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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-06-03, Page 1ri« • • re,., lJP GIRLS FROM. STANDISH said they found things rnore,expensive in Wingham than at home In Michi- gan. The girls were here on an exchange visit of pen - pais between the two towns and are In back: Lianne Shaw and Jeanette Taylor, both of Wingham;in front: W. RANDY !. ELLIOTT., W. Randy Elliott, son': of Mr. and MrsJTed Eliott of •Winghar ', "graduated May Al from. WHfrld Laurier •University, Wet- :. ; erloo, with ,a "Bac-heior'o'fr , si:'�r'es$.. Ads in�, on noi b degree S) eg . ee• and:, a. BA in 'economics. Randy has accepted a position with General Foods in Toronto. Jackie Dubay of Standish, Mon qu+:cameron and, Amy Pollard of Wingham and •Cardirh ,eno of Stand- ish. But, the Standish girls pointed out, 'they have no movie theatre.' Stlfl dlsh.: stu'..d.enfs red Wingham friends' Students from the Grade 6 class at they Wingham Public School played host toe group of Grade hers from Standish, Michigan, last week. The Standish youngsters returned a visit paid:to them by the Wingham, students two weeks ago. Following '.theirparrival in Wingham last Wednesday the students kept busy with tours of the museum, the, foundry, CKNX, the Royal Homes plant and the Con- nestoga . Chair, Company. The Standish students also conducted 'interviews' and made comparisons of businesses and . services within the two .towns, just as the 'Wingham youngsters did AR (MysAt9 Stan h. hen asked to' note some of: the' '1404 ,differences between.:: Wingham and Standish, the •Standish. students said prices are much higher here. For example, one ,girl said• a $30 pair of jeans here would c,¢st 411 in Standish. The American youngsters commented that they found it difficult to use our .metric system .of measurement and Celsius temperature read- ings were confusing as well. The Canadian school system is different because the elementary system runs from Kindergarten to Grade 8. Standish students will enter a junior high school next year which includes Grades 7-10. But Wingham boys found Standish a very exciting place. They were ' most impressed • with its. MacDonald's, its A & W, its raceway and its ,10 -pin bowling lane. On �. 'Friday evening 'fill Whitely, Grade .6 tache at the Wingham Public School, hosted a hot dog roast at his' home, then the students playedbaseball and went roller skating at the arena. New drivers are placed on two-year probation Starting Monday, all .new drivers . in Ontario must complete- a two-year probationary period before they can obtain regular driving licences. During this period their licences can be suspended for 30 days any time they accumulate •six 'or more demerit points (compared to 15 pointsfor a normal licence), .and they must complete two years driving without a suspension before the probationary status is removed. New drivers are defined not only as the oyoung who are obtaining a licence for the first time, but anyone who has not held an Ontario driving licence within the previous three years. Excel): tions will be made for drivers who have held valid licences from other provinces or a•state in the U.S. for two .of the previous three years. • Transport Minister James Contract let for hospital renovations , The contract for con- struction and renovations at the Wingham and District Hospital has been awarded to Battaglia Construction Ltd. of Guelph in the amount of $539,140, Hospital Administrator Norman Hayes announced Monday. The tender from Battaglia was the lowest of nine received and was accepted on the recommendation of the architect. Mr. Hayes said the cost is "right on". what the board - had estimated the project would cost. Work at the hospital is expected to start -shortly and will proceed in phases, with completion set for early in 1982. Snow said the new regulation ' is intended to encourage new drivers to respect traffic laws and improve their safety records. "Too many of our new :.drivers appear to be demon- strating a lack of respect for the traffic laws of this .province, resulting in a dis- proportionately high rate of collisions and convictions," the minister said: The probationary licences will be suspended auto- matically any time a driver accumulates six demerit points within 'one year. A driver can lose six points at one time on convictions for offences such as careless driving, .racing or exceeding the speed liYnit by 50 or•more ki oinetres an hour'(30 miles hour) . Exceeding the s ed limit by 16 to 29 k, olnetres an hour (about nine to 18 miles an hour) costs three points. 