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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-08-19, Page 1�ieit .thi me• ip Comp ' ' ["cllilto 25th an- : Wheeler. .gala cep on• held 460; first: end: rganizers arei?}or�te good 4 ted- M to... .f� the large crowds, whic 'made , the weekend' . such a success • „No breakdown of profit was available,;lut a meeting was scheduled for Tuesday evening - to present the financial statement and to decide what to. do with the proeeeds, < . ".• The weekend festivities' kicked'? *Con the Friday evening with. a. memorial service held it the cenotaph in ;,•.Brussels. The service commemorated residents of Morris Township who lost their Alives in the first and second world wars. A variety concert in, the Brussels, Morris and '.Grey Community Centre theSame night drew a capacity criow .; strumentalss an Johnny ' Brent, ilia, iesf te nit kT y .Fu g lads` � 1 +e . be queens s competition:She Anderson" Karen Coulties, Kim Craig, Joanne Edgar; Linda Fraser, Janet Saturday's ' activities ;commenced :> , a baby coi�s,t held in 'tile com- mtipity :Mitre in or a m +acing. 'large number of • moms''. : tot40'..t ere on hand for ieiompetition. • ' The 'Winners were: girls under six. Months, ;Michelle: Lynn: Thompson,,,daughter of Joilpi and -Joyce (Taylor) Thompson 1D .. RR 2, Lucknow; boys under six months, Terry JohnNichol son ofIHugh ,-ani],; Susan (Humphries„') 'Niieholof RR 4, Brussels;. girls six months to ,. one year Ansley Joan Livingston, daughter of Ross and. Joan(Campbel) Livingston of .Listowel; boys :six•:inonths ,to one. year andbest all rottnd, baby, Matthew John . Shertreed,... son of John and Valerie Shortreed of Walton. The winners if the borne beautification contest also we uno>ine oitSatiltday tours amen`t, awn c ow ; a log -sawing contest;:htng of war: *di a meter fight. A midway, • ler, the'aehildren Operated all weelten 4 The schi Ol rearm n ieid at the' Brussels liublic t School on Saturday afternoon diem/ a large °crowd to • reminisce about school days and renew +old'acquaintances- The . :community centre was packed to capacity Saturday evening for three dances. Carol Wheeler of Brussels was crowned Queen ofz the. 125th with. Joanne Please turn to:Page 2 f .i. Recom `.'at.;11. pri ' leek- sexi ,owhwifl lie st�kas" seep.as.'`it gets tl necessary r '` 1,ylaws - fro , oroilgqto. ''' The .S is. net' per( since the, illi is pal t a'requiredto s.+i'tS} its rest rpt* foie 0e whole, ye" a hatever level *hen; the,.. ra.1 'bylaw r .• may s1V lowered# raised fo,. -the yeari,„ Thua'ttie,! itself once alts o1'the short end sho i interest` :rates,, continue. k However s: better • staying at the old rate, added. Already the pros. firy'' so has : '. enceittfi�g+�l ..chronically le`linquent-. r •:pay•erstg�anteup •I =: 1. Ek of Brussel w { queen pf ry: on the even]`] (; 1t , i'. Miss �tllllt ter was ',;number of lovely yooung la"dtes: sheila Ahde`rsor Joanne 0; tr.! tut�1lilirs: .......r8e Johiton, Withof Belgrave. £ Other " activities. held Saturday • were, a horseshoe Rec director IcavIflg for post in Chatham Rennie Alexander, - ex Alexander, . rec- reation director for •' the town of Wingham, win b: leaving • next month for Chatham where he has been hired as director of parks and recreation. Mr. Alexander, ' who has run the recreation depart- ment here fol` the past four years, said Tuesday he will be leaving in mid-September to take up the new post. He said he enjoyed his time here and will be sorry to leave Wingham. During the past four years he made many friends and found this to be a "terrific com- munity", he reported. ' At the same time, he noted the new job will offer . a ,bigger challenge —. `responsibility,. for Some 50 parks, 25 playgrounds; five pools, a: couple of arenas and a couple of hundred staff— • as well as the benefits of living in a larger com- munity. The search for a new director already is under- way, he reported. The recreation board held an emergency'meeting Monday night and will start ad- vertising for applicants immediately. He noted there Winghaiin council has rejected a bid by developer Hans Kuyvenhoven to buy back a strip of land in First Bush bordering on the Maitland ' Estates sub- division. At "a meeting'. last week, council voted .5-2 against selling the land which the developer wanted to make his riverfront building lots deeperand therefore more attractive to buyers. Earlier the town ,planning board, in a split vote, had recommended sale of a.. compromise strip, half the size previously requested. Council's action