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%%Ingham town council gave
third and final reeding' to the
town't-propOsed zoning blow at
a special meeting on Monday
Except for **Ow minor
Amendment* the kilt* stands as
it did when it was presented at
the last public meetingcalled to
&Ow it. The bylaw must.'now
be eiretilated amongproperty
owne,re of the town and after 15
days the bylaw and all the. oh
Jections the "town cannot,. deal
With locally will be 500 to the
Ontario Municipal Board for final
approval. •.
Mrs. Norman Shie,11 of Victoria
St, was present at the Meetingie
ask, to have her lione' and two
others in her area re -zoned
residential. Her Wine had been
designated as a:hazard area in
the town* sbi-year•old Official
lan and the planning board had
been reluctant to change that
designation until, they had !teen
the Maitland Valley' Conservation
Authority's floodplain mapping
for the Wingham area. Mrs.
Shiell sad she had met lrilth
MVCA officials in Wroxeter and
they had' shown her , the
preliminary mapping. That
mapping!. doesn't include her
property in the floodplain.
County planner • Gary !David-
son, who presented the bylaw to
council, noted that he. had 'not..
Seen the Preliininsry mapping
but that it had been the planning
board's view that if the property
in question was shown to be free
ot flooding, then it would anto-
nuttically be mooned.
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E BOARD
Councillor John Bateson and
VAXittellior Mil Harris berated the
planning hoard, none of whom
were present at the meeting, for
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causing so much trouble fOr, Mrs. that if Mrs.
Councillor Bateson said floods then,everlfone Wouki
that anyone With eyesi in hithead to "get out °, town."
could see that her property was Planner Dovidoon
not prone to flooding. Mr. Shiell that the inodel . wed 4s
.said that in the 70- years' he had 000(10010 mapping net
'hied in Wingitern there had been to Occur very oft *nd pe
400 flooding on the property Pointed out that the
concerned. Mr, Bateson added board had to sone
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Mon charged with dizin eroi)s dt*tvin
An BR 3, Goderich man, On September 20, police were continue,to use the l'OltdWaY-
' Gregory Hamilton faces a called to the intersectiOns of Over the week six men in skit
dangerous driving. charge Charles and Jospehine St. at separate incidents were charged
following a high speed chase on Park St. to investigate a two carunder the Liquor Control. ,Act with
Sunday that stretched 23 miles collision–About Soso damage WAS havingthan I their liquor theirfoofilion
between Winghein and Amber- sustained by cars driven by other n r reomen's.
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Harry rranken of RR 2, Auburn Gary German of Blyth, Richard
.po ice spokesman said 'Vb. Maclean of Teeswater,
TOIT1 Credan chased. the man; tram Charles St., south Onto' Jo- David Carter of Bluevale
said Constables am* rwct°11 and Bondi Was making a left - turn Dickison of RR 1, Wro
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along Owl?. 86 and finally apPre- lie St. 'while at the same Paul FinleY of Wingham .WarC.
hended he driver after he e Vanken w'as making charged after• police spot .
abandoned his. ear and fled right turn from Park St. onto 14 Jo- • turned up quantities of 1
through a cornfield near his sephine St. The two cars subse- their cars.
home.
Ponce
two 18-y
With Ira
incident
over a In
said the • 0 boys, whose names
were notoleased were arrested
after 16 tires on two trailers at the
* plant were flattened. Sgt. Zim-
mer says the act did about $193
damage to the tires.
y they have charged
-old Wingham boys
dalisni following .an
t Stanley Door Systems
th ago. The sergeant
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quently collided With each other. „, Police also charged a Godes*
The matter is undergoing further Man with travelling the
investigation. way on a one way street -On,
26, and •are investigating two
•accidents with 'less than 096
damage involved.
Sgt. Zimmer also reportedtkat
police are on the lookout fora 24
inch, blue bicycle with throbe.
fenders and mud guards bkh
was stolen from the bike rack at
Wingham Publkc School on Sept.,
25.
