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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-12-11, Page 1.0/ BOB HENRY . 4-H Members Receive Awards at the 1.969 Huron County Achievement Program R .R. Stewart Proctor. of Morris presents his awards to-DaVid Thomas, Brussels and Marlene Stewart, 1, Kirkton; IlurOn -Ag. Rep. Donald S. Pullen presents the A. Y. McLean trophy to Jack De Groot, R. R. 3 , Blyth; Warden James liayter ,of Stephen is seen with Irene Konaroki, R.R.1, Blyth who won the Warden's Novice Trophy; Robert McKinley, M.P. is presenting his Citizenship Trophy to David 1 Marshall, R. R. 1, Kirkton, who also won the Bainton Ltd, Blyth award, a sheep skin coat, being pre- sented here by Mrs. James Snell; George Campbell, president Huron County Hog Producers "presents a clock to Gerald Townsend. (Photos by Phillips) \.4 Whole No. 5308 110th Year SEAFQRTH,, ONTARIO, TI-IIISSDAY, DECEMBER 11, pp Ontario Answers Toivn Resolution Discussions are being held between police and the snowmo- bile club designed to achieve required control through cooperation he told council, Council agreed to pay legal costs which may arise as a result of Constable Sand)? Haw- kins having been charged with assault. The charge arose fol- lowing an arrest made some weeks ago council was told. Council else agreed to re, imburse DougESS Hulley up to Elmer Hunter,'R. R. 3, Gorier- ich, retiring president of the 'Huron County Federation of Agriculture told a directors meeting in Clinton, Thursday, that the county federation is doomed to go out of existence if the financial picture does not im- prove, Mr. Hunter, following a di- rectors meeting held Thursday afternoon' in the office hoard rooms of the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food, said that the bills presented at the meeting could not be'met. Asked to what amount the hills totalled, he replied to the extent of $200., exclusive of a tink loan. .'In fact our five 'delegates to 'the recent annual conventio,i of the 0.F,A, in Toronto (there wer4; five who represented Huron)are foregoing their payer $10 per day and expenses," he said. ,'Huron County is one of th(- fvw counties in Ontario that is left in the 0 F. A. Because the O.F, A._ has gone to direct ser- vice membership and because of the outcome of the O. F.O. vote last June, we. here in Huron County are starting to lose the rev enue from our township levies", he told the !fleeting. Last year. according to the statement published two weeks county organization's financial ago, the IC townships in the county through tax levy to the farmer, largely made up the revenue tor the group to operate. Mr. Hunter told the meeting that notice has been received that the levy from both Hay and Osborne townships Will he cut off - and that there is talk or more townships following suit. The, meeting discussed brim • rContinued on page 12) Consider Moves - to Markdale Position The resignation of councillor G. S. Moggach was. accepted with regret by Seaforkh council Mon- day night. Counc. Moggach completing the first year of a two year term has been appointed farm management sbecialist and pro- gram- leader for a four county area includingi3ruce,grey,,alm-, -doe -ifid'ifiiiiferin. He will live in Markdale: At present he is ag- ricultural engineer with the De- partment of Agriculture in Heron. Counc.Moggach who with his family came here frour-Ridge- town 6 1/2 years ago, has been active in the community. He served on the Public School Board for several years and played a leading part in the work of First Presbyterian Church where both he and grs. Moggach also were m embers of the Church Choir. In accepting the resignation councillors expressed regret it had become necessary.. ' The Municipal Act provides that the vacancy will be filled by an appointment by council of an unsuccessful candidate at the last municipal election based on the order in which they stood in the voting. If such a person is not available thencouncilmust. appoint a ratepayer to the vacancy., Clerk Williams who has the responsibility of informing coun- cil as to the appointment said, the. two persons eligible were George Hildebrand and Robert Newnham in that order. Lions Recognize Attendance Seaforth Lions' meeting in the CommunCy Centre ' Monday evenim, honor-ed members-.who had achieved-perfect attendance. during the year. P. dsented with pins by Ross Scott and J.A.Stewart were C. A. Barber, G. Beuttenmiller, C. Campbell; J, Scott Cluff, E.Lar- one, - A. Y. McLean, Irvin Trewartha, G. A. Whitney, Ed. Taylor, W.D,Stephenson, 0. Oke, G.D.Hays, J. A. Stewart and Earl Ritchie. The meeting reviewed plans for the annual Christmas visit to Huronview on December 21 and for an exchange visit to Zurich Lions next Monday.' Committee chairman Ed. Taylor of the lbrqs and girls committee announced the draw for the snowmobile would take place at the Leglon,New Years eve party. Optimists Shop Spree Next Week The Seaforth Optimist shop- ping spree draw takes place on Friday, December 19 at Wilkin- son's I. G. A. The Lion's snowmobile draw Will take place at the Legion New Years eve party. Let Us Know Away :for Christmas? Have some visitors? Call us at The Expositor 527-0240, and tell us about them. 