The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-02-21, Page 1FIRST SECTION Wingham, Woodsy, February 21, 1979
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By Hegry Hess Shiell, blamed the overex- during the year included com- operation were higher than questioned the deficit and later
After starting the year with a penditure on the purchase of pletion of the waterfront study anticipated. On the other ita>sd Dick Hunter, from the con -
03,000 surplus, the Maftland Lake Wawanosh last year as well along Lake Huron, the McGuffin the authority made a profit of servation authorities branch of
Valley Conservation Authority as the Bluevale Dam project. Gulley erosion control project, $1,751 on the Falls Reserve the ministry of natural resour-
ran more than ,$100,000 into the Lake Wawanosh, a 200 acre paving the road at the Falls Conservation Area, with revenue ccs, London, confirmed the
red last year. The treasurer's property in West Wawanosh Reserve Conservation Area and up nearly $3,000 due to the in- ministry will probably pick up
report presented to authority Township, was purchased last purchase of five properties in the crease in camping fees while the
of Hopefully the ministry will be
members at their anpual meeting year at a cost of $203,002 while Turnberry floodplain. - expenses
his reeve �e members able io cover the MVCA's "minor
year of $105,;09 week showed a deficit for the engineering and a Damn cost tion on early werem significion antly ovpenditures eerr budget MVCA Chairman Lorne Murray overexpenditure" during 1978, he
The report, prepared by $94,000. estimates and costs of the ex- said he expected some concern said, noting that some other
Secretary -treasurer Marlene, Other major expenditures perimental maple syrup regarding the overspending. authorities had a surplus which
However he told them he thinks . could be diverted to the MVCA.
-a ..:.e • t..+ by Mr. Murrav also told the
going over budget noting that members he thinks 1978 was the
�t (Y S "money is tight and this is one most active year ever for the
Y'. way to make stire we get our authority, citing the shoreline
share of the funding" -study and the engineering work
None of the authority members on the Listowel conduit. However
i the MVCA does need more work
on its relations with the public
e a and especially with municipal
Fver f i res councils, he added, proposing it
' should probably hold seminars
in last week this spring.
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Firemen were at five blazes in
the seven day period ending at
Tuesday noon, Fire Chief Dave
�- Crothers reported.
., A false alarm at CKNX at 2:15 Now that's cool
a.m. last Wednesday resulted in
£. a search of the building, but no Yes, it has been chilly. In fact
s fire. An internal fire alarnd we have come through one of the
system went off so' the fire longest cold spells in several
department was called. years.
' Little damage was done last Just to satisfy our morbid
Thursday in a chimney fire at the curiosity we keep one of those
129 James St. homeof Raymond fancy maximum -minimum ther-
and Susan MacDonald. mometers strung out on the
A 1968 Lincoln Continental had clothesline where it will give us a
i' r the engine and front end true reading. On Sunday mor-
` - destroyed early Sunday at Hing, Feb. lI the mercury hit a
t ternoon at the Ron Cleghor* low of minus 30 degrees Celsius
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property in Turnberry TbWnahip. which is 22 below zero on the old
The car belonged to a visitor, scale.
Hector Purdon of Strathroy• Saturday morning, Feb. 17 it
morning to While firemen were at ttjkppped to minus 912 C. (25.6
WINGHAM FIREMgN were called to Con. 9 Turnberry Townsllip`Ri biRW blaze, a few men answeriod n as '4below zero F.) and Sunday
put out a fire which destroyed the cab area and much of the front of a Shur -Gain feed truck alarm fire at the home of Miss morning it dipped another two
from Listowel. Annie Kennedy at the corner of degree to minus 34 C. or 29.2 F.
Frances and Victoria streets. A That's right. You didn't hear
cooking chicken became those figures on the radio be -
overheated and started to smoke. cause after the prevailing
Separate school trustees No injuries i nTRUCK DAMAGE $5,000 westerlies pass over the belching
About $5,000 damage was done chimneys of the town the re -
to a feed truck Monday morning corded temperatures at CKNX
discuss grants for 1979 two collisions when it caught fire at the George are somewhat higher than those
By Wilma Oke granted a leave of absence There were no injuries in two ' Underwood turkey barn at Conc. on Leopold Street.
The Huron -Perth County without pay for the period Feb. motor vehicle collisions in- 9 Turnberry Township. The Shur- There have been several
Roman Catholic Separate School 16, 1979, to Feb. 19, 1979, to attend vestigated by the Wingham Gain truck from Listowel had weather observers talking about
Board discussed some advance an old-timers hockey tournament detachment of the Ontario just finished unloading some feed 58 year records. Just how far
information on 1979 general in Ottawa with her husband. Provincial Police during the past at the turkey barn when the front back these recent temperatures
legislative grants received from Teresa Woods and Mary week. An estimated $2,100 in end caught fire, presumably set records we don't know, but we
the minister of education during Kennedy, religion consultants property damage was caused in from a fuel leak. do recall several weeks in one of
its meeting at Dublin Feb. 12. with the board, presented an the accidents. A Turnberry Township road the winters during the thirties
Jack Lane, superintendent of outline of , a curriculum on Twenty charges were laid grader managed to pull the truck when the mercury dropped to 35
business and finance, reported he religion as taught in the Catholic under the Highway Traffic Act away from the barn and firemen or 40 below zero Fahrenheit night
expected the general legislative schools in Huron and Perth during. that time period and 13 extinguished the fire, though after night. The cold was so in -
grant regulation would be sent to counties. The consultants an- warnings issued. Six charges about $5,000 damage had been tense and so prolonged that most
his office last week. A budget swered a number of questions were laid under the Liquor done to the front end of the of the apple orchards in this area
meeting will be held as soon as asked by. the trustees. Licence Act. vehicle. were completely destroyed.
can be arranged following
receipt of the regulation.
