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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1972-12-14, Page 1Ur011 Pictured above are three Seaforth women who graduated as certified visiting homemakers at Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology. They are Mrs. Peter Malcolm, Mrs. Michael Williams and Mrs. Donald Hoffman. (Staff photo) Seaforth is serving an area surrounding the town in Conjunction with the Huron Children's Aid Society plans to co-ordinate its Christmas plans this year. Busy packing cartons and padkaging gifts in gay Christmas wrappers are (left) Mrs. Jane Rimmer, Mrs. Frances Ball and Mrs. Betty Beuttenmiller. The work is underway at .a distribution centre set up in the public library which is open each afternoon to receive donations. -(Staff Photo). Up from 1971 Permits total $ to Whole No; 5465 Ugh Veer SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY DECEMBER 14,.1972 --16 PAGES moo coil** coptio • . $8.00 4 yoarnAgyprpm, ..• A gaily lighted Main Street greets Christmas shoppers in Seaforth. To add to the festivities Santa is•appearing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week at accommodation arranged on the Canadian Bank of Commerce lawn. Across Suggest health council as regionalism defence Sea- prize in the Lions Car Club 3. Provided a rental agreement can be made, Huron County Council will lease the former jail to the Town of Goderich. County Council meeting Thursday and Friday last week decided that the rental agree- Last minute smestions for gifts Having trouble choosing just the right last-minute gift? What could be more acceptable than a subscription to The Huron Expositor - a gift that con- tinues all year long? Every week it is a reminder of your thought- fulness.• There is lots of time to phone 527-0240 and tell us the names of those you wish to remember., An attractive card will announce your gilt, If you prefer, we will bill you later. Interested in area history? Why not a "History of Seaforth" by Miss Belle Campbell or the popular "Huron History" by James R. Scott? Other books that ar", available include 0 o "History McKillop Township", as well as copies of histories by Miss Cam .bell that deal with Hibbert, s I/ well as with early 'days o EgmOndville, Harpurhey and Roxboro. . For students, a typewriter A is a popular gift. Dad would appreciate an adding machine. Thirteen women graduate Thirteen women graduated as Certified Visiting Homemakers Thursday at a ceremony held at Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology, Huron Centre, Vanastra. Three graduates were from Seaforh—Mrs. Peter Malcolm, Mrs. Michael Williams and Mrs. Donald Hoffman. Other graduates were: Mrs. Marie Kumm, Brus- sels; Mrs. Mildred Welsh, Wing- ham; Mrs. Shakunpala Jain Wlpgham; Miss Hazel Sparling, Wroxeter; Mrs. Della Pocalayks, Wroxeter; Mrs. Jane Pullman, Bluevale; Mrs. Valentina Gala- chiuk, Clinton; Mrs. Jessie Naylor, Auburn; Mrs. Olga Davis, Exalter and Mrs. Bernice Gregg, also of Exeter who was valedic- torian. The instructor for the course, Mrs. Gordon McKenzie of Sea- forth, presented each graduate with a pin and Mr. Ross Milton Administrator, Clinton Cen- tre , Conestoga College, pre- sented the diplomas. Mrs. Betty Cardno, of Sea- forth, Supervisor-director of the Herne Care Program for Huron, war. the guest speaker. A reception at the school e. the graduation core- •.t Seaforth, homes are receiving final decorations in readiness for the annual best decorated homes contest which again is being sponsored by the Seaforth P.U.C. (Staff Photo) Services Branch, has submitted a request to the county for addit- ional accommodation at the -reg- ional assessment offices located beside the jail. County clerk- treasurer John Berry noted the present building was built for about 30 staff members, and there are ,.as high as 65 there from time to time", ' ' The proposal of thelproperty committee was that three of the jail walls be removed to make room 'for the two-storey plus basement additi9n to the east of the present offices. There would be approximately 3150 square feet on each floor and would cost an estimated $150,000. Reeve Carroll asked that con- sideration be given to acquiring additional property to the west of the present office building for the new construction. He said he felt certain the Town of Goderich would prefer to see all the exercise 3 ards at the jail Mrs. Clair Campbell; remain intact. He added that forth, won the fifth"weekly (Continued on Page 8) of $25. Huron County Council made yet another move last Thursday in an effort to keep the county a leader among rural communi- ties in the province and to stave off regional government by accepting more responsibility at the local level: Decision was made to make application to the provincial government to form a District Council of Health. According to Dr. Frank Mills, Huron County Medical Officer of Health, a Dis- trict Council of Health is compos0--asr representatives of all medical and related fields in the county plus an equal number of lay people to plan, co-ordin- ate and assess local health ser- Seaforth is ready to greet Santa, shoppers With little more than a week remaining until Christmas pre- parations for the annual visit of Santa are gaining momentum. While no special pre Christ- mas event has been planned in Seaforth _this year, merchants are going all out in their display of Christmas goods. Special pre Christmas shopping hours will be in effect throughout next