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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-11-09, Page 1lt� f LAND -SEA -AIR PACKAGE TOURS Business or pleasure - book now! TRAVEZ SERV�[E Listowel, Ontario co;2,1-2111 Cali Toll Fro. 1400.265-.6332 FIRST SECTION Wingham; esday, November 9, 1977 30c Single Copy Winom audit fee hi finnnc� chairman ch Wingham is being charged too much for audit fees compared to other towns in the county, finance committee chairman Tom Deyell FANSHAWE GRAD Mary Norman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Norman, RR 3, Wingham,- graduated recently from the business administration course, majoring in data processing, at Fanshawe Col- lege, London. She has ac- cepted a position at the head office of Canada Trust in London. Child killed under truck `^'A year-old Brussels area child lost her life Wednesday of last week when she ran under the wheels of a truck driven by James H. Brigham of Blyth. The accident happended on lot 23, concession 11, Grey Township, a farm owned by her father. Aimee Ruth -Ellen Morton was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Morton of RR 3, Brussels. Her mother was the former Linda Mary Hendrick. Born on June 10, 1976, the child is survived by three sisters, Ann, Marie and Linda, all at home. Funeral service was held Thursday, November 3, at two. o'clock at the S. J. Walker Funeral Home, Wingham, with Donald Fisher of the Wingham assembly of ,Jehovah's Witnesses officiating. Intlerment followed in Brussels Cemetery. told town council Monday night. He said he has tried to contact the auditors, Thorne -Riddell of London, to get a breakdown of the fees, but has so far been un- successful. "I'm not saying they don't do a good job," he said, but noted that in times of restraint the town should try to save money wherever possible. Wingham paid about $8,000 in audit fees last year, while other towns of comparable size in the county paid $31,000 less, he pointed out. He suggested that although the town has dealt with this firm of auditors for "about 20 years", it might be a good idea to check around and see if its fees are out of line. In other business, council agreedto back an engineering. study, on the Turnberry flood- plain, specifically focussing on the effects of filing in a portion of the floodplain. Ian Deslauriers of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority told council he is confident the study can provide the informa- tion necessary to allow safe development in the area. It is important to have the study in case later questions are raised about the effects of fill on ad- jacent properties or on the total flood pattern. The authority arranges for the study, with most of the estimated $3,000 cost borne by the province. Wingham, as special benefitting municipality, agreed to pay 20 per cent (about $600 of the bill. The land proposed for filling is in the southeast corner of Wing - ham, bounded by Highway -86 east and Highway 4 north. Mr. Deslauriers said he feels the effects of filling this area would be minimal, since it is simply a dead storage area for floodwater and not a bottleneck in the main flow. In comparison with the whole floodplain, the storage area there is quite small and the change would probably not even be noticed, he added. Gravel Tenders John Cox approached council to request that it consider calling tenders on the gravel supply for the town next year. In previous years Joe Kerr Ltd has supplied the town's gravel. Council took no action on the request at this meeting Building permits were ap- proved for Jim Carr, a roof over entrance; Ideal Supply, a sign; and Bob Crawford, new siding. Council conducted a portion of its meeting in committee of the whole, with the press excluded. Council Shorts Jim Inwood, Gary Lisle and 9 ar Dianne Simpson were approved as members of the recreation board. Councillor` Ray Walker Three injured in car -truck collision Three area residents were treated for various injuries at the Wingham and District Hospital after a car -truck collision which occurred Saturday evening shortly before 8 o'clock on County Road 16 at Sideroad 25-26, Morris Township. Ross Cardiff of RR 4, Brussels, driver of the car, was admitted to the Wingham and District Hos- pital with multiple injuries. Early Tuesday afternoon he was listed in satisfactory condition in the same hospital. Driver of the truck was Gerrit Van Keulen of RR 2, Bluevale, and he had as passenger his young son