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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-05-03, Page 1BiP00, .20 8,00 #ax #1,41iStvOre' Whole No. 5486 114th War SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, :WAY 3, 1973 - 16 Pages lit • . The main lobby of seaforth ConrimunitY Hospital suddenly became a casualty Clearing station Friday afternoon as victims of an imaginary tornado poured in. Transported by bus the victims - S. D. H. S. students co-operating in the exercise were examined by medical teams and moved on into the hospital. Here Ken Cardno and Gary Betties of Box ambulance service carry a victim while (centre) Ann Cameron assists with a patient. Below another victim is helped by R.'S. Box (left). Seek tenders in two weeks on Brucefield water system IS * w At County Council Reeves vote to preserve Hunan's mtort N 'X. 17.9 Only 14 votes separated the county, councillors in fav6r of retaining the jail wall from the county councillors who ' would have torn it down . but those 14 votes have preserved the historical old building located at the northern entrance to the Town of Goderich, possibly for a national monument. • It was Reeve Ed Oddliefson who announced the possibility of the former Huron County. Jail.„,rernoving the wall - even though omits," said Reeve Boyle. "lass- cfeAkeonly be reetiffed-Witlabrap becoming a national monument:In the Town of Goderich has indi-' tory is fine. It was one a_ debate, Reeve Oddliefsonpleaded demolition perMit for the pro- I'm afraid someone will be care- - office parking‘ lot, laid at cen- pumps. He also deplored tearing.,. a lengthy and sometimes heated cated it Is unwilling to issue a my best subjects in school. But con- with council to "preserve anion- ject - and building the proposed ing to the county to help maintain up the anphait in the 'assessment lie said the time may be "very Street. • ' ' • "There's no way I'm going to elderable expense 'to the county. ument older than Confederation".. addition to the east along Napier the jail." near" when the site will be named • Reeves Derry Boyle of Exeter be' bulldozed into something like present at, the meeting and said, Architect Don Snider was the water problems had already a national monument and in that and Reeve Allan Campbell of that," complained Boyle. "If the . been anticipated and noted that noted itma large Disaster exercise tests hospital staff, facilities pprove Board announces details of school cost increases Area Liberals hear Agricultural Minister that this year we have exported over 41,000 head to date versus only 1,749 head for the corres- pondipg period last year. A phenomenal increase, of nearly 40,000 head." Ontario' Municipal Board last No- The application went to the C linton, for a silo; Stanley Johns, R.R. 4, Seaforth, addition to' vember and apparently was held house; and MaxCarter, Egmond- up because of four minor changes ville, an addition'to hoyse. in the pipeline, Passed for payment were ac- William Brown of Egmond- counts totalling $12,548.45 - ville was -granted renewal of his roads; $8,854.38; municipal salvage yard permit for one year. drainage, $1,236.; fire protection, Sea forth, couple celebrates Building permits were gran- $840.; general government, ted to George Townsend .of R.R. $844.55; sanitary land fill, $200.; .4, Seaforth, for an. implement tax refunds, $228.20; and shed; Allan Carte'r, R.R. 4, Egmondville Water, $346.32. 45th wedding anniversary Reeve Elgin Thompson of R.R. County plants 2100 trees 3, 'K ippen and Councillor Vince Fowlie of Vanastra were named delegates to the Association of in replacement program Municipalities of Ontario Con- vention to be held in Toronto August 19 - 22. Land severance has been granted to William Holland, R.R. 4, Clinton, for a 2/3„ecre lot and house (Parcel 3) on the Vanastra Park Road off No. 8 Highway. The Huron County Municipal Officer: will hold their annual meeting in the Beimore Com- munity Centre on May 16, Meeting adjourned at 11 p.m. Winner Hon. Eugene 'Whelan, Canada Minister of Agricuiture, chats with Gordon IVIcOeVitly WILItcin (centre) and Colin Campbell, Wingham, &trine the annual meeting Of the Huron Mete' AilSoblatien at Exeter on Friday. Mr. Campbell was elected president succeeding Mr. /v1eGavinWho retired after serving 7 years in the office. (PhotO bjetike) 411 The county tree replacement program was reviewed briefly under the Huron County Road Committee report at last Thurs- day's session of county council. It was learned the county is planting 2,100 six foot to eight foot hardwood trees this spring. These hardwoods are in addit- ion to 3,000 seedling white pines and red pines which will also be planted this spring by county forces. In 1972, the county planted 900 six foot high hardwood trees at various locations throughout the county on a trial basis. "We