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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1984-03-07, Page 3• • MARCH 7,1884 Miss Hattie Patterson of Detroit, the champion lady skater of America will give an exhibition of her skill in the rink this evening. Alex McCartney of the Mill Read, Tuckersmith has just returned from a trip to Dickinson County, Kansas and he was so well pleased with the country that he intends Selling his farm here and removing thither this spring. Mr. Hmchley of Kinburn•e, is busily engaged making preparationsfor the erection of a new residence to take the place of the one lately destroyed by fire. A football match is to be played at Kinburn on Saturday between the home team and a team for Harlock. The second entertainment given in the Temperance Hall here by members of the Seaforth Temperance Lodge on Tuesday evening last was a complete success, the hall being crowded'and the receipts amounting to 126. MARCH 5, 1909 The Robert Bell Engine and Thresher o, ce'andisfiaally;shat'. deice A'eoeivecl from l es„ The, fox was first ten+door of the Mill Road , a'41foot early fn . the beacting queer y. , . t s son Boa tdkW.Di• Wilson Y•shoothtg t" abross evfi"?41�tiQax of George Company have purchased from the li uid ator of the Clinton Thresher Co th@;bulk of that company's stock on hand, ' including. boiler plate, castings, repairs, etc. and are prepared to furnish repairs to Monarch boilers. Clinton and Seaforth• played off their long deferred' game, on the rink here on Tuesday night. The `game resulted in a victory for Clinton by three goals to -one. Owing to the soft weather the ice was in poor condition and made good hockey next to impossible. The Clinton band was in attendance and furnished music both during the.game and for skating afterwards. Therewas a good attendance. Mr. R. Crone, harnessmaker' of Brussels purposes leaving in a couple of weeks for Pincher Creek,; Alberta, where he will reside in the hope cif benefitting his health which has been anythinOut good for some time. MARCH 9, 1934 Mr. W.E.Hinckley, 31 years ; agent for A S h the,McKillop Igned tIf , tual Fire Insurance pony has resiAt a nieett,Q x fxeetors ,pf the coinQ' a` �y,' Finlay Me erAalif was 4000 '.(0 'hi' to fill is placer Several neig ors .of Mrs, H, Grieve Egrrtondville,, ,nssembled at her. homes Saturday afternof)!<t}.,to celebrate iter 82n, birthday A} very,, enjoyable hire was spe>t and ce tea ysehved. by the "hostesst ,A' 1 vely cake was served with good wishes to the ;honored lady,` r hf R On Friday evening, March 9, there is to bei 1 OvVe ea dance iitthe town hall in Bayfield, both old'e o time and modern. During, lunch time a ' , singer will entertain with cdmic and western songs playing:his accompaniment on guitar. ev ' A geed five piece orchestra will provide music for dancing. Lunch will be supplied peo 1! and all this for 25 cents. u! th! MARCH 6, 1959 o tun? A: fox which ytwo'Tuckersmith resin di tGN lba�rnat't tic residence,of or i Main Streetdcaved, n r h, had rent"owed; tib of thetbiiilding wherethe anrerou'sli eheavv and this t "large boat stoied in; the eitig crushed I "Glaloney,. tow foreman, lost; his a ch las w elr and like so hiatiY,Other. t the district, immediately put an ad ttrttpw. t?xpasttor lost ;and found Within initiute$:after the paper Was street, ;:he hull; ,a call -•from' Archie who presented him with his watch. The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority executive takes office for another year under the direction of chairman Dave Gower of Goderlch. In the photo, from left to right are: front row - general -manager Bryan Howard, chairman 'Gower, secretary-treasure'r'Mar- lene Shiell, and vice-chairman Vince Judge of Listowel; back row - Mr. Kaye, William Manning of Blyth, Don' Dodds of RR2, Teeswater and Bruce McCall of Brussels. MVCA names 1984 chairman ' A Goderich man has been named chairman of the Maitland Valley Conserva- tion Authority for the fifth year in a row. At MVCA's annual meeting on Feb. 23, Dave Gower was renamed head of the conservation authority. Vince Judge of Listowel will continue on as'vied-chairman.. •••• 'Ch'ahtfnan"'of "MVCA's four advisory - boards were also named -at the annual meeting. These positions are for two years. Carman Kaye of RR1, Palmerston was newly named to head the water management advisory board. Don Dodds of RR2, Teeswater is chairman of the land management advisory board. Continuing in their two-year appointments are Bruce McCall of Brussels as chairman of the community relations advisory board and William Manning of Blyth as chairman of the conservation areas advisory board. These chairmen along with Mr. Gower and Mr. Judge make up the authority's executive committee. Members of the water