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GUIDES DONATE QUILT ® Mary Vair of Belgrave, district Guide commissioner and three junior leaders
at Camp Keewaydin near Amberley, Kirsten Keil of Wingham, Crystal Black of Belgrave and Michelle
Klages of Goderich, show this lovely quilt tied by Guides at the camp. The quilt has been donated to the
Belgrave quilting group for a needy family in that community.'
hurch Director
St. Paul's Church
(ANGLICAN) WINGHAM
John Street at Centre Street
k.�s._... THE..ANGLICAt. PARISH OI=........._..
WINGHAM AND BELGRAVE
All services from the "Book of Common Prayer'°
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1988
11:00 a.m. - Matins
Minister : Rev. D. Madge
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Morris permits
Morris Township council ap-
proved seven building permits as
recommended by Chief Building
Official Leo Sanders for: Joel
Arkell, Belgrave, storage shed and
garage; Bob Wattam, Belgrave,
addition to residence; Ross Nichol,
Lot 26, Con. 6, steel granary; Henry
Devlin, Lot 28, Con. 7, two , steel
granary bins; Jane Smith and Hugh
Ives, Lot 8, Con, ...6,..entry .._room ...to....
residence; ,,:Jeff Gennings, Bluevale,
sun porch and John Albers, Lot 29,
Con. 2, addition, to pig barn.
okman for Dr. J
Mc or of Wingliam.. said 31-y
.old Arthur Rita, R. ,
Wroxeter, suffered:a.soli tjssue
jury, but was listed as satisfaetory.;
Charged by the Wingham
detachment of the Ontario
Provincial Police with attempte
murder and use of a firearm during
a► #114t�rn w► held m e
In the Walkerton jail over the week:
lend until a bail- hearing at 2 p.
d /Monday at provincial court,
Goderich.
Wingham seeks estitrtate
on providing street lights
Wingham Town Council is
requesting an estimate on the cost of
providing "street lights at two
locations in town. _
At its regular August meeting,
council decided to. ask the Wingham
Public Utilities Commission .to
provide an estimate on the costs of
installing lights on Shuter Street at
the rail crossing, and on Park Drive
between Josephine Street and Alice
Streets.
At a Meeting earlier this year,
council referred a ratepayer's letter
— requesting . the Shuter Street
lighting - to the Wingham Board of
Police Commissioners for its
recommendation. At that time,
council also asked the board to "
consider the Park -Drive location._:._......_,.
In a letter to the board, -read at the
August council meeting, Police
Chief Robert Wittig reports that the
Committee needs chairman
Trinity, Belgrave - 9:30 a.m.
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT,
R.S.0.1980, CHAPTER 337, AND IN THE MATTER OF THE
LANDS AND PREMISES KNOWN MUNICIPALLY AS
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF JOHN STREET EAST AND DI-
AGONAL ROAD IN THE TOWN OF WINGHAM IN THE
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO.
NOTICE ON INTENTION TO DESIGNATE
TAKE NOTICE that theCouncil of the Corporation of the Town
of Wingham intends to designate the property, including lands
and buildings, at the following municipal address as a prop-
erty of architectural and/or historical value or interest under
Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, 1974, R.S.O., 1980,
Chapter 337.
MUNICIPAL ADDRESS - Southeast corner of John Street
East and Diagonal Road, Wingham.
REASONS FOR THE PROPOSED DESIGNATION - The
land for erection of a War Memoriarwas selected over four
other sites by a committee of council in conjunction with a
committee of the Wingham Lions Club in 1922 and a deben-
ture issue for the purpose was approved by the electorate in
the election at the end of the same year.
The bronze monument was unveilded by Sir Arthur Currie on
August 26, 1924. Two bronze column lights, erected by the
Women's Patriotic Society were turned on for the first time on
November 11, 1924.
The property selected already contained a bench mark monu-
ment placed by the Geodstic Survey of Canada in 1917.
Subsequent additions to the War Memorial commemorate the
Second World War and the Korean War.
This proper.y has come to be one of the most revered land-
marks in the Town of Wingham.
Notice of objection to the proposed designation, together with
a statement of reasons for the objection and all relevant facts
may be served on the Clerk of the Town ot,Wingham before
the 9th day of September, 1988.
Unless a chairman can be found
for the proposed 1989 Old 'Boys'
Reunion, that could very well be
cancelled, Wingham Town Council
learned at its regular August
meeting.
