The Huron Expositor, 1973-03-22, Page 1On;
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Whole No. 5480
114th Year
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1f Mg) Year 14:44.4.0090 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1973 — 14 Pages
Snow
lashes
After 30 years
Liberals win in Huron riding
In a last minute race with
spring a snow Stergi 00ePled
with gale-like winds lashed the,
area over the weekend.
It was the worst storm of
the winter and came foilowing
weeks of spring-like weather'
during which the little snow that
had fallen, had disappeared,
-The storm began Friday
afternoon with winds up to 50
miles an hour acompanied by
rain and freezing rain followed
by snow.
Drivers avoided travel on
highways and area reads as dri-
ving snow reduced visibility to
a minimum. Nearly 9 Indies of
snow piled on the roads,
By Monday the weather had
moderated and moat roads were
open again to traffic. Bright
sunshine was co-operating in
melting the accumulated snow.
been carefully selected as his
successor by former Huron MPP
Charles MacNaughton. The by-
election became necessary by the
resignation pf Mr. MacNaughton.
In the general election in 1971
Mr. MacNaughton gained a
majority of 6,204 over his nearest
opponent. This added to the
Riddell majority of 2,967 means
a turnover of over 9,000 votes in
the 18 months since the last elec-
tion.
From the first return a few
minutes after seven o'clock until
the final returns had been tabu--
lated about 9 o'clock the issue
never was in doubt. Jack Riddell
had won Huron for‘the Liberals.
While Liberal workers had
sensed victory for several days
prior to the voting, the extent
of the victory was a surprise.
Final count gave Mr. Riddle a
majority of 2,96'7 over Don South-
cott, the PC candidate who had
Horticulturalists plan for
Charter presentation
on a large board visible to the
public.
Aavance polls in four centres
were about the first recorded and
Mr. Riddell claimed 253, Mr.
Southcott had 178 for the Pro-
gressive Conseivatives, Paul
Carroll had 33 for. the New
Democratic Party, and Edward
Bain, running on an independent
ticket, didn't get any.
Besides winning the advance
poll, Kr. Riddell topped the polls
in 13 of the 15 municipalities
in the Huron riding. Mr. South-
cott won in his hometown, Exeter
by the narrow margin of 825-
769, and again by a narrow mar-
gin In Hayfield, 116 to 107.
Liberal victories inGoder-
ich• Town, Goderich Township,
Stanley, Usborne and Clinton
were the first in many years.
to welcome the victory cavalcade
when it arrived after midnight.
It was at Pine Ridge that the
extent of Liberal strength be-
came evident when earlier in
the week over 3,000 supporters
accepted Jack Riddell's in-
vitation to attend a beef barbe-
cue.
Vote collection machinery set
up in the McKillop Mutual Fire
Insurance office in Seaforth,
which Mr. Bolton used as his
election headquarters, worked
perfectly and provided fast and
accurate results from across
the riding.
Volunteer helpers from Sea-
forth business places and the
area, manned telephones and ad-
ding machines. As returns came
in they were tabulated for press,
radio and TV representatives
and the information was recorded
The Seaforth Horticultural
Society will hold their meeting
regularly on the second Wednes-
day of, each month with the next
meeting on April lith. Mrs. Klien,
director of District 8, will pre-
sent the Charter and be the guest
speaker for the evening. An
exchange of plants also will take
place at this meeting.
Members were asked con-
cerning Century known plants
since the Van Egmond committee
are anxious to have some of
these plants for around the Van
Egmond home in Egmondville.
Co-op :holds
tinnual meeting Investigate damage
to Tuckersmith signs
-Donald lvicKercher was
elented preddent of Seaforth
" Farniers Corp. at the annual
metiting Tuegday evening in
EgMondville United Church.
MOKercher replaces
Miter Pryce who retired. Ken
Citiltibell was elected vice
pregident and Earl McSpadden
secretary for the coming year.
'About 130 members attended
the meeting to hear the annual
reports and elect a new execu-
tive.
Bruce Coleman was elected
as a director for a three year
term and Ken Campbell was re-
elected to a second three-year
term.
Gordon Elliott, Manager,
stated it had been a satisfactory
year. Earnings were $33,000
this year, up from $19,000 last
Year. Business for the year
totalled $890,000, up $60,000
from last year.
SDHS Drama club
visits in England
Police are investigating
damage to Tuckersmith township
road signs. Reporting to a spe-
cial meeting of the township
council t Road superintendent,
Allan Nicholson said 28 signs
had been removed or broken
during the last three weeks.
