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The Huron Expositor, 1988-06-01, Page 44A — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 1, 1988 _As r :- .. .;* ev' kF 3 YEAR ANNUAL ,I All °anoints Instated Within Limits. Rotas Subject To Verification. t 2 YR. ANNUAL y 4 YR. 10 f e 3 YR. t 32- 4 ANNUAL 7 COMM 9 179 DAYS Serving Ontario `since 1976 OM 15 locations for you, convenience ANNUAL MEETING Wingham & District Hospital Corporation Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Wingham and District Hospital Corporation will be held in the Nursing Assistants Train- ing Centre, Catherine St., Wingham, Ontario on Thursday, June 16th, 1988, at the hour of eight o'clock p.m., for consideration and confir- mation of revocation of Medical Staff Bylaw 48: for the election of Gover- nors; for the appointment of Auditors; and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Copies of the proposed Bylaw change, the Annual Report and Hospital Financial Statements may be obtained at the front desk of the Wingham and District Hospital prior to three o'clock p.m., Thursday, June 16th, 1988. Membership granting voting privileges may be purchased at the front desk of the hospital for one dollar 01.00) prior to five o'clock p.m., Wednesday, June 1st, 1988. No membership sold after that time, on that date, will entitle the purchaser to a vote at this Annual Meeting. Dated at Wingham, Ontario, this sixteenth day of May, 1988. By order of the Board of Governors. N. M. Hayes, Secretary SEA FORTH MEAT. MARKET STORE SLICED BLACK 3 n9 FOREST HAM La CENTRE CUT LOIN PORK CHOPSLB .2199 STOREMADE BACON PATTIES .. 1.79 INSIDE ROUND STEAKS LB. 3.99 Great for Barbecuing! BONELESS SIRLOIN TIP STEAKS ...3.99 5 14 21 Former reeve stands against demolition A house in Hensall is soon going to be under the wrecker's ball and a Hensall native, former councillor, and former Reeve has taken a stand against the house's demolition. Minnie Noakes, who spent eight years as a councillor and three more as the Reeve of the Village of Hensall, says she doesn't like the way the current council obtained the former Kerr home (located across from the mill), and likes even less that they are going to tear down what she says could be a heritage monument. Recently Hensall village council announc- ed it will be buying the lot which the Kerr house currently stands on for $5,000, and tearing the house down. The Municipality owns a storage lot behind the Kerr property, and tearing the house down will make for easier access to that. Mrs. Noakes thought it was suspicious village council was able to obtain the land for so little - especially when she knows of people who tried to buy the land ,tout were frustrated in their attempts to purchase it. The land was owned by a resident of Queensway Nursing Home who no longer handles her own estate, until it fell into the hands of the village for what Mrs. Noakes said she suspects was back taxes. The building was in the hands of the Public Trustee, and according to Reeve Jim Robinson the village made a bid on the pro- perty a few years ago but was refused. Recently, however, the public trustee got in- to contact with the village again and offered to accept the earlier offer. But it is strictly for access to their storage lot that the land was bought says Mrs. Noakes. Currently there are piles of wood, wooden trailers, and drainage tiles stored on the land. "It's going to become a real eyesore and a disgrace," says the former Reeve, adding she is afraid it will become a "junkpile beside other people's dwellings." She also thinks the house would have been bought by someone else for more than $5,000 if it had been advertised. Mrs. Noakes says the building also hast lot of heritage character. It was among the g" first houses built in Hensall. In addition to this, it was used by railway workers who were laying track through the village as a place where they could rest and get a drink from the well. Mrs. Noakes said she believes this building could be made into a historic monu- ment. She compares it to the Village Hall building in Hensall which has been declared a heritage building, and which is going to cost a lot to be fixed and maintained. It was built in 1914, so it is comparatively young -younger than many of the village's residents- but the building is in a state of has been there as long as I can remember," disrepair in many regards. Mrs. Noakes says Mrs. Noakes. "I hate to see them says the upstairs to the building is falling destroy something that's historical like apart, "and I know because I've scrubbed that." that building on my hands and knees." She Mr. Robinson says the building is not also points out that a meeting of village of- desirable as a residence because it backs ficials was held while she was still with the onto the railway tracks and is situated municipal government, and it was decided