HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1977-01-20, Page 1A
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Whole No, §680
118th Year , SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY-, JANUARY 2O 1977 20 PAGES
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Have you got a tattered old
Stratford phone book that you
carefully cherish because it's your
only link with people in. Dublin
and area that ,you phone
regularly? Or maybe you have a
345 Dubli, n phone number but
you keep an old copy' of the
London phone book around so
that y ou. can call friends' and
stores in Seaforth?
Perhaps you live in the Walton
area and have a Seaforth paiOne•
number while many of your
friends and relatives are on
Brussels phones end You keep an
ancient Stratford phone book
around so that you can look up
Brussels nuMbers.
-Relax.„-help is on the -way-.- By -
phoning Bell Canada in Stratford
you can •request a copy of •that,
Seaforth residents whO want a
phone book Containing Dublin
and Mitchell numbers, and
Dublin area resident§ who want a
very few requests from people
who want to obtain aphone book
containing numbers of adjacent.
communities. - The' company
makes no announcement that the
service -is available. Originally.,
Mr. Scott explained, it had been
company policy tp distribute two
phone books to all SubScribers hi
communities which were side by
side, but were placed in separate
books. However, Bell maintained
that people generally had a list of
numbers they frequently called,
making the second phone book
unnecessary, and 'the practice
was stopped; Mr. Scott said that
Bell receives few complaints from
subscribers who are frustrated b y
the inconvenience - of having to
phone information for the
numbers they may need. The 25c
fee lot inforMation is not charged
'to persons who request a nuMber
not in their directory, Mr. Scott
explained.
The :'decision as, to whiCh
communities are placed in which
books is made on , the basis' of
geographical factors and by ,
observing the general. calling .
pattern Mr. Scott said. Most calls
in this area go north and south,
-making the placing of Seaforth in
a book with London a logical step.
Bell keeps -a record of the
number of calls which pasS
between exchanges during the
months of October through
December. Mr. Scott said that
during the busiest hour of each
day during that period lines from
Dublin to Seaforth were busy an
'average of less than 15 minutes.
The peak period for calls from
other phone book and the people
there will send a brand new. 1977.
version out to you: The numbet.to
call toll free, is 1-271-3911.
Businessman here 50
r.
Dublin to Seaforth is 6:30 p-an. to
7:30_ p.m. Calls from Dublin to
Mitchell, where there are-twice as
' many lines, kept exchanges busy ,
for close to 30aninuteS, during the
peak hour, between 10 a.m. and
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Are you as tired of hearing
about the weather this winter as
14:0444 alertrare.of• living with it? So is the
Expositor, staff, who have; counted
four "snow" photos on the last
four front, pages of this paper.
,But the severely cold weather
Seaforth and area has had this
week is news ...so, read on.
Monday night the temperature at
get $75 per day plus registration
fees td 'pay their expenses when
they attend , conventions on
Township -; business, council
deei ,deci at ' their meeting
Tuesday night , at Huron
• Centennial SchOol in Brucefield.
hi previous years, councillors
submitted their hotel, food etc:
bills for conventions and the
• township reimbursed them.
Councillors won't receive' any
along_with the ,expenses,
unlike county councilor reps from
some municipalities which pay
„both amounts.
Reeve Ervin Sillery said he felt
all councillors should' receive the
same expense money rather than
each one getting reimbarSed for
what he actually spends. In the
past, the 'township has only paid
for councillors' attendance, •not
for theit wiles and "I don't think
that's right," said Deputy Reeve
Bob Bell.
Councillor Bob Drummond
'suggested that sPouses pay their
Tucker-smith
•T ANKS,, SNOW QUEEN'. Ken ,tkrdridi 44ft-1nd KeirCbiernan, 6o-chairmen of
this year's Optimiit Winter,CarniVal l preaentedta gift to snow kuieen Barbara Duffy
,whd presided over the weekend's festivities. Oarbaraf who vtias chosen by. fellow
students et !SOH% is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. llobert Duffy, F4,14,1, Oubli n.
(Expositor Photo)
CN TRAIN Oft :THE RAILS A:crowd o.f pePple who were in 'a.
loCal hotel were hired to join 'ph(*etkie;,;Rhovelling off the tracks a
mile and a citiarter west of M'ilpheti*Iy1;laet Wednqsday night wafter
a westbouncrtrirt derail9wilOrya hit a!'?eplapernent rail. Ohipi; had
been moved close to'theAradiftY!rePeated Onow plowings. The two
Tuckersmith Councillors Will- own way but that councillors get gallons). , . lylonday's weather. Huron
paid a, wage when at. a Pretty well all properties. in
convention, that they. could' hire-- Vanastreare metered now,,. de rk •
someone to do the chores at . MeInipsh reported and meters .
homer • • ' will he_readthis month. The first '
The -475-- per- day expense bills will go Out in four morals., r
allowance agreed upon includes' There'll be a 10 "per cent late ,
basic expenses for spouses.. paythent charge and billing will
Council members will probably be done from , the clerk's office ca
attend an average of one " with extra help being hired when
convention a year each, clerk Jim , needed. ' . - - • ,..
