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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1971-09-16, Page 1• to conduct" a survey regarding additional units for the proposed 'Senior Citizen's Housing Project in Seaforth. The resolution was passed at the request of the corporation to provide retroactive authorization for the survey which has already been conducted. Council also received a letter of information from the Housing Corporation stating-that ads had been placed in various media on August 31 asking for construction proposals on 'the Senior Citizen's project. Clerk Ernie Williams, who has bon serving as temporary Trench Inspector since the re- tirement of Harold Maloney, re- quested that council take action to replace hiin with a permanent man. The matter. was referred (Continued on Page 5) McKillop N Die in Crash at First sod was turned this week at the site of the‘neW farm machinery-depot being erected north of Seacirth for Vincent Farm Equipment Ltd. Marlon Vincent is plowing a furrow at the site '1 1/4 miles north of town on the North Rbad. The farm buildings in the background are on the adjoining farm of Con. Eckert. (Staff Photo) Married Fifty Years Ago Mr. Mrs. W.J. Cleary Celebrate • Whole No. 5.401 AM Year First Section --; Pages 1 -.8 SEAFORTH, ONTAR,iy, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER,16, 1971 — 16 Pages NiSingle:Cop*" 10, Cent". Ao 4.ye2r ii Acivaxicl. ore Losses Than rea School Attend= The cafeteria at, _Winghana District High School will be operated this year by Bill Lee on a cepcession basis at no profit or loss to the board. In Goderich, the previous system will prevail again this year with the board hiring cafe- teria operators and paying' the bills. However, it is understood there will be some reduction in the number of choices oe the menu. At Seaforth, there will be Investigation into the need for lin express line where students may purchase items such as hot-- talent will be presented. All available space in the arena for merchants and indus- trial displays was sold early In the week according tOL.F.Ford who heads the committee in charge. The arrangement of last year with Junior Fair exhibits • Huron Liberals will nominate a candidate to contest the forth- coming provincial election at a meeting in Hensall Public School on Monday evening according to Howard Aitken, association sec- retary. Conservatives in„Huron have announced a nominating conven- tion to be held in Godefich on Friday night when Hon. Chas. MacNaughton is expected to again be nominated. T he NDP candidate Paul Carrel of Goderich, nomihated some weeks ago has begun his canraign. A native of McKillop and his son, reunited at London Airport early Saturday morning on the son's 'return on leave from the Canadian Forces in Germany, died together in a two-car head- on crash about three-quarters of an hour later on Highway 4, one mile south of Birr. • The driver of the second car died about a half-hour after being, admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital. Neil Edwin Montgomery, 65, of Ailsa Craig, and his son, Capt. John • Winston Montgomery, 30, with the Canadian Forces dthital corps, based•in Swartzwahl, Ger- many, apparently were killed in- stantly. The driver of the other car, Frederick Charles Smith, 18, of 1349 Erindale Cres., London, died shortly after being admitted - to hospital in London. Provincial police of the Lucan detachment said Mr. Montgomery was driving his son to his AUSa Craig home when the mishap occurred, about 1:30 a.m. A relative said Mr. Montgomery • A Walton area youth was picked 'up his son at the airport admitted to Seaforth Community about 12:45 a.m. , Hospital as the result of a Mr. Montgomery was born In • single car accident early Sunday McKillop, the son of the late Mr. morning on Hbron County Road and Mrs. John Montgomery and 12, north of Winthrop. Neil Beuermann, 17, R.R, 4, Walton,,, was hospitalized 'with lacerations and for observation after his northbound car went into the ditch, struck a raised driveway and mailbox about 2:30 a.m. He was the lone occupant of the car. Damage to the •car is estim- ated to be $1,500. The accident was investigated by the Goderich Detachment, OPP. Set Dates For Nominations Lifelong area residents, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Cleary marked their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Saturday. Following Mass at St. James Roman Catholic Church a family dinner was held at the Commercial Hotel, Throughout the afternoon their Side Street residence was crowded as friends, neighbors and relatives called to extend good wishes, Messages of congratulations included those 'from Prime Minister Trudeau, Premier Davis, Hon. Chas. MbNaughton, R. S. McKinley, M:P. and Hon. Robert Stanfield. But the mes- sages that roused the most en- thusiasm were those from hockey greats, Johnny Bauer and Norm Ullman. Mrs. Cleary, for years an avid Maple Leaf fan, Is an authority on everything connected with the team and SeVeral times each winter arranges' to attend a home game of the Leafs in Toronto. She watches other games on television and to make her enjoyment of the games more , • Large Entry indicates Successful 126th Fair -F-riday-weh should-have-a-record— -in-the centre and ,with other dis- crowd at the Fair" he said. plays mounted around the perim- Arrangements for the two day iter of the ice surface is being event, which gets underway continued.