HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-05-17, Page 1Grant
supports
project
The Ontario Department of
Education hes' appreved" a grant
which will provide summer em-
ployment for selected Huron
County students. They will
wora, on a project to update
Huron County history from 1900-
1975. The grant will be ad-
ministered under the Experience
'73, P.E.O.P.L.E. program.
Employment for several uni-
versity students is for three
months. One or two high school
students will be employed for
two months.
Huron County Council has
undertaken to meet all additional --
expenses of the project not
covered by the grant. The project
is under the supervision of County
historian, James Scott.
Candidates will be chosen by
a selection committee. Last
date for applications for work on
the project Is May 23. Appli-
cationd way TArsent to the Clerk-
Treasurer's Office, Goderich;
"the Huron County Board of
Education, Clinton; or to James
R. Scott, Box 325, Seaforth.
MRS. DOROTHY MUNROE
who recently was elected
president of the Medical
Records Committee of the
Ontario Hospital Assoc-
iation District Hospital
Council No. 2. The, annual
meeting was , held at
University of Waterloo.
Lions elect
C.S. Campbell
as president
Street repair
is outlined to
Deputy-Reeve Wilmer Cut-
hill, chairman of the public works
committee, told council Monday
evening' that James F.XeLaren
Engineering would be consulted
regarding the laying of storm
sewers and catcp basins on Mar-
ket Street this year so that pay-.
ing and finishing of the street
could be completed next year.
plans were being prepared
for the completion of the Birch
Street prOject this year and also
the Brantford Street drain.
Test holes had been dug on
Chalk Street and it was found
that the drain at the top end of
the street was down four feet
and at the Cleary property at
the other end, it was down two
feet.
Alex Irvin had. been consul-
ted about deepening the drain
but stated, his machine could
not lay the drain any deeper.
Discussion was held with the
passibility of running a sewer
extension up the street to solve
the problem and this would be
discussed in detaiflater.
The possibility of moving the
town shed from its site on Rail-
way Street to industrial land
on the site-of the-former sewage
disposal building is being con-
sidered.
Potholes are now ,being
patched with hot mix asphalt
until such time as taring and
chipping can be proceeded with.
Some streets will require com-
plete coverage while others will
only reauire partial coating this
year.
Councillor George Hilde-
brand, arena chairman, told
council that- Roy McGonigle was
being retained at the arena to
proceed with inside repairs -
and for roller skating. He said
his committee felt a structural
engineer should be engaged to
see what repairs are necessary
before renovations and alterat-
ions could be proceeded with.
An Iceomatic ice resurfacer
and flooder was purchased for
Winner
Jim Stephenson, London and
Tom Papple, R.R.4, Seaforth,
were• joint winner of the twenty-
fourth weekly prize of $25,, in
the Lions Car Club 3.
chure $150; Promotion $300;
Miscellaneous $150; totalling
$1,200.
public Works and Sanitation
Public Works - General. -
Equipment Maintenance $5,500;
• ; ,--
Sandra Wilson, daughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Bob Wilson of Seaforth, has her hearing tatted by
Mrs. Shirley Steepe of Huron Health Unit while her mother looks on. The Pre School Clirilic Wei
' held at the Seaforth Community Hospital Thursday afternoon.
Mervin Nott was $500 richer by the time the final National-
Hockey game was ,over. Here he receives a cheque for $50a1
from Wilfred Titford (right) chairman of the. Lions Club
committee which was responsible for the draw won by Mr.
Nott.
Whale Not. 5480
114*. Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAT 17, 1973 — 16 Pages
Seaforth buys-
PUC '-exponsion
Long a land mark •on Main Street, the last of a great elm tree at Seaforth Lawn Bowling
greens was eliminated last week. Torn by storm several years ago all but the trunk of the tree
had been removed and now this too has gone. The trunk which measured 98 inches across was
Cut by a group including the town maintenance staff, the PUC and a treeremoval team which has
been at work across the county. Among those shown in front of the tree trunk with the CNR
' depot in the background are: Mayor F.c.J.Sills, Deputy Reeve Wilmer Cuthill, Alf Price, Harvey
Dolmage, Charles Reeves, Torn Phillips and Alex Chesney. (Staff Photo)
Maloney Brothers bid gains
Hibbert bridge contract
Harburn will make further
quiries.
Joost Drostpetitioned,Council
to build a fence round the Town-
ship garage. Council is to make
enquiries concerning the cost of
a fence, and action was promised.
