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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1971-07-01, Page 1• • Whole No. 5390 llZth Year , C5ii7kro 10 'Omits. son ,A Year is AdV01$10, SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, IRMSDAY, JULY 1,071 ••-12 Pages • Graduation exercises were held for Kindergarten, pupils at SW on Friday Morning. Shown following the prograth are - (Back Row) Patricia Rimmer, Shelly Driscoll, Julie Knetsch, Tracey Wilson o David Scott, John Dale, Eric Janes, Jimmy Parsons, David Rirprner, Danny Wesenberg, Bruce Morton; (Middle Row) Suzanne Jessome, Julie Habkirk, Michele Sinn- , anion, Danny Butt, Jimmy Campbell, KeViii Drager, Kevin Johnston, Murray Kelly, Todd Doig. (Frpnt Row) Lisa Beut- Christine Bennewies, Mark Pinder, Paul Haley, David Kunder, John Czerwinski, Kenneth Pap* Allanchesney, Charlie Malcolm..• Absent - Doug. Hulley.' (Staff Photo) ,..ieeea Dietz received the Red 'Cross and Royal Life Swimming Instructors Award, on Friday at the. • (YM -YWCA inStratford.She is on the instruction staff at Seaforth Lions Pool. 0 • COuncil learned through the executive committee report that advertisements for a county wel- fare director' and two field work- ers will be placed in the proper newspapers with the duties of these new personnel to begin on or before November 1, . 1971. It was noted the 'welfare dir- ector would be located in Goderich while the field workers would probably be located throughout the county, other than in Goderich, • The property committee re- ported that the fuel oil tender of H.O.Jerry Ltd., Goderich, has been accepted 'for supplying oil to the court house. The bid was the lowest of five at 16.40 cents per gallon. Materials for the new mus- eum workshop will be supplied by Ball-Macauley Limited in the amount of $4,079.61. This bid Accident Series Sends 5 to •Hospital Mr. Martin of Canadian Mit, of their thirteen years of service appreciation congregation. was accepted over nine. others. Total expenditure at the museum for this building pro- ject is estimated at about $9,000 With the museum staff to do a great deal of the work. A Goderich painter, W. E. Pedersen submitted the lowest of three bids for painting' at the Children's Aid Society offices and the county jail. His price was $1230, the other two being $1465 and $1650. . The caretaking staff will 'be supplied with new outfits sup- -plied by Pickett and Catpbell Ltd. at a cost of $321.85. A report from the, tax re- view committee showed that one meeting ghas already been held with a further meeting scheduled 'when the clerk-treasurer has prepared certain figures from the county for the cornmitteeeto work with. The- car was a total wreck. OPP from Sebringville are in- vestigating. INJURED IN CAR .TRUCK ' , CRASH 21, is in satisfactory condition in A , Staffa man, Ronald Edwards Stratford General Hospital fol- loWing a cat-truCkzcollisidn at County Road 10 ,and, Sideroactir7 of Hibbert Township,atCromartYZ Mr. Edwards was driving the car.• Driver of the truck was Theodore Ha'rPurn, Staffa. Sebringville 'OPP inves- tigated. • •, NO ONE INJURED, 'No one was seriously injured when a car belonging to John Segeren, R.R. 2, Seaforth, went out of control on Huron County road-12 about a mile south • of Winthrop Wednesday. The , car,' driven by Ben De Jonge r . 24, came to rest on•its, roof in the west ditch of the road. Mr. DeJonge had just arrived in Canada from Holland the day before. He is gtaying with the Segeren' family. to the (Staff Photo) • Rev. J. C. Britton was honored at a congregational gathering in the church school room following his final service Sunday. Acknowledge- carried out,_ in coraunction_wita________ Rev. Britton is retiring to Herisall. Above Mrs. Britton; Rev. ---- an industrial site study which ding7-secretaryfor1hechurcir— to Park had been reqUested by ceuncil, board, admire a lamp and table presented to the Brittons in chell Associates, the town plan- ning consultants emphasized that' the draft plan was a proposal for orderly growth arid not a document that continued for- ever. It was subject to con- tinued. review and could be altered as _ conditions altered. He said the Plan suggested pro- vision for a population of per- haps 4000 within the existing boundaries of the town. Reviewing details of the plan Mr. Martin said added development should follow pro- vision