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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1972-10-12, Page 1it 113th Year Whole No. 5457 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSD4.Y, OCTOBER 12,1672 16 Pages MAO POPieli SO 00ets. /040 A T•9114.40000 Seaforth council releases police report A source of some contention since it was received several Months ago, a "report of the Ontario Police Commission deal- ing with the Seaforth Police De- partment will be Made public. At its October meeting Tuesday evening, Seaforth Couecil agreed to have the report published, ex- 'eluding pertain references to personnel. Earlier council had decided not to release the report. John Sinnamon,, chairman of a citizens committee, which orig- inally had requested the council have the investigation, was present with several other members of the committee to see what had been carried out to impkiment the recommendation. Mr. Sinnamon mentioned he had been .approached by citizens asking what the, report contained • and he said it had been indicated to him * thit people, felt council was covering up something by not making the report available for publication. Mayor Sills said' he felt the report dealt mainly with the fact that the department had an out- dated filing system. -He could see no real benefits in having the report published as any citizen could, at any time the clerk's office was open, read the 'report in the, office. He felt that, if a ratepayer really was interested he could have access to the report in this way. Mr. Sinnamon suggested this was leaving the impression with a great many people that the police force' was no good and that something was being covered up. Having read the report • himself, he could see no reason why It could not be published leav- ing out personnel eeferences. A vote was taken and council agreed to haVe therenort nub- lished. Below is the report as pre- seated to The Expositor fpr pub- lication: ", Ontario police Commission May 24, 1972 Mr.R.P.Milligan,Q.C., Chairman, Ontario Police Commission. Re: Seaforth Town Huron county The Town of Seaforth is situated on #8 highway about 20 miles south-east of the Town of Goderich. Population 2,01'7; Assessment $2,439,660.00; Po- lice Budget $31,000.00; Actual Police Strength - 2; Authorized Police strength - 3; Auxiliary Constables - 3; Civilians - 1; (a radio dispatcher who oper- ates from his home 24 hours daily); Police per Capita Cost - $15.36; Police Population In- dex - 1,009, with 2. men, 672,' the Seaforth Police Force 'for eight years. (Appendix 2),) On March. 14, 1.972, Chief Maley published an order, forbidding Constables to work at other than police duties (Appendix 3). Con,- stable Ruston was observed drir ving a bus and Chief Haley charged him with an offence against the Code of Discipline. Constable Ruston became incensed and after abeatedargu- ment with the Chief and . some members of Councilt he resigned. The resignation was connter- signed-by the Chairman of the Police Committee, Mr. W.Pinder and three members of Council. The Council next held a meeting and the vote taken was four against and four in favour of accepting the resignation. The Advisers were puzzled by this procedure of Council because • there is really no way to stop Continued on Page 7) with 3 men. As directed, on May 8 and 8, 1378, Advisers W. F. John- ston and F. E. Davies, were in the Tpwn of Seaforth to carry out an investigation of Seaforth Police Force, as requested by the Town Council in their letter of April 12, 1972 (Appendix 1). The Advisers met with Mayor Sills and five members of the Seaforth Town Council in the afternoon of May 8, 1972, and the Town Police problems were discussed. The Advisers inter- viewed Chief Hulley, Constable glider; Former Constable 'Ruston, Auxiliary Constables VanDenNeusker and Jeome Dispatcher Jessome, Jtitti p ce 'of the Peace, R. Dinsmore and a number of interested citizens who were most helpful. There was a great deal of discord over the resignation of Keith Ruston, who had been on Candidates speak at Clinton Approve holiday ,for November llth the Birch St. project. . A land severance was re- commended for approval for . Carolyn . Mae Seiler to Leslie G. Seller. They wished to di- videlb,re.e lots in half and make , (Continued on Page 7) Trudeau will visit Wingham Topnotch Feeds Limited last week advanced a program to control dust emission from their Crornbie Street plant when a new cyclone and dyna jet filter was installed on the roof of the mill. The equipment which has received the approval of the Ministry of the Environment was hoisted,. into place by a mobile crane. The 95. ft. boom on the crane was extended to capacity in order to hoist the cyclone to the top of the 85 foot mill. .