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A WORRIED 11/IAN! McKillop farmer • RoSs-
- Gordon, right, 1004 anxious as fireman Bill Eisler of
:Seaforth. tries to douse flames in' the woof of the
cordon's back shed. The shed was tOrri, (IV in. an
atteMpt tt) save the lkItCheri but after Sunday
afternoon's fire the whole back wing will hiV4,0:1"be.
replaced. Daniages were eStirriated at $15A0().
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FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 — 18- SEAFORTH, 'ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL,. 21,1977 — 26 PAGES
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am, part of house
the main • part of the house.
Smoke was coming out from the
caves around the mairr paft-Ofthe--
house and bystanders helped
carry furniture outof'the house in
case the-fire spread. WS'. Gordon
said there was smoke, but no
water damage in the main part of
'the house. The shed was
completely destroyed and the
'kitchen too badly burned to be
repaired.
' The shed contained a freezer
full of meat, a number of
antiques, a lawn mower,and lawn
chair s and everything was
destroyed, Damages' were '
estimated at $15,000 and they are'
and straw and a- large amount of
used lumber burned with the
'barn.
Mrs. Smith said the family had
the footings poured for a new
dairy and cattle barn and had
planned to use the old lumber to
build it. The Smiths Were going to
convert the barn that was
destroyed to a pig barn.
Fueled by the hay and wood,
the barn burned nearly all night
after the alarm was called in at
5:45 p.m. Three Seaforth firemen
and• one pumper truck stayed at
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partially covered by insurance.
The Gordons have started to
rebuild their kitchen this week.
They 'ye madesa bedroom into a
temporary kitchen. Mrs. Gordon
praised neighbours for their help.
"The help has been unbelievable
and I have enough food here to
have a bake sale," she said.. "It's
just terrific the way people help."
The fire late Sunday afternoon
that destroyed the Smith barn
was first noticed when 13-year-
old. Bradley Smith, in the barn
doing milking, looked out and saw
smoke, 60 cows and calves were
rescued with the help Of
naghbouts hut a quantity of hay,
WING BURNS , HOUSE SAVED — A spark from the
trash can at right that flew in the back door at left, is
thought to be the cause of a fire that destroyed the
. back shed and kitchen wing of • the Ross 'Gordon
house in McKillop Sunday afternoon: Seaforth
firemen, whom the Gordons praised for. arriving-
really quickly at the scene; managed to keep the fire
from spreading to the main part of the house.,
Damages wire estimated at $15,000 and the Gordons
have already started replacing their kitchen. (More
photos on page 9) (Expositor Photo)
Seaforth firemen didn't get
much of a day of rest Sunday.
Instead they fought two fires in
McKillop Township, one at the
home of Ross Gordon, and a
couple of hours later a barn fire at
the farm of Williain Smith i on
Concession 5, southwest of the
9ordon farm.
' Gordon said he had
checked a fire in a , trash can
behind the house 'just' before
going into the house for a
sandwich' and hadn't even
finished eating when he heard
fire Crackling. He thinks that a
spark flew -in the open back door
of the woodshed attached to the
kitchen at the side of the house
and started the wood pile on fire.
While he tried to put the blaze
out with a fire extinguisher and
hose, with the help, of neighbour,
Arnold Campbell who was driving
by and saw flames, Mrs. Gordon.
called the fire department.
Marion Gordon said if the firemen
hadn't 'arrived :so quickly the
whole house probably would have-,
gone. A large number of
neighbours helped firemen save
B of E offIcial tells Lions
Best reform is common sense
to work together in the future "To
take a plain, ordinary, common-'
sense approach to 'education."
John A. Talbot, principal—of—
Seaforth Public School,
introduced ,Mr. Smith and . in ,
expressing appreciationptizi •him,
Keith' Snell agreed that a common
sense approach to education
would produce 'the best result,
Reporting for the Easter Seal
committee Tom Young, empha-,.,
sized that an additional $800. was
required -if--Seaforth was to meet
its quota.
Necessity of selling Stanley
Cub labels—and—tickets--for the
boysBeef Bar-B-Q was stressed
by president W.J. Thompson, if
maximum results were to be •
obtained.
Winners of the interim -$25.
awards .in the Car Club, Draw
were: THerb Traviss, Walton,
James E. Brown, ',Egmondville
and Wayne Scott, Seaforth:
THIS ISN'T BAb!—Schopl seemed like a .big and :exciting place to Michelle
McGowan, right,. ..who rag isteredi,for kindergarten at St. 4ames School Tuesday. Her
sister Kelly Lynn, peering over the table top, seemed to have a few reservations
though. - ' lr" (Expositor Photo)
•The best kind of educational
reform is the application of some
healthy common sense to, our
schools, Ralph Striith, superin-
tendent of education with the
Huron County board told
members of the Seaforth Lions
Club last week.
