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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-07-06, Page 1ce&Zime FIRST SECTION m Eckert named director by Huron -Perth board William Eckert of St. Marys was appointed director of educa- tion for the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board at a meeting in Dublin on Monday evening. His salary, will be $37,000 per year, plus benefits. The 39 -year-old former prin- cipal with the Braht County Roman Catholic Separate School Board has been superintendent of programs with the Huron -Perth Board since September of .last year. A native of Seaforth, he re- places John Vintar, who has taken a position with the Duffer - in -Peel Separate School Board. One of the two superintendents' positions under the Huron -Perth system will be discontinued. The remaining superintendent will be Joseph Mills, who has held that post since last September. A committee of four trustees will meet with the new .director shortly to draw up an organiza- tional chart for staffing purposes. HOLIDAY CLOSING The Wingham Advance -Times will be closed for ANNUAL STAFF HOLIDAYS from JULY 18 to JULY 31 INCLUSIVE There will be no issues of the regular paper on July 20 and 27 but readers will receive the Crossroads section. Maurice O. Baylor, form- erly of Fordwich, graduated June 18 from the Funeral Services coin -se at Humber College, Toronto. He is serving his apprenticeship with the Heinbuck Funeral Home, Stratford. Following graduation ceremonies a family dinner was held at the Crock and Block in Bramp- ton. Maurice is married to the former Donna Wallace of Wingham. Sep. school board final.izes a�t ANemIei►" 1 By Wilma Oke The Huron -Perth' County Roman Catholic Separate. School Board ratified Monday a three-. year agreement with its cus- todians. The agreement, subject to the approval of the Anti-infla- tion Board, covers the period July, 1, 1977, to June 30, 1980 and calls for an increase of eight per - cent in the first year and..six per Bent in each of the second and third years. All other benefits' re- main unchanged. Negotiations for the board's 18 custodians were conducted by a local committee of custodians under the chairmanship of Harry Hak of Seaforth and the others were Joe Burke, Goderich; Lee Regier, Zurich and Martin Gulli- kers, Stratford. Trustee David Teahen of Strat- ford was chairman of the board negotiating team and the other members were: Trustees Ted Geoffrey of Zurich; Donald Crowley of RR 2, Gads Hill; Donald Marcy of Stratford and William Kinahan of Lucknow. Due to declining enrollment the board -owned portable classroom in Kinkora will moved this summer to Exeter where it will have many uses. The board - owned portable in Seaforth will be moved to Zurich to.replace the rental portable presently in Zurich. This portable classroom Will be returned to C. L. Martin from whom it was originally rented. It was revealed that it casts ap- proximately $750 to move a port. able. The following teachers have been hired to begin classes on the first of September: Sherry Killby to St. Aloysius at Stratford; Leslie Woods, itinerant oral French.; Ida Martin to Sacred Heart School, Wingham, and Larry Murray to Precious Blood, Exeter. Ronald Gladding, Family Life Co-ordinator, presented the board members with Copies of the Museum to'hold regular hours The Wingham Museum will be open regularly from Tuesday through Friday, 2-5 p.m. begin- ning July 12, the museum execu- tive announced this week. In addition to the regular hours, it will be open by appoint- ment as formerly. No admission fee is charged for pre visit to the museum, but dona- • tions are welcomed. The executive has estimated the museum's immediate finan- cial i equiremenis ai $4,000- 85,000. needed °tn Co! p!ete current projects. More than $8,000 has already been spent on materials and labor for renova- tions. Volunteers will also be wel- comed to help with the work. Planning for the museum began two years ago, not 12 as was mistakenly reported in an article on its opening several weeks ago. ta• CuS parent concept sheets on the Grade 8 family life curriculum to be presented in the schools' next 'term. • Mr. Gladding said he will be handing out copies to the Grade 8 parents when he has a meeting with them in September before the program begins so that he will be able to outline it to the parents. To be successful Mr. •Gladding says the choral, horde' and school must be working to- gether on the program. He said in some schools the program will be taught in one period once each week but in other schools it is possible it may be given in two shorter periods, whichever suits . that particular school. The board approved" the revised Grade 8 Family Life curriculum as presented at last meeting of the board. David Teahen of the Assess- ment Committee, reported that five new children from Tavistock will be attending separate schools in the fall and will require bus services. They are presently attending the Perth public school system. Mr. Teahen is hopeful. there will be more students transferring and indicated that IAaians Father Gleeson is working on the matter. Trustees Ronald Marcy and David Teahen, both of Stratford, and Arthur Haid of RR's 4, Lis- towel, gave reports on the Cana- .dian Association of Separate School Trustees' convention which they all attended in Ed- monton earlier this month. They said the conference was based;on adult 'eclnhdtion. Mack Woods, Stratford, super- visory officer. of District Five (Waterloo), attended the meeting as an observer. John Vintar, •director of education; and Joseph Mills, superintendent of special services, were not at the meeting as they were attending the graduating ceremonies 'of .their children. The board continues to meet in committee of the whole in camera discussing the hiring of a new director of education to re- place