The Huron Expositor, 1969-06-05, Page 1'Whole No. 5282
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$6.00 A Year in Advanee
apartment Calls Tenders
r Silver Creek Bridge
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Highways called for tenders. thirties it was widened and sev-
Tenders close on July 2. - eral years ago' further repairs
The original bridge was built were carried out when a side-
more than 50 years ago. In the walk was attached on the' south
side.
The bridge, still narrow corn-
- pared to today's standards, has
been the• scene of a number of
accidents. Demands' for its re-
placement have been raised by
area councils for several years.
In 1967 when Huron MPP,
ANN McCONNELL
daughter of Mr. P, D: McCon-
nell and the late Mrs. McCon-
nell of Seaforth; who receiv-
441
ed her B.A. degree at the Uni-
versity of. Western Ontario on
Wednesday.
MISS JOANNE WORDEN
daughter of Nir, Mein Worden,
Staff, has graduated from
Waterloo Lutheran University
with her Bachelor of Arts de-
gree in English and Psycholo-
gy.
The administrative building
built by, Huron County Council
to house the assessment depart-
ment has been rented to the
Ontario Department of Public
Works for an annual fee of
$19,200.
CHERYL A. BENNEWIES
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nor-
man Bennewies, Brodhagen,
received her BA: degree in
Psychology at Waterloo Luth-
eran University. A graduate
of MDHS, she was awarded a
bronze medal for outstanding
achievement in psychology
and, was named to the Dean's
honor roll. She will attend
teacher's college
Damages
Set at
$1,100
Damage totalling $1,100 re-
sulted from an accident on
County Road. 12 Saturday night,
two and one-half miles north of
Seaforth. The damage resulted
from a collision between two
cars driven by Brian Melody, 20,
RR 2, Dublin and Albert Boven,
27, RR 1, Seaforth.
Property damage to. the Me-
lady car was $800 while the dam-
age to the Boven car was $300,
Constable Douglas Spitzig of
the Goderich detachment of the
OPP investigated the accident.
The building will be the head-
,quarters for the Huron-Perth
area for assessment purposes.
The entire building will be util-
ized, it's understood,
The County will supply care-
taking services -and pay for all
maintenance on the building. If
any time there should be mun-
icipal taxes added to other costs,
then these taxes would be paid
over and above the rental figure.
A by-law was passed to estab-
lih the year 1970
for county purposes at $69,999,-
380. In his first and final report
to county council as Huron's as-
sessment commissioner, E. F.
Hall reported this was county
equalized assessment.
Assessment totals in the
county are farm land, $22,020,-
530; farm buildings, $15,007,370;
residential land, $2,878,320; re-
sidential buildings, $20,027,550;
commercial land, -$1,647,805;
cominercial buildings, $6,140,570
business assessment, $2,477,235.
The 'only municipality in the
county which showed a decrease
in general taxable assessment
was Hensall village, and comm-
issoner Hall claimed this was
due to the shutdown of one
large milling operation,
Total education assessment is
public, $64,549,090; separate,
$5,513,620.
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io Housing Corporation usually
builds semi-detached, duplex, or
row housing for families. Senior
citizen units often are built ar-
ound a courtyard, or are in a
small apartment building.
Family units, some up to five
bedrooms, are allocated on the
basis of family size. Senior cit-
izen accommodation' may be
either bachelor or one bedroom
apartments.
Rent-s for Ontario housing
units are based on family in-
come regardless of the number
of bedrooms needed and range
from a minimum of $32 a month
including services.
If a need is established Ontario
Housing Corporation will dis-
cuss with the municipality the
type and location of the units to
be provided.
When Ontario housing becom-
es available it will be advertised
with directions on where per-
sons interested may apply, Of-
ficials said housing will be al-
located on the basis of greatest
need and not on a first-income-
first-served basis
ROBA. DOIG
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert J. Doig of Seaforth,
graduated with a Bachelor of
Arts degree at the University
of Western Ontario on Friday.
