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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-11-28, Page 10Tial" Thu" 11"embur Attendance onl Vote LARRY LANE COUNCILLOR WINGHAM Experience I lack, but 1 more than make up for this in my energy and enthusiasm to do a good job. FOR SOLID REPRESENTATION ON COUNCIL VOTE LARRY LANE ON DECEMBER 2 RE-ELECT MARGARET BEN'NETT to Wingham Town Council Let "experience be your .guide ! I am presently in my tenth year as a councillor, and have for the past six years been chairman of the finance committee. 1 strive to see that the taxpayers' dollar is wisely spent, and will con- tinue to do so. I solicit your vote December 2. Anyone wishing aride to the polls call 357-2742 after 4 p.m. Wingham ELECT ANDREW RITSKES for Councillor On December 2 1 solicit your support YOUR INTEREST WILL BE FIRST AND FOREMOST IN MY THINKING, IF ELECTED TO COUNCIL THE FUTURE IS IMPORTANT JOHN HAVES For Mayor of Wingham Wingham has progressed tremen- dously in the post decade ... but we still have a long way to go. After serv- ing a full term oh the town council, I am deeply interested in what the fu- ture will mean to our community. The years ahead will be ones of change... a time in which strong leadership is essential. As a businessman of many years experience, I believe that I can contribute to a program of sound de- velopment as the mayor of our town. I ask for your support of th• polls on al.ction day, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2 (Continued from front page) Mr. Hayes then took the floor to report on the undertakings of the industrial committee which he heads. According to the coun- cillor, housing rather than luring new industry to the town is the major block in the way of pro- gress in his committee's deal- ings. He mentioned that at least one company had chosen to locate in another area because there were not enough people actually in the municipality look- ing for work. He clarified that point by referring to figures com- piled by the town which show that more than 50 per cent of the workers in local industry are from outside the municipality. Therefore, he said, the population would definitely increase if those people could find living quarters in Wingham. Mrs. Richard Eskerod asked Mr. Hayes what his priorities would be for the town if he was elected mayor. He replied that he is anxious to see new housing and good industry sought for Wing - ham. He mentioned that unem- ployment is not a problem here. Mrs. Bailey took issue with him on that point and suggested that if housing and good industry were brought to town it might slow down the exodus of young people to the province's cities. Mr. Hayes retorted that he could "make noises" and declare that he would bring industry to Wingham but in actual fact it is usually the industry that decides on the town rather than the other way around. However, he men - Borrie Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cudmore of Brussels visited -Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nay on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Stevens, Kim and Keri of West Hill spent the weekend with Mrs. A. L. Stephens. Miss Betty Dahl of New Ham- burg spent the weekend with Miss Marilyn Grainger. Miss Colleen McMillan of New Hamburg spent the weekend .with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Blake McMillan. Mrs. Melvin Kreller of Clifford visited Monday with Mrs. William Smith. Cecil Grainger has been trans- ferred from St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, to Palmerston hos- pig•�c ':. �_'Brown Mr. ancf Nfrs, George Brown were guests at the Devitt -Brown wedding in Lucknow Presby- terian Church on Saturday. Miss Jean Brown, Brantford, was one of the wedding attendants. Miss Lois Ferguson of Kingston spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs.' Harold Robinson visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson of Fordwich. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nickel and Miss Kay Nickel of Kitchener attended the 40th wedding anni- versary of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nickel of Fordwieh, held in the Howick Community Centre on. Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson of Fordwich visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Haskins. Bluevale Sympathy of the community is extended to Jack Wickstead and other relatives in the passing of Mrs. Wickstead on Sunday. Mrs. Ross Mann spent last week with Mrs. Reg Bitton at Chatham. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hall were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scott and family of Newton and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hall and family of Shakespeare. Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Haugh and Eileen spent one day last week with Mr. and Mrs. Mike Newton and family at Wroxeter. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gilkinson spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Haugh and Eileen. Sun- day visitors at the Haugh home were Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Noble, Wayne, Paul and Brian of Britton The Turnberry Ladies' Aid held the final meeting of the year with a pot luck dinner at the home of Mrs. Gordon Mundell in Wing - ham. The ladies worked on Mrs. Mundell's quilt and during the business part of the meeting, Mrs. Jack Willitts and Mrs. Glenn Snell were re-elected president and secretary - treasurer. The next meeting will be held in January at Mrs. Snell's home. Communion service was held at Bluevale Presbyterian Church Sunday with Rev. Armstrong of Wingham in charge. The choir anthem was, "My Religion's Not Old Fashioned" with Mrs. Ross Hoggart, organist. Wayne Bas - wick had the service in Wingham . tiofed that the town had beoss do- ing everything in its power to bring industry here. He pointed to the acquisition of la acme fear an industrial area which the town purchased at a cost of $3000 this year. Welfare Pians Mrs. Bailey took a swipe at: the provincial and federal govern- ments' welfare and unerhpley- ment schemes after Mr. Hayes informed the meeting that Strat- ford was $10 million "in the hole" because they did not plan ade- quately during their industrial recruiting. The candidate went on to say that their prokiem stems from the fact that the labor force had industry over a barrel and were demanding high wages. Councillor Bennett agreed with Mrs. Bailey that many welfare and unemployment recipients should be "cut off". County Justice The councillors were .also asked if they concurred with a recent statement by 'attorney - general's office that there is. no need for a review of the ad- ministration of justice in the county. The council was united in their position that judges in the county should be handing down stiffer fines and sentences. The town's county council repre- sentatives said the county agreed with the local council, but the province had turned thumbs down on an investigation. Elmer Ireland praised the council and the PUC . for their work over the past term and hoped that they would continue in their course. PUC Chairman Roy Bennett and Commissioner Rod Wraith outlined some of the projects the PUC had undertaken. Mr. Ben- nett noted that while the town's load in electrical energy demand had only just doubled in the past iQ years the costs to the PVC. tripled. He added that by law the PVC can only make rate changes once a year while ►taro Hydro can increase rates' as Oftm as they want. He announced that by. next August the PVC willl be pay., ing at least 1$M0 per cent more for hydro than they did haat Auguet. However, be explained that those increases would not necessarily be passed on to town customers. Mr. Wraith told the audience that the town has done extensive work on water mains, pump facilities and the new standpipe this year. He also announced that the,PUC will be installing equip- ment for adding sodium silicate to the water system. Sodium sili- cate treating keeps iron particles in the water system from settling and causing "rusty" water stains in washing. He added that there had been a suggestion that the town add fluoride to the water, but investigation had proven that natural fluoride level in town water is .1 part per million below the recommended level and therefore fluoridation is un- necessary. The mayor then asked each of the new candidates to make a statement. Each candidate of- fered his services on behalf of the town but made no definite policy remarks or program outlines. Mayor Miller ended the meet- ing with what he termed his "swan song". He expressed pleasure at having .served the town for 24 years in public office. He said he hoped the town would continue to grow and prosper and pointed to some of the numerous achievements the town has made during his public life. He com- mented that members of council had rarely, .,if ever, been unani- mous in their decision but that was because each one was doing his best to serve his town. H orti c u 1 tviciI Soc. elects its executive Changing the time of the an- nual meeting from January to November proved very reward- ing for the Wingham Horti4ul- tural Society on Monday evening, November 18, when about forty people attended the meet which was held in the •Fellows ' ` Hall, St. Andrew's Presbyteri n Church. Thepresident, l*s. I