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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-10-14, Page 11;10t00 Yea; in AdifdnCp Single copy 25: cents 'Four councillors cpuncitiors are not runnin Whole No. 5669 117th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY; QCTOBERT 14, 1976 — 22 PAGES 26 WILL BE ENOUGH — It was Father H. J. Laragh's birthday on Tu sday and the Grade one and two class at St. James' School were eying a• surprise 'party ' for him, complete with balloons and . cupcakes.The kids decided 26 candles would' take care of Father Laragh's years, and they took turns putting them on the cupcakes. (Expositor Photo) Hurts market system, board says eons eing smuggled to Located on the block housing Pricegard and Crown Hardware at the corner of Main and Goderich Streets the overhanging cornices are being removed by Taylor Maintenance. The block, which was built in . 1876-77 by William Campbell, 'now is owned by John Jew. (EYpol; tor Photol Four of Seaforth council say they are defintely not going to seek re-election in December. One of the nine seats on council has been vacant since former , councillor Jim Crocker resigned and , was named clerk this summer. Councillors John Sinnamon, Wayne Ellis and Bill Bennett, all four year veterans said Tuesday nig ht that they won't, run. Councillor George Hildebrand, who has been on council for more than 10 years, also said he won't seek another two year term. "I don't have enought time," councillor Hildebrand, who's missed some meetings this eyar because of ill health, said. Councillor Bennett said not enough time was a factor with him too. He is chairman of council's arena committee; which has spearheaded the, renovations there. They were echoed by. councillor Sinnamon. "Idon't feel I have the time to give the taxpayers their money's worth, I don't feel I'm doing the job justice unless I can be at every meeting," he said. Councillor Sinnamon said he's enjoyed his four years and he may Ingersoll and received his educa- tion at St. James' School, and Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. He was a farmer. Pallbearers were: John Arts, John Van Dooren, John Vogels, Hart Boersma, Ken Janmaat and John -Lansink. Flowerbearers were: Nick Klaver, Harry Arts and Gary Nash. Interment followed in St. James Cemetery.' The R.S. Box Funeral Home was in charge ,ef arrangements. W. Cuthill resigns Seaforth council 'accepted ''with regret" , the resignation of town building and trench ,inspector Wilmer '-Cuthill on Tuesday night. it is effective October 31. Council will advertise for' a replacement and Mr. Cuthill has agreed to stay on until one is found. Egmond House lawn with all types of household goods and clothes for sale, cheap. Organ music will be provided by George Morley of Goderich, 'who played• at the Seaforth Fall Fair. A group of bell ringers will give concerts on the porch of 'the house at 3:30 and '5 p.m. Flants, dried flowers and jams and jellies will be on sale in the house. Drumclog Farms of Brussels will demonstrate wool carding and spinning in the parlour and Beechwood Pottery will have some of their wares for sale, The Ciderfest will run from noon to 6 p.m. Admission for adults is 50 cents and children, with their' parents, will be admitted free. Organizers are hoping for good weather, but in case of rain the Ciderfest will be moved to the arena. All the proceeds from the Ciderfest will be used for the Van Egmond Foundation's project, run again in a few years. Councillor Ellis said .he thinks four years' is .enough. "I have other things I want to do", and a councillor's job is demanding, he said. "I'm not saying I won't come back in a few years," the chairman of council's police committee said. Councillof Charlie Campbell, who's finishing his first term, says he hasn't decided about running yet. Mayor Betty Cardno, who was a long time councillor before getting the mayor's job in 1974, says she's still undecided about whether to run-or not: "I had a dream in which a few people were asking me to get off," she joked. Veteran Reeve, John Flannery says he hasn't decied yet about running again. Two or three things are important factors and "I may not know for a month", he said. He chairs council's public works committee. Bill Dale, ending his first' term as Seaforth's deputy reeve,' says he will run again. He took over as chairman of council's finance, committee from former councillor Crocker. He commented that he had attended 85 meetings from January until now, on Seaforth and county council business. Nominations open on November 11 and paper have to be filed with the clerk's o ce by November 15. Although ther will be at least five vacancies o council, members decided, at Tuesday night's meeting, against holding a ratepayers' meeting. Former Clerk Treasurer Ernest, Williams said he had been approached to run for Mayor and that' a number of people had • indicated' a desire to nominate., him. He said he had given the matter much consideration, fully realizing the work load involved. He said he felt that if there continued to be a desire that he run he would be available. the restoration of the Van Egmond House. Ccible here • by Nov. 30 Seaforth people will be able to