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Whole No. 5316
111th YEAR First Seetiorr, Pages 1-8 SEAFOETB, ONTARIO? THURSD" JANUARY p, 1970— 14 PAGE'S
County Seeks Compromise on B of E ay tints
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Since most municipal,
councils in Huron County pre-
sently collect their taxes once
annually, it was dec,ided at
Huron county council's January
session that it would impose
hardship on most councils if
they had to collect taxes on a
quarterly basis as suggested in
Bill 240 of the Secondary Schools
and Boards. of Education Amend-
ment A et.
• Council also agreed to send
o letter to the -HurOn County
Board of Education asking them
to accept payment of taxes twice
apnually, at the end of June
and at the end of December.
Clerk John D. Berry told •
council the school board tiad
already indicated they will re-
quest quarterly payments with
25 per cent of the tax money
payable at the end of March,
June, September and December
',respectively.
Elmer Hayter, reeve of
`Stanley • Township, said that if
the board of education rejects
council's proposal to pay twice
a year, representativs- of the
Ward of education Should be
invited to a regular county council
session to .explain the board's
position in the matter.
• Also in the matter of taxat-
ion, representatives of IBM took
all Thursday morning to explain
to reeves, deputy-reeves and
clerks 4uSt What ,IBM offered to
municipalities Ivhich used their
tax billing system.
It was learned that an average .
'municipality billing twice a year
could expect to pay $500. or
more for the IBM service.
IBM is capable of producing
about 1800 tax bills per hour.
The mailing and handling would
be accomplished at the municipal
ley 1.
Huron Road Costs Hospital Admissions Up
Exceed Two Million As Average Stay Decreases . ,
$1,445,000.00). 7
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Record Crowd Takes Part
Mayors, Reeves Ready To Go
municipal participation in the winter Carnival program Sunda-y afternoon centrea around
the Mayors and Reeves race. Lined up ready for the starter's flag are (front).Reeve John
Flannery, Seaforth, Mayor Frank Delbridge of Exeter, Mayor F.C:J.Sills, Seaforth and Reeve
Allan Campbell of MdKillop. Mayor Sills won 'the event with Reeve Flannery iiisecond place.
Don McKercher, R, B.1,
Dublin /.1;1S hf,(?11 ploolori presid-
ent of the thirMi CoMity 4-H
•••:1111) loaders. The annual meet-
ing was held rlinton„piesday.
Mr. M Ker1.her succeeds
Murray Scott. of RR. I Belgrave.
viCe presidents will include Ross
ENO of lkigann,111, and Donald
Dodds, of R, It I. Seaforth,
Elected .secretar v treasurer
for the 18th ,•onsocutive year
was Maurice liallahan,
Bolgrave,
Di rectors"' tvlia, be Ross Fedy
(beef), bolig Fortune, of Wing.- v.
ham (dairy) Bob Fotheringham
R, R.4. Seaforth (field crops)
Don Kernick of Kirkton (sheep)
and William Graeme Craig. of
Walton. (Swine).
Harry Howes, extension as-
sistant with' the 'Ontario De-
.partment of Agriculture '
Huroli County. said, last year
258 4-H Club Mem hers i'om
pleteci 358 projects or 91,8 per
'cent c.ofn pl et ion.
- The association decided to
affiliate with the Huron Count'
Federation of Agrieultilre with
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The financial summary of the
1969 road program in Huron
County showed that toal road
construction amounted to
it
$360,904.23 with total construct-
ion for bridges and culverts cost-
ing $242,681.28. •
Maintenance cost $507,-
836.97. Total amount submitted
for subsidy 'was $1,445,862.98.
(It is interesting to note that
the budget forecast was for
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The Winner
Mrs. Ken Daig, who'-won the
major prize in the Seaforth
merchants Win-A-Prize '69 con-
test, receives a trip to Bermuda
for two.
For the first time, the road
account Went over the two mil-
lion dollar mark. Elmer Hayter,
chairinan of the 1969 road com-
mittee, noted in his report that
roads in the county cost
$2,004,278.71 last-year.
A bylaw was pasSed pro-
viding for an expenditure of
$1,246,000 for ',normal ex-
penditures on the Huron County
Road System" in 1970. , The
balance of the 1970 expenditures
will be submitted in the form
of a supplementary bylaw along
with the detailed. program es-
timates at the M arch session.
