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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1972-07-13, Page 10Three recommendations were made by Huron County ih the brief it presented recently te the House of Commons Stand- ing Committee bii"Transport and Communications when it held hearings in Stratford. Officially, the hearings were held to hear Information on the results of the withdrawal of rail- way service from westernOntar- io in 1970. The county, however, used the hearing to try to get across to the federal and provinc- ial governments the concern of people in Huron about poor trans- portation. The County asked the comm it- tee to (1) discuss with the prov- , ince of Ontario the provision of a new rapid road system to reduce the "Time of travel",to metro- politan areas. (2) provide a rapid rail or bus service and freight between Huron County and large metropolitan areas. (3) discuss with the province the 'study of all transportation within Huron County. This study would include the relationship betteen road, rail, water and air facilities. The report noted that Hurori now has no rail passpnger ser- vice, only inadequate single lane highways to' Metropolitan areas and no, air or water passenger service. Disdussing rail passenger ser- vice, the brief stated "No mat- ter what the economics of the service dictated it is apparent ,that while parts of this country have had servi"es increased, ours has suffered in the trans- ition. The roads were adequate at one time, therefore as the, rail passenger service deteriorated the people turned more and more to the use of the highways by automobiles. Thus as highway traffic multiplied and rail pas- senger service was withdrawn, the 'time of travel' is greater& this • puts Huron at a disadvantage when competing with other areas for industries and tourists. ,,The cost of transportation has in- creased," the brief noted," but also the requirements for trans- portation have increased in all areas and especially in Huron County. Our location requires a speedy means of entry and exit Keep your papers safe Air Conditioners SPELL SUMMER COMinl SPECIAL SALE ON GSW Air Conditioner ,ThiS model is designed specifiCally ,for rooms up to 250 sq. ft., such as. a bedroom .. . provides .perfect sleeping conditions during the hottest weather„ Comes-equipped with the following features: • Single speed cooling • Washable,air filter . • • Strong steel construction • No drip dehumidification • Easy installation kit Voccl 250 WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER as low as $169. installed TODAY'ScHIL.D.. L EN ALLEN VACATIONAIALUEDIEED CARS ,1970 Marquis, 2-dr., Hi.; 8, PS:.; , , 11970 :1/2-Ton, Chevrolet, 23,0.00 miles _ 1970 Chev., 6, AT., Sedan 1969 Fairlane 500, 2-dr., HT., 8, AT. 1969 Buick, 8; AT., ,PB. 1968 Volkswagen, Radio 1968 Plymouth Fury, 2-41r., HT 7 , 8, auto. 1968 Pontiac Sedan, 8-cyl. auto. - 1968,Rambler Sedan, 8, 'auto. 1967 Olds:, Sedan, 8', Auto., PS., PB. 1967 Biscayne, 4-dr. Sedan,' EPcyl.ii auto. Qth Cirt CAM"LinGt-E1' jan__. SALE G09446. SERVI - Phime, S21-1150 SEAPORTit Lot Open Evenings 'to 9 pan. .• : a; ; a. The ttron (fxpositur r• o‘I E ID p The Audit Bureau of Circulations is a Self-regulatory associa- tion of over 4,000 'advertisers, advertising agencies, and pub- lishers, and Is recognized as a bureau of standards for `the' A print media,Industry. u L A 0 Hulled Township Coencil held ita July Meeting in the Lon- desbaro Community Hall onJuly :3 with ReeVe Hugh Flynn and 'all councillors present. Rev. S. MacDonald and R. Shaddick were present from Londesboro Church to ask about the Parking situation in front of the church. Council named Reeve Hugh Flynn to he in charge of painting the centre line and angle parking Ms on the church hill. A financial summary as re- quired under Sec. 22am.A., show- ed current bank loans at $30,000 for 1972. Tax collections amount to $91,000 or 35 percent of the Your insurancecontractS, sales agreements, mortgage, stocks and other certificates — keep them safe where' no one but you have access to them. Put them and other valuables like. jewellery, too, in your own safety depdsit box in the locked vaults. of Victoria and Grey Trust Company, .Convenient, accessible to you, safe as forged steel ;and reinforced conorete