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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-06-10, Page 1ri .Q- AfidMl LIONS DONATE—The Wingham Lions Club was officially recognized on Tuesday even- ing for its donation of $5,000 which made the new washrooms at the Riverside Park possible. Lion President Lloyd Casemore, assisted by District Governor Peter Bisson- nette, of Ripley, turned over the key to the new building to park superintendent, Wallace Agar. —Advance -Times Photo. . B&P Women Seek 4 • i • Full Franchise The Wingham Business & Professional Women's Club pe- titioned towncouncil on Mon- day night to give voting privi- leges in municipal elections to all persons over 21 years of age who are residents of the community. At the present time only property owners and tenants may vote in municipal elec- tions. The request is based on 1958 legislation that allows municipalities to take a refer- endum on the subject and if approved by the ratepayers, then persons who have resided in the community for 12 months or more, and who are over 21 years of age, and are not either property owners or tenants, would have voting privileges, The change would mean that sons and daughters of rate- payers, who now do not have a vote, would be able to cast ballots. The change would also put such people as teachers who are boarding, and others in this category on the voters' list. The change would not af- 'feet the ruling that only pro - • I ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian i WATCH YOUR STEP -- The recreation director has asked us to warn swimmers and • parents of children who may be heading for the Riverside swim- ming area during this hot wea- ther, to be very careful when entering the water on the ce- ment pad on the river bottom. It is presently covered by a very slippery coating of algae and until it is cleaned within the next few days is hazardous. Apparently at least one young- ster has taken a nasty tumble. 0--0--o SOME LIKE IT HOT -- This weather certainly sep- arates the truth from the fiction when it comes to complaints about the weather. Just remem- ber, this is just what you were crying for back in February. 0--0--0 NEW VENTURE -- Official opening of the wash- room building at the Riverside Park on Tuesday evening opens a new aspect of life in the community. We hope many • outsiders will use the park and camping facilities and so be- come better acquainted with Wingham as a pleasant and at- tractive town. Give them a warm welcome whenever you can. 0--0--0 END OF AN ERA-- Turnberry Twp. School Area Board this week advertises the first of a series of auction sales which will be held this month to dispose of all its small school properties, left vacant by the centralization of the public school system under one large roof. Better buy your youngsters a school desk, just for old times' sake. perty owners may vote on mo- ney questions. In essence the proposed change would mean that all those eligible to vote in provincial elections would be able to cast ballots in muni- cipal elections. Council discussed the sub- ject at some Length, with gen- eral agreement reached that the proposal should be tabled until the next meeting to give members an opportunity to study the plan and to find out how it is working out in centres' where the idea has been adopt- ed. Council also was of the opinion that if there was not an election required at the end of the year, then the necessary referendum should be delayed for a year. Roller Skating Starts at Arena The first night of roller skating at the local arena saw a crowd of nearly 90 out for the event. Every pair of rental skates was in use as well as a few skaters with their own equipment. Considering that many of the young people are studying for examinations, it was a sur- prising crowd. No doubt the week -end will see even larger attendances. Recreation director Ivan Kersell stated that he was quite pleased with the turnout and the interest shown in the pro- gram. It is estimated that it will take an average crowd of about 100 skaters to make the project pay. The town council under- wrote the purchase of skates to the tune of $2, 000. This mo- ney will be returned to town coffers out of revenue from the skating. The skates are rented out at 25 cents per session. Lions Hear Steel Company Speaker Lion G. W. Tiffin conducted the initiation ceremony for new members, Colin Camp- bell and Murray Gaunt, at the Lions Club meeting Tuesday evening at the Queens Hotel. Guest speaker was William J. C. Newson, London District sales manager for the Steel Company of Canada. In his address titled "Scope of Steel", which was illustrated with color slides, Mr. Newson stressed that the steel business is highly competitive in that it has to compete with other in- dustries such as aluminum, con- crete, wood, plastics and glass, many of which are constantly working to gain a share of mar- kets now held by the steel in- dustry. He said that the devel- opment of lighter, stronger steels is helping to improve the position of the industry in some major market areas, and that many exciting market poten- tials are opening up. Mr. Newson said that steel is known to be one of the best "barometer industries" as it derives its business from all other business, and, because of this, the interests of all Cana- dians. It is essential not only for the production, transporta- tion and processing of all na- tural resources, but also for the provision of food, housing, clo- thing, education, health ser- vices, entertainment, recrea- tion and is, of course, vital to our defence. We continue to live in an age of steel, he said. The speaker pointed to the outstanding growth of his in- dustry in a 10 -year