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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1972-04-13, Page 1The annual formal is a highlight of activities at Seaforth District High Sdhool and this year is no exception. Each year the selection of a Queen is a feature and the 19'72 candidates are looking forward to the event on April 21st. They are (left) Marie McClure, Linda Feeney, Nancy Traquair, Rose- mary Van den Hengel, Dianne Phillips and Karen McEwing. (Staff Photo) Seaforth council seeks Police department investigation Robert S. McKercher of Dublin was re-elected a dir- ector of Co-operators Insur- ance Associations of Guelph at CIAG's annual meeting in Kitchener on Saturday. Mr. McKercher, a former president of 'CIAG, is past president of United Co-opera- lilies Of Ontario, and one of three UCO representatives on ' the CIAG board. The. Town & Country Bowling League held its banquet and dance at the Seaforth Community Centre on Friday. Following a dinner served by the Egmandyllre U.C.W. trophies were presented winners. The executive named for 1972 - 1973 includes: President - Bob Harris; Vice-pres - Harry Arts; Sec. - Jean Lunn; Treasurer - Jack Ungarian. The champions in the upper picture are: Mary willems,„ Andy Lunn, Betty' Scott, Bob Harris, Sharon Dross and Tom Carter, Runners up are: Bob Read, Norm Eggert, Willa Van Den -Berg, Doug. Pruss, Anne Vogels, Henry Diegel. (Staff Photo) • •••,... 7 • •-1.2. Pelle Ne, 5431 13tbrYear SEAFORIPH, ONTARIO, TEURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1972-12 PAGES Huron-Perth school board to *wide for quakily lax in to and the school could play a spec.? Meetings into the Mohili;t$,:.:..ktit.. iii role within that community. introducing. Family-We goo,. It -was, -pointed -out-that family __Iisia_liato....t.l.,IPLILWOXIIPIrtli ottrr.4,._., - 11fe -pit.tigrAgls deal with attitudes; --rintdutri-,, relationships, and the develop- ment .of a consciousness of a , . kb, who attended the Merit, RAI; person as a total •being. Mr. as Developing inDritarioseMinar. '. Vintar stressed that sex eom- as a personal favour to another driver, Alf: Ross, and taken it out to Mr. Ross' farm. Mr. Ross was to take the bus to London for repairs. Mr. Ross did not want to bring his car to town because he would be away for several days and .his wife Would need it for transportation. Councillor Dave Tremeer read a letter to council which he, said had been written by Chief Constable G. R. Hulley to Mr. Ruston on Feb. 24, 1966. The letter read: ,"This is the second notice I have given you in writing this month as to getting some charges and you 4..re not doing anything about it. in checking the by-law charge book, the only charges you have laid in yet this month seems like nights that I have been out with you. Well, Con- stable Ruston, I ani done talk- ing to you, as you will not do anything ,I tell you anymore.,.:So unless I see at least eight (8), more charges laid under the H.T.A. (highway traffic act) by you by the end of this month I am going to take both these letters and charge books to the council and ask that you be dis- missed for neglect of ' duty. I am sorry, Constable Ruston, but • many impressions we got of tfie cOuntry. But they were not -the most important thing .that result- ed from 'this trip: Something that is more important is the way our understanding of other countries has , been expanded which in turn bas made us all a little more open-minded to situ= ations we aren't familiar with. Another-Very valuable thIng.that came from this trip is we have become more aware'of the value of money since we raised a great deal of it ourselves and paid for the' remainder. All these things combined to make this trip one' of the most valuable memories that any of us have. Geography club reports impressions of Germany Seaforth pawn council will ask the:Ontario Police Commission to conduct an investigation into the Seaforth Police Department. Council ,made the decision after hearing a delegation of 24 citizens who attended Monday's council meeting. The group pre- sented a petition requesting coun- cil to hold a public .inquiry into the resignation of Constable Keith Ruston. ' John • Sinnamon, chairman of the committee and a former member 'of the force said, We believe there should be a public inquiry into the resignation". He told council there had been eight resignations from theforee In the last eight yearS. He felt 'Hie" town owed Mr. Ruston this. ' • inquiry after some