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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1978-05-25, Page 1SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1978 — 24. PAGES' • Whole .No. #5749 119th Year,' Aro S12.00 a Year in Advatice Single copy 25 cents • n Egmond grou s future is critical A LITTLE SHUTEYE — Wanda Fell used part of the sunny Victoria Day Weekend to catcha little shuteye on a dovvntown park bench. What else did Seaforth people do on the long weekend? Turn .to page to see. (Expositor Photd) elen Mc rc is named-to ag. all of fame r Tuckersmith council By Wilma Oke - • . mulled Turkersith members Three owners• affected by the agreed 'to'' invite the Hensall Gibbins drainage works attended unmell to a meeting at Brucefield - `------7-the----ittaers h Township 8:30 pm1. .Ittne. 6 to enter. info Council meeting Tuesda.,Tiiight-7— further agireentents7-for g,tu.bage Lednard Jamieson and Joe Gibson both..-cif, R. R.2, Seaforth, and Milton Dale, R.R. 4, Clinton. • They, discussed with engineer Henry Uderstadt his report On the improvements ..fo hill made to the drain. Mr. Jamieson was con- ' o erned about the $2,000, cost of . Abe culvert to be located on his. property, but- in the end he decided to.: go along with the , report as•-given.. The total cost of the drain is • estimated to be. ' $6,625: Council accepted the report and Court of Revision wits-set for July 4 *at '9, p.m, First and secon=d readings were. given to two land use by-laws for rezoning the "dome" building On Lot 40, plan 23, at Vanastra frdm Commercial to industrial arid a • vacant building on. Lot.31, plan 23 • , Vanastra beside the Base Factory .Outlet from- industrial to com-. mereial. , • Council _ttpproved a by-law with disposal arid recreation. The clerk read a letter from"the Ministry of TranspOrtation and COnyniunictitions which indicep,ted following a "trrvey...of..t.h.e ..Fonian EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT! .- Stoney Gauthier is the Huron Expositor's new door-to-door neweboy in Egmondville. Paul Bailie is providing the same service for Seaforth residents who want thier news hpf off the press. (Expositor Photo) t District Hospital. where he is listed in satisfactory condition. At the time of the accident, it was believed a 1978 brown station wagon was involved but chief Cairns said his investigation proved the bicycle collapsed six feet from the ca r.f He said the vehicle had been waxed recently, and the slightest mark Would have shown on the cat had itcollided with the cyclist. Chief,. Cairns said the front kirks of the bicycle had been faulty prior to the accident and the jolt of going over the curb caused the bicyCle to snap, throwing the Hurard boy to the road. Boy satisfactory after bike ace the Seaforth Lions Club which. will enable the dub to apply for grantS to cover the renovation work to the park, the swimming pool, and the ball diamond. Clerk Jack McLachlan reported that he had been informed' by road- superintendent Allan Nicholson that there will be no supplementary road subsidy this • year which -will curtail work planned at ,Vanastra. •At the suggestion of Hensall Architects tour town -Seaforth • had - some very distinguished visitors on Wednesday afternoon--members of the Society for the Study of • Architecture in Canada. The members of the Society, who are attending the Learned Societies Conference '78 at the University of Western Ontario, - • spent two hours on a walkingAour- - -- of Seaforth.• 8, The visit included a drive past the Van Egmond, House and a walking tour of the town beginning at St. Thomas Anglican Church, walking south along' Main Street to tardrio's Hall and a break for lunch in the park. The Seaforth visit was part of a dayelong tour of historic buildings and sites in Huron county .including the Exeter Town Hall, with an illustrated talk on Ontario Town Halls .by Anthony Adamson; a visit to the--Httron County gaol and walking tour of Goderich and a walking tour of Hayfield ending with dinner at the Little Inn. The Huron County tour was coordinated by Nick Hill, president of the Architectural Consetvan4 of Ontario, Huron Branch and local architectural ednservarrey organizations led Walking tours in Seaforth, Goderich and Hayfield. David Huard, 13, of 60' Main Street South was injured Tuesday