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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-01-14, Page 1FIRST SECTION iugbain notffelonie Wingham, Ontario, 'Thursday, January 14, 1965 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents DeWitt Miller Takes the Chair New Mayor Forecasts Year Of Progress for Wingham The 1965 inaugural session • of the Wingham Council saw DeWitt Miller take his seat as the new mayor of Wingham.He returns to the council•after an absence of 10 years. In his address to council the new mayor thanked the people of Wingham for his appoint- ment. He said that in the inter- val since he last sat on council he has lost contact to some de- gree with the town's problems, but with the help of council he felt a good job can be done. H ▪ said he was happy to see most of the old councillors returned and went on to welcome the new deputy reeve, John Alex- ander and Councillor Ted Mosz- kowski. The mayor said that the council committees would be appointed and that every mem- ber of council would chair one committee. He called for co- operation, and sait it is impor- tant that any business regarding town problems be brought to the attention of the committee chairman of the committee in- volved. He said this is partic- ularly true in the case of town employees, as the community is fortunate in having good work- men, but no man can work for more than one boss. Police business falls into the same cate- ��IIHl�/SA I�1— —I ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian By Pedestrian FRESII START -- The new year is away to a • flying start with the inaugural meetings of the many boards and councils in this area. Some- how we get a little clearer pic- ture of the next twelve months after these public bodies have outlined their plans and aspir- e ations, Most of them have an- nounced ambitious plans for varying public projects to in,i- ,prove life in general. 0--0--0 WINTER'S BACK -- Florida friends can rest more • easily on the warm sand. Our long spell of unseasonably warm weather is over. After a blinding fog all day Friday snow began to fall on Saturday, and although it has not approa- ched anything like blizzard • proportions, it does feel more like January should. Wouldn't it be horrible to find we really missed the white stuff? 0--0--0 LADIES' NIGHT-- Turnberry Township council- lors entertained their wives and employees at a dinner meeting held at Danny's Restaurant on Saturday evening. Robert Weng- er, chairman of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority showed slides and outlined some of the Authority's work. The remainder of the enjoyable eve- ning was spent playing euchre. 0--0--0 TORONTO TEACHER -- Had a pleasant chat with Stan Dane, former Gorrie boy and former Wingham High School student. Stan is now a veteran member of the teach- ing staff of Harbord Collegiate in Toronto. Itis reminiscenses s about the good old school days here were interesting. 0--0--0 AT KITCHENER-- A rink of Legion members travelled to Kitchener Granite Club on Sunday for a zone bon - 1 spiel and according to reports had a good time. Ace Bateson was skip, supported by Ted El- liott, Lloyd Carter and Don Adams. The boys didn't come home in the money but did win their first game. Thirty-two rinks were entered. 0--0--0 IIIGtl WATER -- The Maitland River has been going up and down like an ex- press elevator this winter. It reached near flood proportions `early in December and again at Christmas. This past week- end the stop logs in the new culverts which have been in- stalled in the dyke by the Con- servation Authority were pulled, to lower the pond level. It + went down about 18 inches, then mild weather set in and a quick' run-off brought it back up again. However, the past a couple of days have seen it drop to some degree. i s Legion Speaking Contest Set for Sat., January 23 Arrangements have been made'by the Wingham Branch, Royal Canadian Legion, to hold the annual public speaking con- test in the auditorium of the Wingham District High School on Saturday afternoon, January 23, starting at 1:30. As in previous years the con- test is divided into four sections Grades 1 to 6; Grades 7 and 8; Grades 9 and 10 and Grades 11 to 13. In each division a trc - phy is awarded to the top speak- er, peaker, as well as personal prizes which the winner may keep. First prizes this year are World Year Booksin the first three classes and •a World Book dic- tionary in the senior secondary class. In all classes second prizes will be wallets and third prizes will be pen and pencil sets. The trophies are now on dis- play at Pattison Radio and Elec tric. gory for the police department does not have an easy job to do. He said that all council busi- ness with the department should be channelled through the chair- man of the committee in charge. Mr. Miller also called for co-operation with the other pub-• lic boards in the community. He said that the membership of these groups consists largely of public spirited citizens who de- serve the support of council. PROJECTS Mayor Miller told council that he expects a number of projects will face council in 1965, the largest of which he felt will be the replacement of the McKenzie Bridge by the Department of Highways. This work he said will probably take considerable