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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-10-02, Page 1First Section — Pages 1-8 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1969 — 16 PAGES Single Copies. • .10.' 118..00 A .Year- Ii i Whole No. 5290 110th Year a Fire Damages Seaforth Scout Hall Seaforth firemen fought a stubborn blaze at the rear of the Scout Hall on Main Street late Thursday afternoon.. Fire - darnage to the two-storey building was confined to the upper rear floor but the entire block was filled with smoke and wet- ter flowed through to the lower floor. The building is owned by Seaforth Lions Club end officials said damage could reach $1,000. Cause of the fire is unknown and Seaforth Police are investigating. (Staff photo). Defer Fire Area Decision For .Further Information • . • Walton Bantams On Way To Championship The word at Walton these days is "Play Ball" as the Waltonellantams continue,their climb to an Ontario championship With a win over Shakespeare at Walton on Sunday at ternoon, The team is leading the series 3-0 in the Western Ontario 116me Brew -Bantam series. The final• game in the cha mplonship series could be on Thursday at Shakespeare when the 4th In the 7 game series is scheduled. Here Roger Hump Mules is at bat as enthusiastic Walton• fans look on. (Staff photo). or Urge Increased Reserve o Ease Interest Costs .1 IS • Stratford is a lovely town but the Shakespearean festival building is old and worn where- as the festival building in Strat- ford, Ontario is more authentic in our opinion. (Continued on Page 7a) worked out now is similar to the previous agreement except that it is proposed each municipali- ty would have representation on the area board and have con-• trol over expenditures. At the same time the contribution of each municipality' would be bas- ed on its assessment. • At the Monday night meeting,• Don Owens of Guelph, represen- ting the Ontario Fire Marshall's Office, urged that Seaforth should buy the equipment and Two Egmondville Youths irontinue Tour of Europe It took 1,3 months to dig these tunnels in which were housed 20,000 men under extreme con- ditions. Ironically enough there was only one source of water between the two forces and while a life and death struggle went on above them, here the two enemies faced each other in peace. We were proud to call ourselves Canadians that day as we saw our flag flying over the huge • monument which stands in memory of the 5,000 Canadians who gave their lives at Vimy Ridge. $30 A Week We were anxious now to get to Great Britain but remember-' ed also that we would have -to change our driving habits. We . arrived in London hoping to get jobs and a place to live for a few weeks. There we met Bill Gibson from Hensel who help- ed us get a job at the London Electricity Board. We worked there for six weeks. Our salary of $33 per week didn't seem like much, but we discovered that this was aver- age. pay. In fact, anyone who made $60 a 'week was consider- ed to have an exceptionally good job. We couldn't under- stand how people could save as food and accommodation cost just as much there as in Cana- da. England is a beautiful coun- try. The farms are strainer to those in Huron County with the exception of smaller fields, • hedges and stone fences. Ancient history is evident everywhere as there are num- erous castles throughout the country, Perhaps the most typi- cal area of English countryside is the Cotswolds, the center of which is Stratford. We visited Stratford and were fascinated by the Elizabethan architecture which is exemplified by the thatched roofs. Each house has its Wen character and is well preserved even to this day. A proposal to solve the fire protection problems of Seaforth and four adjacent municipalities ran into troubles Monday night when a committee dealing with the matter met a representative of the fire marshal's office. The seven-member Seafotth fire area committee decided Monday night to investigate fur- ther to determine if the propos- al is feasible. 1 The committee, made up of Helmsted, Germany, Sept. 18, 1969 'Tonight we are camped three miles from the East German border near the ' Berlin auto- bahm. and are looking forward to our forthcoming trip through East Germany and Czechoslo- vakia. Since our lard letter in 'April • We have seen and done, too much to write about in detail, but we would like to give some of the highlights. We drove up through France until we reached Paris. We spent only four days there for two reasons; we were anxious • to get to 'Great Britain to speak English again, and since the French had not yet devalued their franc, travelling in France was still comparatively more ex- pensive than -the rest of Europe. We saw what most tourists see, in Paris and were anxious to leave in order to see things most of them miss. Vimy Ridge is hard to des-, cribe in words • and yet we'll try. This is , where the Allies, the majority of which were Canadians, defeated-. the Ger- mans,durinie World War I. The scene remains the same today even as it was then. Warning signs are everywhere telling people not to wander off 'the narrow trails for live mines and explosives still remain. The two fortes faced each