evening in a bicycle mishap near the Gay Lea Egg Grading station. Seaforth Police Chief, John 'Cairns, who investigated the mishap, said the boy was cycling north on the boulevard when he came off the curb near the Gay Lea entrance. The frame and steering mechanism of the bicycle col- lapsed, throwing David to the pavement. The boy suffered cuts, bruises and a gravel rash as a result of the mishap and is still in Seaforth The members of the Van Egmond Foundation have decided they've reached a critical stage in their campaign to preserve, the historic home of Constant' Van Egmond. As one member said. "We . must either go aheathand make a . committnient to complete our task • now .or else 'pack up our things and go home." •• '-'com p tete -'a---master -plate:" which has. been drawn up, the Foundation must raise about -$81;000 more to--complete-the- restoration of the house an.d grounds. About $6,000 of this snip is' for architect oral fees for draWing up blueprint specifications of future,, restoration work and for site supervision. to hold for the Foundation. Chris Borgal, -an architect (, from the Goderich firm of Hill and Borgal, has already started work on the blueprint specifications required by' the Ontario Heritage Foundation.. If the Van Egmond Foundation receives both , the .Wintario and Ontario Heritage Foundation grants they are applying for, the oca Lorg.a niza tion.wOuleLstill_have- to raise about $25,000 between now and the completiOn of the rest ration project_ expected to take about three years. When applying for the Wintario grant, the Foundation can calculate all donations to date as if they. had a cash value, including, furniture, artifacts and labour which .has been- provided now 'using as the township office: "The deal will be closed ,l my 1, he said. • The Seaforth Fire Area Board 4T4las informed 'council Tneker- sthith's allocation this-year will be $5,678.70 *to pay. • A request from Bruce Brady. an owner of the Vanastra Arena. ,Was received asking that the arena beincluded in the buildings • tobe given fire protection by the Clinton Fire Area Board rather tha the Brucefield Fire, Brigade as noW.'Mr. McLachlan stated that it was included. He said.the Clinton Board will be taking over as soon as the agreementsare drawn up and signed to provide protection to the commercial and industrial area at Vamistra. Council will name •two members to attend the Ausable- Hay14eld Lonservalion lea lour and official ' opening of the Credition Conseryation area on June 7, when it holds its next 'meeting. -Council approved providing. Glenn McGregor with a con- , nection to the Brucefield water system for his new house within the village limits. Council 'decided it should have someone in -. the village re- sponsible for the supervisionof yonnections to its water system dim and 'will check out .sluneone able to provide this. Helen McKercher, a. former McKillop Township resident and honorary president of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, has been named to the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame, The Hall Of Fame, operated in 'conjunction. with the Royal Agri- cultural Winter Fair, has honoured 102 Canadians for distinguished service to agrical- ture in the. 18 year history of the Organization. Miss-McKercher -is=-only-t-he-.-- fourth woman kebe named to the Hall of Fame. This year, the other two nominees were the, late Robert McCain, who was atarmer• arid director of McCain Food Limited, New Brunswick and the late Dr. Alfred Savage, a veter- inarian and 'professor at • the ' University of:Manitoba. . Miss . McKercher's citation read, "Miss MoKercher .is best known for -her leadership among rural women and :the' develop- ment -of high idpals and worthy standards for successful home and family living." The homeeconontist. now living in Stratford, retired in ,1976. as director, home economics branch, Ontario Ministry of AgricUlture and Food after 24 year§ of service with the ministry. • Prior to working for OMAF, Miss McKercher, who holds both • By Alice Gibb • Solomon's 'Seal casserole, pink clover mead, marsh marigold rolls and wild spinach soup aren't recd figs -you're likely to find in your standard coOkbook. But the§ are recipes found in the growing number ofcookbooks which deal with preparing edible wild plants for the