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Wingham Advance-Times, 1977-11-16, Page 12Advance -Times, November 16, 1977 ns given history Western Foundr When Western Foundry was formed in 1901 initial production was in coal and wood stoves, heaters and furnaces. The energy crisis has indicated that the foundry's withdrawal from this market may have been prema- ture. This was one of the observa- tions Den Kennedy, executive vice-president of Western Foun- dry, made during his Nov. 8 talk to the Wingham Lions Club on the history of the foundry. lathe early days of the foundry most of the goods produced were sold through Eaton's of Canada. Through the 40s and 50s new pro- ducts were added, including oil and gas fired warm air furnaces. In 1961, when the company came under the present manage- ment, a decision was made "to Centennial to have Kin beer garden The Wingham Centennial will definitely have a beer garden run by the Kinsmen Club, it was decided at the Nov. 10 centennial committee meeting. Gary Watcher (standing in for IanDeslauriers) and Bob Craw- ford represented the Kinsmen at the meeting. It was not decided whether there will be entertainment, if the garden will" be in a tent, a build - g or in the open. Committee members attending the meeting were Heather Han- lon, Ruth Currie, Byron Adams, Ted Ahara, Ray Walker and Doug Layton. Fred McGee attended the meeting and agreed to help the committee find and book a mid- way for the celebrations. The midway will be here during the first week of August. August 1 until August 4 will be the highlight days of the centen- nial celebration. There will be a calendar put out that year (1979) with centennial events recorded. The committee voted in favor of purchasing an advertisement on the edge of a map of Huron County. A Toronto company will print the maps and the ad will be circulated over two years. There was some discussion about the possibility of the cen- ti:ennial committee sponsoring an event at the International Plowing Match next year. There will be an open meeting in Clinton on Nov. 22 about the match. Any- one requiring more information about this meeting should contact Don Pullen at the ministry of agriculture in Clinton. enter the job casting and 'jobbing sheet metal business in earnest and gradually phase out stoves, heaters and furnaces." Although many difficult times followed, the foundry was grad- ually rebuilt and re -equipped. All foundry buildings in existence in 1961 have been replaced and ex- panded to its present size of 70,000 square feet, Mr. Kennedy said. Today the foundry specializes in the production of thin-walled gray and alloyed irons. They pro- duce water pumps, oil pumps and manifolds for the major motor manufacturers in North Ameri- ca, as well as supplying pro- ducers of commercial cooking equipment. Western Foundry is the sole supplier of transmission exten- sions for the drive train used on all Ford four-wheel-drive vehi- cles. About 150 people are employed by Western Foundry and the company will make local pur- chases exceeding $400,000 this year, said Mr. Kennedy. "The public today is generally unaware of the size, make-up, and in many instances, the ex- istence of the foundry industry." Mr. Kennedy said this is be- cause most foundries are small and privately owned or they are "captive" plants of Large com- panies. In order to insure future suc- cess, Mr. Kennedy said, foun- dries must serve the Canadian market "competitively and well. But this is not sufficient. We must look to the U.S. markets to satisfy the capacities that will be avail- able. This we intend to do." Before Mr. Kennedy's speech, Rev. Robert Armstrong received a "100 per cent president's award" of a lapel pin from Lions Wins Ontario Scholarship BLUEVALE — Miss Nancy Ann Jamison; daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Duncan Jamison of Waterloo, was presented at the commencement exercises of Kit- chener -Waterloo High School, with an Ontario Scholarship and a framed Honors Secondary Graduation diploma. Nancy is the granddaughter of J. Harvey Messer off Bluevale and Toronto and her paternal grandfather is Dr. W. D. S. Jami- son of Toronto who practised medicine in Brussels for many years. She is now a student in the • faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto. WE SHALL REMEMBER—Don Montgomery placed the last of about 15 memorial wreaths during the Remem- brance Day service at the cenotaph last Friday. Following the placing of the wreaths, William Henderson Jr. played Last Post and Reveille. International. Mr. Armstrong, president of Wingham Lions Club last year, received the award for having fulfilled all the expecta- tions Lions International has of a president. In a current campaign the •Wingham Lions Club. raised $1,550 for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). Lions Club members will visit Leader Dog School (where dogs for the blind are trained) in Rochester, Michigan, on Nov. 13. The first Lions -sponsored bingo game this year is down about $150 from expectations, Lions were told. Books of Midget hockey tickets 'are available from Lions mem- bers and from businesses around town. The books cost $20 each and the money will go to all minor hockey association teams. There will be six $100 draws throughout the season. A social evening will be held in Teeswater to honor Bill Thomp- son and Frank Field with life memberships in the Lions Club. The evening will begin at 6:30 with a banquet and there will be dancing later. Admission will