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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1984-05-09, Page 1C7, ,71771 • t,.,., wax m; {i4 7i Serving the communities and areas of Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton 50c a copy SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,. 'WEDNI • • tlAY, MAY 8, 1984 20 PAGES kersmIf'h plans 150th By WILMA OIC Tuckersmith" Township Council passed a }}• bylaw Tuesday appointing the sesquicenten- , ilial committee. Next year, Tuckersmith will ;celebrate its incorporation as a township 150 :leers ago in 1835. Bill Strong !of Egmondville is chairman; McGregor of R.R.2, Kippen, vies iithairman; June Cooper of R.R.3, Kippen, s• ecretary Jack R. McLachlan of R.R.2, Kippen treasurer; Robert Fotheringham of Seafekth, finance chairman; Jim t• :McIntosh of R.R.3, Seaforth, homecoming 'v. committee• Ruth. Workman -,and Rena Cald- weliboth.pfKippen and Margaret McLean of R.R.3, Seaforth, writing history of tpwnship; 'Bert Biranderhbrst of R.R.2, Kippen, activt- .,.:'ties. Planning for the,. celebration which will take • • lace in the sunimer of 1985 is underway and " ncludes a parade. in Lginondville, a barbecue. ;dancing, games; sports, a school re -union at Huron Centennial School and a church service. A history'on:the township including THE EAR—St. Patrick's school In Dublin held their science fair on Thursday and Carolyn Cook's display waa quite an earful. Carolyn shows how her handmade, mechanl- cal ear operates. She says If someone speaks loud enough or the ear is put near the speaker of a radio, vibrations can be heard. (Wassink photo) its beginnings, its schools, its churches, cemeteries, agriculture and family histories is in the process of being written With\st les submitted by many people. COUNCIL BRIEFS Council is concerned about co taints of littering on the road from nsall to the Hensall dump site from ucks carrying garbage. A complaint to the police will be made and a work group to pick up the mess is proposed by Tuckersmith. Council was impressed with the clean-up job at Vanastra this spring carried out by Vana`stra residents and service groups. In committee reports Deputy Reeve William Brown reported the Seaforth Fire Area Board has accepted the tender of McGee Motors of Goderich for an equipment van. The $17,209.88 tender was the lowest of three received. Council accepted the tender of $133 from Seaforth Tile for the Williams Drain and the Coldstream tenders of $10,619 for the Boyce Drain; $15,970 for the Upshall Drain and $3,382 for the Elgie Drain and $3,578 for the Watson Drain: Councillor John Brownridge reported that the committee for a new landfill site is again on the search for a replacement of the present Seaforth dump that was slated for closure in June. Having spent over $90,000 and three years of looking and testing for a suitable site, the committee had settled for 33 acres on property in McKillop Township owned by John H. McLlwain Construction of Seaforth. The committee made an option to purchase on the property for about 5100,000. When final tests were made this spring at the request of neighbouring landowners,` t was found to be 'really not a good site'. Sand and gravel showed up in the tests made in the centre of•the site, not clay as in earlier test around the outer part of the site. The hydro -geologist of Conestogo Rovers of Kitchener has offered to do the preliminary tests for a new site in McKillop or Tuckersmith townships free of charge. centennial events are planned The largest parade the Seaforth Optimist ' Club have ever organized will be one of the major events held in Seaforth to celebrate • Ontario's bicentennial this year. Other events will include a Bicentennial Youth, Sports and Fitness Festival for children aged ninejo 11,a travelling drama and musical group called Ontario Celebra- •tion, a bicentennial spoon for every child bora in 1984 at the Seaforth Community ' Hospital and a kidney -shaped garden at the faint of the hospital. "We plan to get as many groups as we can involved in the Canada Day celebrations this year since the celebration will have a -tricentennial flavor,"' says Bryan Peter, recreation dii<ector. Mr. Peter says he's sent a list of ideas provided bythe (inffriugovernment to 15 to 20community groiips hoping they'll pick up on some of the ideas themselves. e Seaforth Optimist parade, part of the 1.1 th annual Mardigras the weekend of May IS and 26, will be about one hour long eaving'the Optimist Park at 2:30 p.m. on • My, 25r -dptvn • Main St. to the arena. ``G • tght Shrine vi iWeti Shrmre� b�5d$ ade L=Yoe Seaforth \ and District 'High School Girls Trumpet Band, and Miss Dominion of Canada. "We'd like to see 100 entries, or 10 floats Schools celebrate Education Week Every week is education week at Seaforth area schools, but last week was dedicated "Education Week" by Bette Stephenson, minister of education. But for the Seaforth Public School and St. James