HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-07-10, Page 1Whole No. 5600
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SDHS has 5 Ontario Scholctr.
DAVID RING
Five fifth year students joined
the increasing ranks of Ontario
Scholars. To, become an Ontario
Scholar a student „must have 80
per cent or over in six subjects.
David Ring, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Ring of Seaforth, was
the top scholar with 87.7 per cent.
He received a $500 admission
scholarship from the University of
Western Ontario in 'London.
This summer, he's working at
the Van Egmond House, but this
fall, the plans to enroll at the
U. W.O. to take natural science,
with the hope of eventually
entering a medical school.
Everything looks pretty rosy for
Anne Hopper at this point. Anne,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil
Hopper of R.R.2 Seaforth, has
been working as a bookkeeper for
Milton J. Dietz Ltd. and says she
is really enjoying it.
She said she has only worked
there a couple of weeks, but
wanted to be a bookkeeper ever
since she took, a bookkeeping
course in high school. Up to grade
12 she was taking mixed com-
mercial and academic courses.
Janet O'Reilly was accepted at
St. Jerome's College, at the
University of Waterloo and is
considering specializing in math.
Janet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John O'Reilly, of R.R. 2 Dublin,
will be doing factory work in
Stratford this summer. „
Brian Finnigan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Grant Finnigan of Egmond-
ville, plans to enter the U.W.O.
this fall and take a general
science course. He said he was
interested in obtaining his
Bachelor of Science degree and
then perhaps get a degree in
Business Administration.. ,
This summer Brian is working
with Holmes and MacLean Siding
Wilma Jansen, will be off for
London this fall: Wilma, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Jansen
of R.R. 2 Seaforth, plans to train
for two years at St. Joseph's
Hospital in London, as an X-ray
technician.
This will require her to live in
residence and she is looking
forward to this, she said. This
summer she's working at Stewart
Brothers.
ANNE HOPPER . • JANET O'REILLY
BRIAN FINNIGAN
WILMA JANSEN
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SMILE, YOU'RE BEING WATCHED — If you really
enioyed the Centennial parade, you'll be happy to
know that you may be able to see it again
sometime.The Centennial committee had Bill
Rowat filming a video tape of the whole three hour
long parade and hope it can be shown on com-
munity, Gable TV in the .future. (Staff Photo)
Tuckersmith
taxpayers say no
to recreation
Found after 3 hour search
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Three year olu, Jonathan
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local officials a bad night when he
was discovered missing from his
Recently the Chamber of
Commerce hasn't been putting its
best foot forward in welcoming
new businesses to town.
The president, Otto Tippelt had
a friendly debate with secretary
Ken Oldacre, on which one of
them was the last to know about
new arrivals.
Mr.Tippelt said he felt the
President and another member of
the Chamber should put on their
"'Sunday suits" and go visit
newcomers.
The Chamber discussed the
feasibility of sending a form letter
welcoming pew businesses to
town and inviting them to their
monthly meetings,
Tuesday night's meeting was
rather quiet with the routine
business of approving bills for
payment for many Centennial
V , expenses being taken care of.
The Chamber thanked J.A.
Stewart for his work decorating
their float.
The Chamber agreed to dis-
pense with the regular August
meeting and will meet only if
something important arises.
Clerk Robert Franklin, liason
person for the town, was present
0 at the meeting and told them the
town council was expecting them
to appoint a Chamber member to
the newly formed development
committee.
It could be said that the
Centennial hats and vests went
like hot cakes.
Ken Lingelbach, chairman of
the retail committee, and -the
Chamber of Commerce repre-
▪ sentative on the Centennial com-
mittee, said the Chamber made a
little on the hats, but if they had
had more, they could have made
more.
The Chamber of Commerce
ordered 144 Stereofoam-type
straw hats as their part toward
the Centennial celebration and
sold all but 25 sets which were
given to a band.
• Although it made some money,
Otto Tippelt, president of the
Chamber of Commerce said, no
Goderich. West Street home.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Chris Knetsch went visiting early
Wednesday evening and left their
business was intended in their
sale and in the overall Centennial
celebrations, they' were not going
to make money.
The sale of hats, he said,
helped to fund their float and
other items. It was their part in
helping decorate the downtown
business area, Mr. Lingelbach
said.
When asked about the financial
success of the Centennial on
businesses Mr, Lingelbach said,
it brought in additional business,
but probably many of the peqple
would, have come throughout the
summer as part of the tourist
trade.
At Tuesday night's meeting,
six members of the Chamber of
Commerce were present. All but
one member of the executive
committee was present, since the
treasurer, Kurt Niederl, moved to
Toronto, at the end of June.
Anybody missing a round 24
inch medal washtub? ' Jim
Stewart said all the tubs, used in
the float and for street decoration
had been returned except one,
and he can't remember where he
picked it up.
Mr. Tippelt recommended a
local real estate agent be appoint-
ed to the committee but there was
a debate as to whether this could
be considered a conflict of
interest.
