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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-11-06, Page 11UPT1GR..V1 f RTERED ACCOLOWTANTS �Q,o� 'kWtNrr,�;.. a %. 'Upt1 "M'1 1+ ?A, YOUR ADVANCE411WS LABEL REAM NOV•944,44 Y OUR SUBSCRIPTIO it IS 4 E own of Wing 1975 Takes THE SECOND INSTALLMENT of 1975 taxes is due on or before November 15. A penalty of one .percent will be added .the first day of default, and one percent the first day of each month thereafter. 400110101111. William Renwick, Clerk -Treasurer 10$0, 14 wain lair 'Irdtap, airings DART CUSTOM, 4 - door soden, It cilia- der, mimetic, rho. '10t NEWPORT, , '74 DART, 6 cylinder, automatic with radio. Com soden. ... 4 74 :CORONET uST,010, �L- s r"�'r c i W411046r t,ap4 y T� , bier, Mimetic, re. matic, power Owing de. sand radio. CRAWFORD MOTORS LHRYSI,ER - DODGE PLYMOUTH WINGHAM ONTARIO PHONE 3$7.3$62 ly Shirley J. °Keller . ,'Huron County Council. is, both ?responsible and' responsive. 'So says a study completed by Dr. C. '.► M, faa'tiwen, a sociologist from. the University of Guelph, in a 'report presented Friday to county 'council. Entitled mal government in Huron County, the study was Car- ried out under a grant from the Ontario Ministry of Treasury, Economies and Intergovern- mental Affairs in co-operation ,with Huron County Council. It showed that reeves add deputy -reeves are well-known, trusted, appreciated, honest and loyal. It indicated that while some changes areneeded, resi- dentsof Huron County don't want anything to change the basic life style found in Huron. `'This attitude of 'respect and trust, of cd -operation and con- cern,, is sadly lacking in the case of 'many elected ---and appoint- ed—officials today," the report concluded. "The fact . that it exists in Huron County is a factor to be taken into consideration when any changes are contem- plated." The data for the study was gleaned from minutes of council meetings both at the county and municipal level. As well, 57 reeves and deputy -reeves were interviewed in 1973 along with 75 municipal councillors. There were 450 Huron County voters in- terviewed. All field work for the study was carried out by a team of four Huron County .residents whose N. GRABS A SHAR? PENCIL W� Il show you how to collect extra money r Wroxeter Mr. and Mrs. -Glen Wylie, Winnipeg, spent a weekend recently with, his father, 'Greer Wylie. Mrs. Mac Allan has returned home following a visit with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr and Mrs. George Mlan and family, Sarnia. Mr. and Mrs. Grant," I , ,.r, Sudbury, visited th ' ' `'s mother, .Mrs. Allafr"' Muni o recently and attended the wed- ding of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Stuart (Anne Douglas) . Mr. and Mrs. Vern Clark had as Sunday guests, Mrs. Gordon Underwood of Gorrie and Mr. and Mrs. Bud Stewart, Harriston. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Higgins spent Sunday in Stratford with Mr. and Mrs. Ron Higgins and family.. - Recent guests with Misses Elsie and Marion Gibson were Mrs, Thomas Gibson and Mrs. Thomas White of Hamilton. Weekend guests with . Mr. and Mrs. Mac Allan were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ohberg, Montreal, and Dick Allan and Albert Strike, Toronto. Mrs. Don Dailley, Galt, visited at the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Edward Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Griffith visited on Sunday with Mrs. Charles McCutcheon, Walton, whom we are pleased to report returned home Friday from R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST GODERICH The Square 524.7661 work' was, carefully s perN imi deciding municipal councillors to es f l run for office. Those who had sand inspected, The r ..,,alts n Were t fiyard, trod, hived longer in the county` were interviews . �# e . ed, punched obi comp]#I' u qnn „molter " rd* more emphatic about this, and procesSed to Yield th resifts Road maintenance and snow a l . � to Huron presented t { ' Coto, t I, andt.„ removal was considei'ed`to bathe per a S more in rtt . tly, to ° single mostimportantfU etion of b ."' n ,, local and county couE cels, aeR ee sP.r, .• �Rn..n parity, � � `A The public described, .'thein' cording to the voters interviewedR l . " . liked , The next most urgent issue, ac* elected officials as rye `ordin was poll*. community minded, competent,; c g to the people, po l honest and reliable." They ' feel' , tion . Other important ,matters that elected people, in HurQlrl.trtl were thought to be general up - for office .,to .serve the. comma, - ',keep of the county, control of the nitY ". only a small percentage of _ pudget and setting the .,tai; rate those interviewed thought + - ' and drainage and sewers. cillors valued the prestigeof their' In general, the voters felt ♦ that the areas in wluch the Municipal positions, or • wished to e*Ores , ,; authority.. councils had been most effective People living in rural areas ;Were roads and snow removal, tended to stress the farming general upkeep and drainage. background of a personWho' Respondents , from the public wanted to serve as a 'municipal ; "'believed that hearing reports councillor. -, , presented and paying bills were There were six main reasons , important duties of councillors. given by respondents in the studyf S; These were followed by - (in thought to be The motives; for ;.Order) bylaws, tenders, pur- elected officials running, for -chases, committee reports, office in Huron. They were''(in' )grants, severances, loans and de - order) : a chance to improve local ; • bentures sold. living conditions; a chance to ':. Voters felt councils had been support a specific cause; press :.` successful in staying in contact tige; opportunity to enter polite-; cal life; benefit to personal bus. . •ness • and salary. with the people, and said this was one through reports by the media and by personal contact. It was youngpeople who tended ,*.Only a minority mentioned open ublic meetings. Urban. dwellers to give weight to the benefit to ':�';p g personal business for municipal'` appeared to be more dependent councillors; about half of them -On contact through the media. felt this is "very important" or:. 'Rural dwellers tended to give "extremely important". Middle,' :::.personal contact as the most im- aged or older .people did not feel :,.portant method of cor munica- so strongly ren this matter. tion. All groups believed that the `• A majority of voters felt that salary was not at all important in ''. the municipal - council does have the financial resources it needs to ;do its work, but a sizeable minority felt that it did not. Three-quarters of the respond- ents expressed themselves as • "fairly satisfied" with the work Toronto where she had under- ;of the council. Some were very gone eye surgery a few weeks: ,: satisfied and only a few were not ago. :.very satisfied. More satisfaction Friends and neighbor t -!was expressed by life-long resi- gathered at the home of Gree ; dents of Huron County than by Wylie Thursdayevening to bid' : ':others. him farewell prior to his "depar- L Almost unanimously, respond- ture to reside in Wingham. Mrs. ,;gents were against a change to Stan Gallagher read an address ';