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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1972-09-14, Page 1Saturday afternoon the Heritage Foundation presented the Van Egmond committee a cheque for $7,000.00. A further donation of the same amount will follow if the committee raises $7,000.00 through public donations. • Shown on the porch of the Van Egmond home during the ceremony are left to right - Mrs. John Baker, sec., Rev. J. C. Britton, Mr. ,Nick Hill, -Mr. John Segeren, Mr. James Doig, and Mrs. J. R. Spital. McKillop will vote on liquor McKillop residents will vote on the sale of liquor in the Town- ship , when they go to the polls at the December 4th municipal elections. Voters will be asked; - Are you in favour ,of the sale of • liquor under a dining lounge license for consumption on licensed premises with food available? - Are you in favour of the sale of liquor under a lounge license for consumption on licensed preinises?' The Liquor License Board of Ontario has approved the, vote. In 1962 a vote on the sale of beer was rejected, but on June 3 0 ,1965, the ratepayers approved the sale of beer with a vote 74.04 per' cent for men's bever- age rooms (348 voted for and 122 voted against) and 74.34 per cent for women's beverage rooms (348 voted for and 119 opposed). In other business the town-. ship.tabled a resolution from the Town of Clinton seeking an investigation of the administra- tion of justice in Huron County by the office of the Attorney General- of Ontario. Council members did not feel that they were involved as much as a town council would be. A tile drain loan for $3,400 was, approved. Passed for payment were gen- • oral accounts of $6,280.71 and road accounts of $2,341.21. ' Mr. and Mrs. James Carnochan of R.R.#4, Seaforth celebrated their 50th Anniversary. (Staff Photo) Mr, Mrs James Carnochan are married 50 years Mrs. Ina Scoins fills in information from Donald. Horne, Monday evening at the Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic at Northside United Church. Red Cross 'officials in expressing appreciation to all who had participated, said the Clinic had been most successful. There were 118 donere. (stall Photo) 40 0 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAt, SEPTEMBER 7, 1972 —16 PAGES Wilde No. 5153 113th Year stiVe C sets $0.00 A To4r InAgraice ti Heritage Foundation aids VonEgnioncl.- Home project do a • Council obtains ruling on police overtime pay vice chairman, Stephen Murray, sec. treas. Graham Craig, No. 1 poll, Ronald Murray, Matt Murray, No; 2 poll, Larry Wh- eatly, Don McKercher, Ross Gor- don, Joe DeGroot, No. 3 poll, Stephen Murray, Jack Horan, No. 4 poll, Oliver Pryce, McGavin. they were, attended by her sister the late 'Ethel Wankel and by the groom's brother, ..the late ,Robt. Carnochan the bride and groom moved to the farm in Tuckersmith where they have continued to reside. • Mr. and Mrs. Carnochan have three sons, James Jr., of Winn- ipeg and Kenneth of Tuckers,mith, and John, of Seaforth. A-fourth child died a number of .years ago. There are 12 grandchildren. The anniversary occasion was marked by family gatherings dur- ing the past two weeks. Both the $500 option to buy and $14,000 purchaae price was raised through bank loans. Restoration costs of the brick structure, built in 184 7 by Con- stant Van Egmond, 'son of Col. Anthony Van Egmond, have been estimated ,by the Heritage Foun- dation following a study 'of the house about a year ago, at $21,470. This would provide for restoration work to be carried out over a period of time. One condition in the second grant from the Ontario Heritage Foundation is that they approve the local organization's plans to restore the structure. Van Egmond Foundation chairman James Doig, was in,. charge of the proceedings and introdUced members of the Foun- dation Board. They are Mrs. John Baker, sec. treas., J. R. Spittal, Rev. J. C. Britton, Nick Hill, Dr..