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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-05-11, Page 11F WINGk1/41C11 VETERINARY CLINIC ANNOUNCEMENT The Wingham Veterinary Clinic is pleased to announce that Dr. Dave Funston has recently joined Drs. Leedham, Strong and Miltenburg. Dr. Funston is now living at RR 2, Teeswater with his wife. Dr. Funston is a recent graduate of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Guelph and has considerable experience work- ing with animals during his school years. rris t x s 5/0 to increase by Property taxes in the township of Morris will in- crease by almost eight per cent this year, Clerk - Treasurer Nancy Michie told council members at a meeting held Monday night. Council was satisfied with the budget and members said they thought the in- crease was about what can be expected in these in-, flationary times. For example, a farm and residential property assess- ed at $6,000 and supporting the public school system, would be taxed $1,031.94 in 1983, up $80.40 from last year, or 8.45 per cent. The same property, assessed to the separate school system, would be taxed $1,036.08 this year, up $84.72 from 1982 or 8.56 per cent. Morris Township will collect $159,387 for DIFFERENT AFFORDABLE BREATHTAKING SOUTH PADRE ISLAND • Different - a fresh new holiday experience • Beaches, Palms, Tropical Sunshine • Choice of Accommodation • 1st Class Bahia Mar Beach Resort or • Luxurious Suntide 111 condominiums on the beach • A seaside playground with a challenge • Now! a superbly designed quality oriented package. Adults from •$748 Children •$469 DUDE RANCH • Authentic Lazy Hills Ranch • Ride the range with cowboys - 4 days • All meals includediDude Ranch • Downtown San Antonio - 3 nights • 1st Class accommodation - El Tropicano • Combination - 850 acres of vast country land • Long city river walks and european style cafes • One of the finest cities in Texas. Adults •$979 Children from •$599 TEXAS '83 M FLY -DRIVE • Car, unlimited mileage included • Choice of where you'd like to staylany one of 40 Ramada Inns (prepaid) • Opportunity - Perfect! • To explore the famous Texas state • At your own pace • Possibilities as wide as the Texas border itself. Adults from •8749 Children from •8289 FOR A STEP ABOVE THE REST...CALL US NOW! Programs start May 15/83 Land only prices are available. ADVENTURE 'FOURS 'prices apply per person double occupancy/7 night vacations for specific depardnes only Wingham Travel Ltd. 357-1020 Out Of Town Call. Collect elementary school purposes; $148,782 for township pur- poses; $140,773 for secondary schools; $90,590 for the county; and, $11,649 for the separate school board. Council also set its penalty rate at one and one-quarter per cent per month for taxes unpaid after June 30, the due date for the first tax in- stallment. Also, a discount of one per cent per month will be offered for the prepayment of the second tax installment. In other business, Emma Bird attended the meeting to receive compensation for four dead lambs and one which was aborted. She also wanted to know what to do with the ewe which aborted the lamb because, she claimed, it is in very poor health. Mrs. Bird said the animals died because of being worried by dogs. Livestock Evaluator Car- men Craig advised Mrs. Bird to pasture the animal until June to see if its health improves. Reeve William Elston said council is bound by Mr. Craig's decision and must wait until June to see what condition the ewe is in then. But in the meantime, council compensated Mrs. Bird for the four dead lambs and the aborted lamb at $40 apiece or $200. She signed an affadavit to state the MRS. LEWISSTONEHOIAE LEWIS STONEHOUSE animals died as a result of being worried by dogs. But Mr. Elston told Mrs. Bird to contact the veterinarian if another sheep dies, so it can be inspected. "Get the lamb to the vet after it dies; let's not have any more sheep claims." Three men were hired to work for the township this summer in a federal -provin- cial make-work program to clean Morris roadsides. The program will last for. 22 weeks and the three men will be paid $5.25;ai hour, as well as four per cent holiday pay. The three hired were: Chester Higgins, Morris; Keith Querengesser, Ethel; and, John Stacey, Turn - berry. Council accepted with regret the resignation of Isobel Garniss, council's representative on the Wingham and District Hospital Board. Her term is finished next month, therefore council must select someone else to sit on that board. Two donations were made at the meeting: $25 to the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal and $40 to the Huron County Road Superin- tendent's Association. The next meeting of Morris council is scheduled for June 6 at 7 p.m. at the township shed. Belgrave Personal Notes Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. James Lamont were Dale and Dwight La- mont of Hensall, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McCrea •and -Mrs: Winnie. Vincent of::: Blyth. Friends and neighbors of George Johnston are sorry to hear that he is a patient in the Wingham and District Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. John Lep- pington, Aaron and Adam of Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bieman, Kent, Blair and Susan of RR 2, Lucknow, Douglas Bieman of Kincar- dine and George Inglis of RR 1„Belgrave Belgrave were Mother's Day guests of Mrs. Agnes Bieman, after the christen- ing of Adam Timothy Lep- pington in Knox United Church, Belgrave. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Lo - CARE Millions of children desperately need basic food, shelter, schooling and health care. Your help is needed. Send your donation today. CARE Canada 1312 Bank Street Ottawa KIS 5H7 1 gan, Michael, Shawn and Rebecca Lynne, Mr. and Mrs. Rae Myska of Burling- ton, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Vin- cent of Oakville and Mrs. icy _. McKay.