The Huron Expositor, 1975-03-27, Page 1Tuckersmith _Township wants
to meet again with the 160
residents of Egmondville on a
proposed sewage system and
treatment facilities for the hamlet
before a plebicite is taken.
A report on the costs of the
project is now being prepared by
the Ministry of the Environment,
and will be ready in four to six
weeks.
Reeve • Elgin Th ompson
Tuesday night balked at having a
plebicite for the Egmondville
residents when he was informed
by Clerk James McIntosh that the
cost of the vote would run
between $100 to $500.
"All we need is an expression
of opinion from the residents,"
Mr. Th ompson said. "We don't
need to -spend all this money to
find out if they want the system of
"All we need is an expression
of opinion from the residents,"
Mr. Thompson said. "We don't
need to spend all this money to
find out if they want the system or
not."
No date was set for another
meeting with residents.
Harpurhey will have to wait a
little longer before any street
lights are installed in the hamlet,
council decided, until some better
cost estimates can be found on
lighting the three intersections
into the hamlet.
The cost of lighting the rest of
Harpurhey would run close to
$5,000 which council said would
add 33 mills to resident's tax
bills.
In other business, Tuckersmith
learned that their County
assessment •for this year has
jumped nearly 31 per cent, and
although council wouldn't give
any firm commitment, taxes in
Tuckersmith are likely to rise this,
year. The township has the fifth
largest assessment in Huron.
Tuckersmith was told that the
wall." Reeve Elgin Thompson
said. "We can't let people move
in after, everyone thought
Vanastra could expand. The
people have been misled by the
developers," Mr. Thompson
added.
The sewage treatment
questions were revealed during
discussion of the waterworks and
sewage treatment budget with
four officials of the Ministry of the
Environment, who run these
facilities at Vanastra.
The only way that more
expansion could be allowed at the
Base is if .a costly lagoon system
was set up nearby, and the
treated effluent sprayed as
irrigation water on nearby land.
Tuckersmith has already 'given
permission to a developer to build
an additional 36 houses, but in
January ordered a .halt to the
conversion of the former officers'
quarters into apartments because
they would overload the present
sewage system.
.The water system at Vanastra
is also antiquated and is costing
Tuckersmith taxpayers $2,000 per
month to supply the 600 residents
with water, because the system is
full of leaks.
Tuckersmith Telephone,
names two more directors
Tuckersmith Municipal Tele-
phone System named two
additional commissioners at their
annual meeting, Wednesday
night, March 19. The strength of
the commission was increased
from three to five members.
Names to three , year terms
were W.D. Wilson, RR 1 Bruce-
field and Perce Johnston of
'Bayfield.
Elmer Hayter was reappointed,
to a two-year term. The other
commissioners are Bill Rowcliffe.
and Vern Alderdice.
The five commissioners are
elected at large from the area
served by the system. Formerly,
one commissioner was from
Tuckersmith, one from Stanley
and one from any other munici-
pality.
Revenue in the Telephone
System was up. in 1974 from 1973
from $129,923 to $156,611 but
expenses were also up, from
$118,711 to $155,800. In 1973 the
company had a surplus of $11,212
In 1974 this was reduced to $811.
Tuckersmith Telephone secre-
tary-treasurer, Mel Graham attri-
buted the decline in surplus to
inflation and greatly increased
wage and material costs.
The number of phones in the
system was increased from 1878
to 2002. Mr. Graham said that..
the largest number of new phones
were installed in Bayfield, both in
the village and along the lake
front.
Tuckersmith is one of 40
independent phone companies
left in the province and operates
with a staff of four.
JUST PLAYING — Jaqui Megeri.s, ihiee, was
concentrating hard on some of the developmental
teststhat children registering for Kindergarten at St.
10 Patrick's School, Dublin tried. Jaqui is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Megens, R.R.2, Mitchell.
(Staff Photo)
THE FACES BEHIND THE PUPPET SHOW — Seaforth Public Library staff
member Sybil Miller, left, organized the puppet show that the Holiday Happenin_gs
kids enjoyed so much. Mrs. Miller's helper is her sister-in-law, Patty Miller. Mrs.
