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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-11-12, Page 1WIN AWARDS AT S.D.H,S. COMMENCEMENT 0 0 • LIBERALS CROWD HENSALL HALL • Whale No. 5357 1.1.1th Year First Section Pages 1-8 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1970 —22 PAGES Single Copies 15 C841 $8.00 A Year ila AdvanCol Use $500,000 Transformer At Seaforth Hydro Station Shown above as they chat with Dr. Glenn Oliver, the guest speaker at S.D.H,S. Commencement Exercises last Friday night are the individual award winners. They include: (standing) Janice Powell, Karen Glanville, Barbara Kerslake and Sharon Ducharme. (seated) John McGrath, James Rowatt, Bertha Danby, Cynthia Eisler, Dr. Oliver, Angela Devereaux, Carolyn Fraser and Sheila Deitz. Other pictures and reports on Page 1 of the second section.(Staff Photo) Indicate Broad Support for War Measures Decision Liberals from across Huron riding were in Hensall Thursday evening to attend the annual dinner meeting of the Huron Association. Arnold Stianissen, Seaforth (right) who was elected assistant secretary chats with Hon. Robert Stanbury, Ottawa, the guest speaker while Gordon Wright, Seaforth, Reeve Hugh Flynnallullett and Lorne Hay, Hensall discuss the large attendance at .the gathering. Mr. Hay headed a committee in charge of local arrangements .(Staff Photo) Suggesting , an increasingly important community role for the Legion Major Frank Golding, C.O. of C.F.B.Clinton told the annual veterans dinner here Saturday evening that Legion' members are held in high esteem. While it is true the organizat- ion is going through a transitional period this doesn't mean the Legion has not before it a future of even greater service to the community, he said. Major Golding, a native of Seaforth and again a resident, was introduced by Tom Wilbee and appreciation was expressed by Mel Melanson. Arrangements for the dinner were completed by a committee headed by President Cleave Coombs. Mr. Coombs presided for the short program that fol-, lowed dinner. Taking part were Mrs. C. -Coombs, Wm. Dalrymple, Reeve J. F. Flannery, Rev. J. C. Britton, Gordon Scott, District Com- mander Al Nicholson, Deputy District Commander Roly Russel, Zone Commander •Wm. Chambers, R. Dickson, Zone Secretary;. Chester Merriam, Dominion Chairman; Geo.Ingles, Past Ontario Service Bureau Officer; A. E, McConney, former branch Secretary and Mrs. Howard Carroll, Auxiliary Zone Commander. , Mayor F. C. J. Sills brought greetings from Seaforth. In his remarks Maj. Golding said: Each year is an anniversary. Some are highlighted more than others. A, twentieth or twenty- fifth anniversary has a special significance. This year it is the 31st year since the beginning of World War II. Not that the number 31 is significant but it will be recorded in history and remem- bered by us all that this is the year circumstances made it nec- essary to invoke the-War Mea- sures Act - something we had never done before in peacetime. Each ofus had our own thoughts as we watched on TVour Armed Forces patrolling the streets of Ottawa and Montreal. To those of us _in the mili- tary and also to all ex-Service- men of both World Wars and the Korean War, the fall of each year is filled with nostalgia. Events such as the dinner this evening recall vividly some ,memories of the past. Our nos- talgia continues until Armistice Day and after that brief pause to remember, we look forward to next year's activities. Although a possible title for my address this evening might be "A Mili- tary Man's View of the Royal Canadian Legion," I also pro- pose to share with you some memories of the events in the past and the role that the Legion has played in assisting military and ex-Service personnel, their wives and their families. The events of 1939-1940, and the spring of 1941 are recorded in history but other than that I can recall that life in Seaforth went on as normal. I continued attendance at high school and graduated in 1941. I cannot re- call dwelling at length on whether I should join the Service. When I mentioned this fact to my par- ents, I recall there was no oppo- sition. It was "the thing to do" at the time and many individ- uals had already enlisted. (Continued on Page 3) District Veterans HearC.0. Raspberries In November Mrs. Ivan Shannon, R.R.