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DEDICATED STUDENTS—Shawn Fryfog le and Todd Spinton left school Friday
afternoon of last week and headed right for the library. Shawn and Todd are
Grade 7 students at the Wingham Public School.
Huron group formed
Homeowners seek govt. aid
to remove foam insulation
By Sharon Dietz
Homeowners with urea
formaldehyde foam insula-
tion installed in the:4r homes
have formed a Huron group
of HUFFI, an organization
which is lobbying the federal
government for compensa-
tion for homeowners who
wish to remove the foam
from their homes.
Approximately 90 people
attended a meeting at the
,I4icknow District Com-
munity Ceptrelostweek, or-
- ganizeirby' Grant Chisholm
of Lucknow. Mr. Chisholm
was elected presidept of the
Huron group and Herb
Storey is vice president.
Lynn Peck volunteered tp
act as secretary and the
group will look for someone
Lions donate
eye glasses
to the poor
Jack Hayes and John
McInnes of the Wingham
Lions Club left Monday
morning for Toronto with
3,000 pairs of used
eyeglasses to be sent to
people in underdeveloped
countries.
Casey Casemore, sight -
conservation chairman for
the district, said the
collecting of eyeglasses for
the ,poor has been an on-
going projeet of the Lions
Club for several years.
If anyone in the area
wishes to donate used
glasses to the project,
contact any member of the
Wingham Lions Club.
to serve as treasurer.
Guest speaker at the
meetingwas Bill Bremner of
Mississauga, interim chair-
man of HUFFL who is a
former distributor of the in-
sulation.
He said he became
involved with HUFFI as a.'
matter of conscience, since
he was involved in recruiting
dealers for the since -banned
insulation. • • '
Mr. Bremner told the
meeting., the , corepanies?;.
selling and instatMg
sulation were misled by the
government and mane-
factureis on the proper
procedure to install the pro-
duct.
He said they never should
have installed the foam in
brick houses or houses with
Siding. The foam should be
placed only in wood houses
with empty wood studs.
Urea formaldehyde foam
insulation was approved by
the government in 1977,
despite the fact that many
countries had banned use of
the foam. Many homeowners
took advantage of the
federally funded Canadian
Home Insulation Program
(CHIP) to install the insula-
tion, before the government
banned its use last year.
Mr. Bremner said he at-.
tended a meeting Oct. 2,
1980, when members of the
insulation industry made a
proposal to government sug-
gesting reacting adversely to
the foam. The proposal said
the homeowner would be
relieved of this aggravation
and the industry would be re-
sponsible. -
A proposal to establish an
insurance fund to protect
people from dire failure of
the product also was ap-
proved at the Meeting. Mr.
Bremner said the industries
were to pay $30 per drum of
resin to create this insurance
'fund.
"Where did this money
go?" he asked.
MPs Murray Cardiff and
Dr. Gary Gurbin were.shown
copies of the minutes of this
meeting and Mr. Cardiff
follUvirieg the :s to
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tysteiit .the government
had in the creation of an in-
surance fund to protect
homeowners from the failure
of the foam.
Hotneowners attending the
meeting asked questions of
Mr. Bremner, the members
of Parliament, Harold
Stevens, a consultant_ in
applied chemisty and ac-
credited corrosion specialist.
from Port Hope, and Ed
Harrison, director of , in-
spectors with the Huron
County Health Unit.
When Mr. Cardiff spoke to
the meeting, he said he
hoped people were not be-
coming unduly alarmed
about the bad effects of the
foam. He said the govern-
ment was doing testing of
homes in the county and he
would prefer to wait until the
results of the tests were
known before making a
judgment.
He said he was surprised
to find so many people at:
tending the meeting had in-
sulated their homes because
the CHIP program had been
introduced by the govern-
ment. Mr. Cardiff said he
believes people should stop
to consider whether an in -
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Members of the l
were disappointed t e
yet another survey.A8
Ontario government 11 0,P.
struction of more senioraltg0
ments Imre. •
Councili'Vasun4er the irnprCBSk!n:
the housing study carried out last •ye
consultipg firm forr
units, the, province • would give
Not so, Lt learned.
Weida)," While the minister Of:. 0
acceptedthe study, v,ditickceneltld,
,
a needier an additional
in town, he firSt, wants to make sure
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cannot be. met by existing
Paul Dowling, a coordinator.
,
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Ho
in Toronto, told council, that .••tI
minister has accepted the muniCiF
housing statement prepared by.'",yv,
fl
Gordon m00000100 consultants,
now in a position tO lark with you to
the need for senior citizens' housing
town."
However he noted the minister expree
seine. reservations ahout any
"especially with the existing vacencieS,,,
senior citizens' was,* ,Iluron Cart,'
The new seniors' houSing t Goderi.
some vacancies, as do Brussels and'
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said, noting the subsidized housing is
stly to build and can become very ex-
topeoperate if it is not kepi full.
