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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-06-13, Page 1FIRST SECTION PACKAGITOW11111111 Ilusawss or euro - book now! rRAVAMI Ustowol, Ontario a 291-2111 Coll Toll Frio 1-SW2ib-2224 Wlteillhatn. Wednesday. June la, 1979 Savin, Copy Not Over !6e F*ive centenn*ial baton Five Wingham and area girls title were crowned winner's in their categories last Thursday in the Mise Centennial Baton Queen competition held at F. E. Madill Secondary School. Kara Neil, 4 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Neil, is the 1979 Itsy Bitsy Centennial Batoner. Hailey Robertson, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Robertson, was crowned the little Miss Centennial Twirler. Carrie Taylor, 9, is the Cen- tennial Baton Sweetheart. She is A total of 42 Calnadettea the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. competed for the title. They Larry Taylor. started in classes of various Carrie Bray, 10, was named the maJ'orette skills and then moved Centennial Baton Princess. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bray. Joelle Reavie, 11 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Reavie, was the overall cham- pion.- She won the overall Cen- tennial Baton Twirling Queen One life claimed by Bluevale fire An early morning fire in Marshal's fire investigator, was Bluevale claimed the life of called in to sift through the to interviews and modelling. Centennial awards were presented to the best majorettes in each division, to the best model and for the best interview given in each class. To thank supporters the Canadettes are presenting a free public display next Tuesday night at F. E. Madill. 'the per- formance starts at 7 and will last about an hour. Judges for last week's show were Tracey MacKay, Susan Brown, Kim McDowell, Patti McDowell., Carol Rutter, Tracey MacDonald and Pam Cameron - all former baton students with the club. They judged the mar- ching and twirling classes. Margaret Hamilton, 58, hast Thursday. She was caught in the remains of the building and the Ontario Provincial Police were Also judging were . Myrtle blaze which destroyed her home alsoaaf�t the scene. Devey of Owen Sound, Phyllis on Queen Street while she was PrZerty damage in the fire is Kurtz of Regina, Mr. and Mrs. alone in the house. estimated at $39,000 for the Drew Ferguson, Lorna Brown, Wingham firemen received the building and $6,000 for contents of Hilda Brown and Mrs. Margaret fire call at 3:05 a.m.:and arrived at the scene about five minutes the home. I Mrs. Hamilton, the former English. Hosts for the event were Patti later. By the time the firemen Margaret Bell, is survived by her garden refuse. with the regular garbage at an additional cost of arrived the roof of the house was husband Jack L. Hamilton and Al practically non-existent, Fire d- three daughters, Mary, of Ed - monton, Alberta; Mauna, of Lon- Motel has Chief Dave Crothers reports. Chief, Dave This compares to about $13,000 Kinahan of RR 2, Lucknow, and Because of the intense heat and don and Marcia ( Mrs. Cavin) of his younger brother, William, flames streaming from all doors Grand Prairie, Alberta, and a Island. new owners and windows firefighters couldn't son, Nesbit of Vancouver District Hospital following a enter the one -storey house. Mrs. Hamilton rested at the The Wingham Motel will have Before the-, firemen arrived, Bruce Ortlieb of Bluevale sur- Peebles Funeral Home, John Atwood, until Monday new owners this weekend. John veyed the situation but found the „Street, when removal was made to St. and Stella Dabrowski, who have interior of the home engulfed in Ambrose Catholic Church, owned and operated the motel for 1 the past seven years, have an - flames. There has been no report on the Brussels, for mass at 10:30 a.m. Interment was in the Garden of nounced its sale effective June 15 cause of the, fire, Mr. Crothers Gethsemane Cemetery, Van- to George and Mary Romanik of said. Don Reeds, Ontario Fire couver, B.C. t Seaforth. and Ward Robertson $W mothers of the Canadetlte executive. In recent Canadbtte Ceti((' petition the local otl'ps captured. first place in the. RQ* M, Baton Fest held in Guelph.. 