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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-11-06, Page 1'in The Wingham town council . voted Monday to increase the rental fee charged for the use of • the Armouries. The decision was made at a regular meeting in the wake of increasing complaints , from people using the armouries for various functions. The 'Motion to increase the -fee, however, also incorporated a decision to buy 15 long tables and an additional 50 chairs to suppleinent those, owned by thesenior citizens. , Anyone renting the hall to date has faced the hassle of obtaining . and transporting their own tables and chairs as well as paying , additional rent for the use of the kitchens. The new increased if rental fee of $125 will include use of the town tables and chairs and the kitchen. A breakage fee to guarantee repair or rep cemelit of damaged property ma also be added. Council members- ltldp they think the increas benefits justify the rental ke. They authorized the Pro ty Com- mittee to purchase the'necessary furniture and to construct:.-ajset of guidelines fir beth the senior citizens and anyone interested in renting the armouria. Correspondence Despite the mail strike, council members found several letters. for their consideration. A letter from a business computer ser- vice on the possibility of process- ing town tax statetnents by com- puter was tabled pending further discussion and investigation of other companies. The service, if implemented, would include. interim and final billing. The price quoted in the Letterwas $475. -A letter from the Ministry of the Environment Was read in- t/forming couneil; that Ministry got Tficialsw.have,a..toned the:e0 ern , tion of a BF ell bulk storage plant in town. Operations will be re- stricted from 7 -a.m. to 7 p.m., Lions awarded attendance pins Nineteen members of .the Wingham Lions Club, were awarded 100 per cent attendance pins for the past year at a regular meeting Last Tuesday. The presentation was made by the District Deputy" Governor Jack Graham of Atwood. Mr. Graham &and four members from the ♦Atwood Club were guests at the meeting. Mr. Graham spoke briefly' on the goals of the Lions Club. "Lionism is opportunity," he said, urging members to seek new opportunities for community service. He explained the ever- changing patterns of community life and the corresponding needs and asked Lions to explore the 0 needs and act on them in support of the club motto "We Serve". In other business, the Wingham Lions voted to donate $300 to the Wingham Minor Hockey Associa- tion for the purchase of uniforms and equipment. They also agreed to purchase five drums for the new drum corps being formed in Wingham. Frank Madill reported that all the results of the CNIB lnvass are not available yet due i the mail strike but said he ex- pected the total to reach $1,400 once rural replies are entered. 0 Mobile home park for gravel pit A gravel pit might not sound like the ideal location for a home, but in one case, at least, appear- ances are definitely deceiving. That one case is Turnberry Estates (Wingham) Limited, whose sign crowns the pit just t west of town on Highway 86. The construction observed at the pit for the past few weeks will be- come in a very short time a 96 - unit mobile home park. The first phase of the project, 25 units, is naring completion. The building oing up right now is the recreat On centre. Once finished, it will include an out- door swimming pool, shuffle- board courts, laundry rooms and meeting facilities. The park will feature its own hydro, water and sewage, underground wiring, paved streets and landscaping. The persons involved in the development are Art Clark of Wingham, Ed May of Kitchener and Bob Gibson of Listowel. 4 however, to limitdisruption through vehicle noise and vnlis- sion5. Council members endorsed a resolution submitted by the Aril, lia town counleil that the ,govern. - Mont review the structure , of municipal police, fire and justice departments to return some measure of control to the muni- cipalities, especially in regard to salary increases. re Council also agreed to pay .the sum of $397 assessed against the town for work on the Gregory Municipal Drain undertaken by Turnberry Township The drain • isl.ocated at the north end of town and services some of thetown residents in that area. • Committees. Finance Committee: Council approved for payment accounts totalling $81,888.37. A major part ( )AAA Y• s l AI letg BOB 'AND LEN CRAWFORD of Crawford Motors were the proud recipients recently of a plaque from Chrysler Canada Limited in recognition of "the importance of providing the community with a continuity of operation in automotive sales and service." The two men were honored for 25 years of service. Quiet Hallowe'en reportedby police proof of the responsibility of the vast majority of young people. He especially commended the Wing - ham "Junior Citizens" for the Hallowe'en clean-up project organized on Saturday. 