Wingham Advance-Times, 1977-06-08, Page 11friends Are
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MYCAhj,es20s..tudents____.
for Experience '77 program
The Maitland Valley Conser-
vation Authority JNIVCA) plans
to hire 20 students this summer
through the Experience '77 pro-
gram of the Ontario Youth Secre-
tariat. About 150 students applied
for the 20 jobs.
The students will be assigned to
technical projects and a field pro-
gram consisting of development,
management and maintenance of
both authority land and areas de-
signated by member munici-
palities.
Brock McDonald of Durham,
one of the students, will adminis-
ter the program and coordinate
the municipal projects.
Other students already hired
include water resources techni-
cian Craig Piper of Exeter, who
will be inspecting and reporting
on building and landfill sites in
floodplain areas and, on munici-
pal drains.
Biology technician Michelle
Salter of Stratford, will conduct
WELCOME
to
Wroxeter Park
OFFICIAL OPENING JUNE 13
Wroxeter Park is sponsored by a grant from
the Young Canadian Works.
The park has an insured playground with
three full time ,employees on hand.
Open in the afternoons, the park offers
tables and barbecues, shuffleboards, slides
and many games' and programs for the sur-
rounding area.
In the case of wet rainy afternoons, programs
will be held in the Wroxeter Community Hall.
Buy your home, life and auto
insurancE''4rom a friend
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Co-operation among Co -Ops.
Located in the
Credit Union Building.
8 Alfred St., [corner of
Josephine St.] Wingham, Ont.
Community Credit The Co-operators
Union 357-2311
357-3739
The Town of Seaforth
CaII for Proposals
from Mobile Home Subdivision
Developers
Proposals are invited for the development of a 10 acre site as a
planned mobile home subdivision to improve the availability
of suitable low cost housing ownership alternatives in the town
of Seaforth.
Development will be by registered plan of subdivision with
the land and dwelling sold as a unit rather than provided on a
rental or, leased basis.
The selected developer will be responsible for planning site
design, landscaping, engineering, serving construction and
marketing of the mobile home development. An important
consideration will he a demonstrated experience in this form
of development
Letters of intent to submit a proposal for review will be accept-
ed until June 24. 1977 with the final selection of a specific
proposal determined by August 30, 1977.
For further information, please corstact
James Crocker, Clerk -Treasurer
Box 610
Seaforth, Ontario
NOK 1 WO
Telephone 527-0160
resource inventories in forested
and wetland. areas. She will also
draft a report on problems and
solutions related to erosion and
trout stream habitat in the Bel -
grave Creek.
Ken •Dakin off Kitchener, this
year's geographer technician,
will prepare further drainage
mapping and analyze infrared
photographs taken as part of the
MVCA's groundwater study.
Marilyn Grainger of Wroxeter,
a recreation leadership student
at Fanshawe College, London,
will assist in planning and imple-
mentation of the authority's in-
formation -education program
this summer.
Secretary for the summer pro-
gram is Alice Beecroft of Bel -
grave. She will be responsible for
correspondence and bookkeeping
aspects of the program in addi-
tion to recreation surveys and
other duties related to the author-
ity's regular programs. '
Sub -foremen Jeff Croskkill of
Belgrave, Kathy Fines of Blue -
vale, Heather Jewell of Goderieh
and Sheila Love of Atwood began
development and maintenance
work May 16. They also attended
an Experience '77 training
session in Hanover and helped
pick up the three new trucks pro-
vided for the program by Ford
Motor Company.
Other students employed as
laborers are Peter Karges of
Listowel, Dianne Kieffer of Tees -
water and Anne Welwood of
Wingham. They will be joined
June 20. by seven high school stu-
dents.
The MVCA has been granted
$35,700 to fund the program,
about 85 per cent of which will go
toward wages with the rest fi-
nancing materials and adminis-
tration.
Greenock swamp subject
of management. study .,-
A study conducted by the Sau-
geen Valley Conservation Au-
thority is currently underway to
examine and propose guidelines
for the management of • the larg-
est forested wetland in South-
western Ontario.
Over 18,000 acres in the Town-
ships of Greenock; Culross and
Kinloss, known as' the Greenock
Swamp, are being studied by a
team of eight Authority techni-
cians.
A committee, representing the
authority, the Ministry of Natural
Resources and the Nature Con-
servancy of Canada will be di-
recting the study.
. The study will propose a water
management program which will
ensure the protection of '° the
swamp's wetland environment,
while also providing for certain
types of outdoor recreation and
resource production.