9W corps is made up of 25 area ya , 6 people. The Currie Cuties dance twirl group also captured first place and the Cops Cabana Dancers placed second in t class. Howick to erect new fair buildktg HOWICK-After cancelling outdoor activities at the How,s Fall Fair for the second year in li row, the directors of the` agricultural society have decided to erect a building on the grounds. The 54' by So' building;. wldCb will be situated west of the community centre, will be completely enclosed and will house 4-H classes, swine, sheep, cattle, poultry and school fair pets in the event of inclement weather. It will also be used for storage of equipment needed for the fair. Donations to the building fund have been made by the Howick Junior Farmers and the Howick Junior Women's Institute. A. finance committee has been set up to arrange some fundraising events in the near future. The society would appreciate any volunteer labor. Anyone wishing to help with the building should contsct Dave Dinsmore in Pordwich or •plorm Fairies in ,3orrie for further information. WOMAN KILLED -Margaret Hamilton, 58, was killed early last Thursday morning when her Bluevale.home was the time they reached the scene the flames were already destroyed by fire. Firemen were called about 3 a. m. but by going through the roof of the one -storey house. Thursday night were Kira Neal, Kaley Robertson, Carri Secondary School. There"were many local competitors In Taylor, Kerrie Bray and Joelle Reavie. The girls performed the contest. '1 a cons err vrc Win use comp'ressor for. The Wingham recreation board replacement parts for it,, he remains the same as for a new indicated -it will'write a lettet to cuns+derina, purc•hasina a reported, adding that it "doesn't one. Turnberry Township, which' st *nd-hand compressor for the owe us" too` Murch'.',. Mrs, Walker . t,�ld .council : at':e� ,, g °>I►slbitity for .. the down arena following a recent lie said it would cost $17,000 board would not commit any road,asking about'the possllhility recommendation from council. plus $5,000 for installation to money unless Mr. Doig indicated of surfacing it with tar and stone Councillor Ray Walker.. replace the unit with a new one, the compressor was in, good chips. reporting for the recreation but that a used machine is working order and - council board. told council at its meeting available for about a third of the recommended the board should It was noted at the same.time June 4 that the present com- cost. p p pursue this option. that there are other streets pressor could break down at any He said Jim' Doig of Teeswater Councillor John Bateson ex around town which haven't been time and the board has been has told tir board he can get a pressed some scepticism about paved yet either. d f he condition oa usecom looking into replacing it. This used compressor from a dairy for tAfter some discussion council arena currently has the second $3,500 and he will check it out and pressor, saying a dairy doesn't decided it will buy an ad - usually get rid of something oldest machine in Ontario and it's overhaul it •at a cost of up to vertisement in a special edition nearly impossible to get $2,000. The $5,000 installation cost unless it's pretty well used upbeing published for the -town's However Mr. Walker noted the centenary by The Advance - machine in question is only four Times, although Councillor or five years old. David Cameron commented it's Motorcycle �'�ha Reeve JoeKerr recommended ••kind of like sending yourself a the board should also investigate birthday card". Council decided the availability of new equipment to buy a I% page ad, the smallest in case the present compressor size offered. kills Walton o u th breaks down suddenly, saying he would hate to see the arena vin -,Pd down A Walton youth was killed Monday when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car just north of Seaforth. Jeffrey Hackwell, 16, was southbound on a county road when he was involved in a collision with a northbound car driven by Joy Vella of Seaforth. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Merton Hackwell and the grandson of Mrs. Ethel Long of Brussels. He rested at the R. S. Box Funeral Home in. Seaforth where funeral services were held today, Wednesday. Interment was at the Brussels Cemetery. Another motorcyclist was fortunate to escape with minor injuries in a tumble caused when a dog ran into the front tire of his machine. Donald Nolan of RR 1, Walton, was westbound on County Road w weal vi %,vwuy nVAU LZ u, In U1.11er uubulebb aL ine V1SUPPCQFUH1IC Morris Township Sunday when a '" meeting council heard from Don dog ran into the front wheel of his Carter that he would take on the of flags is Honda, causing him to fall off -and additional task of picking up roll into the south ditch. The dog was reported to be uninjured.' garden refuse. with the regular garbage at an additional cost of regarded prank Another accident Sunday sent approximately $5,000. two persons to hospital. Leo This compares to about $13,000 Kinahan of RR 2, Lucknow, and which Works Commissioner Mike A schoolboy prank is suspected his younger brother, William, Chappell estimated it will cost in the disappearance of a number were taken to Wingham and the town to pick up the refuse this of flags from flagpoles around District Hospital following a year, and Mr. Walker noted that town last week. Flags are reported to have been taken from single car accident in West in that light the Carter offer the Cenotaph, the post office, the - Wawanosh Township. Leo was doesn't look too bad. However hospital and CKNX. admitted to hospital while Mr. Chappell said he would like William was discharged to see the town continue the Police Chief Robert Wittig said following treatment. The ac- pickup for a year to see whether he suspects the matter is tied in cident is still under investigation he can get the cost down. No with the end of the school term by the Goderich OPP and no action was taken on the matter at and the flags are now decorating further details are available. the meeting. someone's walls. He noted no Richard White of RR 4, In response to a letter from real damage was done in the Brussels, was treated at hospital Tom Wharton complaining that thefts; in most cases the flags Saturday following a motor council wasn't giving due con- "Fere simply untied although vehicle accident on the fifth line sideration to a petition that where the knots proved difficult of Morris Township. Arthur Street be paved, council the ropes were cut. Wingham's'79 budget near $1 million mark Wingham council has set a record budget for 1979, with the total spending nearing the $1 million mark. This represents a tremendous increase over the budget set for last year and is almost double the total town spending in 1976. Even allowing for the effect of last yearts overspending, which must be included among the expenditures in this year's figures, the increase is a large one. The total expenditures of $987,576 are more than 36 per cent above the figure of $724,849 which the auditors show as being budgeted for last year and more than 21 per cent above the actual spen- ding of $816,709. The actual expenditures in 1976, the r last time the town finished the year under budget, were $564,477.50. In order to accommodate the increase while holding the rise in the mill rate to around 1011 per cent council has budgeted for considerable revenue from impost charges on the town's three subdivisions -Maitland Estates and the Remington and Moore subdivisions -as well as nearly $50,000 from land sales to N. D. Cameron Limited and Ontario Housing. Council had earlier planned to use the revenue from the sale to N:, D. Cameron to service some of the town's industrial land in an attempt to attract industry. Included among the reasons for the increase in budget, in addition to the ire, deficit, are substantial increases in reserves, in the police budget and in loan interest. Council was told this year that its reserves need beefing up and it has budgeted for $43,841 to go into reserves in 1979, in addition to $8,000 in its equipment reserve. The roads budget, which was set at $227,760 last year, has been trimmed back slightly to $215,922. The second-highest budget item, the police budget, has been boosted to $157,852 plus an additional $11,000 for the new communications system. Last year $138,960 was budgeted for the police and $152,600 was actually spent. General government expenditures, which are the honoraria for the mayor and councillors, are budgeted at $12,580 for 1979 compared to spending of $14,300 last year. Finance Chairman Tom Deyell said he hopes to accomplish the saving by cutting back on the number of special meetOgs. Administrative salaries, budgeted at $25,000 in 1978, have gone up to $32,707, which is in line with 1978 actual ex- penditures of $31,242. No explanation was given for this increase Interest on loans, which was un- derbudgeted at $8,000 last year compared to actual spending of $27,755, has been boosted to $36,000 in the 1979 budget. The budget for care of buildings has been raised to $40,000 from $30,000 last year; this includes the -already-completed renovations to the town hall and the Armouries. In other areas the general ad- ministration budget has been raised to $30,000 from a 1978 budget figure of $20,000 and actual spending of $22,383. Mr. Deyell said one reason for this in- crease will be to lease a photocopier for the town hall although he wasn't sure of other reasons for the boost. The budget for fighting fires has been dropped back to $31,000 this year from $33,500. Actual expenditures last year were only $12,412. The budget for recreation is $53,918, slightly above last year's budget figure of S52,310 but below the actual expenditures of $58,840. The day care budget has gone to $16,500 from $11,000. Actual expenditures in 1978 were $14,817. New items in the budget for 1979 in- clude a $22,431 payment on the debenture for reconstruction of Josephine Street, a $140,000 debenture which runs for 10 years, and $7,841 for a payment on the Summit Drive sewer debenture. Six thousand dollars has been budgeted for downtown redevelopment, a program under which three students were hired for the summer to do surveying and other tasks under the direction of the works commissioner, with $5,000 of the total coming from a government grant. a i a