• Mr. Dowling said the ministryfirst wants
o check out existing rental housing in
yiringham to determine whether it mild
eet the need. A study two years ago
owed 18 vacant rental units in town, he
4eported, suggesting council should see
PNthether they are still -a' voidable and would
be suitable for seniors..
He said he will place an advertisement in
e local newspaper inviting landlords. te-
espond if they have units available. "We
400k at the suitability of the unit for senior
'then§ and the price," he said, adding that
"we're not going to pay anything out,
tageous."
"We'll do that and then come back to
Some councillors, however, were less than
:eAVhusiastic about what they felt was a run-
*ound. Jim Currie, chairman of council's
h'd hoc committee on'housing, said all those
uestions were to have been answered by
he Woods Gordon study, and if they were
otittihnegmthiinsistiornygshould have said so without
He. was expecting a response from the
1,,firoinistry, he said, and when he did not hear.
anything he assumed the figures. in the
*eport had been accepted as accurate. He
expressed doubt that the Mitli:ti; bad
revieWediherePert, "beeause-We never got.
ay
f44. DborrIki;g% insiate,d the 'repeat was
-reviewed by various. branches ef the
ministry before boing ogee led by die
minister "with'come iTeerva "one!.
rep"Ionti o,,t,hoerwte 1:,e0rdova, :Ogo'smnoloteirlateldeep. ting the
byMrthePowtninljinsgtrgvttiebxpet?"t4htrenstrstlte;
plement program, 1whieli• woUld.SObsidigse
rental payments .for senior's itirlOgr 0Otelde
senior apartOteht bildt4n0:
eliminate that nsn,n..ajter--
nativt. , . fairly positive: abimt:;the,
municipal non-rirofit housing pXOgram,.
especially if you go together WidillOWich="
A survey in that township showed adeOd for
seven to ;line seniors' units, be llote‘k
The municipal . non-profit hoUsing
program would provide 'grants tk
municipalities or nonprofit groups ehling
them to build new apartment Units Where
needed.
In the end council agreed to At the
results of the availability survey • "
"We had no intention of going altenxt?ivitil
something that's not needed," Mr. :C-Urrie
said, adding it is reasonable to see. Oat is
available. That would help eniure... that
existing landlords would not be hurtby any
Wilding. he noted.
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Mr. LeVan . ,agreed the
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Pat 'Bailey told'mr„, '
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Reeve JoeKerralao.exp
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reported; "On the basisof our stui
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to meet these nee
The conelOSIOs werelOSed;00 results of a
questionnaire survey to determine housing ;
needseteeniorsinthe'Wingham'arfaAndeo"
an analysis AL overall housing market
conditions, the study said, •A' ops;;;
The study cosi $7,,,500, which is covered in
total by a provincial grant. •
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Keeping it clean
How to clean up after the
litterbugs that infest down-
town Wingham was a
question which sparked
considerable discussion
during a meeting of town
council last week.
Proposed solutions ranged
Evening
courses
at Madill
A varied program of
evening school courses will
be offered again at F. E.
Madill Secondary School in
Wingham starting the week
of Oct. 5.
Many of the previous
courses will be offered, as
well as several new courses.
New courses of interest
include crocheting, interior
decorating, calligraphy and
accounting.
Approximately 24 courses
are planned if there is suf-
ficient interest. Details of
registration and fees will be
advertised in future issues of
local newspapers.
EYEGLASSES FOR OVERSEAS—Jack Hayes, Jim
Carr, Lloyd Benninger and John McInnes left for To-
ronto Monday morning to deliver 3,000 pairs of used
eyeglasses for people in underdeveloped countries.
The prolect is sponsored by the Wingham Lions Club
and has been Ongoing for the past several years.
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from hiriogacleati‘,up patrol
in an 'attempt th shame
people, into being neat, to
passing a stiff anti -littering
bylaw.
In the end, nothing was
decided, but CouncillorTat
Bailey promised to bringithe
Rremen stand
by fuel spill
Wingham firefighters
were called out last Friday
evening when a tank truck
upset and spilled 'gasoline
and diesel fuel along County
Road 12.
. Fire Chief Dave Crothers
reported the crew hosed
down the truck and the
roadway and stood by while
the truck was righted. He
said a small quantity'of fuel
spilled, but there was no fire .-
The truck was being
driven by. Carl Stewart of.
Fordwich, a fuel distributor
for BP oil company. He
escaped with slight injuries,
but there was extensive
damage to the trUck. '
The accident occurred
when Mr. Stewart ap-
parently lost control Of the
truck along the county road
at the first curve north of
Highway 86. The truck
overturned and then skidded
down the road on its side
before coming to rest in the
ditch.
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topic up again at a future
meeting. •
During her committee
report, Mrs. Bailey in,
troduced a proposal to have
members of the Jack Reavie
Opportunity Workshop
sweep the sidewalks along
the main street and pick up
trash during the summer. 1,
The .service would cost thel
town between about $650 and
$1,250 for the season,
depending on whether it was
done once ,or twice weekly,
and also would provide some
useful employment for the
mentally retarded adults at
the workshop, she said..
