The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-02-28, Page 1may. Feary
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Well' there Are only" 30 days
unfit . Winglrn '" and
Cents conduct their paper give
SO keep .stacking up 'those old.
Bal ..and maga es, it -'s: for a
g ,cause. .
DOUBLE a VISION??'•-*
Well everyone canmake mis-
take� vel. .. �.
but when you're a t
they tend to be In the best
issue of the ' Advance-Tinnies You
may nohave �ticed, a Peculiar ,'
word, ill the main. , headline--
:
Industriail., Well let US jutst, say
that our editor,who; laid out that
page, was a. litle tired when he., u.tli , headline
got eand he thought
he saw a double "1" because of
his condition That's one way to
explain it,J suppose,
Liberals
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Wingliam
Hundreds of western Ontario
Liberals will throng to
the Legion
Hall 'in Wingham on . Wednesday
evening, March 27th to attend the
annual dinner and. annual Meet-
ing in of the Western. Ontario Lib-
eral Association and to hear Rob-
ert Nixon, provincial leader.
Wingham was chosen because
of its central location in the area
and because it is close to the rid-
ing of Huron where Jack Riddell
captured long held Tory seat in
thesee ; *°.b .'selection
y. , r
ire
ilRtWot'*righl04 4li
ITS'
has reported ed a nearo
. posell u �i
tickets a week before the event.
While. rums have .%t - - the pianni for a station, in
pant in Huron County Huron ;along the lake,
provincial by-election to lid°lat It was .Ed Oddleifson, reeve of
Friday. was the ft* time likere Bayfield Oda former Hdro'em-
ployee,; who pressed Nevin for
1 details, .:Nevill told council. that
•• while.. "no definite site has been
established" it would probably be
or
"within_ 20• ` miles.P of
Goderich,' . He said' the lant
expected to.. be .operational ational by
was any officiatmdication
nuclear power Station is. p�
by Ontario Hydro for .flus
At Huron County o
February iou- in the
chambers at Gode ich
morning, however, a large
ation• ofOntario' Hydro S .., y � 198 and would supply bY�'p, to
,sentatives spilled. the ns *gid mainl the `southwestern ' region
r.4hfFir.; the' �'�1+`z. y . , exon
med what.the nubile ; of the province, London, Windsor,.
prens have. beensurra
is4for Sarniawith some hookup
to the
months.v
Kitchener' -Waterloo area,
Two 'H .dr'o . spokesmen, '
y.{ " �►E;t
Mosher,P. n ,for ri ht .
� g g :� q Rumor 114114 Year
plannin
P,and... Al systems
Ruiners abotthepossioblity of
planning division, commented on a nuclear development for Huron
County • caused quite : a stir in
Marcirof 1973. At that time, New
Democratic. Party candidate
d
Paul Carroll, Goderich, lashed
out u at Ontario.' 'Hydro for 'not
AGM. Iists approachingChironCounty plan-
ning officials:. with some notifica- •
tion of intentions:
Although defeated at: •the polls
The eapplication sub netoi to a v salon ,
the Canadian Radio .,Telefon. °in th t b -e`l Carroll hay
Commission :by � 13a -y a � d '�
remained' interested in the -en-
Gowdy,. for rights "to'instalI si e; le vironmental aspects of the 'pro-
rection Wim, r` " duction of nuclear energy, and.
the right
epto"in carry theafo s has been keeping . in close tench
channels : �CKVnghR, •' Barrie on with all. phases of the° °questions
Channel 3; ".WBRN, .' fluff ale on through. merz .bership in:", a eom;
Channel 4; WNEM; day > ty, „mittee calling itself kCANTDU
Michigan; on'Channel 6i`
and encompassing five, r 'tom-
Buffal on Channel 7';*milted people.from' Goderlch ,and
a
Wingham on Channel 2; "OWL, area.
London on ane 10; One member of that committee
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Hamilton,on Channel 1 1 s Mrs. Patrick. Sha Than of
Cha x, .C�CQ,
Kitchener on Channel 13. rich. when contloe
d con-
...:. ; r` cerrnng ..the, official soundingch nes newsof anucleardevelopment in
e , 105.9, ,�'PL Lotl�iri
Huron County, Mrs-. `' Shanahan
95:9 CJOY Guelph, 106.1; CtM ,
Kitchener, 96,7; CHEZ Toronto comrriented, I would nope that
25.1; CKDS Hamilton, 95:2 :, ,`. ', Ontario Hydro .s plans.;°dontbe-
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Hearings on this application, as °. corns' "reality '''
'well as several other will be 'Meld. u: "f :' hope 'that before much
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• .a company to set .up a.°gable proposed site and nuclear power
system here. in general," said Mrs. Shanahan.