The damage extended to side
roads westerly from the Hibbert
boundary west to No. 4 highway.
When it was not possible to re-
move the signs, the posts were
broken, Mr. Nicholson said.
The. council accepted two re-
quests for building permits -
Harry Arts, of R.R. 4, Seaforth,
for a silo; and James McIntosh,
of R.11. 3, Seaforth, for a poul- •
try barn.
At the special meeting held
Tuesday, Court of Revision was
held on the Clark Drainage
Works. As no appeals were heard
the clerk was authorized to ad-
vertise for tenders.
Engineer Henry Uderstadt of
Orangeville presented the report
for the KinsmanDrainage Works.
Also present at the meeting were
three of the landowners af-
Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell, R.R.1, Seaforth, display the
weather balloon which they found recently in a field of their
McKillop farm. The balloon carried this identification
"31-04362 Radiosconde U.S. Dept. of Commerce, MOAA%
National Weather Service, Radiosonde Centre, 451 Ruby St.,
Joliet, Ill." (photo by Oke)
fected by the drain - Edward
McKay, Rodger Hoornaert and
James Chalmers all of R.R. 2,
K ippen.
The 4,918 lineal feet of closed
drain is estimated to cost $9,900.
Clerk James McIntosh was
authorized to prepare a cash
by-law for the drain and Court
of Revision for it was set for
April 17. 0
Councillor Vince Fowlie re-
ported the "dog" situation at
Vanastra was greatly improved
since the appointment of the ani-
mal control officer, Gordon Dale.
However he said dogs were being
allowed to run free early in the
morning and were still a problem
with garbage. containers. Coun-
cil accepted the tender of Sandy
Contracting Company Ltd. of
Goderich to haul and spread
18,000 cu. yards of-gravel on
township roads at a cost of $1.10
per' cubic yard. The township
will supply the gravel. The Sandy
tender was the only one received.
Council approved the pro-
posed change to the Hibbert
zoning by-law to permit the
change of a part.. of. Lot. 30
Concession 1 of Hibbert Township
from Agriculture to Industrial
for , the bean processing plant
provided that the Township of
Hibbert, the benefitting muni-
cipality, bring the boundary road
from No. 8 Highway to the C.N.R.
tracks up to standard to cover
the additional vehicular traffic.
Tudker smith' s share
($145.54) , which is one-third of
the cost of a new fire hose and
nozzle for the Hensall-Tucker-
smith Fire Area Board, was ap-
proved.
Reeve Elgin Thompson was
appointed township representa-
tive on the Hensall-Tuckersmith
Fire Area Board and -Deputy-
reeve Ervin Sillery on the Clinton
Rural Fire Area Committee.
Council signed an operating
agreement with the Ministry of
the Environment for the sewage
and water systems at Vanastra,
provided the Ministry agrees to
carry out any maintenance or
construction on any municipal
road allowance under the di-
rection and specifications of the
Township road superintendent.
Court of Revision was held
on the Dallas Drain, attended by
Engineer Uderstadt and land-
owners John VanMiltemberg,
(Continued on Page 9)
Hullett councillors
award contracts
dents reported the snow cut the
visibility to a few yards or less
when it was whipped by high
velocity winds. The icy con-
ditions on the road were an added
hazard and the ditches were
littered with cars that had skidded
off the roadway. Numerous acci-
dents were reported.
Arriving at the airport the
students left shortly after ten
Saturday night after only a slight
delay in their flight takeoff.
The students will return to
Melton at 4 p.m. Sunday after
their nine-day hpliday.
The students are: Vickie
(Continued on Page 9)
Twenty-four members of the
Drama Club of the Seaforth Dis-
trict High School are in 'London,
England, this week on a theatre
tour and sightseeing.
Accompanying the students
are Mrs. Russell, home econ-
omics teacher at the school, and
her husband, Alfred Russell.
The students raised most of
the money for the trip with
various projects throughout the
year.
Leaving Seaforth Saturday
afternoon in six cars for Malton
Airport, the group drove through
the worst storm of the winter.
The parents who drove the stu-
Tenders and applications for
Warble Fly Powder, Inspector
and Spray Operator were opened
at a special meeting of Hullett
Township ConKeil on Wednesday
in the Londesboro Community
Hall.
There were three applicat-
ions for Inspector - C.