As one chamber member said
he would perhaps undercut his
own business, because how could
he represent town and the
potential customer too?
Mr. Tippelt said as far as
capability goes, this man would
be the man to do it, and the
chamber wants someone who will
really work with the committee.
Clerk Franklin said the com-
mittee is to deal with more than
just the newly formed industrial
park, but also with any other
industry that might want to locate
in any area in Seaforth in the
future.
The chamber suggested' a
number of ,names, but will
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Results of a questionnaire sent
to Tuckersmith property owners
by the Township council indicate
that 78.5 per cent don't want
increased taxes in order to
finance recreation.
Tuckersmith Clerk James
McIntosh said that SS percent of
the 991 questionnaires mailed
had been returned.
Tuckersmith council decided
two months ago'o ask ratepayers
if they were in favour of an
increased levy to allow spending
on recreation. A number of
residents had attended a council
meeting to protest. the fact that
the council had refused to donate.
$2,300 to the Seaforth arena for
capital improvements, Three
other area townships, Hibbert,
Hullett and McKillop have given
Lightening that accompanied a
severe storm which lashed parts
of Hibbert Township Monday
afternoon is blamed for a fire
which levelled a barn on the farm
on Lot 9 Concession 7, owned by
Gene Segeren of Lakeside.
Murray Dalrymple, Mitchell
fire chief, said his department
was unable to save the barn which*
was engulfed by flames by the
time they arrived. Loss is
estinsted at $25,000 in the barn
whicft was empty except for
milking equipment.
Lightening which struck the
chimney on a house on Lot 3
'Concession 10 in the same area
four kids with a babysitter.
Arriving home early in the
evening, they went to.bed only to
be awakened by their two twins.
Mrs. Knetsch said when she went
to check on the other kids she
noticed Jonathan missing.This
was about 2:30 in the morning,
Mrs. Knetsch said there must
hayed been about thirty people
including the fire department,
some neighbors, the babysitter
and her family and the police at
their house in the early morning
hours,
Two provincial police officers
joined the search including one
officer from the canine division in
Mount Forest. A dog was brought
to town to help track the child.
About three hours later the
child was found at his
grandmother's place, about four
blocks away.
Mrs. Knetsch said her
mother-in-law, Mrs. Fred (Mary)
Knetsch of Anne Street was
awakened a little after two in the
morning.
She heard a child's voice, but
thought it was a child upstairsHer
neighbor recognized Jonathan
and got her up.
Mrs. Knetsch said her
mother-in-law tried to call their
home but everyone must have
been out on the search. Thinking
Some Mitchell lads might have
felt Centennial weekend was a
good time to cleanup in Seaforth
but instead police beli eve they
have solved many thefts that have
been on their books.
Seaforth Chief of Police John
Cairns said Satur day evening
while the Centennial Ball was on
he recognized one lad in a car who
had been in trouble before, so he
pulled the car over . took down
their names and the make of the
vehicle,
Later when two thefts were
reported in the vicinity of the
arena where he had seen the
boys, he radioed surrounding
police departments.
Seaforth a contribution.
Tuckersmith's refusal resulted
in plans for $15 per person charge
to be levied against anyone from
the township who used the arena
recreation facilities.
The tax increase to finance
recreation would have been done
on a per assessment basis. The
4 mill increase used as an
example on the questionnaire
would have raised some residents
taxes so much that they felt they
would rather pay $15 for each of
their children so that they could
use the Seaforth arena.
Clerk McIntosh, when he
reported the questionnaire count
said "this agrees with the
sampling of verbal discussion
members of council said they had
with ratepayers."
resulted in several hundreds of
dollars damage to the chimney,
electrical wiring and clothing in a
storeroom on the second floor of
the home of Andrew McLean of
R.R. 2, Staffa.
Mrs. McLean who was home at
the time said the family was able
to get the fire out by the time the
Mitchell Fire Department arrived
She said, the flames were leaping
four feet high in the clothing
when she found the fire.
Severe winds, heavy rainfall
and an inch of hail accompanied
the isolated storm. No estimate
has been made of the crop
damage from the, ha it in the area.
the child wasn't missed, her
mother-in-law decided she would
wait until the morning before
arousing the household.
His grandmother's eyes are
poor, so she kept the child with
her and decided to go back to bed,
the child's mother said.
The • police said a milkman
recognized a little boy in a mickey
Mouse tee-shirt in the area. The
police then found the boy asleep
in a chair at his grandmother's
place.
Mrs. Knetsch said she didn't
call her mother-in-law because
she hadn't wanted to alarm her
about the boy being missing.
The nightmare for local officials
and the Knetsch family ended
about 6:30 in the morning.
Mrs. Knetsch said the the three
year old doesn't talk much so it
was hard to know why he took off.
Also early Thursday morning he
was still "too sleepy" from his
early morning prowl.