In a report from its finance and
management committee, council
was advised that although there is
no shortage of volunteers to assist
with the reunion, no one has agreed.
to act as committee chairman.
The report, read by the finance
and management committee chair-
man, Councillor James McGregor,
describes the, position as one which
requires an excessive amount of
time and work, "but without
leadership the proposed Old Boys
Reunion will not be held next year."
' Mercer! Beaucoup! ' is
hot item for Playhouse 2
By Mark Bisset
Those in the cast of "Mercer!
Beaucoup" had their work cut out
for them when the review of Johnny
Mercer music opened at the Huron
Country Playhouse.
There was' no need to knock the
house dead — the heat did that.
Performing in Playhouse 2, the
smaller of the two Grand Bend
stages, Peggy Mahon, Philip
McNiven, Jack Northmore and
Sena -Lee Wood deserve top marks
for the effort put forth despite the
adverse conditions.
Hot and humid outside, Playhouse
2 was an oven inside. Patrons did
their best to enjoy the ,song-and-
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dance routines being performed
competently by the foursome, but
the humidity stifled their reactions
in the first act. There were some
empty seats in the second act
through no fault of the actors.
Playhouse administration should
seriously consider the installation of
air conditioning in both sections. It is
no good to attract an audience with
quality performances, only to drive
them away with unbearable con-
ditions.
Compiled by Northmore, a
veteran Canadian actor, "Mercer!
Beaucoup ! "- flows along nicely with
quicA costume changes and in-
novve renditions of the popular
Mercer Music.
The first act was a bit rough in
spots — likely due to opening night
pressures — but the cast pulled
everything together in the second,
inciting the well -baked audience to
give a standing ovation at the end.
The review reached its height in
the first act when Wood and Mahon
combined for a spine -tingling ren-
dition of "Blues in the Night". That
piece alone is worth the price of
admission.
Northmore's interpretation of an
owl left -the audience twittering, and
the group's version of "Gloworm"
left no doubt as to the talent of the
four members of the cast.
Those looking for an evening of
.:,..light-hearted entertainment would
•,‘‘ do, wellw�''hi head fore '"Merc - !
Alpay • u i. ! y- 1 but be sjkup�,yr.`e to wear
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request for lighting is justified.
Although council ultimately
agreed to request the PUC
estimates, not all were convinced it
was the correct approach. Both
Reeve Bruce Machan and Councillor
Bill McGrathwere concerned the
action will be m vain since the town
has nothing in its budget to cover
such a project.
"There's no budget for this, ' Mr.
Machan said. "If we're not going to
go ahead with it, then it doesn't
matter whether we get the prices
now or next fall."
Mr: McGrath also expressed his
concern that these two lights were
perhaps the beginningof what could
develop into a widescale.
replacement of light 'throughotit lie'
town. However, he was assured by
others on council that such is not
likely to be the case.
The PUC will ,he asked to provide
the estimates ht time for council's
September meeting.
In his letter, the police chief also
referred to the ratepayer's request
that the old mill property in the
Shuter Street area be cleaned up.
"Any and -all efforts to remove this
dangerous area would be welcomed
by the citizens of that area," the
letter states.
Mr. Machan told council that the
town's works department has
already cleaned up some of the area,
but heavier equipment is needed to
complete the job.
"Just what you've done so far has
made it look a whole lot better,"
Councillor Ron Beecroft said of the
project.
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Town wants
agreement
re -opened
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hiring the chief. Mr. Beecroft
replied that the meeting had indeed
been held several weeks ago at
which a Fire Marshal's report
recommended that the department
have a full-time chief
"As I see it, none of the other
councils care because Wingham's
picking up the lion's share of the
cost," Mr. Robertson said of the
board's decision to go . ahead.
Wingham's portion of the fire board
budget is assessed at 36.6 per cent.
Mr. McGrath again spoke strongly
in support of attempting to reopen
the agreemegt and was reminded
that the finance and management
committee is now awaiting a
solicitor's opinion on that likelihood.
Mr. Beecroft, however, offered -the
opinion that council is tilting at
windmills and setting itself up,
perhaps, for a costly court battle.
"What do you hope to accomplish
by opening the fire agreement?"
Wingham has tried to do so before,
he added, "and we were shot down
every time."
Others on council, however, sug-
gested the new assessment, figures
will no* proiride ' reason . for the
reopening and Mr. Beecroft agreed
to that possibility':