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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1977-02-17, Page 1ing. Another meeting is to be held inthe near future to' examine the 'possibility of purchasing a new anotor for the Layne pump. Mr. Hopper estimated that a motor - would cost about $1500, At the commission's regular meeting _ last Wednesday a number of other issues were (Continued on Page 171' Town Haft Victoria Park •••• is ••-fr • T••••' • • Wholo,No. 5684 118th Year $11.00 a 'Year in Advance Single copy 25 cents SEAFORTH,. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1977 •-.L 29 PAGES • • • . ' ' • ' • ,•• f • r.," • . • Negotiations between the . Town's police compittee and the Seaforth Police XiSociation on the .1977 police contract have been at a stand-still since the last meeting on January 10, councillor Wayne trea.0k1-:imiAllts..reported at Monday nightra„r4a.r, --"'""""couocil meeting. The police committee offered salary increase, of 6' per cent, • payment of time and'. ,a half if a constable Works on a stathatory holiday, semi-private hospital coverage and relieving the,..police of the job of emptying parking Meters'. The -Police Association, ,represented by Constable Fred Buttoo. .requ,ested •• salary. • increase 005 per cent, which was later amended to 12 per cent., The police committee refused to raise their offer to 12 per cent. , "There .has been no further • approach by ,the association'," councillor Ellis reported. In other police business; the' police chief was , told' • that redecorating of the station-and office, the installation, of hot water there and 'new roof lights for the ' cruiser would be considered when the police eminnittee draws up its budget. • The chief had pointed out to the committee that there were no stretchers'aVailable in town. The committee felt 'that there should be one in the police office, the fire hall and the arena. Councillor Jim Sills suggested that there were stretchers stored in Cardith's Hall-and Clerk Jim Crocker was asked to see if they, are_ available. Mayor Cardno will find , out if stretchers left over ,from the'how extinct Emergency . MeasureS Organization could be 'Seaforth's town hall, built in` Wilbee's,„ Orchestra will play. ' ' ---, - • rnately $4000. with fittings, and ,, -1894' and Vietatia park and:Its The Town is bolding a. small • Meetitigs have their lighter controls Mr. Hopper told the` the admission age decision ... was put ' before : the , board bandshell were designated aa ' dinner •'-'in ' Mi. - McGonigle.s moments. Evett council meetings corroiss'ioh. It would also be r I 1 . having "architectural and hiStori• honour before 'the dance. ' that go on until midnight have necessary to J extend ,, existing, because of the three ' underage ., ,,. •:•• cal , value" at Monday night's In other arena business, council their lighter moments.' water mains to cohnect te'tne , children attenclinClaiqer'gart, en . ""-'•• classes.bi,the county7Two of the council meeting. - decided to . call for tinders .on . There were -a few of those wen, rectipmended- last , fall by ba'ek of the arena. Electrical.:- councifs meeting. , ehildren v-terVad.".Mitted by special re sol ilitii; Or ID' Valid. on the« tittioritiers'af , The designations , ivere changing the power supply at the Monday night at -Seaforth tOwn Th e commissioners felt that . . • while the well 'might eVeritually request of medical a ' courielintietii, Aehitectural con- ejeCuits there ate overloaded, A Because it's the Queen's be breught lint? productien, parti, ' r." servation • Advisory ' Cornmittee. quote irom _CIA: Sills. and Sons jubilee year, • ankl- the present culatly if a preposed mobile home the ltnIiittS Sehool e ,London, who The , ' Se.afortli -",:-Attiettlturall, Hardware of $185: for instailhig picture of Queen gliiabeth 11 «- felt that the theraPeitild'Valtie of iiark is built in the vioinity,-hs .. Society'.s goundhouse at the- three dutomatre Iiiiiiiiii Switches • hanging in the council chambers Hood capacity did not justify the . . , issociation in group sessiona With fairgrounds is also to be &sig. at; the arepa was actepted. is "a disgrace", ?councillor'. Jim ' expenditure needed .to bring;' it otheg iefilldred would be of benefit before:‘"the children attended-the larded,- hitt clerk Jim 'It'sooker, , &mail' approved attendance of Sills suggested that the -0*n get into production. . explained that it's 'going tootake . new-arena manager:jack Price at' , a tiew piFture of Her , M • .1tobartS School. The third -chit( . ' . Some iiine to gtt it prOPer legal a one week coutse spliiiggSafir" "I'd even agree to take .