Later Mrs. Knetsch said
Jonathan went to see daddy. Mrs,
Knetsch said earlier they visited„.
her mother and the three-year-old
must have thought they'd gone to
see his other grandmother. Not
realizing his parents were hbme
in bed, he probably went to look
for them, she said.
Council passed a tile drainage
tender by-law for $14,600.
Four tile drain loans for $18,000
were approved.
Requests for building permitts
were approved for: Alex Town-
send, R.R. 4, Seaforth, milk
house; W.J.F. Bell, Kippen,
addition to barn; Art Haverkamp,
Clinton, pit silo; and Fred Swann,
alterations to a building at
Vanastra.
The revised report of Nott
Drain will be discussed at a
meeting with ratepayers on July
29, at 7p.m.
Council discussed complaints
about ill-kept condition of vacant
lots at Vanstra and a number of
old cement lined holes on private
property that are considered
dangerous to children. The holes
were constructed oringinally to
provide access to the under-
ground heating system when
Vanastra was an Air Force
training site. Council-will notify
property owners to fill the holes.
Council opposed the proposed
closure of Connestoga College
branch building at Vanastra while
acknowledging the costlines of
maintaining such an expensive
institution for a declining number
of students. One member of
council said he understood there
were only five students at the
school.
Clerk James McIntosh was
instructed to telephone Jack
Riddell, Huron M.P.P. in Toronto
opposing the new drainage act
expected to be given final reading
in the legislature Friday.
Weed inspector Alex Chesney
is to be contacted regarding
several areas of weeds in the
township about which complaints
have been received.
Council discussed in length the
problems related to the demol-
ition of several barrack-type
buildings at Vanastra and the
need for a clean-up of the
property after the good material
is removed from the building.
Passed for payment were
acconiats totalling $83,357.54.
C of C plans to welcome
new businesses to town
Lightning levels barn,
starts chimney fire
Three year old goes for night walk
Many thefts cleared up
after police stop car
Chief Cairns said "it was pure
luck" that the stolen items were
recovered.
Mitchell police stopped a
different make of car with three
youths of the same description.
The stolen items were found
and later when the Mitchell police
searched their respective homes,
they recovered many other items
that had been reported stolen at
other times.
Police Chief Cairns said
Mitchell and Stratford police are
"cleaning up a number of
crimes" numbering about 23 at
present and are still
investigating.
Seaforth Police charged three
Two bicycle wheels and a taper youths with the two local thefts.
deck had been reported stolen in One youth is a 17 year old and the
the areao police said. other two juveniles,
Tuckersmith Council awarded a
tender to John H. McLlwain of.
Se forth to., supply and apply
• township roads with 16,000 yards
of gravel for $23,475. It was the
lower of two tenders.
Road Superintendent, Allan
Nicholson is authorized to contact
again the Stratford office of the
Ministry of Transportation and
Communications asking for a
street light at the entrance to
Vanastra off Highway 4 and for
the highway to be widened in the
area to make it less dangerous to
enter the Vanastra road. Because
the ,entrance is on a slight hill,
fast moving traffic is not given
sufficient notice of vehicles mak-
ing left turns into Vanastra.
Tuckersmith awards gravel tender
These included general accounts,
$41,150.26; Vanastra parks, Rec-
reation and Community Centre
Board, $13,138.91; day care ac-
counts, $8,688.63; and roads,
$20,379.74,
Council accepted 0- resig-
nation of .Gerry Salto' _en the
Vanastra Day C.are C Board.
Logan quarry owner plans lifeguard
The drowning death of nine
year old, John Albert Bauer, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bauer of
R.R. 5, Mitchell, has convinced
the owner of a quarry of the need
to hire a lifeguard.
The nine year old apparently
walked into deeper part of the
quarry. Other people were at the
Woodland Lake Camp,on lot 28,
concession 11, Logan Township at
the time of the incident, including
the owner, Harold Bauer, a
distant relation to the boy.
Mr. Bauer said he "had tried to
make the swimming area as safe
as possible and defined the
deeper parts of the quarry with
floats."
The swimming and camping
site was designated a public
recreation area about a year and a
half ago. Since it is a natural
bathing area there are no regula-
tions governing it, said Peter
Black, the senior pool consultant
for the Ministry of Health.
"I will put a lifeguard on duty
as a courtesy. It's not a
regulation," Mr. Bauer said.
VETS TAKE A DRINK — The Campbell Memorial Fountain came into its own
again during Centennial as visitors admired its Victorian elegance. Presented to the
town in the mid-thirties as a memorial to her family by the late Miss Nan Campbell,
the fountain occupied several Main Street sites until being discarded by a council
tired of worryin about protecting it from vandals. D'Orlean Sills co-operated with
the Chamber of o merce In again making it operative for the Centennial. He told
the C. of C. tha his ather, the late Prank Sills, had bought the fountain tot $6.00 as
it was about f sold for scrap. Here Seaforth Town Clerk Robett Frankliti
(Staff Photol admires its functional beauty.
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