'A new group in town also came in for praise from the police department. The Citizen Band Radio Club members assisted the police in patrolling the town and preventing damage or injury. "I believe it proved to be a very worthwhile project," Chief Wittig concluded. The Wingham Fire Depart- ment was equally pleased about the relative quiet of Hallowe'en. Two unoccupied buildings in Lower Town were set on fire, and the fire department was also called out to a brush fire on the B- line and a rubbish fire in Blue - vale. Damages were minor, how- ever, and there were no injuries reported. Hallowe'en was a relatively quiet time in Wingham last week and, as far as the Wingham Police Department is concerned, that's the best news yet. A report issued by the police noted only eight investigations under the Criminal Code in rela- tion to damage due to stones and eggs thrown at buildings and two broken stop signs. Chief Robert F. Wittig sees this as an en- couraging sign: "I sincerely hope that this holiday will become a constructive holiday rather than a destructive one as seen in other communities." Chief Wittig acknowledged the "large majority of responsible citizens, junior ,and senior" as a major lactor in the Hallowe'en success. He said there were no reports of injuries to children due to traffic or dangerously -treated candies, and cited the small number of acts of vandalism as a of the sum is an instalment' t approval explains that children $44,764.37 for the repairs ,aad, from out -off -town make free use of paving to Catherine and .Centre the arena and other sports Will. Streets recently completed by fes. 'r, ties at the same rate that Wing - Public Works Committee. Vham children do, but that main - clerk Bill Renwick explainedthat tenance costs and salaries are further payments of road', - iborne solely by Wingham tax counts will be deferred until irte f payers. The recreation Ward will year since government subsidies.-' Approach the reeves of the neigh - are not available at this trier boring townships to request a Police Committee: Cguncl#%r'„,;grant or donation on an annual Bill Harris reported that 'Ilaf basis to equalize the share of the lowe'en had passed --with no financial burden. A statistical serious incidents this year due in, r; .Study of the pool alone indicates part to effective police super .that over 50 per cent of the chil- vision and the co-operation, of thedren taking advantage of the pool Citizens' Band Radio Club 'whose facilities alone are from out -of: members volunteered their time",- town. and services in surveillance of .4A Deputy Reeve Wild also in - the town. He proposed that $50 be..formed council that the budget donated to the club in acknowl or the remainder of the year is edgement of the help. ��$'mited. He reported that Councillor Harris also asked registration for hockey has de - council to consider the possibility ` :0 -eased but revenue will be as - of changing meter rates in town' ` r isted by the figure skating from the present system to fiye •itichool use of the ice at the arena. cents r. half-hour. The chang {. ` - Day Care Committee; Plans over wOttld mean increased?- for the new Development Centre revenue for the town and wotd ``F re well on the way, with tenders be in stepWith most neii hborin o be Balled soon. Councillor Jack g ���, municipalities that have alread y►illespie explained that the made the ';Change. The initial . enders would be called et a base costs for • the'. change -over .wo dt,; G nice with additional credits ap- be $8,823 for new • meter hea+ds''. tiended. Council authorized the plus maintenance costs. The pro- posal will be considered at the4 next council meeting. Recreation committee: Deputy'; ;own clerk to call for tenders nding final approval from the inistry of Community and cial Services. The consulting Reeve Harold Wild informed architect will meet ' with the council that the recreation board- ininistry this week to finalize the will be contacting neighboring plans. townships with a request for ),, Other Business sharing the costs of the , towrf '' ` In other business, council ap- recreation facilities. A letter ”' proved the issue of building drafted by the' board for council • • permits to: Ken Wood, family • 'rbom ; Dr. Bozyk, garage; BP till warehouse and bulk plant; • • in Eskerod, siding and utilityN0 i urres , shed; Dave Curzon, garage and Family room; Alfred Podhorny, ' 14sheeistore,repairs.and CO m • The Wingham detachment 'of the Ontario Provincial Police re- ported three accidents last week with no injuries and moderate damages. On Monday, Oct. 27, Ranbir S. Khurana of Mississauga was in- volved in a single -car accident when the right rear tire of his car blew on Highway 4, north of Huron Road 16. The car went off the road and hit a telephone pole. bamage was estimated at $400. Daniel D. Dickison of RR 1, Wroxeter was involved in an 'accident Friday when- his car went off the road, rolled over and came to rest on its roof. The acci- dent occurred on. Concession 1-2, west of Sideroad 15-16, Morris Township. Estimated damage was $900. , On Saturday, Robert