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Clinton News-Record, 1985-3-27, Page 7ti Twuship over 1984 budget by 4:26,419 MORRI$. TWP. - Morris Township overspent its 1984 budget by $26,419, auditor John Jeffrey told council. Clerk -Treasurer Nancy Michie said the biggest item contributing to the deficit was the new Wingham fire hall. Morris council budgeted $16,000 for the fire hall in 1984, but the actual east to the township was $28,284. Other overexpenditures occurred in the road department, particularly on rgpairsto the Blind Line bridge. Council applied for $43,000 in supplementary subsidy from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications for repairs to the bridge last year, but received only $10,000, meaning the township had to make up extra costs out of its own funds. Mrs. Michie said the 1985 budget will be discussed at the March 4 meeting of council. 41, In other business, Engineer Dave Johnston of Dawson and Johnston of Stratford presented a preliminary report on the proposed new township office and works garage. In his report Mr. Johnston proposed a one -storey building with a four -bay .shed and one working bay. The 'wilding also would house a municipal office and have a full basement which could be converted to a .meeting room at some point m the future. At this point the plans are tentative, said Mrs. Michie and will depend to a great extent on how much grant money 'can be derived from government ministries for the project. Sheilagh Lawrence of Ontario Hydro attended the meeting to discuss Hydro's plans for a proposed Hydro corridor through Huron County from the BNPD to London. Ms. Lawrence reported Hydro has three alternative routes selected after several months of meetings with environmental and government agencies. Only one of those routes would affect Morris Township and that is the existing route which currently crosses the township. All landowners in the path of the corridor will be receiving notices about an information meeting to be held March 11 at the Wingham Legion. Any other interested parties are welcome to attend. Hydro hopes to have its route chosen by July. Mariarnt Qhn.4.-nrsel o44no..-Inel hhn moatina on behalf of the Walton hall. A total of • $11,363 in improvements to the hall'3 septic tank and washroom system weri\. undertaken in 1984 aid the group still owes approx4ately'•$5,00Q of that amount. Morris council members voted to grant $1,200 to the „ Walton hall. A donation of $125 was made to the Brussels Minor Sports Association and $100 was granted to the Belgrave, Brussels and Blyth School Fair Board. Rob Nicholson will be the new Morris Township dog counter for 1985 and he will receive $1.25 per dog. Petitions for new municipal drains were received from Wilfred Shortreed, Let 26, Con. 10, and Aubrey and Ray McNichol, Lot 12, Cin. 9. i Mrs. Michie said a 'further allotment of $25,000 has been awarded to Morris Township to complete its 1984 drainage debentures. She reported a total of six extra landowners had completed their drainage projects in 1984 and were entitled to the money. First newsletter _ _ Knox u nite crokinole, and UNO were played. Lawrence Plaetzer and Siebold Siertsema read the ad- dresses and gifts of lamps were presented by Dana Bean. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jardin and family of Kitchener and Mrs. Bonnie Armour and daughter Julie of Waterloo spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jardin. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gross gave a sur- prise 40th Anniversary dinner recently for Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Bean of Goderich. Brothers and sisters of Mrs. Bean were guests. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Durst could not attend, so an 18 minute film was shown of the work they are doing in Northern. Canada:, Winners at last week's euchre party held in the Auburn Community Memorial Hall were: novelty, Mrs. Jim Glousher; high lady, Mrs. Don Cartwright; low lady, Mrs. Jim Cartwright; high man, Ted Mills and low man, Ed Brooks. Don't forget the Annual Sunday School pancake supper on April 3rd from 5 - 7 in the Sunday School room. The first Knox United Church news letter was given to members at the morning ser- vice last Sunday. This is a new feature con- taining a variety of information about church activities. Mr. Gary Shuttleworth led the worship service and chose the theme - Remembering and Forgetting, for his Lenten message. A duet was sung by Mrs. Barry Millian and Miss Lori Millian. Mrs. Greg Park was the organist. There will be Holy Communion on Palm Sunday, March 31, a Good Friday ser- vice at 2 p.m. on April 5 and a baptismal ser- vice April 21. A renewal gathering for all young people of the community, ages 13 -19, will be held in the church, Saturday, March 30 at 8 p.m. Forms are available from the minister for anyone wishing to attend camp this sum- mer. Agriculture and Canadian Industries was the topic at the March meeting of the Auburn Women's Institute held last 'Tues- day in the Community Memorial Hall. The meeting was opened with president Mrs. Eleanor Bradnock and Mrs. Marjorie McDougall as pianist. The president asked that more crafts be brought for the Erland Lee home week in June:- The secretary, Mrs. Robert Peck, read the minutes and also gave the financial statement. It was announced the Huron - West Executive meeting will be held at Wingham on April lst. The roll call was answered by each member paying a penny for each plant in their house. One of the convenors Mrs. Hugh Bennett, presented an interesting paper on soy beans and gave out several recipes and samples. Mrs. Lloyd Barth gave two readings - Why did you buy it? and My neighbour Jim. A beautiful African violet was won by Mrs. Robert Peck. Mrs. Lawrence Plaetzer had the