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Wedngsgay, November 30, 1977
OPA and local commi
answer plow match
A large number of chairmen the Huron Committee to par- executive
and members of the committees ticipate and direct questions to
organizaing the International the OPA executive. Each com-
Plowing Match '78, met with the mittee chairman reported on the
executive of the Ontario Plow- progress of his committee and
men's Association in the first of then answered questions from the
several general information floor.
meetings held on Tuesday, Nov. The Huron County chairman,
22 in the Central Huron Secon- Howard Datars of Dashwood„
dary School at Clinton. welcomed all those who were
Their meeting was to provide present and introduced the OPA
an opportunity for everyone on executive as well as the local
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Ginn, Lyons and Tinney
seek Huron wardenship
Three members of Huron County Council have declared
their interest in the warden's chair for 1978, the year of the
International Plowing Match in Huron.
Gerry Ginn, the reeve of Goderich Township, was the first
on his feet. Ginn, recently named Forester of the Year, an-
nounced his intention much earlier this year to seek the
warden's post in 1978.
Ginn has had 22 years in municipal life — nine years on the
former Goderich District Collegiate Institute Board, four on
the Advisory Vocational Committee of Central Huron
Secondary School; four years on Goderich Township Council
as a councillor; four as deputy -reeve; and when he finishes
this term of office, it will be four as reeve.
Bob Lyons of West Wawanosh Township declared himself a
candidate. He has spent 11 years on county council, this year
as chairman of the road committee. He is semi -retired, he
told council, and will have plenty of time to devote to the
warden's job if he is elected.
The third candidate is Jack Tinney, reeve of Hay
Township. He calls himself a "swamp boy" although more
recently he likes to think of himself as "from the forest". He
has spent 10 years on municipal council, Six on county
council.
The warden will be elected at the first January meeting of
the 1978 county council. He will replace .this year's warden,
Doug McNeil, Colborne Township.
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arrangements to provide heli-
copter rides at the site. He men-
tioned that his committee is still
looking for „radio equipment to
use between the two locations.
, Mrs. Carol Armstrong, ladies'
program chairman, reported
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. Max Steadman, presi- needed information to the alair_
dent of the OPA, congratulated men involved with the 1978 and 7
the Huron executive for its choice matches.
of site for the 1978 match. They- Ray Seotehmer, publiet_q:
had made a tour of the site in the chairnian, annducned that loose
afternoon and were able to drive place mats have been obtained,
over the whole area. Because but that his committee is still
they couk1 do this after all the looking for sponsors for anothe
rain we have had It the site was an exceptionally good choice
for 1978.
Mayor William Walden of
Wingham, accompanied by Allan
Harrison, Bill Rintoul and Torn
Deyell, expressed the desire of
Wingham residents to become in-
volved with the plowing match
and asked for direction in where
they could be of assistance. It
was decided they would be in-
cluded in future meetings of the
publicity committee so they could
be kept informed of the progress.
Robert Gordon and Alan
Bridge, representing the newly-
forrned Belgrave Kinsmen, were
on hand to obtain more in-
formation about security for the
week of the match. The Kinsmen
have offered their services to
provide security prior to and
during the night-time hours of the
match.
The treasurer, Earl Hilderley,
of Clinton stated that the ex-
pected budget for the 1978 match
would run between $150-175,000.
He asked each committee to keep
a close eye on its budget and keep
within reasonable bounds.
, e e 100,000. T-shirts of all sizes are
also available and will be SW
through the schools.
Bob Gibson re t d th
po r e
banquet committee has rented
1500 chairs and 300 tables to be
used in the Howick Community
Centre for the banquet.
Billeting committee chairman.,
George Underwood, reported all
motel and hotel rooms have been
reserved as far away as Kit-
chener and Southampton with
very few left for exhibitors. The
committee is now working on
building up a list of private
homes that would be willing to
provide billets, either by the day
or the week. He asked anyone
who was interested to contact
him.
Spence Cummings confirmed
that arrangements have been
finalized for the two buildings to
be used by the county exhibits.
One building will be used as a
livestock building and the other
will hold any other county ex-
hibits such as the farmstead and
home improvement committee's
display and 4-H exhibits.
Reporting for the flying far-
ers' committee, Chris Gosling
id that last year over 200 planes
ew in 1,350 people to the match
nd that his committee has made
rangements for use of the
Wingham airstrip and a shuttle.
rvice to and from the match
site, They ,are also making
m
It was announced there will be sa
a meeting early in the new year fl
for all the past, present and a.
future committee chairmen, in ar
order that they can discuss past w
matches and provide much- se
Six percent salary boosts
objective of Huron Council
It appears Huron County
attempting to reach salar
negotiations around the six pc
cent guidelines set down by th
Anti -Inflation board. At Friday'
meeting in Goderich councillor
heard several salary adjust
ments proposed by the various
committees, and endorsed them
all.