5 Other drivers can have their licences suspended when they accumulate 15 demerit points over . two years. Survey shows a need for youtkprograms • By Sharon'Dietz A cardiovascular survey carried out in a Huron County high school showed 50 out of 50' students drank alcohol twicd a week or more often,' two students took drugs and 75 per cent of the group smoked cigarettes. The survey was conducted by. the Huron County Public'" Health Unit under the for- mer medical officer of health, Dr. Brian Lynch. Acting MOH Dr. Harry Cieslar reported to Huron County Council on May 28 that the survey was designed to (earn the direction public health should be taking with programs for county adole- scents. "Public health has done a good job in areas where they are active, such as con- trolling food, sewage dis- posal, immunization, and the newborn," said Dr. Cieslar. "The survey points out the youth,are a neglected area." He told county councillors there likely will be all kinds of funding for senior citizens' programs because the Ministry of Health re- cognizes the increase in the province's aging population. But he said he wonders if there will be funding for youth programs, which also area priority. The greatest killers of adolescents, said Dr. Cies- lar, are accidents and suicides. He indicated public health needs to help adole- scents deal with their prob- lems and said the Huron. Public Health Unit already is involved as a resource for teachers .in setting up pro- grams in the high schools as well as providing films on re- lated topics. Paul Steckle, chairman of the board of health, told council the board is dis- tressed by the report. He said it is disturbing when you learn that 100 per cent of the students surveyed drink alcohol and 75 per cent are smoking cigarettes. It may seem humorous at first, said Mr. Steckle, but when you 'consider the impli- cations, it is serious. "We are very dis- approving of the report and I feel all adults and parents should be setting an example," he observed. L.) +1 ,ate breakdown am Town k adopted its Ind set mill til the required , property 14.6 per cent is a look in at why the where 'the The Standish' . youngsters set out for home Saturday. morning. . One girl from Standish 'said the differences between the two communities `are really not that great, Staying in Wingham was. "just like staying over at a'friend's". NN Case during CA I rn vat his to tha y! moires $3; this year4. rate for a porting the system is r. This rate, the assessed property (in oilers), yields ijlierty taxes for 411 owner with a assessed at trample, would !;property taxes re your Of the total rate, 121.85 mills, or slightly under 50 per cent, represents the general mill rate which raises money to be spent by the town itself. Although in dollar terms the town proposes to spent] only eight per cent more than a year ago, a smaller increase in provincial and county grants means that town taxes actually are• up -by, 15.5 per cent over last year. The next largest portion of the mill rate, about 44 per cent of the total, raises money for the school boards. Public school supporters will pay a. combined elementary and Secondary school rate of 113.952 mills this, year, up by about 18 per cent from 1980. Separate school sup- porters will pay a slightly lower- mill rate of 109.128 mills, . up by less than eight per cent. The remainder of the mill rate, amounting .to slightly under 10 per cent of the total, goes to Huron County. The county rate of- 24.574 mills actually is down nearly two per cent„ from a year ago, reflecting a change in the way the county calculates its municipal levies. DOLLARS & CENTS In dollars and cents terms, the $781 in taxes which a ratepayer with a $3,000 property would have to scrape up this year would be divided in the following manner. The sum of $365:50 would *more is honored. war r inins • .'',. l e o� 1 Lloyd `Casey' Casemore of the battl Win ham returned la htFiic�her4tl'i�i . Europe, where he • visited number of war mem�ria} honoring fallen