Miller made all'the puppets and' will be presenting the same show at the local-
library's Easter Party on Saturday for children three to six. (Staff Photo)
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THE HURON'ExPQmon, rivieco,O, MARCH 27, 1975 — 20 PAGES
Tuckersmith decides
tl
0 Whole No. 5585
116th Year '
Seaforth's Recreation
Committee recommended
imposing a $15 per year
tit surcharage on outside residents
who are involved in organized
activities at the local arena at
their meeting last Wednesday.
Lloyd Rowat
heads Rec. •
committee
Lloyd R owat was' named
chairman of Seaforth's Recreation
Committee at their meeting last
Wednesday night when their 1975
budget was approved.
The 1975 budget .totals
$20,585.00. Expenses included
$12,250 for salaries, $1,110 for
office expenses, $3,000 for grants
..to existing and new programs,
'T $3,335 ° for program and
instruction and $400 for
equipment.
Revenue from government
grants, registration fees and
recoverable wages is budgeted at
$7,844.44 for 1975, leaving a cost
to' the town of $12,740.85.
Members of this year's
Recreation Committee are town
• couneillors Charlie Campbell and
01 Bill Bennett •and Jean,
HilcArand, Father H.J.Laragh,
Don Bodie, Stewart Coupland,
Dave Robb, Jim Parkinson,
Georgina ReynoldS and George
Ring. Town Clerk Treasurer
Robert Franklin acts as the
committee's secretary.
On the recommendation of
their building and property
committee, the Huron Perth
Roman Catholic School Board set
priorities for renovations and
"construction for 1975 at their
meeting Monday night
in Seaforth.
First on the list is a general
purpose room and' change rooms
of St. Patrick's , Kinkora, at an
approximate cost of $90,000. Next
the board plans a library resource
room, change rooms, a health
room and making an adminis-
trative area out of the existing
resource centre at St. Boniface,
Zurich, at a cost of about
$102,000.
If there is a sufficient surplus
left. after these two projects are
Merabers'of the Rec Committee
made the move they said,
because one area Tuckersmith
council, had not agreed to
contribute towards arena' capitol
costs on a per usage basis.
Tuckersmith's share of costs, on a
usage basis, was„,,,ealculated,, at.
$2,330 by Seaforth
The three other townships
whom the town asked • for
assistance have contributed
towards support of the arena and
their residents will be able to use
the arena on the same basis as
Seaforth people. McKillop
Township has paid $1,075,
Hibbert, $450 and Hullett $200. A
Rec Committee spokesman said
they felt it was unfair that
residents of municipalities which
had not contributed would -be
treated the same as those who
had. .
The surcharge will apply to any
one from outside Seaforth and the
three contributing municipalities
who's involved in organized
sports at the arena for example,
figure and power skating,' hockey,
broomball or ringette. The $15 fee
will cover each resident in all
activities at the arena for %year.
Rec Committee member 'Jean
Hildebrand said she thought that
the Stratford arena charged a
higher fee than that to non
residents for each sport they took
part in at the arena there.
If Council agrees with the •Rec
Committee proposal, there will be
no family rate and each person in
a family would have to pay the
(Continued on Page )
The worry that farm drainage
in Hullett would suffer when the
Hullett Wildlife Management
Area goes ahead with their plan
-to. flood 2000 acres of their
reserve in Hullett Township was
the main concern expressed by
members of the community who
attended a meeting to discuss the
plan for the Area on Thursday.
The Ministry of Natural
Resources plans to flood the 2,000
acres and construct a dam _in the
north west corner of the area and
control the water by a series, of
dykes. The flooded area will
provide a habitat for wild fowl and
a hunting site. In Some areas
water will be as shallow. ,>as two
inches, but in , deeper areas
limited canoeing and row ,boating
will be permitted. • •
Hullett Reeve-John Jewitt first
raised concern about the effect of
flooding on farm drainage.
Ministry spokesmen said that
they shared his concern and said
that aquisition or compensation
could be considered, if damage
Board has
$21,763
over levy
The Huron Perth Separate
School Board had an overlevy of
$21,9763 for 1974, according to the
financial statement for that year
which was adopted at the board's
bi-monthly meeting in Seaforth
Monday night.
HPRCSS Business
Administrator JackLane said that
some municipalities ' were
underlevied but to a' total of only
$4,400 with no one municipality
over $1,000. He said thi s
compares very favourably to the
board's first year of operation in
1969 when the net underlevy was
$40;000. The $4,400 is the
accumulated underlevy since
1969.
