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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1984-04-25, Page 11• Serving the communities and areas'of Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton NEW FA$Hlfd'NST—Cabbage Patch'• °dolls were dIsple ed In their new Springgaahlgna at` tr the Seaforr Publlo School last'*, ok., Stiowtt; with theft': olle, bank row, left 'US rrlg'M are,. Andrea M ore, • Danielle Thompson, Ann Reco Hensall Public School sh �t = pen Committee member Sharon Wurm ;eh ,.,_ he.,,Accorumodatjonfteview; :�..:a ktnost,.people;heartil endors&the.educll announced as the final recdmmen= On for provided at Hensall Public School and want the Huron County Board of Education at a the school to remain open. Without a school, public meeting on Apr. 10. there is concern about the economic survival Almost all of the 168 replies to a of the community, she said, questionaire sent home with students of the Enrolment this year of 119 students is school by t1 - commi said the school down from 137 in 1978 but the figure is should continue to ope. C. Of the replies, expected to rise to 125.5 next year. The 163 said the school is a good learning Ministry of Education says the maximum for facility; 155 said the short distance between the school is 242 and the Board of Education the school and home during the winter i optimlm is 194, important and 166 said they would not like to Another committee member, Harold see their children bused to other districts. ' Knight said the school is in excellent Most replies said closing the school would condition since little or no cost will be spent discourage growth of the village. cause on the school for a long time, families to consider moving away, have a Community groups using the schools direct effect on property value and would not facilities include men's floor hockey, the provide any significant cost savings. scouts, the gymnastics club and the C sta dermas aria s!ep`Campbell. ,row: Katrina Swlr1Cl s,Renee Thomp- a ,` pth,Palle, Tim Brown. Front row: Jodie HiiglJl,. `'indra Meltially,' Angle Roth and Tra 1 Fo"rteno. •• ' (Waselnk photo) 'total society. In the sutiinieg,Lthe ball ds.sedoo'tt:zCzol3 ty'' �; meetings are held. industry, The-playgro and the Hensall Minor Hockey Association, borrow equipment from the school. '• Cost per pupil at Hensall Public School is S209.30 compared to a Board average of 5187.30, Minus the exceptional costs. the cost is reduced to $168.88 per student. Without maintenance costs, which were extra last year, the costs would have been below the county average, Hensall Board Trustee Dr. John Goddard said. Transportation costs to bus students to Exeter, Public School were estimated at $51,547 and 553,867 to bus students to Usborne Central School, Busing students to and from Hensall Public School now costs S35,517.95 and an additional $1,653.62 is Tuckersmith needs info BY WILMA OKE A preliminary report on the Tuckersmith Township history was presented to Tucker - smith Township council Tuesday by Mary McLeod, R. R.4, Seaforth, who has prepared the history for the new edition of the Huron County Atlas. She asked for additional information that she may include in the history. Council wants a list of family farms since the Lands were bought from the Canada Company in the early and middle 1800's. Families still in possession of these century old farms are asked to call Clerk Jack McLachlan at Vanastra, 482-9523 as soon as possible as the deadline for the Atlas is the end of April. In other business council reviewed its insurance policies for 1984 with Donald Eaton of the Seaforth Insurance Agency in Seaforth and Thomas Smith of the Frank Cowan Company Limited, Following Court of Revision on the Watson Drainage Works where there were no appeals, the tenders were opened. The tender was awarded to Baylirie Drainage of Clinto for S3,386,95. it was the lowest of five tender for the construction which included relocation and improvement of the Watson drain. Mrs. Beatrice Fleming, assistant super- visor at the Tuckersmith Day Care was granted a leave of absence from her duties commenting June 29. Council accepted the resignation of Mrs. Lois Evans from the Tuckersmith Day Care Board. A tile drainage loan application for 57,500 was approved by council, Council spent time in committee -of -the - whole discussing the Clinton Fire budget and the Seaforth and Area Landfill site where complications have developed. The meeting was adjourned at 12:45 Wednesday morning. Huron Historical Atlas deadline is extended The deadline for applications for space in the 1984 Huron County Atlas has been extended until May 15. Faced with a last minute flood of queries from Huron