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. 7, � 1,„ i.. a a . , • - Officials fr. 'om Ontario Hydro 00 Recourse the choice between easement and of the total cost of the PQ er111 I sf
1.A. r �� Massistane met a fairly hostile group of However, if a farmer opts for purchase. Mr. Hawley said he cool ut glyL
al A e farmers at a meeting in Winthrop outright purchase of his land for Mr. Hawley said that this coulde''an estimate. ' Another Oro
', �,+ } °I 4 Arena Tuesday night• which they had the corridor by Hydro the price probably ,be made clear. official said the price paid foi�land
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called to explain their new Hydra offers will be thb final one Londesboro farmer Bob Dalton, is based on area land values . not .
`y: ' Board and the Seaforth i
1�11� '-, Recreation Committee attended epmpensation policy for .land and he will have no recourse to objected to the facVliat land in the total cost of the jobs.' .
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i}{j { McKillop council meeting 'which is now being expropriated the land compensation board, the city •:is worth more than Mr. Pettit said the appro lmate
1 i,for hydro lines, questioning from Hullett producing land. "We make our cost per mile of the lime w filet be
1 .Tuesday to request a grant to help Farmers from Hullett, Township farmer, Nick Whyte living off this land". he 'said. Eric $180,000 - $200;000. 1 / I
meet recreation costs for the . McKillop, Morris and Grey heard brought out. Because only Anderson wanted to know what . Rate Discount Not E'�sslble .....,•• •, ,
;y programs offered to Seaforth and Bob Hawley, manager of property easements and not purchases are percentage of the total costs of Mervyn Agar of McKillop who
W area. The members were Mrs. appraisal for Hydro say that the bin ex ro riated., only the
Betty °Cardno.;y" town councillor; PP Y Y � g P P Y the power tine the cost of land asked engineer Pettit to explain
Clive Buist, Seaforth Recreation new pctillicy allows the property easements come under the represented. He pointed out that exactly where the il(ydro Powers
Director; and Lloyd h Recwat ea the owner to' choose to sell Ontario protection of the Expropriations when he rents land' to grow corn, were scheduled on his Mand
a1. I Recreation Committed. Hydro the land , for the 120 foot. 'Act. the land represents about 50% of suggested that compensation in
power' corridor - (110 feet in "If farmers could be informed total cost and 'that` the price of a the form of a couple of per cent
Mrs. Cardno reported that with McKillop where existing lip -eg� of this it would be a good natured house lot in Toronto is about 50% discount on � Hydro .bills might
the number of McKillop residents parallel) outright .or, to sell 'an • act on your part”, Mr. Whyte' the cost of the house. ' • make farmet•s a little happier. "It
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and children using recreatio#t easement. Easements for the said, adding that people don't Hydro engineer Murray Pettit would keep thg snickers down
. , •facilities in the town such as Douglas Point to Seaforth corridor really know the implications of said the land costs might be 30% (ContiuueQ on page
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t +� hockey and;„;,gure skating that .it..., are currently under ,
TWO DEAD AFTER CAR ROLLS OPP Constable Ray Primeau of the Seaforth was considortd-i the,'Adivnship�,s expropriation. , .
1* -' . share was $1,500 for this year. Ont ario Hydro will now pay �+ • - • -
detachment looks over the wrecked car,in which two area teenagers were killed late After the delegatiidn left , compensation for any special '• '
'Saturday aft ernoon. The car left Highway eight and flew through the air, landing members of council discussed the impact which the high , # „� , �"
Upside down with one side almost completely crushed. Ricky Glanville, 17, of grant but decided to table it for transmission line may have on the " , . s- t
R. R.2, Staffa and Barrie Watson, 15 , of Mitchell were killed instantly. (Staff Photo) the present until a further study is farm properties it will pass over % ,1 _! f
made on recreation and and offers to pay for the Yt' j , I
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the many requests for grants The utility will expropriate all the
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-in crashes made to them. Reeve Allan land they need without prior
Campbell said, "I know these negotiation, thus giving 'farmers ��
. R grants are all requested for very the protection of" the Expro-
' ' c ration Act, Mr. Hawley said.
