mr» DavideOn said this was not. to be confused, witha, bylaw to freeze land. In fact, ,he told council that if the 'gilding; zoning bylaw as adapted, ' there is a real possibility the land freeze on Colborne and Goderich would be lifted by the provincial govern, ment. ' ►We're suggesting .a ',holding bylaw based on the Official Plan," said Mr. Davidson, "Rather than freezing ev as it is, it would allow develop- ment under the authority of the county plan," • The planning director offered the services.ofihis department to x any municipality who would like to have a, county planning em - lee . att8nd a; regular council Meeting --for �,�� hold . dit� a ding zoning bylaw. LOCAL CAR DEALER .Al Bridge is facing a dilemma over the .location of his car dealership on Hwy. 86. After committing in the neighborhood of $100,000 to the project he has been told that he cannot locate at the site be - R'' cause the county's official plart designates it as agricultural. . The situation was discussed at County Council on Friday, but Mr. Bridge is still in the i dark about the building's future. (Staff Photo) Plans for WAMR project stalled Bill Stephenson, president of the Wingham Association for the Mentally Retarded, told a WAMR general meeting at Wingham Public School on Monday that plans for a developmental centre for the Wingham area have been stalled because the government isn't convinced that such a centre is required in the area. The president said the govern- ment hasn't turned thumbs down on the project but hasn't given the go-ahead either. He explained that one of the doubts that have arisen in the minds of the provin- cial bureaucracy is the fact that only 15 mentally retarded young- sters from the Wingham area. would be using the building and then, , because of the WAMR ' charter, they would only use it for five half days' a week. President Stephenson said the association must convince Queen's Park that other organi- zations will take advantage of the centre. A meeting between WAMR representatives and Chil- dren's Aid;officials was planned for Wednesday evening to try and work out a sharing arrangement by those two bodies. There have also been plans to integrate the town's efforts at the Day Care Centre with the WAMR project. Mrs. Florence Reavie, princi- pal of Golden Circle School, and Mrs. Alison Jackson, the area protective services co-ordinator for the mentally retarded, took the floor to explain - the new government policy recently set out in Community and Social Services Minister Rene Bru- nelle's Bill 7. Mrs. Reavie explained that the new program, designed to nor- malize the lives of Ontarians who are either physically or mentally handicapped, was drawn up after a raft of government studies into the needs of the handicapped in the province. These studies were initiated by the Ministry of Health under Robert Welch and continued after government re. structuring placed the care of the handicapped in the hands Of the Ministry, of Community and Social Services. The speaker said the program is designed . to integrate handi- capped people into society at large and has set a target date of 1979 for phasing out 50 per cent of the present institutional care for the mentally retarded in favor of smaller, more normal, commu- nity residences. The government also plans to pay .100 per cent of the costs in- curred in setting up developmen- tal centres and the like. In recent years the government's share of the bills has risen from 50 per cent grants to 80 per cent and now 100 per cent. Mrs. Reavie noted that while WAMR is specifically pond to the existing Community interested in bettering the lives of and Social Services districts. At mentally retarded people, the present the Ontario Association government's new policy also in- for the Mentally, Retarded has -its eludes other handicapped indivi- services broken down among 15 duals. Therefore before the prov- districts. There have been sug- ince starts doling out grants it gestions that the OAMR may re - will judge the needs of all before organize along the lines of the going ahead. Ministry districts to enable the The new program also calls for two bodies to co-ordinate their better social and welfare coun- selling for retarded individuals to provide them with a chance to integrate into society more ,easily. The Ministry, having organized its program, has broken the prov- ince into 20 areas, which corres- activities. Mrs. Jackson explained her position and a little history of its origins. She commented that in 1968 or 69 services for the men- tally retarded and handicapped were split among three or four government ministries