'RONALD SILLS Man of the • Year in Kitchener ' A 37 - year - old Kitchener lawyer and Seaforth native has been chosen by the K-W Junior Chamber of Commerce .for the outstanding young men awards contest. —Rbriald Sills was selected from nine nominees as the top K - W young man to represent the area in the provincial 10 outstanding young men awards contest in March, 1970. , Liberal Leader Robert Nixon was gueSt speaker at a banquet in Mr. Sills' honor Monday at the Granite Club In Kitchener. Mr. Sills' mother, Mrs. Charles P. Sills of, Seaforth attended the event. s Mr. Sills was chosen by a four-man panel for his outstand- ing work in the Kitchener Waterloo community, He is president of the social planning council, a trustee of the Waterloo County late asso- ciation, a member of the area committee of the legal aid pro-, gram, lobal director of the Big Brothers, a member of the na- tional exeeatlye !of --the Big Bro- ther movement and team cap- tain of Federated Charities for .. - the past 10 years. Mr. Sills is past president of the Kitchener Red Cross and the Twin Cities Kiwanis 'Club, a member of the Kitchener com- mittee of adjustment, lector at St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church ..and ay founder of the Conestoga Sailing Club. • He is married to the former Patricia Reynolds. They have two children. • • The contest is open to any outstanding young man in fhe community not necessarily a Jaycee. Tell About Your Xmas Activities This is the season of the year when area schools and church groups present annual Christmas concerts. .As usual, complete reports of these' affairs are carried in The Expositor. To ensure that each story is correct and in sufficient detail those responsi- ble for such concerts are asked to co-operate and forward 'acopy of the prograni to this office as While a representative number of area municipalities endorsed Seaforth's resolution concerning - uniformity of sentences in police court there are problems in following such 'a course Ontario Minister of Justice A.A. Wishart pointed out ie_. a letter read at Seaforth Council Monday night. I h'a.ve read with concern your letter of October 29th, directed to the Prime Minister of, Ontario, and I have now had. an opportunity of discussing the matter with the prime Minister. I believe that all the citizens of this Province haue a con- cerp with respect to the equit- able administration• of our laws within a judicial system which we have established for the administration of justice.This entire system is based upon the premise 'that the judges do have both the responsibility and the• authority to- arrive at their -de- eisions'upon the basis of the evidence which is placed before them. In this context, every in- dividual appearing before a court therefore, has the right to bring whatever evidence he may con- sider appropriate before: the court as long as it is within the rules of evidence that guide the deliberations in our. courts. This right includes not only evidence as to the allegation of wrong doing, but also evidence as to the matter of sentence. The judge, therefore, in sentencing individuals who are convicted of offences, must in law consider not only the of- fence and circumstances relat- ing thereto, but also the 'in- dividual who has been convict- ed and his personal circum- stances. Since the cirrium - stances of the individuals vary completely throughout the Province as do the cirh cumstances surrounding their conviction, it therefore, follows that every case must be decided upon its own facts. If this is to remain as a reasonable prin- ciple in our law, then it would also follow that it will be impossible to achie've a complete uniformity in the sentences that will be'clistSen-, sed. I believe that you and your associates will readily under- stand that -it would be eminently simple to pass a law which would provide that any person convic- ted of a particular offence would be given a specified penalty re-. gardless of any circumstances. At the same time, I am sure that you will recognize that this would ultimately lead to gross injustice since the degrees of culpability will vary. so much from case to case as, indeed, will the nature of the individual. The establishment, therefore, of completely uniform sentences would create far more injustices than we could possibly contem- plate within our system and, consequently, I would suggest that we recognize the problem and encourage our judges to" exercise their discretion upon a basis which will achieve the needs of all our citizens. ' be based upon well accepted laws as set forth by our legislatures- and higher courts. At the same time, we have provided every member of our Provincial Court with a substan- • tial library including volumes which are directed primarily to- wards the law as it is a,dn-Onis- tered in the Provincial Court.. These various texts thus pro- vide further guidance to assist the -Mt-es in arriving at 'Uni- form sentencing principles. I trust that the foregoing will inform your Mayor and his COuncil 'as to the very signifi- cant effort which we have been putting forth in this area, and I would ask you to assure your associates of our continuing con- cern and our interest. This will perhaps be again demonstrated when we receive from1theCentre of Chminology at the lIniversitY of Toronto a very extensive.re- port which has been prepared as a result of a three-year study undertaken at the expenSe of the government of Ontario and directed towards sentencing in the Provincial Courts. The re- sults of this study will, I think, be exemplary in assisting all of our judges in achieving the ends which all of us have been working- towards for some time.