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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1977-04-21, Page 1• • 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(). (EkpogitorPhoto)• FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 — 18- SEAFORTH, 'ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL,. 21,1977 — 26 PAGES 118th Year Whole No.5693. MU° a Year in Advance Single copy. 25 cents s es des roy McH 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 • - (Continued on Page' 18) . 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. Expositor Photo) • Lowest tender accepted at '63,108 4-, • • 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 (Continued on page ,18) 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 1 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 nAti.14'11,4 vo. •••••• - IP