across from the mill. He says he has had no there would be no money spent on the building. "So far as I'm concerned this town hall heritage is just to suit the vanity of a few people," declares Mrs. Noakes, adding the best thing the town could do with the town hall is bulldoze it down. She recalled a building inspector who said "some crook He also said if someone is inclined to buy built this" ofthehall, and dancing in the hall the place and move it to another location had to stop because the floor of the building that is still an option. was built right into the walls. She thinks the Kerr house would make a much more feasible heritage project, as it has a longer history. She also points out there are no tourist attractions in Hensall. Mrs. Noakes admits the house has a lot of sentimental value to her. It had been owned by her father, she and her husband spent the first six years of their marriage there, and three of their children started their lives there. In recent years however, the building has been abandonned"and has become run down. Mrs. Noakes called the police to lock the place up fearing children who went in would start a fire or injure themselves. The kids did succeed in vandalizing the house inside, but the outside remains in reasonable condition. "It's not that the house is beautiful... but it other complaints about the house's pending demolition, and the town is not aware of the building having any heritage. "My feeling is if someone wanted to make a shrine of the place they should have done something before this..." he says. Mr. Robinson said there have been no plans made as of yet, but in the future there may be a municipal building erected on the lot. This has been discussed in council, but not firmly. Hensall clerk Luanne Phair says the municipality has received complaints from neighbors of the property who were con- cerned about the condition of the lot. She also says the clerk's office has received no other complaints about the house being torn down. The village officially owned the lot as of May 31. "We can't stop them. They'll do what they like," says Mrs. Noakes. "But if it's the same bunch of turkeys running in the next election I won't be able to vote for the first time in my life." DEMOLITION PENDING - This house in Hensall is slated to be torn down, as the Village has purchased the lot it sits on to provide access to a neighboring storage lot. The pending demolition has Minnie Noakes, former councillor and Reeve of Hensall, upset by what she feels is the unfair way the lot was obtained, and the fact that the house is part of Hensall's heritage. Corbett photo. Blyth to offer children and youth workshops The Blyth Festival Children and Youth Workshops will again be offered for area youth during the 1988 Festival season. The workshops provide a theatrical experience for three different age groups from 5 to 20 years. The first age level is 5 to 8 years and their sessions will run weekdays from 9 am to noon, Monday, "July 4"`to Friday, July 15 when the children will present a public per- formance. The next age level is 8 to 11 years and their sessions will run weekdays from 1 pm to 4 pm for the same period, Monday, Ju- MEDIUM GROUND BEEF . 1.69 ly 4 to Friday, July 15 with a public perfor- theatre. These classes will occur July 11, mance on the last day of the workshop. half days and will possibly continue to July 22. Associate Artistic Director Ron Gabriel is going to be co-ordinator/director of the workshops. The workshops are free and participants must register in advance by calling the Blyth Festival Administration Office at 523-4345. The youth workshops are made possible through the generous sponsorship of: Dr. All the age levels will benefit from a Art Steed and Janie Gattinger, Clinton; Bill special period professional instruction in Farnell, Wingham; Imperial Oil Limited movement. voice and many other aspects of and CKNX Broadcasting Limited. The last group is for ages 12 to 20 and the sessions will run weekdays, all day from Monday, July 11 to Sunday, Aug. 14. The focus of the workshop will be a four-part soap opera by Colleen Curran (Miss Balmoral of the Bayview and Cake Walk) and each of the four segments will be directed by -a professional director. New for 4,44 et BOB & BETTY'S W.G. TNp E SONS M LTD. 988 HIGH BOY FIELD SPRAYER Above- Bob Beuttenmiller, right, presents Tom Lemon, Seaforth Mainstreet Co-ordinator, with the first plate In the shipment of Town Hall Collector Plates. SEAFORTH TOWN HALL COLLECTOR'S PLATE The first in an annual series of plates features a full colour picture of the Seaforth Town Hall. Built in 1893, the current Town Hall replaced the original on Market Street. It is a fine Victorian building constructed of hard, fired, red brick compared to the softer yellow brick used on the majority of the main street. 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