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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-02-15, Page 8S7 Page 8—The Wingham Advance -Times, Feb. 15, 1984 Howick Council says flQ we will .not remove snow GORRIE — Howick Town- ship Council turned down a request by a delegation from the Gorrie Businessmen's Association, who attended the Feb. 9 meeting of council to request that the township provide snow removal serv- ices for the Main Street busi- ness section of Gorrie. The four member delegation, consisting of Larry Bakalar, Ben John- ston, Barbara Watts and Earl Mino contend snow plowed off County Road 28, is piling up on sidewalks and curbsides in front of stores in the village and makes parking difficult for pro- spective ro- s pective customers. Council replied that snow removal has never been provided for villages in the township because it would be unfair to remove snow for some taxpayers and not all 6f them. "Snow removal is part and parcel of being a business- man," said Coun. Gordon Kaster. Farmers have to re- move snow from their own laneways he added. "We are not asking for lanes to be blown; we are asking for snow to be moved off Main Street," said Mr. Mino. "I would find it hard to justify moving snow for some taxpayers and not for others," replied Coun. Kaster. "Another fly in the oint- ment is that Main Street is a county road," said Reeve John Stafford, suggesting that the group approach Huron County Council with their problem. Mrs. Watts explained the group has contacted county council and were told "It's not our snow". "I find it humorous that no one owns the snow," said Mr. Bakalar. The business man asked if the township could obtain a benefits were received by them from these taxes. Council explained that business tax is levied at the provincial level and goes into the general tax fund. Council did agree to open a side street, not used during winter, so that if the businessmen make their own snow removal arrangements - they can take it to a site near the Gorrie ball diamond. REQUEST FUNDS ' _ Council considered a request for funds from the Howick Fair Board. The group is in its 125th year of operation and is seeking a grant from the township to help cover regular fair ex- penses and offset the cost of special anniversary features that will be a part of this year's fair. Previous to 1981, council had always con- tributed to the running of the fair, but through an oversite on the part of the fair board grants were not applied for in 1981 or 1982. They requested this be considered when finalizing this year's donation. Council said the matter would be dealt with at budget time. "We really do rate the fair near the top (of the list for donations" said Coun. he cos grant to detray tt�-£— moving the snow. "I've checked into it and found out snow removal is not subsidizable," said Township Clerk -Treasurer Marvin Bosetti. Council's concensus is that rural taxpayers cannot be expected t, pay for snow removal in the villages any more than the villagers should pay for removal of snow in farm lanes. The delegation complained that businessmen pay business tax while farmers do not, and questioned if any 1 Kaster. Another group requesting funds from the township is the Huron County Federation of Agriculture. A delegation headed by Tony McQuail, president of the organization, attended the meeting to explain the federation's aims and ac- complishments, and request that council consider adding a levy to the rural taxpayers of the township, to help finance the operation. Mr. McQuail also said a grant, in lieu of the levy would also be acceptable. All farmers benefit from the organiza- tion's lobbying activities, he said, and he said the levy would—be—a way financial support of the federation could be evenly divided among farmers. Council told this group their request will be considered at budget time. OTHER BUSINESS In other business council: Approved a fire protection agreement with the town of Harriston and the village of Clifford. Coverage for 1984, from Harriston will cost the township $8,000 for basic coverage of up to five calls, with an additional charge of $400 per call, after five calls. This basic rate is unchanged from 1983, but the rate from extra calls has increased from $250. The Village of Clifford will provide coverage for a flat rate of $7,860, an increase of 4.8 per cent, or $360, from 1983. Reported that 24 ap- plications for the position of firefighter have been received in anticipation, of the construction of the township's sattalite fire station. It was also decided a public meeting about the location of the new fire hall and the responsibilities of firefighters will be held in the near future, but no date has been determined. Discussed modifications to the township's secondary plan and decide:to hold a public meeting before the plan is approved. The date of that meeting is yet to be determined. Granted permission to the March of Dimes to conduct a door-to-door fund