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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-03-17, Page 1©T Cosi Ambu 2ct r CP 44„ L ce Wingham, Ontarica, Thlarsday,-Maich 17, 1966 FIRST SECTION Single Copy Not Over Fifteen Cents. 0 LUCKNOW, WIN GRE 10 me ,:%-i”.1 .arn area which now , • 1.0 . '127. -..re figure ' I.Jvt• ,Iriftis on tl,t- tional co•i ,f the 1W: et-.. the per '• 1 per day co:I? !A probably ' less in t he ed institnt ,,,a, or at It ast cost ot e,!.eation at Wl1P.0-:101 spread e .ever the twc should make any apprecia- ble ciiitertle in levit-s. hot ritc:;tioned at tile inet=t- log, hut is the tact that debt.'ware payments will have to 1.t.• increased due to tIA necessity ot a building prot sram. Wingharn area ratepayers will be faced with an increase under any conditions, as the board has already laid plans for expan- sion. A further expenditure will be necessary to accommodate the students from Lucknow, if am- algamation takes place. How- ever, at this time there is no estimate of cost for the extra rooms. About 30 Lucknow students The special jssint meeting of the Wingham and I ucknow high school boards or: Thursday eve- ning to consider amalgamation of the two schour districts was presented with sesne interesting statistics by the school secre- tary-treasurers. From the figaes presented, which were based on the equal- ized assessment rigures for the various municipalities and oth- er factors of equalization es- tablished by the Department, it appears that ratepayers of both areas will benefit by the join- ing of forces. The following are estimated costs to each municipality in the two districts if they had been joined fret current deben- ture payments, and the amounts actually paid. The 1065 figures are in brackets. Lucknow area: Ashfield $7, - 196 ($8, 900); Culross $432 ($720); Greenock $707 ($998); Kinloss $7, 032 ($8, 1:iti); West Wawanosh $3, 568 ($4,3A); Lucknow, $3, 555 ($6, 408). The 1965 figures for the Lucknow area are those being paid to re- tire debenture debt arid interest on the Lucknow school, a total of $30,559. For the Wingham area mu- nicipalities the figures are as follows: Brussels $2, 612 ($3, 974); Calross $3, 094 eti, East Wawanosh $3, 536 ($5, - 382); Grey $1, 231 ($1,872); Ilowick $6, 351 ($9, 677); Vin- loss $530 (:'•;111.); Morris ($8, 883); Teeswater $2,404 ($4, 11; l urnberry $0,911 ($8, fit:27); Wingliam ($1.0,1.1.%41. Unniatared principal for Wing/?rain tstrict stands r';:ji2.1,tio • he retl-re- ed by $41„ aa> by the slid tst Its• ',posed runalcativ. tssat the now area brin y, In school buildit4: would become useless, as it ...told be neces- sary to amalann ate at some time and in ths :mensal the necessary acna,tmodation would be built for 't.e ulementary pupils in the district. A vote was taken by secret ballot on Monday evening, Mr. Hunter said, hy As board mem- bers and they sated unanimous- ly to ask the Witasham district for an atnalraliation, Dr, W. A. .1,_:!libbon, chairman of the Wingham Finomces Look Favorable For School Amalgamation HAM HIGH SCHOOL board, welcomed the, Lucknow group and said that the Wing- ham Board has given the prob- lem considerable thought and asked for a vote by its mem- bers on the question. The board unanimously agreed to the move. Mr. Hunter said his board would have to go back to their respective councils and explain the issues, lie was of the opin- ion that if amalgamation takes place the Wingham district will take over all assets and liabili- are attending the Wingham vo- cational courses now, and if all come to Wingham it will add another 200. This will mean at least five more classrooms and two or three more shops. The big unknown at the moment is what grants will be paid, par- ticularly those in connection with vocational facilities which cotne under the federal-provin- The annual father and son banquet for Boy Scouts, Wolf Cubs and their fathers was held in the cafeteria of the Wing- ham District High School last Wednesday evening. Onehun- dred and sixty were in attend- ance. Don Lloyd, chairman of the Scouts group committee presid- ed over the gathering and in- troduced the head table guests: Norman Shepherd, Cubmaster of Pack B; Murry Fridenburg, Scoutmaster; Mayor DeWitt Mil- ler; District Commissioner Archie Gowanlock of Walker- ton; Kinsmen President David Burgess and Fred Steinmetz, who has been actively connect- ed with Scouting here and is a member of the Centennial Tour MRS. BENSON CRUIKSHANK looks over a huge amaryllis in her room at the Brook- haven Nursing Home. The plant it over three feet high and has two dark red Father-Son Banquet Held at School M LG NATION cial agreement which pays 100 per cent of construction and equipment. In the plans for expansion before the Lucknow issue came up, the Wingham board expected grants in this category of about $200, 000, and no doubt if Lucknow joins these will be increased to cov- er the extra facilities required. planning committee. A sing-song was led by Fred Steinmetz with Hap Swatridge at the piano. A resume of the plans which have been formu- lated for the Scout Centennial Tour of