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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1971-10-07, Page 1'UFO V Checks Progress At New Brucefield Church a, Whole No. 5404 112h11 Year First Section — Pages 1 to 12 — SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, X971 20 Pages $1441ft C000110-{Col. fo, ' A Year: Adiranat HPRC Board Salary Talks Bring 6.74 per cent Increase six, $8.,300 to $13,100 in twelve years; level seven, $8,800 to $13,600 in twelve years. In accordance. with the 1970- ,, 71 contract, the Board will con- tinue tq pay for two courses taken within the year. The Board will introduce a Group-Life Insurance plan, effec- tive January 1, 1972, for all em- ployees 4n amounts equal to one times earnings, plus dependents' coverage of $1,000 for spouse and $500 for each child, with 50 per cent of the cost being paid by the Board. An Educational Improvement Leave plan which may be granted on the recommendation of the Superintendent of Education and with the approval of the Board is to be introduced. The primary purpose is to meet a special need within the system and replaces the former sabbatical leave plan. Council Awcinds Road Contr Considers New Bridge Program Voters on October 21st• will be greeted by bright yellow•ballot boxes 'at polls throughout the province. For the first tine in its history Ontario has its own ballot boxes. Previously the province borrowed Federal boxes for provincial elections. The boxes are molded from bright yellow plastic and have locking tops. They are emblazoned with the provincial coat of arms on the sides and ends. Above election -clerk, Mrs. Margaret Sharpe and Huron Riding returning officer, Russell Bolton, demonstrate the, new box. The plastic is reportedly strong enough to stop a rifle bullet fired at it. (Staff photo) Names Committee to Advance VanEgmoncl. Historical Site Establishment of the Van are tax deductible. people were interested they would , . "Egmond' residence in Egmond- In Similar situations local see, what could be done.. He ville as' an historical' site ad- bodies had been created res- wondered what •aid might be vaned a step Monday night when ponsible for such' sites. The available from provincial and a public meeting named a corn- residence could be leased under .federal sources. mittee to be responsible for in- a variety of arrangements and . Mrs. Betty Cardno, Seaforth vestigating and acting on the would be open to the public. An councillor and a member of proposal, annual grant,of $1,000 was avail- MODA tourist council stressed The meeting, which'filled the %able from the prov,ince.. the tourist attraction such' an second floor court room in the "We don't want to increase historic site was. A attracts Town Hall, attracted nearly 60 taxes hut if it could be operated other developments she said. interested residents from for a reasonable amount then Possibility that the Ausable Tuckersmith and Seaforth, perhaps it would be worthwhile" Conservation Authority might be Called by Tuckersrnith and Reeve Flannery said., • interested was voiced 'by Reeve Seaforth ,councils, the meeting ' Reeve Thompsbn who had Thompsdn. , resulted from a suggestiOn from attended the meeting with the Frank Reynolds recalled a liuron County early in August. Foundation agreed as to the, somewhat similar situation, • in -In turn . the Huron--'suggestion--information--given---the--rneeting.- Manitob'a wTie -e "early -e-atilliate-S -- followed interest by the Ontario Huron has not made a corn- had been too low and resulted in Heritage Foundation. Members- mitment, the chairman - said in added costs. "These things of the Foundation had visited answer to a query from Mayor usually end up costing more", he the Van Egmond home nearly a Sills and a decision would await • ,, year ago and indicated support an indication of action taken . would be available, Since no lopilly. Mr. Doig gained an' en- further action had been taken, James Doig asked concern- thusiastic ,response from the the Foundation had indicated it ing the maintenance of Dunlops meeting when he pointed out that required advice as to what might 'Tomb, another historid site in Van Egmond in his support of the county, and was told Huron paid for this... interest. 