The Huron Expositor, 1973-07-05, Page 1Set barn loss at $25
in Dominion Day Fire
. ,
Mrs. ' Douglas Fraser, R.R.2, Blyth; Rosemary
Newnham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ROSert Newn-
ham, Seaforth; Thomas Rapson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Hopson, R,R.4, Waltop and Marlene Storey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morley Storey, Seaforth.
Scholars are required to have an average of 80
per cent or over. They receive a certificate and
award of $150 will be sent to the school from
which they graduated.
Shorty Farquere (centre) of ,Goderich, won $1,000 in a Seaforth Branch 156 Legion draw
Saturday night. Here he receives a cheque from past president Cleave Coombs while Mrs.
.Farquere looks On. Mrs. Bill Eisler, Seaforth, won the $100 second prize while prizes of $50
each went to Mrs. Arnold Scott, Kitchener and Earl Stephen, woodham. (Photo by wilbee)
SWEEP group active in
VanEgmond cleanup
A ()W M, ON14ARIO TRURSPAY, JULY 5, 1973
Hurpn:toynci!
for a- off' Om:bin
ROSEMARY NEWNHAM THOMAS RAPSON DARLEN2 STOREY
SD.H.S. onnounces five Ontario scholars
Damage was estimated at
more than $25,000 when fire
levelled a barn and its contents
late Sunday afternoon on the farm
of Rene Vercruyssen of R.R. 2,
Blyth, about two miles northwest
of Walton.
The Vercruyssen family was
away for the day visiting rela-
tives in Bayfield, arriving home
about six o'clock to discover their
-loss. •
Two neighboUrs, Bruce and
Neil McDonald noticed the smoke
when they were driving to Walton.
They broke into the house to call
the Blyth volunteer firemen.
Unable to do anything at the
barn, which was engulfed
in flames, the young men
attempted to put out the fires
flaring up on the house roof.
They went upstairs in the house
and out on to a second floor bal-
cony and up on to the roof, where
they poured pails of water until
the arrival of the Blyth firemen.
The high winds carried the
sparks from the barn directly to
A request for land severence
by Harold and Naomi Pryce, of
R.R. 1, Seaforth, for approxi-
mately 2 1/2 acres on the west
half of Lot 22, Concession 8,
was recommended for approval
by Council.
Approved for paymentWas the
second installment for $1,905 to
Seaforth Fire Area Board.
Building permits totalling
$18,400 were approved:
Martin Murray, R.H. 1, Dub-
lin; implement shed; James C.
Kerr, R.R. 1, Seaforth, granary
and renovations to the barn;
Francis Hunt, R.R. 1, Walton,
replace barn wall; Francis flick-
nell, R.R. 5, Seaforth, barn add-
ition; Samuel Scott, R.R, •2, Sea,. week. Other winners were:
forth, silo; and Kenneth P. Mur- First, Cliff McMann of Owen
ray, H.R. 5, Seaforth, bulk silo Sound, $1,644.00; and second, Be-
addition. verly Doll, Goderich, $400.
Henry Uderstadt of Orange-
ville was named engineer to bring
in a survey, plan and report for
the repair and improvement,
where necessary, of the Dill
(continued on Page 10)
When the Huron County Board
Of Health placed their report be.-.
fore members of County Coun-
cil last Friday one clause of the
page long summary sparkedeon-
siderable debate. The Board
asked council to reinstate plumb-
ing inspection.
On several occas Ions during
recent County Council sessions
this matter had been considered.
As a result the Board of Health,
with the co-operation of Dr.F rank
Mills, Medical Officer of Health
for the County, made a detailed
study of the situation and pointed
out to the council that at the
present time, under by-law 58 of
1961, the county does have au-
thority to carry out plumbing in-
spection.
"At the time Dr. Evans was
Medical Officer of Health," the
report Wed, '.'the Hoard of 'Huron ppitop.4400,8.1$094
Health felt it necessary to progimatelf" divided,'
tail plumbing inspection and did , reention-t014ninbingli*'
so at a meeting on Angtutt 7,. sPeetten Bed 00.09954 to ger
1979„ due to the lack of staff.'' it out. 1, ,
Following earlier diacnaffieOs ,An acconnting, of the IM1. *4113: on the -matter the Boardhad asked reaction was attathed :
the municipalities of the county
to comment on the situation and
and reviewing these comments
and "considering the discuesidn
that took place at other sessions
of County Council and at the
Huron County Montana' Officers'
Association 'meeting'? decided to
make three recommendations to
County Counetl.
