HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-06-19, Page 1NO INJURIES — A station wagon owned by Box Furniture was parked in front of
the Box Store on Main, Street Wednesday evening, when a car driven by Pat
Murray, Seaforth , was in collision with it.This is the Box vehicle after the impOct.
Mr. Murray was taken to Seaforth Community Hospital for observation but was not
admitted. • (Staff Photo)
Stock, crop judging here S9turday
VAN EGMONOS HAVE REUNION The Van Egmond House in Egmondville
came to life again Saturday when a •large number of descendants of Constant Van
Egmond , who built the house and of his father Col. Anthony Van Egmond attended
a faMilY reunion there.. Past President of the Van Egmond Foundation, Jim Doig,
left and foundation- treasurer David Ring enjoy lunch with a group of Van
Egrnonds.The house will b,e open to the public and staffed by a group with an OFY
grapt beginning next weekend.
Henson clerk resigns
Earl Shapter, cleric-treasurer
of Hedsall', has decided it's time
,for a charigk.
Mr. Sherri& resigned this week
from the _position he has held
since NoVeinber 1973.
Befote coining to Hensel', he
worked eight years in a
Municipality north-west of
ibintsville as elerk-trea4nrer.
At the age of 56, Mr. Shapter
said; Thatite's had enough. "The
village Shoat' get a younger
tellow in, it's getting a little too
mud' for me,"
"it's too ninth for one person
because- bf all °the new things
coming out," he said.
' B efote working as
clerk.treasu-ret, be was as credit
manager for a number of years in
Toronto.
"It's More hectic than this
because everything is finance
now, everyone is involved in
buying on time," he said and
added that no one is concerned
With telling people about the
dangers of over-spending, _he
said,
Mr. Shapter said he liked his
job because "it's nice-ktneeting
the people, I'm at home meeting
• people because my dad was a.
minister and I got used to
Meeting people."
, Mr.Sharefeititid MS Wife, Lois,
plan toltay Iii Hensall becauSe he
said the people are pietty nice
' Mr. Shapter said he'll retire
sometime this year, but it may
take quite a while to get someone
to replace him.
He said he won't be looking for
a full-time job, but he said: "I'm
not just going to sit down and let
the world go by."
"I haven't thought that far
ahead, I'm taking one step at a
time, there's norush" was his
reply when asked what he plans
to do.
Mr. Shapter said he may
return to university and, get
doctorate in philosophy from the
University of Chicago where he
first • graduated with a BA in
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Huron B of E gets
uidance from
6nsellors
'The guidancekheads of the five
secondary schdols in Huron. '
County met with the education
committee of the"Huron Board of,
Education Monday night to
discuss mutual problems.
In beginning the discussion
director of education D. J.
Cochrane said there is sometimes
a misunderstanding 'or difference
of opinion on. what ,guidance
really is.
Gord Smith of Central FlurOn
said, "about 75-per cent of my '
time is spent in banding out
information. I see myself as the
stu dents' advocate or lawyer
against the system,"
On the topic of guidance
information; Jack Seaman of
Goderich commented, 'The
chances of misinformation are
very slight. The problem is when
students only hear. what they
want to hear."
Jack Kopas of Wingham asked
the trustees, "Do you think
guidance counsellors should
become more visible."
To • this vice-chairman Herb
Turkheim replied, "parents seem
to think students should walk into
the guidance office and be told
what they should • become.
Guidance people should get out
and tell about the service. They
could be available for" public
speaking."
Trustees Bob Elliott and
Charlie Th omas .expressed
concern over students 'dropping
vital subjects during •their school '
years thus shutting the doors to
some types of university courses.
They were told by the guidance
heads- taht parents must sign any
consent to drop subject forMs, •
Ken Laugbton of South Huron
said, "The studenti have great
expectations of the guidance
departments. This goes for
parents, too. Liaison is a very
important function of our job. We
attempt to relate the students to
their aims.
Elliott replied, "I know there is
so much public apathy.The onus
is on parents but the problem is to
get them to accept it." _
To this Jack Kopas of Wingham
added, "There is a greater need
'for us to explain the situations to
parents. ' '
Gord Smith of Central Huron
suggested counselling could be
started in grades seven and eight.
We give guidance in grade nine
and the top two grades but we
seem to go soft in years two and
three."
Smith added that Huron has
the lowest ratio of counsellors to
students, of any county in Ontario.
"We would like to do more group
work, but we need the staff," he
added.