#4, Walton picked 60 baskets of raspberries and if it does- not freeze too heavily she will pick some more this week end. Just to prove that raspber- ries do grow in November, she brought a berry laden branch to the Expositor Office. • 0 Huron Liberals crowded Hensall Community -Centre Thursday evening for the annual dinner meeting of the Huron Liberal Federal Association. Describing his visit to Huron "like coming home" Hon.Robert Stanbury, Minister in charge of citizenship and information Canada who was guest at the meeting discussed the difficult times in which Canadians found them selves. Mr. Stanbury was born in Exeter and spent his early years • there where his father practised law. Out of the country when the war measures act was invoked by parliament at the request of Quebec, Mr. Stanbury said it was difficult to appreciate the extent to which he found the country to be changed in a few days. ' Emphasizing that there was no comparison between the free action taken by parliament and similar action in a totalitarian state he said there was no al- ternative to the adoption of the •A Act. In the emergency there was no time to draft and adopt alternative legislation. Referring to the difficulties in Quebec, the speaker expressed Seaforth will be faced with an early decision concerning • garbage disposal it was indicated at a meeting of Seaforth Council Monday night. The town was told by the province that existing dump facilities must be licensed prior to March 1st next or be closed. Discussion indicated that the present arrangement does not conform to Ontario regulations and could not be licensed. Council agreed to seek a meeting with area councils to dis- cuss the problem with the thought that new facilities to 'accom- modate Seaforth, Tuckersmith and McKlllop would be more econotnical. Tuckersmith al- ready by an arrangement with the town, uses the present Sea- forth dump. In committee until 8:20 coun- cil discussed with the P.U.C. and hydro officials the possibility of assuming the street light • capital investment presently held by the P.U.C. but reached no decision. In a letter to Mayor Sills the OWRC suggested undue delays might result if the proposed sewer disposal program was to be the hope that nothing that happens as the result of a small group of terrorists will ever 'discourage those of us in the rest of Canada from making changes in Canadian society and acknowledging the importance of that province which he described as "a great part of our country". That the government had acted wisely and necessarily was in- dicated by the broad support that followed the move, he said. Letters and messages of sup- port mine not only from other parts of Canada but in equal numbers from Quebec indicat- ing that "people of that province have a strong conviction that their future and the future Of their children lies in Canada". Mr. Stanbury was introduced by Howard Aitken, Goderich, and appreciation was expressed by Colin Campbell of Wingham. Gordon McGavin, assoalate- President, of Walton was chair- man. Greetings from Hensall were extended by C ()I:Mentor John Baker while Lorne Hay, Hensall, who headed the local committee in charge of arrangements thanked the Hensall Legion Auxil- iary who catered. The meeting adopted new procedural bylaws presented by enlarged to include a town wide collection system. (The OWRC has been considering the dis- posal program and just now is moving to implement plans) Mayor Sills added he had learn- ed there was a possibility of earlier action in the balance of the work. Council learned there was a poasibility of the Ontario Housing Corporation purchasing land owned by Mayor Sills in the area of Duke and West Wil- liam Street as a site for senior citizen housing when he advised council in writing of his interest and asked to be relieved of in- volvement in any decisions con- cerning the matter. He fore- saw, he said, council being in- volVed in the matter of roads and sewers. Co-operation with the Op- timists in their winter carnival plans was assured when Ken Coleman and Ken Cardno ap- peared as 'a delegation before council. Details are to be Worked out with the Recrea- tion Committee. Council instructed Mayor D. J. Murphy, Goderich, which provided for broadened particip- ation in the activities of the association. Changes made a year ago to ensure women and youth particip- ation at the executive level were extended to provide for member- ship activity at conventions and on other occasions. Officers were elected with the adoption of a nominating com- mittee repq,rt presented by past president Wm. Elston of Morris are - Past President - Wm. Elston, Wingham; President - Gordon McGavin, Walton; Ex- ecutive vice-president, Colin Campbell, Wingham; Secretary - Harold Shore, Goderich; Assis- tant Secretary - Arnold Stinnis- on,Seaforth; Treasurer - Ivan Kabfleisch, Zurich; District Vice-Presidents: Roy Westcott, Exeter; Ian McAllister, Zurich; Howard Aiken, Goderich; John Westbrook, Clinton; John Broad- foot, Brucefield; Calvin Krauter, Brussels; Jack Rosser, Ailsa Craig; Jack Willetts, Wingham. Woman and youth represent- atives to the exsaative are to be elected. The evening concluded with a dance. Sills to proclaim Youth Ap- preciation Week as requested by the Optimists. When members of council are required to leave town on town business they will be paid $10 per day plus mileage of 12 cents a mile and hotel and meal costs. Approval fol- lowed a recommendation of the administration committee pre- sented by Counc. L.F.Ford. The Scale , he said, is con- sistent with that in effect in other area centres. As a preliminary to es- tablishment of an industrial park council approved an option to purchase approximately 15 acres of ,land on South Main Street from Dr. J. 0. Turnbull at $500 per acre. The option for $600. is for one