The Huron Expositor, 1981-08-26, Page 1HOLY WOW- ;•.; The hying swings midway ride at the Vanastra Fair
Saturday turned out to, be quite a ride for Erica Brownridge, 3, of ,
Vanastra. The expression on her face says it.ail. More photos on the
Vanastra page. L} (Photo by Ellis}
Katimavik coming here
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Music under
the trees
It was an afternoon and
evening of entertainment for
those who took in Summer-
fest at the Van Egmond
house iii Egtnonville Sunday
afternoon. Pictures on pg.
11.
Rural women meet
A •
'Centralia College of Agricul.
Lure and Technology is
hosting a conference for rural
women this weekend. Story
on pg. 14.
Lacks .0 future in England,
artist wants to stay here
BY GREGOR-CAMPBELL
Ambition means Nick Emery doesn't
want to go home again. For him Canada is
still a frontier with a future.
He's 20 years old and from Canterbury in
Kent County. England. For the past three
years the graphic design graduate has done
restoration work at the famous cathedral
there, which dates back to the sixth
century. His passport haS him listed as a
stained-glass artist-restorer, but working
for what is one of the world's foremost
restoration projects means Mrs'. Emery has
become an artist who is a jack-of-all-trades.
Among other things he has done painting,
design. life studies and photography while
partof the seven-person restoration team at
Canterbury Cat hedral.,,
Sounds interesting. '
But Mr. Emery, who is visiting with the
.Howard James family of Egmondville. says
he's got history coming out his ears. And
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restoring stained glass. some of which dates
back 850 yew's. ,:vith fibre briishes under a
microscope can be EXTREMELY tedious.
That isn't the only' reason he's looking for
a job in this part ofOntario. Mr. Emery says
England is no place for a man with ambition
these days. There's no future. He calls
England's rigid class system —horribleliid
terrible." Unless you're born with a sliver
Speen and the right connections, odds are a
house or a car will always remain out of the
'question, You can't clithb the ladder no
Matter how -hard you -work.
MORE CHANCE HERE
l'Here 'there's a chance for young
people," he says.
Violence in England theie days isn't just
something the media has dreamt up. says
Mr. Entery. Gangs of skinheads. and other
*belie by whatever name. remind him of
Wand. Ihey'relhe lowest forint& life,"
the artist says, " and all they do is go around
looking for fights. particularly with blacks."
Our open spaces appeal to Mr. Emery
who says everything is "cramped" in
England, for instance Canterbury's popula-
tion of about 37,000 lives in an area about
the size of Ontario's Stratford. He couldn't
believe the big gardens here the first time
he saw them, And he still has problems
sympathizing with Canadians who gripe
about the price of gas. In England it sells for
about $5 a gallon. Housing is aisq far
cheaper in Canada.
FRIENDLIER,
"People are friendlier here." Mr. gmery
says. "They've got the time to talk, which is
a nice thing. People over there don't find
the time:"
Mr. Emery is scheduled to return to
Canterbury and the joys of very old stained
glass early next month. lei less he finds a
job in the interitn, which might Mean he
could return to this country by mid.October.
He's thinking positive.
"I won't give up and I will be back," he
saysv
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FED UP -- Nick Emery is a talented young artist from England visiting
friends at Egmondvitle. He's fed up with future prospects in England,
and is deterrnineti to find work in Ontario.
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNE$0,41X, AUGUST 20, 1951 PAGES
TrOAtees, of . -01e Huron 4.Ototth...
Catholic Separate .Schoolb40144:04h04Own'
an 100100,40 bOrtetratieW le,. an In •
eir ;Mere seeS)Oli at• their:#*10% Monday ,
night' t Dublin. flOni4.4lee ,ellninnOt .Vinee
YonngetGOcletich said the proposed, raise, to
.5100 a intith,)fitim the present $1,80. Was.
defeated by a large vote, with only. four
trustees in favour.