and /Mrs. Jennie Mosure is still active • MRS. JENN°IE MOSURE celebrated her 102nd birthday on Monday at the Fordwich Nursing Home. Mrs. Mosure, who was born in Wales, has lived in the Fordwich area since she was seven years old and was active in the life of the comr'nv- nity until her falling eyesight and hearing prevented her from being so. Mrs. Jennie Mosure has more than met a prediction she made on her 96th birthday. On that day she said she would see her tooth birthday; this week Mrs. Mosure is 102 years old. Mrs. Mosure was born in Wales on September 23, 1872 and came to Canada in 1879, when she was seven years old. Her family settled in the Fordwich area and Mrs. Mosure has lived ih the region ever since. During her married life Mrs. Mosure gained quite a reputation in the area as s seamstress and for a time worked at tailoring. After the death of her husband, George,. in 1943, sh'e lived alone until failing eyesight and hearing Necessitated her entrance as the first resident of the Fordwich Village Nursing Home in 1965. Mrs. Mosure was active in the community Where she spent most of her life and was a charter member of the Fordwich Ladies' Orange Lodge of wviich she was an active member for more than 60 years. Although for the most part she is confined to the nursing home, Mrs. Mosure still takes an active interest in the community site has been so much a part of for 05 years. branches. Community and Social_ Serv- ices, Mrs. Jackson said, looked after benefits and workshops, the Ministry of Health oversaw the institutions within the communi- ties, the OAMR was involved with community associations and the Attorney -General's office was responsible for the duties of pub- lic trustees and legal advisers. In trying to bring all the threads together the agencies aceddepart- ments involved bega a to hold meetings and discuss co-ordina- tion of programs. They then con- ducted a pilot study into the needs of mentally retarded adults and found that out of 100 individuals involved in the project only two really needed the type of institu- tions presently set up to care for them. For the most part they could function on their own. According to Mrs. Jackson, that is where she comes in. While the majority of mentally re- tarded people can live indepen- dently, there are social needs that must be taken care of for them because they are simply un- aware that certain services exist or that they have certain rights. The co-ordinator said her pur vie* includes arranging accom- modations, jobs, setting • up trusteeships and even arranging such simple things as dental appointments for the mentally retarded in her area. As well she must co-ordinate programs with local associations for the men- tally retarded so that the best services are supplied. The whole aim of her job, she said, is to make the transition from institutional living to normal living as easy as possible by using existing facilities and co-ordinating the introduction of new ones. and Mrs. Eric Elliott of Ottawa Visited last week with her brother., Ken Currie and Mrs. Currie, They also visited with Mr: and Mrs. Russell Gaunt, Mr. and Mr*, Jaynes E. Currie and Misys Leah Currie. • FISHERMAN DON RAE of 'Wingham had his patience pay of#Fat Monday. Don :landed a 21 -pound salmon, almost as big as�.' his yoi .-plans to have "the one that didn't get' away" txtp int ra f Ir h t .eating .a lob of salmon sal dsandwiches ln'the near futuri . 'rC 1 Maw'. Ca"•F,... ,.'1:i^Art•::F7Pr*. • l4 iuronview may rorty natural gas Natural gas eposits in Stanley Township and .Goderich Town- ship may soon be a source of heat for Huronview, Huron's home for the aged just outside Clinton: It was learned at last week's county council meeting thatMoffat Lake Explorations Inc. hs applied to the Energy Board for a franchise to, supply gas to Tuckersmith Township and the company has agreed to supply gas to Huron - view at 95 cents per Mcf. This price is guaranteed to September 1, 1976. Anson McKinley, reeve of Stanley Township, told council he hopes the deal with Moffat Lake Explorations goes through. "We had hoped to have it completed by this fall but probably it will be next year now," he said. The price of fuel oil for Huronview is now 33.9 cents per gallon, an increase of 16.47 cents or a whopping 94 percent since Walton man in serious condition Neil McClure of RR 1, Walton is in serious condition in St. Joseph's Hospital in London with skull, chest, spine and abdomen injuries he sustained in a two -car collision on County Road 25 on Saturday. He was rushed to Wingham and District Hospital following the accident but due to the seriousness