•Roger Whitman, Ar- nold Stinnissen, John Segeren,. Mrs. J . R Spittal and Mrs. John Following the ceremony when McKillop Liberals meet, name association officers M. E. Howard, Director of Employment Standards Branch of the Department of Labour was present at the Seaforth Council meeting, Monday night to discuss and resolve the question of over- time pay as it applied to the Sea- forth Police department. Mr. Howard said that • ,„ t. Elizabeth (Beth) Roney, daughter of Mr. and MrS.Earl • Roney, Dublin, received notice of her registration. A former pupil of Hibbert #1 and Mit- chell High School, she gradu- ated from .Wingham District Hospital and is employed at Strafford General Hospital. Hon. Chas. McNaughton, Huron MPP who ate01507 came Provincial Trea- surer replacing Darcy Mc- Keogh following his resignation from the cabinet. He has been serving as chairman of the Management Beard and will continue in that position. overtime rates apply only to hours worked and not to stand- by time. A complaint had been filed with the department and officials from . the department previously had informed council that standby time would be con- sidered as overtime. This according to Mr. Howard was not right and he had appear- :.ecl before council to clear up the matter. Council members inquired if hours of work could be aver- aged _over a two week or four week period. Mr. Howard said, that it could be done but would have to be agreed upon by both the Police committee and members of the force. If either party disagreed then the weekly basis of 48hours would have to be continued. He also stated that V' the duty rosters that were missing turned up, council would have to make a settlement for the last two years. Mayor Sills thanked..-Mr. Howard for clarifying these points. Cciuncil, after their August meeting, had apprdached theSea-' forth Planning Board regarding a request by Miss Doris King for a permit to install a trail- er home on a lot owned by her. The board pointed out that the square- footage of the pro- posed trailer,' fell short of the minimum requirements of the town's by-law. The Board suggested that the town give consideration to the es- tablishment , of a trailer park properly, planned and serviced. Councillors Betty Cardno, George Hildebrand and Deputy- Reeve Wilmer Cuthill were appointed by council to meet with the planning board to discuss a possible site and plans for such a venture. A delegation from Seaforth Co-op of Gordon Elliott, Donald McKercher and Oliver Pryce were present _to ask council for approval to enlarge facilities at their plant. Because they wished to build as close to the property line as possible and in view pf requirements of the town zoning by-law it was suggested they get a letter, Of approval, from the, owner of the neighbouring property, Frank }.ling, and then collect' would consider the matt- er. Council agreed to pay the five percent hold back to Maloney Bros. in Seaforth Drainage Works number' one as the engineers had stated the work had been completed to tbeir satisfaction. Word was received that app- roval had been received an the Industrial Perk- by=law. The' engineering firm 'of James F. McLaren informed council that wheivthe lagoon and pumping station were completed that the..rest of the properties on Market St. could be hooked up to the sewer line. A resolution by the Town of Clinton requesting that the Att- orney General be asked to in- vestigate the administration of justice in Huron County was app- roved by council. Councillor. Betty Cardno, chairman of the Finance and General Government committee of council recommended a num,, ber of small repair jobsto public buildings that should be carried out • by the works department staff. She. also recommended. that a mercury vapor -light be installed in from of 38 Church 'Street by the -P.U.C. to replace one damaged by lightning. She also suggested that a ratepayers meeting be held on . Thursday, Nov. 9, the first day of municipal nominations so el- ectors could be informed 'of changes In the act. Clerk Williams stated he was preparing sections of • the act for publication to help in this regard. Council approved. Councillor Dave Tremeer in- formed council that a contract had been let to Ball Macaulay Ltd. to install 148 sheets of new steel and strapping at the arena at a cost of $2,379. The old steel being removed is to be sold by council to W. C. BroWn for 85¢ a sheet. Councillor Tremeer also in- formed council that the pipes between the arena and curling rink had been insulated and that the cost was onsiderably lower than firs ght. Final figures were not in et but overall cost should be under $300. Estimates ran as high as $700. when dis- cussions had been held previous- ly. It was also recommended that George Richardson be approach- ed to run the ice machine at the arena at last year's salary if he was agreeable. Councillor William Pinder, for the protection of persons and property, committee, asked for permission to purchase a new Johnston walkie talkie at a price of $602.12 and also a second battery pack for the unit. Per- mission was granted by council. Councillor R. S. McDonald reporting for public works, said the dump area had been bull- dozed at a cost of approximately $1,000. Work had been com- pleted on the new sidewalk on Goderich Street. Winner Winner of the 24th weekly draw for $25. in the Lions Car • Club 11 was James Watson Jr., Seaforth. Formal participation of the Ontario Heritage - 'Foundation in the establishing of the Van Ege mond residence as an historical site took place Saturday after- Press demands . 