'Mrs. Henry Enzenberger of Reeve John Plannery, chair- Goderich, 'formerly of Seaforth,, man of the county property corn- told of visiting a similar site in mittee presided. With him were Hastings County and how succes- Mayor Frank Sills of Seaforth sful it was. and Reeve Elgin Thompson of Nicholas Hill of the Huron Tuckersmith. Later in the meet- planning' office said he had visited ing Reeve Flannery was named the house and was most encour-, to head the ways and means corn- aged by what he had seen. He mittee. felt the foundation grant would Reeve Flannery reviewed be sufficient to restore the steps which had been taken. building. He felt it was an Interest had arisen on the • excellent opportunity to acquire creation of the Heritage Foun- an historic building at a fair dation two or three years ago. cost. At that time the Chamber of Asked concerning, partici- Corn merce had asked council to pation by. Seaforth and Tucker- investigate and there had been- smith, Reeve Thompson said the favorable editorial opinion: The estimates for, restoration were visit of the Foundation repre- low and he dotibted the $1,0,000 sentatives last fall had resulted. available would be sufficient. He An amount of at least $10,000 said the council had discussed was , available from ' the the matter but had decided they Foundation to assist in restor- were not in a position to put ation. The building was available money in at this time. at $15,000 and this amount would Mayor Sills said the Seaforth be raised within the county.Gifts council was interested and if the be contemplated.^-qts participat- ion would depend on local democracy with MCKenzie in 1837 had been responsible for "the evolution of justice in Huron and asked that if we hadn't ,had people like. Van Egmond, where would we be today. "It grievesane to sit and hear it costs too much money" he said. Rev. J. Ure Stewart supported him, "we honor Rhiel, we should d6 not less for Van Egmond". Judge H. Glenn Hays, an Eg- mondville native • recalled his youth spent in the village and endorsed the project as did Huron historical society president, Harold Turner. Mr. Turner warned that restoration, didn't mean modernizing but rather es- tablishing the building as it had been originally. Named to the committee were Reeve Flannery, Brian Mc- Gregor, a direct descendent of Col Van Egmond, James Doig, Dr. Roger Whitman, Norman Mc- Lean• and secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Edith Baker. The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board announced Monday night • that negotiations with the teachers had been concluded. Trustee Ted Geoffrey, R.12.2, 'z Zurich, chairman of the Personnel and Salary Negotiat- ing Committee, reported a tea- chers' pay increase of 6.74 per cent over lett years salary • schedule. The contract was rati- fled by the Board at a special meeting held on Monday night and is subject to the teachers' ratification at a meeting called for Wednesday. The new salary schedule is: Level one, $5,400 to $7,400 in • six years; level two, $5,900 to $8,800 in eight yeara; level three, $6,400 to $10,100 in ten years; level four, $7,100 to $11,900 in ,twelve years; level five, $7,400 to $12,200 in twelve years; level • An unusually brief meeting of • the Huron County Board of Edu- cation was held Monday evening in Clinton. • Main business for the evening was the approval of new policy governing students wishing to transfer from school to school under the juri`sditation of the board. It was decided that these • matters should be handled by the Director of Education and the administrative staff with reports on the decision to go out to the trustee or trustees representing the' area in which the student resideS. • John Broadfoot argued that the board, should be advised of these decisions but his point was not supported by the remainder of the board members. George Parsons of Godericiagelt that few board members other than the trustees directly, involved would be concerned about trans- fers of this nature and Mrs. Mollie Kunder stated that in her opinion, the new policy was being formulated to put an end to forcing the board members to take valu- able time to "hash out" such • matters. -The board received an invita- tion from the Huron County Elementary Teachers' Associa- tion. to attend a social evening at Saltford Valley Hall October 15. Chairman 'Robert Elliott noted this was the second social ---— invitation received by the board memliers from the teaching staff, - • • Miss Linda Diane McMichael, daughter of Mrs. Lois., McMichael of • , 71 Railway St., Seaforth who graduated froth Career 'Academy, Toronto on Sat- urday as a Certified Dental Assistant. S Leaders Visit , in Huron --- • The-leneersaatall thi ee nrajor parties 'involved in the current election campaign have included Huron in their campaign plans. Liberal leader Robert Nixon is expected to be in the riding next Tuesday, making stops in Goderich and Wingham. Premier William Davis, leader of the Conservatives iS scheduled to be in Exeter for a breakfast meeting on Friday morning. • Ontario New Democratic leader, Stephen Lewis, made a flying visit to Goderich last week. On hand to greet him qn his ar- rival at Sky Harbour Airport Wednesday afternoon were be- tween 55 and 60 party workers and supporters. Mr. liewis was met by Paul Carroll, New Demo- cratic Candidate for Huron, who iatroduced him to Goderich Mayor Harry Worsell, who in turn presented. the NDP leader with a piece of rock salt. Mr. Lewis talked of his grow- ing confidence, as he travels through the rural areas. He • spoke of