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The Huron Expositor, 1972-03-09, Page 1r -•••••,," SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1972 — 12 PAGES Whole No, 5426 113th"$ ear . Ogee $8.00 A Year The Henderson trio of litielCillop came out on top in competition with 16 other groups at the Western Fair Farm Show last week. They, are (left) Donna 11, Darlene 8 and Debbie 6. They are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson, R.R. 5, Seaforth. (Staff Photo) Baker, Seaforthi fora building permit for a house he purchased from the former C'FB which he will be relocating. Council approved a pro- posed agreement with the Town- ship of Stanley which will now be Sent on to the Stanley Coun- cil for approval. The agreement concerns a Brucefield water sys- tem which, calls for Tucker- smith to be responsible for installing, maintaining and re- pairing the service, and,to sup- ply water for a period of twenty years. Each 'municipality will render and collect its own ac- counts on a semi-annual basis. Tuckersmith will fix the price for the use o f the water and Stanely Township Will pay to Tuckersmith the said amount by semi-annual instalments. Meet- ing adjourned about 1:15 a.m. The regular' meeting of the Huron-Perth Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association was held in the office at 121 Wellington St., Stratford when Mrs. Edith Brothers presided in the absence of President, Ivan Forsyth. Routine Reports were given by Mrs. Frank Dodds for Screen- ing; Rehabilitation and Social Service by Lloyd Dodgson; Edu- cation by Mrs. David Schenk and Financial by Garnet Prest. The rehabilitation report em- phasized the "Adult Condition- ing" or breathing improvement classes being held in the Red Members see Presentation John Heuther arid . Sue Fraser,. both Grade 2 students of • Walton Public School, are ready to answer. questions on ....... some of their Wert( which is on display during educatipn' week.. ' (Staff Photo) • Tuckersmith Township Council sat as a Court of Revi- sion on the Coopgr. Drainage Works Tuesday eVening. The report was referred back to the engineer, .H. Uderstadt of Orangeville at the request of Grant .McGregor for the addition of a tile branch onto his prop- erty. Present at the meeting for the Court of Revision were: Mr. Uderstadt, Hobert McGregor, Grant McGregor, Lloyd Cooper, Morley Cooper and Edison Lean. A lefigth-rdiadtisSion on - the drain was held, prior to the e decision to refer the report back to the engineer. No appeals were heard at a Court of Revision on the Swinkel Drainage Works nor on the' Wal- lace Drainage Works. Tenders for the work on these two drains will ,be called tcr. be opened at council'meeting April 4. ' -Two adjustments were made on the Swinkel Drainage report- reducing the area by five acres for Peter Swinkel and by seven McKillop Trio Wins Awards The Henderson trio of Mc- Killop won top honors at the Western Fair Farm Show Junior Amateur contest in London last' week. They 'are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson, R.R, 5, Seaforth. • • In Class 1 or solo numbers with '25 numbers cotnpeting Donna Henderson teak 1st prize 'singing "Never Ending Song of Love" with 2nd. prize going to- Lyne Kernighan of Komoka who step- danced. In' Class 2 or Group, numbers. • with 1'7 groups competing, the Henderson trio consisting of Donna, Darlene and Debbie took first place singing "This Land is Your Land" followed ,by the Atwood Sweethearts, a, step-dancing group, who took- second prize. Ng Mrs. Super is one of the parents who showed interest in the work these Kindergarten pupils displayed. Shown (left) are Mrs. Super, Angela Super-, Donald Hickson, Blaine Hackwell, Berry Rnwp. " • (Staff Photo) Grade 3 students of Walton' Public School danCe the, Mexican Hat Dance as a feature of an education week program at the school on Tuesday. Parents were present to see their-Children take, part. (Staff Photo) McKillop Meets '72 Gravel Program Invokes 20,000yds 4 4 Ir Iluron •Invites Plowmen While 197'7 may seern rather far away, that's the year for which Huron County has extended an invitation to hold the International Plowing Match in the county. County dejegates, accom- panied by the Seaforth District High School Girls Bands gathered at the 62nd Annual meeting of the Ontario Plewnien's Association, held recently in Toronto to press Huron's invitation on the association. Here Huron Warden, Elmer Hayter, accompanied by area .officers,Ken Stewart, Elgin Thompson, R. T. Bolton and Ross McPhail appear with band members. The•1972 Match is being held in Perth. (Photo by Ontario Department of Agriculture and ,Food) McKillop Township Council meeting in Winthrop Mondayikc- cepted the' tender -of Joe. Kerr Ltd. of Wingham . for crushing and applying 20,000 cubic yards of gravel on township roads this summer. . The Kerr tender, lowest