The Huron Expositor, 1977-03-24, Page 1purchase farm land to expand the
industrial-area.
He told council that a levy_ of
two mills could be applied to
properties for the account.
."In two years the Town could'
• have', enough for a down
payment" on more land Mr.
Williams said..,
Mayor Ca rdno said the Council
would" take • the matter under
°onsideration.
Gay Lea, with a staff of 18 'and
an annual payroll of, about
$156,000 at the Seaforth :plant,
had to lay off two employees
when it lost the Loblaw's contract
February '25., •$200,000 • in new
speeded• up t equip-Ment ", was
installed in the Seaforth station
just 'last -fall.
Gay lea now handles about -26
per cent of the province's eggs.
"If we go out, where's that 26 per
cent going to go?" asks 'Mr.
Young. Once . competition is
eliminated "whoexer'sleft will be.,
able to . pay Vie producers
anything they like," he, says.
Compensation' available
m es
deeper." He said cost was a
Factor in the decision on the depth
of the system.
.. • When - it Was suggested by a
f\ratepaYer that the overflow which
is blocked with concrete 'could
have been the cause,,, of the
problem. Mr. Sawyer agreed. "IL
the emergency outlet had been
operating you wouldn't have been
floodedv he said. He -added "the
-overflow was blocked by the
c'ontractors without any.
• instruction" olidirection from the
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Gordon Hill
running for N
nomination:
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tract, may close
.Le0 .1p.ses •.
i- (By Len Pizzey)
-People whose -basements Were
damaged by the March 13
sanitary sewer backup can submit
claims for losses to Seaforth town
council. No one is yet sure who
will pay these clairns; but
ratepayers were assured at a
special meeting Wednesday night
in the town-hall that cornpensa-
tion would be made.
Twenty-two homeowners---and
Seaforth council met to discuss
the sewer problem: ._,With ,Peter
Sawyer, sewer project engineer
from lames F. McLaren Limited,
EnVirainnerit Ministry official
Mark Bell and Huron County
Health Unit chief inspector Ed.
Harrison. •
The meeting was an
emotionally_ charged. -round- -of--
allegations and denials:that made'
orderly discusgion difficult. As a '
result, few' Concrete explanation
.and only a Vague plan of action
emerged.
A spokesman for the ratepayers
Who live in the Mill, Brantford,
Jarvis - and LtYttit St. area of
Seaforth 'said at' the beginning of
the meeting they wanted answers
•to two questions: what would be
done to rectify problems in the
gewer -tystem,• and what kind of
compensatiomwould be available
to those who ' had suffered
damage to ' basements and
furniture? Others in the audiefiee.
demanded an explanation of the,
cause of the backup.
.McLaren • Rig:Meer / ' Peter •
wyer said vv, hat happeithtl over
the' weekend could hive been
taus d by Many thing., H .taid
/peop e may have connected o the
yste illegally, pumping storm'
nof Aeater into sanitary sewers,
or mahaVe fitted manhole covert
- to Oath surface svAtet. OolliV their
litdlittiY:v ' ' , " , ' . 1
,....,..'Mr, Sawyer reketed_Otikengw,
allegatiOnS , that the Systeiti. 'was
Improperly ConSfriteted and ttid
Gordon Hill of Varna, former
president of the " Ontario
Federation of Agriculture will be
a candidate for the New Demo-
ceatic Party nomination in the
provincial riding of Middlesex on
April 13. •
A feeling that the, present Tory
government has "grown - indif-
ferent to the wishes of people
without influence" combined
with his belief that the NDP is
more sympathetic to the probleins
of all small businessmen,
including farmers, than the other
two parties made him decide to
r un for the NDP, Mr. Hill told
• the Expositor Wednesday
morning.
He thinks the NDP, is the
coming party provincially in
Ontario and "farmers, should
participate in the NDP. 'If we
(190 get in there and make our
voice known, others with more
influence _will," Mr. Hill' said. .
The provincial Conservatives
are, inefficient, Mr.' Hill Charged
and only make changes after
t
tremendous pi:essure. "Unless
there's tremendoUs power in
numbers or capital 'they just don't
pay any attention to us," Mr. Hill
said.
He thinks an ND? government
would' be more 'efficient and be
able to make changes more
quickly, for example in property
tax reform, which he says the
Tories have had "hanging fire
since 1950 and in a farm income
stabilization program. The NDP
would bring in farm- income
stabilization legislation that -
would give a bargaining role to •
farm organizations, a move thats
"crucial to make it work," Mr.
Hill 'said.
