HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-10-09, Page 1•
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OP graduates of P.N.. Madill
Secondary School were „eon-
med. Bast week Iss rep pients of
Onto Seholnrships from the
Ministry ofd Education,
qie ;Cs.skanette of RR $,
Walkerton, graduated front
WO with a grade 13 average 0
80.,2 per cent. He has started the
general engineering course at the
• University of Waterloo.
Brenda Jean Johnston, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Thelma Johnston of
Teeawater has started courses
this fall at the School of Nursing
in St. Joseph's Hospital, London.
Jamie McEwan of RR 4,
Kincardine, has commenced
studies in Urban and Regional
Planning at the University of
Waterloo.
Douglas Bern Miller graduated
with a grade 13 average of 83.5
per cent. He is the son pf Mr. and
Mrs. Allan Miller of RR 1, Luck -
now, and plans to enter a veter-
inary course in the future. At
present, he is studying agri-
cultural science at the University
of Guelph.
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Rene Caskanette
James Pattison, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Pattison of Wingham,
has entered the Faculty of
Mathematics at the University of
Waterloo under a Descartes
Fellowship of $2,400. He was also
accepted into the Co-op Mathe-
matics Program.
Gail Renwick graduated with
an average of 81.7 per cent and
has started studies in science at
the University of Waterloo. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Renwick of RR 1, Clifford.
Cindy Susan Thornton has
started courses in Political
Science and Economics at Trinity
College. University of Toronto.
Cindy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
• Wilson Thornton of RR 1, Blue -
.vale, graduated with over 83 per
cent average. She was also of-
fered a $660 scholarship at York
University.
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FIRST SECTION
Brenda Johnston.
Jame McEwah'
Douglas Miller
James Pattison
Gail Renwick
Indy Thornton
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Wingham, O tta o,, Thursday, October 9, 1975
Capital :forecast inc
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196,680 Turnberry ddition
By Ross Haugh
The Huron County Board of
Education will be submitting a
five-year capital expenditure
forecast to the Ontario . Ministry
of Education for more than
$825,000.
Most Qf the projects named
would be scheduled for the year
1976. Included would be provi-
sions for three home econorrmics
and industrial arts facilities. One
would be at Hullett Central
School, another at Turnberry
Central School and a third in the
southern 'portion of the county.
Costs of each are estimated at
$195,680 and. location of the south-
ern facility is to be determined by
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Wingham Town Council heard
some good news and some bad
news at their meeting. Monday
night. The good news was that the
government has finally 0 taken
over the new senior citizens'
complex in town and will start
informing qualified residents
that they may move in'within the
next few weeks. The bad news,
also on the same topic, is that
council might have no say in who
can or cannot be a resident in the
complex. Although Mrs. Allen of
the Ministry of Housing has in-
formed Mayor Jack Reavie that
Wingham residents will be given
first priority, council members
argue that the mayor should be
allowed to review the lists to
approve the choices. Mayor
Reavie assured council that he
will try to reach Mrs. Allen to ar-
range for a review.
In other business, council ap-
proved an interim petition to
apply for road subsidies for 1975;
voted to charge $25 for severance
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
FOR POSTAL SERVICE
On Sunday, October 12, there
will be no street letter box collec-
tion and no despatch of mail. On
Monday, October 13, there will be
no wicket service nor rural de-
livery. There will be a street let-
ter box collection beginning at
1:45 p.m. Mail posted in the red
receiver in front of the post office
will be despatched at 3 p.m.
Lloyd -Truax sold
by parent firm
An 'agreement to sell Lloyd -
Truax -Limited was made last
week between the parent com-
pany Toromont Industries
Limited of Toronto and Levy
Auto Parts Limited, a subsidiary
of Seaway Multi -Corp Limited of
Toronto. Lloyd -Truax, a f'nanu-
facturer of doors, is a Wingham-
based company with branches in
Walkerton and Toronto.