&trip 't. ottitnissioner Gold Piillman was adrhitted.:_to kindergarten said .41 On ilgainsf' V.:Wing because , he had 'already been deScription:of the, land it Sits on. the Ontario kolas Mtociatimf in tngland and take her photo,:!!, he' money Ot1 a well that isn't at I,ea entbitad in a junior kiada rgattea ' ,The designations are On file at , Marit it' cost ,6f-$),5.1.' ' * - ,,,, je,i5eAL ' ' ' ," ' - '',., ' " .4„,4, good 4,, 'Ole mit yve've 8°i• hi another area and the enrolitent ., IS it SAFE? ',-'' i<06 Seri" ith Bill Sttong and Nalralan MeoLean ohebk to‘Sedff fhtt the ' latd' regiOry ()Mee IA The aidiltt eranntittq Will . "VVe emild %/rite Kent , * Obtailiing a larger motor for. - Onderielt and4aft to help preserVe . reVieW rental. rates for the atehi f-dvet'4 mid gOd if 11,:e s.gt.)t (me the Layne puttip Ott a wel t th WO-tregted. as a transfer kin * ;'-eeillapied ?of of "the Egerionth'illie Linited,bhtirati shed wilt hotil 06* wiiiiiiit Th anOther syttern, , r . • . I' 0 ' the .tiniqtie 'character Of the bid, hall* atuf have agteed .to set an ho doesn't neeA," quipped, thalk, Street sub. itatioi. • •'-'• """ then ellmbed mito .the*flatteried struotute to fut‘ther.survey . the damage, , - „buildings. afternoon rate of $2S. and $20 Or 'councillor lict4ne ita.s iper'ating ginde 1.948," in a report, to 'the 'board, Mr. ,' negotiations stalled - used in the town. "We'll have more. stretchers than we need," shesquipped. Pay for auxiliary police Constables "was raised from $3 to- Seaforth towa council is plan- gatherings after funerals. $4 per hour. • Police .Bennett said at Monday , night's esignate - council meeting that the whole moment. comenunity is invited an „... . • • • Roy McGoni6le ning a dance, with free, admission, next Friday night. to ithnottr long time drena manager Roy McGoritgle airdahis wife Hazel _who retired in. January. ' _resident pu'pils idn a kindergarten Arena committee--chairman .13111 ' t e r Hopper. , though a test Dance will honour • . ALONG FOR THE:RIDE — Skating isn t so tricky when liaere's a friendly perSon behind yoi:i to lend a . hand. This unidentified pair were among those who foOk part' in a Valentines skating party sponsored by the Stanley_Township Recreation Asso‘ciatIOn at Varna Saturday. More pictures and a story appear on Page 15, ' (Expositor Photo) Brantford Street was drilled in 1974, "the engineer wasn't"overly enthusiastic and we weren t overly enthusiastie 'abotit the location", Mr. Hopper' told the commissioners. When the 336' feet deep well was subjecterko a test, pumping at 306 gallons, a minute, for 24 hours, the static level in the well dropped .from 66 feet to 138 feet, causing wells .11 Harpurhey to drain. One well affected took Daniel LeEntard's salary was three , weeks to recover, increasedfrom $3.75 to $4.00 per Hopper said. • • hour. • • • "The well can .handle p,ossibly . Cost $500,006-$600,000 • _ . • 200 'gallons a minUte, ' Mr. parks bo,aed unanimously approved the eonstructicio of a new arena - hall faciht'y for the village at a meetineMonday nig t. Council estimates that the ". total cost of the neW structafe „between o..,.$500,000‘ —,5600,000,. Capital grants and , , Wintario will pay 75 percent of the cost. A fund raising campaign will be launched to provide the balance of the money. had been adyi'sert--in recent discussions with . the Ministry ef Labour, -that J• the existiag facility, in its present - state, did-not meet provincial standards. and would be cla-sed -carried out. • A pump for , the Brantford Street . would cost approxi- A well drilled in 1974 at a cost of approximately' $S000. and never brought into production. will remain unused for the present and new test wells may be drilled instead„it was learned at a special 'meeting of the PUC on Monday. - The commission met to hear a report from Durl Hopper of W. D. Hopper and Sons Well Drillers of Seaforth. When the unused well on . . pumping at this rate has not-been_ • , He""11$611,---plIcint..lor,. Hensall Council atad the riensall" "pefthanently . as of October 15; 1, Also on the agenda of -Moiadai could increase its-, production by $0,percent, Mr. Hopper reported. told the commissionerS" that ':there should • have been more. test drilling done in 1974.