Canadia soldiers ' and also w awarded two medals for his own wartime contribution. In a ceremony held May 18 at leper 'awes), Belgium, 1Vir. Casemore was awarded the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal fkom the military or- ganitati n Sphinx for faith- ful and honorable service in the 1939-45 war. Only 436 of these medals have been awarded, He also received the Patria Grata award from the Belgian government. During his visit to'leper he 'visited many Canadian cemeteries where Canadian soldiers from World War I are buried. There are more than 170 cemeteries in the countryside surrounding Ieper, he reported. During the four-year struggle more than 300,000 Allied soldiers lost their live: He visited the Tynecot Cemetery, the largest in the world, where of 35,000 graves, 1,011 are of Canadian servicemen from WW I. He also visited two Canadian memorials from that war, the first at Hill 62, Sanctuary Wood. where 18,000 st apt' oaa the . ,.itish left O 1�V'ft�tOOd test"Germ an a gas attacks , ek e 22nd -24th iti s ' Aprils' 1915 iV,o t usand n 'fellaid lie her �'bdr>ied as The.Menin Fate, a reat meriiorial built on the _ e of Today's visitor walks up to Hill 62 past three terraces, each a solid bed of roses — a beautiful- sight, Mr, Casemore reported. At the top the block of white Quebec granite set in the middle of a large circle of lawn has these wordy carved on it: "Here at Mount Sorrel and on the line from Hodge to St. Eloi the Canadian Corps fought in the defense' of Ypres, April - August, 1916." The road leading to the monument is lined with Canadian maples. The St. Julien Memorial is set in the midst of a garden of clipped cedars, yellow yews, beds of juniper and wide turf walks. Masses of Canadian Wild flowers have been planted everywhere beneath the trees. The memorial, designed by Frederich Clemesha of Regina, is a tall shaft of granite surmounted by the bowed head and shoulders of a Canadian 'soldier with folded hands, resting on his arms reversed. - The inscription at the base reads: "This column marks 'the city of leper's. eastern gate; overlooks the canal which one served Ypres as a . moat. The arch is con- structed on classical lines, Mr. Casemore reports,and the names of the dead . by regiments and corps are 'CASEY' HONORED --Lloyd 'Casey' Casemore of Wingham was awarded two medals during his recent visit to Europe, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal given by the military organization Sphinx and the Patria Grata award of the Belgian government. While in Europe Mr. Casemore visited a number of battle- field cemeteries in Belgium and Holland. Two mirror fires occur on weekend Wingham firefighters responded to two minor blazes over the weekend, Fire Chief Dave Crothers reported. At about 4:30 p.m. Saturday the firemen were called to put out a burning pile of refuse at Hodgin's Buildall at•the north end of town. There was no damage. They were called out again at about 5 p.m. Sunday to a truck fire near the radio towers along Highway 4 Mr. Crothers reported a flatbed truck loaded with lumber and driven by Russell C. Seip of Hanover had caught fire. However the blaze was confined to brake lines and some wiring and- the truck was not otherwise damaged. Mr. Crothers said the driver burned his hands trying to put out the fire Electrical wiring is suspected as the cause. carved on its interior walls. . There are more than55,000 'Commonwealth...T dead who fell in Belgium and have'no known 'grave. Of these, 6,994 are Canadians who fought in World War 1.. Every night without fail at sunset members of the Ieper fire department appear with •bugles and, while all traffic stops, blow the. "Last Post". This has been' done faithfully every year except for the days oldie German occupa- tion. ' Indeed, so dedicated are these men to their task that when, in September of 1944, the Germans left in full retreat,. 