Jonathan. Mr. Van Keulen was treated for an injured leg and Jonathan for minor in- juries. Both were released after. emergency treatment. On Monday evening, October 31; Richard Thalen of RR 2, Blyth, was admitted to the Wing - ham and District Hospital for observation after he was involved in an accident in Brussels. Paul R. Bragg of RR 3, Brus- sels, received injuries when he was struck by a vehicle driven by Donald L. Crawford of RR 1, Monkton, Ontario. Mr. Bragg was walking on County Road 16, west of the Maitland River Bridge in Grey Township when the accident occurred. - All the above accidents were investigated by the Wingham detachment of the Ontario Pro- vincial Police who also during -the last week, laid two charges under. the Liquor Licence Act; taro under the Criminal Code of Canada and 31 under the High- way Traffic Act. Four motor vehicle collisions during the week caused an -estimated $8,1.75 property damage. Huron 8d. supports effort to up legal drinking age The Huron County Board of Education supported a move to raise the legal_ drinking , age ,m Ontario to 19. The board agreed with the raise in the drinking age and will send its feelings on to local and provincial government officials supporting legislation now in provincial legislature. The Oxford County Board of Education sent a letter to the Huron board asking that it sup- port changes in legislation which would result in raising the drink- ing age. The Oxford board felt that the present legislation has resulted in "an unacceptable situation in terms of its effect on health, safety and morality". The request from Oxford was accompanied by comments from Remo Mancini, MPP for Essex South, who has introduced a private member's bill in the legislature to have the legal drinking age raised from 18 to 19. The province lowered the drink- ing age from 21 to 18 in 1971 but in recent years there has been pres- sure for a raise in the age. Mancini cited a 1976 Addiction Research Foundation Survey showing that :i tong a katitpi bf 1,439' high school students in On- tario, 86 per cent drank, although less than 25 per cent were of legal drinking age. Mancini said his bill would remove the practice of drinking from the province's high schools. Despite increasing support for the raising of the drinking age the, bill is not likely to pass according to a survey of cabinet ministers. The argument most frequently used by the cabinet ministers is that it would not be fair to allow a person to vote at 18 yet not drink until he turned 19. Director of Education John Cochrane supported that reason- ing and told the board that the bill may be defeated on the basis of the voting age being 18. But Coch- rane pointed out that during the war there was a law telling youngsters they had to fight when they were 18 but couldn't drink until they were 21. es said the board nominated them to fill vacancies. Don Kennedy. and Doug Neil have finished their terms on the board. Mr. Deyell reported the plan- ning board "needs some life", and would welcome suggestions on how to interest new members. The board is supposed to have a membership of seven, but presently only four are sitting on it, he said. Highways Minister James. Snow hasn't given a yes or no an- swer, but seems to be giving serious consideration to Wing - ham's application for funds to re- build the connecting link, Coun- cillor Angus Mowbray said. He and Mayor William Walden met with the minister and other department officials in Toronto recently. They hope to have some word by the first week in Decem- ber. Wingham police will be getting a new cruiser soon. Councillor David Cameron said the police committee recommends accept- ing the low tender of $5,880 from Chris Gosling Chev-Olds, and council agreed. Council decided t xperiment with leaving the a fic light working normally instead pf switching it to flashing yellow when the streets gets slippery. There is a problem with school children crossing through traffic when the light is flashing and council decided to try this before putting a policeman on duty at the intersection or hiring a cross- ing guard. Mr. Cameron said he will tell the police to turn the light on and lose the key. ..11. -also decided In place a notice in the newspaper asking parents to instruct their children to use the sidewalks wherever possible. Councillors said there is still a problem with school children walking on the street, even when the sidewalks are clear. Deputy Reeve Harold Wild re- ported on