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Wingham Advance-Times, 1978-12-13, Page 14't. P.+ 51 ce-Times, December 13. 1978 c.e.VAA' A. 0q. • FIRST COMMERCIAL—This Holiday World float won first in the commercial class of the Junior Citizens' Santa ClalAparade Saturday. pprove raises in new year at E. inauural meeting Township employees in East Wawanosh will get raises in the new year, council decided at its inaugural meeting last week. It also made its appointments for the new term and approved a number of refunds under , the Assessment Act. Under the new pay schedule equipment operators in the township will earn $5.70 per hour, up from $5.30. The wages for laborers are also up 40 cents an hour, to $4.40. The salary for the road superintendent has been increased to $715 per month from $675 and the supervisor of the landfill site will get $135, up from $127.16. In addition council set a policy on vacation pay, which will amount to four per cent of wages during an employee's first two years, six per cent after that and eight per cent after 10 years. The honoraria paid to the reeve Court of revision appears successful in settling appeals on Johnson drain There were times during the evening when it seemed im- possible, but it now appears the bylaw for replacement of the Johnson municipal drain in East Wawanosh and Morris townships will pass without going before the drainage tribunal. Landowners with the majority of assessment into the drain have reached a tentative agreement on the division of assessment, and all that remains for a settlement is for the court of revision to clear the new assessment schedule with the remaining landowners. This will hopefully occur when the court reconvenes at 2 p.m. Dec. 27 in the Belgrave Com- munity Centre. The court, with East Wawanosh Reeve Simon Hallahan as chairman and Councillor Donald Dow and Morris Reeve Bill Elston as its other members, met at the community centre last Thursday to hear ' appeals against the assessments set by engineer E. W. Shifflett. , Appeals had been filed by the Craig brothers, who felt their assessment was too large; William Fear, who felt he was also assessed too much; Anton Passchier, who didn't feel he was receiving any benefit from replacement of the drain; and William Phelan, who felt he wasn't receiving enough benefit to justify his assessment, par- ticularly since he had agreed to accept the inconvenience of an open drain on his land. Bodie Craig told the court he felt the assessment against the land held by Craig Bros. was much too large while the assessment against Karl Whit- field, who initiated the petition for the drain, was way too small. Craig Bros.' assessment, at $20,000, was more than a third of the total assessments against farm lands on the drain while Mr. Whitfield was assessed $8,000. "I can't see it's fair we're paying $20,000 and he's paying eight," Mr. Craig declared, adding that Mr. Fear, with an assessment of $17,000, was in almost the same position. He suggested an alternative assessment schedule with Craig. Bros. assessed $15,000, Mr. Fear $14,000, Mr. Passchier's assess- ment raised to $10,000 from $7,300, Henry Seiling's raised $1,000 to $3,492, Mr. 'Whitfield's raised 50 per cent to $12,000, and others raised by smaller amounts while Mr. Phelan's was reduced $500. It might not add up to quite the same total, he said, but it won't be out by more than a few dollars one way or the other. "I don't think it's an Missionary Society Christmas meeting The Women's Missionary Society of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wingham, \ held. its Christmas meeting in the upper room Dec. 5. 'President ' Mrs. G. Wall opened the meeting with the verse, "Christmas is. • remembering", and the hymn, "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night", was sung. Mrs. L. Brooks read the scripture, taken from Luke 2, the first 20 verses. She also gave the meditation. Mrs. G. Francis led VIziKsz vat mcvszliata Nis glisEsz mrl Doulton, Coalport, Dresden, Lladro • Figurines • Gifts • China • Prestige pieces • Collectors ' Plates Royal Albert, Paragon, a Johnson Bros , Mason', • Dinnerware g Also .. bow front China g Cabinets, Round Oak g Tables and Choirs. EVERYTHING g g REDUCED UP 4 ti T060% g THIS WEEK ! g g House. L • of g GI5, 4 Monkton 3472944 irt 4 Open doily 10 to 8 pm Sunday 1 to 5 pm 11 Imawavezmadreolcsstsrsarretimirm0 1, Lt\ unreasonable posi ion," he ad- ded, noting that Craig Bros. were still accepting the largest assessment on the drain. "I feel those figures are more realistic." Mr. Fear declared the - assessment of $14,000 suggested by Bodie Craig was "still ridiculous", claiming the engineer was charging him for benefit that's not there. He calculated he has one fifth of the total land assessed into the drain and said he would be satisfied to take 20 per -cent of the total assessment, not more than $12,000. Anton Passchier told the court he doesn't think he will obtain any benefit from the new drain— his land is high and. drains well in prayer. Mrs. Robert Arm- strong gave the Christmas message, titled "Glory to God on High". The offering was received by Mrs. M. Hastings and Agnes Williamson and dedicated by Mrs. 0. McKay. A piano in- strumental was given by Mrs. H. Bateman and another hymn was sung. Mrs. Ethel Holmes thanked the group in charge of preparing the meeting and the meeting then concluded with business. The secretary, Mrs. McKay, read the minutes, the correspondence and gave the roll call. Mrs. B. Holmes gave the report of the nominating committee. Mr. J. Conn presided at the piano for the meeting and Mrs. G. Ard gave the closing prayer. A lunch of Christmas cake and shortbread prepared by the social committee was enjoyed by all. Gorrie UCW unit packs gift boxes GORRIE—Mrs. Robert Gibson was hostess for the • annual Christmas meeting of the Gorrie u „w„ Unit 2, Dec. Amid Yuletide decorations and soft carols Mrs. Alec Taylor presented a very timely worship service, opening with thoughts on making the world fit for Christmas. Following the singing of a hymn Mrs. Made Schmidt read passages from Isaiah and verses from Micah. Mrs. Max Bell read the scripture passage relating the Christmas story.. Twelve members answered the roll call by naming their favorite carol. Each member contributed to the program with a piece of poetry or prose or an item on symbols and traditions of Christmas. A prayer and a Christmas hymn closed the service. During the business session plans were made for the an- niversary celehration of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hyndman this Sunday from 2-5 p.m. Annual reports were presented by the treasurer, secretary and quilt committee, with the report from the nominating committee to be presented during the January meeting at the home of Mrs. Wilma Clegg. Twelve treat gift boxes were packed for shut-ins. The meeting closed with prayer and a minute of silence observed in memory of a departed member. A variety Christmas tea was served, with all members contributing refreshments. already. He also objected to being asked to pay more than he was originally assessed by the engineer, declaring he thought, the assessment of $7,300 was plenty. Karl Whitfield told the court he is willing "to accept the higher assessment because the drain is essential to his farm. "I need the drain. I feel for these other people and I'm willing to Pay more because I need it." He said he will accept the assessment of $12,000 proposed by Mr. Craig, although he noted: "I can't say I will take everything because. I'm not „a 'millionaire. I farm, damn RI" Following a short recess Mr. Hallahan read' a revised assessment schedule based on the one proposed by Mr. Craig and most of the farmers present agreed to accept it. However Mr. Passchier continued to object to paying $10,000 for a drain he feels he doesn't need and, as the meeting broke up, it appeared the matter was headed to the drainage . tribunal. Later Mr; Passchier returned and agreedto settle the assessment without taking it to the tribunal. • The court will reconvene Dec. 27 to give landowners, not at the first meeting a' chance to appeal their revised assessments, but Mr. Hallahan expressed the hope things can now be settled and the drain can go ahead without further delay. At a meeting in January lan- downers on the Johnson drain agreed to proceed with an engineer's report on replacement of the existing drain with a new, larger one. Landowners on the upper end of the drain, of whom Mr. Whitfield is the most severely affected, are not receiving proper outlet from 'the existing tile drain. The proposed replacement will have eight times the capacity and should solve most of the problems. The Johnson drain starts out in East Wawanosh Township, but most of it runs through "Morris