of two, was for $20,800 -- $1.04 a cubic yard, .subject to •the approval o f the Department of., Transportation and cbmmunrca- tion. Any farmer wanting his, lane gravelled will pay $1.35 per cubic yard. Council gave permission for the organization of Mentally Re- tarded Children' of Perth County to sell lottery tickets in the township. The following grants were approved by Council, $40 to Huron Plowmen's Association, $100 to Seaforth Community Centre,-$50 to Dublin Athletic Association - and $26 to, the SeafOrtfriglOni "Club for Easter Seal program,' for a total of $215. Court of RevisiOn was held , on the McQuaid Drain with no • appeals heard. The By-law pro- viding for the drain was passed and tenders will be called. The engineering firm, 11.14. Gibson Company Ltd. of London Ts will be authorized to prepare a report on the Ryan Municipal Drain for repair and improve- ment. Passed for payment were road accounts of $43,086.94 and gen- eral accaant.tef $1,346.99. ' Counc11:74proved payment of . $500 for 1972 levy for the Ausable-BAylielci Conservation Authority,:,'Part of the township area come, authority „ under this in 1971; 0,11,11e the-remainder of the towti 0! is under the Mait- land Rifer• Conservation Auth- ority. Tuckersmith Meets 'Council Refers Back Cooper Drain Report Huron-Perth TBRD Groups Reports Pamphlet Demand C ross Rooms, Stratford. Persons attending must have a doctor's consent and are taught the exer- cises by Mrs. Ian Clarke. ,.," In the Education Report, Mrs. Schenck announced the Association would havea tent at the International Ploughing Match in Sebringville this Fall, with an eduCational display as well as Pulmonary Function' Testing equipment. She reported that plans for the,Children's Respir- atory Disease Workshop' to be held in April are being final- ized. Dr. C. Collins-Williams, , Senior Physician-and Director of Allergy, Sick children's_Hos- pital is to be the special speaker. The meeting was told that-41,636 pamphlets and booklets had been forwarded to, residents of the two counties upon requeSt. The • Christmas Seal Service is assist- ing in many anti-smoking anti-TB projects and essays and aiding the general public to cope w various kinds of respirator dis- ease. 4 • acres for .iohn Hendriks. During the council meeting, which went on to 1:15 Wednesday morning, Dr. Roger Whitman and Mrs. John Baker, both of Sea- forth representing the Van Eg- mond foundation attended the meeting reqtiesting council's fin- ancial assistance in..Purchasing the Van Egmond property in Eg- mondville as an historic site. The council members voted against providing assistance. The tender of Sandy Contract- -lag- Company Limited, Goderich, for gravelling the' township roads with 18,000 cu. yds. of gravel at $1.02 per cu. yd. for a total of $1.11,,a6il„w,as„ accepted by coun- cil. It was the, lowest of three tenders. Council accepted the tender of Fred Harburn of Staffa. for -spraying weeds di both sides of Jack Graul, who represents Ellice Township on the Maitland Valley ConservatiOn Authority was elected chairman of that or:z ganization at its annual meeting on Monday afternoon. Mr. Graul succeeds George McCutcheon of Brussels who has held the office for the past two years. Named vice chairman for a similar two-year term was Lorne Murray, reeve of Miry- borough Township..1%4r. Graul has been', the vice chairman for the past two years' and was tin, opposed for the chairrnanShip: The. annual meeting was staged at the authority's head- quarters in wroexeter and fair. lowed a dinner at the Wroxeter Community Centre. Also elected to the executive by acclamation were William Manning of Blyth who will replace . Frank .Walkom of Goderich as chairman' of the, Flootl-0.ontr9T"• Advisory Board and Grant Mc- Lellan of Arthur Township who will take over as chairman of the Reforestation, Land Use and Wildlife Advisory Board from L. M. Seifried of Minto Town-% ship. Welcomed to the authority were Vince Judge, the new rep- . • township roads at a cost of $4.50 per Council considered three proposals by Kenneth Dunn of Goderich for a new bridge at the golf course over Silvercreek and for straightening the road into Egmondville. One proposal was considered Suitable but was sent back to Mr. Dunn for alter- ations. • Council authorized • Clerk James McIntosh to advertise for tenders for No. 2 diesel fuel. Passed for payment were accounts totalling .$22,098. In- cluded 'in these were road ac- counts totalling .