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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-01-07, Page 7WiNOHAM HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESSES 'Ceder signs m handcrafted Introductory Offer Family sign S10 House number Both $•13.50 Businesses - special rates. Phone 5214455 e4 A P• 441: 1 January Savings from. Triangle Flintstone 100's Vitamins n 3.99 Crest 100 ml. Toothpaste 1 09 Scope 500 ml. Mouthwash. Suave 350 ml. Shampoo Nabob 1 Ib. Coffee.' Zest Bath Size Soap 1.79 .8 PATEAY A/f0/r/Mf3 • COSIYE/1C1 • TOBACCOS Open 9 a.m;"-tti• 9 p.m.'Weekdays •,Sundays Noon to SL QUITE A.FEW—people were shovelling snow off their house, perch and garage roofs this weekend, as the build-up of snow from recent storms threatened to over- load them. Board supports resolution calling for traffic: lights The .Huron County Board of Education has supported a motion from the Township of Hibbert seeking installation of a .traffic signal on High- way 8, at the intersection of Perth Road 10 in the village of Dublin. The board endorsed the motion at a regular monthly Meeting Monday ' at the request of the police, village. Of 'Dublin and the Township of Ribbert, r Ina letter to the board, the township clerk indicated that five 'people have been killed at the intersection in the last ' fewyears. The latest fatality occured on Nov. 25, 1980, when: James Melady was killed as °a result of an auto- mobile accident at the inter- section. . ' • •After' each of the five fatalities the township and village councils have pur- sued the prospect of t,ie S LADIES Dresses Blouses Skirts Sweaters Christmas Decorations Bernard Cowan Snits.,_ 35% off 35% off 35%off 30% off 50% off 30%, off MEN Blazers, .Sport Coats Sweaters Work Wear Dress Pants Shirts Jeans and Cords 30% off 30% off 30% off 20% off 20% off 20% off No alterations, exchanges or refunds on sale items. All sales final. The SPLIT RAIL Mildmay 367-2960 Fashions for Men, and Women ,PenclIONNIMIMEIRIRMINdirMIMMEMENMENni,' 1 installation of controlled. The resolution added•that lights without success. The through reassessment, ' letter claimed that eight urban representation does school buses cross the inter- not reflect population, section daily. student population, or edu- Trustee Frank Falconer cationtaxes,paid: said the installation of traffic The resolution came to the signals on Highway 8 is board's attention after it was ridiculous and,suggested :the endorsed by' the Town of beard•itot.condur with the re- Clinton. Trustee Frank Fal - quest, j' toner took exception to the "It is not , a bad inter- `endorsement claiming it section andi'is ridiculous to reflected on.him. . request ' lights," . he said. • Clinton"is :just a rubber - "The highway is the only link sxampin'g . ...copycat ` of to the 401 and na.one is lined Stratford," .� he . said. up in Dublin," •They re sore.because they • e a s mo 'on , dotn t Ithtnk< have repre- an that comes ', Haldimand-Norfolk is asking that the board'��no>:•�concur , ' but, `it was, defeated and, a cover, a resident o n be. followed. "If it was in. our subsequent -motion to,stip- Tuckersmith Township, muni:.ipality, we'd want a 'port the resolution passed. represents both the township ..•. 'proper study," Mr. Miller • andthe Town of Clintoi't: noted;.) •In other, business the board Goderich Trustee Dprothy o-o_.p passed a bylaw .authorizing ;Wallace said Stratford has The town plans The Wingham Hor- ticultural Society will plant 50 more young trees around town this summer. Hoy Bennett of the society attended the meeting of town council Monday night to ask permission for the planting as well as a grant from the town. Council endorsed the idea gladly, and agreed to donate $500, the same as last year. Mr. Bennett said the society picked up the balance of the $1,650 bill for purchase and planting. He reported that last year 30 Norway maples and 20 red maples were planted around the town, but noted that no. planting had been done for several years previous while old trees continued to come down at the rate of 35 to 40 per year, "so we have some catching up to do". He also asked that• people wanting trees for their front lawns leave their names at the towrr'hall_ 0-0-0 Council spent an hour meeting in committee-o#;the- whole with its solicitor, Murray Elston. Mayor Bill Harris said following •the meeting that council had wanted to discuss a number of items with the solicitor in con- fidence, He said no action was taken during the closed session, except to ask the lawyer to write a number of .. letters. 