Mr. Smith will 'leave his
superintendent's job to 'become
principal of Robertson Memorial
Public School 'in Goderich in
Septem'be'r. :"'
25 years ago, 40 per cent of •
Ontario's 15 to 19 year Olds 'were
in high school, while today 90 per
cent of them are in school, Mr.
Smith said. "I',m not advocating a
return to the situation 25 years
ago" when working clasS kids and
slow readers were forced out of
school to become 10 v paid
members of -the work force and
when girls quit school to be
inimum farm.. a creage....,sygge...sted.forpl.on
' A suggestion by. former Huron agricultural operationas• provoked
The aim of education, accord-
ing ' to the chief insPeetor. of,
, schools in Ontario from 1925 until
1945 J.K. Greer, is to "produce
citizens who die publicly - useful
and' privately happy", Mr. Smith
told the Lions.
"1 have seen Many sophisti-
cated and complex statements on
edutation, but none has been as
satisfying for . me as. this very
simple • finch direct statement of
purposes"' .•
Mr. ,'Smith predicted that the
general outcome of a board and
Ministry of Education study on
education in the Exeter, area will
be that' people are generally
satisfied with the way their
children are being taught,
•He suggested that the Lions
• ask themselves "Are you publicly,
useful and "Ate yoir privately
happy?" Most. of you will say
"A requirement such as this,"
in this kind of open „agricultural
community, Would be completely
unrealistic" he said.
Township. . Stanley. Township should consider rictive , farmers.
Mr. ' McKinley said other
, Townships had set minimum
acreage requirements for
livestock operations and felt
County Warden Anson McKinley , lively,' 'discussion in Varna
that the new Stanley Township Tuesday night at the last of six'
plan should a minimum' 'meetings to, draw up a
acreage requirement for secondary land. use plan for the
a 25 acre. minimum.
Former OFA President Gordon
Hill expressed opposition to the
proposal, saying it could be rest
that a school system that, lies
between the'forced feeding of 25
years ago and today's system
might fit the needs of more
students. He advocated more,
flexible drop in and out arrange-.
ments so that kids "can try out
the workforce for awhile without
shutting all the educational
doors." „
There should be more realistic
apprenticeship programs where
many. kids...coifidlearn more than
they do sitting in school. "None
of this will work of course if we
, insist that everyone , needs a
college degree.'.'
Four years in Grade 2 is not the.
saine .as one year in Grade 8; Mr.
Smith explained. The schools,.try
to give children a broad' educa-
tion, not the same.„thing over and .
over. Teachers ler - example
should have three yeats.' exper-
housewives, he said. ience, not the same year's • "yes", he said and he called on
• But the sunerintendent added experience three times. , parents, communities and schools
PC's name woman president
Mrs. Margaret Bennett of member's bill , changing the bill will change the name of the
Wingham became the first - name of the ridffig, is expected to constituency to Huron-Bruce.
woman president .of the Huron .be-passed by the Commons in Thus, the Wednesday meeting,
Progressive Conservative Asso- June. Until redistribution a few held in the new Howick Township
ciation on Wednesday evening. months ago Mn: McKinley's Community Centre, -became the
_ Mrs. Bennett accepts the riding was known as Huron- founding convention for the new
leadership of the Federal riding Middlesex because the townships riding of Huron-Bruce. ,
association at a particularly of Biddulph and McGillivray were.,,, The slate of officers approved important time in the history of included. .... by the meeting includes a lengthy that organization. The consti- The latest shuffle has hipped list of the party faithful, in tuency has been represented in off the -two Middlesex townships addition to 'Mrs Bennett: the House of Commons for the and has added the four southern Honorary presidents are Robert past 12 years by Robert McKinley townships and four towns in
. of Zurich, and this private Bruce County.. M r..McKinley's E McKinley, Zurich; Elmer Bell, ' Exeter; Hon, Charles MacNaugh-
ton, Exeter; James Hayter-,
Goderich; William Walden,
Wingham; George McCutcheon, BARN DESTROYED -- A fire late Sunday afternoon neighbours. Mernbers of the Segforth ° sal • The Tuesday meeting was the Brusselst • Frank WaikomT - -destroyed' thelbarn __6n the farm. of William- Smith, - Department-fought -the flarneST6Fseveral hours. Mr; final one of the series, and Mr. Goderich; John Durnin, Auburn; Concession 5, McKillop Twp.: 60 cows and carves Smith did not knOW how the fire started, and could Penfold summed up the opinions (Continued on Page 16) .,• were—rescued from the barn with the help of notestimate'the loss.
