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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-03-06, Page 1• $10,00A log Actvimpe; Single4911 q-5 Palts Whole No, 5582 116th Year THE HURON EXPOSITOR, THURSDAY, MARCH 0, — 16 PAGES 4 fit Caught in act Police arrest 2 in break-in rates to last uckersmith to hold tax year's level requested , council decided. The house torn down last year on their survey, which will cost the' property on the easterly limits-of township nothing, will result in Clinton. . the erection of either yield or stop Council also decided to sell lot signs at every corner of the 158 in Vanastra to Victor Evansr ‘1,.w township and council said it and passed accounts of: roads, would considerably improve the $9,199.07; general $16,416.42; safety of the roads. A . similar and Vanastra recreation,, . stendighybhoausrijunsgt HbiebebnertcomTopwlentsehdipin. $13,245.13. neighbouring n plaints about loose A, building permit was issued to dogs in the township were Clarence Smillie to put siding on ' received, too ved,.a happy ndcou wthnciit notethdethjoe4y his home on. Highway 4, and' weren't approved a tax refund for 1975 to being done by the township's the ' Ausable:Bayfield animal control officer, Dick Fisier. . Conservation Authority for a of Goderielc i- az. The Seafo Police, Depart- ment caught o men "in the act" Friday morning about 4:30 when they arrested a pair who were in the process of removing a large amount of liquor, cigarettes and cigars from the Seaforth Legion. Constable Ronald LAMM, was on patrol on Main Street when he noticed the two carrying things out to their car from the Legion. He arrested them and charged them with break and enter. the value of the things taken from the Legion was about $300. Police. Chief John Cairps said. McKillop's waste disposal 'site was one of the topcis of discussion at McKillop Township Council's meeting on Monday when a report on the site from the Ministry of Environment was tabled. The Ministry recommended the cover ing of all refuse with six inches of suitable cover material at least weekly, and the initiation of proper landfilling north of the site. The Ministry requested that the Township give them a clan of operations at the dump, including conditions aimed- at phasing out open burning. The Environment officials also recommended cleaning and filling in of two low lying wet areas at the dump, to the southwest and the the east of the site McKillop Reeve Allan Camp- bell said that the Township was co-operating with •the Ministry on the land fill site, which is located in Grey Township and is run by the two ,municipalities. He said that the low wet areas would Probably be filled in , and that they would provide more dumping space. Mr. Campbell commented that if burning were not allowed at the site, which has been in operation for more -than 15 years, refuse would "bulk up pretty quickly." There has been very little rat problem at the dump since garbage has been burned, he said. McKillop endorsed a resolution from Hullett Township calling on the Ministry of Natural Resources to consider re-instating a wolf bounty 'to bring the wolf popula- tion under control. Township livestock valuers were invited to attend a workshop at the Hullett Wildlife Area on . March 24 discussions on predator indentifi- cation and control will take place. The budget for road expendi- tures was approved for 75 o $146,550.00 Monday afternoo the Township Hall, The Province will pay a subsidy allocation from the Ministry of Transportation Snowmobile hits van A young Seaforth man was lucky to escape with only some serious, facial cuts near his eye Monday night when the snowmobile he was riding hit a parked van in the village of Winthrop. Robin Phillips, 25, was riding south on his snowmobile, along the county road when it hit the back of the van, belonging to Leonhardt Plumbing and Heating of Brodhagen, which was parked outside the home of Don McClure. An eyewitness said that the roads were snowy and the van light coloured, which perhaps made it hard for the snowmobiler to see. The snowmobile went right under the van, lifting it about a foot off the ground, according to Robin's father, Frank Phillips. "There was an imprint of his helmet on the back of the van", Mr. Phillips said. The snowmobile was badly damaged. Mrs. Phillips said that Robin had been X rayed Tuesday for possible internal injuries but that he had not heard from the doctor and hoped that everything was altight. In the suspects' car Constable Lauzon found other stolen items, including things from the Queen's Hotel where a room hid been ransacked. They also recovered three cases of beer and four hub caps in the car. The men had kicked in a south door to the building and forced 'open the bar door. No money was taken. , . The two suspe s ppeared in provincial court in Goderich Monday morning when 'they Were remanded in custody until March 10. and Communication of $90,500.00 , on this year's road budget. Grants approved included Fifty" dollars tovthe Huron Plowman's Association and Twenty-fi ve dollars to the Canadian Cancer Society. Building Permits were issued to Steven J. Murray, RR 5 Seaforth Implement shed; Harold Storey, garage and addition to house; Dr. William J. Thompson, Seaforth to construct house and garage. Road accounts were paid in the amount $9,565,53. General accounts were paid, in the arnount of ,$7,383.73. Council accepted an invitation to the Beef and Moose Etarbecue, Friday March 14 at the Listowel Agricultural Hall sponsored by the