The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-11-09, Page 1It was learned at Monday
evening's council meeting that
it will cost $6,000 to replace
the boiler in the town hall.
Councillor Bateson, who heads
the property committee, said
that the tender of Percy Clark
had been accepted.
The 35-year-old boiler gave
,up the ghost two weeks ago,
leaving not only the town hall
but the fire haIl and the armour-
ies without steam, as both of
the latter two buildings are
heated from the town hall sys-
tem.
Work of replacing the worn-
out unit is now in progress but
it will be several weeks before
the new boiler can be put into
service. About 17 tons of coal
still in the bunkers will be of-
fered for sale.
Councillor Eateson also told
council that work on the renov-
ation of the clerk's office had
been completed at a cost of
$2, 900.
Councillor W.G. Cruick-
shank said the police depart-
ment had all auxiliary and spe-
cial constables were on duty Hal.
lowe'en night and deserved con-
gratulations for their efforts.
He also said that the boys and
girls of the community should
be congratulated for their good
behavior the same evening.
The chairman of the police
committee reported that the
new cruiser purchased last
spring has had only $90.00 in
repairs since it was put into
service, a far cry from what
the old car had been costing.
REEVE REPORTS
Reeve Kerr said he had visit-
ed the Stanley-Berry plant after
Me firm had registered a com-
plaint about water running off
the road into the factory, and
had discussed the problem with
the management. He reported
that as far as he could deter-
mine, most of the water was
coming off the factory roof
rather than the road,
The reeve also stated that
the service road at the east end
of town will be subsidized,
The subsidy will pay for all
but about $1, 500 of the cost of
construction, When paved, the
work will receive a 50 per cent 111411111111.
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COUNCIL “..A$ NO ALTERNATIVE--
New boiler at town hail cost Wingham taxpayers $6,000
work does not have to be done
in one year,
He also reported th at this
fall there were several cases
where residents burned leaves
on the road and this ruins the
asphalt.
Councillor Williams said
that he had noticed a number
of trees had been blazed for
removal by the PUC. This
happens every year and there
subsidy
Reeve Kerr told council that
the agreement with the Depart-
ment of Highways is such that
the Diagonal Road-Victoria
Street stretch which was de-
signated as a connecting link
on No, 86 Highway, will be
improved under engineering by
Burns Ross of Goderich. The
cost of the work will be sub-
sidized by 90 per cent. The
THE EXCELLENT BAND music heard in various parts of
the community on Sunday was the product of the Mount
Hamilton Salvation Army Band which visited the local
Corps to mark its 81st anniversary. Deputy Band Leader
Gibb Conti was in charge as the band played at the hos-
pital.—A-T Photo.
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Jim Currie buys Berry No. 2
plant--to open new business
A FINAL APPEAL—
There are two days left in which the citizens of
Wingham and district may contribute to the Poppy
Fund. The Legion members ask your support in
this annual appeal which closes tomorrow, Friday.
Last year $384.50 was collected in Wingham,
Teeswater and the area. In the ten-month period
since that time over $400, 00 has been paid out of
the fund.
The Poppy Trust Fund is designated for emergen-
cy aid for veterans and their dependants who find
themselves in financial difficulty, often through
illness or war injury, It is not limited to members
of a Royal Canadian Legion branch. As a matter
of fact, 75 percent of all money spent involves
veterans who are not Legion members.
As time goes by more demands are made upon
the fund. The amount contributed in former years
is no longer adequate to meet the needs of veterans
of two World wars, or their families.
Wearing a poppy on Remembrance Day has a
double purpose -- honoring the dead while helping
the living, and those who are helped through the
Poppy Trust Fund are deserving indeed.
Stores will be closed until
one o'clock on Saturday
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
are a lot of complaints about
trees being taken down when
some feel it is unnecessary.
The Mayor said that the P,U.C.,
superintendent had told him
most of the trees slated for re-
moval are diseased, Deputy
Reeve Alexander suggested that
it is time a tree nursery be
started in one of the parks so
that replacements can be made
when trees are cut down. Coun-
cillor Williams said replace-
ments should not be big maples
but decorative trees that do
not cause so many problems
and so much expensive main-
tenance.
Deputy Reeve Alexander
reported that the fire depart-
ment had made several runs in
the past month and five mem-
bers of the brigade had attend-
ed a school at Camp Borden.
