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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-04-01, Page 8Palle 8— Wingham Advance -Tittles, Thursday, Apr. 1, l`A& Members Approve Budget (Continued frit, Pax4' t 1W) was YFtCat('d when llc,wrc.lc'town loop built a c eittia1 ' l t,ol twat Fordwicli two years ago. lJarttld C;osens „l Wallace. "I'tJwttpltlp, reporting for the rpeetal c:otttrnmet•, ',aid Mr school could he craivt•sLi 1 at a rtitttitrttrtri expense, housing both workshop aitd administra- tion ciJlic'('s. The autl►urtty now has us adrritit►,stratiot► office iii Listow- e,i attdd a workshop iu Wirtgharri, Both buildings are held under a rental basis. lambing lora betiding in Myth, representative William Manning of th.,t village agreed the Wroxeter school appears to represent value but believed alterations would be t;ostly.11e said the Hamm building in Myth could lit bought at a low- er I1.gurc by "dickering" than the price quoted the autltonty, cola►rutaul Wenger reputed the authority waS trot in the dickering" business, lie said the <-oruttuttee had Inspected the ll;uxiui building and felt the asking.; price of $17, n0() was too high. Ile said it would serve as a workshop but was not suitable for adirllnustratlon ofli• ern. Ralph h well of Colborne Township and (1i1lord Dunbar of (;rev Township ;said schools are, or would be available, in there municipalities and asked they be given consideration. -Members agreed they should Have' ;Hi oppoctuuity to inspect all proposals, before beteg asked to vote on purchase.. upshot was that another special com- a -Wiwi' was :appointed ro con- duct ltr('the% inspections. Com posing the eptnrrlittee are Mr. %Costl * ehaOrio Authority '11,icaaC:itaitrtA;tn VI .Stnith of � 'r'uruI et y. Ijorsoan Carson of ttowltkit Tranship, lir. tn- • Icing and. Purr" TehltuttLl tut- /tctt Toiatehip. The. ernttlatitett• is to cit u: Late; it findings In a report to members, 'i'ltry may have an opportunity to inspect buildings approved as suitable before the question codes to a vote at the next executive meeting. GORIII0 PROJECT Under e:apital expenditures l's a project at the Authority - owned C`.orrie.C:ctrtseivation Area. Involving an expenditure of $.rl.,, anti le a;otucs tender the email° Government's new res- t:nitllr program. The Govern- ment pays 7:i per cent of 'the coast ($9,754, a special )evy c>et :lit;, 000 against t low telt Town- : strip and true Authority picks up the Kitimat ($1,876).. , The proposed % rk includes , . repaint rc► the; slam, 'building a , Wins wall, et:mee inf, a leak in ' the dyke., couue.rttttg flash • twattts ter ;steep logs and building a eacwalk ae:rttts the top of the ,Steele torr`. 'Mut is the third liutjor pro - pert tatntteertakt' t thftiugh the• Authority since the reservoir program was introduced last summer. A $10,000 program is now underway in Wingham with the Government contribut- ing :F'.Itl, 2;10 .end the "Town ot Wingham, as the benetirting luuntett+altty, $9.7 60, A preliminary engineering, study also lnloltes Wingham, Representatives also adopted a long-range plan for develop- ment ot the balls Reserve C'on- setyattun Acca and allotted ;;9,400 tor the water\outrun Areas Advisory Huard to spend during hurl;, on this develop - mem i,oih. Situated near the mouth of the Maitland River at Gorier - the w.:tt-acre Falls Reserve Site was aetlttlted t year ago. Canadian Mitchell Associates, "Toronto, were engagedaseotl- sulttng engineers to design a long-range development for the area. Jarltes i'nvx, repteseatatuue of the engineering finer, pre - tented tile ttnril plan At this tneetutg, It involves tt:oe4tilp- ing arras, recreation sites, ba- thing area, nature trails, wild- life preservation, trop demon- stration plots, ski slopes, con- cession area, administrative and either buildings. NO ewer was submitted on what the total dw yelc pnient of the. axes Weitild entail with the plan, This will conte later in a full report. The Authority, however, plans the develop- ment to stages over the years. Outer conservation areas ;fated for limited itnprove- trte nl,, during 1".31;f1 are .located at ltluevale, ll;lrristoti and in Muuiiitgtuu Township, Authority members ear- marked $7, 000 for purchase of a bee tion of the Saratoga Swatnp ut West Wawattosh Township near Auburn, A report from the Conservation Branch designates this area as the most logical in the Maitland watershed for an extensive retorestation program 'i rte Authority Is also Involv- ed in reforestation with the De- partment of Lands and Forests Mornftlgton, Morris, 1lowiek and Turnbc rry townships. Peter Gryniewski, represent- ing the Conservation Branch, advised Authority members he. Inas been delegated to make a hydraulics survey of the Mait- land watershed this summer. Purpose of the survey is to de - t rmioe reservoir site, erosion, low summer stream flow, in- spect existing darts and study flood alai ice jamming situa- tio11S. Berry Door Executive Promotions Announced l>t The Berry Door Co., Ltd., announced several promotions of executive personnel in Wingham this week. H. E. Burgess, vice-president and general manager, said the ex- pansion of the company's garage door and