reaffirms the decision of the previous council which, with the backing .of the planning are a lot of peoplelooking for work in the recreation field. The board hopes to find someone in time to take over running of th4e fall recreation programs. •board,`"last year had refused a' similar request` . In discussing the proposal, several councillors reported.: they had received -a numbeb: of telephone calls from. citizens opposedto thesale. Councillor Pat Bailey said she had several callers ask her to.: vote against the proposal, and Councillor ' Jerry Choinyn saidhe had. received more calls on this issue than bn anything dee.' the calls 1 received toda7• were against selling it." ' •. Councillor' Bill Crump, who had opposed the .sale proposal at 'the planning board level; reminded • council that ' the bid was ' refused last year and said he ' thinks that decision should stand. He described the First Bush as a very environ- mentally sensitive'area, and said there would be no to Protect it ,against encroach- ment by future homeowners Quid Ciesale , (approved.' first place; and it is not up to Council or Ji i `•Currie also council to rectify the error. spyiilres against the motion to$ Mr. Kuyvenhoven, who sell t he Viand, sa ing that attended the meeting, ad- : (While he Xg, not an " eon- ., initted that, ""We made a mental nut" it is one of•the mistake there. However he few:nature and 'wildlife Also pointed out that preserves?left m town; •:restrictions on development Sale ofthe strip Would be in the floodplain have been "nibbling in a little bit", he 1 relaxed since the subdivision aaid, adding that' he Is ab- was designed and if the plan solutely sure, "people being . were submitted today the,., what. they are", eventually land in question could have - the land -would be Cleared been integrated into it. right to the river, He told' council he has He proposed that rather missed out on several than sell., 'the land, home- chances to sell . those lots owners inthat area.ahould be because potential, buyers guaranteed that.; the .bush objected' they are too small. area would remain: ;: un- Councillor Dick • LeVan, developed and they would be who stood virtually alone in permitted to use"..it. This supporting the proposal to would give the best of both sell the strip, told council it worlds, he said:`:they could ' has an obligation to support enjoy the area as . it is and growth in the community would not have to pay taxes where possible without on the land. sacrificing esthetics. .' Mr. Currie added 'it is the He said there is no developer's fault the, lots question the deeper lots' were made so small in the would be more salable and would • increase the town's tax revenue: • • As for the objection that sale ' of: the narrow strip - would destroy the park, Mr. LeVan said he failed to see , how moving the lot line back 20. feet would make any difference. The argument _that people Might clear the ltind right to the river remaft the same; no Matter where the lot line is, he said.. He added he did not buy Mr. Currie's argument that council ought not reverse a decision of a previous coun- cil. Situations change, and any ratepayer isperfectly entitled. to appeal to council whenever he chooses. A recorded mote was called on thea motion and it was defeated 5-2, with Councillor LeVan and Reeve Joe Kerr voting in favor and Coun- cillors Bailey, Crump, —Currie, Chomyn and Tom Miller Teasing. THE SCHOOL REUNION held atthe Brussels Public School on Saturday, Aug. 1 was a good chance for present and former residents of Morris Township to relive school days and renew old acquaintances. Hazel, Wilfred and John Haines, all of the Wingham area, shared a laugh over the old-time school books in the Stone School display room. • CENTENNIAL QUEEN—Mary. Lou. (Wright) John- ston was on hand .,at,the ,Brussels, Morris and Grey. Community Centre on the evening of Aug, 1 to crown the queen of the Morris 125th anniversary: Mrs- :John- ston was 'crowned queen of Morris Township at the centennial celebrations' in 1956 and relinquished her crown to Carol Wheeler of Brussels, queen of the 125th. Johnny Brent acted as master of ceremonies. Winghcu! Town Council Shorts A delegation from the Wingham Royals hockey team attended the meeting of Wingham council last week to ask that council reconsider its decision banning sale of liquor at hockey games. Bill Kerr and Allan Harrison told councillors the club needs the additional revenue to help meet its costs which, with equipment, referees and ice time, amount to nearly $4,000 for 12 home