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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-04-08, Page 1FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 — 16 SEAFORTH!?' NTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1976 — 24 PAGES 110A0 Year in MYOIce Single Copy ZS cent4 Whole No.5642 117th Year SOME HARD PADDLING — The'74 canoeists who route was hard paddling. This group are competing entered the Seaforth Optimists canoe race along the in the couples class, which was won by a pair of Bayfield didn't have an easy time of it on Sunday. racers from Barrie. Race results are on the sports ' Water was in some spots and the wh ole page. (Staff Photo) Why was the township 4treasurer or •the , day care committee n ever billed, councillor Bob Bell asked. "How did' this get by?" Deputy. Reeve Ervin Sillery said the matter had come up at a rec committee meeting Monday night, . when the committee wondet .ed if they.were supposed to do the billing. "Nobody goes aroun anding out money without getting a bill," councillor Bell said. Al Guest and Harvey Hammond ,of -Vanasatra told councillors, that Harold White Homes of Lond,on and St. Thomas planned to start building new houses at Vanastra this' spring. Purchasers of the homes could get eight per cent mortgages, no matter what their income level, under the province's assisted home ownership program, Mr. Guest. said. Purchasers must live in the house they buy. The builder planned to put up 12 houses and as they sell, start building in other areas , of Vinastra, he said. One lot where a house is planned is on an existing road and Mr. Guest, said the owner would sell it to Tuckersmith for $7,000. t The ministry of transportation has saidthere is noway that road.ean e closed, commented road s peritendent Allan Nicholson., "He owns 38 lots. It should be worth it to him to sacrifice one lot and build on the others," reeve Elgin Thompson said. Guest said he would be back at the next rmeetingaea with a site'plan for the, The men asked the council, to take back ownership of two areas which have sewage and wat er easements and can't be built on. "We're willing to take this area back if White will give us that roadway," reeve Thompson suggested. THE CORNVILLE LADIES AID — These young ladies -were members of the Ladies Aid Club in a play called A Visit of Inspection, put on by Grade 5 and 6 at St. •Columban School as part of a drama festival for Education Week. Students from St. Patrick's and St. James' put on plays too "not in competition but just' for enjoyment", said St. Columban principal Donald Farwell. From left are Colleen Melady, Janice Murray, M ary Jo Ryan and Mary Murray. (Staff Photo) 4* sir Tijckersmith. Tel gets '25,000 ice storm.daniageizsill Cowan wed ' the township's current average. Councillors doubled insurance on office contents to $6,000 and on road department tolls etc. to $5,000 but left all other coverage the same, The big cost premium is• for fire insurance, Mr. Reed said, including $456,000 on the community centre at Vanastra. A decision on Mr. Wallace's "request for water from • Tuckersmith was reserved. Mr. Nicholson said a township water line across the street was only half inch pipe and was already loaded.It would cost the township' about $2,000 to 1 ay a two inch water main 550 feet to Mr. wallace's new house, but the line could serve other people if they wanted township water, the road superintendent said. Tile drainage loans of $4500 and $22,500 were approved. Building permits were issued to Brown,Egmondville, for a storage shed and workshop: James Knights, Egmondville, addition to mobile home; Gordon Beuttenmiller, Harpurhey, new house; Wm: R. Wallace, Egmondville, new house; Eric McIntosh, lot 31, con. 6, LRS, implement shed; Bob Broadfoot, 10t 31, Con. 3 LRS, hog barn; G Baker, Harpurhey, storage sheer; and Claudette Brideau, lot 119, Vanastra, garage. Bill Brown's licence tp operate a salvage yard inEgmondville was renewed for a year. Council decided to write John Janmaat, Harpurhey tellinghim that it was illegal to operate a salvage yard without a licence.' The clerk was asked to talk to the township's lawyer about taking action against Joseph Haskett of Vanastra who had not cleaned up his garage property there as the township asked. Clerk McIntosh reported that the township's dog tags sellers have sold 453 tags and have about eight problem dog owners left in the whole township.' The council approved the issuing of a $25,000 debenture by Tuckersmith Telephone System to pay for storm damages. A request from the Vanastra -Clerk M cIntOsh was asked to get an' injunction to stop demolition 'of buildings at Vanastra by Steven Kepic who doesn't have a demolition permit. Mr. Kepic has not cleaned up two lots Where demolition was done previously. No more wrecking should be allowed until the first cleaned up, reeve Thompson said, The reeve asked Mr. Nichelson to fill in 10. foot deep Manholes, that were part of the former base's heating system, if they are On township pre perty or give private i roperty owners ten days to fill th m. Dave • -ed 'of Fra Insurance Huron may ger. asses A recommendatiOn to • the lice spending restrains( them- Huron Board of Education by selves. Nine indicated they would' director of education John be attending a Principals and Cochrane on the Pupil Teacher Vice-Principals seminar in Ratio for 1976-1977 was 'referred - Michigan