Separate School. activities that co-incided with the week, were planned even before teachers at the two schools were told of the special week. "The reason it's held is to familiarize parents about what goes on in the classroom and to emphasize education outside of the classroom, said Ray Contois, principal of St. James, "It s good to have a week to heighten the awareness of the public and parents about education, but every week is education week," said Dave Kemp. vice•principal at the Seaforth public school. Events held at both schools were enjoyed by all students, including Walton public school kids. St. James students visited the public school to hear Bill Russel• a folk singer from Mississippi "The songs wete mostly in French. but it was quite good. interesting and fun." said Mr Contois. "1 think the kids enjoyed it and they learned a few new songs." Mr. Kemp agreed the primary show put on by Mr. Russel, "was especially good It was kind of a French culture program.'• While Dave Longstaff showing St. James students how to make model airplanes on Wednesday. parents visited the St. James science fair, and Russ Wailer. sponsored by the Genealogical Society visited the public school Students frbm the two schools learned of the problems Loyalists had in their journey to Canada and settling in Ontario. "He played the role of a young girl and read from her dairy. it was interesting because he related back to the Loyalist days," said Mr. Contois. Parents were also invited to visit the public school on Wednesday "to visit classrooms, do what their kids were doing and become involved," said Mr. Kemp. "We had about 50 parents participate." "Huron County dairy princess, Muriel Huth visited our school and conducted a discussion on milk, milk products and nutrition, it was an excellent discussion." said Mr. Kemp. "The bicentennial theme is Celebrating Together and the whole idea for us during Education Week was celebrating education together," said Mr. Contois. "But we've had programs like last week going on at our school all year long, mainly due to the enrichment pilot project. In celebrating education week, Ms. Ste- phenson said, "We celebrate education, both as an ideal to be pursued and as a value to be cherished. in doing so, we celebrate the fundamental resource for all human achieve• ment." Four councillors run for Huron warden The race for warden in Huron County promises to be a most exciting one. At the regular monthly meeting of Huron County Council Wednesday, four council- lors declared their candidacy in the December election of the 1985 warden. Reeve Bob Bell was the first to declare his intention to seek the nomination after advising council that he would "seek support and consideration." Family tradition had a bearing on the announcement by Grey Township Reeve Leona Armstrong who told fellow council- lors that it "took a lot of nerve to decide to run." While Grey Township has produced between each band but we haven't had many responses from anyone yet," says Harry DenHaan, parade organizer. "There's no charge to be in the parade and the floats will be free advertising since we'll be drawing at least 400 people into town." 'Judging before the parade at • the Optimist Park will start at 4 p.m. Prizes•wiil be awarded to three classes - shrine crews, horses and horse-drawn wagons and floats. The Seaforth Hospital Auxiliary is adding a bicentennial engraving for 1984 on the spoons they present to each baby born at the hospital. Seaforth's Horticultural Society is plaryt in dwarf Alberta Spruce, Juniper Blue Wiltoni and Gold Tip Euonymus id a kidney -shaped garden at the front of the hospital for the bicentennial. Roses will also be available, first to society members and then to the public, says Ruth Beuttenmiller. A special bicentennial dinner was held at the Northside United Church last Friday, May 4. Members of the Horticultural Society were dressed in period costume and dispp1 s of •old quilts: china, dishes--and- fames • werr sbdWii. '' The Seaforth Sportsmen's Club put six bicentennial trout into Silver Creek for the annual fishing derby last weekend. Four g Give blood to save lives The role of blood donors is vital to the lives of many. People who give blood thrh the Red Cross sponsored clinics save t usands of lives. On May 16 at Central Huron Se ndary School in Clinton, the London Red Cro s unit and the Clinton Kinettes will be sponsoring a blood donor clinic. More than 20 people. including Red Cross medical professionals trout weighing five to sixlounds each lve yet to be caught; a prize 'of a Tow of , Seaforth pen set is awarded to the fisherman who catches one. "Fishermen are eligible for the prize anytime, anywhere, up stream or down as long as the club is satisfied it's one of the six fish," says Charlie Campbell, of the Seaforth Sportsmen's Club. Any bicenten- nial fish caught, can be taken to Archie's Sunoco for the prize. The travelling drama and musical group called Ontario