Hanna- and Hamilten struction Company Limited • - to celebrate their 25 years in Drain- age work. Brodhagen Chamber of Com- merce invited council members to attend monthly meeting supper at • the Community Centre, March 13. The 1975 levies payable to the Ausbale-Bayfield Conservation Authority $500.00 and to the Maitland Valley Conservation 'Authority of $3,016.56 were passed. Thick smoke in house fire A fire caused by a heating pad burning on a mattress brought the Seaforth Area Fire Depart- ment to the McKillop Township of Arnold Campbell about 4 . Sunday morning. Mrs. ampbell said that the fire • did little damage but the smoke was terribly thick. Mrs. Campbell said the file was discovered by her husband when he came in from the barn about 4 a.m. where had been up with a sick horse. "The smoke was so thick that we could hardly .get to the fire", she said. The heating pad was on her little boy's bed, Mrs. Campbell said and hadn't been used for quite a while. She smelled a bit of smoke earlier in the' night and unpluged the heating pad, opened the window to clear out the smell and took her son back to her bed. The area on the bed under the pad appeared to be slightly scorched she said, but nothing serious, and she went back to bed. Two hours later when Mr. Campbell was coming in from the barn he saw smoke billowing out of the boy's bedroom window. He got his family up and called the fire department. "You couldn't see a foot into the bedroom for the smoke", Mrs. Campbell said. Her hus- band put a towel over his face and pulled the mattress down the stairs and outside. • Mrs. Campbell thinks the syn- thetic material in the blankets on the bed caused the acrid smoke. "When the firemen came they started coughing at the bottom of the stairs," she said, The Fire Department gOt things under control while' wearing meet fans to dear the ', (Continued on Paue • A public meetifig will be held next Tuesday night, March 11, in the Egmondville Church at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the proposed sewage system and lagoons for the village. Rough estimates reveale at the Tuckersmith Town council meeting last Tuesday night showed the cost of the complete system would run near the $550,000 mark for the 160 homes served. Each resident in Egmondville would pay between $200 and $240 per year for the service, and the cost would be spread out over 40 years. Besides Tuckersmith council members, ministry of the environmAnt officials will also be on hand ta get an expression of opinion from the residents. Tuckersmith Township council decided Tuesday night at their meeting in Brucefield to hold the municipal tax rate at last year's level. The township accepted the 1975 spending estimate of $86,464.38 for the township and set a tentative mill -rate of 20.0 mills for farm and residential and 24.0 mills for commercial rate. However, the municipal mill rate represents only about 25 per cent of the total taxes collected• in the township, and the final total won't be known until the county and the two boards of education levies are known. Discussion among the council members seemed. to indicate that those other levies are likely to rise. Last year, the total mill rate for the township was 79.2 mills for farm and residential, and 87.6 for commercial. The 1975 estimates showed a total budget of $760,360. down slightly from the $805,317 actually spent last year, The 1974 budget had been estimat4d at $643,060'. Council a,ccepted the auditor's report for .1974 from Diegel, Malcolm and Hagey, Chartered accountants of Stratford, and re-appointed them, a "slight increase in cost, for the coming year. The auditor's report revealed that the township h ad increased in population 'from 2,821 in 1973 to 3,041 last year, and assessment had incresed to a total of $4,242,790. of which $402,145 is commercial, and. $3,840,645. is farm •and residential. In other business, council accepted the tender of a Goderich construction company to crush andlaul 18,000 cubic yards of 5/8 crushed gravel for the township's 'roads at a cost of $1.55.per cubic yard,up 'from $1.40 of last year; the heart of Brotherhood is composed of three main features, namely, 'I am Someone", "I am with Someone" and "I am for Someone", according to Rev. F. M. Faist, guest speaker at the annual. Brotherhood Night Wed- nesday at the Legion. Rev. Faist explained the far reaching effect Brotherhood had among all men. "First you must believe in -yourself and if you cannot do this you cannot be a brother. One can make life count, stand tall and together you can fill your des- tiny." Continuing, he stated, "there are a lot of lost people in .the wild who need help - we must help - working together as someone, with someone and for someone - durability is what we need to accomplish Brother- hood." Rev. Faist was introduced by Les Dolmage, Secretary of Court -Constance, No. 157, Canadian Foresters, who sponsored the evening. Rev. Faist was born in Stephen Township, Huron Comity anti was at present Pastor of St. John's United Church, Stratford. and the company will crush and stockpile an unknown quantity of 5/8 crushed gravel at a cost of 85 cents per yard. It was the only tender submitted'. Council also accepted the tender of Fred Harburn of Staffa to spray the township's road allowances at a cost of $5:50 per mile, up 50 'cents from last year. The township supplies the weed killer used. A complete survey of traffic flows in Tuckersmith 'by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications will be The Huron County Board of