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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THUp PAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1976 20 PAGES
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THAEATENEO Fire threatehed the large brick home of brville,Beuerrhanit,
R.R.4, Walton, early Sunday morning. Seaforth firemen battled the biaze and were
able to confine the flames to the rear portion of the hotte. Loss is eistirriated
$15,000. (Staff Photo)
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Expect bid crowd
and more entries
at. Seaforth Fair
number are planning to come to
Seaforth.
In the freshly repaired and
painted Roundhouse, recently
acclaiiied a Heritage Building,
quilts, mats, sewing, preserves
and baked goods as well as crafts
and paintings'Will be on display:
These as well as Junier exhibitors
will be found in the upper portion
while downstairs the classes for
flowers and vegetables will tax to
Capacity all available space. Total
prize money is in excess of
$12,000.
Secretary Kathleen Cuthill said
that not only is there a' marked
increase in early entries but also
in the number of new exhibitors
who are showing in Seaforth. As
the only Class B Fall Fair in
Huron; the Seaforth Fair attracts
increased attention' from
exhibitors across this part of
Ontario. "
The 1976 fair gets underway
(Continued on Page 7 )
Fire loss is
set at $15,00,0
A CHAMPION — No matter how big the tomatoes
are at. Seaforth Fall Fair there will be trouble
matching this sample which Mrs. James Souter, 112
John Street, Seaforth proudly displayed the
Expositor' office this week. -The tomato which she
grew in her garden weighs 2 1/2 pounds and measures
16 inches around. (Staff Photo)
Intervention by a delegation of '
seven Vanastra property owners
at a special meeting of
Tuckersmith council' Tuesday
night brought construction of
' two housesotb a halt and resulted
in council deferring action on a
bylaw the meeting had been
called to consider.
The by-law would have stopped
up two stretches of roadway
-between Regina Road and
Q uebec Road in Vanastra.
The first section• is located in
'//.14lock L between Lots 45 and 46,
4nd the secoll between Lots 45
and 46. The ortions which the
bylaw would close would be sold
for $1.00 to Harvey Hammond of
Brucefield (formerly of Vanastra)
owner of Lots 37: 38: 45 and
46.Mr.Hammond 'would use the
narrow strips of land to increase
the size of his lots in an attempt to
get 'them closer to size
requirement for, building homes.
In return Mr, Hammond was to
give eduncil a small lot in another
section.
The property owners were:
• Robin Gates who was spokesman,
Mr: and Mrs. Ben Bridges, Barry
Black and Mrs. Tvlarelen Thurlow,
all of Vanstra and Mr, and Mrs.
John Baker of RR4, Clinton.
Mr.. ates said the first he
knew of the closing up of the two
pieces of roadway, used as
sidewalk by the children and
adults of Vanastra as it is located'
at. the rear of the- homes, or lots,-
was when he read the notice of it
in .the local paper. •
The delegation _presented the
objection in writing signed by 18
property, owners.
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Accident series
Paul Doig in hospitc:d
in 1937. He was , moved to
Seaforth in 1539 and continued on
staff, here until his enlistment in
the R.C.A.F, early in the war.
Following his retirement after
five years service in Canada and
overseas, he rejoined the
P.O.S.O. • serving in a London
branch. In 1947 he was .moved to
Seaforth where he. continued on
staff until the retirement of the -
late J.M. McMillan as manager in
1962 when he was appointed to
that position.
Active in the community during
his years here, Mr. McDonald
served on council for several
terms. fie is a past President of
Seaforth Branch ' 156, Royal
Canadian Legion.
Mr. MacDonald says that he
and Mrs. MacDonald, the former
Isabelle Hawkins, of Seaforth,
now will have time to do some of
the things they had wanted to do
when time didn't permit.
Interested in gardening, he spent
Monday, his first day of retire-
ment, harvesting the fruits of the
garden at his East William Street
residence.