HOW'S THIS ,FQR. 9Q?- .Harvey Sparling, Gerrie, marked'
,his' 90th b rthdd , ,on Saturday at a family dinner and open
,oOuse at. the : Jni ed Church. Above he is shown with his sec -
rad cousin, Mr's: Amelia Brown of Belgrave who. will be 90
in June. (Staff Photo)
Last Thursdaythe second last DubelaPir Bluevale -set of steins,
round of -prize winners were
drawn in the Festival of Values
promotion. They went to Audrey
O'Krafka, RR 1, Bluevale, lady's
shaver from Wingham Sunoco;
Mrs. A. Douglas, Teeswater,
lady's shaver, McDonald's Bridal
Boutique; Sandra Hodgkinson of
Wingham, hair dryer,.. Callan's
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Wroxeter, hair .dryer, Chris
Gosling Chev-Olds: ' Mr.
Warren:.liouse.
One more draw will be made :on'
Thursday of this week when five.
shoppers will receive regular
'prizes and a grand draw will be
made from. all tickets which have
been entered during the six
weeks of. the Festival of.. Values'
promotion, for an electric
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pen
d hrnFe1�k from ,Tho Wlgili
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a PPS
Last time for entries in the
-draw was Wednesday at six p.m.
Three Vactors
Mrs. Shanahan said the lie'
has not been informed in an
unprejudiced way ofthe option
to"'nuclear ens y',. She said many
people are of the : opinion that
nuclear energy is cleap'and Safe,
if they knew the issues, Mrs.
Shanahan said; they would seek
alternatives.tib
e;,ed to
TSPle
forget the "foreign 'sounding
seientifi words"" and look. , t
• e�� a
three main facts about nuclear
'energy, They are; no; amount of
radiation, ,no matter how small .
can be described as safe;',once
radiation is loose, thereis no way
of gathering it up again; and that
storage of Plutoniurn 239, a Alb,.
stance encased in the spent fuel
in a nuclear power program In
Canada, is crucial.
On this fi 'tall'point, Mrs,. Shana.°
han pointed out , that it takes
1,000,090 years for Plutonium 239
to reach the „radioactive"level of
nate 'al ,et'ablur'«' Prea fitly, • I►
Pl 1s *
ties with a life span of. only 100
years*ahe said* Andwhile
may be new loner ed storage
facilities on the war, they are still
not developed. .
"Hydro says . Plutonium 23.
storage is safe as ' as iit. is
managed, said Mrs. u
"but
ag ent is crucial• It is
a high risk thing."'•
.
.
��Ad%ibelisv� thatxiuCZesr
energy clearly., is ,an issue for
value judgment aswell as a
moral' issue which could ' aft t
inany'generations to tome.
CANTQU.feels: it is unfair to give ,.
the responsibility for . m aw
Plutonium' 239 to people "Yet,
unborn who'bave: no -".
"It is t
.t _, unwise to� count 'the
stability of society for the next,
million years.," ..,added .Mrs,
Shanahan•
CANTAU h made its feelin.'
" is
tian about that,"
'AttraCtstadiater
sill•asked Tor bis c
:concerning the
admitted he
had
ems. ,Alt .
t� baa
looking for :more 'ind
' is no question:that a :power` p
will entice new. li ; .'"'
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we're `.heading sfor when ,erne, lo+oik
at it from the long range .paiof
4 view."
"We have no t
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By. Wilma Oke
The Huron County Board of
Education agreed to most of ,the
recommendations of the Ontario
School Trustees' Council calling
for revisions ,to provincial Bill 275
at a board meeting in Clinton last
week.
The board_supported` the OSTC
proposal" that bargaining be left.,
up to the local division of the On-
tario Teachers' Federation in-
stead of to the provincial body as
i ,ill 75 -would have'it," The'board
separately. The board approved.
consideration i`ie given to therole
and the status Of the principal°in
the negotiation Process -
The r ' r
e boa d ejected .the pS"f
position With respect to the ape'
of negotiations that only dire
and indust salary ''.coedit ons
should be subject, atiation
and that a ;managementrim
"The wheels of .justice grind
slowly -- and so do the wheels of
conservation:"
This was the opinion of Jack
Graul of Ellice Township, chair-
man'of -the Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority, as express-
ed at the organization's annual
meeting in Wroxeter last week.
Mr. Graul who has served for
three years as the Authority's
chairman was returned to office
for another one-year term as was
the vice-chairman, Lorne
Murray of Maryborough Town-
ship.