Celebration will be appear- ing at local schools and at the Lion's Park on June 18 and 19. Mr. Peter says school performances are still being planned. INSIDE •nF^y7�t and local volunteers will work at the clinic. The operation of the clinic though, is only a small step in the total work done by the Red Cross, in medicine, blood is more than a single component. In fact blood is composed of four components - red cells, white cells. platelets SEE BLOOD/ ON PAGE THREE Say cheese/ A13 Manor Marvels get New Horizons grant/ A8 three wardens, one of them was Mrs. Armstrong's father. "My father was warden of the county in 1952," she told council. "It has always been my dream to follow his footsteps." Subsequent to Armstrong's announce- ment, Stanley Township Reeve Paul Steckle declared his intention to run for warden. Subsequent to Mrs. Armstrong's an- nouncement. Stanley Township Reeve Paul Steckle declared his intention to run for warden. "I made the decision some time ago." he Awards presented at bowling banquet/ A7 SEEWARDEN/ON PAGE THREE Kids get drivers licenses Seaforth and area kids, and even some adults got into the rodeo spirit on Saturday. Unlike a rodeo that has horses. calf roping. bronco busting and cowboys, Saturday's rodeo was for bicycles only. and it attracted about 150 of the two -wheelers of all sizes and description. Sponsored by the Seaforth Optimist Club and police department, the rodeo was a first for the club. Prior to navigating a traffic course set up at the Seaforth and District Community Centres, kids had the opportun- ity to answer questions in a Bicycle Safety Quiz. Having passed the test, they were presented with a bicycle drivers license. "We held the rodeo for the safety aspect --we want to get the kids to learn bike safety." said Bob Gridzak, chairman of the rodeo. "The results of the tests were super. The majority of the kids were getting 40 of the 50 questions correct." Some of the questions, which required true or false answers were: it is safe to enter the street from the sidewalk without first seeing whether a car is coming; On country roads cyclists should keep to the left, same as pedestrians; A broken coaster brake can be easily fixed at home: or, the faster you ride. the safer it is. Besides the written test and riding tests. all serial numbers of bikes at the rodeo were registered with the police department. identification stickers were placed on the bikes so a cyclist can be identified in case of an accident, emergency or if a bicycle is stolen or lost. "We used the Optimist International rodeo program and the kids seemed to enjoy it." said Mr. Gridzak, "Some even went through the course twice just to improve their riding skills." The course, set up in the arena, required cyclists to follow a six inch wide, 30 foot line; go through an Intersection; show control of bicycles through a figure eight; and weave through six pylons which were six feet apart, without hitbing the pylons. Cyclists had difficulty riding a straight line, with only about 25 per cent completing the test successfully. "But the average for the course, was about 60 per cent. Overall, it was a good rodeo and the kids enjoyed them- selves. "Getting a license seemed to be a big thing with the kids. We learned that most Seaforth Dairymen advised to fill quota/ Al2 area cyclists are more aware of their bikes and know the rules of the road," said Mr. Gridzak. Only three of the youngsters entered had bicycles that were too big for their size. "There are more kids who are too big for their bikes. Mechanically, all bikes passed. Only about two per cent needed some work." "Worn pedals and handlebar grips were two of the major problem areas. Many bikes had no bells --over 75 per cent. The highway traffic act states bicycles must have a bell or horn and they must have lights at night." The highlight of the rodeo was when Optimist president, Bill Henderson attempt- ed the test and course. "He got 100 per cent on the written test, but he can't ride a bike worth a darn. He failed the corjtplete course on account of his poor riding skills," Mr. Gridzak said. The Optimist club was satisfied 'with response to their first year rodeo and hope to repeat itain next year. In addition to promoting safety, "we're trying to clamp down on stolen bikes. We hope that if a bike is now found, that the owner will be located instead of the bike sitting at the police station," he said. Mothers unpaid but outrank professionals/ A5 TAGGED—Julie Smith was one of about 60 the sticker on Julie's bike Is Jack Bedard. Mr. kids et the Optimist Club bike rodeo In Bedard also checked bicycles for mechanical Seaforth on Saturday. About 150 bikes were fitness. (Wassink photo) tagged with identification stickers. Putting INDEX Births /A9 Brussels /414 Classified /A18, 19 Community Calendar /A3 Dublin /A4, 5 Entertainment /A20 Family /A9, 10 Farm /Al2 Hensall /411 Kids /A8, 13 Oblfuaries /A10 People /A13 Sports /A8, 7 Walton /A15 4