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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-04-18, Page 20Page 30ofe -The Wingham Advance -Meek 4p 14.1089 ....111.$!els *Art tee itrO . minimai injuries irt, inisha ;.• A Brussels man received minimal and District Hospital by ambulance injuries in an accident late last Sat- e for treatment of minimal injuries, urday afternoon in Morris Town- report the police. Damage to the ship. van is listed as moderate. William Henry Little, 74, of 630 Jbhn Street, Brussels, was the lone occupant of a 1972 van which was eastbound on Con. 7-8 of the tOwn- ,e.hip at 6 p.m. on April 15, accords big to an,Contario Provincial Police Morris council approved two spokesman at %gingham. building permits as presented by The mishap occurred 13 kilome- Chief Building Official Leo Sanders tres west of County Road 12, say at the first monthly meeting of the OPP Mr. Little was eastbound cotincil, on the concession road when his Permits were approved for: Jack vehicle left the roadway and struck, VanCamp, Belgrave, a duplex and a tree stump. Gerald Beck, Lot 4, Con. 5, a resi- Mr. Little was taken to Wingham dence. Township issues building•A'permits Lewis Flowers honored for 50 years in business Lewis Flowers of Wingham recently was honored for 50 years the florist industry Although Al Dickson bought the business from his father-in-law, jack Lewis, several years ago, the business has stayed in the Lewis name, thereby qualifying it for a special award from FID (Floral Trans Delivery). The business Mr. Dickson oper- ates today is vastly different from the one started in Wingham by Ernest Lewis over 50 years ago. While Wingham had a greeh- house during the early years of this century, it wasn't until Ernest Lewis came to town in 1936 that the the town had a bona -fide florist. Those must have been busy years for Mr. Lewis Sr. as he operated the only flower shop for miles around. The flowers were shipped in by train and arrangements set it the train as well kr destinations such as Lucknow and even Kincar- dine. A native of England, Mr. Lewis had learned the florist trade there before moving to Canada. He worked at a Brampton greenhouse for a number of years before mov- ing with his family to Wingham where he purchased a greenhouse. Over the years, the floral design end of the business gradually grew more popular, edging out the greenhouse. In fact, today's green- house is 2,000 square feet, com- pared to 6,000 square feet at its height, according to Mr. Dickson. Jack Lewis came to work in the family business when he returned from World War II and took over from his father in the mid-1960s. - People give flowers for virtually any occasion today, says Mr. Dick- son, right from special holidays, such as Mother's Day,sto house warmings. Funerals and weddings remain a big part of the florist business, he adds, but long-distance orders have skyrocketed in recent years. Mr. Dickson says he places orders to London hospitals alone at least two or three times each day. As fa ft!tWP 131,40$ qe cerned,'Mr. Dickson hopes to con- tinue in the same "tried and true" fashion as his father-in-law and his father before him. He feels proud and honored to have Lewis Flowers recognized for 50 years in business and hopes to serve the people of Wingham and area for many more years to come. • • „At A.... — '00e0 4'. • • 4 .1, 4 ' • .1,sr'';'• J•"'•-• • • t. DEVELOPER—George Oriold presented plans for his new development in the village of Wrox- eter, where he hopes to, open over 40 new lots once completed, at a recent Howick Township Coun- cil meeting. In earlier discussions with Mr. Oriold council members voiced concern over sporadic development, but the new plans alleviated those concerns. Howick council agrees in principle to proposal GORRIE—Howick Township Council's support for careful resi- dential development in the munici- pality was evident during a recent council meeting. In a special meeting on April 11, requested by deeeleper George. 9,47 old of -Wixeceter,'Howick Township Council, after Mr. Oriold's presen- tation of plans,for his new stevelep- itietit th the agreed in principle to enter into an development agreement with the same as laid out in the prOposefl plans. • In indicating their support for Mr. Oriold, council members dis- agreed with the Huron County planner on some issues. Mr. Ori- old's plan includes a four-phase development proposal which hopes to open over 40' new lots in the vil- lage of Wroxeter. He has been working on devel- opment plans of the area for some time but encountered a number of problems which surfaced during earlier discussionSikiitli council:" ROADS Among the problems are: the freezing of the province's road bud- get which means no money for new road construction; the road stan- dards set by the Ministry of Trans- portation which threatened to price new developments out of the range of economic viability; and the ques- tion of council's° authority to open or re -open Walker and Currie Streets in the Village of Wroxeter. The lack of provincial