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20 ratepayers attend Tuckersmith meeting
9y Wilma Oke
Only about 20
ratepayers. in Tucker -
smith Township turned
out 4or the ratepayer's
meeting called by the
township council Monday
night. Included in this
number were the spouses
• of some of the council
members.
John Breadfoot of RR 1,
Brucefield, was invited to
act as chairman by
Reeve Ervin Sillery, who
was acclaimed that day
as reeve for another two-
year term of office when
he was unopposed when
nominations closed.
Also unopposed was
deputy -reeve, Robert
Bell. With councillor
Robert Drummond
ineligible to run for office
in the township because
he had sold his farm and
moved into Exeter, a
vacancy was created for
a councillor . Five were
nominated to contest the
three seats. Incumbents
Frank Falconer and
Robert Fotheringham
will share votes on
election day with William
Brown of Egmondville,
Robin Gates of Vanastra
and Harvey Hammond of
Brucefield.
Reeve Sillery was
asked to address the
meeting first. He
suggested that the whole
township should support
the Vanastra recreation
centre financially and not
just the ratepayers of
Vanastra . He explained
that when several
Vanastra residents ap-
proached council several
years ago asking to set up
a recreation complex
there at no cost to the rest
of the township, they
were given the go-ahead.
He said it was a little
shortsighted on council's
part to let it go through at
that time with Vanastra
ratepayers responsible
for the whole in-
debtedness covering the
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cost of, construction of an
indoor swimming pool
which in turn called for
an addition on the former
church which was
renovated as a com-
munity centre.
Debentures were sold
to raise the money to pay
for the cost of the church
and all the construction
work.
To date none of this
debt has been paid off
except through whatever
grants council has been
able to secure from the
governments in way of
community centre grants
and such, because the
recreation complex, "is
not a money making
project". the reeve said.
The latest grant was a
Wintario grant for over
$23,000. receiving this
month by clerk Jack
McLachlan, because the
swimming pool was an
indoor pool making it
eligible for a "roofed in
pool grant". This grant
had been overlooked
when the pool was con-
structed about four years
ago.
Reeve Sillery said that
the centre is now due for
further alterations. He
said he had been told the
centre was being run now
in an efficient manner by
a ministry official. The
whole council forms the
recreation committee
managing the centre.
Council took over two
years ago when council
members took office in
1977. Prior to that,
several residents of
Vanastra formed most of
the recreation com-
mittee, along with two
members only of council.
In his address to his
ratepayers, Councillor
Frank Falconer said he
couldn't see any reason
for the whole debt at
Vanastra to be carried by
the whole township.
(When the centre was
built council was
Reeve for clinics...
• from page 10,
Health committee
chairman Paul Steckle
told }council that his
committee- -did support
the resolution but did not
recommend council
support it.
"It says do not con-
cur," said Oddleifson
referring to the health
committee report.
"The committee
strongly, recommends
that people take im-
munization shots but does
not Want to force it," said
Steckle. "Do we want to
legislate people to do
everything? There are
ways of containing the
diseases and as long as
that is possible we have
no need to force im-
munization."
"Are we not going a
step too far when we
legislate people to act
against , their conscience
or religious con-
victions?" he asked.
He told council that as a
child he had been
"inoculated against all
kinds of things" and had
never had a major
disease. He said
government had an
obligation to protect
society as a whole.
The Bayfield reeve said
the recent polio outbreak
that sent the country into
emergency polio im-
munization was an
example of the protection
he was talking about. He
said that situation was
unique because it was
immigrants that had
brought the disease into
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that if immunizations had
been thorough the
emergency •measure's -
would not have been
required.
"You did mention the
disease can be con-
tained," he told Steckle.
"It should not have been
allowed to start."
Bayfield
Ag. society
Six persons
represented the Bayfield
Agricultural Society at
the Annual Conference of
the Agricultural Society
of District Eight which
was held at the Com-
munity Centre on the
Fair Grounds at Kirkton.
They were Marilyn
Haw, president of the
Ladies,- . Bud Yeo,
Kathleen Siertsema,
Jean and Ted Dunn and
Audrey Graham.
After a pot -luck supper,
Mr, A.J. Peppin of the
Ministry of Agriculture
and Food addressed the
Society and showed slides
taken at various fairs
throughout Ontario.
adamant that it was the
responsibility of
Vanastra alone and .must
never be a financial
burden on the rest of the
township.) •
Councillor Falconer
said he felt it was a good
idea for council to be
responsible for the
managing of it. He said
the first thing council did
was to appoint Diane
Durnin as acting
recreation director as
council had found the
centre overstaffed. He
said this year the centre
would break even for the
first time. He said the
debenture debt carried
by the Vanastra
ratepayers (which they
hope to pay off gradually
in their taxes) amounts to
$119,000.00 as as at end of
1978 with interest of
$11,000. being paid this
year.
