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The Huron Expositor, 1973-10-11, Page 1Car club draw Winner of the $25 Lion's Club Car Club Draw this week was Marie Muir. Urfri:111 Single ;WY 20 cool $8.0, Year in Advance Whole No. 5509 114th Year • HPRC teachers talk salary points., In connection with the first, the rising cost of living, we are aware that the Consumer Price Iodee rose 8.3% from Au- gust 1972 to August 1973. When it comes to the growth of the economy, the latest fore- cast re the Gross National pro- duct indicates a 12.5% to 13% growth. As to the ,third point, parity with other employee groups, the average wage-salary increase for all of Canada was 8.7% as reported in the June Financial post. You are assured of an 8.41% increase from the Ministry of Education, which raises the ceil- ing to $683.00, an increase of $53.00 per pupil. Because of this do you not feel that we, the Teachers in your Roman Cath- olic Separate Schools of Huron- Perth should have a just share of the new spending ceilings? Do you net feel that we tea- chers in this,system stinuld share in the growth of the 'economy? Do you not also, feel that we should likewise receive an in- crease in salaries and wages which are being paid in 1973-74? Are all of you aware that an offer,, amounting to an average increase of 3,4 per cent was Made to us teachers, by your committee? , with regard to this offerdnaY we point out to you, the following; First, this offer does not alp low us' to meet the rising. cost of living. • Second, this offer does not allow us to share in the growth of the economy. Third, this offer does not al. low us to keep pace with the av- erage wage increase al reported ..--'lithe June Financial post. For the above mentioned rea. sons, we believe that the salary preeposal submitted to your com- mittee in March 1973 was .a Just and reasonable request. This proposal allowed us to negotiate a settlement which reflected the following: 1. Tee rise in the Consumer ''Price Index. 2. The rise in theGrossNational Product. 3. The sharing in wage increases given in 1973-74. We believe that the 8.41% in- crease in ceilings allows you to give us a just increase in salary and benefits." Area board orders new fire engine A hunting season for deer may be necessary in Huron County if the current rash of car-deer ac- cidents- continues, Blake EvanS of the Ministry of Natural ,Re- sources, Wingham Office, said ' yesterday. Mr. Evans was com- menting on an accident which oc- curred two miles south of Lon- desboro on Highway 4 Monday 'fight when a 250-pound buck jumped out of a corn field into the path of a car. • The deer was killed' and the car damaged in the amount of about $600. No one was i njured, Mr. Evans said. "We have had quite a few deer killed this way recently," Mr. Evans said." This time of year the deer are moving. and of course in this country, they have to cross roads." ' "It's very fortunate that peo- ple haven't been badly hurt," he continued, adding that "There may have to be a deer season, if the accident increase contin, s, to get the deer population7-d a bit." Seaforth firemen attended'two fires last week. The first call on Thursday at noon• was to the farm of Gordon MacKenzie, R.R. 1, Seaforth, in McKillop ToWnship. Here they soon quelled the. trouble - a smo- king furnace. • Damage' to the home was caused by smoke and the-furnace which was destro(d. Saturday- at uppertime the fire came to the firemen. As Mr. and Mrs. F. Vanterg- heml,of the Fina Service Station drove their half-filled gasoline truck north on Main Street from title railway trackse flames were seen . to be erupting• from the bottom of the truck by Ken Doig Jr. who alerted the driver. Quick action on the part of "Ron Broome and other firemen who doused the flames with foam averted what could have ,been a serious situation. - ' At a special meeting of the Seaforth Fire Area Baled Thurs- day, the tender of King-Seaegrave Limited, Woodstock was accepted acc• d fora w;fir;e:ustzi_e.. vrarits=4ti truck. • • The tender was $34,444, the lowest of two received. Delivery , of the fire engine will not be made for several months due to a backlog of orders. The new firetruck, on a Ford chassis, will replace the Inter=. national ;truck bought in 1947, which is one of two firetrucks now owned 'by the Seaforth Fire Area Board. , The Seaforth Board is made up of representatives from 'the Town of Seaforth .and the Town- ships of. McKillop, Tuckersmith, Hullett and Hibbert where fire protection