Township and the majority of the landowners assessed into it are in Morris. New officers installed for Gorrie UCW Unit GORRIE—New officers for 1979 were installed by Mrs. Wesley B. Ball when Unit Four of the United Church Women met at the home of Mrs. Robert Edgar. More than 20 ladies attended. The 1979 officers are: past president, Miss Margaret Dane; president, Mrs. Allan Hyndmae; first vice president, Mrs. Joe Simmons; secretary, Mrs. Ivan Haskins; treasurer, Mrs. Dick Carson; program committee, Miss Dane, Mrs. Robert Edgar; catering convener, Mrs. Robin Bolander; nominating com- mittee, Miss Dane, Mrs. George Brown; auditors, Mrs. Melville Dennis, Mrs. Clifton Coulter; representative to the general UCW, Mr,s. Raymond Gowdy; quilt committee, Miss Dane, Mrs. Gordon Edgar, Mrs. Harold Hyndman, Mrs. Lrown, Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Bill Hogg, Mrs. Andrew Edgar, Mrs. Robert Ferguson Mrs. Dennis opened the meeting with carol. singing and Miss Jean Sparling and Mrs. Andrew Edgar gave scripture readings. A carol contest was conducted by Miss Sparling. A collection was taken for gifts for the Saugeen Indian' Reservation and a small gift exchange was held. Twelve boxes were packed for shut-ins. Mrs. Dennis gave a meditation on the prophesies on the birth of Christ from the Old Testament. She then compared these prophesies 'with the actual events recorded in Luke's Gospel in the New Testament. Bible smuggler to speak in area and councillors were also raised, with the reeve getting a boost to $825 a year from $795 and councillors going to $600 from $583. Winona Thompson was hired for the new position of clerk - treasurer at a salary of $10,000 per year, to be raised to $10,500 after three months. Mrs. Thompson has been township clerk for quite a number of years and in addition has served as acting treasurer for the past six months, following Alex Mc- Burney's. breakdown in health. Not many changes were made in -council's appointments, however all are now for a two year period rather than one year as before. Ross Taylor has been reap- pointed to the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority and Isobel Arbuckle will continue to represent the township on the board of Wingham and District Hospital. John Currie, Neil Vincent, Garth Walden, Leonard Robinson and Murray Shiell, together with two appointees from Morris Township and one from the Belgrave Women's Institute, will sit on the East Wawanosh Recreation, Parks and Com- munity Centre Board. Ralph Campbell is council's representative on the Auburn hall board, John Currie and Donald Dow are on the Wingham and District fire committee and Simon Hallahan and Ralph Campbell are on the Blyth and District fire committee. Mr. Hallahan will sit on the Blyth Union Ceinetery. board, Robert Marshall will represent ,the township op the Blyth municipal recreation committee and he and Donald,Dow will sit on the Blyth and District com- munity centres board.. Fenceviewers for the next two years are George McGee, John Jamieson, Phil Dawson, John Lockhart, John Hallahan and John Armstrong; poundkeepers are ,Douwe Wilts and John Currie; livestock valuers are Robert Charters' and Murray Shiell. The, firm of Goodall and Campbell, Wingharie will con- tinue as township solicitors while McGillivray and Co., Listowel, was retained as auditor'. Maurice Hallahan was . ap- pointed the Farm ' Safety Council, John Gaunt continues as tile drainage inspector and James Taylor will, continue as building inspector. • The inaugural meeting, held beginning at 11 am Dec. 5, opened with all council members making the declaration of elected office and taking the oath of allegiance. Following this Rev. John Roberts Walter Day began his smuggling career 12 years ago. It happened as a result of a series of religious meetings being held in Essex, England. Mr. Day at- tended some of the meetings and left them committed to spreading the Gospel to people behind the Iron ' Curtain and helping Christians who were being mistreated because ,of their religious beliefs. Mr. Day is now the U.S. and Canadian field representative for an organization called Jesus to the Communist World Inc. which has headquarters in Glendale, California. Its purpose is to provide relief, assistance and Christian literature to victims of religious persecution in Com- munist countries. A native of England, Day now resides in