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EDITOR'S NOTE: "And what do you
want to be when you glow up?".
Many little kids answer th'at question
with two words: "a firdman."
That's why the Expositor's new series on
careers starts with a, Profile of local -fire
chief Harry Hak. Reporter Joanne Rimmer
has been interviewing a variety of local
people about their jobs, and how they got
them, their education and back-ground.
"In high school I had no idea of what job
I wanted to :do after I graduated", Miss
Rimmer says. "A reader once suggested
that•other students might be in the same
dilemma, not knowing what they want to
do. or what is available." •
In the series that follows, Miss Rimmer
will get local information on what it's like
to be a chiropractor. an accountant, a
hospital administrator and other jobs.
If :you've got a job you'd like to be
- interviewed about, call the Expositor. -
BY JOANNE RHYMER
"What do you want to'' when when you
grow up?" Traditional answat• "'A' fire,
man, of course!"
Being a fireman means responsibility.
The fireman must protect lives and
valuable property.. he must be aware of
first aid procedures and fire prevention and
he must be prepared to answer calls at any
time of day...or night.
Harry Hak is the fire chief of Seaforth's
volunteer department. As chief, he is
responsible tor the general operation of the
department. He looks after the equipment,
administration and promotes fire preven-
tion to the public.
There are different types of firemen in
different sizes of communities. Usually, in
larger cities, there is a full or part-time
department. who have specific hours when
they are on call or on duty. In the full-time
department. each man is responsible for
one particular job at a fire, and each is a
specialist at that job. A volunteer depart-
ment, such as SeafOrth's, consists of men
.• who :work at-other jobs,: but are on call at all
times. Each, man must be prepared to do
any job, for Mr. Hak said that when the
alarm rings, he does not know who nor how
many men will be at the fire.
To be a volunteer fireman, Mr. Hak
said, there are no qualifications, except
that you may have to have Grade f2, but
there are, many necessary :skills which i
good fireman should have. "You have to be
of good character" he said, "you must be
able to work as a teatm" When there is a
Re, speed is essential, and firemen must
be able to co-operate.
'Physical strength' is an asset to a
fireman. added Mr. Halt. Workmen's
Compensation requires that each fireman
have a Medical each year, and if they do
not qualify. they cannot be on the
department. Also, mephanical ibility is an
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POOLISH DELIGHT! These
youngsters took advantage of the'
warm weather and the opening of
the pool and went swimming then will begin regular hours and
Tuesday afternoon. The pool will lessOns Monday. (Photo by
be open this week for afternoons, 'Rimmer)
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1981 — 24 PAGES
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Setifor.th's new official plan 'MtmidaY .ItiOlt, United Church property on the other', had been land available
.for.industrial What . happenswht. Vm offic ial: [nap
giticteiiiies tren'tfollowed? 400 councillor, ;,
Raiel Hildebrand, citing the town Owned lot':
at the corner of Market and High Sts.; zoned,
community facility, but planned- for use as a
public works shed, "which should be located
in an industrial area."
HOW LONG?
In the long term there'll be a
appropriate use. Mr. Dzus replied. "How
Please turn to page 3
But in the end not mitett chattge was ma* ln
the draft docaropu•
Huron planner Roman Dzus explained
that changes suggested by some of the 20 or
so citizens who attended will be looked at by
the planning board. Then the draft plan goes
to council, and to the ministry of housing for
approval. In the fall work will start on
revising Seaforth's zoning bylaws to conform
with the new plan. Another public meeting
extending highway Commercial toning on
the south side of 90erith St. East from tho
:separate school propiirty on, Side Si,to the
front part of property owned by Huron
Perth Separate School Board; zoning the
Munn's Bush area as parks and open space
and making land near the town's south
western boundaries residential.
Agricultural zoning has been eliminated
inside the town, clerk Jim Crocker said, but
development a few years ago. and Said- be
Senses the board. and kounty devehipment
officer Spence Cummings had ."backed off"
at that point. The present industrial park.
now full. contains a "$75,000 bridge to
nowhere" 1441-. Eisler said. "if that's as far
as the road is going to go."
Mr. Dzus said the planning board and
council realize the need for industrial land
here -is crucial and "1 imagine there'll be a
more
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Grass in corn a problem here
REV. J. URE STEWART
Rev. Stewart active at 99
BY WILMA OKE •
Active and alert.at 99 years the Rev. J •
Ure Stewart continues his busy life.