money for new roads in connection with high standards set for any new roads, posed a serious problem as prices for land and, buildings would increase dramatically due to higher costs to the developer. The standard set by MTO for streets in the villages is the urban standard. Though most roads in the villages now are rural or suburban in nature, the ministry set the new standard higher. Under the new cri- teria roads will have two three - metre travel lanes, two and a half metres of parking space as well as storm sewers and catch basins to handle drainage. The township however, has the ight to accept a standard lower "an the one recommended by TO; but if council decides to do , there will be no provincial oney available for future upgrad- g of the streets in question. AL DICKSON, owner of Lewis Flowers in Wingham, recently t was honored by FTI) (Floral Trans Delivery) for 50 years in the M florist business. Mr. Dickson purchased the business several years so ago from his father-in-law, Jack Levis, who had taken over from his father years earlier. cial maintenance money if t township accepts the streets (tak them over and agrees to- maintain them), after the developer builds thee to the standard previously agNe(11.4400tirANtil Panics- A4regrialitsPeggesstitti halle cMt- rie er, Street .re -opened posed another problem. There was the atieetieei of‘fietteriege g& to 10 so. Mr. timid was originally hoping the township would build the streets, bee efter.the elginination stnictiontJus -was-no longer a possi- bility. - The next step was to decide on -whether to build a street which council would accept, or a private lane which would be maintained by residents. Mr. Oriold's approach was aimed at having the municipal- ity accept the streets once they are built to the MTO prescribed level. Council was faced with a number of problems. Development in How - ides Villaps.is -desirable-en# court cil realizes the possible benefits t the township. HoweVer, counci wants development to benefit th reunidpiility in the optimum man ner In earlier discussions with Mr Oriold, council members voiced their concern over sporadic devel opment and the need for some sort of development plan. Council dis cussed the possibility of requesting sfromnMr. Oriold a plan of subdivi io. A plan of subdivisionlay out how an area will be developed, in what time frame and also specify it will contain some (five per cent) parkland. However, Crawford, Mill and Davies of Wingham, lawyers for Howick Township, informed coun- cil Mr. Oriold's parcel can already be considered a registered plan of subdivision. This problem disappeared when Mr. Oriold presented council with his phase breakdown for his new subdivision. Mr. Oriold had hired Andy McBride of Maitland Engineering Services of Wingham to prepare a plan to indicate planned develop- ment, as well as a proposed time frame. In his presentation to council, Mr. Oriold indicated his intentions to phase the development. He said he needs money from the first phase to begin the second and so on. he However, streets of lower start - es dards will still qualify for provin- He also agreed to builtehe roads to the standard requested by the township if council agrees to take them over upon completion. • Council was impressed with the PMgetifition and its previous posi- tion of scepticism toward, Mr. Ori- old's plane changed_'to Wii"exriilent Whin council Members defended Mr. Oriold's plan against criticism from the claim* planner Brian Treble. Mr. Treble suggested even if council agreed to the development plan, the final decision would be made by the county planning com- mission. This in turn could endan- ger any developtnent agreement between the township and Mr. Ori - old. Furthermore, Mr. Treble was critical of the plan as it would require over 10 severances. Instead he proposed council should consid- er P-Plall '20.1131.ivieien• Cottp citcliffroxed a degree of 0; displeasure with the county plan- ner's continued interjections and e learned from Thomas Miller, clerk - - treasurer, that the committee deci- sions are not necessarily binding to • council. All costs of the development, as - well as lawyer fees the township may have will be paid by Mr. Ori- - old. The new subdivision is set to - encompass an area west of the offices of the Maitland Valley Con- servation Authority. It is bordered by Queen St. to the north, Turnber- ry St. to the west (Huron County Rd. 12), Carol St. to the -east. A new street will be built in the south of the subdivision running east -west, parallel to Queen St. Mr. Oriold plans to develop lots facing the County Rd. and Queen St. first. The money from the sale and development of those lots will be used to open new streets (Walker and Currie Street) and develop the adjacent lots. Mr. Oriold said construction could_begin as early as a develop- ment plan has been agreed upon with council. MISSIONARY DIES The men and women of Canada united in deep sorrow with the men and women of Japan as they received the sad news of the pass- ing of Dr. A. Caroline Macdonald.