of services such as sewer and water. Development would be by private' enterprise and should not place a financial cost ,on the municipality. . Control, art6ricIvulliae-the r why h developm ent dient ear m pin was desirable mist be retained by the municipality. Special provision had not been made in the plan for added parks within the town since the Lions Park, while not in Seafdrth, was serving the purpose for the time being he said. The plan suggested road patterns in areas that at the moment 'were undeveloped but these were only suggestions to indicate that roads would be ne- cessary. Mr:Martin said roads would generally be provided without spending tax money and owners dedicating road allow- ances to the Municipality. The" rmoaindedpawt theernn a nwdo ui If d debveelodpemteern-t proceeded and reflect require- ments at that time. Detailing' steps leading to adoption, of the plan, Mr. Mar- tin said he planning board would make recommendations to council• reflecting discussion of the draft plan. Council could adopt the plan after which it would go to the Minister for approval. Before being approv- ed it would be reviewed by all agencies of government that might be affected. This latter stage . 'could' 'take from 4 to 6 months. In a question and answer period that followed -Mr. Martin told Neil Bell that an Open walk area shown parallel to Goderich Street and leading to _the Lions Park was a pedestrian alterna- tive to a busy through highway. It 'was not something that would happen tomorrow but would be desirable if and when a right of way became available. Wm. Scott - asked what a developer would supply in ad- ' (Continued on Page 6) Huron Council as they saw fit. Gerry Ginn, deputy-reetre of Goderich Towieehip, thought that the five percent fee could be split between' the local municip- ality .and the county to give both councils an opportunity to de- velop recreational facilities in the county. No decision was reached on the matter and it is expected the planning board will review the situation further before making a recommendation to council. It was noted that only two Municipalities - Blyth and the Huron County Council will put forth a "very strong com- plaint" to 'the proper Ontario government departments fellow- ing a report in. council Friday by ReeVe Bill Elston, Morris, and Reeve Charles Thomas, Grey, concerning the pollution in the.__M.4.111and River , Cause& by waste products which are reported to have been dumped by 'a Listowel industry. The tWo reeves told council of the -river's• deplorable °state and questioned the county's acting medical officer of health, Dr. Prank Mills concerning the de- gree of pollution. Dr. Mills saidrthat samplings of water have been taken from the stream and that while the bacteria count is high, 'there iS no evidence to support the theory that the water is a health hazard. "The 'water in Lake Huron in some spots has a' higher bac- teria count than the water in some areas of the Maitland. River,'" said Dr. Mills. "I believe the Federation of Agriculture would like to see the education tax taken off property and put onto income tax," Reeve Alex McGregor, chairman of the ' Huron County Development Com - mittee and-dee* reeve of Tuck- ersmith said Friday at the June session of county council. "That's what they mean by equal- ization of education taxes." He was speaking to a^ recom- mendation of his'oommittee to comply with the Huron F of A's .request for' support in their bid to equalize education taxation. Sbm e mebers of council had ques- tioned the methods by which the Federation had tweed to achieve equalization. Committee Chairman McGre- gor said it was his understanding that 44 ednpation was supported by Acme takes, Hr-would mean abouf a 3 1/2 percent sur-charge on income lax in the province of Ontario. • Reeve' Everett McIlwain, God- ericli Towsnhip, challenged that estimate and Said it was his understanding the additional cost to fincom4 tax could .rurias high as .'25 percent. This view was Supported by other members of council. • Reeve Derry Boyle, Exetel, township of Turnberry - had not contacted the county concerning their opinion of the county plan. Council wa s told that. three public meetings have been set up throughout the county to give the ratepayers an opportunity to study and make recommendations concerning the county plan. . These meetings are sched- uled for