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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-02-05, Page 1Seaforth Brownies on Tour Seaforth Brownies crowded into The ExpoSitor on Thursday to see what happens when the papers are printed. It was one of a series of tours of Seaforth industries that the Brownies are taking. The groups were in Char y Of their leaders Mrs. Wm. Patterson (upper picture) and Mrs. Lyle 'Racho as Tom Haleyof The Expositor staff explains how scene of the equip- ment works. (Staff Photos) * Tuckersmith Council Reeve Provides Haven When Lights,,, Heat Fail • d 41 • • Hensall council at a meeting • Monday night approved a p.U.C, request to issue debentures to-e- provide funds with which to build anew substation. The substation- will cost about $4Q,000:00. In bringing the matter tof council Reeve Oliver Jaques said the'substation has been• needed in the village for several years and is now a necessity. Of 3000 K.V.A. capacity, the new substation should be ample 'for at least 15 years needs he said. In the immediate future the village would require less than 50% of the potential. While the hydro coming into town would cost .less there would be a re,- duction to the consumer. The reeve assured council, however, that so long as the P.U.C. has funds for operation, rates would not increase . He said that there are enough funds on hand to pay the costs of lines into the village when the new substation is con- structed. Construction would probably take a. year and there would ,be no payments in 1970. Referring to plans of the waterworks department, Reeve' Jaques said it was necessary to construct a loop in the water line on Oxford St. W. at the end of Brock St. to install a larger water main on-Lorne Ave. ,which is-served with a 3/4 inch line at present. There also is an urgent need for two fire hydrants in the latter vicinity.While exact costs B of E Questions Value Of Involvement in Detail Accept Gravel Tender • Hibbert Township Council meeting at Staffa Monday ac-. cepted the gravel tender of Ray Ireland, London, to supply, crush, and haul approximately., 1.4,900 cubic yards of gravel on town Ship roads, at 1.18 a cubic yard.. The contract includes 1,000 cu-: biceyards stock piled at $1.00 a yard and farmers lanes will be gravelled at $1.25 a cubic yard„ If primary crusher is' requested ,by council, an additional charge of .25e a cubic yard will apply for roads. Fred Harburn was rehired for warble fly spraying at .10e -per head per spray with Wilfred • •Feeney as inspector, and 'William Harburn as assistant' inspector. A grant of $75 was approved for the Salvation Army. .and $20 wit} tie giVeti towards providing prizes for Wale speaking com- petition finals to be held Feb- reary 18, 1979.. Hugh Scott and • Kenneth Staptf,ton were' appointed to the' Mitchell and Logan planning board as Hibbert representatives for 1970 and Cliff Miller and Henry Harburn to MODA. , • Road accounts for $3,515.79 and general accounts, $15,000 were ordered, paid including $3,000 for a tile drain loan and $7,500 for municipal drains. Leaders 'Attend -School A, school for 4-H Club leaders was held' in First, Presbyterian Church ,on Thursday, attended by about 30 area leatiers. Shown here are (left) Miss Ricki Willems, R.R. 4, ,Seaforth with Mrs. F.C.J.Sills are leaders of Seaforth l' 2 Club andeVia. Frank Workman, H.R. 4, Brusse , der Of'Cranbrook No. 2 Cltiti, as they perfOrin" pastry edemonstration. In the background, is Mrs, Susan Wheatley k iluron Home Economist. - McKillop Countil Consider 8 Drains • Tuckersmith Township Coun- cil members conducted their bu- siness by the dim light of one lonely, small, white candle on, Tuesday night. Their, meeting at Huron Centennial School, Bruce- field, had only begun at eight o'clock ,when the school was plunged into darknesS. About ten minutes later a janitor arrived • Invite Tenders For No. 4. • Tenders will be called shortly for resurfacing of No, 4 Highway from Clinton to Kippen, Hon. Charles MacNaughton has 'an- nounced. The contract, expected to be completed by fall, will virtually 4 complete reconstruction of No. 4 from Clinton to London, the Huron MPP stated. The project involves 9.3 Miles from Clinton south and includes sUbstantial interesection im- provements at Brucefield, and at Canadian 'Forces Base", Clinton. Specifications' call for eon., siderable grading: Shoulders will be widened to eight feet, Pave- ment width is 24 feet. The"Department of Highways , indicates Construction is sche- duled to begin MAY 1, and will be completed about the Middle df petober. 