family menu. Today, with the price of vegetables on supermarket shelves climbing steadily and with . people growing tired of sometimes tasteless canned a frozen products, more and more people are discoyering that wild plants, and even common garden weeds, make surprisingly tasty alternatives to our traditional foods. While the Indians long ago _survived on a diet of wild nts, and there have always be hobby foragers like American Euell Gibbons it's 'on ly in recent, years :that writers have started publishing practical book's on Wow. to gather-aud-eook-or-preserve the "edibleii " nature's crop of edible plants is available just about anywhere froth our front • lawns, to nearby marshes .and swampyxoodiots. areas and farmer's y Here arc some suggestions on wild plant cookery that can be tried now, and on through the summer months. One warning, try and gather wild plants at least 25 feet away from the roadway or from any area where they might have been sprayed with ,*weed killer. Also, pick only plants you can positively identify, since some plants which arc edible have related species which are poisonous when consumed by to furnish the home, and improve the grounds. In other business at the recent public meeting Bob Newnh'am, the treasurer, reported the group ' made $89 at the David Newlands' program on the Egmondville potery; $83 on an. Old Tyme Dance and $150 at their recent faShion show. Under a program sponsored by the. University of Guelph, called lt theural Development OirtreaCh Program, which used the , expertise of the university for iprojects in fitifOrTCbitnty; the Van Egmond Foundation will receive funds to employ a student to index its historical collection. j Marlene „Turnbull' of Seaforth has already started work at the house preparing 'an index of material on the Van Egmonds and other local historical figures. • Under the program, the VAS Egniond Foundation pays 75 cents per hour towards Miss Turnbull's. ,salary, with th4 remainder: of' the funding coming from the University of Guelph and, , the Outreach program. At the opening of the meeting, Paul Carroll showed a short slide presentation Which was prepared ... by the Goderich Gaol board to show to local organizations to encourage:them to; 'donate funds for the' restoration of'the histOric jail. Mr. Carroll said a similar presentation could be prepared by the Van Egmond Foundation to aid their fund raising efforts. Iri other business members decided to start a membership drive' the community and discussed approaching organiza, tions such as major public, service 'corporations, local financial organizations and benevolent corporations • who, .might be interested in donating Junds to restore the Van Egmond hOme.. The group alSO discussed entering a princess in the Optimist Mardigras parade and failed to reach a decision on whether or not they would enter a historical display in September's International Plowing Match near . Wingham. Although the Van.- Egmond Foundation first applied 'for a Wintario Grant in .1975, and it was announced their application had been accepted, 'the money has, never been received., Now the organization is re-applying to Wintario as well as to, the Ontario 'Heritage Founda- tion for a capital -expenditure grant., One' of -the first •• things the Foundation .'members-..want to do is to repay the local.consortium who put up their own 'Money, to, buy the piece of property adjoining the Van Egmond house humans. Unfortunately the story that any plant or berry eaten by a bird or animal' is safe for consumption by humans is strictly an old wives tale. The pig can eat large quantities of raw acorns, for example; with no harmful effects - a human trying to duplicate this feat would end up with con. siderablo\ pain and the possibility of a badly damaged liver. One of the earliest spring edibles is the strongly scented wild leek - a member of the lily family which• has a distinctive, biting flavOr when it's eaten raw. Both the Indians .and early North Am'e'rican settlers found that leeks made a tasty addition to venison stew or could be used in stuffing wild' fowl. Lewis and 'Clark, the famous team of West- Ir-B. -Sc. and, M. Sc. degree, worked as chief of consumer education for thee Canadian rt Depament of Fisheries. Miss McKercher 'was nominated for the recent honour