eight and a half years service.on the force. Constable 'Ruston resigned following charges he had taken a job driving a school bus in addit- lOn to his police duties. Les Habkirk, president, of Habkirk Transit , Ltd., the _company for which Mr. ReSton allegedly,. drove, said in a letter to council, no one from hlsoffice had asked Con. Ruston to drive on the day he was accused. He said Mr. Riga' had picked a bus up at the depot Mennbersni the Seaforth Dis- trict High School GeographyClub who recently returned from a trip to Germany have co-opera- ted in •recording their impres- sions of the trip. This is the result:- Being a European country, ,Germany is of course very dif- ferent from our part of,Canada. The area, where we stayed was on the edge of the Black Forest. It was such an inviting region thaUve often took walkslhrough the spacious woods that seemed to be everywhere. Although this area had many close together villages as well as forests, there was still a' feeling of openness. This was felt even in the woods and the hills where there was space around each tree even though they surrounded us. • Even thepace Of life reflect-. ed this - it see med much more easy going and slower paced than our life style. We got this Impression from the many walk- ing paths through the mountains and woods, with benches at the sides of them where it was pos- sible to just sit and relax. This - easy pace shoWed up In the friend- liness of the people. They were usually very, willing to try and communicate through bits of English and with the help of our useful German dictionaries. Maybe one reason there were go many walking paths is that this area was full of history. Old castles and cathedrals were everywhere and were visited often by both tourists and natives. Even in the small towns, old churches and statues were pre- served instead of torn down to make way for modern buildings. This could be what added to the distinctive atmosphere and charm. This atmosphere Is hard to describe but it was so notice- able that when we. went into near- by France there was rtVerygreat chatike. Here life seemed, taw° at a faster pace, These are just a few of the you have not been doing as you were told, and 'I can't see any- thing else to do." The letter Counc.Treme r • said was • signed "Sorry, G. R. Hulley." Councillor George Hilde- brand moved that council not' accept Constable Ruston's resi- .gnation, but Mayor Frank Sills cast the eighth vote,, creating a tie vote so the motion. was defeated at this, time. Later in the .meeting when Counc.• Bill Pinder, chairman of the protection to persons com- mittee presented a motion to ,council asking that council accept Constable Ruston's resig- nation, the motion also was de- feated. COunc. pinder was' asked to arrange a meeting between' the" committee and Constable Rus- ton to see if a solution could be worked out.: - Mr. Habkirk asked a final question before thanking council for it's indulgence. He wanted to 'know how the police act would sanction the hiring of auxiliary policemen,,,who were moonlight- ing from other jebs, and not allow the -same priviledges to police constables. Robert Dinsmore asked council who was responsible. for . the .plowing, grading, and main- tenance of Railway St. He had talked to a' CNR represen- tative, but with no results, so had come to council: It was suggested to Mr. Dinsmore that he approach Texaco Canada,Limited, leasers of the property and have them approach the CNR. Bruce Hoelcher of Seaforth asked council if it would be possible to remove a meter and create a 15-minute loading zone in front of the I.G.A. He stated he was willing to make up ,for the lost revenue such a move would cause. Council in- formed him permission would -have to be obtained fr.Orri Toronto and that they did not think it was feasible. 'Reeve Flannery said he would find out what, , other area municipalitieS were doing with similar problems. Robert Read asked council what was to be done on Market 'Street as a result of sewer and PUC work carried out last year. Mayor Sills said they were wait- ing for the frost to' come out of the ground and a---meeting-- 'would be arranged to decide on ..a prograrri. Council approved a Motion to proceed with the purchase of property at the corner of Market and Jarvis Streets, froin Mrs. Florence Smith for the sum of $18,000. Approval of all government departments had been received so the project can now get underway. The erection of senior citizen ac- commodation is