period. From 1954 to 1964 ingot pro- duction in Canada has risen 3.1 million tons to 9 million tons and that in 1954 Canadian mills produced 70 per cent of the na- tion's needs as compared 81 per cent in 1964 plus 16 per cent of output for export. ebt btancezZiem FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, June 10, 1965 Single Copy Not Over Ten Cents Council Considering New Regulation for Unsafe Structures REPAIR OR PAY THE BILL At Monday night's Council meeting the town fathers heard Norman Shepperd, of the J. H. Crawford law firm, town solicitor, outline the con- tent of various possible by-laws that would give council the power to control dangerous and dilapidated buildings. Mr. Shepperd pointed out that under the Planning Act council would be within its rights to establish a bylaw which would force owners of buildings which are in danger- ous state of repair to have them demolished or repaired. Such a by-law would provide that if Thugs in the Making Gum Machines Are Lifled By Penny -Pinching Thieves Town police reported this week that two bubble gum ma- chines were stolen from the front of the Bennett 50 to $1.00 Store early Sunday morning. The culprits were noticed by an apartment dweller who phoned the police. Constable Doug Foxton took off for the scene of the heist but the big-time operators had decamped with the penny - burdened machines by the time he arrived. The machines were found the next day in East Wawanosh Township, smashed open. It was estimated that they would have contained about $30.00. Police didn't say whether or not the thieves also took off with the bubble gum. Car Smashed East of Town Provincial Police Constable Murray Fridenburg was called to investigate an accident im- mediately east of the CNR crossing on Highway 86, a mile east of Wingham, just after midnight Friday. Leonard Longmire of South- ampton was westbound on the highway when his car failed to negotiate a curve in the road, went out of control and struck a telephone pole. The older model machine was wrecked but Longmire escaped injury. Charges were laid against the driver. New Washrooms Officially Opened Tuesday Evening Miss McLaughlin Meets Empress When Her Imperial Majesty Empress Farah of Iran made her recent visit to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto she visited 10B, the ward where Meta McLaughlin is head nurse. Miss McLaughlin had the honor of conducting Her Majesty on a tour of the ward. A few weeks earlier Madame Vanier, wife of Canada's Gov- ernor-General, visited the same, hospital and was on Ward 10B. Miss McLaughlin also had the pleasure of escorting her around the ward and the children en- joyed the visit. Arrangements were com- pleted for the annual Ladies' Night to be held on Wednesday evening, June 23 at Danny's Restaurant. The installation of officers will also be held. Following the meeting mem- bers of the club were in attend- ance at Riverside Park for the official opening of the perman- ent washroom facilities built by the club in co-operation with the Ontario Government and the Riverside Park Board, Members of the local Lions Club assembled at the new washroom building in the River- side iverside Park on Tuesday evening for the official opening of the structure, when Mayor DeWitt Miller cut the ribbon, assisted by park chairman Harry Mc- Arthur and Murray Gaunt, M. L. A. The Lions Club donated $5, 000 for the project which covered half the cost. The re- mainder of the financing was in the form of a grant from the Ontario Department of Energy and Resources Management, under the Ontario Parks' Assis- tance Act. Armstrong Contruc- COMPETE WITH GAIL HARVEY The ladies' section of the Golf Club held its June pot- luck luncheon on Tuesday. Golf followed and this being National Golf Week, the ladies competed against a game that Gail Harvey of Canadian Golf fame will play sometime this week. The lady from each club, who gets a net score closest to Gail Harvey's gross score will receive a trophy. The proceeds from this event will be used to help junior golf- ers. Town Council Works Through Late Session Public Works Problems- Top Agenda One of the longest council sessions of the year resulted from a lengthy agenda on Mon- day evening when the council- lors were faced with a series of problems, many presented by public works chairman, Harold Wild. The service road to look after properties at the easterly outskirts of town came up for further discussion as the result of a letter from the Department of Highways, along with an ac- companying map of the plan, The service road will be requir- ed when the Highway 86 bypass is completed. It was suggested that the plan may not be ac- ceptable to all the property owners. Council instructed the public works chairman to call a meeting of his committeeand the ratepayers involved in order to get the matter settled. NEW SEWER A petition by ratepayers on the Shuter Street extension be- tween Charles Street and Wil- fred Street was read, requesting the installation of a latteral sewer line to serve the area. The project is estimated at ...d."