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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1985-07-10, Page 3COMMUNITY CALENDAR If you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents,* phone the recreation office at-527-0882 or the Expositor at 527.0240 of mail the information to Community Calendar, The ,Huron Expositor, Boil 69, Seaforth, Ontario NW< MO well in advance of the scheduled date. Space for, the' Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, July 10 Soccer - Squirts 7 p.m., Optimist Park 7 p.m. — Queens vs. Turf Club 8:30 p.m. — Villagers vs Firemen Thursday, July 11 7 a:•111: Sluggers vs Roadrunners Opt Pk Friday,. July 12 Soccer - Atoms & Mosquitoes 6 p.m., Seaforth High School Saturday, July 13 Minor Baseball Paper Drive. Please have papers by the cult at 9 ain. Sunday, July - 4:06 p.m. — Topnotch vs Firemen 5:30 p.m. Villages vs Seaforth Bears Monday, July 15 .7:00 p.m. — Queens vs Creamery 8:30 p.m. — Turf Club vs Mainstreet Tuesday, Juty 16 Ken Murray vs Ken Smith — 6:45 p.m. at Lions Park McNichol vs Queens —• 8:30 p.m. at Lions Park Browns vs Scotts — 8:30 p.m. at Optimist Park Wednesday, July 17 7:00 p.m. — Firemen vs Creamery 8:30 p.m. — TopNotch vs Seaforth Bears Soccer - Squirts 7 pan., Optimist Park NEWS AND FEATURES THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY 10, 1985 — A3' TALK OF THE TOWN — When Robert Kerr, of RR 4 Seaforth, left attracted a lot of attention. Shopplerks came to the windows of their his handmade 1934 Gatsby parked at the side of Main Street, it 'stores and passers-by checked out the ,undercarriage. • SIGN OF THE GATSBY — Robert Kerr of RR .4 Seaforth recently completed a project he'd been workihg on for some two years. He made himself a replica of a 1934 Gatsby. Mr. Kerr plans to show the car in local parades. ' (Mowatt photo) Great Gatsby) BY TODD MOW Arr An area man has taken a step into the past and created for himself one of the romantic cars of the 1930s. Robert Kerr, of ItR. 4, Seaforth has taken, in his own opinion the seats out of a Honda Civic, the windshield from an MG Midget, a Ford 302 V-8 engine, headlights and tail-lights from a 1934 Ford and put them all together to create a 1934 Gatsby. The project started for Mr. Kerr two years ago after he sold his farm. He purchased a kit car magazine and decided to send away for the kit.that would produce the Gatsby. The kit itself cost Mr. Kerr $5,000 in Canadian funds but he then had to find and purchase the parts he needed to finish the Gatsby. Finding the parts was a bit of a task, Mr. Kerr said he had to travel great distances in order' to come up with the parts he needed. So, what he has ended up with is a car with 'parts coming .from all overt the horns and headlights from Oklahoma City, the wheels from Minneapolis, and the fenders from San Jose, California. Several of the parts however could not be found and Mr. Kerr was forced to hand make a few of them. He made the hood out of sheet metal and he took the grill out of a 1978 Cougar. According to Mr. Kerr putting the car together wasn't as easy as outlined in the manual either. "I had a few problems putting it together. Sometimes things just wouldn't fit. When that happened I would go away and leave it for two or three days and not even look at it. When I did come back I could sort out the Problems," he said. But despite any problems he might have had putting the car together Mr, Kerr is pleased with the final outcome. "I've had more people comment on the car than a person would care to count. W hen 'I get the kinks out I'd like to put it in the area parades," he said. To buy a ready-made Gatsby from the United States would cost approximately $60,000. Mr. Kerr was able to get the same car, by working on it himself, at a considerable saving. He considers all it took was a little spare time and $18,000 to get himself a replica of his favorite antique car. "Nobody around here knows how much this car is worth, I hope, though to get an appraiser up to look at it soon," he said, And to quote a well known Seaforth resident, who has seen the car," ...It's a wonder and you won't believe your eyes." KING"OF THE ROAD — Robert Kerr,' of RA 4 Seatorth, is a real himself with the help of a kit, some car know how and a lot of spectacle on the road In rtis 1934 Gatsby. Mr. Kerr built the car initiative. (Mowatt photo) TO THE EDITOR Seaforth, sports minded ? I believe the Community should be crossed from this saying as it sure is difficult for a boy from outside of town to play baseball with Seaforth. This year is the second time I have tried unsuccessfully to register my son on a Seaforth baseball team. The fast time (two years ago) my son registered and was given a uniform to play ball on a team, boy was he enthused only to have it redeemed by the coach a week later, Mind you no uniforms were given out for merit because I watched this team try to play ball but lose most games. This year I convinced my son to put old hurts behind him and try and play ball again instead of watching TV so continuously, He agreed he wanted to play so after several phone calls to the Executive of minor baseball I was informed to get registration