Mr. McKinley said a minimum
acreage by-law would give
Township _Council and the
' 'Committee of Adjustment a
chance to examine all agricultural
-land; use proposals. He said
Council could grant exceptions for
farmers who wanted to put
livestock on less than 25 acres if
Council was convinced the'
proposed-operation-was -
'Huron County, planner George '
Penfold said a 25 acre designation
would not really provide very •
much control over land use. He
said control comes from by-laws
requiring building permits for any
improvements to structures on
existing farms. When a permit is
applied for, Council can
determine whether the operation
meets the requirements of the,
agricultural code of practice, Mr.
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Lowest tender accepted at '63,108
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Tuckersmith
expressed on various issues at
each of the meetings.
He said agriculture was to be
given the highest priority in
Stanley Township, and that all • •!, . other land uses would have to be grad-er,Ops salaries evaluated from the standpoint of
Poultry Farms, 12,12.4,•• Seaforth. •• requested permission to hire devices and chain breaks,. While
the top priority use. He said the • • • , control of land use arising from
told to contact someone) with a
truck to do the work.
Mrs. Durnin rep,orted the
recreation centre was booked
the plan will come•in the form of
zdning by-laws.
On the question of severences,
Mr. Penfold said the consensus of
Stanley residents was that
controls should be tougher than
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Stephen Hook, Egmondvifle,
garage:,
Cut Down '
Diane Durnin, Vanastra
Recreation Director, 'told
members of council she did not
think the same summer
playground program should be
carried on this year as last two
years. She suggested it be cut
down 'this year as the ch ildren
come out in large numbers at the
beginning and then most of them
lose interest and drop out.
Last ..sumfhei—thel-3 recreation
department lost $1,000 when the
grant was ..only two-thirds f the
first year grant and this year with
it cutdown to -one-third it as
more than .likely $2,000 tie
Inside This week :
(By Wilma Oke)
Tuckersmith Township Council
accepted the' tender for a new
motor grader, Wabco 555, from
Equipment Sales and Service
Limited, Rexdale, at a cost of
$63,108.60 .at 'their meeting
Tuesday night. It was die- loWest
of three tenders.
' The purchase by the township
is subject to the approval of 'the
Ministry of, Transportation • and
Communications.
The grader is to be delivered in
two 'Months.
Council will 'hire Bill Hulley of
Hibbert 'Township as a grader
operator: He is an experienced
operator.
In, setting their remuneration
for 1977 council decided to give
themselvestheselvei an increase. This year
for any Tweeting over two hours
Which they attend Reeve Ervin
Sillery will receive $5000 a'
meeting; berinty Reeve Robert
will tetehre $42,,,S0 and
ctnihcitlofis gbbert brtlintrinndi.
Weekend fires * P. 9
Auctions a sign of spring P.13
Former Seaforth man heads
Grain Council P.17
Old barns vanishing P.1A
Special Car Care Section
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grain tank and workshop; soineone to clean it up. She was' agreeing with the need for safety,
council was concerned that many
saws, even a newly purchased
one, may be obsolete as the
required safety devices could nbt
solid for the 'rest of the year with be attached to them.
, only the odd day available for -
renting.
Council reported the survey on
fire protection in the township
being made by Donald Owens of
the Ontario fire Marshal's office
would Trot -,,be—completed and
ready for reporting until the end
of May. Mr. Owens said he was
involved with another assignment
by his •office which resulted in the
postpenement of the Tuckersmith
report.
icit Council endorsed a resolution
could be incurred, she. stated. from the Ausable-Sayfield
AuthoritypC16.ougti agreed to the reduced ml . pCeotni tsi 06 rnvi na tig oangainst a
new safety
Mrs Durnin said the wading regulation
now in operatipli to be
requiring' all chain ,
pool was full of leaves,„ broken. saws
s, betties and other debris' and e4iiippped with anti.vibration
NO,
Frank Falconer, • and Robert
Fotheringham will each receive
$40.00 a, meeting. Tuckersmith
usually has two meetings per
month.
Last year the reeve received
$1,185 a year. The deputy reeve
$880 and each councillor $800 for
the year.
Council accepted the estimate
from, B.M.Ross and Associates
Limited, Goderich, of $2,500 for
the municipal bridge appraisal for
safety of the 15 bridges in the
township and that the ministry of
transportation and communi-
cations be' requeited to pay 100
per cent of the cost of the survey.
Across. Ontario all municipal
bridges are being appraised as' to
structural soundness for the
safety of the public, at the request
of the .government.
Council .accepted, the following
applications for building permits:
Jooat Veetkstra, g.g.5, Clinton,
implement shed; Jim 'Hoy.
VanattO, Carport; Mcintosh
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