HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-03-05, Page 1SEAFORTM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1970 —12 PAGES
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Whole No. 5321
111th YEAR
Huron
Acts to
.Use CFB
Captain R. S. Cummings of
CFB Clinton wgs engaged Fri-
day by Huron 'County Council
as Co-.ordinator'of the Base De-
velopment Committee. Captain
• Cummings goes on the county
payroll Jtily 1, 1970, and his
salary will be $10,000`per annum.
In the interim, Captain Cum-
wings has been appointed by
Col. E. W,, Ryan, Clinton Base
Commander, to act, as Base Co-
ordinator until his retirement
in June. Several council -mem-
bers pointed but 'during the dis-
cussion on the matter, that the
county was actually receiving
about six months of Capt. Cum-
mings' time. without having to pay a salary to him. • -
Under the scheme, Capt.
Cummings will. be available to
those persons interested in using
any of the fadilities at the base
for the purpose of establishing
some kind of private industry
or educational system..
Members of county council
- arnedlliat "Capt. Cummings has
been the Base Technical Ser-
vices Officer for the past five
yeirs and 'therefore has a wealth
of , knowledge of the working of
the entire station'.
' The position to be held by
Capt. Cumming's is temporary in
nature and will be subject to re-
view' in 1971 depending on deve-
lopment conditions at CFB Clin-
ton.
In addition, council approved
the hiring .of secretarial staff to
carry out the necessa s, office
work so that 'someone Would be
available at all times to answer
telephone enquiries or to meet
delegations that might appear on
the Station when Capt. Cummings
is absent on' other business'..
• An office Na' 1 II be .set up near
the main gates -in Building 84.
The rent for this accommodation
is to be ° a nominal sum per year'..
Exeter Reeve. Derry Boyle
asked council why mernberS of the
County Development. Com.inittee
,had not advertised the position,
lie was reminded that Capt. Cum-
mings knew 'a great deal about
C'FB Clinton and would be working
for the first few months under ap-
pointment from the military ser-
vice.
Reeve, Boyle pointed out there
were Perhaps other employees at
the Base who had been there much'
longer than five years who could
have bid for the job.
Hensall Reeve Oliver Jaques
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;12,090,025:00-for 'fartil and re--- —Path-Iglu municipality adjacent
gidential property and to the area. The Wild life area
$180,040.00, for commercial; a is envisioned as 'a large tourist
area - -'a special attraction'for
hunters and naturalists.
'Mr. Farrow asked council
to ,consider a subdivision control
by-law for ,the township in the
coming months., Such a by-laW
would mean,_, that no one could
subdivide land except within the
provisions of the by-law and
would result in a desirable
control in view of the demand,for
'additional lots that could be an-
ticipated.
Mr. Farrow agreed to send
council a copy of 'a draft sub-
division control by=law for study.
Mernbers,.of the executive of
the Federation of Agriculture
were present, at the meeting to
acquaint council with the-general
program of the Federation and
to' discuss the financing ,of the-
organization. The past presid-
ent of the Huron County Feder-
ation of Agriculture, Elmer
Hunter of Goderich was spokes-
man for the group which included •
the vice-president of- the Huron
Federation, Tom -Cunningham of
Auburn; the vice-president of
Tuckersmith Federation, of
wart Broadfoot said no estimate Agriculture, Stkriley
had been made of the loss. Seaforth; and the Tfickersmith
Mr., Mrs. David Papple
Fire Levels
Brumfield
Farm House
Fire of undetermined origin
completely destroyed a farm
' home two miles north of Bruce-
field early Tuesday evening.
• The Tuckersmith house was
occupied by Clarence Marean,
R.R.5., Clinton,
The fire was discovered by a
passing motorist about 9:30 p.m.
Mr. McBean's pet dog was lost
-in the blaze, along with all the
household contents.
Mr. McBean, who liyeS alone,
was absent visiting neighbours
when the fire broke out.
Brucefield fire department's
fought the blaze, but were ham-
pered by strong winds which fan-
ned the flames. Fire Chief Ste-
map mita; DAVID DAPPLE
Hullett Council
At County Council
Reeves Take Second Look
4 At Health Unit Increases
b.
Brotherhood Night has become a popular annual event In $eatorth and this year wits no
exception. As this picture indicates the Legion Hall was well filled Thursday evening to,
hear Hullett native Rev. Harold Shell of London. The program this year WS arranged by
the Seaforth Lions Club. Below Mr. Britton (right) is introducing Mr.Snell. (Staff Photo)
A health budget which would '
have meant an increase• of about
$68,000 In spending this year was
turned down Friday morning by
¤ Huron County Council. The vote
was 23 to 15 against the budget
for $278,306.00 which was' pre-
sented'in two parts.