E. Dennis and R. Good.
Resolutions adopted included:
- That We accept the Tender
of Chipman Chemicals Ltd., to
supply Warble Fly Powder as
tendered.
- That we accept the Tender
of Jas. Leishman to spray cattle
in Hullett Township @ .14' per
head per spray.
- That .we accept the appli-
cation of Russell Good for warble
Fly Inspector and Dog Counter
for the Township of Hullett at
the rate of $2.00 per hour plus
.1.0c per mile.
- That we instruct the Clerk
to purchase Dog Tags as soon as
possible.
- That we issue building per-
mits to Henry Boum an for storage
shed; John Lyons for Milk House;
and to Morris Bos for Garage.
- That we approve•severance
on Lot 25, Con. 10, File#B47/73,
and attach no suggestions or con-
ditions to attached letter.
- That we instruct the Road
Superintendent to approach pro-
perty owners adjacent tothe Lon-
clesboro United Church and tell
them not to park their vehicles
so that they block the sidewalk.
Donald Buchanan was present
to discuss the situation on the
McGregor Drain but council took
no action in regards to damages
caused on Lot 5, Con. 5, by the
action of Council in the past -and
informed Mr. Buchanan -that-if
he wants a clean-out 'on Lot 5,
Con. 5, he should bring in a
petition.
At the March meeting which
preceded the special meeting re-
solutions adopted included;
- That Council consent to the
severance on part of Lot 3, Con.
6, of the Township of Hullett,
from Elva Sanders to William•R.
Whyte, as shown on the Plan
attached.
- That we grant Building,.
Permits,••to John Bell and 'John
wammes, as requested.
- That we issue Permit to
Mrs. V. Horbaniuk to place a
railway caboose on Lot 26, Con.
2, Hullett Township, to be used
for storage subject to Township
By-Laws.
- That 'we approve the
amended copy of the application
for severance on Part of Lot 31,
Con. 9, Hullett.
- That we cbnsent to write
off $2.55 on Tax Roll
Lot, #12, Con. 3.
- That we advise the local
division committee that we have
no protest in regards to the
severance on Lot 11, Con. 2,
Hullett, for agricultural
(Continued on page 9)
Winner
Wayne Scott, Seaforth won
the sixteenth weekly prize of
$25. in the Lions Car Club 3.
Aid .Vamostra
• „company
A newl y formed company will
set up operations in Vanastra
Park near Clinton assisted by
an Ontario Development Car-.
poration performance loan ac-
•-k cording to an announcement this
week.
Jabberocky Limited will re-
ceive an $5,489 loan toward the
cost of purchasing new machinery
to manufacture horse and live-
stock trailers. The company will *
require four employees' when
production begins and anticipates
adding another four people within
five years.
Property sold
Recent property transfers
made through the real estate
office of Joseph McConnell, Real-
tor, include:'
The John Soontiens farm, lot
15, Concession 4, McKillop
Township, to Peter Van Drunen,
of McKillop Township. Im-
mediate possession.
The house owned by Dr. M. K.
Clugston, Arnprior, Ontario,
situated on North Main Street, to
John M. Pickard, of Fort Erie.
Immediate possession.
The store and house owned
by Leslie DesJardines, Thed-
ford, situated on the North West
corner of the main intersection
in Cromarty, to .the County of
Perth.
The vote in Huron
SUMMARY
c-. (--, -4 o ,-. 4?
r•:, 44' .. v. o..,G. rq c,5
HAY. TWP,
1 0 6 . 51 33
2 0.. 7 123 43
3A 0 9 69 34
3B 1 4 12 13
4' 0 10 84 22
5 0 12 142 72
6 0 21 165 23
GODERICH - 15
EXETER 2
CLINTON 2
SEAFORTH 2
HENSALIJ 2
ZURICH
HAYFIELD 0
GODERICH Twp, 2
HAY TWP, 1
STEPHEN TWP. 2
USBORNE TWP. 0
TUCKERSMITH Twp.5
McKILLOP TWP. 0
STEPHEN TWP.
1" 1 15 73 59
2 0 8 21 49
3 0 20 88 68
4 0 9 127 53
5 0 4 95 18
6 0 9 149 60
7 1 3 61 31
8 0 4 41 51
9 0 6 42 50
10 0 42 102 52
11 0 26 33 39
HULLETT TWP. 2
STANLEY TWP. 1
ADVANCE POLLS 0
TOTAL
36 GRAND TOTAL 1749 8855 5888
Majority for Riddell 2,967
USBORNE TWP.