At the same meeting trustees reviewed-
copies of al.provincial report, on the role of the
school trustee. One of its conclusions is that
the minumum pay for trustees should be $400
a month, funded by provincial grant and local
taxes. The report continues local boards have
the right to pay themselves more than $400 a
month but the extra should be charged •
against local taxes„
,Ttustees did hOW0)1er a C to a mileage •
,1001"Can tor thmsglygl.., m 240 to 26 pp'
TP0...' effective in itleteMber. '..otne:
0.14ge will be Paid newly ''speech.
pathologist Mary La Berge who starts
September 1.
Board members reconsidered and rescind-
ed a motion from. the June meeting giving a
leave of absence without pay for a year to
Sister Teresa Mader. former principal of St.
James' Separate School. Seaforth. She will
now receive a year's leave of absence.
In other business Director of Education Bill
Eckert reported the board's convention and
meeting fund is about, 51800 over budget.
Because trustees 'John O'Leary and Tim
McDonnell were absent the board didn't hear
a 441 report en- the COngress of Education
meeting attended in June With v*7 ,
chairman 'thong,
•
Mr. Ecitettsokted -some trust* try to
attend 0, meeting tge challenges of the
province's new bill 82 which requira hoards
to supply speCial education..which is
sponsored hyi the Ontario Catholic System
Officers Association in Toronto next month. h
should provide "a particular ly Catholic point
of view. withimpliFatons for Catholic schools
as opposedte schools in general." he-mitt.
Superintendent of education John McCaul-
ey told trustees he has been in touch with the
Lambtonseparate board which is one of the
pilot projects in the province for the
implementation of the special education
provisions of the new law. A province-wide
conferencePAimpienlentiOg the 74)1,1,
beld'bt,T044#01*t- I 400' 2.
The'4*eetgtPoggogetl member f the
1,),0r4;r* assessment eominittee iigteglli .41 meetint en gaining assessment
TOroeto'800. 17--eitd:•18
The boRiii's4ecohmadationa review Tont-
. -'qnittee will set a meeting ler September to
leek over data collected by the adminiStra-
titan.
The board agreed to pay -Eileen Williams.
the.custodian at St. Patrick's school in Dublin.,
an„heek yer day of pupil attendance at the
recent suiffiltei—ichool for Huron Perth
students held at the school. Cecilia Ryan was
hired as part-time custodian at St. ColUmban,
effective July 1.
The HPRCSS board will meet again Sept.
14.
wo still
,x-.
in hospital
After explosion at Huronview
.Katimavik (pronouned Ka-TIM-a-Vick)
comes to Seaforth and surrounding area early
next month. It will stay for the- next nine
months. The word means meeting place in .
Inuit. It also the name of a volunteer-action
program for young Canadians, sponsored by
the, federal government.
Katimavik volunteers don't try to become
rich. The youths. ages 17 to' 21. work for a
dollar a day (plus $1,000 for completing a
project. and food and housing that is taken
care• of) doing community projects that
without the cheap labour might not get done.
Why?To gain working skills and explore
other lifestyles. The program has been
around for abput five years operating in the,
north, PrineV Edward Island. Quebec and
British Columbia. The local programs are the
first time Katimavik has come to this part of
the province.
One group of 11 youths arrives here,Sept.9
for two weeks orientation before work begins
in earnest Sept. 21. Another 22 youths, in two
groups, will work in Goderich during the
same nine-month period. Charlene Sheard is
co-ordinator for all three groups. The three
&cep leaders are Louise Carter of Ottawa. •
Heather Edgar. of Renfrew and Larry
McKnight from P.E.I.
The Seaforth group will divide itself among •
three projects; restoration work at the Van
Egmond House. fixing banks along -the
street!) at Lions' Park an& working as
teachers' aidesat the public school. The
• principal of the public school. Paul Carroll, is
the moving force behind Katimavik's coming
to Seaforth. Application was made in early
parch.
Restoration work at the Van Egmond House
will in volve rebuilding a carriage house to its
original specifications. "We're really glad
they're coming because this will finish phase
A new store
for Dublin
Mike MacRae is building a
new food store in the village
of Dublin. See pg. 4
Fears of foam
Urea formaldehyde foam
insulation is giving many
people many headaehis
these days. For three storks
on the problem tern to pg. 6
one of our restoration Project." says Susan
Dunlop, project manager at the Van Egmond
House. Miss Dunlop says the volunteers will
also do general labour around the House. and '
help with activities such as the animal
Ciderfest. The volunteers will also initiate
some of their own projects in the community,
for, instance children's concerts, on their own
time,
There are 37 Katimavik projects in Canada,
seven in Ontario. Each project's co-ordinator
and three group, leaders stay in the area fer
the duration of the project. Other members of
the groups-rotate to other communities and
other projects every three months.
