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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-02-25, Page 11 • • t • Cubs and Scouts. Attend Service The annual I3oy Scout and Cub church parade commem- orating Boy Scout Week and the birthday of their founder, Lord Baden-Powell, was held by the 1st Wingham Troop in the United Church on Sunday. While the Scouts met at the Scout House and paraded to the church, the two Cub Packs met in the church basement. The boys then paraded into the church and presented their col- ors to Rev. C. M, Jardine, who welcomed them to their servic - The Scripture lesson was read by Cubmaster Murray Fri- denburg, of A Pack Cubs, taken from St. Luke, Chapter 2, tell- ing of the pattern Jesus set for all boys in His own family life and example. Rev. Jardine chose as his ser- mon topic the first part of the Scout Promise,"1 Promise to do my duty to God." He pointed out the challenge to each Cub and Scout to keep this promise, to follow God's laws and grow strong in Christian brotherhood. The closing hymn, "All the Way My Saviour Leads Me"was sung and the congregation stood as the boys paraded from the church. The color party formed on the church steps as the con- gregation. left. • Brigade Controls Chimney Fire The rural fire brigade was called to the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Czerniawski, ▪ on the 14th Concession of East Wawanosh about 10:30 Monday morning, when a chimney took fire. The blaze was confined to the chimney, and the home suf- fered only from smoke. High winds prevailed and for a time resulted in concern for the building. The Czerniawski's have six children, two of whom were at home, three-year-old Barbara and Edward, a year and a half. Firemen stayed at the home until all danger was past. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian The Pedestrian SLIGHTLY CONFUSING -- At a Planning Board meet- ing the other night Don Na - smith pointed out that the tele- phone directory lists the people living on north -south streets as • having east or west street num- bers, depending on which side of Josephine they reside. The fact of the matter is, it's just not possible. Street numbers for all north -south streets start • at the south boundary of the town and work to the north. There isn't a north -south divi- sion. The east -west streetnum- bers do carry an east -west des- ignation as the numbers start at Josephine Street and work up • numerically in both directions from the central point. Maybe it doesn't matter though, as we are all supposed to know where everyone lives in a town this size, 0--0--0 + THE CAT'S AWAY -- Just in case you think this issue of the A -T is better this week than in the past, you may be right, because the boss took off for a three-week business trip. Naturally, we think we • know how to turn out a better newspaper than he does --though he might disagree when he comes back. 0�-0--0 CONG RA TS ! - We hear that young Bob Shaunessy and his mother, Mrs. E. F. Shaunessy, took prizes in a ski meet at Beaver Valley last week -end. 1-lmm--as we've heard father tell it, we thought he was the skier of the family. ` 0--0--0 KITTENS GALORE- - H.F. Haugh of Wroxeter has a lovely part Persian cat. And we predict that Mr. Haugh will have no shortage of cats for years to come, unless this feline loses all Of her nine lives. In the past year she has had three hatches of kittens --five the first time, severs the second and four • the third. r bit Jug FIRST SECTION Abtlanctm itttit Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Feb, 25, 1965 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents AT LIONS CLUB Public Speaking Winners Will Enter Regional Contest Five contestants spoke at the Wingham Lions Club meeting on Tuesday night held at Dan- ny -'s Restaurant, in the first pub- lic speaking contest sponsored by the local Lions. Public speaking is the number one pro- ject of Lionism in District A (Ontario and Quebec), but this is the first time the Wingham club has held the competition. Tuesday night's winners will compete in the regional com- petition, to be held in Wing - ham on Friday evening, March 19. The finals for the district will be held in Owen Sound on May 1, Mary Ann Schaefer of Tees- water, winner for girls, spoke on World Peace, Her impromp- tu speech was My Favorite Sub- ject. Charles Congram of Wing - ham was the winner in the boyo division. His main topic was Capital Punishment and in the impromptu speech his subject was Bilingualism. The other contestants were Jim Graham of Gorrie, who spoke on Youth and Guests I Have Insulted; Barry Thompson of Wingham, Canadian Unity and A Good Farmer; and Jim Jas. Gurney Named Planning Chairman. The Wingham and District Planning Board held an inaug- ural meeting at the council chambers on Monday evening, with a small attendance. James Gurney, a former chairman of the organization, was returned to office replacing Robert Heth- erington, who held the seat last year. Reeve Alvin Smith of Turnberry was named vice- chairman. The board was not faced with any other important business, but did discuss a number of subjects of interest. Secretary William Renwick said that a planning workshop is slated for March 10 and 11 at Goderich, and asked how many members wanted to at- tend. William Elston of Morris Township wanted to know if the local board was in favor of county planning. Mr. Gurney said that it depended on the county, as there was a vast dif- ference between, for instance, the County of York and Huron in planning problems. Mr, Smith said that the coun- ty planning board would be a co-ordinating group and would in no way interfere with the work of local boards. D.C. Nasmith pointed out that there are 300 planning boards in the province of which only about 150 are really active: He went on to say that the Wingham board has not been very active, but it has been effective in the work it has taken on. The conversation turned to new amendments to the Plan- ning Act which will, when pro- claimed, remove from the board its power to approve land sales in registered sub -division plans. In the future this will have to be done by committee of adjustment, which cannot be set up unless there is an official plan of the community, and this will have to be backed by a zoning by-law. McKague of Belmore, Cana- dian Unity and Traits of a Good Athlete. The judges were Ross Ham- ilton, Rev. C,M.Jardine and Elwood Hall of Lucknow. The winners received $10.00 prizes and the others each received $5,00. Mr. Jardine congratula- ted the winners and credited the contestants for the work in preparation and presentation of the speeches. President "Casey" Casemate, master of ceremonies, thanked the students, all from Wingham District High School, and the judges. The wives of the Lions were guests. A letter will be sent to Hu- ron County Council, advising that body that the club is not in favor of further expansion at Huronview. Lion Wilbur