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Whale -No. 5417
113th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1972 - 12 PAGES
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Council Organizes For '72
:Sees Heavy Program Ahead
Theree is a continuing con-
flict between people without
governMent and - government
withput controls Rev. E. W.
Reuber told. Seafoeth council, at—
he invoked divine blessing on
council's deliberations for the
coming year at a meeting Mon-
day morning.
There is no easy solution he '
said recalling the action taken
duringe•the rece FLQ crisis
in Quebec.
Politics is the art of achiev-
ing the possible, he said and
added that if politics was re-
garded as dirty, it was because
dirty people have made it so.
Mayor F. Ce,„J.- Sills •wel-
comed guests at the"meeting and
paid tribute to the contribution
which^inembers of the staff had
Made to the town.
• Committee chairmen re4
viewed activities through the year
and the report of the striking
committee was presented by
Councillors MacDonald and Ford.
Committees establiehed are
as follqws with first named chair-
Planning Board - Flannery,
Istemeer.
Recreation Committee • -
Hildebrand, Cardno, Fo , Sills.
MODA - Ford, Card o
C
.
Seaford; 'Community °spite!
- Rev. H. Laragh.
Maitland Corieervation - Carl
Dalton.
, • Aux Sauble Conservation -
Fratik Sills. '
Meeting in the evening council
was concerned at adVicefrOm the
(Continued on Page 12)
Tuckersmit
Consi▪ ders
New Bridge
completi n of it, as well as the
employees received a 20 cent an
hour increase bringing their wage
Road expenditures for the
Huron B of E
Re—elects
R.M. Elliott
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Briltania Installs New Master
ksimeth
* R. M. Elliott of R.R.3, Clinton,
was re-elected by aeclam ation as
chairman of the Heron County
board of education at the 1972
inaugural meeting in Clinton
Monday night.
In nominating him trustee
Molly Minder of Seaforth thanked
Mr. Elliott for his efforts in
1971.
Mr. Elliott, following his re-
election, thanked the board for the
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Teck.eksinith cdieticil is con-
sidering the replacemeet of .
Silver Creek e, 'bridge on
• concession 2 and 3 HRS adjacent
Seaforth Golf Course.
At RS-14re*, meeting 3n 3-972 . -
held Tuesday night etetrucefield.
road , superintendent Allan.
Nicholson • was instructed to
obtain, prelimlnary engineers
"report on the work.
In hie report to councileMr.
Nicholson saideheenew eurnewael,
installed in December for. O. 2
Well in EgmOndville.and the whole
. Water 'system was working eatise.
factorily at present.
Mr. NichOlson had his salary
increased to $7,200 from $6,500
and other township road
A meeting is to be held soon.
with the Ontario Water
Resources Commission to , dis-
Cues' problems in Egmondville
and future requirements at the
former Canadian Forces Base
(Continued on page 12)
Mayor Reviews Past Year
finishing of the force main line,
on BrantfordStreet and the in
stallation of a new di
ping station in the area directly
east of the U.D.P.d: This is a•
must in order that new trunk
line's can be added to our :town
,sewer system.
During the past year
the public works department has
purchased a new truck and the
Police Committee a new Police
,cruiser. Our staffs in both
instances are working etell and
combining their- efforts with those
of the P.U.C. to give us a very
laudable group of dedicated in-
dividuals. Along with them it
is fitting • that we point out the
very capable efforts of our Town •
Cleric,- Mr. Williams, and his
deputy;"--Mrs. Robert Campbell.
Mr. Williams has also served,'"
in the capacity' of Treasurer and
it is' largely due to his efforts
denier) section, but they showed (Continued on Page 3)
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apply for the balance Of the 1971
rate to $2.50 an hour."e -me e
Clerk Japes McIntosh will Board El ects , Chairman
Rev. Father H. J. Laragh of
St. James Church, .Seaforth,
opened the meeting with an
address to the' board members
urging them to remember- when
carrying out „their duties as board
members that they were "doing it'
for the children, mettle trustees.
Too, he"urged 'them to remember
the teaChers and other members
of the staff and to efave concern .
for them:
"Going to mass is not some-
thing you take lightly", Father
Laragh stated andeirged the board
to hire teachers' who go to mass.
He -suggested that pastors be
asked for .** their evaluation of
prospective teachers before they
are hired. - -
John Vintai, Superintendent
of Education, who presided for the
"election of the chairmen, spoke
of the co-operation he had
received- and said that for 1972
to be a rewarding year a spirit
, of mutual - trust was necessary
'that we can best sere's( our
(Continued on page 4)
-,... .. , . Caldwell, Clinton, "Seelorth, Monday night succeed-
was installed as worshipful mac- ing Orville G. Oke.,
to 011ritteela 'Cadge, No. 170,
Other officers are: Ross
Smele, Staffa, senior warden;
Jack Eisler, Seaforth, junior
warden; Robert Caldwell, Clin-
ton, senior deacon; Robert Newh- 'Printing, he was employed at e,,confidence Its members placed in
ham, Seaforth; junior deacon; the Beacon Herald as a Com- him.