• Thursday afternoon, are well in The Friday program begins hand, Secretary James Keys at noon with a parade from says. Judging in all but live • Victoria Park to Agricultural stock classes begins Thursday Park. A highlight of the parade afternoon. this year will be'the contestants The Fair will be 'opened in the Queen of the Fair compe- . officially Thursday evening by tition. The Queen will be Miss Dominion of Canada, who selected during the afternoon. 8 also will crown the Queen of the Always a popular feature, the Fair on Friday. Following the Lions Club pet show is expected to attract the cream of area pets who will compete for cash prizes. Prize money will be paid owners of successful pets on the afternoon of Fair Day, Dr. Wm. Thompson said. Dr. Thompson, who is heading the Lions Club committee in charge said prize money would be available at the pet show between 2 and 3:30 Friday afternoon. The Fair winds up hvith a cabaret dance in the arena on ,Saturday night. With ,increased advanced opening, ,a program featuring entries in ' almbst every de- Junior Farmer and other local partment, officials of Seaforth Agricultural Society are looking forward to a successful 126th annual fair on Thursday and Friday. A lot will depend on the• weather President Earl Dick em- phasized. "With good weather on A RAM public meeting between ratepayers of Seaforth and Tuckersmith,may be called within two weeks to discuss the Van Eg- mond property In Egmondville according to Seaforth Reeve John Flannery. Reporting to 'council at their regular monthly meeting Monday night, Reeve Flannery said that he had talked with Tuckersmith Reeve Elgin ThOmpson and that they were willing and anxious to hold a public meeting on the fate of the. property: A move is afoot to have the building restored as an historic Mr. Flannery said a delay in calling the meeting had resulted when representatives from the Ontario Heritage Foundation were on holidays but that * arrangement could now proceed. ' Construction of a new farm equipment complex which will feature complete display, main-_ tenance and repairs facilities will begin north of Seaforth next week. Meilen Vincent of Vincent Farm Equipment Ltd. said his firm had purchased d 12 acre site, at lot .26, con. 2 McKillop to accorfimodate a one storey 60 'x 144 foot steel structure. The site is located at the juncture of the first concession road ,and the north road. Entrance to the site, will be from the concession • he said. The corner 'lot was purchased from Gordon Elliott.' , The firm has a staff of ten and this will be increased with the move to the new accommodat- ion expected early next spring. .Sod was turned on the site this week to mark the commence- - merit of the project. Mr. Vincent said the expansion program had been under consideration for more than a year but thedecision to move ahead at this time was , dictated by a desire to advance the firm slogan "better to serve you." • • Councillor Betty Cardno re- ported. that she had approached the Midwestern Ontario Develop- ment Association (MODA) regarding participation in the meeting and was told that a representative from MODA will attend, if asked, and give advice from the Viewpoint of MODA,„ in its role as a tOurist council. Np firm date has 'yet been set for the meeting. John Murphy, representing the Seaforth Agricultural Society, approached council 'asking for a grant for the society to enable it to continue its work, which in- cludes sponsorship of the Fall Fair set for this week. Council approved a grant of $500. Mr. Murphy said the society would co-=operate in providing storage for a large stage recently acquired by the Chamber of "we have realized for some time that we were. growing be- yond the capacity of our present accommodation"- he said , and added that as machinery stocks grew it had become necessary to accommodate machinery in several different areas in town. "This hasn't been satisfac- tory for us and didn't permit the service our-customers were entitled to expect" he said. The new building will include an area 60 by 60 feet in Which will be located office facilities, a show room -and a two deck parts depot., The service area of the building will be 60 by 84 feet. Contract for the building has been awarded Kase Vanden Heuvel Construction Ltd. of Goderich. The total cost of the project is estimated at about $70,000, Mr. Vincent said. The Vincent firm came to Seaforth in the spring of 1968 on purchasing the John Bach Farm Equipment business fol-' lowing his death earlier that year. It is one of three outlets operated by the