week when Seaforth stores re- main open until nine o'clock each evening, Monday through Friday with some stores also remaining open until 9 P.M. the Saturday night before Christmas. Santa Claus will make an, appearance in Seaforth on three occasions this week as a result oaf an invitation extended by Seaforth and Stednakis who have made arrangements for his visit. The noted visitor will distribute candy to the kids from a base he is establishing beside the Bank of Commerce on Main Street from 6 P.M. to 9 P.M. on Thurs,day r iday and 10:30 A,M. to 4:30P.M, On atur- day. Main and GOderich Street dec- orations which have been erected with the co-operation of the PUC were made possible by the ac- tivity of a Chamber ofCommerce committee headed by James A. Stewart. Donations from merchants and citizens contri- buted to the cost of refurbishing the strings of lights and the erection of an attractive tree in front of the town hall. While the Main Street decor- ation program is completed, houses across town continue to gain bright lights as residents show interest in the best decor- ated home competition which the PUC again is sponsoring. Judging for the event takes place on Monday and Tuesday of next week. County gets winter works money • Huron County will get $75,518 as its share of the $29 million provincial winter works program announced by the Treasurer Charles MacNaughton last week. Mr. MacNaughton said that the grants were based on the welfare case loads. He also said that the projects must con- tain a high labor content and he urged municipal councils and school boards to act quickly in developing the programs. Some of the grants in Huron include; Seaforth, $2,000; Hay- field, $2,000; Clinton, $2,486; Hensall, $2,0,00; Goderich, Col- borne, Hay, Bullet, McKillop and Stanley Townships, $2,000 each; and Tuckersmith, $2,235. Final Christmas deadlines Seaforth Postmaster, 0. G. Oke has reminded local resi- dents of final Christmas mail deadlines. • All cards should be mailed by 13th December for out-of-town destinations within Canada and the U.S.A., and by 17th December for local delivery he said. To these destinations, the rates for cards are 6 cents unsealed, 8 cents sealed. vices with an eye to recommen- dations for ways of preventing overlap. Dr. Mills said a meeting had already been held among medical people in the county who stressed the need for such anorganizatton in Huron. It is hoped that if the provin- cial government approves Hur- on's application, Huron would be a district on its own, part of a larger area. Dr. Mills saw it as a way to maintain "local autonom y , and give Huron a "Political say" in health services here. "I fear if we don't do it, we'll have it done for us and we won't have much say," said Dr.Mills. "Dr. (Richard) Potter) (Minister of Health for Ontario) has said this is coming. I believe the government is looking for people who will take the first positive steps." All costs for the project are to be borne by the provincial government. Flye other District Councils have already been formed in the province in Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Hamilton-Went- worth, Kingston and ,Sudbury. It was also suggested by Dr. Mills that if the project was ap- proved, offices would be located centrally, perhaps Clinton. Councillor Anson McKinley of Stanley Township wondered if Huron County is to be the pilot area for a study to review Urban Development in Rural Areas it was learned Thursday at county council. Ed. Oddliefson, chairman of the planning Board, claimed the study would "prove of great bene- fit to Huron County and would assist in implementing the Official Plan", "Also, of course, the study would be related to all other areas in the province," repor- ted Reeve Ockileifson," and this is the reason the provincial auth- orities are very interested in the subject. The financing in all probability would be a shared cost, the province paying the A thank you was received from the Ford family thanKng council for their kindness during a recent bereavement. A letter from the Ministry of Environment asked council for details on a plumbing inspector. It was decided that council would wait to see what action the county was taking. A stop sign has been installed on Jarvis Street at the corner of Huron Street. This stop sign had previously been on Huron St. Council requested that all stop signs in the town be checked to see if they conform with the by-laW. Dave Tremeer speaking for the Arena Committee stated he had had a meeting with the re- creation committee and that most The Grade '7-8 class at Ecole Ste, Marie at St. Joseph was almost doubled Thursday after- noon when 22 pupils from Sea- forth Public School and two from Walton Public School joined the 28 students in a French class. The trip was initiated by Mrs. Jill Johnston who teaches French to 327 students inGrades 3 to 8 at Seaforth Public School and 26 Grade 3 students at Walton public School. "I wanted my students to be aware that French is spoken in their own county of Huron," she said. "I wanted " them to know that . the French language is right around us, • not something that is only spoken in another province." The bilingual school at St. Jo- seph, the first in-Huron County, was built shortly after the first French Canadians from Quebec settled in St.Joseph in 1850. The settlers first built homes, worked the land, brought their families, friends and before long they had a community--their church and their school, in Hay Township. As the years went by and more there was any bassurance that Huron would remain a distriet. He was told by Dr., Mills there was "an excellent chance". Bavfield Reeve Ed.Oddliefson (Continued on page 8) larger portion." 