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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-09-27, Page 1Expositor photographer Liz Watson went for a ride on the ferris wheel at the Fall Fair, on Friday and snapped this over-all shot of activities in the midway area of the fair. Although attendance at the 128th annual fair was clOwn slightly, interest in exhibits, horse races and the Queen of the Fair contest was high. Weather on Friday afternoon was windy and fairly chilly and may hive kept. some people away from the event, fair organizers said. (Staff. Photo) Huron clears. assistance for county planning staff The addition to the Huron- come. For the benefit of Huron Perth Regional Assessment Of- County Council meeting last Fri- flee is rising but not before day in Goderich, Harold Lobb, several problems were over-, chairman of the property committee, reviewed the steps leading up to commencement of constuction. "Members of Council will • recall that at the County Council session on June 29, 19'73, Reeve Lobb- reported, "a rental proposal was submitted for ap- proval. This proposal had been under "negotiation for a consider- able amount Of time having been finalized on June 19, 19 73 with a definite promise that the docu- ment would be in the Clerk's hands prior to the June session. In order to receive this document it was necessary to telephone Toronto on Jun e 28th." "Following the acceptance by County Council and the verbal acceptance by the Province," he reported, "the session of county council was held on July 16th to award the tenders for the new addition at the Assessment office . In the afternoon of July 16th, the province was advised by telephone that county council had approved the tenders and the rental agreeinent was in the mail. The county was advised/that a maximum of two weeks wbuld be required to finalize, the transac- tion which would mean con- struction would start on or about August 1st," "In reality, however, the final approval from the Pro- vincial authorities was not re- ceived until Tuesday, September 4th, eight days prior to the expiration of the accepted tender," the report stated. "Therefore, one can see that .any delay in construction was not caused by the county, Reeve Lobb reported. "Construction has, however, now started and hopefully a great part of the building program will be closed in before the winter weather sets (Continued on Page 13) A Zone C 1 meeting of Royal Canadian Legion . members was held in Seaforth Sunday. There were 65 representatives from 9 of the 12 branches in the zone at the meeting. A parade was held from the Legion Hall to the cenotaph led by the Pipe Band. Wreaths were placed by Har- old Chambers, Goderich, Zone C 1 Commander, and Gordon Scott, Seaforth, President of Huron M.O.H. Explains need. for fo6d: premise byldW. through. A letter from the Board of Health has gone out to all munici- pal councils for study regarding the proposed bylaw. FrOin the discussion at council last Friday, it was learned the correspon- dence had been generally mis- understood throughout the county. of Toronto. The Board approved the in- stallation of a portable classroom for St. Boniface School at Zurich -- to be installed as sodn as possible. Mr. Vintar spoke of the pro- posal to introduce the use of the VD Kit in teaching Health in Grade '7 to 10. Mr. Tokar reported the Ministry of Health had been concerned with the increase in VD cases in adolescents. As a result the Ministry of Health (Continued on Page 13) Wins in car club In the second preliminary weekly prize draw in the Liens Car Club IV the $25 award went to Donald I. Stewart of Setforth. Kippen area barn burns Seaforth firemen, assisted by the Brucefield fire department, were unable to do anything to save a barn owned by Jameg Ward, R. R. 2, Kippen, early Friday. Firemen poured water on the nearby house, threatened by flying embers. A cam and a pig are missing after the fire, in which damage was estimated at $10,000. The animals were presumed to have escaped and are running loose. Cause of the fire hasnot been determined. Robert A. Binnendyk has been appointed vice.. pregident and general manager of Labatt Brew,- eries of British Coluthbia Limited. Mr. Binnendyk Joined the Labatt systems department In 1961.. He was appointed a cone& with Labatt Breweries of Canada in 1967 and comp- troller, Labatt's Alberta Brewery Limited, in 1969. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Arie Binnendyk of Kippeis, his wife is the fon:nett/mit . Dobson of Seaforth. and Mrs. BitmendYit Molted recently from Edmonton to their new home in Itrith VaittoliVeto. An impromptu discussion at the regular September session of Huron County Council was touched off by Goderich deputy-reeve Stan Profit when he asked Dr. Frank Mills, Medical Officer of Health, to explain the new Food Premises By-Law which the county Board of Health is attempting to put Dr. Mills explained the county, was interested in making a, "registry" of food places in Huron. He said under present rules, persons selling fOod ready for eating were not required to register and there is no way of making sure that all such pre- mises conform to the local and provincial regulations. He stres- sed the point that the Board of Health was not interested in collecting the licence fees, only keeping an accurate record of all, the food premises In Huron. "Our men are not detectives out. looking for these places," said Mills. "When we're aware of them, we look after them. The big ones are under good control but we must know where they all are." Dr. Mills informed council that in one instance, a food pre- rases, was operating in Huron with no sink, no refrigerator, no Stove. He said the meat was stored right out on the counter and there are "certain health hazards" in this. The doctor said that all school cafeteria's are regularly inspected but other places where professional caterers -are hired should also be kept under watch. He stated that in his opinion, local ladies groups at church suppers for instance, would not be inspected. in the same manner although the county Board of Health would be happy to co- operate with them on any food storage advice they may want. Dr. Mills pointed out there are guidelines published for persons serving food at such places as fall fairs, etc. He said these cases are covered under a tem- porary agreement. Food poisoning, Dr. Mills pointed out, remains the respon- sibility of the person who sells the food. The county, therefore, Juts a secondary responsibility to gee Hat all food premises meet the requirements where health is concerned. "It is not a mandatory bylaw to bring futher financial pressure on our restaurateurs In our village," asked Reeve Ed. Oddleifson, Hayfield. Dr. Mills assured him it was not and that no funds are realized through the scheme by the Health Unit. County plumbing was dis- • cussed briefly by council. It was learned from Gerry G.Ginn, chairman of the Board of Health, that over 400 septic systems were installed in Huron County so far (continued on page 8) • The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board at Its meeting in Seaforth Monday approved paying to the Village of Zurich in one lump sum, $1,785, the water services frontage charge for 375 feet for St. Boniface School in Zurich. The Board approved the ap- pointment of Mrs. C ecilla M ittle- bolts as Grade 4 - 5 teacher at St. Boniface School in Zurich. Joseph Tokar of Stratford was appointed to the acting capacity of Superintendent of Education for the Board during the leave of absence (without pay) for the Superintendent of Education John Vintar, who is to pursue further studies toward a doc- torate in educational adminis- tration. The studies will be at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the *University Overcome with surprise as her limb is called; the new Queen of the Fair, Margaret Van Dyke is congratulated by Alf Ross, president of the Seaforth „Agricultural Soie Ross, president of the Seaforth Agricultural Society. Margaret is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Van Dyke, R.R.3, Seafortli. (Staff Photo) Margaret Eckert, 17, R.R.1, Seaforth, was crowned Huron County Dairy Princess at the 109th annual Zurich fall fair Monday. A grade 13 student at Seaforth District High School, she will compete in the Ontario Dairy Princess finals next year at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Con Eckert of McKillop. Other contestants were, Christine Lee, 20, of Walton, and Margaret Franklen, 16, of Auburn, in the competition sponsored by Huron County Milk Committee. HPRC Board sets new school zones Committee will attend a work- , shop on accreditation in London. New guidelines for accreditation " will be outlined. Miss Alice Reid, chairman of Publicity Committee, showed a plaque which will be presented to, retiring members of the staff or of the Board. Gordon McKenzie, HoSpital Administrator reviewed correc- tions which had been made at the hospital as, a result of a pre- accreditation surseY. Dr. John Underwood reported for the Medical Staff. Select Queen at the Fair Margaret Van byke,17-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Van Dyke of R.R.4,Seaforth, was chosen Queen of the Fair Friday afternoon. The Grade 12 student at the Seaforth District High School was sponsored by the Queen's Hotel. Karen Regier, sponsored by Coleman's Collision was second. Third runner-up was JanetScott, sponsored by MacLean's Flow- ers. Joan Nebel who was spon- sored by Bill Eisler sanitation, Service, was the fourth runner- up. All the contestants received- (Continued on Page 8) Name Huron MP opposition whip Robert E. McKinley,. Huron MP , has been named whip of the Progressive Conservative P arty. He succeeds Tom Bell,(Saint John-Lancaster), who had held the post since 1958 and who be- comes House Leader for the party. Gerald Baldwin of Peace River, who announced his in- tention of stepping down as House leader two months ago, has been named chairman of a parliamen- tary strategy committee. Mr. McKinley has been deputy whip since 1972. The duties of the whip include keep- ing track of members of the party,listing speakers in debates and rounding up the members for voting. Mr. McKinley was first elected to the Commons In 1965 succeeding the