She received the Macintosh
award for speech:
Protests
`Two-Pay'
System
R. J. Carter, a teacher in the
technical department •of Grocler-
ich District Collegiate Institute,
charged in a letter read at a
meeting of Huron County Board
of Education in Central Huron
Secondary School, Clinton, Mon-
day evening, that a "two-pay"
system existed in the negotiation
of contracts between the teach-
ers and the Board.
"I wish to place on record as
being utterly opposed to the
two-pay system as suggested to
the teaching staff by our neg-
otiating contmittee," he said.
"Any system of remuneration
which permits teachers of enual
qualification and experience, to
be paid different salaries, is tot-
ally unfair and discriminatory.
"In my opiinon,. not only are
you gentlemen remiss in con-
sidering any such scheme, but
out-own members on the con-
mttee are equally at fault in etc
tertaining such an unfair pract-
ice. If this two-pay practice Is
placed into effect, it is sure to
perpetuate the 'special•deaP-and
'under-the-table' hiring practice
that has placed us all in the pre-
sent unhappy situation,
„ "I ask that tite Board recon-
sider the situation, its fairness
and legality, and if possible,, de-
cide on a one-pay system for
all."
(Continued from Page 8)
BONNIE MARTA UHLER
' of Walton, a member of the
1969 graduating class of Vic-
toria Hospital. School of Nurs-
ing, received an award for
general- proficiency in obstet-
rical nursing.
refusing those schools' for which
trips had net been provided pre-
'viously..
An invitation was - received
from the Sacred Heart School in
Wingham to attend the official
opening of the news school on
Tuesday,. June 10.
The Board approved a request
from the YWCA and YMCA that
separate school students in
Stratford • be permitted again
this year to VOlinet for UNICEF
at Hallowe'en,
Award
CFB Road
Contract
The tender of George 'Rad-
ford Construction Ltd., Blyth,
for 462,094.50 was accepted' for
the construction of approximate-
ly one mile of perimeter road
adjacent to CFB, Clinton by
Tuckersmith Township Council,
meeting Tuesday night at Hur-
on Centennial School: Bruce-
field. The road is to be com-
pleted by September 1 The
only other tender was from
Lavis. Construction Co. Ltd., of
Clinton for $62,742.00
Council agreed to ask Henry
Uderstadt, consultant engineer,
to investigate the Geiger Drain
On a complaint from Usborne
Township and to bring in a re-
,port on the Carnochan drain,
• Reeve Elmer, Hayter and Dep-
uty-Reeve Anson McKinley of
Stanley Township attended the
meeting to ask the opinion of
Tuckersmith about allowing
Brucefield Fire Brigade to use
$400.00 received' for the old fire
truck, sold to James Morris of
Remitter.. The firement wish
to purchase a new portable
pump with the money. The two
townships jointly own the equip—
ment of the Brucefield Fire de-
partment. Tuckersmith agreed
cahloanseg, with Stanley to the •pur-
, Council approved payment of
road accounts amounting to $18,-
980.38.
Councillor Ross Forrest report-
ed on a proposed fire protection
agreement with Tuckersmith
Hay atid HensalrHay Township
was not willing to spend more
than $5,000 toward payment of
a new fire truck for, Hensall. He
was not optimistic about an
agreement being reached.
Council was notified by the
(Continued on Page 8),
Will Rebuild
Auburn Road
Huron County Council learn-
ed Friday from county engineer
James Brintnell there would not
be sufficient funds a't'ailable this
year to rebuild the Summerhill
to Auburn road.
He blamed a "very complicat-
ed formula" employed on Tor-
onto to establish entitlement
rates and lakefront, properties
in Huron County which are sell-
ing "Well in excess of other
county property" for the short-
age of funds.
The entitlement rates are fig-
ured on provincial equalized ass-
essment and county road funds
at* raised from county equalized
assessment.
"This year there was $200,000
we didn't gain in direct aid,"
Brintnell pointed out.
The contracting firm of Yundt
and McCann has been engaged
to reconstruct development road
898' in the town. of- Seaforth for
$364,490.09. It is expected work
will be underway very shortly.
A new bridge over Silver
•Ttreek on No. 8 Highway at the .