$10,741.21, Tuckersmith Municipal Tele- phone System loan for mow, and the levy of $3,720 as Tuck- ersmith's share of costs for the Ausable-Bayfield Conserva- tion Authority for 1972. Approval was given John resentatitre from Listowel, who replaces Oscar Nickel, Mr. Nickel was-first-appointed to the Middle Maitland Authority when that group was organized in 1951 and held the post when the Middle Maitland was expanded togtake the whole watershed 10 years ago. Ross Taylor of East Wawa- nosh replaces James Walsh; Ar- den Barker, Mornington Town- ship, replaces James Reid who died last year; Allan Campbell, McKillop Township, replaces James McQuaid and Ross Wilkie 'takes the place Of Percy Dryden as Harriston's representative. George McCutcheon,authority. chairman, said he believed real progress had been made during his term' `of office, although ,at times the rate at which projects progress can be very frustrating. He' said he hoped that' action will take place on the Upper Middle Maitland this year and that the fish pond at the Falls Reserve at Benmiller will become a reality. Another project which should take priority, Mr. Mc- Cutcheon said, is the engineer- ing • study to be made of the feasibility of 'constructing a weir across the river at the Falls nual eserve and for a survey of the Gorrie Conservation Area. Arthur Latornell, chief of the field staff, Conservation Branch, Toronto, was guest at the meet- ing and remarked •that he ap- preciated Mr. McCutcheon's view that conservation work can be frustrating. However, he said, it must be remembered that anthorities are trying to correct the misuse of our resources that' hai gone an for generations, and while it may be frustrating, you cannot expect to change a trend of many years overnight. Andy McBride,' resources manager, told members that a great deal of effort has gone into formulating the budget and the figures. being presented at the , meeting were quite realis- ' • tic. He stated that work is being done on plans for regulations to control fill and construction in • flood plains and a review is being made of various maintenance agreements 'with , a number of municipalities- Mr. McBride said, that the-government re-organiza- tion haS involved conservation but the branch has kept the local • people informed. He stated that plans are progressing for the proposed weir at the Falls Re- serve property. Marlene'R. Shiell, secretary- treasurer, reported that thepro-, posed general levy to the munici- palities for 1972— Will be $48,391.25 up-from $32,729.61 in 1971. The report also indicated that while costs of operation at the Fella Reserve property have in- creased the area showed a total revenue from the gate and con- cession operation of $10,744.38. A list of capital expenditures by. the authority Including the Middle Nlaitland Authority showed that nearly $600,000 has been spent on development work over the years. This year $10,000 hasbeeti in- cluded, the' ' report stated, for flood plain mapping. When corn- pleted this information will be used as the basis for fill, con- struction and stream diversion regulations. in ,other nusiness the mem- bers approved an increase In per diem allowances form $15 to $20; the membership of the var- ious advisory boards; appointed E. F. Taman, Listowel, as aud- itor; W. M.• Pratt, Listowel and J. T. Goodall, Wingham, solic- itors; and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Wroxeter branch as the authority's bank. (Continued on Page 8) Maitland. Authority Holds Wild flowers of the Bruce country enchanted a large group who turned out JO the Seaforth Horticultural meeting in the Town Hall Friday evening. John C.-Crich ShoWed dozens of slides o f the wild flowers that abound in the vicinity of his summer home, in the north and gave a delightful commen- tary on each as he, identified them. Some grow in great profusion, while others' are rare and are , discovered only by chance when out walking. A sale of potted geraniums, patience and other plants, donated by Dr. Roger Whitman gave a healthy boost to the fin- ances of the new,group. An organizational, meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 29 at 8:30 p.m. in the Town Hall. Anyone willing to serve on the executive is asked to call Irvin Trewartha. Membership is $1.-- plus a 50C inital fee. I Attend OMEA D'Orlean Sills,' P. U. C. Chairman, Dr. Roger • Whitman, a commissioner' and manager Walter SCott were among more than 1,400 delegates from throughout the province who attended the 1972 OntUio Munici- pal Electric Association Convention last week in Toronto. They represented the Seaforth P.U.C. OMEA represents about 350 member municipalities with ap- proximately 2,000,000 "hydro" custdmers. The associationtra- ditionally maintains .close scrutiny of power costing, to ensure that users get the best service consistent with the lowest possible rates, , Safety Award Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Chesney' were in Toronto last week, attending the annual Aggregate Producers' of Ontario Con- vention. Mr. Chesney, on behalf . of Frank Kling Ltd., was presented a safety award for an accident free year. Car Club Winner The twenty-second weekly winner of $25. in the preliminary draws in connection with the Lions Car Club is Gordon McGavin, Walton.