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Whole No. 5293 First Section — Pages 1-8 nom Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, TEURSDAY, AUGUST 21
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In B of E Bus Policy Review
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Seaforth firemen battled a stubborn blaze in a storage
shed south of Huron Street at the CNR tracks Monday after-
noon. A one time coal shed the building contained several
' $1,200 LOSS WHEN SHED BURNS . . .
hundred bales' of shavings which produced a dense black
smoke. The building is owned by Scott Poultry Farms Ltd.
and Mr. Scott estimated the loss at $1200. (Staff Photo)
Effective date or the com-
mencement of ,"fringe benefits"
for administrative staff and non-
teaching employees of Huron
County B• of E., poses a touchy
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• roblem fof the 3oard, it was
,yealed at Monday evening's
fleeting in the Board Room of
entral Huron Secondary School,
•linton.
Some employees were taken
On the payroll at January 1,
1969,, and others at various
dates since the first of the
year, including that of August
1. 1969. Where do you start?
A motion slipped, thiooligh
Making August 1, 1969, the ef-
fective date, but was soon re-
scinded when members pointed
out that there should be some
further consideration of the-mat-
ter.
It was decided then, to request
D. J. Cochrane, director of Ed-
ucation„ to submit a written re-
port and recommendation on the
subject to the Beard at. its
.inijx-t meeting in Clintez on
"Tuesday evening. September 2.
It may be. noted that school op-
ens that day:
A special committee on "frin-
ge benefit" insurance, as re-
quested by the employees, was
set up by Chairman John Lavis.
as follows:
Clarence McDonald, Exeter,
chairman; - John Broadfoot,-
Brucefield; Mrs. Marilyn Kunder
of Seaforth; Mrs- J. W. •Wallace,
• Goderich; James Taylor. Hen-
sail.
Mrs. J. W. Wallace, Goderich,
before joining the Huron Coun-
ty B. of E. as a member, had
been active in the Ontario Pub-
lie School Trustees' Associat-
ion, She was appointed by mot-
ion of the Huron County Board
4.o represent on the board of
• directors of that organization.
Lincoln ..County Council sub-
mitted a questionnaire on, Board
finances, stating that it was pre-
paririg„.• certain basic informat-
ion about the 1969 estimated
expenditures of various B. of E.
!and ultimately 'Co summarize
and present this information
with recommendations. to the
Province. .
In refusing to take any action;
Huron County B.. of E. members
indicated that they did not con-
sider it part of Lincoln County
Council's or any other county
council's function, to seek such
information from elected Cohn-
ty B of E, whose members are
all elected by the ratepayers in
a quantity ,,,,the same way that •County Coun-
neighbor about cil members are elected.
Look At
Fringe
Benefits
ses will do. the same Job at the
,opening of school on Sh3ternber
2. The Board holds its next
meeting that evening 'to come
to grips with the problem.
In this connection, Chairman
John Lavis, Clinton, appointed
a special bus committee to in-
vestigate the matter immediat-
ely and report, after he had ex-
pressed some disappointment
that the transportation report
had not been submitted prior
to August 18.
Donald McDonald, Brussels,
heads the special committee as
chairman, the -other members
being: Mrs. Marian Zinn, Dun-
gannon; Gordon Moir, Gorrie; A.
Garnet Hicks, Exeter; John Hen-
derson, Seaforth; Daniel J. Mur-
phy, Goderich.
"We want tie pupil-per-mile
costs," Mr. Lavis declared, "for'
all the Board owned buses and
those of the contractors- This
is one of the most important
things in the entire picture."
"Our Board-owned buses are
going to give us the costs,", Rob-
ert M.. Elliott, 'Goderich Town-
ship, vice-chairman of the Board
pointed out . "We must have the
facts if we are going to negotiate
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whose dog had died, to have
the dog removed ,c.roni his asses-
sment was referred' to the As-
sessment Office. Goderich, •
A letter was received from
the Town of Seaforth anthorizt
ing the township to' proceed with
Calling tenders for George Street
Drain.
Council decided to give furth-
er consideration to two applicat-
ions for extension of water ser-
vices in Egmondville.
A lengthy discussion, which
continued • long past midnight
was held on the propoged fire
protection agreement concern-
ing 'Hensall' and the townships
of Hay and Tuckersmith. A
meeting is to be called for 9
p.m. on August 26 wth members
of the councils of Hensall ,and
Hay in an attempt to complete
• the fire protecton agreement.
The initial MODA Council re-
commendations and the special
studies. including the. present
field. work, will result n a full
statement of development strate-
gy for the MODA region. This
statement' will be sent to •the
MODA Council for careful re-
view befdre it is considered as
policy.
In late , August, the survey
team will covet-Huron County.
In September it will survey
Perth and the northern part of
Wellington County.
