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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-09-16, Page 19. r • SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THUp PAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1976 20 PAGES ,S;GA90,4 Te0.10'141yAp4.7 ;90.74 rents Whole No, 5665 117th Year , 4. ‘,1" • 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) es' rt. 4 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. • n Tuckersmith Worlicsfopt; 'bylow y4hendel- del anion protes 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. • • (Staff photo) ' 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