Archie Dobson of Seaforth,
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Mph HERE Skit1rtbAY-6,'Huron
was In Seaforth on Saturday morning ifi 016 town nail -
to meet with ally of his 00tistituerite who Wanted help
or Inforinatlort. Here Mr.. Riddell talks With One itttal'`
man. Mr. Riddell- reported a good turnout at hit
setend 'open hbLite" in &Worth. 4taff lei otri)
$10.00 A Year iitAdViiitce'
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Premier may be here
°
The annual Huron- County
livestock and field crop
competition is to be held this
Saturday at the Seaforth Fair
Grounds.
The competition is open to all
men and women 11 to 30 years of
age.
The competition which is under
the direction of the Huron County
Branch of the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food and the
Junior Farmers Association
begins with registration at 8 a.m.
in the Seaforth Community
Centre. A registration fee fo 25 • . • ... S.,194.S.P.f.thttIntteslo, , __IRM,(‘ racl...Y..911T-T,13 41Y1 911-.,. tents,will -be • charged each I 'sj
. rlirkOrfaii-lie'ffniei, ' - — -4-Mr4lheilliall IFT-1,) ON really competitor. '
It'll be an old fashioned great seats•to see Hank! I've been The judging of hog carcasses
carnival with a tug of war, fish -• a. fan for twenty years plus. and beef cuts will be judged at 9
pond$, games, races and filMs I'll ,love you, all forever and aAn, because they are perishable.
and will keep Children busy in the keep your skies 'in Seaforth blue The prizes in eked section will
S.D.H.S. basement from 2 to and sunny. be $5, $3, $2 and ten $1 prixes.
4:30, . Regards Bill Hutchings Trophies and special awards
A Major attraction for the London, Ont. are being set up for winners in the
It's only a week away and it
sure looks good! "It" is
Seaforth's big Centennial
weekend, which starts Saturday,
June 27 and winds up on
Tuesday, July 1. •
Seaforth native Clare Westcott,
Dxecutive assistant to Ontario'S
premier Bill Davis, will preside
rarer Saturday afternoon's
Centennial offical opening.
Centennial chairman Clive Buist
says that Mt. Westcott is
working on the possibility of
arranging a visit by helicopter by
Premier Davis, "but nothing's
firm on that yet".
Mr. Westcott will probably be
bringing Toronto newsman Jack •
Dennett from' CFRB with him,
Mr, Buist said.
Senior Citizens and residents of
local nursing homes are
especially invited to Friday
night's musical variety show at
SDHS. Anyone who needs
, transportation to the show, which
features a •barbershop tntartette,
singer and step dancers, can call
Mr. Buist at 527-0882 and he'll
arrange a ride to and from the
school.
"Meet me in the park" is an
imaginative feature for the•
Centennial in charge of Marion
Gordon. Nickel coffee will be sold
all weekend in Victoria Park and
people. will be encouraged to use
it as a place to meet, chat and
relax. A number of local
companies are donating coffee
and the nickel price will be
advertised all over town, Mr.
Buist says.
Another Centennial event that
will provide a much needed
service --- something for the kids
to do while parents visit with old
friends --- is the Penny Carnival
Sunday afternoon. Run by the
Recreation department, and
located .1,3.H.S. the carnival
110
ennta
publics on Sunday afternoon will
be the Zone CI Drumhead service
in Victoria Park when veterans
throughout this district will take
part.
Sunday afternoon while • kids
are 'carnivallines their parents
can take part in the 80 mile car.
rally. There are three classes. It,
starts at 2 p.m. and will probably
run about two, and a half hours.
Trophies and gas. vouchers will be
presented to the winners.
Anyone who wants to play
poker while -they're driving can
combine their entry with a poker
rally for SI more in entry fees.
"It'll be share the wealth, and the
poker winner will get half the pot,
which should be about $50", Mr.
Buist says. ,
There haven't been too many
requests from ,homecoming
visitors for accommodation in
private homes in town, Mr. BUist
says. But the requests that the
Centennial committee has. gotten
have been matched up with
people willing to provide bed and
or breakfast.
He asked anyone who needs
accommodation for the weekend
and anyone who ; has an extra,
bedroom and would,be willing,to
put up Centennial guests, to call
the recreation office at 527-0882.
Then there will be a list of people
who will take guests available if
they are needed bylhothecomers
who can't find accommodation,
Mr. Buist asked anyone
planning to enter the-Centennial
golf, . tournament Tuesday
Morning to call the Golf ,Club and
let them know.
An ‘, unexpected feature at
Monday night's Hank Snow
performance will be the presence
of CFPL tv weather man Bill
Hutchings. M r: H utchings wrote
to the Centennial committee:
Dear Alma of Seaforth:
maturity and uniformity.
