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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-03-02, Page 3EIIi Ce Twp: man head of gr Jack Graul, , who represents Ellice Township on the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority was elected chairman of that or- ganization at its annual meeting on Monday afternoon. Mr. Graul succeeds George McCutcheon of Brussels who has held the office for the past two years. Named vice chairman for a similar two-year term was Lorne Murray, reeve of Mary - borough Township. Mr. Graul has 0. been the vice chairman for the past two years and was un- opposed for the chairmanship. The annual meeting was staged at the authority's headquarters in. N e • aF - • The Wingham Advance - Times Wingham, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration No. -UM Return Postage Guaranteed. • Wroxeter and followed a dinner at the Wroxeter Community Centre. Also elected to the executive by acclamation were William Man- ning of Blyth who will replace Frank Walkom of Goderich as chairman of the Flood Control Advisory Board and Grant Mc- Lellan of Arthur Township who will take over as chairman of the Reforestation, Land Use and Wildlife Advisory Board from L. M. Seifried of Minto Township. Welcomed to the authority were Vince Judge, the new rep- resentative from Listowel, who replaces Oscar • Nickel, Mr. Nickel was first appointed to the Middle Maitland Authority when that grodp was organized in 1951 and held the post when the Middle Maitland was expanded`to take in the whole watershed 10 years ago. Ross Taylor of Fast Wawa - nosh replaces James Walsh: Ar- den Barker, Mornington Town- ship, replaces James Reid who died last year; Allan Campbell, McKillop Township, replaces James McQuaid and Ross. Wilkie takes the place of'Percy Dryden as Harristorlls` representative. Chairman Reports George McCutcheon, authority chairman, said he believed real progress had been made during his term of office, although at times the rate at which projects progress can he very frustrating. He said he hoped that action will take place on the Upper Middle Maitland this year and that the fish pond at the Falls -Reserve at Benmiller will become a reality. Another project which should take priority, Mr. McCutcheon said, is the engineering study to be made of the feasibility of con- structing a weir across the river at the Falls Reserve and for a survey of the Gorrie Conserva- tion Area. Arthiir tnrnpl) thief of the field staff, 'onservation. Branch, Toronto, was guest at the meet- ing and remarked that he . ap" preciated Mr: McCutcheon'a view that conservation work ean: be frustrating. However, he 'aide it must be remembered th,t authorities are trying to correct the misuse of our resources that has gone on for generations, and while it may be frustrating, yoti cannot expect to change a tren4. of many years overniglh. Andy McBride, resources manager, told members that a great deal of effort has gone into formulating the budget and the. figures being presented at the meeting were quite realistic. He stated that work is being done on plans for regulations to control fill and construction in • flood plains and a review is being made -of various maintenance agree- ments with a number of munici- palities. Mr. McBride said that the government re -organization has involved ,rnnsprvatinn hut the branch has kept the local people informed. He stated that plans are progressing for the proposed weir at the Falls Reserve property. Treasurer's Report Marlene R. Shieil*, secretary - treasurer, reported that the pro- posed general levy to the munici- palities for 1972 will be $48,391.2$ up from $32,729.61 in 1971. The re- port also indicated that while costs pf operation at the Falls Re- serve property have increased the area showed a total revenue from the gate and concession operation of $10,744.38. A list of capital expenditures by the authority including the Middle Maitland Authority showed that nearly $.600,000 has been spent on development work over the years. This year $10,000 has been in cluded, the report stated, for flood plain mapping. When com- pleted this information will be used " the hcic for fill ..o struction and stream diversion 'regulations. Q;bt kbiaaitcooriint� efts t 1 est Your community is unique. It's the place where you've built your home, where you educate your children; where you spend your ' time and money. Everything that happens ,here has a direct .bearing on you, your future ancl the • lives of your family and friends. That's why it makes good sense to have a local newspaper, you can depend on to give' you the best, most accurate information avail..ble on events' within your home town and the surrounding area. That's why it makes sense to turn to The Advance -Times each week because _ the A -T is unique in, the Wingham community. (-00 Members of the ,family away from home? The next -best' thing to a letter from home is a copy of The Advance -Times. Best of all is your . weekly letter and The Advance -Times. • The Advance -Times Tells It Best: u p Other Business In other business the members approved an increase in per diem ,allowances ffrom $15 to $20; the membership of the various ad- visory boards; appointed E. F. Taman, Listowel, as auditor; W. M. Pratt, Listowel and J. T. Goodall, Wingham, solicitors: and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Wroxeter branch as the authority's bank. The membership approved de- velopment programs for the Wroxeter headquarter -s. Falls Reserve Conservation Area, Gorrie Conservation Area. Ethel Conservation Area, Barriston- Minto Conservation Area. and flood plain • mapping, engineer- ing, preparation of fill, construe tion and stream diversion regula- tions. A representative of the Depart- ment Vi Laiiu, alio i of ebtb i s- ported that the authority had 949 acres of land under management agreement° with the department and that no new lands had been placed under agreement in 1971. Cost of planting, fire: protec- tion, woods operations, and other improvements totalled $1,197.77 during the year. The grand total for expenditures made by the de- partment on authority -owned lands since the first agreements were signed now totals $16,218.94 'of which over $10,000 has been for plantings. • The Wingham Advance -Times, Thµt'eday, March 2, 1972—Page 3 TAKING ADVANTAGE of ice time made available for pre- school children, 21'2 -year-old Jayson Conley gets in a lot of skating 'practice Thursday morning when he had the arena ice all to himself. Staff Photo News Items from Old Files MARCH 1937 Last week Alex Crawford skip- ped his rink ,to win the Chamber of Commerce Tournament at St. Petersburg, Fla. Alex is presi- dent of the ,St. Petersburg Bowl- ing Club. Reeve David McDonald of Cul ross was elected a director of the Ontario Good Roads Association atthe annual meeting held in To- ronto last week. Mrs. W. Clare Adams is attend- ing the hairdressers' convention being held in Toronto this week. An Orange Lodge, No. 3159, was instituted in Teeswater when the officers were' named and in- stalled last week. Among the new officers are S. Z. Seffrey, ; Pratt, J. Porter, L. C. Smiley and Rev. T. B. Allan. Two alternative sties for a pro- posed airport near Goderich are being investigated by the public works committee of the town council. Both sites' are located on the Blue Water Highway, over- looking Lake Huron, one to the north and one to the south of the town. During a recent dance in Luck- now, several motorists had rugs 'and other items removed from their cars. W. E. Henderson had the water heater and defroster removed from his car. BIyth druggist R. D. Philp has been confined to his home owing to blood poisoning in his hand., Miss Edith Lockhart is taking charge of the drug store. At the regular cduncil meeting it was reported'that the Holmes block is now in possession of the town. • Twenty tickets were sold at the CNR station on Saturday for the cent -a -mile excursion to Toronto and other points. These cheap weekend fares are becoming very popular. A. paper, the "Telephone News" has made its. bow to Bell Telephone,subscribers in this dis- trict. MARCH 1947 Miss Dorothy Hamilton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. ffamilton, received ber cap at Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, where she is a nurse -in -training. Mrs, E. R. Harrison was elect- ed president of the Ladies' Bowl- ing Club. Other officers include (vice presidents Mrs. D. B. Porter and Mrs. George Williams; sec- retary, Mrs. Gordon MacKay and • treasurer, Miss Caroline Well - wood. War Assets Corporation an- nounced the sale of 16 buildings from the former Royal Air Force training station at Port Albert, near Goderich, to provincial and municipal authorities. Included is the sale of the guard house and ,post office to the town of Wing- hairi , The county snowplow broke down when plowing drifts on the 9th of East Wawanosh. The West Wawanosh plow also broke down on the 12th of West Wawanosh one day last week. Miss Grace Golley of Stratford Normal School has been home this week, teaching Grade Four in Wingham. Bill Newton has received his discharge from the Army and ex- pects to be home to his Gorrie area farm soon Reading the old papers of 1904, telling of the big snow storm of that year, it compares in nearly every detail to this year's con- tinued storms. The one big differ- ence is the extreme cold of that year. An advance of up tei ten cents in the price of butter May 1st, is a distinct possibility. The present price of butter in Canada ranges from 42 to -47 cents a pound. FEBRUARY 1958 Rev. 'D. J. MacRae and his family were honored Sunday eve- ning by members of his con- gregation at the Wingham United Church and by other friends. He leaves this week for his new charge at Renfrew. Five girls graduated from Brownies to Guides on Monday night at their meeting. Those who were honored were Jacqueline Saint, Mary Ellen McPhail, Coralie Hammerton, Judy Callan and -Susan Spry. Kenneth Whitmore, owner and publisher of the Blyth Standard, died on Sunday at the age of, 49. In •Wingham United ,Church on Sunday morning the presentation of two brass vases and a brass_ Belgrave A family get:together was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don McBurney on Saturday after- noon.. 'Those present were Mr.' and Mrs'Dawson Craig, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Craig and Lana of Whitechurch; Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Peacock, Bluevale; Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bodell, Michael and Michelle of Lazo, B.C.; Mr. and Mrs. Alec Robertson and Mari- lyn, Miss Margaret Robertson of Kitchener; James Robertson of London, Sheila McBurney, Mata- gami, Que.; and Ronald McBur- ney of Hamilton. Open House at the East Wawa - nosh Central School will be held on Tuesday, March 7, commenc- ing at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is -wel- come. • cross was made in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Field who had been lifelong members. The gifts were given by the J'ield family. Mothers of the Huron Liberal Association gathered in Clinton to name their candidate in the forthcoming federal election. Choice of the convention was - Exeter lawyer W. G. Cochrane. - Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gowdy of Howick Township moved on Mon- day- to, the former Hueston resi- dence in Gorrie. Carl .Weber and other E. S. Watt men were busy on Monday installing new rollers at the�mill in Whitechurch. • The Huron County Hog :Pro- ducers named their new -slate of . officers at their annual meeting last week. W. R. Lobb of Clinton was named president , and 'Albert Bacon of Belgrave is second vice president. Simon Hallahan' of Belgrave was named a delegate to attend the provincial meeting in Toronto. FORDWICH I • The first meeting- for the new ' sleepwear project was held Feb- ruary 23 at the home of Mrs: Mel Penny. Mrs. Penny and Mrs.'. Doug Bunker are the leaders. Members of the club are Janet Brown, Janis Ruttan, Alison Bun- ' ker, Cathy Clarkson, Kim Baylor, , Susan Millman and Kim Mill- man. Cathy Clarkson.is the presi- dent; Susan Millman, vice presi- dent; Kim Baylor, secretary; and Janis Ruttan is the press re- porter. The girls discussed record books, choosing sleepwear and getting ready to cut materials. The demonstration was on the sewing box and the girls took measurements of each other. HURON MEN'S CHAPEL AUBURN HEAR WAYNE McLEAN Toronto Radio Broadcaster • First.Baptist Church, Clinton, 10 a.m.p • 'First Baptist Church, Goderich, 11:15 a.m. • Huron Me'n's Chapel, Auburn, 8 p.m. PLUS SINGING DEVERAUX SISTERS From Fort Erie • Westfield Fellowship Hour, 2 p.m. • Huron Men. Men's Chapel, 8 p.m. "Evil Prevails When Good Men Do No bine,