R. Migh- ton of Norwich was northbound on Highway 4, south of the Blyth CPR crossing, pulling a Can Car Trailer. While pulling over to park, the top right front corner of the trailer hit and broke a neon sign owned by Norman Gowing. Damage to the sign was esti- mated at $100. The Wingham OPP also re- ported 10 investigations with 11 persons charged under the Liquor Control Act; 17 charges laid and 43 warnings under the Highway Traffic Act; and 54 other investigations with two charges laid under the Criminal Code. Casemv►re, family r i ; Gord Co>tigiaim, car port; Seth Hawn, sunporch. Council also authorized the town clerk to insert a notice in the paper commemorating Remem- brance Day on Tuesday, Nov. 11, and asking merchants to close businesses from 10-12 on that day. Inside p back on Five full-time and two part- time inside workers at the Listo- wel Post Office returned to work Monday morning along with letter carriers. Rural mail car- riers returned to work Tuesday morning. Inside workers there are mem- bers of the Listowel-Kincardine- Winghani local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) . As of press time Tues- day night, inside workers at the other two centres were still but. A spokesman for the inside workersinListowel said they had requested a meeting of the three centres to discuss returning to work last Thursday, but received no definite reply. "When we didn't hear, some of us thought we should return to work Friday, but then we decided to wait and see what happened A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SEMINAR held at the Wingham Canadian Legion Hall Monday was well -attended by local businessmen and women. Twenty-two representa• Lives were present from the local businesses. The seminar was arranged by the Advisory Services Department of the Industrial Development Bank in co-operation with the Wingham Business Association. DICK BURBRIDGE (right) was the birthday boy last Friday when he celebrated his88th, birthday assisted by E. S. Copeland and many other friends and neighbors. Gifts and besi' wishes were more than plentiful, since Mr. Bt rbridge is a long-time resident.of Wingham, Increase for county road workers returned to comm. By Shirley J. Keller If there isn't an unusually heavy snowfall in Huron County during November and December, there should be a small surplus of funds by year's end in the Huron ' County road budget. County Councillors learned Friday in regular session that a surplus would be partly due to some project being completed under the estimates and also be- cause a wet fall prevented road crews from trimming up the ditches and side slopes on two county projects. This work will be completed in early 1976. But even this good news failed to get the necessary support of countycouncil to pass the road rev Thi at elate 'tt e �d' l� u-. the report WhY vd thorized an 18.4 per cent salary increase for road crews was re- ferred back to committee until other committeeshave dealt with their salary requirements. Ralph McNichol, chu irman of the road committee, said the sug- gestion of -the 75 cents an hour in- osties the jo over the weekend. When nothing developed, we asked ourselves what we were waiting on." The spokesman added' that Listowel workers hadn't voted to go on strike in the first place and should have stayed on the job. "Our mistake was in walking out that first day." Another inside worker said personal financial needs were also a factor in their decision to return to work. "I wonder if the union negotia- tors weren't getting paid if they'd still be at the bargaining table?" he added. Members of the CUPW walked off the job on Oct. 21, following a national vote by the union. How- ever not all inside workers agreed with the decision. Inside workers at the Orangeville Post Office returned to work late last week. And one post office in Manitoba, staffed by Mennonite workers, refused to go on strike. Inside workers in Listowel said they expected to be contacted by the union, but this had not oc- curred by press time. A survey of town residents indi- cated overwhelming. support for the inside workers regarding their decision to return to work here. The local union steward, Larry McDonald of RR 2, Wingham, was unavailable for comment on the local postal situation. Hugh McKague, a former union officer, indicated however that the Wing - ham members of the local would not be returning to work until the settlement was approved. "As far as I know, there is no indica- tion whatsoever that Wingham will be going back to work," Mr. McKague said. He also suggested that meetings of the local were difficult to arrange due to the distance separating the offices in Listowel, Wingham and Kincar- dine - "liaison may not be the best," he said -- but explained his statement was not official since he is only a union member, not an officer. crease for the road department workers (excluding the engineer, whose salary will be negotiated separately) had been passed along to the crew. The discus- sions surrounding the salaries had taken place October 9, five days prior to the federal govern- ment's imposed salary guideline of 10 per cent. Warden Anson McKinley ad- vised council that wages for the road crew are normally' set at this time of year, in order that estimates for the next. year's budget may be presented to the Ontario Ministry of Transporta- tion and Communication. . "May I remind you that if this was a union agreement, it would bei� .'