lucky chair and Mrs. Isabel Turner was the winner. The former neighbours of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lubbe s and Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Datema gathe ed last Saturday evening for a surprise party in the. Community Hall. Both couples have moved to Auburn during the last few months. Games of euchre, United Church to celebrate .Palm Sunclay By Dora Shobbrook LONDESBORO - Palm Sunday will be celebrated at the Londesboro United Church on March 31. The special service will in- clude confirmation and communion. Children are asked to meet at the church at 10:45 a.m. to pick up their palm branches. The confirmation class and elders will meet at the church on Saturday, March 30 at 11 a.m. Good Friday services withbe. held on April 5 at 8 p.m. On Easter Sunday, April 7, the service will be a family time. Songfest will be held on April 14 at 7:30 p.m. • The March 24 service was led by Rev. Dave Snihur, assisted by greeter Clara Riley and ushers Larry Gross, Larry Hog- gart, Robert Radford and David Whyte. . Flowers in the church were placed in memory of Nelson and Olive .Lear, by their family. Junior teacher was Margaret Medd. Harry Lear was soloist for the choir an- them. Lisp Duizer was, organist and -choir director was Marsha Szusz. • Crokinole Party There were 12 tables in play at the Sunday School Crokinole Party held on March 22. Winners were: high lady, Crystal Whyte; low, Karen Burgsma; high man, Stanley Airdrie; low, Blare Butler; lucky cup, Cherri Hoggart; most 20s, Paul Jewitt. Shuffleboard play Eighteen players took part in shuf- fleboard action on March 20. Helen Lee, Vietta Hoggart and Audrey Thompson were the high scorers. People report Mrs. Jack Tamblyn underwent surgery in Clinton Public Hospital on March 21. Mrs. Bert Lyon is in traction in Clinton Hospital. Mrs. Wayne Potter had surgery on March 21 at Clinton Hospital. Mrs. Glen Carter, Mrs. Jack Armstrong and Mrs. Maimie Crawford visited on March 17 with the family of the late Charles Moore at the Forest Funeral Home. Doreen Carter visited with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hilborn in Thedford and Maimie Crawford visited with her brother Joe Moore in Forest. They all attended the funeral on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Reg Lawson and Elizabeth recently visited in Toronto. While there they attended John's graduation ceremonies from RCC at the Royal York Ballroom. Margaret Taylor, Vietta Hoggart, Dora Shobbrook, Beth Knox, Alice Buchanan and Hazel Watkins attended the Goderich Township 1-5-0 Dessert Euchre Party, held in Holmesville on March 20. Olive Penfound and Elgin were guests on Friday with her sister, Mrs. Mabel McLeod of Mitchell. They honored their sister, Mary Mair of Stratford on her 82nd birthday. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. George Wright and Ida Wright of Clinton. Visiting last Thursday with Dora Shob- brook was her sister-in-law, Jean Vodden. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Thompson spent the weekend with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs../John Lawrie, Rob and Jen- nifer of Kitchener. Visiting recently with Mr. and Mrs. Jake McDougall were his sister Jessie Catalao from Idaho, and niece Jean Giordano of Toronto. They visited with Ruby McDougall in Hamilton. Beth Knox spent Sunday in Ailsa Craig with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hobbs when they celebrated Ken's birthday. Jean Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Scott, Billy Town should attract industry ®WINGHAM - The Town of Wingham should be making a concerted effort to attract new indusry as well as encourage those already established to stay. That was the consensus of a recent planning workshop on industrial development. Ted Brewster., a member of the town's planning advisory committee, chaired the early part of the meeting. He remarked on the small turnout of fewer than 10 local residents. "Should the attraction of more industry to Wingham be a major goal of the municipality?" he asked to lead off the discussion period. "Simply, yes," said Stan Orien, adding that any town which does not seek out new industry will find itself dead. Euchre results CLINTON - The Monday Afternoon Seniors' Euchre Party was held March 25 at the Town Hall. Winners were high, Ida Wright and Vera Colquhoun and low, Verna Glazier and Wat Webster. Ena Shipp was sitting in the lucky chair and Ernie Brown won the prize for most but- tons on his shirt. Jim, Christy and Shannon were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Scholl of Monkton. Beth Knox and Hazel Watkins visited last, Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Verway, to celebrate Beth's birthday. Weekend visitors with Mr, and Mrs. George Hoggart were Bill and Betty Butler and boys, Bob, Brent and Blair of Courtland. Huron Bruce Progressive Conservative Association NOMINATION MEETING at the Wingham Town Hall Tues., April 2, 1985 8:00 pm Article XII -Section 3: Huron Bruce P.C. Constitutions "No membership shall be issued during any meeting or during the 72 hours immediately prior to such meetings except for the renewal of memberships which were valid for the last meeting of the association." New memberships may be purchased up to 8:00 pm Saturday, March 30, 1985 from: Roland Anstett 366-2298 Barbara Fisher 396-2936 Farming - surviving the '80s was the topic of the speech given by Dr. George Brinkman (left) at the East Wawanosh Federation of Agriculture banquet held in Belgrave on March 21. Dr. Brinkman, from the University. of Guelph is pictured here discussing financial strategies with East Wawanosh Federation President Chris Palmer. (Shelley McPhee photo) CONCERNED ABOUT THE BANK CLOSING IN AUBURN? 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