co-operation from council with the department. He said the building program at the hospital will probably get underway with the erection of a half -million dollar addition. He told council that the Presby- terian Church will likely be re- built and that this project could well require the co-operation of council to some degree. The mayor concluded his address by saying that he is looking forward to a good year in 1965 and is confident that such will be the case. Clerk William Renwick swore in the new council and Rev. C. F. Johnson opened the meeting with a Scripture read- ing and prayer. January Pansies During an average winter, people fortunate enough to have them expect blooms from a Christmas rose but Mrs. Earl Toner of Gorrie had a rare ex- perience last week when she picked about a dozen blue pan- sies from her flower bed. Authority Established for Golden Circle School Ross Hamilton, chairman of the Wingham and Districe Re- tarded Children's Association, attended the inaugural meet- ing of Wingham town council on Monday evening. He re- quested that council establish a School Authority to admini- ster the Golden Circle School, now operated by the Association, Mr. Hamilton told council that recent provincial legisla- tion has recognized that the ed- ucation of retarded children should have more government support. The Ontario government, he said, has amended the Schools Administration Act to provide for schools for the retarded chil- dren of the province. The changes in the act, he went on, require that a munici- pality in which such a school is located, pass a by-law setting up an Authority to administer the school. Under the by-law council can appoint four of the required members, the former Associa- tion appointing the remaining two. Mr. Hamilton said the Asso- ciation would recommend the names of all six, as the council probably was not too familiar with the subject. However, council could of course name others of its choice. The list submitted included Harvey Webster of Lucknow, a Please turn to Page Four NEW COUNCIL FOR 1965—All members of council were on hand for the 1965 inaugural session on Monday even- ing. Seated, from the left are: the new deputy -reeve Jack Alexander; Mayor DeWitt Miller; Joseph Kerr, reeve, who moved up from the deputy -reeve's chair, and Clerk Wil- liam Renwick. Standing are Councillors John Bateson, Alan Williams, Warren Callan, Harold Wild, Ted Moszkow- ski, who is new on council, and G. W. Cruickshank.—A-T. Committee Turns Down Centennial Project Bid At the inaugural meeting of council on Monday evening, a letter from the provincial Cen- tennial Advisory Committee was read by Clerk William Renwick. The letter turned down the arena scheme chosen by council last October as a centennial project. Last June council set up a committee comprised of the then Reeve, J. Roy Adair, Coun- cillor Cruickshank, Parks Board Chairman Harry McArthur and Robert Wenger, to study ideas for a centennial project to mark the 100th anniversary of Con- federation. The projects are being finan- ATTEND ART CLASSES. Miss Paulette Deye i, eight- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Deyell of London, formerly of Wingham, has been one of three junior students of the Evelyn Harrison School of 600 pupils chosen by the London Public Library and Art Museum for a special class in art. Mother Dies In Woodville Mr. and Mrs. Harry McAr- thur received word Tuesday evening that his mother, Mrs. Hugh McArthur in Woodville, had passed away. She had been in poor health for the last two months and was in her 85th year. The funeral will be on Friday. ced by government grants of up to $2.00 per capita and $1.00 per capita of local money. This financial structure provides a budget of approximately $8, - 400.00. The committee held a pub- lic meeting to gain ideas for a possible project, and after con- siderable study decided that a covered picnic pavillion for the Riverside Park seemed to fit the terms of reference as stated in the r egulations set out by the government. However, this decision was set aside by coun- cil in favour of a plan present- ed by Reeve Adair, to put ce- ment seating in the arena and to replace the steel walls with cement block and to add new lighting to the building. The project was submitted to the provincial advisory com- mittee, which last month re- quested further information. In the letter from the pro- vincial group, the council was informed that the advisory committee did not believe the arena project fell into a cate- gory set out in the regulations. As a result of this letter, council named Councillor G.W. Cruickshank as chairman of the local committee and in- structed him to call a meeting of the group to further study the problem, and to bring in a re- port at the February council meeting. The deadline for approval of centennial projects was advanc- ed in October from the end of that month to next August. Hospital Ward Rate Increased to $24.08 R. B. Cousins, chairman, pre- sided for the January meeting of the directors of the Wingham and District General Hospital on Friday evening when the admin - Peter Vath Takes Over on Ski Board Sacred Heart Separate School Board held its first meeting of 1965 with the newly -appointed chairman, Peter Vath, taking over from Robert Chettleburgh. Mrs. Keith