0 0 0 Despite reservations by a couple . of • `9councillors, Wingham council endorsed a resolution from the. Regional Municipality of Haldimand- . Norfolk asking that a full environmental study be. carried out on the area peo-posed for a • liquid in - sal site. Pat B • ' ey said understand the t all the same she'd rather have the dump at Cayuga than ,in Ashfield Township,-which'was one of the sites proposed. She suggested council shouldn't make waves; "if• we get it, it's your fault!" However ,Councillors . Jim Currie and'' • Tom 1V1jiller dustrial wast Council she ca concern, 1 s H introduced tt p pointed out that all backto me."is that the proper procedures with the township request, Fal •d f p the borrowing of up $20 r��.mstick million to"meet expenditures the right to protest their with its own committee of until revenue is received. representation on the Perth adjustment to decide on 4 resolution from`.the.City Board of Education. severances and minor "Goderich •is the biggest of Stratford, asking, that the . variances under the zoning � . H . minister of education be centre an uron uounty ana� petitioned to make changes they May be left with only in the representation on one `representative, she. boards of education;:in the said, "Representation has no province was endorsed by relation to the number of the Huron board Monday. kids or taxpayers." The ; Stratford resolution •The Stratford resolution asked . Education Minister has been forwarded to all Bette Stephenson to' make towns and cities in Ontario. changes so that membership of boards of education more adequately reflects student edH'� population and education n woe taxes paid. \ Representation by trustees is determined by assessment Holiday, visitors with Mr. and commercial .and in -and Mrs. ,Rowland Ballagh, dustrial assessments are not Catherine Street, were Mrs. itted to be used to" Claude Bronson and bylaw, rather than turn the authority over to the Huron County land division corn- ,mittee, Clerk -Treasurer Byron Adams explain that the advantage to handing responsibility over to the county would be a saving in administration casts, while the disadvantage would be in giving up some of council's rights to make decisions. Council decided to hang onto its rights and retain its committee of adjustment. Currently the committee is composed of •G. W• Cruickshank, Daye. Bender and Bruce MacDonald. 0 0 0 Council passed . a borrowing bylaw permitting. the town to borrow up to $1 million during 1981 to meet operating expenses. The clerk -treasurer explained the bylaw establishes the town's line. of credit for the year, enabling it to borrow to MRS. JOE WALKER meet' ongoing expenses Hoeing*tib •jnterjm between - tax collections. Councillors later con- sidered the problem of tax arrears in town, including a proposal from • Councillor Dick LeVan, finance com- mittee chairman, that the names of persons in arrears on their property taxes should be published. However council decided to try other avenues first,- ' "It was noted that the town;, can collect only 15 per -Cent interest (the maxi "mum rate • permitted- under Tho Municipal Act) on' overdue taxes, while it is paying about 18 per cent interest at the .bank to borrow money. A municipality is permitted to hold a tax sale on 'any property which is three or Bluevale Personal Notes Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Snell, Kathy and Murray, visited on New Year's Day with Mr. and Mrs. Ron Elliott and girls at Palmerston. Mr. and Mrs. William Dettman and Scott Marritt were visitors at the same home. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walker, Sheila and Kevin, visited Tuesday night with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Burchill and family and with Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Kerr of Peter- borough, Mrs. Margaret Weitz, Thornbury, Miss Donna Weitz of Guelph, who were visiting_at the Bur -chill home. . - " Newear's Day visitors 'with Mr. Mrs. Alex Mac- Tavish_, were Mr. and Mrs. Ross Gray, Jim Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon .,Wright, Shari, Jeffrey and Kenneth; and,Doug Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mac- Tavish, Ken and Tim, spent New Year's with Mrs. Mary Barlow of Markdale. - New Year's Day visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Henning were Mr. and Mrs. George Fischer, Mr. and - Mrs. Kelvin Fischer and Sandra,' Mr. and Mrs. Jim Moffat and Rob, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Elliott, Mr. and Mrsr'. Larry Elliott and Shawndra, Mr. and Mrs. Marty Cretier, Amy -Jo. and Janell, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Coe, -Barry and Clarence of Norval, Marie, Sheila; Kevin and Kathy Walker, Ken. Skinn, V1r. and Mrs. Joe Walker. "'4• Mr. ,and Mrs. Lloyd Wheeler, David . and Hemet, have returned from a vacation in Florida. Irn�re PerSOnals ,Brian Hays came ' home from:Alberta for Christmas. - Mr. ands Mrs. John Staf- ford, Cherie and Robbie are vacationing in Florida. Miss Jackie Dustow of Kincardine spent the Christmas holidays at her home here. Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Darling were Tom .Darling, Mr. and Mrs. John Tyler, St. Mary's, Miss Isabel Darling, Terry and Bev Ballagh of Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs.'. Art Carter of London, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kirk of Shallow Lake and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Morrison, Luckriow. Mr." and Mrs. Mac Inglis and family visited with friends in-Stayner. • Visitors with Mr. and Mrs: „E"" MRS. GEORGE BROWN • Msre Council aeeepted reeo>u>enda• property twin contin Bob P.urePaSe frog . 1981. Copmttlittee n Torn Miller r t thiswasn'tthelowest but there' was only ference on an tst annual 'coy sumpti on. : C unc ifl(ire that wit l�,a .. `fie they ; ,i w stick with their Pr ent supplier: The low :1 was from Raymond li g Fina, also f Wingham Elmer Haskins were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Haskins and Doug Rata. • A very ' successful New Year's Eve dance was held in the Belmore Arena,.with music provided by.'Whinney, Christmas' visitors with --Mrl• and Mrs. Norman Newans were Mr. and Mrs. Howard ' Gowing, ' John.. Gowing and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Newans and family: Guests at the home of. Mn. and. Mrs. Walter Renadick were Gail and Linda • Ren- wick and Mrs. Vera Will; Marilyn Renwick and, Caroline Mulvey are. no longer the = news • correspond'ents for Belmore. Heather Renwick •will now • takeover the job. Gorrie Personal Notes Mrs. Walter Charles spent Christmas Eve with Don Charles of Harriston. Walter: Charles returned home from Wingham and District Hos- dete ine urban represent Carolyn. Elmira; Ron pital On Wednesday of last ation. Stratford contends Bronson, Toronto; Lt. Neil week Hos- the al and urban tepee Bronson. Ottawa 1Vlr.' and Mr. and Mrs. Len Nuhn, se aged becauseon boards has been Mrs. John Clark, Greg and Manitouwadge, Mr. and ch aged of higher Steve, Dundas;. Miss Joan . Mrs. Jack Brown and al rut assessments. Leishman, Toronto. ° • Wayne, Mr. and Mrs: Sandy Gibson, Julie and "Jaime, a . unaunnn►unuunnmiipnmmnll umuimmumummrmmmini niuiuwunnwunn toi n norm were recent dinner guests of • Brookhaven Events Mrs. Jack Inglis and boys, RR 2', Clifford. mmuisaism umimnwinnummmhunnnnummnmmm„,�imimmlim,i�inumpgtnmuunnnm Mr.: and Mrs. Ken Charles Acheson of Listowelspent Boxing Day Janis '; everyone in a singsong. There hast been con- Brookhaven On the 21st, Rev. Barry with Mrs: Walter Charles. ..siderable activity. here this' Passmore offered tom Boxing Day guests of Mr. past month, which has given munion to everyone. This and Mrs, James, Fudger everyone opportunities for • ongoing service is ap- social and physical involve- , preciated by those who are g M D ment in planned nursing. unable to attend regular °H f Southampton; home events. church service. On Dec. 7, the Wingham The ' 'ingham Kinettes Lions visited our home and were here on the' 22nd and entertained our residents"by after singing a large number singing a large selection of of. Christmas songs, they dis- Christ'mas songs and carols. tributed presents to every - Afterwards, "Santa” distil- one, The 1. nitedr, Church buted. Christmas gifts and Junior Choir caroled here on chatted with everyone in- the 18th, as did the Wingham dividuallY• Bible Chapel Young People Our December birthday on the 20th. ,patty was put on by the Bel - grave United Church Women The Staff a void delike nts io to help Mrs, Annie Baker, gr�khaven Gf rdon Gantlet and Robert welcome. , Wildon Robertson Coultes celebrate their birth- to our Home. The December days. Miss Katherine bingo champion. was Mrs. Procter did a Scottish dance Margaret Carter. and them teamed u with " We would like to thank all P the groups And individuals Miss Jennifer Procter and Miss Heather Morton for who have taken the time this another live) num-ber. past Year to come here and Andrea and Steven Co�iltes share their time With our each played a piece on the residents• This con st wi th piano and • Alison Coultes community roelualit sang a festive song. Freda Proves the 1 Y of life here Johnston played the piano and is very much ahpreci while Mriel Coultes led ated. were Mr. and Mrs. John' Fud er and Michael. Harriston; Mr. andrs. an of ernan, David'. Fudger of Lashburn, Saskatchewan, Mr. and Mrs. HenryFudger, Cheryl and Susan4e of Harriston; Thomas Fudger and Miss • Gail McCormick, Kitchener, Chester Bennett spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs Graham Jackson; RR. 2. ListoWvel, and Miss Shirley Be nett of Toronto. Mr, and Mrs. John Mc• Cutcheon spent a few days at the Dome of Mr, and. Mrs. James Moloney and Chris: topher of Brcamalea Brock Howes of Tillson- burg spent a few days with • his parents, Mr and Mrs. Les Howes. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown. Greg and Wayne. Miss .Teresa Miller, Walkerton. Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Gibson, Julie and Jaime, were New. Year guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown Wroxeter Mr. and Mrs. Ken Noble and Melissa spent New Year's at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Noble,. RR 2, Gorrie. Mr. and Mrs. James Fudger, visited Mr. and Mrs. Dan Heffernan of Southamp- ton on New Year's Day. " 'Mr. and Mrs,,, Donald Adams and "Mark of Wroxeter, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Adams, Tarmy and Jennifer of Wingham., Mr. and Mrs. James Sch'efter, Dale and Adam,, were Friday evening guests of Mr. -and Mrs. Dewitt Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Miller, Vikki, Kevin" and' Krista of _ Sudbury .spent several days. with Mr. and. Mrs. Archie Miller. . Mrs. Harvey Adams and Mrs. Thomas MacDonald of • Brussels were New. Year's guests of.Mr. and Mrs. Earle King of-Harriston,-, Mr. and Mrs, Leonard Nuhn of Manitouwadge, Mr. ,and Mrs. Donald Gibson and I)uane,of Monkton, Mr. and Mrst, Dennis , Speer of Weston, Mrs Jack Gibson, Wroxeter. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown. ' Wayne and ' Greg, Mr. and Mrs, Ken Noble and Melissa, Mr and Mrs, James Fudger celebrated Christmas at the home -of Mr -and Mrs. Sandy Gibson. Mr. and Mrs, Archte Miller and Mrs `i'. MacDonald of Brussels visited Mr. and Mrs. Beverley Brears of RR 3', Palmerston, on Christmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Currie, Robert and Paul of RR 3, Wingham. were New Year visitors with Mrs. John Councillor:.' fait pailky, reporting fpr the re cation board, . told council.that improvements Pied at the JosePhitn Street halt park this yeer Molt a new-"_ bleachers, two wasoots and a food booth. She ;said rants are available toeover part of the cost. Council approved four building permits this month. They are for: Art Hubbard, an alteration to -a residence; Twins Drive -In, fried chicken outlet at , the Wingham plaza; Barry Wenger, improvements to a garage; and Royal Homes, a residence in Maitland Estates. Warrant Officer M. Gauthier, Mrs. Gauthier and family of Camp Borden spent Christmas with 'Mrs. • Jean Aitchison. Rev. R. 'D. MacDonald conducted the morning worship service in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on., Sunday. Miss Olive Lapp sang two solos. Next Sunday, Rev. R. C. McCallum of Goderich will conduct the service. Residents in the. Wroxeter and Wingham areas will be - happy to. learn that a tea and "dinner were held in honor of . Pearl and Bob Westllake.of 1074 'Willow Ave., .Moose ,Jaw, Saskatchewan, on the occasion of their 60th wed- ding anniversary. Shoot winners at Belgrave BELGRAVE — Nine tables of shoot were in play in the Women's Institute Hall, Belgrave, on Monday evening, December 29. Winners for .high.• scores were Mrs. Howard Walker • and George Inglis; low, Mrs. Ross Higgins and Howard Walker. Robert.Gordon: won' a lucky draw and William Gow was occupying, a lucky chair. James R. Coultes had the most shoots.. Strong. ° Thomas Reid of Bluevale, Mr. and Mrs.. Brian Pyke and family were Christmas Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Van deKemp, RR 2, Gorrie. ' Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hyndman, Mr. ,.and Mrs. Robert Sinclair and Rob of Oakville were New Year visitors with Mr. and Mrs. James Hyndman of Guelph. •.•••• Mrs. Glad Edgar, Donald Edgar, Gordon .Edgar, Mrs. William Simpson, ' Gibson Stewart of Molesworth and Oscar Nickel, Listowel, paid respects Tuesday to the " family of the late McKenzie -Edgar of Dearborn, Michigan, at fhe Little Funeral' Home, Cambridge (Galt). They also called on Mr. and Mrs; Robert Brown of Cambridge (Galt). Holiday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Brian Pyke were Mr:' and .Mrs. Claude H§,Jl,,I on and Randy of RR 2, B4rford,r. and Mrs. Glenn .Pyke, Jeffrey and Jennifer of RR 2, Wroxeter. Mrs. John Strong spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allen of Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Linden, Kelly and David of London spent Christmas and the weekend with . Mr. and Mrs. (George Noble. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Galbraith, 'Eric and Susan of Fredericton, New Bruns- wick, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Baulk and Kerry, Judy and Jennifer- Galbraith of .Stratford,' were holiday visitors with Mrs. Gerald Galbraith. The mon who 'Whispers in o well about the things - he hos to sell will never ' (Hake as many dollars as he who climbs a tree and hollers ADVANCE -TIMES Do your shouting for you CALL 357.2320