management board are Doug Trench of Listowel, Don Wheeler of Goderich. Norman Alexander of Londes- Extra tax Repeated calls from Huron County's road committee for additional tax dollars to maintain the roads in the county were answered when an additional 1300.010 was approved at the Mar. 1 meeting of county council. Council approved the road department's 15 million plus budget which has the County paying 11,862,000 (a five per cent increase) plus the additional 1300,000. The County's cost for roads has remained at five per cent for the second year, but road committee chairman. Brian McBurney of Turnberry Township said sticking tofive per cent increases won't maintain the present road system. Unfortunately -roads deterior- ate as fast in times of restraint as in good times," he said. boro, Grant Farrish of RR3, Lucknow, William Leeming of RR1, Seaforth, John Vander Eyk of RR2, Listowel and Hans Feldmann of Wallace Township. The land management advisory board is made up of Norman Haid of RR4, Listowel, Herold Errington of RR2, Auburn Joe Vaitileiibetk'of"RR2'Maakfoit, Ross Taylor'' of RR1, Belgrave, Herb Clark of Lucknow, Catherine Keleher of Palmerston. The Clinton representative has yet to be named. On the community relations board are George McBride of RRS, Lucknow, Pat Osborn of Goderlch Township, Gordon Kaster of Wroxeter, Leona Armstrong of RR3, Brussels, Michael Brown of RR2, Kenilworth. George Wicke of RR2, Gadshill and Bill Crump of Wingham. The conservation areas advisory board is made up of Lorne Murray of Moorefield, Robert Grasby of RR4, Brussels. Randy Scott of RR1, Wroxeter, William Dale •of Seaforth, Russel Kernighan of RR4, Goder- ich, Norman Young of Harriston, Arnold Storey of Milverton and Margaret Bennett of Wingham. Department budgets approved by Huron . lHuion is expected to,pay $287,227 of, the County. Council at its Mar. 1 session haveS1;114,,960 social services budget, The increases ranging from less than one per p#oiiiitee{picks up the rest of the cost. cent to over five per cent. The overall county. i a largest' portion of this budget, budget has yet::fo be finalized. r S8 0,000,wrlhbe spent on the basic needs`. of The smallest increase was awarded to the, wclfat+e recipients Lasthyear 8900,00' was general government budget which.; covers budgeted for'the basic needs in anticipation councillors remunerations and convention of . increased `•t casses; but actually only expenses. The 1983 estimate of $163,880 for $773,533 wua pent. general government was increased to Administration'of social services has been $164,315 which is' a percentage increase of estir ated at $176,760, up from $168,352 last .0026 per cent. 'year ',Of this $118,800' is for salaries. That certainly is restraint," said Stanley Theroilitiy twill pay 5267 038:af'the Hedlth reeve, Paul. Steckle. 'Uttat's.11 "078,738 budget the the:: year. Last The largest portion of this budget is` ` year the':county's health unit' share ,was councillors pay for attendance at committee, .5240;965 board and other meetings.. The estimate is Salaries. and•''wages for health unit staff $50,000 which is down from last years'' 'totals $776283 compared to $684,854 in estimate of $55,600. e 1984. The salary increase includes the Pay for council sessions has been addition,of onenurse and a parttime; dental budgeted. at $34,000.: The other large hygienist m the amount Of '541485. expense is for travel; convention and meal` -'lie conn s.shtirfr- gf:thes•libr 's 1984 expenses. This is estimated at $40,000 the ' azY same as last year, budget of=5727,536 is$a54,418. This is a five The general administration 'budget for :,Pee cent increase Over the 1983county shame 1984 totals $446,900 compared to an , ` Of 1528,281. .The rest of the budget is paid estimate of $349,120 last year, Reasons for for by' the province and :fines: the `large increase are $50,000• for computer - Salaries for the library staff_ total $330,000 installation, $12,000 for chairs for the council _eupsfrom,$310,540 last year. The amount to chambersee $4,500 for computer office be spent on books down 530 froth the supplies and 120,000 for the 1984 historical - budgeted amount of 5207,900 lastear. atlas project. Huron's share of;.;tile 1984 budget for Salaries for general administration total Huronview is $357,408'4 five per cent from $216,050 up from $206,560 budgeted for a the ;5340,997 budgeted for last year. year ago. ( Huronview's total budget is $4,998,078 with -Other expenses include employee bene- 52,308,943 being paid through residents' fits, equipment and telephones. etc. "' fees and $2,330,221 coming from the The county's share of the social services ', province. Medical and nursing services 1984 budget increases by .8, pee cent. account for the largest portion of the budget. 