He also recommended that a
control valve be installed on
the steamlines to the fire hall
while the boiler is being re-
placed. Council agreed to the
$150.00 item.
NEEDS OFFICE SPACE
Councillor Walden, report-
ing for the recreation commit-
tee, said the new recreation
director, Jim Ward, is now on
the job. He said office accom-
modation must be found for
him. Several suggestions were
made on this subject but the
problem was left with the com-
mittee.
A petition from residents of
the Charles Street area was read
by the clerk and Dave Burgess
attended council on the same
subject. The petition asked
council to have a hydro pole at
the corner of Josephine and
Charles Streets moved as it is
too close to the travelled pot-
tionof the street and is a haz-
ard. The petition also asked
for action in regard to drainage
of surface water at the same
intersection. In both cases
council agreed there is a pro-
blem and decided to take ap-
propriate action.
CORRESPONDENCE
Approval from the Munici-
pal Affairs department for the
Walden subdivision was read.
The approval was contingent on
several requirements needed so
that CMHA mortgages can be
made available, such as an
agreement by council to install
curbs and the street. Motions
establishing council's intention
in this regard were passed.
Council backed a motion of
the Palmerston council protest-
ing the plans of the CNR to dis-
continue passenger service on
the Palmerston-Kincardine line,
which serves Wingham. A
copy of the local motion will
be forwarded to the Board of
Transport Commissioners.
Another resolution from Mil-
ton, requesting 100 per cent
grants for education was filed.
Calgary firm offers
natural gas to town
sand paper in attempting to
put furniture in shape for proper
re-finishing. The new firm has
the franchise rights for a wide
section of Western Ontario on
a process which will accomplish
in minutes what the hand crafts-
man fails to do in hours. The
new process is known and ad-
vertised as Century Dip-Strip.
Mr, Currie gets possession
of the building November 15th
and hopes to be open for busi-
ness by December lst. For the
past two yc::.:T he has been
sales representative for Gravure
Craft Limited of Toronto and
the Harriston Casket Company
Limited of Harriston, He has
resigned his positions with
these firms.
be located in the Water St.
building. In its initial phases
the firm will concentrate on a
new and revolutionary process
for the removal of paint and
other finishes such as varnishes
and lacquers.
The service will be directed
primarily to collectors and
dealers in old and antique furn-
iture which require stripping
down to the original wood be-
fore refinishing.
Mr. Currie points out that
many hours are usually spent
with solvents, putty knives and
J. A. (Jim) Currie, former
Wingham businessman, has
purchased the property known
as Berry Plant No.2, situated
on Water Street, immediately
west of the L.C.B. O. store.
The building was owned by
Wingham Metal Fabricating
until it was sold to the Berry
company several years ago.
The Berry line of folding louvr-
ed doors was manufactured in
this location.
Mr. Currie will operate a
business to be known as Estate
Marketing Services, which will
water Pipe Band.
All residents of the town
and district are invited to at-
tend the cenotaph service on
Saturday to honor the fallen
of two world wars, and to join
in prayers for continued peace.
Practice in Canada
starts with a rush
New recreation
director favors
full program
Stores in the town of Wing-
ham will remain closed on
Saturday of this week until 1.00
p.m. in observance of Remem-
brance Day.
Members of the Royal Cana-
dian Legion, Legion Auxiliary
and other local organizations
and civic dignitaries will par-
ade to the cenotaph for an open
air service at 11 o'clock on
'Saturday.
The Legion's annual church
parade in observance of Remerre
brance Day was held on Sunday
to St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, headed by the Tees-
Instructing
Red Wings
The Mesa Petroleum Co. of
Calgary has offered to supply
natural gas to Wingham from
the wells which it controls in
West Wawanosh Township. A
letter to this effect was read
at Monday night's council
meeting.
The firm stated that a survey
of the community indicates an
expected consumption of one
and half million cubic feet per
day. The letter also suggested
that the reserves at the gas
field amount to about eight
billion cubic feet, or sufficient
to supply Wingham with natural
gas for many years. Gas quali-
ty is reported as good with a
heating value of 1, 000 B, T, U,
per cu. ft,
Jim Ward, a native of Arn-
prior, near Ottawa, came to
Wingham last week to take
over duties as the town's re-
creation director.
