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The Huron Expositor, 1975-07-24, Page 1y. MMMM GOOD- The feed concessions were a big attraction for the young people who saved up their hard earned money to attend the Lions Carnival over the weekend. Biting into good sized hamburgers are OPP on Thursday night left, Patricia Rimmer, and Brad, Wendy and Tracey Gowan, all of, like it says on the T shirts, Seaforth. (Photo by Oke) Anti-gambling squad closes Carnival games _24 TIRE MARK ON THE SIDEWALK- We know that there is a lot of traffic on Main St. sidewalks, but it's usually foot, not tire traffic. Pedestrians Monday morning were startled to see a big black tire mark on the sidewalk, about a foot and a half from Jim Crocker's Family Footwear store. Constable Ron Lauzon of the Seaforth Police said a witness saw a truck back up onto the sidewalk and take off about 6:50 Sunday morning. The witness doesn't want to go to court so Const. Lauzon said it is unlikely that charges will be laid. (Staff Photo) in . Mvoolf., • • • !doo!.,(-1e:•••' EVEN THE STAFF NEED A BREAK- After the kids had their swimming lessons the pool staff decided to cool off, taking three ways to hit the water. In the center, pool supervisor, Kathy Bruxer seems about ready to folow the others into the pool. With warm' sunny July weather the if Pools' getting drowds of swimmers every day. (Staff Photb) OP Whole No. 5602 • 116th Year FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 —16 THE HURON .EXPOSITOR, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1975 — 24 PAGES $10.09:A Adir00. Singe copy, 25 cent*.. HPRCSS consider spending 1-perpupil on outdoor Ed. S IN William Edgar Flannigan, 37, was killed Thursday July 17 at 6 WILLIAM EDGAR FLANNIGAN Keen competition has develop- ed for the Progressive Conserv- ative nomination in Huron Mid- dlesex riding. Candidates who will week party support at a nominating conven- tion scheduled for Monday in Exeter include two former county wardens and a township clerk. Already nominated is Liberal Jack Riddell the sitting member for Huron and NDP Paul Carroll of Goderich. The new riding of Huron-Middlesex includes 12 municipalities from Huron and 8 from Middlesex. money stays right in the area, except for money that goes to the blind, disabled and deaf, he said. When the OPP 'officers were asked how they heard about the carnival, they said they just happened' to be in the area, Mr. Teatero said. Mr. Teatero said it was not the question of the loss of revenue since Thursday wasn't a really busy night, but "it's the embarr- assment of it," which upset him. The anti-gambling squad comes in, they close down the games as if we • had done, something terribly wrong. A Lion's member got the necessary permits from the Tuck- ersmith town clerk since the park is in that municipality and the games were back in business Friday night. Tuckerr.,nith Clerk James McIntosh said the permits were given to' the Lion's Club without charge but normally they are one Clappison Corners near Hamilton when the car in which he whas driving was crushed by a 55 ton tanker truck. Surviving are his wife Eileen (Kendrick) two daughters Lisa and Lori Jaye one son, Kelly; his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jim Flannigan Stoney Creek, Ontario and three brothers Jim of Willowdale Ont., Brian of Seaf- orth and Garth of Stoney Creek. A largely attended funeral was held on Monday at Clark Funeral Home, interment. following at Ancaster cemetary. A teacher on the staff of the Hamilton School Board he had just begui a new career with the Sun Lite Insurance Co. a year ago. He was a member of the Hamilton Masonic Lodge. Those seeking the P.C. nomin- ation include former Huron ward- en Jim Hayter of Goderich, former Middlesex warden Ivan Hearn of Lucan, and MeGillvary township clerk William J. Amos. Mr. Hayter, 47, has been active in municipal politics and conserv- ation work for 20 years and is a former reeve of Stephen township He has operated a garage and car business for 29 years, the last four of which have been in Goderich. Married he has two children, a son Jim associated (Continued on Page 16) per cent of the prize money. He said he. knew about the law that required them to get a permit bot it wasn't his responsibility to inform them. He said they always bought a permit for their raffles, but never for the carnival's games of chance. By Friday morning, Mr. Teat- ero said he had received calls from seven people who heard the carnival had been closed • down. • The carnival hadn't been closed down, only the games of chance. By Nancy Andrews It's been half a century since the Seaforth Lion's Club began to turn a dream of a community pool and park into a reality. In' the 1920's, Seaforth kids were swimming in three water holes including the side of an old limestone quarry on Silver Creek Fa.rm. A few narrow escapes from drowning in one of these waterholes convinced residents and club members that something had to be done. Since then, the Lion's Club has supervised and sponsored the park and pool which has attracted local picnics and visitors for years. Besides the generations of learned to swim refreshing dip throughout the • months. In the mid-thirties that