Mr. Graul was referring specif-
ically to the Upper Middle Mait-
land project when he commented
on the time that can be burned up
in establishing conservation
works. This project which in Its
original concept includes stream"
improvement of the river up-
. stream from Listowel, a dam and
reservoir on the easterly out-
skirts of Listowel, improvements
to the conduit in the heart of -Lis-
towel and stream improvements
down stream from the conduit to
Highway 23 has been under study
for four years.
Mr. Grain told the meeting that
it is hoped that preliminary en-
gineering which has been going
on for many months will be com-
pleted and a report will be ready
by the middle of March.
If all goes well, land acquisition
for the dam site and reservoir
area will take place this year.
Mr. Graul also reported that the
study of the upstream drainage
conditions above Listowel is now
complete and consultants will be
reporting to the water manage -
fent -board -shortly.
Mr. Grain told the meeting this
year will probably see the
establishment of a Conservation
Foundation in the Maitland
watershed in order that private
citizens or corporations can
make contributions' to conserva-
tion programs for specific con-
servation projects. He said this
system has been used in other
areas with great success. A com-
mittee wilt be organized and a
charter must be obtained in the
proper fashion.
The chairman said that the
public relations advisory board
has been active and it hoped that,
some of their ideas will foster
better relationswith tthe public,
municipal councils and the press.
J. M. Halpenny, deputy reg-
ional ° director, Ministry of
Natural Resources brought
greetings . to the Authority and
said he was pleased to-• see the
organization was expanding, its
staff and public relations efforts.
Dick Hunter, the Authority's
resources manager, told the
meeting it was up to each in-
dividual member to sell con-
servation to the public. He ,,out-
lined a program of public rela-
tions that will include reports in
the press,' radio and TV programs
and information which will be
sent to councils, schools and
public libraries. "We hope the
public will become more in-
formed and more aware of pro-
grams and the services available
from the Authority and of the
need to practise conservation on
private lands.
Andy Clow, program _develop-
ment officer, Conestoga College,
Harriston Centre, spoke briefly
and said it may be possible to es-
tablish a co-operative program of
conservation education. The col-
lege is here to help, he stated,
however no specific plans have
been made at this stage. ,
Mr. Hunter told the meeting it
is hoped that a uniform policy can
be organized in co-operation with'
other authorities and the provin=.
cial parks, regarding the controls
and use ofconservation areas.
Russ Powell of London, reg-
ional supervisor, ` conservation
branch, Ministry of Natural
resources, London, said that
today the constraint on funds is
that of the provincial government
rather than by the local
municipalities. This is a change
he remarked from a number of
years ago .when there were no,
great limits on the funds avail;
able from the government, but
the municipalities applied the
limits on spending in any con-
servation authority. " He went on
to say that the Maitland brought ,
in an excellent budget this year
and that only the administration
section had been cut back, and
that by only $800. It is essential,
he said, that the Authority show
good d .planning and definite needs
if provincial grants are to be
forthcoming. The Ministry re-
quires five-year projections on
expenditure and this sort of plan-
ning will become increasingly
important as time moves along.
Mr. Powell, pointed to the fact
that authority is being decen-
tralized by the Ministry of
Natural Resources, and that it is
no longer- necessary for a con-
servation authority to take every
proposed expenditure to Toronto
THE 1974 EXECUTIVE of the Maitland Valley Conserva-
tion Authority was named at the annual meeting of the Au-
thority in Wroxeter last week. Seated are, from the left:
Lorne Murray, vice-chairman, Maryborough Twp.; Jack
Graul, chairman, Enke Twp.; Mrs. Marlene Shiell,
sec.-treas., Listowel ; Dick Hunter, resources manager;
standing, • Harold Errin*ton, West Wawanosh Twp.,
chairman' reforestation advisory board; Bob Grasby,
Morris Twp., chairmancortsorvation areas advisory board;
Jack Alexander, Wingham, Chairman water management
advisory board; Vince Judge, Listowel, chairman public
relations advisory board. (Staff Photo)
for approval. Any item up to
$5,000 can . be approved by the
Authority's own executive pro-
vided that three tenders have
been received and the lowest is
acceptable. He commented on
the 'plan to organize a Conserva-
tion Foundation and said it is
amazing how much private
` money is available as charitable
donations to forward the progress
of conservation generally, al-
though not many donations would
be available for the operational
budget of a conservation author-
ity.
Mr. Hunter told the meeting
that it is hoped this year that the
SWEEP program, which utilizes
student labor, paid for by the pro-
vincial government, can be
enlarged in the Maitland- water=
shed and that more work can be
accomplished this season for
individual municipalities. He
said he hoped to see 40 or 50
young people working in the
Authority this summer.