- It may not be necsessary to drill test wells at Welsh Street and at "':'•the-hospital in order tO find an adequate water for the future. Test wells cost $15.56 per Education adopted . a the county. had asked that the recommendation made by board reconsider its policy on director of education ,, John early,adrnission. One of the Cochrane to continue their age ' admission policy for kindergarten 'classes in, Huron accepting early admissiotterabildren only on the recomnielfdation " of medical authorities who feel there is therapeutic value in it: '1977, unless eXterisive repairs were undertaken. • - ' • • - 'Consulting . engineers whe examined the structure' told, ' coancil that repairs to the existing • :ataxia would b„,..,e.yery Costly, and atiV iiiiiii any further expenditure on the fatality: Main- tenance Costs have been increas- ing 'rapidly': Pipes' beneath the concrete floor of the arena :have been deteriorating, resulting- in leaks and breakage, • .The new. arena facility is to include a large hall on the grohnd floor as well a.4 kitchen an'd ashroorn areas, program. A chit may be enrolled in a junior kindergarten 'plass at four years of age if there is-such a program offered in the sysiena. • • allows childeen.whq will reach the age of five before December 31 of, the enrolment year to hecome foot, and Should-be a minimuth of 200 to 250 feet deep, Mr.. Hopper_ said. Test pumping the well costs an additional $41. per hour and_ :should be carried Out' for at least", 24 hours he' said. The approxl- mate cost of each test well would be $5000., Mr. Hopper estimated' No firm decisions on the issue: were reached at Mooday's meet- ' Wont -change kindergarten .age The Huron County Board of Cochrane said several parents in • • he• board's, ctirrent --polic. . . SPS- i al VV Talbot h 1 i 'Ch lk St t th f • pr nc p n . sc oo s n a ree , sou said-there have- been no-crossing- -the Highway -8 -corner. • ' _guards at the *school,', which has Couneillors agreed that Peke its back entranee oh Highway 8, Chief John Cairns would talk to sincettien. He said he was glad to_ _the principals and work out, the h ear fhat the toWn would be • details on when and where the. providing a guard. "With these tguards ' are to work and high snow banks, Children can be administer the program.. tight on the road before traffic Coupcil hired' Stanley Bray of Ooderich St. West as crossing 2. they 'received a reply to a -letter, the board of edudatiott_Lbasn't they:cl-sent te the Huron County been contributing to...the cast of *Board of Education, asking them cressing guards anywhere-hi-the to share the cost of providing 'minty sinc6 last year. guards; - • Sister lvlaryi St. Louis, principal. The question Of toWit hired of St, James' Separate School, crossing guards came up a year: said- students there have never ago last fall, when the Hpron had grossing guards or' student board, as instructed by the patrols. She Said she hadn't heard education ministry, notified the anything officially about • the town that a crossing guard ghards and wondered where they program using senior students Would set up a crossing. Not too would , no longer operate at , atany St. James' students haveito Seaforth Public School: : cross the highway, she,said. The „ • night's meeting was the approval of , pay scales. Reeve Harald Knight is to receive $50. for each meeting. and,- coupcillors will receive $40. for each meeting ,Ahey- -attend. Comthissioners Of the PUC ate to be paid $480. per year. In addition,they receive 545:per day and $30. per half day for any special mirk undertaken on behalf of the village. The salary of the clerk- ireasarer, tax.„ collector and licencing Officer BOb Heil Was set at $500. by-weekly, He will also -be paid $20. for each special - meeting of counell he is called on. _ (Continued on Page 14) - - Seaforth town counciLapproved can see thern.'