year. Planning consultants and the planning board have been con- sidering areas suitable for in- dustria 1 development but the consultants report has not yet been received. Preliminary discussions, however, suggested the report would recommend the South east area of town as a suitable site. The Hydro Station just east of Seaforth took On added sig- nificance within Ontario Hydro's power grid Sunday when switches were thrown to energize the high tension lines which were con- structed last year and to start a half million dollar trans former installed at the Seaforth site. All did not go smoothly, how- ever. When the line was ener- gized about 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, a switch located about 8 miles south of St. Marys "flashed" causing a fifteen minute blackout over the entire area from London to Wingham and from Stratford to Goderich. Accord- ing to Art Stanbury, District Chief Operator for Ontario Hydro, a switch is said to "flash" when power is trying to move in both directions on the same line. The flash at St. Marys caused the newly installed transformer at Seaforth to cut out and it had to be checked before being put back in operation, thereby caus- ing the fifteen minute delay in restoring power. Usually a flashed switch results only in an instantaneous break in power according to Mr. Stanbury. With the fault corrected, the new system was re-energized and the Seaforth station took on a new role In the Hydro system. Before Sunday, electricity was The annual meeting of Dis- trict 8, Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies was held Wednesday at Dungannon with about 150 in attendance. Ed. Starr, Director, of the Agricultural and Horticultural Societies Branch, Toronto, the guest speaker and made it quite clear he was not out to close any fair. Because a fair is only a one day fair does not mean it is not any good. There are a good many three and tour day fairs which do not provide as much for the community as a one day fair, Mr. Starr stated, and added he would do all he Simpson Head Will Speak at C of C Dinner A Seaforth native who has gained Canada wide, distinction will be hOnored at the annual vier meeting of the Seaforth ChAMber of Commerce. Chas. B. Stewart, who re- cently has been named President of Robert Simpson Co. Ltd., Toronto will be a guest at the event and will speak. The public is invited to attend the dinner being held in the Legion on Tuesday, November 24. Tickets are available at a number of Seaforth stores as well as at banks and at the Expositor Office. Dr. Campbell Will Preach A former Minister of First Presbyterian Church will return on Sunday to conduct services here. Dr. D. Glenn Campbell who left the congregation ten years ago after serving since 1948, will preach at Anniversary Services in the Church. Teachers Meet At Brussels The annual fall meeting of the Huron Women Teachers' Federa- tion was held in Brussels Pres- byterian Church. Mrs. Evelyn Merrill, Presi- dent of the Association welcomed everyone and introduced the guests at the head table. A highlight of the evening was the induction service for new graduated who have commenced teaching in Huron County. Rev. C, A. McCarroll brought greetings from the Presbyterian Church. Jim Coulter, Superintendent of Area Supervisors spoke , briefly. Musical numbers were presented by Mr. Ken Scott, M 1 ss Julie Valiance and Miss Joan 'Elliott. The guest speaker, Miss Eli- sabeth Hodgins, Executive Ass- istant of F.W.T.A.O. gave an 'informative address. A brief Inisiness period fol- lowed before the meeting adjour- ned. flowing into Seaforth along 110 kilovolt lines strung from wo- oden towers. The station was being remotely: controlled from Stratford. Now power comes out of the grid on the new lines which carry 230 kilovolts of electricity. It is stepped down by the transformers and will soon be fed back out to St. Mary's, Centralia and Ontario Water Resources Commission pumping station at Grand Bend along the old supply lines. Now the new lines are supplying Seaforth and Goderich along the 110 K.V. line which runs north from the station. When the project is com- pleted, the station at Stratford will be controlled from Seaforth by micro-wave signals and the station here will be manned at all times. The micro wave system in- stalled last year is used to link the power stations throughout Ontario in a communications and automatic switching system. It is designed to protect the system from overloads add to automatic- illy pinpoint faults in the system and shut down only those areas which are directly affected.With such a system in operation a recurrence of the October, 1965 blackout is very unlikely. The Seaforth Station has now could to help a fair in trouble. "Any fair which is depending on Government Grants to oper- ate will fall by the wayside be- cause it won't last forever - a fair must become self sup- porting" he said and added that some fall fairs are outdated and have not kept up to changing times. "Either fairs will have 'to update or fall by the way- side" he said. • A panel discussion about Fall Fair problems followed in the afternoon when Roy Bennett; CKNX; Mrs. Anna Kaler, Dur- ham; MrS. Arthur McDonald, R.R.