ELECTIONS '
Following the election of the
chairman and vice-chairman
voting took place to name chair-
men of several advisory boards.
It is the chairmen of the advisory
boards who form the executive of
the Authority.
Harold Errington of West
Wawanosh Twp. and George
Bridge of Palmerston were
nominated to be chairman of the
reforestation, land use and wild-
life board, Mr. Errington was
named the winner. Jack Alex-
ander of Wingham, who com-
pleted a one-year term as a
replacement last year was unop-
posed for a new term of office as
thairrhan of the water manage-
ment board. Ross Wilkie of
Harriston and Vince Judge of
Listowel both ran for the
chairmanship of the public rela-
tions committee and Mr. Judge
was elected. The proposed membership of
the advisory boards as suggested
by the executive was approved by
the meeting after a new member,
Eldon Vines of Wallace Town-
ship, was moved to the water
management committee when
Mr • Judge, a former member,
was moved to the public relations
committee.
cQnaf tibii i tram 1k+or o
democracy. , .
According to Bill 275, intro:
duced in the middleof the recen
salary
ne'
gotiaitroi� the` supr�m-
' acy� of provincially regulated ar-
bitration
procedures in , teacher
contract disputes would be es-
tablished.. : o
The board agreed that the
teachers be ,given the right to
strike under legislation similar to
that in the Labor Relations Act,
but tailored to the needs of the
educational system and elimin-
ating all other types;of sanctions
and supported the OSTC position
that the protections now provided
for teachers under existing legis-
lation be reviewed.
Support' was given OSTC res-
olution that refusals to work and
work slowdowns during bargain-
ing should be declared illegal. '
The OSTC resolutions resulted
from a - two-day conference in
Toronto on February 1 and 2, at-
tended by Vice-chairman Wilfred
yp 1 r net a
given the resolution askrr ':foar an
increase °in fees :in' order., for the
Ogic to irOvide more services
and help .with, regard to ,labor',
relations and negotiations.
The board supported the OSTC
proposal that school board' em-
ployees' not .be eligible ,for poli- `'
tions as trustees, as well as the,
recommendation that calls for
the preservation of the autonomy '
of local governments rather than •
the strong centralizing of educa-
tion power as provided for in Bill'
274.
The' board agreed also to sup-
port the OSTC recommendations
and that individual trustees are
prepare=d to bring their position to
electors to obtain n clear
mandate on the matter. A rider is
to be added by the board that
while opposed to Bill 275 in its
present form the board shall re-
serve the right to individual
action on a personal basis.
Please turn to Page 2
This year's Santa Claus parade
will be held on Dec. 8; that is the
decision made at the Wingham
Business Association's first
meeting since November.
Last year's Santa Claus parade •
chairman, Don Carter, had a few
suggestions for those attending
last Thursday's meeting. Mr.
Carter told the members that
more ad time should be bought to
announce the parade and he sug-
gested that the names of in-
dividuals or companies donating
money or entering floats should
be publicized. One of his strong-
est suggestions was that planning
for the parade should begin in
June. In recognition of his
capable 'handling of last year's
parade Mr. Carter was re-elected
as parade chairman.
The association received let-
ters of appreciation for gifts and
the parade, from the Wingham
and District Hospital and the
Brookhaven Nursing Home as
well as a personal letter of thanks
from a resident of Brookhaven.
Gord Daugherty informed the
meeting that the Wingham PUC
has offered to install speaker
wires in the new light poles along
Josephine St. if the Business As-
sociation provides the wire and
has it ready by the time the PUC
installs its own wiring. Mr.
Daugherty said that they just
want to know how many poles
will be outfitted.for speakers and
which poles they will be. When
asked, he could not give the as-
sociation members a firm price
on speaker wire because of the
instability in its price. Mr.
Daugherty told the meeting that
the PUC plans ,to install recep-
tacles on the poles so that Christ-
mas lights can be more easily put
up and removed.
• The members present decided
that a committee to look into the
matter would be in order. It was
agreed that Mr. Daugherty,
having done the spade work so
far, should- head the new com-
mittee.
In a final item the association
discussed a motion to send a let-
ter to the Advance -Times stating
that it was not entirely happy
with the Festival of Values pro-
motion. Murray Gerrie, who
brought up the point, said he
agreed with the idea of the pro-
motion but felt that cash vouch-
ers should have been given away
instead of prizes.
The idea of sending a letter to
Barry Wenger, editor of the
Advance -Times was opposed by
some members of the associa-
tion. They reasoned that the pro-
motion didn't involve the as-
sociation, but simply' some of the
mehbers. Opposition to the mo-
tion, however, was swept aside
and the motion was passed.