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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-01-04, Page 1• Seaforth council. held its inaugural meeting Tuesday morning and then adjourned until that evening when members worked • through a long agenda. Shown here as the meeting got underway are: (Seated) (left) Reeve John F.Flannery, Mayor F.C.J.Sills, Deputy Reeve 'Wilmer Cuthill and Clerk E.M.Williams. (Rear) Councillors Wayne Ellis, George Hildebrand, ,Betty Cardno, James Crocker, John Sinnamon and and Wm. • Bennett. (Staff Photo) M. presentations ouncil has inaugural beef cattle and 75 chunk-size pigs from the lowPr part of' the. 60 feet by 60 feet barn, SeafVh Volunteer Firemen attended the fire at the farm located in Hullett Tovinship near .Kinburn, ten miles northwest of Seaforth. Cause of the fire has not been determined . Loss is partially covered by insurance.' chair of Cliinton; Everett U.Mcllwain, reeve of Goderich Township; ' EdWard W. Oddleifson, reeve of Bayfield; and Roy V. PattiSon t reeve of East Wawanosh. While no others had announced their intentions of seeking the office,Y more nominations are possible when John Berry, clerk- treasurer, opens nothinat- ions Jan. 9. Following the naming of the 1973 warden of Huron, a receptio: is planned for the Goderich a. rich aren when the new warden and his wife will entertain' the other member • of council. Work began this Week tin the construction ot4 twenty-one Unit Seiner Cititen Housing tieVeloptinent iheatorth. Located , alt the corner of Market and Jarvis Streets, the -building is being constructed by J.6. Contractors for the Ontario Housing Corporation. No estimate Of cost has been indicated to Seaforth Council. .(staff Photo) Five seek At least five reeves in Huron CoUnty look forward to winning the warden's job for the year whex Huron Council meets on Tuesday. Huron County council begins Wa rd en's its 1973_ session at '2 p.m. and the selectPin of. a warden is the first item on the agenda. Seeking the post will be Hugh Flynn, reeve of Howidk Township; Harold Lobb, reeve New Years variety as snow becomes rain The new' year brought a variety of weather to the area. Typical cold winter weather which was prevent after Christ- mas was folloWed by temper- atures in the mid thirties accom- panied by pouring rain. (Continued on Page 12) , • ,•• .1* , M"r I . Members of the. P.U.C. recognized 22 years of service as a commissioner when they presented D'Orlean Sills with an engraved tray, at a meeting Friday evening.. Mr. S 111-s, who retired at the end of the year, was honoured again on Tuesday when Seaforth made a presentation at a dinner which fo'll'owed the inaugural meeting of council. Here Dr. Roger Whitman. a member of the commission, makes the presentation while other commissioners and staff look on. (Left) Edmund Daly elected last month to the P.U.C., Dr: Whitman, Secretary Mrs. Amy Horne, Manager Walter Scott, Charles Reeves and Douglas. Stewart of the staff and Mayor a member of the commission. (Staff Photo) Mayor suggests priorities for 1973 'MUle No. 5408 liath Year • SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1973 — 12 PAGES Single Copies 20 cents • $8.00 A Iitar in Advance Tuckersmith Reeve outlines projects for '73 completion to contime to represent the town- ship 'on ..the Ausalile-Bayfild Conservation •Authority: Deputy Reeve Sillery as tile drain in- spector: Victor Lee of R.R. 4, Seaforth, to represent the town-' ship on, the Seaforth Community Hospita 1 Boardi.' 'Councillor Cleave Coombs to represent the township on the Seaforth Fire Area Board. Coundil " adjourned at '12:15 Set` loss at $45,000 as fire razes Hullett barn At the inaugural meeting of Tuckersmith. Township Council, Reeve Elgin Thompson. spoke'hf prOjects in the township to' be cleared up such as the takeover of the former Cana'cllan Forces Base,. -mviding a Water'System for the re dentsof Btucefield and a sewage system in Egmond- villet • Mr. Thompsop eitjareSsed his concern 'over difficulties a farm- er has .in getting. land severance approval. He cited several cases 'where eventually the farmer suc- ceeded only after a struggle., and expense. Council' paSsed a motion that a resolution be drafted and sent to the Association of Municipa- lities of Ontario, requesting that the Ontario Government consider amending the . legislation con- trolling the divisions of farm property. 