- W.: C. Bowman, Directorh,of , Public Prosecutions, in a second letter • discusses the problem, Mr. Bowman in this second let- ter said 'the problem of fixing punishment following conviction for a criminal offence is pro- bably the most difficult task fa- cing a court. The judge is given , very wide discretion under the Criminal Code which he must exercise having regard to the circumstances of each case, in-. eluding the overall public in- terest, the nature of the offence, the prevalence of that offence in the area• the need for de- terring others and the reforma- tion of the convicted person. It would be very rare to find two cases where all these con- siderations were exactly the same 'and, consequently, it is to be expected that there will 1)4 some difference- in punish- , ment. However, from time to. time, the Provincial Judges whO deal with the vast majority of criminal cases meet to' disduss the problem with a view to avoi- ding undue variance. In addi- tion the Crown may appeal to the Court of Appeal when it ap'- pears that the court has er- roneously imposed an inadequate punishment. Normally these cases are brought to our atten- tion by the CroWn Attorney, the newspapers or anyone who sees, fit advise us of them and the Attorney General will launch an appeal if the circumstances of the particular case so warrant. Announce Grey Cup Winners .Winners in the annual Grey -cup contest have been announced by the Seaforth Branch 156,Royal Canadian Legion, who sponsored the event. Winners were as follows: Jerald Broderick, Exeter; W. E. Smith, Exeter, Mrs. Ken ,1 Swan, Seaforth and Bert Mc- Clure, Seaforth. • , • • I would like to marry your daughter,' said the young clerk to the bank president. 'You do have one, don't you?' Courtc The p ssibility of arranging meets when members of council ouldprovide a review ”Of activities of the past year ',and, indicate their plans for the fliew Year is to be 'investigated 'by council members agreed at a Meeting Monday night. Mayor F.c.J.Sills reminded council that since there was no election thishear the opportunity to held the' usual ratepayers meeting was eliminated. He sug- gested that the usual procedure of holding the first . meeting in January be broadened sufficiently .to permit usual re- ports to be given. The discussion, touched off by a query concerning drains, ,gear the end of what had been ..0 routine meeting resulted in a serious look at the planning pecessary now .if projects were to be proceeded with .next year. Members agreed with Mayor -sills that early decisions should Ipe taken particularly in areas concerning drains and sewers. To. permit completion of 'phase 1 of the Silver Creek -drain which is tied in with .,else 2 completed through ---Tuckersmith 'a year ago, council agreed to determine engineers available so that an appointment could be made • at the next meeting. No advice had 'been received from the OWRC concerning plans for new sewage disposal facilities which had been promised a month ago council was told. Considering the possibility of recent changes in the provincial assistance policy could affect the Seaforth program council agreed a deputation should meet the OWRC as soon as an appoint- •-frient could be made. The question of what is an illegal gathering brought council deliberation to a halt as members considered a resolution from Stoney Creek asking that the province enforce laws concerning "illegal gatherings and civil dis- obedience." ebe r ms were concerned that under some interpretations illegal gatherings could be groups of people chatting on a street but created diffichlty in fpweahlsticsahg , ' to be illegal,gatherings passage along the street!' Others mast involve some offense such as pushing or assault. A decision concerning endorsing the re- solution will await study and recommendations of the police committee. Presenting his annual report .to council, Fire Chief John F. Scott said the brigade had an- swered 9 alarms in town' and 24 in the rural area. Town fires represented a total loss'of $5000. Rural fires included 6 houses, a pole barn and 6- other -barns. There were 11 fires in McKil- lop, 8 in Tuckersmith, -4 in Hibbert and one in Hullett. Members were' told the negotiations leading to creation of a fire area were proceeding satisfactorily and that council would be able to formally accept an agreement Reporting for shortly" the street com- mittee Counc. R, S. MacDonald said a new tractor had ben purchased at a net cost of $6.00. Street paving had been carried out on West William Street and on a lane south of the town hall. Rental of a truck for snow removal from Frank Kling Ltd. at 7.25 per hour was approved. The police committee is in- vestigating provision of walkie talkie setup for the foirce.Estim-' aces obtained range from $501, to $950. committee chairman, Robert Dinsmore said. Asked whether other towns had similar installation, he said he wasn't 'sere but this was being checked. He said the study was continuing. $50. for damage to his. clOthea.• when he went to the aid.of police during the October melee - on Main Street. Chief. Holly :0 , to be reimbursed up to-$1840- a watch he lost during that oc; (Continued on page 12 We have for many years re- cognized that all judges should be fully informed as to sentenc- ing principles and that they should administer and apply our 1on the basis of uniform sent c g principles. The goa?- ernment of Ontario has provided regional seminars on a regular basis at which all of the judges of our Provincial Covrt are brought together so that tney may not only hear these principles- discussed but so that they may themselves participate and inform themselves about sent 2"--- encing principles. Di this way, are bringing before Our judges smiles soon as the concert is••overv.Inh..al the laws relative to this this way it is possible to carry area, and by this process we the story 'in the earliest issue are keeping them informed about and to know that it' is correct uniform sentencing principles in as to detail. order that their sentences may These proud 4-H members c..otildn't resist wide smiles as they displayed awards they received at the annual Huron 4-H Achievement night at.Seaforth on Friday. Gerald 'Townsend (left) R.R. 3, S,eaforth won the Toronto-Doininion.Barik award for -champioh all round 4-H livestock showman, the Huron 'Hog Producers award for champion swine showman and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Reserve award for the champion 4-H gilt. Tom Papple was the winner of a trophy which he received as the champion in overall judging competitions (also see page 7a) Alt Farmers Don't Know Huron F of A Considers Improved Public Relations