the trip to Standish, Michigan, telling councillors: "Nobody was ever made more welcome than we were." He said those who didn't go really missed out on something. Reporting for the industrial committee, Mr. Wild said his news is "short and not exactly sweet". The closing of Electro - home's Deilcraft plant here is symptomatic of the situation around the county, he said, as. Vanastra and Exeter each have an industry closing. He compared this to business opportunities in Standish which, he said, has a lot of industry. �.s ONTARIO SCHOLARS --Ontario Scholars from F. E. Madill Secondary School, receiving their awards at the school's Friday evening graduation were back row, Stan Loree, Tamara Hayes and John Day; front, Doreen Anderson, Lorne Scott and Sandra Finlay. HASN'T LOST THE.TOUCH—Richard "Dick" Burbridge of Wingham accepts birthday greetings from Mrs. William Walden. The World War 1 veteran was honored on his 90th birthday with a drop-in party at the Wingham Legion last Tuesday evening. PUC announces hydro increase. Wingham residents will he pay- ing .3.2 per. cent more for their hydro in 1978. The Wingham Public Utilities Commission re- ported the Ontario Hydro Figur: at its Nov. 3 meeting: Manager Ken Saxton reportt, that there is an actual increase of 9.5 per cent but due to Anti -Infla- tion Board guidelines and an On- tario Hydro excess revenue the increase s reduced. The commission read its finan- cial statement for 10 months end- ing Oct. 31 and reports an energy revenue of $95,570.53. This amount compares to last year's figure of $76,359.28. In other business Mr. San reported a meeting he had with Frank Hori, vice-president of Premium -Lloyd. At the meeting Mr. Hori committed Preiniuin- Lloyd to a substation in the spring. The PUC will still hold the com- pany responsible for damages or loss to the present transformers until the substation is installed Mr. Saxton said. The PUC will meet again with Premium -Lloyd in the spring: The commission passed its ac- counts. Town can't keep fines on lower speed limit Wingham is free to go ahead with its plan to lower the town speed limit to 40 km -h (25 mph), but it shouldn't expect the move will enable it to retian monies from speeding fines, council was warned Monday, night. A representative from the. Ministry of Transportation and Communications suggested any attempt to retain such fines would be viewed as "extortion", and said council is incorrect in believing other towns have re- tained the fines. M. P. Laurin and pale Tasker, traffic analysts with t ministry in London, attended the council meeting to discuss "misunder- standings" about what can be done and the reasons for doing it. They also offered to review any traffic problems the town is hav- ing. While the town has complete jurisdiction over its own roads and can raise or lower the speed limits, it can only retain fines for violation of bylaws' drawn up under the Municipal Act, which this would not be, Mr. Laurin claimed. The "tag" money from parking- tickets reverts to the town since F. E. Madill Commencement Stude Many students at F. E. Madill Secondary School, some graduat- ing and others continuing their education there, were recognized for outstanding scholarship during the commencement exer- cises at the school Nov. 4, About $6,400 was handed out in awards. Mrs. M. Zinn, vice chairman of the Huron County board of educa- tion, and Robert Ritter, Madill principal, presented most of the proficiency awards. Kathryn Underwood won the -award for grade nine, while the general award for grade 11 went to Steven Johann, The grade 11 office practice and proficiency award went to Pamela Gerrie. Among gr a 12 students, Wil- liam Johns on won the auto mechanics ward, Michael Moore the t hnical. _ training award, Howard Roberts the mechanical drafting award, and Thomas Miller the woodwbrking award. Dr. A, J. Irwin scholar- ships went to Michael Milosevic, Harry Jaretzke and Eileen Fischer. Miss Fischer also won the Linda Mahood memorial award. Jacqueline Kozack won the Doris MacKenzie scholar - .;hip. ts repaye Tamara Hayes won the gei'icral proficiency award for grade 13 students. She also took the chemistry and mathematics awards and the French Embassy sward. Harry Jaretzke received the biology award while Stanley Lorne took the sctence and physics awards. Lorraine Parker won the French award, Dianne Pennington won the history award, John Day took the Mr. and Mrs. William F. MacDonald award and the Stanley