(by Wilma Oke)
Paul Doig, 76, ,of RR4,
Seaforth was admitted to Seaforth
Community Hos'pital Tuesday
night following a tractor-car.
collision on concession 2, Huron
Road Survey of Tuckersmith
Township. •
Riding his tractor Mr. Doig was
attempting, to make a left hand
turn from the concession road to
the golf course entrance at 7
career
when a car driven by DaVid
Ostrotn,36, of RR 1, ,Mitchell was
in collision with the Doig tractor.
Mr. Doig suffered head injuries
--when his tractor was, upset by the
collision. Mr. Ostrom escaped
injuries.
Constable Jamers MacLeod of
Seaforth detachement of 0.P.P,
said damage to both vehicles
would be about $700 each.
On Noah Main
Charges were laid by Seaforth
Police Chief John Cairns Saturday
following an accident on Main
Street North.
Alice Diegel of Bornholm was
driving south on Main Street in
front of the Liquor Control Store
when a pickup truck turning out
of Side Street, sideswiped her car
on the left hand-gide aria failed to'*
stop.
Mr's. Diegel • obtained the
licence number of the car.
Following a search of the
district,' William S. Murphy of
R.R. 4, was stopped two .and a
half miles east of Seaforth by
Police Chief Cairns. He was
charged with impaired driving
and failing to remain at the scene
of an accident.
He is to appear in Seaforth
Court on October 20. ,
Damages $1400
When a car driving west on
Goderich Street East slowed up to
PUC ups bill frequency
(By Wilma Oke)
Loss was estimated at approx-
imately $15,000 in' a fire early
Sunday morning that destroyed
the rear portion of the .home of
Mr. and Mrs. OrvilleBeuermann
of R.R. 4; Walton.
The family had retired for the
evening when Mrs. Benermarnaot
'up to investigate a sound ;he
heard at' the ^back door of the
house at 2:40 a.m. Sunday. She
found the kitchen and woodshed
•in a wooden addition at the rear-of
. the., large brick home-in
She roused her family and all
escaped 'unhurt. Mrs.Beuermann
called the Seaforth fire depart-
rilie--fire--degtroyed the
oddshed, • perch, kitchen,
pantry, bathroom and in the main
brick part of the building, got into
• the attic, The main' part of the,
hoUse suffered minor smoke and
water damage.
Friends and neighbours rallied
to the family's aid and assisted in
the Cleanup operations Sunday,
so that Mrs. Beuerma'nn and
daughter Betty and son Glen were
able to remain in their home.
,Mr. Beuerman is a patient in
Seaforth CommunityXospital.
• R.S. Macdonald
Retires after brig
OETIROC—, Ronald S. MaCberitild is On 1'006 of absence prior to his retirernerit'as
manager i5f the Province Ofst)ntario Savitigs'OffIce here,A native of 'Trenton h e has
been manager since 1962 and will be succeeded by Mrs. Pat Troutbeck of Seaforth.
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' But Mr. Daly feels that the
public would. rather pay 'on a
monthly basis.
"Instead of having it pile up for
two months people would rather
pay half the, amount," he said.He
pointed out that many other'
municiplaities such. as Dublin
were already on a monthly billing
system.
Mr. Daly also said the monthly
billing system would aid. the PUC
'in keeping arrears to a minimum-
became they would be able to cut
services off sooner. He suggested
that the controversial increase in
deposit from $45 to $100 would
not be necessary now,
The PUC further decided to
send out their second billing
tibtiee regarding arrears seven
days after the first notice instead
of ten (lays as is new the practice.
The 'Commission also decided
to go ahead and negotiate the
$15,000 loan to cover the backhoe
they had purchased..Approval for
the loan narrowly passed' council
last dionth,
Based on the increased number
of preliminary entries which
have been received fair officials
said Seaforth's 131st fair on
Thursday and Friday could be one
of the most successful in the long
history of the society.
Recalling the rain that so often
createproblems they added "It
all depends en the weather."
On the other, hand too good
weather also could create
problems of a different kind and
keep some franers at home in an'
effort to complete their' harvest.
With the exception of one year
when, the .Seaforth Agricultural
Society lost barns by fire the fall
fair has been held continuously
since its inception in 1845.