London, Ontario, and travels throughout Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand on behalf of Jesus to the Communist World. He will arrive in the Wingham area on Thur- sday and will be available as a speaker until early next week. He will be guest speaker at the Kinlough Pentecostal Church' Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and at the Gorrie United Church Sunday evening at 7:30. Anyone wishing to contact Mr. Day may do so by calling 357-3347, the home of John deBoer, where he will fe staying while in this area. Anglican women name new officers spoke to council, stressing the value of honesty and the im- portance of not having anything to do with gossip. In other business at the meeting council approved refunds under the Assessment Act for Eldon..Cook, $7.69; Albert Coultes estate, $18.45; Garth Walden, $28.60; Graham Jackson, $135.30; and Agnes Farrier, $57.81. The refunds are made as the result of changes in assessment. There were also several dog tax refunds. Council agreed to pay Niel Edgar '$200 compensation for another purebred- sheep destroyed by either does or wolves. Council is checking with the ministry of natural resources regarding possible reimburse- ment if it is found the attack was by wolves. It was also noted a number of traps have been set around the area. East Wawanosh has agreed in principal to enter into an agreement with Morris Township for maintenance of , the drain running through the site of proposed new subdivision in Belgrave. In return Morris will withdraw its objection to the subdivision. The development is still being held up by an objection filed by Mr. and Mrs. John Gnay, which may eventually result in a hearing before the Ontario Municipal Board. Council also agreed to pay school rates. of $66,610 to the county board of education for the past year and $1,635 to the separate school board. The county levy. of $55,512.44' was likewise passed for payment. New officers were elected by the Anglican Church Women of St,,,Paurs when they met in the parish hall on December 7. Mrs. William Austin. was commended for her dedication in serving as president for the past two years. Her successor will be Mrs. Alvin Higgins. Mrs. Mary Wade is secretary and Mrs. John King treasurer. The annual Christmas tea and bazaar sponsored by the ACW was- held on November 29 with great success. Mrs. Joe Kerr convened, with the assistance of her committee and ACW members. The next ACW meeting will be held in the parish hall on January 4 at 2 o'clock. All Anglican Church Women are cordially invited to attend. MRS. ALLAN GRIFFITH Wroxeter M. and Mrs. Laverne Eedy, London, visited George Lambert one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Shipman, Scarborough, visited with the latter's mother, Mrs,. Jack Millar and Tom and attended the Oak- ley -Stewart wedding on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. James Robert- son, Goderich, were Tuesday evening visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Allan Griffith. We are pleased to see Mrs. Clarence Clement home from hospital again. Mrs. Shirley O'Beirn and Mark Of Markham spent Sunday with her father, Perce Henley. Congratulations ,to Mr. and Mrs. Ian Oakley ‘`tpebbie Ste- wart) who were: married in Wroxeter United Church Friday evening. Gorrie Mr. and Mrs. Paul French and baby son, Mark Paul, of Owen Sound visited with Karen's grandmother, Mrs. Ken Hastie on Friday afternoon enroute to London. Lakelet WI holds Christmas dinner LAKELET—Mrs. Harold Wallace was "hostess for the annual Christmas dinner meeting of the Lakelet Women's Institute Dec. 7. Following the Opening Ode and Mary Stewart Collect, Mrs. Henry Hohnstein led in devotions. Sixteen members and four children then sat down to a delicious turkey dinner complete with all the trimmings. During the business session a petition was circulated urging that rabies clinics for pets be held once 'again in-Ruron Coanty. ft was alsb announced that 4-R leaders are still • urgently. required if the next project is to be held in the community. Mrs. Lloyd Jacques gave an in- teresting report on the Guelph area convention held in Kit- chener Oct. 30-31. The motto, 'If you wish to be thinner diminish your dinner', presented by Mrs. Doug MacGregor made everyone realize it is important to eat proper nutritional foods at all times. 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