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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-10-12, Page 17 �h! G.; Ji Business or pleasure - beat nosh l� TRAVEZ SESIIE Listow@l, Ontario 291.211E Call Tell Free 1-800-265-6332 FIRST SECTION Wingham, Wednesday, October 12, 1977 Single Copy Not Over 30c Business Assoc., J.C.s comordin te efforts towards next Funf�st days The Wingham Business As- sociation and the Junior Citizens got off to an, early start at work- ing together toward next sum- mer's Funfest last week. Mem- bers of the J.C.s attended a meet- ing of the business association and arranged to coordinate the Funfest with the sidewalk sale. Kevin Netterfield, Sandy Bren- zil and Michelle Rintoul of the Funfest committee, together with advisor Sandi Deslauriers, told the association they agree with its proposal to hold its sidewalk days July 13-15. They hope to co-operate with other clubs and organizations in town in • running the Funfest and would like a delegate from each appointed to act as an Inter- mediary, Mr. Netterfield said. They want to include a midway among: next year's events and had considered putting it in. the old., fairgrounds by the river in lower town, but are agreeable -to having it on the main street if it can be arranged. • Miss Brenzil told the business people the J.C.s did pretty well,on the event this summer. They made money on some things and lost on others; overall they were down about $200, but the Lions Club agi eed to assume the ex - Blyth paper has been sold Beginning with last week's edi- tion, The Blyth Standard has new publishers and a new editor'... Effective Saturday, October 1, The Standard is operated by McLean Brothers Publishing Ltd., based in Seaforth. The new editor is an Auburn woman, Rhea Hamilton who is in charge Of both editorial and ad- vertising content for the news- paper. Mrs. Hamilton is assisted by Corrie Bylsma who has been in, charge of the office operation at The Standard for the past year. The offices of the newspaper remain in the same building as at present and are open the same hours. Keith and Jill Roulston, who have published the newspaper for nearly six years (beginning in November 1971) will continue to operate their other publications, The Rural Voice and Village Squire mag !r ine from`•l new of- fices at their farm in East Wawanosh township, three miles from the village. Wingham boy injured s.Iightly- when hit by car Eleven year old George Cherry of Wingham was fortunate to escape serious injury when he was struck by a car on Water Street near Howson's Dam ,on Monday. The accident occurred when George ran in front of a car driv- enlsy Evelyn A. Green of Wing - ham. He was taken to Wingham hospital where he was treated for multiple abrasions to both legs and a small laceration before be- ing released. Crawford Douglas is secretary to coluineT minister Crawford Douglas, former resident of Wingham and now member of parliament " for the riding of Bruce -Grey, has been named as parliamentary secre- tary to Communications Minister Jeanne Sauve. He was one of 27 secretaries re- cently appointed as assistants to the federal cabinet ministers and his term will probably be for a period of two years. A parliamentary secretaryship is frequently viewed as a step- ping stone to a cabinet post at some later date. pense so they broke even, she said. The -association congratulated the J.C.s for the job they did with this year's Funfest and for what they have planned next year, and the J.C.s responded by thanking the association for its support. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Keil will be working at arranging the Santa Claus parade again this year, as no one else came forward to take it on. Mr. Keil had said at, the pre- vious meeting he hoped other persons would take it over, since they have been saddled with the parade for the past several years, and Jack Hayes had offered to find someone, but Mr. Keil re- ported last week it seems to have come back to them. The association agreed to bud- get $1,150 for the parade and Archie Hill offered to take charge of assembling the Santa Claus float. Miss Rintoul of the J.C.s said she andsome others have been working on booking bands and floats for the parade, set for Dec. 10. In other Christmas related business, the association decided to approach other business people in town who are nonmem- bers with a packagedeal where- by they could donate toward the Christmas lights and join the as- sociation. A $50 sum, $35 forMthe lights and $15 for membership, would also coverthe contributing mer- chant's share of the Santa Claus ' parade. Mr. Hayes described both the decorations and the parade as good causes: The town needs them and they should be supported, he said. Association Treasurer Murray Gerrie said he had made a list of 140 businesses in town which should be ap- proached with the proposal. At a meeting during the summer the business association approved spending $3,750 to pur- chase lighted decorations for the street lamp poles along Wing - ham's main street. The association also discussed