Bylaws - were also approved
reducing the speed limit in
:Mt. Carmel to 40 nal.; to in-
crease the speed limit on
county road 3,1 from the south
limits of Varna to Highway 84 .
to 60 mph; and to increase the
speed limit on county road 2
from the 'south limits ,of Zurich-
to Highway 83 to 60 mph.
In other business, county ,,
engineei Jim Brintnell was-
given a raise of $1,500 annually
from" $17,500. to $19,000 per
year.
Send Clothing
Seaforth Branch of the Cana-
dian Red Cross Society sent two
cartons of tropical clothing to
the, Ontario Division at Toronto
containing: 10 tropical layettes,
20 girls'panty dresses 1,0-year
'size, 20 boys' shirts 10-12-year.
size, 10 boys' shirts 8-year size,
10 boys' shorts 8-year size.'
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While the number of admis-
sions at Seaforth Community
.Hospita!1 increased to 1590 in
1969 as compared to 1374 in
the previous year the occupancy
rate dropped 3.1% to 80%. The
explanation lies in the fact that
patients stayed /or shorter' per-
iods hbspital administrator Gor-
don MCKenzie told the board at
a Meeting Tuesday evening.
Average length of stay in
1969 was 8.2 dayi0 down from
10.5 days in 1968. •
The 1969 budget approved by
the Ontario Hospital Services
Commission provides for a
patient per diem rate of $39.80
Up from $35.63 in'1969.
The budget is based - on an
occupancy rate of 86.9% and
13200 patient days.
Largest item in the budget
is that for salaries and wages
which in 1970 will total
.„.Thisjs an increase
from $372,497 in 1969. •
Medical and surgical supplies
are budgeted at $15250.00; drugs,
at $24,750.00 and other supplies
and, services. at $146,145.00.
Total operating 'cost for :the,,
new year is -set at $626,838.00Y
The total the 'previous year
was $550,959.00.
' Reporting• for- -the- property
committee, J. M. Scott said during
a Irecent fire inspection by
OHSC staff an additional hy-
drant on Centennial Drive was
recommended. The board agreed
to bring forWard the recom-
mendation'to the town.
A rearrangement of offices
to provide additional space for
medical records was agreed on
• as recommended. ,The board'"
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asked for a _report on the cost
of mitre ftlming records. A
coil for the sterilizer steam
unit will be purchased' for stock
to avpid delays in event of a
replacement being necessary.
Experience had indicated coils
lasted about two years.
W. D. Stephenson, finance
committee chairman, said the
committee recommended a
c,hange in the method of pre-
paring pay cheques which 'would
result in substantial saving in
lime. The board approved the
proposal whereby the cheques
yould be made.. ready by the
Toronto ,Dominion Bank computor
at a unit cost of 25 cents. Re-
porting for the public relations
committee, Mrs. Jos. McConnell
said the committee I had been•in
touch with a •number of • people
associated with the. hospital.
The Huron-perth Separate
'Sclio,61 Board meeting-inSt.James
Separate School, Seaforth,
Monday night approved a borrow-
ing by-law for $850,000.
Trustee James Morris, Strat-
ford, was appointed as represent-
ative to the Stratford and DiS-
trict Labour Council ''Teen
Town".
PE.yment of 'membership fees
totalling $1945 were approved for
the Ontario Separate School
Trustets_Association ($1585) and
' for . the On'tario school Trustees
Council,($360).
Claude Harvey and Vic Lind-
say of Stratford were re-appoint-
ed to represent the Huron-Perth
Separate School BOard on the'
Stratford Publit Library Board.
- Innes. Stratford,
trustee,, was appointed as a mem -
her of the Stratford Traffic Sub-:
Committee to represent the
Huron-Perth Separate School
Board. '
Joseph Looby of Dublin.
chairinan 01' the Finance and
Insurance Committee, is to call
a meeting of his committee with
Superintendent, John V intar. and'
Business , AdMinistrator, Jack
Lane, and insurance officiaM to
inspect, and update if necessary,
.Planning for the 1970 Seatorth
Fall Fair will get underway im-
mediately president elect Jujin
Murphy, Seaforth said Wed-
'nesda.y.
