The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-06-08, Page 1V
A DONATION OF $1,000 was made to Wingham and District Hospital last Wednesday.
representing a share of the surplus assets of the County Medical Co-operatives. Mrs. I. E.
Morrey accepts the cheque from Gordon Kirkland of Lucknow while'his associate, Roy
Strong, left, of Gorrie looks on. —Staff Photo.
Receive donations Barns ice,
from defunct group sheds saved��
Wingham and District Hospital
was the recipient of a cheque for
$1,000 last Wednesday afternoon
when Administrator Mrs.' I. E.
a•.Morrey accepted the donation
from Gordon Kirkland of Luck -
now and Roy Strong of Gorrie.
The money was originally part
Dives from bridge,
youth injured
by motorboat
Mrs. William Braun, Edward
Street, Wingham, narrowlY es-
caped serious injury Slaturday
When struck by a motorboat
travelling on the Maitland River:
The youth dived into the water
operator of the boat had no
chance of avoiding- hitting him.
Paul Braun was treated at Wing -
ham and District Hospital for a
large abrasion to his abdomen
and injnries to left elbow and
Up to press time, police had not
had the opportunity of 'checking
With the boy regarding the cir-
cumtances and who was operat-
ing the boat..The investigation is
continuing with Cpl. Ron Zimmer
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and' Const. Ed Daer in charge.
S.A. leaders,
to leave for
Niagara Falls
The services Sunday, June 25
will see the close of the tenure of
service to the congregation of the
Salvation Army Citadel of Capt.
and Mrs. Jack Fearnall. They
will be succeeded by Capt. and
Mrs. Jack Cameron of Mimico.
Capt. and Mrs. Fearnall have
been advised of their appoint-
ment to Niagara Falls, Ontario,
and their headquarters will be
the new citadel built some two
years ago on Lundy's Lane, one
of Niagara Falls' main thprough-
They came to Wingharn in
June, 1969, from Hamilton to re-
place Capt. and, Mrs. Donald
Copple, who were appointed to
London East.
During their stay in Wingham,
Capt. and Mrs. Fearnall have
participated in many community
projects and this past winter he
was coach of -the Canadiens team
in the Novice House League.
of the funds of the County Medi-
cal Co-operatives organized in
1947 to provide hospital insurance
for self-eniployed persons who
,could not otherwise, obtain insur- '
ance and continued with this
service until 1959 when CMC was
reorganized as carriers of On-
tario Hospital' Insurance.
When Ontario entered Medi-
care in October, 1969, the Medical
Co-operatives voted to amalgam-
ate into one large group to be
known* as Co-operative Health
Services of Ontario. All assets
were turned over'to•the new Com-
Pany, but monies not required
Under the terms of the amal-
gamation were to 6e returned,
after audit, te the County Trust
Committees set up in 1969. •
This surplus was received in
Huron County just over a week
ago an Was divided by the Trust
pitals in the cotinty, the three As-
sociations for the Mentally Re-
tarded, and the Huron County
Unit of the Canadian Cancer
Society.
Before coming to the hospital
last Wednesday,- Mr. Kirkland
and Mr. Strong presented a
cheque for $500 to the Winghath
and Distriet Association for the
Mentally Retarded which was
accepted by Harvey Webster of
Lucknow.
Local girl wins
map competition
Mary Edith Garniss, a Grade
10 student of F. E. Madill Second-
ary School, placed second in- a
map drawing competition* for
Grades 9-10 sponsored by Trent
University, Peterborough..
Miss Garniss was advised that
she will receive as a prize a
drawbg set provided by a Toron-
to supply house. Purpose of the
competition is to stimulate inter-
est in the art and technique of
cartography.
Besides the Grades 9-10 cate-
gory, there were also others for
Grades 11, 12 and 13 and two at
the elementary school level. A
total of 427entries were received.