The Ontario Tories "can't .
conceive of the possibility of any
other -party forming the
government" Mr. Hill says,
although he says any , party that
has been in power ,for 33 years
would probably feel that way. '
He's not running in his home
riding, • Huron Middlesex,
(Continued on Page 22)
Seaforth does not have' enough
industrial land, and the Seaforth
Fanner's Co-op may move out of
the town if the land it needs is not
available, ,Seaforth DeVelopment
Committee chairman Ernest
Williams told Council Monday
night.
The committee is concerned
about the expansion of existing
firms, Mr. Williams said. He told
conned that the Co-op wants five
or ten acres of land; and that the
TOWITcarincif7ifevide—ii at' 'the*
moment.
Mr. Williarns -presented three
recommendations on the land "
situation-to Council,.
He saidthe,Town should pass a
bylaw setting up a reserye
account for the purchase of
industrial land.The development
committee recommended also
that a tax levy be imposed on all
existing property to get funds for
the reserve account. Thirdly, Mr.
Williams said, the town should
Arena will get 2 ,
for 1 VVintario funds
Seaforth Town Council has
received confirmation_ of 2 to 1
funding from Wintario for repairs
to the arena from MPP Jack
Riddell.
Notice of Abe— grant caps a-
confusing round of requests and
denials of the 2 to 1 funding
dating back to October 1976„ ,„„,„
When the proVince began to
impose safety standards , on
arenas, reppirs to strengthen the
arena roof were carried out at the
town's expense' in late 1974.
When 2 to funding was
announced, council the
province to defray part of the cost
of the repairs. The request• was
first accepted, then denied,
Mayor Betty Cardno went to
Toronto in November to plead the
- TOWn's cage with the Ministry_Of
Culture and Reeretioti:She asked
' the Ministry to consider the arena
as a .-corideMited strtietti
making it eligible, for, a 2, to 1
grant fro IItatio. The letter to
council 'm a g\ that reliant \to, th'e
arena ;e1. now be ,Carried out
without th need Of debenttrego
SeAfertli clerk Jim et ck0
‘explained he financing 6f the
arena 'repairs to the Expositor
Tuetday.,41e said the ldWri-MOSt
raise $66,0661 4i m tfie
VVititaticNilf give 2 to 1, funditi;
(eentikited eti age 4)
some eggs to Dominion Stores.
Gay Lea's Seaforth ri grading
station turns over about $75,000 a
week to-egg producers in Huron,.,
Mr. Young said. Its closing could
force local people .* of the egg
business, he says.
,..litiron County eggs would then
have-'to..-go to Strathroy, where--
Gay Lea has .a larger plant or the
Niagara Penninsula for grading,
Huron County egg producers
-are meeting at the ag office in
Clinton on Thursday, March 31 at
8 p.m. and the Gay Lea manager
says a resolution • that only
producers should sit on the
province's egg marketing board
may come out of that meeting.'
'Huron producers want to take
the resolution to the provincial
board's annual meeting 'in
Toronto in April. It's 'hard to say
what kind of support the move
will get provincially but Huron
and Middlesex have a large
number of Ontario's egg
,producers, Mr. Young says. •
An editiorial in Farm and
Country this week, called on
William Doyle, Ontario's chief of
•-r-farm marketing boards to
disqualifty producers who are
also graders from membership'_on
the egg' board. "Unless the
actiVities• of the',most powerful
producer-graders are curbed,
they will control the industry with
in five years:" the editiorial says--
in parr. --
Lauzon, lawyer to
aectide on hearing
Corti iiSsion to ' eeridact atearing •
in to clrcunistanccs surrounding
his resignation last fair.
Seaforth council voted '
week to 'AZ' no action on a,
request from , Mr. La azon s
lawyer, Don Kilpatrick of Lamon.
McGrath and MacDonald of
London, that council ask the CoPc
Mr. Lauton told 'the Expositor
.that hy. will, lot the press know -
when tic and his lawyer decide ,
whether or not to ask-the OPC, to
conduei an investigation and
hearing.
