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The Huron Expositor, 1973-03-01, Page 1V•hole No. 5476 - .14th Year ' glogie 00,00, A "Oar in, "vivito*: SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1973 - 12 PAGE$ ee 44. Davis coming Nixon aids Riddell in cross riding tour ment spending policies the pro- vince is faced with a provincial deficit this year estimated at $800 million. He said the emphasis should be- on strengthening government Pirthe, local level, not on 'tak- ing the voice away from the people who have to pay the bills." In the Niagara regional government area taxes are up 40 per cent and police costs have quadrupled. Speaking to party members in several towns, Mr. Riddell Fire destroys farm home Family absent• as r ire ox unenown origin completely destroyed the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Doug. Wallace of R.R.4, Seaforth Thursday morning. Loss was estimated at about $18,000. The fire broke out about 12:30 noon and by the time the family had returned home from Goderich the home had been gutted. -Here the flames can be seen through the front entrance of the home. Other walls and the roof have collapsed. (Staff photo) Huron council clears removal of jail wall Sixteen area pupils from Seaforth Public School, St. James' Separate School, St. Columban Separate School and Huron Centennial School, Brucefield, competed for public speaking honors at Seaforth Legion Hall last Thursday evening. The contest is sponso'red annually by Branch 156. Shown above are Gordon Scott, presenting a trophy to Clare Devereaux, R.R.4, Seaforth, winner in the senior division while Jane Allan, R.R.1, Brucefield, winner in the junior competition re- ceives her award from Wm. Dalrymple. (Photo by Oke) Subscribers clear system improvement Subscribers of the Tucker- smith Municipal Telephone Sys- tem voted to have a four-party line service (four subscribers per line) An all rural areas at their 64th annual meeting held in the 100F Hall in Brucefield Wednesday. private and two- )arty service will also be avail- able to anyone desiring it and willing to pay the extra rate. Due to increased demands !or reduced subscribers on the multi-party lines the need for ipgrading the system -had be- come necessary. Another change in the system will be the re- moval of the telephone rates from the tax roll. The rates will be billed along with the long distance tolls on a monthlybasis. To proceed with the four- party line service will require the installation of approximately 350,000 feet of cable in all rural areas of the system. This will provide the necessary outside plant to facilitate all subscrib- ers with the service. It is estimated the cost for the cable and installation will amount to about $85,000. The changeover to the monthly billings will ref quire another $40,000 for a total of $125,0Q0. Votes from the 58 subscribers at the meeting, plus 110 proxy votes, gave the commissioners authority to request the Town- ship of Tuckersmith (the inlet- ing municipality of the Telephone System) to issue debentures in the value of the $125,000 needed. Mel Graham, Brucefield, sec- retary-treasurer of the System, said that as soon as Tucker- smith giVes approval of the re- quest and issues the debentures, then work on installing the cable will begin, with completion ex- pected by January 1, 1974. Mr. Graham said that studies indicate that t o retire the de- -bentures in 20 years It wil 1 be necessary to increase the four-. party rates approximately $1.00 per month higher than the multi- party rates. Elgin Thompson, R.R.3, Kip- pen, named chairman for the meeting, said as reeve of the initiating municipality, his • council was concerned about the $329,000 debt his township would be underwriting --$125,000 plus $204,000 debt from a previous issue of debentures. "Have we assets worth $329,000?" he asked. Mr. Graham assured him the auditor's report valued the Sys- tem at $515,750. Others in the aucience said as the subscribers owned the System they were res- onsible for the debts of it, not the township. In his yearly report Mr. Graham said the total revenue for 1972 was $107,502, with ex- penses at $97,453, giving a net surplus of $10,049, an increase of $2,916 over 1971. There are 123 3/4 'nines of poles and 5,212 miles of single wire in the System which covers the rural areas and some urban areas in Stanley and Tuckersmith Townships. There are 534 tele- * phones in Bayfield, 420 in the Clinton area, 461 in the Hensall area and 433 in Seaforth area for a total of 184.8 telephones. This includes subscribers, renters, extensions and pay phones. This is an