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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-08-26, Page 2Lacks a future in England, artist wants to stay here BYGREGOR CAMPBELL Ambition means Nick Emery doesn't waneto 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 dites back to . the sixth century. His passport has him listed as stained-glass artist-restorer, but working for what 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 part of the seven-person restoration team at Canterbury Cathedral. 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 restoring stained'glass, some of which dates bark 850 years, with fibre brushes under a Microscope can be EXTREMELY tedious. That Isn't the only reason he's !poking for a job in this part of Ontario. 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 "horrible and terrible." Unless you're born with a saver spoon and the right connections, adds are a house or a car will always remain out of the • question. You can't climb the ladder no matter how hard you 'work. MORE CHANCE HERE "Here there's a chance for young people," he says. Violence in England these days isn't just something the media has dreamt up says Mr. Emery. Gangs of skinheads, and other groups by whatever name, remind him of fascism, "They're the lowest form of 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 first time he saw them. And he still has problems sympathizing with Canadians who gripe about the price ofgas. In England it sells for about $5 a gallon. Housing is also far chnsperin Canada. ' FRIENDLIER "People are friendlier here," Mr. Emery says, "They've got the time to talk. which isi 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. Unless he finds a job in the interim, which might mean he could return to this country by mid-October. He's thinking positive. t'f won't give up and I will be back," he says. FED UP — Nick Emery is a talented young artist from England visiting friends at Egmondville. He's fed up with future prospects in England, and is determined to find work in Ontario. A new store for Dublin Nfike MacRae is building a new food store in the village of Dublin. See pg, 4 Fears of foam Urea formaldehyde foani insulation is 'giving many people many headaches these days. For three stories on the problem turn to pg. 6 • Music under' the trees It was an afternoon and evening of entertainment for those who took in Summer- fest at the Van Egmond house in Egmottville Sunday' afternoon. Pictures on .pg. 11. Rural women meet Centralia College of Agricul- ture . and Technology is hosting a conference for rural women this weekend. Story on pg. 14. 122nd year Whijle 20 $16,00 a year in advance Slagle coPy 4Q cents 1 ' SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1,961 22 PAGES aise . . BY SUSAN WHITE. trotees of the l uron Perth 14110n„ 'Catholic .$,entrate *bent bnatft-trnett down .an, .10'0004440r boninatiOnt tit ttla .in. clonera see0Ott anheir peetioc.1,+.4onday., night In Dublin. Board, vice chairtnao;Vince yo4ngef,Oodericii -saidt,berePo§ed raise. to $200' a- month from the present 1104, was. defeated by a 'large vote. with only fOur trustees in favour. " At the same meeting trustees. reviewed copies of a provincial report on the rote of the school trustee. One of its conclusions is that the raiourrium 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 aggigt.Jocatia.xes• TrusteesTruistees did however agree 49 4-- mileage increase for. (918.rr mike,...eff0FliYe in ;September. -Tlie same mileage will be paid newly, 14T-00 speech • patlintogistIlari ifieti0. ' A49' starts' September 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 busipessDirector of Education Bill Eckert returned the board's convention and. meeting fund is about $1800 over. budget. Because trustees John O'Leary and Tim McDonnell were absent the board didn't 'hear a- full report an the cnngtess Of Education meeting they attcoded in June. with hire* ehairtnan Young. t • " ,Mt, `Eckert sttggeAted some trOstenS try.,tu attaact a meeting On the Challeng0 of the provbige s new bill 82 which reqiiires boards to supply special education, which is sponsored by the Ontario Catholic System Officers Association in Toronto next, month, It should provide "a particular ly Catholic point of view. withimplications for Cathplic schools as opposed to schools in general." he said. Superintendent Of education John McCaul- ey told trustees he has been in touch with the Lambton separate 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 cOnfgrencennintplettlentintthPPrOgrawill betieht tit Toronto and Z. • • Tice director 04,g0teA a• member of the, board's. assessment -cMomitAeo . *lead. meeting On Pta909g. *ith- 44.?esment• in r and : • - • The,.boartrs.accotothodationa reiiew, cam, mittee will set a Meeting for September. to lbok over data collected by the administra- tion. The board agreed to pay Eileen Williams, the custodian at St. Patrick's school In-Dublin, an hour per day of pupil attendance at the recent summer school for Huron Perth students held the school. Cecilia Ryan was hired as part-time custodian at St: Columba'', effective July 1. The HPRCSS board will meet again Sept. 14. wo still 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 is also the natneW a volunteer-action program, for young Canadians, sponsored by the federal govetnment. Katimavik volunteers don't try to become rich. The youths, 'ages •1.7 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 skilfa and explore other lifestyles. The program has been around for about five years operating in the north, Prince 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 gtoups. will Vida" in Goderich during the same nine-month period. Charlene Sheard is co-ordinator for all three groups. The three group leaders are LouiselCatter 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 Egmont) House, fixing banks along the stream at Lions' Park and working as teachers' aides at 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 March. 