Clerk Charles Friend was
instructed to .arrange for a meets
ing of the County Planner,
Maurice Milburn, Ellard Lange
of the Area Planning Committee,
and the Townships of Fullarton
and Logan, to discuss the policy
on severances.
en- Lowest Tender for a proposed
new bridge on , side road 25/26
between Condessions 1 and 2 in
Hibbert was that of Maloney Bro-
thers Constructidia Dublin, at
$31,340. The tender was accepted
• subject to. approval of Ministry
of Transport and Communica-
tions at a meeting of Hibbert
Council on Friday.
E.H. Uderstadt was appointed
Engineer to bring Ina-report on
the repair and improvement of
the Norris Drain. The Ausable,
Hayfield Conservation Authority
asked that particular attention be
paid to side slopes, if any.
_ Approval, Was. grdrited Allen
set a near 'driving'
shed in lintaavith an existing shed.
The Road Superintendent, Ed
Chapple, told,council that it did
not .obstruct vision nor would it
be a snow hazard.
George Vivian visited Council
and explained a proposed Scout
and Cub "Camp Out" Jamboree
being planned by the CroraartY
Scoutaa and Cubs, and asked that
assistance be given. A , grant
of $25. was approved:—
The Ministry of Natural, Re-
ELAINE ROBERTON
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Roberton of 16 West
William-Street, Seaforth
recently graduated from
Centralia College of Agri-
cultural Technology in the,
Home Economics Food
Service Management
program.
NEIL HEMINGWAY •
son of Mr. and Mrs. Doug
Hemingway of R. R. #3,
Brussels recently
graduated from Centralia
College of Agricultural,
Budiness Management pro-
gram. He was the only•
Student in a class of 45
to receive honors.
sources proposed that a Bow and
Arrow Hunt be allowed in the
Township• from October 29th to
November 25th, 1973. While
Council expressed concern as to
fences and cattle; they approved
the request on a one year trial
basis.
The Mitchell Fire Area budget
of $2,918.65 was approved. De-
puty Reeve Henry Harburn
explained the new representation
on the Fire Area Board which
provides Mitchell with two mem-
bers, Logan, Fullarton and Hib-
bert, one member. Blarichard has
one meinber wifb voting power
only on -*Hal expenditu Ma •
Made Vorchers in the amount
of $3,918., and General Account
of $8,784.10 for the Township-and
$243.50 and $20Q. for the Police
Village of Dublin, were approved.
The Fire Chief of Mitchell
Fire Area,. Murray Daltyrriple
discussed a proposed water
storage tank ,in Cromarty. Chief
Dalrymple and Deputy Reeve
Society
considers
park plants
Bus Eckert of Ingersoll
encouraged the members of the
Seaforth Horticultural Society to
enjoy growing unusual things in
their gardens, when he was guest
speaker at their meeting Wednes-
day. ,
Mr. Eckert told of some of
his special plants such as the
rare green and white trilllums.
Primulas are one of his favourtte
plants. He showed slides which
indicated his love of gardening.
Two of his exotic looking trees
were shown to be two Bartlett
pear trees grown by espaliering -
training them to grow in
formalized shapes by pruning and
wiring to a trellis until matured
and then removing the trellis.-
The primula plant, donated by
Mr. Eckert as a door prize,
was won by Edgar Allan.
A letter from the Chamber-of
Commerce suggested the needief
a parks committee for the town
so that flowers could be planted
and the parks beautified. Because
of many trees in Victoria Park
a number of flowers were men-
tioned that would grow in the
shade such as spring bulbs which
would mature before the leaves,
begonias, lily-of-the-valley, etc.
It was reported there are 87
members at present belonging to'
the Horticultural Society.
Over 40 members attended
and they took part in a plant
exchange at the end of the meet-
ing.
Lose barns
Two vacant tarns were de-
stroyed, Tuesday in simultaneous
fires on a Hibbert Townahip farm
owned by the Schoonderwoerd
brothers of Fail.. 1, Dublin. A
house on the farm was destroyed
by fire a few Wars ago.
Mitchell firefighters and
investigating provincial police
said the fires, discovered about
5 a.m. by a passing -Motorist,
had obviously started as two
separate blazes in the barns
about 50 yards apart.
Police said investigation is
continuing. Firefighters were
recalled to the farm about Six
hours later when a breeze rekin-
dled one of the barn fires and
threatened a nearby shed.
Seaforth Lei hs elected
Clair • Campbell as president
for the coming year at a meet-
ing Monday. He succeeds Brian
Flannigan..
Other officers are.: 1st.
'Vice President - Bob Beuttena
miller; and. Vice President -
(Continued on page 14)
Seaforth taxes will be down
this year despite 'an increase of
approximately $77,000 in esti-
mated expenditures.