Mr. Lane said the municipal
councils are anxious for school
boards to complete their budgets
so they will be able to finalize
their own budgets. reported e a ke rs, , � u
receiving phone callsis Fewfrom a pgood speeches
couple of clerks asking when they
can expect the information.
The board approved a leave of
absence without pay for Mrs.
Frances Craig, teacher of Grades heaid
at annual Legion competi tion
4, 5, 6 at St. Columban School, for
the period Sept. 1, 1979 to -Aug. 31, The number of speakers par- Other speakers in the class were SECONDARY WINNERS
1980. ticipating in the Wingham Legion's Carol Belanger, Brenda Thompson and Aileen Underwood placed first in the
Mrs. Bette Bedard, teacher at annual public speaking competition Robert Gordon. Junior secondary speaking class with
St. Boniface School, Zurich, was Saturday was small, but contest Natalie Campeau of Sacred Heart, her speech on the beauty of nature and
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Two accidents
investigated
by the police
Wingham police investigated
two accidents in town last week
which caused an estimated $2,400
in total property damage. No
injuries were reported in either
accident.
On Friday a truck driven by
William L. Thompson of
Wingham was backing up on
John Street and struck a parked
car. The car, owned by Arthur
Reinhart of Teeswater, received
about $1,000 damage and was
pushed into a truck owned by the
Wingham PUC which was also
parked. No damage was reported
to the Thompson truck.
In an accident on Josephine
Street Thursday a car driven by
O. Muscheid of RR 4, Wingham,
was struck in the rear by a
pickup truck driven_ by Neil
Wagner of New Hamburg.
Damage to the Muscheid vehicle
was estimated at $1,000, with $4(10
damage to the Wagner truck.
coordinator Don Farnell noted that the
quality of the speeches was unusually
high.
Lesley ten Pas of Hillcrest Central
School in Teeswater topped the Junior
elementary category with her speech
on beliefs about animals. Most of the
common sayings about animals are
based on falsehoods, she said.
Bears don't really hibernate in the
winter, though they do sleep through
most of the cold months. If a groundhog
sees his shadow on groundhog day,
don't attach too much significance to it,
she said. Groundhogs waken during
winter warm periods and often climb
out of their holes to see what, is above
the snow.
Turnberry Central student Annette
Jorritsma placed second in the Junior
elementary class with her talk on her
trip to Holland when she was only 21"2
years old. She remembered plenty of
the trip, despite her young age, in-
cluding her bout with German measles
and playing with Dutch relatives who
couldn't understand English.
Carol Benninger of Sacred Heart
School, Tees ter, talked about her
favorite Aunt Theresa and won third
prize for her speech.
Wingham, won first prize in the Senior
elementary class for her speech on
embarrassment, something from which
she suffers. She detailed some of the
more embarrassing moments of her
life.
Chris McKague of Turnberry Central
School, a four -foot nine -inch Grade 8
student, talked about short people. He
told of dreading his move to high school
and the cracks about being an "ankle -
biter". He won second place for the
speech.
Kendra McKague of Turnberry
Central spoke on having a steady
summer job without having to look for
one. Despite Canada Employment
advertisements warning students to
start looking now for a summer job, she
said she knows there is plenty of work
to do this gi5mmer on her family's farm.
She placed third fo't her talk.
Also competing in the Senior
elementary class were Julie Gnay of
East Wawanosh Central School, Andrea
McGregor of Wingham Public School
and Tim Meyer of Sacred Heart in
Teeswater.
Judges for the elementary classes
were Eleanor Ward, Brian Elmslie and
Rev. John Swan.
the changing of the seasons, as, seen
through her bedroom window.
Rosemary de Boer, the only other
contestant in'the category, spoke on the
relationship between violence and
television.
She stated that its messages are the
messages of violence and they make
some people more violent, while
making some more passie about
violence in real life because they had
seen it so many times on the screen.
In the Senior secondary class, M9ry
Luanne (Tare placed first with her
speech on the responsibilities which go
along with driving a car. She just got
her driver's licence and was impressed
with hou little it takes to allow oneself
to he careless while driving.
Barbara Johnston, the only other
speaker in the category, talked about
Canada and the potential the country
has. She compared Canada to a
horiiontal totem pole stretching from
east to west, telling the gales of a
variety of peoples.
.fudges of the secondary speaking
contests were Rev. Dr. Robert Arm-
strong DeWitt Miller, a former mayor
of Wingham and teacher Bill Farnell.
Winners of the public speaking
competition will advance to the Legion
zone competition to Brussels March 3.
MARY LUANNE CLARE, centre, won the Senior secondary public speaking class of the
annual Wingham Legion competition Saturday. Ladies' Auxiliary representative Carol
Farnell, right, made the presentation. Barbara Johnston was runner-up.
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JUNIOR SECONDARY speaking winner Saturday at the annual Legion public speaking
competition was Aileen Underwood, centre and the runner-up was Rosemary de Boer,
left. Legion representative Don Farnell made the presentation.
PUBLIC SPEAKERS Andrea McGregor, left and Brenda Thompson won the Wingham
Public School public speaking contest last Thursday. Brenda won In tke Junior category
and Andrea was Intermediate winner. Teacher Rick Whiteley co-ordinated the program.
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