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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1985-07-24, Page 3NEWS AND FEATURES Council to siphon reservoir BYWIaMAOKE Tuckersmith Council met recently at the residence of Harold Black on Highway 4 with Mr. Black, Steve Tyndall and Stanley Harburn, all property owners on part of lot 41, concession 1, present to discuss the erosion problems on the Hayfield River adjacent to their properties. Also in attend- ance were Tom Prout and Alex Scott from the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority and the township representative on the Authority - Mervin Falconer. BANK EROSION Discussion centered on erosion occurring to the river bank during Spring runoff this year. Mr. Prout and Mr. Scott explained there were 871/2 per cent grants available for soil erosion from the Ausable-Bayfield conservation Authority (ABCA) but the grants would have to be applied for in the very near future to obtain an allocation during 1986. They further advised the remaining 131/2 per cent would be the responsibility of the municipality or the affected property owners. It was their recommendation a study, estimated to cost $10,000, be carried out as quickly asssible. It was also their feeling they would have no problem in obtaining a grant for that portion of the work. Council advised affected property owners they should discuss the matter further with their neighbors and bring their recommenda- tion to council for their next regular meeting on July 16. REMOVE RESERVOiR Council will remove the top of the old water reservoir at the back of the Egmondville Church and fill the underground tank with fill material, Road Superintendent Allan Nicholson reported it has never been necessary to use it and now there is no need for it, and because of its age it could be hazardous. The tank was put in on township property, the road allowance, years ago for firefighting pur- poses. It was estimated to hold about 5,000 gallons. Reeve Robert Bell will be the township representative on the Hood municipal drain with the Township of Stanley. Council discussed a request'from McIntosh Poultry Farms Ltd. for a, minor exemption to the county tree cutting bylaw involving about , 1.28 acres. Deputy Reeve William Brown and Councillor George Cantelon are to inspect the acreage on Lot 32, concession 4 and report back to council. PA YMENTS PASSED Passed for payment were the following accounts: Day Care at Vanastra, $6,923.16; Special .Day Care at Vanastra, $4,711.99; Vanastra Recreation Centre, $22,571.66; roads, $44,809.40; general accounts, $43,145.68 for a total of $122,161.89. , The Ministry of Tourism and Recreation advised council it has approved a CRCA grant of $1,416 for the installation of a new heating system at the Vanastra Recreation Centre. Other business included the appointment of Reeve Robert Bell to township representa- tive on the Hood municipal drain with the Township of Stanley. Residents lose. bid for council funding. A p of Tuckersmith residents who asked Township Council to finance a study of erosion problems on the Bayfield River have had their request turned down. Harold Black and Steve Tyndall, owners of Part Lot 51, Conc. 1, London Road Survey, attended the Tuckersmith Township Council meeting Tuesday to make their request. They asked the councillors to consider paying for 13.5 per cent of the cost of a study to determine the nature and extent of the erosion problem on part of the Bayfield River adjacent to their property. ' They also suggested splitting the cost of any repairs recommended in the report -between the municipality and the residents affected. The men were told council could not get involved for fear of setting a precedent. As compensation, the council offered to send a letter on behalf of Messrs. Black and Tyndall to the Ausable-Bayfield Conserva- tion Authority, asking for its assistance in the problem. Charlene Townsend, Tuckersmith Sesqui- centennial Princess attended the meeting to present to council on behalf of her cousin, David Townsend, Sesquicentennial King, and herself, a certificate of appreciation for the "privilege and honor" of serving the township in their respective capacities. She also presented council with a picture of the King, Queen, Princess and Prince for the municipal office. Council will ask the Town of Seaforth to proceed immediately to have an agreement prepared between the town and the township for the investigation of a landfill site. Councillor John Brownridge, one of the township's two representatives on the landfill committee, explained the committee's cri- teria in its search for a new landfill site. Permission was granted to the Van Egmond Foundation for a beer tent for the annual Ciderfest on September 29. Council will purchase from Electrozad Company limited, 56 street lights for Vanastra. Council will forward a letter from Arthur Coombs concerning an obstruction in the O'Brien Drainage Works to Township of Stanley for their information and corrective action. Reeve Bell will be the representative on the Forrest -Thompson Municipal Drain in the Township of Hay on July 22. An application for a tile drainage loan for $20,000 was approved. Reeve Bell and Councillor Robert Broad - foot will form a task force to review uniform ice rental rates and joint operating agree- ments with the Townships of Hay, Stanley, Osborne, and the Villages of Hensall and Zurich. A request for work on the Upshall Drainage Works from Don Upshall was accepted' and forwarded to the municipal engineer. Bruce Museum appoints new director The