'4E -Mrs. John Moir received
word this week of the sudden
death of Mr. John Griffin of De-
roit. Mr. Griffin is survived by his
wife, the former Nellie MacMil-
lan Lucknow; also one son
Larry. Funeral servite was held
this week from Mr. Griffin's own
funeral home in Detroit.
earin
'Hearings before the House of
Commons Standing Committee
on Transport and Cornmunica,
tions, held in Walkerton last
Thursday at least cleared any
lingering doubts. After six hours
of submissions and questioning it
was very clear that vast numbers
of Western Ontario residents are
totally dissatisfied with present
transpartation facilities. It was
also patently clear that they had
won the support of Many of the
committee members. Not all
those who composed the panel.
0 expressed Opinion, but without
exception those who did were out -
firemen early Sunday morning
succeeded in. saving • two build-
ings and contents from destruc-
tion when a large barn on the
farm of Joim Glousher, RR 4,
Wingham, was destroyed by fire
believed to have been started by
lightning about midnight Satur-
day, when severe storms crossed
the area.
A shed sheltering farm
machinery and a building con-
taining fertilizer were saved des-
pite the loss of the barn, a num-
ber of pigs and cows and a
quantity of grain. The loss was
estimated at about $20;000.
The barn was beyond saving by
the time firemen were called by
members of the Glousher family.
Another 'barn at the farm Of
Donald Ross of Lucknow was de-
stroyed abouf the same time and
from the same caUse. An esti-
mate of the damage was not
loss was reported to. be Partially
Covered by insurance.
A five-year road program
be outlined for the town of W
halm by an engineering , frm
which would assess the n .ds • '
the town for the forthcoming v1
• year period and estimate :eon i
a continuing . plan for, rn
tenance and improvement
street system, it was dead
the regular meeting' MVfo
night.
required if the town is' to
ture large amounts for, int
road construction plans,"` '.
would enable the town, to take ai
vantage of grants available ;fit*
der that system, which ;ere PO
available under the preSe0,AP
proach to the streets, probl o .
The town will request
Ross, Goderich engineering firm,
to underake such a study of :std
work needs here.
Several aspects of, pollution
reared their ugly heads as colai
cil moved through a variety
town business, but the` OS„
worrisome was the location of
property suitable for garbage
dumping purposes.
The matter was brought
focus by a letter from the Depar
ment of Environment in whiff`',,
was pointed out the certificate,df
approval for the town dump .,4
pires June 30.
After considerable discussion':
the suggestion of Mayor DeWitt.
Miller was accepted that the tow
apply for renewal of the certifi.
cate and advise the departmfta
hat the town is actively seeking<a
new piece of property..In fact ''a,
uitable site is under consider-=
ion and the owner is to be coir
acted by council.
At the outset of the coune
meeting, Mayor Miller intro*
duced ta council member`i; a new
eporter. for the Wingham
vance-Times, Art Elliott, form%.
erly of Goderich and Listowel;
-now a member of the local paper
stthhe rri iutes`of on°e a tsar ani
two special meetings were read
at considerable length, giving
iy be prelu
ear street
rise to a good many minor points
of discussion and several major
ones, including the five-year road
survey and the dump problem.
Correspondence
In correspondence', Huron
County Historical Society re-
quested a donation and also co-
operation in bringing to its atten-
tion documents and records of
buildings and • structures now
rapidly disappearing, which
would be of interest to the so-
ciety. A grant of $10 was autho-
rized.
Huron -Perth assessment office
:advised that the enumeration of
the town previously contem-
plated hes been cancelled in view
of the Ontario government's Bill
127 which calls for a province -
wide enumeration for election
purposes in September or Oc-
tober, and at two-year intervals
thereafter. The net result is not so
much a cancellation of the
original plan, which was in the
personnel training phase, but in a
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A HAPPY NEW member of the Gladhatters' Club, formed
. for those saved from deatK or serious injury by Wearing a
tiral-d hat i$ Jerome 171 SOW (left) rec ivi i
hard 'hal. Geoffr,OY
, • struFtion Safety Association. The presentation was m6de at
dihner meeting at the Manor Hotel Friday night spon-
- sored by loCal construction firms. —Staff Photo '
C's criticized for luck of interest
What started out as a meeting
• which could be described as in-
sipid, the annual meeting of Hur.7
on -Bruce Progressive ConserYa-
tive Associaion gradually gained
momentum and eventuallY \be-
came rather lively. •
This latter attitude was par-
ticularly noticeable with about
five of the 31 present finding fault
with softie of the association's
lack Of communication, recrimi-
nations in regard to Premier Wil-
liam Davis' use of a private plane
and, of course, comments not
very complimentary to Prime
Minister Pierre E_ Trudeau.