5' Hibbirt Township Council -Members of Hibbert TownShip Council are shown as they began Work at the February meeting of Council in the Towuship Rai on Monday 'afternoon. Shoivu seated are Oentrel geeve Rosa McPhail, Who this rarie\Warden of Perth County, road superintendent Ed. Chapple arid 'the Clerk-treasurer Mrs, Roy 1luxchill, Councillors standing are (left) Cliff Miller, Charles Roney, 'Henry Harburn and John Drake. Photo) Whole No. 5317 4 " - 111th Year • First Section, Pages 1-8 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1970— 14 PAGES . Clear Near - b-station; Water of the waterworks proposals Were not yet available, it was thought' the work might be in the vicinity of $10,000. Reeve Jaques told council the' , b,U.C. is in the process of making an agreement to take over the maintenance of the water tower at the' Boise Cascade plant and that/ this should assist the town water- supply. C,oundil agreed the reeve and clerk should prepare a by-law to provide debentures, for the Township drains were featured 'at Winthrop Monday as McKillop Council considered nine different drain by-laws'; By-laws, dealing with • the Pryce • Drain, Driscoll Drain, South, Winthrop Drain, Buchanan Drain and Regele Drain were approved and amending. by-laws • were approved for the Duncan Survey, • Cronin Extension and Prycp Drains. Council agreed on a member- ship fee of $20. to the Mayors and Reeves Association. Grants of $25. to the Huron County Soil and Crop Iinprovement Assoc- ' water extension lyerit gq welt for the new substation, The Department of Trade and. Denlopment asked council for an industrial contact and counn.„.11.• suggested Harold Knight PO named the contact for the village - and that he should head ep a committee for the simeperpokee Counc. Baker emphasized' that the council' should' co-opera0t! 100% Vith such a committee and help in any way it can. Council (Continued •on page 8 with the candle. It was three hours later, shortly after eleven o'clock, that 11/11 were re-' stored, but Council, in the mean- time, had tired of the poor light and the increasing cold (no hydro, no heat) and retired to the nearby home of Reeve Elgin Thompson to complete the meeting. The by- - dro failure resulted from trans- former trouble between Seaforth and Clinton and °Pinged a wide area surrounding Brucefield, Clinton and Blyth into darkness. Connell approved a by-law on the road budget fdr Tuckei•smith for 1970 for $92,5b0, including maintenance of $62,590 and con- struction work of $30,000. This is subject to the approval of the Department of Highways. The tender of Sandy Contrac- tOg Co. Ltd., of Goderich, of $23,200 was' accepted covering 20,000 cu. yds. of gravel at an average cost of $1.16 per cu. yd. A second tender from it. H. Jen- nison, Ltd., of Grand Bend, was for $24,000 at a cost of $1.20 per cu. yd. The Sandy, contract stated the work will be started on June 1st, and completed on',/une 3,0th. The acceptance "5f this tender is Subject to the . approval of De- partment of Highways. Court of Revision was held on Geiger Drain and Council paesed an approving by4aw for the drain which is 'located in the southern portion of the, township and is estimated to cost less than $2000. TWo 'members of council will attend ,an Ontario Farm Drainage ,tedethig to Landon on February 13th. Several, metabert will at., tend a:Clinton Fire Area meeting concurred with a resolution from the Carleton Board of Education that school board members be in- cluded in Section 10(3) of the Income Tax Act which permits municipal electedofficers, mem- bers of provincial legislatures and Members of parliament to exclude from income tax one third of the remuneration re- ceived from these offices de- signated as expense allowance. The 'Carleton Board wants thii same provision extended to the honoraria paid 'to elected school board trustees. In other beginess, the Board acknowledged the resignation of Mrs. 'Florence 'E. Brown, South Huron District High School, ef- fective June) 29. 1970: heard an informative 'report on the-audio- visual equipment progrI'm in the (Continued on Page 8) Youth Remanded The 15 year old boy charged as a juvenile delinquent in con- nection with the death of Miss Katherine McGregor of Clinton appeared in family court at Goderich on- Tuesday and was remanded until February 17. He was returned to -the Loadori Ju- venile Detention Home Where he has been confined since his arrest early last week. Miss • McGregor, 70, a re- tired high school teacher, was found in a bedr6orn in her home on January 24`, stabbed to death. At, the next learing'argument will be 'heard as to whether the Case is to be held in',juvenile court•v or, in ordinary criminal, court. A juvenile tried and con- victed' in juvenile court is freed from custody (a training school) on his 18th birthday but can be placed on probation. A juvenile foand guilty in ordinary court is subject to the same penalty as an adult. 'The charge against the boy 1,5 that he did "unlawfully murder one Katherine McGregor and being a 'person under the age of 16 years is thereby a juvenile delinquent within the meaning of the Juvenile Delinquents Act." iation and -of $25. to the Sal- vatiop Army Public Relations. Department were approved. Road ' accounts totalling $14,248.37 and general accounts of $3,598.65 were passed fOr payttient. A • rate of $2.20 •per hour was approved for road sup- erintendent and welfare Officer, Kenneth Stewart, A registration fee of $10, to the Ontario Farm Drainage Association was agreed on. Council accepted the Crozier Drainage Works report as read by Clerk Wilson Little. Engin- eer Henry Uderstadt of Orange- ville *as present at the meeting to 'discuss details of the proposed drain. 