providing free parking for cus- ` tomers during all or part of the month off December. It will be investigating how much it would cost to cover the parking meters as a complimentary gesture around Christmas time. . During the discussion on parking, town council took some • lumps for its decision earlier this 1ear not to ge along with a park- ing authority proposal regarding purchase of a property to use for public parking. Better timing is sought for Foundry hydro usage by PU The Wingham Public Utilities Commission will write a letter to Ontario Hydro, backing a pro- posal by Western Foundry to save both the PUC and the Foun- dry money. The Foundry proposes - to use the valleys of low power con- sumption during The _day rather than just running the electric fur- naces at full force from 8 p.m. to 8 - a.m. This would level the PUC's daytime consumption and keep the Foundry off the peaks of high power use, PUC Manager Ken Saxton says. Under .a present discount system that Ontario -hydro set for the Foundry, the firm is pena- lized for using the valleys of low power consumption during the • day. The Foundry receives- a 66 per cent discount on the differ- ence between daytime use of power and night time use at the plant. When the furnaces are run at full power during the hours 8 p.m. to 8..a.m., as set by Ontario. Hydro, and. not during daytime valleys of low power use, the dis- count can ise, put..to greater use. The Foundry is now asking for a discount on the valleys as well as for night time use. Western Foundry General Manager Dick LeVan told the commission at its Oct. 6 meeting it is more economical for his firm to buy power this way and the Foundry runs more productively. Best production hours fall during daytime and evening hours. Ontario Hydro had originally set a 25 per cent discount across the board and then changed the rate. Ten months ago Ontario Hydro told the Foundry to prove it could save ,itself and the PUC money by .using valleys during the day. Mr. LeVan said with monitor- ing equipment at the a Foundry,. they have been able to prove this fact and the loss under the pre- sent'system is $1000 a month. Ontario Hydro Consumer Ser- vice Representative for the PUC, .Tom, McConkey, was present at the meeting. He told' -Mr. LeVen riu ► when the valleys are used, the peak is being chased around. "We are concerned with fairly large spaces of time in con- serving." • . He said a load added during the valleys could raise the peak es- pecially if mere than 'one custo- mer wanted to use the valleys. "Doing this for an individual cus- tomer 'Wouldn't be fair to others. Ontario Hydro isn't about to•set a precedent." He added there are discussions( going on right now about the dis- count rates and that the whole system of rates is likely. to change. Until the hearings are over, he doubted the Foundry could get a change in its rate structure. Commission member Rod Wraith told Mr. LeVan there is no problem in seeing he has proved the new proposal to the PUC's.ad- vantage and . suggested sending the letter to Ontario Hydro. '• RATE INCREASE Residential customers of municipal public utilities will pay about five per cent, more for electricity in 1978 than in 1977. The commission believes, -how- ever, Ontario Hydro will really hit the customer for an increase the following year. Ontario Hydro proposes to in- crease' the ' wholesale rate for power'Jan. 1, 1978 but also plans to reduce customer bills over the months of 1978 to return 'extra. 1977 revenue. The five per- cent increase is calculated after this ret,Wrn • PUC Chairman Roy Bennett says the method creates a false economy. "Next year they will really hit us with an increase." Manager Ken Saxton agrees. Full credit for the extra re- venue of 1977, as defined by the anti-inflation guidelines, will, be alioted to customers as,well as the interest on this.retun. Extra revenue over and above the anti-inflation guidelines, now estimated at. $108 million, results from increased profits on export sales to the ' United States and major reductions in the costs of administration, operations and maintenance. The commission passed the accounts as presented and re- ported the price of $9,222.16 for a new, trenching machine,' The cost includes all' accessories. Teeswater fair again bit with rain A cold and rainy day Saturday dampened festivities at the 122nd annual Teeswater fall fair and cut attendance to about one tenth its normal size. However, indoor exhibits were at a record level and the evening entertainments drew well. If we'd just had the good weather, we'd have had a whoppin' good fair,” secretary Mrs. Evan Smyth noted. She said this has been at least the third rainy year in a row for the event and organizers can only hope for better weather next year. Gate receipts showed an atten- dance of around 1,000 on fair day, down 10-11,000 from good years, she reported, admitting: "It was pretty well a wipeout." The parade was cancelled, as were races scheduled for the afternoon, and 'the midway was deserted. Livestock was judged "as best they could" inside the sheds, as