• Mrs.Catharine Krauskopf who' recently celebrated her 95th birthday. Born in McKillop she has resided in Dublin for the past 30 years. (Staff Photo) HPRC board dears addition plans Marks 95th birthday There is a lot of eating In this sample puff ball which Henry Harburn of Staffa displays. The puff ball measured 43, inches in diameter and the mushroom 21 inches but other than to say mushrooms are plentiful Mr. Harburn wouldn't indicate where he located the samples. (Staff Photo) Building plans are almost completed 'for additions 'to St. Aloysius School in Stratford and to Holy Name School' in SL ' Marye; it was• reported by John' Vintar, Superintendent of Educa•A tion for the HUrog-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board at a board meeting Tues- day in• Seaforth. Tenders for these two projects will be called Prime Minister Trudeau will be in Wingham next Wednesday when be will take part in an hour long hot line show at CKNX-TV. He is expected to arrive in Wingham by helicopter about 11:30 Wednesday morning when he _will be met by Huron Liberal candidate Charlie Thomas and other area candidates and proceed to the ,CpIX station. The Prime Minister will be on the air from 12 Noon to one o'clock ...when he will answer questions phoned to the station.,—...., Listeners may phone 357-3342 Wingham. ,Immediately following the broadcast, Mr. Trudeau will de- part by helicopter. early in November, The addition at St. Aloysius will include a library resource centre, gymnasium, administra- at an estimated cost of $265,000. The addition. at 'Holy Name School will 'Provide two class- ”rooms and a kyidergarten room, a gymnasium, library-resource centre , and change rooms at an (Continued on Page 7) Four qualify a ,s candidates Dublin couple wed 50 years ago There wil be four candidates ' on' the ballots voters in Huron will mark on October 30th. . Then when nominations closed Tuesday four candidates had qualified.' They are: T. Edward Bain, Fitter, 150 Quebec: St., Goderich, official agent, Barbara Campbell, stu- dent, Goderich.. Rob. rt E. McKinley, farmer and businessman, R.R.1, Zurich, • official agent Kenneth Parkes, farmer, R.R.1, Varna. Charles H. 'Thomas, farmer, Bx easels, official , agent, Ivan Ka.bfleisc 1, retired, Zurich VirS. Sflirley Weary, teacher, 216 wellington St., Goderich, of- !trial agent, Herbert Klopp, farmer, R.R.3, Zurich. .According to Huron returning offi .er Garnet. Hicks, •there are 36,620 names on the voters list almoit 6,000 more than were' eligib. e to vote in 1968. . . Seaforth Council at their regular • October meeting re- ceived' it delegation from the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch }Be, requesting that he Mayor.. proclaim' Saturday, No, ember 11 as Remembrance Day a d request' all businesses within the town limits to remain close I all day. Council agreed. A delegation from the Seaforth Agricultural Society was . also present requesting a grant of $500 for 1972. Council again agreed. In old business council had a report from a committee set up last month to study the possi- bility• of, establishing a trailer park within the town. It was stated 'that the Seaforth Planning Board will,discuss the matter at their meeting next Monday even- ing and that a recommendation ,ma-y- be -forthcoming and also the possibility of a 'site. A letter from Janes F. Mc- Laren' and Associates was received stating that the hold back payment on the Market St. sewer project could now be made. Council authorized a payment of $9,103.29 to F rank, Kling Limited. Original estimates on the pro- ject were ovef$60,000. Payment for construction including the above installment totalled $46,217.17. With. about , $12,000 in engineering fees still out- standing the project will likely be completed under the original figures., A 'letter .from the Ministry of the Environment stated 'the sewage works system opening date on the lagoon would be Noveniber 1st, 1972 and that the rate would be 43.10 per 1,000 gallons until such time as construction and capital costs could be finalized. , An opening ceremony • is being planned by, the ministry. Correspondence, from the ManpOwer and Initiatives Depart- ment of the Federal Government outlined the Loeal-Initiatives Program for the period from December 1972 to May-31,1973. Several projects were disOussed but further discussion is to follow. A letter from the Seaforth Community Hospital was read in which the administrator asked council if they were thinking of installing an incinerator. U they were not then the hospital was faced with the possibility of hav- ing to install one to dispose of their waste. He suggested that if council were going to install one maybe an arrangement could be worked out saving the tax-' payer money. Several members of council indicated interest in seeing the Dresden incinerator in action and the clerk was asked to get in touch with Reeve Elgin Thom- pson, Tucicersmith' and Reeve Allan Campbell of McKtllop as both haVe indicated they are interested, and also see if a member of the hospital board might be interested in travel- ling to Dresden on October 18 to see the plant in operation. A bill had been forwarded, to the 0.A.McDowell Construct- ion Company for $1,681.80 to re- surface Brantford • Street following the installation of the forced sewer main. The corn,. pany replied that they did not feel they should have to pay the entire cost but would be willing to pay half the cost involved. Council agreed that this was fair. Council sent a grant of$25.00 to the Huron County Children's Aid Society in lieu of proclaim- ing October 16 to 21 at Child- , rev's Aid Week. A bill of $893.61 was ordered paid to Dominion Soil Investi- gations for test holes drilled for construction of a bridge on Mrs. Connolly remembered it as a cold, bright day with tem- perature reading of 12 degrees below zero. The newlyweds drove in a covered sleigh to Mitchell to catch the train to go on their honeymoon. - On their return the couple farmed on the bridegroom's farm on Lot. 14, Concession 6 of Mc- Kiliop Township until retiring-to Dublin two years