- of:'11/Ingham were dinner guests of Mrs. Cliff Logan on Mother's Day, after the christening service of Rebeciea Lynne Logan at Knox United Church, Bel - grave. Friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Higgins wish to extend their sym- pathy in the loss of her mother, Mrs. Annie John- ston. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Cottrill of Kincardine spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James La- mont. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Ander- son and Sheila and Richard Anderson of London, Doug Cousins of Brussels, Mr. and Mrs. Rob Roy of Lakefield, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Ball, Jan and Linda of Goderich, Mrs. Stewart Steenstra and fam- ily of Goderich attended the christening of Matthew Richard Ball, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Rick Ball, at Grace United Church, Han- over, on Sunday. All were dinner guests of Rick and Nancy Ball following the service. Mr. and Mrs. Garner Nicholson spent Mother's. Day weekend with Dr. Ray and Mrs. Nicholson of Toon- to and attended the wedg of Mary Laskis and Douglas Crawford at the Westway United Church, Toronto. The reception was held at the Holiday Inn, Toronto. Miss Doris Coultes of Mil- verton and Doug Coultes of Ripley spent Mother's Day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Coultes. The Belgrave UCW will be in charge of the church serv- ice Sunday, May 15 in Knox United while their minister Rev. John G. Roberts at- tends conference. The guest speaker will be Prof. Wil- liam Andrews of Toronto. This community; extends sincere sympathy to Mrs. Jack McBurney and family in the loss of her husband. All books must be in the Belgrave Library by May 14. A wedding of interest was solemnized in Byron United Church, London, on Satur- day, May 7 when Patricia Keith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Keith of London and Vincent Makas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Makas of Strathroy were united in marriage. Rev. Bob Ripley conducted the ceremony. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Jim Coultes, Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Sawn, Brucefield, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Campbell, Mr. Clif- ford Coultes and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wheeler of Belgrave. Silent, insidious — but treatable and controllable — high blood pressure affects your heart. Have it checked yearly says your Ontario Heart Foundation, save your life. The Wingham Advance -Times, May 11, 1983—Page 11 PLAYOFF CHAMPS—The Bluevale Mixed bowling league held its awards dinner and presentation of trophies last Saturday evening at the Bluevale hall. Playoff champions for this year are: Marguerite Fischer, Winnie Boyd, Carl Freiburger, Caroline Greenaway, Jean Mathers and Bob Searson. East Wawanosh taxes increase eight per cent Ratepayers in East Wawanosh Township will pay approximately eight per cent more overall in property taxes this year than in 1982. The budget and mill rates were discussed at council's regular .___..._ neeting_ last_ Tuesday evening: But members said they thought the road portion of the budget was too high, therefore asked Clerk - Treasurer Winona Thom- pson to trim it somewhat. She did so and the reeve and councillors gave verbal approval to the revised budget later last week. When contacted later, Reeve Neil Vincent said he thinks it is a "good tight budget" with small, in- flationary increases in most categories. The road allotment in the original budget was a bit high, he said, so Mrs. Thompson trimmed that part. This year, a public school supporter with a farm and residential unit assessed at $6,000 would pay $1,289, an increase of $96 from 1982 or Children compete at music festival BELGRAVE — Members of the Belgrave Children's Choir took .part in the Walkerton Music Festival last week in choir, triple trio, vocal and piano classes. Many hours went into pre- paring music for the festival. The vocal coach, George Cull, and the piano coach, Mrs. Judy Morton, were ex- tremely pleased with the work of these 26 young people. In all, they received first,`second and third prizes in eight out of 11 entries. Those winning certificates in solo vocal classes were Heather Hopper, Tom Cull, Michael Jardin and Ian Morton. Winners in piano classes were Steven Coultes and Patrick Cull. A senior piano student of Mrs. Morton, Suzanne Alton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Alton of Lucknow, received third place in the Chopin Class. 1 Two baptized on Sunday BELGRAVE — "Mother's Love" was the theme at the Mother's and Children's Day services held Sunday morn- ing. Rev. John G. Roberts bap- tized Jodi Lynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Snowden and Victoria Ann, daughter. of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Black at Calvin -Brick United Church and Matthew Frederick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Snow, Rebecca Lynne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Logan, Julie Lynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hopper and Adam Timothy, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Leppington at Knox United Church. The children's choir at Belgrave sang "He's Got The Whole World in His Hands" with Mrs. George Procter at the organ. 