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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-04-03, Page 1'111000040110,0 rs MI , CR Iscrip_flo In 1* -d;U.1, AIM FIAT' SI+ICN ConIi te destruction o Lakelet home in fire A fire in Lakelet completely destroyed the home of Peter Boelke Monday and almost spread to the adjoining general store. Both the Wingham and Clifford Fire Departments were called to Lakelet shortly after one o'clock Monday afternoon but arrived too late to save the Boelke residence. The Wingham Fire Department said they were just able to stop the fire from spreading to the adjoining -build- ing. Chief Dave Crothers said the flames were so hot that the eaves of the adjoining general store were smouldering and the shingles had started to melt. Mr. Boelke was away from home when the fire started. Mrs. Boelke escaped safely, suffering some singeing in the process, Mr. Boelke said the fire officials speculated that the fire may have started near the chimney, but said they had reached no definite conclusions. Mr. and Mrs. Boelke and their two children will be staying wither. Boelke's brother until other arrangements are completed. "I don't know what we're going to do," he said as he surveyed the smoking ruins of his home, "I'm going to have to sit down and think about it." The fire was out several hours later, but the sight of the smouldering ruins was no less. awesome, A car that had been parked near the house was a hollow shell, with only the frame still intact. Burnt paper swirled above the ruins of the house. Most of the , fu ::nitur. a was unrecog- nimble, so complete was the odevastation. The Clifford Fire _Department trucks were just starting to leave around four o'clock that afternoon, and the neighbors were still pouring water onto the roof of a shed in the backyards to stop the smouldering. The Boelke family had lived in the house fdr only about a year. Prior to its conversion into a resi- dence, that building served as the community hall and had been a Methodist church before that. It ' was one of the oldest buildings in the Village of Lakelet. Wingham to seek land for future expansion Wingham may be planning to is expand—if the town can find the place to do it on. A shortage of land for residential; commercial and industrial growth is the latest problem facing , the Wingham planning board. The shortage of land is no secret and is nota very recent development. Gary Davidson, Huron County planning director, 41, admitted the town "is strapped for land" and said he was aware. the surrounding area&is therefore under increasing pressure fo'r development demands. Bob Middleton, chairman of the Wingham Planning Board, is no stranger to the problem, either. Both planners cited a recent case involving a Wingham car dealer who ran into difficulties New chairman, .by-laws Wingham hospital for The Wingham and District man, chairman, Dr. J. C. Mc - Hospital Board of Governors held Kim, Harold Elliott and Gerald its inaugural meeting last. Wed- Gibson; Property Committee, nesday, and -it proceeded with all Wallace Conn, chairman, J. V. the expertise to be expected from . Fischer, Dr. L. L. Clarke, How- * a boird of mostly veterans. and Walker and Robert Gibson; There were only two new faces in . Public Relations Committee, the 17 board members elected for Mrs. Audrey Ritter; chairman; 1975,_.and_.i0nth Wingham Mayor Do„,Buttun,, Jack Reavie and Jack lteavie and Wingham rep- ° Dr. L. L. Clarke. Robert Gibson resentative Gerald .Gibson were was appointed to serve on the sufficiently versed in board pro- Joint Conference Committee cedures to make the board meet- along with the standing members ing one of the shortest ever. who form the committee, includ- DeWitt Miller was elected ing the chairman, vice-chairman, chairman for 1975, with Jack executive director and three of - Hodgins acclaimed vice -chair- ficers of the medical staff. man. Gord Baxter and John *Strong were re -appointed for they, offices of treasurer and secre- tary, respectively. The election of the management \committee was a first at the meeting, since this procedure became binding this year tinder the new administra- tive by-laws. Elected to the man- • agement committee were: Jack Hodgins, chairman, Boris Mil- osevic, J. It. Kaufman, M. J. Craig and Dr. B. Hanlon. Standing committee members were appointed at a short confer- ence of the management com- mittee. These were: Finance and Auditing Committee, J. R. Kauf- a 0 • r • r 1 • The 1975 -board members heard only good news at the inaugural meeting, with the best news com- ing from the Ministry of Health in a letter of_ official approval for the administrative and medical staff by-laws. The process of by- law revision and review has dragged on for many years now, with