• Two Mitchell area teenagers Primeau of Seaforth detachment " husband was.killed on July '8 in 'a, worthwhile
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where do , P Mr. Hawley's explanations' of,
were killed late Frida .r;af ernoon farm silo accident near Seaforth, ..
Y t ... of....O.P.P, Hydro's new policies met with;, l f
in a single car accident on y d was one of the residents- McKillop Council meeting in scepticism bordering on outright `
. g R'icic Lee Glanville is survive .
Highway 8 about 5 /.•miles i st---by his mother, Mrs. 'Donn'a to lose' their lives in a single car Winthrop, authorized Bill disbelief from many,. of , the ., „'-, 111'
of Seaforth. ' Newman of London and sigters crash on Highway 8 at the Campbell , road superintendent, � farmers present. . A
Ricky Glanville, 17, 'of R.R.2, Mt'S, I)ao.:Benneweis (Carol) of western limits of Mitchell to ask the Ministry of "I can't see where 'we come
Staffa, the driverofthe car and, > Guelph, - "Mrs. J Laurie Saturday morning. Communications -and anywhere close to being equal .
. the pas'scpger Barrie Watson, 15, Kruse (Karen) of Seaforth, and Cynthia (Cindy) De Jong and Transportation for an additional when this thing is over", said �y '''"
of 36 Huron Street, Mitchell, brothers Kevin; Jim, Paul and Joanne O'Donnell, 18, were in a' $5-,000 road subsidy grant for Londesboro area ,farmer Eric 4 .1 �' '
were pronounced dead at the car that went out of into a maintenance work on township el �
P Danny, all of London, and P Anderson, who asked Mr. Hawley
scene by Clinton coroner, Dr. • grandmother, Mrs. Wilbert ditch and struck a light standard. roads' "Do you think this is fair when we I "
W R.W.Flowers. Glanville of Staffa. A third occupant of the car, Applications for building didn't invite you to cross our land t'
The car in which the youths Funeral services were held Janice Priestap, 18, of Bornholm permits were granted to: Gordon in the first place?"
were riding was eastbound about from the Hopper Hockey Funeral is in serious condition in Victoria Blanchard-, R.R:d, Walton, The Hydto official answered
5:30 p.m. when it left the road, Home, Exeter, on Tuesday with Hospital, London. replacing siding on house and that the line has to go someplace`' -
struek the ditch embankment and Rev„ , Wilfr..ed Jarvis officiating. Lambert' (Bert) DeJong ' was part of barn; Matt Murray', $.R.1,' -and that power is needed for the )
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. overturned in a p'asturefield. Both, interment followed in Exeter killed on. the farm of Walter Dubliln, replacing siding on good of the whole province, A
occupants of the car were thrown Cemetery. McClure,..R.R.2, Seaforth, when house; Gary McNichol, R.R.4, recent board of inquiry confirmed ' ti
out and the car demolished, he was ,struck by a tripod falling Walton, porch addition to house; that. Ontario• Hydro's present
The accident is under Killed Near Mitchell 68 feet from the top of a silo he Ben Wilson, R.R.1, Seaforth, route was the best over all one for C
investigation by Constable Ray A ' 17 -year-old girl, whose was building with his brother. .
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m ,home porch addition; the Douglas Point to Seaforth y,.
. Walter McClure, R.R.2, Seaforth, line. i, ' ,r .
addition to barn and ste 1 kl` k; 4 " it ..r
Schools find granary; GI McNichol, -R.R. Mr. Hawley gave examples of INFO ON EXPROPRIATION —' Bob Hawley, left, manager of property appraisals
Walton, implement shed; John Hydro payments. for both
µ Soontiens, R.R.5, SEaforth, easement and purchase of the for Ontario Hydro faced some pretty hard questioning from local property owners at
granary; 'and JackPerry, R.R.4, corridor land using a hypothetical a meeting in Winthrop Tuesday night. Mr. Hawley explained Hydro,'s new policies
sten anee carcase Walton, new house. payment of $500 per acre. He for acquiring land for the Douglas Point to Seaforth power corridor. He got a•
Slight Passed for payment were road could not Rive the farmers at the skeptical reception from many of the 25 farmers present. . (Staff Photo)
accounts totalling $,17,473.07 and . meeting an approximate idea of .