director of the Bruce County museum since 1978 will head up the Huron County Pioneer Museum project over the next four years. Claus Breede, 40, of Southampton will start October 1 of this year to oversee renovations of the museum in Goderich. Mr. Breede has been guaranteed a salary of $34,060 to be negotiated annually, for four years. Huron County council approved his hiring at its July 3 meeting. Some county councillors disagreed with the idea of guaranteeing a person a job for four years. However, county clerk Bill Hanly said all four of the 11 applicants interviewed insisted on the four-year guarantee Exeter Deputy Reeve Lossv Fuller said a January 1985 motion of county council said no project director would be hired until funds are in place, but, she said, no funds are in place. Warden Paul Steckle said if the project did fall flat, the director's salary could be covered by the money the county set aside this year for the museum. ' I don't see a reason why the project won't go," commented Hullett Reeve Tom Cun- ningham. He said one of the project director's responsibilities is to get more funding. Mr. Breede successfully sued the now - defunct Perth County Historical Board for breech of contract because no funding was available for a museum in Huron's neighbor- ing county. He was to have started as museum director in Perth in May of 1980 and after giving notice to Bruce County, he found out that the job had fallen through. In 1983, Mr. Breede was awarded $3,000 each from the County of Perth and the City of Stratford which together made up the historical board. Mr. Breede has also been an assistant archeologist at the Royal Ontario Museum. He has been involved in explorations in Iran and the Virgin islands. Besides looking for government and private sector grants, Mr. Breede will generally oversee the restoration work. Museum committee chairman Jack Stafford reminded council that the project also involves the rebuilding of the steel -dad building at the back of the school house. The hiring of the project director means (Continued on page A7) st,.`v aL" Y 1'1041.11 lltt1LI hrc uPvetYt%4'Ih tv.', lt'r w1joc V.3 Pt t37s SC} C:aiYk er„r A Sag _... '1.r ,;t t" fl 6S' ,5AI CAIRN DONATED — Murray Crich of RR 5 Goderich, Douglas (Crich) Lee of Leamington and Elmer Townsend of Seaforth Hugill of RR 2 Seaforth, Lawrence Crich of RR 2 Goderich, Myrtle dedicated a memorial cairn in Turner's Cemetery in Tuckersmith Township on Sunday. (Oke photo) Families dedicate cairn The Crich and Townsend Family in conjunction with the annual Crich reunion dedicated a memorial cairn in Turner's Cemetery in Tuckersmith Township Sunday afternoon. The dedication service was conducted by Rev. Grant Mills of Exeter, assisted by Myrtle (Crick) Lee of Leamington and Elmer Townsend, of Seaforth, two of the senior representatives of the family. Following the service the families returned to the Vanastra Community Centre where they celebrated the 50th anniversary of the reunion which was first held at Jowett's Grove at Bayfield in 1935. The Townsend family first arrived in Canada in 1828 and settled near muddy York (Toronto). in 1834 James Townsend and his wife Frances Crich and family moved to the Huron Tract and took up three faros in the second concession of Tuckersmith Township, Huron Road Survey. They were joined that year by Frances' brother, John Crich and his son Thomas who also took up four farms on the same concession. Shortly thereafter, John's wife Elizabeth Sharp and their children left Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, and sailed for Canada. This year marks the 151st year of both families in Huron County. The dedication of Pioneer Memorial Cairn marks the culmina- tion of long time dream to rr ',i.'morate the efforts of their pioneer am • in some tangible fashion. Lawrence Crich of RR 2, Goderich, Murray Crich of Walkerton and Douglas Hugill of Seaforth formed the committee that was charged with raising the memorial cairn. Lawrence Crich recently completed his 217 page book "One Hundred Fifty Years and Beyond; The History of the Crich Family". Former Seaforth Mayor dies in 1960 100 YEARS AGO July 24, 1885 - Two young men in Ayr. named Hanessey and Cuthbertson, for assault and battery, were fined the other day $2.50 and costs. The woman who is always well and neatly dressed is able to exercise a greater influence for the good than one who is the reverse. The well-dressed woman is more attractive to the eye and the eye is one of the main avenues to the heart. 75 YEARS AGO July 22, 1910 - William Knechtel, a former well known resident of Brussels, died at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. W.A. Ross, Fergus, on Thursday morning, July seventh, at the age of eighty-two years. Deceased had retired the night befot‘e in his usual health and had apparently got up through the night for a drink, being found dead in the morning sitting beside the stove with a cup in his hand. IN THE YEARS AGONE A curling match was played on Seatorth rink on Wednesday last, the 15th of April, and the ice was in splendid condition. 