John Vintar who leaves the board at the end of July to take a position with the Dufferin-Peel separate school board. The board plans two meetings during July and August — July 18 and •August 15. Wingham, Wedne"sday,- July 6, 1977 te- LAND-SEA-AIR PACKAGE TOURS Business or pleasure - book now! 7'RAVEZs listowal, Ontario , +'211-2111 Coll Tbll Fro, l -BOO.265.6332 Single Copy Not Over 30c Use existing tot rirst • • . p asking authority told help with financing the purchase of a property on Victoria Street, which could be. converted for off- street parking. The property would cost about $26,000, they said, part of which could be recouped by renting the house on it and by renting park- ing spaces to tenants in the Hum- phrey apartments. They hoped to keep away from .putting up meters, preferring to provide free off-street parking as'do other area towns. But they pointed out the auth- ority has no access to funds at the present time and can't assume a rlebt, so the town might have to buy the land. This town should start making better use of the property already available for off-street parking before supporting further pur- chases, Wingham councillors de- cided Monday night. Responding to a, proposal from the parking authority, councillors felt it is unwise to purchase a lot off Victoria Street while the town lot behind the Frosty Queen on Josephine Street is going -unused. They recommended the auth- ority take a look at using this space before planning to buy any land. William Keil and Calvin Burke from the parking authority had approached council to ask for Three are • parking and council decided to encourage its use. Councillor David Cameron supported a sug- gestion by Mr. Keil that .space there could be rented to the apartments, urging him to ap- proach Mr. Humphrey with the proposal. Mr. Cameron later questioned whether there is any real short- age of parking in town. He has al- ways been able to find a space, he said, and other councillors agreed there is always parking available, suggesting the only problem is people often don't. want to walk very far. Councillor Jack Bateson felt the merchants should provide off- street parking for their cus- tomers. The Home Place, recent- ly erected at the corner of Jo- sephine and Victoria Streets, is "way behind the times" in .not providing for customer parking right on the lot, he said. The parking authority was set up by council last September after the business association pointed out no body existed to deal with the problems of off- str•eet. parking. in area ac Three people were injured in three separate accidents which occurred during the last week on area roads. Two of the accidents occurred on Highway 4. On Wednesday evening of last week, a car driven by George Brooks of Lucknow was travelling. north a few miles south of Wingham when the wheels of the car dropped off the edge of the road and he lost con- trol of,the• vehicle, overturning in the opposite ditch. Mr. Brooks 4. was injured in the mishap. 7-* On Sunday evening, on No. 4 Highway at the intersection of County Road 25, just south of ' Blyth, a young Hanover area boy,, Harry Funderburg• was injured when a vehicle in which he was a passenger was in collision with' another car. Harry was trans- ported to the Wingham and,Dis- trict Hospital where he • was tr f'ted for -neat' grid shoulder in - Town fire dept.. assisting Blyth The Wingham Fite Depart- ment had a slow week with no action reported in town; This week, the department is standing by to assist Blyth Fire Depart- ment should a call come into that centre. The Blyth pumper is being repaired and until such time as it is back in service, Chief Irvine Bowes requests help from Wingham's squad. Wingham Fire Chief. Dave Crothers states that all calls from Blyth will be answered promptly and he will make the decision as to whether assistance will be re- quested from Seaforth. injured ,cidents juries. He teas later released. The Wingham detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police investigated an incident on Thursday on Concession B, Turn - berry, in which a car driven by Anna . Marie Lamont of. RR 2, Wingham, apparently went out of controland left the road. The driver was treated for minor in- juries at the Wingham and Dis- trict Hospital and was later re- leased, Elizabeth Nethery, daugh- ter of` Mr. and ,Mrs. Terry. Nethery, Wingham, grad- uated from Fanshawe Col- lege, Thursday, June 16, in the Early Childhood Educa- tion program. She has ac- cepted a position at the Valley Farm Day Care, Pickering, Ontario. Mr. Keiltold council a survey done by a high school student had confirmed a parking problem exists in the lower part of town,, so that is where a lot should be placed. He added that if the main street is torn up, people won't be able to park on it and will need„ oft -street parking. He also pointed out land .prices are going up and the authority has already missed several chances to buy properties for use as parking lots. Several councillors questioned whether the amount of parking gained would justify the cost of the property., Mr. Keil said space for 17 cars could be provided without remov- ing the building, with an addition- al five to seven spaces if it were torn down. It was noted that, assuming 10 spaces are rented to tenants from the apartments, this would pro- vide only seven additional spaces for pubic parking. The Jot behind the Frosty Queen already belongs to the town and is available fol public CAROL H IGGINS •, IS FANSHAWE-G.RAD0 Miss Carol Higgins, daugh- ter of Mr. • and Mrs. Alvin Higgins, Wingham,-'graduat- ed Thursday, June 30, from Fanshawe Regional School of Medical Laboratory Tech- nologists, London. ontract is awarded for recons truc tion Work\ on the reconstruction of Shuter Street between Victoria and Alfred Streets will get under- way this summer folTwing Wing - ham