Recently named president,
Bruce Keith of' Teeswater was
chairman. He announeed that the
purpose of the meeting was to
elect an executive in readiness
for the next election. He read the
minutes of an executive meeting
held at the BrusSels home of
George McCutcheon in April and
the resignation of Mr. MccUt;
cheon as president was ratified.
'John Loney, federal candidate
for Bruce,' spoke briefly and -
introduced Bob McKinley, MP,
Huron, as guest speaker.
The Member spoke of action at
Ottawa in regard to • finances,
saying that in 1965 taxpayers pro-
vided Ottawa with seven billion,
218 million dollars and this year
Prime Minister Trudeau pro-
poses to spend 15 billion, 749 mil -
ion dollars. Mr. McKinley point-
ed out this means taxes have
doubled in less than seven years,
not including the $123 million loss
written off for Expo. •
• The speaker noted that no one
knows when the federal -election
may be ailed, but warned his lis-
teners that they must be ready to
• elect Robert Stanfield as the next
prime minister. He eriticized the
growth of unemployment, econ-
omic incompetence and 'con-
frontation with labor and busi-
nessmen which has resulted un-
der ,Mr. Trudeau,
Mr. MeKinley said the Pro- .
been preparing »policies in every
field and as the election cam-
paign develops shall present fa -
ranging proposals designed to
deal with some af the im late
problems, including inflation and
"Steps -should be taken now to
Te -establish a climate of confi-
dence that will enable Canadian
business, agriculture, labor and
all people to make plans for the
future." While most are earning
more, the sense of prosperity is
false and under a welfare state
the "somebodies" are becorning
"nobodies", he said.
Shows Disgust
Ted Aver of Toronto, a party
organizer, criticized the lack of
interest. "We sent out 400 notices
it a cost of $27 and get only a
handful of people out tonight "
Mr. Aver wanted to know why
,there were mime under 30' years of
age present, and why, there was
the problem of people not being
willing to work for the party.
Mrs. Ed Powell, wife of an area
' chairman, stirred things up when
she said. many Were upset with
'the amount of spending done by
Premier William Davis, com-
'menting especially upon his use
of a Lear jet plane for perconal
vacations: 'People are not going
to work unless they know what
-they might be paid," she said.
- Mr. Aver resented the' corn:
ments about Mr: Davis, saying he
was hard-working and deserved
any' vacation he might arrange.
"Don't ask what you will be paid.
The nanie if the game is You Pay
and you should contribute time
,and money for the good of the
party."
He criticized the parents for not
encouraging young people to be-
come interested. in the Huron -
Bruce association. He also said
the membership mailing list was
woefully out of date:
Mrs. Farrish Moffat agreed
with Mrs. Powell's comments.
`•`1"dr. Davis is well paid and
shOuld pay his own way for fami-
ly vacations and perswal plane
trips," she said.
William Craig of East Wawa -
nosh questioned the lack of pub-
licity about the association's
plans and said this had resulted
in such a poor attendance at the
meeting. Lou Boyce said lack of a
good secretary was the real
weakness. ,
Ed Powell jumped up in an ef-
eort to stem the" flow of com-
plaints and said it was 'the as-
sociation's aim to put the riding
on the map as it wa8 in the days of
•John• Hanna.. This comment
IN'ought scattered applause and
Chairman Keith took advantage
of. the moment to adjourn the
meeting.
In the early stages, Mr. Powell
preSerited a slate of officers
which 'was aecepted. Mr. Keith
was named president, Len Met-
calfe, vice-president, George
Johnston; treasurer and Mrs. F.
Moffat, the see'retary. Area
chairmen are Harold Adams,
Ralph Jewell, Lloyd eousins, Ed
Powell, Rudy Seigner, Lou
Bciyee,•John Nolan, Harvey Web-
ster and Jim Cardiff.