The new agreement terminates
negotiations reported two weeks
ago with Conduits -Amherst
Limited of Mississauga. Toro-
mont officials announced the new
agreement, to be finalized
November 17, reflects its con-
tinuing plans to concditrate in
the refrigeration and engineered
products industries. The terms of
the transaction have not been dis-
closed.
applications; passed a motion to
request a grant for Lower Dam
repairs and maintenance from
the Ministry of Natural Re-
sources.
In committee reports:
Councillor Al ..Harrison re-
ported that the Parks Board re-
ceived $2,100 in revenue from the
trailer park this summer, an in-
crease of $300 over last year's
figures.
Reeve Joe Kerr reported that
the Public Works Committee has
completed much of the paving on
Catherine Street and has investi-
gated some of the complaints
from town residents reported at
an` earlier meeting. He reported
that he had received a call from
Wingham Fire Chief Dave
Crothers requesting residents to
the education committee.
Renovations costing $63,000 are
planned\ t provide an updated
chemistry laboratory at South,
Huron Di trict High School in
Exeter with a scheduled date in
1976. •
The top 'priority on the list was
renovations or addition of facili:
ties to the present Huron Hope
School for the trainable retarded.
at J.A.D. McCurdy school at
Huron Park.
On this subject, Director of
Education John Cochrane said,
"I would hope we could convert
two classrooms at Huron Hope in
a similar fashion as we did in
Wingham. In Victoria, School in
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Goderich and in Wingham':
have two of the best facilities,1*
retarded children in Western' n'
tario and we should bring IVO
Huron Hope school up to the sac:
standard."
Two other projects are.. planned
for 1978. They include praividing'
Committee on the utilization of
educational facilities has recom-
mended that sale of alcohol be
permitted in schools.
Turkheim added that a special
Huron Board committee in
examining the use of school faci-
lities had rejected the alcohol
an instrumental music facilita
, proposal. The request for alcohol Seaforth District High Schaal 'privileges was defeated . in a
r board vote with Mrs. Kander the
a„staff room. at South Huron UIS-
tract High School. ' only one approving the move. It
was agreed the school could be
used for the dance but the alcohol
ban would stay in effect. '
Seaforth Fair
The board agreed to pay
$1,030.32 to the Seaforth Agricul-”
tural Society as. their share of a
new cha' link fence constructed
on the fence lines between the Sea -
forth District High School pro-
perty and the Seaforth Agricbl-
tural Society.
Seaforth Fair Board represen-
tative Ken Campbell said, "We.
d••
:"- 3 lean'' -operate the fat; ' wltf tout .a
control fence and The new fence
certainly adds to the appearance
of the high school property."
After being turned down by the
Ontario Ministry of Education on
proposals for further additions
and renovations to the Exeter
Public School the board Monday
decided to forward another plan.
At a meeting in London a few
weeks ago Ministry officials had
said the limit for this year would
be $200,000.
Brian Garratt of Kyles, Kyle's
'and Garratt, architects of Strat-
ford, 'came up with new 13lans
totalling $265,000 and this will be
forwarded for provincial approv-
al
The new proposal would pro-
vide a new gymnasium -audito-
rium and provide a new lighting
and ventilating system in the
south wing.
Garratt said the current plan
would make good use of all avail-
able space. A present general
purpose room would be converted
• to a stage, change rooms and
kitchen. One classroom would be
retained with a minimum of
alterations.
The plan also leaves the oppor-
tunity for a community hall to be
added if desired.
The Seaforth project Would; i !-
elude instruments at a total cost.
of $50,000. Estimated cost of -the
South Huron staff.room is.$35,014
Board Vice -Chairman Herb
Turkheim said an Ontario Select
complex
dor resi
refrain from burning leaves in
the open. Council voted to inform
town residents that burning
leaves on new pavement is abso-
lutely prohibited. In all other
cases, the owner is responsible
for any burning of leaves on his
property.