Montgomery, secretary -treasurer, presented the annual and financial report. Other members of the board attending were Robert Chettle- burgh, Keith Montgomery, Henry Skinn, Mrs. Wilfred White, and the newly -elected member, Rea Morrison. Rev. John Mooney spoke briefly and closed the meeting with prayer. HOWICK'S CENTENNIAL BUILDING APPROVED Centennial projects of nine Ontario municipalities have been approved, according to an announcement by federal and provincial governments early this week. Among those approved is the Ilowick Township munici- pal office building at a total cost of $16,512. The federal grant of $2,758 will be match- ed by a provincial grant. Cite Lack of Recreation Space Could Be Used as Auditorium Public School Board Discusses Gymnasium At the conclusion of its in- augural meeting on Monday evening the Wingham Public School board discussed the pos- sibility of erecting a gymnasi- um -auditorium adjacent to the present school buildings. Board members pointed out that Wing - ham is one of the few schools in this area which has no gym- nasium facilities, and since the playground area has been cur- tailed by the erection of two additions to the school, there is urgent need of more recrea- tion facilities. The new chairman, William Harris, said that the school lacks space for recreation, es- pecially in bad weather when the pupils cannot go outside. Principal T.S. Beattie also spoke of the need for an audi- torium, in which several clas- ses could be assembled for such purposes as television instruc -` tion and various student activ- ities. The board agreed that In- spector J. H. Kinkead be asked to attend the next meeting of the board to discuss the gymna- sium idea, NEW MEMBERS When the meeting opened the retiring chairman, David Murray, presided and asked the secretary -treasurer, Mrs. A. Morgan to accept nominations for the chairmanship, to which William Harris was elected unanimously. A recorded vote of thanks was extended to the retiring chairman for his con- scientious efforts as head of the school board for the past two years. The new chairman ex- tended a welcome to the two new members of the board, Lorne McDonald and John Cur - The financial statement for 1964 was read, showing total receipts of $114,492.75. Ex- penditures included a total of $69,810.88 for salaries of tea- chers; $3, 846.63 for instruc- tional equipment; $1, 020.36 for administration; $3,433.32 for plant maintenance; $10, - 617.94 for plant operation;and $20,400.89 for capital outlay, leaving a cash balance of $5, - 362.73. SUPPLIES TO PUPILS - Chairman Harris said that the board is working toward the time when all books and study supplies will be supplied with- out charge to the pupils. At present, text books and fool- scap are supplied. Mrs. Cleland was appointed as the board's representative on the Public Library Board for a three-year term. Chief of Po- lice, James Miller, was re -ap- pointed attendance officer. Roy Bennet was named chair- man hairman of the property committee, with Scott Reid, Lorne McDon- ald and John Currie as commit- tee members. David Murray will be chair- man of the finance committee and his committee members will be Murray Gerrie; Scott Reid and Dr, K.M.MacLennan. Mrs, A. Morgan was re-ap- Please tum to page eight, istrator, Mrs. 1. Morrey, report- ed on the 1965 budget as approv- ed by Ontario Hospital Commis- sion. Most important point was the increase of the daily ward rate to $24. 08. Last year's rate was $19.75. Rate in the chronic patient's wing will be $12.00. Mrs. Morrey also said that prospects for registered nursing staff are more encouraging, several nurses having been en- gaged recently and she said there are several further appli- cations on hand. Quarters for the registered nursing assistants' training pro- gram are just about completed in the nurses' residence build- ing. One room will be used for lectures and the second for prac- tice. The rooms made avail- able in the hospital proper by removal of the training section will be taken up as storage areas and will permit the re- location of records, x-ray and supplies. Mrs. Morrey reported that architects and engineers had been spending.about one day a week at the hospital, making detailed drawings, preparatory to a call for tenders on the add- ition. It is expected that ten- ders will be called about the end of this month. Her report also stated that the fire marshal's office has called for certain structural changes in the kitchen area such as the closing of open wall spaces into the hall and the erection of fire doors. STATISTICS During December there were 203 admissions; 206 discharges; 27 births; 36 operations; 311 x- rays; 1105 laboratory tests; and a total of 2699 patient days for a daily average of 87, which filled several beds in the halls. Invoices paid during the month totalled $53,823.30. The hospital by-laws came up for discussion and the date of the annual meeting was set for February 5th, a Friday eve- ning. It will be held in the recreation room of the nurses' residence, Erection of the street signs was mentioned and Mayor De- Witt Millet said that the town workmen would erect these signs at the points previously decided upon. Mr. Miller also tendered his resignation from the Hospital Board, which was accepted with regret.