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First Section, Pages 1-8 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1972 -16 PAGES
Were
by last,,
Marie McClure
by students.
crowned
of the S.D.H.S.
and Karen McEwing,
Fractures
vertebra and
feet in fail
Winter , works program
assists school board
crowned Queen of the S.D.H.S. formal on Friday evening after her selection
receives congratulations from runner up Dianne Phillips after,' haviipg been
Queen, Vickie Miller. Others taking parein the popular event - highlight
season - were Linda Feeney, Nancy Traquair, Rosemary Van den Hengel
(Staff Photo)
was
she
year's
Under the winter work
employment incentive program
sponsored by the federal govern-
ment the Huron-Perth County
Roman Catholic Separate'School
Board was re-imbursed
$4,038.14 when washroom facili-
ties, a teacher's room and a
library resources centre *ere
added to St. Mary's School at
Hessen.
FIEV. J, URE ST WART '
Herb Murphy a department
head at Goderich Collegiate
Institute who will become
assistant principal at Seaforth
District High School. He suc-
ceeds Wm. Murdie who goes to
Goderich as vice principal.
Huron Liberals have nomin-
ated Grey Township Reeve
Charles. Thomas as Liberal can-
date in the forthcoming,
election.
The 44-year-old Morris
native was the choice of a
convention in Clinton Monday
evening attended lioy nearly five
hundred. He defeated Mrs. Jean
Adams of Brucefield, a
vice president of the Huron Pro-
vfncial association. As the
results of the election were an-
make the choice unanimous.
Mr. Thomas was nominated
by Mrs. Ian McAllister, Hay
Twp. and seconded by Graeme
*Craig, McKillop. Mrs. Adams
nominators were Dr. Morgan
Smith, Hayfield and PauiStekle,
Stanley Twp. while Dr. Lloyd
C. Hall, Lucan and Neil Mc-
Gavin, McKillop nominated Mr.
A third candidate for the
nomination; former Middlesex
County warden Wilson Hodgfris
from. Biddulph Township, alth-
dreW.
Mr. Thomas, a former Royal
Canadian Air Force jet pilot, has
been reeve of Grey Township and
a member of Huron County
council for the last' four years.
'He is married and has three
children.
Gordon McGaVin, president
and Colin Campbell, vice presi-,
dent, presided over the meeting
while A. Y. McLean, regidnal
vice presldent Of the Liberal--
Party of Ontario conducted • the
nomination,
Reeve Wm. Elston of Morris
was returning officer.
While the ballots were being
nounced, Mrs. Adams moved to
65 years in the ministry
Rev J Ure Stewart still, active
While Sunday has been a
special day for hini throughout
his_ long life, this coming Sunday
has a'PaRicular- StplifiCaffee for
Rev. J. Ure Stewart of Seaforth.
It was on April 30, 190'7 that
he was ordained as a minister.
and Sunday will be the 65th anni-
versary of the event.
To. mark the approaching
anniversary he was invited to
preach at a communion service
earlier this month at Northside
United Church and on the coming
Sunday again will take part in
the service.
Mr. Stewart who will be 90
on June 18 retired several years
ago following a heart attack, but
agrees that ip the years since
there has been no real retire-,
ment as he carries o n a busy
round of activity.
"Retired life is a busy life",
he said as he told of accepting
several invitations to preach at
church anniversary services this
fall.
Mr. Stewart is kept busy doing
supply work at various churches -
last year he was, preaching for
seven Months. He is a popular
guest speaker at numerous
church meetings, both in Sea-
forth and in other communities.
Easter Sunday he was guest
speaker at the sunrise service
at 7 a.m. at the United Church.
in Sebringvtlle where he was
Interim minister last spring,
"Born in Saltford, near God-
erich in 1882, a son of the late
James Stewart ,and Anna • Math-
eson, he attended elementary and
secondary schools there before
going to McGill University in
Montreal and McCormick Theo,
logical Seminary (Presbyterian)
in Chicago. It was after this that' he Chicago.
ordained April 30, 1907.
While a student at the Sem-
inary in 1905 he went on his
first mission for a four-month
period to Potomac, Montana.
Here he rode a bronco as his
only means of transportation
while he 'preached to the lumber
jacks and farmers in the moun-
tainous countryside, or rode 25
miles to 'the nearest town, Miss-
oula, for supplies.