Jim has considerable exper-
ience in this field having ser-
ved at Bramalea, Oshawa and
Widdifield, near North Bay,
In addition he has successfully
completed the three year in-
The letter stated that it will
cost about $150, 000 to install
a grid of service pipes in the
community, The firm suggest-
ed that the local P.L1,C, could
make the installation and pur-
chase gas from a main line at
the town's limits, or as a sec-
ond proposal, the gas company
could install the pipe grid and
sell directly to the consumer.
The company indicated gas
prices to the consumer will be
the same as those of the Union
Gas, Co. which supplies the
fuel to other communities in
this part of Ontario.
The letter prompted a live-
ly discussion in the council,
and the Mayor thought that
several industries in Wingham
are anxious to have gas avail-
able. He also said that in his
opinion having gas available
is another service that can aid
in attracting more industry to
the community.
The letter was turned over to
the Development Committee
for further study and recommen•
dations. bate to the fund is asked to
call Mrs. Roger West at 357-
2263 or Mrs. A Hafermehl at
357-3832.
Several hundred centennial
spoons are still on hand and
the committee plans a house-
to-house canvass within the
next week or so to dispose of
the balance of this stock, all
proceeds from which will be
added to the building fund.
Although it appeared that
adequate financing was either
donated or pledged when the
construction operations started,
additional costs have arisen
which make it necessary to
carry on with the fund raising
campaign.
The Centennial Swimming
Pool committee is appealing
to those people who have pledg-
ed donations to the fund to turn
in their money as promptly as
possible. A good many of the
pledges which were made at
the time of the canvass in the
summer have not yet been hon-
ored and the money is needed
to carry the project to its com-
pletion.
Several new families have
moved into the community in
the interval and the committee
members feel that many of
these will wish to have a part
in the provision of modern
swimming facilities,
Anyone who wishes to contri-
activities and last year saw the
completion and opening of a
youth and sports centre at Bar-
net, the community north of
London in which he practised.
He was largely responsible for
the organization behind the
project.
The new doctor's arrival
in this area will further relieve
the somewhat alarming short-
age of medical practitioners
which existed here earlier this
year, while Brussels was en-
tirely without medical service
and Wingham was lacking two
of the doctors which made up
the normal complement, Drs,
Wilkins and Bosyk established
practice in Wingham during
the summer and Dr. McGregor
came in the early fall.
John Wild, professional fig-
ure skater and chief "power
skating' instructor at the Met-
ropolitan Hockey School, Tam
O'Shanter Club at Agincourt,
has been retained by the Ham-
ilton Red Wing Club to teach
power skating to the members
of its Junior 0, H. A. team.
John, who started his skating
with the Wingham Figure Skat-
ing Club, is the eldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wild of
Wingham.
Donations still needed
for swimming pool fund
service training course in re-
creation administration at the
University of Western Ontario,
and also has a permanent "A"
recreation director's certificate.
His duties as recreation
director will cover a wide field
but will be mostly centred at
the arena where he will act as
arena manager and supervise
the organization of hockey for
the coming season.
Jim, who is single, believes
recreation must involve more
than just a physical program
for youngsters and says he will
strive to include social, cultur-
al and physical activities for
men and women, boys and
girls.
LITTLE JOHANNA VAN CAMP, year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Van Camp of Beigrave, a patient in the
local hospital, was enthralled as musicians from the Mount
Hamilton Salvation Army Band played in front of the
institution. --A-T Photo.
Sole owner of
Walkerton firm
Wilfred White, who has
been a partner in Walkerton
Building Products for the past
four years with R.E. Brown,
last week became sole owner
of the firm when he purchased
Mr. Brown's interest in the bus-
iness.
Wilfred was a building con-
tractor in Wingham for a num-
.ber of years and two years ago
sold out to former employees
who formed the Square Deal
Company. He has since devot-
ed full time to the Walkerton
firm,
Mr. White and his family
have continued to live in Wing.,
halt.
Intermediates
hockey practice
The newly-formed Inter ,.
mediate hockey club held its
first practice on Sunday with
the biggest turnout to date.
Practice will be held this com-
ing Sunday evening at 8.15 with
full equipment.
The management acknow-
ledges the co-operation of
Royal Canadian Legion Branch
180, Wingham, for supplying
uniforms for the team.
