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A FUTURE QUEEN —One of these Six students will
be, crowned queen at the Seaforth.. District High
School formal dance on Friday evening. The six
finalists are: back left, Michelle Savauge, 18;,Gayle
SOOrditth. invited f.
Vandervelden, 17 and Janine Melanson, 1.6. faint
left, Elizabeth Johnston, 17 all of Seaforth; and Linda
Dorssers, ,18 and Joanne Van Doornik, 16 both of
R.R.4, Seaforth. ' (Expositor Photo)
A GOOD-HAND? Harvey Hoggart picks a card for each of the poker hands he held '
at a Check point Oh the Seaforth Saddle Club's poker rally .Sunday. Sharon
Colclough shuffles the deck and 'Nancy Milrson records Harvey's cards. More •
• photos on the sports page. (Expositor Photo)
Inside this week
(The uron (fxpositor
Seniors play cards at St. Columban . . P. 5 -
W.I. marks 50 years. P. 9
Local phone company thriving P 19
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Seaforth is about a for hour
drive from West braneh,', said the.
two, who, were guests of Mayer
Betty Cardrio ,while, they' were
here. They suggested that' people
coining for the fair and picnic
leave here early as events. which
include old fashioned races and
dancing on lighted tennis courts
two different bands playing
music tor.alLages. will ttet started
about W Saturday morning. .
No formal arrangements- have
been made for billets with West
Branch citizens have been. made
but there are motels in the area.
Young people who bring sleeping
also ihvited, to take part in West bags can likely be accommodated
Branch's first tractor drag rave... With ',people their own age. the
with' nothing fancy,. just ordinary two said'. 'Rec. director CliYe Buist
farm tractors.. . ike and . Art said he'll be talking to Jim Grey,. M
visited Seat r
v 1
i night spots his West Branch counterpart
Friday, niglit and said "a lot of about arrangements. • •
people we met at the hotel, said .. - .A bus can -be charteredlotakq
they'd bring.-litair--t-i-a'- etors7u-•'-----15•Miqk-t7T-Vr Otri Seaforth, Mike
Michigan. In fact, Mike and Art
took Ejozositors with bed race
pictures in them home to' show
West Branchcrs the tine art of
customizing beds for racing.
Seaford' and area people are
Homes in the low , cost
..development Seaforth council has ,
been .encouraging will cost about
$48,000 council heard at a special
Meeting last W nes_ y night
with representat'ves of Arils
Land Developinen Ltd, of Fort
Erie. The company detailed plans
for a 60 unit "affordable housing ,
subdivision" planned for 'the
The
Bout west 'of the town.
..p.roposed__
which would contain a mixture of
single fainily and senriletaelled
housing, will ,be built on a 10 4
acre parcel of land, south of the
railway tracks, over the next eight
yearS.
Bernie Hermsen, representing.
MacNaughton Planning Con-
sultants, of Kitchener, told
council one of the first steps
would be to rezone the parcel, of
land to resideritia• from the. -
present industrial zoning. ,
. Mr. Hermsen said in checking,
• . with local schools, he found St.
'JaMes' Separate School could
- handle ' 53 more -students,
Seaforth District High School had
room fOr 100 students which
' means schools Could handle any
influx of new students from the
eleveltipment;
Mr. Hermsen said since the
new subdivision-is so close to the
Optimist park, there won't be any
need to include' land for a park on.
the 'site.
He said developers plan
creative mixture of single-family
and .semi-detached dwellings,
,a number of thg 'Semi=
",e,:detatkied-71tOmes next to 'the
Ron Swartz, representing.
Conestoga-Rovers. and Associates
Engineering firm ,said there are
two possibilities for storm sewer
outlets and three possible_putlets
for sanitary, sewers to serve the,
proposed subdivision.
He said the best alternative for.
a sanitary sewer to serve the first
.phases of the development would
be along Brantford Street, since
very little restoration work Would
o lx required along the street.
