HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-08-19, Page 2vane -Tomes, August 19, 1981
council par-
d one assessment
at a court of revision
*peals
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ppeals were submitted. The
.appeals were for four drains
and the meeting was held at
the municipal office in
B1uev1e.
The William Ross
Drainage Works was
discussed first with Reeve
Brian McBurney declaring a
conflict of interest inthe
matter; Deputy -Reeve Doug
Fortune acted as chairman
in his place.
None of the involved
parties attended, but an
appeal was received from
f.:.ievis.k.p
William Ross stating that his
assessment was tea high.
The- court rejected the
appeal.
A court of revision was
held next for the Gregory -
Fisher -Pringle Drain. Ap-
peals from Harry Bateman
and John Lane were receiv-
ed with Gordon Bateman and
Mr. Lane in attendance.
Council members rejected
both appeals since they said
they felt theassessments in
both cases appeared fair and
just.
William Sanderson and his
sister, Mrs. Howard Ryan,
attended . to discuss Mr.
Sanderson's appeal on the
Hyslop "A" Drain extension.
af,
Bill Shifflett, the epgileeri
recommended that tldrain
be assgssed on outlet °> y for
future maintenance Ploy
poses for Mr. Sanderson;.
The court partially upheld
Mr. Sanderson's appeal and
suggested to the engineer
that he make a crossing on
the county road and ex-
cavate further up the "A"
drain.
An appeal to adjust the
acreages and assessments
on the truck garage property
to Ross Nicholson and Mrs.
Harvey Payne was granted
' by the court. There had been
.65 acres assessed to the
Diesel Car Dialer 'Ovhich did
Council adopts expropriation
plan for Eadie Bridge project
Turnberry council adopted
an expropriation plan for the
Eadie Bridge at a meeting
held last Monday evening in
Bhievale.
The township's solicitor,
Robert, J. Anderson,
register the plan last
Wednesday.
Council went into com-
mittee -of -the -whole to
discuss the matter and came
out of committee to move
that an'offfer be made to Mr.
Baird for the expropriation
of one=quarter acre of land.
Council may now proceed
to get a court ruling which
would ,allow the contractors
onto the land and con-
struction of the Eadie Bridge
to commence within 30 days.
The township's fire
committee decided, and
agreed, that Turnberry will
contribute 23 tier cent of the
$65,000 required for a new
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fire truck for the town of
Wingham. Turnberry's
share will be approximately
$15,000.
A drainage bylaw from the
Aug. 4 meeting was
rescinded and council
decided the tenders of Hanna
and Hamilton would be
accepted , on the Hyslop,
Gregory -Fisher -Pringle and
McCreight drains. The
tender of Hugh Witter was
accepted on the William
Ross Drain subject to the
engineer's approval. Dave
Inglis' tender for the closed
portion of the Gregory -
Fisher -Pringle Drain was
still accepted.
According to the Aug. 4
bylaw Hanna and Hamilton
had been awarded contracts
for all four drains.
Ella Searsoir of Bluevale
has been, hired at the rate of
$1.60 per dog plus mileage to
collect the towship's dog
tax..
The rate for dog tags has
been increased by $5.00 to $10
for a male dog, $15 for a
female, $15 for any ad-
ditional male dogs in any one
household and $20 for any
additional females.
A kennel will consist of
three or more dogs and will
be charged $30. Dogs under
six months of age are not to
be licensed and spayed
females are at the same rate
as males_
The Bluevale Presbyterian
Church has bought the
township's Gestetner
machine for $200.
The next meeting will be
held Sept. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at
the municipal building in
Bluevale.
Amivlersdry .
Continued from Front Page
Edgar of Mississauga the
runner-up: Miss. Wheeler
was crowned, by. Mary Lou.
(Wright) Johnston, " the
Queen of .the lIorris . cen-
tennial 25 years -ago. '••
Sunday's activities in-
cluded anniversary services
at area churches and an
open-air community church
service in the ball park with
a massed choir -followed by a
fireworks display.
Two oldtimers' ball games.
played Sunday afternoon
.drew a large crowd of
spectators and made for lots
of fun. Jamestown narrowly
defeated Bluevale and
Belgrave beat Stone School.
Sunday's 'activities con-
• eluded with a shirt-tail
parade and dance at the
Community centre.
A . gigantic parade with
almost 240 entries was held
Monday afternoon. Parade
winners included: best
commercial 'float,, Listowel
Transport; best now
commercial float, the .east
end of the first concession of
Morris; best comic float, Cal
Burke; best historic float,
Turnberry-Morris east end;
best clown, Gary Bennett;
best decorated bicycle,
Joanne Shaw and Tracey
Day; and best comic couple,
Karen Knight and Judy Ten
Pas.
After the parade
cerenrnonies were held in the
ball 'park which officially
Closed the celebrations.