• a motion to h ire two crossing Moskother towns in the countr guards, one for each of the haVe. scliaotcrossing guards that , • elementary. schools in- town, are paid by, the municipalities. Monday' night', in spite of the Mayor Betty Carolina asked ' objection of Reeve John Flannery Seaforth 'trustee John Henderson -that , they ,needed more to check out information she 'had information. that the bciard. was payitig part of The reeve. who said he wasO't, the guards: salaries in some against the idea of the guards, towas. , , thought council should wait until Mr. Henderson was told that • n ires t osstn9 guctr s 4., . • guard it,SPS and Carol Hubert of Jarvis St. as guard atr.St. James'. Pay was. set at $3 -per honr. In other business, councillor Jirri Sills 'suggested that council' start reviewing all the town's old bylaws, \with a View, to getting rid o t ose that are obso ete. " we govern the Own, weshould know -what's behind us," he' said. Councillor Wayne Ellis - Said -Cotiritillor,Sills was correct but "if we ever got into it. we cotild do nothing else." Clerk -aiin.0Grocker.:said, there was Er bylaw on the books that said town empleyees shoald work • froth 6 axe until' 7 ,p.th. seven dayS a Week, ''WhY'not get' rid of it?" conncillor Sills asked. "We might need joked couneillor Bill Bennett.- ' • • *Looking at the bylaws would Make in interesting project for history students and teachers at SDHS, reeve Flannery suggested. petitioners had heard,of *three, exceptions in the. county and .requested early admission for her (Continued on Page 17) , • Otpositor rshoto) • " be strengthened, and dogtag fees - shOuld be increaSed. There should be higher fines! 'for -;ti"-• offenses and revenue for" "(Continued an Page 4) - were discussed and council's • police connnittee is to seek a neWm° meeting with the•Humane Society as• quickly as poSsible. The town's dog bylaw should A Meeting vv.-ffh a repreSenta- 'five of the London Humane Society to disciiss Seaforth's dog problem fell through Monday night. Clerk Jirii Crocker said the represent atiVe had called to say he was no longer employed by/the Society, following a reorganiza- tion that was announced in London Monday. '• - But varldus-Sialtrtions to the problem of dogs running at large Action delayed n do s He's started, to group bylaWs undcr, headings„ clerk Crocker told ;•council, _so, that when a problem comes Up, he• knows where to find the relevant bylaw's: Mayor Cardno said the procedural •bylaav „under which council operates was Pasged, in 1942 and should probably be looked at with a view' to improving it. She said she'd entertain a motion naming • councillor Sills to a • - committee to review ahe bylaws. .10 _HEAVY. SNOW became too much for one of Egniondville's oldest structures on Sunday afternoon. The shed, behind Egmondville United Church', built between 1878 and 1880 *lapsed and is 'a totall loss. Originally built to house horses during services the-shed was most recently used by local bUsinesses for storage. Some years ago part of, the structure was sold -to John Mackenzie. Both halves were flattened by' tha÷wbight ,of .heavy snow. Egmondville Minister Rev. Robert Roberta said , that luckily due to Sundays bad weather area children who had played in:'and ,on the -roof of the 13uildi1g had retreated home. Fortunately no one Was injured': The Expositcir thanks Larry McGrath for calling our photographer -just after the _building went down. . (Expositor. Photo) • s 2 6 4 0 00 x . - arrears in Tuckersmith Tax arrears in Tuckersrnith amounted to $264,112.00 at the • end of last .year_counc,i1 at accountant Mike Meier discussed the 19% audit statement, with - a meeting Tuesday night when ioThunciet. arrears total, up from • $238,963.00 at the end of the - previous year, , includes interest charges of $20,000,00. The report ' was adopted. • The operating los's at Va.na.str'a . ' • reereation amounted to $30,000 in 1976. Mr. Meier who represented township auditors Diegel, Malcolm and Hoegy of Stratford 'noted that $13,000.00 had been spent on the Vanastra Recreation Hail last year:, "When you quit making caPital experiditures then the deficit will go down.," he tOld council. Reeve Erviti Sillery said he hoped there would be no more capital expenditures .f.W. lOng tithe. As well Vanastra residents are paying off, over a twenty•year period, a $125,000.00 debentures for the Recreation Centre, 1974 well may not pan otit "I. C may drill test we!