7 Presented' in the session was the proposal for the study to be completed by the James F. Mac- Laren firm with S.H.Janes in charge. Janes said that in looking over the Official Plan, it be- came evident there were not any policies for rural areas in particular. "This type of study should have been done before the Offic- ial Plan," said Gerry Ginn of .Goderich Township. Janes said that at the present time, rural planning is a "big catchall". He said that scat- tered development in rural (Continued on Page 8) differences had been worked out. He stated that he had asked'for an apology for some things that had been stated. As of yet he had heard nothing. Bill pinder for the protection to persons committee stated ad had been placed, in newspaper for a Chief of Police for Sea- forth with the 14th of December being the closing date,/ Overtime pay to Chief Hulley of $1,331.64, vacation pay of $140.84 and overtime pay of $857.02 to Constable Lloyd Eisler had been paid. A by-law was passed author- izing part time salaries of $1,920.87 at the Arena to be paid. • (Continued on page 8) people came to St. Joseph they had to build a new school. The school was completed in 1960 and named Ecole Ste. Marie. There are presently 99 students in the four-room school taught by their principal, Francois Lavictoire, and tea- chers, Mrs. Lillian Laport, Miss Lorraine pilon, Miss Lise Mor- neau and Mrs. Robert Smith, all of whom are able to teach E re Ste Marie instruction E At tench, h. Ecole in French is for about one hour and 15 minutes each day, usually in language, but occasionally in mathematics or science. Reading starts about Grade 3 in French. All the school records are kept in French and 'Mr. LaVictoire keeps his day book in French. Mr. Lavictoire said there is a good selection of French books in the school library. Of the 36 families sending students to the school, 20 are French-speaking and the others are primarily English, or German-speaking. ment•-should include money for maintenance and capital costs at the jail. There was no im- mediate indication of what such an agreement would cost Goder- ich per year. The Town of Goderich has ex- pressed an interest in the former jail property this fall when it became evident the county was having difficulty finding a use for the premises. Reeve Paul Carroll of Goderich told council Friday the Town of Goderich was anxious to maintain the jail in its present state and would not want to see the building taken down. Reeye Carroll also indicated that the Town of Goderich would not be pleased to see a portion of the jail walls taken down to make room for an addition to the Assessment Building rented from the county by the Province of Ontario. During the council session, it was learned that the Ministry of Government Services, Realty •e• 't# rf Require next week's copy by Monday Because of Christmas activity it is necessary to have material -for • next week's issue in a day earlier tha n•.usual to ensure publication before the holiday. Advertisers and _correspond- ents are asked to co-operate and send forward material to reach the office not later than Monday noon. Next week's issue will con- tain Christmas greetings from area business places with New Tear's greetings in the following issue. Wins in car club draw Huron clears jail rental subject to Goderich deal a Seaforth council at their re- gular December meeting Monday night, learned that building per- mits, totalling $441,100 had been issued during the past year. John F. Scott, building In- spector for Seaforth stated a total of 43 permits had been issued. Four were for signs, seven for new houses and two for additions to the Seaforth Creamery and Gay Lea. Asked by council if most people seeking permits sought him out, he stated a few did, but in most cases he had to go after them. Council thanked Mr. Scott for his services dur- ing the past year. Council decided to renew the lease from CNR for the lawn bowling greens at $60 per year. At the last meetingsethe clerk was requested to write CNR asking why the raise from $10 per year to $60 and if the CNR was in- terested in selling the property. In a letter sent to council from the London office of CNR, they were informed that $60 was now the minimum renta 1 for properties owned by the railroad. It further stated that they were not interested in selling the pro- perty at this time. Clerk Williams told council he had received some more infor- mation regarding one of the in- cinerators being investigated by the town. Further information on the other model will be coming through shortly. Permission was granted Sea- forth Optimists to hold a parade on Main Street at 1 P.M. during their Winter Carnival on Jan. 19, 20 and 21st.. The club „was asked to contact the police and make arrangements. It was decided to pay the $25.00 memebership fee to the Good Roads Association. Council passed a resolution asking Huron County Board of Education to accept their levy in two installments again this year. Council donated $100 to the Essex County Flood Relief plan after some members wondered if the money might go to cottage owners rather than to persons who had lost permanent resi- dences. Pilot study will consider urban-rural development Seaforth, Walton pupils attend Ecole Ste. Marie