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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-12-12, Page 14Engineer is happy with standpipe repit results Despite evidence of so continued seepage on a very minor scale, both the engineer responsible for the project and members of the Wingham Public Utilities Commission which paid for it are happy with the results of last summer's $200,000 overhaul of the town water standpipe. At a PUC meeting last week, engineer Murray Sch- mitt told members that although "a couple very small orange pinholes and one large tomato stain" have appeared on the outer sur- face of the tank since it was refilled, "we as engineers are very pleased with the tank and we want to know if you are." He said the life of the tank has been extended "sub- stantially", but noted that since some 70' concrete standpipes across Ontario have experienced problems similar to this one, "I don't think you .will get a guarantee on any one of them." He suggested the tank could be drained for a day next spring or fall for in- spection and an attempt made to repair the pinholes, though he added that if it doesn't get any worse it might be just as well to leave it alone. PUC Chairman Roy Bennett assured him the standpipe "looks really good. I think we should be really, really pleased." Mr. Schmitt also suggest- ed' to the PUC 'once again that, although it should be able to expect go get quite a R. W. Bell OPTOMETRIST Goderich The Square ,524-7661 Still looking for a Gift? BLYTH FESTIVAL Vouchers $25.for Four Admissions split them up or give as a pack phone: • 523-9.300 tuber of years from its existing tank, it should start to look for a second location. With jest one standpipe, if something goes wrong with it you have a problem, as more and more municipalities are finding out, he said. "It's nice to have two tanks, an older and a newer one." He also spent some time discussing the merits of insulating standpipes, but noted this work is still in a very early stage and there is much to be learned about it. Insulation is aimed at preventing damage to the tanks through a buildup of ice inside during the winter months. Asked by PUC Manager Ken Saxton which should be the highest priority, a second standpipe or insulating the first one, Mr. Schmitt said his gut feeling was "at least get a site," though he suggested it would be a mistake not to at least show an interest in any insulation program which may be developed by the provincial Environment Ministry. This is the same ministry which contributed $150,000 toward the repairs to the standpipe last summer. In other business at the meeting the commissioners met with Bill Keil represent- ing the Frank Cowan insur- ance company. The PUC policy was renewed with that company for another year, with only minor changes to the coverage. Mrs. Alice Elliott hostess for WMS BLUEVALE — Sixteen members of the Women's Missionary Society of Knox Presbyterian Church met last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Alice Elliott, which was beautifully decorated for Christmas. Mrs. Glenn Golley opened the meeting with a poem, "What Christmas Is", followed .by the singing of "While Shepherds Wat- ched". Mrs. Keith Moffatt read from the scripture according to Luke and concluded with another reading, "Austrian Christmas in Canada". This was followed by a prayer, led by Mrs. Golley. The minutes of the last Meeting were read by Mrs. Joe Walker and adopted. The roll call was answered by a verse pertaining to music. A total of 57 visits to the sick were recorded. The offering was received, followed by a prayer by the president and the treasurer's report. Mrs. Burns Moffatt made a motion to meet the allocation and it was seconded by Mrs. William Elston. A total of 10 heritage„bpolis, were sold. The year-end reports all were heard, with Mrs. Jack Jenkins being nominated for supply secretary and Mrs. Alba Mundell will be the historian. Mrs. Elliott and Mrs. Ross Gray were in charge of the study. