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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-05-16, Page 1vyi a .Yi -•Y wr 401... Ar .PAIPE,R 0111130 -- Just to let you kir in advance that tbe WingbamCOba and scouts are planning Another paper drive next, xnont t,.SQ . , circle June 9 r Ola your calendar and start,savingpapers, Rop,..A.TH0N— " Wingbanit's first Roll -a -Mon `willbe lid In support of 'the Minor Lacroase and towards the >�t installation of protective glass at the Arena on June t So 'dust off theme Skates and contact the arena at $5.4991 for more in- formatl'... 0-0-0 • RED SHIELD APPEAL -- Don't forget that this month is •Red Shield month so give gener- ously when your local Art0 canvasser calls for *our donation. They supply. a service 10 we can't really do without. POLICE •WEEK This week has been designated Police Week and the town police are opening their offices to the public tonight (Thursday) from 7- 9 p.m, and tomorrow from 10 -12 a.m., from 2 - 4 p.m. and again from 7 - 9 p.m. So come on out and remember "We Need Our Cops", 0—•0--0 CURTAILED SERVICE— There will be no street letter box collection and no despatch of mail on Sunday, May 19. On Mon- day there will be no wicket service andno rural delivery but street letter box collection will begin at 1:45 p.m. Out-of-town mail posted in the red receiver in front of the post office will be des- patched at 3 p.m. 0-0--0 JOB BLITZ— On Tuesday, May 28, the Canada Manpower Centre for Students will be conducting a Saturation Campaign. They will be contacting employers to learn nf,thelx male or female help rye- quiremente for the sumrt}prtthe. hope that will ;con idesrila y IaMRS they ,. n their t{4 5 d@n�iCn l'19+e"t needs. So if you are an .employer lend them an ear. You won't regret hiring a student. 0-0-0 IMPORTANT MEETING— The Wingham Business Association will be holding a very important meeting at Lee's Tavern at 7 o'clock , tonight (Thursday) . This meeting is open to the public and everyone is wel- come to attend. A meeting of county politician's, police chiefs and representatives of the Ontario Police Cotrunission'. which gathered last,Thursday in the Clinton,Munieipal Building to discuss the pbility-of forming a county' imide police force cul- minated in the formation a COM - puttee to be headed by Wingham Jack Rhe elected to OAM R regional exec. It was recently announced that the Milner president pLUOV.ing- ham and District Association for the Mentally Retarded, Jack Reavie, has been elected the ret. onal director. of the Ontario As- sociation for the Mentally Re- tarded's Region 2. Mr. Reavie was elected at the OAMR's meeting for Region 2 on May 9, in Dashwood. The meeting was held at A.R.C. ° Industries. The new regional director told the Advance Times that this is the first time the Wingham area has had a representative elected to the OAMR's provincial governing board. Mr. Reavie was born in Ripley, Ontario but has been a resident of Wingham for the past 45 years. Dyring that time he has been very active on the behalf of the Wingham and District Associa- tion for the Mentally Retarded. Ankle injuries flood hospital A track and field day at F. Z. Madill Secondary School pro- duced at least four sprained ankles which necessitated treat- ment at Wingham and District Hospital last week. Kendra MacDonald of Tees- water and Wendy England of. Lucknow were each given treat- ment for sprained right ankles while Mary Lou Milligan of RR 3, Wingham and Amos Martin of RR 1, Lucknow each sprained their left ankles. All four were released after treatment. On May 8, Dorothy Bone- shanker, 13, of Brussels was taken to hospital suffering a dis- located right shoulder. However after she received treatment she was allowed to return home. Twelve year-old David Pletch of Belgrave was treated and rel- eased May 11, after he was bitten on the left leg by a dog. A three year-old Brussels child, Donald Hastings was treated in Wingham Hospital and later transferred to St. Joseph's Hos- pital in • London after the lad caught his right foot in a power mower on May 11. No,announce-. meat has been made as to his condition. Two people were treated for ankle injuries in two separate accidents involving cattle last week. On May 10, Irene Finleon of RR 2, Lucknow was knocked down by a cow she helped load and dislocated her right ankle. Two days later,Varold Elliott of RR 4, Ripley received treatment for a fractured right ankle which he injured when he slipped while dehorning a cow. Both Mrs. Fin- leon and Mr. Elliott were rel- eased after treatment. Local churches hold family Sunday services Special services commemorat- ing Christian Family Sunday were held in local and area churches on Sunday with spring flowers decorating church sanc- tuaries. In two local churches, bap- tismal services were conducted. At SiRt.. Andrew'swPresbyterian Church, v. R. H. .A'u :nctr cng officiated for the baptism of three infants, Jason Robert, son of Mr. arid Mrs. Maurice Baylor; Mich- elle Lynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Evans, and Carla Patricia, daughter of Mr. ° and Mrs. Carl Mowbray. Mr. Arm- strong's sermon topic was "The Heavenly Father and Earthly Parents". A junior girls' ensemble sang three numbers, "Reach Out to Jesus", "They Know We Are Christians By Our Love" and "Lonely 'Voices". They were ac- companied by guitarists John Campbell, Ian Mann, Brian Reed and Kevin MvKague. lea.