corporation approval of changes voted at the 1974 and 1975 annual meetings. With ministry approval, the new by-laws can now be fully implemented by • the board. The regulations binding the board and the hospital up to this time were over ten years old. "Milieu If this Is r gel take wintert oast week providesme sunny days, but the winfiea ac an edge like,a carving f w ekend however Produced, Ole unkindest cut of al ° On Sunday a fierce made driving all but Impossible and left two or three oa fresh snow on. the ground Priv- Jug was hazardous **quite* fes►; drivers found out when they landed in roadside dite es.0 with his expansion plans. Dealer Allan Bridge built a $100,000 showroom southeast of Wingham on Highway 86 in Morris Town- ship, and immediately ran into difficulties acquiring an entrance permit to the highway from the Ministiy of Transportation who used opposition from the county planning department as their support. The planning depart- ment, in turn, based their opposi- tion on agricultural land location principles. ,The planning depart- ment epartment eventually revised their - stand. But Wingham still lost a source of potential revenue be- cause Mr. Bridge said ,he was forced to relocate outside the town''' for lack of available land. Mr. Middleton said he hopes better planning could prevent a repeat of the Bridge incident. The first step in preventive action will be a "preliminary" talk with rep- resentatives of neighboring Turnberry, Morris and East • Wawanosh townships. "If, and that's a big if, we decide we have to expand, we want `fo see what the feeling of the townships is," he explained. The county plan- ning department has suggested that any town expansion be just northwest of Wingham in Turn - berry Township, but Mr. Middle- ton said that area was less than ideal because of prevailing winds carrying industrial pollutants across the town. A possible area for annexation is Lower Town at the western edge of Wingham; the area belongs to Ttirnberry Township. The meeting with the neigh- boring townships is scheduled for April 28 and the outcome is un- certain. "It's still 'something we're going to have to discuss," Mr. Middleton concluded. A SMOULDERING RUIN wait all that was left after a fire destroyed the home of Peter Boelke of Lakelet Monday. The building, whichwas formerly the community hall, was Lions to sponsor exchange program Members of the Lions Clubs in District A9 are making plans to host summer visits from ex- change students from various parts of the world. The district, which extends fromOwen Sound in the north to Kitchener in the south, is looking forward to receiving some 35 students from Texas, 40 from Minnesota, six from Japan, two from California, three fedi* , G orgla,1 Quebec from Norway, six frons Quebec and hopefully, some from Western Canada. The students will spend one week in private residence, one week at Wildwood Park, St, Marys, and then return to the homes of their hosts for one week. Their visit to Ontario begins on July 12. The Wingham Lions Club hopes to host a visit from one or two of the students and would like an interested localstudent to con- tact the club about returning with an exchange student in August to spend some time with that young person. Any high school student who would be interested in -this ex- change program sponsored by the Lions Club is asked tocontact Bill Keil, chairman of the youth exchange committee, at 357-2636. MAYOR JACK REAVIE enloys a snack after attending the inaugural meeting of the Wingham and District Hospital Board last Wednesday. Mayor Reavie and Gerald Gibson are the only new members of the board for 1975. NEW BOARD MEMBER inaugural meeting of the Board last week. Gerald Gibson relaxes after the Wingham and District Hospital completely levelled by the blaze Even the car parked by the house was burned and a roof fire was started on a neigh- bor's property by sparks from the blaze.. HPRC board questions ministry's announcement Minister of Education Thomas Wells' announcement that the expenditure of ceiling per ele- mentary school pupil would be raised $50 in 1975 came in for some comment at the Huron Perth Roman Catholic School Board's, meeting in Seaforth Monday night of last, weep::- ' ` de*h Trustee Vince Young said. in his opinion, Wells was getting "a lot of print but not say- ing much", because although the ceiling per pupil was up, most boards face a declining enrol- ment. Business Administrator 'Jack Lane Said the per pupil allotment was based on the average daily enrolment which is calculated three times a year. Mr. Youngsaid announcements like Wells' , make negotiations harder because people think "we're getting a lot more money." Mr. Lane commented that the board still doesn't know if the province will