While a number of
• . improvements have been carried
out in Agricultural Park including•
newly,painted buildings, the main
change in this year's program is
in the parade which has been
advanced to 10 'o'clock Friday
morning from noon when it has
been held in the past. The parade
will include in addition to area
school children' a number of
floats, a band organ and the
SDHS Girls Band.
The change in time was made
because of the pressure of time
Directors said by moving the
program ahead more time would
be available not- only for judging
bu., also for program features.
The uncompleted evenfs will be
av ided it is hoPed.
ing the judging of the
Parade, which arrives at 10:30
a.m. the 'Queen of the Fair' ' will
be selected. Judging of horses,
trophies, will begin at 11:00
o'clock and continue throughout
the day. Ley MacGregor-of -Huron-
ag. Rep. Office. said that the 441
Championship Show where
Juniors reign supreme, have even
larger classes in their Beef &
Dairy Cattle, Horses and Field
Crops than in other years.This '
together with the Jerseys
Breeders Parish Show and the
* regular classes of each breed will
provide day long interest' for all
livestock enthusiasts. -
Officials said Wednesday that
additional livestock entries were
being received from London Fair
exhibitors.That fair has agreed to
release exhibitors- on Thursday
- rather .than on Saturday as
previously and as a result 'a
A 'banking career that began-
forty years age in Trenton, ended
41r here over the weekend as Ronald
S. McDonald, manager of the
Province of Ontario Savings
Office since 1960,1egan a leave
of absence prior to his formal'
retirement.
The owners objected on the
basis that they had not been'
properly informed of the transfer
of the public property to private
ownership.
Clerk James . McIntosh
informed them that it was only
necessary to put the notice of the
by-law in the newspaper and
notify only those people directly,
whose • property adjoined the
`roadways involved.
Mrs. Baker, Mr. Gates and Mr.
Bridges said it was their
understanding that all property
within a 'certain number of feet
had to be notified. They advised
Council to contact the township
lawyer for confirmation of this.
Mr, Gates said as the walkways
were used extensively by children
In a meeting that lasted only an
hour and 4. half Seaforth Council
decided to accept the tender of
Exeter Roofing of $1850 for the
repair of the fire hall roof and the
library roof.
John Nielsen and Steven '
Underwood were presented with
pen sets in honour of their
outstanding performances in the
national legion ,track and field
meet in Edmonton. Both Were
silver medal, winners.
Mayor Cardno informed council
that the PUC had changed to
monthly. billing for utilities
instead of every .twe,imonths. The
town pays 546 on each bill to the
PUC and the monthly billing will
cost the town about $2000 more
per year, she said. Since the PUC
only pays 27C per bill for the
computer service, Council felt that
the 54c cost to the town was out of
tine: The mayor was instructed to
bring this issue up at the next
PUC meeting.
Council decided to advertise for
- a person to. fill an opening on the
public works staff.
Councilhir • Bill Bennett
reported that Arena tenders for
and is part of the same walkway
backing" otherlots and . by being
closed up access becomes limited,
the propoled closing would limit
the total use of the system.
Mr. Gates said that if council
persisted in giving away the
walkways forcing children onto
busy Regina Road, which he
called a "raceway", then if a
child was killed it would, be on
council's conscience.
Too, Mr. Gates said that by
closing, the walkways it was' a step
back into the dark ages, when
other communities are spending
great amounts on the installation
of sidewalk systems. He stated
that in years to come it was
possible council, would be turning
around " and spending, great
the major renovations were,
invited en SepteMber 10. The
tenders, will -be called on
September 29.
Before the town can qualify for
the new Wintario, arena grants, a
case has to be put 'forward
showing that the arena
renovations were ' necessary
because of a, Ministry of Labour
requirement the Mayor told
council. ,
Dep. Reeve Bill Dale reported
that the fire area board would try
electronic sirens to replace the
present fire siren which has
damaged 'the roof of the .town
hall. .•
A by-law' for construction of a
storm sewer. on James St. was
passed by . council. The total cost
of the sewer will be $44,000.