Reed attended the convocation
exercises at the University rof
Western Ontario on Thursday, '
when their daughter Gloria grad
uated. Following the graduation,
a dinner was held in her honor.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Aitchi-
son held a dinner Sunday in honor
of their niece, Edith Austin Who
received her Honour Bachelor of
Arts degree from the University
of Western Ontario.
deferment. It was indicated that
personnel whp wereinvelved in
the training program would be
called for ‘ervice later than
originally planned. • ,
An inquiry from Owen Sound
office of Bell Canada was filed. It
had asked detailed information
regarding the planned changes in
Patrick Street where the com-
pany's installations are involved.
The required information had
previously been passed on.
Wingham Horticultural Society
was voted the usual annual grant
of $200, and it was made clear
that in the event more might be
needed for this year, council
would look sympathetically at a
further request. The general
opinion was that an excellent job
is being done by this group with
limited resources.
No Inspection
Huron County -health unit will
no longer be responsible for
plumbing inspection, "council was
advised in a letter from ' the
Ministry of Environment. *Con-
sideration is being given to en-
gaging a local person to imderake
the inspections, while at the same
time thought is being given to ca. -
operating with other muni-
cipalities in the region which
might have the same problem.
The town is obliged by law to
have such inspection, and it was
thought possible several muni-
cipalities might find it feasible to
use the same inspector.
. A letter from the Recreation
and Community Centres I3oard'
indicated that body wished to
operate with complete autonomy
with respect to the new town
supervisor, James Currie. • In,
particular the board does nOt
wish its staff to be involved in
other town work. No action was
taken, but Reeve Jack Alexander
expressed the view that eventual-
ly- all, ther cogs
In Oiher business Councillor
Harris indicated that registered
letters have been issued by the
lOcil police to persons involved
in diSturbances of the peace. It
seems some have been accepted
at the post office„whereas others
99 YEARS OLD—Mrs: Wm.
(Mable) Finlay, a resident in the
Fordwich Nursing Home for the
past seven years, celebrated her
99th birthday on May 31st. The
former .Mrs. James Stewart of
. Gorrie, she has two sons, Burns
Stewart of • Gorrie and Oliver
Stewart on the home farm on the
10th of How.ick. In 'reasonably
good health, Mrs. Finlay still en-
joys reading the newspaper and
watching television. Asked her
secret of long life she said "I've
always tried to do what is right,"
and "I've never smoked and I
don't think I'll start now." (Staff
Photo)
nhoaveinnotelut.t100iatebey ecovenmtm, theittooliwitill
ibenyoblrvouedg,otnil:snide:theik PeTs°1115
ofC°ferunced Me:tirg:thaet
Patrick Street, cOunell'
keep an Open mind about whether
sidewalks woUld be neCessarY
both' sides of the street, She
thought thit if as much as $6,000
could be saved by having side-
walk on only one side, it WoUld be
well worth while considering. She
did not care which .side, she
pointed out, when fellow coqncil-
lors smilingly accused her of
wanting the walk on her side of
the street only.
Mrs. Bennett pointed out -that
thesidewalk gets little use in win-
ter as most people use the road,
and sidewalk on one side of the
street would not cause hardship,
in view of the little use made of it.
Pollution in the form of weeds
and unSightly rubbish on vacant
and neglected lots came in for
considerable discussion, names
and places being bandied about
freely. Upshot was that the weed
inspector will call on a list of of-
fenders and a firm stand will be
taken on the issue.
New Thick -
The works committee under
, Councillor Batestm was author-
ized to Proceed with 'compiling
specifications for a new heavy
truck for the town and call local
bids on a suitable vehicle. He had
reported that attempts to locate a:
suitable used truck had not
proved successftil. It was thought
close to $7,500 might be required
large box for snow reineval use.
Regular accounts totalling
$112,233.64 were passed with little
Reporting for property com-
mittee, the reeve said work at the
child care centre is proceeding
well, the painting almost com-
plete and floor nearly finished.
He said the architects will supply
lists of materials required and
specify colors so that tenders can
be called locally for decorating."
Councillor George Carter,
hitherto a -minister without
portfolio". was unanimously ap-
pointed chairman of the fire corn-
. mittee, filling a vacancy caused
by the resignation of former
councillor James Currie, now
tOwn supervisor.