2 er Budget increases ``2�cent �- ., ...y...,yn,.. ..,_>. ,..ar.a.•"-3qo._..• c,.,aau :: F;bs tY :lS ;iits nail A 2.2 per cent increase has been approved for Huron County's share of the,f iealth iinitls plumbing and environment department's 1984 budget. County council approved several depart- mental budgets at its Feb, 2 session. Ail budgets are subject to final review by the executive committee and county council when it approves its otret'all budget later . this year. The total plumbing and environment budget is 5112,690, up from 394,544 last year. The county's share increases from 540,544 to 141,440. The largest revenue increase will come from the province through the Ministry of Health. The province is budgeted to. pay $45,000 this year compared to 531,000 in 1983. • Countyycte'Fk-treasuref'Biil4 ly'Silid'thn", province actually contributed over 545,000 last' year, but only531,000 was expected when the 1983 buget was prepared. Inipettion and other fees will finance. the rest of the expenses. The largest expense of the 5112,690 budget is salaries at 574,765. This is up considerably from 559,845 budgeted for salaries last year. The clerk - treasurer said staff was expected to be cut, but because of the additional money from the province, the number of staff remained the same. Employee benefits and travel are budgeted at 522,800 up from 520,615 last year. The rest of the budget -it made tip of costs for equipment, material and supplies, rent and administration. dollars for road department He said the county should be resurfacing 13 miles of road each year, but is only doing about six or seven miles each year. Morris Township reeve, Bill Elston sail, the road committee should try and stay within the five per cent guideline and said he knows the health unit board would like an eight or nine per cent increase in its budget. '1 believe the county cannot afford to allow its roads to deteriorate," said reeve Grant Stirling. "The county has no alternative. There is nothing the people in this county appreciate more than a good road to travel on. The z(uestion of using county reserve funds to supplement the road budget by Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle was negated by clerk -treasurer Bill Hanly. "i think it would be very unwise to allocate said Mr, Hanly. While the county ended 1983 with a 5300,000 surplus, it is unlikely that surpluses will • continue, he said. County engineer Bob Dempsey said the road department only has a 530,000 reserve from the sale of propetty in Auburn. "We departed our reserve , when we built the Auburn garage," he said. The county engineer has several projects in mind for the 5300,000. They include County Road 29 into Wroxeter and the reconstruction of Wroxeter's main street and county Road 13 from Clinton to Bayfield. The portion of the budget not covered by Huron tax dollars isaid by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Fixed costs such as roadside maintenance and winter control total 52,379,000 for the coming year. The pounty estimates.- winter control costs to be 5625,000 this year compared to 5541,782 paid out for snow removal. Road construction and paving for 1984 have been estimated at 52,298,000. The projects include the construction of 10.7 km on roads 22, 25 and 20 for 5917,000; resurfacing 2.5 km of roads 12 and 16 at Brussels for $540,000; 8.2 km of roads 30' and 34 for $452,000, and hot mix paving of 6.1 km of roads 30 and 7. The only bridge construction being undertaken by the county is the large Forester's Bridge project. This rebuilding project is estimated at 5424,000. PUC commissioners at meeting Jim Sills, Gord Pullman and Alf Ross of the Seaforth P.U.C. were among the 1,400 delegates representing electric utility com- missions from across the province attending the 1984 annual meeting of the Ontario Municipal Electric Association (O. M. E.A.) Feb. 27 and 28. Addressing the delegates. President Jack Wratten, said over the past six years the Association has used 5774,000 or one-third of its revenue to represent the municipal utilities and their customers at hearings, primarily before the Ontario Energy Board. but not excluding representations before committees of the Legislature, Royal Com- missions. Select Committees and most recently, the Consolidated Hearings Board. "When we make criticisms of Ontario Hydro we must ensure that they are constructive criticisms. It is almost certain that there will be actions and proposals from Ontario Hydro that will not sit well with us. The important thing is that the criticism or objection should recognize the objectives of the program and suggest alternatives," he said. 