Murray,Elston MPP was the
guest speaker. '
A barbeque at the com-
munity centre which fed
close to 1,000 people brought
the weekend to a close.
LITTLE DAVID LAING, son of Craig and Nancy
Laing; spent a good deal of time this past weekend at
the ladies' ball tournament held at the Wingham ball
park. The Wingham ladies went undefeated through -
Out the tournament to win first place and $250 in prize
Money.
not belong toy 'lt. Two a
should be assessed'
Nicholson and Dave Adf
Four assessment aptas
for the McCreight Drainage
Works were ruled upon at the
court of revision.
The appeals of Mac
Hutchison, Dave Wharton,
Doug Hackett and H. Sim-
pson were rejected by the
court.
Council accepted the
tenders of Hanna and
Hamilton for the Hyslop
($6,850), William Ross
('-.,539), Gregory -Fisher -
Pringle ($4,273) and
McCreight ($19,760) drains.
The tender of Dave Inglis for
$34,706 for closed work on the
Gregory -Fisher -Pringle
Drain was accepted also.
The possibility of requiring
a performance bond from
the contractors was
discussed. Mr. Shifflett
admitted he had never
worked with performance
bonds for °municipal drain
contractors.
In other business, road
superintendent Ross
Nicholson reported that
when the township's Wabco
grader was in for repairs, it
was discovered that a shaft
in the transmission also
needed to be replaced.
To replace the part could
of $3,000, but
on said he
cost would ill be
} . esti mated $15,900.
I e'also that he has
tameitraetor and loader
from d: Western Equip• .
alseilti f qr^ 1,10o a month. ..
Council passed a
solutio i•which will impose
e . m ,m charge of $15
with 4,040 of $30 per hour
fox. uss of .the grader on
private fl operty.
Seven -building . permit.
Were approved: Dave
Hawkins,:'a granary; Robert
Peel, ,g;pump room; Aart
1)eVos, a storage room and
garage and a Mud room,
laundry „room and garage;
R. Baird, a garage; Helen
Borrmann, a barn and
storage area; and, Don
Brintnell, a storage area and
garage.
Council was informed that
the Huron. County Land
Division Conunittee decided
against granting consent to
an application for a
severance submitted by
Harry Sjaarda.
The Ontario Ministry of
Housing will be holding a
training ' conference for
building inspectors from
Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 at York
University. in, Toronto. The
registration fee is $75 and
council lefd..t
inspector Alex
may attend if`he wtsh+. ` s
Council donated $25 to the
Huron; Plowmen's AsspRia,
tion.
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Wingham .council. has -
agreed to contribute bearly
$16,000j1oward the purchase
of a' r ew pumper for tile..
Wingham Fire Department.
This represents 24 per cent.
of the total cost, estimated at
about $65,000. The remainder
will be divided among the
other four municipalities
served by the fire depart-
ment: Turnberry, 23 per
cent; Morris and East
Wawanosh, 18 per cent each,
and Howick,17 per cent.
At its meeting last week,
council was told that all the
• townships already had
agreed to pay their shares,
however -in the meantime the,
price of the truck had in-
creased to $65,000 from
$60,000 quoted earlier.
The new pumper will
replace the 1937 Ford which
lnip: ` ei e
-Hayden, is '. „Qin
.d tided lt?1 , f a !de
tile'department
a a second
' Ord will be'ref
is , onlly for parades •ei
dhows.
This will'lave
department with, in addition
to the new truck, the 1971
pumper which has been its
mainstay and a 1951 Chew. '
rolet pumper as backups,,It
also has one tanker.
Council also was told it
may be necessary to get a
survey of the Iot•pn whi #b.
fire hall stands before any
expansion.can get underway.
The committee is con
sidering renovating the
newer section of the halland
adding an extension to ac-
commodate , the new
equipment. The old frame
buildingwill be removed or.
demolished.
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2. Drivingo vxac tQ miles or'les$.`
3.Married pers! f between 25 and 65.
4. We raise pro> 1 'Pur er' disdounts.for pleasure
Ise, 2 cairn and farmers reeeivod a forthei
discount.
5. Other rates by phonon
6. Young driver,'
rivers and; high risk 'drivers welcomed.
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STUBBORN AS AS A MULE—This little donkey was undecided whether to continue
on along the parade route or to find a shady tree. The parade held. Aug. 3 in Brus-
sels for the 125th anniversary of Morris Townshipwa's the largest in history Of the
township and featured almost 175 floats.
Information Centres: Palmerston Palmerston District Ctirimunity Centre,
Community Hall, Tu sday, August 25, 1-5 p.m., 1-10 p m.'
Clinton Clinton Community Centre, Wednesday, September 2. 1(5 p.m., 7-10 p.m.
Lucknow Lucknow & District Cornmunity Centre, Thursday, Slap ember 3, 1-5 p.m., 7-10 p.m.
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