Police are warning drivers who
have been using the high school's
private access road as a through -
fare that charges of. trespassing
will be levied against them.
Police' at the request of the
school's administration, warned
4iine youths last week that they
could be liable for charges if they
te school board cont
The Huron -Perth Roman
catholic Separate School Board
meeting in Seaforth Monday last
week, accepted the fuel oil tender
of Ross Scotc, Ltd. of Brucefield
for.the year 1974-75 at a discount
It! five cents per gallon off the
posted tank wagon price, *Mai
-mitorortonowairwt
for all schools except Wingham
which is 37.5 cents per gallon:
Jack Lane, business adminis-
trator, said the difference in
price for Wingham was that it is
located in a different provincial
zone.
• Ted Geoffrey of Zurich said the
Scott tender was the lowest of
three. He said it was not a firm
price and will vary when the
refineries .adjust their prices,
perhaps later this fall.
Mrs. Trudy Smith of Zurich
was appointed principal's relief
at EcoleSte. Marie at St. Joseph.
The City of Stratford will.. be
granted pernOssion to use the
separate schools for the'
municipal elections upcoming in
December.
Six trustees indicated they
Firemen called
to fire of a
tractor trailer
Wingham firemen quickly
extinguished a fire on a tractor
trailer rpursday evening after
receiving notification about the
blaze from an unidentified caller.
The fire broke out in a load of
0 wrecked pars being transported
by a tractor trailer belonging to
Bob's Auto Wreckers' and
Trucking Services of Mildmay.
Fire Chief Dave Crothers said
•there was little damage done by
the fire which broke out as the
truck, was travelling along Hwy.
86 about one mile east of Huron
County Road 12. The chief said
the fire apparently started in two
of the cars which were on top of
the load. The cars had just been
cut into sections before being
tcarted off.
Fernier resident
retires from post
A former Wingham resident,
Gordon Beard, retired recently
as the Manager of the Mitchell
branch of the Canadian Imperial
Dank of Commerce. Mr. Beard,
Who was quite well known in
town, moved from Wingham to
Mitchell about five years ago to
take that potation.
His succetoor, Clifford Bran.
ton, is alto known in this area and
was moat recently the manager
of the Canadian imperial branch
in Wr,oxeter until this trensfer,
Mr, Brenton taunted hit now
position at the end of Septenther.
would be able to , attend the
Christian Curriculum DevelOp-
ment Conference in Toronto,
November 1, 2 and, 3 -- Board
Chairman Michael Connolly of
,4 Kipper*, Howard Shantz of Strat-
ford, John McCann of Alba
• Ci" Wools Hickne,11 of Sea-
lieOffrer of, Zwick
and Oscar Kieffer of Bluevale.
The UNICEF/ officials were
given permission to distribute
boxes in any separate school
under the board's jurisdiction at
Hallowe'en.
St. Joseph's Church was given
permission to hold a C.O.R.
(Christ in Others Retreat)
weekend at St. Michael's School
November 8-10.
The sketch .plans for the ad-
dition at St. Patrick's School,
Kinkora, as presented by Brian
'Garrett, architect, of Kyles,
• Kyles and Garratt, Stratford
have been approved and' they
have been pent yl.the IVIinistry of
Education slot, apProval.
The board was notified that
three members ofthe clergy have
been appointed to the- Trustee -
Clergy Liaison Committee —
Rev. A. J. Durand of Zurich;
Rev. Gordon DM of Dublin and
Rev. V. J. Gleeson of Stratford.
Commenting on the .budget
•print -cut handed out by Arthur
Haid, • chairman of finance
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the offtclel plan. He reiterated
the planning bemire dsclakmi
that the zoning could easily be
changed lithe floodplain did not
include the ,property.
