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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-02-14, Page 1G n WinghsW Wqdowft. February 14,1979 FIRST SECTIQN Firemen in jured, $17,500,dage in two apartment fires on Sunday morning several members of the Steffen and Bill Anger, helped fire department handled the Fire in two apartment hair and one hand. About $8,500 Fireman Andrew Foxton buildings in Wingham caused damage was done in the fire, became nauseous and an am - total damage of about $17,500 on which the local department bulance was called at one point Sunday in two separate blazes. fought for about three and a half and while they fought the fires Several firemen were injured how, most of the firemen suffered in battling the blazes but apart- The blaze started up again at from frostbite or smoke ment residents were not injured about 6 p.m. and a few firemen inhalation. Fire Chief Dave Crothers were called to the scene to dead Firefighter David Soanes was reported. with it.taken to Listowel hospital later Firemen answered the first While Wingham firefight�sf, when he was overcome at work alarm at 2:30 Sunday afternoon were battling that` re, a blaze at by the effects of inhaling fumes when a fire started in the three- the 315 Centre St. apartments at the apartment fires. apartment complex at the corner broke out at about 4:35 p.m. It was about seven hours after of Alfred and Shuter streets Because the Wingham firemen the Centre Street fire was noticed owned by Robert Gavreluk. were busy, the Blyth Fire before local firefighters got a One firefighter, Kevin Hickey, Department was called to help chance to go home. When a small was injured in fighting the fire out and was at the scene in 15 blaze started again in the when an explosion burned his minutes. building at about 2 a.m. Monday morning several members of the Steffen and Bill Anger, helped fire department handled the members of the fire department situation though no alarm was extinguish the blazes. sounded The prompt assistance of Blyth firemen and the work of town FIREMEN GET HELP policeman Tom Creeden were FROM COMMUNITY impressive, he said. During the long day of fighting RESUSCIANNE FILM, the blazes the firemen received MEETING ATTRACT 50 great support from many people',, ' 110bout 50 representatives from Mr. Crothers said. Good's the Grey Township Fire Restaurant provided coffee for Department, Wingham town the cold firemen and volunteers lice, OPPs from the Wingham worked in the fire hall to provide Detachment and the Owen Sound coffee and sandwiches for the Fire Department met in the firefighters. Wingham fire hall Monday Mr. Crothers said three men in evening to learn about the use of particular, Doug Carr, Bob the ResusciAnne cardio pulmonary resuscitation doll recently donated to the Wingham Fire Department by the local Kinsmen club. ' redReg O'Hagan, director mne erson 'eambulance services 1, Wingham _ and District Hospital, discussed how the doll can be used to teach •how heart attacks and other conditions should be handled. in motor vacc*idents In the two weeks since the doll was presented about 35 people ti A Wingham area man was fatally and Thal and ha t d t ?Jr Crothers in- jured in a two car collision along Highway 86 last Friday evening. Clarence W. Adams of RR 3, Wingham, was pronounced dead at University, Hospital, London, where he was transferred following the accident. Douglas Johnston of Lucknow, the driver of the other vehicle involved, and two passengers in the vehicle, Anthony Howald and Richard Conley, both of Lucknow, were injured in the collision. Mr. Johnston was admitted to Wingham and District Hospital while the other two were discharged following treatment for minor injuries. Ontario Provincial Police report the accident occurred at 8:15 p.m. just west of the Maitland River Bridge. Mr. Adams, a resident of Whitechurch, was in his 52nd year. He is survived by his wife, Donanne Caesar, and two children, Dawn and Murray, at home; also three sisters, Mrs. Leo (Jeanette) Duggan of Stayner; Mrs. Ken (May) Hoffman of Toronto and Mrs. Oliver (Lenore) Glenn of Lucknow, and a brother, Raymond, of On the same day Rich en ve rame on i , Kitchener. Dennis Knox, both of Blyth, were in a said. He rested at the MacKenzie and Mc- collision on Highway 4 north of that Creath Funeral Home Lucknow where village. Mr. Thalen was treated at LAND -SEA -AIR 1•ACKAGE TOURS Busin*ss of ploasure • book now! AA�Am Am I ZAAIMI SOVICE Llsto%VC 006rio :Z: 211.2111 Coll Toll Froo 1.OW2"-3220 Single Copy Not Over She SUNDAY F I RE—Wingham firefighters were called out Sunday afternoon to fight a house fire at the corner of