'ions Park was assured this
sWeek when the Department og
A sewer construction program
r Seaforth extending over 25
ears was spelled out for mem ,
rs of Seaforth council at a
Opecial meeting Thursday eve-
ning.
The program was based on a
report.pre.sented by J. D. Smith
and R. J. Gladding of James F.'
MacLaren Ltd, which had been
requested in 1967:
Mr. Smith reviewed the report
in detail and pointed out it
was complementary to the
OWRC report on sewer dispos•
al facilities as well as to reports
on storm sewers and water sup-
' ply. He said the report also
should be considered in the
light of road improvement pro;
grams and the' over all planning
--which- had been adopted' for
the town. •'
While a certain flexibility was
possible he emphasized that it
was desirable that basic rec-
ommenda'ions be proceeded:
with as scheduled because of
the interdependence in terms
of timing and financial capacity
with other services. At the
same ' time every consideration
should be giVen to taking ad-
vantage of assistance from oth-
er levels of government.
Mr. Smith referred to a de-
cision by the federal govern-
ment to re-introduce assistance
for collector lines and disposal
facilities.
Mayor Sills asked as to wheth-
er one line along Goderich St.
East as' shown on plans in the
report was the only answer or
whether 'shallow,,,lines on both
the south and north of Goder-
ich would be acceptable.
Mr. Smith said the one line
was to indicate the area being
served, that details as .to loca-
tion would be worked out
when final engineering was
done, lie recalled when the line
to• the hospital had been design-
ed it was with the thought it
would provide service for every-
thing north of Goderich Street
East, It was most economical to
a void" undue depths in design-,
ing lines he said.
Answering a query he said
Harpurhey could be accommo-
dated but suggested a portion
could be served directly to the
lagoon assuming it was located
west of Seaforth. The northwest
portion of Seaforth which , now
Painting to Hang
In Museum
The gift of a portrait painted
by J. W. McLaren; past president
of the Huron Historical Society,
of Herb Neil, past curator 'of the
Huron County Museum, will be
hung in the museum.
The painting was to have been
officially presented Friday to
Mr: Neill for the museum, but
the distinguished recipient is ill
in hospital.
Warden James Hayter noted
he was impressed by the paint-
ing, and said it was indeed
"something for the future."
must be pumped perhaps also
could be tied into a direct line
Recalling construction of a
line to serve SDHS three years
ago Reeve Flannery suggested it
might have been better to have
come along --Chalk Street thus
providing service to houses on
that street.
Mr. Smith suggested it would
be advisable to ask the plan.
ning people for comments on
the report. He said his firm had
.worked closely with the plan-
ning hoirds' consultant:
Recalling other reports which
his firm had prepared such as
those on water and storm sew-
ers, Mr. Smith .said the town
was now in a 'position to pro•
seed in an orderly manner with
development.
(Excerpts from the report on
sewers appear on page 6 and
from the report on water on
page to: Editorial comment is
on page. 2.)
Question
School
Boundries
Member John Henderson, RR
5, Seaforth, .precipitated consid-z•
erable discussion at the meeting
of Huron County Board of Ed-
ucation in Central Huron Sec-
ondary School Monday evening
when he posed what looked like
a rather innocent query:
"Is there anything in the re-
gulations to say that the present ,
school boundaries within the
County should stay in effect in-
definitely?".
Education Director D. J.
Cochrane was quick to' remark
' that the job of the ' Board, if it
wished, . would include chang-
ing boundaries; it was within
its powers
Mrs'. Marilyn Kunder, 'Sea-
forth.. went .into some detail
about alleged inequalities at
Hai purhey, adjacent to Seaforth,
where there seemed to be some
insurer:. of children going to
the wrong schools, all of which .
are now under the combined
county school board,
"Perhps the schools are in
the wrong places," commented
R. M. "Elliott, representative of
Goderich and Colborne Town-
ships.
Mrs. Kunder pointed out that
children were being forced to
go to the school .at Brucefield
which is overcrowded, when
they desired to attend' the school
at Seaforth, which is under-
crowded,
School Superintendent J, W.
Coulter stated that it was "the
same ail over the County," and
advised' that if any action were
taken, it be taken on a county-
wide basis after a thorough in-
vestigation.