Councillor Harris , wanted
changes *motioned to know why
thePlanning board bad deeided to
shrink the commerClal area;
in the cottrof town to exclude
Centre and Edward St, and why a
zone in the north of the munici- •
pality had, been re -zoned
residential from an Original high-.
way4commerical zoning. •
Mr. Davidson 'replied that in
those area there bed 'been, con.
siderable protest from the
residents and that coupled with
the fact that there are virtually
no commercial Undertakings
ready in the area prompted the
*In* board to zone the areas
as they now exist. •
Councillor Bateson asked Mr;
Davidson what a Cl -t area mosti.
te$: was told that it was a
speciai designation which would
allow the Eleetroherne plant to
*hone whit is actually' an
..!.40dUlltria1 operation within a
zone. The plant will
be alloved, to expend its 'oPoira-
Ito" as. long as it "Meets the
$stiictions for safety, health, .
which it would have to meet
:it were located in an industrial
zone.; •
The planning department ioffi-
pointed out that only two
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committee, Jack lane said it WAS when trailisporting school stu-
well within budget expenditures. dent is as a school bus exceeds the
Trustees are to study the report tticted Weight. The board
at home andit will be discusSed thustpayforanadditionalnine
at next meeting. miles travelled each day and this
Sam Alberico, principal at St. is costing money, Donald CrOw-
Michael's School, Stratford, lia* ley, transportation committee
been named as representative*.
the Onterio CommitteelOr Stratford
cation week. ameo that the Pam* Lite Ad -
The board will write a letter to visory Committee, which' is
the council of Hibbert Tosteldp studying the report of the pilot
to ask that top priority be• given, project on teaching the Family
when, preparing next Year's road Lifeprogram to Grade 8 students
budget, to building bridge on • last sPring, be prepared to report
side road 20-21, Concession two, of back to the hoard soon. He said he
Hibbert. Because the bridge is hoped to see the same program
•posted to a limited load, the implemented to Grade seven
'board is unable to use the road pupils as well as Grade 8 this
year. Francis Hicknell, a
member of the Family Life
Advisory' Committee, said he
thought a report could be ready
for the November meeting.
The board prepared a policy
covering school custodians,
giving consideration to the
selection and supervision of
custodial staff and the main-
tenance of co-operation and com-
munication among the principal
and staff, the custodian and the
board. office. The policy covers
the hiring, the training, the
supervision of dnties, main-
taining the school buildings and
premises in a proper sanitary
condition, communication links
for custodians and the rules for
dismissal if necessary for breach
of contract.
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MOP MURRAY GAUNT* Winoham Senior Citizens' President Reuben Appleby, and
Wingham Mayor DeWitt Miller officially opened the new Wingham Senior Citizens'
Drop -le Centre in the Armories on Monday afternoon with a ribbon -cutting ceremony. The
rieW 'WO. features an Indoor lawn bowl Ino green, shuffleboard coyrt, pool table and card
room.
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LATIVIES04-9011*Iebi4'0f-04:.#
• • Ptftlio)t on, September 22toc�ngratulate Mr..'
Marriage. The afternoon open house featured a M841c si
entertainment provided by Earl and Martha Heywood.
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ornen's tn
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Speaker asks"
of light bulbs are
The Wingham Lions Club Further following the analogy
welcomed its district governor, he commented that some peopl
Bruce Murray, to the regular become brighter and stronger
meeting last week. Mr. Murray until they become 100 -watt bulbs
took the podium to make the • and still fewer progress t
evening's speech and later become floodlights through thei
presented 22 Lions with their participation in wide and varied
perfect attendance pins, • fields. Mr. Murray said that mai
The governor's speech, "What Lions are like flashlights which
Kind of Light Bulb Are You?", cast a steady and constant beam
likened people to various types of by working through worthwhile
light sources. He said people projects for the betterment of
start off as the tiniest of their communities and the in -
flashlights with a very weak and dividuals who make up those
narrow beam. Some, Governor commtmities.
Murray said, stay that way while The district governor cautioned
others broaden their interests the Lions not to be like a flash -
and involvements and become • cube which burns brightly for a
larger and more powerful beams moment but then quickly fades
of knowledge and participation. Flashcubes, he said, are people
who will put their all into one or
two projects but just don't have
the energy to continue a longer
constant committment.