Experts say judging corn grain is
an exercise based on standards
which ahve'no real practical value
except as-representative of corn*
grown under good field
conditions.
Corn will be judged Saturday
on it size, maturity and moisture,
uniformity of size, 'shape,
plumpness , color and freedom
Staffa man
killed in
car crash
A two car head-on collision last
Saturday afternoon, June 7, on
Stanley Township Sideroad 30-31,;
one mile west of
claimed the life of a Staffa• man
and sent a Clinton woman to
University Hospital where she
remains in fair condition with a
fractured hip and leg.
Frank R. Hamilton, 61,,of
R.R.2, Staffa was pronounced
dead at the scene of the accident
which ocCurred just over a crest in
the road, an OPP spokesman
said. Mrs. Linda Gerrits, 23 of
R R .5, Clinton, the driver of the
other vehicle, was trapped for
over an hour while ambulance
and tow truck drivers worked to
pry her free from the demolished
car.
Mrs. Gerrits' 2-year-old
daughter, Jennifer, who was a
passenger in the'vehicle, was
treated for cuts and bruises at
Seaforth Community Hospital and
released.
Dr. Stephen Brady of Seaforth
community Hospital was called to
the scene of the collision after
doctors who were on call at the
Clinton Public Hospital Were said
to be' busy.
Damage to theHamilton vehicle
was set at $1,700 and at $2,300 for
the Gerrits' car. Police are still
investigating the cause of the
accident.
Also in Stanley Township,
three youths‘were treated for cuts
and bruisei and released after the
car in which they were riding on
Sideroad 25.26 failed to
manipulate ' the corner
at Concession 4.5 and ended up in
a ditch last Sunday evening.
John H. Creces, 19, of l'urich,
the driver of the car, and
passengers, Michael Miller, 20,
of' R.R.1,Dashwood and Ronald
Regier, 20 of R.R.2, Zurich. Were
involved in the mishap, ,that
resulted in $300 damage to the
Creces car,
from mechanical damage,
diseases and impurities.
Judging corn has lost much of
its practical -significance with the
introduction of hybrid corn since
most seed is pi-educed by a few
seed companies that grade the
seed and indicate their needed
conditions for maximum growth.
As the result of a
recommendation from the
education committee of the Huron
County' Board of Education, a
school 'health co-ordinating
committee will be formed in
Huron.
Mrs. Molly tender, chairman
of the education committee told
board members Monday that the
new health committee would
include three members from the
board 'of education, three from
the Huron Board of Health along
with Dr. F.J. Mills, Huron's
Medical Officer of Health and D.
J. Cochrane, director of
education. Formation of the
health committee came about as
the result of a' request from the
Huron Board of Health as
recommended in the report of the
Provincial Task Force on School
Health Services.
At a joint meeting held May 20,
Dr. Mills said, "our board of
health thinks this is a good idea
(By Ross Haugh)
Hopes for further renovations
to the Exeter public schOol were
renewed at Monday's Huron
Board of Echication meeting when
trustees learned of approval from
the Ontario Ministry of
-Education.
The Exeter renovations project
estimated at $200,000 was on the
Huron board's original program
for renovations and alterations in
1975. In March, Huron's entire
capital works budget of
$850,000 was rejected by the
education ministry.
SDHS gives
$1000to
Cancer
A cheque. for $1,000
representing half the proceeds of
their recent Walkathon to
Bayfield has been presented to
the Seaforth District Cana!
Campaign by students of Seaforth
District High School.
The presentation was made by
Student Council president Allan
Carnochan, to campaign ,
chairman Robert Spittal' at an
assembly •Friday morning. In
addition to their gifts students
ratted $S00 in a canvass of district
horn-es.
'Manglers of Tucicersmith
Township Council learned Mon-
day night that the Ministry of
Transportation and Communica-
tion will not endorse their propo-
sal to reconstruct the -bridge on
Lot 1,, Con. 10-11, Huron Road
Survey, in the southern part of
the township. A ' Stratford
Ministry engineer reported that
on examining the bridge its
condition was structurally sound,
and the Ministry would not
subsidize rebuilding. The town-
ship has built up the heavily
travelled road and Vie rebuilt
bridge would have completed the
work. The engineer agreed to
permit repairs run '-the black-
topped sideroad from No. 8
Highway to Vanastra and several
stretches of road in Vanastra
which he found to be "cracking
and alligatoring". The township
will lender for hot mix to be
applied to repair the roadway for
a distance totalling one and a half
miles at an estimated cost of
about $2300.