'A farm owner 'should not be required • to appply for severence to sell 'a complete farm lust because it adjoins one Complete lot that' the seller •already owns. Reeve Thompson welcomed Vince Fowli e of Vanas'tra as a new member of the council. He fills the vacance created when Deputy Reeve Alex McGregor retired at the end of December Er win Sillery is the new deputy- reeve. Council passed a bank borrowing by-law authorizing the borrowing from time to time of money not to exceed $20,000 to meet current ependitures of township for 1973 until the col- lection of taxes. at the end of June and December 15. • Road -Superintendent, Allan Nicholson's salary was increased from $7,200 to $8,000. Mr. Nicholson is responsible for the water system in Egmondville as well as the road work, and he Will be responsible for the Bruce- field system when it is completed. Wages for the two township grader operators were inpreased from $2.50 .per hour to $2410 per hour, and wages for labourers hired will be set at $2.25 per hour. Clerk James McIntosh was authorized to notify the 26 pro- perty owners in the township whose taxes are three 'years in arrears, that their properties will b listed on March 15, 1973. ' Membership fees of $25 to the Good mRoads Association and of $15 to the Ontario Assbciation of Rural Municipalities, were approved. Sete members Of: council will attend the Good Roads Convention in Toronto 'on Feb. 26,2'7 and 28, and the Rural Municipalities convention in Hamilton on February 5 and' 6. Accounts ,passed for payment are: Egmcindville water, $83.58:' tax refunds, $114.36: drainage, $198.67: .general governament, :874.'79: roads, $3,668.90: and , tile drain loan debenture payment, $1,236.74, for a total of $6,177.10. council made the following appointments: Reeye Thon3pson The fire was first discovered by John Wammes Jr. about 4 a.m. At the same time, two men on .• snowtnobiles arrived atthe farm. Mr. Wammes said the 90b:er 'storey of the barn was prfgulfed in flames when he first noticed the blaze. • Members of the family and volunteers were able to 'free 20 Seaforth council held its,in- ' augural meeting Tuesday morning when member§ were .sworn into office by Clerk E.W. Williams. Rev. H. J. Laragh asked - divine blessing on council deli- beration. Pointing out that while election to council was a great hbnor, 'Father Laragh said at the same time it imposed a great responsibility. y'r` It is most difficult Int the, art OV,politics to be honest he said and recalled the fall Of Ontario cabinet ministers who after so many years had become careless. This recognition 'of honesty must be the great principal • Which must• underlay and guide your every decision, he told councillors as he referred to Mayor Sills who he said he made his reputation on honesty. Mayor F.C.J.Sills, after re- viewing recent activities out- lined his suggestion regarding plans for the future advanced nominations for representation .on standing committees There were approved by council and -are 'as follows: ' Public works and sanitation- Cuthill, .Crocker, Sinnamon, Hildebrand. Protection to persons and ,property - Cardno, Ellis, Bennett Flannery. Finance, and General Govern-,. merit - Flannery, C rockei, Sinna- , m'on,'Cardno. 4 Community centre Board - 'Hildebrand, Ellis, Bennett,'Cut- hill. , Recreation Committee .- ' Flannery, Crocker, Sinnamon, Bennett. Following ire meeting mem- bers and officials of council and the P.b,C., together with repre- sentatives of the press, were guests,of the town and commiss- ,Seaforth council decided at' their first meeting of 1973. to write and ask county council if they .were planning to take on the task of pluMbing inspection, The request became neces- sary when a letter was riCeivetti from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment askikng council what had been done in regards to plumbing inspection in Sea- forth. Council had indicated earlier that they felt a plumbing inspec- tor' for Seaforth'alone would be • It is hoped that our Industrial Site will start to show some results during the coming year. Already, we have had people show- ing interest in it but this type of Wsiness IS a slow process that often times bears fruit un- expectedly and for this reason we should be prepared. Another possible project would be the Community Centre Arena that is in need of more dressing room space, toilets, and new floor and ceiling in th' up- stairs hall. The centre gets -a • lot of use and during the past year has held its own financially. With the P.U.C. optioning the property in the south west corner of town we should be studying the benefits and possibilities of a railway crossing at the south end of Sperling Street. This would only have to cross over one line of tracks and wouldn't have all the expense and objec- tions put up against it as was the case by the C.N.R. at the Jarvis St. crossing. In the case of an emergenty this town can be very badly handicapped if something happens at or near our one cros- sing. The P.U.C. has been gradually improving their electrical ser- vices and have a plan for up,- dating the watermains, drilling a new well and building a new reservoir that could take the place of the present water tower as wail as take care of any future expansion. Serviced of this nature are always rifnning into the need for improvement because of the ever changing pattern of modern life that makes more and more demands. ion at a reception end dinner at the Commercial Hotel. The town recognized retiring P.U.c: commissioner D'Orlean Sills following' 22 years on the commission when Reeve John, Flannery presented him. with a gift. In expressing appreciation, Mr. Sills