While not having anything to,
report on the industrial commit-
tee side, Councillor Tim Willis re-
ported progress at the trailer
park and explained that the space
rental structure is identical to
that of the provincial parks, thus
entitling the town to provincial:
subsidy. This is the reason why
season rentals are not given, as
the provincial regulations specify
a maximum stay of 21.14ays.
Mayor IVIiller took the occasion .
to congratulate Councillor Willis
on the excellent industrial night
held recently, and also on the
first class broehure produced by
tho .committee.
For recreation committee
"Deputy Reeve Harold Wild indi-
cated good progress on the swim-
ming pool renovationS and
thought it might be ready to open • ,
In a couriltrig weeks. Work is be-
ing continued on lighting at the
park.
—Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Dawson, •
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hogg and
Mrs. Pearl Hogg attended the fu-
neral of FrecrDawson in Sault
Ste. Marie on Saturday.
Win:support of tom" mittee members
spoken in their disapproval of the 1970.
way in which responsibility for "This is a shame," one of the
public transport had been. committee members exploded
shucked off by both railways and after hearing evidence of the cal -
government . ibre of bus service which is being
The hearing in Walkerton provided for the area.
followed similar meettngi in Several of the committee mem-
Chatham, London and* Stratford bera expressed their canviction
earlier in the week. However, it that the state of affairs in, this
was at the Walkerton meeting area must be impressed upon the
that feelings were freely ex- federal minister of trangport and
pressed and committee members communications without delaY•
registered their dissatisfaction, They were equally outspoken in
and at times open disgust for the their opinion that rail service
situation which resulted from the must be restored without delay.
railways' discontinuance of pas- Local Briefs
senger services in November, Murray Gaunt of Wingham,
M.P.P., Huron -Bruce, presented
the most clear-ctit and reason-
able brief of the day. He stated
flatly that the bus companies had
failed to live up to the promise§
they made in 1970 when rail s'er-
vices were discontinued. In any
case, he 'said, the Canadian
• Transport Commission, whicly
had the authority to, permit the
stoppage of railway passenger
trains, had no authority in regard
to the bus companies and, was
therefore in no position to guar-
antee alternative means of trans-
port to the public.
Mr. Gatint cited the example of
a bus trip to Toronto and the time County. It was obvfous, he said,
required to make the trip. (The that most people over 65 are not
Advance -Times provided details able to drive their own 'cars (if
of a similar trip a few weeks ago, they own cars) in the congested
illustrating the fact that a trip by and worsening traffic conditions
tins from Wingham to Toronto which prevail in the large cen-
and return would require a full tres.
day of travel, with only 45 min- "A good, fast rail servite would
utes in, the city to transact busin- help to move both people and
ess. ) industries away from the
The provincial Meinbtr pointed crowded Urban centres," said
Out that 12 percent df Huron Mr. Gaunt. "All trains should be
County's population is over 65 restored to service."
years of age. The figure for Bruce As one solution the brief sug-
is 13.2 percent—over double the gested that trains should be re-
numbers in a similar age bracket stored on a limited basis and a
in such places as Sudbury or York complete study of transportation
needs undertaken at once. As a
further alternative Mr. Gaunt
proposed that the Palmerston to
Southampton line b'e used for
passenger service daily. This line
has been reconstructed in order
to handle the heavy freight loads
destined for Douglas Point, and is
now in excellent condition to
handle fattpassenger trains. The
speaker said that properly sched-
uled, feeder bus lines might then
'be employed to carry passengers
to and from the corridor lines and
the nearby communities.
Mr. Skoberg, one of the com-
mittee members, asked Mr.
Gaunt how many are employed at
Douglas Point and Mr. Gaunt
said the figure is in the neighbor-
hood of 2,000, but that not all live
at the Point. Their homes Are
scattered all over this area. -
In answer to another question
from Mr. Skoberg thelocal Mem-
, ber said that the total operations
of the railways should be
reviewed, examining freight and
express revenues as well as
passenger revenues and lasses. It
was also his opinion that the Rail-
way Act should be altered. Under
present legislation the railways
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