Mill rates were set at
101.6 mills public residential
compared to 111.7 last year.
Public commercial will be
112.5 "with last year's figure
at 117.93. Separate residential
dropped to 104.15 from 117.93 .
and separate commercial is
117.60 from '129.73 last year.
Municipal revenue and ex-
penditures are, estimated at
$507,625 this year as compared
to $430,750 last year.
A complete breakdown
follows:
1973 Estimates - Expenditures
Finance, General Government
& Industrial
Executive & Legislative -
Council Allowance $5,'700-.00;
Travelling Allowance $600.00;
Miscellaneous $100.00 making a
total of $6,400.00.
Administrative - Salary
(Clerk) $10,500.00;,,,Salary (De-
puty Clerk) $3,200.00; Audit Fee
$2,500.00; Travelling (Clerk)
$50.00; Advertising $1,00.0.00;
Telephone $350.00; Fidelity Bond
$285.00; Insurance $4,200.00;
Equipment Maintenance $100.00;
Pensions $4,400.00; unemploy-
ment Insurance $1,600.00; sub-
scriptions $250.00; Membership
$100.00; Miscellaneout $65.00,
totalling $28,800.00.
Unclassified - Town Hall -
Maintenance $1,500; Fuel
$500; Light & power $625;
Janitor Supplies $60; Grants
t
f,060; Workmen's Compensa-
ion $582; Legal Fees $500; Mis-
cellaneous $39, totalling $4,000.
Planning Board $500.
Indastrial -Survey $600; Bro-
Seaforth ,Countil met with a
delegation from Seaforth PUC
at their regular meeting, Monday
evening when the PUC asked
council to consider picking up
the option on the property owned
by Carl Dalton. •
The land consists of 12,477
acres and a test well has, been
drilled on the site and a good
flow of water exists. The PUC
would like to lease a portion of
the land from council for a well
site, a future substation and a
possible ...storage facility for
water if the present town tank
is phazed out.
The possibility of large re-
pair costs on the present tank
in the near future has the PUC
looking ahead to the day when •
it will have to be replaced and
with this thought PUC officials
felt this site might supply the
•answer.
Cost of the land is approx-
imately $12,000- with interest,
less the option which the PUC
paid on the land.
It was felt it would be better
for council .to own the.land
rather than the PUC, in the
event of a provincial takeover
of PUC's by Ontario Hydro.The
land required by PUC would only
be a little over two acres. The
rest of the property could be
used for other purposes. ,
Council concurred and agreed
to proceed with the purchase of
the property at once. •
In other business council
passed by-law 916, a by-law to
amend the official plan to rezone •
land- at the front of Robert Bell
Industries from commercial to'
highway commercial to permit
construction of a gar wash by
Ken Coleman.
By-law 917 was passed to
permit special use of property
beside-. -the Seaforth Machine
Shop cm Main Street permitting
construction of a car wash by
Datrid Corrie of ;Clinton provided
certain requirements are met.
James F. M'cLaren Assoc-
iates •were appointed consulting
engineers on the construction of
the Brantford Street, drain.
A leaaae, was ,entered into by
council for court room space in
the town hall at a fee of $30
per day with the Ministry of the
Attorney General of Ontario.
Authorization was given `two
members of council to attend the
Municipalities of Ontario Con-,
vention August 19 to 29 in the
RoYal York, Toronto, as voting
delegates.
It was decided to investi-
gate possibility of Maitland
SWEEPprojects in the area.
The Huron County munici-
pal - Officers Association spring
meeting is being held in Belmore
on Wednesday and Clerk Ernest
Williams was give n permission
to attend. A $10 membership fee
was paid by council.
Huron Medical Officer of
Health acknowledged councils re-
quest that the Huron Homecare
Uait not be moved to Clinton from
Seaforth had been considered and
'said it had been decided to go
ahead with the move as the whole
County was now involved in home-
care whereas only a small por-
tion had, been at the start: It
was felt Clinton would be more
central and could be accommo-
dated in existing offices, there.
A letter from Premier
William Davis dated *first
of May was also received by
'council. The Premier stated
he had' received Seaforth's letter
with regards to the moving of the
Homecare office and would have
the Hon. Richard Potter look into
the matter.
The Homecare ,Unit. which
program
council
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the arena for $2,850.
Councillor Betty Cardno,
chairman of the protection to
persons and property committee
informed council that Constable
Chamberlain of the Seaforth Pol-
lice department had submitted
his resignation to council ef-
fective May 15. He was granted
two weeks severance pay.