be $10 per couple. All Lions Club members and ex -members are invited to attend. WESTERN FOUNDRY—In a speech to Lions Club members, Don Kennedy, executive vice-president of Western Foundry, Wingham, gave a short history of the foundry and discussed the future of Canadian foundries. Council gives final readings to Weisner, Edgar drains. GORRIE — Drainage matters throughout the township occupied much of the November session of Howick Township Council. Courts of Revision were held on two drains, the Weisner Drain and Branch and on the Don Edgar Drain and Branch. There were no appeals received on the Weisner Drain but there was one on the Edgar Drain. One property owner, William Darechuk of Dauphin, Man., wrote a lengthy letter to council containing a number of com- plaints regarding the Edgar Drain. Mr. Darechuk claimed the drainage would lower the water table, especially on about 25 acres of his land and would have a crucial effect on the water supply of his farm. In fact, he stated, it could force him to drill a new well. He further stated the drain would reduce the quality of the water and because of additional salient pollution would reduce the amount of wild shrubbery and in turn the amount of wildlife in the area. In conclusion Mr. Darechuk noted the assessment for the drain would be "a real burden" to him financially. After considering Mr. Dare- chuk's appeal, the court decided it did not have sufficient grounds to warrant not proceeding with the drain. "We have to consider the p lblic good for the majority of the people," Coun. Bill Newton ob- served. "And I don't think we're going to drain that whole swamp with one drain," added Coun. Harry Winkel. "It's only to drain sur- face water." Third and final readings were given to both drains. Estimated cost of the Weisner Drain is $27,964 and of the Edgar Drain $21,417. Council noted that Mr. Dare- chuk still has recourse to appeal to the County Court but must have his appeal in within 10 days. After hearing a report and recommendation from Deputy Reeve Jack Stafford regarding the proposed Wroxeter Drain, council decided, to instruct Mait- land Engineering Services Ltd. of Wingham to prepare a pre- liminary report on it. Another proposed drain, this one on the easterly limits of Fordwich, was discussed at length by council. Private property owners in the area along with the owners of the Fordwich Village Nursing Home have experienced serious flood- ing problems during the spring season and have requested that a drain be installed. , At the request of council, one of the property owners, Morley Johnson who is also a former member of council, attended the afternoon session to fill council in on some of the problems. Mr. Johnson agreed with Coun. Winkel's recommendation that a "regular storm type drain" be in- stalled instead of an open ditch as suggested by some property owners at a meeting held earlier todiscuss the problem. However Mr. Johnson ' ;won- dered if there wasn't some way council could "speed up" the pro- ject in order to get it installed this fall so the drain would be in operation for the coming spring. "We'd like to avoid last year's damage if we possibly could," Mr. Johnson noted. He cited the Fordwich nursing home as being a particular "hazard", saying the property flooded where the institutions weeping bed is located and as a result water lay there for a number of hours before sinking into the ground. "There were suds and stuff floating on the top of it, you know, and I don't think that's too healthy a situation," Mr. Johnson observed. He also noted that if nothing was done on the drain this fall, by the time construction did get underway, a full year would have passed since property owners had first come to council. "If you remember, we were here in May; so you can say it has taken us a whole year from the time we started to put a shovel in the ground." Council sympathized with the problems of the property owners but said they didn't think there Annual Belgrave Co-op Banquet and Dance 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 25 Dance to the music of the Moran Brothers in the Women's Institute Hall, Belgrave Tickets: Adults $400 Children $200 Available from directors or at the store. were any short cuts to the muni- cipal drainage procedure.. "Maybe you'll have to get council all over there with buckets," one councillor sug- gested. "Now that's the best suggestion I've heard this afternoon," Mr. Johnson grinned. "I'll know who to vote for the next time." Upon leaving council cham- bers, Mr. Johnson said the property owners would appreci- ate anything council could do to speed up the project. In other drainage matters: Council moved that' the petition for work on the Hislop Drain be returned to the petitioners along with the engineer's comments requesting further signatures, so council can proceed with im- provementit to the drain; Two petitioners, Glenn John- ston and Ronald Henhoeffer, withdrew theilr names from a petition for the proposed Mann Drain thereby rendering the peti- tion invalid; Council appointed Reeve Harold Robinson to inspect the Thornton drain regarding a request for a cleanout of the structure; Council instructed Coun. Winkel to advise Wallace Bilton of the alternatives regarding the repair to the Bolton Drain, Branch C, and to report back to council; Council instructed Clerk Wes Ball to notify petitioners that the petition for the Kreller Drain does not comply with the drain- age act. 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