other less than 100 yards apart. Each side had their own nee ▪ work of tunnels which served a very strategic purpose. Both aides realized The only way to defeat the enemy was to dis- lodge him from under the ground. This was brought home to us Whenewe were shown part of the Canadian tunnels. These • tunnels ran for 'a distance of up to six miles in length as Well as being anywhere from 30 to 100 feet below ground lee- • et...The kitchen - dining room MU 240 feet below the surface. Huron County Council learn- ed Friday in regular session, at Goderich that financial expen- ditures in the county are in line with the budgets set for the current year, with the gener- al account including highways expenditures showing a net sur- plus of $42,302. Clerk John Berry noted the highways department was show- ing a deficit of $30,101 at June 30 when the financial statement was prepared, but he advised this was not unusual because work has been completed for which no money had been re- Oldest area citizen, Thomas Grieve, quietly celebrated his 103id birthday on Tuesday. His two daughters, Miss Bess Grieve and Miss Margaret Grieve, with whom he resided at the family ,home in Egmond- ville until removing to Either- chan Nursing .Home, Seaforth, several years ago, spent the day with -him..... him. . „_ While his health is failing, he is able to be up every day and .enjoys his pipe — a gift a year ago on his 102nd birthday. Mr. Grieve was born on a' farm in Grey township, near Bruk,sels, on- September 30, 1866,^ the son of the late Eliza- beth 1VIeMichael and William Grieve, the second oldest in a family of six. Prior to moving to Egmondville, 60 years ago, he had lived in McKilop. Active ib many fields through- out his long life, Mr. Grieve has farmed, operated a farm implement business _and done carpentry work. -Until he was past 90, he,,,,,mtinued to main- tain a half acre garden. •• A mason since,„1918, he is a member of Britannia Lodge. Mr. • Grieve belongs to First Seaforth Women At Meeting The fall conference qf Dis- trict No. 2 of the• Hospital:Aux- iliaries Association of Ontario, was held in Kitchener on Mon- day. Freeport Hospital Auxiliary was the hostess auxiliary. Among the one hundred dele- gates from the Western Ontario area were nine from the Wo- men's Auxiliary' to the Seaforth Community Hospital. Attending were: Mrs. Gordon Beuttenmil- ler, Mrs. Kenneth Etue, Mrs. William D. Stephenson, Mrs. J. A. MacDonald, Miss Janet Cluff, Mrs. William Hart, - Mrs. Brad Smith, Miss Ethel Dennis and Mrs. Orville Oke. Mrs. Oke was named a vice- ,ptesident for the district. ceived to that date. "This revenue will increase during the latter part of the year," reported Mr. Berry, "and at the same time the expenses begin to decrease. There is cer- tainly no problem as far as a balanced budget in the high- ways department!' In his report, Elmer Hayter, reeve of Stanley and chairman of the Huron County road com- mittee submitted k report show- ing six jobs, all completed or nearly completed, which had been accomplished for less mon- ey than the original estimates. Presbyterian Church. A widower, he married Mag- gie Chesney in 1890 at a cere- mony at the Chesney farm in Tuckersmith, when Dr. A. D. McDonald , officiated. The Grieves celebrated their 60th Wedding anniversary in 1950. Mrs. Grieve died in 1954. His only son, Harry, died eight years ago. He has one grandson and four greaVgrandthildren. Hits Pole Three In Hospital An accident at the westerly outskirts of Clinton early Sun- day morning sent three area young people to hospital. . • The' accident occurred as a car which police said, was driv- en by Constance Sarsdahl, 20, of Mitchell, turned into No. 8 Highway in front of the Elm- Haven Motel and was in col- lision with a pole. In Seaforth Community Hos- -pital are Miss Sarsdahl, suffer- ing undetermined injuries and Joanne Malone,•b2, and her sis- ter, Geraldine 'Malone, 19, both of Seaforth,recovering from shock and lacerations. Two oth- er passengers, Thomas Malone; 21, Slave Lake, Sask., and Eliza- beth Shea, 22, Seaforth, receiv- ed minor injuries. The injured were treated at Clinton Hospital and then mov- ed, by Box, Ambulance to Sea- forth Community Hospital. The accident was investigated by Sgt.' Leroy Oesch and Con. Ab Shaddick, of the Cliton Police Force. Caught In Machine Caught in a moving machine as she was playing in a 'field at her father's farm, north of Dub- lin, at lot 35, con, 13, Logan, late on Tuesday afternoon of last week, Debbie Vanderberk, 4, was'brought to Seaforth Com- munity Hospital and later re- moved to St. Joseph's Hospital, London by Box Ambulance. Her father, Ted Vandenberk, RR 2,. Monkton, said Wednesday that Debbie, while still in hos- pital, was progressing.favorably. At one job on County Road 2, . just south of Dashwood, the or- iginal estimate was for $157,000 for 2.5 miles. Actually 3.75 •stiles were completed for $135,000. "It is the first year in 18 years we've been under the es- timates," county engineer Jim Britnell commented, "we're looking forward to a surplus" He suggested the road com- mittee might well consider the purchase of some new equip- ment on this year's budget which would- otherwise have to be taken