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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-07-06, Page 8WinSliaM AdVance,TiMOS, Thursday, dut y O. 3,96'7 BLYTH MAIN STREET 1905 OOOOO ........ ... ...... ....... .1.101. ..... ...... .1..1.01..1.1 Only six postmasters in Wingham, first in 1862 Pr agreed to sell to Mr, Cameron for $750,00, CORRESPONDENCE Mayor Miller reported that he had received a letter from two doctors interested in the community, but they could not come until next year. The let', ter was referred to the town's development board, Mayor Miller said Wingham is in criti- cal need of doctors as there are only three serving the area at the moment, since Dr. McKib- bon took sick and Dr. McKim of Lucknow is away for three weeks. He reported that three doctors are still actively con- sidering moving to Wingliam, The Ontario Water Resources Commission sent approval for water lines in the new Walden subdivision which will be known as Sunset Crescent. Huron County Library Board wrote stating that the $75.00 per month council asked as rent for the local room occupied by the library, had been approved. A letter was received from the Centennial Grant Commit- tee requesting forms be signed ..stating that the local project will not be a financial burden On the town. This was given an OK but sparked a discussion on the operation of the pool, which is the local project, Mayor Miller said he expected the Recreation Committee would be asked to operate the pool when it is built, Council. lot Wild said that so far as he knows there has been no com - munication between the pool committee and the recreation committee. A Huron County by-law was read which set out the county equalized assessment figures for each municipality. Wingham's figure is $3, 084, 125. A local by-law was read by acting clerk-treasurer Miss Y. McPherson, which authorized the borrowing of $646,34,3 from the bank until such time as de- bentures for the high school ad- dition are sold. After a long discussion on tax arrears council decided to pass a by-law authorizing a one month extension before war- rants for tax sales are issued. "MALL DAYS" WILL BE A NEW VENTURE FOR WINGHAM JULY 6-7-8 THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY ..... 1 ...... 10111011 ........ 1 ........... 11111.11001011011 llllll 1 llllllllll 1 lllll Watch for our SPECIALS DURING WINGHAM'S "MALL DAYS" I EDIGHOFFERS (Wingham) Limited THE FRIENDLY STORE NO NO LWY $ 19 -95 MATCHING LAWN CHARS clektit- 411 A COMFORTABLE FOLDING CHAISE with these features: • Poly-Foam Filled Reversible Mattress • Covered with linen finish supported Vinyl 05 Position Adjustment • Large Rubber Wheels SEE THESE AND OTHER SPECIALS DURING THE LIONS MALL CELEBRATIONS At WALKER'S Lightweight Aluminum CHAISE Sturdy, colorful Plastic 'Webbing Reg. $11.95 Lions Mall .95 Special ij 74,0sw ,f? I. 7r LIONS' MALL SPECIALS THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY, WALKER'S TO 30% OFF JULY 6-7-8 AT HOME FURNISHINGS 4 LAWN FURNITURE Deluxe Chaise Lounge For a set orseparately, these chairs will last many sUmnier. Same sturdy construction. Re y g. Clout Mall 95 Special HOME FURNISHINGS JOSEPHINE STREET ISM430 WINCHAM will no longer pay for fire calls to the Wingham dump. The letter brought little comment from council, and the deputy reeve, chairman of the fire committee, felt the rural mu, nicipality was within itsrights, Another letter from a firm of insurance adjusters, howev- er, did not fare so well. The town had billed the owner of a, truck for the services of the lo- cal fire brigade required when his rig took fire at the rink cor- ner some time ago, The bill was turned over to the trucker's insurance company arid the ad- justers stated they would pay part of the $62.00 account, but net all of it, as they were of the opinion the amount was too high. The deputy reeve said they had been billed at the nor- mal rate of $75.00 for the first hour and the amount was fair. If it is not paid council will take further action. Reeve Kerr, chairman of the public works committee, said work is progressing in cleaning up around the streets which have been paved. He also said plans should be made for an of- ficial opening of the Hanna Memorial Bridge. Council named Reeve Kerr, the mayor and Councillor Bennett as a committee to make the arrange ments. i\ layor Miller read a letter from the Ontario Housing Corp- oration which stated the corpor- ation would consider a lot with 100-foot frontage rather than 140-feet as previously requested for a senior citizens' apartment. The area designated was the south end of the main street park. Mayor Miller referred to a motion made at the June ses- sion which stated council did not intend land. to sell any of the Council ratified building permits for one home and a number of renovations that to- talled about 810, 000 in con- struction value. SELL LOT David Cameron attended the meeting and formally request- ed council to sell him a 49- foot lot on Angus Street. He said he owns property on both sides of the lot in question, which is a former street right- of-way that has been closed. In total it would give him a 105- foot lot. He stated he intends to build a home on the lot. Council had previously offered the land to Stanley-Berry Ltd., but the firm did not want to make the purchase. Council THE THRESHING GANG seen with the Coulter family dm the right in late fan when threshing was done up until Christmes. The picture was taken at the home of W, J. Coulter., now the De8ruyn farm do Highway 86. ....1 ....... 