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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1972-07-27, Page 1toll r Part of the.large crowd that watchedepeningcerenionies at the Optimist Park Saturday evening when the new flood lights were officially turned on. (Staff ,Photo) Champion Beaver hockey players proved they were at much at home in a ball park tus ori.thitleto when they defeated the Optimists Saturday night. 4.) Whole No. 5446 lffth Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1972 — 12 PAGES $001# coofoo 'PP ..90)4eg. • 48.0P4 TOP:. 4 „ uptimist pork ceremony marks • recreational :project, completion Work and planning whichSea- forth Optimists had contributed over 'many.; months toward , the development . of Optimists Park was rewarded Saturday night ,when a large crowd was on hand to see the flood light installation officially turned on. The opening ceremonies were preceded by a parade of decor- ated cars and floats arid led by the Clinton Legion Pipe Band. 'Optimist Past President Ken Coleman, in the absence of Presi- dent 'Ken Campbell, introduced Park Chairman Bill Teal!. Mr. 'Teen, after indicating the events which led to the club's decision-to reactivate Recrea- tion Park, introduced Mayor F. Sills, Deputy Reeve Wilmer • Cuthill and Councillor Betty Cardno, the town's represent- • atives on the Recreation Com- mittee. Mayor Sills in congratulating the Club on its 'initiative, re- called the long 'history of He- w creation Park which had been • .the 'site 'of many games 1 nwhich • famous Seaforth teams-had par- ticipated more than 75 years ago. Optimists settled on the re- habilitation of Recreation Park . as a project more than a year ago and since then have been studying steps to take. Decision to install flood lights was announced in April. The arrangement agreed on provided for a six pole installation carry- ing 14 lights., The pbles are arranged in such a way as to perthit installation of additional lighting at a future . time to provide a lighted soccer field. The' installation was rtf Exploring the wonders of Seaforth 'Community Hospital . this young couple 'travels in style with the co-operation of nurse Mrs. Rod Doig and• make use of a handy invalid chair. (Other pictures on page 4) (Staff Photo) out by G. A. Sills & Sons for the complete installation. The tender of $14,000 was subject 'to deductions to reflect the .• Regional government inevitable Perth councillors are told to prepare Seaforth merchants plan side walk sale event gaind to Seaferth shoppers over the three day sale. The street will remain open to traffic and parking so •shop- pers will have easier 'access to their cars and to the Stores themselves, Full ' details of this annual sale event will appear in next week's issue of the Expositor. There will be five planning areas in the province in the future and Southwestern Ontario will be in the southern ,and western plan- ning area, the region west of the Toronto-centred planning area. a Regional government is in, evitable and municipal govern- ment people might as well be prepared. Prof. John Horton of the. University of Waterloo to school of urban and regional planning, and Walter Gowing, executive director of the Mid- western Development Council, ••\which represents Perth, Huron, Waterloo and Wellington coun- ties delivered that message to Perth County Council, Tuesday • in"Stratford. "You are going to have re- gional government whether you want it . or not," said prof. Horton,. He and Mr. Gowing gave county Councillors their thoughts on the implications of a policy . statement last month by Pro- vincial Treasurer party Mc- Keough which called for regional government by 1975. think that it is quite clear.. that what McKeough had to say in Toronto in June was the most important statement by a minister in his position in decades." ",Whether you and I agree, or not, Hie province is going to introduce this (regional) development .plan for this and other areas." he said. In an effort to determine the • opinion of component Municipal!, ties council decided to submit a five part questionnaire. ' The questions are; First, does the municipality , favor the cotility of Perth - in- cluding Stratford-St. M.arys - remaining a separate entity? IA Second, does it want repre- sentation by population or by assessment? Third, what population does it feel is adequate for a local tier of government in a system of two-tiered government-local and regional? Fourth, what services and functions should the two tiers -perform? - Fifth, with what municipality, if any, would it favor amalga- mating? Prof. Berton told councillors there are more than 900 local governments today but the. pro- Vince wants the number pared to 400-plus. Mr. Gowing had urged county council to be ready for the prov- ince by making a "preliminary study" of the provincial treasurer's 51 page report and Prof. Horton warned that the con- cept' of a county boundary itself "is nothing you can accept as inviolate." Named to' TD bank position John Snushall,-who has been assistant manager of the Toronto Dominion Bank here for two years,. has been transferred to the Bethany (Ont.) branch of the bank as Manager. He is succeeded in the posi- tion by Kurt Wiederl who comes here from Peterborough. amount of donated labor and equipment according to Mr. Teall. All wiring is underground with- - a service being installed at the • North West corner of the field. Future plans include the erection of a building to house dressing rooms and other facilities 1n this area. To .conclude the opening ceremonies, Councillor.Cardno and Deputy Reeve Cuthill threw balls across the plate. This was followed by a game between the Beaver Hockey team and the It was 38 years ago last week when Doug Ennis opened for bus- iness in Walton. This week the mess in Walton. This week he will ring up his last sale and he, and Mrs. Ennis will move to retirement to Seaforth. The Ennis store