organizations and families regarding the atlas, the atlas committee at a meeting in Goderich on Monday decided to extend the closing date from Apr. 15. The new date will allow many additional entries to be accommodated according to Reeve Grant Stirling of Goderich Twp. who heads the Huron County council committee in charge of the atlas. There appears to be an increasing interest in recounting the story of long-time Huron families and business organizations and the extension will provide time for such groups to file an application Reeve Stirling said. Payment for the space required should accompany the application. Reeve Stirling also emphasized the advantage of an entry in the Patrons Directory. Not only would the entry perpetuate a family name for future generations but the 535 entry fee includes a free copy of the Atlas he said. Application forms may be obtained at municipal offices and libraries across the county. Further information is available by calling the atlas office, in the Court House, Goderich at 524-2950. Ned hangs up his broom After 50 years of curling. 96 -year-old Ned Boswell has decided to hang up his hroom this year. And, during his years on the ice, he's had "one hell of a good time," he told members of the Seaforth Curling Club recently. "I'm not as young as 1 used to be and my eyes went bad a few years ago. it was not fair to the others on the rink; my teammates never 'had a chance of winning with me on the team," he says. An active member of the Seaforth Curling Club since he arrived in town in 1932 as manager of the Dominion Bank (the present day Toronto -Dominion Bank), Mr. Boswell remembers curling on one side of the old Palace Rink which was situated at the corner of Huron and High Streets where Hoffmey- et s Mill is today. During that time, "the curlers kept the west sheet of ice strictly for curling and heated water in a copper boiler on a coal oil stove and carefully applied it to the ice with a sprinkling can. Lord help any little kid who dared to put a skate mark on it," Frank Sills describes in the Seaforth and District Community Centres souvenir edition. After the Palace Rink was sold and the Seaforth Memorial Arena was built, the curlers continued to use the same ice as skaters and hockey players until 1955 when the present curling club was built. "As the skaters turned at the corners, they cut down the ice and the curling stones would fall off in one particular direction," says Mr. Boswell. " As well as being secretary and treasurer of Seaforth's curling club for many years, Mr. Boswell curled as the skip for a long time. He switched to lead when his failing eyesight and strength made it impossible for him to throw the last stone. During the past few years, teammates have held a flashlight at the end of the rink to show Mr. Boswell where to throw his stones. "I've enjoyed my association with the club and that's why i've been a member for So long. Since i was given a life membership to the club a few years ago, 1 can go Op any old time to see the different boys and girls - my old friends as well as the new, he says. Now that he's not curling, Mr. Boswell says he has a lot to do to keep himself busy. He does moth of his own housekeeping and is "a modestly decent cook." He also keeps in contact with his son, Walter, his daughter Mary and his seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. His wife, Bid died several years ago, "Along with enjoying curling, i've enjoyed my life. When you look back after a great many years, you'll find you've had a damned good life despite all the troubles," he says. =r- dents to Horne Economics ''anal dente scb6pls. The final reportaf ,the Review:Committee will be sent to the Executive Committee of the Board of Education which includes board chairman, Eugene Frayne; board vice-chair- man. Art Clarke; past chairinan, Dorothy Wallace; education committee chairman,, Falconer; management committee chair- man, Dennis Rau; and personnel committee chairman, John Jewitt. The executive committee will make a recommendation to the board of education after considering the background material and the submitted report. The board will debate the subject and make a decision at an open session where any delegations wishing to speak can make a presentation. 5©c a copy Seaforthtaxes . wi fr.cr�ase 6,1percint BY WILMA OKE The tax bills include the`town',$ share of Seaforth.. property taxes will rise 6.1 per county and education Costs:, the cpunty levy cent as a result of a 51,252,900 budget set for 1984 is $95,274 up from'S$2,714 in 1983' Tuesday night at a special meeting of town (15 per cent), for elementary school council. 5157,204, lip from $147,608 in 1983 (6.5 per Of the total budget,. 