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Whole No. 5486
114th War SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, :WAY 3, 1973 - 16 Pages
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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),