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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-08-10, Page 2ra+ Advance -Times, August 10, 1977 ed limit tinned from Page 1 end up costing $40,000 in ices and lost impost fees. "it wws how things can come back to haunt you if they're not done properly," Mr. Campbell noted. Council Shorts In other business,. Mr. Mowbray reported he met re- cently with an official from the highways department and was assured that if the pre -engineer- ing on the Josephine Street re- placement project is completed this summer, the ministry will try to give a -yes" or "no" an- swer on funding by the fall. Engineer Burns Ross, in charge of the 'project, had in- formed council he learned no more money for eonnecting links is available this year. It is not yet clear whether any will be avail- able next year, he said. Josephine Street qualifies for extra provincial funding since it serves as a connecting link for ITighway 4. Councillor Ray Walker, head of the recreation committee, said 32 applications have been received so far for the position of recrea- tion director, vacated earlier this summer by James Ward. Appli- cations close this Friday. Council heard from the parks board that revenues are up to over $3,000 this year from $1,800 during the same period last year. A letter from BP Oil Co. in- forming the town of a price in- crease Aug. 30 prompted a re- mark by Mr. Cameron that there is "something funny" going on when it it possible to buy gas six cents more cheaply retail than wholesale. A station in Stratford is selling gas for 77.9 cents per gallon, he reported, while the town is charged 83.9 cents per gallon to buy wholesale. He suggested council should formally protest this discrepancy in pricing. A claim, for damages from Mrs. Charles Lee will be referred to the town's insurance company, council decided. Mrs. Lee report- ed in a letter that water running off the street during last Friday's storm' damaged her furnace. William Rintoul's resignation frfin"the post of building inspect- or was accepted with regret. Mr. Rintoul resigned July 15 and has been replaced by Murray Mc- Dougall. Counhil voted to endorse a resolution from the township of Spanish River. The resolution calls for changes to the income tax act so that the first $1,000 of a councillor's honorarium would not be considered income for tax- atitin purposes. Council also read for the third time and passed the bylaw for construction of the new storm drain in northeast Wingham. Morris to clean the Blyth drain Morris Township council is Veterinary proceeding with cleaning out por- • tions of the Blyth Creek Drain on pathologist• Engineering Services. the recommendation on Maitland is appointed R. Gordon Bennett, deputy minister of agriculture and food, recently announced the appoint- ment -of Dr. S. E. Sanford as vet- ertnry pathologist at the Veteri- nary Services Laboratory at Huron Park, Ontario. Dr. Sanford obtained the de- gree of -doctor of veterinary medicine from the Ontario Vet- erinary College, University of Guelph, in .1971. From 1971 to 1974 he was vet- erinary eterinary officer, Ministry of Agri- culture, Veterinary Division, in Guyana. In 1975 Dr. Sanford com- pleted - the diploma 'course in diagnostic pathology at the On- tario Veterinary College. Since 1976 he has served in the Veterinary Services Branch Lab- oratories in Huron Park and Guelph. Dr. Sanford's appoint- ment to the Huron Park Labor- atory became effective in June. The Veterinary Services Laboratory at Huron Park serves the livestock owners and veterin- ary practitioners in Huron, Perth, and Bruce counties and parts of the counties of Grey, Middlesex, and Oxford. The portion to be cleaned as recommended is about 4,050 feet east of Lot 23 (Leo Dyke) and 150 feet up from sideroad 20-21 and up to 400 feet downstream from sideroad 20-21. It is uncertain at this time if cleaning will go the 4:v or 200 fat (low, from the sideroad. Engineer Andy McBride of Maitland Engineering Services told council at its Aug. 4 meeting the area to be cleaned "is the poorest section of the Blyth Creek Drain I've seen". A culvert at sideroad 20-21 which should be four feet is only two feet and a culvert at Con. road 7 is only one foot, he reported. The only other business council covered at the ,.meeting was to accept a tender for a new grader. from Dominion Roads, subject to Ministry of Transportation and Communications approval. NO INJURIES IN ACCIDENTS No injuries resulted from three motor vehicle collisions during the past week, the Wingham de- tachment of the Ontario Provin- cial Police reports. The accidents caused an estimated $2,080 in • property damage. WANTED RESIDENTIAL LOCATION FOR DEMONSTRATOR SWIMMINGtPOL Money Saving Opportunity For Family With Right Location Call: (519) 853-1030 Collect NOTICE As of Mon., July 18, 1977, Randy Scott has purchased Metcalfe Transport of Belmore. Cor'nmencing on July 18, Randy will be pickling up pigs. Cattle will be picked up as usual. 