hook into cable TV "no later than November 30", according to John Ward o owel, of Mitchell- Seafo which has the licene the town. "It' e first system, we've built o rselves, and we were overly optimistic," about the time needed, Mr. Ward had estimated earlier that cable would be operating. in Seaforth by August 31. • After an installation fee of $15, a hook up to cable will cost $6 a month, or $66 instead of $72 if paid a year in advance. Mr. Ward said a toll free number will be available before the end of November, so that people can call his office in Mitchell and ask for cable service. ho'w successful the Board has been in marketing the beans. The final payment for the crop' is not made usually until the folldwing November when the Board has sold the entire crop. This delay in payment is part of the motiviation for smuggling to the United States where a farmer can get immediate* 'fult" paymen t for his crop, Mr. McGrath said. "I think it is a lot of the lousy farmers who do it," he added. Mr. McGrath suggested that radical elements . in the farm community did not like being restrained by a marketing board. "They're free enterprisers,— he said. In the bean belt through Huron and Perth Counties there are individuals who act as contacts. These men find out who is interested in having their 'beans smuggled across the border to Michigan mills. The contacts then make arrangements for the farmer with the individual who will actually truck the beans across the border. A farmer has, the choice of either selling his beans outright to the •Michigan Mill or storing them in hopes that the price will go up. The Bean Board has moved this year to shut off the traffic across the border once and for all.' The Board has told the federal government that they will prosecute anyone who is caught smuggling. "Ottawa, is unwilling to investigate unless we say we are stilling to prosecute," Mr. McGrath said. The Board also tried to obtain the records from the U.S. customs of those who are bringing beans into the States, but were told by Canadian officials that it would be too cumbersome to get the records, Mr. McGrath said. The Board has met with little success. "To my knowledge, so far, there have been no- cases tried." Mr. McGrath said. "We won't prosecute unless we have an air tight case." Part of the smuggling is due to ignorance on the part of the farmer,- Mr. . McGrath suggeo He pointed out that' the Canadian price is higher and the farmer has to pay transportation costs and duty to the United States if he decides to smuggle them out of Ontario. • •"Our system is designed not to reward farmers for being good business men, but for being good farmers," Mr. M cGrath said. "If the farther wants to speculate he can go and boy on the futures irk et. ' Both Mr: McGrath and John HaAett of the Bean Marketing Board were very concerned about publicity. "There is a lot involved and a hell of a good -story could come out," said Mr. Hazlett, "If the There won't be ice 'in the arena until late October, council said at their meeting Tuesday night, because the building's 25 year old brine cooler is in a dangerous condition and 'can't be used. Council okayed the purchase of Although members of town council agreed with Seaforth Legion president Tom Wilbee's request that Remembrance Day, November 11, be declared an all day holiday, they didn't think many stores would close for the whole day. "It's one day that should be a holiday if ever there's a holiday", Reeve John Flannery commented. Some felt it should be left to the storekeepers to decide. Councillors said they had no official word from the chamber of Commerce on their preference. They decided to ask, local businesses to observe the day by closing from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. so that employees could attend the service at the cenotaph in Victoria Park, Recreation director Clive Buist is urging people to donate to the arena repair fund. If another $15,000. is raised by the private sector, the entire cost of the arena project will be Raid for without touching tax dollhis, he says. Never has the giant situation been better than at this time, according to Mr. Buist. Three quarters of the entire project will be funded through both Wintario WO and the Commi,nitv Reereat- ..• , wrong things do come out it could do harm to the industry as a whole." "Marketing boards tend to be tarred with the same brush" Mr. McGrath said. "We are not involved in restricting freedom in a new cooler at a special meeting on October 6, so that the machine could be ordered, councillor Bill Bennett, head of the arena committee said. It costs $9,100 and is supposed to be delivered by Cimco Ltd. by Oct, 22. Once the cooler is welded The mortar at the cenotaph needs repairs, Mr. Wilbee told Let tenders for sewers Tenders, have been let to start construction on storm sewers along James St., Maple Engineering of Brantford will start construction "almost immediately" on the $32,000 job.. clerk Jim Crocker said. The storm sewers will extend from Wilson' St' to the westerly limits of the town. An easement has been obtained from-Dr. Charles Moyo to allow the sewers to go through land that he owns near the limits. its the remaining quarter is