operator business, plus the new tractor cab division has increased the size and scope of the plant operations so greatly that the move is necessary to strengthen the plant and manufacturing management. ALTON B. ADAMS, left, who has been purchasing agent since joining the firm in July of 1956, has been promoted to assistant plant manager and director of purchasing. He will continue to report to Herbert Fuller, plant manager. JAMES R. BAIN, centre, assistant purchasing agent for the past eight years, will take the position of purchasing agent, assuming full responsibility for purchasing under the direction of Mr. Adams. A new employee will be added to assist Mr. Bain. JOHN B. (BARRY) FRYFOGLE has been named to a new position of service man- ager. The post was created to improve communications and service to the Berry com- pany's customers. Mr. Fryfogle will work closely with sales department managers, Mr. Vokes and Mr. Service, and administratively will be responsible to Mr. Fuller. The pro- motions are effective today, April 1. Old London Fascinating Place for All Who Boast of British Blood By Barry Wenger ANCIENT iNN Two or three friends in Can- ada had cold me that I must not miss lunch at the Cheshire Cheese, an old inn just off Fleet Street. Here, they said, nCWsnien from the world's greatest papers gather, and they were right. The old build- ing is hard to find, being lo- cated on a narrow lane, but once inside there was 110 mis- taking the atmosphere of an l iigland of long ago. The floors run up grade and down, the old beamed ceilings are hlacicwitit the stroke of centuries, but the whole place, all three floors, are bouncing with act- ivity. We sat down to a delicious lunch and soon fell into con- versation with an English jour- nalist who had spent five years working on papers in Ontario and who, like many of his countrymen with similar exper- fence, hopes to return to this part of the world. Attar lunch we were invited to visit the wine cellars. De- scending about twelve feet on two stairways, we saw the re- mains of the, arches of an an- cient cloister. It developed that the, inn was originally an abbey and the .level we stood on was the street level .in those far away days. The original building was destroyed .in the Great Fire or the seventeenth century and the present build- ing was erected soon after. Men of letters have frequented the tavern for centuries. FASCINATING S'1'RFPTs I'he whole centre or London is interesting and when the visitor sets out to walk, itis stroll is likely to go on for hours as each new street invites his attention. The stores are fas- eutatung, as are the theatres, concert halls and public build- ings.. I spent one day to the coun- try with Mr. and tylrs, Bob Rus - bridge, and their family, Mrs. Rushridge is a sister of Mrs. John 1 artgrtdge of Wingham, and they provided a real treat when they took ntr for a lord; drive through the entintry lanes. Driving into the village of Westerham in Surrey, I was surprised to tend it was the btrthpla.ce of Major t3eneral James Wolfe, the conqueror of Quebec. His statue stands in the w111agt' square and we visit- ed the ehutch he attended as a young Man. No one seems to lay particular attention to the church, but you can imagine tnV atnae.ement, after looking at the old eatvinls.andcolurnns to see a list of the rectors, the first being simply "John-- 129.1% A brief printed Itistoty of the church states that Clement was the parish priest at some time prior to .1:199. The drive through the Eng- lish countryside took us through the rolling hills of the North • Downs, along the winding lanes which are scarcely wide enough for one full-sized car and worn down several feet below the level of the fields on either side. (lack in London I spent Fri- day on a lengthy walk through sections 1 had not seen before, and in shopping for the light- weight gifts that could go into an already bulging suitcase. That evening I visited the famous (at one time infamous) Soho district and ate in one of the finest restaurants I have ever entered. Night life in So- ho was a pretty lurid thing un- til a short time ago, but rumor has it that the police have made a clean-up and the casual visitor sees little that is in any way shocking --or even more than ordinarily interesting. BACK TO FRANCE The following morning our party was off on the boat train from Waterloo station to Dover, and thence by boat and a quiet crossing of the straits to Calais. Back on the train in France the afternoon was intensely inter- esting as we watched the French peasants at work In their small fields, planting for the season's COUNTY PETITIONS EDUCATION MINISTER, COMMUNITY COLLEGE C;ODFWCH-Huron council has petitioned the Minister of Education to consider establish- ing a community college in Huron. The legislative and educa- tion committee, reporting Thursday afternoon, said the department has indicated that community colleges will be es- tablished throughout the pro- vince. and pointed out that Huron is "ideally located" as regards Waterloo and Guelph Universities; grounds are more readily available in rural than urban areas, also transportation housing and other facilities. "1 think this is