of *his injuries he was later transferred to the London Hospital. A passenger in the McClure car, Catherine Barbour, of RR 2, Bluevale was treated in the Wingham hospital for scalp lacerations, injured ribs and left femur. She is listed in satis- factory condition. Two Stratford men in the other car, driver Ronald Davis and passenger Jeffrey Lyoness, were treated for injuries and released from hospital. Mr. Davis suffered facial cuts and a fractured right shoulder while Mr. Lyoness suffered facial lacerations. The collision is under investi- gation by the Goderich OPP detachment. CORRECTION In last week's write-up of three infants presented for baptism at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church the name of Mr. and Mrs. David Edward' daughter should have been Taney► Colette. October 1973! Mr. McKinley also advised council that the Huronview committee has become 'con- cerned with number of young adult retardees admitted to the home in recent months, He said there are a great many other young adult retardees thro 1. t the county who will no dour require care in- years to come. "Our concern is increased since we are opertaing at or near capacity and our waiting list of senior citizens continues to grow," said peeve McKinley. Chester Archibald, ad- ministrator at Huronview, agreed the Home is near capacity. He reported that 297 residents presently live at Huronview with five more. in hospital at the present time bringing the population at Huron iew.to 302. Capacity is 310. Mr. Arhcibald said that four more people are scheduled for admit nce to Huronview in the near future. "And this month the committee is faced with the largest number of applications for admittance ever," said Mr. Archibald. Mr. McKinley told council •of a recent meeting with John Caro; supervisor of protective services, community services develop- ment branch, Mentally Retarded Division of the Ministry of Community and Social Services. Council learned a protective service worker is to be located in Huron by April of 1975. The Ministry feels that men- tally retarded adults can best be cared for in foster homes in their own communities rather than being institutionalized. "The problem comes in trying to find homes in the communities to take this type of patient and care for them," said Mr. McKinley. "Me committee can foresee the day when this could be a major problem," Reeve McKin- ley stated. "If Huronview is the only place provided for these people, it could deprive senior citizens of the facilities which have been provided for them." "The next couple of years may bring some answers," Reeve McKinley went on. "But it will take a little bit of understanding on the part of society in general, and ourselves at leaders' to try to bring this about." In other business, council appointed the• restructuring committee with Warden W. J. Elston as chairman and John Baker, of thlNksall, Joe Kerr of r I incardlrne i rte', 1 ..stutyir4t l • s Wingham, Everett Mcflwain, Goderich Township and Lloyd t. Ferguson,` isborne as members; approved the increase for fuel (25 per cent) requested by,..the,' Social Service Committee tor those persons on welfare in. Huron County; and learned that the $220,000 addition to the Huron Perth , Regional Assessment ice will be officially opened ovember 14. 1 ALONG THE MAIN DRAG B) Thr. i'Pdestrian FIGURE SKATING— Registration for the Wingham Figure Skating Club will be held at the arena Friday, October 4 from four to seven o'clock and on Saturday, Oct. 5 from one to four. Y. Skating will be available for all age groups. 0-0-0 TWIRL GIRLS— The Wingham Deb -U -Ton ° majorettes have completed a busy season, representing this community in several outside events. Classes are now reopening for the fall season for all girls who are interested in joining. Call Patti Robertson. 0-0-0 ARTHRITIS BLITZ— The Wingham Kinette Club will be conducting their annual door- to-door canvas for the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society next Monday, Sept. 30. So, when the doorbell ring please give as generously as you can. 0-0-0 HERE WE GO AGAIN — Remember that picture of the famous Jamestown girls' ball team? A letter signed "One of the players" says the Jamestown girls beat the Bluevale girls by a 13-2 score, and "that third girl was not Mary MacDonald but Mary Smith, now Mrs. John Snell." We won't argue; we weren't there. 0--0—e PAPER DRIVE— Now, what are you supposed to remember about Oct. 5? That's right, that's the date for the first Cub and Scout Paper Drive of the season. We hope that you are saving all those old papers because the boys are countitsit on You.