find' that 80 percent to 90 percent of the hardwood trees Tuckersmith Township Coun- cil hopes to be able to seek tenders for the water works to service the hamlet of Brucefield within the next two weeks. All that is holding up the project is the final approval from the On- tario Municipal Board. Meeting at Brucefield Tuesday night, council gave first and second reading to 'the by-law to permit tbe. service. survived the first winter and consider the project successful," claimed county engineer Jim Britnell. "To bur knowledge Huron is the only county in On- tario with a tree replacement program of this magnitude." "We estimate that about 3,000 elm and other tree varieties on county roadsides have been cut over the past eight or ten years due to Dutch elm and other diseases, old age and storm damage," reported Britnell. "we hope to be able to .continue this replacement program and in some small Way help to beautify our roadsides." Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wal- den, well-known Seaforth resi- dents, recently were honored on the occasion of their 45th wed- ding anniversary. Their son Victor Walden of Goderich was host at a surprise 'gathering the Bedford Hotel, God- erich attended by nearly thirty friends and relatives. Married , at Auburn on April 7,1928 at the home Of the bride's parents, Mr. Walden and the for- mer Marguerite Youngblut farmed for a number of years at Londesboro and then Kinburn. The couple moved to Seaforth thirty years ago when Mr. Wal- den purchase the Louis Abre- hart chopping mill on Goderich. Frank Case was the winner Two years later thebusiness was of the twenty-second weekly prize sold to Seaforth Farmers Coop- of $25. in the Lions Car Club erative. After a short time dur- 3• ing which he was employed by the A press release dealing with the $12,019,586 Huron County Board Of Education budget for 1973, for which it is understood • approval was given in committee-Of-the-whole meet- ing on April 16 following the regular session, was made avail- able to' the press on April 25. At the request on April 26 of the' reporter representing Huron Weeklies, requisitions from the' municipalities in, the county, with 1972 figures in brackets, was proVided by the Superintendent of BuSiness Affairs, R. B. Dunlop. Clinton, $119,950 ($120,174); Exeter, , $170,598 ( $170,378); Goderich, $397,901 . ($326,792); Seaforth, $77,864 ($80,882); Wingham, $142,882 ($149,023); • Hayfield, $ 40,752 ' ($ 37,333); Blyth, $25,832 ( $21,596); BrusSels, $32,07.4 ($33,147); Hensall, $54,900 ($ 55,864); Zurich, $24,370 ($23,599.) Ashfield Township,$124,632 ($119,247): Colborne Township, $84,040 ($82,467); Goderich Township, $120y099 ($115,713); Grey Township, $107,832 ($106,538); Hay Township, $161,036 ($150, 698); Howick Township, $138,779 ($135,648); Hullett Township, $98,367 ($95,131). McKillop Township, $66,780 ($80,234); Morris Township, $80,789 ($81,287); Stanley Town- +ship, , $124,030 ($117,157); Stephen* Township, $197,439 ($189,688); Tuckersmith Town- ship, $158,184 ($104,307); Turn- berry Township, $63,204, Seaforth Community Hospital was put to the test Friday after- noon when a„ bus load of victims of a "tornado" were moved' into the hospital for emergency treat- ment. Fortunately it • wasn't real despite the fact the' victims at first glance appeared to be badly in need of care. They were students from Seaforth Distriot High School who volunteered to simulate victims. "It was a great success"- hospital administrator Gordon McKenzie said "we cleared 27 patients in 23 minutes". 'We learned a lot and found that there were' some areas in which we:,were deficient he said, adding that the exercise would prove to be invaluable in the event that the area was unfortunate. to be faced with a real disaster. The patients were moved into the main entrance lobby which served as .a clearing area. Here Co-op he took or the Texaco distribution facii s in Seaforth which he operated successfully until his retirement in 1971. Since coming to Seaforth, Mr. Walden has been active in the community serving in No rthside United Church and as a member of the Lions Club. Recently he was named as a member of the Seaforth Planning Board. The couple have two children, Victor of Goderich and Marjorie, Mrs. John Eraser of Conestoga. There are two grandchildren. • Following the dinner at the iiedford, the group gathering was entertained at the honl'e of 'Mr. and Mrs. Walden, Warren St. Goderich. Guests were present from London, Kitchener, Cones- toga, Belgrave, Auburn, Goder- lob and Seaforth. ($62,027); Usborne Township, $103,280 ($99,633); West Wawanosh Town- ship, $48,655 ($48,952); and East Wawanosh Township, 165,687 -($6,3,459). The budget- indicates that education costs in Huron will increase by $398,262 during the calendar year 1973; This will result in an average increase of 2,1 mills