The program will be applied to
4,500 acres of the swamp present-
ly owned by the authority.
By means of conservation as-
sistance programs, local land-
owners will be encouraged to
adopt authority management
practices in order to carry out
comprehensive resources man-
agement' throughout the entire
swamp area,
During the summer months,
technical staff will be conducting
resource inventories within the
Greenock Swamp. This data will
form the basis for the final report
which is tobe completed by late
Bluevale UCW
welcomes guests
BLUEVALE — Guests from
Bluevale Presbyterian Church,
Whitechurch United and Brussels
United Were welcomed by presi-
dent Mrs. Wendell Stamper when
a special meeting of the Bluevale
United- Chur4h Women was held
in the church basement Sunday
,evening: The meeting opened
with a hymn singled by Mrs. Carl
Johnston and• Mrs. Max Demar-
ay.
Unit Three was in charge of the
worship service which was con-
ducted by Rev. Wilena Brown.
Following the singing of a hymn,
the meditation entitled "Behold
the Man" was read, followed by a
poem, "You Are . Somebody".
Following a closing prayer, a
hymn was sung with Mrs. Glen
Sellers at the piano.
Mrs. Stamper then introduced
Rev. Wesley Ball of Wroxeter
who gave an excellent commen-
tary and showed pictures of his
recent conducted tour of the Holy
Land. Mrs. Allan Campbell.
thanked Mr. Ball and presented
him with a gift. -
After another hymnsing, lunch
was served and a social hour
enjoyed.
Bluevale
Reverend Dennis Freeman will
be in charge o';s"fix anniversary
service at Bluev. resbyterian•
Church, Sunday, June 12 at 11
a.m. Everyone is _-cordially in-
vited.
''Miss Ivy Dyer of London spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Keith Moffatt, Sandra and Greg.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Taws and
Miss Leslie Taws of Mississauga
spent a few days, last week- with
Mrs. Lola Mann.
Clifford G. Hetheringtpn grad-
uated May 28 from Lakehead
University, Thunder Bay, after a
four-year Course whicn earns him
a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Mr. Hetherington attended Blue -
vale Public School and Wingham
District High School and is pres-
ently employed by the Industrial
Bank, Thunder Bay. George
Hetherington of Brussels and Jim
Hetherington, Waterloo, attended
the graduation exercises in Thun-
der Bay.
1977. Concerned individuals and
local groups will be given the op-
portunity to discussand com-
ment on the report. Implementa-
tion of study recommendations
will begin early next year after
receiving authority approval and
review by the Ministry.of Natural
Resources.
A' public meeting has been
arranged for June 29, 1977, at 8
p.m. at the Mary Immaculate
Central School, in Chepstow to
further discuss the nature and
purpose of the study. All interest-
ed persons are welcome.
For further information con-
cerning the Greenock Swamp
Study, contact Fred Bishop, co-
ordinator, at the SVCA headquar-
ters, RR 1, Hanover, Ontario
(519) 364-1255.
Navigability
is subject of
MVCR study
Wayne Caldwell and Donald
Bueholtz are two interesting peo-
ple working for the Ministry of
Natural Resources in the. Wing -
ham office under the supervision
of Dave Ablett,
Wayne, 19, and a resident of
.Blyth, is enrolled at The Univer-
sity of Western Ontario in Lon-
don. He is studying and speciali-
zing in Geography and will be re-
turning to Western this fall for his
second year.
Donald, 21, is a graduate of Sir
Sanford Flemming College in
Lindsay, having graduated as a
fish and <wildlife technician. Don-
ald resides at RR 4, Hanover.
Together they have the respon-
sibility forchecking the naviga-
bility of the Maitland River. This
means collecting, important data
to determine, in a court of law,
what parts of the river are crown
or privately owned. If the crown
owns a particular part" of the
river, such activities as fishing
and canoeing would still be al-
lowed.
Along the Maitland's course, 97
stations have been selected at
which certain information, is col-
lected, such as: water tempera-
tures, type of bottom and bank,
latitude,, longitude, • natural and
artificial barriers, width, depth.
velocity, etc., to determine what
kind of fish can dwell in these
waters.
Wayne and Donald are in the'
process of preparing a report on
this project for the end of the
summer.
What other
LUCKNOW POSTMARK
A stamp at a recent stamp auc-
tion in Toronto was of particular
interest to Lucknow residents. An
envelope, with the postmark of
Lucknow, April 6, 1874 had a
stamp on it which sold for $725
The stamp was a six cent yellow
brown Queen Victoria diagonal
bisect. The buyer was from
London. England.