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 one of our restoration project." says Susan Dunlop, project manager afthe Van Egmond House. Miss Dunlop says the yolunteers will also do general labour around the House. and, help with activities ' such as the annual Ciderfeit. 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 for the duration of the project. Other members of the groups rotate to other communities and other projects every three months. To qualify for -Katimavik., voltinteers must adhere to a 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 Seaforth off highway 8. Most members of the initial group who will live here are from small towns and rural areas, and are 17 or 18 years old. About one-thirds • of them are French speaking The groups in Goderieh will work at 'restoring the Huron Historic Jail, the Huron County Pioneer Museum, the marine mus- eum. repairs to the stairs to "Tiger" Piatiltop's tomb, building new'stairs inthe St. Christophees.. 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. Apt. 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 $27-0965). by GREGOR CAMPBELL Two women remain in hospital as a rekdt of the exploSion that causedan 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 serious injuries or deaths. " says Frank Capitano, the ,.London area manager of the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. The ministry helps fund homes for the aged in the province. Mr. Capitano says he is waiting for reports from RuronView and the fire marshall before the ministry will proceed to Work with the home for the aged on renovations that may have to' be made aluLtheir-firiancirop There is a possibility, the 27-year-old building, was structurally damaged. by the. blast, which broke windows and send shards of glass flying up to 90 metres. Four two-room apartments, a gifting room, auditorium and Family fun run planned 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.0 13. While not officially connected with the Terry Fox memorial runs on the same date across the country, registration fees for the Seiforth-run will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society. ' Registration is at the Van Egmond House, from I to 2:30 p.m. Each family who runs will pay $5, 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 not a race, and there'll be no pledges of prizes, Mrs. Devereaux , says—Cither organizers 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. kitchen were damaged. Fifty-seven residents were temporarily evacuated from their rooms in the vicinity of the 'damaged—Wing. "I think the only person who panicked was me," says Huronview administrator Wayne Le ster. He's had a hectic week. The residents took it all in very good stride and were more curious than anything else. Mr. Lester says. CRISIS The administrator says the way Huron- view, hospital and ambulance staffs meshed at the time of the crisis was "fantastic". The hoMe for the aged has 310 residents and a staff of 225. Mr. Lester says every meMbir 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 Huronview. Seven residents had been relocated in the building as of Tuesday morning, but these were expectedto take up their regular quarters by the middle of this week,. The auditpriattl, iainageaby the blastihaibeen shut &um for a week, and Huron Day Care Committee which-used the facility will meet this week to decide what it does next. The Ontario fire marshall's office hasn't released its final repoit, 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, "it's just one of those things that occurred". Insp. 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 devices will be added to the Ras ling . when repairs are made. "I feel 'fortunate no one was killed" Mr. Kaufinan 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 from 'Bayfield, were hospitalized after the accident at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday. The other vehicle was driven by Gerald Armstrong, 22, of R.R. 1, would cost a lot, and there is no county-wide disaster program: —How much money 'can you plow into a program?" MiTAIMetaitd. "You could have a fleet of ambulances waiting for the emergency and rusting on the lot." Mr. Alcock says Huronview hai a line of command and evacuation program-in booklet form which, the staff is familiar with and practices. • A 16-year-old Sebriagyille area youth is now in fair condition at London's University Hospital a week after the small plane crash near Seaforth that took the life Of his older brother and a family friend. Ronald Van Bake! of R.11.1 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..1 Sebriogyille. HOLY WOW!— The flying swings midway ride at the Vanastra Fair •Saturday turned out to be quite a ride for 5rice Brownridge, 3, of Vanastra. The expression on her face says it all. More photos on the Vanastra Page. - (Photo by Ellis) • Katimavik coming here Inside this week Zurich. oy hurt in dune buggy, couple injured near Varna A 13-year-old Kippen area youth is in• The accident caused an estimated $2,000 good condition at London's University damage to each vehicle. It happened on Huron County 'Road 3, at the corner of Hospital this morning as a result of a coiiision between a dune buggy and a car in concession 2 and 3 of Stanley_ Township_ Tuckersmith Township at about 4 p.m. Police say .charges are pending. Tuesday. Kai Wisch was in the dune buggy atAtte time Of thejncideitt; Hemas taken, 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 Douglas 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. Goldwln Smith, 71, and his wife, both' ' ' No inquest will be held into their deaths. Coroner Di. RayMond Flowers of Clinton says the crash was an accident, the plane was,, in good mechanical shape, and nothing would ' be gained by an inquiry. 9