The, financial statement showed
an actual revenue of $2,900,0005,
$42,951 under the budgeted
figure for , 1974. Actual
expenditure per pupil was
$694.75 and the board was under
provincial Ministry of Education
ceilings by $69,325.
Dublin trustee Joe Looby said
he thought the financial
statement should be printed in
local newspapers and questioned
the present policy of handing
copies of the statement out
through the schools and.
churches. "A lot of people don't
get them."
Mr. Lane said it would be quite
expensive to advertise in all the
papers in the two counties.
Trustee Michael Connolly
•suggested mailing a copy of the
statement to every ratepayer. The
board decided to look into
alternative forms of distribution.
Trustee Looby said Mr. Lane
should be congratulated on such a
good financial statement. "It's
too bad it didn't give dividends",
he said.
occurred.
Wildlife biologist Rene Jones
said that the area to be flooded
was very ' low, and flooded
naturally every spring and some-
times in the Fall. He said farming
in the area had been a risk. Reeve
Jewitt disputed this saying
"People down there made more.
money from just farming than
anybody in the county of Huron."
Hullett Township' farmer Nick
Whyte also expressed concern
about drains. Reeve Jewitt said
that it was difficult for farmers-to
plan - drainage without knowing
what the ministry's plans are.
"Drainage is the first, priority for
Hullett residents" he said,
Farmers, at the meeting were
also concerned about wildlife
overflowing from the area unto
neighbouring farms and possible
damage to farm lands from
hunters. Natural Resources
personnel at the meeting
promised that hunting would be
strictly controlled,
Farmers should be reimbursed
by hunters .for the privilege of
going on their land, some at the
meeting thought.
Elmer Trick, speaking from the
farmers' point of view, -said that
he didn't think farmers should
have to pay any of the costs of
additional drains across their land
which might be required when
flooding is completed.
The meeting discussed whether
or not roads leading to the
Management area should'
eventually be paved to handle the
crowds who are 'expected to visit.
Reeve Jewitt said paving would
be Hullett Township's decision,
unless a government department
would pay for it. Others said that
they didn't think the public would
expect paved roads in the
country. "There are good roads
there now", Reeve Jewitt pointed
out.
Canoes race
on Sunday
There is a lot of water flowing
in the Bayfield River so there
should be no trouble with canoe
race contestants being stranded
on sand bars when the Optimists
annual race gets underway
Sunday.
The , Seaforth Optimists are
sponsoring their third annual
canoe race with proceeds for the"
Bunny Bun -1 'e, the
Van Egmond Fuundation and
Optimist Youth work. The race
ctarts at 11 Sunday morning at
the Egmondville Bridge. The
route continues along the
Bayfield River to Tyndall 's
Bridge.
Bill Campbell , Alio is heading
the Optimist committee in charge
said a large number of canoes will
be entered in the race, continuing
last year's outstanding
participation.
The course totals 18 miles and
crests will be awarded to all who
participate.There are seven
classes , with prizes awarded in
all,
6-,000 Acres
The Hullett Wildlife Manage-
ment Area will eventually cover
6,000 acres in the township -
perhaps one tenth of the total
area. About 5,000 have *been
aquired now at a cost of about
$1.5 million. Ministry of Natural.
Resources planner Wendy Mc-
Nab said•that the plan proposal is
the first attempt to look at how to
deiteloi the- area and that public
input is required. She said that
written and phone comments are'
welcome at the Ministry's Wing-
ham Office.
After a draft master plan is
prepared financing' will be
investigated and then detailed
site and management plans will
be done, she said.
In a booklet outlining proposed
plans for the area, the Ministry
mentioned the possibility of
moving power lines that run
through the area and present a
hazard to wildlife. Reeve Jewitt
questioned this. "The lines will
go on farmers' land if they are
moved. If it's worth $24,000 to
the Ministry to get rid of the
lines, it's worth that to the fellow
who gets stuck with them."
(Continued on Page 8)
There can be no more growth or
industrial expansion at Vanastra
unless a major expenditure is
made on a new sewage system at
the former base, Tuckersmith
Township council learned at their
meeting last Tuesday night.