The county planning depart
ment received increases for tw
planners of $1,118 each effectiv
January 1, 1978. One planner i
now at $19,786 and the other a
$18,616. A planning technician re
ceived $728 per annum more
`bringing his salary to $12,740.
Two field workers with the
Social Services Committee
received six per cent increases —
one $780 per annum to $13,520 and
one $624 per annum to $11,232.
Non-union supervisory staff at
Huronview, including the
,aistant administrator, the
creation director, the food
supervisor, the nursing director,
the housekeeping supervisor, the
chief engineer, the stockkeeper
and all registered nurses
received an extra $32 bi-weekly,
an average increase of six per
cent.
Also at Huronview, the operat-
ing engineers got an increase of
32 cents per hour bringing their
salary to $6.67 per hour and
service employees in all cate-
gories received an increase of 30
cents per hour.
The property committee
granted the chief custodian at the
court house an extra *33 bi-week-
ly to $587 every two weeks. The
chief custodian, Jim Sheardown,
is due to retire on January 19,
1978.
A new aalary schedule has been
adopted for the county custodians
effective January 1, 1978.
Custodial staff will start at $9,100,
go to $9,360 after three months;
$10,140 after a year; $10,790 after
two years; and $11,440 after three
years.
The county weed inspector
received an increase of 20 cents
an hour to $5.10 effective January
1, 1978 and the tree com-
missioners are paid $4.95 per
hour with a $300 retainer going to
the chief tree commissioner.
Library staff received in-
crease § too. The children's
librarian received a 40 cent per
hour increase to $7„40; the
Goderich Branch Supervisor goes
is from $9,802 per annum to, $10,322
Y per annum; Branch Supervisor 1
r goes from $3.85 per hour to $4.05
e per hour; Branch Supervisor 11
s goes from $4.45 per hour to $4.70;
s and other branch staff -go from
- $3.70 per hour to $3.90. The salary
for the van driver increases from
$4 per hour to $4.25 and the head-
quarters caretaker receives an
extra $10 per month to $190.
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s
p.
A salary schedule for a library
technician was adopted at $8,320
to start; $8,502 after one year
with regular increases each year
to $10,322 after- five years.
Non-union secretarial staff
effective January 1, 1978 in Group
1 go from $7,540 to $7,852 mini-
mum and from $9,100 to $9,464
maximum. There are five groups
for non-union secretarial staff.
Group V go from $9,854 to $10,244
minimum and from $11,414 to
$11,882 maximum.
The salaries of the director of
nursing and the director of public
health inspection were also ad-
justed. Each received a six per
cent increase bring the salary
from $18,018 perannum to $19,110
per annum each.
The salary adjustments for all
department heads are treated
separately from other staff but
jointly in a special report.
Fire damages home
of former resident
A former Wingham resident
now living in Mitchell suffered
misfortune last weekend when
his home was extensively dam-
aged by fire.
Dale Sewers, son of Russell Se-
wers of Carling Terrace, Wing -
ham, and his wife and small child
were not home at the time the fire
broke out Friday evening. It took
firemen about three hours to
bring the blaze under control; the
cause is not known.
MISSING A BICYCLE?
A ten -speed bicycle found in
Turnberry Township last week is
being stored at the Wingham On-
tario Provincial Police office.
The owner is invited to claim the
bike by contacting the office and
describing 'it. The bicycle is a
men's model.
Chiefs to budget
for dispatch
system costs
The proposed county -wide
police communications system
took another step forward last
week as police chiefs in the five
towns agreed to include costs of
the system in their 1978 budgets.
When completed the system
would provide a central radio dis-
patch for police forces in Wing -
ham, Clinton, Goderich, Exeter -
and Seaforth. It would also offer a
link to the Canadian Police Infor-
mation Centre computer, allow-
ing officers to obtain instant
information on suspects.
Wingham Police Chief Robert
Wittig said so far they are dealing
only in "ballpark figures" for the
system. The Ontario Police Com-
mission will, be sending an
engineering staff to prepare a
plan which will include accurate
costs for equipment and per-
sonnel.
The proposal will then be pre-
sented to the five councils for ap-
proval. He said the costs will
hopefully be divided among the
towns on a per capita basis.
"We have advanced in agree-
ment to the stage where the
sarstem could be implemented
next year," Chief Wittig added.
All five towns have agreed in
principle to the plan. If costs are
split on a per capita basis the
system would increase Wing -
ham's costs by about $880 the
first year and $1,500 the second
year over the present dispatch
system, finance chairman Tom
Deyell calculated last month.
The horses
weren't his
A recent feature article in
Crossroads included a picture of
Malcolm Jacob of Brussels driv-
ing a horse-drawn chuck wagon
in a parade.