The Board recommended that
plumbing inspection be reinstated
in Huron.
It also recommended that
"authorization be granted by
County Council to engage an ad-
ministrator, one field worker
with the possibility of a second
worker at a later date, 'and a
secretary."
Board of Health further re-
commended that the present by-
law (by-law 58 of 1961) be up-
dated and submitted to County
Council at a later date for ell-
dorsation.
The Board's report also
stressed that this department
would be "a separate function and
would not necessarily be under
the jurisdiction of the Board of
Health but would work in close
co-operation with the Medical
Officer of Health and his related
staff."
In their comments back to
the Board of Health survey the
bikes.
Councillor Vince ,Fowlie as-
sured him that the Ontario Pro-
vincial Police were patrolling
Vanastra and charges were being
laid for violations.
McKillop reeve to attend
select committee meeting
Passed for payment' were:
road accounts $20,285.02;
general .accounts $.5e,116.09. In-
cluded in the latter were 's'clecol
levy payments to H,C.B.E.
$33,390. and Huron-Perth County
R.C. Separate school Board for
$9,546.50.
McKillop Council Tuesday ac-
cepted a petition for repair and
improvement of the Kistner
Corbett Co. Ltd.
of Lucan was appointed engineer
for the drain.
Tile drain debentures for
$6,100 were approved for pay-
ment.
Reeve Allan Campbell will
attend a meeting of a select com-
mittee on land drainage in Kin-
cardine on July 5 to discuss pro-
blems concerning land drainage
in till's area.
Council 'paid out Compensation
of $48.00 for a lamb killed by
dogs.
Seaforth District High' School announced on
Wednesday the names of graduatink pupils who had
been designated as Ontario Scholars. They are
Elizabeth Ball, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
. Ball, Seaforth; Dianne Fraser, daughter-Of Mr. and
William E. Little of Londes-
boro was awarded the contract to
collect garbage for the 216 house-
holds at Vanastra.
The Little tender, lowest of .
nine received by Tuckersmith
Township Coencil at its Meeting--
in Brucefield Tuesday, was $54
per week plus $25 per week extra
for the garbage to be disposed of
in a garbage dump on Mr. Little's
farm.
Ron Gonie of Vanastra
attended the council meeting. He
complained about the deep pot-
-holes-in the roads in Vanastra
and was told Vanastra Develop-
ments has signed a contract for
repairs to the roads and work
was supposed to have been
started.
Rene Vercruyssen, R.R.2, Blyth talks to Mrs. Bert Bachert
as firemen continue to fight the fire that destroyed a large
barn on the farm a short distance north west of Walton. Mrs.
Bachert and other neighbors assisted by providing sandwiches
and cooling drinks during the afternoon. In the lower picture
firemen continue to pour water on all that remains of •the barn.
(Photos by Oke)
the house with only a huge tree
between which helped to save the
house, a large two-storey red
brick.
A water tanker from the
Brussels Fire Department man-
ned by four firemen assisted the
Blyth firemen. Both F ire Depart-
ments were short handed because
of the July 1 holiday, but they
gave, credit to several ,men who
assisted them in saving the house
and an implement shed -also in
the line of the wind driven sparks.
The shed roof was destroyed with
only the rafters being saved. A
smaller shed was destroyed.
The 92x42 foot frame been._
had contained some mixed grain,
500 bales of straw, some ,hay,
a milking machine, grain augur,
the pressure pump which supplied
the , farm with water, and
other small equipment.
The farm on which the fire
occurred was occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Martin for
42 years price.' to their retire-
ment to Seaforth five years ago.
-for nearly 30 years will be fea-
tured, along with bingo, a penny
sale and games of chance,
This year the carnival, which
takes place at the 8 acre Lions
Park will be saluted by sky
divers from Hamilton on Thurs-
day evening. The jumpers will
include Jim Flannigan, a former
Seaforth resident. The pool will
be busy during the three nights
as swimmers compete for prizes
in a series of events arranged by
Gord Farmer.