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful” was sung. Mrs. Elliott asked, "Why do we buy gifts?" The answer is to commemorate the gift off Jesus. God gives us strength and his gift of hope for peace and love. She said people must pray for others and learn to do their best. God's greatest gift to us is his son, Jesus Christ. A poem, "Love Came Down at Christmas", was read by Mrs. Gray. Prayers were offered by Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Elliott. Mrs. Grant gave the call to worship for the installation of the officers for 1985. Mrs. Glenn Snell led in prayer and Mrs. Glen McKercher read the scripture. Mrs. Gordon Mundell presided over the in- stallation with the following taking office: Mrs. Burns Moffatt, past president; president, Mrs. Golley; secretary, Mrs. Walker; assistant secretary, Mrs. Larry Welch; press reporter, Mrs. Walker; Glad Tidings secretary, Mrs. i.ola Mann; treasurer, Mrs. Jenkins; literature and library, Mrs. Burns Moffatt; supply secretary, Mrs. Jenkins ;' associate members secretary, Mrs. Keith Moffatt; friendship and Bachert Meats 887-9328 one -mile east of Walton Call us for your slaughtering needs. Slaughter date is Tuesday. Now is the time to fill your freezer for winter. Sides of beef, pork, lamb or veal. We specialize in home -cured meats and old- fashioned country -style pork sausage. No fillers added. All meat is government inspected. Wroxeter Santa Claus PARAD E-N Saturday, Dec. 15 2 p.m. Candy for the kids REBEKAH SALE AND TEA—Mrs. Ethel Adams and Mrs. Mossie Jones had the job of buttering the muffins at last Friday's annual Rebekah Christmas bake sale and tea. The lea was held at the IOOF hall and was well at- tended by people who came in to browse and buy at the bake and c latt tables. s Cyiye,, MTs,.. Ma9ily , , assistant friendship and service, Mr,s. Elliott; pianist, Mrs. Keith Moffatt; life membership, Mrs. Golley; auditors, Mrs. Elliott and Mrs. Gordon Mundell; historian, Mrs. Alba Mundell; nominating committee, Mrs. Jack Willitts, Mrs. Beryl Kirton and Mrs. William Elston. Afternoon unit meets The afternoon unit of the Wingham United Church Women met last week at the home of Mrs. Stewart Leedham. Mrs. Bert Garniss was in charge of the Christmas devotions, assisted by ,Mrs. Charles Bosman, Mrs. Elwood Webster and Mrs. Verena Bone. Mrs. Rae Grant had her special guest, Mary Hehn, assist her with the carols, which were enjoyed. Mrs. Leedham welcomed 24. members and three visitors to her home. A Japanese tanka was displayed. The ladies read the Christmas story and presented the story of the five advent candles and lit each one as they spoke. Mrs. Garniss gave a very impressive reading, "Amid the Glory", and closed with a Christmas benediction. Mrs. Leonard James conducted the business and thanked everyone who took part. Mrs. Rawlings gave a nice verse. AIhome insulation COMPANY LIMITED WINGHAM REPRESENTATIVE ROGER PLUMB Pk 3571202 Insulating can save you up to 30% on heating and cooling bills annually. That could pay for the insulation in Tess than one season. Plus, it will add value to your home and keep it cooler in the summer. VERY 'IMPORTANT ® You must be on our reserva- tion list by Dec. 1984 to qualify for C.H.I,P. 60% Assistance for up to $500. CALL NOW! CGSt3 ONT. 429 Jean Mathers hosts UCW Christmas mtg. BLUEVALE — Members of the United Church Women were welcomed by Mrs. Ross Nicholson, president, to the home of Mrs. Jean Mathers recently for their December meeting. Sixteen members,,,answer- ed the roll call by naming their favorite Christmas car- ol and donating a gift for the county's Family and Chil- dren's Services. Mrs. Glen Johnston and Mrs. Keith Johnston led the worship service with carols and the Christmas story read from the Bible. During the business portion of the meeting, annual reports were given by the treasurer and conveners, which informed The mem- bers of the very successful 'year. Mrs. Jack Nicholson showed her book containing the history of the Bluevale Edgar family gathers at hall BELGRAVE—Forty-six Edgar relatives gathered at the Women's Institute Hall,, Belgrave on Saturday after- noon December 8th for their annual Christmas. Following the smorgas- bord dinner, everyone en- joyed. a sing -song of Christ- mas carols, then Santa arrived to help unload the. tree which children and adults enjoyed. Those present were from Petrolia, Brigden, Aylmer,. Tavistock, Kitchener, Blyth, Wingham and Belgrave. church for the archives. Mrs. James Johnston is going to continue a scrap book begun by Mrs. Percy on news of the congregation. Delegates to the Huron - Perth UCW annual meeting on Jan, 28 in Wingham are Mrs. Ross Nicholson and Mrs. Mathers. Mrs. William Peacock is the alternate. Mrs. Murray McFarlane and Mrs. Harold Johnston were appointed to look into purchasing a new photo copier. The report of the nominating