Door Systems Ltd. scholarship, and Doreen Anderson and Marilyn Leahy shared the music award. The grade 10 proficiency award was presented to Janet Wood by Archie Hill, president of the Wingham Lions Club. The award is donated by the Lions. IThe grade 10 home economics award was presented to Donna Chettle- burgh by Mrs. Robert Powell, on behalf of the Wingham Women's Institute. Dorothe Comber presented the grade 12 home economics pro- ficiency award to Ingrid Jaretzke and Mary e. The ABCDEadiaward (above and beyond the call of duty) was pre- parking bylaws come under the Municipal Act, he said, but "ticket" money, from speeding fines or other moving violations must go to the provincial courts and is never handed back to the mu0ipipali1 •... , : . The two men also pointed out the signing requirements for special speed zones are very stringent, requiring speed limit signs on every street in town as well as at all entrances. As long as a town sticks with the prov- ince's statutory speed limit of 50 km -h (30 mph), it is sufficient to have signs only at the entrances to town, but varying from it costs "a fortune in signs", they said, while to leave one out would be a real loophole. "lt will cost you a lot of money, be very difficult to enforce' and you get no money in return," Mr. Tasker summed up, adding that: "We don't mean to discourage you.'' Whether a change would be worthwhile depends on the reason for making it, he said. Wingham Police Chief Robert Wittig, also present at the meet- ing, said the town has had "various probleins" and a lower ,4inH sented to Dianne Pennington by Frank E. Madill. He noted her deep involvement in the school as an athlete, with clubs and as a scholar. Rod Wraith presented school staff awards to Thomas Strong, Bruce Norman, Bonnie Walker, Michael Milosevic, Pamela Gerrie and David Houser. The George Menzies endow- ment fund awards were pre- sented by Colleen Raymond to Judy Adams, Robert Bryans, Brenda McCutcheon and Steven Pletch. Lori Miller received the Hos- pital Auxiliary Wingham and District Hospital award from Mrs. M. Procter and Marilyn Congram received the Order of the Eastern Star (Chapter 89) scholarship from Mrs. Shirley Langridge. Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton pre- sented the John Stewart Mac - Naughton Memorial award to Douglas Kuyvenhoven, Mrs. Donald Wallace presented the Ladies' Auxiliary Royal Capa- dian Legion Branch 180 award to Carol Carter and Mrs. G. W. Tif- fin presented the Paul V. Tiffin Men:Fonai scholarship to Tamara limit would help with some of them. "I thought and still do that it would be good to lower the limit in park areas and around the, schools and hospital," he de- rr aFe44 a > g- l.. at ;,e after the safety concept td 'begin with." He added that he still thinks the legislation concerning who gets the speeding fines is ambiguous and could be interpreted various ways. . The chief rejected Mr. Tasker's claim that they haven't found anywhere a 25 mph limit made much difference, saying it cer- tainly has along River Park Drive in Stratford. He challenged the analysts to try driving. along that street over the speed limit and see' what happens. Council took no further action at the meeting regarding its plan to lower the limit. 'At its Septem- ber meeting:: -it instructed town solicitor Robert Campbell to draw up a bylaw lowering the speed limit in town to 40 km -h. It later heard from MTC that the ministry has its lawyers studying the question of who would get the fines under a lowered limit. VJ s Hayes. Scott Reid presented the Scott C. Reid award in elec- tronics to Michael Milosevic. Student council awards of $200 each went to Dianne Pennington, Joyce Martin and John Housser. The Teeswater Creamery Ltd. award in agriculture went to Kenneth de Boer and the Wing - ham Kinette scholarship went to Sandra Finlay. W. D. Kenwell, county super- intendent of education, presented Ontario scholarships to Doreen Anderson, John Day, Sandra Fin- lay', Tamara Hayes, Stanley Loree and Lorne Scott. Twenty-five students received senior letters. They are: Judy Adams, Susan Adams, Doreen Anderson, Joanne Bake- laar, Jim Blackwell, John Camp- bell, Teresa Cronin, Ansley Currie, Sylvia Dickison, TWyla Dickson, Mary Eadie, Sandra Finlay, Eileen Fischer, Cheryl Haldenby, Ruth Henderson Douglas Kuyvenhoven, Mari- lyn Leahy, Sally Le Van, Snley Loree, Joyce Martin, Keith Metz- ger, Michael Milosevic, Janene Purdon, Kathryn Treleaven and Joanne Wood. •