The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-04-03, Page 12i.
Page 12—The Wingham Advance -Times, Apr. 3, 1985
MRS. WILLIAM SOTFIERN
Notes from Fordwich
Brent Telehuis, Ruby Koft
and Robbie of Walkerton and
Marty Heiber of Mount
Forest visited last Saturday
with Mr. and Mrs. John
Leppington and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Cun-
ni.ngt.on and Leanne of
Brampton spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Miller
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. George
`Piercey of Elora were
Sunday guests with Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Miller. -
Greg Stewart of Kitchener
spent the weekend at his
home here.
Weekend visitors with
Mrs. Jean Clarkson were
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Clarkson
and family of Caledon East
and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Seip
and family of Exeter.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Kelley
attended the funeral of J
relative in Elmira last
Friday.
Good Friday services will
be held in Trinity Church this
Friday at 8:30 p.m. The
Easter Sunday service will
commence at 9:45 a.m.
Weekend guests with Mr.
'and Mrs. Raymond Baylor
were Mr. and Mrs. Gerard
Chant of Waterdown and
Kim Baylor and Gary
Brodhagen of Stratford.
Friends of Paul Martin
will be sorry to hear .he is a
patient in the K -W Hospital,
Kitchener_ We wish him a
speedy return to good health.
Mrs. Glenn Johnston, Mr.
nd Mrs. Jim Douglas, Paul
Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Mann, Greg Douglas of
Kitchener and Gary Douglas
of Tottenham attended the
annual cominercial horse
association dinnerand dance
March 23 at the Knights of
Columbus Hall in Walkerton.
J. Ross McKague of Belmore
presented a plaque in
memory of that late -Glenn F.
Johnston for the most
gentlemanly showman of the
year. This year's award
winner was Murray Heath of
Brampton.
Morris council to open
shed tenders April 29
The tenders for Morris
Township's new municipal
works garage and office will
be opened at a special
meeting April 29.
Council has accepted the
final plan of engineers
Dawson and Johnston of
Stratford on the garage and
instructed the engineering
firm to prepare the tenders.
Ross Jackson of the
Stratford office of the On`
tario Ministry, ,of Transpor-
tation and Communications
attended Monday's meeting
of council to inspect the
plans for the new shed. In a
telephone interview later,
Morris Clerk -Treasurer
Nancy Michie reported Mr.
Jackson appeared pleased
.with the plans.
Mrs. Michie said the new
shed will have four bays and
one working bay, an office
and council chambers large
enough to accommodate 60
people. The basement of the
new shed may be made into a
meeting room at some point
in the future.
The township has budgeted
$106,000 of its roads budget
for the shed and has applied
for $80,000 in supplementary
subsidy from the MTC for
the project. Council hopes to
hear from the MTC shortly.
In otherbusiness at Mon-
day's meeting, Keith Mulvey
attended themeeting repre-
senting the Frank Cowan In-
tsurance Company' and pre-
sented the township's 1985
insurance package.
Morris Township's 1985
insurance premium will be
$8,545, an increase of 28 per
cent over 1984. Mr. Mulvey
said his firm had not had any
significant rate increase for
several years and, in fact,
premiums went down in 1982.
Kirkby, McCallum and
McClure Drainage of Walton
was awarded the contract
for the A branch of the Black
Drain for $4,353.
Doug Garniss of the Morris
Federation of Agriculture
attended the meeting to
request, a donation. Council
granted the federation $100.
It also granted $50 to the
Brussels Nursery School.
Council had no objections
to Monoway Farm's request
for a minor exception to the.
county tree -cutting bylaw to
clear four acres of willows
and white ash at Lot 6,;eon.
5.
The next regular meeting
of Morris council is
scheduled for May 6 at 7 p.m.
at the township shed.
ROBBIE METCALFE, a. student in Miss Buist's class at the Wingham Public School,
got a bird's: eye view of what goes in the world of a microscope at last Thursday's
open house for the annual science fair at the school. His classmates, Billy Purdon,
•Todd Edgar; Caroline Humphrey and Glen Taylor, look on and Wait for their turns.
WPS SCIENCE FAIR—Adam Armstrong, a senior student at the Wingham Public
School, demonstrated some of the tricks of the computer to Grade 1 pupil Reagan
Leibold last Thursday morning. The annual science ,fair featured projects in the
physical and biological realms of study. It included students from Grades 6 to 8.
THE RIVER IS HIGH—The Maitland River was roaring
through the Howson Dam in Wingham last weekend as
water mounted high on the prairie south of town. So far,
however, the spring flood crest appears to have passed
without any serious damage to property, though Cullen
Motors had to move a few cars on Friday.
Town faces major costs
for sewage treatment plant
Although it may not hap-
pen for another four • or five
years, the Town of Wingham
is facing the prospect of
spending $2 million or more
on improvements to its sew-
age collection and treatment
system, council learned
Monday night.