Mr. Stewart's first charge
after ordination • was at Fort
Wayne Presbyterian Church in
Detroit. He stayed' there until
1910 when he returned to Ont-
ario to serve in churches at
Napier, whitechur9h, Long
Branch, Belmont, Rockwood,
paisley Memorial in Guelph,
Elmira, Moorefield, Bright and
Oxford Centre. He retired in
1951 following a heart . attack
and returned to Moorefield to
live. He has been living in Sea-
forth since 1961 following his
marriage to the former Laura
(Continued on Page 5)
Describes Planning function
Planning provides access
to the most opportunities to the
most people Gary Davidson -told
members 'of the Seaforth Chamber
of Commerce at a dinner meeting
In the Commercial Hotel Wednes-
day evening. .
Pointing out that since priori-
ties were involved there is no
final answer, Mr. Davidson said.
Planning was an assessment of
values such as roads as opposed
to recreation.
Planning can , prevent
problems occurring by designat-
ing certain uses for certain lands.
, An example he said was the
problem developing as a result
of lake front erosion which in
some areas had consumed up to
22 ft. of property during the past
year and -was threatening
cottages. Owners knew the pro-
blem but persisted in building.
Now that their buildings are
threatened they, feel the munici-
pality Should assist, them.
Referring to the county plan,
Mr. Davidson said it set policy
as to urban development use of
flood plains, proVision Of access
and in land use. Enforcement
was a local municipal responsi-
• bility through zoning by-laws.
He told the meeting ithe plan
would provide an opportunity to
consider future development at
former CFB at Clinton. Should
thp base be allowed to grow be-
y#id its present site, should the
site be limited and growth direc-
ted to adjoining Seaforth and
Clinton or should it develop at
random with resulting problems
of services and straggling
growth, he asked.
At present he said a plan
,of subdivision for the base had
been submitted to ,the province
and was awaiting approval.
Answering a query concern-
ing severances the speaker said
ordinarily the process took 8 to
8 weeks. Since the county pro-
cedure was established some 200
applications had been completed.
Mr. Davidson was introduced
by Reeve J. F. Flannery and
thanked by Robt. Read.
The meeting endorsed a
proposal 'to provide assistance
for the Van Egmond Foundat-
ion by holding a dance. Dr.
Roger Whitman told of the plans
the foundation had for aaqiiring
the Van Egmond residence.
Clair Campbell presided for
the meeting.
Cnaries 'i'nomas, urey i ownstup reeve, %vat" was narneuouron LIDerai CallUlUaLe 110111,1.1141.10t:
convention in Clinton Monday, receives congratulations froin Mrs. Jean Adams, Brucefield, runner-
up in the -eontest. On the-right is Mrs. Thomas. ' (Clinton NR Photo)
Huron riding Liberals nominate
Grey reeve Charles Thomas
Whole No. 5433
113th Year
Move vice
principal to
Goderich
The Huron-Perth, County
Roman Catholic Separate School
Board at a special dieeting
'Wednesday approved the 1972
budget of $2,400,780. This is an
increase of 6.7 per cent or
$151,700 over 1971.
The maximum/recognized or-
_dinary expenditure for 1972 is
$561.10 per pupil or $1,803,200.,
This covers all expenditures of
the Board less capital expendit-
ures, transportation, debt
charges and the capital element
included in rentals payable. The'
total increase under ordinary ex-
penditures from 1971 is $129,9$0
Little change in area municipal rates CIS
Huron-Perth RCSS budget increases
average dilly enrniment at..
cents per pupil place per day. A
substantial reduction in approval
for grant resultsfrom this change
in regulation.
'• "Transportation costs under
the present grant structure will
continue to increase the disparity
recognized tor grant purposes, a
matter which hag been a constant
concern to, the board for some
time" R he said. "Minor adjust-
meat in the rate per pupil per
mile announced by the Depart-
ment of Education in 1971 have
had little or no beneficial result
in the Board's net transportation
When he fell a distance of
ten feet from a scaffold on which
he was working while employed
at Douglas Point on Friday,;
Frank Case, North Main Street,
'Seaforth, suffered s,evere
injuries.
He was admitted to Seaforth
Community Ho sp ita 1-with frac-
tures in both feet and a frac-
tured vertebra
•
wm. Murdie for 14 years a
member of the staff of Seaforth
District High School and since
1968 vice principal, has been.
named vice principal of Goderich
District Collegiate Institute.
He will be succeeded here
by Herb Murphy, presently
science department head in
Goderich.
The Director of Education for
Huron CoutitY., D.J.Cochrane,
announced a series of transfers
in the county involving elemen-
tary school principals and vice-
principals as well as some Sec--
ondary school personnel.