on May 6, 7 and 8 and to the salary committee on motion they agreed to pay their own • of vice-chairman Charles Thomas expenses.' at Monday's board meeting. Enrolment in Huron secondary Thomas said he felt the PTR schools for the 1976.77 term is- should be given more study. Cochrane's submission said superintendents had examined proposed class-grade organiza- tion in each school and recom- mended that 313.4 teachers be engaged for grades one to eight. This would be a reduction of 6.6 teachers from the ,current term. The employment of 313.4 tea- chers would generate a PTR of 22 to 1. Thomas said increasing the PTR would be one way of cutting costs during the current restraint program. Cochrane's statement said the (elementary school enrolment for the fall term would be down about 303 students. Superintendent 'Ralph Smith said he has asked all principals not to hire any more teachers. He added, "We have to decide on transfers in order, to accommo- date the proposed cutbacks." He was supported by superin- tendent Jim Coulter who indi- cated he had two teachers rin one school in his area that must be transferred. Cochrane added that all transfers must be made by May 1. (By Susan White), Because no rental agreement has been signed, 'the Vanastra Day Care Centre is not obligated to pay, $500 a month rent, an amount ,verbally agreed on, to the Vanastra Recreation Committee which owns the Day Care Centre Building. The recreation committee, has,. ftiver , billed the Day Care committee for the rent and none has been paid since the centre opened in September. ' That's what Tuckersmith Township clerk treasurer James McIntosh told Tuckersmith council at their meeting Tuesday night. Besides, he said, ,day care accounts have been audited up to the end of March and the centre is free of debt to that date. The 'provincial government would pay 80 per cent of the rent, as it does of all operating expenses, but Mr. McIntosh said the government would only pay month by month, not a seven month back billing. At SDHS with exams It's Education Week in Ontario and some Seaforth area schools are marking it with a full week of community' programs. St. Patrick's Dublin, St. James' here in town and St. Columban Separate Schools had a drama festival for junior grades in St. Columban on Monday. Monday af ,.ternoon St. Patrick's in Dublin had a panel of senior citigenund grade eight students — talking about "when we were your age" and "who senior eitizegs are to us." "We're having exams" was the answer the Expositor got from a call to SDHS The commission was author- ized by the subscriber to ask the 'township , to raise the extra $25,000. The next step includes getting approval of the $125,000 from the Ontario Municipal Board and the Ontario Telephone ComniisSion. Mr. Graham outlined the program to up-date and expand the system which is expected to Cost approximately $100,000--. additional equipment in the Bayfield office, $20,000: additional cable out of Bayfield office south to provide for new services and subdivisions, also to upgrade service in the village of flayfield,$17,000: installation of additional cable' from Vanastra corner east to'' trailer camp, $25,000; installation of additional cable in east side of Egmondville to provide for and upgrade Service and to service proposed Doig subdivision ancINg gLitage Trailer Park, $19;500: a the installation of additional cable from Hensall to Kippen to upgrade service and provide for additional cable pairs,$18,500. (Continued on page 10) The high school had a parents' night in February. Seaforth Public School plans an open house later in the spring, according to principal J. W. Talbot, SPS is concentrating on acad- emics this year, the principal said, after a very busy project filled time during Seaforth Cen- tennial `in 1975. St. James' School had speakers on the Old Testament from St. Jercime's College and invited the public to heat them on Monday night. Tuesday was kindergarten registration at the school. Tonight teachers are. having a pot luck supper and at 8p.m. the school is sponsoring a metric night fer parents. St. Columban School had a visit froni an OPP officer who explained traffic safety and the importance of seat belts to the youngest students on Monday morning. St. Patrick's in Dublin . had music, French and special educa-, Lion classes open to the politic during the week. The OPP Spoke to students and senior citizens from Dublin and area were entertained at a card party Tuesday afternoon. Community 'Association that council look af ter house numbering there was shelved. "The Chamber of Commerce did the-,job in Seaforth," councillor Cleave Coombs commented Works superintendent NicholSon said he would take down any street signs At Vanastra that are .wrong"and redeform ,to the After considerable discussion, the Huron Board of Education agreed Monday to pay the expenses of Huron secondary school teams, groups, clubs, bands, etc. who win Huron-Perth honours and advance to WOSSA and provincial competitions. The matter was first discussed when superintendent Jim Coulter asked that principals be permit- ted to submit accounts for expenses so incurred. Budget chairman John 'Elliott was the first to object saying he felt the budget committee should 'be involved for extra spending. He continued, "I'm not against their participation but feel it's a matter of principle. The budget committee should know how Much is 