The PUC has finally given town
council, a financial' statement, but
members of Seaforth Council felt
it was incomplete.
"It is a step in the right
direction," said 'Councillor
GeOrge Hildebrand, "but I think
we need more information than
this." •
Countillor John Sinnamon and
amounts to install n ew w4.11‘wat.s.
,,Mr: Gates said their 'math
concern was in stopping Illethqr
building on walkways!'
complained that the doyOloPq
has already gone ahead ,'*nth.
building a house, on the Property
which is still owned by ;the
township until the by-law is-
pasied and the transfer of
'ownership takes place,
The delegates questioned the
clerk and Deputy Reeve Etsillc
Sillery, chairing the council
meeting in the absence of Reeve
Elgin Thompson, as to, the
legality of issuing a building
permit for property still owned by
the public. The houses are
erected but not completed.
(Continued on Page 20)
Deputy Reeve Bill Dale agreed.
Mr. Sinnamon pointed out that
the report consisted • only of
expenses and did not mention any
revenue,
, The statement dealt mainly
With the PUC's waterworks
accoun and did not give any
detain breakdown of other
accounts. -
But • Councillor ' Charles
Campbell , who requested the
financial statement at .the last
cotritil meeting, was quite
pleased to get the report.
"1 - appreciate "receiving • -this
report," he said. "I hope there, is
more forthcoming in the future."
The issue of a PUC financial
report' to council was rasied at last
month's meeting when the Mt
requested a loan for $15,000 to
cover the purchase of a backhoe.
At that time councillors felt
they should be suppled with
more financial informati n on a
regular basis from th PUC.
Apparently council is ent ed to a
financial statement on a regular
basis from the. PUC, but has not
received one for some years.
turn onto Coleman Street, a truck
which followQ, stopped suddenly -
with the result that a third vehicle
also driving west was involved in
a rear end collision with the truck.
Neither Jack Vanlingen of
Goderidh driver of the truck, hot
Audrey M. Stanley of Adastral
Park, the driver of the car, was
injured: -
Seaforth, constable David Dale,
who investigated, said damage ,
would amount to $1400. He said it
was wet_ and the road was
sli fipery at the time of the
accident.
Rear end collision
Mark Golding. 17,of
was Market Street, , Seaforth • admitted to Stratford General
Hospital, Friday afternoon follow-
ing a rear end collision on Main
Street N. in Seaforth.
The youth was travelling north
wheh he was in collision with the
rear end of a car driven by Mrs.
Barbara Rivers of 167 Main. Street
N. Mrs. Rivers, travelling north
on Main Street, had stopped to
allow the car ahead of her to make
•a left hand tern into Centre„Street
when the collision occurred. Mrs.
Rivers escaped injury, •
Mark. Golding was taken to
Seaforth Community Hospital and
transferred to Stratford suffering
from concussion. Hewes released
to his home Tuesday,
Instead of paying their PUC bill
for water, hydro and sewers every
two months, Seaforth residents
will now receive a bill in the mail
every month the Public Utilities
Commission decided last
Wednesdarr--
The which -will - -be
effective in October; was passed
in a two to one vote with Mayor
Betty Cardno objecting.
Billing every month, instead of
ei'tery, two months, will increase
the costs for the town Mayor
Cardno told the 'Expositor.She
estimated that the increase would
be in the area of,$2,000.
Ed. Daly, PUC chairnian, said
that the change was
recommended by Ontario Hydro.
"We shouldn't have to be just a
rubber stamp for all their.(0-ntario
Hydro's) policies," said Mayor
Cardno.
Changing the billing to once a
nienth was just, a "good political
move, to make the consumer feel
he was paying less!' she said.
tit He is being succeed by Mrs.
Pat Troutbeck who has been on
the staff here since 1958. ,
Mr. MacDonald joined the
' Bank of Montreal, in Trenton and,
after a short period there,• trans-
ferred to the P.O.S.O. in Toronto
hort council meeting
clears $1850 roof repaires