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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-03-27, Page 8si-* EUROPE IN '85 TRAVEL TO SPAIN From 5 ° Return x Plus (a & D Frczm $47";5;a)' 49% HOLIDAY WORLD I3RITAIN IRELAN Cpv,►, Wingham, 357-2701 COLLEC 250 Josephine St:, Wingham, Ont. NOG 2W0 Guaranteed Investment Certificates 12 1� 5 year term Interest paid annually Nuumuni deptuu 5500 Higher Interest on Your Investments STANDARD TRUST 237 Josephine St., P.0. 9oa 850 Wingham, Ont, NOG MO Tel 3572022 Monday -Thursday 9 am -5 pm, Friday 9 am -6 pm Member — Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Rates subject to change without notice Short Term Deposits a 180-269 days Interest paid at maturity. Minimum deposit $5.000. Special rates on amounts over $50,000 p The Teeswater EX-TOGGERY OPENS for the spring season on Thursday, April 4 We are now in expanded facilities. We will be open to accept articles on Tuesday and Wednesday MARCH 26 and 27 from 2 to 5 p.m. All articles; must�be in Bring in items securely priced: Bring a fist to accompany y article. . For further information Springer. at 357-3058. Our hours commencing April,4 will Thursday - 10 to 12 noon and 2 to 5 (1)All articles must be clean. (2)season. (3)ed: (4)our contact Bev be: p.m. Friday - 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday - 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday - 2 to 5 p.m. Concerned taxpayers circulate petition re Howick fire hall FORDWICH — At a meeting here March 21, members of the newly for- med group, the Concerned Taxpayers of Howick Town- ship, decided to continue their opposition to Howick council's plan to implement changes in the township's fire protection arrange- ments. Approximately 40 rate- payers attended the meeting held in the Fordwich Corn- munity Hall and it was an- nounced that meetings will be held weekly. The next meeting will be held in the Wroxeter hall Thursday night, March 28. At the meeting here, chaired by Jim Robinson of Fordwich, it was, announced the group will circulate a pe- tition regarding council's fire protection plans. The idea of a petition was put forward at the meeting by Doug Bunker of RR 2, Harriston. Mr. Bunker said he had been advised a petition would be a worthwhile move by a spokesperson of the On- tario Municipal Board. "I was advised "that if a meeting is called by the On- tario Municipal Board, it will be a public meeting," Mr. Bunker said. "A petition would be considered — the more names, of course, the better. I was also told indivi- dual letters would carry some weight as well." Howick Township Council has announced plans to build a satellite fire hall in the Vil- lage of Gorrie, to cut back on its purchase of fire protec- tion from Clifford, and to ter- minate agreements with Listowel and Harriston re- garding fire protection at the end of this year. However, unless council can finance the building of a fire hall this year, because the present .council term ends Nov. 30; approval of the Ontario Municipal Board will be required. An outgoing council can not indebt an in- coming council: "I don't see how they (council) can possibly pay for it all this year," a rate- payer said, "not unless they haveythe money hid away "' Members of the Concerned Taxpayers group also voiced uneasiness with council pro- posals to involve monies from the road budget in fire hall plans. hall, and the manpower of the volunteer brigade now being trained by the Wing - ham department. "If all we're getting is a 1951 pumper, forget it," said one man. "Haven't you heard?" said another. "Now we're getting a tank truck too." He was referring to a news release carried in the March 20 issue of The Wingham Ad- vance -Times which stated the Wingham Area Fire Board plans to spend up to $5,000 this year to purchase a tank truck for firefighting in Howick Township: "You can't buy an old truck to haul wader for $5,000," said another rate= payer. "You might get a tank for that." "It doesn't matter what you've got if you haven't got the manpower," said Mr. Bunker. "The manpower is the key." Agreeing with Mr. Bunker, another ratepayer suggested the group should contact the Fire Marshal's- Office re- garding the 'size of brigade needed to provide adequate service. "There must be rules and regulations the township has to follow," he said. However, it was noted that since the township is a "mem- ber of the Wingham Area Fire Board, the regulations would not likely apply. One ratepayer felt a town- ship the size of Howick should have a volunteer de- partment of 25 men, instead of the 10 now being trained. "And what good are 10 men if seven of them work out of the community?" another man said. The