HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-11-25, Page 1The ' total costs of the
renovations to the arena amount
to $240,000. If the Wintario grant
of 2 to 1 funding was approved it
would mean a grant of $120,000
plus a' $60,000 Ministry of
Community Recreation Acts
Grant.
This would leave $60,000 to
raise from the private sector and
of this$45.000 has been raised.
If the council does not receive
the grant of $60,000 then the town
will have to debenture 'it.
Returning 'home from the trip
to Toronto Mayor Betty Cardno
said of the town's chances, "It
looks most hopeful."
Friday she received a telephone
call from the Minister, Hon.
Robert Welch, that he was
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COMMERCIAL SHOT IN SEAFORTH — Main St.,
Seaforth, was turned into a movie lot for much of
Thursday when ,a film crew from TOF Productions,
Toronto, shot a commercial for national television
outside the local Canadian Imperial Bank of
,,,Commerce, According to Ed Sumner of McKim
Advertising who was supervising the production,
Seaforth's bank" was picked out of several in the
province because of its excellent old architecture.
The Seaforth bank, and at, least a corner Of the Post'
Office next door, will be first seen on TV in March or
April. (Expositor Photo) '
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.teaforth ma .have ben a bit startled on Saturday to
L1611 at theft door, Seeferth LiOni and their
faMillet .dolideted fee their arena penny fund and
managed to get 50,000 pennies in Satufday'S rtiun,d
up, Their goal for a contribution to the arena fund Is,
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(By Wilma Oke)
The Huron-Perth County
Roman-Catholic' Separate School
Board will apply for a "New
Community School Development
Grant" of $10,000 on behalf of the
Dublin Community Council. 211 At' a meeting of the board in
Dublin Monday night, Sister
Florence, principal 'of St.
Patrick's School, Dublin,
explained that the school is the
centre of the community as it is
the only place in Dublin where
meetings can be held. She said.
that the,cvarious groups meeting
in the school have, formed the
12-member Dublin. Community
Council with Ronald Ferguson as
president.
Sister Florence listed the
member groups as: the Dublin
Athletic Association, Dublin
Lions Club, Women's Institute,
Catholic Women's League of St.
Patrick's Church, St. Patrick's
Parish Council, Dublin Diamonds
(the senior citizens club), Parent-
Teacher Association of St.
Patrick's'School. She said Francis
Hicknell, a school board member,
and Herb Brbwn of 'the Hibbert
Township Council were 'on- the
council as well, and she is a
member too.
William Eckert, Superintend-
filming to have been done on a
Wednesday, rather than a
Thursday.
Members of council said they
,awrio
(By Wilma Oke)
Tuckersmifh Township Counci
discussed ' the proposed
development of Block C, Plan 22.
Vanastra, with Gary Davidson.
Huron County Planning Director,
at a meeting in Brucefield
Tuesday night.
Jim Queen of London, who
owns the nine town--houses in the
block, wants to dispose of them.
Mr. Davidson will take
council's proposal to Mr. Queen
that he have a developer's
agreement for , severence with
financial restionsibility to bring
all service's up to standard.
John Beane, president of the
Clinton Figure Skating Club,
expressed his dismay that
non-residents were being charged
a special fee by the Town of
Clinton if they wished to
participate in organized sports-at
the Clinton Arena. Mr. Beane
said the charge for the figure
skating lessons plus the
non-resident lee -,make it too
expensive.
Mr. Beane said Hullett Townip
is re-itpbursing its citizens who
are charged the extra fee and he
asked Tuckersmith to consider
doing the same, or to assess it to
the tax structure.
Reeve Elgin Thompson saki
that with 98 people from Clinton
using the. Van aStra swimming
pool then Tuckersmith should be'
perhaps trading with Clinton for
the 16 Tuckersmith residents
playing minor hockey and two
taking figure skating lessons.Then
Clinton would be owing'
Tuckersmith money, he said.
Ervin Sillery, reeve elect for
19.77-78, said that council is
willing to negotiate with Clinton
Council on non-resident fees, so
let then) come to us. It is a
two-way ,street."
Council' approved three
applications for building permits:
Sairio,s Papple, RR, 4, ''Seaforth
addition to house, Neil Hopper,
were happy• to have the fining
done in town and are pleased at
the publicity the town will
receive.
Harpurhey, carport, porch and
pool enclosure; Bill Holiand, RR
4, Clinton, implement shed.
• Council gave first and second
reading to the by-law for the
Nott Drain which is a Hullett
Township drain.
