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'ass' the tractor as Briney
bras making - a left =turn into.
$uncoas`t Mall, There were no
injuries
Slippery ,roadi conditions
'ntributed tn an accident on
tirher • Bali ;,February 3 in,4
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lcles w rtve t#y SUSR ','volving vehicles driven by
ciiway, . Berineti l A r James Cutt"'77-`Druce St;
islo'derrlchQ ♦a 00.A. lber{t. * oderich and Edward Jef-
lit uebec, •+i, Goderlt, Af °M'��L' kdY r.
e 95., �,_� k Frey, 51 Blake St.. W.
«cage to the McKa ,�Goderich. Damage . to both
vehicle -was estimated at $ ;,vehicles . was estimated at _
and $100'to the Shore vehiel i :1650. There were no injuries.
There were no injuries- a Damage totalled $5,500:
A. second two° car collision after a vehicle driven by
February 2 at the -entrance to -;`Evelyn Carroll, 99 Elgin St.
Sheaffer Pen on Highway, W. Goderich slid through the
resulted' in' a total'da naROW:,intersection of South and
,estimateof $500 to vehicles Elgin St. and'' came into
`i,„ driven by Sherry Fielder, R ' collision with a Westbound
D� de ich d Gerd Smi vehicle driven ;.by Gerald..
6 Goderich
R1t:2-Go Barber RR 1 Mount Elgin.
Damage to the Fielder' Damage to the Barber
vehicle was estimated at $100: ,Yehicle was estimated at
and $400 to the Smith .vehicle. `;$1,500 and $4,000 to the. Carroll
There were no injuries. , ti:
�tiehicle.
A collision at the in- ';' A two -car collision at the
tersection of South and Picton intersection of Gibbons and
Streets February 3 resulted in Bennett Streets resulted in a
$200 damage to a vehicle -;.total damage estimate of $900
driven by Darrel McMillen, < to vehicles driven by Lloyd
246 Elgin St. Goderich and `''Lounsbury, 252 Mill Road ,
,$250 to a vehicle driven by Goderich and Patrick Austin,
Ralph Josling 106 Picton St. :1186 Huron St. London.
Goderich. There were no Damage to the Lounsbury
injuries. " vehicle was estimated at $600
A car -tractor collision at and $300 to the Austin vehicle.
the entrance to Suncoast Mall `•There were no injuries.
February 3 resulted in $1500 A- two car collision at the
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ponse to a call from Ontario'rHydro `regional manager E.B. 'Bainbridge Clinton
division crews began checking on safety fences around Hydro installations early
eek. Mr Bainbridge asked area office in Western Region to be on the lookout for
ds and where possible to clear- the snow away from the transformer stations: The
e of snow, at' the station located near Highway eight just east of Goderich made that
sible so additional fending, was installed. Ontario Hydro foreman Len Fawcett, rear,
neman Jiro Dinning add another four feet of -wire to what was once a six.foot safety
(staff photo).
e
nce installed
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damage to a vehicle driven by
Donald MacGregor, 529
William St. Exeter.
intersection of Blake Street
'anti Bayfield Road February
8 fesulted in a total damage
This huge snowblower mounted on a self • propelled rail car worked most of Monday
morning on a section of blocked Canadian National Railway track between Goderich and.
Clinton. One section of track, known as Ward's Cut, was covered by a snow drift 20 feet
thick in places and about a mile long. (staff photo)
estimate of $2450 to vehicles
driven by Warren Watt, 210
Huron Rd. Goderich aiid E.C.
Rodger, 39 Trafalgar St.
Goderich.
Damage to the Watt vehicle,
was estimated at $1,000 and
$1450 to' the Rodger vehicle.
There were no injuries.
During the past week the
Goderich Police Department
laid one charge under the
Highway Traffic Act and two
charges under the Criminal
Code of Canada.
DAVE HAYLOW
ELE,CTRICAL
Serving
Industrial, Commercial,
Residential Needs
524-6038
e
from the Clinton
Ontario Hydra, Have
survey of safety
surrounding such
onsas transformer
following a warning
on regional Hydro
E. G. Bainbridge
e hydro facilities,
nd stations may
a hazard because of
banks.
snowfalls and high
ave combined to'.
the clearances bet-
ctrical wires and the
o that persons can
m more readily," he
- that in some parts of South-
, western Ontario snowdrifts
have." piled along fences at
transformer stations making
dangerous high voltage
equjpment accessible,
especially to children.