1.1.1.1.,..1 ........ 1.1....1.1.11.1.1.11.. ........ 1 ...... . ........................ .1.1. ..... . ............ .1.1.. ................... 1.1 ......... .i.1 ............ TO MARK THE CENTENNIAL an inter- faith service was held at the town park. On the bandstand taking part in the ser- vice were from the left Rev, C. M. Jardine, Wingham United Church; Capt. Donald Copple, Salvation Army; Rev, G. L. Fish, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church; Rev. John Mooney, Sacred Heart R.C. Church, and at the right, Mary Ahara, Wingham's centennial queen.—A-T Photo, County map of '62 reveals "ghost" centres Edward Foley, who came to Wingham in 16'59 or 1860 from Marnoch where he bad operated a general store, was Wingham's first postmaster. Ile held that appointment from January 18C2 to December 1866 with the post office located in his store. Mail was received from Clinton three times a week and from Zetland and Teeswater once a week. Previous to 181,9 people had to go to Zetland for their mail. Mr. Foley erected a frame building which was used for liv- ing quarters as well as a busi- ness establishment, on the cor- ner of Josephine and Victoria Streets. His son, born in 186'1, was Wingham's first baby boy. The building was later enlarged, became the Exchange Hotel and was sold to Mr. Griffin. Peter Fisher became post- master in 1867 and his sisters, Miss Kate and Miss Margaret Fisher acted as deputy post- mistresses for many years. The post office was located for a short time on the southeast cor- ner of Victoria and Helena Streets. The corner has since been cut back and the actual site is now in the centre of the road, It was then moved to the northeast corner of Victoria and Leopold Streets, later to Jose- phine Street, where William Clark's pluinh,ng shop is today, and in 1898 to the Macdonald Block (Johnston's Drug Store location). Excavation for the present post office building began in Cttober 1204 hut it was not occupied until January 1907. The cost was 830,800. Thir- teen letter boxes were installed in 1913, and in 1914 the clock at the post office was installed. Mr. Fisher died in 1914 after 47 years as postmaster. He was followed by C. N. Griffin who held the position until his death in 1918 and A. H. Musgrove who succeeded Mr. Griffin was postmaster from 1918 until his death in 1940. Miss Margaret E. Fisher, daughter of Peter Fisher, was deputy postmistress and carried on from April until the appoint- ment of Archie Peebles, No- vember 1, 1040, Mr. Peebles retired in 1960 and was succeed• ed by the present postmaster, G. K. Sutcliffe. Mr. Peebles died in 196:3. Since 18Cf.,' there have only been six postmasters and Miss Fisher as acting postmistress for the time between appointments. The Fisher family was connect- ed with the post office for 7:3 years. Nutritional Needs Are Adequate Outdoor cooking or barbecu- ing is popular "when the livin' is easy" — during the warm summer months. It is fast be- coming a casual, informal way of entertaining family and friends. No matter how casual, how- ever, well balanced, nutrition- al meals should be planned. East of preparation and sim- plicity are two good guides in making the menu. But flavor, color and texture of the various foods combined should be considered, Begin first with the meats chosen for cook- ing over the coals. Plenty of variety, such as beef, pork, lamb, and chicken is often de- sirable. With this main dish selected, vegetables, hot or cold should be chosen as ac- companiments. Hot potatoes, foil baked, roasted corn, grilled tomatoes, are delicious or, on the other hand, cold potato salad, tossed green salad, sliced tomatoes, are also satisfying. Relishes or dill pickles, celery curls or car- rot sticks are good accompani- ments along with different kinds of bread - white, brown, rye, pumpernickle, sliced and buttered. For dessert, fresh fruits in season are especially popular. Other possibilities are cheese, ice cream, or cookies and sim- ple cakes, Beverages can be hot or cold, depending upon the weather, meal and preference. Iced tea, or apple juice are always favor- ites. Remember, a meal outdoors is no better than the food served. Start planning your menu for the next barbecue NOW! Monday evening's session of countil could be termed "the night council was faced with messy problems", Councillor Margaret Bennett and Mayor DeWitt Miller both reported that washrooms in the recently renovated bandstand were in horrible condition last Saturday.. The Mayor said that vandals had battered one door frame and the toilet facilities were a terrible mess at the time of the inter, faith service at the park. Coun- cillor Bennett said that the women's side was an absolute disgrace. The question was asked, "Who is responsible for keeping the washrooms clean?" --and the question did not receive a direct reply, for it was appar- ent that the park washrooms have not been accepted as the responsibility Of any of the council's committees. A