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Published at Wingham, Ontario. P.O- EWA 390'- NOG 2W0
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A regrettable decision
Wingham Town Council's decision last week to proceed
with the sale of a piece of its cenotaph property is indeed a
regrettable one. In a narrow 5-4 recorded vote, however,
council decided against turning down an offer to purchase
1he strip of property and in a subsequent 6-3 recorded vote,
opted to go ahead with the sale.
At the regular May council meeting, many of its
members stated there would be no sale if a survey were to
prove the controversial piece of land to be a part of the
cenotaph property. In fact, one of the two prospective pur-
chasers stated that he would not be interested if the land
were proven to be a part of the cenotaph. At last week's
council meeting, a surveyor's map made it quite clear that
the controversial strip is a part of Lot 9 and, it is reason-
able to assume, a part of the war memorial property.
Some on council have argued that since for years it has
not been common knowledge that the town owned this
property — east of the cedar trees located at the rear of the
monument — it should not really be considered a part of
the cenotaph. However, at the June meeting, all nine
members of council were aware that the controversial
strip is part of one parcel — Lot9 — which also includes the
monument, and the majority voted to sell it anyway.
Mayor Jack Kopas' reasoning that a cenotaph in the
Kitchener -Waterloo area had been moved "to enhance the
monument" can not be applied in this situation. Town
council is not moving the cenotaph, it is slicing a piece of
the property away, much to the chagrin of the Royal
Canadian Legion and private citizens to, Whom the
property means more than simply a piece of land.
The strip, with a John Street frontage of approximately
fifteen feet, would provide access to the rear of a Diagonal
Road building the purchasers propose to renovate. What
happens in the future if someone, for whatever reason,
wants to purchase a nine -foot strip along the Diagonal
Roadtoundary of the property? As ridiculous as it sounds,
the principle is the same.
This never should have become an issue. When the offer
was first tendered, 'Our elected 'council should have
immediately ordered a survey to clear up any mis-
conceptions about lot lines and based on the information
received, wisely decided against selling any portion of
what must now be considered part of the cenotaph.
And now a kudo
The decision to institute a recycling program this year is
a sound move on the part of Wingham Town Council and
makes good financial sense.
There is a need for a radical change in popular attitudes
toward waste disposal. More and more, the cost of
disposing our garbage has been spiralling upward and the
increasing lack of suitable landfill sites has added to the
dilemma. However, experts have long been saying that
recycling is a major part .of the solution. They argue that
household garbage alone could be cut by as much as 50 per
cent if we were to separate the cans, bottles and papers for
recycling. This action, requiring very little effort on our
part, could add years to the life of any landfill site while
also saving public money.
The largest obstacle ,to overcome, however, is public
attitude toward change and our reluctance to do a little
extra no matter how minimal. However, when we consider
the mounting costs of the alternative, we owe it to
ourselves to try.
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JUNE 1941
Donald Adams of Wingham h
accepted a position with t
National Steel Car Co. at Malton.
A very pleasant time was spe
when Miss Velma Wheeler e
tertained the members of the cho
of Knox United Church, Belgrave,
/honor of two members, Miss Ann
Grasby and Miss Freda Jorda
Each was presented with a Pyr
glass pie plate in silver stand.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gerrie an
family have moved to Wingha
where Mr. Gerrie is employed on th
CNR section.
For 31 years, Alex McEwan ha
been clerk of the township of Morri
and throughout these years he ha
served faithfully and well. Now i
his 85th year, he gives way to
younger man, having resigned hi
position. In appreciation, he wa
presented with a gold -headed cane
The new clerk is George Martin.
Jack Herd, who has been manage
of the Chainway Store here since i
opened nearly two years ago, has
resigned and his place is being taken
by Fred Bates of Brampton.
UNE 1954
Mrs. Stanley Bride of Fordwich
was elected district president when
ast Huron District of the Women's
nstitute held its 53rd annual
eeting in the Molesworth
resbyterian Church.. Mrs. Crosby
otheran of Fordwich is secretary-
reasurer.
Wingham Town Council approved
total of $32,950 in building permits,
eluding permits -for four new
esidences: Roy Bennett's home on
atrick Street; Ross Vogan's brick
neer house on Bluevale Road;
ck Gorbutt Sr., house on Leopold
reet and George Underwood,
am house on Victoria Street.
Garnet Farrier of Whitethureh,
11 known in this district for his
rk in the Musical field, has 'had
first song published. The.
einem r , is now on sale in
as music stores in the district.
he The business which has been
operated for the past two years by
nt Reg s has been taken over by
n- Desmond Brophy, who has been
ir employed with Mr. Mills since
in shortly after his opening. Des will be
a assisted by his brother, Jack. The
n. firm handles new tires as well as
ex vulcanizing and re -treading used
tires.
d Three district girls, former
m students at Wingham District High
e School, were listed in the Dean's
Honor list at University of Western
s Ontario. Listed are Shirley Camp-
s bell of Bluevale, Barbara Gaunt,
s Belgrave and Marlene Schumacher,
n Teeswater.
a JUNE 1964
s Miss Marian Duke of Fordwich
s graduated with honors from a four-
• year course in journalism with her
Bachelor of Arts degree at the
rt LUonnidvoetir.sity of Western Ontario,
Field Day for West Wawanosh
School Area was held at Fordyce
School. Winners in the senior classes
were Hughie Todd and Mary Pan-
nabecker ; intermediate, Paul
Laidlaw and Linda McWhinney;
junior, Doug Aitcheson and Diane
Strothers.
Brenda Houston, 18 -year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rae
Heuston, RR 2, Brussels, won the
Huron County Dairy Princess
crown. She will represent Huron at
the provincial competition at the
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Mrs. Muriel Coultes of RR 5,
Brussels, received a cheque as first
prize in the ladies' division of the
tractor rodeo at the Trade Fair held
in Wingham. Mrs. Elva Doyle of
Pembroke, a former Wingham girl,
won second prize and Mrs. Donna
Scott took third place.
JUNE 1974
• Fraser Lynn was 'installed as
president of Howick Legion Branch
307. Vice-presidents are Melvin
Allan and Wallace Nixon; secretary
is Kenneth Galbraith and treasurer
James Alcorn.
Mrs. Mac Armstrong, the former
Alma Conn of Whitechurch, an honor
graduate of Ontario Veterinary
College, left by plane for Langen-
burg, Saskatchewan, where she
started work in the clinic on June 1.
Her husband left later with the house
trailer and car.
Wingham is almost assured of
having its new standpipe in
operation by the end of October.
Last month the Ontario Municipal
Board gave the Wingham PUC the
permission to borrow $100,000 in
debentures for the project and
assign the contract for the stand-
pipe. The new structure will cost
almost $130,000.
• At the Gorrie United Church on
Sunday, 12 new hymnaries were
donated by Robert Black of London,
in memory of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Black.
A group of residents and trustees
om the village of Auburn attended
e meeting of West Wawanosh
wnship Council in an effort to get
emselves a dog catcher. The group
s concerned about the number Of
gs running at large in their village
d told council there were at least
o dogs which are vicious. The
township clerk was asked to contact
Mr. Eisler of Goderich in the hope
that he would take over the office of
fr
CNE late this summer. - th
A large, four -storey barn, used as To
a turkey brooder house, was com- th
p e ydemolished in a spectacular wa
-blaze that could be seen for miles. It do
was located two and a half miles an
west of Wingham on Highway and
two
is °wiled by Shipman Imperial
Poultry Co, of Watford and managed
by Herman deBruyn. Loss was
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