firm, the others being in Ayr and Galt. Commerce in a building 'at the fair grounds. A barn is to be covered with steel sheeting , according, to Mr. Murphy. Original plans had' been for the stage to be stored in the round- house, but apparently it is too large to go through the doorway. In other business, Council `pissed a resolution requesting ' the Ontario Housing Corporation Lions Plan 26 Week Draw Seaforth Lions meeting in the Community-Centre Monday even- ing made plans for a weekly draw extending over twenty-six weeks and ending with a major draw next spring. Increase Topnotch Capacity 33% With the . completion of a construction' project which got under way this' week, storage capacity at Topnotch Feeds Lim- ited will be increased by one third. To be completed in time to assist in accomodating this year's corn crop, two new silos being erected north of the ex- isting silo complex will each accomodate 15,000 bushels Elgin Young, retail manager said. Each silo will be 30' feet in diameter ,and 43 feet high. Finds Balloon While working in a field at W 1/2 Lot 8, Con 4 McKillop last week, Vincent Murray no- ticed a red object on the ground. Investigating he found it was ,red balloon from the Michigan National Bank of Flint, Mich.. advertising "Flint's old fashioned sidewalk sale". (126 last year). Huron Board of education sec- ondary schools are fully staffed deSpite the fact the board has been pink-listed during the past few months. A Science teacher from South Huron District High School and a French teacher from Seaforth District High Schbol were the onjy two teachers who, didn't sign_ 'contracts again after the salary dispute was ended. The Science teacher had gone into private business and the with teacher had moved 'with her husband to anotherio- cation. 18 Year Olds Add 2,405 To Voter Lists Election lists in Huron riding will have at least 2405 additional names when voters go to the polls on October 21. The number represents those in the 18 year to' 21 year cate- gory who ler the first thee in the election will be able to vote. The total is based on last year's assessment figures for the muni- cipalities making up the riding of Huron. .„ . Based on the 1970 assessment there , 'will be 731 who are 18, 618 in the 19 year category, 546 who are 20 and 510 who are 21 this year. - In the 1967 election there were 18,752 eligible voters in Huron. With the announcement Mon- day of the election date, Return- ing Officer Russel T. Bolton set his election machinery in gear. Enumeration commences on Wednesday, September 22. Induct New Minister At Northside An Indnction service for Rev. Mervyn E. Reuber was held at Northside United Church last Wednesday evening. Rev: F. M. Faist orSt. John's United Church in Stratford was in charge of the service and con- ducted the induction of M r. Reuber to the Ministry of North- side in Seaforth and Caven Church in Winthrop. Mr. and Mrs. Feist are long-time friends of Mr. and Mrs. Reuber. The sermon was given by Rev. Douglas Warren of Zion United Church in Crediton. The theme, based On Ephesians 4, verses 1 - 13, was an endeavour to keep the unity of the spirit and" to realize the power of the Kingdom of God through the life of the individual and the Church. A large number of..guests were present for the service - - many from Creditor', where Mr. Reuber was at one time the minister. Several ministers at- tended, among them Rev. Thomas Mulholland of First Presbyterian Church and Rev. Harry Laragti of St. James Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Reuber came here from Elmira. He succeeds Rev. Clif- ford Britton, who retired from the Ministry at the end of June and is now living in Hensall. Mr. and Mrsh Reuber ha.te one daughter Anne, a teacher atCen- tral Secondary School In Strat- ford and a son, Paul, a graduate in architecture, from the tiniver-! sity of Toronto. A reception followed the service with Ernest Williams as chairman for the proceedings. sOftAtrinke.i !9e cream, 00:# The new additten tO the $04,, forth Publtc Scheel epetted oh schedule although there is 4.i1` work -to be done on it, .grade and 8 students are housed at tts high school at the•present time hoWever. • 'The situation'isith the Me,. Killop Kindergarten students seems to have rightectitself for the time being. The heard, after, considerable • study, agreed to hold Kindergarten cla,sses on an alternate day basis until Christ.