portion of Silver Creek in which swimming was carried on was concreted along its sides and bottom. Kids waded, splashed and swam in the creek until 1955 when the present pool was built. Gordon Rimmer, the present chairman of the Lion's Park and Pool Committee said the new pool became necessary because the water flow in Silver Creek during the heat of summer was too slow to ensure cleanliness. During the ye ar in which an organized swimming instruction program has been carried out by the SeaforthLions a total of at least 6,000 area children have learned to swim. Fifty years after the pool and park was planned, another tradition died. For years Brussels area kids had been coming 'to Seaforth for summer swimming lessons and in all probability nearly 2,000 had learned to swim here but this year the Brussels program came to an end. Mr. Rimmer said it was partly fhe Lion's Club's fault for not communicating with the Brussels Legion and Lion's Club. Al Nichol, director of the Brussels swimming program, All these people thought it was a "big joke." • "It does look like a joke" he said when you consider the Lion's Club has been running the carnival for forty years. When asked if the officers said anything about children playing games of chance, he said no mention was made of that. "We try to discourage that anyway. We try anyway to keep younger kids from playing," he said. said mainly it was a problem of communication. For years Brussels parents sent their kids by bus to Seaforth for lessons, but last year when kids were required to pay both the instruction fees and the regular swimming fees, many had, complained of the cost. This year the kids are being bussed to Gorrie where the fees are $1 cheaper and where the Lions Club and Legion which / sponsor the bussing, can almost half 'the cost of bussing, Mr. Nichol said. Swim In Gorrie Although the distance is relatively the same, due to the higher rates to bus to Seaforth and a limited charter that does not include the Seaforth area, 75 Brussels area kids are swimming in Gorrie this year. About a week after the pool opened, 1500 people had been admitted to the pool, one tenth of 1974 admission figures which were 15,000. In some years the number of swimmers had approached 25,000. The pool and park serves people in McKillop . Tuckersmitli, Hibbert and area. Mr.Rimmer said registration for lessons are down this year and that about 100 registered in July. Mr. Rimmer said Walton parents have organized a car pool to bring their kids to Seaforth when previously they caught the Brussels bus. Of the reduction in number of kids taking lessons. he said: "I think the-calibre of lessons will be better: we will have more pool space for these kids." He said the pool instruction is organized so the kids will have more time and will get the full time allotted. In charge of the pool, is seventeen year old, Kathy Bruxer who •has her Bronze Medallion and Cross, her Red Cross leaders and instructor's certificates. Clean Up He said the pool staff had demonstrated their conscientious behaviour when he asked them to clean up supervisor's quarters.He hadn't meant for them to move 12-100 pound bags of chemicals, (by Wilma Oke) The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board at a meeting in Seaforth Monday night deferred action until more information is available on a proposal that the Board pay One Dollar per student per day extra to a class participating in an extended outdoor program above the amount allotted for field trips. The finance committee was asked to arrange a meeting with Business Administrator Jack Lane to prepare a financial Statement on the amount of money available to each school for field trips and on what the money is spent. Straftord trustee Ronald Marcy proposed the extra fee to assist classes in extended outdoor programs such as the Grade 7 class from St. Michael's School at Stratford which spent the week of June 16-20 at Camp Bimini. Mr. Marcy wanted to encourage such worthy programs and make it easier for the teacher and students to plan. one. The program had cost the 33 students and their teacher Paul Zybura $250 which they raised by their own efforts and their regular field trip money. Mr. Marcy said his proposal would have given them an extra $165. and they would have had to raise the rest. Joseph Looby, Dublin, said it would be better to do it, "I'm for it, if the idea is to get rid of all this soliciting by students door-to-door for money for school activities. I think it is a good idea. You have no idea the number of times the students are after parents for money. I get many ,ciriniplaints from parents." :Director of Education John Vintar said the students would have to raise part of the money. He said he does not feel the Board should give the full amount to pupils and that they should have chores to do to earn some of the but when he returned two girls had already moved them. This year the staff is being paid $2.40 an hour instead of the lower student rate, because it is usually just a matter of months difference between those 17 and those 18 year olds, who could get a higher rate. Mr. Rimmer said he felt this attitude of not paying the staff the least possible amount will pay off in their service