50 YEARS AGO July 26, 1935 - The following resolution was unanimously passed by members of the Goderich Summer School which dosed recently: "We, ninety-eight of the young people of Huron and Perth in the Goderich Summer School, desire to go on record that we consider the beverage roorhs in operation in the Counties of Huron and Perth a curse. and we would request that the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada be put into effect immediately." Mrs. Doe is no longer wrinkled and worried. She uses Cress Corn and Cress Bunion Salve, At Hemphill's Drugstore, 25 YEARS AGO July 22, 1960 - Mayor Beverley F. Christie died suddenly Monday in Scott Memorial Hospital. He was in his 53rd year. Taken ill at his Main Street store about a month ago, he was confined to his home for some time. Two weeks ago he became worse and was removed to hospital. Pupils of Miss Greta Lammie from Hen'sall and district presented a delightful program of musical numbers on the Kiddies' Studio Party on Wingham radio station, Saturday, July 16. THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY 24, 1985 — A3 BOYS WILL BE BOYS — 'even Fehr, 9, spent most of Sunday afternoon trolling Sliver Creek for crayfish. Here he displays one of his catches with pride. (Till photo) TO THE EDITOR Community may participate in creative peacemaking contest Your community is invited to participate in a Creative Peacemaking Contest. The purpose of the contest is to stimulate people to think about and express their interest, their ideas and their concerns about peace. Virtually no one opposes the cause; the differences between people are basically how to achieve the peaceful settlement of disputes. Some believe a strong military force will prevent war; others believe disarmament and a reduction of military''_ power is the method needed. The creative peacemaking contest pro- vides everyone with the opportunity to express their views, to contribute to a peaceful world. There are nine categories in. the contest: Music, Essays and Short Stories, Art & Crafts, Video, Poetry, Photography, One Act Plays and Children's literature. Entries are welcome from all people and will be divided into three divisions: elementary school, high school, and adult. Your community can contribute in any one of the following ways: 1) Enter the contest yourself and encourage your friends and neighbors to do likewise; 2) Promote the contest within your own community - in newsletters, etc.; 3) Sponsor advertise- ments for the contest in the media; 4) Contribute prizes for award winning en- tries. (Awards for various categories will be made in the name of the donor); 5) Business, industry, service dubs, profes- sional associations can contribute funds to, help us in administering the contest. Completed works will be accepted from September 2 to October 31, 1985 and winners will be announced at Creative Peacemaking Festival, November 9 and 10 at St. Lawrence College Saint-Laurent, Kingston. Finally sir, in the event of war, all of us would make major personal and financial sacrifices to the war effort. Efforts to promote peace are immeasurably less expensive and far more rational. Please assist us. For more information contact, Brian J. Judge 544-5400 ext. 268. Rocco Cerisano Trustees get 20% pay hike At least one member of the Huron -Perth Catholic school board said trustees aren't setting a good example when they give themselves a 20 per cent honorarium hike. At its July 8 meeting, the Huron•Perth Roman Catholic separate school board voted 7 to 5 in a recorded vote in favor of the increase. "The increase represents a 20 per cent increase over two years. That's not a good example. If we can't set an example who will," commented Dublin trustee Louis Maloney. Trustees currently receive a monthly stipend of $250 and the chairman receives $375. In 1986, this will increase to $300 a month for trustees and $383 for the chairman. The honorarium will remain the same in 1987 but in 1988 will increase to $350 for the trustees and $433 for the chairman. School board set the honoran"m for the incoming school board (a new hoard could be elected in the municipal election this fall). The new board cannot raise the amount set by this year's hoard, but it can roll the amount back. Those voting in favor of the increase are Vincent Mclnnes, Tim McDonnell, Dave Durand, Ray Van Vliet, Ron Murray. Arthur Haid, Michael Moriarity. Those opposed are Louis Maloney, Bill Kinahan, Mike Ryan, John Devlin and Ernie Vanderschott. Trustee Gerald Groothius was absent and ,chairman Ron Marcy didn't vote. COMMUNITY CALENDAR if you're organizing a non-profit event ,,f interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the recreation office at 527-0882 or the Expositor at 527.0240 or mail the information to Community Calendar. The Huron Expositor, Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario NOK TWO well in advance of the scheduled date Space for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor Wednesday, July 24 Soccer - Squirts 7 p.m., Optimist Park 6:30 - Bantam Boys' baseball - Opt. Park 7:00 Men's Fastball - lions Park Thursday, July 25 6:30 Girls' Houseleague Baseball - lions Park 7:00 Sluggers ladies Slo-pitch • Opt. Park Friday, July 26 Soccer - Atoms & Mosquitoes 6 p.m., Seaforth High School 6:30 Midget Boys Baseball - Opt. Park Sunday, July 28 7:00 Optimist Slo-Pitch - Opt. Park 7:00 Men's Fastball • lions Park 7:30 Roller Skating • Arena Monday, July 29 6:30 Boy's Houseleague baseball - lions Park 7:00 Men's football - Optimist Park Tuesday, July 30 6:30 Pee Wee Boys Baseball - Opt. Park 6:45 ladies Industrial Fastball - lions Park 8:30 Ladies industrial Fastball - lions Park 9:00 Indies industrial Fastball - Opt. Park Do you have a meeting, game or special event planned for the near future? If so let us know so we can Inform the public. It's difficult to find out what's happening unless you're willing to keep us Informed. The community calendar Is an eight-day timetable of non -prof It events going on in the community. Let's keep each other on top of things.