.'y ,ndiu" ea4 : en, .elgnlb` c y sa�� Chairman McNichol added that the increases were considered by the committee as a "reasonable scale". He said the committee was interested in keeping the union out of the road department in Huron. ' Council was also reminded by County Clerk Bill Hanly that 1975 increases to some union employ- ees were "good". "You exercised no control or • had no control," said Haney: County Engineer Jim Britnell reported that Huron's wage scale' for road employees was the lowest of any county in Ontario except one, and that one is pres- ently negotiating at considerably more than Huron County road committee offered to its employ- ees. Simon P. Hallahan, reeve of West Wawanosh, said much of the money for county salaries comes from agriculture. "I'm making a hell of a lot less than that ( the offer to the read crew)," said Hallahan. Reeve Allan Campbell of Mc- Killop told council that the wage spiral has to stop somewhere. He said that if the raises as recom- mended by the road committee were approved, it would mean the municipal road crew workers would be looking for similar ad- justments in salary. Thirty-six county road workers are involved in the settlement. Legion to parade Remembrance Day The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 180 in Wingham, started on a busy schedule this week that will continue into next week. Monday marked the start with the annual Poppy Fund drive. This will he followed by the an- nual Remembrance Day banquet for all veterans and their wives. it will he held .Saturday, Nov. 8. at 7 p.m at the Legion Hall. The guest speaker will be Lt. Col. Elmer Bell. A social evening and dance will follow the banquet. The annual Church Parade to the Anglican Church will be held Sunday. Nov 9, starting at 10:30 a m. from the hall. The branch padre, Rev Ken Hawthorn, will officiate at the service, and the parade will be led by the Tees - water Pipe Band Armistice Day will be marked by another parade and a cere- mony at the cenotaph. The parade will march off from the hall at 10:30 a.m. for the Civic Remembrance Day Service • "This offerwas made betFi October - 13," reasoned Ree` Gerry Ginn of Goderich .Toy' ship, "and 1 believe this sound should live by it," Not many shared Reeve•Gmn's viewpoint, and the,report waste's ferred back lathe committee.,, In other business before Bounty council, approval - was given for the hiring of Wayne Lester as a`$= sistant administrator at flurozit, view effective December 1, 1975 for a probationary period of •aix months, at a salary of $15,000 per annum. • ung ba :�'..9r'-fie • lr ar .�4g,. l{rc�Y.d NRS In car mislIa`j (Intended for last week) A young boy was injured last week when he ran into the path of a car near his home. Kelly Carter of RR 2, Wingham, received lacerations and contusions' to his head when he ran out in front of a car driven by Mrs. Sipke Bakker. The accident occurred last -Mon- day. Kelly was treated at the Wingham and District Hospital and released. - The Wingham detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police also reported six motor vehicle accidents last week with no in- juries but substantial damages. John M. Fisher and William Black, both of Lucknow were involved in a collision with a tractor last Tuesday on Highway 86, east of the junction with Huron Road 22, East Wawanosh Township. Total damage was estimated at $900. On Friday, Mary Lavis and Alfred E. Ritchie, \both of Lucknow, were involved in a collision on Arthur Street, south of McDermid Street in Turnberry Township. Damage was estimated at $125. Floris C. Vaneyl of RR 6, Lucknow and William A. McKown of Orillia were involved in a collision Saturday on High- way 86, east of the CNR crossing, Turnberry Township. Estimated damage was $700. ' That same day. Pearl Kokesch of RR 4, Brussels and Kornelius Vanloo of RR 2. Wroxeter were involved in a collision on High- way 86. west of the Perth -Huron County Line, Grey Township. Total damage was estimated . at $900. A collision on Sunday involves George P. Bates of RR 1, Clifford and Barry L Gibson of RR 1, Fordwich. The accident occurred on Highway 87, west of the Wellington -Huron County Line, Howick Township. Estimated damage was $1,500 John Bailie of Blyth and Gordon Smith of Goderich were involved in the second collision Sunday on County Road 25 at Mullett Township Road 20-21, Morris Township. Damage was estimated at $300. One accident was reported Sat- urday, Nov. 1, involving William B. Falconer of Sarnia and Ferrib Mohamed, 80 North St., Wing - ham. The collision occurred on the parking lot of the Frosty Queen. Damage was estimated at $400. .����rns•. a --