39 PHONE COLLECT 2-6657 or 392-6644 or 357-2438 HEARING TESTS Via NCE'S DRUGS- WINGHAM August 12 - 1 - 3 P.M. NO OBLIGATION Batteries, accessories, repairs to most makes HEARING AIDS t J. D. FAIR 91 Brunswick' St. Stratford, Ont. 273-2118 NEAR MISS—A car was temporarily trapped but not damaged when Friday evening's severe wind and rain storm brought the branch of a plum tree down beside it. Several such storms have occurred during the past two weeks and have wreaked havoc with some of the older trees in the area.. Notes from Whitechurch Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Fair of Bluevale and, his brother, Tom Fair, and sister, Jill Fair of Guelph, were Saturday visitors with Mi. and Mrs. Care McCien- aghan. Graham Kay visited on Sunday with his grandmother, Mrs. Gra- ham of Brampton. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Rintoul and Debbie on Tuesday returned home to Tottenham. On the. week- end Mrs. Rintoul and Debbie re- turned to attend the Bl.ack:recep- .tion. -Mr. and Mrs. Russel McGuire arrived home on Saturday after a motor trip through Northern On- tario as far west as McCord, Sask. They returned home through the States. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Rutledge and Shaun of Clinton were week- end -visitors withher parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Webster. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laidlaw of Windsor spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Laidlaw, and -her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elliott. Visitors on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Beecroft and Karen were Mr. and Mrs. Glen Sinnamon of Wingham. On Wed- nesday Mrs. Archie Hertel of Kitchener and her daughter, Mrs. Ken Wilson, Scott and Kathy of St. Jacobs and Mrs. E. W. Bee- croft and Karen visited with their sister, Mrs. Phillip McMillan of Lucknow. Relatives inform us that Mrs. Maggie McIntosh of Lucknow, the former Maggie Kennedy of second concession, Kinloss, west ,of SS No. 10, is at present a pa- , tient in University Hospital where s'ge recently underwent surgery. She will be remembered by the oldtimers of the communi- ty who wish her a speedy'recov- ery. ..• On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Carl McClenaghan attended the rodeo at Exeter and Mrs. Ben McClena- ghan visited he'c daughter, Mrs. Eileen Parker. On Sunday, prior to their leaving, Mrs. Francis Turnbull and Toddof Woodstock and Miss Anne Henry of Wing - ham called on them. Trevor Hunter of London is spending a few holidays with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wal- lace Conn; while his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Hunter, are on holidays. Little Heather Storey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Storey of Dungannon, visited a few days last week with her friend, Lana Craig. Visitors with, Mr. and Mrs. George Currie were"Mr. and Mrs. George Kague of Ireland and Miss Jennie Kague of Oakville. Miss Jane Laidlaw arrived home on Tuesday last for two weeks' vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Laidlaw. On Sunday her sister, Mrs. Joe Du- charme, and Mr. Ducharme of Goderich held a get-together. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Durnin, Mr, and Mrs. Cameron West Wawanosh council accepts grader tender The township council of West Wawanosh agreed to spend near- ly $54,000 for a new road grader at its regular meeting Aug. 2. Only one tender was received for the machine, but after a discus- sion of the prices quoted and lengthy deliberation, councillors voted to accept it. The tender, from Champion Road Machinery Sales, Ltd., Goderich; offered a D740 motor grader at $52;430, with trade bf a 1971 D600 grader. Engine and transmission options will add slightly over 81,500 to the price. Council's acceptance, for deli- very this December, is subject to the approval of the transport ministry. Council directed the township clerk to try to obtain further in- formation on possible govern- ment financial assistance with the Auburn Street light project. A letter from the housing ministry indicated that the Neighborhood Improvement Program it ad- ministers does not appear to ap- ply to this project. The clerk was further directed to contact the clerks' of other townships involved in Auburn to draw up bylaws regarding the control of dogs in the police vil- lage. Engineer Henry Udersiadt will be contacted regarding a serious erosion problem on Mrs. Barbara Londry's property at the end of the Anderson Drainage . Works. Mrs. Londry attended the council meeting to ask assistance in clearing up the problem. Ashfield Township will also be contacted to notify that the problem exists and West Wawanosh is taking steps to correct it. Council also held a discussion on how the problem of the