games. The club would need an attendance of 175 people at each game to break even, Mr. Kerr noted,.. while it has been getting only 40 to 50 fags: He explained the bar would be open only between periods and at the end of the game and, as a compromise, proposed to open it between periods only if fewer than 125 tickets were sold for the match. "I really can't see any problem opening it, because it's not going to bother any- body. We can man it for 40 or 50 people." Council, noting that its previous decision was based on a recommendation by the recreation board, referred the matter back to the board for another hearing. Mr. Kerrsaid the club would like to be represented at that meeting, noting it had not been notified of the previous meeting at which its proposal was turned down by the board. 0-0-0 Council accepted the tender of John Cox Construction Ltd. for the reconstruction of two blocks of .Frances Street. Cox's bid of $65,321.67 was the lowest of five received. The contract is for the excavation and rebuilding of Frances Street between Diagonal Road aqd John Street, including replacement of bgih sidewalks. Coioteil also plans to get prices on the reconstruction ' of Maple Street for one block east of Josephine Street, just in case it has enough money left in the roads budget for that project too. 0-0-0 i�. Council has agreed to again use a local law firm for its routine legal work. Councillor Dick LeVan reported his committee met with the Wingham firm of Crawford, Mill, navies and Elston following a complaint about taking its business out of town. He recommended continuing to'use that firm, while retaining the option of calling in outside experts for special cases. - Earlier this year council decided to use a Stratford law firm in the hope of obtaining MOrespecialized advice on municipal laws. 0-0-0 • Councillor . LeVan also called on 011 committees of council to develop long- range plans for their departments by the end of this year. He asked them to give a five-year projection of what they hope to accomplish and to identify problems the town might face in the long term. This will help council deal better with short-term problems, he said. He noted the roads and property com- mittees will be the ones most'affected by long-range 'planning. 0-0-0 The town will be advertising for part- time help to fill a vacancy left when its bookkeeper, Sheila Stapleton, resigned earlier this month to take another job in the East. Council accepted Clerk -Treasurer Byron Adams' recommendation, to promote' Barbara Bender to full-time from part- time clerical and look for a part-time bookkeeper. 0-0-0 Council adopted a recommendation from its public protection committee to restrict parking around the town hall in order to leave the way clear for fire trucks and pedestrian traffic. Councillor Jim Currie said the com- mittee wanted to abolish parking on the north and west sides of the building to pertnit better at Bess to the fire station, and to restrict parking on the south side to town employees only. He noted this would not affect the public parking beside the N. D. Cameron Limited building. Council also. approved a request from the Public Utilities Commission for a temporary parking zone for its trucks on John Street, across from the PUC office. Approval was granted on a trial basis until the end of the year, at which time it will be reviewed. 0-0=0, Allan Harrison, who attended 'the meeting on another matter, told council he is "violently upset" over the stabling of horses on the Josephine Street ball park earlier this month: The Wingham BP fastball team was forced to play,two ball games in Wroxeter as a result, and the town works crew spent hours cleaning up the mess on the infield, he said, adding he is opposed to anything i like that ever happening again. Se'eral councillors agreed, but Coun- cillor Jim Currie declared he thinks the complaint is unfounded: That area is not just a ball diamond but also a community park, he said,, and the horse caravan.was a cultural event:' "I attended, and it was really quite good." , He recalled" the days when circuses came to town, and said that horse drop- pings are nothing to get excited about compared to the deposits left by elephants. He also noted there were never any comp- laints about animals when donkey baseball games were held in the park. The horses belonged to the Caravan Stage Company, which stopped in Wingham fore several days as part of its tour through southwestern Ontario this summer with its production "Horseplay", presented in an outdoor theatre.