raising campaign in March of 1984. Approved payment of registration fees of $30 for Clerk -Treasurer Marvin Bosetti to attend a. Drainage Law seminar, sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, to be held in Kitchener on March 21-22. Authorized the township's solicitor to proceed with the transfer of the property of Marion Gibson, in Wroxeter, to the township's ownership. Ms. Gibson donated the property to Howick Town- ship because the township needs it as an access route to the Maitland River. Agreed to notify the Howick Community Centre Board it will not approve any further loans to the board from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The marathon council session ended around 3 a. m., on Feb. 10. Council has been considering switching to two regular meetings each month, as recent sessions have seldom ended before 1 a.m- Pornography is subject at Bluevale WI meeting BLUEVALE — On Feb- ruary 7 the monthly meet- ing of the Bluevale Wom- en's Institute was held in the Bluevale Hall, opening with the Mary Stewart Collect and the Institute Ode. This was the Resolutions meeting and convener and hostess was Mrs. Jim Armstrong. Mrs. Armstrong in- troduced the speaker, Constable Greg Minnick of Mount For;st. Constable John Marshall of Goderich was also present. The sub- ject was pornography. This is a major concern of the parent body as well as in- ,dividual WI members and m.eei.ings__on—this_s_uba� have been encouraged. Constable Minnick showed a film on different segments of pornography: He then gave a very informative talk on the film and all matters relating to it. The ladies were rather shocked at some of the facts and learned that pornography is just a word until ` one actually realizes what it is all about. To say this was an en- joyable topic would certainly not be correct. It was a harsh learning experience and one. which made everyone ffilMaWismaascm— realize we really do live in a changing world. Mrs. Carl Johnston thanked the speaker and presented him with a token of appreciation. Lunch was served by Mrs. Bob Perry and Mrs. Harry Elliott. Mrs. Charles' Mathers, president, then conducted the business part of the meeting. The .roli__call was / "Name and give information on a woman with an unusual career". Many interesting careers were mentioned, including jail warden, security officers, political careers and many others. The members of the Bluevale Women's Institute ci bnvite _all aaembers of the community to attend their very informative meetings. VALENTINE TEA—Little Corey McKee of Wingham had a painful attack of shyness last Saturday at the annual Valentine tea and bake sale sponsored by the Wingham Opti -Mrs. Club and the Jack Rea vie Vocational Centre at the local town hall. Mom Vicky tried to coax her son to smile, but he would not. Mrs. Steuernol hosts Guild GORRIE — The February -meeting -of _St. Ste en's Anglican Church Ladies' Guild was held at the home of Mrs. Mac Steuernol. President Mrs. Jasper Farrish opened the meeting with prayer and Mrs: Ron Bennett led devotions. She _read a poem and story on "Nothing Is Too Good for a Friend". She closed with a prayer, "Make Me a Better Friend". Roll call was answered by 19 members answering with. a valentine thought. Offering was also taken for the- two Penny Teams. Mrs. William Cane gave the treasurer's report. Business was conducted by Mrs. Farrish. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Clayton Ruppel with Mrs. Roland Bennett on devotions and Mrs. Ron Bennett in charge of program. The group will visit the Fordwich Village Nursing Home on April 4. World Day of Prayer is March. 2, the service to be held at St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Gorrie. Everyone is welcome. A noon luncheon was planned for February 23 and committees were organized. The annual craft show will be held April 14 at Howick Central School. The Lenten services start March 9 at 8 p.m. at St. Stephen's. March 7 is the Ash Wednesday service at St. Stephen's at 8:30. Rev. William Gray has planned a board meeting for February 20 at 8:30 in the church basement. He also told the group about the Great Chapter meeting to be held February 15. Ron Shelley has agreed to be auctioneer for the church auction in May. Mr. Gray closed this part of the meeting with the • Grace and Mrs. Harry King was in charge of program. She asked Mrs. Gray to demonstrate flower arrang- ing arid the finished pro- duct was donated to the Guild and numbers were drawn to determine the winner. Miss Helen Cane was the lucky recipient. Mrs. William Bennett was the winner of the mystery gift donated by Mrs. Steuernol. Lunch was served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Farrish. DRAW WINNER—Mrs. Debbie Foxton of Wingham accepted the deacon's pench and mirror won by her father, John Ryan of Wingham, at last Saturday's Valentine tea and bake sale sponsored by the local Opti -Mrs. Club and the Jack Reavie Vocational Centre. Presenting Mrs. Foxton with the prizes is Opti -Mrs. member Carol Whiteley. Unit holds Feb. meeting. The afternoon unit of the United Church Women met last Tuesday with 28 members present. Mrs. Muriel Thompson . had charge of the worship serv- ice, assisted by Ann Wilson, Mrs. Mildred Bartely and Mrs. Hilda Grant at the Don" ling named board chairman FORDWICH — At the February 8 meeting of the Howick Community Centre Board, Don King was elected chairman, filling the position vacated by Deryck Weber, Bob Howitt and Doug King are new members, replacing Stewart Rowley and Deryck Weber. piano.