is provided by the Sea- forth Volunteer firemen. Deer-car increasing Douglas Fortune of H.R. 1, Wingham, was elected president of the Huron County Federation of Agricalture at the annual meet- ing Thursday in Goderich. He succeeds'Masnn Bailey of Blyth. Vice-presidents elected are: Adriaa Vos of Blyth, and Vince Austin of R.R. 1, Dungannon. The three directors-at-large are Orrie Gingerich of R.R. 1, Dungannon; Jack Stafford of R.R. 1, Wroxeter, and Gordon Blan- chard, R.R. 4, Walton. The regional representatives and -directors are: North east Huron (Turnberry, Howick, Mor- ris and Grey), Jack Stafford (dir- ector) Bill pullan, Martin Baari and Douglas Fortune. North west Huron (Ashfield, West Wawanosh, East Wawanosh, and Colborne), Mason Bailey, (director), Bill Bisenburger, Ad- rian Vos and Vince Austin. Centre Huron (Goderich, Tuc- kersmith, Hullett and McKillop), Maurice Bean (director), Mervin Smith, Gordon Blahchard, and Bill Scott. South Huron (Stephen, Us- borne, Hary and Stanley), Allan Walper (director), Bob Down, Al- lan Turnbull and Ralph weber. Gordon Hill, Varna, president of the Ontario Federation of Ag- riculture, who addressed the 400 guests at the annual meeting, said the tide is turning and per- haps farmers are going to be recognized on a par with other sections of society. Until now they had seemed to-be considered hicks, not on a par with everyone ,else, he said. _Mt. Hill stated the HuronFe- deration had more individual ser- vice members with 1,536 than any other county in Ontario. He spoke of the irnportanceto farmers of land use planning for fanning. He asked, "Where are we going to locate our industries in the Golden Horseshoe atHam- ilton, Toronto, with the resultant pollution problem and all the cost of servicing?" Then he asked, "Where are we going to locate our livestock farms that someone won't close them up because of the smell from•them? where are they safe for the next five years? There is no place that is sale today," he added. Mr. Hill spoke of the farmer who has lived in the urban sha- dow and has held on to his farm hoping to sell it for urban devel- opment. "If that land is now go- ing to be locked into farming, then there should be a profit in farming," he stated. "We are going to need 'a brand new credit policy, a vast new credit system. Banks must Two delegations were present take a new look at farming and at the regular October,meeting provide the amounts of money of Seaforth Council Tuesday farmers need, on a new short evening. (Continued on Page 12) A delegation from the 'Sea- .••••- .••• .•• forth Agre'culteral Society, Bob Tyndall and John Murphy, asked council for a grant to the society for 1973 of $500.. Council expressed their plea- sure,at the painting that had been carried out this year and agreed to the grant. A delegation of local ladies accompanied Brenda Harrison of Godericli, asking council if accommodation could be found in town so that she could conduct a Highland Dancing School. About twelve Seaforth pupils are now taking lessons and driving to Goderich. 'She felt if classes were available in Seaforth there might 'be an increase in those wishing to take lessons. Council agreed to look into the matter and see what accom- modation would be available and would advise her later. In other business' council decided to seek a further meet- ing .wtth the Optimist Club to (Hs- cuss what could be worked out in regard to a building on the recreation grounds. Members of Seaforth Council visited the Walla,ceburg, .Arena recently and talked to the con- tractor who is making repairs to the structure to seeavhat might be possible in bringing the Seaforth• Arena up...to standard. After viewing the incinerator at Dresden council -instructed the clerk to get a firm price on a similar unit for Seaforth. • Members of council also visited the Ministry of the Envir- onment in Toronto, and discussed the phase one sewer project con- templated for Seaforth. Satisfac- tory information was obtained mid a special meeting will be held on October 16 at 7715 o'clock to, 'discuss the report in detail.. A letter was received frem Kenneth Coleman withdrawing his .proposal to build a car wash on South Main Street as there arc, now two car washes operating in town. • .. Council was also ingirmed • that the proposed change in zon- ing for this property had been approved. C ou nett left the classification of the rezoning of the property to the planning board. Council received a letter from the SeafOrth Chamber of •Com- merce asking to he reimbursed $77.75 for paint and materials used in fixing up the band shell this spring.. Council agreed to this request. A letter from Huron County Health Unit was received asking council to reconsider their de- cision against licensing food handling premises. Council felt this was not necessary but compromised by asking that the building inspector be requested to notify the Health lilt When food handling premises wene being built or renovated. Iluron County Board of education informed council that an easement -'across the north of Seaforth High School Pro- 7pert y would be granted if the play- ing field were put hack in the same contlition as when work was started. The solicitor, is, to be asked to draw up this easement. A request from Huron County Council asking Seaforth Council to pass a motionrequest- ing that Centralia College of Agriculture 'and Technology be kept open 'was •agreed.to by A letter from the Ministry of I•ransportation and Communi'-. cations informed council that nu further grants were available for Vie Brantford •Street• drain at this time. Council decided 'to proceed with,calling tenders for the job because of the necessity of the drain for the area. Council instructed the P.U.C. to proceed in installing two str,,,et lights on Jarvis Street between Brantford and George. Streets. A traffic study by, the Minis- try of„ Transportation and ,,Com- munications was turned.oVgr to the pol'ic'e committe;e for further study and recornInEllaatIORS. The' ministry was also granted approval for the erecting of signs at the main intersection pointing out the location of the Van Fg- mond house. • 'rice, finance and • .;:,,eneral g,overnm mit committee of council recommended that the parking lot at the librar),he enlarged to hold two cars and that Or. Sohn Underwood be paid $100 for ex- penses in 'the minor soccer club operations. • -.,. " Council felt :1 vote of thanks should' he conveyed to all organ- izers , and helpers of the minor sports programs in Seaforth this summer. All felt the programs were a huge success, Thanks was also conveyed to the Seaforth Horticultural So- ciety for the floral arrangement nn Main, Street. Council was also informed that three applications for re- creation director 'were to be (Continued n Page 9) Gary Birmingham of R.R. 5, Stratford, Communications Of- ficer for the Huron-Perth Unit of the Ontario English Catholic Tea- chers Association presented ear- ly Tuesiay evening to this repre- sentative of the press a copy of an "Introduction to Brief" which was to be presented to the Huron- Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board later at a meeting in St. James School, Seaforth, with 125 teachers (out of a total of 154) under the juris- diction of the Board. The tea- chers were present to back their salary proposal. The Board was invited to the meeting, which they attended, making them, two and a half hours late for their regular Board meeting that night. Mr. Birmingham told the press that the Teachers' Nego- tiating Committee Seemed to have reached an impasse with the Personnel Committee of the Board on salary negotiations for the teachers. He said the whole Board was being invited to the teachers' meeting to 'clarify the teecflers' position regarding ne- gotiations to date. He said the Teachers' Nego- tiating Committee had made five presentations and the Board had made five presentatiOns since March 1973. He said the Board's last offer on October 2 had been rejected at a meeting of 135 of the teachers. Mr. Birmingham said the Board has offered 3.4 per cent and the teachers are asking 9.8 per cent exclusive of increment. Mr. Birmingham emphasized that it is the hope of the tea- chers that the negotiations will continue, with a date being set shortly, agreeable to both the Teachers'Negotiating Committee and the Board'S Personnel Com- mittee. The Introduction to Brief" is as follows: "On behalf of all the teachers of the Huron - Perth Unit of 0.E.C.T.A. 1 am pleased to have this opportunity to present to you, the elected representatives of the Separate School supporters, this clarification of our position regarding negotiations to date. The members of our negotiating team have met with your ,negoe tiating team a total of 10 times since March 1973. During this time we do not appear to have been able to reach a point of mutual agreement. We would like td make you aware that our negotiating team bases its proposal on the fol- lowing criteria: 1. The rising cost of living. ' 2, The growth of the economy. 