In a two -inch -thick' report
presented by engineer,Siere
Burns of B. M. Ross and
Associates, council was .told
that not only are some of .its
sewers badly in need of
replacement, but its treat-
ment lagoons are inadequate
to handle what is being put
into • them. '
The estimated cost of
expanding the System and
bringing it up to current
standards ranges between
$1:8 million. and over $2
million, with the majority of
the cost (about $1.2 million)
tied into the need to add
aeration equipment, at the
lagoons.
The work is eligible for a
provincial subsidy of 63.5 per
cent, Mr. Burns said, leaving
the town to raise between
$700,000 and $800,000. He
estimated the cost '.per
customer of raising this
money at between $7.40 and
$8.40 per month ($90 to $100 a
year) added onto the
sewerage • bills, but said it
could be less if the town
raised the rates now and
built up -a reserve fund for
the project.
In addition, the` new
equipment will have an
operating cost estimated at
$52,000 per year which works
UCW general mtg.
held in SS rooms
BELGRAVE — The
general meeting of the UCW
was held in the Sunday
School room of Knox United
Church March 28 at 8:30. The
president, Mrs. John
Roberts, welcomed every-
one.
Mrs. Norman Cook opened
the Easter worship service
with an Easter poem. A
hymn was sung, followed by
scripture readings, by Mrs.
Dorothy Logan and Mrs.
Leslie Vincent.
The offering was received
and dedicated and Mrs.
Norman ,Cook closed the
worship srvice with prayer.
,Mrs. . John. Roberts. con-
ducted the business. Invi-
tations to attend the Blyth
UCW •spring thankoffering
on April 14 and . a specilal
social evening at Wingham
United Church on Monday,
Jame 10 and the Tulip Tea
May 22 were.read.
It was decided to send a
bale of used clothing to the
London Mission with articles
to be left at Mrs. Ross
Anderson's and to purchase
an Easter lily for the church.
Mrs. William . Coultes
announced the April special
event to be held April 22 at.
St. Marys United Church and
the Camp Experience June
3. Mrs. Jack Taylor
presented the budget for
1985.
Mrs. Dorothy Logan wel-
comed Miss Pam Shaw, who
favored with a • lovely solo
"He" accompanied on the
piano by her mother, Mrs.
Leslie Shaw.
The program, a short play,
"Count Your... Blessings",
was presented by Mrs. Ross
Higgins, Mrs. Bob Gordon,
Mrs. Sarah Anderson and
Mrs. •Laura Johnston with
the musical portion provided
by Mrs. Leslie Shaw and
Mrs. George Johnston.
Mrs. Roberts closed the
meeting with the Mizpah
Benediction.
Installation service
held at Knox United
BELGRAVE — The serv-
ice of installation was held
Sunday morning in Knox
United Church, to install
Mrs. John McIntosh, Ross
Higgins and Donald Procter
as newly -elected members of
the session and Mrs. James
Hunter, Clarnece Yuill and
Jeffrey Hurst as stewards.
The members stood as
they declared their willing-
ness to serve in the desi-
kfi'sitted offices. The congre-
gation rose to proclaim its
support for the officers.
Rev. John Roberts read
Scripture from I Cor: 12 con-
cerning spiritual gifts and
various ways of serving the
Lord.
Belonging to the church is
important, he said. Through
the church we build up a cor-
porate life. We belong to-
gether and serve God by
serving the church,
The choir sang "Come
Holy Spirit," accompanied
by the organist Mrs. George
Procter.
out to $3.40 per customer per
month ($40,per year) on" top
of the capital costs.
Mr. Burnssaid there is a
long delay period for ap-
provals and grants on such
projects so the town is likely
looking at four to five years
before anything is built, but
he recommended starting
the process now.
• Council, spent more than
an hour and a half going
through the report with the
engineer before deckling it
needs more time to study it.
A special meeting has been
set for April 22 at 7:30 p:m. in
the Town Hall to review the
report and decide what to do
about it.
In response to questioning,
Mr. Burns indicated ;there is
no immediate urgency to act
on the report. Although the
• Ministry of the Environment
has said it willnot approve
, additional expansion of the
town until the sewage
treatment plant is upgraded,
there is still quite a bit of
room for -growth in existing
subdivisions which have
already been approved.
County nurse
is WI speaker
Maitland Women's • In-
stitute and their guests met
in the council chamber and
listened to the speaker, Mrs.
Vern Reid, Huron County
Public Health nurse, explain
the many duties of the public
health nurses. Mrs. Reid was
introduced by Mrs. Mc-
Dougall.
Roll call was answered by
each member showing an
article \made from her
hobby. Tickets were
available for the Blyth WI's
75th anniversary celebration
on May 2 and plans were
made for .,visiting the two
lodges in May.
The Summary Day for the
smocking course will be
April 11 at Clinton Town
Hall, 2 to 3:30 and 7:30 to 9.
The next meeting will be
held April 23 and everyone is
welcome.
R. W. BeII
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