Ross Scott, arucefield, chaplain;. positor before puichasing the -John Broadfoot, of If l.
• Kirk, ., llarpurhey, trees- .: Brussels ' Post from the late J. BrUcefield, was re-eleeted as
urer; Gordon Wright, Seaforth; L. Kerr Estate, almost 40 years vice-chairman. He defeated
secretary; Joseph Buell, Bar. age.,His brother, Hugh, now of CaY,1eY 11111, of Ooderich, in •it
piithey, master of ceremonies; Toronto, was associated with him secret ballot. The tally was
Peter Kling, Seaforth, senior . for a short time. ' not announced.
ateWard; Eldon Hulley, Seaforth; Mr. Kennedy has taken an Mr. Broadfoot ,represents the
junior steward; Jack Butson active part in the community townships 'of Tuckerareith and
Staffs, Inner guard and bavid serving on the public schoOkboard Stanley, the town of Seaforth and
14aeLitait, Egmondville, outer' for a ellieber of peers. He is the village of Hayfield,
ward. , leaf& r aMember of tirtissela eon: .. . Serving with Mr., ElliOtt On
• -- a- second period. previously the striking committee will be
'Willleiti talrYhipIe of Sea- serving continuously for Otears, ' Clarence McDonald of Eiteter)
:forth Wali in charge at the instal- he now is comniencing, his 4th -John Taylor of it.R.1;41-eigraVe
Winn derenienittg. yearl .. „ and 1)r. J. A. Addison of Clinton.
man:
Finance, Industrial - Cardno,
Fen!, Hildebrand, and Pinder.
Public Works and Sanitation -
MacDonald, Flannery, Cuthill and
Ford.
Protection to Persons -
Pinder, 'Flannery, MacDonald,
Tremeer.
Arena - Tremeer, Hildebrant,
Cardno,
other appeintments included:
Fire Area Beard - Pinder,
Flannery.
, Projecting increasing activity
in' the prevision Of services iii'
Seaforth, including -a 21 unit
senior citizens home eMayor F.C.
J. Sills toldcouncil atits inaugur-
al session Monday much`had been
Recce-elished during the pasts
year.
In his inaugural address he
said: . . •
Once more we are, embarking
on a New Year, and it would seem
fitting to recall some accom:-
plishments 'of the past year and)
also lOOk ahead to, what might be
• undertaken in the year 19'72. We
may not necessarily, get every-
' thing done, but,' at the same
time, it would seem to be, com-
mon sense -that we haVe an
• orderly plan of major projects.
. During , the past year you
members of Council and the town
staffs have accomplished a great
deal with a maximum effort•and
an expenditure that seems to be
inside our budget. I wish to
congratulate you.,
May I enumerate-A few of
your efforts.
Tvio projects were of a major
physical,. type and the reference
`There is to the completion of
• Seaforth Drainage Works No. 1
and the sewer project on Market
Street up to the, Public School.
The former noject should 'al-
levia.e the flocIlimg. conditions of
the North East section of town • `and now make it possible for
that, area to be opened up. It was
an expensive project for the in-
dividuanand owners of that ,par-
James , Morris, 34 Palmer
Square, Stratford, was elected
chairman of the Huron Perth
County' Roman Catholic Separate
School Hoard at the first Meeting
for the year when it met in Sea-
forth Monday night. He succeeds
Howard Shantz of Stratford.
*, Mr. Morris won On the first
ballot with eight votes over the
only other candidate for the post=
Lion, Joseph Looby Ofbehlin, who
received six votes.
John McCann, R.R. 3, Ansa
Craig, with eight votes- won
over Francis Hicknell of R.R.
5, Seaforth, WhO received six
votes,, for the position of Niece
chairman foe 1972.
Brussels
Post Sold
A pubIfeliing eareer Of nearly
forty years was concluded at the
year end when Roy W. •Kennedy
sold the Brussels Post to
McLean Bros, Publishers Limi-
ted of Seaforth. Announcement of
the impending sale was made by
Mr. Kennedy a few days before
Christmas.
While mrt. Kennedy has dis-
posed Of the post, he is con-
tinuing to carry on "his come
mercial printing business. It
will operate under the name of
the, Post Publishing House. Mrs.
Kennedy, who has been associated
with her • husband in the
"'p'u'blication of the Post, will
continue as editor under the new
, dwneri.