'Also present for the read- ing were John Burch, R.R.1,Wal- ton; Orville Beuermann,R,R. 2, Walton-and Murray Dennis, R. RI, Walton. Councillor William J. Leeming was named repreSent- ative to MODA Co4ncil for 1970 and Councillor Arthur Anderson will represent McKillop on the MODA Tourist 'Council. . Council decided no moneyWill be paid to ratepayers for drain- ing the sides of roads unless the township is consulted before' the •drain work is begun. Elect for Baird's Cemetery Provision of mausoleum fa- cilities was approved -in prin. cipal at the annual meeting of Bairds 'Cemetery held frt‘the Oddfellows i all, Bruceffeld, Wednesday 'of 'last week. Realizing that before a de- cision could be taken' much ad- ditional information and detail would be necessary, the meeting instructed' , the board •to investigate the proposal 'Mid pre- sent a recommendation to 'the next tnnual meeting. • Burials in the cemetery range from 10 to 24 a year. Watson Webster Was eleote,d as ohairMan of the boarci.Other ineinbers Include RossScott olohn. Broadfoot, wm. McAsh,Gotdon iliehardson, ' Wilfred Chuteri Mac Wilson, Adam MrSi li, Taylor is , seeretary, treasurer. Adam Wilson and Arie• Verhoef were re-ettploy0 Cattakers. Director of Education Jonn D. Cochrane and business ad- ministrator Roy Dunlop as well as several board members were: absent from Monday ev- ening's meeting of 'the Huron County Board of Education and as a result little business was completed. The absences were due td a combination of illness and board responsibilities else= where. A letter fro,m Huron County Council requesting that payment of taxes be made to the Board of Education twice, annually ra- ther than quarterly as has been indicated, was tabled for further study. • • Policy on hiring non-teaching employees wa's also tabled, al- though it 'did result in somewe lengthy discussion. • Mrs.,, J. W. Wallace ques- tioned - whether or not the Boa.ed .should use its time to discuss Board Organizes' Seaforth planning. Board held i inaugural meeting in the Town H111 Thursday' afternoon and organized its activity for the year. A. Y. McLean was re-elected chairman, Reeve John. F. Flannery was elected vice chair- man and P.D.McConnell re-elec- led secretary-treasurer. The Board agreed to hold meetings on the third Tuesday , of / each month. $50,000 Project at Hensall and approve non-teaching staff, 'This is a small item in com- parison •to the whole $9,000,000 ,that this county is giving us to play with', observed Mrs, Wal- lace. 'We don't even know what we are trying to turn out. We are the sole responsible body fur what goeS on in the Schools in the county. • We have to knew what we want, -how to get it and how to knbw, when we've got it. The more .we get involved' in these little things the more we're neglecting our responsibilities to this county. It, disturbs 'me. i hate to see us get cluttered up with every single little thing that comes up.' Policy concerningtiring tea- chers ,was also tabled 'Until. the • next meeting. The Board' did grant the sure of of $800 to three. schools* - Bel grave, Blyth and Brussels,- for the annual School Fair, this year ceiebrating its 50th anniversary, Although there was consider: ''able discussion on the matter, Gordon Moir, Wingham, remin ded the -Board that the same fair was• discussed very thoroughly last yea-r. 'He said that„the fair . • is an institution in that. part of the county and he felt the Board of Education would be very re- miss if it -would not sponsor the event Tar another year. He had hoped the Item would, have been 'hidden in the budget', he said. •It was just a matter of cour- tesy' that we were informed of it at all this year', Moir.stated. Memhere,„shof the 13Oard also called by the Clinton Fire De-, partment 'for Wednesday night. The Tuckersmith assessment for 1969 is $3,074,735, an in- crease of $48,718 over the 1968 assessment according to infor-• mation provided by the Assess- ment Office in 'Goderich. Council was notified that Church or charitable organiza- tions can secure a licence, to run a lottery or bingo. HoWever, cash prize's must not exceed $3,500. Organizations wishing a license are to notify Council-and the Township will pass a by--laW to establish a licensing fee. The Stratferd office of the CN complained about snow on the railway tracks_,, which the CN, contended was pushed there' byy township plows• in the course of plowing township roads. Coun- cil instructed Clerk J. Mcintosh to write the CN to question why railway employees do not clear the snow as in previous years. The Council endorsed a re- solution from the Town of Ux- bridge`prompted by zoning gravel pit operations in that 'Munici- pality. The resolution opposed change in the Municipal Act and the planning Act as recommended by the Mineral Resources Com- mittee to the Minister of Mines because if Claimed such chantes are • unwarranted; pre-emptive and. would' create a fundamental and intolerable precedent for the erosion of municipal authority and planning powers now guaran- - teed to municipal governments by the Municipal Act and 'the Planning Act. • The Uxbridge (Continued on Page 8)'