Tuesday he was transplanting ferns in his
large flower garden which he and his wife
maintain where many birds visit the
feeders and bird baths.
He. retired from the ministry in 195,1
following a heart attack. However, for the
next 28 years he continued to accept
invitations to preach at church services and
to do supply work at variOlfsrches. For
the past two years or to he has continued to
speak at some church meetings bet no
long& conducts a full service.
These days he enjoys visits to and from
friends. He has' completed three Tamily
histories-on the Stewart family. the Mathe-
son family and the Edwards family. As well
,,,he recently brought his own autobiography
lop to date, illustrated with pictures of his
boyhood. scenes and family pictures.
Born in Goderich in 1882, a son of the
late James Stewart and Anna Matheson,
he attended schoOls there before Ong to
McGill University in Montreal"and
McCormick Theological Seminary (Presby-
terian) iii Chicago, after which„ he was
ordained April. 30. 1407. He still remem-
bers his first mission in 1905 at Potomoc,
Montana where his only means of transpor-
tation was a horse.
His first charge after his ordination was
in Detroit and in the following years his
career took him to churches at Napier.
Whitechurch, Long Branch, Belmont.
Rockwood, Guelph, Elmira, Moorefield.
Bright and Oxford Centre.
He has been living in Seaforth since 1961
following his marriage to the former Laura
prallantleila
Life
memberships
In a special ceremony
Tuesday evening four women
were given life memberships
to the Dublin Women's Insti-
tute. The presentations were
to recognize the Institute's r
25th anniversary. See
picture, pg. 5
Pair of dentists
If you visit the new dentist in
the near future, don't be
alarmed, You're not seeing
double, but just Seatottlf'S
newest dentists, 'Dave and
Mole Workman.
Mr. Stewart has a family of two
daughters. Marjorie. Mrs. Ham-
mond of Moorefield arid Muriel. Mrs.
Lloyd Christner of Kitchener. and a son,
Dr. Kenneth Stewart of Waterloo. nine,
grapdchildren and nine great grandchild-
ren.
Mr ..and Mrs. Stewart arc keen trave)lers
He still enjoys playing classical music on
the piano.
A year ago he had a heart pacemaker
inserted at Victoria Hospital la Londrnr
when 98 years old. He , has enjoyed good
health since this operation was performed.
"Thoroughly disgusting"
Planters
In an effort to improve the appearance
on Main St., the Seaforth Horticultural
Society 'provides box planters for shrubs and
trees, but evidently some characters don't
think the greenery is necessary.
Last week and over the weekend, several
of the decorative planters were attacked by
vandals, much to the chagrin of society
-members and merchants who work together
to maintain the boxes.
"It's frustrating to the Society. and it's
frustrating to the merchants." said a
spokesperson for the horticultural group
Wednesday. "It's voluntary work. We can
plant at home easier, but we do it up there to
help improve the town."
"Better surveillance should be kept. If
someone broke a window• it would be
BY JOANNE RIMMER
Students are. Valuable because they're
young, eager and willing to do almost any
kind of work for an employer, but, it is
often very diffieult- for them to 'find work.
The Canada' Employment Centre for stu-
vandalized
reported and investigated right away. Plants
are valuable too."
The Society supplies the plants and shrubs
for the planters. The spokesperson esti-
mated one of the shrubs in a vandalized box,
a Juniper Blaauw. cost $15.
She said one 'Main St. merchant, who
cleaned up one of the boxes in front of his
business, was "thoroughly disgusted."
"It's disgusting to think that the town has
to put up with and be overrun by those
people," she added.
The Society supplies 12 boxes for Main St.
Greenery supplied by the Horticultural
Society are not the only endangered plants in
Seaforth. Geraniums were also stolen from
outside the home of Rev. J. Ure Stewart last
week.
and popular music instructor
Doris McKinley. See pietUtf
page 18
steps should be taken by the first of August
before the prosomillet goes to seed.
If the grass is moved into the field, the
researcher estimates as much as half of it,
that in rows, can be killed off with' the
herbicide linuron Clorox). Mr. O'Toole
recommends drop nozzles used on skid
models be used for spraying.
dents has an office in Goderich to help
students. ,
One Seaforth student with a summer job
is Paul Graham, who attends the Univer-
sity of Waterloo. Paul is an example of that
description-young; eager:end- willini-he
cause Paul has two jobs, one in Exeter, and
une tht heplannedhimself. When he is not
at his Exeter job, Paul works as a
handyman for local people. He does
painting, roofing, and various odd jobs.