Mr. Kennedy. is the eldest
son of the late A. R. *Kennedy,
a former well known editor of
the Stratford Beacon and,, prior
to his death, of the Peterborough '
Ex-a-Miner. Following graduation
from Beal Technical School of
Seaforth coup can its 1972 deliberations at 'meetings
on. Monday. Fo owing the, inaugural meeting .at eleven
o'clock that morning, member's of council, P.U.C. and town
officials 'and representatives of the press were guests of
the town and P.U.C. at a luncheon in the Commercial Hotel.
in the evening 'council met again and dealt with regular
business. ,.,„„Members of council - are shown here as they
Schedules •
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its first meeting for' the year in
McKillop Township Council at
Winthrop Monday reviewed the
salary schedule and made sev-
eral increases.
Clerk treasurer, Mrs. Ken-
heth McClure will receive $4,
-e00 . up from $3, 900. A car
-allowance of4e00. will agairk_be.--
paid for the year.. . ,
Road superintendent, Kenneth
Stewart, will receive a 25 cent
bringnd his
the
pwearg e h otou r$ 21.n6c0r spaire 4rn g
'and
.grader operator's salary will be
$4.00"per hour, up,,,,15 dents per
hour. The drain, trench and tile
inspector will receive $5.25 per
•hour up from $2.00 and he will
_receive a car allowance of 10
cents per mile.
Reeve Allan Campbell's stip-
end was increased to $600 from
$525, and each councillor will
now get $500 up from $425.
Any member of the township.
board • attending a meeting Outside
of the township• but , concerning
township affairs will receive $8.00
per meeting, the registration fee
and mileage of 10 cents a mile.
Council passed a' borrowing Car Club : by-law for $140,000 for current
expeedituies for the year-and
approved A by-law to authorize
Winner participation in the Ontario Mun-
icipal Eniployees Retirement
System.
Passed for payment were road
accbunts amounting $2,097.59• e
and general aceounts of $216.87..
R.O.,SILLS
Named C
"ekefee--- Well known area lawyers were
ehelieee(i,on_New Years when they .
were Maned tiadetioe aceinsels.
They are. Donald Ian. Stewart of
Seeforth, and Ronald Sills of
Kitehener,, a son of Mrs. C. P.
Sills, Seafortb.
Mr, . Stewart graduated from
Osgoode Hall in 1956 when he
bedame associated with the firm
Of McCoimef and. leays.. Subse-
quently on the retirement of Judge
Hays he joined In partnership with-
Mr McConnell,
Active in, theeeonirnunity he
has served as 'president of the
Huron T.B.Association and as
president • Of the Seaforth Corn-
mmete Hospital Board. He is
married to the fornier Jean
.McM aster. '
Ronald Charles Sills
graduated 'in 195'7 and since then
has practised in Kitchenek wheie
he has played en active role. He
was -named citizen of the year in
.-1969. Born in Seeforth, where he
attended school, :he le the'eon of
Mrs. C. P. Sills and the late
Mr, Sills,: His wife is the former
Patricia Reynolds.
A statement from Attorney-
General Allan Lawrence accom-
panying the list said the appoint-
ments are made, On the basis
not only of experience in the
courts, but on "general capa-
bility, character and service to
the community at lerge."
The honor allows lawyers to
use the letters QC after their
names, the, use of silk as op-
posed to a cotton gown in court,
.and certain other recognitions . . among lawyers. • - 9
Optimists
Winner
The first. .qUarter winner in
the Seaforth Optimists Million-
aire Stag draw was announced
TUesday. He is Murray Cardiff,
'Iteltli Ethel, evireereceived $25,
road subsidy, •
year totalled $141,477.
Reeve Elgin. .Thompson,
Deputy Reeve Alex . McGregor,
CeuncillOr Cleave Coombs, and -,
the Road Superintendent
, son indicated they plan to attend
the Good -Roads Convention in
Toronto beginning February 21.
Mr. Nicholson said that 18,000
cu. yards of gravel will be re-
Mrired on the township roads this
summer. He said the dead tree
removal along .township roads
under" the Provincial Municipal,,
E mployment Incentive program"
was progressingsatisfactorily. A
third, allotment of this money pro-
vided by the government may be
alienable and an application for
$2000 from it will be .made by •
the -clerk.' The government had
set aside $35,000,000 to provide
-the unemployed or those on wel-
fare the opportunity .to seeere
winter work through the program.
Passed for payment wererbad
accounts Welling $3,564.39. end
general accounts of $1e,,626.61.
' Council accepted a petition
from the owners of lots 9 and
10, on the eighth concession for.
an' extension to the. Alexander
Drain. An engineer's report
will be made and the Ausable
• eCeentervation Authority
notified.
Seaforth can anticipate an in-
-crease in the cost of the power it
purchases from the H.E.P.C. Dr.