forms from the new Rec. Director when she arrived. After many trips to the arena and Directors office and finding no one there, several phone wits with no answer plus leaving messages with the Arena staff, I finally was able to get the form and complete it: With all this running around a month or more has passed but I look my son to the ball field'to pin the team lie registered for only to be told by the coach the team was complete and no other players would be considered. A hearing on expropriation proceedings will be held on July 19 in the court .house at Goderich. Huron County council wants to expropriate a 17 foot section of land along County Road 3 through Tuckersinith Township, which is jointly owned by-brothers Stuart and Merton Keyes. as well as a sister in Woodstock. Only Stuart Keyes. who lives in Brampton, What a disappointment and hurt for my son and I again! I find it difficult to accept that this kind of rejection exists in minor baseball where I am sure two or three more players on the roster could do no harm. If these teams were of top calibre Iwould feel different, but they by all means are not, This is not the first son I have tried to get to' play for Seaforth, the first round ten years ago was just the same so Seaforth does not change. Sadly written, Yours truly, Gerald Martene Thanks for tour of The Expositor Thank you for the tour and time in your publishing plant. Many children now have a better idea how a newspaper is compiled. Good explanations of their work was provided by Heather and Todd. The students wrote some personal notes of appreciation. You might enjoy them. (For notes see Kids page). • Yours truly, D. Perrie Grade 4 teacher, Grey Central School. has refused to settle for the $2,400 per acre offer given by the county. Mr: Keyes wants costs for a fence on top. of the $2,400. County engineer Bob Dempsey says the $2,400 includes the fence costs. All other landowners along the county road have settled. County solicitor Dan Murphy announced thehearing date. Farmers Amid cries of "too little, too late," Ontario's beleaguered farmers are about to get some help from the provincial govern- ment. ' Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell has.said he will introduce before the end of this legislative session - likely some time next week - a bill to subsidize farmers for the interest they pay on their loans. Farmers are now paying about 12 per cent interest on their loans. The new government bill would, if passed, reduce that payment to eight per cent up to a maximum of $200,000. Mr. Riddell admits, however, the bill is, just a stop-gap measure. "It's just a shot to deaden the pain of those too far gone," he says: The plan will apply to farm loans of all kinds, whether the farmer gets it through a chartered bank, the Farm Credit Corporation or any other financial institution, the minister says. The ministry is working out the details of the plan, to ensure "the assistance goes to bona fide farmers. "There's not much point pouring money into a losing proposition," says Mr. Riddell. The program is gep.'ed mostly to helping farmers with their operating and mortgage costs, Curreritly, farmers banking with either of Seaforth's two chartered banks are paying anywhere from .25 per cent to two per cent over the prime rate, The prime this week is fixed at roughly 10.5 per cent, For mortgages, the rate changes based on the length of the agreement and the amount the farmer can put up at the outset. Rates range anywhere from 10.25 per cent for a one-year mortgage to 12.5 for a five-year mortgage. Since no details of the program have been announced officially, few people could predict how many farmers might benefit. A loan officer at the Toronto Dominion Bank says "The bank has not been-made aware of the program as yet. I don't feel qualified to talk about the percentage of farmers (who do business with TD) who might be helped." may get ID Branch Manager Harry Verburg ventured that somewhere in the area of 15 to 20 per cent of the farmers with loans at his bank might stand to benefit. "But that's a very loose percentage quotation," he says. Under the present farm assistance pro- gram, any farmer whose assets exceed his liabilities by 60 per cent or more does not qualify for aid. Most of those receiving assistance are in the 10 to 60 per cent bracket, says Mr. Verburg. As for the new program, he says, "We haven't heard anything, It all depends on the criteria the government sets." One farmer who is enthusiastic about the plan is John Arts, RR 4 Seaforth, who says it will have a good effect. "I'm not 100 per cent sure of the particulars," says Mr. Arts, whose 2,300 acre farm produces both sows and cash crops. "But it will help with operating costs and mortgage payments." He recognizes the plan, as does Mr, Riddell, as a short-term measure, and he knows there are some farmers right now who The Huron County Board of Health . is not happy with the province's three per cent budget increase limit and its chairman intends to meet officially with the Ministry of Health. Such a meeting could bring together father and son in a political forum. Board of health chairman Bill Elston said