something that would be very beneficial to Huron,' said chairman Ken- neth Stewart, reeve of McKil- lop, speaking to the report. "We have a lot of young people here who would like to further their education. Huton is lack= ing in this type of education, and we would gain a lot if we could get it." Jed: "'.Is it had luck to have a cat follow you," Joe: "It depends whether you're a man or a mouse.' crops. The countryside is laced with canals which carry much of the produce and merchandise. In some areas there were grim reminders that we were passing through one of the most bitterly congested spots on the face of the globe. Concrete pill -boxes glared with blind eyes toward the Belgian frontier only a few miles away. The rail line runs right across northern France, through the battle sectors of the first world war, the names of the towns familiar from the songs of that era. Most memorable was the smal city of Armen- tieres, no doubt the hometown of Mademoiselle, about whom every first war soldier sang so heartily. On this trip we learned at first-hand just how inconsistent the French can be. First class carriages are very comfortable. The entire coach is made up of six -seat compartments, closed off by glass doors from the nar- row aisle down one side which provides access to them. Every train has several of these first class coaches, as well as many second class coaches which do not have separated compart- ments, but are,nontheless, very comfortable. Throughout our journey the narrow access aisle in our first class coach was gutted with second class passengers and their baggage, who preferred to stand all the way rather than take a seat in the all -but -empty second class carriages. About six o'clock we started to look for the dining car. We were sure that there must be one on the train since it was travelling right through to Rome. Conductor, brakeman and everyone else in uniform had completely disappeared after punching our tickets outside Calais, and we never did see them again. In the absence of officials we searched the train from our car to the rear, looking for a dining car, and without results. Going forward, and clambering over the massed humanity in the narrow aisles, we eventually discovered that we had come to a full stop at a baggage car, through which we were not per- mitted to pass. There we learn- ed that there was, indeed, a dining car on the train, but it was ahead of the baggage car. The only method of getting to it was to wait for a station stop, get out of our own car, run like mad to the diner and leap on board before the train took off after one of its 3t -second stops, 'Getting back to our own quarters would be a fast -take reversalof the first procedure. We turned chicken and didn't chance it. Soon after, however, we spotted a sandwich seller on the platform of the station at Charle-ville, where the train was to pause for four or five minutes. Three members of our party leaped for the platform and the rest of us coached them from the open windows of the train. They returned with sandwiches - the wildest ones into which I have ever tried to sink a tooth. Apparently the sandwich is a little foreign to the average Frenchman's comprehension. What we got were 12 -inch lengths of super -dry French bread (round loaves about three inches in diameter) split down the centre and containing --no butter, no mustard, no ketchup no salt and pepper. Just a lone- ly slice of partly -cooked ham about the size of a slice of Canadian side bacon. It was hard; it was tough and it was dry. No wonder all Frenchmen have shiny, white teeth. HOME TO CANADA We had 45 seconds to get our bulging baggage onto the platform at Montmedy, the rail station nearest to Marville- but we made it. The taxi ride thing to live through and give thanks. The driver apparently had a grudge against humanity and was prepared to sacrifice himself .and his '57 car In a personal effort to wipe out the human race. Rack on the sta- tion we erased the memories of our hardships with a great Can- adian -style T-bone and a tall glass of milk. At noon the following day we were airborne once more, this time in a Yukon specially fitted for comfortable flights. Ten hours' flying time brought us back to Ottawa --and a rush for the connecting flight to Malton. Imagine, if you can, the shock of emerging into a dirty, raw, wet snowstorm after shine! My trip to Europe was inter• esting; it was also frustrating, • In fact, I think it was a trap, saw so many fascinatingplaces that there will be only one re - suit. I will have to scrimp and save and plan for the next trip• the one that gives me time to explore to my heart's content. 1 V G. A. WILLIAMS, O,D. Optometrist 9 PATRICK STREET W. WINGHAM Phone 357-1282 JOHN C. WARD . CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT PHONE 200 — Wallace Avenue N. — LISTOWEL, Ont. 14 EDIGHOFFERS (Wingham) Limited THE FRIENDLY STORE COAT FASHIONS WITH A FLAIR FOR SPRING Choose your favourite fabric from our lovely selection designed in the newest shapes and styles for spring. You'll adore the elegant, graceful lady -like look represented in our many refreshing models. 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