Roger Whitman, a member of the
P.U.C., told' • coencil at its
inaugural meeting MOndaYmora-
ing.
Dr. Whitman said the com-
Mission had been .advised the
increase would been the Order of
8%.
Reporting on P.U.C. activity
duripg the year he told council
-that iievi three phaseleolesnes
and e ttensfermers had been'in-
„stalled on Market Street from
Jarvis Street to the Public .
moved from corners of various
streets and the commission would
.continue to build rear distribution
lines. It was hoped the town would
consider purchase of the' street,
light system.
.• Referring wat
The thirteenth' weekly Winner
of $25 in the preliminary draws
in connection with the' Lions Car
club is Roy McGonigle,Seaforth.
appeared at the e beginning of their• two year term include
(front) Reeve J. F. Flannery, Maier F. C, J. Sills, Clerk
E. ve. Williams, . Deputy. Reeve Wilmer .Cuthill. (Rear)
Conncello L. F. Ford, MacDonald, Betty Cerdno,
Ge . ldebr rid, Dave Teerneer and wo. Pinder.
(Staff photo)
system. Dr. Whitman said a new
6. inch water main had been'
installed on George Street and
. Isabella, Street to Brantford
- Street replacing 3/4 inch water
line a 'total of 1,758 feet 6 inch
2 main was involved. •
On Market street new le Inch
water main had replaced a'6 inch
' main. from Main Stet to Public
School, 2500 feet of Main wee,
• involved. A new '6 ineh • stub
across Goderich Street,to Cole-
man Street would, .serve for a
future' loop to Crombie Street re-
placing a 3/4 inch line.
• During the year 'the P:U.C.
spent $65,530.46 in the water-
works department, $16,157;00'
remained to 'be paid in 1972.
Looking ahead Dr. Whitman
said the P.U.C. was considering
a new well and reservoir and
the replacement of feeder lineS
with new larger mains as.-well as
tieing in dead end main for a
complete loop system. .,
* , Replacement of mains had
reduced Water consumption since
leaks had been- eliminated. Con-
surnption In 1969'was 96,902;900
gallons, in 1970 72,49911M.
:gallons and in 1971 the total was
77,455,100'gallons. ”
'and Who, has had no ,electrical
accideete was given . a 24 year
award.„ He hold a. journeyman
power lineman certificate.
Torn, Phillips started with the
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P.U.C; in 1966 'and has had no
electrical accident. He has Celli,-
pleted his training course at
Orangeirille and • will receive his
journeyman power linerhan cee-
Public Utility dommission
employees who hadeestablished
safety, records, and, gained • re-
cognition -4n- their trades were
honored by the P.U.C. last week
and presented with awards by
iifiCate this seeing. He received
a 5 year award.
Doug. Ste wartbegari work with
the Seaforth P.iJ C. in 1969 and
also haphieh accident free during
his present apdprevious employ-
ment with Galt P,U:C. Doug
holds a journeyman power liee-
man certificate' and received a
20 year award, ,
;Jack Muir started here, in
1968 and has had* no accident
during las employment with the
Utility. 'He has completed his
first year lineman's' course and
is at' present with the Water-
Department and Hydro Departe
ment as "required. He received
a 3 year award.
their communitNiait with their
total co-operation, and I would
publicly like to think them.
The sewer installation of a
trunk line- ob Market Street also
makes possible the likelihood of
new homes in that area by
providing a very necessary ser-
vice that can be coupled into the
lagoon facilities when..they are
completed.
The Jagoon construction has
been In the planning stage, for
several years and got underway
in Never. By next springand M
early su mer we should see the. cKillop p
Power 'Co st'Increase Looms
sp..- Reviews pay PU a C Yer End Report Indicates
Sehool. In addition three 100 K. . , 1 V. A. transformers had been , . . . " •
for new sewer lift pumps to serve.
the new sewage lagoon. - Commission ecognizes.
P.U.C. also would like Town . .
Council to .consider purchase of - Se ff ' 1
street light system,
Looking to the future, he said , ta , a ell/ Record'
,
a new sub-station was beingeon-
sidered. poles would be re- ,
. • placed ready to supply power
P.U.C. chairman, D'OrleanSills. works
work with the A.U.C. in 194'7
Charles-Reeves, who started
The Public Utility :Commission at it gathering last Woe CRMiriiiSSioner tor. Heger Whitman; tending) jgdk
honored members; of its staff who had establiShed' • afiletY Muir, ii„H‘t, 'dommisaion manager prank,g1ligo tom pittliips
records. Shown following the naromony are seated 1140 and Chitiin'a rtetavAin :bongla8 'who also receAVO4
Manager Waller genii, P.U.C. Chairman DrOiletiri 8016 arid Ward, trdn absnnt tor.the pfoitird4 440(0'