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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-07-16, Page 1•:".:;1, Seaforth Main Street will be reserved for pedestrians here to celebrate when the recently coit- al, • pleted street is officially opened next week. Seaforth Council Monday night approved a request from • the Chamber, of Commerce that the street.-be closed to motor traffic on Friday, July 24 and again on Saturday. • Appearing on behalf of the C of C and Merchants; Marlen Vincent, Ken Lingeibach and Ro- bert Read told Council of„ the plans for the three day event. The opening ceremonies get under way Thursday evening of next week when Provincial Trea- surer Hon. C. S. MacNaughton and Deputy Highways Minister. A. T. C. McNab officially open the Main Street and Egmondville road as well as the new. Silver Creek bridge at the Lions Park. The following day, Friday, a sidewalk sale festival gets under way on Main Street and-continues throughout Saturday. Merchants are setting up •their displays on I • Shown here are,Mrs. Louise Steen, R.N„ and. Keith J. Pekin.'Mr. Pekin recently purchased Seaforth Manor, Ltd. from Mr. and Mrs. Bern Henderson. Mrs. Sloan is the head nurse at.the Mang which will be converted to a full nursing home with a capacity of 50 patients. (Staff Photo) Seaforth Manor Has New Owners E. Q. Boswell; Seaforth, chats with Rev: Arthur Mayberry of Goderich, one of the blind guests in attendance at a picnic held at the Lions Park last 'Wednesday for- the Huron County Cjlapter of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Mr. Boswell was the chairman of the. coninittee in charge of the event. The children in the picture are members of Mr. Mayberry's family. (Staff Photo) Blind From, Across Huron Picnic At Lions Park Correction • In a story which appeared in last week's paper concerning. a minor accident on Main Street, the driver of one of the cars in- volved was incorrectly given as Bryan liodgert. According to Po- lice Chief Gordon Hulley, the driver of the car was DennieHod- , gert. 0' • 11 4 Whole No. 5340 111th Year' First Section Pages 1-8 SEAFORTH ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 16, Iwo Council Agrees To Close Seaforth Main Street 1 Mr. and Mrs. Bern Henderspn have announced the sale of Sea- forth Manor, Ltd. to Mr. Keith J. Pekin. Mr.•Pekin and his wife, June, took over the administration of the Manor on July 7. Mr. Pekin explained that new Vanier . Award To R. 2 C. Sills Ronald C. Sills, lawyer, Kit- chener, was one of 5 people to re- , ceive the Vanier award at the Canada Jaycees National Converi- tion in Regina on Monday. The awards, named after late Gover- nor General Georges Vanier, were begun in 1968-and are pre- sented annually to., five outstan- ding citizens judged by the Jay- cees to have made noteworthy ,community contributions. He IS the son of Mrs. C. P. Sills and the late Mr. Sills of Seaforth. government regulations require, on change of ownership, that any home holding dual.licences, such ' as -the Manor, must revert to single licence operation. For this reason, Seaforth Manor is now licensed -as a full nursing home only. The former residential pa- tients' have been transferred, some returning to the Ontario Hospital in Goderich and the rest to other residential homes in the area. Several of the former rest- . dents remain at the Manor in its nursing section as a result- of being reclassified by the Depart- ment of, Health as full nursing care patients. . Seaforth Manor • was esta- blished by Mr. and Mrs. Hender- son in 1965 in the forMer Scott Memorial Hospital building which they purchased on completion of the new community hospital on Goderich Street. During their years in town , they have made a major contri- bution tO., the community. Mrs. Henderson was responsible for reactivating the Chamber of Continued on Page 3 the sidewalks. Highlighted by a street dance Friday evening the sidewalk sale festival will provide popular car- nival games for all ages and pony and' merry-go-round rides for the kids. Band programes with three hands taking part are ex- iiected early Friday evening while the sidewalk sale is in progress. The stores will remain open until 9 o'clock. Council agreed- to assist in making the street ready for the Sidewalk festival and will provide and erect necessary snow-fence and move in benches. Possibility of a county fair was raised as Council considered a request from a delegation re- presenting the Seaforth Agricul- tural Society. Answering -a query from deputy reeve W. Cuthill, John Murphy said the Department had been making enquiries that could mean a move in the direction of one central fair. He added that if such a decision was made there should be- a good chance that the fair would be located in Seaforth. "Seaforth is the only class 93' fair in the county and we have a large property which we owh." he said. -Larry Wheatley who, with Mr. Murphy, formed the delegation, asked Council members to advise the society of any suggestion they may have as to how the fair could be improved. No Change In Hibbert. Tax Rates The 1970 Hibbert Township mill rate will be the same as in 1969, Council decided at the July meeting. The enabling by-laW will .be prepared setting out all rates after a decision is made on the Mitchell High School mill rate and the former Dublin Continua- tion School levy. A grant of $125.00 was au- theifzed for the Mitchell