Information will be gathered
from municipal departments, in-
dustrial commissiohers -planning
boards, manpower centres, and
business. Interviews and sur-
veys a•re designed to secure
trends in employment, industry
mix, availability of water sew-
age, and power,
Surveys will link manufact-
uring, transportation, markets,
and other sectors to establish
the regions's potential
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Tuckersmithr Sets
Fire Truck Talks
Fire, which Seaforth Fire
Chief, John F. Scott said could
have started from combustion in
hay, completely destroyed a
large barn and 50 pigs owned
by Ralph McNichol, McKillop
Township councillor, early Fri-
day morning.
Chief Scott estimated the loss
at $20,000. In addition to the pigs
mows full of hay and a quantity
of equipment was destroyed he
said.
The fire was discovered by a
neighboring f a r me r, David
Thomas who saw smoke pouring
from the building when he went
outside to pick up some cucumb-
ers-. He alerted the McNichol
family and turned in the &lam.
Seaforth firemen aided by the
Blyth -truck prevented flames
from spreading to a large steel
shed, nearby an adjoining garage
building was destroyed,
The .farm, the former Frank
Kirkby property is across the
corner from the McNichol home
place.
The 90x100 foot barn• includ-
ed a large addition which was
put on about ten years ago.
,R,Irs. McNichol said Wed-
nksday no decision had been
made as to whether the build-
ing would be replaced.
Shed Destroyed
Dense black smoke covered
much of SeafOrth late Monday
afternoon as fire destroyed a
former coal shed adjoining the
CNR tracks west of Jarvis Street.
For many years used as a coal
shed by the late J. • Scott the
building has been owned since
1943 by Scott Poultry Farms
Ltd. It is used to store shavings
as they come in in car load lots,
•Destroyed in the fire were sev-
eral hundred bales of shavings,
Mr. Scott said loss would
amount to $1200. He said the
fire had been noticed by a near-
by resident, Mrs. Ed Fischer
who turned in an alarm.
Fight Grass Fire
Seaforth fire made a fast run
to Hibbert, Friday night and
battled a grass fire on the farm
of Alex Miller, con. 8, lot 30,
The truck was away over an
hour on the call, Chief Scott
said.
The busy week began Wed-
nesday when firemen stood on
guard as an abandoned house
south of the Egmondville bridge
was burned down. The building
Confirmed cases of rabid an-
imals reached a near record lev-
el in Huron County in the 12-
month period ending March 3I,.
1969, according to information
,released this week by Dr. W. J.
Thompson, D.V.M., Sub-District
Ve-terinarian, Health of Animals
Branch, at Seaforth, Ontario.
Rabies cases involving both
domestic and wild animals tot-
alled 89 far the 12 moths- This
is 63 more than in the previous
year, and only 4 fewer than In
1958-59, the record year so far
for rabies.
During the year, more than
3,912 dogs and cats were Vaccin-
ated against rabies at some 28
free clinics conducted by the
Health of Animals Branch in
Huron County, in co-operation
with local county Health Unit.
had not been occupied for sev-
eral years.
Late that day they were called
to the Commercial Hotel Park-
ing lot when a truck caught
fire. Chief Scott said little dam•
age resulted to the vehicle be-
lieved owned by a Hayfield area
contractor.
An'alarm about 11 o'clock that
night attracted a string of more
than 100 cars. The rural truck
raced to answer an alarm from
the former Miller Adams farm
in Hake A motor on a pump
had become overheated and cau-
ght fire but •no damage resulted
Chief Scott said.
The number of eases involving
domes-tit animals — dogs, cats
and farm livestock — rose to
37 from 6 the year before. Hur-
on continues to be among the
counties in Ontario With the
highest occurence of rabies.
Dr., Thompson emphasized
that the extent of diseases in
wild animals is, difficult to det-
ermine accurately because of
their nature and habit. It can
be assumed however that there
are many'more rabid animals in
a given area than are reported
in statistids.
Rabies in- Huron County con-
tinue to pose a potential hazard
to dogs and cats and as a means
of fighting the threat, the Health
of Animals Branch, in co-operat-
ion with the Huron Health Unit,
(00ntimsed era Paige 8)
"Safety, efficiency and econ-
omy are considered to be the
pre-requisites of a good school
transportation system," L- R.
Maloney, manager, purchasing
and services, told the members
of Huron County. B. of E. their
meeting in the Board Room of
Central -Huron Secondary School
Clinton, Monday evening.
"This is a start," he declared.
"The purpose of this report is
to present the transportation,
system as it -exists in Huron
County and to provide sufficient
detail to faclitate deliberation's."
This he did in great igobs of
statistics.
"The intention is to provide
transportation for all pupils in
accordance with provisions iss-
ued by the Department of Ed-
ucation and the Department .of
Transport,"
It was revealed that contacts
had not yet been signed with
the bus contractors, -but the
Board• directed Mr. Maloney to
arrange with the 1968-69 con-
tractors to carry on operations
on the same terms•as n the last
school• year, until agreements
had been made.