can make them, 'Victoria and Grey safety deposit' boxes cost you as little..as$5. a year. Get yours now! VICTORIA., M GR TRUST COMPANY Srls1pS' patient in Seaforth ComInunit} Hospital having undergone sur- gery on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. David Leader, Hensall, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gardiner. Owen Brooks of Brampton is holidaying with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Hocking. Sunday visitors with Mrs. Grace Scott were Mr. and Mrs. Ivan McClymont of Varna, and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Russell. Miss, Frances Scott, London is holidaying with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Scott. Mrs. Black 'of Woodville is a guest at the home of Mr. and "Mrs. T. L. Scott and Mrs. Es- ther Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wadd- ell and family of Guelph spent Last week holidaying with. Mrs. Waddell's parents, Mr. and Mrs., Roy McCulloch. Traviss and Gavin Lamond of Toronto, are holidaying with their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Mac Lamond. Mrs. J. R. Jefferson visited don and deCreasing air pollu- tion. It sayS a fast highway sys- tem into the county would cut truck-hauling time by one third, Earth: total levy for the year. There is no outstanding 1971 loan. ,Building permits were issued to the following: Murray Lyon, J. Harrison, Jas. Howatt, Dykstra, Keith Tyndall, Tony sFidom, W. Cunningham, IX- Buf- finga, Harvey Hoggart, R. Flow- er S. Council agreed to make a grant to Londesboro Hall Board equal to the amount of Drainage Assessment against Community' Hall on the Londesboro Drain. Accounts paid included; Ed- ucation, $825.00; Drains, $1914.22; General, $2526.13; Roads, $7001.02. for our industries, our citizens and our visitors. "For our industries to corn ete in the large market areas of the world, we must have rapicitranS- portation of the raw materials to these industries and rapid trans- portation of the finished produce to world markets. "We cannot expect to compete until the "time of travel" for , nmstnryej 1 n • Ltackno Be Pc171. Alberl 0,,,. e • Ira-, Chnktin Lrsaa oomph U a superhighway to serve Huron County ever is built, one of the most logical 'routes would pass just-outside Blyth. The possibility of a major new highway into Huron to serve the area and provide access to Lake Huron for residents of central Ontario in the Kitchener- waterloo-Guelph area has lieen under discussion for several years. From time to time rumours have even spread through the county ,the provincial govern- ment has begun to survey a cer- tain area or has started assembling land. In Mach case, however, it's been wishful thinking on th part of the local residents. So far the province has shown little interest in building a road- way into the area. Huron County officials are now actively engaged in trying to persuade the govern- ment that such a highway is need- ed if Huron is to have a chance to compete for tourists and in-, dustry with other .parts of the proVince. They, point out that time of travel to metropolitan areas it too long. The route some county off- icials are rumoured to faVOur would roughly follow Coulity Road 25 from D'Unlop, just north of God- erich on Highway 21 past Auburn and Blyth and Walton, through.- Perth and into Waterloo County' where it would link up with the new multi-lane highway •at New Hamburg. This would then link with Highway 401' after skirting these. goods is cut to the' point where we can enter the market with a product whose costs are competitive and 'not penalized by the high rate of transporta- tion." The brief also claiths indus-trial and commercial represent- atives who have to travel -to major metropolitan areas fre- quently, lose too much time In Mount forest Kitchener. The idea has merit both, geo- graphically and politically. For one thing a quick look at a map shows' that the present highways which approximate the route lobe followed, pass through few urban centres. In fact, the road even in its present condition Is a fav- ourite with, knowledgable drivers seeking a quick route 'from this part of the country to Highway. 