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TAXES UP e
Ashfield Township taxes are up
for 1977. This year's rates, with
last year's in brackets, are as fol-
lows: township, farm and resi-
dential, 40.42 (35.70); commer-
cial, 47.56 (41.99). County, farm
and residential, 23.32 (23.64) and
commercial, 27.44 (2T.81).
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DAIRY AWARD
Alan J. Whytock, Culross.
received the 1976 Dairy Herd Im-
provement Association Award
for the highest composite breed
class average. The herd has a
milk production of 16,682 pounds,
a fat production of 573 pounds and
a BCA of 152.5.
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DEBATE TEAM
A team from South Huron Dis-
trict High Sc9lool won the junior
debating championship for Huron
The Wingham Advance -Times, June 8, 1977—Page 11
EXPERIENCE 77—Marilyn Grainger, Craig Piper, ,Sheila
Love, Ken Dakin and Alice Beecroft are five of the students
employed by the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority
this su ri1mer in the Experience '77 program. The authority
plans tb provide jobs for 20 students in all, using them on
various projects. Behind them is one of the three trucks
provided for the projects by Ford Motors of Canada, which.
has been providing vehicles for the Experience program
ever since its inception in 1970. •
MVCA beginning work on
shoreline erosion stud
The Maitland Valley Conserva-
tion Authority (MVCA) is begin-
ning preliminary field investiga-
tion of the problem of erosion
along the Lake Huron shoreline.
A steering committee is to be set
up later this month to guide the
study.
The study is intended to define
areas along the lakeshore that
need attention and to determine
the cost of prevention and
restoration.
It will gather basic information
on the problem so that if town-
ships want to begin remedial
measures, "we'll know where to
start", according to MVCA
Secretary -Treasurer Marlene
Shiell.
The steering committee will in-
clude the county planner, four
town and township councillors, a
HOFSTETTER-NICKEL
VOWS AT GORRIE
Miss Kay Nickel, formerly of
Gorrie, and Gerald Hofstetter of
Kitchener were married in the
Gorrie United Church on May 27
with Rev. Wesley B. Ball offi-
ciating. Mr. and Mrs. Murray
Hofstetter of Kitchener were
their attendants.
The couple will reside in Kit-
chener.
Women teachers
at conference
About 225 presidents and mem-
bers of executives of women
teachers' associations which
make up the 33,000 member
Federation of Women Teachers'.
Associations of Ontario met at
the Park Plaza Hotel in Toronto
at the weekend. Topics discussed
included political action, leader-
ship, public relations, pro-
fessional development and nego-
tiation procedures.
Attending from this area was
Miss Mary Joan Tathbun, Grey
Central and Turnberry Central
Schools. -
Weeklies say
County. Coach was Gerry Mc-
Donnell and team members were
Susan ,Chapman, Donna Miller
and Ann Dearing.
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SPRING FAIR
Clinton held their annual three
day Spring Fair on the weekend.
It was the 123rd annual fair in
Clinton and is now the biggest
Spring Fair in Ontario. Over
$22,000 was given away in prizes.
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LUCKY WINNER
A Walkerton resident. Robert
Bittorf of 305 Prince Street, is
$10,000 richer as the result of his
holding a winning ticket in the
last regular Wintario draw.
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NEW MOTEL
Construction has begun on a
new 18 unit motel south of Walk-
erton Steve Marsdin, a Walker-
ton resident is in the process of
the building.
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WHEELCHAIRS ACCEPTED
The new grandstand at the
Clinton Raceway will include an
area designated for wheelchair
spectators. Paul Kerrigan, presi-
dent of the Clinton Kinsmen, re-
ports that studies are underway
to find a suitable yet economical
plan.
representative from each of the
Ministry of Natural Resources,
the agritulture ministry and the
MVCA and two consultants.
The problem of erosion along
the lake is becoming serious,
according to some conservation
authority members. Gulleys are
being formed where runoff enters
the lake and, in some cases, the
gulleys can grow with frightening
speed. A farmer was quoted as
saying one gulley he could jump
across as a boy could now hide his
barn.
Another problem is that of
wave erosion along the shoreline,
progressively eating into ..land
along the lake.
Aerial -photography has been
carried out along the lakeshore to
identify problem areas and each
gulley in the area under MVCA
jurisdiction will be studied to
some extent, Mrs. Shiell said. If
development is proposed for the.
area, the study will go into more
depth.