0 PP checks
park thefts
The OPP is investigating a
breakin and theft at the Lions
Park that could-have had serious
consequences had it not been
dtitCov-ereti, Patrole ()film park
axes are being stepped up as a
result of an Increased number
of incidents of trespass, break-
in and damage to property.
Thieves stole heavy metal
grids that cover the two outlets
in the bottom of the pool. The
circular covers, about ten inches
in diameter, provide protection
to swimmers and prevent them
from becoming sucked into the
outlet by the current as the
water in the pool circulates.
Had the loss not been dis-
covered, a swimmer might easily
have been trapped under water.
New covers were being installed
Wednesday.
park officials surmise , the
theft was the work of trespassers'"'
who have bee n using the pistol
after closing hours and who gain
access by climbing over the fence
surrounding the pool deck.
Swimming classes got under-
way Tuesday morning with a
record registration.
The large registration coup-
led with a shortage of instruc-
tors made necessary an early
cut off date for applications for
-July classes.
Huronview
may require
added rooms
Members of County Coupcil
learned on Friday that they will
soon have to start thinking about
a possible extension to facilities
at Huronview Home for the Aged.
Both J.L. McCutcheon,
(Continued on Page 11)
Students working in an En-
vironment Enhancement Pro-
gram, known as SWEEP were
hard at work cleaning up the
..grounds of the Van Egmond Re-
serve recently. The North Crew
of the Ausable-Bayfield SWEEP
program, consisting of 4 boys
and 3 girls and their supervisors,
cleaned up the landscape, trim-
-med shrubs and trees, as well
as levelled areas of the grounds
at the request of the VanEgmond
Foundation. The crew is under
the supervision of Jim Rowat..
The work done Is part of an
effort to restore the property to
the "former showplace" of the
VanEgmond family, Among the
variety of trees growing on the
grounds is "an exceptionally fine
specimen of purple Leaf Beech",
according to Dr. R.A.Whitman,
on the grounds committee of the
Van Eginond Foundation. An
English Walnut, Black Spruce,
Black Locust, Weeping Willows,
Horse Chestnut, a Linden tree
as well as 7 varieties of apple
and a pear tree can also be found
on the property.
The crew found and elimin-
ated a clump of Wild Barberry,,,,
host to wheat rust, which was
outlawed nearly 30 years ago.
They also trimmed the Mock
Orange, Purple Barberry and
'the Lilacs.
Flowers growing about the
house include primroses, day
Soloman Seal and Moss
Rose. Mrs. Bill Scott of
Brucefield has donated a Per-
sian Yellow Rose to the Foun-
dation.
This group of students is a
small part of the Ontario Govern-
ment's SWEEP program to im-
prove the environment. Under
the direction of the Ausable-
Bayfield Conservation Authority,
the work force consists of one
senior supervisor, three tech-
nical advisors, and twenty-four
crew members. Based at Exeter
and Parkhill, they divide work-
ing time between municipal pro-
jects and projects in local con-
servation areas. The projects
undertaken are designed to
provide a lei ning experience
for the students -as well as im-
prove the environment. Brenda
Blair, Centralia, Peggy Le
Sueur, Camlachie; and Mary
Margaret Jeffery, Hensall attired
in long pants, workboots, gloves
and a hard hat got jobs on
'SWEEP which started June 25
and will last until August 31.
They were selected after an
interview, when one of the ques-
tions was, "Are you afraid to
get your hands dirty?" "Not
at all," they answered. Cleaning
Board's repOrt I-PC.9144Y COUO.C14. •
40,14614 400664$64.313,10011
spectiOnilaingthatt401401t.*Ore. .
information was needed. y.Toy.
added they, were nOt oppoited
the inspection but felt that the.
cost of adniiniStratiott .WOUld lie.
More. than the estiOutt0040"
Colborne favoredtheld9AUOPP
(Continued on RAO 16) • -
Band and: C of C.,'
plan. concert
The Stratfort
under the direction of paulCrons
will present a concert in the .
Victoria Park band !hell Sunday
evening. Prior 'to the ConCert
the band will parade on Main
Street.