Alfred and Shuter streets. Fire Chief Dave Crothers directed operations as firemen were hampered by thick, choking smoke. The fire apparently start- ed accidentally in an attempt to thaw frozen waterpipes with a blowtorch. services were held Tuesday. Temporary Wingham hospital for minor injuries as a • entombment is at South Kinloss Cemetery result of the accident. , Chapel. Paddy Ann tenPas of RR 2, Wingham, Six other accidents during the week was treated at hospital following an ac- roceed S gTurnberrywi resulted in additional injuries and cident last Thursday. She was a passenger property damage. On Sunday two Kit- in a vehicle involved in a collision between chener residents, Dale Carter and Anthony Frederick Vogel of Toronto and Albert Vanderheide, collided while driving tenPas along Highway 4 south of the west • snowmobiles along Con. ..6-7 east of junction Huron -Bruce county boundary. Sideroad 20-21 in Morris Township. Mr. Earlier in the week Carol Morgan of Oil o r i d'11-90 Y Springs and Earle Do of London wem • r th I�-n S Carter received minor injuries.PP � t 1 injured in an accident along Highway 4, Constance G. Watson of Cambridge and south of Huron Road 16, Morris Township. Steven Readman of Wingham were in- Involved in the collision were Ronald A bridge to replace the Eadie volved in a collision on Highway 4 at the Tetreault of Petrolia and David Morgan of Bridge over the Maitland River Wingham south limits on Saturday. In- Oil Springs as well as Mr. Dopp. and a 50 mile an hour approach to jured as a resultof the collision were- Leslie Bernard of RR 1, Seaforth, and' the structure are to be planned Bernard Watson and Gwen Watson, both of Dennis A. Melton of RR 2, Wingham, were following Turnberry Township Cambridge, and Steven MacKay, a in a collision on Highway 4 north of Council's Feb. 8 meeting. passenger in the second vehicle. A third Wingham last Monday. Injured as a result Council instructed Ken Dunn of vehicle driven by Brian Percy of RR 1, of the accident were both drivers and R. B. M. Ross and Associates to Holyrood, was also involved in the ac- William Melton, a passenger in the Melton proceed with plans for a bridge vehicle. and road approach less hazar- cident. dous than at the existing bridge. Hospital plans public meeting The meeting of the 'board of governors of Wingham and District Hospital this Wednesday night, Feb. 14, will be held in, camera while board members attempt to thresh out the problems posed by threatened bed closures. However a public meeting is planned later in the month to answer questions and get the feeling of the community on the future operation of the hospital. The meeting will probably be held at the high school and everyone will be welcome to attend. A date for the meeting should be announced later this week. BURRELL TROPHY—The Marguerite Burrell Trophy for the most Improved skater In the Wingham Figure Skating Club went to Mark Moore this year. Presenting the trophy are Luella Kerr and Jacqueline Moore. A skater's personality and assistance to the club are also taken Into account In awarding the trophy. a, ides would be able to travel through the area at 50 mph rather than the slow speeds now necessary. Council will have to buy ad- jacent land in order to reposition the roadway and bridge. Coun. Ben Malda was concerned that the decision to go ahead with the bridge plans was made though council didn't know if adjacent landowners will sell land for the project. Mr. Dunn noted that the only options council has are to negotiate with the landowners or to expropriate. Coun. Doug Fortune said the proposed structure and approach would likely not be much more expensive than a bridge with sharp curves at the approach like the existing one. A can't see replacing a horse and buggy bridge with another horse and buggy bridge," he said. Mr. Dunn agreed, saying that it would be foolish to replace the bridge with one with 90 - degree curves at the approaches such as are there now. After a heated discussion about the possible solutions to flooding of the Stan Moffatt home in Bluevale and the ways council has attempted to correct the situation, the Moffatts left' the meeting at Reeve Don Eadie's request. Mr. Eadie was aiggry that Mr. and Mrs. Moffatt were taking up council's time with a problem council had decided it would not spend further time on without a petition asking for a municipal drain to correct the flooding problems. The Moffatts argued that the construction of some neighboring houses and the plugging of a culvert, both of which the township allowed, were to blame for their situation. They urged council to unplug the culvert and let water flood onto