His mother said he has a waitilig list of
people wanting him to work for them.
"Last year, he couldn't even get every-
thing finished in the summer, so he came
home from school on weekends to get the
work completed."
It is tough for many students to find jobs.
but Mrs. Graham said. "I think there's lots
to do, the students just have to get out and
find' it." The Employment 'Centre in
Goderich is ripen for the summer. and is
A long range defense against prosomillet
infestation is crop rotation, he added,
preferably barley or wheat. This method, the
best available according to Mr. O'Toole,
serves to "cut down :the amount of seed
going back into the soil."
Bob Eckert, a farmer at R.R. 1 Seaforth
said he noticed the grass in his corn crop
prepared to help students find the right
jobs. They also can help employers find the
right person for a job.
When a student if the centre, he
completes a card with information such as
-esperiericer -education; and .:job....choices.
The office also' sehedules a personal
interview with the student_ When an
employer calls to find a student to fill a'
position. the employment officers look
through the files to find-the best• available
students, then arrange interviews.
In addition to matching students With •
employers the centre informs students of
various government programi through
which 'they might find work. One plan
which some area employers taVe partici-
pated.in is the Ontario Youth Employment
Program (OYER), which subsidizes wages
:at a S1.25 per hour: for a newly created job.
Another popular prOgram is Experience
'81, a providcial program which offers
about three weeks ago.
"1 'don't know what to do about it," said
Mr. Eckert in a phone interview Monday. "1
an just keep scuffling it:"
"It's mainly in the corn, and it really
reducesi the yield. It's hard to say how bad it
will be, though."
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students a' variety of jobs in government
ministries and associated agencies. Robert
•Thompson, RR2, Seaforth, is employed
with the Hullett Conservation 'Authority
under the Experience program.
QUESTIONS
In addition to- supplying students with
job information, the centre has pamphlets
on interviews, iesume-wrtig kid job
hunting. The -staff is available to answer a
student's questions on any of these
They also have information on Student
Venture Capital, a program which will lend
up to $1000 to a student with an idea for
running his/her own business, like .Paul,
There's a storehouse of information for
employers and job hunters, but Seaforth
people have not been, taking advantage of
this service, accerding to Joni Thompson, a
student placement officer in Goderich. She
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A •
In side this week
BY HERB SHOVELLER
Prosomillet, an annual grass that can
reduce crop yields by up to 50 per cent, has
gained a foothold across the province but its
most serious concentration is in the Seaforth
area, according to spokesmen from the
Ministry of Agriculture, and Food (OMAF)
and Centralia College.
' "It's been spotted throughout Perth and
Huron," explained Pat Lynch, a soil and
crops specialist with OMAF in Stratford.
"It's throughout the province, but it's not as
serious as it is, in that. one area.
"I have no idea why the Seaforth area,"
continued Mr. Lynch in a telephone ,
interview, "but it bands from Varna through'
Seaforth, Londesboro and Blyth."
'Th ough research is continuing, t.here is -
currently no product available k completely
control prosomillet.
"It's just one of those new grasses that's
come up," said Jim O'Toole, head of the
crops section of Centralia College, who is
.Studying the growth of the grass and its
competition with other crops. "It's probably •
worst in corn, as well as'soy beans and white
beans."'
While the grass is new with respect to its
invasion, of area fields it has, in fact, ,.been_
known and grown as a crop for years,
added Mr. O'Toole. It's g+ conmieicialIibp
grown in Ontario primarily as bird seect,
noted the researcher.
With the absence of an effectlie herbicide,
there are still other options, open to the
farmer to combat the prosomilkt's assault
on hii crops.
"It . usually starts. along fence rows or
laneways," said Mr: O'TOole, who, added
that plowing or spraying at this stage will
help control the advance of the grass. These
Fiddle contest
They were out a 'stompin'
and a 'fiddlin' at the Fiddle
Contest held in Hensall over
the weekend. Expositor pho-
tographer Paul Ellis caught
some of the music and danc-
ing action. See picture
Pg 18,
Teacher
honoured
It was both a sad and happy
day at Huron Centennial
School in Brucefield last
week as students gathered to
thank and honour departing -
'Tom Tom Make, identical twins.
See story, picture, pg 7
Still -hooking? Summer jobi hard: to find
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