In regular business the Lions
decided to donate $200 dollars to
• the Wingham Minor Hockey
interrupted twice members were also informed of
Association this year. The club
several upcoming Lions' events
of interest. On Oct. 11, a new
Lions Club will be chartered in
Walkerton and Wingham
members are invited to the
charter night of the new Leo Club
Oct. 8, as the canvaSSing night in
e support 01 the Canatrum National
Institute fel' the plind. The.Lions
_hope to get a good response again
o this year for the project from the
✓ residents of the town. '
Town phone service
Telephone service in Wingham
took a bit of a beating earlier this
week as two service interruptions
left telephones in town useless for
almost 12 hours on Sunday and
Monday.
On Sunday heavy winds took
their toll and downed lines ser-
ving the Wingham area. That
interruption lasted from 1 p.m. to
*bout 4:30 p.m. leaving the town
and the area with no service. For
good measure Bell Canada
employees checked the circuitry
at the Wingham relay station on
John St. just to be on the safe
side,
Monday morning Bell trouble-
shooters were back in Wingham
• after PUC workmen installing
new street lights on Josephine St.
accidentally cut through a Bell
cable and knocked out telephone
service in the northeast section of
the town.
, A PUC spokesman explained
that utility workers were aware
that there was a cable protected
by concrete conduit buried along
the Main street where they were 4, complaints necessitated a per -
Waiting. However, they were sonal trip downtown to the police
unaware that there was a second offices.
e•ible buried in the work area and The hospital and the Wingham
It Was not protected by a OPP detachment's tel
•The PUC employee were still in operation during the
t a workman sliced that interruption.
cable in two while working with
an auger.
Firemen were treated to two
false alarms as a result of the line
cut on Monday. Fire Chief Dave
Crothers said the cut caused a
short circuit in the fire siren at
the department's downtown
buildinp, The chief also com-
mented that the loss of service
cut down on the number of tele-
phones hooked up to the fire
emergency number. However,
Chief Crothers did not feel the
situation would cause any danger*
because there were still a few fire
lines in operation.
The WiNham police depart-
ment wasn'kquite as lucky. Bell
service at police headquarters
was completely cut until the tele-
phone line was repaired about 5
p.m. on Monday. The department
coped with the problem by having
someone stationed in the office
and relaying any messages by
radio to patrolling cars. The
situation was less than ac-
ceptable though, because to issue
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in St. Jacobs. A Leo Club is the
youth wing of the Lions In-
ternational and is for people
between the ages of 19 and 21.
The Lions have set Tuesday,
Make a pledge
to walk-a-thon
Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs
from Wingham, Exeter, Hensall,
Lucknow, Drayton, Mount
Forest, Shelbourne and Harriston
will be conducting a walk-a-thon
on Sunday, October 6, to assist in
research of cystic fibrosis.
The walk will begin from the
Allis Chalmers dealership in
Gorrie and from the Lucknow,
Legion Hall at 11:00 a.m. and the
walkers are expected to reach the
Wingham Armouries by 3 p.m.
Anyone who would like to,
sponsor a Wingham Kinsman or
Kinette may make a pledge by
contacting any local Kinsman or
by calling $57400.
Town shocked
by death of
Chief Miiler
Wingham residents and public
officials were shocked on Wed-
nesday morning to learn of the
tragic death of Wingham Pollee
Chief Jim 11i1ier, who died on -
Tuesday afternoon while on a
hunting -fishing trip in Northern
Ontario.
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Chief Miller apparently died of
exposure when a boat he was
fishing from ran into trouble.
Unfortunately the details sur-
rounding his death are still uncer-
tain at this point. The chief was in
Northern Ontario this week on
vacation with two other friends,
both of whom are also chiefs of
police.
Chief Miller came to Wingham
in 1959 from Owen Sound to take
the post of police chief after
serving at several places in
Ontario.
lawn and police officials
learned of the 50 -year-old police
chief's death early Wednesday
morning when they were con
tacted by police from the area
where the accident occurred. e