'being spent." Vice-chairman Charles Thomas suggested $300 could be spent for area's plan. A tender on the Sinclair Drainage, Works was awarded to Dave Inglis, who was the lowest bidder at $12,700. One only other bidder was Gerber, Drainage Enterprises Ltd. and $11,682 plus $3,345. ' The meeting adjourned about 1 a.m. each trip before apprOval would be needed from the budget committee. Chairman Herb Turk- heim interjected, "the time ele- Merit is -important here ,as WOSSA meets are held usually within a week of Huron-Perth naming champions." He was supported by South Huron Principal J. L. Wooden who was in attendance. Wooden commented, "Sometimes there is no time lag at all. Entry must be made to WOSSA the same day you win Huron-Perth." Last years board chairman Wilfred Shortreed supported pay- ing any expenses incurred. He added, "Take the Goderich drama club for instance. They put in a lot of Work, It's only fair that we support them to the top. If we curtail everything our youth are On the subject of spending restraints. the board decided to meet on Wednesday, April 21 in an attempt to approve the 1976-77 budget. Representatives of all munici- palities in Huron will be invited to attend the budget 'meeting. Chairman Herb Turkheim suggested the mayor or reeve, clerk and finance chairman of interested in, then we are in trouble." Superintendent Jim Coulter said expenses in most cases are kept to a minimum. He said it cost only $100 to send' the Goderich junior basketball team to Sarnia There was some oiscussion of senior citizens housing, at Tuckersmith council on Tuesday night. A Tuckersmith resident's application for an apartment in an OHC unit for senior citizens planned for Bayfield was turned down because the Township isn't participating in the- building. Rave Elgin Thompson argued that people who are able to pay for two days. Chairman Turkheim said Short- reed echoed the sentiments of all trustees and Charles Thomas moved that support be given with the administration being author- ized to approve expenses. full rent in a senior citizen's apartment should be able to, whether their township is participating in, the unit or not, Tuckersmith is advertising along with Stanley Township that they are conducting a survey on the need for a joint apartment- unit, bit clerk Jim McIntosh said he had only received two calls (Continued on Page 5) rx 0 ar (By Wilma Oke) The effects of •the recent ice storm are continuing to be felt in Huron County. At the 67th annual meeting of the Tuckersinith Municipal Telephone System Wednesday night in Brucefield the secretary- treasurer, Mel Graham, reported damage to the system, in the Hensall area especially, and the need to replace the downed lines with underground cable. Ahoet 45 people attended the meeting. This unexpected repair work prompted the commission to ask for an additional $25,000 to be issued in debentures, on top of the $100,000 already on the agenda for the subscribers' approval at the meeting. Mr.Graham -said that while there is no total as .yet of the final damage ,the cominission was suggesting a further addition of $25,000, He said Tuckersmith Council had agreed on March 2 to issue a' township debenture to „ raise the $100,000 and now with your approval of the whole amount we shall ask them for the extra. Schools mark education week Tuckersmith discovers Day Care Centre not billed for rent each municipality be invited. , History and language stud The trustees' decided .-t iii1CL-7 Torcinto: AN EARLY TOWN MEETING — If it wasn't for the camera in Bob Walters hand, at left, and the modern chairs in the background, this photo could look like it ' was' taken in 1876, not last week. The bearded gent lemen were all participants in Brucefield United Church's beard growing contest which was judged Thursday night, as' one of the events in the church's Centennial year. Next to Mr. Webster are ,J.K.Cornish, John Broadfoot,"John Henderson, Jim Broadfoot and grand prize . winner Bob :Fotheringham: (Staff Photo) Board agrees to pay WOSSA expenses Tuckersmith discusses OHC apartments expected to be 4,620, an increase of 63 ,students from the present attendance. Cochrane's submission suggested the number of teachers remain at 273, 13.2 teachers for special education and 259.8 tea- chers for other courses. Five field trips were approved at Monday's regular meeting of the board. In supporting the field trips, chairman Herb Turkheim said, "most field trip applicatiops •-• were in before our budget • restraints. In future I hope principals will be taking a close look at these trips and they could • be cut down considerably." Trustee John Elliott -questioned the cost to the board of field trips saying, "the reports show about $600 in costs to the board but they do not include supply teachers." Director John Cochrane " explained, "the costs are shown under financial arrangements but are not specified. In the element- ary panel supply teachers receive $42 per day under• category one and "at the secondary' level it depends on the salary of the teacher." The field trips approved were: The Goderich District Colle- giate drama club to participate in the Ontario regional drama fes- tival at Guelph'from April 8 to 1 f ; a F. E. Madill secondary school history trip to Ottawa; a Madill school ski trip to Coldwater; a South Huron District High School geography trip to Kentucky and a Hullett Central School science, a*"