by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. Miss McKercher will be formally honoured when her portrait is hung in the Hall of Fame on November 12 during the annual meeting and banquet of the Hall of Fame. Association. During--her career, , Miss McKercher established nutrition, home management .and leader- ship training courses which touched the lives of thousands of women and-4-H chth,girls across Canada. • She is the honorary president of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, a'life member of the , Associated Countrywomen of the World and in 1967, she was awarded a Centennial Medal for her efforts on behalf of women and 4-H girls across the country. Another recent honour was Miss McKercher's appointment to the senate of the University of Guelph: Miss McKereher's brother, Robert, and nephew Donald farm the McKercher home ' farm in McKillop Township. silo; Douglas Wallace, Lot .1'0, con. 5, 'HRS. Shed:. Robert Ste. Marie; Lot'18 & 19.. con. 3. FIRS, granary; Steve' Layton, 'lot 45, ccin, 1,a LRS, sow barn:: Gilbert- • Hazelwood, Egmontiville.hotise siding; Bert Branderhorst..Lot 5, Om. 2, Its, broiler' barn; Hugo Menheere, Lot '2. con. 7; HRS. • pig barn:. William Pepper, pat Lot 49, con. 1,• LRS, house; Glen. McLachlan, Vanastra, house; addition:, 'Charles ' Chapman. Vanastra,' storage building. A demolition permit was granted Jack k.-McOi-egor 'at tot ' 41. con. 2, LRS. far 'a house. Council approved an , ap- plication for a tile. drainage loan' for $15,000. • Council has agreed to inform the Ministry of Housing that it approVes-iraving the Officitil-pla;1 driended to allow for a zoning change from agriculture . to a mobile home 'park for Douglas Morgan on lot 45. concession . 2--the 'back* 40 :reds. which would increase his present acreage from 31/2 acres to 15 acres. The land involved IS not' considered good farmland. Council approved a request from .Margaret 'Coonib's of R. R.5, Clinton, to open a small antique shop in her residence provi ,ding 'it -does not cause • a traffic problem. • Council received an advance • rs:obipelon to $5>000 drai Line Bridge at Lot 22- concessions txtyment of the 1978 road subsidy 45 that it was safe for a 15 ton amounting to $37,200 of the, total load as well zo;,the Plum bridge at allocation of $124,000 for the Lot '9. concession:12 which Was -year, safe for a 12 ton load. and with a Clerk McLachlan informed few fenovations. up to . the-Bani...at Montreal had Courteil approved the'follo+slag accepted its offer of $19,000 for applications for building permitS: the former bank building at James Ross. Lot.36. LRS. Vanastra which the council' is No bus but two beds racing 'in West Branch The, plan to charter a aus to even ing. travel to West Branch, Michigan Two teams of Seaforthers this weekend met with failure entering, beds in the bed race when only 10 people purchased competition with West Branch tickets. - • organisations. " One of the Scatot'th beds 11 ill be At least 35 tickets had to he manned by a team of Seaforth sold to make the trip economically firemen and the other will he feasible for, the bus company. However, recreation director rIt.ie----BU-ist -said a timber o Seaforth residents c. ill he tr t ling to our t‘‘ in city to t ake•part in the' day long picnic _ and .fair... climaxed by a dance in the Seaforth's holiday weekend P 11 Another Huron" journalist P. 12 Huron East W.I. ................... P. 14 Inside this week rthe liurou Txpositor entcred.by Jim Carrillo and teaM. Thy day's activities in West - Branch start at. 10 a. M. on. Sattirday morning. Mr. Buist said the 230 mile trip involves- a drive four and a half and five of between MU'S. are Wild plant cookery: ampling the crop ern explorers, recorded the use of wild leeks in a number of native dishes they sampled on their. travels. Wild leeks are forind in moist ground, and are especially pre- valent in,the sandy loam along the margins of rivers and streams. The leek'is an_annual herb which' grows from a bulb, and it has two broad, pointed, green' leaves.. Once you've pulled up a leek, the distinctive onion-like smell leaves, little doubt you' have the right plant. Leeks can be used raw in place of onions in a salad or can be added to stews, soups _and sauces. Here's one typical recipe using the plant: c..ontinued on Page 9) • Dog tooth violet