(Continued on -Page 8)
HON. DONALD MacDONALD
president of the •Queen's Privy
' Council and government lead-
er in the House of Commons.'
Ottawa, will be a guest at the
annual dinner meeting, of the
Huron Liberal Association
(Federal) which is being held
in the Legion Hall. Seaforth,
on Thursday, June 19th, The
evening will conclude with a
dance. Tickets for the affair
are available from munici 1
representatives or at the Ex-"
positor office.
Conestoga
Has First
Graduation
Hon, Chas: MacNaughton was
Minister of Highways, degotiab
tions leading to a new bridge
were opened with abutting
(property pwners and a new
bridge' was designed at that
time. It was indicated 'work
would be underway shortly and
in anticipation an easement was
obtained from Seaforth Com-
munity Hospital to provide for
a detour.
For some reason the project
was shelved until now w.
further deterioration is believed
to have made the replacement
necessary.
The new bridge -- a rigid
concrete structure — will pro-
vide approximately 10 feet more
width for traffic than the exist-
ing one.
Mr. MacNaughton in announc-
ing the decision to go ahead, re-
vealed that constfuction is ex-
pected to start early in 'August
and will be completed by, the
middle of November to avoid
detour inconvenience during the
winter months.
Require
Further
Park Aid
The appeal for funds with
which to assist in the operation
of Seaforth Lions Park is meet-
ing with a real response, Club
president Irvin Trewartha said,
While mainly 'additiOnal gifts
are required in order to meet
the objective already nearly
$900 has been received. Gifts,
may be mailed to the treasurer,
W. P. Stephenson, Seaforth or
left at any Seaforth bank. • .
Gifts received include:
Scott, Marg. $2.00; Munn Dr. J.
$5.00; Hoggarth, Phil. $15.00;
Bryans, Dr. 'R $10.00; Seaforth
Manor, $10.00; McKercher, Don
$5,00; Lane, Vincent $5.00; Mc-
Quade, Jim $3.00; Stimore, N.
$2.00; Papple, Earl $10.00; Gen-
esco Shoes $20.00; No Name $1;
Shinen, Sam $10.00; MacDonald,
Mrs. L. $5.00; Iszacovics, E. $5.00
Nicholson, A. $1.00; Pinder,
Joan, $2 00; Anonymous, $25.00;
Mellwain, Jack, $5.00; Stewart
Rev J. U. $5.00.
Continued on page 8
Concerned. About
Water _Problem
Huron County Council has
been concerned about a Water
problem in the basement of the
new administrative building.
• Reeve A. D. Smith, Turnberry,
asked if the trouble had been
corrected. He said he was part-
icularly concerned now that he
had learne the National Art
Centre in OttalVX has 19 sump
pumps instilled in the basement
to keep the waters of the Rideau
Canal out.
Reeve Roy Westcott, Usborne,
chairman of the property emit-
tee said the water problem was
not entirely lickect but so far,
there is Only one sump pump in
the basement of the administrat-
ive building.
"That shows the difference in
the levels of government," quip-
ped Warden Jame's Hayter to
the delight of council.
A survey to determine the
need in the Seaforth area Air
o rental housing and senior citiz-
en housing is underway. The
survey is being carried- out by
Ontario Housing Corporation. in
co-operation with Seaforth and
Tuckersmith.
Citizens who believe Ontario
housing could be an improve-
ment over their present ate,
• commodation are asked to. com-
plete a qtiestionaire and return
it to the corporation. Question
aires and information is avail-
able from either of the two mun-
icipal clerks.
The survey determines the
need for rental housing for
O modest income groups and re-
sults are based on the number
of questionaires returned.
Families and senior citizens
eligible for Ontario Housing in-
clude a family of one or two
parents with one Or more child•
reel at home or a senior citizen
aged 58 years or more. Only one
of a married couple needs to be
58 years of age or more.