To qualify for Katimavik, volunteers must
adhere too code of conduct which forbids the
use of illegal drugs. drinking under age and
hitch-hiking. They are not latter-day hippies.
The Seaforth group has rented a farmhouse
owned by James Scott. about one concession
north of Seaford) off highway 8. Most
members of the initial group who will live
here are from small towns and rural areas,
and are .I7 or 18 years old. About one-thirds
of them are French speaking. •
The groups_ in. Goderich will work at
`restoring the Huron Historic Jail, the Huron
County Pioneer Museum. the marine mus-
eum. repairs to the stairs to "Tiger"
Dunlop's tomb, building new stairs inthe St.
Christopher's Beach area, and updating
records at the town hall and the Maitland
Cemetery.,
To get more out of their working
relationship with Seaforth the local group is
looking for billets in area homes during three
periods; Nov. 2 to 16, Apr. 19 to 30 and Feb. 1
to 12. While billetting the volunteers expect
to do the work-their hosts do. The local group
would also appreciate any donations of
furniture and appliances (call 527-0965).
by GREGOR CAMPBELL
- —Two. women-remain-in-hospital-a -a-
result of the explosion that caused an
estimated $500,000 damage in Clinton at the
Huron County home for the aged(Huronview)
last Thursday afternoon. Day-care activities
director Sandra Davidson of Goderich, and
day-care participant Veral Thiel of Zurich
were both still listed in satisfactory condition
, at Clinton Public Hospital Tuesday morning.
The explosion; caused by a gas leak
according Insp. Robert Kaufman. of the
Ontario Fire marshall's office in London,
originally sent 11 people to hospital. All but
five had been treated and released by Friday
morning.
"It was a very serious explosion and we're
very happy there were no' erious itijurieS or
deaths, " says Frank „Capitano, the London
area manager of the Ontario Ministry of
Community and Social Services: The ministry
helps fund hordes for the aged in the
building was "structurally damaged by the.
blast, which broke windows and send shards
of glass flying up to 90 metres. Folic twoloom-
apartments, a sitting room, auditorium. and
Family fun
run planned
kitchen were damaged. Fifty-seven residents
--..-were temporatile-evaivated-frointheirtooms
in the vicinity of the damaged wing.
"Ithink the only person who panicked was
me," says Huronview administrator Wayne
Le ster. He's had a hectic week. The
residents, took it elan very stied stride and
were more curious than anything else. Mr.
Lester says.
CRISIS.
The administrator says the way Huron-
view, hospital and ambulatice..steffs meshed
at the time of the crisis was "fantastic". The
home for the aged has 310 residents and a
, staff of 225. Mr. Lester sayi every member of
that staff must be familiar with fire drill
procedure, which is practiced regularly. It
paid off Thursday. he says, "everybody
moved out very quickly and the chain of
command went without hitch." •
Mr. Lester says that everything is almost
back to normal at -,-Huronvieve. Seven
repairs are made.
"1 -feel they're fortunate no one was
killed," Mr. Kaufman said. "particularly
outside where the windows came out like
shrapnel."
HuronCounty is also responsible for
overseeing Huronview. Deputy clerk Bill
Alcock says the federal government once
sponsored emergency measures programs.
but it's now a county responsibility which
A 13-year-old Kippen area youth is in
goOd eendition -at London's. University -
Hospital this morning as a result of a
collision between a aline buggy and a car in
Tuckersmith Township at about 4 p.m.
Tuesday. Kai Wiseb w_aS,in Abe dune buggy.
*Ube- thne of thekincident.IIIcairesAaberi;Atx,
• hospital in Exeter before being transferred
to UH.
Ontario Provincial %Police at Goderich say
the accident happened on sideroad 5 and 6,
about two miles east of Hensall.