Section A of the budget• was
for $216,950.00 and represented
No Gain in Brotherhood
Despite More Neighbours
neighbours but they are not our Legion Hall.
brothers, Rev. Harold Snell said The occasion was ,the annual
Thursday night addressing a Brotherhood Night sponsored
largely attended meeting in the each year. by one of the Seaforth
area service clubs and fraternal
organizations. This year the
hosts were members Of the Sea-
forth Lions Club and the pro-
gram was in charge of club pres.
ident Gordon Beuttenmiller.
Mr. Snell, a native of Hullett
and now Minister of Riverside
United Church in London was
introduced by a One time school-.
mate and fellow Hullett native,
Rev. Cliff 'Britton of Northside
United Church, Seaforth.
Basing his remarks on the
theme "You can't hold back 'the
dawn" Mr. Snell said that while
certain events and results were
inevitable we should ,continue to
strive towards changes 'for the
better.
"We live in the most affluent
society 'man has known, yet we
are the most disgruntled folk. We
haVe more leisure but more bore-
dom and breakdowns" he said
and added the attitude of the
adults was bad enough but tie was
particularly concerned about
certain teenagers. There was a
groper desire for knowledge but,.
coupled with this, was a lack of
respect for parentS with a result-
ing lack of discipline. He told of
situations with which he had been
faced during his work in London.
"BrotherhOod is to give" he
said "It's not what we receive
that counts".
Ross Scott expressed apprec-
iation on behalf of the gathering.
r lea in a sing song
concluding with "Alice Blue.
Gown.'
In• opening the program Mr.
Beuttenmiller expressed apprec-
iation to the Legion for co-oper-
ation in planning the event. He
called on representatives of par-
ticipating organizationS who
spoke briefly. •
Mayor Frank Sills brought
greetings from Seaforth em-
phasizing brotherhood was not
something .that was restricted
to any one week. '
Others who spoke were
Orville Oke for Brittania Lodge,
Ken Holmes for L.O.L., Ross
Kercher for 'Malloch Chapter,
Ralph McNichol for Oddfellows,
Leo. Hagen for Knights of Co-
lumbus, Robert' Dalton for C.O.
F. Kinburn, Ken Cardno , for
Optimists, Ken Oldacre for
Chamber of Commerce and
William Dalrymple for the
Legion.
Tuckersmith ratepayers will
face increased taxes in 1970 it
was indicated Tuesday night
when council , meeting in Cen-
tennial School, Brucefield ap-
,proved the years budget,
On the basis of the approved
estimates the farm and resid-
ential tax rate will be 18 mills,
up two mills from 1969 and the
commercial rate 22 mills up
one mill.
-The 1970 assessment is
There was a lot more' snow
60 years ago than thig year at-
cording to Mr. and Mrs. David
a Papple, who will celebrate
their diamond wedding anniver-
sary this week end. .
Mr. and Mrs. Papple were
the expenditures related to pro-
grams that hacipeen in operation
as of January 1, 1969.
Section .B. of the budget for
$61,356 included money for ad-
ditional programs commenced in
1969, but not in operation for a
full year as well as any new
programming to be commenced
in 1970.
total of $3,0'76,065.00„ .
The final tax rates will not,
be available until Huron Council
sets the County rates and public
and separate school, budgets are
considered. County .and. school
rates—must -be added to the
township rates.
John Farrow of the Depart-
ment of Municipal Affairs dis-
cussed with council the possible
.,eAegt. the proposed Hullett wild
life area might have on Tucker-
married at" the Egmonciville
manse by the late Rev. Nell
Shaw, on March 9, 1910, and
following the ceremony drove
to their farm home, lot 31,con-
cession 4, LRS, on the Mill
-Road. Here they continued to
Of Section B, $50,156 was
for a program to which the county
was already committed such as
the dental program, legal 'fees,
increased rents, etc.
Only $11,200 was budgeted,,
for the new program, and would
have included a nurse to work'
specifically with the elderly per-
sons in the county; energetic
Federation secretary, James
McGregor of R.R. 2, Kippen.
Council indicated its intention
to continue the existing Feder-
ation levy for another year. Last
year the levy amounted to over
$800.00 from Tuckersmith.
Warble 'flyspraying was dis-
cussed at some length but a de-
cision was deferred,. until a
special council-meeting on ilarcr
Overs,7000 cattle were •given•
two sprays lag t. year in Tucker-
smith.
The insurance on the township
garage has been updated it,
was reported by AllanNicholson,
Road Superintendent.
Mr. Nicholson was given per-
mission to attend a school for
road superintendents early in
May., for three days at the Univer-
sity of Guelph.