increase its grant share proportionate to the ceiling increase. "He (Wells) is looking for votes and it looks good," was Mr. Young's comment. The 1975 budget cannot be drawn up until budget regula- tions come from the Ministry, Mr. Lane said and they cannot be expected until some time in April. The board's building and property committee was voted a second allotment of $10,000 for this year. Trustee Ted Geoffrey reported that painting had been done in several schools at a cost of $3,893 and fences installed at two schools. On a recommendation by trustee Ron Marcy the chair- man's honorarium was dis- cussed. Under new provincial regulations the chairman is allowed an additional allowance of half of a trustee's pay. Chair- man David Teahen asked that his salary remain as in past years, an allowance of one third trustee's pay and the board agreed. Trustee John O'Drowsky reported on the OSTC conference for newly -elected trustees that he attended along with trustees Greg Fleming, Ron Marcy and William Kinahan. The new trus- tees madetwo recommendations, that the board learn more about what is actually being taught in the schools and that in service training be provided for new trustees at the local level. The board will discuss these points at a later meeting. A policy on board press releases will be made by the policy and bylaw committee in the near future, according to a motion proposed by Michael Connolly. The chief .executive officer or chairman should make releases, Mr. Connelly said, "so that every trustee is not running to the phone . " Trustee Young said he could not understand why the assessrtient for separate school purposes in Goderich was up only $9,000 when there is so much building going on there. "Either Catholics are moving out of Goderich or opting to support the . public schools because of cost," he said. Mr. Lane said the assessment roll computer, printout had identi- fied all Catholic families with school age children in the public system. "Maybe this could assist you to figuring thls-out."" Board Chairman Teahen and Director of Education John Vintar reported on a visit to the Early Childhood Education Centre of Conestoga College, ,Doon. Assistant Superintendent Joseph Tokar said the Ministry of Education's philosophy on primary curriculum, entitled "The Formative Years" would be Fsur mem stars" in latent bet The dons\Club ended its : iiminary search for talent last Thursday, and will present' al super c...ltof- 2 grleat..ct8' for the "Show of Stars" on A 24, Four more `stars' that are ,,.y ten in number will join the eight acts chosen in thetwo previous tam hunts in January and February.. The winners in the last latent hunt were: the 01111011$0441` playing duet of Robes Brent of Wroxeter and Richard Wail of Wingham; the '7 K S ", a Blyth dance group composed of Karen Glousher, Kim Craig and Ted Elliott; the "Srhenayers", a vocal group including Kura and Elaine Schenk and Cathryn and Carolyn Player., of Durham; and pianist Brian Armstrong of RR 3, Brussels. The four act! were Thosean by judges and audience applause ;from 14 acts that made for an entertaining and exciting eve , ting. But the best is yet to come, with all the 12 `best' acts com- peting for the tip placein area talent at the final Lions talent show. —Mrs. Gershom Johnston of presented to local principals Catherine Street and Mrs. Ken soon. Johnston of British Columbia Trustee Ted Geoffrey was ap- went to Camp Borden last pointed to attend the Ontario Wednesday where they visited Conference on Education, de= Mrs. Reg Peacock. Ken John - signed to give an international sten, who hasbeen taking a , and national overview in Toronto coturse there, returned to on May 7-10. The board okayed pa rffcl : ,. ' ,.. `k se a by. senior students -1k ' - Arbor Day celebrations. Trustees were notified of a; Family Life Educators' Confer= ence in Windsor in April and a dinner with a speaker on emo- tionally disturbed children will be held by the Perth County Mental Health Association on April 9 at St. John's Church hall in Strat- ford. 4 r - .ra y �ra " � saaine home were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood of Egmondville. —Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Caff- rey of Cabri, Saskatchewan, visited during the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kieffer of RR 1, Bluevale. Mrs. Caffrey is the former Lillian Caesar, and is Mrs. Kieffer's cousin. Several treated. at hospital following highway mishaps Seven persons were injured as a result of car accidents last week. The Wingham detachment of the Ontario Provincial. Police investigated a collision between ,Wayne R. Coultes of RR 5, Wing - ham and Brian Johnston of Blyth, Friday on Highway' 4 at Huron Road 16, Morris Township. Mr. Johnston