McIntosh said. Councillors Frank Anyuninetered-properties will
Sets convention expens
the Brucefield recording station
was -31° C (-24° F)' a record for-
.-satea .
according to. Mrs. Norman Baird
there.
- That temperature 'was low
enatigh to freeze buds that are
now forming on Huron County's
pdach and cherry orchards. It was.
more Than 40 ,years ago, in 1934,
Falconer and Bob Fotheringham ,
indicated that •they'd attend the
Ontario Good Roads Association
in Toronto, February 20-23.
Water and sewer charges for
Vanastra that will raise $94,000,
the estimated costs of running the
system there, were adopted:
AbOut one third of the amount
will be raised on the mill rate,
residences and commercial units
will pay, a minimum of '$40 per"
billing, which will be done 'three
times .a year; anad volume users
will pay the other third of the
cost, at a• rate of about 40 cents
per cable meter (about 220
that this 'part "ef 'Huron had an
eitensive period of cold January
weather. Then temperatures were
'in the -30" to 40°F 'range and all
the area's apple tree blossoms
froze.
Another record was set early
Tuesday morning in Jamestown,
north of Brussels, where the
ther monieter read , -40°.'
? Join the
pay 150 mills. •
Connell sent a resolution, to the:
Ontario' Fire Marshall's ,office,
asking them to do a surTey756
Tuckersmith's fire _, protection •
needs, following a visit from Den
Owens of that office. Mr. Owens
said his report, to be. done in
June 1, would be confidential, at'
no cost to the township and could
be acted on or not, according to
council'a wishes, Brucefield Fire
Chief Stu Broadfoot attended the
meeting with Mr. OWens; 75 to 80
per cent of Huron municipalities
hark already been surveyed, Mr.
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engines, snow plow and-caboose, weighing 250 tons was travel!' ng
at 20 mph when the accident' happened:A GU crane arrived'about 1'
a.m. to lift the train back on the rail but it was noon Thursday before
the 150: of torn up track was repaired; and the. train' ack in place,
There was no serious injuries. - (Photo by tarry
schoolS Monday niorning, . but •
took them back home again at
10:30 when road conditions
worsened„ .MoSt schools north of
ScafOrth - didn't• -. open at all
S , Monday, 0 -
• • .OPP at •Goderich reported no
• major accidentS caused by
a success
An interrim report to the
Huron County B9rd of Education
on Monday „afternoop from
Seaforth District High ,S'chool
principal Bruce Shaw noted that
the experiment of a student run
cafeteria service, was preying •a
success.
FurtlithrtOre, sinee,the project
was approved by the Board last
August; the cafeteria is showing a
profit of $1,091.63 from total' sale
of $6,975.50.
The school cafeteria- ,operateS-
under the direction' of 'a 4,
,committee consisting of two staff
Memfiers, three members of, the
student' council and the principal
which meets each month.
The chairman of the committee
is a student, and the secretary is a
"-teacher. Accounting stedents are
responsible for the financial,
managenient while marketing
• students assutne the tasks of
purchasing, advertising and
creating displays.
--Mrs.Jenny RoWe is hired on a
part time basic by the Student
Couricilao oversee and instal:61in
the prepartion Of,,foed..-••
Not only are the students
operating the facility on their own
bet they also offer perhaps better
than average cafeteria Meals. 'No
white bread is used hi the
preparation'. of sandwiches. No
chocolate bars are sail -Both -
white and chocolate milk are
made available at reasonable
prices, and according to Mr.
Shaw, are popular items' among
the students.. • '
''"Approximately 200 to 250
students out of 400 "remain at
school fdl, lunch, and most
purchase sortie food in 'the ,
cafeteria. At C.titistmas,.over 200
students enjoyed a Christretas
dinner .prepared by the'cafeteria.
Manager Jim Scott told the . . . •. .
Expositor Tuesday.: Under Bell_ A Seaforth. businessman .for
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Canada policy, subscribers are 50 years and at the -time-of his
.entitled to receive the phOne hOok, retirement in 1974 the 'oldest
of areas to which they have free •Merehant on Main Streeti -Sam
calling privileges. • '.' Shiflett died at M ount Sinai -
Several years ago Dublin was Hospital, Toronto, on January 6.
removed • from the Seaforth area He was 91.
phone book . and placed in the He had been living in Liffeblii- • " • . ...
_ • _Mitchell' and Stratford directory. Place Nursing Home in:Toronto
Farenheit• and ,Celc.ids:, at that • County plows were .pulled off the- Seaforth "was inc icle-d-in-- the- since'-November 1974 and, while.