increase of 88 over 19'71. Mi. Graham said the seasonal service to cottagers (about 110 in Bayfield and south along the Blue Water Highway) would be scrapped as of April 1. He said he had notified them they would become regular customers and to date he had not received any complaints. Mr. Graham said he was in- vestigating the possibility of hav- ing radios installed in the two service trucks owned by the Sys- tem. "I would like to have com- munication with the men during the day", he said. Speaking of his battle with * Bell Telephone over the collec- tion of the toll on long distance calls Mr. Graham said the Sys- tem was now receiving $7,500 from Bell. This, with the $1.00 increase in four-party rates would be used to pay off the debenture debt, he stated. In answer to complaints from subscribers having to pay extra for every one-quarter mile from office, Mr . Graham explained that with the four-party sub- scribers the rate would be the same for all. In the Clinton area the rate would be $4.40 per month and in the Seaforth, Hensall and Hayfield areas the rate would be $4.30. For the Clinton area, he ex- plained the rates as one and one- half miles from the office as $8.05 per month for private line and $5.70 per two-party line; two and one-half miles, rate $11.05 for private and $7.45 (Continued on page 10) Constable Arnold L. Vaughan who was named Chief of Police at a spec- ial meeting of Seaforth Council Monday evening. Presently a member of the St. Marys force, Chief Vaughan is 35 and is a former member of the RCMP. Married with four children, he assumes his duties on March 19th. Brotherhood event draws full house Provincial Grand Master of the 1,0.0.F., Glen A. Wana.maker, Port Perry, was the guest speaker, Wednesday evening, at the annual Brotherhood Night held at the Seaforth Legion H all. About 200 attended from area service clubs, lodges, councils and other interested organizations. Everett Stotey was chairman for the evening and following a buffet dinner served by the Legion Ladies Auxiliary, extended a welcome to all and called upon Mayor F. C. J. Sills, who wel- comed the crowd on behalf of the Town and thanked the 1.0.0.F. Lodge for sponsoring Brother- hood Night this year. Representatives of ' the var- ious organizations were intro- • dueed and ,spoke briefly. They were as follows: Masonic Lodge, Ross `Smale; Knights of Colum- bus, James Devereaux; Canadian (Continued on Page 12) Jane Allan, 11, R.R. 1, Bruce- field, woe the junior division• of the Seaforth Royal Canadian Le- gion public speaking contest held in the Legion hall Thursday night. She is a Grade 6 student at Huron Centennial School. Claire Devereaux, 13, R.R. 4, Seaforth, won the senior division. She is a Grade 8 student at St. James School. Sponsored by Branch •No. "156, the contest attracted 16 pupils representing Seaforth public School; St. James Separate School, Seaforth; St. Columban Separate School; and Huron Cen- tennial School at Brucefield. With two weeks remaining before voters go to the polls in the Huron by-election campaigns are being stepped up. Ontario Liberal' Robert Nixon was in the riding on Tuesday and with -Lib- eral candidate Jack Riddell made visits to Goderich, Zurich, Hensall and Seaforth. In brief stops at committee rooms in each of the communit- ies, Mr. Nixon emphasized the increasing burden which the ec- onomic policy of the Davis government was placing on tax- payers. Because of the govern- Discussion raged for more than two hours at the February session of Huron County Council on Friday but in the end the councillors agreed by a 42-9 recorded vote to 'continue with plans to tear down one wall of the 131 year old Huron County Jail. Following the decision spokesmen for Save the Jail So- ciety, who had delegated the meeting asking the councillors for more time, announced they would continue their fight and seek a court injunction if neces- sary. In their appeal to council the society said they needed time to meet with the CountyProperty Committee to discuss 'possible solutions they might have to sug- gest. They also noted they needed the extra time to fully research these proposals. Hayfield Reeve Ed Oddleifson tabled a motion to turn the matter back to the property committee until next month but was defeated. The final vote approved a pro- perty, coMmittee request to go ahead andlipply for the necessary permit to destroy the wall. The recommendation followed a three page report which outlined in Robert Thompson, 10, of RR 2, Seaforth, was runner-up in the junior division and Patti O'Rourke, 12, of RR 4, Seaforth, was second among the seniors. Robert is