Previously acknowledged
donations totalled $200.00,
Further donations have been
received as follows: W.. T,
cruickshank, $20.00; Andy
Henderson, $10,00; Mike and
Doti Willie, $5,00,
COFFEE SHOP PE-OPENS
"The Little Curran Inn" is
a new name for a familiar
place. The former Queens
Hotel coffee shop was renamed
and reopened on Monday morn-
ing under the management of
Mrs. Lorne Curran of Kitchen-
er,
The former Eleanor McGlynn
of Turnberry, Mrs. Curran has
spent the past 15 years in Kit-
chener and would appreciate
your visit to renew acquaint',
ances.
At present Mr, Curran is
employed in Kitchener but will
take up duties at the "inn" in
the near future. The couple
have four children, Cindy Lou,
Jeff, Brad arid Teriy,
One of the busiest men in
our part of the country during
the past two weeks has been
Dr. K. Zyluk, who arrived in
Brussels only Monday of last
week from England. By the
middle of last week the new
doctor had a long line-up of
appointments awaiting him and
at the week-end a rash of ac-
cidents in the Brussels area kept
him extremely busy.
On his arrival Monday even-
ing of last week he was greeted
by a surprise reception in the
newly-opened Brussels-Morris-
Grey Medical-Dental Clinic.
The building was undertaken
as a centennial project by the
people of Brussels and the two
townships in order to provide
facilities for a doctor. The
area had been without the ser-
vices of a medical practitioner
for months and the residents of
the community undertook this
practical method of securing a
doctor.
Dr. Zyluk visited Brussels
during the past months in order
to acquaint himself with his
new field of work and then re-
turned to England to complete
his arrangements for moving to
Canada. His son, David, is
finishing his high school educa-
tion in Listowel and expects to
enter medical school next year.
Mrs, Zyluk is expected to spend
December with her husband
and son and will come to Brus-
sels permanently when their
new home is completed.
The doctor is a native of
Poland and served with the
Polish forces during the inva-
sion of his homeland by the
German army in 1939. Follow-
ing the fall of Warsaw he was
taken prisoner and spent the
next five years in German POW
camps before being taken by
the Russian forces in 1945. A
few months later he escaped
and made his way through the
Middle East to Italy and thence
to England. He was awarded
the V.M., which is the Polish
counterpart of the Victoria
Cross for gallant action in the
invasion of his homeland.
After he had became reason-
ably proficient in the English
language he entered university
and graduated from the Univer-
sity of Dublin in 1951. He has
practised in England since that
tithe,
Zyluk has always been
intensely interested in youth
— Mr, and Mrs, Alf Lock-
ridge spent the week-end in-
TOrOntd with Mr, and Mts.
Malcolm MaCatnnion of Isling-
ton, While there Mr,. Leek-
ridge attended the 0.1-1,A, and
the Oils/lel-4A, hockey Meet
Inv held in Prince Edward
OUT EARLY--
If you wondered why all
the kids were on the street
early Monday afternoon, it was
because of heating troubles at
the public school. Fuel lines
that feed the boilers in the new
addition kicked up, The
trouble was rectified during
the afternoon and everything
was functioning A-1 for parents'
night that evening.
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LIBRARY HOURS--
Beginning November 9, and
continuing until the installa -
Um' of the new heating system
in the town hall has been corn-
pleted,the library will be open
only one evening a week, Fri-
days from 7 to 8.30, Afternoon
hours will remain L s usual,
from 2 to 5 each day. In ob-
servance of Remembrance Day
the Wingham Public Library
will be closed all day Novem-
ber 11.
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NO SERIOUS TROUBLE--
Police Chief Jim Miller
wasn't quite through with his
investigation of Hallowe'en
shenanigans when we checked
With him last Wednesday morn-
ing, but talking to him this
week he reported that the town
was virtually free from vandal-
ism. There were a few capers
pulled which caused minor in-
convenience but these are taken
in the spirit of the day. Chief
Miller praised the goblins for
their co-operation, which was
much better than in many towns
throughout Western Ontario.
I THREE DEER REPORTE1D-,.
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The three-day deer season
in Bruce and Huron seems to
have been fairly good to local
nitnrods, A party of Russell,
Leonard and Lorne Baird of
Turnberry and Warren Callan
and Jack Alexander of town
bagged one in Huron, and two
were shot within a few miles
of town by a party comprised
of fob Metcalfe, Harold Met-
calfe, Harold Herd, Tom Rus-
sell, John Pryfogle, fob Sktnri,
George Skiriri, Bill LoOkridge
and Gary Willis,