Mr. Swartz said there would be
a unit cost' of about .$6,045 for
servicing each unit; advertising
and selling costs of about $1,285
per unit and indirect project Costs
such as insurance, permits, a d
architects fees of about $2; 5 p
unit, •
He said if the homes a e to
qualify for :Assisted Home
Ownership Program (AHOP.)
funding they must have less than
1.000 square feet of living space..
He added builders could reduce
the costs of homes by about $800
if owners were willing to' sacrifice
some of the frills - for example:
settle for a crawlspace instead, of
a full basement.
Mr. Swartz said homes would
sell for $35.375 plus nine per cent
financing costs and a $3,201 profit
for the builder, making the total
cost of a home $38,776, plus the
.cost of- Viot.
Ceiling
• The local ceiling price for
The Exeter detachment of the
Ontario Provincial Police are still
investigating last week's
,attempted armed.tobbery -of the
Kippen General Store.
Constable . Bill McIntyre said,.
thae* have been ho arrests to
date, but two officers are working
fulltime on• following up leads in
•
bring with them. An old fashion-
ed. family day is planned.,
There'll be a registration booth
or gatheritigilface where Seaforth
people can meet each other at the.
Picnic. The .whole day is or-
ganized- by' a non-profit youth.
group called Ogamaw Youth
.
Projects. Inc. 'About( 60 young •
people -raise. their• own money
"And appreciate it a lot More
than if it's given to them," Mike,
LaIL.ac111111advisor says.:
West Branch and Seaforth are
remarkably similar the two 'men
say. "11' you walk out oh Main St.
Seaforth you-could be in the same
town," sayS Mike.'
Diplomatically though-tkey 'add
that Seaforth people seem a little
bit friendlier. And the men, both
single say. "there are definitely
more•pretty girls in Seaforht."
Judging from teh warmth of
Mike and Art's welednie Seaforth
and area people who travel to Our
sister town Kay .2.7—have-a really
:good time aWaiting them.
&dories
75 % of
ofE cost
tratlon, which includesDunlop,
\erne staff at the board's adminis-
trative' offices and school secre-
taries eosl $218,192 in 1978,
Teachers, principals, vice
principals, superintendents of
education an 4, 'the education
director . -cogs Othe taxpayers
$14,529,7N this year.
(COntinu4d on Page ,3)
Employees at the Kaufman
footwear plant in, Vanastra were
informed the plant . will .close
permanently. on July 14.
Rosemary Edward, floor super-
visor at the plant. said • the
announcement by Yurgan
Walters. personnel manager at
the company's parent plaht iii
-Kitchener,, came as "a real
shock."
Mr. Walters told• employees at
-the -Vanastra plant that the
operation "Just calif turn a
profit." . •
The personnel managth told
the employees jobs. would be
available for all 25 workers at the
company's plant in Kitehener,
but only two Vanastra employees,
expected to sell for about$9,500,
Don Haycock, also represent-
, ing Arris: Land Development Ltd.
saidr the deVelopers could either
service the lots and build the
homes themselves, or else service
.the lots to be built on, by' local
builders, ,
He' said, "We're haikally
development company and not
housebuilders as such" although,
he added three bUilders are part
owners in Arris Land Develop-
ment Ltd.' , -
Zoning „
He recommended council
bath unmarried women, have
accepted the offer to date.
The majority of the employees
are married women with families
settled - in the area.
Mrs. Edward said the Kaufman
company has already notified the
local Unemployment Insurance
Commission . office that. the
women will be laid off in July.
• She said the personnel
manager said the Genesee 1-hoe
factory in Seaforth would also be
contacted, in hope they could
absorb some of the Vanastra
generate a zoning bylaw to
control sale of the subdivision lots
so someone couldn't erect a
mobile home in the middle of the
housing subdivision.