Historic site
VanEgmond
At a recent meeting of the
Archaelogical and Historic Sites
Board of Ontario, the Board ap-
proved the erection of a plaque
marking the Van Egmond House
in Egmondville according to Van
Egmond Foundation officials. '
Through the co-operation of
the staff of the library at the
University of western Ontario it
has been established that the
Salaries - Price $7,500; Dol-
mage $6,750; Bannon $6,750.
totalling $26,500.
was to have moved ToOndiy, was
advised to stay where they were
Until further notice by Huron
County Health Unit , council 'was
informed.
A land severance Was reeom-
mended for approval as a result
of a request from Helen Reeves_
to sell one-halt the double house
property on South Main Street
to George Reeves.
Council decided after a
lengthy. _debate not to accept the .
proposed new plumbing and
building, inspection draft as it
was too rigidatoo costly and would
only force people to break the
law.
The . prorPosed draft stated
that where repairs; alterations,
or new plumping was required a
permit Must be obtained before
any work could be proceeded'
with. Members 'asked what would
happen if a tap washer had to be
replaced or a, leak occurred on a
weekend when no staff would be
(Continued on page 7)
will mark
fOundation
VanEgmond home was completed
in 1846. This information was
determined by consulting assess-
ment rolls. It is interesting that
the house was assessed at 60
pounds, in 1847.
The A&H Sites Board and the
Foundation are scheduling the
erection of the plaque for August
and a date will .be set for the
unveiling ceremony.
Maintenance (subsidable)' -
Roadside $5,000; Hardtop$4,000;
Loosetopa$11,000; Winter Con-
trol $4,000; Safety Devices $800;
totalling $24,600.
Construction - Brantford St.
drain $23,500; Chalk St. drain
$1,200; Birch St. & Bridge$83,004.
Market St. drains $7,000,
totalling $94,700.
Unclassified $9,200.
Sanitation - Sewage Treat-
ment 06,000; Sewers $1,300;
Dump $1,700, totalling $29,000.
Protection to Persons & Property
Fire -' Fire Area Board
$4,170; Fire Char'es $500; Hy-
(trent rental $4,220; Miscellan-
eous $110., totalling $9,000. .
Poll-ce - Cruiser maintenance
$2,200; Salaries $22,500; Salar-
ies (auxiliary) $5,000; Tele-
phone $650; Office Supplies$250;
Uniforms $1,300; Training $400;
Animal Control $100; Sick leave
credits $595; Equipment Main-
tenance $200; Advertising $500;
Answering service $1,500; Mis-
cellaneous $215, totalling
$35,400.
Total for Protection to Persons
and Property $61,500.
Unclassified - Stop lights
$250a r.N.R. crossing $1,000;
Street . lighfifi -$15-;000; Build-
ing inspection $250, totalling
$17,100.
Community Centre Board
wages - $10,000; BOoth
$7,500; Repairs & Maintenance
$1;500; etc $4;000; In-
siitaitte $2,700; Equipment $700;
Mittellatietnia` 4200, totalling
1;26,,460s„
RecreatiOn Committee
Reereatibt director $4,375;
Grants - Lions Club $2;004
(Continued on Page 6)
Auxiliary
marks 40th
anniversary
A tea and bazaar was held
in Northside United Church by
the auxiliary to the Seaforth Com-
munity Hospital Saturday to mark
Hospital Day. It was also one
of the first celebrations that the
auxiliary will hold to mark its
40th anniversary this year.
Guests were greeted at the
door by Mrs. W.C. Bennett, auxi-
liary president, and Mrs. C.K.
Morningstar of London, preai-
,dera Ontario Hospital Auxi-
n gaes Association.
Pouring tea were Mrs. Mor-
ningstar, Mrs. Joseph Mc
Connell, Seaforth, chairman of
The Seaforth Corn mVity Hospital
Board; Mrs. Beecher Menzies,
Clinton, chairman of District 2,
Ontario Hospital Auxiliaries As-
sociation and Mrs. Orville Oke,
vice-chairman, District 2.
Mrs. Gordon Beuttenmiller
was convener for the bazaar,
Mrs. Leo Teatero and Mrs.
Howard James were tea
converners and Mrs. William
Wilbee baking convener. The
candystripers at the hospital and
their director . Mrs. John Turn-
bull, were -in charge of candy
sales.
The tea table was centred with
the anniversary cake and. a bou-
quet of purple and yellow violas.
Arrangements of tulips and
appleblossoms were used to de-
corate the church hall.
Council clears Seaforth tax cut of 10.1 mills