has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. John Bren- nan of Kitchener. The store will be closed next Monday for stock taking and on the next day, August 1st the Brennans take over. Conditions on July 17th, 1938 when Mr. and. Mrs. Ennis first opened their doors were different than now. Just how different is emphasized by a letter Mr. Ennis found in his files and which he had sent out announ- cing that he was going into bus- iness. Addressed to Dear Neighbour the letter read: "These are days of depress—, ion - days when a man must find work or go on relief. I have,' therefore, decided to open a General store in waltpn. The old adage says "Every man to his trade" i served my apprentice of six years with the late W. G. Neal and with the late J. W. Arnie. I aim con- late J. W. Bernie. I am con- fident I know ,the store trade of the Walton community. The same' consideration and courtesy that made Neal's store popular will be extended to all customers. I purpose handling goods of" • Name new • engineer George 'enfold, 27 has been appointed Agricultural Engineer for Huron County. He succeeds Jim Arnold who transferred to Kemptville College of Agricul- tural Technology' in May. The appointment Was effictive July 1Q. A native of the London area, where his family have a cash c rop farming operation, he graduated in 1968 from the UniVersity of Guelph where he majored in Water Resources, Management and Civil Engineering. He join- ed the Extension Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food in Wellington dOunty at Guelplrand in 1989, transferred to the Grey County office of the department. During the past year, he 'and Mrs. Penfold toured Europe and North Africa. His wife is a graduate in Home Economics from the University of Guelph and both are active in sports, especially sailing and skiing. the best quality, at the lowest prices consistent with honest business. Business will be transacted on a cost basis thus assuring a minimum cost to the purchaser. I solicit your patronage. A visit to the store will convince you that my aim is service and satisfaction." and it was signed D. Ennis. That objectives of service and satisfaction were met as indicated by the 38 years during which Mr. and Mrs. Ennis served the community. Mr. and Mrs. Brennan and their three children expect to' move 'to Walton over the week- end. .Mr. Brennan was form- erly with the Schneider firm In Kitchener. (See picture on page 10), Seaforth has picnic in Goderich park , Seaforth Women's Institue held an enjoyable picnic on Sun- day at Harbor Park, Goderich. Convened by Mrs. James Keys' and Mrs. Lorne Lawson, the sports program was followed by a smorgasbord lunch. Winners of various events included; Mystery parcel (ladies) Helen Connell: Mystery parcel (gents) Gordon People: Mystery can, Cathy Coleman, number jelly beans in jar,- Harold Connell, Drop ball in jar, Brenda Coleman, Break Balloon, Gordon Papple, Waist measurement , Eva Mc- Cartney and Annie Engel, Balloon relay, Jack MacLean's team, special novelty prize's, Mrs. Mabel Hudson, Mrs. John Mc- Gregor, Mrs. Ivy Butt, Miss Fairy McCloy, Running races, pre-school, Bryan Coleman, '7 and under, Patty Coleman and David. MacLean, tied: 12 and under, Cathy Coleman, Brenda Coleman. - Acknowledge gifts to Lions Park fund Winner Winner of the 15th weekly draw for $25, in the Lions Car Club II was Larry Maxwell, Seaforth. Tuckersmith accepts tender for new .truck Tucker smith Township Council at the July session accep- ted the tender of Rowcliffe Motors for the purchase of a half ton truck for the township at a cost of $2,546.25 and 'the trade-in value on the old truck. It was the lowest of three tenders. A request for additional hose Air the Brucefield firs truck was approved. Council accepted the petition for repair and improvement to the Clark Municipal Drain. This petition will be forwarded to • the Ausable-Bayfield Conser- vation Authority for approval. Four tile drain loans for $7500 were approved. Permission .yvas granted to the Miran County Plowmang-ASSoC- • iation to sell tickets in the town- ship for a draw to be held Aug- ust 29. Road..accounts totalling $13,286.42 were approVed. Carried Seaforth merchants are 'plan- ning to repeat lastyear's popular Sidewalk Festival Sales event. The Sidewalk ' Sale is scheduled-,for next. Week. end,. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 3, 4 and 5th. Merchants will be co-operat- ing by moving merchandise onto the sidewalks and offering bar- Optimists which the Beay.ersvon 17 - 14. Playing for the Beavers were Jack McLlwain, Ray Anstett, Bob Beuttenmilleri Ed. Dolmage, Ken Doig, George Reeves, Murray Henderson, Jim Montgomery, Allan Carter, Ron Driscoll and ' Jim Sills. . Playing for ""the Optimists were Ken. Coleman, Ken Cardno, Ken Coombs, KeithmacLean,Les Habkirk, Harry Johnston, Ken Wright, Alf. Ross, Bob Read, Lloyd Eisler, Jack Price, Gord McKenzie and Bill Teall. In business 38 years Walton merchant retires • Additional gifts to the Lions 'Park maintenance fund include the following: Emile Iszacovics $5.00; Hugh Thompson $5.00; Habkirk Transit Service $25.00; . Marie McGavin $5.00; Peter Sim- pson $3.00; Janet A.cluff$10.00 . Scott Cluff $10.00; Gordon People $5.00; Glen Smith $5.00; John Lansink $5.00; Ceremonies in connection with the 'official opening of the flood lighted Optimist Park on south main street took place Saturday night. 'Among those taking part were Bill Teall,eComm- ittee Chairman, Mayor F.C,J, Sills, Optimist. Past President, Ken.Coleman, Deputy reeve Wilmer Cuthill and councilor Betty Cardno. This is' a small scale plan, of the Optimists bark as it is now. Gail Doig, ,of Seaforth made the model for the Optimists. As new facilities, such as the lights, are added they will ,be in- cluded in the model. Saving-their strength for the ball game which followed opening ceremonies at Optimist Park Saturday night, Optimist Club members rode to the event in style. (Staff Photo)