"As a result of promotion and
retirement in the Huron County
school system at school adminis-
tration " said Cochran e
"three vacancies have been cre-
ated. At its meeting on April 17.,
the Huron County Board of Educa-
tion decided that the position of
Principal of the Exeter Public
School will be' filled by hiring a
qualified applicant from outside
the present system, and that the
other two vacancies would be fill,
ed by instituting a.series of trans-
fers which the Board felt would
be beneficial to, the system at
this time.
• These transfers are:
Garnet Harland, vice-princi-
pal of Exeter Public School to
become principal of Robertson
Memorial public School in God-
erich;
• John Siertsema, principal of
Holmesville Public School to be-
come vice-principal of Exeter
• Public School; •
Robert Raeburn, principal of
Hensel]. Public School to become
prindipal of Holmesville PS,;
Ron-McKay, principal' of Hul-
lett Central PS to become princi-,
pal of Hensall PS;
A.MacLennan, principal of
Brookside PS to become princi-
pal of Hullett Central PS;
William Black,, principal of
Colborne Central PS tcrlaecome
'principal of Brookside PS;
John' Kane, principal of Vic-
toria' PS in Goderich to become
principal of Colborne Central PS;
Don O'Brien,. principal of Zurich
P8 to become principal of Vic-
toria PS in Goderich;
Ron Jewitt, vice-principal of
Clinton PS to become vice-prin-
cipal of Zurich PS;
W.Millson, vice-principal of
Hullett •Central PS to become
vice-principal of Clinton PS;
W.Tremeer,' teacher at Cent-
ral 'Huron Secondary. School to
become vice-principal of Hullett
Central PS;""
W.Murdie,' Vice-principal of
Seaforth DHS will become vice-
principal of Goderich DCI;
'Herb Murphy, department
head at Goderich DCI will be
come, vice-principal of Seaforth
DHS. •
Vincent Young, Goderich, cha.ir-
man orthe building and mainten-
ance committee reported at a
board meeting in Seaforth Monday
that the work cost• a total of
$9,780.49 for materials, super-
vision and labour costs for the
facilities put in the basement of
the school.
Trustee Young also reported,
that three locks to be installed
on tale gym doors at St. Mary's
School in Goderich, will cost
about $200.00. He said that a
survey is underway on the amount
of snowplowing, costs, etc. at the
19 schools in the two counties.
The building and maintenance
c,emmittee *as authorized to
'spend up to $5,000 on capital
expenditures, reporting on the
work done-at each meeting.
Passed for payment was the
1972 -fee for. the Canadian Ca-
tholic" Trustees Association
ti of $80.23.
Read at the meeting by John
Vintar, Superintendent of Edu-
cation, was. a letter to Sister
'Lorraine, principal of St. Boni-
face School, Zurich, expressing
appreciation of the St. Boniface
Youth Club for the use of the
schobl for meetings by Val
Regier of Zurich, secretary-
treasurer of the club.
Also read by Mr. Vintar -was
an invitation from Spence Cum-
mings, Clinton, a Huron County
official, asking representatives
from the school' board to attend
a meeting at the Clinton Com-
munity Centre to which repre-
sentatives from the municipali-
ties and school boards in four
or five counties were invited
to discuss taking over the sports
compleX at the fornier Canadian
Forces. Base in Tuckersm.ith
Township. Trustees F. J.Vere
of Stratford and Chris Walraven•
of St. Marys volunteered to
attend. Trustees Francis Hick- "
nell, R.R.5, Seaforth, Vincent
young, Goderich, and Ted Geof-•
frey, of Zurich indicated they
would attend 11' possible. -
Mr. WalraVen reported on a
transportation seminar•which he
attended in Chatham on April
15.
Trie board accepted officially
the 1971 financial Statement.
or 7.8 per cent.
4 xtraordinary expenditures
of the board total $544,500, an
increase of $54,500 from 1971.
Jack Lane, business adminis-
trator for the board, said signif-
icant changes in the 1972 regu-
lations require the removal from
ordinary expenditures the capital
element included in rentals and
covers portable classroom ren-
tals and administrative office
accommodation. These are now
considered as extraordinary ex-
penditures with only the portable
classroom being recognized for
grant purposes on the basis of
counted Elmer Trick contributed
musical selections.
Murray Gaunt, MP'P, spoke
briefly as did Ken Duncan,
Liberal candidate in the. pro-
vincial election. Warden Elmer
Hayter of Huron County brought
greetings. -
Other platform guests in-
cludectCy Cline, Perth can-
didate and Arthur Ross,Liberal
candidate in Wellington Grey.