1 0 16 104
2 0 20 148
3 -0 13 124
4 0, 7 74
81
77
44
3'7.
TUCKERSMITH TWP.
1 0 14 146 71
2, 0 21 127 78
3 0 4 146 60
4 0 12 130 72
5 2 58 53 26
6 3 15 72 89
f-,
417 G C,)
GODERICH TOWN
1 1 54 118
2 0 24 59
3 1 27 52
4 0 48 64
5 1 17 70
6 0 52 109
7 1 39 95
8 0 41 78
9 4 44 88
10 0 26 77
11 3 54 93
12 0 5'7 110
13 1 37 11 3
14 2 35 62
15 d 48 71
16 0 23 45
17 1 45 84
McKILLOP TWP.
1 0 4 134 19
2 0 13 124 44
3 0 5 90 47
4 0 11 94 39
HULLETT TWP.
1 "0 3 10'7 31
2 1 5 57 26
3 0 17 94 37
4 1 10 145 62
5 0 8 91 39
80
63
61
88
66
60
73
67
55
59
85
64
83
56
70
38
71
r.v _rJ
105
71
58
80
119
74
104
77
86
2
64
47
55
41
0 0 c)
••••,
C-) 0 co
CLINTON
1 0 15 145
2 0 8 113
3 0 11 104
4 0 24 97
5 0 28 138
6 0 14 67
7 2 20 122
SEA FORTH
1 0 11 120
2A 0 18 146
2B 0 1 14
3 0 24 112
4 1 10 89
5 1 13 48
6 0 5 87
ZURICH
1 0 8 180
2 0 15 127
HENSALL
1A 2 24 132 113
113 0 1 4 10
2 0 13 139 79
STANLEY TWP.
1 0 9 76 71
2 0 13 56 41
39 3 1 2 106 94
61 4 0 6 56 51
5 0 • 3 72 49
EXETER
1 0 25 103
2 1 I/ 85
3 0 15 87
4 0 9 103
5 0 28 73
6 0 15 99
7 1 9 105
8 0 11 66
9 0 17 48
BAYFIELD
1 0 32 107 116 ADVANCE POLLS
GODERICH
0 15 59 57
EXETER
0 7 98 62
CLINTON
0 7 41 40
SE AFORTH
0 4 55 19
101
100
67
105
98
127
74
1 80
GODERICH TWP.
1 2 39 100
2 0 32 95
3 0 15 68
4 0 1 1 123
73 5 0 9 66
94
75
91
48
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What is the attraction? see page 6
The weather was mild and
clear throughout Thursday and
this coupled with the wide interest
in the by election brought out a
large vote.
JACK RIDDELL
A total of 16,528 electors cast
ballots according to returning
officer R,T.Bolton, down slightly
from the 17,032 who voted at
the general election in October
1971. The by election vote re-
presented 73.8% of the 22,400
who were eligible. There were
42 rejected ballots Mr. Bolton
said.
Mr. Riddell's election is the
first time in thirty years that a
Liberal has represented the rid-
ing. In 1943 Dr. Hobbs Taylor
of Dashwood defeated Liberal
James Ballantyne of Usborne
Township.
Liberal supporters gathered
at committee rooms in towns
across the riding and at the
riding headquarters in Hensall.
As soon as the victory was con-
firmed Mr. Riddell and Huron
Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt, who
had worked throughout the cam-
paign, together with any work-
ers, left for Clinton and joined
a cavalcade whicn included the
Clinton pipe Band and visited
Seaforth, Goderich and Zurich.
In the meantime hundreds of
supporters had gone to Pine
Ridge Chalet at Hensall ready
Rev. Ure Stewart and Mrs.
Stewart were guest speakers at
meeting of the Seaforth Horti-
cultural Society Wednesday in
the Town Hall. They spewed
slides on gardens and fl,q‘yfitS
across Canada - from Se rib
east to Quebec and westitO
tish Columbia.
Irwin Tre wartha reported that
39 members• and friends enjoyed
a bus trip to the Flower and
Garden show held at the O'Keefe
centre in Toronto on March 10th.
The meeting expressed thanks to
Mrs. Newnham for arranging the
trip.
si
671 1388 1139
140 769 825
120 784 611
82 616 372
38 275 2Q2
23 307 100
32 .107 116
106 452 292
69 646 240
146 833. 530
56 450 237
124 674 396
33 44 2 149
43
33
33
494
366
253
195
306
178