Most schools in the Seaforth MacLennan expected 305 pupils, and six. general accounts, $6,338.29. the price per acre they could hope .
area found their attendance down 10 more than in June last year. At S.P.S. Ross Carter is q P to receive for their land but said a Mrs Mrs Lorne Wilson
a'bit as the opened for a new The biggest school in the teachin rade six and Mrs. Bev Requests c the township for regist ered appraiser working for •
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year on Tuesday, but there is no district, Huron Centennial' at Smith is teaching grade -two. At Ontario Hydro would determine
application to the Huron County •
great• change h the number s Brucefield will h ave 5'88 students to James -Tom Keeler will be the value. Celebrate 6.....anniversary
Land Severance Committee, were
children in school. this year as ,this year, down about 10. teaching grade six. If a farmer from whom an
recommended for approval.
compared to last. i'n all of Huron's elementary At Huron Centennial Linda easement is being expropriated •
Making the requests were
' At Seaforth Public, there are schools the bjggest curriculum Basacco, who started in May, is doesnt like the price offered he A Brucefield couple, Mr, and was twelve years old. sons, William D„ Mac and
Leverne Hugill, R.R.2, Seaforth
395 -pupils. down 5 from last year._ change-.,t,his_, year wiN be the teaching oral French. Mrs. ( Kris can go to an informal board of Mrs. Lorne Wilson SaturdayFollowingthe wedding, the Stuart, all of Brucefield.
for approximately 4 to 5 acres on g'
At. St. James School 189 pupils teaching of the metric system as Kipfer, grade one, Mrs.. Mary Lbt 35, Concession 2; Harold negotiation and if their judgment celebrated 60 years of marriage at couple went on a week-long One daughter, Evelyn, Mrs.
are registered; down from 2.10 in the main means of measurement Demers, Kindergarten part time is not satisfactory he can take his a family dinner held in Brucefield honeymoon to Toronto by train. Charles Merrill, Clinton, died in
Storey, - R.R.1, Seaforth for
June of last year. to Grades one, two and three.. and Niall Shaw, grade five. , case to the board of land United Church. One of the highlights of their visit 1964,
approximately 2 /3 acres on Lot
410 students are going to SDHS Older students will be introduced At Hullett Central Mrs. Glenda 34 Concession 8 and Lorne compensation, an independent Sunday the couple held open there was attending the Canadian There are 22 grandchildren and
this year. a decrease of 5 from last to the metric system too but will ---Wall er is teaching trade two, Glanville, R. -RA, Walton, for Provincial body, Mr. Hawley said. house at their residence on Main 'National Exhibition, eight great grandchildren.
year. At St. ' Patrick's School in' continue with both systems. Mrs. Lillian Hallam, special The decision of the board of land St. in Brucefield in Stanley On their return, they took up Both are i4 gbod health' even •
Dublin there are 193 pupils this There are new teachers in all education half time, Mrs. three acres on Lot 27, Conc. 8• compensation on price is binding Township. farming on Mr. Wilson's farm in though he is 85 and she is'82.
year, up 11 from 1973-74. There the Seaforth area schools. At Caroline Lentz, French half time, Applicatibns for five tile on both parties. They were married in a quiet Tuckersmith where they They enjoy gardening. Mr.
are 101 registered at Dublin; Mrs.Doreen Nogalo from Mrs. Dorene Radford, haif time drainage loans for $27,800 were ceremony, at the home of the remained for 40 years until Wilson likes to ride his bicycle as
St. Columban School, down from Clinton is teachingKindergarten. with rimar pupils in1 I
ro tiss„ granted: bride's parents on the 4th retiring to Brucefield in 1955.., well., � "
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108 last year. At St.ColumbanSchool,, James groups. . " . ,.,.� .,.I I-'.,-Vov -payment was the • concession of Tuckersmith Town- Their youngest son Stuart farms They are members of Bruce-
There is an increase in students McDade is teaching grades seven There are two ne«• teachers' at maintenance and caretaking fee Fire leyels ship on September 9, 1914, 'by the there now, field United Church.