Education . voted 'unanimously to make an 'appeal to the Ont ario Ministry of 'Education who refused any capital allocation for building projects for schools under the board's jurisdiction for the 1975 fiscal year. The Board had bUdgeted for $900,000 in its five-year forecast which was to include $210,000 for renovations to Exeter Public School, the constructionpof • an industrial arts , and home economics complex in,. Exeter, Turnberry and Brussels each to cost approximately $200,000 and also $40,000 for a mini computer for South Huron -Secondary School. The computer facility, if it was approved by the Ministry, would have been installed as a pilot project and under the Board's appro'i,a1 similar facilities would have .been installed in other-high schools in' the area. .D.J.Cochrane, Director of Earl McSpadden- thanked the speaker for arr excellent talk and for being able to attend Brother- hood night here. _Despite poor roads, inclement weather, Brotherhood Night was a huge success with over 200 present. Eric Anderson, Chair- man for the evening, said he felt this annual get-together was increasing in size every year and has proved a most popular affair. On behalf of the Foresters he extended a welcome to all present and hoped all would enjoy the evening's proceedings. A social hour started the evening followed by a smorgas- There was a break-in at W.G.Thompson and Sons on Highway 8 east of Seaforth sometime Friday night when a small amount of money was stolen from pop and coffee machines. bord meal at 7 p.m. ,.The program for the evening included community singing with Bob Spittal as leader, accompanied at the piano by Jim Rose. Two solos by Graeme Craig 'were well received and were followed with several violin selections by Nel- son Howe. - Following the address by Rev. Faist the gathering played card games to conclude an• enjoyable evening. Mr. Anderson introduced the representatives of the various organizations following an address of welcome on behalf of the Foresters. The thieves tried to jimmy the front door and when that paved unsuccessful they broke in the rear door to the building. Damage was also done to the front door and frame. Police. are investigating. region. The Board learned that under the terms of the Education Act the Chairman's Advisory Committee could deduct an amount not exceeding $300 for each month missed by a board member. The director of education, acting• as secretary, will now keep a record ' of attendance at board meetings and committee meetings and the attendance record will be reviewed by the Advisory Committee. At the. last' meeting the members passed a resolution that the Advisory Committee would be responsible for the question of payment to an absent board member and that the absence of Trostee J.P.Alexander of Wingham since November of last year be considered an approved leave of absence. 'Under the terms of' the Education Act a board member (Continued onPage 3.) For the first time, since the start of Brotherhood Night here as an annual affair in 1963, a lady was among the representatives introduced to the gathering. Mayor Betty Cardno on behalf of the Town extended:greetings and wished the annual affair con- tinued success.' Other repre- sentatives were: Arthur. Varley, Oddfellows; Bob Beuttenmiller, President Seaforth Lions Club; Ken Smith, Orange Lodge; Geo, Hays, President Seaforth Legion; Bob Caldwell, Britannia Lodge; Norman McKay, President of Dublin Lions Club; John Paul Rata , Grand Knight, Knights of Coliihibus of Seaforth and Dis- trict; Ken Cardno, President of Seaforth Optimist; Foresters Jim Jamieson, Doug Melbourne, Benmiller -Foresters; 100F, Al Hoggarth, Orange Lodge, Oliver Jacques, and Sam Rennie, Legion, all of Hensall; Sake Cornish, 100F, Brucefield; Geo. Sidwell, Avon 'Lodge, Stratford and Ken Fluky, atillet. The Legion Ladies Auxiliary catered. BODY ENGLISH — The young Seaforth Public School students put their heart and soul and body into Huron County volleyball competition play in Clinton on Saturday. The hard work paid off for the SPS boy's team who won all their three games against players from Holmesville, Hullett Central and Blyth, (Staff Photo) Sewer meeting Tuegclay McKillop hears • report on dump Education, told the board that he was sure the Ministry would cut back on expenditureS but was surprised that they got nothing at all. He stated that the only course of action was to appeal the decision to the Minister. A letter from the regional office of the Ministry of Education in London stated.that thesegion received its „proportion of provincial funding and unfortunately all needs or requirements cannot be met. , Board member Charles Thomas said that • the, board should challenge the decision since the building projects were not only important from an educational standpoint but it would also be good for the economy by providing jobs. Since the Board cannot proceed , ' with any project and building must be put' off a delegation of three members, Cayley Hill, Harry Hayter and D.J.Cochrane, were elected to. approach the ministry concerning grants for the Thieves break in at plant Belief in yourself is first step to brotherhood , speaker says GOOD EATING — More than 200 men attended the annual Brotherhood night at the Seaforth Legion last Wednesday night. Getting dinner from Mrs. Mary Doig at the buffet table were from left, DOn ' Don Coleman,, Ron Driscoll and Jack Mcllwain. The Canadian Foresters of Constance were in charge of the event. (Staff Photo) County board appeals loss, of building budget