7.4 per cent. A separate school sup- porter with property assessed at $6,000 would pay $1,286 in property taxes, up $92 from 1982, or 7.2 per cent. East Wawanosh will collect $141,463 for township purposes,...a n..ancrease._of.,5.5.... Per cent froiniasryear. The county of Huron's portion of the tax bill is up five per cent this year to $68,075. East Wawanosh rate- payers will pay out $126,073 to the county board of educa- tion for elementary schools, and $109,999 will be collected for secondary school pur- poses. A total of $8,101 in revenue will be generated from the township for the separate school board. board. In other business at the meeting, council increased its building permit fee schedule. The new fees are: -- $25-for--any--permit . .f or -work -- estiiina id at $1,000 or less" and an additional $2.00 for each extra $1,000 or part thereof; trailer permits, $25; steel granaries, $25; silos, $40; and, manure tanks, $40. Council also decided to require permits for demo- litions in the township. There will be no charge for 'demolition permits. Five building permit applications were approved at the meeting: Wilburt Hewitt, a pig barn; George Ireland, an extension to his barn; Keith Roulston, a small livestock barn; Schultz Brothers, an im- plement-- shed; .-_and,.__Allen--..-.--._ ... Dunbar, a trailer permit. Two donations were made at the meeting: $50 to the Friend of 4-H Fund and $40 to the Huron County Road Superintendent's Associa- tion. The next meeting of East Wawanosh council is scheduled for June 7 at the township shed. Huron board takes heat over 1983 budget rise Trustees of the Huron County Board of Education were criticized last week by members of the public for bringing in a 1983 budget with an increase well above the provincial five per cent guidelines. The board's budget of $35.3 million, of which Huron ratepayers must pay $11.6 million, was approved at its May 2 session. The overall budget is up by 9.5 per cent from last year; however, because the provincial contribution has not kept pace, the local share of the budget has increased by 10.5 per cent. Spectators present at the meeting, including some public officials, were invited to comment on the budget. Goderich town council member Bill Clifford ob- served that anything he or other spectators might say would be redundant, because the budget had already been approved. However he added that, "One item does concern me. I can't help but notice that, the biggest share of the budget is the tremendous increase in salaries and benefits. I find it difficult to swallow when local munici- palities are controlled by the five per cent guidelines." Peter Gryseels, the board's superintendent of personnel, explained that although the board has adopted the five per cent salary guidelines, the problem is that salary contracts follow the school year, September to August. "The board settled its contracts before the legislation was passed," added Education Director John Cochrane, and Trustee John Jewitt noted that, as a result, "The board of education's restraint is nine months behind." Elsa Haydon, a former Goderich town councillor, criticized the board ad- ministration centre budget, which totals $2.6 million this year, an increase of 22 per cent. "It's excessive, and I'm surprised no board members questioned it," she declared. She asked whether possible cuts had been identified and whether any cuts had been made. "It's pretty well estimated that we have control over five per cent of the budget," responded Board Chairman Dorothy Wallace, noting this includes paper, pencils and books. Robert McCall, superin- tendent of program, said that in his department things had been cut. He referred to the hiring or a curriculum coordinator and the post- poning of an increase in the French core program and of math and computer studies coordinators. Trustees pointed out the budget had been gone over thoroughly by the executive committee after other board. committees such as education and management had presented their requirements. "We have committee meetings that are open to the public," *led Mr. Jewitt. Dashwood resident Joe Miller said he finds it disconcerting that the taxpayers of Huron County have to pay so much for education. "Farmers are going broke, small businessmen are going broke — 1 find it disconcerting that there were no budget cuts." Trustee Tony McQuail pointed that- an average ratepayer, with an assess- ment of $3,110, will be paying $398.71 to the board this year. "For one child, that is a very reasonably priced education," he said, adding it works out to about $2.50 per school day, which is cheaper than day care. Vice Chairman Eugene Frayne added that the in- crease works out to only about 75 cents a week, which is cheaper than a package of cigarettes. "We as trustees feel that the people we represent think we're a bunch of cement heads," Mr. Frayne said, noting the board must deal with close to 700 em- ployees, most of them backed by strong associ- ations. "We've done our best, but it probably doesn't suit most people. If it doesn't, the board will have to make decisions that will be very unpopular: cut courses, cut people and close schools. We'll have the place back there (the visitors' section of the boardroom) filled!" It was stated several times during the budget discussion that about the only way to decrease expenditures would be to close the small schools, thus operating more.efficient schools. Evening Unit meets at Jack Taylor home BELGRAVE — The Eve- ning Unit of the UCW met on May 3 at the home of Mrs. Jack Taylor with 13 present. Mrs. Robert Grasby open- ed the meeting with the wor- ship service with the theme "Spring A hymn was sung, followed by scripture. Mrs. Cliff Logan read the meditation "Let The People Praise Thee" followed with prayer by Mrs. Dorothy Lo- gan. Mrs. Grasby closed the worship service with the benediction. Mrs. Kenneth Wheeler conducted the business. The general meeting of the UCW is to be held May 24 in the churcn basement with Mrs. Gordon Cayley of Lucknow as guest speaker. The June meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. George Michie. Mrs. William Coultes had charge of the program and told of the first missionaries to the South Pacific and also the more recent mission- aries such as Rev. Wesley Basota. Mrs. Coultes read a letter written home by Jud- ith Rae telling of the change and attitudes of the people toward them. A social half hour followed with lunch served by Mrs. Bert Johnston's group.