committee was accepted and .Mrs. Mathers installed the following 'of- ficers for the coming year: past president, Mrs. Harold Johnston; president, Mrs. Ross Nicholson; secretary, Mrs. Peacock; and treasur- ' er, Mrs. Jim Casemore. Industrial hockey report Crawford Dodgers handed Bridge Motors their first loss of the season last week. Gord Marr scored the winning goal to give his team a 3-2 victory. Crawfords are tied for second place with Stainton Spitfires, who defeated the Advance -Times 7-5. Doug Maclntyre and Todd Stainton scored twice for the Spitfires. Kevin Tervit had the hat trick for the Ad- vance. PUC applies for increase of 7.4% The cost of electricity to hydro users in the Town of Wingham will increase by slightly more than seven per cent next year under a new rate schedule prepared by the local public utilities commission. The new rates, which Still must be approved by Ontario Hydro before taking effect Jan 1, 1985, will boost the cost of power to residential customers by 7.4 per cent. Larger commercial and industrial users will escape with a slightly lower in- crease of 5.7 per cent. For residential customers, the minimum monthly bill will rise to $4.50 from $4.00, with consumption billed at 7.5 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) for the first 250 kilowatt hours, up from 6.75 cents, and 4.55 cents per kWh for the balance of con- sump,ion, up from 4.30 cents. The minimum bill for general service (com- mercial and industrial) customers will be the same as residential, as will the rate for the first 250 kilowatt hours. The rate then goes to 4.85 cents per kWh for the next 12,000 kilowatt hours, up from 4.60 cents, falling to 3.40 cents per kWh for anything in excess of 12,250. The basic rate charged to the Western Foundry, which accounts for about half of all the electricity used in town, will rise to 1.95 cents per kWh from 1.69 cents. This increase to retail customers is actually lower than the increase in the wholesale cost of power charged to the PUC by Ontario Hydro. The PUC was notified earlier by Hydro that the price it pays for bulk power will increase by 8.2 per cent next year. PUC Manager Ken Saxton estimated that based on 1984 consumption, this will add about $200,000 to the utility's hydro bill next year. He calculated that by the end of 1984 the PUC will have paid Ontario Hydro between $2.5 million and $2.6 million. The cost of bulk power accounts for about 90 per cent of the PUC's cost of hydro operations, with wages and salaries, materials ,and other operating costs accounting for the other 10 per cent. On the brighter side, Mr. Saxton said he has not proposed any increase in water rates for 1985. Assuming the utility does not run into any unexpected major expenses, the present rates should see it through the year, he said. 1 The WangliMuu Advance -Times, Dec. 12, 1984—Pagle 13 East Wawanosh Council opposes plan to renovate museum East Wawanosh council is not in favor of a proposal to renovate the Huron County Pioneer Museum at Goderich because it deems the cost of the project ex- cessive. The projected 'cost of the restoration is $2,137,520 to be paid over five years. East Wawanosh's per annum share is $6,081 or almost $32,000 over five years. The matter was discussed at last Tuesday evening's meeting of council after the councillors had beengiven one month to gather com- ments from ratepayers. Reeve Neil Vincent said anyone he had spoken to is in favor of keeping the museum open. However they also said that since it is located at Goderich and that 'town will derive 95 per cent of the monetary benefits, Goderich tin willing to pay at least one-third of the total cost. The other council mem- bers said they had similar feedback. Councillor Vaughn Toll said East Wawanosh should have held a public meeting to discuss the museum question like some other local municipalities have done. Councillor Fred Meier was not quite as generous as some of the others, saying he would close the Goderich museum and send everything to the Ontario Agricultural Museum at Milton. Mr. Meier toned his remarks down somewhat later when he suggested the county should consider scaling down the size of the restoration project. The other council mem- bers agreed with him and a St. Andrew's WMS Christmas meeting The Women's Missionary Society of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church held its Christmas meeting in the upper room on