401. yet despite the fact it goes through no large centres, it is within 10 or 15 minutes driving ef_most towns in Huron and Perth. At Monkton, for in- stance, it is 12 miles from Lis- towel and 11 miles from Mitchell along highway 23. Here at Blyth it is 11.miles ;from Clinton and 11 miles from v./Ingham. The actual. distance covered by the highway is also the short- est possible distance to be cover ed to link the lakeshore with Highway 401, shorter in miles than either highway 86 or h*h- way 8. It -would cause the least dis-. 'ruption in the areas through wh- ich it passes because the highway right of way is already set out in most areas, and would only ,need to be expanded. The route may also be pol- itically the best. If Highway 8 fbr instance,, was chosen as the route. superhighway, M it - chell, Seaforth, Clinton and God- erich would be happy but Listowel Wingharn, LucknoW and Kincar- dine would be angry because they would be put' at a disadvan- • 'triage. a, Highway 86 were ch •" en, the opposite would be •the case. (Blyth Standard) Mrs. Norman Harburn pre- sided for the June meeting of the Marian Ritchie Evening Aux- iliary. The assistant secretary Mrs. Carter Kerslake gave the secretary's report and called the roll which was answered by ten members giving a current event from 'the Glad Tidings or the Record. Mrs. Gerald Carey led in prayer. The scripture, taken from 1st Corinthians Chapter 13, was read lay Mrs. Beverly Taylor. Mrs. Lorne Elliott gave a report of the Synodical meeting which she attended in Ha.millen. The Study Book on- Africa was taken by Mrs. John Templeman and Mrh. John Miller assisted by. Mrs. Eldon Allen and Mrs. Robert Laing. The meeting clos- ed with the Lord's Prayer. Grade eight students Who 'hit- ended the graduation banquet in Upper ' Thenies' tienietitary School were: Bonnie MePlsall, Maurice Ruston, • Beth Ridley, Kathy Douglas, Margaret Laing. Miss Brenda Gardiner i8 .9. olhowev.er, it is the only method for many of Huron County's cit- izens. One the present highways•it Is slowed down by trucks and by the large number of small towns and villages it must pass through. Again the answer for the car iss a rapid provincial through high- way." A small commuter air ser- vice, probably as an 'Air Canada feeder line would solve many travel problems experienced by business and professional men. .On a survey conducted last mintie4 neer by Huron Comity, a quest- ionnaire was Circulated to 67 ha oil Sunday with Mr. wand ,Mrs. Sam Jefferson-of Gab-Heti. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Routly, of Elimville visited on Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. K. McKellar. 'The Women's Missional_ 4 SoCiety" of Cromarty church met • in the S.S room of the church with children from the Explor- ers and C.O.C. a,s guests,, Mrs. M. Lamond presided and opened the meeting with a poem, The scripture lesson was read by Pamela Wallace, Ruth Templeman, and Betty Anne " Miller, which was followed with a—reading by all the boys and girlS reading alternately; and prayer in'unisoq. The roll call was answered by each member, naming a tree mentioned in the Bible. A Bible If quizz on “Treeis mentioned in the , Bible" was', ',conducted" Miss Olive Speare. Lunch was served by the committee in, charge, Mrs. C. Douglas;' and Mrs. John Wallace. 1- 10-,..THE HURON ExpipsITO SEAFoRTH, ONT.. JUI,Y 13. 1972 Hull 0 ids parking County brief calls for new look at transportation fore provide a large secondary Industry for our agricultgrallY - orientated people." The report says that the lack of major secondary industry for- cats young people to leave Huron and go to cities if -they ,want to work Is a non-agricultural Ind- ustry. SEAFORTH MONUMENT WORKS All Types of, CEMETERY MEMORIALS OPEN DAILY T. PRYDE & SiON Inquiries are invited — Telephone Numbers: EXETER 235.0620 CLINTON 482-9421 SEAFORTH: Contact Willis Oundas Or Bill Pinder 527.1382 — Bus. 527.1750 TWQ..1,40e,Rtion: AEAFORTH___ Sh!PDA ,dt(t Vr .Duninp tderich metrees4a,4"°` Wing ham Walkerton s^a4 I I Ne,!st4 I res.!' • - • ' tt.4414, • 4eaforth • ,,,1114V ts Grp . • " 11119 1st` • ,..,-..,rdiTterloo "patha A ttlitett-eaor Ne. 1,4,7 • Harting.] .stratford 4 to man .6•,„ Kitche et tl .