5419,660 -is to be cent),' secondary school S154,51 up from raised through municipal taxes, with the rest 146,220 (5.5 per cent); separate .school coming from provincial -funds. In 1983, the 533,294 up -from 31,372 in 1983 (5,per cent). town budgeted 5396,489 to be raised locally. Mayor Alf Ross said "I'm very pleased The increase is 5.8 per cent. with the budget, taking into consideration The 1984" Odes mean an average public the projects we have been workln on,'.' school supporter with a home assessed at Seaforth, which ended 19,83 with;deficit 53,000 will pay 5867 in property taxes, of $40,893, is finishing off the. new 558.32 more .'titan last year. A sePerate community centres building, relocated the school su '- r with the same assessment police station and bought, a ,new. fireltali. will pay S. !1;36, 558.97 more than last year. The budget includes 5215,300 for general Town t, ark Jim Crocker presenting the government purposes; $263,660 for protec- budget.re tzt ed under 'the budget that the tion to persons and proPerty; $334,800. for restdentiat x rate for municipal purposes transportation services; 5182,000 for envi- for public school ' supporters works out to ronmeatal'services; 5137,600 for culture and 141.19 mills and 166.11 mills for commer- recreation; and $4,200 for planning and tial. development. PUC within buc'pet Seaforth's Public Utilities Commission was within its 1982-83 budget, commission- ers learned at their Apr. 13 meeting when the auditors' reportwas presented by David Atkinson of Touche' Ross' and Co. "We're pretty well in an ideal position tight now," said Tont Phillips, PUC manager. Total revenue for the Electrical Utility at the end of 1983 was 5742,481 and total expenditure was 5749,186 which left a deficit of 56,705. The deficit would have been greater if the PUC hadn't sold approximately 59,000 of fixed assets. In 1982, there was an excess of revenue over expenditures of 517,690. Total revenue for the Waterworks Utility in 1983 was 597,154 compared to 5105,505 in 1982. Total operatin and capital 'expendi- tures for 1983 was 598,942 leaving a, deficit of 51,788. In 1982, Waterworks had an excess of 53,309 which was transferred to the municipalitttyyy' . • At( the end.' .of x4833, ^'S , 9 had acdumulafetdl£i'the reit et fit$d iefie f to tiplgrade and" I, r ` irl3aiti system in Seafo.�A:1) "; itwIrcetni assed at Seaforth council red • Ire the resy.perve fund tb 520,000 _from. .•,161 • ,thee liew by -lay, allows the PU I . estdbl a capital Ys reserve fund , ich of to exceed million including ulated interest. The 58,469 from the reserve fund to upgrade the water system has been placed in the capital works reserve fund. Correspondence from the Electrical Utility Safety Association recommended that the Seaforth PUC follow the association's safety rules since several commissions in Ontario are now being prosecuted under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Mana- ger Torn Phillips informed the commission LAST ROCK—Ned Boswell threw his last rock recently when he announced hls retirement from curling. Mr. Boswell who Is 98, has curled In Seaforth for 50 years, a milestone that will be hard to beat. If It wasn't for falling eyesight, he says he would still be curling. Officials at the curling club say Mr. Boswell could very well be the oldest, active curler In Ontario, maybe Canada. That's Incredible) (Wasslnk photo) that Seaforth follows the association's rule book. "This commission supplies the necessary equipment including rubber gloves which are tested regularly. We don't skimp on - safety," he said.' A letter from the ,Seaforth Agricultural Society told the commission that the society had received permission from Ontario Hydro to update the service to the roundhouse with underground cable beforethe perking Jet* the arena is paved.- ,tyle. Phillips ' as instructed by the commission to meet with the agricultural, society Jand review their plans for updating the service. "We should install a meter base to see how much power we give them during the fair. it's a free service and if something special happens like Sportsfest, we've given Mein power since it'sa community effort. But, if something Kapp ened for a week 'or , more, we should be pall fortheser<yiee; i said Mr. Phillips. "There's only sb.reach we can,�;subsidize '* and a Meter Could' scst ,'tid, ,w ted ° i tfri 'salon r' lift% Lucille Delaney home from Manitoba/ A5 Wingham steer tops market at f98.75�(A14 Magician entertains at Minor Hockey banquet/ A9 ®INDEX Births /A10 Brussels /Al2 Classified /A18, 19 Community Calendar /A3 Dublin /A4, 5 Entertainment /A20 Family /A10 Farm /A14 Hensel) /All Kids /48, 9 Obituaries /A90 Sports /A6, 7 Welton /A13