In other words, the same bus-
Tuckersmith Township Coun-
cil heard the report on the Etue
Drainage Works at a . special
meeting in Centennial School,
Brucefield, Tuesday night. Cost
of the drain (7800 lineal feet of,
4 open drain and noo lineal feet
of closed drain) is estimated to
be $12,840.00, Six of those-as-
sessed' for the drain were pre-
sent for the reading of the re-
port and their questions con-
cerning the drain were answered
by Engineer H• Uderstadt of
Orangeville who had prepared
the report and Clerk James I.
McIntosh was asked to prepare
for Court of Revision on Septem-
ber 16 and to call tenders.
Building permit was granted
to Miss Lily Waghorn, who has'
purchased the former S.S. No. 2
schoolhouse, to remodel it for a
dwelling,
A request from a taxpayer
Interviews and surveys to ob-
tain current social, economic,
and cultural information in the
Midwestern Ontario Region will
be conducted in Huron in Aug-
ust by the Research Section,
Regional Development r Branch,
Ontario Department of Treas-
ury and Economics.
These surveys mark the second
stage in the Midwestern Region-
al Development Program which
Huron MPP, Hon. C. S. Mac-
Naughton, has called a "partner-
ship approach" to Regional De-
. velopment.
The first stage in this ap-
proach was completed last Dee
ember when the MODA Council
prepared a set of comprehensive
recommendations embodying the
Council's views on development
in the Region. These recom-
mendations were tabled in the
House, last March 6, together
wth proposals and suggestions
from the other nine Regional
Councils-
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with the proper -background
knowledge.
Gordon Moir, Gonda, said that
if all contracts 'were on the
same pupil-per-mile cost basis,
there would be 111), problem
Whatever, 'but this was not the
case.
Mr. Maloney was instructed
to contact• the bus contractors
and insist on, letters hack to the
Board that bus' terms would be
on the same basis as before .un-
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Ready to
Tackle
Problems
After more than, a month's
"break" from the pfevious re-
gular meeting, Huron County
Board of Education came to
grips with several problems at
Monday evening's • meeting in
.the Board Room of Central Hur-
on Secondary School, Clinton:
Main items discussed were de-
tailed report on transportation
presented by L, R. Maloney,
manager, purchasing and servic-
es; and a comprehe,nsive series
of proposals on Board, policies
submitted by D. J. Cochrane,
director of education. Final re-
sult to he announced later.
R. B. Dunlop, business admin-
istrator, who previously had
been instructed to proceed with
the Canadian Bank of Commerce
payroll processing /proposal, in-
formed the Board that the mat-
ter was well in hand and that
the first payroll cheques under
the new system would be issued
September 26, the first payday
in the new academic year.
Elmer D. Bell, QC, Exeter,
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Returns From
Trip to England
Alf Price accompanied by his
son Bill and daughter Mary re-
turned last week from a three
week visit in England. •
Mr. Price who Came to Cana-
da as a boy had not been back
since and said he saw many
changes in the area he visited
and which he recalled, as .a
boy. It 'is just a year ago that
his brother from England visit-
ed -the Price falnily. He and
the two brothers were reunited
for the first time in 41 years.
- BUT BARN LOSS .IS '$20,000
Smoldering hay, an 'empty silo and blackened foundation day 'Morning. Also lost in the fire were 50 pigs
were all that remained 'after fire swept through a 100 by 90 of equipment. The fire was discovered by a
foot barn owned by McKillop councillor, Ralph McNichol Fri- 6:30 that morning (Staff Photo) •
Area Cow Wins
Gold Award
Constance Milestone Fawnie
6T - 359897 -, Excellent, a Gold
and Silver Medal cow, owned by
Robert W. Storey, Seaforth, has
been awarded a Ton of Gold
certificate by the Canadian Jer-
sey cattle Club. She has pro-
duced 2,107 lbs. of fat in 1035
days.
To qualify for this award a
cow must produce at -least 2,000
lbs• fat in four consecutive years.
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Se,aforth Hosts
rpa Firemen
Seaforth firemen were hosts
to the Huron firemen's Mutual
Aid Association here Monday
evening, The association includ-
es all fire brigades in Huron ex-
cept Hensall. These were 52
members at the meeting.
A representative, of the -St.
Johns Ambulance brigade dis-
cussed the work of that organiz-
ation and answered questions as',
to relationship of the program
with that of fire brigades.
.Seaforth Chief J. F. Scott is
coordinator and Wingham Chief
Dave Corruthers is- 'chairman
with Dave Hickey also of Wing-
ham as secretary.
RAIN WASHES OUT PROGRAM WIND-UP
Long laid plans for a parade and competitions to mark
the wind up of the summer program of the Dublin Athletic
Association were washed out Saturday by a sudden summer
storm. A portion of the program was abandoned but icsther items
were presented in the school auditoriuuke rroudly
the decorated bicycles they had hoped to ride in the parade are:
(left) Jamie McCreight, Jackie Cronin, Stephen Geettler, Don-
na Krauskopf and Mark Looby. (Staff Photo)
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