for the county rate- payers. • The budget calls for expendi- tures of $12,019,586 for operating the Board's elementary schoo16, secondary schools and achools for the trainable retarded, com- pared' to $11,621,324 for 1972, an increase of 3.4 per cent.' In 'the press release issued on April 25 by' Director ' of Education and. board secretary, D. J. Cochrane, it was reported that revenues are expected to increase .accordingly with $8,430,800 (70.1 per cent) com- ing from the Provincial Govern- ment in the form of grants and subsidies, $2,851,956 (23.7 per cent).from the municipalities of Huron County and the balance of $736,830 (6.2 per cent) from such other sources as .tuition fees from other Boards, rentals night school tuitions, etc. Of the total budgeted grogs expenses of $12,019,586, Mr. Cochrane reported $5,927,458 are allocated to the elementary school system and $6,092,128 to the secondary schools and schools fOr the trainable retarded. they were assessed by the'medi- cal team and prepared for trans- fer to whatever hospital section "the preliminary assessment indi- cated was desirable. • All off ditty personnel, and medical and ambulance people were called on duty as goon as the hospital received the alert and were On hand as the first wave of "victims" arrived. The disaster plan exercise for hospitals in Huron, Perth and Bruce counties, was designed to test the effectiveness of emer- gency measures if the real'thing ever happens. Twelve hospitals,in the three counties were _suppose.d,to-be.,in- volved originally.• Only two, the Wingham and District Hospital and Seaforth Community Hospital took part however. Communication between hos- pitals, police, fire departments, and other groups involved in emergencies was maintained 1' case, no one will be able to touch McKillop led the fight to de- rest of county' council feels that ! o*Iee.".StatedWardehlte71344' it. - molish the wall. Both men drew way, I'm sorry for thett4" ,, st,M. The recorded vote which fol- attention to the fact that at a Reeve Campbell aelted, "Who , k peputyrreeVe gax014 valA 1%.4 lowed council's deliberation , ,preeious -itreeting-e0tIncil had ' is going to finance keeping *this Wii•liglietil accgOe400cler$0 TOWT1 showed 34 votes in favor of agreed to take doWn the wall apd jail as a museum? Is this going Oce.inett of 44,1,110&Yfoet1hg u or!. 00 - retaining . the - wall and building build to the east 431 the, present the addition to the assessment building. Both men expressed tmoate°ntthalenbianedk Art; 1°?r"th!' .6(ittlitrt°- -pialeilai;iir th:Ouligh.e, .Stoattr'S-fieee wsrile , . building on the 'present paved fears that the cost of preserv- 'parking lot just north of the ex- log the jail would fall back on Reeve . Campbell also ee- mene'per* had the "courage Of ` feting offices of the Huron-Perth the Cou'nty of Huron sometime in 'minded •council about -ilie-water their coneictions" and remained Regional Assessment Office. the future. problems which had been en- ,firm on their stand regarding rie There were 20 votes in favor of ; "We have - to look at econ- office daemeatot the assessment :14111t. Re, Deb Shaw-felt ofOoder- ich eon Mtered by saying that even the pro yincial governreest •Of late ' had fouled it necesearytode some ‘Trwens3rfo;TeGtt:dge'r%ch, He ed said de the an •offer to . take' 'Over the jail and ag ee a t a,tG 01thatI17iirii,epwhile h he e "get ihe le t hung d ci ed rn t' a it w nil with ba want a' . throughout the exercise which was monitored by Winghain. The victitns did an outstand- ing lob Mr. McKenzie said. "It was sometimes hard to' tell them,, from the real thing". The students had been pre- pared for their role by Dr. Rodger Whitman and nursing supervisor Mrs. Geo. Ring' at a make up session at the'school. The groundwork for'the ex- ercise was laid last summer at a conference in "Wingham of hospital, police, hydro, fire and news media representatives. The co-ordinator of the exer- cise was George Jones, an Ontario Hospital operational ser- vices director. - Mr. Joneg says disasters are becoming larger and more fre- quent . in today's fast-moving society with its bigger aircraft, buses and transportation systems. Hospitals can't function "in isplatien" and must be part 'of a to-,ordinatecl pan to face modern emergencies.' As a result of an assessment of the Friday exercise some changes in the emergency pro- cedures will be coneidered Mr. McKenzie said. He expressed appreciation for the co-operat- ion on the part of all who were involved and who had made the exercise so worthwhile. Eugene Whelan, federal Agri- culture Minister, guest speaker at the 'annual meeting of the Huron Federal riding in Exeter Friday night, replied to criticism levelled at him recently by the Ontario Beef Improvement Speaking on the dressed beef Association about beef trade. trade with the U.S., he said, The