adjacent property, but council had been advised it might be legally responsible for flooding damage Town will spend $13,000 remodellingthhall e Wingham will spend slightly under $13,000 The courtroom will be panelled and car - this year remodelling the interior of its town peted and an area where the judge's table hall. The changes will include installing a new currently stands will be partitioned off into an mayor's office, adding to the clerk's office office and a kitchen. Seating in the courtroom and renovating the courtroom, with an office will be reoriented, with the judge's desk at the and kitchen added along the back wall. north rather than the west side. Renovations Council met in special session Wednesday here will cost $6,649.14. An additional $1,000 afternoon to open tenders for the project and was included in the tender for incidental awarded the job to Paul Rintoul at the tender expenses. price of $12,900.49. This was about $1,000 The total cost is about $2,000 above the below the only other tender received, estimate of Mike Chappell, town works The special meeting came only two d2ys commissioner, who prepared theplans, but after council's regular monthly meeting Mr. Chappell noted a few things had been Monday night, but the delay was explained as added after he gave council the estimate. being necessary to allow contractors suf- ficient time to prepare their tenders. The cost was broken down for the three However the two days cost the town about separate areas, but council decided to go $M since members of council receive $4o ahead with all three. The breakdown had been each for attending a special meeting and six requested by Coun. Jack Bateson, chairman were present Wednesday. of the property committee, who had feared The proposed mayor's office will occupy the total cost of the project might be much half of the existing waiting room at the front higher and the town might not be able to do it of Lhc town hall and :rill tie ronnectod to tho all this yeAr council chambers. It is to be constructed at a At the meeting Wednesday Mr. Bateson cost of $1,697.64. noted the place will still have to be furnished The clerk's office will eVand into the afterward, with desks for the new offices, but kitchen area to the rear of the present office he said he thought $1,000 "would go quite a at a cost of $3,553.71. piece" toward providing the necessary items. caused by its tampering with the culvert. A petition was circulated in October, 1978, to allow the area residents to call on the township to have a municipal drain correct the flooding situation. The petition was not returned to council. "As property owners you'll never come to an agreement," to construct a municipal drain, Coun. Ben Maida told the Mof- fatt.. They agreed that most people in the area aren't willing to sign a municipal drain petition because they don't have flooding problems. The township does have the right to push through a municipal drain in the area and had con- sidered the possibility, but the township lawyer advised that such a rpove would be unpopular because "the majority of the people in the area don't want the expense of a municipal drain they don't need. The Moffatts became frustrat- ed with council's inaction. tion. "Do we have to wait until we get another council before we get anything?" Mr. Moffatt asked. "No, you have to wait until you get a petition," Mr. McBurney replied. "That's how long you have to wait." If a majority of affected landowners signed a petition asking for a municipal drain study, the council would take action, the Moffatts were told.. LAND FILL SITE OPEN SATURDAYS Joe Dillon was hired as land fill site supervisor for the township land fill site. The dump will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each Saturday, with Mr. Dillon in attendance supervising to ensure that the refuse is separated properly and dumped in the right areas. Mr. Fortune noted that having someone in attendance at the dump throughout the day will almost double the operating cost. Until now the land fill site supervisor didn't stay at the dump all the time it was open and garbage was unloaded in the wrong places. In other business council passed Bylaw 3, 1979 which reduced the amount of money billed on the Cruikshank Drain extension to $11,758.64, from $12,050. The drain extension work was less costly than had been estimated and a new bylaw was passed so the township could bill for the proper amount. PUBLIC SPEAKERS—Julie Gnay and Robbie Gordon were the Senior and Junior public speaking winners at East Wawanosh Public School last week. Almost 30 students took part in the competition held Thursday and Friday.