num-- ber of suggestions were made as to how they should he looked after, hut it was Councillor John Bateson, chairman of the property committee, who final- ly said he would investigate and try to solve the problem. Later in the meeting Reeve Joe Kerr asked council to OK an engineering survey of the storm dtain in the vicinity of the Baptist Church. Heavy By Nerissa Archer McInnes A map of Huron County dat- ed 1862 was recently found in the attic of the rectory of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Clin- ton, and kindly loaned to the writer by the rector, Rev. R.M. Bulteel. This map shows 17 townships: Ashfield, Wawanosh, Turnberry, Howick, Morris, Grey, Col- borne, Hullett, McKillop, God- erich, Tuckersmith, Stanley, Hay, Usborne, Stephen, Mc- Gillivray, Biddulph. When it is realized that less than 35 years previous to the date 1862, this vast region was rains, he said, recently caused a backup of sewage in several basements in the area, and the basement of the church was flooded. The reeve indicated that council had requested an engineer to do this study several years ago and for some reason it was not carried out, Council approved the reeve's suggestion that Burns Ross of Goderich be called in to look at the prob- lem. Reeve Kerr told council that the problem was aggravated by catch basins that need cleaning. He said, however, that the town works department has been called on to do too many things this spring with the result that some of their work got behind. Councillor Bennett wondered if a larger crew is needed. Councillor Bateson was in- structed, after a brief discus- sion, to have a number of park benches made and placed in handy locations. Reeve Kerr suggested that action be taken immediately and not next Sep- tember. Councillor Bate= said that it may he a problem to find locations on the back streets, as not too many peo- ple will want benches on their lawns. SWIMMING AREA IS IN USE Councillor Walden said there a complete wilderness (Col. Dunlop having blazed the first trail through in 1828) one mar- vels at how well all these town- ships are settled. Most of the towns and vil- lages we know today were in ex-, istence then but a great many have different names, such as: Auburn (Manchester), Gorrie (Leachville or Howick Village), The Nile (Rhynas), Fordwich (Lisdale P.O.) and Brussels(Ain- leyville or Dingle P.O.), Kin- burn (Constance), Dublin (Car- ronsbrook), St. Joseph's (Lake- view), Clandeboye (Ireland) and Dashwood (Sarepta). was little to report in regard to recreation, but the swimming area is being used, Councillor Bennett said the wading pool has been cleaned up and will be put into operation this week. Reeve Kerr told council that George Carter, who operates the garbage removal service, had suffered a broken arm on the job and has been off work for two months. The reeve said that Mr. Carter is in financial difficulties as be had to hire ex , tra help. The reeve indicated that the problem is so severe there is danger of the service being dropped. Council voted to up the contract price for the year from $6, 000 to $6, 600. Councillor Bateson said work in the town office, which is bee ing renovated, is just about completed. The contractor is waiting for material that has been delayed, but it should be finished shortly. Deputy Reeve Jack Alexan- der said the roof of the fire hall had been repaired and the flash- ing around the edge has been pitted. Mrs, Richard Procter, acting clerk, read a letter from the council of East Wawanosh which quoted a motion of that coun- cil, stating that East Wawanosh Sewage, vandalism n On the other hand there are quite a number of almost-for- gotten hamlets and even post offices. For instance: Crans- ford hear Dungannon, Zetland near Wingham, Morrisbank north and Cranbrook or Grey P.O. east of Brussels, Bodmin south of Wingham, Westfield north of Auburn, Millburn and Maitlandville north of Goder- ich, Smith's (Carlow P.O.) be- tween Auburn and Goderich, Roxburgh and Harpurhey near Seaforth, Mansfield and New Town, both on the road running from Kippen to Lake Huron. On the London road south of Clinton are the following: Gran- ton (Rodgersville P.O.), Fran- cestown P.O. (North of Exeter), Devon P.O. two roads south of Exeter and Adair P.O. farther south. Almost the first industry to grow in a new county is the gristmill for making the wheat into flour and the sawmill for making the logs into lumber. Nearly every creek has one or either or both, and every rivet has them every few miles. Some of the named ones are: Somerville's and Armstrong's grist mill and sawmill on the Nine Mile River near Lucknow; Fisher's sawmill at Wingham; James and T. H. Somerville have sawmills near St. Helens; Cook's and McGowan'ssawmills and White's grist mill near Myth; Fishleigh's and Bares at Ainley- ville. --From a newspaper clip- ping. HAVE YOU GOT IT? Many people express a wish to stop smoking but say they need some help in breaking their "addiction", They cast about for drugs or pills which will eliminate their desire for a "fag", Now, a fool -proof formula has been found; it's called "determination", and its secret ingredient is "will-power" The reason so many people don't hive within their income is that they don't consider that