#3, Teeswater and Mr.Starr faced the di rectorate. Officers of the Men's Sec- tion are: Past Director - Al- bert Carson, Listowel; Director- Elgin Thompson, R.R.#3,Kippen; 1st. Vice - Ken Reaney,Mitchell; Sec. - Treas. - Donald M.Young, R.R. 3, Auburn. Ladies Section - Past Direc- tor - Mrs. Robt. Gibson,Gorrie; Director - Mrs. Lorraine Seeley, St. Marys; Assistant Director - Mrs. John McCowan, R.,R.# '4,, Seaforth; Secretary - Mrs. Ken Reaney, Mitchell; Assistant Sec- retary - Mrs. Bruce McLean, R,R.# 4, Seaforth. The 1971 Annual Meeting will be held in Seaforth. Julianne Rau has been successful in passing her R.N. exams. A daughter of Mrs. Verdun Rau, she is nursing in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. taken over the role of a systems switching and supply station. The next step in a planned 5-7 year expansion in the station, accor- din g to Mr. Stanbury is a second high tension line (2301(V) bringing power in on the existing steel towers to make more power available for the safety and se- curity of the system. Looking to the future, Mr. Stanbury said that new lines would Liberals Meet Doubt Seaforth.Dumb Up To Ontario Standards Heads District 8 Fair Association At a meeting inSeaforth Mon- day, John Vintar, Superintendent of Education for the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board, reported he had received a reply to his letter from A. E, Robinson, Director of Education for Perth County, with regard to sharing transport- ation services in Perth. Mr. Robinson wrote that bus transportation route maps were not completed but that as soon as they were he would call a meeting of the Transportation sub-committees of the two boards to discuss mutual routes where services might be shared. Jack Lane, Business Admin- istrator, reported the 72-passen- ger bus for the Zurich area would be delivered on or about Nov- ember 26 by Huron Motor Prod- ucts Ltd., Zurich, rather than on the November 1 date as stated in the tender. The Building and Maintenance Committee was authorized to seek ::ender for automatic pro- gram units in 17 schools, at a cost not to exceed $5,500.00 - the other two separate schools in the counties have them. The Board approved support- ng the Kiwanis Music Festival In Stratford to the extent of a a75 scholarship. John Vintar stated the first progress report of the Board will be available to the ratepayers in a booklet form by November 24. The board set the date for . the next meeting to be on Tues- day, November 24, as Nomina- be feeding Seaforth from the Douglas Point Atomic Generator on the completion of that project and that eventually would neces- sitate the construction of another control house. Hydro already has acquired the land from the C.N. tracks at the present station site north for 1200 feet to ensure there is room enough to meet the requirements of the planned ex- pansion. tion day falls oh regular meet- ing night, November 23. John McCarroll, Stratford, Physical Education Consultant, for the board attended the meeting to report to members' his pro- gram in the separate schools in the two counties. He said there is good dis- tribution of equipment in the 19 schools at the present time. The schools under the former 19 separate boards, had varied greatly in sports equipment. Mr. McCarroll said, too, that the schools that do not have gym- nasiums are able to use the facilities of a nearby school or a church hall. Mr. McCarroll stated that Physical Education seeks through selected physical activities and related experience to assist the individual to develop skill, 'strength, endurance and charac- ter to his fullest capacity. He said fundamental skills are developed through activities such as touch football,volleyball, gymnastics, basketball, soccer, folk-dancing, ' swimming and hockey. Mr. McCarroll reported mu- ' sic plays a prominent part in younger student's timetable - rhythmic activities such as crea- tive and folk-dancing, as well as running ana Jumping to music. Health, Instruction forms an essential part of any physical program. Mr. McCarroll said 12 teactars and eight parents took a St. John Ambulance First (Continued on Page•6) HYDRO ENERGIZES NEW SYSTEM Ontario Hydro energized one set of high tension lines and activated a 120,00 Horsepower transformer at the sub- station east of Seaforth on Sunday. A minor problem caused a blackout throughout the area but the fault was quickly corrected. Shown above is Del Kallio, an operator-in-trainigg with Hydro as he monitors the control panel for the new transformer. (Staff Photo) Advance Plans to Share Bus Costs LEGION HOLDS SERVICE Remembrance Day services were held at the Cenotaph in Victoria Par:. Wednesday morning. The largest turnout of veterans in recent years was on hand to remember those who died in two world wars. An addition to the program this year was a song sung by members of the Seafo^rth Brownie Pack dedicated to those who fought to keep their country free. (Staff Photo)