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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-06-29, Page 2• I it Advance -Times, June 29, 1977 BELGRAVE FAYRE—A Welsh Countr 'Pyre was held in Belgrave Saturday with a large number of people coming to see the crafts, baking and other various tables there. Here Andrea Coultes (left) and Marion Taylor hold some puppies that where free for fhe asking at the Fayre. Business Assoc. opposes Townships lack accommodation The proposed reconstruction of Wingham's main street is a hot issue with some of the merchants in town, last week's meeting of the Wingham Business Associa- tion revealed. Though no one argued against the project, several expressed fears they will lose revenue dur- ing the construction and the con- sensus appeared to be the job shouldife put off until after the centennial celebrations; in 1979. "We can't veto it; we need it," William Rintoul told association members. "Council is on the right track. But we don't want to see it before 1980," he added. Mr. Rintoul declared the job can't be completed and cleaned up before the plowing match in 1978 and the centennial in 1979 "the way some councillors think". "There's no way they can wrap it up in four or five months, If they think they can get it done • --•FeeeselmeNese,seelereetseee, INGLIS FARM DRAINAGE Quality Installation Clay or Plastic t.-1 Free Estimates '4 PHONE: 392-6700 rpt 3 Walkerton -) before the centennial, they're wrong." Jack Hayes lsaid he and several other merchants are disturbed by' the ideatf having the main street torn up. A similar project in Teeswater has cost one merchant there over 50 per cent of his busi- ness, he reported. Mayor William Walden, the most energetic proponent of the reconstruction project, had been Hydro lines own in town The Wingham Fire Depart- ment was called out about 2 a.m. Saturday morning when the raging rain and wind-/ torm knocked down some hy on Carling Terrace at/Victoria bieelnie-S\ ' Street. Fire Chief David Crothers said the lines "were dancing on the streets" and residents from the area called the department. The Public Utilities Commission was then called and men Worked on the lines until morning, when they were fixed. A lot of other damage resulted from the storm Saturday morn- ing. Tree limbs and televisiew- tennae were down. Gardens didn't seem to fare too badly, but if the storm had lasted any longer than it did, with the hail coming down as hard as it did, there may have been more damage. invited to the meeting "to explain his intentions', but was unable to attend, Mr. Hayes said. However„he reported on a dis- cussion he had with Mr.Walden about the project. He told the ' merchants the gist of the mayor's argument was "we have to make some sacrifices to progress". He also said Mr. Walden told' him his main concern has to do with replacement of the sewers under the street rather than the street itself. Mr. Hayes attributed the delay, in completing street construction in Teeswater and Paisley to "bad contracting" and said Mr. Wal- den and Councillor Angus Mow- bray have assured him it will not happen here. At the moment council is -- ATTENTION WHEAT PRODUCERS! Save time and transportation costs. Bring your 1977 wheat crop to: J. DITSCH FARMS APPOINTED AGENT FOR THE ONTARIO WHEAT PRODUCERS MARKETING BOARD Contact: Joe Ditsch RR 3, Brussels Bus. 356-2292 Res, 887-6824 Located between Newry and Brussels BRUSSELS aivaiting an • engineer's report on the preliminary survey and de- sign of the street project before deciding whether to go ahead. The association members agreed to wait and .see what is decided before taking any action, though they may send a delegation to council when the matter comes up. Lakelet Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Rabelkge of Kitchener and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Chambers of Stratford visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd 'Forler and Donna. Mrs. Ross MacGregor off Sea - forth is spending some time with John Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Huth and family and with other relatives. Mrs. John Bannifoff and chil- dren of Waterloo spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Foerter and boys. Garry Spears of Kitchener spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Judge and family. Housin authority asks right to place seniors Huron County Housing Authority Chairman Harold Knisley asked County council Friday if the county would give the authority the privilege off placing senior citizens 4n the county in any senior's fa4lty re- gardless of municipality. Knisley said the authority has a problem with senior citizens' units in the county and asked if it could disre- gard municipal boundaries when placing seniors in a facility'. The chairman said that seine townships have no working 'agreement with neighboring towns for senior citizens to move into senior citizens' complexes jointly operated and financed by the federal, provincial and muni- cipal government. He said the situation means in some in- stances that although