�_ e Howick Junior Insti- The "Partners in Prayer tute, the Fordwich Commun- were: Susanne Cheyne, Kenya; Rev. IGonzalo and Mrs. Elena Cruz, Costa Rica; Sam and Lee Evans, Tanzania; and Dr. Gerald and Mrs. Alison Hankins of Nepal. Mrs. Thompson continued with study of the book "Jesus Means Life". A hymn was sung and the business meeting was led by Mrs. Evelyn James. Seventy visits had been made to shutins. The World Day of Prayer will be held at Sacred Heart Church March 2. The next UCW general meeting will be April 9 with Clara McGowan the guest speaker. The meeting closed with Mrs. Helen Underwood reading the poem "Climb until your Dream comes True". A social time follow- ed the Mizpah Benediction. Rebekah's shoot party Thirteen tables were in play at Monday night's shoot party held at the IOOF Hall. Jean Crump was the high lady and Bill Tiffin was the high man. George Mitchell had the most shoots and Gertrude Tiffin won the mystery prize. The next shoot party is slated for Feb. 27 when a draw for a quilt will be held. Bon of local pair married 25 years Mr. and Mrs. James Gibbons of Wingham at- tended the 25th wedding anniversary celebration of their son Frank and his wife Elizabeth in London on February 13. They have five children, Vicki Annd, a registered' nurse in London, Mrs. Brad (Francine) Met- calfe of London, Patricia, training to be a nurse at Conestoga College, Strat- ford, James and John, at home. Other £aniily members who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Warren (Mary) Weber and family, Stratford; Mr, and Mrs. Robert (Sheila) Cuillerier and family, Ailsa Craig, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul (Ruth) Beckberger and family, London. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Desmond, an uncle and aunt from Teeswater, also attended. ity Park Association and the Howick Community Centre Board are working together making plans for the bicen- tennial celebrations to, be held in June. MRS. JOE WALKER Bluevale Study of British Columbia highlights /:Imore meeting BELMORE — Thirteen ladies were present for the February meeting of the Belmore Women's Institute. The two residents of the Orillia Home for the Han- dicapped to whom the In- stitute sends Christmas gifts, sent appreciative thank -you notes. The topic for the meeting was a study of British (r1,1mhia. recent host of the News from BRUSSELS — The monthly bingo trophy was won by Bill Close for having won the most bingo games in January. The Friday afternoon discussion group had a real treat. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Alexander from Ethel visited and brought quite a selection of antique treasures. Most of the residents could tell very interesting stories about the articles. Ann Smith was in to en - Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Procter, Blyth, visited last Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walker. Marie Walker, Mrs. Ken Skinn and Nanci and.Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walker;,and Kevin were Sunday dinner guests with Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Walker and Brian. (-MRS LEWIS'STONEHOUSE Belgrave Mr. and Mrs. Gary Leitch, Julie and Jeff of London spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grasby. Belmore curling Worldwide Convention of Institutes. Mrs. Eleanor Dane read a poetic description of the beauty of the province which she verified from her own trip there. The roll call was answered with a fact about B.C. which some members could give as a result of their own visits. Mrs. Dave Eadie then told Callander tertain the uesidents with some piano tunes. Residents celebrating birthdays in February are Mina McCrackin, Murra Grant, Maggie McDonald and Mae Baker. The United Church Women will be hosting the February party on Valentine's Day. The Blyth Singers were here last month and all enjoyed listening. We are sorry to say Mrs. Maggie McDonald is a patient in the Wingham hospital. MRS. DON EADIE Belmore Personals Mrs. Evelyn Jackson and Mrs. Rena Fitch have re- turned from a two-week va- cation in Florida. ' Jack Stafford, represent- ing Gay Lea Foods, attended a four-day convention of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in Edmonton this past week. Mr. and Mrs. George Merkley spent the weekend with friends in Allenford and took part in a local curling bonspiel there. • Congratulations to Derrick Evers on being a winner in the Smurf Colouring Contest and receiving a free pass to the Lyceum Theatre. Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dickson were Miss Mary Dickson of London and grandsons Darryl and Adam Gilbert of Fed' • s. Miss Marilyn Renwick visited several days last Belmore -hockey The District 3 Tankard ladies' double team competi- tion took place in Teeswater last week. The Delmore teams consisted of: Nancy. Smith, skip; Grace Mulvey, vice; Deanne Dickson, 2nd; Janet Marston, lead, and Mildred Dickson, skip; Audrey Fitch, vice;onna Inglis, 2nd; Chris Inglis, lead. The ladies, put forth a good curling effort but were elim- inated by the Listowel rinks, which went on to win the competition. Regular curling scores to report: Earl Fitch 13, Mae Moffat 4; Rod Wright 8, Bill Mulvey li; Harvey Darling 7, Roy Douglas 4; Tom Inglis 6, Ron Douglas 5; Ian Inglis 5, Peter Inglis 3; George Merk- ley 7, Russell Lockwood 6; Paul Dickson 11, Wayne Bal- lagh 6; Mac Eadie 12, Don Eadie 3; Doug Nickel 10, Nancy Smith 3; Ivan Dane 9, Ed Hoffman 4. Afternoon Curling Mike Kieffer 10 (w), Len Weishar 10 41) ; Ralph Dick- son 10,, Berdella Kieffer 6; Wilma Jeffray 6, Joyce Kamrath 6. Gay Lea Competition scores to report: Bob Martin 9, Brian Marston 8; Mac Eadie 8, Bob Martin 3. TYKE Wallace 4, BelmOre 1. Scott Smith scored Bel- more's goal unassisted. Belmore 4, Howick 4. • Goals for Belmore by Tommy Hawkins, assisted by Robbie Hammell; Scott Smith, assisted by Chris Fischer; Scott Smith, un- assisted, and Chris Fisher, assisted by Scott Smith. ATOM Clifford 10, Belmore 0. PEEWEE Belmore 4, Ayton 4. Belmore goals by Scott Dickson (2) assisted by Brian Merkley, Chris Eadie, Steve Mulvey and Doug Ire- land. Shawn Fischer assisted by Scott Dickson and Doug Ireland; Steve Mulvey assisted by Scott Dickson and Doug Ireland. The PeeWees • start their WOAA playoffs Monday against Ayton in Ayton. Good luck, boys! BANTAMS Belmore 6, Wallace 2. Goals scored by Randy Schaefer, Brian Busby, Mike Mulvey, Ron Strome (2), Ted Fischer. Assists went to Randy Schaefer, Brian Bus- by (2), Ron Strome, Ted Fischer (3), Mike Durrer, Rob Haelzle. Belmore 12, Wallace 4. Goals by Randy Schaefer (3)"; Brian Busby, Mike Mulvey, Brian Mulvey, Ron Strome (4), Ted Fischer (2). Assists went to Brian Busby (2), Mike Mulvey (2), Ron Strome, Ted Fischer (3), Barry Schaefer. Belmore wins the best -of - five series three games to one. They will now advance to the finals against Shallow Lake. Keep up the good, work, boys. MIDGETS Belmore 9, Wallace 3. ,Goals for Belmore by Ron Strome, assisted by Keith Hallman; Ron Strome, un- assisted; Randy Schaefer, assisted by Keith Hallman; Ron Strome, assisted by Dave Robertson and Keith Hallman; Randy Schaefer, assisted by Keith Harper; Keith Harper, unassisted; Ron Strome, assisted by Keith Hallman; Keith Hall- man, assisted by Rob Galla- her and Ron Strome; Randy Schaefer, unassisted. week in Kingston with Kevin Ashley. Mrs. Bruce Harkness was elected for a four-year term as an elder at McIntosh Church. Gail Renwick of Petrolia and Richard Tanner of Lo don were weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Renwick. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McPherson and Mr. and Mrs. Don Eadie spent the weekend in Kitchener and attended the live production of "Beat of the Bands" with CFCA 105 personalities. Miss Kaye Wood, Strath- roy, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wood. Members of the Belmore Figure Skating Club took part in a test day last Satur- day in Wallace and passed the following `tests: Susan Wilhe m, pre lminary free skate;' Lisa Metcalfe, canasta; Kelly Leachman, swing. Congratulations, girls. 1 other interesting details. Vancouver, third largest city in Canada, is a very busy port, exporting 250,000,000 bushels of grain annually, as well as oil, coal, fish and lunber. It is also charac- terized by many ethnic restaurants and groups of people, including a _ large Chinese community. Stanley Park, a beautiful place to visit, boasts 20,000 visitors a day in summer. Victoria, the capital, on Vancouver Island, has maintained a very British character, in lovely buildings, gardens, even afternoon teas. Also on the island are the famed But - chart Gardens, developed in an old stone quarry, displaying blooms year- round in the temperate climate. British Columbia was one of the last areas of the continent to be explored and settled. It took a gold rush in 1858 to attract the first wave of settlers. The young colony entered Federation in 1871 as Canada's sixth province. The meeting closed with a delicious lunch of homemade muffins, cheese and coffee. R. W. Bell OPTOMETRIST Goderich The Square' 524-7661 \1 1 \ROI NI) 1111 IIOt ti1 11 1/ 11\I II hII( III N.1.11 1 254 Josephine St. Wingham Ph. 357-2993 BEAUTIFUL GIFTS for spring and summer brides and their attendants. 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GEORGE ADAMS RANDY HUTCHINSON President Manager