to the public. There are five kids hired as booth staff and seven for the pool area. The pool has an, all girls staff and as Kathy Bruxer said "this is our year". She said "they were afraid we'd have problems but the kids aren't bad and listen money. Mr. Looby asked: "Working? Not begging!" Mr. Vintar said that 'hen everything is given to children they have nothing to do. That's where vandalism and such gets started, he said. Some of the trustees were worried that by the board giving more money for field trips they would be promoting longer trips pretty well." The pool .supervisor said the program is pretty much the same as last year, but this year is being promoted as Water Safety Summer and the kids are learning water safety rules, and making posters. Mr. Rimmer said he didn't feel the decision of the Brussels kids would have much influence on the pool's finances. The lesson and swim rates were designed to cover wage costs and the Lion's hired on the basis that Brussels kids would be coming down, Mr. Rimmer said. Maybe the staff will have less hours but the time will be equalized according to qualifications. • and in the end the students would continue to try to raise money on their own, Stratford trustee Howard Shantz said, "We are not talking about trips to Ottawa or Montreal but outdoor programs such as Camp Bimini." Joseph Tokar, Superintendant of Education, spoke of the budget committee studying the allotments for field trips and the Mr.Rimmer said he 'heard rumors of favoritism occurring at the pool last year with some people getting more hours than others. "We have established a report form on this, so we can watch this closely, so they get a fair number of hours," he said. This year the wading pool is only open Wednesday and Sunday of ternoon because only about one woman and child use it constantly and a guard must be kept on duty to watch the pool and that becomes expensive babysitting service, as well as being costly to fill it, Mr.Rimmer said. The Lion's are looking for the performing arts and in the next year or so it is proposed that the principal, the school staff and the parents through the PTA would discuss these decisions thus allowing the local community to reflect what it wants. Mr. Tokar said formulas have to be worked out •and consideration will be taken of small schools. Mrs. Frances Westlake of Hensall was hired to teach in the junior division at St. Boniface Schaol in Zurich. The ad hoc curriculum review committee recommended the board's two Religious Education Consultants make a short in-service presentation to the board in October; that the Family Life Committee present a report to the board early in the fall term; and that the committee has representation on the PIM Implementation Committee. A record of the use of schools in the two countries by organizations • for various meetings during 1974-75 term was distributed to the board members. Stratford trustee, F.J. Vere, chairman of the Building and Property Committee in reply to enquiries from Zurich ratepayers as to what happened to the proposal to add an addition to St. Boniface School at Zurich this year, said that the Ministry of education had turned .down the project for 1975. The addition, estimated to cost $102,000 would have included a library resource centre, change rooms, a health room and the conversion of existing resource centre administration offices. The Board approved a 'request from the County of Huron to circulate the details of the contest for the design of a county flag to children in Huron Separate Schools. There will be only one meeting in August on the 18th at the board office. public to indicate how often they want it open and are looking for guidance from the public • to whether it wants adult swimming lessons. The Lion's Club plans to get a second opinion, but Mr:Riminer said the chlorine is •hard on the piping and can even effect the cement. Last year, the engineer suggested the walls be relined at an overall cost of $20,000, but for the last two years the Lion's Club has maintained a campaign of patching cement and it doesn't seem as bad as last year, he said. Repair He hopeson Page 8 ) man who has (Continued 11 The OPP anti-racket , squad visited the Lion's Carnival around 10:30 Thursday night and closed down all its games. •.- Plain clothes men from Toronto told the Lion's Club to close it's games until it got a permit. Leo Tea'tek, president* of the Lion's Club, said the men seemed like "very, very nice guys, and they weren't rough or argument- ative." " Mr. Teatero said they were told legislation came into effect in 1970 tequiring them to get a permit from the municipality. In forty years they have been operating, they have never had anything like this happen, Mr. Teatero said. "I think it's a disgrace. I think it was rather chincy on the part of the OPP anti-gambling squad. It doesn't show good taste," he said. It wasn't like the Lion's Club was out for private gain, but the money goes back to the commun- ity itself. Ninety per cent of the Sea forth native dies when truck crushes car Three men seek PC nomination park, several children have and enjoyed a in the pool hot summer Lions pool cools off thousands Tho'-costs are up, the pool carries on