•'J Pattison and Sandra Currie provided a piano and organ duet during the offertory and Eliza- beth Armstrong played the organ, nostlude. In the United Church, Rev. Barry PassmnrP arra_ ke nn the role of women throughout his- tory, from the time of Eve in the Old Testament, to Mary in the New Testament, to woman's position in this r►bdern day. He baptized three children, Lori Ellen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claire Hodgkinson; Heather Lynne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Beecroft, and Thomas Greg- ory, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Deyell. The junior choir sang "A ll ther'a Day Hymn" and the senior choir ' rendered the an- them, "In heavenly Love Abid - Ing„ police committee chairman Bill Harris, . . The . committee, which was ^made up by the five police com- mittee; chalrrnen of Gatwick Ex'3ter, Clinton, S,e forth and Wingham, plans to .ga. before Duron County Council` May 31 in an attempt to persuade that body,. to approa► Ontario'a`. Solicitor General's office or the Ontario Police Commission with the : re- quest that a comparative study be initiated on . the options in county policing. The Clinton meeting was pre- cipitated by a piroposal by the county's five police chiefs that a county police force be formed which would head off possible legislation, that. would make the OPP responsible for policing the county. The fear that such legislation might be enacted+was prompted by a recent recom, mendation by a government task force on policing in the province which stated that all municipal- ities with fewer than 15,000 resi- dents be policed by the OPP. The government as yet has made no indication that the recommenda- tion will be adopted but officials in the county who are connected with policing feel • it is just a matter of time before it is. Discussion of the chiefs' pro- posal was stymied somewhat by the refusal of the OPC officials, most notably Elmer Bell the commission's head and Provin- Kinsmen will sponsor circus The circus big top will' rise in Wingham on Tuesday, May 28, when the ' Wingham Kinsman Club sponsors the , local appear- ance of the Royal . Bros. •Circus. (Ehe Shaw .?funds will. he a P�. 'atBali ... and ;a ��ed d: Jae ne circus orning will` be ' :a collage of trucks, tents, animals and workmen, as the circus hurries to erect its tents. Adults wishing to relive .childhood me- mories or to introduce their children to the magic of the big top, are \ invited to the show- ground early circus morning to view the actitities and the feeding of the animals. There are no reserved seats and one admission ticket admits you to the- entire circus perfor- mance. Futhermore, if you buy your tickets in advance from any member of the Kinsman Club you'll save enough to pay for the peanuts and cotton candy. • JudgeT,' J, s ;r the authorc of the recommendation, 10 guess the province as the talc . feet r e will get any fes'. They did however officials gathered that. attempts to amalgamate urban forces has met'with soMei thing less than success. Wingham police commit chairman Dill Harris :labell . county force. idea "pre►ti *bectiuse of the uncertai?a rounding the task force pr He told the gathering that he l _ done some cost .studies based the current'Wingham budget anis figures 'yen him by officials ,t the Wjn Bain i ,+i P.c+detachment.. For- :salaries alone 'he declared; that the cost for policing W.n ham *would increase by up per cent under the OPP. The problem of money .. another stumbling block to county • force proposal. At •the present time all rural munici$I ities:and villages in the province, receive the services of the 0 at no cost. County Warden Liam Elston suggested that Ott would be unlikely toexpect th*t ' the townships ,and villages of the county would chip in for the maintenance of a county forte when they can avail themselves; of the OPP's free protection. Jt': was then pointed out that If the OPP did take complete :charge of policing, the townships would be expected to pay. The majority of those present however, felts that unless it could be proven that the government. was going to adopt the task fore stance the rural municipaltt would resist the county force p+i-° posal.. ' At this Point Mr. Bell suggested' uggestd: that the county could ask the OPC through the Solicitor General'; office for