A victim of 'flu.-Mr. Murphy
Woman, 70
Is Stabbing
Victim
Police on Monday iden-
tified a bUtcher knife which they
had found as being the knife
used in the stabbing death of
Miss Katherine McGregor of
C 1 inton.
The b'ody of Miss McGregor
a retired high school teacher,
was found Saturday morning In
the bungalow in which she had
lived alone.
The body was found by a
sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank Mc-
Gregor of .Clinton when she
visited the home Saturday morn-
ing after repeated telephone calls
went unanswered.
Another brother of the marder
victim,' William, In Montreal, had
beet trying to reach his sister
to inform her his, wife had died
Friday In Montreal. Her brother
wanted Miss McGregor to make
arrangements for a Clinton fun-
eral.
(Continned on Page 8)
' The board agreed to establish
a„planning committee to work with
Agnew Peckham and Associates
who are undertaki,ng a review of
hospital facilities -in Huron and
Perth. The committee will en-
deavor to establish priorities
with respect to capital outlays.
Dr. Paul Brady told the board
that at a recent meeting of the
medical staff Dr. Ed. Malkus
had been named president and
Dr. C. Moyo, secretary. Dr.
Brady continues as chief of staff.
• The meeting was in charge
of president D.I.Stewart Attend-
ing were board members, Mrs.
;J. McConnell, W. D. Stephenson,
Victor Lee, ,W, Shortreed, M.
McKellar, Mrs. Don Morton; C.
Lasley, Dr. Brady, Earl Dick,
Miss A. Reid, Walter Scott, J..
M. Scott, D. CiNucornish and
A. ',Y. McLean.
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A record tirrnout . of •
spectators, Upwards of 5,000
jammed . -the Seaforth Fair
Grounds on Sunday to watch the
popular snowmobile' races which
dominated the final day of the
Seaforth Winter Carnival.
Record attendance figures.
more than triple the 1500 spec-
tators who braVed the cold Jan-
uary weather for last Year's
event was rthe pav-oft for 'the
Optimists, Who have sponsored
the event ror the past three years.
Kicl.ing off the tliree-day pro-
gram v,as torch-light parade on
Friday evening, which featured
nearly 100 snowmobiles carrying
bright hie.bted flares.
The para ,le lormed at the lot
of Topnotch yeeds and proceeded
along Vicloria Street and Fast
William Street tothe lair grounds
where the.Seatorth F'i re Depart-
ment supervised the NIT niral
a mound cif C nristbras trees. In-.
chided in the parade were the
SDIIS Girls Trumpet Rand, a
Seaforth Lions MI) float and the
ire 011C;ine.
Followitii: the bonfire a crowd
ol 300 .loined in,a moccasin dance
on the ice at Rio Sealorth Arena.
During a briel prmrartt, Miss
Sandra ifohnston, a liften- year-
old snus student was named
Queen of the Carnival. She was
crowned' by Mrs. F'rank Sills,
wrfe of Seaforth's mayor.
wife of Seaforth's. mayor, She
is a daughter' of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Johnston. R.R.1. Dublin.
Gail ()mg. 16 arid Cindy Eisler
18, also students at SDHS were
named princesses. Ten contest-
ants took part in the pageant which
was spon-sored by Seaforth Teen
Twenty.
' A lunch of wieners an'd beans
was provided to the hungry crowd
who took part In the peogram and
dance.
Saturday's activities got
underWay at 1:00 p.m. with
several novelty events including
snowmobile races.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Seaforth Legion defeated the
wives of OpteniSt memliers in
a tug-of-war contest.
Tom lialey, of Seaforth and
James Wright of MR. 2, !Omen'
president Gord'Hulley Conducted
a •timing event using the-radar
equipment of the Seaforth polite
Department.Fastest times turned
in were 55 m.p.h. Ed Johns of
Exeter Was awarded the prize
money for this event when Car-
nival Queen Sandra:',Johnston drew
hi,s name. from,,„the list' of corn-
'petitors.... •
Later in the afternoon coth-
petition in the noVelly snoitmobile
races got underway,
Wayne Prance of Exeter
claimed first prize in' two of
the five events. fie won the
Western pick-up race and Ob-
stacle race. Peter Kelly of dlin-
(Contired on Page 8)
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Murray Scott as representa-
•tive, members decided, to' spon-
sor a 4-II gatevy improvement
competition. •
An invitation will be ex-
tended to the executive of the
Perth County club leaders to
attend a special meeting in
Clinton to discuss 4-H programsa
were easy winners in a log-'
sawing contest. Their time of one
.minute and 22 second, was 40
seconds better than the seCond
place entry. Robert Dinsmore
and Reg. Dick. both of Seaforth.