a student at Seaforth Public School and Patti at St. Columban School. The winners were awarded trophies and advance to the zone C - 1 final competition to be held in Ripley on March 3. Judges were Mrs. Stanley J. Alkemede; Angus MacLennan of Hullett Central Achbol; and William Munro of Huron Central Secondary School, Clinton. Reeves agree to raise pay Despite considerable debate concerning the real necessity cl an increase Huron County Coun- cillors voted themselves a pay increase 41 - 10 at the monthly session of council last Friday. The raise will increase their per diem rate for regular meet- ings and committee sessions to $32 from $28.50. In addition to the rates will give councillors $25. for any half day meeting, a session ending before noon or beginning after 1:00 p.m. Reeve of Bayfield, Ed.'Odd- leifson, led the argument against the increase terming it 'tan in- crease for the sake of an in- crease." He said he did nbt think the councillors came to the meetings for the money,"but for the good of the municipali- ties. We should be prepared to make sacrifices." Harold Lobb, Clinton Reeve, sided with Mr. Oddlelfson's re- marks and went so far as to say he was willing to go without pay for the work he did on council. The portion of the rate in- crease which brought the most criticism from the councillors was the new $25 half day rate which man y felt was excessive and should be dropped or at least reduced. Goderich Reeve DebShewfelt, (Continued on Page 5) • Expositor wins 3rd for excellence Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Wallace and their daughter, Heather, dis- covered the family's farm house hat beee_destroyed by fire when they returned from Goderich Thursday. For Mt. Wallace this was another in a series of misfortunes he has had in the past two years. He suffered a broken neck and an injured leg resulting from separate incidents. The Wallace family lost Egmondville firm to build Bayfield PO A new post office is to be built in Hayfield, Ont., under a $29,970 contract awarded to an Egmondville firm, Public Works Minister J.E. Dube has an- nounced. Smith Construction submitted the lowest of three tenders. The highest bid was $32,395. This project comes under the federal government's Special Employ- ment Plan. The post office is to be a one-storey wood-frame building, measuring 29 by 29 feet, to be constructed on a concrete slab on grade with a concrete block foundation. It will, be heated by oil-fired forced air and have air conditioning. The ceiling and walls will be of painted drywall and the floors of vinyl asbestos tile. The post office will have a brick exterior finish. Additional facilities to be included are a parking area and flagpole. Brought forward at this time to increase employment oppor- tunities in the area, the project is to be completed in May 1973. everything including the keys to Mr. Wallace's car, a battery for the tractor, and 'a mother cat and her lift, er of three kittens. The couple and one of their three daughters left for Goderich shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday. There was a wood stove in the house, but Mr. Wallace said it wasn't lit that morning because he knew they were going away and he has always been afraid of fire. A propane furnace and an oil space heater were the sour- ces of heat for the home, he said. Firemen believe the-Pro- pane furnace is to blame for the fire causing about $18,000an loss. A passing motorist spotted smoke coming from the house and phoned the fire department. When Mr. Miller found out, he went to the main intersection Mr. H. Otto Reuber, a resi- dent of Seaforth, since 1971, and father of Rev. M. E. Reuber, will celebrate his 90th birthday this coming Saturday, March 3rd. H. O. REUBER will be 90 He .ra,, born near Ayton, in Normanby township, Grey County, where he .farmed in the south-west part of the township on the farm on which he was born. He retired in 1950, and in 1951 moved to Mildmay, Ontario, where he became a member of in Seaforth; about two miles north of the home, and waited to inter- cept the Wallace family. He wanted to tell Mr. Wallace about hthaeppfeirareng.be fore he saw what was The family's two youngest, children, Pauline, 8, and Richard, 12, were at Huron Centennial public school at Brucefield when the home burned. An older sister is married. Neighbors are, co-operating in assisting the Welly in replac- ing the clothing and other articles lost in the fire. Cash conations are being accepted at Seaforth hanks: Winner John Segeren won the thirteenth weekly prize of $25. in the Lions Car Club 3. detail the committee's stand on the