SEWER MEETING, peter Sawyer, 'an e gineer
with .1vAoLareh and 'Mayor Betty parclho
:Steldy ,plans, of the tOnitOty sewer systern
answering questions from tatepOyots Meeting
Wedhotd0 night in, the town hall, 'The
VANDALS • SMASH VVINDOW".;— Two front
windows of Crich's Bakery on Main Street' were
broken sometime Friday night or early Saturday
morning. Proprietor John Crich, who -found broken
beer bottles on the sidewalk in front of the windows
Saturday morning, has offered a reward for
information on the incident. He estimates that the
windows, which' were not insured, will cost $600 to
.replacel Seafbrtii police are investigating the
incident. . (Expositor Photo)
engineers.,
MeLaren engineers were
responsible to see that the
construction was carried out
properly. "We're as disturbed as
you are". he lbld the meeting.•
(Continued on Pa ,e • 4)
'find and,..seteedt the dedto
who tUffered dphibes. •
ratepaYeA' were told that
that benipentititieri would of the
soviet hEidkiigb, an
efforts w*Ould'beTfriade to,
be peld to herhe0Whete
(ExpotitOr 'Photo)
A •BIT OF OLD IRELAND — sandy McQuillan,
icaoteLof Grade 5 and 6 at St. came.
dressed for St. Patrick's Day, to the delight of his
students. Here tte-puts his shillelagh to work to point
out Ireland on a map of the world. (Expositor Photb)
Council hears
Benefit danc e planned*
for-WpIton lady.M.ar.30
A Walton area resident 'treatment used at •the Saunders
afflicted with A rare disease clinic, Mr.' Koehler said. The
known as. amyotrophic lateral Florida doctor "figures he's got
sclerosis will be sent to Florida for ,••something that can stop it" Mr,
treatment, if local, people Koehler said, He explained that
organizing a benefit dance to be 'his wife is loosing her voice. "You
held in Brodhagen, Conimunity „more orless just fade away," Mr.
'Centre on Wednesday,. March' 30, Koehler said. • • •
are soccesSful. ' ' Mrs. Koehler will stay in
Florida for six weeks to visit the
.
Elmer Koehler, '', of R.R. 4,' - Saunders clinic. She will be given
Walton troy" the Expositor a serum made from snake venom,
Tuesday Fthat his,,,,wite Betty will Mr. Koehler said,;„ • • ,
undergo treatments at'Saunders ' ' The Krbefiliers",' Who •hav'e four
`` • ' Medical Clinic in. Florida in hopes sons and a daughter. hope. the
that the disease, which' attacks treatments will at least stop the
nerves. and muscles, can be , progression of the' disease.
arrested. OFUP will not pay fort ,_. :.Organizers of the benefit dance
the treatments. and local doctors • estimate that it will cost $5000.
-do not, recognize the form of lor'the trip and the treatment.
•
CAR HITS POLE A belt Telephone pole,at the
corner of Centre,, and Vest 6tweet,was struo wand
snapped off • Tuesday night 11!05 13,M-:
-eastbound 1969 Acadian driven by Letty. bale FiOti
of '14,R.2,`Goderloh Went out of control on icy Centre ••
Street o. SeafOrth,' Pollee Said. Car damage was
estimated at $900.00 Neither Mi% Flyan,hbr, the.
lieaeliger—betidlas SOUthgete, were ihjured., the
acpident Investigated by'. Seaforth
Police, .power in the area Was off forfour to
-hours.• ( Expiator Photd)
f,here's a chance that Gay
Lea Co-Operative egg _grading
station •in Seaforth will be forced
to ), close unless egg
producer-graders are banned
from Ontario's egg marketing
board.
Gay Lei lost a six million dozen
eggs a year contract with Loblaws
when two or- three very big
producer-graders undercut thier
price by three quarters cents a
dozen, reportedly at' a Gay
Lea's Seaforth manager`.,Tom
Young told the Expositor. •
, One of the, producer-graders
who got the Loblaw busioess,
Joseph Hudson of Lyn in Eastern
Ontario, is a member of the egg
board,, He' is one of the six egg
producers who are also graders
onthe 13 man board.
• In'effectithe board member was
underselling the 115 independent
Ontario egg producers -who have
their eggs graded at Gay Lea, Mr.
Young said. William Mickle of
Hensall • an egg producer is
Huron's. representative on the
egg board, and it worried about
the- potential .loss-of Gay Lea.
There is no chance that Gay Lea
can- get another .contract big
enough to. replace the Loblaws
one, Mr. Young, said. "We're
-selling to 'the, egg board now. ,
224500 d,ozen mediums ar e going
'to Hong Kong this week. and one
load has gone to Newfoundland
already." Gay Lea still supplies
,.FOiner , ;Seaforth, , p8lice •
,const Ron Lauzon will he .
%talking to,his lawyer today and he,
expects a decision on whether or
not they'll ask 'the Ontario Pollee
Town needs industrial land • for
not have a sufficient grade to
'dhow sewers in lew lying areas to
'function properly.' .
No design error r•
"There was no error in the
design of the sewer" he said_ "It
could not .have „ been -
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