a comparative study which would explore the .policing; 'or Wild' open at o t fh e ct o ttt 1131* . studycould be done y the OPCiit no cost to the county. fi , Mr. Elston applauded the recommendation and said until this meeting he hadno inkling that the government task force really affected the rural mun- icipalities. The meeting ended with the selection of the committee which will go to county council with the recommendation for a study. L'D NTS. FROM Tnrnberry Central School took some time ott on Thursday afternoon last weer, to. plant trees for residents in Bluevale. It is part of their science program at the �;school and 20 students .participated in the outing. The Ministry of Natural Resources supplied the school, for ,. nominal cost, with 300 trees. The students planted Scotch, red and white pines, black locust, and white spr ce. :(St`ai —Herb Fuller of Lion's Head returned home Monday from Owen Sound General and Marine Hospital where he had been a patient for four weeks. ed to �r Scout NR station has council discussed the ,matter._ T a Ward, he`�:ommenteitht council received a ditlonal reprieve, Councillor Bill Harris. said he should be taking advice from from its sentence to oblivion, thought the idea was a good one the board not just one MPrirlbet. Wingham town council approved and felt council should accept the The discussion ended with the purchase of the station house proposal. Councillor Marg Ben- unanimous decision to turn the ants Mo ay night meeting after nett, however, cautioned council proposal down. ,1• council4,ras approached by a that interest in Scouting in Wing- Council received a letter from delegation from. the Wingham ham has seen nutnerrous peaaks mil Canada .:infornli . , them that L o . e ssi . a ire toand valle over , u.� . r ys.. .� st , r e ngr `I's. pa. M011,64 tl and 7f hlle:i MM+ nMy at<Qbv. epokesmrrnrt �4 �u I d��P0f ,ikS a 6:x f bracket (firpnt t 41.1 Bil!Rintoul, told the council that Councillor Jack Bateson sug- scribers) and will be moved into the Scouts have outgrown their "gested that if the Scouts should a higher group bracket. That present facilities and have decid- fail to keep up the building the means an increase in rates ° for ed that the CNR station would be town would still only be out the The town's subscribers. perfect for their needs. Mr. Rin- original price, The cost to the toul explained that the Scouts are town would be $1. presently negiotiating with the Finally council decided to con- Wingham Kinsmen Club in hope tact the CNR. on the proposal if thattheywill share the. expense the Wingham Kinsmen Club ac - of 'maintaining the building in re- cepts the proposedagreement turn for the right to use part of with the Scouts. Council made the building for storage. that provision because they felt if Earlier this year the council the Scouts found it impossible to had appealed to the public to keep up the building the Kinsmen come up with suggestions for the would take the responsibility. use of the station house but no COMMUNICATIONS concrete replies were received. Council then moved on to the After the delegation left, communications segmentof the Lloyd -Truax Ltd. to build 60,000 ft. addition to plant On May 9th Lloyd -Truax Limited announced the im- mediate construction of a 60,000 square foot addition' at their North Street Plant in' Wingham, Len Ariss and Company Limited of Guelph was awarded the contract. Excavation on the site is well under way. The new building will accom- modate the warehousing of finished doors and will allow the company to consolidate all Wingham operations at one location. Improved facilities are being separate addition, As part of this new 'con- struction, the present boiler and heating installation is being replaced. This action is in keeping with suggestions of the Ontario Ministry of the En- vironment and will result in substantial smoke abatement. Management states th a t current growth in facilities will provide a definite inerease in lunch room added as a K,; T' 0 ti r Aitl 4000 long term employment opportun- ities. The original Lloyd factory building on the corner of John and Leopold Streets has, in re- cent years, been used for ware- housing and a few minor manu- facturing operations. On com- pletion of the addition to the north plant the John Street site will be- come available for housing or similar use to conform with the • intent of the town's official plan. agenda. Clerk Bill Renwick read a letter from Recreation Director Jim ` Ward, suggesting that council recognize the members of the recreation board who had vol- unteered their services to the town. Mr. Ward suggested that some sort of certificate be pre- sented to the members. Councillor Bennett pounced on the proposal and demanded to know where council could draw the line. She argued that if one board or -committee was recognized why not all of them. Mayor Miller