Remuneration of election
officials for 1976 will be; deputy
returning officer, $35 up from
$30; poll clerk, $30 up from $26;
and polling place, $30 up from
$26.
Council was notified that•
the Ontario Municipal Board has
approved the proposed $125,00
debenture issue for the
Tuckersmith Municipal
Telephone System requested
earlier this year.
In future the municipalities will
be responsible for licensing all
public halls in the municipalities.
Tuckersmith's application for
additional funding under the
Huron County elementary
,school teachers are expected to
hold a ratification vote early next
week on a tentative agreement for
a 1976-77 contract with the Huron
County Board of Education. The
Board voted to ratify the
agreement at a special meeting in
Clinton on Monday evening.
The new contract would cover
about 360 elementary school
teachers employed by the Huron
Board. Those teachers could have
gone on strike on November 13
following the release of a
provincial fact finders report
November 3.
According to that report the
main points separating the sides
were !,,lrootiey related" but no
details will be teltaaed An the
final agreettent until it lta4, been
ratified.
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Arena manager resigns
after 17 years service
Several Seaforth officials went
-to Toronto Thursday to ask the
Minister of Culture and ,
Recreation to consider its grants
to Seaforth and consider the
Seaforth Community Centre as a
condemned arena.
This would make the centre
eligible for 2 to 1 funding. At
present the Minsitry says it is
only eligible for 1 to 1 funding.
After 17 years as arena
' manager Roy McGonigle will be
retiring this winter. He has asked
Seaforth Council to advertise for
his replacement. A special
meeting of council was called
Monday night to deal with it.
Roy, or "Red" as he is often
called, was called "Father of the
Arena" at a recent council
Meeting by Councillor Bill
Bennett, chairman, of the Arena
Committee. Mr. Bennett bad high
praise for Mr, McGonigle for his
work at the arena and said, he
would be a hard man to replace.
Mr. McGonigle has said he will
continue as an assistant to the
new manager on an hourly basis
up to a maximum Of 40 hours
weekly. •
The applications for arena
manger are to be in by. December
3. t The Ontario Housing Authority
will be asked to let the general
' 4`,4nlgtic tender for' the removal of
the Montgoniery 'hous'e and barn
on John Street. The property was
botight recently as the site for a
senior citizens apartment. Several
local people have enquired about
being allowed to tender for the
dismantling work.
Council will give free parking
again this year during the month
of December as a goodwill
measure for Christmas shoppers.
Council inviteS shopperi feed
the meters if they wish, and the
money will be given to the million'
penny fund to be used to help
with renovations at the arena.
The Council also asked anyone
living in. Seaforth who would like
to 'Serve on a committee in 1977 to
submit his or her name for
consideration for appointment in
the new year. Some of the
committees are: recreation,
planning, development, one of
the conservation authorities -- the
Ausable:Bayfield or the
'Maitland, hospital board
Council members expressed
annoyance that they were not
asked• .ahead of time for
permission to close off part of
Main Street for the filming of the
Bank of Commerce television
advertisement.
A phone call at the last minute
to the police and the clerk's office
asking for six parking spaces, was
the only prior notification.. No
mention was made of closing the
street.
Several business people
complained to council of the
street closing on a busy shopping
day, disrupting customer flow.
Council would have preferred the
Lions look
for. pennies
It's a little more than a week
since Seaforth Lions announced
plang raiie'a million pennies as
an assist to the arena fund and
already 76082 cents have been
received.
Last Saturday morning
members and Leos began a
canvass of Seaforth homes to pick
up accumulated pennies at the
same titne they left a penny pot
for each house holder as a
reminder to continue• saving.
The canvass will continue next
,Saturday when Egmondville and
Marpurhey will be covered as well
as those residences in Seaforth
which were not visited because of
lack of time.
According to committee
chairman. Gord Rimmer, a chest
to hold the million pennies will be
on display , in the Toronto
OM WW1 Bank when the .public
*111 able to watch the pile
grow,
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Ontario Home Renewal program
was refused as the program has
run -out of money.Jack Riddell;
Huron MPP, appealed on behalf
of the "township but he was told
the fund was without money at
this time. Mr. Riddell said he was
not satisfied with the way the
fund was managed, as
municipalities asking for their
allotment, received it whether it
was used or not, and if not used,
the money was not returned to the
Ontario Home Renewal Program
where _it could be given to
someone askillg for 'additional
funds.
The Huron County Land
Division Committee has approved
applications for severances from
Rieny and Shirley Van Loon of RR
2, Kippen, and John A.B. Bell of
RR 2, Kippen, council heard.