A staff of two full-time
and several part-time
personnel is employed at
the recreation centre. He
said the centre receives
$700 monthly in rent from
the Vanastra Day Care
Centre which is located at
the centre, built by day
care grants from .the
government. At the day
care centre he said there
are three full-time em-
ployees and two part-
time employees. He said
the operating deficit at
the day care is partly
covered by government
grant and the remaining
portion of the deficit is
paid by the township,
amounting to $1. per year
per person in Tucker -
smith. "I feel Vanastra
has come a long way and
with an united effort we
have done an excellent
job." he said.
Councillor Falconer
remarked on losing the
township clerks who
resigned early last year
(Jim and Brenda
McIntosh). He said he felt
they quit because of too
many complaints and too
many telephone calls. "I
feel the ratepayers of
Tuckersmith should learn
a lesson from this." he
stated. He said the
present clerk, Jack
McLachlan, earns $18,000
a year but this is no
reason for people in
Tuckersmith to complain
to him about everythling.
On the dog problem in
the township, Falconer
said there would be no
problem "if we had the
co-operation of the
ratepayers."
He was critical of those
ratepayers who do not
clean up their buildings
which has resulted in the
township having to step in
and do it.
Reeve Sillery spoke of
the new grader and new
truck bought by council,
also the purchase of the
former Bank of Montreal
as the township office at
Vanastra. He spoke of
council's unsuccessful
attempt to get the county
to take back the Hensall
Road which has been in
poor condition. - He said
the cpruncil is paving a
section.,af this time.
The reeve pointed out
that the township owns
the curling rink at
Vanastra and rents it out
to the Curling Club. He
said council had an op-
portunity to purchase the
old arena at Vanastra
this year but turned
down the offer as he felt
"Tuckersmith could not
afford to take it on at this
time."
He said he serves on the
property committee of
Huron County council and
he represents the
township on the Clinton
fire area board where
they recently purchased
new radio system and
beepers for the fire
trucks and the men. He
explained that Tucker -
smith switched from
Brucefield Fire Brigade
being on first call to
Vanastra industrial area
to Clinton firemen being
on first call in order to
lower the insurance rates
to the business firms at
Vanastra,because Clinton
was slightly closer than
Brucefield. He said the
fire insurance companies
have not informed
council as to whether
they lowered the fire
rates at this time.
Mr. Sillery said as he
thanked his fellow council
members for their
support during the year,
"I could not have had a
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Grade 1 and 2 class at the Huron Centennial School near Brucefield on Tuesday
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better council if I had
handpicked them
myself."
Deputy Reeve Robert
Bell regretted that there
were not more at the
meeting but said "a busy
time at this time of
year". He said he had
been tile drain inspector
and said loans were down
this year to $35,200 from
last year's total of
$101,000 for a 13 month
period. He said there was
another $55,000 to spend
this year if any one
wanted a tile drain loan.
Mr. Bell said building
permits this year
amounted to $1,577,750,
up substantially over the
$1,325,000 used for con-
struction last year.
Councillor' Robert
Fotheringham said he
had found his first two
years on council a real
challenge but interesting
and rewarding. He spoke
of the good grader
operator they had hired,
William Hulley, but when
he resigned after six
weeks they had secured
another one, Ken Miller
of RR 4, Seaforth. He
spoke of the benefits of
the township having hired
a building inspector.
Henry VanWieren of
Hensall,
He said he represented
the township on the
Seaforth fire area board,
and he said new two-way
radio set had been bought
for the trucks and the
base and this gave better
communication system
between Clinton and
Mitchell and themselves.
He said the firemen had
been given beepers so
that they can all be
signalled in case of fires
or other emergencies. He
asked for the support of
the ratepayers on elec-
tion day and said "I'll try
to do my best for the
township." _.
Councillor Robert
Drummond reported on
Hensall fire area board
which had completed the
construction of a new
firehall for ap-
proximately $80,000
which will be officially
Opened soon. He said the
firemen had secured the
old fire truck and were
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 ,1978 --PAGE 11
having it restored as an
antique.
Mr. Drummond spoke
of council paving a two-
mile strip of Hensall
road this year and said
he hoped the remaining
section would be
gradually paved as
money was available. He
said he had enjoyed his
two years on council but
would not be eligible for
re-election as he now
lived in Exeter.
The new candidates
nominated for the three
seats vacant for coun-
cillor were invited to
speak. William BrownSr.
of Egmondville spoke
first saying he would do
his best to represent all
areas of the township and
asked for support on
election day.
Robin ' Gates of
Vanastra said he had
been involved in several
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