December 4. Mrs. G. Fisher and Mrs. A. Gaunt were in charge. Mrs. Fisher presided and Mrs. Gaunt prepared the program which opened with the singing of the carol, "0 Little Town of Bethlehem", Mrs. L. Shickluna told the story of the author of this carol and how it came to be written. Mrs. H. Bateman led in prayer and "Joy to the World" was sung, then its origin explained by Mrs. Shickluna. Mrs. J. McKague gave a reading entitled "Suppose" and Mrs. M. Gaunt and Mrs. J. English sang two duets, "Loveliest Night" and "Once in a Manger", ac- companied by Mrs. Paul Mills at the pian Niro W. Lapp gave a reading, "I Like Christmas". Mrs. Fisher read scripture from St. Matthew's Gospel and the meditation, based on the Christmas story, was Sacred Heart euchre party Thirteen tables were in play at last Tuesday evening's euchre party held at Sacred Heart Church in Wingham. Anna Marie Kieffer was the high lady and Grant Wilton was the high man. Margaret Leddy was the low lady, while Sara Anstett (playing as a man) was low man: Marj Coultes won the door prize. capably given by Mrs. Gaunt. Following the singing of another carol, the offering was received and dedicated by Mrs. G. Wall. President Mrs. Bateman then con- ducted the business, with secretary Mrs. C. Tiffin reading the minutes of the last meeting and the correspondence, then calling the roll. The nominating committee brought in the slate of officers for 1985. • The meeting closed with the Mizpah Benediction and a Christmas lunch was served by the hostesses in charge, Mrs. G. Godkin and • Mrs. G. Wright. Ladies' club meets at McTaggart home . BRUSSELS — Mrs. Marie McTaggart was the hostess for the December meeting of the Past Noble Grands Club of the Morning Star Rebekah Lodge. President Sarah Stephen- son welcomed everyone and conducted the business. Mary Lowe read the minutes and gave the treasurer's re- port. Fourteen members an- swered the roll call. The January meeting will be held at the home of Mrs., Jean Bridge on Jan. 7 with Mrs. Vera Hastings and,Mrs. Winnifred Edgar the hostesses. Following a gift exchange, euchre was played and prizes went to Mrs. Stephenson, Mrs. Lowe, Mrs. Bridge and Marguerite Crawford. Mrs. Edgar won the lucky plate. motion was made to that effect, which was to be s`nt to the agricultural and property committee at the county. SEVERANCE OPPOSED East Wawanosh council expressed its opposition to a severance application by Hullett residents Gordon and Laura Chamney. Even though the Chamneys do'not live in East Wawanosh, the proposed severance possibly could place restrictions on neighboring landowners in East Wawanosh. The Chamneys propose to retain one acre of land, upon which their house is located, and sever the farm's remaining 122 acres. Mr. Vincent said he op- poses an outright severance in this matter, but would favor a lifelong lease for the property. Such a lease would allow the present owners to live in the house for as long as they desire, after' which the house would revert back to the farm. Mr. Meier also said he favored a lifelong lease and after some further discussion, the other council members agreed. In other business, Grant Currie and Nora Cundy of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Wingham attended to discuss up- coming changes in tax billing. Mr. Currie said the Cana- dian Payments Association is pressing that all bills be a standard size for computer processing. Changing the tax bills over to the new format might be costly, warned Mr. Currie, but he said he is not sure just how costly. The banks also will be required to take partial, and past -due payment of taxes, something which could mean a lot of problems for everyone involved since the banks only will take what they aregiven even when there may be extra charges for tax arrears or tile drain loans. Mr. Vincent said it might be better for everyone in- volved if the township ceased to have its taxes paid at the bank and just asked that all the taxes to be mailed or brought to the municipal. office. East Wawanosh passed its new dog -control bylaw at the meeting as well. The cost for one dog is $10, for two dogs, $15, and $20 for a third dog. The kennel fee will be $25 and it will be up to the dog counter to decide what quali- fies as a kennel. Two building permits were presented and approved at the meeting: Mel Mathers, Con, 11, -Lot 42, enclosing a sunporch; and Ron Kings- bury, Lot 42, Con. 13, a car- port.