Tenders for work on the Day
Care Centre at Vanastra were
awarded• as follows, subject to
governmental approval: Leroy
Qesch, RR 5 Clinton, custom
woodWorking, kitchen cabinets,
$3,548. and cloa k room cubicles,
$1,08'7.75; Murray Miller, Clinton
concrete floor finishing, $266.40;
Bern Clair Developer, Cambridge
plastering $2,163; and Smith-Peat
Roofing of Exeter, installing
built-up roof, $1,765.
Council approved a reque st for
and should be developed." At
that time Dr. Mills suggested the
new committee be made up of
people concerned with education
and health of students. He added,
"I should represent parents along
with medical and education
groups."
Huron trustee Charlie T homas
said, "I'm in favour of this
committee but it would be too
large. Seems more like public
relations than a policy making
group."
Huron warden Anson
McKinley agreed with Thomas
saying "I think the committee is a
good idea but policy should be set
by repreientatives of the two
boards. Experts can be called in
at •particular points when any help
is needed.
McKinley continued, "I've
been concerned with the avenues
of communication between the
boards of health and education
and this is good start."
The Ministry's regional
director D. W. Scott told the
board in a letter, "after careful
consideration of a list of urgent
projects for which insufficient
capital allocation was available in
the Western Ontario region for
1975, the Minister has approved
the assignment of additional
funds to the Huron County Board
of Education for Exeter Public
School in the amount of
$200,00."
Additional work at the school is
to include improvement of
lighting and ventilation systems,
construction of a stage and
dressing rooms. and provision .of
additional offices for guidance
and health rooms.
After Monday's meeting, a
board spokesman said an
architect would probably bring
preliminary proposals to the next
board meeting.
To Continue Earlier Meetings
A recent change in board policy
to 'hold the regular meetings on
the first Monday of. each month
will be continued until the end of
1975 at least.
The decision to switch from the
third Monday to the first Monday
of each month was made in
March. In Moving the
continuation ;tioderich trustee
Cayley Hill said, "I think this has
been beneficial."
Director of Education D. 3.
Cochrane added, "I like the idea.
Everything is brought to the
board first and then delegated to
tile drain loan for $4,800.
Council will give a tax refund of
1975 taxes at the end of the year
to Maple Leaf Mills Limited for
cancellation of business assess-
ment of $2,355. onchicken plant
in Egmondville at they have
ceased operation in that location.
Requests for building permits
were granted to: Mrs. Bernice
Bell, Kippen, storage shed; Aus-
ablebayfield Conservation
Authority, Exeter picnic pavilion
-at Clinton; Wilson McCartney,
RR 4 Seaforth, sun porch on
house; Hugo Menhere, RR 4
Seaforth, concrete manure tank;
• Jessie and John Barnard,
Egmondville, addition to house;
John Bennett,. Egmondville, addi-
tion to house; John Klaver, RR 3
Kippen, implement shed; Wiliam
Haugh, Brucefield, silo; Terrence
Laframboise, Egmondville, chim-
ney and fireplace; Hary Arts, RR
4 Seaforth: silo; William DeJong,
RR 1 Brucefield,implement shed;
the proper committee if
necessary. All board members
are aware of every new
suggestion."
Approval was also given to the
summer schedule of board
•
• various sections that include a
class of dairy cattle, beef cattle,
swine, sheep, hog carcasses, beef
cuts, corn , barley, hay and
horses.
3'he competition is expected to
be completed by 4 p.m.
The different classes are
judged according to many
different criteria.. Barley should
be free from impurities, free from
damage, and is judged on ,size,
Ch 0 0 I health
.16ommittee forme
ridge recons
Stuart Wilson, RR 1 Brucefield,
addition to barn; Cot' Dorgeri,
RR 4 Seaforth, concrete 'manure
tank; William Papple; t$1719.04'
vide? garage and barn.
Accepted petition for drainage
from Tony Debug and 4#11,
McIntosh, RR 4 Seaforth,
to approval of Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Authority.
The Huron• County Land Divi-
sion Committee approVet4
severance for Huron Maitland
Limited, yanastra and Frank
Reynolds, Harpurhey. The Huron
County Health Unit has approved
septic tank application for the
William Teall property in
Egmondville.
The Ontario Municipal Board
has set July 30 at 11;00 amt. in
the Court House, Goderich as the
time for hearing the appeal from
Mary Coleman, Seaforth against
the decision of the Huron County
Land Division Committee for
property in Harpurhey.
meetings. A July board meeting
will be at the call of the chairman
and the August session will be
held on Monday, August 18 at
7:30 p.m. with committee
meetings to follow.
Huron board says meeting change good
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