dinner meeting which "We are importing more beef filled Exeter Legion Hall was from the U.S. than we did a year followed by a dance. ago.' However, our total beef Mr. Whelan said he was ,imports from all countries in- accused of misleading the House eluding the U.S. is down by about of Commons and the Canadian one per cent. This is because public into thinking that less we have been importing more beef was being imported from the U.S. beef and less from,. the United States than previously. Oceanic countries, principally "In actual fact,"' he said, Australia and New Zealand. Now, "our imports of slaughter cattle if we focus just on our trading from the. U.S. are down con- position with the U.S.'I should siderably from last year. At set the records straight by giv-' the same time our exports are 'ing you the entire situation.While up. Slaughter imports are down it is true that total dressed by almost 70 per cent from a year beef imports from the U.S. have ago whereas exports are up by risen by some 4,000,000 pounds nearly 150 per cent, If we look we' must look at our imports of at feeder cattle exports we see plans had been made to overcome jail could profit- further complicatiOns by raising able way ibfe)rtae utilized n i a benefit of all. the basement floor from si x to Snider also said that the serve the ja 11 wall and build the in favor of the -motion to pre:. Those councillors who voted eightm ri.nches. cost for the addition would run assessment c !face addition to the about the same - (estimated 4, north of the pi resent building w, re space would remain exactly the John Baker, Harold Campbell; $150,000) - and the overall same, 3,150 square feet on each Joe •Dietrich, 1 ',,loyd Ferguson, R.• (Continieet l on Page 15) of the two floors and the base- ment. Reeve Harold Lobb, Clinton, chairman of the pioperty com-:- mittee, told council that in his' opinion time had become a factor - for consideration. He said 'it was his feeling, and the feeling .of the majority of members of the . property committee, that if the county held out to build the CO LP !Ivy addition to the east of the assess- ment office, The Save The Jail . • the courts for enough, time that ci g Society would tie things up in the eHnutofn.fice would be moved s ae assessm ent o' nf Huron. County C "I'm convinced the assess-Clerk Treasu rer John ment office will' be moved, .we:.-.Berry presented the 197, budget do not go ahead and build the at last Thur sday's sessi, On of - Huron County Couneil. -werembers addition now d,6 stated Deputy- Stan Profit, Goderich. passed the document quick ply and "The only one sure way it will • remain is if we build the addition than comment, easiljyohcnauvishiintg I had e.M: Berry ' to " better ' luck • ra gg uh‘ nUagw .2 'ay oYnduu:br ei kneor' t'l ng, and I for this year,"be told co u nc fed up with "There is no, increase in the demands on local municipalit. les might add court action, go against • the assessment office inHuron," "Any extra moneys have been he said. taken from the surplus. At the ' . Reeve 'Everett Mellwatti aaltett sen3c117,17rattheit'ttugutict 'etott allwe:r1 whether street parklie.totefrof,...mowid exactly tio oeseteett; the end of 1973, the surplus would have been reduced 'to $110,411. In other' words, we are using approximately $215,000 of surplus funds in order that the demands on t taxpayer will not increase. The total budget calls ft ,r over five million dollars. Of that anrount, $3,402,543 comes from county sources; ^ the re4st is funded by government. The Hon. John White wa s mentioned again during the ses - sion when the Planning Boar d report was read. Chairman Gin - yin Reed noted that while the official plan had gone to the Ministry of Treasury,Economici; and Intergovernmental Affairs lit had not been signed and returned". "The Minister had ' other o t thing inwg es eokns h isso mI ngdu the last he cdoludpnl,et get around to signing it," ob- served Reeve Reed. , The chairman also drew attention to the fact that John L. Cox has been retained by the planning board for, the summer months. Mr. Cox; a student, has been hired under a -program • called ,,,Experience 73" in which the Province of Ontario pays 75 percent of the students salary for the summer. He will be paid $125 per week and will be gather- ing data for secondary plans. Council learned that wage in- creases have been granted to the engineers at Huronview amount- ing to 60 cents over a year and a half. By July 1, 1974 members of the International „Union of Operating Engineers, Local 772 will be receiving $4.10 per hour. vided along Gloucester Terrace could be reserved strictly for assessment office, staff use. He predicted a "conflict" when and if the jail became a public attrac- tion. "There's considerably more parking to be provided than is required at the assessment (Continual on Page 15),