He added all Arris subdivisions
built in the 'past placed
architectural control on the plan
so the Arris must approve the
,building, plans for the home to be
erected before they finalize sale
of the lot.
He said Arris would have to
approve buildings in the-Seaforth
development as Well.
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`To sister town on
If you',re not doing anything on
Saturday. May' 27, Mike Carroll
andArt Morrison are inviting 9ou
to a party.
. What's se „special about that?
We[Lille party is in West Branchl
Michigan, and the two arc
inviting the whole • town" of
Seaforth,
Art and Mike, program • and
news • directors respectively of
raditi station WBMB in Seaforth's
sister 'town were hare on the,
Weckchel to invite all of uS to_the
DgamaW County Fair and Family
Picnic. • •
The, Michigan 'men stressed
• that Seaforthites ore being chat.:
lenged to take part in what they /
think is the first international bed
race anywheiv. , While the'
Seaforth- area is. full of ex-
perienced bed racers, • at Ietui-
since last September's Jubille
Picnic. they aren't so common in
said and, thost interested are
asked hi' 'contact Clive
make arrangements if enough
people want.
The West Branch event is
planned forthe whole community
and there'll-be ,activities-for ages
taking place in Lions park, which
has a crec.k running through it
and 41 large picnic area to eat
lunches that families are asked to
allOWed between, their right-of-
Way.
Mr. Hei'msen said C.N.R. has
asked that a 100 foot setback be
allowed between their right-of-0
Mr. Hermsen said C.N.R, has.
asked that a .100 foot setback be"
`allowed between their 'right-of-
way and housing structures in the
proposed development. ,
Mr. Hermsen said a, vegetation
screen would also be erected
along the right-of-way to
minimize the visual impact Of the
tracks.
' The first phase would involve
servicing about 20 lots and
pitting up two or three model
. homes to test the market for new
!lames qualifying for AHOP
financing the .Seaforth, area is
$34,300 but the .develoeor and
council plan 'to ask for it review of
the AHOP „'ceiling.
Under the AHOP program.
' buyers receive assistance through
preferred and , low interest
Mortgage rates if their home
meets standards laid•down by the
Central Mortgage and Housing
.'Corporation (CM-HC)...
- Swartz said the developers
will try to q_ualify_tinder.AHOP if
the ceiling price is in reason.
Lots in the subdiviSien are
qualit et-Iticotion hinges
on personnel costs Huron County
should rank as having one of the
best education systems in the,
province. Just under 75 percent'
of the, money Huron taxpayers
'pay for an education system goes
toward salaries for teachers,
.administrators, secretaries,
janitors and bus drivers.
Roy Dunlop. superintendent of
business affairs for the board of
education, said Monday that 54.6
percent of the total education
budget 'is designated for salaries.
The total board of. education
budget 1;or .1918 is S21,381,859
a ndilp.of that S15.940,760' pays the
help.
categories. Business ppen• hold-up suspects The wages are broken into five
OPP still looking for
• the robbery attempt.
Although• police artists "have
prepared' composite drawings, of
the ,threc suspects, the .chlwings
have only been circulated to local
police departments toiclate.
In the future, it is expected the
pictures will be released to
newspapers in the area.
ItHE ENTERTAINERS — Kindergarten students at St. James School weren't about
to be forgotten as they.sang a medley of pieces in the school assembly held on the
final day of Education 'Week. Students are Jessica Mennell; Paula Matthews;
Shelly Nigh and Michelle McCowan. (Expositor Photo
anastra Want to close
uly 14, workers told
employees in their operation.
Tuekersmith Township 'council
have asked clerk Jack
JacLachlan to contact the
Kaufman plant in Kitchener
about a possible meeting with
council • members.
Reeve Ervin Sillery said
members are willing to go 'to
IGtchener to argue 'the case for
leeping the Vanastra plant.mpen
to save jobs that will be lost.
Mrs: Edward said' employees""
have also learned that the Clinton
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