Eastern Canada and Quebec province was given by Fred Steinmetz. The trip, which will take place by bus during the first weeks of July, 1967, will take some 250 Scouts and their leaders to some of Canada's most historic spots and will bring them into contact with boys in Canada's older provinces. The Scout and Cub Mothers' Auxiliary catered for the ban- quet. Thanks was extended by Scouter Tom Russell and Mrs. M. Fridenburg replied. ALONG THE MAIN BRAG By The PecleNtriall OBJECTIONS APLENTY-- Council's decision last week to take down the two spruce trees in front of the town hall and not to plant the flower pots for the main street this summer is not being accepted by the general public altogether quiet- ly. The way we hear it, there are a lot of voices being raised in opposition to the plans. Ap- parently the two trees have a nostalgic place in a lot of hearts and a good many feel the flower pots make the main street attractive and that flags on each pole would tend toward garishness. 0-0-0 BINGOS AGAIN-- The local Kinsmen Club has decided to run a series of home bingos again with the first num- bers to be called next week. Cards on sale by all Kin mem- bers for $1.00, Watch next is- sue of the A-T for rules and regulations. 0-0-0 FRIDAY NIGHTS OPEN-- The Business Association an- nounced this week that all Wingham stores will be open Friday evenings starting on March 25th, 0-0-0 BACK BROKEN-- Old Man Winter has his back broken now with four days hand running when temperatures reached the 40's. This does not say, however, that it is spring, for he could still take a clout at us with a good snowstorm or two, but the end is in sight. Following a motion at the board meeting of the Wingham and District Hospital on Friday evening, the Ontario Hospital Services Commission has been asked to erect a new training school. The motion concluded a lengthy discussion on the ad- visability of renovating the present training school build- ing. The structure, which is the former nurses' residence on Catherine St., would require extensive and costly altera- tions to make it suitable as a permanent school building. Cost of such a renovation pro- gram was estimated at ss.1,-, eon by the hospital's arch:Jet:as, ,44 Dunlop, Warden, Matsui and Aiken. The building 1 !yeti fur' the training of regittc red nursing assistants. NOI RECOMNli'N1A -1 1 A letter :corn D. N it as- .Lle, dire( tor of h . osrOal pianniv ish ui t illdiCatCd Corc1111.%•1011 WOIllti not appt,:..L' 14 ,y ..•14",, P 1 /4 0 There was a lengthy discus- sion at the Friday night meet- ing, of Wingham arid District Hospital Board on whether or nut the hospital should provide ambulance service, since the present private operators wish to discontinue the service. New regulations in regard to equipment and trained person- nel will make such a service . unprofitable and perhaps im- possible for the present operat- ors. The chairman pointed out that will not allow any expenditures for ambulance service. Such a service could be a Rumors came to a bead for the Wingham District High School Board on Thursday eve- ning, when the hoard of the Lucknow High School District requested the Wingham group to give consideration to a plan to amalgamate the two school areas. After a lengthy discus- sion Wingham agreed to the pro- posal. William Hunter, chairman Wingham Pupil Took Part in Clinton Contest Jennifer Henderson, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Henderson of Wingham, was runner-up in the public speak- ing contest last Thursday held in Clinton Public School. The contest was sponsored by the Ontario School Trustees and Ratepayers Association. Jennifer is in grade 8 at Wingham Public School. Her teacher is Harry West. The topic she chose was "The 100 Years of Canada's Growth". Mary Lynn Dietrich of Dash- wood, winner of the Clinton event, will now go to Breslau to compete in the zone finals. Linda Wilson of Brussels was in third place. expenditure on the present building. The board has been inform- ed that 0.1-I.S.C. will assume 100T0 of the cost of a new structure. The present build- ing will be removed if the re- placement program is approv- ed. BUY INCINERATOR On the recommendation of the property committee the board agreed to purchase a new gas-fired incinerator at a cost of ;39ss, 00, which will handle both kitchen waste and patho- logical substances. Prices as high as i42, :)00 had been quoted for such equip- ment during, flie past few months. i;s1STANCE Anothur item in rite proper- Ty cenunittee rcport provid- C ,Thiotatiow, uir th4• repair and replacement of the elevator rn t Le I -1k; %%Lig, The' lilt !ma en!;loin:; senor trouble fur aod 1 ,:s now n-act.e t.1 he critical stage. 7wts ranged up- costly one, Ior at least two vehicles would he required, along with enough trained per- sonnel to Operate them on a 24-hour call basis. Some service clubs in the area have already discussed the problem and some municipali- ties are apparently prepared to subsidize an ambulance service if it is made available. It was decided that the hos- pital's executive committee will meet at once to explore costs, etc., and make a rec.