Dun- gannon Drain is to be resolved. In other business, council agreed to allow the St. Helens Snowmobile Club to use the town- ship hall this winter. It also de- cided to support a,resolution from the township of Spanish River re- garding the Income Tax Act. The resolution proposes the first $1,000 of a council member's hon- orarium should not be considered income for tax purposes. Road accounts and general accounts were passed for pay- ment. Bluevale Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Scott and granddaughter Janice of Midland were supper guests Sunday eve- ning with Miss Jean Robertson' and Lloyd Robertson of Bluevale. Paul Goldethorpe of Lincoln- shire, England, visited recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter Willits. Mrs. Elsie Thuell spent last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Fischer. Mr• and Mrs. Keith Moffatt, Sandra and Greg vacationed at Sauble Beach last week. Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Long, Martin and Amanda, all of London, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laid- law of Windsor, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Scholtz and Kenton of Goderich, Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Laidlaw, West Wawanosh, and Jane Laidlaw of Brandon. Quite a few from the communi- ty attended the sale at the home of the late Robert Durnin near St. Helens on Saturday afternoon with good prices realized. Auc- tioneer was Brian Rintoul. Chalmers Presbyterian con- gregation is redecorating the manse prior to the arrival of the new student minister, Mr. and Mrs. - H. Osborne and family 'of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Falconer of Sarnia . spent the weekend with her. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wal- lace Milligan. Clara . Milligan, who had been visiting at the Fal- coner home returned with them. The Women's Institute spon- sored a ' white elephant auction sale on Monday evening when articles donated by WI members and residents of the community were auctioned by Brian Rintoul. Everything brought to the sale sold for a price. The clerk was John Currie and the cashier Mrs. George Fisher, WI treasurer. Briefs from Huron Board of Education In its regular meeting in Clinton on Monday, the Huron County Board of Education approved a number of items. The board decided to sell all of its surplus school buses with the exception of one to be kefor use . by Goderich Secondary School. The Goderich bus will be used for field trips and school team excursions. The board approved in prin- ciple a two-week bilingual ex- change program between schools in Huron County and Quebec. James Coulter, superintendent of education, said -he didn't know if any schools in the county would participate. A qualified teacher will provide academic instruction one day per week to older trainable retarded pupils at the Goderich workshop, the board decided. Senior train- able retarded pupils (age 13 plus) will be given access to the nearest home economics or industrial arts program. The board adopted a policy of giving $200 to any school holding a celebration in connection with a municipal centennial celebra- tion. If there is more than one school in the municipality the money will be split between them. Night schools will be located this fall in Central Huron Second- ary School, F. E. Madill Second- ary School, Goderich District Collegiate Institute, Seaforth District High • School' and South Huron District High School. An advertisement listing the courses will be placed in all Huron County papers. The board agreed to transfer a student to Woodland Heights Elementary School in London for the partially sighted. Cost to the board will be $3,0:00. Over 60 attend family reunion BELMORE—The annual Dar- lingSangster reunion was. held Monday with 65 in attendance at the farm of Ralph Dickson, due to the construction of the Belmore Arena. - Sports, ball games, relays and cgntests, enjoyedby all, were conducted by Mr. and,Mrs. Ralph Dickson and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Darling. The business was con- ducted by John Rutherford. Next year's officers include: presidents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dickson; secretary -treasurers, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Jeffray; sports, Doug and Donna Jeffray, Jim and Barbara Harkness; nov- elty, contests, Mr and Mrs. Har- vey Ballagh; lunch, Mr. end Mrs. Alan Darling, Miss ' Isabel Darling, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Inglis; invitations, Mrs. J. Tyler and Mrs. R. Field. All enjoyed the lunch and novelty prizes awarded by Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Mawhinney. UP YOUR BLOCK (and back again. That's as.lar as you need to walk to be a bit fitter than you are now). PdATIOPr76'1101 Wait a Itlock.Today. 9 used car 1975 Chev. 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