•• travel because et the poor trans- portation system. Slow transportation also makes it hard .to attract tourists into Huron, the brie' says. ""We need highways that KO north and (South and east and west In this Via" it says. "The 'product of "OW trgusportation would OS the dp ye. eloinuent of tourist resorts, in this part of the country and there. Varner promo, • •CO, tenon '''' riopew,lle • 4 114.31 Atelancl n Darnau 'Glen lain C" Orangeville Doss AN ,sine bu, gn :,moon, we V"' • Watarm • • • Shenuon nelo fly. At of Guelph of 'was Tatra • • ' • ' , . Manalialc) Nora Fraten I • ''' • vklei..hof • Moll all° tn'" toUntlri A. Chtliennam ." Glen 7,, R. amp i eargeto X :75'i ,V0 "I. CaleJon [AIM rear id to • Ingle 1o,!tfc A' Tot Suggest highway through • Walton A study of the possibility of setting up a water transporta- tion system from Lake St. Clair to Toberiaery is suggested. The brief notes that this would nec- essitate the construction of many., additional ,dockinglacilitiesaiongg the and expansion of pres- ent facilities, but that the lake- business establishments, of these shore would benefit not • only 64 per cent said they would use through stopovers of tourist the service. Further questioning carrying boats, but also priv- revelaect• there were about 800 ately-owned craft so that all passenger trip's per year for , classes of travelling visitors \ these:- businesses, not countine could be encouraged:te call., trips taken by the general public. The Commons committe was The report 'called for federal and asked to hold freight rates in the provincial co-operation to pro- area because, it was pointed out, vide airport facilities In Huron. the cost of'raw materials and the It also said that use of the air time it takes to enter this county service for freight as well as can greatly influence the est- •-passengers would help the airline abli'shnlent of business in the pay its way and help take some area. of the trucks off the highways, The brief states that people in , relieving conjestion. the area do not presently use bus In reviewing water transport- service because it is too slow. ation of freight, the report noted If there--was-better—service, the that so far only industries ex- report predicts, more people porting grain and salt have made would use the service and' this' wide use of water transport, would take cars off the highWays, but predicted that, if Goderich # thus improving road transporta- was supplied with facilities' for container and 'heavy equipment shipping, it would become a much more important port." The brief concluded by stet- allowing faster, cheaper service. ing that Huron' needs subsidized "The automplaile is not the passenger systems just as trans- true answerfor passenger trans- • poratibn in other parts of the ,portation to the metropolitan ar- country have been subsidized. eas," the report goes on to say. NEWS OF CROMARTY memo to advertisers WHERE No -problem here-4e can lel! you exactly where. each copy of ihis,paper is purchaied; And our.ABC audit' ,report assures .this paid circulation is all wool and a yard-wide. . No need.to wonder about the full Meastire we premise. But, if you do, just ask for proof, verified by the Audit Bureau of .Circulationt. LOVES HIS,131ICE, „ bavid is nine. An engaging-tooldng boy With larOwn eyes, brown hair and medium complegion. His background is Angle- Saxon. This youngster's .health is good but he*,is 'small for his age, which 'is beginning to worry hip. Circumstances in his life have contributed to -a lack' of self-confidence,, and the recent disCovery that he, has a perceptual .handicap seemed to be ant' added. blow. However, a dorrective program is, being recommended which ',should help David in handling his school work and thus help his self-esteem. David enjoys' riding, his bike and fie loves working with his hands: In this area he feels competent and he tackles mech- anical things with enthusiasm. He is fascinated by 'anything to do with aircraft small engge model planes, real planes in (the sky and on the ground. iN has never seen a large air- port and is looking forward to a promised visit to a really big one where he can watch the jets. Basinally, David is a friendly, trusting, affectionate, child, curious and interested in things arid With a good sense of humor. He needs a family who will love him for himself and value him for his Many assets. Warm, mature, understand- ing parents will find him a rewarding son. 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