and a passenger in his car, Roy W. Riley of Blyth, were both injured. Mr. Johnston was treated at the Wingham and Dis- trict Hospital for shoulder and hand injuries and released. Mr. Riley ' was X-rayed for chest injury and also released from the hospital.. Damages to both vehicles were estimated at $1,500. Rhonda Badley of RR 2, Blyth, was injured in a collision Satur- day between a truck driven by Edward' Watson of Blyth and a car driven by Larry Badley of RR 2, Blyth. The accident occurred on Concession 8 at Sideroad 10-11, Morris Township, and resulted in an estimated $1,150 damage. Miss Badley, a passenger in her father's car, was admitted to the Wingham and District Hospital for treatment of fractures to the right leg. Another accident that same day resulted in injuries to two persons when a truck driven by Peter Kelly of RR 2, Blyth left the travelled portion of County Road 20, about four miles east of High- way 21., hit a soft shoulder and overturned. Both Mr. Kelly and his passenger Stanley Glousher of Blyth were injured. Mr. Kelly was treated for scalp and spine injury at the Wingham and Dis- trict Hospital, and Mr. Glousher was treated for face and forehead injuries. Both men were released after treatment. The Goderich OPP investigated the accident. Cornelia M. Froklage of Cam- bridge was injured as a result of a single -car accident Sunday on Huron County Road 16, east of Huron County Road 19, Grey Township. Murray R. Schlueter, also of Cambridge, a passenger in the car, was also injured. The damage was estimated at $500. The Wingham OPP investi- gated five more single -car acci- dents last week. On Monday, Mar ► 24,.Robert W. Reid of RR 1, Kenabeek, drove his ear off the east side of Highway 4, north of the Blyth CPR crossing. The car hit a snow bank and overturned. Damage was estimated at $100. On Thursday a car driven by David W. Foxton of RR 2, Wing - ham, struck a pole on Helena St., north of Victoria St., Lower Four mishaps in Wingham last week The Wingham Police Depart- ment investigated four accidents last week. A minor collision on March 25 involved Nicholas J. Meurs of Fergus and Fred J. Doubledee, 349 Shuter St., Wing- tam. The accident occurred north of John St. on Josephine St. and resulted in damage esti- mated at $100. Last Thursday a car driven by June L. Bondi, 246 Diagonal Road, was in collision with a parked car owned by Gordon Wall, 58 Maple St., Wing - ham, in the private parking area of the Red Front Grocery on Victoria St. Damage to the Wall car was estimated at $150. On March 28 a car driven by Michael A. MacDonald of RR 2, Wingham,, lost control on the Howson bridge and caused an estimated $1,400 damage to the car and the bridge railings. An accident on Friday involved David J. Dolgos, 40 Bristol Terrace, and • Raymond C. McQuillan of Lucknow in a minor collision that resulted in an estimated $50 damage. The Wingharin Police Depart- ment also charged eight persons under the Crimi: al Code and three persons under thh Liquor Control Act. Town, Turnberry . Township. Estimated damage was $500. • A dog was killed in an accident Friday when it ran in front of a car driven by Barry L. Gibson of RR 1, Fordwich on Huron County Road 30, south of Concession 6-7, Howick Township. Damage to the Car was estimated at $150. Three accidents occurred Sunday in bad weather condi- tions. Christopher J. Hethering- ton of Bluevale was involved in a single -car accident on Huron County Road 28, south of High- way 87, Gorrie. Damage was estimated at $250. Melvin B. Martin of RR 1, Varna was in- volved in a single -car accident on Highway 86, west of the CNR. crossing, Turnberry Township. Damage was estimated at $600. A collision on Highway 4, south of Huron Road 16, East Wawanosh Township involved Janet R. Bris- bane and Louise A. Sanders, both of London. Estimated damage to both cars was $650. —Mr. and Mrs. Don Dirstein and family of Ajax were holiday visitors with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gaunt of Edward Street. —Mrs. Letitia Mitchell cele- brated her 90th birthday with all . her family, grandchildren and great-grandchildren on Sunday, March 30, at her home on Alfred Street. A dinner was enjoyed by all. —Mr. and Mrs. Farish Moffat of Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. Currie Moffat and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lamont of Teeswater attended the Ontario Mutual Insurance As- sociation 93rd annual convention at the Four Seasons Sheraton Hotel, Toronto, last week. Currie Moffat, president of the Culross Mutual Fire Insurance Company, received the 100 -year Service Plaque on behalf of the company. —Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Purdon have returned from Florida where they spent the winter months. '