Councillor Angus Mowbray in-
formed council that a volunteer
has been found to keep an eye on
the Lower Town dam and to over-
see stoplog removal when the
water level rises. The Wingham,
Fire Department has also volun-
teered its services in times of
flooding or other emergency.
Councillor Al Harrison, report-
ing for the Industrial Committee,
informed council that construc-
tion on the Chapman site has
slowed down due to a lack of sup-
9THERE'S NO TELLING what new twist nature will take
with her creations, and Wayne Brown of RR 1, Gorrie,
knows this better than most. Last year his vegetable garden
produced vegetables all twisted up and crazy. • So Wayne
tried again—and this year he's come up with a three-legged
carrot.
ents
plies in the , area. He also sug-
gested that money from the sale
of industrial land be placed into a
separate account for use in future
servicing or other industrial pur-
poses.
Deputy Reevve- Harold Wild re-
ported that the 'Recreation Board
was considering asking the sur-
rounding . townships for contri-
butions to the recreation budget
since children from the surround-
ing areas make frequent use of
the town recreation facilities.
The matter will be referred to
council for approval\ before the
townships are approached. He
also reported that working draw-
ings have been drawn up for the
proposed wading pool under-
taken by the Wingham Kinsmen
as a community project. Costs,
however, are a problem since the
Kinsmen were not prepared for
the estimated $20,000 tag at-
tached to the project. Two grants
of $5,000 each fro*Athe provincial
government and from Wintario
would only cover half the costs.
Council approved for payment
accounts totalling $91,682.02.
Automated system
for Wingham PUC
A new automated system of
pump controls will soon be com-
pleted for hook-up at the Wing -
ham Public Utilities Com-
mission. Manager Ken Saxton
announced last Wednesday that
the new electronic controls for
start-up and shut -down of the
three pumps and the stand-hy
reservoir should be operative
within the next 10 days. The auto-
mated system includes a warning
signal in case of pump Malfunc-
tions and enables the pumps to he
operated by pressure at the
standpipe. Controls prior to this
were at the individual pump
houses.
The system can be operated
both manually and automatically
to keep the standpipe waxer
supply at a standard calibrated
level. Since the system operates
on the basis of tank pressure,
water levels below the pre -deter-
mined calibrated mark will be in-
creased automatically by the
system. Levels higher than that
desired will turn off the pumps
or, in case of pump malfunction,
signal a warning to alert the
PUC.
Although this system should
prevent overflow problems at the
standpipe, it is not related to the
leakage at the tower. Mr. Saxton
e plaMed that Canada Gunite,
t e firm contracted to construct
he tower, has discovered a leak
in the structure. The problem will
now be referred to the engineer-
ing department to determine the
cause of the crack and the most
effective method of repair. "They
guaranteed us a leak -proof stand-
pipe and they've got to do it," Mr.
Saxton said.
The costs for repairs and over-
time wages for any PUC per-
sonnel on stand-by at the tower
are completely borne by Canada
Gunite, but the Wingham PUC
seems to be paying a greater cost
of low public opinion. Although
the constant activity at the tower
has delayed PUC landscaping
plans and caused a minimal
water loss, these are minor com-
pared to the embarrassment
suffered by the Wingham PUC
due to the faulty structure. "it
isn't costing us a cent," Com-
missioner Roy Bennett said,
"just the embarrassment."
IT WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR for the Keils Saturday morning at the Lions' Olympathon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Keil both wanted to participate in the 10 -mile walk, so daughters Kirs-
ten, 2, and Tharen, 5 months old, came along as passengers. The family effort earned over
$11 for the Lions' event.
ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE and Olympathons, especially for a group like the Keil family. Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Keil, Kirsten, 2, and Tharen, 5 months old, had started the 10 -mile walk
'all -pedestrian' but changed to a buggy for the two girls after half the walk was com-
pleted.
om-
pleted.