raised by the private sector, he says. If the $15,000 more can be raised, it would mean that $60,000 would not have to be debentured to pay for the renovations. The fund raising committee is still collecting donations and an official receipt will be issued for all contributions and they can be claimed as an income tax exempt chairtable gift. ConationS can be sen't to the fund's treasurer, E,M. SPaforth. any way, we're not the milk or egg marketing boards. Anyone who wants to grow beans can grow them." "We like to keep, people in business over a period and keep our good growers growing." to the new condenser the arena should • have a "whole new system", councillor Bennett said. The arena is losing revenue and' people are losing ice time, meanwhile, he said. "It's pretty damn discouraging when we thought we'd have ice by the first of October." council, and they said they would get estimates on having the repairs done. Also at Victoria Park, council agreed to get estimates on having new wiring installed at the band shell. "We don't want our historic building to burn down,", said Mayor Betty Cardno. Council says up '77 salaries 10 percent The present town council is recommending to the 1977 council that salaries for council, members be increased by 10 per cent in 1977, and a further 10 per cent in 19-78 council decided at their meeting Tuesday night. Deputy Reeve Bill Dale, chairman of the finance committee said it has been three years since salaries were raised. Councillors get $1000 a yearn ow. Mayor Betty CArdno said the $100 increase wasn't much of an incentive to get people to run for council, but perhaps it was a start. Council also recommended' upping the per diem rate for trips out of town on town business from 82.5 to $35 in 1071 'sr § ^ $40 in 1978. (By John Miner and Doug Firby) Smuggling of white beans into Michigan "may undermine the whole marketing system," if it is not stopped, Allan McGrath of the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board said Friday. "There has been an incrase (in smuggling) over the last year," Mr. McGrath said. "The Board felt it had the problem solved, but it keeps cropping up again." It is illegal for farmers in Ontario to sell their white beans to anybody but the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board. Under the Farm Producers Marketing Act a violator is subject to a maximum fine of $500 for the first offence and $5,000 for any subsequent offences. •Mr. McGrath said that it was impossible to estimate the volume of beans being smuggled across the Blue Water Bridge at Sarnia, but said the volume w,as minimal in relation to the entire crop in Ontario, "It is the principle of the thing that bothers the Board. It undermines the credibility of the whole system," he said. When a farmer in Ontario delivers his white beans to an elevator he is given only a partial payment for his beans, ,depending on what grade they are. Number one beans brought $7.26 per cwt. this year. A further payment is made in the spring depending on Largely attended funeral services were held in St. James' Roman Catholic Church in Seaforth on Monday for James Francis Jansen who was killed' in a car accident , early Sunday morning. Father H.J. Laragh officiated. The late Mr. Jansen, who was 22, is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Jansen of R.R. 2, Seaforth and brothers and sisters Rudy J., Wilma,' Diane, Robert L. Mary Lou and Stephen. A brother, Michael, predeceased him in 1965. His grandfather, John Jacob, of Holland; also survives.. Thee accident occurred about 3:30 Saturday morning on High- • way 8, ,about fonr miles east of Mitchell. The Jansen.car, travel;• ling. east, Was in collision with a truck driven bY•Walter J. Brown, Jr., of R.R. 2, Blyth; whiCh was westbound. Mr. Brown was not injured. Sebringville O.P.P., who investigated, said no charges will be laid. John Jansen was born 'in It'll be like harvest time in pioneer days on Sunday afternoon at the Van Egmond Foundation'S second annual, Ciderfest, at • the historic 'Van Egmond House in Egmondville.' Hot mulled cider and cold cider to by the glass or gallon made in a cider press on the premises will be on sale. Volunteers will keep a hand operated. sausage 'stuffer busy making home made sausage and. hot sausage burgers on buns will be 'available for a snack. Visitors to the Ciderfest can watch Gladys and Jack Van Egmond demonstrate buttermaking. Bill Leeming of Walton will operate a steam powered wooden shingle maker. The Huron County Pioneer Museum Mobile, with curator ▪ kk Raymond Scotchmer, will be on the grounds, as part of its effort to take exhibits from the museum out to the people. All afternoon there'll be a rummage ' sale out on , ,he Van Large crowd attends victim's funeral CORNICE COMING DOWN —Ina last of the heavy 14. ........ °Watt) wooden cornices which 'were features of the Main Street business blocks that were erected 100 ' years ago Immediately following the 1876 fire that devastated the centre 'of town Is on the way out, .a 'victim of old age and heavy maintenance costs, • Ciderfest on this Sunday New brine cooler orded so $15,000 needed for area renovation fund No ice yet To mark Remembrance Day • • ' 4=44147.14tt=4UZ