Road accounts totalling $8998
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fined • $150„
For Assault
Arthur Sutcliffe was convic-
ted Monday" in provincial Judges
Court at Goderich and fined $150
on a charge of assaulting Sea-
forth Pollee Chief Gordon Hol-
ley during a fracas at the Queen's
Hotel, Seaforth, Oct. 26.
A charge of ,assault causing
bodily harm and a charge of
causing a disturbance were drop-
ped by the Crown Feb. 23. .
The defendant, who earlier
pleaded, not guilty to the assault
charge, told the' coprt 'he could
not remember striking the, of-
ficer.
Abandon
Warble Fly
Program
McKillop will, discontinue its
Warble fly spraying program in
1970 council decided at a meeting
in the Township offices' in Win-
throp on Monday. The action
follows the ,results of a survey
taken 'of cattle owners in this
township by the McKillop Fe-
deratiOn of AgricUlture. The pro-
gram had been in effect in Mc-
Killop since 1952.
Council passed for payment
road accounts amounting to
$6366.14 and general accounts
of $4836.15.
Council accepted the tender of
William',(. Campbell of Sea-forth
for cOnstruction of the tile por-
tion of the South Winthrop Drain
for $11,58/1 and the Driscoll Drain
for $11,390.
The petition of the assessed
OWnerg On the Ilinegy Drain was
accepted by Council and a report
will be prepared on this drain.
Huron County Board 'of Educ-
ation voted to proVide insurance
for all studehts taking part in
work experience programs at its
regular meeting Monday evening
In Clinton.
D.J.Cpchrane, Director of
Education, said the board's in-
surance agent had estimated the
cost of covering students taking
part in the program- at$1.00 per
. student during school hours. The
work experience program is
designed to supplement the
occupational courses given in the
schools. The coverage would in-
sure pupils against loss in case
they are accidently injured while
participating in such , a program
and include public liability in-
surance to insure the pupils and
the Board against loss or damage.
to the 'person or property of
Fractures
Ankle
When she tripped as she was
leaving her car on the way to go
in to work at Highland Shoes,
Thursday morning, Mrs. Hazel
Dillon, Seaforth, fractured her
right ankle.
She was removed to Seaforth
Community Hospital where she
is a patient. •
The almost instantaneous
world wide communication we
enjoy today results in people
across' the globe being• our
Hullett Council will seek as-
surances of government repre-
sentatives at ,a meeting in Lori-
desboro Thursday that demands
of the Council with respect to'
a propesed wildlife area 11i the
township will be met. If such
assurances are not forthcoming
Council, by a resolution adopted
at a meeting Monday, agreed to
"let it be known that the Coun-
cil withdraws' all• support ima-
gined or otherwise previously
given by the Council".
The three . items about which
Council is seeking an answer
others while the pupils are par-
ticipating in the program.
Approximately 170. students
are involved in such programs.
The board also cleared up
two conflicts in motions which
It had ,passed previously. A
motion which had given the
Transportation Committee auth-
ority to interview applicants for
the 'position of Transportation
Officer was rescinded in favour
of a later motion giving ,the com-
mittee authority to interview ap-
plicants for the position of Transr
portation Officer and applitants
for the position of purchasing
Agent,'
In another, motion the board
altered Its request for payment
of the. education 'levy by munic-
ipalities on a quarterly basis lh
favour of a motion passed at
the last board meeting to 'pro-
vide that the levy be requested
in twice-;yearly payments this
year and quarterly payments
thereafter.
A letter from the Ontario
public School Truitees' As-
sociation requested that all
boards cut down on expenses by
using classified rather, than dis-
play advertising for staff re-
quirements and by reducing re-
petitive advertising.
The board announced that
Huron County SecOndary School s
would be closed March la to
permit teachers to attend a
regional educational conference.
. An accident on Huron County
road 12 a quarter mile east of
Kippen early Saturday morning
sent four area young people to
hospital.
In Victoria Hospital,London,
with fractured right thighbone,
fractured left wrist, lacerated
right ear and multiple bruises
is Joseph Cronin, 18, St. Colum-
ban. .
Also in Victoria Hospital 'is
Gary Bennett, 18, Walton with
fractured right thigh=bone, frac-
tured right leg, fractured nose
Will HoSt
Zone Meeting
MeMbers orSeaforth Branch
156, Royal Canadian Legion, will
be hosts on Sunday for a meeting
of Tone C-I,
Representatives of iihe 14
branches in the Zone will be
present. As host branch, a 'full
attendance of Branch 156 mem-
bers is expected to be on hand,
Seaforth president, William Dal-
rymple said.
William Chambers of the
Clinton branCh f s Zone chairman.
and multiple bruise's and lacera-
tions.
In Seaforth 'Community Hos-
pital is Karen Sararas, 18, R.R.
2, Staffa, with multiple bruises.
Barbara Box,„ Seaforth,
was hespitalizedSealorth
Community Hospit'all and later
released. She has a minimal
skull fracture.
