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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-09-19, Page 1Ma[rrKgh NO, 38 - FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1974 ATTEND SPECIAL SERVICE - A "bride and groom's service" was held at Emmanuel United Church last Sunday in connection with the 100th anniversary of the congregation. Shown here looking over the marriage registers of the church for the past 100 years are, left to right, Mr. and Mrs. Harry McAdams, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Rowe, of Bolton, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schade. More special events are planned for the church to help mark the anniversary. Board plan (by. Wilma Oke) Three New Home Economic/ Industrial Arts Centres are prop- osed for senior elementary students in Huron County in the five-year capital forecast by the Huron County Board of Educat- ion along with Phase 2 of renov- ations at Exeter Public School and restoration and improve- ment of running track and play- ing field at Central Huron Sec- ondary School at Clinton. At a board meeting in Clin- ton Monday D.J. Cochrane, Director of Education submitt- ed to the board members for ten tative approval the forecast required early in October each year of school boards by the five year forecast ministry of Education. At the present time Seaforth Public School is the only school with a Home Economics/ Industrial Arts Centre. Grades 7 and 8 pupils from. Huron Centennial School at Brucefield Hensall Public School; and Hullett Central School at Lond- esboror are bused to Seaforth to obtain instruction in these classes. The building program presently underway at Victoria School in Goderich will provide the second centre for all Grade 7 and 8 students in the two public schools in Goderich and for two neighbouring schools. The suggested locations for the three new centres are Crack down on drivers (by Milvena Erickson) Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Willock approached Bayfield council at their regular session Monday evening with plans and a req- uest to instal a culvert as access to their property. for the purpose of pumping -out a hold- ing tank of surface water at regular intervals. Request was granted. Frank Burch, also present, asked about the speeders on the hill leading to the new bridge on Highway 21 and questioned the 50 m.p.h. speed limit in that area. Council received a request from Tuckersmith Township to sell lottery tickets in the village to cover the cost of a roof for the new year-round swimming pool at Vanastra. Permission was granted. A letter from the Ministry of Revenue regarding the inspec• ting and re -assessing of year round occupancy of mobile homes was filed as none exist in the village. The reeve rep- orted on his attendance, along with councillors McFadden and Erickson, at the recent Aus- able-Bayfield Conservation Auti ority Seminar in Grand Bend, and felt it was well worthy of the time and that much had been learned. Council viewed the sketches for the Senior Citizens 17 Unit housing project and hope to meet with an Ontario Housing Association representative at their next meeting on Wednes- day, October 9, 7:30 p.m. Several topics were discussed and much interest was shown in an article which appeared rec- ently with the heading "OPP to Charge Owners." Owners of vehicles, not just drivers, will be charged for noise violations under a new policy of the OPP Goderich detachment. The owner of a vehicle is liable to penalty if his car is driven by someone else, but if the driver is named only the driver will be charged. The OPP will be wathcing for cars with loud muffler systems, persons using horns excessively and persons driving cars who create unnecessary noise by squealing tires and (continued on page 14) Co nt plan m Brussels, Turnberry and Exeter. It was proposed that the const- ruction of the Exeter Centre . be started in 1975 at an estim- ated cost of $199, 400; and the Brussels and Turnberry centres be started in 1976 at an estim- ated cost of $229, 310 each. At the present time Phase I of a construction and renovation program of $277,435 is under- way at Exeter Public School. Phase II would include updating lighting and ventilation systems; office accommodation to include guidance and health room fac- ilities; and provision of a stage and dressing rooms for school and community use. Phase II is scheduled for a possible start in 1975 at an estimated cost of $210, 000. At Central Huron Secondary School it is proposed to restore and improve the running track and playing field with work to commence in 1975 at an estim- ated cost of $87,5 00. Mr. Cochrane said the pres- ent track was put in initially in 1966 by the former High School board and the commun- ity of Clinton with the school responsible for maintenance of the track. In discussing the future cons- truction work Mr. Cochrane suggested that possibly the board should consider speeding up the proposals and plan all the five programs for building in 1975. Mr. Cochrane said he had been discussing construction with architect Brian Garrett,of Strat- ford who told him that constr- uction costs were increasing at a rate of 15 per cent each year. Mr. Garrett said at the present time construction is costing about $30 per square foot. E.C. Hill, Goderich, board chairman, reminded trustees that when they approved the five-year forcast they were giving interim approval only and "we are not committing ourselves to this program." (continued on page 12) asnuaYkitliawmasuaapew 15¢ PER COPY minimum { Concern that the smallest lots allowed in Huron County are too big has led to proposed. changes in the county official plan to reduce their sizes. At a public hearing on the changes August 5, in Goderich, county planning director Gary Davidson told a small audience of 13 persons, mostly county councillors, that new lot sizes would be based on health regul- ations about septic tanks and wells. The smallest lots the county plan now allows are one acre when a well and septic tank are on the property and one half acre when a septic tank is on the property and its water supply comes from somewhere else. The change in the plan would have different sets of rules for rural, cottage, hamlet and vill- age lots. The rules would be used by municipalities with no zoning bylaws when issuing building alt permits and land severences. Applications for these would have to include site plans so officials could be sure health regulations would be met. The lot sizes in the official plan would only apply to prop- erty with drilled wells or water supplies from a communal system, not dug wells. In cases where lots would have requirements not defined clearly in the proposed changes, rules would be flexible, Mr. Davidson said. The changes have been dis- cussed by county planning board county council and with the public hearing concluded, will be examined again by those twc bodies. Then the Ontario government will have to approve them. Lots that have already been established would not be affect- ed by the changes if they are approved. Area youth relates experience erience in Texas Lee Ann Doyle, daughter of ( youth stayed in Uvalde, a town Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Doyle, with a population of 10, 000. R. R.1, Dashwood, recently She told the group that the returned from a six-week stud- agriculture in Texas is made ent exchange to Texas, conduc- up of cotton and cattle raising, ted by Lions Clubs of Canada and there are also some oil and Texas. On Monday night wells. Several times during her at the regular dinner meeting stay, her hosts took her on a of the Zurich Lions Club, Lee trip to Mexico. Ann outlined her experiences to members of the local organ- izations, who assisted in the program. Along with other youths from Western Ontario, she left Toronto on July 20 and stopped over at Detroit before complet- ing the flight to Dallas. Lee Ann said the first thing they noticed on their arrival was the extreme heat --the temper- ature was over 100 degrees, and the flat dry land. She also said they immediately noticed there was no trees and a scarc- ity of water. While. in Texas the local As far as education is conc- erned, she told the group, there is no such thing as grade 13 in Texas. From grade 12 the students enroll in college. Some of the favourite foods in Texas are catfish, barbecued goat, red beans and corn bread. She told the Lions that all of these dishes are quite tasty when you get used to them. One of Lee Ann's favourite souvenirs is her Stetson, which is shown in this photo., and was presented to her as a gift from a member of one of the Lions Clubs in Texas.