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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-06-22, Page 12.P14$ the Wingham Advance-Ttmes, June 22, 1977 DEPTH OF RIVER—As Donald Bucholtz holds the metre tape, Wayne Caldwell measures the depth every three metres across the Maitland River. They have been taking such measurements from Goderich and ill continue to Harriston. Last Friday, they were working in Lower Wingham. J Nethery family reunion is held at Londesboro- BELGRAIE — The 32nd an- nual Nethery reunion was held on June 19, at the community hall, Londesboro, with 104 signing the register. Mr. and Mrs. George ' Ives of Blyth wee in charge of the sports which were enjoyed by all, Guests were present from Han- na, Alta.; Richard's • Landing, •St. Joseph's Island, Ont.;. St. Ig nace, Michigan; Niagara. Falls,. Hamilton, Toronto, Bolton, Kit- chener, Goderich, Wingham, B'luevale, Londesboro and sur- rounding district. , Following the supper hour the president, Donald J. Nethery of Toronto, took charge of the meet- ing. For the program there were songs by Lori and Scott Jewitt of "Clinton. Special prizes, were given out by Abner Neth'ery of Wingham, to the oldest person present, Albert Nethery of Ham- ilton; the person corning the long- est distance. Mrs. Noreen Code of • Hanna, Alta.; recently married couple, Mr. and Mrs. William Snow of Wingham; the youngest baby, Klye Snow. A gift of note pads and pencils was .given by Mrs. Grant Bearss of Niagara Falls, from the Davis Lumber Company Limited of St. Cath- arines, Ont. President for next year is Don- ald J. Nethery of Toronto and secretary -treasurer. Mary Isabel Nethery of Belgrave. The. meet- ing closed by singing "Auld Lang. Syne". MInistry makes study of the Maitland River If you saw a couple of young men last week, wading in the Maitland River, doing strange. things lik `tloating practice golf -balls, dropping thermometers in the water and wandering around with tape measures, don't worry. The young men were Donald Bucholtz and Wayne Caldwell who are working for the Ministry of Natural Resources. They have been doing these strange things on the Maitland River since leav- ing Goderich and will continue to Harriston. In fact, they intend to do it all over' again when they have finished their first trip. What they were doing really wasn't strange. They were checking water temperature, measuring the depth and width of the river, measuring the velocity, determining the types of bottom and bank and natural and arti- ficial barriers. The data collected will go into ministry files for future reference in land use plan- ning, official plans, private land development proposals and such. The information they are collecting could also be used in determining the navigability of the river. Beds of any stream, lake' or river which are navigable belong to the crown, unless an owner's deed states otherwise. Warren Knight, planning tech- nician for the ministry, said the original land deed . for most of Huron. County was in the name of The Canada Co. of Toronto, but did not include the beds of navi• gable water Act n !ties such as canoeing and fishing ++uuld still be allowed on .rown land. Mr Knight stressed. however, they are not determining navi- gability In fact, there is no writ- ten definition of navigable so Or ;i. he knows. It would have to be determined in a court of law. Presently the data collected by Nir Bucholtz and Mr. Caldwell Will determine what wildlife and •fish can exist in the area. They have some other interest- ing findings as well, The best sec- tion for canoeing is between Wingham and Auburn. That is contrasted to the- first section where they carried the canoe more often than they travelled in it. They have also found several eroded banks between Lower Wingham and Highway 86. There was a lot of junk in the water as well as on the banks. They will travel 94 miles in all and have stations set up every mile where they collect the data. Station 55 was under the bridge in Lower Wingham. Their data has varied quite a bit from station to station. About the widest spot in the river is at Benmiller, "reaching 120 metres. In Lower Wingham, the velocity of the water was about 0.11 metres per second. At another section it was 1. "metres ' per second This is determined by dropping a practice golf ball in the water and counting the time it takes to travel 20 metres. A picture of the station is taken and it is also mapped. All this data will be takers again later this summer and another trip ma•ye