into consideration next year at budget time. Mr. Britnell also told council road budgets were not being cut by the Ontario Department of Highways but that the standards are being-lowered, he said, for some time now, roads have been given prime consideration by the government, but that recently health and education are com- ing in for extra funds. "Arid perhaps rightly so", he Win Prizes At Seaforth Fair Always a popular feature of Seaforth Fall Fair, draws held by exhibitors and organizations again attracted support from the crowds that thronged the arena on fair days. Winners included: Lions, Stephen Coornba, Seaforth; Leg- ion Ladies' Auxiliary, 1st, Mrs. Ernie Marshall, 2nd Henry Zil• er, • Seaforth; Phillip's 'Photo- graphy, Lynn Nicholson, Sea- forth; Hildebrands, 1st, Mrs. Don McLean, 2nd Mrs. A. Forbes; child's draw, Susan Mc- Lean, Seaforth; Women's Hos- pital Auxiliary, lst, P. D. • Mc- Connell, 2nd. Mrs. Wilfred Cole- man, Seaforth; Read's Shoes, Mrs. Leta McGowan, Seaferth; Eastern Star, Mrs. Gar Baker, Mrs. Gordon Tyndall, Seaforth; Huron Expositor, David Steffen, Seaforth. said and claimed, "futon Coun- ty has a fine road eystent built on a "champagne income". The meaty engineer reported some of the westit proposed for. this year had been deferred nu. til 1970 including the- concrete deck on the Benedller bridge. He said the fine- weather this summer allowed work to pro- ceed easily and without inter- ruptionea distinct teeter in the ace ulation of a $15,000 to $20, surplus mentioned for this year in the road depart- ment. At Huronview where the es- Unaided budget was $746,468 for 1989, actual exPduaen until June 30 were $303,070.97, Robert W. J. Lyons, chairman of the committee 'of manage- ment of Huronview, got approv- al for his committee's recomm- endation that a perdiem rate be set at $216 per month and $7.10 per day for any part of the month, retroactive to April L. 1969. He also reported that Dr. 0. 'F. Dearly, Goderich, is' the new home physician at Huronvievk Harvey Johnston, former ad- ministrator at Huronview, intro- duced Chester A. Archibald, the new administrator, who com- menced his euties September 1. Estimated budget in the health unit was $227,511, while actual_expenclitures. to• June 30 of this year totalled' $102,185.93:- Library expenses have ' totalled $57,589.64 to June 30. Budget estimates for the year are $145,- The Children'sAid Society is operating within its budget too. Actual ' costs have been $108,- 567.71eaf a budget for $215,366. Clerk Berry spoke briefly on the matter of interest rates which is of "great concern when one realizes the prime borrow- ing rate at the present time is 8 percent". At the present time, the coun- ty is paying interest on $1,200,- 000. "The county does have a re- amount of $50,000, Mr. Berry explained. "This money is avail- able ag ready cash rather than putting the same sum into the surplus-:.account and then hav- ing to borrow to return this money to the bank account." "I would strongly recommend that in considering the budget, for 1970,"-he continued, "every consideration be given- to in-... creasing the working capital ac- count in order to save on bor- rowing and as a result save on interest." Just as a matter of interest, Mr. Berry told council the aver- age cost per delegate to conven- tions in 1969 was $165.08. "This does not seem extrava- gant," he commented. r r I Fight Grass Fire' In Hibbert Twp. Seaforth firemen were called to Hibbert Township, Tuesday afternoon to fight a grass fire on the farm of Alvin Worden, lot 24, con. 6. Bean stalks were being burn- ed off when the fire threatened, to get out of control. two members from Seaforth, two from McKillop Township and one each from Hilbert, Hul-. lett and Tuckersmith townships, was formed earlier this year to handle the fire protection for the five municipalities. The present agreement con- sists of each municipality pay- ing a percentage of the costs of the maintenance of existing equipment as well as an hourly rate to firemen when fighting fires. The agreement being sell fire protection to the town- ships with the costs being pro- portioned on • assessment. The committee pointed out that un- der the new agreement, assess- ment was the basis of cost and that the only difference was that the control was given to all parties involVed• and 'not just Seaforth, Mr. Owens doubt- ed if the committee would have .the power to pass the necessary by-laws. However, the commit- tee disagreed and instructed its secretary, Coun. Betty Canino, to make inquiries as to whether or not such a proposed com- mittee had the necessary pow- er. She was also asked to ob- tain an opinion as to the con- tents of the proposed agree- ment. The committee decided to de- fer any decisions as to the changes and recommendations of Mr. Owens until after Mrs. Cardno had reported. The next meeting will be held on Oct. 27th, at the ,McKillop Municipal building in Winthrop, at 8:00 p.m. Oldest in Area T. Grieve Is 103 WALTER SCOTT is chairman of the Seaforth , Winter Carnival which next year extends over• the Jan7--23-.--serire Jet. weeldng eapital an 25 weekend. Preliminary plans for the annual Optimists ev- ent were advanced at a meet- ing Thursday. in •