Agricul- tural Society for 1970. " A resolution was passed au- thorizing the Mitchell, Fullerton, Logan and Hibbert Planning Board to engage Phillip Planning & Engineers, Burlington, to draw up a Planning Area and prepare by-laws acceptable to the Depart- merit of Municipal Affairs, the cost to be divided among the mu- nicipalities involved and not to exceed the sum of $7,750.00. The report on the 'Ausable River Drain repair has been re- ceived from Usborne Township and will be read July 28th, to- gether with a report on the Mel, Dougall Drain Works. Road accounts in the amount of $31,200 were ordered •paid which included ' $7,164 for chloride, $6,035 as first payment on bridge at Con. 2 and 3-and $7,970 for road construction. Payments on the Templeman, McKaig and Laing Drains were also ordered paid, plus $7,490 in general accounts. Council approved a grant of $500, the same as last year. A revised by-law to provide for financing a proposed sewage disposal plant which the Ontario Water Resources Commission is to erect for the town was ac- cepted. Revision became necessary when the 0.W.R.C. questionedsp- plication of frontage rates to va- cant land and which under an ear- lier by-law adopted two months ago would have raised approxi- mately 0)0. In the revised by- law this amount as well as other adjustments have been provided for, although the basic principle of a charge of double the water rate for all users is continued. Dog control, long a problem in Seaforth, continues to present difficulties Cduncit learned Mon- day night as it considered a re- port by Councillor Robert Dins- more, Chairman of the Protection to Persons CoMmittee. A recently appointed dog cat- ' cher - or animal control officer as the by-law describes him -on a recent visit to town had dis- covered a dog at• large, followed it to a house and subsequently charged the owner of the hciuse under the town by-law. The problem was, Mr. Dins- more told Council, that the dog had not gone to its own house and that thg person charged did not own a dog at all. ",He should be sure of the owner before he lays a charge," Councillor MacDonald commen- ted. "If he doesn't know the owner, he should put the dog .in the pound." This doesn't always work either Councillor Dinsmore poin- ted out and told about another dog that had been apprehended and 'placed in the dog pound which later 'had escaped - presumably A 19-year-old McMaster Uni- versity student from McKillop was killed about 10:30 p.m. Wed- nesday when he was crushed by a car against the front of his stalled ',pickup truck on the River Road, three 'miles west of Chatham. Raymond R. Whale was puttink a chain on the front of his truck which was to be pulled by a car parked a few yards in front of him. Bother vehicles were facting east in the west-bound lane. A car driven by-Harvey Mi- chaud, 23; of R.R.1., Paincourt, travelling west from Chatham, swerved partially off the road to avoid the Car and then swerved back onto the road where Mr. Whale was struck. Well known in this area, he was son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mott of Family Paradise Camping In addition to the direct charge, the by-law provides a levy of 1.12 mills in the general rate. Adoption of a part lot control by-law was deferred to provide time to reconcile the proposed by-law with legislation effective July 1 and providing for part lot control on a province-wide basis. Council adopted a sub-division control by-law as recommended by the planning board. A proposal from Barrie asking for support in opposing tax exemption privilege enjoyed' by universities and community colleges met with little sympathy when Reeve J. A. Flannery pointed out the benefits which such in- stitutions bring to a nainicipality. rescued by persons ma;,nown. "The t,dog catcher doesn't try to catch them. He follows them and ,then finds who the owner is and charges him." Councillor Dinsmore said. Other Council- lors recalled. an instance where a 16 year old dog had been followed Continued on Page 3 Recieve More Bike Plates Members of the Optimists Club will continue their bike registering program at the town hall Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. When the event was announced several weeks ago the response was so great that within an hour the supply of plate's was exhausted,' Registration was postponed until an additional supply could be ob- tained. The new plates are here now and the Optimists will be ready Monday evening when they hope • to complete the program. Park, .R.11.4., Walton, in McKil- lop. He had left the McKillop park that morning on an errand in the Chatham area where the -family had lived before coming to Mc- Killop. An outstanding student, he was born in Chatham and since the establiihment of the camping park had been active In its ma- nagement. Besides his parents he is sur- vived by a. brother and sister, Linda and James, and by grand- mothers, Mrs. Thelma Mills of McKillop and Mrs. Len Lewis of Chatham. • Funeral services were con- ducted in Chatham on Saturday and burial followed in Maple Leaf Cemetery in that city. The Seaforth • Lions Club played host to the Huron County Chapter of the Canadian Institute for the Blind, Wednesday, at the Celebrates 80th Birthday With their 80th birthdays but four days apart, Mr. and Mrs. John Pethick of Winthrop agreed on one event to mark the two oc- casions. The joint birthday party was' held Sunday