The meeting was adjourned at
11 -p,tn •
The fact-finders repon
indicated that the teachers were
not satisfied with the over all
financial offer made by the boars'
initially and were concerned with
allowances paid to principals of
schoOls for the trainable retarded!
and vice-principals at othet 4
schools.
Other areas of concern inehidet
the extensionof the nember of
days of sick leave allowed,
contributions to the staff
improvement fund and the
method of payment of a
cost-of-living allowance
At the time 'that report wat
released the teachers, had
rejected a board offer Which
"included an 'eilthit Pet cent tali)
ittreate, Pitts a 1,7 Pet cent cost
Of living bonus.
ent of Program, for the school
board and Jack Lane, Superin-
tendent of Business and Finance
for the school board, have acted
as advisers to the council as the
application for the' Community
School Development grant was
prepared for submission to the.
Ministry of Community Services..
Jack Lane told the trustees that
the grant 'will of ly be given to a
school board arid the grant will
come to the board, but will be
administrated by the Community
Council. He said the Council will
receive only that portion of the
$10,000 that it spends and he will
be paying the accounts as
submitted to him by the Council.
He said he is expected to be
responsible for policing the grant
as the board must guarantee that
the expenditures are in accord-
ance with the terms laid down in
the application for the money.
Mr. Eckert described the
proposed program or service
offered - by the Community
Council in its application form:
, To pick up the framework of the
established Community Council
and its affiliated organizations to
expand and co-ordinate the activi-
ties °fall groups. To work closely
with the school for use of facilities
and plan after school and evening
programs for all age groups.
To help members of the
Community to a greater identity
in preparation for the 100th
anniversary of Dublin in 1978.
To survey the need's and
interests of Dublin and District to
ascertain how these needs be best
met.
To hire a Community School
Co-ordinator to establish the
above on a self support basis.
Mr. Eckert said the application
for the grant calls for the hiring of
the Community School
Co-ordinator who would work
closely with the Council and all
affiliated groups, especially the,
school principal and staff, to set
up programs that facilitate the
use of. the school and co-ordinate
the needs of all organizations who
use it. (The Community Council,
formed about two years ago, has
had the benefit of School Board
approval for use of the school for
past two years by these organiza-
tions meeting at the school. Board
policy permits certain groups to
use all schools in the system at no
cost to the group with the board
providing the facilities, including
water, hydro, heat and school
equipment.)
The Co-ordinator would work
with the Council to develop and
- SOLD ! — There was an unusual auction of wide local interest in Seaforth Saturday
when the contents of the house and barn at Earl Montgomery's property on John
Street were sold. Mr. Montgomery who used draft horses until 'a few years ago sold
a couple of "cutters and a large amount of horse equipment, along with the
household goods. He's in the foreground, helping auctioneer Percy Wright of
Kippen. The house and barn will be torn down, to make room for a new senior
citizens apartment building. (Expositor Photo)
Tuckersrnith twp discusses
tQwnhouse development
conduct a needs survey in
February 1977, and an
• evaluation survey in, December
1977. He would train volunteer
members of the • Council to
initiate, organize and maintain
specific programs and identify
other agencies that would provide
added expertise and assistance in
developing programs.
The application for the grant
explains how it will be spent:
Leadership (Co-ordinator, trained
in community affairs, perhaps a
student in such a course at
University; partime salaries and
wages, $6,000, travel expenses,
$2,000; professional develop-
ment, trainee, speakers, $1,500,
and other expenses such as
survey material, telephone costs,
stationery, $500..
Sister Florence said she was
informed by the Ministry that if
the grant is aptifoved the School
Board will be informed by
December 6 or 7.
In other business' the board
increased the hourly wage paid to
the board attendance, Office,
William Innes of Stratford, from
$4.50 to $5.00 per hour from
September 1976 to August 1977.
Edward Rowland, Superin-
tendent of Maintenance for the
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optimistic and would let her know
his decision as soon as possible.
The •mix up started in , the
Ministry's office when Robert
McKinnon, project officer,"
answered the request for the 2 to
1 Sunding by the council that it
would .qualify. Later he reported
to council he had made a mistake
in his decision and the town
would be eligible for 1 to 1
'funding only. This resulted in the
trip to, Toronto as Mayor Cardno
thought the towns request for 2, to.
1 funding was valid.
Making the trip to' Toronto
were the Mayor, Deputy Reeve
Bill Dale, Councillor Bill Bennett
who is chairman of Areea
Committee, Ernest Williams,
chairman of the fund raising
committee for the arena, and
Clive Buist, the town recreation.
director.
Board OK's contract,
teachers vote Monday
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