late Elston Car- diff 111111:P liuron a a Mhol No, 5507 .14th Year SEAFORTU, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1973 — 16 Pages xngl OW 91905 • 6tf)i) a Yes.tr In,4.0$000' Patient days are down so hospital below budget comparable to 1972, he said. Cafeteria meals"' to visitors at the hospital Will be increased from $1,25 to $1.50 for a dinner. The Ontario Hospital Asso- ciation Convention in Toronto at the end of October will - be attended by Mrs. Joseph Mc- Connell, Robert Wilson, Clay- ton Looby and Dr. William Thompson. The latter two indicated they would only be attending a one-day session. Other members of the hospital staff will be attending part or all of the three day sessions. The Board approved having new cable installed from the outside transfOrmer to the inside electrical panel. The replacement will cost between $4,000 and $5,000. with the work being done by the Seaforth PUC as soon as materials are available. Visiting hours on the Mater- nity Ward at the hospital are to be restricted to three hours a ' — day - one and one half hours Councillor George Hate- afternoon and evening to ailvisi- brand, chairman of the arena tors except husbands. committee, told a special council , patients had been complaining meeting last Wednesday evening, about being overtired because he felt the press had created an too many visitors stayed too long. unfavourable impression in the Members of the Accreditation way the engineer's reports on the arena had been used. Thd majority of people who had spoken to him on the subject felt the arena had been condem- ned, he said and added the press had done nothing to discourage this thought. He said that he felt the , average person was only con- fused by the terms engineers used in the reports and that the press could have created a more favourable impression by break- ing this down into more easily understood language. Councillor Wayne Ellis did not agree and pointed out the facts had been presented and it was up 1:o the public to form its own opinion. The press had made no comments on interpretation of the reports. Mayor F. C. J. Sills pointed out that if council had felt they wanted the matter explained in any particular way, it was up to council to give the press a statement to this effect. As far as he was concerned he felt the press had been fair and had not in any way tried to twist the facts of the report. Several other members of council stated they supported the mayor's point of view. In other business, council met with Richard R. McLellan, re- presenting the Frank Cowan Insurance Company to discuss the amounts of insurance the town had and the purchase of additional insurance when it was felt necessary. A report from the Ministry of the. Environment regarding phase 1 construction of sewers for the rest of the Town of Seaforth wa s read and briefly discussed. The proposed project will cost an estimated $1,283,000 and of this the town will pay about $400,000. After discussing some areas where council felt more infor- mation, was necessary, it was agreed a meeting should be arranged immediately with the ministry in Toronto to iron out some of these details. The estimated costs have been based on a possible start of work in 1974. Conhcil recommended that Gordon Rimmer be.appointed a member of the Seaforth Planning Board to replace A. y. McLean who retired earlier this year and a by-law is to be prepared. It was suggested that non- council members of the planning board be approached to act as a committee of adjustment for the town and that the finance com- mittee recommend a rate of com- pensation for this duty. Branch No. 156. • Robert Spittal was In charge of the dedication service. The salute was taken by Cec Rickaid of Galt, Deputy District Commander. w, Leonard Ford was former Councillor For nearly ten years a Seaforth bank manager, Leonaid Frederick Ford died in Seaforth Community Hospital on Thursday following a short illness. He was 65. Mr. Ford served on the Sea- forth Municipal Council for several years retiring two years ago because of ill health. He was president of the Seaforth Liona Club in 1963-64 and took an active interest in the community. He was a member of Thedfor( Masonic Lodge A.F. and A.M. end of St. Thomas Anglican Church. Born in England the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ford Of Wellington, he came to qatada with his parents in 1917. it He carne to Seaforth la1958 on _ (Continued on Page 6) The members. of the Seaforth Community Hospital Board were advised at a meeting- Tuesday by the chairman of the Finance Committee, Dr. William J. Thonipson, that the hospital was running $40,000 below budget due to the decrease of approximately 1000 patient days in the first eight months of the year. He said the $40,000 repre- sents a reduction in relief staff and ()berating expenses reflected by the decrease in patient days. The overall financial picture of the hospital, otherwise, was Agree coverage was fai r On the return to the Legion from the cenotaph, a business Meeting was held under the dir- ection of Mr. Chambers. A dinner followed the meeting served by the Ladies' Auxiliary.