- ommendation about the part the hospital should play in trans- portation of the sick and injur- ed, ward from $15, 000, while re- placement figures were in the $25, 000 bracket. Since all available funds are earmarked for the current renovations and rebuilding pro- gram on the hospital building, it was decided to seek an ap- pointment with the appropriate officials at 0.H.S.C. in Tor- onto. It is hoped that financing of the elevator repairs may be in- Please Turn to Page Eight Vehicles Assing„ Chirps A IA David Jones of London was charged with taking a vehicle without the owner's consent as The reEult of an episode here last week. Titus man's emptoye-r, the f)avey Ir,sse expert:' ;.:0„ ssi anada, reported re' local po- lice tlizU. bite vf its truei-;8 was mait.sing from a main street parkin' .place at;‘,do p. tu t Thursday. Local police tccovered the truck about 2 o'clock tile next morning. Junes appeared ill court on Monday and was convicted the charge. tie was given a six months' suspended sentence. 1:LAt: ClIARGI:ti A Fordwich youth has been charged with The theft of a car, after being apprehended by lo- cal police. The car, owned by Perry Holmes of Summit Drive, Wingham, had been left in his driveway. He reported the theft at 7.20 a.m. on March 12th. The car was recovered off the road east of Fordwich with the front end in the Maitland River. It suffered minor dam- age to the uridercarriageo It is understood the youth al- so faces charges for theft of another vehicle in Fordwich. He will appear in court next Monday at Goderich. ed that the two boards send a joint committee to meet with Department of Education of- ficials in Toronto as soon as possible, He had previously named Les Fortune, Gordon Moir and Principal F, E. Ma- dill as Wingham members of the committee. Mr. Madill, W.D.H. S. principal, explained some of PS Board Boosts Teachers° Salaries At their regular meeting on Monday evening the Wingham Public School Board granted across-the-board increases to all grades of teachers on the staff. Minimum for a class 1 teach- er was raised from $3100 to $3400 and maximum for the same classification was raised from $5100 to $5400, Other classifications received similar increases. Staff teacher John Ross was appointed vice-principal of the school. T. S. Beattie is the principal. All salary increases take effect in September. Board Chairman William Harris reported that approval of the Ontario Municipal Board is still pending on the issue of debentures for the funds to start a major building program at the school. The contract will be signed as soon as the necessary approval from OMB is received. of the Lucknow board, told the Wingham members that his board has felt the Lucknow school is not providing the type of education it should, Ile said the vocational stream is becom- ing more important and the students who want courses in this category are already being taught in Wingliam, "We took a bard look at the Lucknow school, " the chairman said, "to see if it is doing the proper job, and decided it isn't, The aver- age pupil is our worry," he went on. "We could probably look after the good academic stud- ent, but we are not able to give the options at Lucknow the average student requires -- therefore we don't think we turn out as good a student as we should." Mr. Hunter went on to ex- plain to the Wingham board members that elementary schools in the Lucknow area are talking of building, and the Lucknow high school board de- cided to take action now, He said Department of Edu- cation officials have suggested the Lucknow high school build- ing would make an excellent intermediate school for area Grade 7 and 8 pupils, if amal- gamation between the two high school districts is possible. The Lucknow chairman said that if his board waited a few more years the Lucknow high Hospital Board Asks OHSC For New Training Quarters ties of the Lucknow area. An agreement could then be made to turn the Lucknow high school over to the elementary inter- ests for the outstanding deben- ture debt which is about $200, - 000. Gordon Moir of Gorrie, a past chairman of the Wingham hoard, pointed out the neces- sity, of fast action, as building plans which are now underway for art addition to the Wingliam • s the workings of the vocational school will have to be altered, programs to the Lucknow mem- bers, He said that if amalga- Chairman McKibbon suggest- [nation takes place it willmean osist11.1 ...... ..... ..... ,,,,,, Wit ,,,,,, 101011 ,,,,,,,,,,,,, lllllllllllll I lllllll I llllllll 1.1 lllll 11111100111nun, 11.11111111.11111.1 llllllllll I lllll the increased enrolment at the I Wingham school will make it `possible to set up a two-year diploma course, which can be of real value to students who want to enter apprenticeship training in industry. This course would permit more careful J screening for the four-year pro- ;rams. A larger vocation sec- tion, the principal went on, will provide more variety in the shop courses blooms that measured over 10 inches in width. Mrs. Cruikshank purchased the bulb from a Toronto supplier'. -Advance-Times Photo.