'for' larger' toll areas Hope was expressed Thurs- day night that the fight to-gain a larger toll free calling area for telephone subscribers in the northern part of Huron County may not yet be'lost. Doug. Fortune a member of the Huron Federation of AgriculT ture's telephone committee re- ported to a directors meeting of the HFA in Clinton Thurs- day night that attempts are being made to get representatives from Bell Canada, Maitland Teleser- vices Ltd. and Wightman 'Tele- phone. Company .together te see just what costs would be incurr- ed in the larger toll-free areas. Mr. Fortune said, the telephone committee had met with Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. for Huron Bruce who had promised to do anything he could to set a meeting up and that JohnCunna ingham . from Bell Canada had agreed to seek a meeting of the three telephone coinpanies in- volved in the question. "It's beginning to look more hopeful," Mr. Fortune said. ,i.At least they're considering it." Mr. Cunningham had earlier told 'the OFA directors meeting in Toronto that government re, fusal to grant Bell the rate in- creases it had applied for would mean Bell could not afford in increase calling areas., In other business at the meet- ing, the directors approved a' resolution which' calls on the Opt- Axis' government to enforce the Warble Fly Control, Act and in- vestigate' improved methods of cOnabating warble flies which att- ack cattle and cause damage ,to beef Carcusses. Some townships no longer conduct the warble fly spraying programs and some dir- ectors blamed inspectors in other townships for not doing their job properly. • Zone meeting to elect Individ- ual Service Membership dir- ectors to OFA have been set for Oct. 23 at Brucefield for south- ern members and Oct. 25 at Belgrave'for northern members. T,he 'next meetingof 'the EPA will take the form of an all- party debate with representatives of parties running in' the Oct. 30 election to speak. Egmondville church to have 137th birthday One of the oldest churches in Huron CoUnty Egmondvflle United Church - is celebrating its 137 Anniversary next Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. The guest minister will be the well known preacher, writer, lecturer and radio personality, The Rev. Dr. George Goth, minister of Metro- politan TJnited Church, London, for the past 'twenty-five years. Dr. Goth is a .past president of the London Conference of the United:Church. The choir will be assisted by the soloist, Mrs. Gordon Beard of Mitchell. noon when Fred W. Wade,until • recently chairman of the Foun- dation, presented a cheque for 11,000 to Mrs. John Baker, secretary-treasurer of the Van •Egmond Foundation. The handing over cere- mony took •• place on the tree shaded lawn of the historic two storey brick'residence in Eg- rnondville overlooking the Hay- field River. The occasion marked the kick off of a fund raising campaign to raise additional funds with which to complete payment of the house and to carry out needed renovations and restoration work. The Heritage Foundation has promised that if their original grant can be matched through public donations a second $7,000 award willabe made to the local group. The home was purchased by the Van Egmond Foundation last spring from Mrs. Florence Smith of Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs. James Carno- chan have celebrated theira5Oth wedding anniversary at their hmne in Tuckersmith. They were married Sept. 6,' 1922 at the home of Mrs. Carno- chan's parents in Harpurhey by Rev. Capt. Edwards of Seaforth. Mrs. Carnochan was 'a dau- ghter of the late Mr. and Mrs. August wankel while the groom's varents were the- late Mr. and Mrs. ,i.a-rries Carnochan of Tuck- ersmith. McKillop Liberal meeting in the township hall Thursday even- ing reviewed with Huron Liberal candidate Charlie Thomas plans for the federal election, Jack Horan who presided at the "meeting was re-elected as township chairman. Others on the executive are: McCowan. Others who took part la the ceremony were Reeve Eight Thompson of Tuckersmith, Mayor Frank Sills of Seaforth, Robert E. McKinley, Huron