taken in the spring. The findings will be compared. Mr. Bucholtz and Mr. Caldwell arepreparing a report for the end of the summer. Mr Bucholtz, 21, a wildlife and fish technician, is a graduate of Sir Sanford Fleming College, Lindsay. He resides at RR 4, W.ngham Mr. r'aldwell,49. and a resident nl B.1 •th, is enrolled at the ltni- vers'.ty of Western Ontario, Lon - do is studying and special- izing, in Geography and will return this fall for his second year. Gorrie player wins trophy • GORRiE TanGraham. Gorrie. Was chosen Rookie of the Year for the Wingham Junior D lronmen hockey team. He was presented with the trophy at the hockey banquet held Friday night at Turnberry Ta\\vern. RIVER TEMPERATURE—The temperature of the Maitland River under the bridge in Lower Wingham was 22 degrees centigrade last Friday around noon. Wayne Caldwell, 19 and a resident of Blyth, takes the temperature explaining that .it is taken for the wildlife studies. The temperature is a limiting factor for species of fish that can live in the water. ti DRAWS MAP—Donald Bucholtz stands in a central point in the Maitland River and draws a map for studies he is doing for the Ministry of Natural Resources: D,onald is a graduate of Sir Sanford Fleming College', Lindsay, as a fish and wild life technician. Fordwich Miss Cathy Cowbrough of Guelph, and Miss Judy Summer- hill of London, England visited Thursday and Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Holger Feldskov and family. Explanation requested from gravel contractdr Turnberry Township council is waiting to hear from, a contrac- tor, about a discrepancy in a con- tract for road gravel. In the con- tract, council had stipulated five- . eighths of an inch screening was to be used. but they feel that a larger screening had been used during the five days from May 30 to June 3. (Screening determines the size of gravel.) Ree,e Don Eadie decided at "a special meeting. held June 16, he would tee the contractor, Joe Kerr, for an explanation about the difference. The special meet- ing was held to discuss the Dun- can Street Drain, after which council talked over other busi- ness. At council's last regular meet- ing, June. 7, Clerk -treasurer Dorothy Kelly was instructed to write. Mr. Kerr a Iette'1• request- ing an explanation. She told coun- cil at the special meeting she had not written the letter but had call- ed to tell him one was on the way. Council is also •still having problems with township residents dumping stones along the road- ways. Mr. Eadie read a news story from a London newspaper about Clinton council threatening to -clean up dumped garbage at the owners' expense if they refuse to do it themselves. Mr. Eadie ,suggested council could use the same approach to the problem, as some people have refused to clean up aft( r council requested that they do r. Elliott said he thought they dick co-operate, but better co- operation would have resulted if letters had been sent first. Council deferred the prohlem until a no -dumping bylaw is pre - paced by Mrs. Kelly for the next regular meeting. A letter from the Maitland Val. ley Conservation Authority MVCA i requested a 1977 allot- ment of $8,000 from Turnberry Township for MVCA's flood plain land acquisition program The authority has accepted offers to sell five homes and lots in the floodplain in Lower Wingham. at the appraised value of 875,004) in 1976. the Ministry of Natural Resources approved the acquisi- tion program at $50,000 a year for four years. MVCA pays 80 per cent, of which 75 per cent is a grant from the province, and the benefiting town or township pays 20 per cent. in 1976. Turnberry 'Township agreed to be the benefiting muni- cipality. Mrs. Kelly in inviting MVCA to the next regular meet-.. ing to discuss the request for money. Council also -received a letter from the Ministry of Transporta• tion and Communications re- questing that a minimum of work be done ori the B-line bridge until a decision is reached with respect to t'he development road designa- tion Council has requested that the B-line road he designated a development road. Concerning a work incentive program initiated by the depart- ment of agriculture. .Mrs. Kelly told council that people interest- ed in work must register their names with Canada Manpower in Listowel. She must also send in names of persons. looking for work to Goderich in other business. council changed the billing for the Award Drain after finding mistakes in the list of owners. 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