'We must support Ontario Hydro when we can for if the corporation is seriously impaired in its ability to function then so are we. it makes no sense to destroy your supplier. it makes great sense to improve your supplier's ability to serve you. ' He continued, "Likewise it makes no sense to weaken your own voice. It makes great sense to strengthen and improve and enhance your Association. That comes from understand- ing, participation and suppo'r't." Speakers during the meeting included: BOOSTERFROM PAGE ONE volunteer its services was one idea sine all proceeds go towards the community centres. A talent show using. local talent was suggested to start the Wintario program which is being filmed in Seaforth on June 28. it is the first anniversary- of the grand opening of the Seaforth and District Community Centres. Being that the Hensall Centennial is on that weekend, I think we should keep it on a small scale. An hour and a half talent show should be plenty," said Kevin kale. During the past year, the Booster Club has purchased a new stage for the arena's ice surface, bought extensions for that stage, paid for building supplies to make the storage area for the tables and chairs that sit under thd'bleachers, bought a new storage bin, a microwave, floor mats and 53500 worth of tables and chairs to bring the seating facilities up to 1200. All the money raised through catering will pay for air conditioning for the community centres. Hon. Philip Andrewes, Minister of Energy; Milan Nastich, Chairman & President of Ontario Hydro; Dr. Margaret N. Maxey, Director, Chair of Free Enterprise, Univer- sity of Texas; Philip D. Steffen, Motivational Speaker. The Association is the spokesman for more than 320 municipal utilities throughout Ontario, the commissioners and councillors of which were elected to operate a specialized municipal service and thus represent more than 2 million residential, commercial and industrial customers served by the municipal distribution system, and who consume two-thirds of the electric power in Ontario. Supervision policy to be set up Everyone from the janitors to the director of the Perth County Board of Education will be affected by an updated supervision" policy to be implemented by the board over the next five years. The board of education, at its Feb. 21 meeting, set in motion the first of a series of committees that will prepare these policies which will aid in the professional growth of all board employees. , The superintendent of instruction, John Richardson, said the idea of a supervision policy has been a goal of director Paul Sherratt since he took the position over a year ago. The objective of the policy is to set in writing how all staff will be evaluated. But, Mr. Richardson said the policy won't stop there. It will state how staff progress is to be monitored and allow for identifitation of individual staff members' strengths and weaknesses. The end result Will be iniprovement in the learning environnient for the students, he said. The teaching staff will be the first group for which a policy will be developed. A committee of four elementary teachers, one elementary and one secondaty principal, and a supervisory officer will be preparing a teachers' policy which is to be completed by May, 1985. Over the next five years, committees will be formed to develop supervision policies for department heads, business personnel, plant operations staff, consultants, special services personnel, supervisory officers and the director. Trustees will prepare the director's policy and give final approval to all the supervision policies. • The ditector's and supervisory officers' policies will bethe,lasf to be completed. They aren't expected to be started until near the end of the decade. i • Chatelaine's 1984 Woman of the :Year, aren't facilities available to look; after their Maureen McTeer; fou)id her widely touted children or when women use. that fact as a views on women's rights Cheered by area _ crutch to not get involved. farm women when .she spoke to abqut 250 Questions from the audience begged for women who packed the St. Marys:cdmmun- Ms. McTeer's opinion on everything from . ity centre on Mar. 2. censorship to the e ac cbmP lis ants hen of the Maureen McTeer, arwoman who can bold Canadian Farm Survivalist Association. many titles after her name, not the least of ` "I'm nbt a strong proponet of censor which is wife of former Prime Minister Joe boards," said Ms.