seeing more and more workers on behalf of the NeW Democratic Party, and of the response given to campaigners. Mr. Lewis continued to Wingham for a taping session returning later to Goderich for a short meeting at New Democratic cam- paign headquarters. Jack McIlwain, Seaforth, has been awarded the contract for road construction on Tucker- smith Township sideroad 25 and 26 Concession three, Huron Road Survey. The Mcllwain tender, lowest of three received, was $5.660. In other business at the Tues- day night meeting which ad- journed shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, council gave third and final reading to a road borrowing by-law .for $500,000 after receiving approval from the Ontario Municipal Board. The by-law must now be registered in Goderich. Engineer Henry Uderstadt, Orangeville, is to be instructed to include work of improvement on the Wallace Drain. Council accepted the tender of Gordon Heard, RR 2,Siaforth, for snowplowing township roads at $15.00 per hour during winter of 1971-72. William Rogerson, RR 3, Seaforth, attended , the meeting and expressed concern about water lying on a corner of his land. Council will investigate the Layton Drain to determine what can be done to avoid this, Louis McNichol of Second Street, Egmondville attended the meeting to ask for a street light on his street. Ontario Hydro is to be asked to instal a street light on Second Street, also one on the Mill Road at the out- skirts of Egmondville. A preliminary engineer's report is to be secured on Han- na's Bridge on sideroad 15-16, concession three, H.R.S., for presentation to the Department of Transportation and Commun- ication, and also an engineers report on having to replace 'the existing concrete culvert on Concession 11-12; Lot No. 1 with a structure to be built in 1972. Building perm its were granted to Eldon O'Brien, RR Brucefield Firemen have Smoke Victim Brucefield firemen acted quickly Sunday and rescued 71 year old Alec Patterson from his smoke filled home. Fire Chief Stewart Broadfoot arrived and entered the home - of--Alec Patterson- within sec- onds after .Mr. Patterson opened his be'droom - door -ahad found the house filled with smoke. A neighbor, Mrs. H. F. Berry, noticed what she thought was smoke through heavy fog and called the fire department. No one else was in the house, Mrs. Patterson is in Toronto. Mr. Patterson was taken to Seiforth Community Hospital where he was exam- ined and given medication for his eyes and released. He is staying with neighbors. Smoke damage to the house was extensive, but neighbors and firemen were able to save a major portion of the contents of the living room. The fire is believed to have started in a chesterfield cushion. No estimate of damage is available. BARN IS BURNED Fire of undetermined origin levelled a barn on a farm owned by Clarence J, Maloney of H.R. # 5, Seaforth,‘ late Friday night. The barn on the second con- cession of McKillop Township, about six miles northeast of Sea- forth, was located on a second farrh about a mile from the farm. where the family lives. The fire was too far advanced for the Seaforth Volunteer Fire Department to be able to save the building. Some grain and hay were lost In the fire. Fire Chief John Scott esti- mated the loss about $5,000. which was only partially covered by insurance. KIPPEN #2 The Merry Milkmaids met at the home of Debbie Consitt and talked about milk. Darlene McKay and Chris Mcgregor demonstrated eggnog and hamburg straganoff. EGMONDVILLE II ° The Cow Cuties met at the home of Debbie and Patty Rose when Pam Geddes read the min- utes, The meeting discussed "Milk' and People". 'Debbie and Patty Rose demonstrated how to make Salmon Dip, Butterscotch Pie and Whipped Cream Topping. The Cow Cuties later gathered at the home of their leader, Mrs. Strong. The topic discussed was "Featuring •Dairy Proteins". Pam and Sheila Geddes demon- strated how to make Wiener and Spaghetti Casserole, 5, Clinton; Cornelius Dorssers, RR 4, Seaforth; Robert Walters, RR 3, Kippen and James Hop- per, Harpurhey. Clerk James McIntosh is to apply for the payment of an interim road subsidy to the end of September from the Depart- ment of Transportation and Communication. Total road ex- penditures have amounted to $216,202.39. Clerk McIntosh reported the final road subsidy allocation as approved by the Department of Transportation and Communica- tion amounted to $52,600 for con- struction and $38,150 for main- tenance. These figures include the $4,500 subsidy for special winter costs as a direct result of the severe winter conditions which prevailed this year. The Township of Tuckersmith purchased the former Logsdon Chicken Hatchery in Egmondville at an adjourned tax sale held at the regular meeting for all costs currently owing the town- ship of $1,296 plus the 1971 taxes of $319.85. The Slavin Drain is com- pleted and the owners are to be billed with the due date