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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-08-14, Page 1a Oyes of 4 144 • They made sidewalks the hard way in '38 Like so many operators - to- day the sidewalk building bus- iness has undergone great change in, thirty years. Anybody who has doubts need only check what happened on Seaferth Main street in 1937-and 1938 and compare it 'to what is going on here now. Se4forth councils in the thirt- les were concerned about the condition of the sidewalks but also realized money was scarce. Prompted by the PUC who pro- posed to replace Unsightly and massive wooden hydro poles with ornamental lighting along the street council in the spring of 1937, 'agreed to cooperate with the cOmmission in the survey of the street. Former Seaforth resident, en- gineer S.. W, Archibald then practising in London was nam- ed to prepare plans for the location of the new ghta and to design sidewa After preliminary ussion it was indicated the dewalks would cost perhaps 85 cents a square yard and a program to include a of Main street was deeided on. Bad news was waiting council- lors when_ they met July 12, 1937. A more accurate estimate, Mr. Archibald told council, 'would be $3 a square yd. While no agreemerit was reached at . that meeting within a week a compromise had been worked out. The answer council came up with was that only the sidewalks on the . west side would be re- placed ato that time. • „ Tenders were called for 1,411 square yards of reinforced, side- walk extending grom Goderich Street to Huron `Street to Mr.' Archibalds specifications and closed August 16tb. When tend- ers were opened at a special meeting of cotmcil, that of IL B. Edge, Seaforth contractor for $2,585 was the lowest and he Was, awarded the contract. The 'top tender of four received was for $3,900. Work got underway immediat- ley. Later council agreed to ex- tend the new sidewalk to the CNR depot for an additional amount of .$595.101 The contract was completed early in October. In the following year council was faced with criticism that the Main street job, was only half done. When council met on May 9, 1938 the then chairman of the street committee councillor, (Continued on Page 10) • Taken by Leo Hagan, in 1938, as mirk on the sidewalks od the left side of Msain Street was underway, these pictures emphasize the contrast between hand operation of 30 years ago and the ready mix age in which we live. Every bit of sidewalk was shovelled by hand into a small mixer, gravel — ungraded, unwashed — was delivered by either a small two yard' truck or horse drawn, wagon. The picture was taken from the roof of the Present Gingerich store look- ing north. The present Hildebransl paint store was Daly's garage 30 years age) and gas pumps were on the sidewalk,. There was no lick of reinforcing in the sidewaks 1938. Here Walter Murray (right) is putting forms in place in front Of the Bank of Commerce. Mr k Murray, now 80, recalls that the, Ant concrete sidewalks an Main street were laid in front of the CoMmerchk1 Hotel in 1896. (Photos by Leo Hagan). Cement was measured shovel by shovel in 1938. Here the late Peter McIver who was in. charge of the cement mixing and the late Wm. Venus feed the small cement mixer. The former Box Furniture Store, now replaced by the Wilkinson IGA building, Is in the background. .04.4...0...•111.411.••••••• •••••••• ....•••••••••• ¤, AY, AUGUST 14 - 10 PAGES who, No..troa 110th Year ut CFB Clinton in 1971 orlfr CFB Clinton will bet''''Phased out within two years.4he an- nouncement was made btAOttavva Wednesday by Hon.' 410 Cad- ieux, Minister of Nathipal De- 'feriae. • •Similtanous announcements were made at each of ttpe bases concerned by rep the department. In Clinton represen McKinley, MP, heard the an- nouncement. The announcement was made to service and civilian personel by Col4 E. W. Ryan, the com- manding officer at 3 p.m. as they were assembled on the parade square. CFB Clinton has a present strength of 400 staff service personel and 300 civilians to- gether with 350 *dents. There are approximatelY 700 depend- ents living in the 210 houses on the base. Disetwaing the phasing out operations Lt. Col: L. C. Mor- rison assistant director of in- formation at DND Ottawa,. said that While no schedule had been arrived at, the radar training program might be out during 1970 and the remaining two schools, the new Warrant officers school being , establish- ed this fall and the ,school of instructional technique by Sept. 1971. • Answering a question Col. Morrison said a senior staff member et DND bad been nam- ed to asslAt la an ersierty sles. ing of the base and. in fee* Ing to have some other. faeilitY located on the site. fre couldn't be specific as te what USW tanee might be available te civilian centres affeete‘ Re agreed it was likely tbat civilian employees, particular. ly those in maIntenance and servicing tradef Would be among the last to leave.. Mr. Cadieux said that factors (Continued on Page 10) ves of the area press, Olin ,Mayor • Don Symonds, Reeve Harry Wor- sell representing the Mayor of Goderich, together with It_ N. Huron-Pedh Board Increases Facilities' See Lots of Trouble For Dogs That Roam Safety Pays For Area Girls Margaret Van Dyke, (left), 13, who recently won one of the top prizes in the Elmer Sum- mer Safety Contest which the Expositor sponsored during July received a brand new bicycle this week. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Vert Dyke,, RR 3, Seaforth. Joan Racho, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Ruh°, 100 High Street, Seaforth, Won second prize, a Flyte ac- cessory kit. Another second prize winner was Patty McDonald, art 2, Brussels. (Staff photo), List Preliminary Results in FieldCrop _Competitions Preliminary results of field crop competitions sponsored by the Seaforth Agricultural So- ciety.have been announced. The results are based on field judg- ing and will be co-ordinated with results on fair exhibits. Barley field points: Larry Wheatley, 96; Art Broltom4 95; Earl McSpadden, 94; Robert Pbtheringham, 91; Harold Pryce 89; Donald McKercher, 88; Francis Hicknell, 87; Lewis Coy- ne, 86; George Townsend, 85; Gordon Puce, 84; John Render- eon, 83; Robert McMillan, 82., Mixed grain field points: Robert Fetheringh'arti, 93; Lew- is Coyne, 92; James Keys, 91; Earl McSpadden, 90; John Broadfoot, 89; John Henderson, 88; George Townsend, 87; Bill Devereaux, 86; Francis Hicknell, 85; Gordon Pryce, 78; Earl Dick, 76. The Huron-Perth Separate School Board meeting Sb. James' School, Seaforth, Mons day night approved a debenture by-law to borrowing 5312,000.00 for construction cests of St. Marys' School, Goderich. This is subject to approval- of the. Ontario •Municipal Board. NO decision was reached on the problem of, receiving tax funds from the municipalities who do not send out tax bills until December. The board agreed to further discussions concerning 1970 tax funds. . It was learned a new portable Classroom has been delivered to the Exeter School and the build- ing committee is, to arrange for its placement and. the provision of hydro and furniture. The board recommended .that older students use the portable class- rooms rather than primary grad- es, Damage of $426.00 to Windows and deers at Immaculate Con- ception and 'St. Michael's School in Stratford was reported to the board believed to have been-the work of area vandals„ An extra office for a clerk is to be enclosed in the present Seaforth administratien office building at a cost ' of $300.00. The work will be carried out by owner R. S. Box whd is also to jproceed with coraPleting the second floor to provide a board room and an office for speCial consultants, The board agreed work on. the alterations was to start. at once and be completed by October 1. Discussion of a stairway to second floor result- ed in a request for a check by the owner to determine if it complied with rules and regulat- ions concerning such building& ss set forth in the Department , of Labour and'Ontario Fire Mar- shall's office. The beard asked to be provided with a certificate that the stairs met requirements, Students partieepation in fall fairs was discussed'when Michael Connolly, board member from Seaforth area asked for inform- ation regarding the upcoming Searforth Fall Fair on September 19 in which area children' have previously- participated. The board agreed Fill Fairs were valuable and especially for area school students who took an active part eichibiting their handwork or showing a calf they had groomed ' and trained for weeks! The board agreed that schools who have previously participat- ed fall fairs in thq past be allowed to do so during the fall Of 1969 and any extra fees that are paid for by this board be charged against the appropriate item in the budget of that school to a maximum of 5c per stud- ent. An amendment provided that "any school may partici- pate!' An offer from Ontario Hydro for $320.50 was accepted for an 12 footbasement along the side (4 a future school side the east end of Stratford. Board agreed to advertise for tenders for the supply of gas- oline ' for School buses owned by the Huron-Perth Board and fer oil for heating of schools. Approval was given to pay an auditing account for $665,00 to • (Continued on Page 10) A drive to Control dogs run- • ing at large will be underway in Seaforth shortly council de- cided . at a meeting, Monday night. Long a contentious subject dog control at various times has been the responsibility of the Humane Society, the town main- tenance staff and the police. For a time a private contractor carried 'M.1 'it inspection, While from time to time dogs are picked up 'and impounded councillors complained they al- ways seemed to be "little dogs and the big ones are still roam- ing" they said. According to cotmcillor Rob- ert Dinsmore, chairman of the protection to persons conimittee Examine CNR Facilities CNR facilies in Seaforth were examined Wednesday when Douglas V. Gonder, Tetonto vice president of the/ Great i Lakes Regierr visited the ,town. He was accompanied by James Weaver, London, operations manager for the South Western Ontario area and by John Noel, Toronto, director of public re- lations. Travelling in a combination rail-auto car the party is on a tour of lines threugh Huron, Bruce and other area counties. present plans are to hale police 'carry out strict enforce- ment of the town bylaw con- cerning dogs and lay charges if necessary, Complaints about refuse being' burned on unopened town streets are being referred to the police to investigate. Referring to progress in form- ing a fire area, councillor Dins-. more said the next meeting on Aug. 28 would check bylaws of. Mitchell and Blyth to determine' sections that may be' applicable here. At councillor Moggach's sug- gestion he agreed bylaws'of oth- er centres should also be check-. e19d.70A.,. f.ire marshalls' school is scheduled for Seaforth June 1-5, Council agreed that work within town on the Tuckersmith George St., drain could be car- ried out most effectiVelY by the Township contractor. Concern was expressed that the drain cuts across the south east corner of the recreation grounds could have an ef- fect on potential building in the area. Mayor Sills referred the matter to councillor MatDenald, streets committee chairman to investigate. A letker from Hon. Chas. Mac- Naughton said an analysis area clay indicated it was not suit- able for are pottery but was sat- isfactory far tile. The study had been carried but as the result of a request by Mayor Sills. Added Maintenance is necess- ea, at the arena councillor Bill MPP ,Visits ,Seaforth Making his first visit to Sea- forth, Hon. John White, Minist- er of Revenue in the Roberts government called at the Pro- ' vince of Ontario SaVings Office Wednesday morning to ' meet manager R. S. MacDonald. • Mr. White was accompanied by Harold Walker, Deputy Min- ister of the Department and by an Official of the Retail Tax De- partment. `The group is on a tour of 1310.0'; offices and re- tail tax offices in South West- '''ern Ontario, Pinder told couneit He wonder- " ed whether some effort should be made to activate the Recreational council u n der, which the arena committee op- erates. Couneillor Ferd enquired con- derning a better check on kids on ^Main street while eonstrUct- ion waS under Way. He said young children and those not so young were writing names on newly laid sidewalks. Seaforth Reeve John Flannery , was successful in a discussion he has been carrying on with the countY concerning a capital fund of $400 which theiSeatorth Libr- ary Board hadturnedover when local libraries Were absorbed (Continued on Page 10), P. 4