"I've asked our seven area
offices in Western Region to
beon the lookout for these
hazards and arrange, where
,possible, to clear snow away
'-from the transformer
stations," he said.
In the case of the. Iran-
' sformer station situated near
Highway 8 at the eastern edge
.of Goderich there was just
too much snow to undertake
clearing; the Hydro crew
ainbridge also said
ouncil of the Town'
ast Wawanosh met in
session on February,
eeve Simon Hallahan
g and all. the .mem-
sent.' Minutes of the
'meeting of January
ad and adopted. •
it approved, .a
iste
topped the existing fence with
another four feet of wire. The
regular six foot chain link
fence, topped by barbed wire,.
is little more than one foot
above the level " ofthe ac-
cumulated snow' in some
places.
That transformer station
has 27,000 incoming volts and
8,000 outgoing volts.
Hydro has urged customers
to avoid poles, lines and other
installations and to call the
nearest hydro or PUC office
when one of these hazardous
situations,is noted.
--"Snowrnobilers and skiers
should also be very careful,"
Mr. a inbridge •adds.
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n surchar
Mr. D.A. MacLennan is
home rom hospital.
M . and Mrs. George
Mo c ref and Mrs. Florence
M Kenzie returned home
from their trip to Hawaii.
.Mr. Gordon,. Finlayson is
enjoying..,a, trip., to., Mexico:
visiting Mr. and Mrs. John
Finlayson.
Mrs. Gordon Finlayson is
spending afew days in Sarnia
with Mr. 'and Mrs. Rod
Finlayson Lori and Lisa
having motored down with
Mr. and .Mrs. Ewan
MacLean.
Many from this area . at-
tended the Co-op banquet held
in Lucknow Legion Hall on
Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Leth are
spending the balance of the
winter in Collingwood with,
their daughter.
School and Church services
have had "to be cancelled' on
numerous occasions due to
blocked roads and storm
'bbnditions.
y
Mr. and Mrs. ArtMat-
'ci'fiewrnan were recent visitors
in London.
Mrs. Margie MacDonald
spent a few days in Detroit
with her sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
MacLennan were in London
for a day and Mrs.
MacLennan will now be able
to receive treatment in
hospital in Wingham.
Repent visitors with Mr:
and Mrs. Oliver McCharles
were Mr. John McCharles
and Mary Anne Ritchie of
Petrolia.
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A grant of $50.00 will be
given to the Brussels, Blyth
and, Belgrave School Fair
Board. Ontario March of
A fire levy of $4750. (19
pOrcent `of $25,000.) will be
paid to the Village of Blyth as
well as rural fire area calls of
$1,000. to Town of Wingham.
EaSt Wawanosh Share of
Belgrave Street Lights in
amount of $43.92 was ordered
The budget as presented by
the East Wawanosh
Recreation Parks and
Community 'Centre Board
was adopted by the Council
,for the year 1977 for a total Of,
it Moved by the
impair of the TowrishiP of
ristyaWanosh to accept the
partleiliation in the Wingham
RecreatiOn_and _Community
Centre's Board. --Council IS to
,be billed near yeai end. Reg
. Schnitz; Laridfill Supervisor,
r0,ent increase:,
moveci by
cf 'the TeWhshiP 9t.
awanesh to' engage,
ti6„6 of MUnicii)al Bridge's:,
FF
Ian ustorn
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munications. The appraisal of
bridges iS to be under the
subsidy program with ex-
penditures to be eligible at a
rate of 100 percent.
Council adopted the •
proposed experiditurres for
Highway Improvements for
the year_1977 in the amount of
$79,500.00 subsidy monies.
Council will also' amity for
subsidy under the provisions
of the Public Transportation
and Highway Improvement
Act on expenditure during
1976.
The Road Superintendent is
•authorized to advertise for
approximately 20,000 cubic
yards ci"f %" crushed gravel
for the Township Roads:, '
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