'temperature they arC" both the . highways Monday afternoon, 'London book with Clinton • and not ,,in the test of health he
same. ' • • *. i, according to . county engineer Hensall. .Walton, area people ...continued to be. alert and •
Snow., winds and drifting on •‘,J'times Britnell. found themselves included in one interested in events and visitors.
Monday forced the cancellation of . Tow truck operators were busy book or the' other. In some cases Born in Russia he' came to
Huron Perth and • Huron County 'answering calls 'front motorists people living on oppOsite sides of Canada •M 1912 and after. several
School Board and county council whose cars-wouldn't start in the the road could not look up each years in' Toronto moved to •
meetings, , Busses picked up' worst cold 'yet this ,winter. other'S numbers. Throughout the Seaforthin 1924: For a numher. of
studeius ..hound'for Seaforth •• But even the worst winter Isn't area, people have had to make • years he jtravelled with goods to
useof .Bell's information service .area farms with a "horse and
pulled 'out of his hcime and shortly after from
Sheet. ShiCe. his retirement the
eteria
crowd
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all bad n ews. •
A snow' plow i n
neat' Seaforth was
the' ditch Tuesday
wheel drive truck.
EilreinelY •cold weather was
responsible for a power failure
shortly after 8 a.m. •which
disrupted service along highway 8
in Seaforth and Harpurlicy. Three
customers in Tuckerstnith also
were. without power. The failure
occurred . whin -a- guy wire
snapped causing a pole to break
,
off and bringing power lines down
across the ' highway, Ontario'
hydro officials in Hinton said. A
spokesman for the'reoir 'crew
said that Tuesday4kpower
was ,the first tint, ity big
'COLD SNAPS WIRE For the first time Ontario Hydro officials can
remember in this area, extremely cold weather caused a guy wire holdirig.a hydro
pole to break off, just west of toki about 8 Tuesday morning Traffic was stopped
on Highway 8 fora few minutes while repairmen moved the lines, which fell across
toe road, (Expositor Photo)
weather snaps wire
,, • ' Seaforth book may, have one if
they reqUest it from the Bell yecirs S Shinen di es ,.Canada offi ce in Stratford,: area, •
one township wagon 'which• he operated from
... by a four the store he established on Main.
to obtain 'the numbers they
needed.
In spite of this complicated
situation, "Bell claims to receive
experience that a pole had
snapped because of cold weather
in this area. 'Stich problems are a
common'occurence farth-ei north,
he said. '
Power initially', was o fof an
hour and a cittarter
Ontario klytiro-:'emergerricy crew
worked toleflhe downed wires
off the highway, A further
disitiPtion. of 55 minutes was
necessary in order tc". replace the '
pole.
Several Hatputhey residents
said their houses got cold very
-platy because of the extreme
'dold outside.
The cold weather does not
normally put •a greater strain on
Hydra 'equipment, a spokesman
said, although it does result in a'
heaVier demand for electricity.
Hydro's biggest problem 'is
getting their trucks to start on
very 'cold -days, be, noted. A
: tittniber of Meth are kept inside,
ready to respoiiii to emergencies
such as that, of Tuesday tuerning.
business' in •Seaforth has been
carried on by his • daughter and
sprein4aw, Mr. and Mrs.
E.' Iszacovic5 who had been
aisocia ted with Aline-for a
Miniter of yelrg-.7".
..His contribution to the business
community was • recognized - in .
December 1968 when:. he was
guest of honor at a Chamber -Cif
Commerce dinner when he was
presented. with 'an original
painting by Seaforth artist ,
His wife Rose predeceased.him
in 1961 but he is survived by four
daughters, Mrs.. W. Fleischer
• (Mildred) Toronto, Mrs. , E.
Iszacpvics (Rebecca) Seaforth,
' Mrs. H. Seltzer (Ethel) Chicago
arid Mrs. Chodoroff (Ruth)
Toronto. He'-is also survived by,
three grandchildren, Joe and.
Francis Seltzer and Barbara
Iszacovics. A fourth grandchild
Leon Fleischer, 2% of Toronto
died on January • 2, four 'days
before, his grandfather. , •
A .service- was held at Park
" Memorial. Chapel, 508 Spadina
Ave., Torento on Sunday, January.
9 at 12 Noon condu&ed by Rabbi
Slonim. Interment followed in
Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park,
Tpronto.
Meeting in a special session
Monday night, Hensall Hensall council
members 'appreived a general .
across-the-board, wage inc tease
to all. employee's of eightspercent.
At the' same time; councillors
agreed to held their d'wn salaries
at the pr;lent,„level. The wage
inc teases will apply to the village ...
clerk, -. works foreman and
members of the Heniall volunteer
fire brigade.
A couple 'of hours was spent in
" an in-depth review of the 1976
budgetto familiarize new council-
lors with operation of ~ most
business relating to the village.
The next regular meeting of
council will be-held ort It4onday,,
Febriiii 14 at 8'ptni., 2'4" "
.1-iehsall
employees
get 8% raise
, Sam Shinen-
Y fl