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Not all councillors agreed.,,,,,,
the lown should have to
shoulder th.e .full burden of
cleaning the sidewalks. "We
put in a 'whole new street for
the business people and
surely they can clean • the
street in front of their' own
stores," "declared Reeve Joe
Ker r,
He suggested the town
should concentrate on
keeping its own properties
clean, such as around the
town hall, "and let them
keep theirs clean.'.
Councillor Jim Currie said
that sorne shopkeepers
'simply wont be bothered,
adding the fault lies not just
with the merchants but with
people walking down the
sidewalk littering.
He suggested a publicity
campaign against littering
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Mrs. Byers marks
her 99th birthday
A Wroxeter -area woman
celebrated her 99th birthday
Sept. 6, the same weekend
that HowickTownship
marked its 125th anniver-
sary.
Mrs. Elizabeth Byer has
seen great changes since the
days when she was a girl.
Grocery prices' were Very
different from ' noW, she
recalls, and they drove for
miles by horse and buggy to
visit people. These, days,
people are so busy and
although they have better
means of getting around and
getting their work done, they
don't visit like they used to
when she was young,
Despite her years, Mrs.
Byer enjoys good health and
a keen mind. Her Memory is
good and she knows the
names and birthdays of all
her many grandchildren,
great-grandchildren and
great -great-grandchildren.
Ask her whom so-and-so
married or where someone
lives, and she is never
stumped.
She has - three daughters
and three sons: Susannah
(Mrs. Jo HouSser),
11
Markham; vi At RR 1,
Clifford; Alvi at 'Tice t.,ake.
Harvey at Stouffville; Ann
(Mrs. William Werner) at
RR 1, Wroxeter, with whom
she lives, and Flora of RR 2,
Port Perry.
She likes reading and
enjoys it when. people drop
by to say hello and visit with
her.
which could perhaps be
combined with a litter pick-
up by the Reavie workshop.
Councillors Jerry Chornyn
and Dick LeVan favored
tackling the problem ,
through an anti -littering
bylaw.
"I think the opportunity,
workshop is very worth-
while, but we're not really
getting at the problem by
passing it over to them, Mr.
LeVan commented.
Mr. Chomyn suggested a
bylaw carrying a $50 fine
would be effective.
, "You're not living in the
real world if youthink that!"
Mr. Chrrie declared. He said
you cannot legislate
cleanliness and, for the
amount of litter on the
streets, enforcement would
require 12 police, officers,
keeping theineyes peeled.
The real problem is that
few people will take the
initiative to do anything
about littering, he said.
"There's already an anti-
littering law for the province
of Ontario and I don't know
10 people in town with the
guts to lay a charge."
Mayor Bill ,Harris said he
would. go along 100 per cent
with having, . the Reavie
workshop clients pick up
litter, in conjunction with a
public awareness campaign.
However no motion was'
proposed or passed on the
matter. •
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ELIZABETH BYER of Gorrie celebrated her 99th
birthday on Sept. 6. Mrs. Byer has three sons and
three daughters, 18 grandchildren, 36 great-grand-
children and eight great -great-grandchildren. She be -
I ieves the secret to her longevity Is living life in mod-
eration. ,
REV. VICTOR GRIECO
The new pastor at the
Wingham Pentecostal
Church is Rev. "Victor
Grieco. An induction ser-
vice is set for this Sun-
day.
Pentecostals
welcome.
new pastor
Wingham Pentecostal
Church has a new pastor.
Rev. Victor Grieco
assumed pastoral ,respon-
sibilities. at the local
assembly Sept. 1, but an
official induction service is
slated for Sunday, Sept. 20. .
The 11 a.,m. service will
feature guest speaker Rev.
Homer Cantelon, western
Ontario district superin-
tendent with the Pentecostal
'Assemblies of Canada. Guest
soloist will be Rev. Paul
Willoughby of Toronto, who
also will speak at the
evangelistic service at 7.p.m.
Mr. Grieco., wife Kathy
and son Timothy moved
recently from Hamilton,
where he had spent five
years as assistant Pastor at
the Bethel ' Gospel Taber-
nacle. Prior to that Mr.
Grieco assisted for three
years at the Parry Sound
Pentecostal Tabernacle.
The new pastor is a
graduate of Eastern Pen-
tecostal Bible College at
Peterborough.
Currently he is vice
president of the PAOC
western Ontario district
youth organization and is the
new host of Living Sounds, a
program ' of gospel music
conducted by the Wingham
Pentecostal Church every
Sunday at 8 a.m. on FM 102.
The minister hofds the
view that the church is very
relevant to individuals of
every age group. "I believe
this is a day in which people
are looking for the stability
Christ provided in his
teaching ministry," he said.
He said he believes the
church needs to be interested
in being a help and blessing
to the community.
Mr. Grieco was selected by
the Wingham congregation
following the resignation of
Rev. 'Ron Baker, who now is
pastor of Parkview Pen-
tecostal Church in Hamilton.
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