matter of the volun- teer brigade was also raised by Jim Taylor when'he was asked by Mr., Robinson if he would.assist in circulating a petition in the Gorrie area. "It seems so damned stupid," he said. "If the fire marshal can okay something as stupid as this, then we don't have a hope in hell. I think somebody should con- tact the Fire Marshal's Office. I think that sounds like a good idea." However, Mr. Taylor did agree to assist in the circu- lation of a petition. Besides questioning the financing of a satellite fire hall, members of the rate- payers' group also ques- tioned the $1,000 figure given by council for equiping members of the volunteer brigade. *From what we've been able to find out," said Mr. Gorrie Guild meets at the Ruppel home GORRIE — Mrs. Clayton Ruppel graciously opened her home to members of the St. Stephen's Anglican Church Guild for the March meeting. President Mrs. Jasper Farrish opened the meeting with the Lord's Prayer. Mrs. Nellie King led devotions, using Psalm 118, verse 19, as her scripture reading. She read an Easter devotion entitled "Rejoice" and closed with a Lenten prayer. The roll call, a greeting card, was answered by 19 members. The Guild members will visit the Fordwich Village Nursing : Home on April 9. Further plans were made for the craft show to be held April 20 at. Howick Central School and Rev. William to Gray closed the business meeting with the Grace. Carey King, Pamela ;,Bennett and Sandra Bennett, three young people from tile parish, . presented the speeches they had prepared for this year's public speaking contest at Howick Central School. Carey was this year's contest winner and Pamela and Sandra were runners-up in their respective classrooms. The mystery gift was donated by Mrs. John Leppington and won by Mrs. David Kerley. Lunch was served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. William Cane. The April meeting, with a recipe exchange, will be held at the home of Mrs. Peter Browne. Council has announced it Institute ■ ■"geetin g ens to turn the present focuses on health plans township shed into a fire hall and build a new shed to house road department ve- hicles wild equipment. "I don't know how they can do that either — not and pay for the new grader they bought this year," another ratepayer said. Other concerns voiced by those attending the meeting were the kind of equipment the township will get from the Wingham Area Fire Board for the satellite fire GARDEN WITH JUST ONE HAND, THE . TROY.BILT WAY! • Raar•Mountad Tines chop, shred and bury old sod, standing crops and organic matter with NO tangling! • Power Orison Whaala maintain a steady, comfortable pace with NO struggle — you guide it with JUST ONE HAND! • Cast -Iron Automotiva-type' transmisalon designed to work hard and last a lifetime. • 4 forward speeds and reverse... 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Married people, young and old, live in stress as well, perhaps because of physical ailments, unhappy marriag- es or having too many com- mitments. People should learn to say no, when neces- sary, advised Mrs. Lockie. The guest speakers, Ken and Liz Cowan, operate health -food stores in Wingham and Listowel. They advocated using a raw sugar called demerara, which is more granular than brown sugar. Health food stores also sell cereals, spices, coffee, peanut butter and brown rice. Their coffee. is 100 per cent caffeine free and their peanut butter has no salt or sugar added. The Cowans said oranges shipped from the south are picked green and contain little Vitamin C. - They said all Vitamin B-6 combinations are good and Vitamin C can be increased during a cold. They also sell remedies for ailments such as stress and constipation, in addition to iron supplements. . A question period followed before the meeting ended and lunch was served. BANK DONATES MONEY—Rick Lauzon, the managerof the Bank of Montreal in Wingham, presented $2,000 to the building project at the .Wingham and District Hospital. Fund-raising. chairman Tom Miller ac- cepted the check and reported the fund-raising drive has netted over $300,000 in its goal to raise $400,000 for the new emergency -outpatients' wing. Robinson, "it will be more like $4,500 per man." "The cost for Linwood," "was another man, $4,800 per maid' Murray Donaldson of RR 2, Harriston said he was glad to see people at the meeting from across the township. "I've had it said to me that Wsjusta hnneh from around Fordwich," Mr. Donaldson said. "I know the people in the north of the township are very disturbed. I had a lot of visitors in last weekend, I can say that." Mr. Donaldson suggested the group should also contact the Ministry of Municipal Af- fairs and Housing