In small municipalities Dieter-
Huron Council Rents
• Assessment Building
Carry Out Survey
Of Housing Needs
A bide from , General Coach
Work oft Ca,necia Ltd at Hensall
for $8,900:„ Woe, accepted by
Huron-Perth Separate School
~ping
meeting heee.Menday eve--
ning for provision of a portable
classroom„
Acting on the recommendation
of the building committee the
board approved the arrangement
with the Hensall firm which pro-
vide an additional $300 for site
preparation. The classroom is
for use at the Exeter Separate
School,
At a meeting of board memb•
ers and ratepayers from Clinton
and area convened by -the board
at Clinton Sunday night a Fact.
Finding Committee was formed.
The committee is to determine
how many students will be at-
tending the Clinton. school in
1970-so that the Board may lied
sufficient space for them and ,o
get the further feelings of the
parishoners on matters pertain-
ing to the school,' John Vintar,
.Toronto, who will commence his
duties as Superintendent of Ed-
ucation for the Huron-Perth Sep-
arate Schools on August 1, was
present at the meeting as well
as W. H. Bulger, Stratford who
is acting Superintendent until
August 1,
The Board to approved the ap-.
pointment of two trustees to
act as a ' liason between the
Board and the Commitee. They
are Francis Hicknell, RR 5,
Seaforth; and Oscar Kieffer, RR
1 Bluevale. They are to give a
lull report at next meeting on
June 9. •
Keith Culliton, Stratford,
chairman of the .Teachers Sal-.
ary Negotiating Committee, re=
ported that salary negotiations.
with the teachers have been
concluded and the teachers have
signed an agreement...
The agreement gives 'an in-
crease of 6 to 8 percent and the
salaries have been equalized
over the counties of Huron and
Perth. •
The Board handled numerous'
requests concerning bus trips for
students, granting those trips
again this year which the pre-
vious boards had granted and"
Accept Tender for
Portable Classroom
Unyeil Program
For Water, Sewers
The Conestoga College of Ap-
plied Arts and, Technology held
its first Convocation and also
the installation of president de-
signate James W. Church on
Saturday afternoon' at Fairview
Theatre, Kitchener
Conestoga College started in
January, 1968, with. 175 students
housed in temporary portable
-buildings, On September 30, 1968
the second year of classes start-
ed , with 630 students and the
first permanent building.
When' establishment of the
College was announced three
years ago it was indicated it
would serve the counties of
Huron, Perth, Waterloo, and
Wellington. So far only the main
campus at Kitchener is in oper-
ation.
The school is a post-secondary
institution, offering diplomas
in the fields of Applied Arts,
Communications Design, Busin-
ess and Technology with the
programs guided by community
advis i committees. Mayor F.
C J, S s and Mrs. Sills attend-
ed' the event. Mayor Sills is a
member of the Board of Trustees
of Conestoga.
During construction, a semi
permanent detour will be pro-
vided With i paved surface
across a portion of the hospital
property. , •
The new bridge will have a
clear span of 30 feet in length.
In addition to the 33 foot travel-
ling surface, there will be a
sidewalk on one side and hand-
rails at either edge.
The Department of Highways
contract also calls for new ay).-
proaches on each side of the
bridge, covering a length of
about 3/10th of -a mile. In ad-
dition because of changes in
grade which will be involved,
certain work along Silver Creek
in the Lions Park will be neces-
sary.
It is expected that total cost
of the work, including engineer-
'ing and other fees, will be
around $100.000
District Fire Mutuals Meet In_ Seaforth
McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company was host to the
Spring Dinner meeting of Group Six of the Mutual Fire Under-
writers' Association of Ontario in the Legion Hall on Wednes-
day. Taking part were Wilson Cunningham, Drayton, Vice-Presi-
dent ivrruA, Herbert Sperling, St. Marys, Vice-President MFUA,
Mel Melntrye FRC, Executive Secretary MFUA and Gerald
Snyder Examiner from the Department of Insurance. In the
afternoon Grant Weber Farm Sales Supervisor, HEPC, spoke.
Shown here (left) are James H. Wylie, Sec.-Treas. Group 6, Mr.
McIntyre, Mrs. M. Sharp, Sec.-Trees. McKillop Mutual, Mr, Cun-
ningham, Robert McKinnon, Vice-President Group .6 and John
H. MeEwing, President McRillop Mutual. (Staff photo),
'a