Tiffin said that the Industrial Devel- opment Committee is propos- ing Wingham as a possible site for such a home. The February Bond -a -month draw will be made on Friday, McArthur Heads Park Board for Sixth Term Harry McArthur was re-elec- ted chairman of the Wingham Parks Development Board at the group's annual meeting on Monday evening. He was retur- ned for his sixth term in office, and pointed out that he felt it is time for a change. A new chairman, he said, would be good for the board and stimu- late new interest. However, no other name was nominated for the office. Ross Dundas was named vice-chairman and Lloyd Carter was returned as secretary -treasurer. Plans for the coming year were discussed. Due to the fact that it appears the McKenzie Bridge will not be built during 1965, the group decided that the development of the river area east of the bridge should be delayed, as it was felt both projects should be carried out at the same time. Mr. McArthur said it is now apparent that the lower pond will not be cleaned out before early summer, but this still leaves plenty of work to be done along the bank from the swimming area to Victoria St. The chairman said that mo- thers of children using the swimming area will be happy to learn that the board plans to erect a sun -shelter seating. Entrance gates will be erec- ted at the John St. entrance to the park, which is close to the new washrooms. Several members expressed the view that once the lower pond is de -silted, the commu- nity will have a park of which the residents can be proud and one that wil! be a' valuable asset to the town, both for business and relaxation. WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS? — These four youngsters were born to an Oxford Down ewe on the Maitland Glen Farm of James H. Currie on the 13th of East Wa- wanosh, Tuesday afternoon. Quad lambs come about as frequently as a snow storm in July. Mr. Currie is pretty proud of the foursome of woolly infants. The three- year-old mother is doing well, although she was moving around with a rather amazed expression in her soft eyes. —Advance -Times Photo. Licence Plates Expire Sunday Transport Minister Irwin Has- kett reminds owners that 1965 plates must be on allpassenger and dual purpose automobiles and motorcycles by midnight next Sunday, February 28, when 1964 plates will expire. "As announced previously and widely publicized, there will be absolutely no extension of the deadline,"said Mr. Has- kett. "Plates went on sale on December 1 allowing a full three months for their purchase;" he added. Saturday, February 27, is in fact the last day to obtain plates before the deadline.Dri- vers operating cars with 1964 plates after midnight, Sunday, will be liable to a fine of up to $50.00. Commercial and trailer plates will go on sale March 1 and the 1964 plates in this cate- Weatherman Postpones Pond Program Maitland Valley Conserva- tion Authority officials said this week that the de -silting program for the Lower Town pond has been held up due to weather conditions. This section of the scheme, set up between the town and the authority last year called gory will expire on March 31. At the local office,operated by Donald McKay, the issuer said that the last couple of weeks have been busy and it does not appear that there will be a tremendous rush at the last minute, although, he expected the office would be going pretty steady on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The local office issues an average of about 2300 plates by the end of February with ano- ther 700 to 800 coming later in the year. SIX CONTLSTANTS took part in the Lions Club public speaking contest at Danny's itestaurant orf Tuesday even- ing. With club president, Casey Casemore, are Mary Ann Schaefer, of Teeswater, and Charles Congram, of Wing - ham, the winners, and Barry Thompson, also of Wing- ham. In the rear are Jim McKague, of Belmore, and Jim Graham, of Gorrie. Advance -Times photo. for cleaning the pond during the winter months with heavy machinery to provide an aver- age depth of five feet. The plan was actually orig- inated by the Parks Develop- ment Board, and when the dam and pond were turned over to the authority for a more exten- sive job, which will be subsi- dized by the Department of Energy and Resources Manage- ment, the clean-up was includ- ed. Arrangements had been made with Harold Kerr Con- struction to move in with heavy earth moving machines as soon as weather conditions permitted The problem has been the weatherman. To do the job, the contractor needed several weeks of cold weather, and a low flow in the stream. Unfortunately, the old boy didn't co-operate. The temperature has been going up and down like an express elevator all winter, with the result that at no time was there adequate frost and the flow in the river has been higher than normal for winter months, rith two occasions when it reached near flood proportions. It would appear that the sea- son has now worn on to the point where it will not be prac- tical to do anything about the desilting until summer. To do the job the river must be at a low ebb, and it will take some time after the spring run off for the flow to drop to a point where the machinery can be moved in. What Have You Done? During the past couple of weeks the Advance -Times has been conducting an "Opinion Poll", providing forms on which the people of this area may ex- press their views- -either for or against the erection of another building at Clinton as a home for the aged. The county council commit- tee which administers Iluron- view, and which is responsible for the future site of another building, is made up of men who were elected by the resi- dents of Huron County, to re- present them at county council. Any representative of the peo- ple, regardless of the body on which he serves, should be con- cerned with the wishes of the majority of the people he re- presents. lie has not been ap- pointed to dictate, with no re- gard to the feelings of his elec- tors. As citizens who have elected aur representatives we each have our own responsibility, and that is to let them know how we feel about important issues. And what issue could be more im- portant than the welfare of our senior citizens? Have YOU been lax in your responsibility as a resident of Huron County? Have YOU let your representative know how you feel about the site of ano- ther home,? There is one way to be posi- tive that the opinion of the voters is known to the commit- tee. If you have not filled out one of the forms, do so today. You will find the form in this issue of the Advance -Times. Whether you feel the home should be built outside ofClin- ton, or at the Clinton site, it is your privilege to say so. If you have no opinion at all, the day may come when you will wish you had, and you will sincerely hope that the citizens of that time will be more con- cerned about their responsibili- ties that you were when you had the chance.