Nov- ember 30. , Some members of Council Court of Revision on the Leonhardt Drain was held at the McKillop Council meeting on Monday. Because 'of an appeal the B Branch is to be deleted from the report. The by-law was given third and final read- ing with Hanna and Hamilton Construction Company of Lis- towel awarded the contract for the work at $1,610. Work is to be started within the next two weeks. The McQuaid Municipal Drain is to be left open when a majority of owners requested it. Engineer H.M.Gibson, London, is to bring in a report. • Court of Revision on the Devereaux Drain was held with no appeals. The by-law was passed with the contract for the work again awarded to the Hanna and Hamilton Construction Company for $760. The Council endorsed the Huron County official plan which It was a warm sunny day on October •6th, 1921 when Roma Annie Carrie Diesel, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Diegel of Brodhagen and Joseph James Herbert Smith, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, Maidstone, Kent .County, England, were united in marriage by the late Rev. John Alberti at the twine of the bride's par- ents. It also was pleasant fall weather fifty years later when Mr. and Mrs. Smith marked their golden wedding anniversary. Their attenda4s Mrs. Martha Kregitler. (nee Diesel) of Strat- ford, Wm. Diegel, Stratford and Mrs. Dorothy McDonald (nee Moses of Wyoming, Ontario were all present for the occasion, The couple have four daughters, Kathleen, Mrs.Ervin Schwindt, 'Milverton; Arbutus, Mrs. Ross MacLean. Stratford: indicated they will attend the Gbod Roads Cenvention in TOV- onto in Febreary when a letter was read.• Council endorsed the Huron County official plan, which Will be sent to the Municipal $oard for approval when all municip- alities in Huron have endorsed it. Passed for payment were the following accounts: general gov- ernment, $566.59; welfare, $342.00; roads, $9,318.20; elec- tricity, $106.55; fire costs, $941.50 and drains, $2,315.00 for a total of $13,589.84. Morris Awards Snow Contract Morris Council met Monday with all members present and Reeve Wm. Elston presiding. Motions adopted included: - that • the Council of Morris Township endorse the County of Huron Official Plan as pre- sented to Huron County on Thursday, September 23,1971 for submission to the Minis- ter of Municipal Affairs. (Continued on page 8) will be sent to the Municipal Board for approval when all municipalities in Huron endorse it. The reading of the report for the Coleman-Scott Drain is to be considered at a meeting on October 12 at 2 p.m. The en- gineer for this drain is C.P. Corbett of Lucan. General accounts of $12,976.00 and road accounts of $1,701.17 were passed for pay- • ment. Kenneth Stewart, road super- intendent, is to apply for pay- ment of the interim road subsidy from the Department of Trans- portation and Communicatiori on road expenditures to the end of August of $108,074.04. Of this amount construction costs were $25,459.48 and maintenance costs $82,614.56. The roof on the township garage is to be repaired for $200 by Harvey Dale. L ona, Mrs. John Olcifield, Sea- fo th; Donna Mae , Mrs. Ronald Hi z, Bornholm and nine grand- chi n. Mr Smith has a sister Mrs. George Young, Stratford and a brother, Wm. Diegel of Stratford. A brother Carl is deceased. Mr. Smith has one sister, Mrs.Annie Snell, Melfort, Sask. and a brother George of Watrous,Sask. A sister Jennie is deceased. A family dinner with friends and relatives was held at St. Peter% Lutheran Church, Brod- hagen, with U.L.C.W. catering. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hinz enter: tamed at their home following the dinner„W•hile Mr. and Mrs. Smith are not enjoying the best of health they both look forward to card games this winter and both enjoyed swing bowling dur- ing the Summer. The' are rnem- hers of St. , Peter's Lutheran Church, Brodhagen. • Board Shows Concern For Political Activists and urged trustees to be present if at all possible. The chairman noted that in the interest of better communications, this • effort should be made by board ' members. The winter course in Social Studies for teachers is going, on every Tuesday evening and several Saturdays at Clinton Public School it was announced. There are 129 enrolled with 98 of those Huron County teachers ' working with the Huron board. "A number of the principals are taking the course," reported Jim Coulter, • superiqtendent, "and I commend them for it."" The board reviewed the agenda for the next "regular meeting which is scheduled for Monday, October 18, at Central- Huron Secondary School be- ginning at 3:30 p.m. This is the 'first of a series of special afternoon meetings which are designed to promote increased (Continued on Page 3) • McKillop Advances Drain . Work in Township esealel' MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH SMITH Pleasant Fall Weather Marks Wedding Events