According to Mr. Jocob the
horses were not owned or raised
by him and he adds, "If this has
offended anyone, our apologies."
We at Crossroads may well
have erred in stating the animals
belonged to Mr. Jacob - but now
we have it straightened- out.
RETIRING TEACHER—Mrs. Annie Kilpatrick is retiring in December after 13 years as
a teacher at the Golden Circle School for trainable retarded children. Ata gathering in her
' honor last Tuesday evening Mrs. Kilpatrick was presented with a gift of appreciation by
Mary Ellen Walsh of Walton; representing the North Unit of the Huron Association of the
FWTAO (Federated Women Teachers Associations of Ontario).
Teaches 13 years,
e hopes to travel
Mrs Iticharcikllpatriek began
volunteer work at the Golden
Circle School 17 years ago.•
She enjoyed being with the
children. to such an extent, she
decided to take some courses in
special education and become a
full time teacher at the school.
This Christmas, after 13 years
of teaching at the school, Mrs.
Kilpatrick will retire and catch
up on travelling and hobbies.
She said her years with the
children have been very reward-
ing and enjoyable. Many of the
children cannot talk when they
start at the school. "When they
say their first word, it's really
something."
When Mrs. Kilpatrick began at
the school, there were 11 child-
ren; now there are 23.
Mr. Kilpatrick has recently
retired from managing Howson
and Howson in Wingham. The
couple plans to holiday in Florida
for a month at the beginning of
1978.
Mr. Kilpatrick taught for some
years in a one room school in
FAITHFUL KIN—Plaques representing five years or more of service in the
Kinsmen club were presented to a number of former Kinsmen during a
Wingham Kinsmen club meeting last week. John Green, 1971-76; Bill
Hanula, 1963-76; Jim Beattie, 1968-76; John McInnes, 1966-76; Leroy Jack-
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son, 1971-77; Bob Middleton, 1970-77; and Grant Mac lntyre, 1971-76, received
plaques from club President Gary Watcher. Also qualifying for a plaque but
not present at the meeting was life member Mac Ritchie.
then Intik. over
principal of Turnberry School.
After farming for 25 years, he
worked at the Co-op in Lucknow
for seven years. Until August of
'77 he was manager of Howson
and Howson.
Mr. and Mrs. Kilpatrick's three
children gave them a surprise re-
tirement party Nov. 26. "We
thought we were just going to din-
ner," Mrs. Kilpatrick said. The
Kilpatricks were completely
unprepared fOr the greeting from
25 family and friends in the din-
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towel which had been reser reseArd
for their party..
The couple has already travel-
led through parts of Europe and
Mrs. Kilpatrick said she would
like to do more travelling in the
years to come. She said she has
plenty of needlework and fancy
quilting to catch up as well.
"I've been asked " to supply
teach; but I don't think I will be-
cause you get attached to the
kids," she added.
50 years in business
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kerr enter-
tained their staff and wives at a
dinner at Turnberry Tavern on
Friday, to commemorate 50
years in business.
One employee present has been
with the firm for 40 years,
another has served 37 consecu-
tive years. Several others have
been with the firm for more than
20 years,
Mr. and Mrs. Kerr thanked all
their staff for the loyalty and sup-
port over the years.
During the evening, the staff
presented Mr. Kerr 'with a hand-
some gold watch. Mrs. Kerr
received one dozen red roses.
The remainder of the evening
was spent playing progressive
euchre. Prizes for high scores
were won by Clara Thomson and
Larry Zinn. Low players were
Audrey Baylor and Harold Bay-
lor. Lucky draws were won by
Della Dickert, Ray Wright and
Sam Thynne.
Lions to raise money
for leader dog school
Lions clubs in this district aim
to raise $10,000 this year to sup-
port the Leader Dog school in
Rochester, Michigan, it was an-
nounced recently. The school
trains leader dogs which are
donated to blind persons.
LloydAsemore, a member of
the Wingham Lions Club and
sight conservation chairman for
the A-9 district, said almost $7,000
has already been raised among
the 39 clubs, including a $500
donation from the Wingham club.
He noted that 80 per cent of the
school's operating budget, which
this year totals $1.3 million,
comes from Lions clubs through-
out the world. It costs about
$4,200 to train each dog.
In past years Canadian Lions
have given little support to the
project but this is changing now,
he said, noting that 30 blind Cana-
dians will complete the course
there this year.
At their meeting Nov. 22 the
Wingham Lions also decided to
donate 850 to family and chil-
dren's services to be used for
Christmas.
A list of drivers was drawn up
to provide transportation for the
Lions midget hockey team and
theLionsheard that new bingo
equipment has been ordered for
the cash bingo set to begin in the
new year. More information on
the bingo will be available later.
Mr. Casemore showed the club
a film "Destination Unlimited"
which was made at the Leader
Dog school showing how a trained
dog can assist a blind person in
travelling alone,
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