'there was a man ready to blow, once more the haunting notes on the very day the city was liberated. He stood. beneath words carved on a high 'arch which read: "Here are recorded names of officers and men who fell in Ypres salient but to whom the fortune of war denied the known and honoured burial given to their comrades in death." Mr. Casemore also visited the Holten Canadian war cemetery near Arnhem, Holland, and Groesbeek near Nijmegen where more than 4,000 Canadian soldiers from World War II are buried. On May 27 he attended a civic reception given by the burgemeester .of Delfzijl. This was the last town in Holland to be captured by Canadians. It was a wartime German naval base on the northern tip of the Nether- lands and here a last ditch force of do-or-die Nazis about 4,000 in number and including a large proportion of naval gunners held out stubbornly. Here the Perth Regiment, together with the Irish Regiment and Cape Bretoners, was involved for . the last week of April, 1945, in some of the •bitterest fighting of the war. Mr. Casemore was presented with gifts from the town of Delfzijl in honor of the Canadians who had fought there. While in Europe he also visited Germany and friends in Paris. Mr. Casemore reports he - will be repaying some of the hospitality by hosting two 1Dutch Legion members who will be visiting here during the week of June 14. They would' like to contact some of their Dutch or Canadian friends from the wartime Anyone who would like to meet them is invited to phone Mr Casemore at 35112 be kept by the town and The :ti spent on such things as recreation`depa"it;tmt_� ., roads, police, recreation, fourth in tune. ° h1s administration and other $62,800 is being funnel expenses. recreatloxl, up mord th An additional $342.08' per ce It'ctver would be forwarded by the having remal town to the Huron County same for.aevdta.:, Board of Education through A total. `of ,Sealr- the education levy, where it marked for n'o 1 " I : trative would be used for teachers' salaries, up a `; . ut 1.9 pa' salaries and other costs of cent, • : s running the schools. similar its The remainder, ' $73.41, budgeted for:,,:9411114 bding would go to' Huron County in renovations ° . at the form of the county levy to 'ancehowever be used for roads, avariety drammaticallyoveltj• of social services including,spent -last year,..l the county health unit, the the old 'post office county home for the aged, and council's deeiSion to .... libraries and other county- tenders on cleaning' :Mid supportedactivities. maintenance are two of the By way of comparison, last major reasons' for the in - year the same ratepayer crease.: would have paid $681 in The sum of $43,200;, is property taxes, of which identified for office, ex $316.50 would have stayed in pensee, which include tega'll town, $290 would have gone to the county school board and $74.90 would have gone and $39,500 is ;budgeted'for to the county. garbage cotlectiott'. and Six years ago in 1975 that . ' disposal, . o 1 hom'eowner's tax bill would over last year have come to about $473,. A total of $26;000 is with $251.40 staying in town, budgeted' • for . ` Wingham's board and $74.30 $147• going to .the school share , of fire department to the costs $28,200'is bud tedfor going ge co y_ . ; street l g�ltutg and$24,1) 0ifor WINGHAM BUDGET the town borrows diti -- Of the $1,017,500 which the year to meet operating town proposes to spend . expenses. during 1981 (not including Among the remaining the school arid ' county budget items, $18.700 is for levies), the largest single operation of the cemetery, chunk, $276,400, has "been. $17,000 for the town share of earmarked for roads, While day care expenses and substantial, this is down $12,600 for parks. Seventy- , from the $288,132 spent on five hundred dollars is roads last year. budgeted • as the town • Second in town spending is donation to , the Wingham the police department, with hospital renovation project a budget of $199,500. This is ` (with a similar amount to be up, by about 10 per cent over donated next year), and last yearsmaller amounts for the A total of $101,0nn hos been Maitland Valley Conserve - set aside for debenture tion Authority, planning payments, up about $5,000, board, parking and other over 1980. expenses and donations. It tit costs and tax writeoffs,. up from just over $39,000 in 1986, Town budget breakdown FIRE 526.000 INTEREST 24,060 COUNCIL ONORAR1A 014.400 STREET LIGHTING 828.200 TOTAL SPENDING = 31.017.500 Mill rate breakdown SECONDARY SCHOOLS 50.664 =rat. 14:141)SAm,ie GENERAL MILL RATE FOR TOWN USE 121.600 (TOTAL MILL RATE =.260.376) ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 62.228 tsEPARATE SCHOOLS 58.464) COUNTY 24.574 1 )