Exeter, Clinton and Wingham. The Land Division Committee has been appointed. It consists of Cal Kreuter, chairman; Ian The Ontario Water Resour- ces., Commission gave its approval for a lagoon. ,at Lis- towel to be dumped into the' stream this past spring. Dr. Mills felt the OW1IC was de- pending on heavy spring rains to flush out the river but un- fortunately„_these rains just did not materialize. . Samplings taken of the water by the OWilC have been shown safe, it was reported. "Even if it is safe, it isn't nice to drink or even to look at," protested Reeve Thomas. "The stream" capacity of the Maitland is small in the sum- mer. They are redesigning the lagoon to take. more 'waste but there is no way they can re- design the Maitland to take the affluant." Reeve Thomas concluded that while Huron County is spending large amounts of money to plan ' its progress sensibly and 'safely, municipalities outside the area have 4,a drastic effect on our warned council that once "the Ontario government took over full payments for education, the' people in the municipalities would have nothing to say about educa- tion in their own areas. However, council did approve the Federa- tion's request for support in the matter of education tax equalita- tion. In other business, it was Spence Cummings, Huron County Developm ant officer, told members 'of HuronCounty Coun- cil that Conestoga College Of Applied Arts and Technology has -planned courses for the educa- tional developm'.ant for Huron County 'for the editing year;'-blit that to date there are only about 100 applications on file from students. "They are quite willing to go ahead with courses but they have no students" he said. ,Mr. Cummings reported that about 15 courses could be made available to Huron County stud- McAllister, Ralph Jewell, Roy , Westcott and Clayton Laithwaite with John G. Berry as secretary. It was reported that six or seven possible land air sites for garbage dumping on a co-operative basis would be designated throughout the 'bounty, thus giving concerned muflicipllities the option to discuss whether or not these sites nwould be feasible and whether or not they would be interested in amalgamating this service to reduce overhead ex- penses. planning." It' was agreed that Perth County Council should be made aware of Huron's strong objec- tions to the misuse of the Mait- land. Gifts Additional gifts towards the Park Maintenance Fund have been acknowledged by the Seaforth Lions Park and include the fol lowing: James Kelly $5; Elizabeth C ard- no $5; Rena Fennell $4; N. 'Cameron Ltd. $1.0; Dorthy Bas- sett $25; Yvonne Bastian $10; Milton Dietz $25; John Turnbull $10; Roy .McGonigle $10; Ted Cosford $10; Alex Dennis $5; Ali Farag $5; Jean Cairns $5; Bill O'Shea $10; Janet Papple $2; Ivy Henderson $5; The Huroni Expositor $25. learned that the office of the county development - officer, 'Spence Cummings would be loca-. .ted in the court house in conjunc- tion with the Planning Depart- ment. No additional secretarial staff will be required it was noted, since this work will be car,ried out by one of the staff Members in the Clerk-T'reasur- er's office. eats including adults who ware interested in re-training for new jobs or intensifying their skills in their present 'fields. These courses range through those approved by the Canada Manpower Training Plan to train- ing, in hiisiness and industry, management development, ef- fective supervision in manufac- turing, human relations, market- ing. for the tourist industry and labor relations. A Certified Visiting Home- maker course is already under- way with 'one class presently in (Continued on Page 6) Seaforth Considers Official Plan Despite hot sticky weather some 25 Seaforth citizens were present in a second floor room in the Town Hall Monday evening to hear Seaforth planning con- sultant, Peter Martin, explain details of a ,draft of an official plan for Seaforth. The meeting was arranged to provide an opportunity for the public to discuss details of the plan with members of council and the planning board and to make suggestions before formal consideration is given it by council. ° Mayor F. C. J. Sills opened the meeting and explained pro- visions of the Planning Act which applied and the steps that had been taken preliminary to the presentation of the draft plan. Planning board chairman A.Y. McLean said the draft plan,"had been under consideration by the consultants and board for nearly two years. It was a continuation of the planning steps that hid been initiated, by a zoning by-law some three years ago and had been Maureen Ryan, who grad;uated, Friday from St. Joseph's Regional School of Nursing, London. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ryan,Dublin, • • • s le • fr ; 40 • • • A series of accidents irrthe past week has seen five people injured and admitted to hospital. FOUR MEN INJURED • Four area men were injured, two seriously in.. a single car accident on Hibbejt sideroad 30 near 'Chiselhurst early Sunday morning. Gerald Coleman, 21, R.ICT, Seafortlr, the driver of the car ) and his three passengers, Gerald McGrath, R.R. 4, Seaforth, Ralph Young, Seaforth and Vernon Mero, R.R. 2, Dublin were ad- mitted to Seaforth Community Hospital, following the accident. Mr. Young and Mr. Mero were transferred to• Victoria Hospital . in London where they remain in serious condition. Mr. McGrath is in Hospital in Seaforth with neck injuries.. His condition is listed as satis- factory. Mr. Coleman was released Monday after treatment for cuts and bruises: He . was kept in hospita 1 overnight for observa- tions. Ne* Welfare Office Will Be in Goderich Helen Marie Searle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Searle, R.R,#3, Wal- ton, graduated from St. Joseph's Regional School of Nursing at Aluinhi Hall, U.W.O. Members of Huron County Council greeted with mixed feel- ings the announcement at Fri- day's Session in Goderich that a planning technician will be hired by the Huron County Plan- ning Board with duties to com- mence as soon as possible. Gary Davidson, planning di- rector for the county, told coun- cil the new employee would ,dd the drafting, which must be done in connection with county and municipal planning. "This is a time-consuming job," stated "I Could do it but we would not Davidson. ,e provid- ing proper services to the mun- • icipalities in Huron." ',We really need a planning techniCian," explained Reeve Charles Thomas, Grey Town- ship and. chairman of the plan-, ning board, '"not so much from a county point of view but from the Municipal point of view." • The salary of a planning tech- nician would be in the range of $6,500 to $7,500 annually and qualified applicants are available from Mohawk . College, Mr. Davidson explained. The director said local councils may collect a cash • fee up to five percent of the value of any lot or subdivision prior tv development under the—Plan=.. ring Act., . The money realized from this, department, he pointed out, was to be used for recreational pur- , poses in the area. • A suggestion. was made bythe committee ,that this cash be put into a county fund which in turn would be used to purchase pro- perties for park purposes on a county basis. Anson McKinley, , deputy- reeve of Stanley; said he felt the tr control of this money should be left entirely in the hands of the local municipalities who ,could pool the money in the county fund, with a neighboring town- ship or keep it for recreational facilities in their 'Own 'areas, just 4. (beta Photos) Miss Rosemary Blake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Blake, R.R.#2, Brussels, Ontario, gradua- ted from St. Joseph's Re- gional School. of Nursing, London on June 25. A tea in honour of the graduates was held in the reception room at the nurses resi- dence. The graduation ex- ercises were held ^at Alumni Hall, University of Western Ontario followed by a reception at the home of her .parentS. Rosemary received her primary education at S.S.N0a. 1 Grey and is a graduate of Seaforth And 4-District High School. She has accepted a position on the staff at St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Advances Planning project Reeves Support Action on Maitland River Pollution Explains F of A Position On Education Tax The one room schools in McKillop Township will cease to exist as educational institutions in September when McKillOp students will attend Walton 'school and the expanded Seaforth Public , School. —Above .students of Grades' 6 and 7 of McKillop who attended No. 8 school line „up to board the bus for the .last time' as the School closed Tuesday.' The pupils' teacher is • Mrs. Theresa COville of Dublin who will teach in Seaforth in the fall. (Staff Photo) Reports to. Council On CFB Situation