HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-12-20, Page 3Snowfall affects municipal
budgets; school schedules
weather office notes, until the Great
Lakes have frozen over, local resi-
dents can expect a lot more "lake
effect" snow showers. The earliest
the lakes will be frozen over, he
adds, is mid-January.
The weather office would not go
out on a limb" and predict what
' conditions might be like at Christ-
mas, as they are subject to rapid
change at this time of year.
Committee formed to
save agriculture museum
An ad hoc committee has been , came from a man from Concorde
formed to find a way to save the by the name of Matthews. He sold
Ontario Agricultural Museum at his massive private collection of
Milton, which will see provincial railway engines, tractors and tools
funding cut by 50 per cent in 1996 to the province. Some went to the
and withdrawn entirely by 1997. Ontario Science Centre, notes Car-
bert, while items related to agricul-
ture went to the agricultural mu-
seum.
When it was announced. in the
provincial government's economic
statement of late November that
funding would be withdrawn from
the agricultural museum by 1997,
Carbert said many local residents
telephoned with their 'concerns and
desires to see the museum saved.
Area residents do have more
than a passing interest in the mu-
seum, especially since the Main,
Corners Church, which was donat-
ed to the museum and reconstruct-
ed onsite, was once located just
outside Molesworth. As well„there
is a slaughterhouse from Listowel
and an old barn from near Walker-
ton,
"Many people donated (artifacts)
to the museum secure in the knowl-
edge that they would be held in per-
petuity,” says Carbert. The collec-
tion belongs to the people of
Ontario,,he adds and they must he
allowed to have a say in its future.
NEWBY, DECEMBER 20,1995
Arena r000f the
fared, if Workers cleared snow not the first, the roof
om the arena roof in town last
Wedhaseen cleared of snow in Decem-
y,
ber.
THE WOW ApVANCETIMES
Old Man Winter has struck early
in Southwestern Ontario, stretching
municipal snow removal budgets,
cancelling schools and it's .not
even officially winter yet.
The snow arrived in mid-
November and aside from a few
mild days, the temperatures have
remained cold.
Byron Adams, clerk -treasurer of
the Town of Wingham, reports that
the town often puts extra money in
the budget for December overtime.
However, he notes, the entire pic-
ture won't be known until year end.
One item of interest though is
that the arena roof was cleared of
snow last week, one of the few
times in December that it has had
to be cleared.
Teeswater hires out most of its
snow removal, but village works
foreman Don Stewart said he al-
ready has put in many hours this
season plowing snow. But like
Wingham, the "damage" won't be
known until the bills are tallied.
In Turnberry . Township, Ross.
Nicholson, road superintendent said
his men put in a lot of hours plow-
ing on the weekend of Dec. 9 and
10 and Monday, Dec. 11. As well,
says Nicholson, he has a good deal
more sand already on the roads in
past years.
Area students had two days off
last week, the first on Monday,
Dec. 11, due to a snowstorm and an
ice storrn later in the week can -
'celled school again, even Wingham.
Public School.
At press time Monday, the Lon-
don office of Environment Canada
was calling for unsettled weather
for Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week. As Randy Mawson of the
Economy
Continued from front page
Bob Middleton of The Home
fur custoolers are as precious
as our product.
Seasons Greetings
201 -Josephine Street, Wingham, 519-357-1911
"Wnigham'S Family Jeweller" .
Turnberry farmer George Under-
wood, Bill Ireland of Teeswater
and Bob Carbert of Wingham,
founding general manager of the
museum, were to attend a meeting
Monday at Guelph. The purpose of
the meeting was to see what can be
done to save the museum or, at the
very least, ensure that its vast col-
lection of buildings and artifacts be
retained.
In a telephone interview earlier
this month, Carbert said 'he be-
lieved that the committee has three
alternatives: bring political pressure
Place and Radio Shack in Wing- •to bear on the government to re -
ham says the Christmas season has store funding; make Sure the site,
been "average" on the whole. On buildings and artifacts are retained
stormy days, the store has been and thirdly, examine alternate
quiet, he notes, but when the weath- sources of funding, whether it be
er clears, the shoppers return. public or corporate sponsorship.
Terry MacKinnon of Wingham's "My biggest fear is that it (the
Canadian Tire store said he noticed collection) will be sold off," said
a definite drop in the number of Carbert. "It would break my heart
shoppers, particularly those from if anything happened to that collec-
out of town, on snow days. But in tion."
the past week, he adds, business The Ontario Agricultural Mu -
has really picked up. seum came to be. on paper at least,
Christine McGrath of Chris- in 1965, when then -provincial Ag -
tine's Clothes Closet in Wingham riculture Minister W. A. Stewart
is not as busy as she had hoped. was so impressed with Western col -
She blames a downturn in the econ- lections on a trip that he decided
omy and the perception of a weak- the agricultural history of Ontario
had to be saved Kir future genera-
tions.
It was not until 1974 that the 85 -
acre site at Milton opened with Car-
bert as its first general manager.
His mandate as manager was to as-
semble a collection that would tell
the story of agriculture in Ontario
for "all and sundry".
A large part of
ened downtown core in Wingham
with the closure of the K Food
store in late August and the recent
announcement that Ainslie's de-
partment store will be closing.
McGrath says that her traffic
dropped dramatically with the clo-
sure of the K Food store and adds
that something must be done in the
new year to encourage businesses
to locate in the downtown area.
There are several exceptions to
the less -than -spectacular Christmas
shopping season. Ross Gibson of
Gibson's Men's Wear in Wingham
is reporting a better holiday season
than anticipated.
He said he finds that shoppers
appreciate small-town service, es-
pecially an easy exchange policy
without the worry of running back
to the city.
Eleanor Kuyvenhoven of The
Gift Chest in Wingham is excep-
tionally pleased with the holiday
season, saying her store has been
very busy. Jan Alexander, a spokes-
man for Rosalind's Fashion Ave-
nue in Wingham, also said they
have had a good Christmas season.
For Betsy Bouwers of The 2 Step
shoe store in Wingham, the early
snowfall this year was a welcome
sight as residents came in earlier
than usual to buy snowboots. Over
all, Bouwers adds, sales this Christ-
mas season have been average.
the
BURBIDGE--Steve and Cheryl,
along with big sister Amanda, are
thrilled to announce the arrival of
Jenna Nicole, weighing 5_ lbs., 1 oz.
and Jason Alexander, 4 lbs., 7 oz.
on Dec. 7, 1995, at St. Joseph's
Health Centre in London. Proud
grandparents are Bill and Ethel
Willis, Wingham and Bill and San -
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