planned at the site. An account of $449.14, by B. M. Ross Associates of Goderich for the surveying of the property was approved, • Council received a request from the Seaforth Chamber of Commerce for a grant of $200. It was indicated by Clerk Wil- liams that a grant' of $200 had already been pild to file C. of C. this year, The Chamber notified council that it would pay $100 to the town's tree planting project. A levy of $626.99 by the Maitland Valley Conservation ,authority was ordered paid by council. PermisSion was eranted to The Department of Agri- culture and Food sent a grant of $615.00 to the Seaforth Arena. Sports Lottery, to sell tickets in Seaforth and it was suggested a local organization might wish Mrs. K. Sharp new deputy Mrs. Keith Sharp has been named the new district deputy president for Huron District 23, at Monday night's meeting of Edelweiss Rebekha Lodge. She succeeds Mrs.,, Ruby Bell ofHen- sall, and will receive her com- mission during Rebekah Assem- bly sessions in Toronto in June. 'Mrs. Bell visited here of- ficially ,and addressed the mem- bers and guests on the colors of the Rebekah Degree, pink and green, and explained their con- nections to the teachings of the order. She was introduced by Mrs. Anne Henderson and pre- sented with a gift by Mrs. Sharp A donation was made to Bunny Bundle and an invitation was ac- cepted to attend a meeting in. Brussels, April 25. ' Final plans were made for the, annual Dessert Euchre April 14 and for going to CFPL TV London to tape a show which will be seen, on Act Fast May '7th, just prior to the Lodge's sixtieth birthday party May" 10. Mrs. Helen. Reeves, noble grand, presided anal all officers were present. • • Auxiliary president speaks here The Chairman of District No. 2 Hospital Auxiliaries Associa- tion of Ontario, Mr's. W. A, Hayes of Fergus, Was the guest speaker Tuesday evening at the Seaforth Hospital Auxiliary mee,!iiri ong. rder that auxiliary vol- unteers cap function in a hos- pital they must be needed and Wanted. Too, there must be a sense of fellowship if they are to work effectively with the hos- pital staff." Mrs. Hayes told the Meeting. Mrs. Hayes stressed the im- portance of members not keeping the same position in the auxil- iary for too long 9) period--but to change around and give other members a chance to learn. "Get new people to get new ideas and this keeps the organization alive" she said. ' Mrs. Hayes was introduced by the program convener, Mrs. Joseph McConnell, and thanked by Mrs. Orville Oke. • ,The Auxiliary voted to pur- chase two hospital cribs for the children's ward at a cost of $220 each. Eleven mem,bers said they would attend the Spring Confer- ence in Kitchener-Waterloo Hos- pital on April 24. Other mem- bers wishing to attend were asked to contact, the president, Mrs. W, C. Bennett. The Penny Sale will be held April 26 to May 5. /qrs. John Turnbull won the mys- tery prize. The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School -Board Will- -continue-to aeeent- taxes 'from 30 muidelpalities In the two counties in two instal- ments each year and from 15 on a 'yearly basis. This decision resulted folloWing the defeat of a vote '7 to 6 on a motion which was introduced to 'provide for quarterly instalments of the taxes from all municipalities accord- ing to section 87 of 'the Separate School's Act, Revised statutes of Ontario, 1970, which would have become effeetive in 1973. The matter of tax payments had risen originally when con- cern had been expressed about paying interest ,on money bor- rowed from the bank to carry on the board's business while wait- ing for the taxes to be paid' in. It had been revealed that a saving of $4,196.20 would have been made by the board with the qiiar- terlY instalments. Opposition to the more frequent payment was based on the contention that rural municipalities were not geared to quarterly payments. An educational course on local • government, -.consisting of six' sessions a King Lear School in Stratford, is being attended by Superintendent of Education John Vintar of Stratford; Assist- ant Superintendent JosepbTokar, of 'Stratford; and Trustees Howard Shantz, Stnatford; Chris- Walraven of St; Marys; and Vinc- ent Young,of Goderich. 