he would be telling the provincial minister of health of the board's dissatisfaction with the three per cent increase, The minister just happens to be Mr. Elston's son, Murray, MPP for Huron-Bruce. "It's a distinct gratification for the' people of our riding," Morris Township Reeve Elston said of his son's recent appointment in the Liberal government. help are already too far gone to be helped. Hdrry Pelissero, President of the Ontario Farmers' Association, says his "initial reaction is that this will be good news for Ontario's farming community. "It's welcome news," says Mr. Pelissero, "It shows the Liberals have lived up to one of their campaign promises." He also says he Is unaware of the plan's details, adding "There's no way to verify" how many farmers might be helped until the government announces the qualification criteria. The OFA is planning a rally at Queen's Park today, and Mr. Pelissero says that wopld be a good time for the agriculture minister to announce the plan. He says OFA members had planned to discuss three items with MPPs at meetings scheduled for this morning - tripartite stabilization, marketing review aarrdds and interest, subsidies. But if the government is already planning an announcement on the interest question, says Mr. Pelissero, "then that reduces our agenda to just two items, doesn't it?" "I'm sure he'll try to do the job to the best of his ability," said the senior Elston. As for the board of health's 1985 operating budget, Reeve Elston said the county had been expecting a 4.8 per cent increase over last year's cost. The Huron health unit had asked for $1,166,252 for its general program, but will receive $1,104,400. For family planning, the health unit had asked for $51,449, but actually received $51,737. "This is something I'll be informing him (Murray) of," said the health board chair- man. Reeve Elston said he hoped his son's appointment would be beneficial to Huron County. Expropriation hearing set July 19 Health Minister and dad to meet in political forum 'Old boys and girls' return in 1960 IN THE YEARS ALONE 100 YEA RS AGO July 10, 1885 - During a visit of inspection of the Grand Trunk Railway at Stratford the other day. by General Manager Hickson and other railway magnates, the fire brigade at the shops turned out very promptly in answer to the call and got a powerful stream of water , playing on the building in a very few minutes. 'Messrs, Hickson. Stephenson, Hannaford, W allis, and others were standing looking on,' when the section of hose against which they stood burst, and in an instant the whole paity were :deluged with water. Mr. Hickson and Mr. Wallis. the Mechanical Superintendent fared the worst, and with pockets full of water and clothes ringing with it, were forced to retire. . (Under heading of Gaieties) A modern philosopher says that "women, who excite the greatest love are often, ugly." They are also generally very rich. 75 YEARS AGO July 8, 1910 - Ernest Porter, son of Geo. Porter of Goderich, was bitten by a dog on Sunday evening. The head of the animal was sent to Toronto for examination and Mr. Porter has since received a report indicating that there was no sign of sabies Miss V. . Davidson, who has successfully (aught the senior department of the Fordwich public school since New Years, has/handed in her resignation, having accepted a position as assistant in the Brussels continuation school at a salary of $700 per annum. 50 YEA RS AGO July 12, 1935 - July 1st was a red letter day for the Hensall Old Boys and Girls when once ' more. after many years of absence, they again trod the village streets and wended their way westward to the old school. Shortly after 10 o'clock the bell was rung by Miss Jean Murray, who, by virtue of being the first teacher in the senior room of the/ school... was given the privilege and honor o'f ringing the bell and presiding at the gathering... (She) expressed regret, which was shared by all, that Mr. William McKay, who had been the faithful and efficient teacher of the school for thirty-two years, had not been spared .o preside at this gathering and to' welcome home his pupils of bygone days, When Lorne Kay and Sydney Taylor, of Hibbert Township, sideswiped a large sedan car on the Egmondville Road near McGeoch's on SUnday evening. they little realized they were on their way to a lot of trouble. The light car left the road and ran 'into the deep ditch, breaking off a large telephone pole on its way, Fortunately no one Vies injured Chief of Police Snell,. said charges have been laid. Neither of the drivers held licenses. 25 YEARS AGO July 7, 1960 - Miss Jane Horton, Hensel], is one of 657 young Ontario students who is in the running for the 13 Bank of Montreal , Centennial Scholarships which are to be awarded in their province in 1960... Applica- tions for the scholarships - each worth $750 in the first year - have now closed. The annual picnic of SS No. 14, Stanley Township was held on Tuesday evening at Seaforth Lions Park with 'about 80 in attendance. During the evening a presenta- tion was made to their teacher, Mrs, Jas.. Carey. The presentation was made by Eleanor Wright and the address read by Gertrude Toonk.