Morrey, presided and welcomed allthose in attendance and after a brief outline of the evening's business called on the secretary, Ed. Fielding to read the minutes of the last annual meeting. Gor- don Baxter read the audited fi- nancial statement which showed .the society in a good position after a year of heavy expenses. Reports were presented by the chairmen of the various com- mittees as follows : Membership —Mrs. W. E. Fielding, showing a gain of 39 members for the year; Public Planting - Roy Bennett gave an excellent report covering all public plantings in the town of Wingham and thanked all who helped in any way to beautify the town; Publicity — William Har- ris; Flower Show — Colin Camp- bell, showed the exhibitors up by eight and entries up by 46 from the previous year; Social — Miss Z. Hopwood. Stewart Beattie as chairman of the Nomination Committee pre- sented the repot on the nomina- tions for officer directors for the coming year. With no further nominations from the floor the following were declared elected for 1975: President, Mrs. I. E. Morrey; first vice, Mrs. W. E. Fielding-' seeond‘vice, Mrs ,Wm. Connell; one-year directors — Mr. Stewart Beattie, Miss Z. Hopwood, Mr. F. Madill, Mr. H. Mundell, Mrs. E. Ritchie; two- year directors — Mr. R. Bennett, Mrs. M. Cleland, Mr. J. Donald- son, Mrs. L. Statia, Mr. J. Walk- er. The auditors are Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ellacott. The secreta•y and treasurer will be appointed at the next directors' meeting. Delegates to the district .annual to be held next April are Mrs. I. E. Morrey, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bennett and Miss Z. Hopwood. Delegates to the Ontario Associa- tion annual will be appointed next spring. Several announcements of a horticultural nature were then made. Mrs. Morrey presented Mrs. Elizabeth English as the guest for the evening. Mrs. Eng lish demonstrated several ar- rangements on ..the Christmas theme, also made an arrange- ment including live flowers. The meeting closed with light refreshments and all enjoyed a social time together. CHRISTINE FOXTON, one of seven Wingham bowlers who will be competing on a YBC district team in the upcoming Kitchener Winter Games, was hard at work on Saturday trying to get that form just right. The seven Wingham bowlers who made the district team had to bowl scores in the top six of their division in a roll -off held earlier this year. (Staff Photo) RN n•siotts BXLGRAV1C Risley Star . B'. 1211, Myth►', bald j K nue meetbkg a election of' 'officers oti.TueedaY of last wetig Blyth Orange Hall. 4onation was made to the Trilht Rome for the Aged at 0 . Harold Webster, county' master, conducted the electica and installation of officers who were all re-elected: W. P. "Thomas Jowl. Q. P., ,lee* W. Nethery; Chaplain, George. Grigg; Reg.. Henry Pattison; treasurer, C. Falconer; lec- turers, Robert Hibberd and H. Jacklin; censors, Elmer Bruce. and Herman Nethery; standard bearers, Athol Bruce and Milo Casernore; pursuivant, R. Noble; tyler, H. Wallace. WEEKLY EUCHRE BELGRAVE — At the weekly euchre four tables were in play last Wednesday evening in the community centre. High lady was Mrs. Clarence Hanna; low lady, Mrs. Edgar Wightman; high man, Edgar Wightman;. low man, Lawrence Taylor. •4 WINGHAM TOWN COUNC A businessman concerned with getting the moat out of our tax dollars. If elected, I pledge my services to the interests of all Wingham residents. On December 2 ELECT ALLAN R. HARRISON to the Wlnghqrn Town Council PAST EXPERIENCE Seven years as Elementary School Teacher. . Six .years ,on Wingham Midget Hockey Tourna- . ment. Presently Chairman of,1975 Tournament. Recreation and Arena Boards. Memberof Branch 180 Wingham Legion. My past experience and th.e fact that I have been a resident of Wingham. for the past sixteen years °pro 'e' m y interest inWingham .•and You the Ratepayer. SENIOR CITIZENS REQUIRING A RIDE TO THE POLLS PLEASE PHCiNE 357-2646 AFTER 3:30 P.M. For MAYOR Of Wingham VOTE JACK REAVIE *1 will endeavor to work in the best inter- ests of the ratepayers. *I have served forseveny ears on the Town Council' - 1943-1950. One year as Mayor, and the previous six years as Councillor during which time, I served as chairman of each committee. *I was Assessor for the Town of Wingham for nine years - 1961-74, and have been the Building Inspector since 1961. *1 was in business in Wingham for 28 years *1 have always had the best interests of the town at heart, and I am deeply con- cerned about a good future for Wingham. AS MAYOR, 1 WOULD GIVE THIS OFFICE MY FULL TIME ATTENTION ISolicif Your Vote - December 2 IF YOU NEED A RIDE TO VOTE: CALL 357.3563 OR 357-2805 cf 4 0