." something over $2, 000. Coun- cil discussed the relative mer its of financing the scheme out of current revenue or issuing debentures, and finally decid- ed to pay for the work out of Leaders' Courses Made Available Several courses for persons who are interested in leader- ship training are scheduled for the summer and fall months by the Community Programmes Branch of the Department of Education. These include; A choral leaders' training course (no date given as yet), Red Cross Water Safety In- structors' course and Leader Pa- trol course, is being planned by the RCAF', Clinton for the last two weeks in June. Red Cross Leaders' course is being sponsored by the Owen Sound Recreation Committee at the Bay Motel pool, June 19 to 22. Fee, $5.00 per appli- cant. For further information contact C. Christie, 1302 2nd Ave. West, Owen Sound. Drama courses --At Univer- sity of Waterloo, August 16 to 21, "Style for Directors", open to those who have taken any of Dr. Schneideman's previous four courses, Fine Arts School --to be held in the ]-Lockley Valley. Further information from the Hockley Valley School, Rear 126 $lour St. W., Toronto, Ont. current revenue. The necessary applications to the Ontario Wa- ter Resources Commission will be made. A new by-law was approved regarding the picnic pavillion centennial project which car- ries an estimated price tag of $9, 000 with approximately $3,000 to come from the muni- cipality. Mr. Wild said that there is a problem in connection with the installation of storm sewers on Summit Drive which must be put down before the street can be blacktopped. The drainage from the area will have to be run into a swale on the north side of the CNR line and at- tempts to obtain an easement from the landowner have not been completed. Mr. Wild's committee was instructed to proceed with further efforts in order to get the problem set- Please Turn to Page Eight tion of Durham erected the building, starting last fall. The washrooms are designed to ser- vice the campsite area of the park, which is now completed and ready for use. Mr.McArthur acted as mas- ter of ceremonies and express- ed the appreciation of the Parks Board for the contribution made by the Lions Club. He said it would not have been possible to build the washrooms without this assistance. It is a good building he said, and is set off very nicely with lighting during the hours of darkness. Lloyd Casemore, club presi- dent, officially turned over the keys of the building to Park Superintendent Wallace Agar. He was assisted by Lions Dist- rict Governor Peter Bissonnette of Ripley. Mayor Miller thanked both the Riverside Parks Board and the Lions Club for their efforts, stating that the park now has excellent camping facilities with the washrooms adding a great deal. He pointed out that picnic tables, lighting, water, electricity and other items have all been put at the dispos- al of campers. the owner did not co*operate, council could proceed to have the work done and charged to the owner, The lawyer explained that under such a by-law it would be wise to obtain the advice of professional people regarding the condition of any building which it was felt had become a menace to the public safety. From the discussion it ap- peared that the old Brown fac- tory was paramount in the minds of the councillors, The rear of the factory collpased several months ago, and so far no arrangements have apparent- ly been made by the owners to have the building looked after. A number of other cases were mentioned by council where such a by-law would have been of assistance in the past. Cases where fire -destroy- ed structures had been left standing for long periods, with the wreckage a menace to the public. The council asked the soli- citor to have a draft by-law ready for the July meeting when the subject will again be con- sidered. Kinsmen May Take Over Royal T Members of the Wingham Kinsmen Club voted on Monday evening to take up a proposed lease on the Royal T Dance hall at the north end of Wing - ham, The building is owned by Robert Hopper. It is anticipated that if agreement is reached between the owner and the club, the Kinsmen will start a program of weekly dances as a method of raising funds. This will be a change of pace from the annual trade fair which has been spon- sored by the organization for a number of years and was drop- ped this year. The meeting was "Past -Pres- idents' Night" and most of the time was taken up with fun and nonsense, as the old timers ruled with a heavy hand,extracr ing numerous fines from the young fry. Ladies' night will be held on June 28th when Dr. Harry Rod- ney of St. Thomas will be guest speaker. President Cal Burke, Dave Burgess and Bill Hanula report- ed on the District convention which was held at Buffalo on the 24th of May week -end. Subject to Approval MVCA Buys Wroxeter Public School Building The Wroxeter Public School building, which was construct- ed in 1954 at a cost of nearly $40,000, has been purchased by the Maitland Valley Conser- vation Authority. The structure will be used for administrative offices and a workshop. Pur- chase price was 58, 500.00. The Authority has been leasing office space in Listowel for administration and a work- shop in Wingham in the Joe Kerr building on the west side of Josephine Street next to the Dave Murray machine shop. The deal was OK'd by the Authority executive after re- ceiving approval from the membership. The purchase has to be approved by the Depart- ment of Energy and Resources Management and will he elig- ible fot a 50 per cent grant. The acquisition of the build. ',rig will mean that the organi- zation will be able to consoli- date its operations at the one central point. It is anticipated that garage space will be put up next to the building to house Authority vehicles. The building has not been used for school purposes for the past two years, since the open- ing of the Howick Central School near Fordwich. Pupils from Wroxeter are transported to the new school by bus. The school board only completed debenture payments of the Wroxeter building at the end of 1964. --Miss Brenda Contron, dau- ghter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Conron has successfully com- pleted her first year at the Uni- versity of Guelph and is em- ployed for the summer months as a playground supervisor at Fern Resort, Orillia.