jail issue. The report, presented by property committee chairman Harold Lobb, said that the com- mittee had spent many hours con- sidering the problems related to expansion of the Assessment Building-and the proposal to re- move one wall of the jail which would expose one of five court- yards. "There has been a great :deal of publicity against the proposal to remove the one wall," he said. "Unfortunately, however, the press have never at any time published or printed the proposed outline of the building and what effect it might nave on that im- mediate part of'the jail property." "People have signed pe- titions," he noted, "and the pro- perty committee is quite sure a great many have no idea of what is involved, on the other hand we corn-mend the people who have been willing to organize the fight for what they believe." Mr. Lobb asked if anyone had determined the cost of operating the proposed museum. "Does anyone realize there will be de- molition of walls inside the builde ing in order that there -can lie proper traffic flow and crowd control?" he asked. He, said renovations could run as high as $25,000. "These costs," he suggested "will more than ikely be born by the Town of Goderich." "We have been criticized be- cause the Assessment building is even located at its presentslle," he noted. "The building was con-' structed for the purpose of the County Assessment staff which contained 1,5' employees and the second floor was added for future needs of the County." "A the time of building there was no Indication from the Pro-• vince that the assessment de- partment would be taken over Provincially and that the Pro- vince would be interested in the County building. However once the Provincial assessment de- partments were established, the Province asked to rent our (Continued on Page 5) Brucefield girl 11, wins annual Legion competition said he is "optimistic" about his' Chances of breaking the Conser- vative hold on the riding. Charles MacNaughton, he said, was first elected by only 300 votes and it "only takes one point to win a ball game." Mr. Riddell toured Dearborn Steel Tubing Ltd. in, Goderich and visited Hay Township far- mers before he joined Mr.Nixon about 11 a.m, In Seaforth where the party arrived a little after 5 p.m., Mr. Nixon and Mr. Riddell made a number of calls along Main Street. At a meeting held on Wed- nesday, February 21, a decision - was made by the Ontario Liberal Caucus to hold its next Caucus in Goderich on March 12. Following the Caucus, the Liberal MPP's plan to joinHuron Liberal candidate Jack Riddell in meeting and talking with the people of Huron Riding. During the past week the Liberals have opened five com- mittee rooms. Conservative committee rooms in Seaforth also opened this week. Meanwhile Premier Wm. Davis , visited Goderich and Exeter on Thursday and plans a further visit to Seaforth next Wednesday. Don Southcott, the Conservative candidate who is seeking to follow Mr. MacNaugh- ton, said Wednesday the Seaforth meeting would be an old fashioned political gathering. The NDP have opened com- mittee rooms in Hensall, Clinton and Goderich according to NDP candidate Paul Carroll. Delegates to the Ontario New Democratic Party's Provincial Council meeting March 3rd and 4th in. Goderich will spend Saturday afternoon canvassing on behalf of the NDP's candidate. The Huron Expositor was awarded third prize in its class for General Excellence in com- petitions held in conjunction with the annual convention of the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association. The Expositor corn - peted with papers across the prdvince. The Brussels Post, Brussels, also won third place for General Excellence in its class. The Post is published by McLean Bros.Publishers Ltd. of Seaforth. The Goderich • Signal Star headed its class in the General Excellence class and for special editorial as well as taking sec- ond for photography and the C FRB award for best news story. H.O. Reuber, Ayton native will be 90 on Saturday St. Paul's United Church. His wife passed on in 1960, and since then he has resided with his son, Rev. Mervyn E. Reuber at Stratford, Elmira, and Sea- forth respectively. • Mr. Reuber insists that work is still the best pastime, and if he had his life to live over again, 1,---would again pursue the best occu- pation for him - farming. He takes active walks about town nearly every day, and is a regular attender at and supporter of Northside Church. During the vacation months he resides with his' daughter, ( Florence) Mrs. Norman Klein of Mildmay. Othet sons are Wilson Reuber, Toronto and Dr._ Herb Reuber, Hinsdale, Ill.