at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Rapson, in McKillop, . and featured a family dinner at- tended by 18 members. Mr. Pethick is the son of the late Richard Pethick and liveson the farm on which he was born on July 14th, 1890. Mrs. Pethick is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs: John Oldfield and she was born in Tuckersmith on July 18th, 1890. Their family consists of, one son, George, of McKillop, and two daughters, Mrs. H. J. Rapson and Mrs. Leslie Pepper of McKillop. Lions Park for a sports day and• picnic. Several events were held to entertain and amuse the guests while their, picnic dinner was being prepared. About- 50 people were present for the event. Each blind person, was escorted by a sighted com- panion. E. C. (Ned) Boswell,long time chairman of the Lions Club, Sight Conservation committee said he was, disappointed that in- clement weather had reduced at- tendance and activities at the pic- nic, but- was overwhelmed by the gratitude of those who were able Present Awards At HCS A feature of the recent senior banquet at Huron Centennial School, was the presentation of awards to a number of students. These included: French - Beth Bioome, Eg- mondville; runner-up - Audrey Gingerich. Music - Audrey Gin- gerich, Zurich;.. rainier-11p, - Randy. Wilson, Brucefield. Best all-round 'girl - Jackie Koene, .Bayfield; runner-up - Karen Brandon, Kippen. Best all-round boy - John Kinsman; runner-up - Tim West, Bayfield.'High Acade- mic girl - Cheryl Webster; runner-up - Kathy Logan, Bay- field. High academic boy -,Brian Finnigan, Egmondville;. runner- up - Jack Porter, R.R. Clinton. to make, it. Among those who were pre- sent were Larry Snider of Exeter, who is , president' of the Huron • COunty Chapter of the C.N.I.B. and Jack Clements, who Is the Institute District FieldBecretary for the counties of Huron, Mid- dlesex and Perth. Mrs. Velma Miller catered to the picnic. - Miss Agnes HaVerkamp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Haverkamp of R.R.#1, Clinton, graduated from Stratford Tea- chers' College. She has accepted a position in the Dutch Christian 'Reform School, inSarnia, Seaforth Dogs Cause Council Problems McKillop Resident Is Traffic Victim 40 tiE Produce First Mobile Home Unit in New Boise-Cascade Factory at Henson Officials and employees of Boise-Cabcade Horne -and Land, Ltd., in Hensel]. Tuesday 'after- noon, pose in front of the first unit produced in the new plant at the South-West corner of Hensall. The unit is ,a three hedrooM mo- bile home which measures 60 ft. by12 ft. It is destined for sale in 'Sudbury. (Staff photo) The first unit to be produced „at Boise .Cascade's new mobile home plant in Hensall was com- pleted Monday. At the same time as the firdt home rolled off the assembly line, Boise Cascade announced that the company had been successful In bidding on a tender to supply the Douglas Point atomic power de- velopment project with 18 dorMa- tory units capable of housing 20 Men each. These units will be built in Hensall.' The first unit produced at the new plant measures 60 'feet by 12 feet and is fully equipped and 'furnished. It has a •living area, Combined dining room and kit- chen, complete bath facilities and three bedrooms. The first three units produced are all hea- cad for Northern Ontario, where Kingsway Trailer Sales will mar- ket them in Sudbury, North Bay and Sault Ste. Marie. Howard Kirby, the Manager of the Hensel' operation, said that although the new plant is cur- frentlyproducing about one unit a day with thirty-five employees, the company hopes by late fall to be producing eight units a day with full staff of 150 men. They are currently aiming to produce three units a day, in all lines,by SepteMber 1st. ' In addition to the single unit mobile homes, the Hensall plants are geared to produce almost , anything in the factory-built,field. One new line which will be intro- duced shortly, is composed of two large units which are joined at the site to form a more Derma- :lent structure than the single unit dwellirig, but one which is still easily relocatable. Mr. Kirby said that Boise Cascade, which is the largest producer of housing in the world, is also very interested in the de- velopment of mobile units for commercial purposes as well as for private dWellingi. This would include such things as motel units, portable school class- rooms and kitchen, dining and sleeping units for large construets Lion jobs. The' units for Douglas Point are'part of this policy of diversi- fication. Gary Cramer, the Sales Rep- resentative for the Hensel' operation, said the nucleus of men needed to start production in the new $1,000,000 plant were picked from employees at the number' one plant -on the north edge of Hens , alc formerly General Coach. e said that the company will be hiring in the fall to bring, 'their work force up to a maxi- mura of 300 men - 150 in each plant. According to Mr. Kirby, 13olse Cascade is also very interested in participating In a pilot pro- ject for this area in which they Would • help develop a complete mobile home park with all faci- lities, similar to those which are springing up across the .United States. The official opening of the new plant, Which is located in the South-West corner of Hensall, is scheduled for some time in August. Mr. Cramer expressed hope that officials from all levels of government would be in atten- danee at that time, •