The current sewage plant is
running a near full capacity, of
, 100,000 gallons per day, and Neil
McMullen, an official with the
Ontario Ministry of the
Environment, said the Bayfield
River, near Clinton could not
handle any more treated sewage.
Re said that the river down
stream from Clinton was a very
important trout spawning bed and
even treated sewage- during the
spring runoff would be
detremental to the delicate
ecological system, '
"We're up against a stone
SDHS will canvas
for Cancer Society
Plans for the annual Seaforth
Area Cancer Campaign are well
advanced according to
R. J. Spittal, chairman of the -local
committee.
Publicity material is ready for
the mails and details have been
worked out with SDHS students
who again this year will carry out
a blitz of Seaforth and
Egmondville. The blitz is
scheduled for Monday April, 7
with a clean up on the next
Responsibility for the campaign
in Tuckersmith rests with the
Seaforth committee, . Mr. Spittal
said and sub committees are
planning details of canvasses
which will be undertaken in
Brucefield and Vanastra.
10 .004YOqiitiAOMNe
SinglenopyX5renta-
Ministry of Natural Resources are
not going to reinstate the Wolf
bounty in ;the province bee/1140.0
has "not solved the problem," •
Tuckersmith last month' bad
backed a resolution from the
Township of Hullett asking that
the bounties be reinstated.
Seaforth has doubled its dump
rental charge to the township
from $600 to $1,200 and the
Ministry of Transportation and
Communications will continence
work on traffic control signs in the
township in June.
There will be no tax sale in the
township this year as all overdue
tax bills for 1972 have been paid,
and council was told that the
assessment review court will be
held in Exeter on April 10 at 1:30
p.m.
The next regular Tuckersmith
meeting will be held next
Tuesday, April 1 at Brucefield
Public School.
Vanastra presently 'buys its
water from Clinton at the rate of
50' cents per thousand gallons of
water, and Vanastra goes through
about 140,000 gallons per day.
Because there are no water
meters on many of the users
homes, the Environment Ministry
has no idea where all the water is
going.
Reeve Thompson wondered if it
would be cheaper to drill a couple
of wells at Vanastra because of
the high cost of the Clinton water,
which is caused he said because
Clinton needed to break even on
the cost to pump it the three miles
to Vanastra.
Council also discussed the
possibilities of installing water
meters in the homes and
industries and billing the users
for what they used rather than a
flat rate.
Tuckersmith tentatively
accepted a sewage control budget
of $35,360 up from $30,062 of last
year, and a water' budget of
$22,340 up from $15,360 of last
year. That. doesn't include a .
$24,000 expenditure for water.
The Environment Ministry will
also attempt to collect $42,000
owing to them from the Base
developers for repairs to the
sewage system.
In other business, council*
learned that they have received
approval for grant applications of
$21,726.95 for the Vanastia
Community • Centre from the
Ministry of Community and Social
Services.
Building permits were
approved to Robert Vatr den
Neucter for a spw 'barn, and to
Peter Jansen for a new house in
Egmondville.'
WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT? Amusement and Interest is written all over
the faces of these children who were participants in the Recreation Department's.
Holiday Happenings. What they were watching so intently was a puppet show,
presented by the Seaforth Public Library. The suspense filled shows, included The
Three Bears, Three Billy Goats Gruff, Three Little Pigs and Little'Red Riding Hood.
(Staff Photo)
At Hullett Wildlife Area
Effect of flooding on
drainage worries farmers
.RecCommiliee
.0want$ $15
surcharge
,AHPRCSS sets•
• 1975 priorities
completed, renovations will be
made to the existing main
entrarree at St. Patrick's, Dublin,
to provide a library resource area.
Priorities were 'based on five
year enrolment forecasts which
show a declining„enrolment in all
the board's schools.
At St. Patrick's, Kinkora, the
forecast shows enrolment going
down from 203 in 1974 to 140 in
1979. At St. 13oniface, enrolment
may decline from 243 to 181. At
St. Patrick's, Dublin, the drop
may be from 19.1 to 141 pupils.
At St. J•ames' ,Seaforth,
enrolment may decline from 191
to 125 over five years while at St.
Columban School it may go ‘from
100 to 68. o-
To postpone sew
vote, Harpurhey Ii
Environment tells Vanastra
No growth without new sewage system