•McTeer, saying they just Clark, said women have a "trump card" and open the way for the black market. they should play it. She said women have Her concern, particularly as It 'relates to immense potential to succeed eed pornography, home, ' c outside the p ogtaphy, is the effect on children. She particularly in areas such as farm suggested that the amounts of violence and organizations and municipal politics, "sexual kind of programming on television "We belong to a nation in, the midst of should be controlled through 'licensing transition," said Ms. McTeer when refer- conditions under the Canadian Broadcasting ring to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeauts Act. recent retirement announcement., As for the farm survivalists, Ms. McTeer She pointed to the group of women in the acknowledged that the only knew what she ' room attending the second annual spring read, but expressed concern for the tactics seminar for Women for the Support of used by the association. Agriculture. ,;The talentin, 'the room, she ,She thinks the agriculture sector. is doing a said, ittest im„tgecytrr_ olentkttlttSh .silid th gondiehe+.d(', pbbyingisthos, oyerument -for farming operation is a trite "` e equal partnership their needs, but she said, a bigger challenge and "the efforts of the women are crucial to , facing agriculture i5 educating the consumer success". groups A staunch defender of women's ;rlghis, `They are less susceptible to lobbying,," Ms. McTeer said in general women have said Ms. McTeer. . less self-confidence in making decisions than meta do. Referring to farm organizations and Ledge will hold draw politics at the municipal level, the author of Residences" said, 90 per. cent of ,the Morning Stan Rebekah Lodge held its decision making is done by nten. regular Meeting Feb. 28 with Vera Hastings, Most farm women are not involved," she Noble Grand in charge assisted by Jean said. Bridge, Past Noble Grand. Sbe said women can be found on "Work Lynda Thomas is to get information about committees" doing such chores as stuffing having the Rebekah name rind crest put on envelopes. Reaction from the audience new signs to be erected at the outskirts of caused the farm -raised women to quip, "1'm town. A comforter, blanket and pillow cases not a bad guesser". have been donated and tickets will be sold by But she said this hind of involvement is the members for a draw later in the spring. not negative. "They are useful duties of a Sarah Stephenson reported the next limited kind. My only concern is when it's all euchre party will be held Mar. 12 at 8 p.m. we do," in the lodge rooms. Lunch was served by the Ms. McTeer said it irritates her when committee. Lynda Thomas won the travel women can't participate because there prize. COMMUNITY CALENDAR, oritIf you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residepts, 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 MK 1WO well in advance of the scheduled date. Wednesday, Pilarch 7 1-3 p.m. - Parents & Tots Skating 1:30-4:30 p.m. - Shuffleboard at Arena 7 p.m. • Minor Soccer Meeting at Arena 7:30 p.m. - General BIA meeting at Town Hall 8 p.m. - Minor Baseball Meeting at Arena 8 p.m. - Competitive Curling at Curling Club 8:15 p.m. • Ladies' Broombatl Playoffs The Huron County Federation of Agri- culture will hold its monthly meeting at Brucefield Huron Centennial School. The topic for the meeting, which will get underway at 8:80 p.m., will be Farm Organizations. Thursday,March 8 7&9 p.m. - Mixed Curling at Curling Club 7:30 p.m. - Bendix vs Egmondville 8:30 p.m. - Seaforth 'A' vs Chiselhurst Friday, March 9 7:45 p.m. - Rangers vs Canadians 9:00 p.m. - Hawks vs Bruins 10:15 p.m. - Penguins vs Flyers assraffel Saturday, March 10 7:35 a.m. - Kings vs Canadians 8:30 a.m. - North Stars vs Bruins 9:35 a.m. - Oilers vs Nordimies 10:30 a.m. - Penguins vs Flames 11:35 a.m. - Jets vs Leafs 12:30 p.m. - Ringette House League 1:30-3 p.m. - Public Skating 3-4 p.m. - Mites 4 p.m. - Clinton vs Novice 5:15 p.m. • Lambeth` vs Midgets necessary) Space for the Comm .. .. worry Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor Sunday, Marchll 1:30-3 p.m. • Family, Skating (51.00 per , family) 7 p.m. - Hawks vs Penguins 8:30 p.m. - Canadians vs Flyers 10 p.m. - Rangers vs Bruins Monday, March 12 7:35 a.m. - Nordiques vs Canadians 8:30 a.m. - Oilers vs North Stars 9:35 a.m. - Kings vs Bruins 10:30 a.m. - Penguins vs Jets 11:35 a.m. - Leafs vs Flames 12:30 p.m. - Ringette House League 1:30-3 p.m. - Public Skating 3-4 p.m. - Mites 4-8:30 p.m. • Figure Skating 4-6 p.m. - Jr. Curling at Curling Club 7&9 p.m. - Men's Curling at Curling Club Tuesday, March 13 7 p.m, • Ladies' Curling at Curling Club 8 p.m. - Hospital Auxiliary Meeting in Board Room at the Hospital. Film to be shown. 8:15 p.m. - Seaforth Women's institute wilt meet at the home of Mrs. Arthur Varley. Guest speakers will be Mr. and Mrs. Murray Dennis. 9 p.m. - industrial Curling at Curling Club serIMEILY Wednesday, March 14 (if $ p.m. - Seaforth Horticultural Society mea 'ng at Seaforth Public School. Guest spec er is Pauline Richards, past president of Ontario Horticultural Society and flower judge. 1