attending Hullett Central School and eight, Mrs. John Murray, SDHS, Mrs; Isabel Prystayko, for the first six months, January late Rev. Dan Johnson of Varna. They have five daughters, Mrs. ;1;
this year. Including the Dublin, grades three and four and from Wingham, ' French and to the end of June, to the Walton Mrs, Wilson is the former Ray (Dorothy) Mason, Windsor; '
kindergarten who started Mrs. June Holmes, Mitchell, german and Karen Gestkey, )Waste Disposal for $733.50 Jennie McKay, daughter of the Mrs, Roy (Hazel) McGonigle, ,,
Wednesday. • principal Angus primary relief and in grades five Blind River, Home Economics. McKillo s share of expenses. Hibbert barn late Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKay. Seaforth; Mrs. James (Ethel) ' > •«�`
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'� $50,000 'as a result of a blaze in Auburn .and moved with his ton; and Mrs. Walker (Madeline)
a=' ?" which levelled the large L-shaped family -to Tuckersmith -when he Bain, Stratford. They have three "'
t barn on the farm of Herbert .
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' R.R.2. Dublin, Saturday. Hay native marks
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top of the. hay mow just as it 9� eve 1 4 t,
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erupted in flames. A Hay Township native, Mrs. R., Tqronto, Doreen, (Mrs. t
The E rittons, with the help of Mabel Hudson celebrated her Wilfred Coleman), R.R.4,
neighbours. were able to save 91st birthdayrecentl Mrs. _ t`= . 31-r
• N Y'• Seaforth and E.M. Hudson of �•
about 35" tw'.o-year-old feeder Hudson, who is in quite good Windsor. A daughter, Alice, Mrs.
;.,� �, , cattle in the barn, but a$othet 25 health, still lives on her 6wn in Dalton Diegel died in 1970 and
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younger cattle died in the fire. her High St. apartment. a son, Bernard, died when the
I -1t ;4 Lost with the barn, located 3'/: She was born Mabel Aldora Hudson s lived out West.
Qr 4 � miles south-east of Dublin on the Melick on August 17, 1883. Her
#u �; °t Y 4 second concession of Hibbert, parents were the late Justus and Mrs. Hudson has seven grand- r +
. 4-�,�' 'p;;;,c^ A "' tt�`' %:•ere: the hay crop of 11,000 Sarah Melick. She married the children and 10 great grand-
• , bales, 2,000 bales of straw and '- late )saac Hudson in November Oildren, She has been a member _
1,500 bushels of barley. '.,+:1002. They fafined near of Northside United Church for '— T
i The Mitchell Fire Department 'n Hiilsgreen, then in. -the Alberta they - 53 years she has lived in
was unable to do anything to save region of Western Canada, and Seaforth. As well, she is a life
the barn but did prevent the ,hued in both Zurich and McKillop member of both the Seaforth -
Townshi before settling 'Women's institute and the UCW
flames from spreading to the 5eaforthpin 1921. g in of Northside. h '
large 60 foot by 80 foot implement
• shed located 100 feet from the From 1921 until Mr, Hudson's Last year on her 90th birthd ' , r.' t 7''
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barn. The house was in no danger death in 1954 the ran an E Mrs. Hudson's f
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.with the northe ast wind blowing Grading Station on the east side her at a combined party for her
the fire away from it. of Main St., where John Thomp- birthday and her daughter and �,
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`S LA2 - Seaforth firemen Cunningham car was full of six•quart baskets of fruit. The dairy herd of 40 cows was son's shoe repair shop is now. son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. dole- 11 '
extinguished•a fire in a car belonging to a Mr. and About 6 p.m. the same afternoon Seaforth firemen in the pasture field when the fire Mrs. Hudson helped stamp the man's 40th wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Cunningham from Clinton on Goderich St.W. were called to a grass fire on the Joe Gibson farm on started. egg's which were shippdd over- On her birthday this year there
* Mr. Britton milked the herd at seas in those days, was no Special celebration, batt ,.
Thursday afternoon, The billowing smoke attracted a Highway Eight, R.R.2, Seaforth. (Staff -Photo) a neighbours but has since Mrs. Hudson had a family of her daughter Mrs. Colematl•took �w� .
good crown of onlookers. The trunk of the relocated them in another barn., five children. They are Leonard , her out for the day. Mit$: ISAAC 1 1(7f 09 7
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