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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-05-22, Page 20psitor is THE HuitoN 000611.0111, MAY 22, 1976 ink wi tF I Was raised ten miles north of Seaforth and went to Seaforth High. When I married we lived in Seaforth for five years.Now we are listing in Exeter, For the last eight years the Expositor has been my main link with the past. Every week we looked forward to visiting and shopping in $eaforth. Fairs,Dances and other entertaiment centered around my home town. The paper kept us informed of these events. My high school friends, my neighbours, my parents, and my relatives are living in Seaforth and the surrotinding community. As my friends grew up and got married, each week I would CLERE-VU AUTO WRECKERS NEW, USED AND REBUILT Parts far all makes of cars and trucks. DUNLOP & REMINGTON Car, truck and tractor tires TRACTOR TIRE SERVICE REPAIR SERVICE Clinton 482-3211 Hwy. 8 W. of Clinton. R.R.2, Clinton past cut their wedding pictures from the Expositor for my scrapbook. While attending Teachers College, I composed a book on the History of Seaforth. Much of the research for this project came from the Huron Expositor. I learned all about the pioneers that built and made our town. 'Again the Expositor kept us informed on current affairs with our neighbours and friends. Deaths, births, social engagements are all part of the paper. The sad and happy events are all part of our daily life, Without the paper, I might net learn of the changes in Seaforth and the community. When you leave your community, it is with sadness, but by keeping informed, y ou feel you haven't really left, and stilt think of Seaforth as my home town. As you celebrate your Centennial, I wish you all the success, now and in the future, Good Luck, I'll be reading about you. Mrs. Marjorie(Boyd) Hamilton, Box 468, Exeter, Ontario. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Boyd, Seaforth, sister of Mrs. Gordon Dale, and Mrs. Lawrence Taylor It SEAF OF i H JEWELLERS Itit DIAMONDS WAR !IFS (NINA GIFTS FOR kV OC( A S ION - All 1 t ltt-ti t,l kvinfirs Phout,. 527-0270 be further ahead to let the -11P province take over the expense of supplying water, he said "We don't like to lose control of these PHONE 527-1320 SEAFORTI1 .411141011.4.11411014111114 FRANK KLING Some cold facts about your refrigerator. Your refrigerator has a tough job, especially in the summer. You can ease its load and save energy by turning the following ideas into cold facts in your kitchen. If you don't have a frost-free refrigerator, defrost before the ice reaches .1/4" thick. Ice, is art unwanted insulator that reduces cooling efficiency. Check for an airtight. seal by closing the door on a sheet of paper. If the paper pulls out easily, you may need a new gasket. your hydro Space food on shelves to insure free air circulation. 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Wide-tread tires (6.50-8 x 16" rear; 5.00-6 x 13" front). . . 749.95 8-11.P, Recoil Start 36" cut Tractor 639.95 4 Council looks for a solution N, 4 ti (By Nancy Andrews) With money tight this year, Seaforth's council may face a decision between two expensive projects. arena renovations or an improv'ed water supply system. The A rena Board has to submit its plans to council for an addition and renovation of the arena. The town is being encouraged to do this by the board of health who warned council that there were insufficient washroom facilities in the arena. The final plans submitted just this spring calls for the total' expenditure of $289,000 and would require council to take out a debenture for $250,000. The Public Utilities Commission would like council to takeout a debenture of $500,000 for the revamping of the Water system and the construction of a 600,000 gallon water reservoir. Just this Monday, council appointed a special committee to investigate the need for the proposed expense. An alternate proposal suggested at Monday's council meeting was to debenture only for $250,000 and the rest as the amount was needed. Walter Scott said he didn't feel a reservoir as large, as 600,000 gallons is really needed but the PUC are only following the recommendations of the Canadian Underwriter's Association and study dote by an engineering firm in 1969. The need to provide diesel standby units in ease of pump failure would ensure a reliable supply of water. The use of the new well would increase the supply capacity and solve many, of the emergency problems the town could face if the old No. 1 well broke down. If council tries to debenture for hoth projects, it would have to debenture $750,000. • If this was done, the Ontario Municipal Board would likely reject one of the projects because it prefers debentures to not exceed 25 per cent of the total assessment. A debenture of $750,000 would be about 30 per cent of Seaforth's total assessment. If both projects were accepted, it would mean Seaforth would be unable to start any other major works or to debenture further for the length of the $750,000 debenture which could be as long , as 30 years. Priorities Mr. Scott said: "I'm not against the arena, but when you are talking about prioritieg, water supply must come first." It's not like council didn't know about it before this year, he said. James F. MacLaren, the engineering firm recommended building the 600;000 gallon reservoir in 1969, he said. Mr. Scott said he would like council to debenture 5500,000, but the PUC would do the project in stages. The first year, it would withdraw about $25b,000 to do the most important work, and let the rest stay ,in the bank 'until it was needed, he said. This would save it from having to wait for another application to be accepted and processed, he said. Councillor. Charlie Campbell was one of the councillors who did a private study of whether Seaforth really needed the extra holding capacity. He said he is not in a position to say whether the town does or does not need it, but feels the decision can not be made in a "hurried fashion." From looking at the water supply of other towns he said Seaforth is a little better than some and a little worse than others. When asked if it was a question of the arena or the reservoir, h said that right now council can look at both areas. "1 know we can trim costs at the arena," and he suggested costs could probably be trimmed on the PUC proposal. Councillor Campbell said he" didn't feel council could do both on the scale that was being talked of. Many Questions Councillor Jim Crocker said other communities don't have a reservoir nearly as big as the one being proposed. he said at present there are 'too many unanswered questions of whether we need a reservoir that big or some type of pumping system. • "I personally believe that a lot of water is being wasted. People can't expect to water their lawns and gardens all day tong," he said. Re said it was. not fair that apartment dwellers for example pay the' same water bill as their neighbor who waters his lawn all day. "I know consumption would drop a certain amount If it was metered,," he said. council had tripled the 4 4 watelr rate in 1969, it would have had a fair amount on reserve," he. said. The expense has to be faced at one time or another, he said. Councillor Crocker said on the partial information he)19s, "there are other communitie Mipi3lying more people with less storage," he said. 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