suggested that rather than presenting awards the council could arrange a din- ner for the members of each board. Councillor Tim Willis stated that in the past members of the recreation board have been op- posed to such ideas as awards and dinners for board members. After councillor Bill Harris dis- covered that the recommenda- tion was a personal one from Mr. Councillor Jack Gillespie want ed to know if the proposed service links to Gorrie, Wroxeter, Brus- sels and Blyth would also in- crease the rate. He commented that Bell Canada "nibbles you to death" by making nuinetous small increases that .add up to quite .a bit over an extended period of time. Council decided that they would write to Bell Canada's Owen Sound office in an attempt to have a representative come to council to explain the rate increase. Mississauga council petitioned Wingham council for support of a resolution which called for a sub- sidy to fire departments in the province which would be similar to the present $5 per capita grant the government gives municipal- ities for policing. . Council felt that the matter did not really • concern Wingham's fire department, but rather those municipalities which have full time forces. For that reason council decided not to endorse the resolution. The Ministry of Community and Social Services informed council it had approved a grant of more than $4,000 to the town's recreation committee. The money will be used by, that com- mittee to help pay for the recent alterations and repairs made to the arena. Finance Chairman Marg Ben- nett suggested that a special meeting be held to discuss the Reuel. 9"tre +a�uns�lttf didn't know, exactly, 'but' be, Would, surmise that •.the establishment was costing the town a • icon= siderable sum for supervision. The councillors then : discussed the possibility of having ' the building closed and its licence re- yoked. Mayor Miller suggested that a'petition would probably be necessary in this case becauseit is only one of two similar es- tablishments in town. Council has received no complaints about the operation of Lee's Tavern. The councillors finally decided that some sort of move should be made to contact the Liquor Licencing Commission of Ontalrio to see what,i if anything, could be, done. Public works committee chair- man Joe Kerr presented council with a letter which explained the 5.36 per cent increase in the' - town's levy to County Council. At the last town meeting Councillor Gillespie had asked for an. ex- planation of the $31,000 increase in levy. For the most part the letter simply claimed that the costs of certain services had in- creased and therefore the levy had to be increased. The mayor asked Reeve Kerr if the town's workmen could re- place the two 15 mph limit signs on Minnie St. near the CNR bridge which had been removed. Mayor Miller explained that complaints had been lodged that the road is being used as a "race- way". The reeve answered that they would be installed and sug- gested that the police might con- sider setting up a radar trap there for a period of time. Council aut==3 wAvra day care centre staff The Wingham town council has approved a recommendation by the town's Day Care Centre board asking for the immediate hiring of an additional qualified staff member. Day Care Board Chairman Jack Gillespie put for- ward the recommendation at Monday evening's May council Meeting. Councillor Gillespie explained that the Day Care Centre has grown tremendously in enrol- ment over the last year and has almost reached its maximum size for the present facilities. In fact it has grown so much that a problem has arisen in the area of supervision. The Centre looks after up to 30 children per day in its various programs which run the gammet from nursery school to several ,different part-time programs. With students coming and going to the Centre, irregular hours, the size of classes and theq amount of paper work to be doh`e the Centre's supervisor has stated that there are two alterna- tives. The 'first is to hire a new 'staff member or cut out some of the programs, most likely the nursery school program. The Centre is open five days a week from 6e:30 to 5:30, staff members working a full eight hour day. All the councillors admitted that the centre has certainly 'filled a need in the town and could see that "common sense" would dictate the hiring of a flaw wnrkc r rather than cutting out pro- grams. The board chairman explained that a new staff member would start at $5,200 per year but through the cost-sharing agree- ment with the Ontario govern- ment the actual cost to the town would be $1,000. The councillor also stressed that the council should make a decision on the matter quickly so the board could begin interviewing graduates of day care courses before they are all hired. Council complied with re- quest and granted the ►,-; , the authority to look after the mane.