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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1995-07-26, Page 1COMMUNITY Summer program helps students with transition to high school see page three. 9l!! Roads Lead to orth t" trict August 3 -- 6, 1995 omecomtng Briefly 1 l I EDUCATION Centralia College is bankrupt, and foreign students say they were badly mislead. see page three. Final offer Council has advised Pamela Stapleton -Raab that its offer to install a well and have a pond drained and cleaned on her property at RR 4, southwest of Seaforth, is final and will be withdrawn if work is not completed by the endof this year. She wants header drains installed as a separate source of water, and maintains the town "made a grievous error years ago by draining its lagoon into the northern end of Cresswell. Creek", which in turn drains through her property. "For years your mistake has caused the Stapleton Pond to -be an eyesore and a health hazard," she had stated in prior correspondence with Seaforth. At - its June - 11 regular meeting, Council agreed with its transportation and environ- ment committee that its offer- is "fair and reasonable" and header drains are not necessary. Area death A former caretaker for many years at St. James Roman Catholic Church in Seaforth has died. Francis Maloney, 84, died a week ago yesterday at a nursing home in Mitchell. He was born in McKillop Township. Before becoming the caretaker at St. James he worked at Boshart Furniture in Seaforth and General Coach in Hensall. Funeral mass was Friday in Stratford, where he lived after leaving Seaforth, and he was buried in St. Columb'an Cemetery. Tough on chickens A Holmesville man who is chairman of the Ontario Chick- en Marketing Board estimates producers lost 500,000 birds in this province during the heat wave a little more than a week ago. "1 myself lost 10,000 birds, roughly 15 to 20 per cent of my flock," says John Maas- kant. The heat and humidity com- bined for a temperature that felt as high as 49C on Friday. July 14, according to the Lon- don Weather Office. "All the losses came in that one day", which is rare Maas- kant noted, adding Ontario experienced a similar hot spell over a couple of days in June last year. Still, things weren't as bad here as they were elsewhere. An estimated 457 people suffered heat -related deaths in Chicago between July 14 and 21. Many of the victims didn't have air conditioners in the rooms in their tenements and were afraid to go outside and get cooler because of crime and the crack cocaine dealers. INDEX William Thomas...page 4 Library plans...page 5 Council briefs...pg. 6 "Your community newspaper since 11860...serving Seaforth, Dublin, Hensall, Walton, Brussels and surrounding communities." A SIGHT NOW RARELY SEEN - Bob McLachlan of Tuckersmith Township took his team out in last Wednesday morning's sunshine and fine weather to "work them down" in preparation for the Seaforth GREGOR CAMPBELL PHOTO Homecoming '95 parade. He says it's been 40 years since his horses worked regularly at his farm on Lot 24 Concession 5, although he says he "still tinkers around". - Remembering Miss Seaforth Centennial BY PAUL CIUFO Expositor Staff The beautiful young lady in her white evening gown stood on the stage dying to hear the news. Who would be picked Miss Seaforth Centennial? Ten other girls in dresses also smiled nervously. Marion Hemingway, 15, smoothed the white lightweight brocade and net of her skirts. Her sister Ruth made the gown, travelling to London to find the brocade. Ruth got the last bolt of material from a. roll mostly bought up by a London theatre company to make costumes. It had been a sweltering day at the 1955 Seaforth Old Boys' Reunion and Centennial Cel- ebration. Marion stood with these same girls earlier in the day, wearing a pink and grey plaid swimsuit and holding the number six. Local photographer Frank Phillips snapped a photo of them on the stage where they usually announced horse races. In the background were crowds of Ei.zople, the old arena. On the edges of the photograph a ferris wheel curves above the rest of the midway. The girls had fun all day. They rode in convertibles dur- Marion ing the parade. "This is a per- fect day for a parade," Marion told one of the other girls. She knew most of them, went to high school with them in Seaforth. "It is so bright. We'll be squinting in all of the pic- tures," she said. Marion went , for dinner at home between Brussels and Cranbrooke. After dinner she Godkin today got ready, as did her parents and three brothers and four sisters who were all coming to the dance. `Slim' coverage for this summer Seaforth police will pro- vide "slim coverage" for the rest of the summer says Brad Sadler, acting chief of. police. At the Seaforth Police Services Board regular meeting Thursday night, Sadler said one officer will be on duty during the day, and one at night. "You provide what you can and if you need more, you provide more," Sadler said. Board member Bill Teall voiced concerns about the coverage level. He referred to the large crowds expected for the Seaforth and District Homecoming, August 3 to 6. "Big crowds aren't necessarily a problem. It's going to be an older crowd," Sadler said. The acting chief also explained that two OPP officers will be assigned to the parade, and off-duty Seaforth police officers might be on hand through- out the weekend if help is needed. "Just because guys are on vacation doesn't mean they're not around," he said. The scheduling comes at the request of the officers, Sadler said. "This is what they want. This is their town and they know it a lot better than me." —The acting chief and board chair Lin Sterner asked the media not to report the summer schedul- ing. to Godkin. They had been dating for about a year. Both were members of Junior Farmers and Lavern was working in the Junior Farmer booth at the dance. The arena was packed, a capacity crowd. The Casa Royal orchestra played. "And the winner of the Miss Seaforth Centennial contest is... Marion Hemingway." I can't believe I won... this is so exciting... what an honour, Marion thought. She sat in a chair on the stage and was crowned by Mrs. E. A. McMaster, .the Mayor's wife. Marion was given a white sash with gold lettering pro- claiming her new title. Brenda McFadden, a little girl, pres- ented Marion with an armful of roses: Miss Seaforth Centennial was overwhelmed; she'd never seen a bouquet of a dozen red roses before. see Memories, page 2 Council asks 'What gives?' Concrete kerbs on William Street in Egmondville has Seaforth's transportation and environment committee wondering just what's what? Seaforth understood, on the basis of June correspondence, that Tuckersmith Township has a policy of "asphalt only" for kerbs, so figured shares of the costs of kerbs on Lloyd Eisler Street, which adjoins the municipalities, with "asphalt pricing" for its neighbor. Clerk Jim Crocker estimated the difference would be about $4,500 in Scaforth's favour if that bill had been shared other- wise. Seaforth has asked if the kerb policy has changed and awaits Tuckersmith's response. Backyard Poolhoppers pose - Egmon dville's Poolhoppers were one of the teams participating at Lion's Park Saturday at Seaforth's annual swim meet. Back row from left: Heather McMHlan, Stacey Dayman, Josh Holland, Carall McCall, Angela Horbanu$t, Jenny Detveochio. Front row: Kendra Papple, Jamie Sampa, Janine ' Fischer, Molly Horbanuik, M.J. Horbanulk, Danny Aubin, Melindama Sampa, Derek Fischer, Shannon O'Conner. •