the driving rain kept activities undercover. On the brighter side, Mrs. Smyth said there was a good turnout for the Paul Caldwell variety show, featuring 12 enter- tainers from Michigan, and the dance Saturday night was a huge success. It was the first year for a teen dance and that also went over well, she added. The Kingsville -Essex AsSbcia- tion Band and Teeswater High- land Pipe Band, booked for the parade, entertained inside the e c:,a instead. Jacqueline Weber of Mildmay was chosen Queen of the Fair Friday nigh4 ever 12 other con- testants. Miss Weber was spon- sored by the Teeswater Cream- ery. Linda Wall of Teeswater, sponsored by the Teeswater Jun- ior Farmers and Judy ^ Meyer, also of Teeswater and sponsored by the Teeswater-Coss fire de- partment, were runn rs up. Among the prize winners at the fair were Mrs. Morley Bushell of Wingham, who took first prize for her cake, and Mrs. Lewis Stone- house of Belgrave, who won, „top prizes for best arrangement and best exhibit in floral displays. Edith Widdis of Teeswater won the prize for best quilt while Karen Tilson of RR 2, Teeswater, won most points in both the junior girls' section and in over-all women's work classes. Thomas Todd of Lucknow ' was named grand champion exhibitor - in the sheep classes; Bill Ireland of Teeswater won the prize for best dairy herdsman and best udder class with his Jersey herd; and Jan Van Vliett of Brussels Council was ridiculed for its position that there is no severe parking. problem in 'downtown Wingham and Mr. Gerrie sug- gested_ the business peopje are not getting very much back in re- turn for the taxes they pay. Mr. Keil, who heads the parking authority, said the next step will probably be a'survey of what people in town think of the parking situation: The parking authority had approached council for financial backing in a plan to buy a lot on Victoria Street to convert for use v -as a parking lot. Council turned down the proposal, deciding instead to develop a parking lot on property it already owns behind the Frosty Queen; but the -authority feels eustorners will not use that lot. In other business, the associa- tion turned over $1,689 to the arena building committee. The. money was raised during last year's street auction. • 0 ei THANKSGIVING SUPPER—Jamie Alton (left) and Kevin Alton, both of„ RR 7, Lucknow dug into their meal at the Belgrave fowl supper Wednesday ,night --- and seemed to enjoy every bit of it. 1 Over i,000pounds of turkey were served at Beigrave supper The Belgrave Arena Board did the seemingly impossible again Wednesday night. They served a piping hot turkey supper, with all the trimmings to 1,100 people at a sit down'meal for the ticket price of $4.00. • - The event has been held now ' for 26 'years and it has become . ' traditional, something akin • to `hristmas. Area people have come to expect and appreciate the occasion. A lot of planning, hard work and pounds and pounds of food go into making it a success. For in- stance, 1,050 pounds of turkey were eaten and 165. dozen rolls with 28 pounds of butter. • Five cream cans of gravy re- had the grand champion York- shire boar and gilt in the swine classes. Emerson Ra§sman of Chesley took the prize for best overall dis- plays of roots and vegetables and had the most points in the fruit, vegetable and grains section. • quiring 14 pounds of flour for thickening, to cover five 75 pound bags of potatoes and eight 50 pound bags of turnips were pre- pared 'as well as 144 cabbage salads and 144 jellied salads. Re- lish and cranberries were served as well. Coffee, } 24 ;pounds}„of mit .Hyams poured with 0 quarts of iniYli and` 100 pounds of sugar used. To top it ail off, 300 homemade pies were eaten. It is doubtful anyone goes home hungry. Clarence Hanna, fowl supper committee chairman says each concession has a lady appointed who organizes preparation of food on that line. They are given'a. number Of tables to set, de- pending on the number of helpers. The village of Belgrave had four tables to prepare this year. Mr. Hanna said at one the number of people coming te the meal got so high, they. had to cat down. Now tickets are soldin ad- vance , .a .its, ' ,buy Ape- imrrie el`y of H i be solld' Out. The steaming bowls of turnips and potatoes and the platters of turkey were tempting to all. The food was served quickly after grace was said by Rev. John Roberts of Belgrave. 'Mr. Hanna commented that all that food was blessed by one minister. tl IT MAY HAVE BEEN COLD AND WET outside, but Brian King and Danny Schiestel (far end) found happinessata trinket table inside the community centre at Teeswater Fall Fair last weekend. THE VEGETABLE TABLE was a centre of interest for visitors to the Teeswater Fair, and the fact it was inside the community centre while outside it was cold and wet didn't hurt any. A couple of young fair -goers, Paul Edwards and, Michael Harrison, check over the garden produce. Paul is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Edwards of Teeswater and Michael is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Harrison of Honeywood.