a unit is available for occupancy and a person or couple are in need, they can't comply because the seniors live in a township and don't quali- fy for residency. ‘, McKillop Reeve Allan Camp- bell said he knew of the situation Knisley was referring to and that it existed in his, township. He said McKillop has no big towns that could qualify for a senior citizens' complex and that Seaforth is the nearest town and has two. He said his council had tried its best to link up with Seaforth when the units were being built and had not been successful. Campbell said a questionnaire was sent out to senior citizens in the township and that the council had never seen or heard of the re- sults. He said the returntcl forms' were sent to Toronto and al- though quite a number of people in the township qualify for a unit nothing was ever heard. "My God, • is t.her no way McKillop can get implicated With either s ?" early street repiacementasked Brusselor Seaforthhe VACANCIES AT BRUSSELS Knisley said that there were five vacancies in the Brussels unit recently and that the, McKil- lop 'people in need would have been there if the county authority had the privilege of placing thein. He ,,said McKillop would have to • make \an agreement with Brus- • • sels to handle the appropriate"' • share of any losses the unit incur' and the residents would be free tti.ftk: move , in as the units 'became available. The municipality sponsoring the units is responsible for seven per cent of any annual losses suf- fered and Knisley suggested that the percentage of the loss would be calculated. according to use per municipality involved. Bayfield Reeve Ed Oddleifson said -there is a seniors' unit in his village and the village council had tried to be liberal minded when people, not from the village 'applied for residency. He said lie, could agree to the authority UV- ing the right to place people in the units but feels that the right should be tempered to prevent someone from the north end ,of the eounty from being moved to a unit in the south end. Knisley said the placement of the seniors is done at their own 'request and that if a person didn't want, to move into a' particular unit because of location he Or she wouldn't have to. He said in some cases the people have moved , quite a distance but they have re- quested the move. He added that the placement would not be done in any arbitrary fashion. SECOND FLOOR UNPOPCLAFt • Morris Reeve Bill Elston said he is on the committee operating the Brussels unit and as of the Brussels unit and as of a meeting 10 days ago the bottom` was a waiting list for the down- stairs units. He said the problem - with the five vacancies is not a lack of seniors but rather because FATHER'S DAY DRAW—John Daneluzzie of The AckkthIce- Times staff draws the winning ticket for a Father's Day draw held by Hayes Family Clothing Store Winner of the draw was AnnLaidlaw' of Wingham quite a few of the elderly want no part of a second floor unit. "The people who are upstairs will have to come down in a few years," he said. "The second floor is only acceptable to the people who can climb the stairs." Knixley said the problem would have to be Worked out sinee the ministry of housing will not con- sider installation of an elevator for any building less than three floors. East .Wawanosh Reeve Simon Hallahan said he is 78 years old and has jitst recently climbed the 400 steps to the Tiger Dunlop tomb. He said he hoped when he was a senior citizen he could move into one of those units like the one in Brussels. Seaforth Reeve John Flannery said he may be wrong but pointed out that when the units built in Seaforth were under construction the town learned it qualified for a second complex. He said the qualifications were based on Sea- forth's population and that no of- ficial application had been made by McKillop Township. He said Farm safety club meeting Mike Miller, a farm safety con- sultant for Western Ontario, was guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Huron County 4-H Farm Safety Club: Held at the home of Harvey Stewart Thursday, the Members. listened to Mr. Miller, saw slides on safety around farm equipment and enjoyed a luncheon served by the hostess. The members were shown a bottle of 300 salt pills, 30 of -which Were coated in ex -lax and one which was poisonous. Mr. Miller impressed on the members that of 300 unsafe things they do, 30 will result in minor injuries and and one will kill thern.. Paul. Curran thanked Mr. Miller for the talk. . he and most everyone connected with the project knew there were eligible seniors in the township but could do nothing about them unless the township council for- mally applied. Council did not grant the auth- ority the right to placement of the seniors but did agree to examine the merits of the county authority being responsible for placement and the county being responsible for absorbing any losses on the projects. The county would pay the losses and then 'assess them against the appropriate munici- palities. R. W. 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