council's acceptance of a tender on the project Monday night. The job was awarded to l.,avis • Construction of Clinton for $97,287.75. This vias the'10Wetv€ five tenders on the street project and Reeve Joe Kerr noted it is about $10,000 less than he ex- pected to have to pay for the work. . Engineer, Burns Ross of B. M. Ross and Associates, Goderich, present to check the tenders, gave it a clean bill of health. No starting date is specified for the project, but it is to be com- pleted by October 15. Tenders on the storm drain proposed for northeast Wingham will be opened at a special council meeting this Friday. Mr. Ross explained he postponed the clos- ing date until July 8 after soil tests showed poor material which might increase the cost. The preliminary tests revealed some wet silt which would have to be excavated and replaced with B CHAMPIONSHIP—The Brophy Tire slow pitch team won a tournament in New Idal-nbu'rg recently. Team members back row from left are Ken Saxton (senior), manager; Jerry Edwards, Bruce Foxton, Ken Saxton, Doug Foxton, Frank Heard and Bruce Machan. Middle row, Bob Foxton, Richard Boxwell. Wayne Brown, Bob Brandon and Gary Storey. Front, Jim Inwood, Tom Robinson, Gary Reavie and Gord Welwood. fill, he said, so he invited the con- tractors to watch as a backhoe excavated a number of holes in the area. • The test holes showed the poor material exists in only a limited area, he noted, so it, shouldn't add substantially to the cost. How- ever? he felt the addition testing f» gaatiti eo etra+ >Lors ul ficeert time to tender by July 4.. He noted the project has been ,approved by the environmtt ministry, and by Canadian National Railways (CNR); although written approval from the CNR is still `pending. A por- tion of the drain will run along the CNR right-of-way, He also reported town solicitor -Robert Campbell has told him all necessary agreements with de- velopers Hans Kuyvenhoven and Fred Moore have been signed. The storm sewer will provide, drainage to the Moore and Mait- land Estates subdivisions in addi- tion to upgrading' the existing drains in that end of town. No Money For Connecting Links Mr. Ross told council he has been speaking with a representa- tive of the Ministry of Trans- portation and Communications in Stratford and has learned no money. for connecting links is available this year and ntme may be available next year either. This means the town will have to carry the approximately $15.000 cost of the preliminary survey and design for the main street replacement project until funding becomes available, at which time the transport minis- try will pay 90 per cent of it. It also means the project may not get underway next year, though Mr. Ross urged the town to keep pushing to show it wants the work done. "It's the squeak- ing wheel that gets the grease," he noted. • He said his firm is prepared•to go ahead with the design unless the town changes its mind. Coun Wingham man injured in auto accident Donald Stokes of Wingham was injured on Tuesday when his car was struck while backing out of an alley, Wingham poiice report Mr. Stokes was taken to the hos- pital •and later releseed. Margueritte Staples of Vanas- tra was the driver of the other vehicle. Damage was estimated at $250 in another accident, which oc- curred July 2. Stuart E. Montgomery of Wingham lost control of his ear on Victoria Street and it struck two telephone poles, snapping one off. cil indicated it still wishes him to carry on with it, although Mr. Kerr, predicted the recon struction,won't get'stafted for an- other two or three years anyway. This point was strongly disputed by Mayor William Walden, who wants the job to start next spring. ,N ewvABUiildiurg.11nepe Murray McDougall of Wingham, will be the town's new building inspector and bylaw, ad- ministrator... Council . chose his application from among three received for the position. The position was advertised following notification by William Rintoul that he wished to resign as building inspector as soon as a replacement could be f'ourid. In other business, council passed the emergency measures bylaw drawn up by the Maitland Valley Conservation. Authority (MVCAi. The bylaw was suggested dur- ing a meeting between the MVCA and local municipalities last,. spring. It aims at setting up guidelines and a chain of com- mand to deal with civilian emer- gencies such as floods, earth- quakes or airplane crashes. A bylaw was also passed changing'the zoning of the Moore • subdivision to residential from developmental. Councillor David Cameron will be looking into purchasing three CB radio.units for the town trucks and tractor following a request from Mr. Kerr, chairman of the public works committee. Mr. Cameron said it is now pos- sible to get good CB units very cheaply and the town should be able to buy all three for $100. Council was informed -4500 has been donated by the Wingham Women's Institute to help pay for the flowerpots pladed along Joset phine Street. Four hundred dollars received from the Ministry of Ctilture p t Recreation for. the new ball will be budgeted to the recrek board. The town agreed to guarantee $10.000 bank loan for the Wing - ham Tennis Club. Finance com- mittee Chairman Tom Deyell re ported the club is awaiting a Win tario grant and needs the mon to pay bills for the new cour It also agreed to al organizer=s of next year's plo match to place the match among ti ^ "l„h err on signs at the entrances to The match organizers put up the signs 'as one publicizing the event. V as !eau the question of maks1 memorial plaque to foear '�y George held 'bilin ual,. i plaque hangs beside the entt ,t to n h Towthne towClerkall. Williem Renwi reported the department of con- sumer and commercial affaj has requested the plaque be lingual and Councillor All Harrison advanced Ole app riate motion, but it died for 1 of a second. r