* mas at which time the matter ., will be reviewed, ' The board as well as the member from McKillop, John ' (Continued-on page 5) • Custodians Form Commiffee Trustee Pat Carty of Strat- ford reported.. at a .meeting-hof the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board Tuesday that the custodians' meeting held on August 31 was well attended and was well org- anized, with participation excel- lent. He said -a. committee of custodians has been formed to plan in-service meetings to take place later this fall. Howard Shantz, chairman of the board, spoke of the Ontario Separate School Trustees Asso- (Continued on Page 5) Is On Staff, Jelin Langstaff, Seafortt optometrist has. been appointed to the faculty of the. School of Optometry, University of Waterloo as a clinical associate. Mr. Longstaff will spend one day 'a week in his new duties at the University. complete, the family 4presented their parents with a colored T.V. The anniversary celebration was not limited to Saturday. As an added feature, Mr. and Mrs. Cleary left Sunday, on a trip by plane and train to the West Coast where they will visit a sonJames in Vancouver, who was unable to attend the Seaforth event. They expect to be away about two weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Cleary were married in St. Columban Roman Catholic Church by Father F. B. White. The bride is the former Mary Carlin, a daughter of the 'late Patrick Carlin and Mary Devereaux. Mr. Cleary is a son of the' late Brian Cleary and Margaret Ryan. The Clearys have four sons, Petrick and William of London, James of Vancouver and John of Weston. There are eight grand- children and one great grand- child. ' Following a number Of years In Hibbert, Mr. and Mrs. ClearY moved to Seaforth in 1942 where Mr. Clearly continues to carry on his activity as an undertaker. A peacetime record of 120 donors was set at a Red Above, Mrs. Thelma Dale, (left) Mrs. Marion Primeau, Mr's. Cross Blood Donor Clinic held at Northside United Church Shirley Steffen and Mrs. Edith Dunlop, all Seaforth volunteers, 0iaKaulaY evening—. The-Red_Cross-tea mhfrorn thandonhaas---watch - over-a-group-of-cionors-ash they-takeha-short- rest-after-- assisted by several area volunteers in handling the turnout, giving blood. (More pictures and story on page 9) (Staff Photo) Suggest Early Meeting For VanEgmorid Home Talk AY • 4 • • • 17 • Vincent Farm Equipment Plans New Service Centre W. D. Stephenson who was -----narned—to—Ifeahr the committee in charge of the event said tick- ets would be limited to, 250. -Members reviewed a pre- liminary report' of the summer carnival presented by president Win. Pinder which indicated a net profit of approximately $2800 for k the three night affair, The Huron County Board of Education has reported a slight decline in first year enrollment figures this year while the Huron Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board reported a slight increase in registrations. The Huron County Board of Education reports a total enroll- merit of 13,l71, down from 13,434 last year. This fignre includes 43 students in the program of scho olslor the retarded. The five secondary schools under the board report a total• enrollment of 4,609 fOr' 1971. Last year's figure was 4,624. • Registrations at Seaforth District 4 • High School' showed a decline of 29 as 451 students registered this year as opposed to 480 last year. Elementary school enroll- ment figure's, also reflect a. de- cline. Last years figures showed 8,768 pupils in attendance while this year only 8,519 elementary a school pupils were registered. A spokesman for the board pointed out , that the large part of the decline was in the Clinton area, showing the effects of the closing of the Canadian Forces Base there. Seaforth -Public School and both-sroired— considerable gain as the pupils from McKillop formerly regis- tered in one room schools across the township, this year enrolled at Seaforth and Walton. Seaforth Public School jumped from 255 pupils last year to 419 this year while enrollment at Walton has increased from 70 to 116. Huron Centennial, School in 13rucefield is down to 644 from" 682 and Hulled Central School in Londesboro reported 339 pupils' this year. Last year's enroll- ment at Hulled Central was 353. , A slight increase in overall enrollment was reported by the Huron-Perth Roman Catholic Se- parate School Board. Figures' released for, this year show an enrollment of 3,530 pupils in the two counties. Last year's figure was 3,507.. St. James School in Seaforth reflected the trend, increasing from 239 to 259. Some of this increase is explained, however, by the fact that Kindergarten students from Clinton are being bussed to Seaforth, for•classes this year,. St. Patrick's School in Dublin and. the St. Columban School both show slight declines. St. Pat.,- rick's recorded 178 this year (192 last year) and St. COlumban had 118 enrollments this year ive-,-and Son On No. 4 attended McKillop schools and the Seaforth Collegiate Institute. He is survived by a daughter, Jill, Mrs. Wm. Waters of Park- hill, a sister Mrs. Margaret Mc- Culle,ugh and a brother William Montgomery of Blyth. In Hospital Lorne Whittaker, 25, of 84 Market Street, Seaforth, was admitted to Seaforth Community Hospital Monday afternoon with injuries as the result of a motor- cycle accident in - Harpurhey. Seaforth Community Hospital on Wednesday, said he was under obaervation suffering from ,mui- tiple abrasions. Mr.' Whittaker was riding a new motorbike on the Harpurhey road when the accident occurred. Provincial Police from Godefich estimated the damage to the motorcycle at $300.