. Highlighting the' afternoon
program werNelfR iffiewearitnitterdrraivcei:
Harvey
.Thomas M was the winner in the
first event and Arnold Campbell
won the second race, driying
'141c1;,-A.-1.ee. The other race was
for pomeS and 8111 Rapson of
R. R. 3. Clinton won that event.
Throughout the early after-
noon- snowmobilers had an op,-
portunity to test the speed of
their in:1(.111,1°re when Optimist
Claim Win-a-Prize '69 'Cheques
Final awards in the •Seaforth Win-a-prize '69 contest were claimed this week. Here
Ken Lingelbach (left) on behalf of the sponsoring committee presents cheques far $25. to • •
Mrs. Floyd Dale of Seaforth and Leslie Sager, Seaforth. The final $25. winner, Susan Hulley
was not available when the picture' was taken. , (Staff PhOto)
Riding the Lim;
Children fotrl the Snow Lion an attractive slide. The large Lion, sculptured in snow,
was featured I the, Friday night parade. When the parade reached Agricultural Park child-
ren lost little titne atteMpting to saraMble aboard. " (Staff Photo) • •
Huron-Perth Board
Clears Borrowing
'all insuranc:e coverage.
- A letter was recUived fr9.!P
Mrs. , Frank N•yenhuis R.R,1,
Sebringville, secretary of the
• 11/4-4nkara -Parent Teacher Assoc-
iation requesting the Board' to
inform her associatiOn'of mat-
ters of business concerning the
Kinkora School. Trustee P. S.
Carty. R.R; 5, Stratford. was
instructed to contact Mrs. Nyen-
huis to determine what infor-
mation was wanted
The Board gave approval for
SuperintOndent'•John Vintar and
Trustee Francis Bicknell, RR.
5, Seaforth. to attend a TV
Conference -on Prograin Distri'-
bution ab the London Board of
EducatiOn TV Centre in London
on 'February 27.
Vincent Young, Goderich,
reported. that the minister of
Education. 'Hon. William, Davis.
will, attend the official opening
of the new addition -to-SI.Mary's
Sch6o1 in Goderich on Monday,
February 2, as guest speaker.
petted open area, the first in
fluron arid „Perth CountiPS to be.:
put into 'effect, a designed
dergarten room, a health room,
staff lounge and general purpose
room.
Begin Planning
For '70 Fall Fair
was unable to attend the Annual
meeting of the Seaforth Agri -
(Altura] Society '\'0(Iiiesdliv
afternoon at which he was elected
president. He succeeds Arthut
Bolton. R.R.1.
, While he'llad not had op•
portuhity to confer with the
various committee chairmen.
Mr. Murphy said he hoped to
have a meeting at an early date
so that afl aspects of tho fair
could be reviewed.
Other officers elected are:
vice-presidents, Earl Dick, R.B
1. Cromarty.,and Robert Fother-
ingliam, R.R, 3. Seaforth, sec-
retary-treasurer. James Keys.,
R.R.1, Seafortlf; auditors, E.C.
Boswell and RS. MacDonald.
Nineteen directors were
elected: Robert Gemm ell. Joseph
Devereaux. Earl Dirk, Kenneth
Moore, William Strong. Eric An-
derson, oliver Wright, Kenneth
Stewart, Allister F3roadfoot, John
Murphy, Bill Bennett, Robert
Fotheringham, George Town-
ssteenwda, rt,Elgin Thompson, Mac
Donald McKercher,'
Bruce Coleman, Larry Wheatley
and Robert Patrick.
Miss Dorothy Parke Was
elected president of the Women's--
Division of the•seaforth . 4kgri-
cultural Society. She sticceeds
MeS.,J.phn McCowan. Other of-
ficers are: vice-president, Mrs.
Kenneth Campbell; secretary-
treasurer, Mrs. Wilfiam
ert.
Prize money awarded in 1989
at the Seaiorth Fall Fair
"(Continued on Page 8)
Winter Carnival Events
McKercher Heads
Huron 4-H Leaders
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