and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. "The MTC has to approve a grant for a new township shed," he said. "And I think they are going to take a long hard look at it during an election year in the town- ship." Not all ratepayers were totally opposed to council's plan to locate a satellite station in Gorrie. One man said he could live with a pumper and tanker in Gorrie as long as he was con- vinced the changes had been well thought out. Another man noted that if council was planning to put money aside for a station "four years down the road instead of burning taxpayers all at once," hecood consider it. . "We want to hear if people are fed up with what we're doing," Mr. Robinson said. "Yes," agreed another member of the group. "If this is what the majority of the people of the township want, there's no way I'm go- ing to oppose it. The ma- jority rules. That's the way it's got to be." However, when it came time to get people to circu- late a petition, people re- quired little persuasion. The following ratepayers will canvass their area: Cam Edgar, Wroxeter area; Gordon Mann, the southwest corner; Jim Taylor, Corrie; Lyle Murray and Hugh Litt, the Clifford area; Harold Gibson, south of Fordwich. While he was not at the meeting, Graham Wright's name was logged in the mi- nute book as being in charge of the Belmore area. Before closing the meeting the group passed the hat for expenses. It was also de- cided if there is any money left over when the group dis- bands it will be donated to the Canadian Cancer So- ciety. It was stressed any rate- payers wanting information regarding the group, or hav- ing information for the group, can contact Mr. Ro- binson or any other member of the Concerned•Taxpayers. "We want to hear from people right across this township," said Don Wilson of Fordwich. The M s loam Advance rinses, Mar. 27, 1985—Page 9 MRS. GEORGE aROWIM rGorrie Personal Notes Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gibson Jr. of Kitchener spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gibson. Mrs. Kevin Raven of Etobicoke visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melville Dennis, and at- tended the funeral of Mrs. Harvey Dennis in Brussels on Thursday last. • Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown visited Wayne Brown Sun- day in Stratford General Hospital where he had un- dergone back surgery, "Lana and Lindsley Fleming, RR 1, Neustadt, spent a few days with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Smith. Mrs. Norman Mulloy, Kristie and Leslie of Paris, visited Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. George Brown. The Lenten service will be held in St. Stephen's Anglican Church on Friday at 8 p.m. All are welcome. Jeff and Nancy Nay of Kitchener and Mrs. Peggy Cudmore of Brussels visited Sunday with Bill and Donna ' Nay. Mrs. Myrtle Field of Regina, Saskatchewan, spent a few days visiting her cousin, Mrs. William Austin. Mrs. William Austin of Waterloo spent Saturday and Mr. and Mrs. James Austin, Jeffrey and Derek of Elmira, spent Sunday at the same home. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Burchill, Jilena and Brandi Lee of Heidelberg, visited Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sparling of Goderich called at the same home on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Hogg, Janet and Kendra, Mr. and Mrs. John McInnes, all of 1 Wingham, visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hogg. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Faust visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bramhill, Palmerston. Bill and Donna Nay have returned from Goose Bay, Labrador, where they visited their son Rick, daughter-in- law Sherri and grand- daughter, Sarah. Lynn. Whitechurch Baking Queens The fourth meeting was held March 16 at the home of Mrs. Elliott. The discussion was oni butter cakes, egg - foam cakes, egg white magic, the proper pan, preparing pans, baking, testing and a number of other factors related to baking. Mrs. Elliott prepared an apple chiffon cake, rhubarb cake and a pumpkin cake. The meeting closed with the - 4 -H Creed. The third meeting was held March 14 at Purdon's. The girls discussed dessert fillings, savory pies, characteristics of pie fillings and pastries, to name a few. Mrs. Purdon demon- strated several recipes. The meeting closed with the creed. _ ' 1 Meeting number two was held March 12 at Elliott's. The girls decided upon the club name and discussed the use of fats in making pas- tries. The leaders demon- strated pastry making and the girls were allowed to ex- periment, using lard, -oil, butter and shortening. 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