3, Parity with other employee groups. Allow me, to' elaborate a bit on these three very important Investigate slaying in Hensall A 93-year old widow, Mrs. Jane Burton McMurtrie was found strangled in her Hensall resi- dence on Friday. Mrs. McMurt- rie had lived alone in the house for 11 years, since the 'death of her husband. Police from theat-xeter de- tachment of the 0.P.p, are con- tinuing a house to house canvass of liengall home.s, seeking infor- mation and clues into the murder. "It's slow, painstaking, footslog- ging work," said Corporal Brooks•of the Exeter O.P.P. ad- ding that there are no suspects in the case. HP keeps up • • negotiations The regular meeting of the Huron-Perth County Roman Ca- tholic Separate School Board, which regularly starts at 8 p.m. did not get underway Tuesday, evening in Seaforth until about 10:15 p.m. because of prior meet-, ings. The first meeting to cause part of the delay was a commit- tee-of-the-whole meeting by the Board which ran into the regular meeting time. Following this the (Continued on Page 9) Farmer recognized now, Hill , tells F of A • ••- • • ---•• ee.e.ee ' I I MU': ! OF. H.F.• ' k EI\11)//1/6 ,t4F N / Do you know anybody Were? The - new executive for the Huron Federation of Agriculture following the election at the annual meeting held in Goderich last Thursday. (front) Vince Austin, R.R. Dungannon, Vice president; Douglas Fortune, R,R.1, Wingham, President; and Adrian Vu:,, Blyth, Vice President. (back) The directors: John Stafford, R.R.1, Wroxeter; Orrie Gineere li, R.R.1, Dungannon and Gordon Blanchard, R.R.4, Walton. Council discusses arena and incinerator a • A mystery that goes back to the Second World War and the 1940's. has turned up in two boxes in a Seaforth house. .Two boxes full of old lithographs - (blocks of wood with a picture engraved in an attached metal plate) that were • once used in a war-time service publication have been inherited "along with the house" by Mr. and Mrs. Ron Williamson who recently purchased the white frame house at the corner of Wilson and Centre Sts. in town. Mrs. Williamson brought three samples of the type of reverse prints the box contains in to the Expositor. "They all appear to be war-time pictures and cartoons", she sayd "with people in uniform". Many have dates, all before 1944 written on the back. There is no indication on any of'the engravings of where they were taken or by whom. It is thought that perhaps someone who was connected with a war time RCAF or Army, publication once lived in the house and left the boxes behind. Bill Laverty lived. in the house before the Williamsons moved in. The house was then owned by Joe Taylor, Mitchell and prier to that by a Miss Summerville. Mrs. Williamsdn saysuthe. big heavy boxes full of these "'engravings are of no interest to her but that she hates to destrqy them, as they probably have historical' value to someone. Anyone who knows how the lithographs came to be sitting for 30 years in a Seaforth house or anyone who knows of -an organization thatcould use them for historical purposes, please drop a line to the Heron Expositor. We'll pass the ' information along, to Mrs. Williamson, and help solve the mystery at Centre and Wilson Streets: Two killed in Hensall car accidents Car crashes in the Hensall area killed two people on Sunday night and early Tuesday morn- ing. Daniel Wayne Smith, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Edward Smith of Lorne Ave., Hensall and a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Everrit Smith, Egmondville, died Sunday night when the car he was driving left Highway 84, three miles west of Hensall. In a second accident, about 6:10 a.m. Tuesday morning, ferian S. Mabon of New Westminister, B.C., was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 4 at the north edge of-Mensal'. Driver of the second car, Mrs. Helen Brown ., Clinton, is in St. Joseph's Hos- pital, London while a, passenger in her car, Mrs. Doreen Over- boe, Clinton, suffered only minor cuts and bruises. The Exeter detachment of the OPP is invest- igating the accident. Construction of the new bridge across Silver Creek, near the Seaforth Golf Course,- about a mile east of Egmondville, has started. The bridge will be part 'of a straighteneti new roadway in this area of Tuckersmith. Roger F. MacRaeherti Construction of Mount Forest is general contractok :oh tie new bridge. (Staff 1:1165to) SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1973 - 16 PAGES