While -the authority will identi-
fy problems, there is little chance
they will actually be undertaking
any remedial . measures, Mrs.
Shiell added, pointing out the
lakeshore is "not really our juris-
diction".
• Other projects the authority
has underway include the Gorrie
Dam, Turnberry Floodplain, an
erosion control assistance pro-
gram and fill line mapping.
The authority is expecting
recommendations from the
Ministry of Natural Resources
later this month on replacement
of the Gorrie Darn. In the mean-
time, the township has done some
landscaping and placed some fill
around it..•
Mrs. Shiell said the ministry is
looking at various alternatives
and- checking the cost of replac-
ing the washed-out section of the
dam. "I think they've come
around to the fact it should.have
been replaced," she remarked,
noting it "only took them three
years".
Three houses have already
been demolished and the area
landscaped on the Turnberry
floodplain and the authority has -
options on seven more houses this
year.
But though the total expendi-
Betmore
A delicious cold. ham and
turkey supper with all the fixin's.
was enjoyed by over 300 people
last Wednesday evening at the
McIntosh United Church. Even
though more came than were ex-
pected. there was plenty of food
for all. The United Church
Women would like to thank all
who helped serve, those who
entertained and took tickets.
In baseball action last week,
the Belmore Bantams defeated
Neustadt 17-2.
ANNIVERSARY
Mr and Mrs. Ernie Denny of
Milverton, formerly of Fordwich.
were honored on ,Sunday at a
gathering held at the Fordwich
Community Hall on the occasion
of their 60th wedding anni-
versary.
BEL GRAVE
Mrs. William Crow is a patient
in the Wingham and District Hos-
pital. We wish her a speedy re-
scovery
ture for property acquisition has
been approved by the ministry,
Mrs. Shiell admitted a reallo-
cation of funds, either within the
regional budget or within that of
the MVCA, will be necessary to
allow the authority to purchase
all the properties it has optioned.
It is being looked at as a pos-
sible winter works project, she
said, and has been included in an
application to Canada Works.
At the moment, the authority is
also trying to figure out what to
do with the land once the houses
are demolished. The problem
faced is that much of it tends to
be underwater at least once a
year.
The authority is trying to get its
erosion control assistance pro-
gram underway, Mrs. Shiell said,
noting it has been in existence for
some time but without many
takers. Through the program, the
,authority provides technical
assistance and one half the cost,
to a maximum of $500, in erosion
control projects on private land.
One of the problerns'may be the
low limit on financial assistance,
she suggested, saying the
authority is looking at possibly
revising the, figure upwards.
Fill line mapping has been
completed and is ready to be pre -
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sented to" municipal councils this-,
summer. The mapping identifies
areas with special hazards to
development, such as banks,
swamps or gullies. Anyone plan-
ning to develop an area identified
on the fill lisle- iinap is to contact
.the conservation authority for
advice.
Another project still on the
drawing board is the proposed
rebuilding of the Listowel con-
duit. The MVCA reports the latest
alternative has been looked at'
and discussions for cost sharing
on the project are underway. It
hopes to get detailed engineering
completed on the conduit this
summer.
Norman Wells, located 9`{niles
south of the Arctic Circle, is the
home of the only oil refinery
north of the 60th parallel. The
community serves as a distribu-
tion centre for the general Mac-
kenzie River Region.
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PUBLIC
MEETING
There will be a public meeting at' Mdry
Immaculate Central School in Chepstow, Ont.
on June 29, 1977 to discuss the Greenock
Swamp Study.
For further information contact Fred Bishop,
Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority,
RR 1, Hanover. Phone 364-1255.
June 14 - Agawo Canyon (Special)
June 15 • East Coast (Special)
June 24 - Wheeling W. Virginia
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June 25 and 27 • Canadian West
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June 27 and July 10 - East
Coast Tour
July 16 and 25 - Circle Lakes
July 18 and Aug. 28 - Moosonee
July 22 and Sept. 2 - 1.000 Islands
July 24 - West Coast
July 27, 31 and Aug. 9. Sept. 6
East Coast
Aug. 22 and Sept. 5 - Penn•Dutch
Sept 10 • Colonial Virginia
Sept 15•Europe
Sept. 16 - Wheeling W. Virginia
Sept. 17 and_21 - Agawo Canyon
Mackinac Island
Sept. 19 and Oct 16 California
Sept. 22 - Lake Placid
Sept 30 and Oct. 12 - Letchworth
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Oct. 3 Ottawa '-Algonquin
Oct. 7 - Nashville
Nov 11 - Wheeling West Virginia
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