ago., • They have eight children: Sister Irene at Stt Joseph's Com- munity of Simcoe; Mrs. Dominic (Grace) Murray of RR4, Walton; John of RR 1, Walienstein; Mich- ael of RR 3, Kippen; Mrs. James (Marie) Marrinan of RR 1, Mose- ley; Mrs. Jack (Cecelia) Kelly of RR 1, Arva; Mrs. John (Helen) Young of New Glasgow, Nova • Scotia; and Mrs. Ross (Lorretta) Riley of RR 2, Stara. A daughter Rita, Mrs. Fergus Kenny of Lon- (Continued Oh Page 7) -• Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Connolly of Dublin celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday with a family dinner, and a re- ception at the Seaforthi • Legion Hall ' in the evening for their friends and relatives. The cele- brations were held prior to the' anniversary date so that distant relatives could attend. Mass of Thanksgiging was offered by Rev. Gordon Dill at St. Patrick's Church in Dublin in the late afternoon before• the dinner. Mrs. Connolly is- the former Elizabeth Murray, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Mur- ray of Kinkora, and her husband is a son of the ate Mr. and Mrs. Micjiael Connolly of McKillop Township. The •couple was married in St. Patrick's Church in Kinkora by the late Rev. Thomas P. Hus- sey on January 30, 1923. Friends and relatives called on Mrs. Catharine Krauskopf of Dublin recently to extend con- gratulations to her on her 95th birthday. Mrs. Krauskopf, the former Catharine O'Rourke was born on the 6th of McKillop, September 28, 1877. In 1909 she was mar- ried to Louis Krauskopf &Logan and following ten years in Dublin the couple farmed in McKillop on the farm now occupied by their son James J. They retired to Dublin more than 30 years ago and in 1942 Mr. Krauskopf died. The family includes James J. of McKillop and Miss Marie Krauskopf of Hamilton. A daughter Florence died in 1944 and a son Frank in 196'7. Candidates for the riding of Huron in the upcoming federal election got a chance to reveal their, parties,' agricultural pol- icies on Thursday night but few farmers turned out to listen.- F ewer than 100 farmers turn- ed out to the "meet the candi- dates" night sponsored by the Huron Federation of Agriculture. The late bean harvest seemed to get most of the,blame for the poor turnout. 'The speakers included, -Charlie Thomas, Huron Liberal Candidate, Robert McKinley, Progressive Conservative can- didate and present member, and Shirley Weary, New Democratic P arty C andiciate-; \ -An unschedul-' ed speaker was Ed Bain of God- erich, an independent candidate who had not-been invited to speak butshowed up at the meeting and asked to be heard. His re, quest was granted and he4pro- ceeded to give his belief that socialism was the only answer for Canada to be strong and in- dependent. He said he had trav- elled in many European socialist states, and they had none 'of the problems that face bur. zountry. Each of the other speakers outlined agricultural policy of the party he or 'she repreSented then were tasked a series of ques- tions from the floor and from a Spokesman for the Federation' ' of Agriculture.' Mr. Thomas said the' Liberal policy was a continuing 'one and pointed to such past policies as the new Farm Credit Act, Bill C-176 (the marketing act) and the Small Farms Development Act... He said he had spent an hour and a half one day earlier this year with „Prime Minister Trudeau and that the PM wants to hear feedback from farmers on the problems of , the day through the local Liberal can- didates. He „sai5 he also discussed local problems recently with'Ag- ricOltural Minister Bud Olson (Continued on Page 7) C 'of C dance Seaforth Chamber of Com- merce is sponsoring a dance on Saturday night and the proceeds will go to the VanEgmond Found- ation. Long time members of- the Seaforth. Women's Institute' were honored at a meeting in the S.D.H.S. auditorium Tuesday evening. in the picture to the left Mrs. R, M. Scott (right) is presenting a life membership certificate to Mrs. Eldon Kerr White (below) Mrs. Gordan Papple left and Mrs. Mae Hildebrecht (right) present cups and -saucers to Mrs. John McGregor and Mrs. Mary Haugh. (Phillips Photos) to w. Northside plans services Dr. E.E. Long, B.A., B.D,, D.D.,L.L.D., who will be guest minister at Northside Church on Sunday, was born in England, and received his education at Woodstock, Ontario, At Victoria College, Toronto, and at Union Theological Seininary, New York. Ordained by the London confer- ence following union in 1925 he served 5 pastorates in Ontario, and one, at Fairmont-St. Giles, Montreal. He also served as chairman of the Simcoe and Mont- real Presbyteries, and as pres- ident of the Montreal and Ott- awa conferences. In 1954 he was appointedGen- eral-Secretary of the General council,, from which position he is presently retiring. Dr. Long' has made many tele- vision appearances, and has been a member of the national coun- cils. Presently he is a them- ber of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches Geneva. Dr. Long who comes well qualified to speak on the many problems which trouble the church around the world, has re- Gently returned from a trip• to Indonesia attending the con- ference of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. eta Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Connolly celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Saturday when friends and relatives gathered with them at the Legion Halle Seaferth. (Photo by WHIM') ar