'Mr. Young as chairman of the - property committee,' made the following recommendations to the board which -were approved; at St. James School in Seaforth, that C. Ryan install the cup- boards at a cost of $37.5 and that George A. Sills and Sons, Seaforth, be engaged td install the sink; that a sink and cup.: board be installed in the staff room at. St. Ambrose School• in Stratford, by Moffat and White at, a cost of $443; and that a rental dusk-to-dawn unit and pole be installed atSt.Joseph'sSchool in 'Kingsbridge, at a cost of $4.25 per month In order' that the 'south-west corner of •the school will be illuminated. Reporting on the 42nd annual conference of the Ontario Separ- ate School Trustees Association held in Toronto April 6 and 7, Vincent Young said he had at- tended the Family Life Education seminar arid found it both inter- esting and informative. He be- lieved the information at the seminar would assist him since he is a member of the Huron- Perth Advisory,' Committee on Family Life Education. Reporting on the same sem- inar Mr. Vintar stated that edu- cation for family living was a community ' responsibility ac- cording to the seminar leaders prises only about 15 percent of the course, a fact which'many people do.not realize. The pro- gram where it has been put into effect is integrated intoother subject areas. Mr. Vintar stated that the Huron-Perth Advisory, Commit- tee has held meetings and will continue to hold exploratory Sixteen year old Joanne de Groot, Seaforth topped six other;' contestants in Huron County's 10th annual Pilgrimage for Youth public speaking held last Friday night In Clinton at the Central Huron Secondary School, funner-up was Mary Edith Garniss, age 15, a grade 10 .1,• JOANNE deGROOT student at the F. E. Madill Sec- ondary School, WIngha.m. The event is sponsored an- nually . by the LO.O.F. and Re- bekah Lodges of Huron County, Chairman was Murray Taylor, Clinton, D.D.G.M., with Bill Tay- lor, Brucefield, as 'secretary. Judges were James Coulter, God- erich, Superintendent of Program and Planning for the Huron County Board of Education, Miss Ethel Mackay, Seaforth a retired public' school teacher from Toronto, and the Rev. Paul Packman, minister of the Brucefield United Church. Joanne, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph De Groot, reported that it is only the large . boards who have initiated poi-- ides on merit pay. Re • stated that many problems of 1mple- mentation of this policy were discussed and that numerous boards • were reluctant to init- iate such a prOgrani at this time. (Contin— on Page ' Grey reeve will seek nomination ' Reeve Charles Thomas of Grey Township announced Wed- nesday he would stand for the Liberal ,nOmination in the riding of Huron. ' The nominating convention is set for Aptil 24 in Clinton Sec- ondary School according to as- sociation president, Gordon Mc- Gavin. Hon. HerbGray, Minister of National Revenue will speak. Mr. Thomas was runner up four years ago when Mal t Edgar received the liberal nomination. A native of theBussels area Mr. Thomas who Is 44 has been active in community affairs for a number of years. He is serv- ing his 4th term as reeve. to take this project atlas a means of raising funds. . A letter stated further grants on renovations and repairs was posSible under a new system of grants up to a maximum of $20,000. Huron County Municipal Of- ficers Association will hold their spring meeting at the Clinton Base this year. A grant from the Township of McKillop, re) the 'Seaforth,Arena. of $100 was received, by council and a letter of thanks will be sent McKillop. Council learned through a " letter from the Department of Transportation and Comminic- ations that the proposed extension and bridge on Birch St. would (Continued on page 9) Answer call to Mckillop Seaforth area firemen were called to McKillop when a bonfire got out of control at the residence. of Fred Leonhardt on Con 14 and spread to the, nearby residence. Damage was estimated at $400 according to Fire Chief John F. Scott. • • Seaforth student is tops in annual pilgrimagefor youth is a grade '11 student at the Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton where both her parents are members of the teaching staff. Her topic was "Mental Retardation." ,For her prize-she will- re- ceive- an all expense paid two week trip to the United Nations In New York this summer.Hund- reds of other students from all across Canada and the United States will also participate...as winners in a similar competi- --tion which is open to grades 10 and 11 students.. „ " Other contestants in Clinton were Barbara Brady, R.R. 2, Seaforth; Car 1 Bolton, R.R. 1', Dublin, Joanne Palmer, Clinton; Kathleen Simmons, Exeter and Kathryne Cook, Hensel'.