The concert is one of a
'Series being arranged by the
Seaforth boys and girls band
and the SeafOrth Chamber ,of
Commerce. - The next event Is
scheduled far Sunday, 'July 22
when the youth Orchestra from
Goderich will visit Seaforth. '
In anticipation of -the Sunday
series, members of the band and
C. of C. moved into the, park
Tuesday evening and began
a clean-up program which also
involves painting the band shell.
up the outdoors gives the girls
a "feeling of achievement".
The program., sponsored by
the' Ministry- of Natural R-esour-
ces, is in its third summer.
The Van Egmond Foundation
have several interesting aquisi-
tions towards the refurbishment
of the house; bone handled table
knives, hand forged, with George
A. Sills, Seaforth imprinted on
them. They have also acquired
clay crocks made at Boehlers
Pottery, Egmondville in the
1800's, Indian grinding stones, a
charcoal iron and a coal oil
can, which held • oil for coaloil
lamps. In the days of the Van-
Egmonds, it cost 414 to 'fill the
small can, consequently it was
only used on occasions like,
"when the Minister came to
tea".
result in reduced deficits and
therefore should reduce any un-
subsidized grants required from
the County in future years.
In other business from the
Social Services 'committee,
County Council agreed not to
cons= with a resolution received
from the County of Grey.
The resolution requested
support for a move to ask the
Province of Ontario to contri-
bute 50 per cent of all adminis•
tration costs of social service
departments rather than Only
salaries, staff training and travel
expenses.
Huron was of the opinion
ever that such an increased sat-
sidy would only lead to mere rigid
e6ntrois and loge of loom,
autonomy.
- • 'gr. Gonie"a 'Second complaint
ncerned the street lights in'
residential area. Both he
is- "oulticilitir Vince FoWlie re-
jaeFf.eu cuity about 13 of the street
lights working and about 50 were
not. Ontario Hydro is to be
asked to look into replacing the
bulbs (about 250 to 200 watt
bulbs) and also to be asked to
meet with Tuckersmith Council
to complete arrangements for on-
going lighting services atVanas-
tra.
Mr. Gonie's third complaint
was on police protection at
Vanastra. He said some of the
roads- were being used as drag
strips and he spoke of the
numerous unlicensed motor
The best 50e bargain in town
next Wednesday, Thursday „and
Friday nights, July 12, 13 and
'14 will be the 38th annual Lions
Summer Carnival at the Lions
Park. All three nights will
feature amateur talent and on
Saturday night Talent Contest
finalists will vye for more than
$400 in prizes.
According to contest
chairman Marten Vincent, 24 en-
tries have been received from
,gifted _amateurs in Newstedt,
Mildmay, Huron Park, Henson,
St. Marys, Mitchell, Seaforth,
Kirkton, Brussels, Hayfield,
Varria, Dublin, Goderich and
Egmondville. Entries are still
being received, he said
Wednesday.
The nightly 50e admission, or
special, advance tickets at 3 for $1
include a chance on a draw for
$500 which will be matte oh Satur-
day night. The 040,RI: riees,
who have been coming toSeaforth
Wins $200.
Gall MacKenzie of Seaforth
won a third prize of $200 in the
Goderich Legion 50-50 draw last
Tuckersmith,„considers new Lions Carnival set
complaints from Vanastra for next week
Dublin student
with voyageurs
Twenty students from area
High Schools along with their
chaperones, Mr. and Mrs. Allan
Mullin from Goderich, left Clin-
ton Tuesday morning for Dids-
bury, Alberta by train. Here
they will be guests of that Pro-
vince for ten days and following
their visit there, they will fly to
Ottawa for a tour of that City
returning July 17th.
The Young Voyageur repre-
senting Seaforth District High
School is Miss Janet O'Reilly,
R.R. 2, Dublin.
An amended agreement be-
tween Huron County Council and
the Victorian Order of Nurses,
as (suggested by the V.O.N. and
recommended b the Social Ser-
vices C ommitt , received
council approval. Th new agree-
ment covers nursi services
purchased from that o anization
by the county.
The amendment includes the
new rate of r7.00 per visit, which
had already been approved by
council.
It a.slso provides for a
thirteenth payment, or refund,
each year when the actual cost
per visit for any year is known,
which is usually early the fol-
lowing year.
It was felt by the committee
that the latter amendment should
County works out
VON agreement
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ELIZABETH BALL DIANNE FRASER