A large number of undecided
,voters wip 'be a factor in • an
election Judd Buchanan MP for
London West and parliamentary
Johfi"rurner told the gathering.
assistant to. Finance. Minister
Mi. Buchanan refuted charges
of arrogance revelled at ' the
Trudeau Government and' said
that no government in history
had done more to provide assis-
Oas pump
falls when
pedal sticks
A Stratford man had a narrow
escape from serious injury when
the gas pedal on the car he was
backing up stuck and the car
roared back out of control
Sunday night ihSeaforth.
Richard Pauli, 18, of 109
Romeo Street, Stratford, had at- t
tempted to move the car it the
Supertest Gas Statitie hi Seaforth
at the intersection orMain Street
N. and Highway No. 8, so that
another car could get to the gas
pumps. The driver of the car,
and owner, Michael Pine of St.
Marys, had gone to the service
station washroom, when his pas-
senger attempted his good deed.
Mr. Pauli succeeded in mov-
ing the car out of the way, but
he also knocked out one of the
gas pumps, and slammed back-
ward across the Main Street
into a cement lamp post on the
corner of the No. 8 highway
in front of the Queen's Hotel.
Luckily no cars or pedestrians
were in the path of the car.
Gonstable Ray Primeau of
the Seaforth 'detachment, O.P.P.
who investigated the mishap, said
damage to the gas pump would
be about $800• and that- the car
was considered a right-off. Mr.
Primeau.drove Pauli to the Sea-
forth Community Hospital for
treatment of 'a leg injury suf-
fered when he was thrown back
into the rear seat. He was treated
and released.
The accident happened about
6 p.m. when traffic was ,fairly
heavy on the roads.
eost."
The provina4gratt-orrorille-L:--
ary expenditures for 1972 has
increased by 2.21 per centandiM
redogbized extraordinary *WA- -
ditures.4, by one per cent. The
equelfied assessment per pupa
whidh -determines the board's
grant percentage has increased
from $19,500 to $20,200.
The" 1972 local tax levy after
deduction of the general legis-
lative grant, mill rate subsidy,
and other revenue is $365,700,
an increase of $13,700 from 1971.
The mill rates established for
each municipality in 1972 for
Separate School support follow
with the corresponding rates for
1971 in brackets:
Clinton 29.65 (30.96); Exeter
20.59 (19.59); Goderich 2'7.97
(22.97); Seaforth 26.13 (27.09);
Wingham 28.72 X21.72) Hayfield
24 (19); Hensall 22.14 (17.14);
Zurich 27.89 (22.89); Ashfield
23.50 (18.50); Colborne 23.21
(24.16); Goderich TownshiR19.41
(19.34); Grey 22.72 (21.72); Ray •
27.45(22.45); Howick 15.00 (20.);
(Continued on Page 3)
Set plans
for August
flower show •
An overflow crowd attended
a meeting of the Seaforth Hort-
icultural Society in the pouncil
chambers Wednesday evening:
During the meeting a report
of District #8 held in Hanover
was given by Mrs: Wm. Scott
of Brucefield. She said Frank
Stohe, Simcoe spoke on the cul-
ture of dahlias, and, showed slides.
of his garden where he has 700
named varieties of dahlias. He
welcomed all visitors when dah-
lias are in bloom.
A demonstration on propaga-
tion of plants was carried out
by br. Roger Whitman,Mrs.
Mary Haugh, Mrs, Regale and•
H. Huisser. Mrs. -Sandy Doig
gave an interesting talk on cul-
ture and tare of roses.
Lists for a' flower show, to
be held in mid-August are being
prepared under six classes: An-
nuals; Perennials; Roses; Potted
plants; Arrangements; Class for
Juniors. The meeting was• told
that further information concern-
ing the lists could be had from
the officers or from Mrs. V.
Newnham or Rev. P. Packinan
of Brucefield.
More than 400 members of the congregation and friends
crowded the new Brucefield United Church Sunday afternoon
for special services marking the laying of an old and a new
cornerstone. The Minister, Rev. Paul M. Packman, was
assisted by Rev. Frederick M. Faist, of Stratford, chairman
of Huron-Perth Presbytery and Rev, E. Donald Stuart of Exeter,
a former minister. The choir with Mrs. Fred McGregor as
organist, was assisted by Mrs. Hetherington's choir of Goderich.
Following the service lunch was served by the ladies of the
congregation. In the upper picture the new stone is being laid
by Mr. Feast (right) assisted by Mr. Packman and Elgin
Thompson, clerk of session(leIt). Mr. Stuart lays• the old
stone recovered following the fire which destroyed the former
,church. He is assisted by the contractor W. Rhiel and Ross
Scott (right)-ehairman of the !building cOmrnittee4Siaff Photos)
tance to the individual member
and the opposition and to make
possible more meaningful con-
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