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UCW holds meeting
Wrapping up history
Morris-Turnberry Mayor Paul Gowing, right, and Fran
Breckenridge, mother of Deputy-Mayor Jason
Breckenridge, were among the many volunteers who
helped packed the two-volume Morris-Turnberry history
book that is now available at the Morris-Turnberry municipal
building on Morris Road. The launch of the book was on
Saturday, Dec. 1, shortly after the 1,500 page tomes were
delivered. (Denny Scott photo)
The Belgrave United Church
Women met in the Sunday School
room of the church on Thursday,
Nov. 29 with Sheila Nixon in charge
of the meeting. She welcomed
everyone and opened with a poem
“Begin the day with Friendliness”.
The UCW purpose was recited.
During the worship, several hymns
were sung and then a history of the
writing of those hymns was given by
Sheila and Rev. Tom Murray. The
hymn, “Silent Night”, one of the
most favourite hymns was sung and
they were told it was written after the
conflict of the Civil War.
After Ruth Gordon gave the
treasurer’s report, a motion was
made to make donations to the
Belgrave United church, Women’s
Shelter in Goderich, Medical
Electives, Resource Centre in
Mitchell and Camp Menesetung. A
thank you was offered to Barbara
Harper for her time as the treasurer.
A 2013 budget was passed.
It was decided to make beef pies
on Jan. 15 and 16. Barbara Anderson
519-357-3317 and Ruth Gordon
519-357-1375 will be glad to take
orders. Any volunteers to help would
be appreciated. It was suggested we
try and collect “Turkey Bucks” to
use when we want to purchase
turkeys for turkey pies. There will be
posters put out as to where you can
donate any you have.
The UCW met for a luncheon at
the Part II Bistro in Blyth on
Tuesday, Dec. 4 at noon and the next
general meeting will be Thursday,
Jan. 24 at 6:30 p.m. with a potluck
dinner. Everyone is welcome. It was
moved and carried that we plan a
World Day of Prayer Service for
Friday, March 1, 2013.
Nancy Folkard asked anyone who
wished to place a poinsettia in
memory of a loved one, to bring it to
the church for the Christmas season.
Muriel Coultes passed out thank
yous to everyone UCW member
from the United Church of Canada
for all the support the UCW gives the
church and especially for celebrating
50 years of service.
Mrs. Nixon introduced the guest
speaker Mrs. Lou Cull, a resident of
East Wawanosh, who has become an
active member of the Friends of the
Museum. She gave a history of the
building that now houses the
museum. It was opened in 1906 as a
post office with the postmaster living
on the second floor and the janitor
living on the third floor. The janitor
was responsible for maintaining the
clock. Doug Conley now winds the
clock every week. In 1914 with the
arrival of the 800-pound bell, the 25-
pound striker, the bell tower had to
be raised to a height high enough to
allow for the bell and the clock to
work. George Allen’s 300 carved
birds were among the first items to
be housed in the museum and now
the inside has been made available
for articles from North Huron to be
brought in and catalogued. Three
people now are doing the
cataloguing and they would
welcome volunteers of any age, any
interest and for any time to help out.
Nancy Folkard thanked Mrs. Cull.
Mrs. Nixon closed the meeting
with everyone saying the UCW
benediction, and a Christmas prayer.
Donna Shaw and Freda Scott served
lunch and a social time followed.
On Sunday, Dec. 9 at Knox United
Church worship begins at 11 a.m.
Advent 2 entitled, “Family Survival
Kit” after a time of fellowship at
10:30 a.m. After the worship service
everyone is invited to join for a soup,
sandwich and sweet Christmas lunch
in the lower hall. Soup and beverage
are provided. Please bring
sandwiches, (finger style), cookies,
Christmas confection or speciality.
The weekly practice for the
children ringing chimes is on Sunday
at 10:40 a.m. at the front of the
church. Any school-aged child (or
older) is welcome to join. Practices
for the choir is on Sunday following
worship. For further information you
can call Ann Clark at 519-353-7177.
Country-dwellers as well as urban
residents need the assistance of the
North Huron Community
Food Share, Morris-Turnberry
councillors learned at their Nov. 20
meeting.
Gord Kaster, chairman and Joyce
Johnston, operations manager of the
food bank, said food banks have
gone from being for people on
pensions to helping the working
poor as well.
“My eyes were opened very
quickly [when I went into this]”
Johnston said.
The food bank is open only one
morning a week from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Clients are limited to
one visit a month and a typical
shopping list showed $169 worth of
food.
Kaster said Food Share lets people
do their own shopping rather than
handing out a pre-selected basket.
This helps people feel better about
themselves and leads to less waste
with people not getting things they
wouldn’t use.
There is a link to North Huron
Community Food Share on the
Morris-Turnberry website.
***
Council supported a resolution
from the Municipality of South
Huron calling for a moratorium on
the construction of new wind
turbines until Health Canada’s study
of the health effects of turbines has
been completed.
The support came despite doubts
from some councillors.
“Nobody wants them, but Europe
is full of them,” said Councillor John
Smuck.
Mayor Paul Gowing said that any
study presented so far has shown
there aren’t documented health
effects from living near turbines.
But Councillor David Baker
complained that the large companies
that put up wind farms don’t care
where they put them.
“If I can’t sleep [because a wind
turbine is too close] I’m pretty sure
I’m going to have health problems,”
he said.
***
Council approved the budget of
the Saugeen Valley Conservation
Authority (SVCA) even though it
included a 5.88 per cent increase.
There is only a tiny portion of Morris-Turnberry that falls within the SVCA’s watershed so the effect on the tax rate will be
small.
***
Nancy Michie, administrator
clerk-treasurer, said she would be
bringing a report to the Dec. 4
meeting about the possible
application for a grant under the
Municipal Infrastructure Initiative
Capital Program which would assist
with the installation of storm sewers
in Bluevale. Deadline for the $51
million program is Jan. 9. Eligible
projects can receive up a maximum
of 90 per cent on project costs up to
$2 million.
Michie said Bruce Potter, of B.M.
Ross and Associates, the
municipality’s consulting engineer,
felt the Bluevale project was the one
that best fit the criteria.
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PLEASE HELP KEEP THIS
WINTER A SAFE ONE
The Council of the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry hereby requests the
cooperation of the residents regarding the parking of cars and other
vehicles, and the depositing of snow on municipal roads during the
period in which snow clearing operations are necessary.
It is an offence under the Highway Traffic Act, Section 170 (12) to: “Park
or stand a vehicle on a highway in such a manner as to interfere with
the movement of traffic or the clearing of snow from the highway.”
Also, Section 181 states: “No person shall deposit snow or ice on a
roadway without permission in writing to do so from the Ministry or the
Road Authority responsible for the Maintenance of the Road.”
Parking is not permitted on any street or road within the Municipality of
Morris-Turnberry between the hours of 2 am and 7 am from November
1st to April 15th. Violators will be ticketed and may have their vehicles
towed and impounded.
Neither the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry nor the ‘Snow Plow
operators’ will be held responsible for damage done to vehicles or
mailboxes on the Municipal Road Allowance.
Your help and cooperation in these matters is greatly appreciated
and will aid in a safer winter for all.
Gary Pipe, Director of Public Works
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
Telephone: 519-887-6137
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357-2188
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