MR,, Reeve John Flannery represent. ing the warden of Huron and A. Y. McLean who introduced Mr. Wade. , During the program Mr. Doig introduced members of the Van Egmond family, Miss Jane Canino who had written an essay on the Van Egmond home and Mrs. Charlie Thomas, repre- senting her husband at the cere- mony. Ironically, although Constant Van Egmond built the house and is acknowledged as the creator of Egmondville, his name' and achievements are almost com- pletely over-shadowed by the ex- ploits„of his father. After joining Napoleon's army at 18, Van Egmond took part in the • emperor's Moscow campaign, After Napoleon's defeat and escape later from Alba, the colonel fought against him 'at Waterloo. With little excitement left in Europe after the 1820's he em- igrated to Pennsylvania and fin- ally to Upper Canada, where he became involved with the Canada Company. After playing a major role in blazing a new road from Guelph to Goderich, Van Egmond built and operated a tavern four miles west of what is now Seaforth. (Continued on page 18) Slight decrease for HPSS At a meeting of the Huron- Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board in Sea- forth Monday, Jack Lane, Bus- iness Administrator, reported the Devon Park Residerits,Strat- ford, had signed and returned the agreement for the use Of the school Site as a playground for the children of the Devon Park area. Mr. Lane said the purchase would be completed within the next few days by the Board of the property at 208 Queen St., Stratford, from Mr. and Mrs. Donald Goodhew. John Arbiter, Superintendent of Education, reported a slight decrease in enrolment this year. In the ten schools In Huron the enrolment is 1619 and in the nine schools in Perth it is 1744, for a total of 3363, pupils com- pared to 3530 last year. The enrolment by schools is as follows with last year's in brackets: St. Patrick's, Dublin, 182 (178) St. Patrick's, Kinkora, 211 (215) Holy Name, St. Marys 190 (203) St. Mary's, 'lesson, • 118 (128) Immaculate Conception, Stratford, 163 (167) St. Michael's Stratford, 349 (329) St. Ambrose, Stratford, 151 (175) St. Joseph's Stratford, 141 (150) St, Aloysius,. Stratford, 239 (257) St. Joseph's Kingsbridge, 180 (197) St. Col- umban, R.R.2, Dublin, 111 (1119. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, R.R. 3, Dashwood, 254 (286), Ecole Ste. Marie, R.R.2, Zurich, 100 (105) 'St: Joseph's Clinton, 95 (74), Precious Blaod, .Exeter; 79 •(88) St. James, Seaforth; 205 (259), Sacred Heart, Wingham, 126 (121) St. Boniface, Zurich, 232 (236) St. Mary's, Ooderici u237 (244). Mr. Vintar announced there would be a three-day workshop ., held by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority at St. Michael's School in Stratford, commencing, Monday, September 18. He said it will be held in two phases. Phase 1 - 35 stu- dents eprolled at St. Michael's Senior School in Stratford will participate in three afternoon sessionk - Tuesday through Thursday. Phase 2 - Teach- ers and other participants -- 60 participants can be accommo- dated in three evening sessions -- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, or Monday, 'Tuesday and Thurs- day -- 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The primary purpose of the produc- tion workshop activities is to develop teachers' awareness and critical judgment of the televi- sion medium. It also provided them with experience in using TV equipment as a teaching and evaluative tool. The board granted a request fora C 0 R (Christ in Others retreat) weekend at St. Mich" eel's School in Stratford Odt.. ober 13, 14 and 15. ttliteph Tokar, Assistant Sup.. erintendetit of Education, repOrt. ed on a nrOfetialOata VIOVA01114 (Continued oh Viige -toy 4ik Fewer pupils attend school across Huron The number of pupils enrolled in elementary and secondary schools run by the Huron County board of education IA down by 258 students from last year's total. All but 28 af the pupils are from the country's elementary schools, board- statistics show. Total enrolment in the county's elementary and sec- ondary schools is 12,913, compared to, 13,171 last year. In the county's five secondary schools, registration was 4,581. School officials anticipate the number will increase slightly 'within a day or two. Total enrolment from elementary schools was 8,285. Last year elementary attendance totalled 8,519. There were 47 pupils en- rolled in schools' for the train- able retarded, compared to 43 last year. Secondary school enrolment with last year's figures in (Continued on Page 16)