Roads were reported as being
extremely icy. The car was ex-
tensively damaged.
poderich Opp investigated
the accident.
Tuckersmith Rate Rises
As '70 Estimates Cleared
Diamond Wedding Occasion
Recalls Weather In 1910
reside until their retirement to
Seaforth in 1946.
"The weather was a lot worse
than this year. 'There was all
kinds of snow" Mrs. Papple re-
Called and commented that this
winter had been one of the best
she could remember. She added'
that of course there were no
plowed roads, nor snowplows in
1910. The trip from Egmondville
along the snow-filled Mill Road
was by horse and cutter, and
there were lots of pitch-holes.
"It was dull in the morning
and foggy,. but as we drove home
the sun came out and it was nice
MIA bright," Mr. Papple said.
Mr. Papple is the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs: Edward
Papple and 'was born on the
Kippen . Road. His wife, the
former Isabella 'Monk, was born
in. Hullett, the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Monk.
When she was a baby her father
died, and the family rpoved to
the Mill Road.
Thinking back over 80 years
the Papples recalled the changes
in living that have occurred and
agreed their comments of ten •
years ago on the occasion of
their 50th anniversary still
applied.
"When ' we were married
everything was done by manpower
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activity in the area of additional
services . with a nurse assigned
to this work; routine checking
of infants for anaemia; 'and, ex-
pansion, of the environmentanhy-
giene services and the immuni
zatlon program.
Dr. G. P. .A. Evans, MOH
for Huron, admitted the budget
called for (a considerable amount
of money', but promiSed it' was
*very good value for the money'.
Stanley Township deputy.
reeve Anson McKinley, objected
to the way the budget was pre-
sented. He noted he was unhappy
to see that the council was com-
mitted to a $50,000 expenditure
over and above the budget. '
It was explained by Dr. Evans
and by Clerk-Treasurer John
Berry that the budget hadto be
set up this way to satisfy offi-
cials in the Provincial Depart-
ment of Hearth. Berry said the
budget really had three parts =•
old pogram, committed prograni
and new program,
Former Warden James Hay:-
ter questioned if the county was
to employ a dentist, a' dental
hygienist and 6 'dental nutie -rgs
indicated in the budget. Hayter
said it' 'was hig understanding
that a nurse was hired to 'carry
out the brush-in -program when
the county was unable to obtain
the services of a public health
dentist.
Dr; Evans told Reeve Hayter
there was• stilt no assurance
that the county would be able to
secure-a dentist in 1970 although
the picture seemed much brigh-
ter this year with. regard to the
supply, of 'dentists, 'The dental,
nurse, he suggested, would be
retained.
'Are We to haVe..both?' per-
sisted Hayter. -
McKillop Reeve Allan Camp-
bell, 'Wondered if there was pro-
vision under the dental program
for the county health dentist to .
repair the teeth of any childre
Whose parents might not be able
to easily afford the services of
a dentist in regulOr practice.
Dr. Evans told him the pub-
lic health dentigt would' not do
this work and said there,,were
ways and means to secure as-
sistance for youngsters who re-
quire. dental or medical atten-
tion.
Hullett Reeve Hugh Flynn sug-
gested that most Huron County
residents took their children to
a. dentist regularly and he could
not see the real need of a total
dental program' in Huron:
Dr. Evans noted that proper
dental care now would prevent
dental problems in the future.
The matter was turned back
to committee for further study
and possible elimination of some
proposed programming.
Board to Provide
Liability Insurance,
Seeks Answers on
Wildlife Area
involve grants to compensate for
taxes lost as a result of pro-
perty being taken by the' pro-
vitice; added assistance with road
maintenance •in view of antici-
pated 'increase' in traffic and
assurance that 'interests.of pro-
perty owners affected by the'
area will be protected.
The public meeting Thursday
has been arranged to permit
representatives of the Depart-
ment• of Lands - and Forests to
explain details of the project-
and the effect it is expected to
have on the district.
In other business Council;
Opened three tenders for two
culverts on Con. 13 'sideroad
30-31 in connection with the Ver-
burg drain and .accepted the ten-
der of Ontario Metal Products
at $3245.04 and $2215.00, sub-
ject to Department of Highways'
approval;
Requested D,H2O. approval to
transfer $10,502.26 from Con-
struction of Roads to Con-
struction of Bridges;
"' Issued a building permit to
Howard Cartwright to erect a
hen-house approximately 32' x
120° at lot 19 Con. 9, subject to
Township By-laws.
Notified the Board of Educa-
tion that it would 'accept a pro-
posal to pay.taxes twice yearly, -
June 30th and December 15th
for 1970.
Approved a grant of $100.00
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Four Area Youths
Injured In Crash