said he had enjoyed the years and felt much had beek_t accomplished. Referring• too costly an expenditure as he would have very little to do most of the time and it would only be possible to have one on a part 'time basis. It was felt th with the knowledge required to ao a proper job it is almost necessary to either hire someone with plumbing experience, or a person capable of acquiring the necessary experience as quickly as possible. If Wks felt an inspector on a county wide basis would be the most economical for all concerned. The Provincial plan for sewering the rest of the tom has now been almost completed and will hang on the. availability of funds. This will be the final phase in making our town equal to Other towns and will work iii' well with our new lagoon which became operative lash November. Another major project that is under study is that of a garbage incinerator for disposal purposes rather than a land-fill operation. It seems to be a very efficient plant and the running expenses would seem to be much less than a land fill operation. It would also ,be a great hoon to our local hospital. Naturally there are many other projects that would be of immediate concern. Some stde- walks need repairs or replace- ment; existing drains to be cleaned; roads repaired; ditches to be tired and a host of other jobs that are tackled by the Town staff every day. In this area we should be' aware that our guader may •have to be re- tired in the forseeable future and could be a heavy expense. There is no doubt that the people of Seaforth would like many things and it is to be hoped that they will let council know their wishes in order that they can be studied and imple- mented. We won't be able to do all of them but at leaa• ours and succeeding councils will have some sort of plan to follow so that we aren't running' off at tangents. May t conclude by saying that we-belong to a grand towp in a to the local press he said it didn't have much to say about the accomplishments, ust the problems. Gifts also were presented by Mayor Sills, who pirsided, to 'Chief of Polite' Gordon Hulley who retired at the end of the year after 10 years service and to Mrs. Ruth Campbell whe ,retiring after serving four. years as deputy clerk. Both,expretsed their appreciation. . The tender of Frank Kling Ltd. for $280.00 w.rasccepted to repair the fence at the lawn bowling green. It was lowest of two tenders, the other being for $215. from NM. Little. The insurance company for the Diegel car which was involved had claimed there was a breach in contract and were refusing to pay damages. Council could not understand this as no charges had resulted out of the accident and it had not been proven who (Continued on page 12) District Governor Ell- wood Tucker will visit the Seaforth Lions Club onJan. 8th. Born and educated in Waubaushene, .he moved to Kitchener in 1946. He has been employed for the past 27 years •with B. F. Good- rich Canada Ltd. He joined Lionism in 1954 and has maintained 18 years of perfect atten-• dance. He was elected Zohe Chairman 9N in 1970- 71. The following year he was elected Deputy District Governor for Raglan 9. Fire destroyed,§ large two- storey frame barn on the farm of John Wammes of R.R. 1, Clin- ton, early -.Saturday morning. The loss is '%estimated at $45,000,00. - Lost In the fire - were '/0 sows, and 200 pigletS, a manure spi%ader, seed drill and other smaller equipment. Mayor F.C.J. Sills in his re- marks at the inaugural meeting • of council on Tuesday said: At this time it gives me great pleasure in welcoming the new — 1973 council. Some of your are new to municipal politics and we wish you well and we also thank you for making yourselves available for public office. I ' believe that the veteran members of council will tell, you that it can be frustrating sometimes but all,tbis is overcome by the re- warding feeling that you are help- ing the community and making Seaforth a better place in which to live. At this time I would like to publicly thank the retired members of council who made such a notable contribution to the activities of this council over the past years. It would seem that we have finished the past year in good financial condition and I believe a lot of this can be attributed to the hard work of our treasurer. . Mr. Ernie Williams. We have, of course, some unfinished pro- jects that were instituted in 1972 but as yet have not received the full engineer's reports. I am referring to the Birch St. development and the Brantford Street drain. This past week would seem to pi M up the im- portance of the latter project because there was quite an evidence of flooding conditions that could be greatly eliminated by the use of a larger -drain. This would allow the enlargenient of drains coming into Brantford Street a s some of them are just 4" field tile at 'the present , time. rge Huron Countraction on plu#ng inspection 'great country and with your co-' operation and faith in ourselves and God we will keep it that way 'and even improve Upon it.. '