The car was driven by Rouglas Volland.
17, of Hensall.
Police estimate damages to the; car of
about $1,000 and about $400 to the dune
buggy.
Two people are in stable condition at
Clinton Public Hospital as the ' result of a
two-car accident Goderich OPP investigated
earlier yesterday afternoon.
Goldwin Smith, 71, and his Wife, both
from Ilayfield, were hospitalized after the.
accident at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday.. The other
vehicle was driven by Gerald Armstrong, 22.
of R.R. 1, Zurich.
The accident caused an estimated $2,000
.tlamage to each vehicle. It happened on
Hiron County Road 3, at the corner of
concession 2 and 3 of Stanley Township.
Police say charges are pending.
'*44 t4otritrictirtondition,';
A 16-year-,'old Sebringville area youth
is now in fair condition at London's University
Hospital week afteethe small plane crash
near Seaforth that took the fife of his older
brother and a family friend. Ronald Van
Bake! of R.R. 1 Sebringville is improving; his
condition was listed as serious at this time
last week. '
Martines John Van Bakel, 20, and Robert
VanderHyden. 19, died after the family plane
clipped a tree and crashed.into a bean field in
McKillop Township in the evening of Aug.
18. Both men lived at R.R. I Sebringville.
No inquest will "be held into their deaths.
Coroner Dr. Raymond Flowets_of 'Clinton
says the crash was an accident, the plane was
ingoodm_echanical shapr.....antinothing_Woidd
be gained by an inquiry.
A small group of Seaforth runners' is
planning a Family Fun Run, low key and
`casual, with a variety of distances on Sunday
afternoon; Sept. 13.
While not officially connected with the
Terry Fox memorial runs on the same date
across the country, registration fees for the
Seaforth run will be donated to the Canadian
Cancer Society.
Registration is at the Van Egmond House,
from 1 to 2:30 p.ni. Each family who runt will
pay SS. the tab for individual runners is $2.
"You can run it or walk it and the event
goes on, rain or shine,' says Lynne
Devereaux, one of the organizers, It's lot a
race, and there'll be no pledges or prizes.
Mrs. Devereaux says. Otherbrgettizors are
John Ball and Terry Johnston,
There will be three routes, a one mile, a two
mile and a 6.2 mile one and a map of the
routes, which , will avoid main 'highways as
much as possible, will appear in a later
edition of the Expositor.
All the runners will end up back at the Van
Egmond House where juice will be available
for participants. .
Those who want to run-should just show up
at the Van Egmond house Sept. 13.
Clinton is holding an official run for Terry
Fox on the same day and pledge sheets for
those who want to take part are available at
the Seaforth town hall.
Inside this week
province. Mr. Capitano says he is waiting for,, residents had been relocated in the building
reportsfrom Huronview and the fire marshall as of Tuesday morning; but these were
before the ministry will proceed to Work with expected to take up their regular quarters by
the borne for the, aged ,On renovations that at the hit e. of this veek, The auditorium.
may have 1!m be ade-alaelvfinau thchig.- -damage by the blast ptikbein shut down foie
There is a possibility the 27-year-old a week, and Hiron Day Care Committee
which-used the facility will meet this week to
decide 'what it does next.
• The Ontario fire enarshalfs office hasn't
released its final report. but Insp. Kaufman
publically commented"on the explosion late
last week,
- He said there's no 'reason to reprimand
anyone, building standards have been
tightened 100 per cent since the home was
built in 1953, "ifs just one of those things
that occulted". lnsp. Kaufman said the
explosion happened at .1:45 p.m. when
gasoline fumes from a ruptured underground
line were sparked by a small electric water
pmp in an underground room. The loose joint
in the line 'where the leak originated and the
broken pump were located. New safety
deyices will be added to the Ras line when
would cost a lot, and there is no .
disaster program. "How Much money ,can
youplow into a program?" Mr. Alcock asked.
"You could have, a fleet of ambulariaS
waiting for the emergency and rusting on the
lot."
- Mr. Alcock says Huronview has a tine of
command and evacuation program in booklet
form which the staff is familiar with and
practices.
buggy,
couple injured near Varna
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