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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1988-06-29, Page 1Dublin - A5,6 Weddings - A7 Walton - Al2 Graduates - A14 Obituaries - A14, Births - A15 Seaforth Squirt, Girls win tournament. See page A9. ire+ ents graduate. See page A13. Huron xpositor Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton Seaforth, Ontario HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1988 50 cents a copy "WE'VE GOT ONE SICK BEAR HERE" said Mike Betties as he and Greg Cook of the Seaforth Ambulance pulled up at the Teddy Bear Clinic at the Seaforth Community Hosopital on Saturday. This victim beady escaped a car accident and was taken into the hospital for immediate treatment. The Clinic brought kids and their teddy bears from across the area to the hospital, where they learned how health care works. Cor- bett • hoto. Brucefield man, daughter killed i n head-on crash A motorcycle -car collision claimed the isn't suffering from serious injuries. lives of a Brucefield man and his daughter Police say the accident occurred at 12:50 on Saturday. pm on County Road 8, about 10 kilometers north of Clinton. Mr. Dallawas g James Dallas, 35, and his daughter southbound with his daughter aspassenger, Nicole, 13, of RR 1 Brucefield were pro- while Mr. Vandervelde was northbound. nounced dead at the scene of the accident. The collision occurred in the southbound The motorcycle they were riding was struck lane. head-on by a car driven by John OPP report charges in this fatal accident Vandervelde, 19, of RR 3 Lucknow. Mr. may be laid, pending completion of an Vandervelde is in the Clinton Hospital but investigation. ea A 60 POUNu i uHGEON was caught by local fisherman Ron Riley in the Pickerel River recently. Mr. Riley was looking for his fourth pickerel when his bait was taken by this monster fish. Measuring four feet 11 inches in length the fish dragged Mr. Riley's boat around for 45 minutes, when it broke the surface and completely leapt out of the water at one point Mr. Riley says he almost fell out of the boat. His six pound test line held out, but an ultra light rod and reel and a net were ruined before his largest ever catch was brought into the boat. Mr. Riley says the fish is too ugly to mount, and is in- stead going toward the stocking of freezers. Corbett photo. 6 Moo Hg t Local merchants who participated • in a Moonlight Madness sale Friday were pleas- ed with the way it turned out. Most however, were disappointed more businesses didn't join in. "A lot of people (customers) were com- plaining that everything in town wasn't opened, and that isn't good," said Anne James, owner of the Knitter's Loft. "I thought more businesses would be open myself. There were a lot of strangers in town and hopefully they got enough bargains they'll come back." Mrs. James said she was pleased with the night, and added there was a "nice, sum- mer evening atmosphere for doing business". "It was a really good day, but I guess a lot of the people who were in were really disappointed in the town," said Nancy Storey on behalf of Anna's Dress Shoppe. ess a "A lot expected everyone in town to be open. But it was a quick thing and I guess you can't expect the town to throw everything together all at once and plan a big thing." Joanne Aubin of Kid's Kloze said she too was disappointed by merchant participa- tion in the Moonlight Madness. "It was such a last minute type ofdeal though, that it's understandable. It was my feeling from the start, that it (moonlight madness) was suited to a store like mine (a specialty store), but I think a few more stores could've got involved," she said. Mrs. Aubin noted Kid's Kloze was busy and said at times there was hardly room to move around: She noted the late night hours gave mothers the opportunity to come shopping alone - without their children, and added a lot of mothers took advantage of the situation. s! ccess "It was a great opportunity to leave the kids with their fathers," she said. "It was a nice, fun night and great for sales. And it would have been a better night if everyone had participated. I'd do it again in a minute." Mrs. Aubin said she like to see Seaforth try another Moonlight Madness sale before the end of summer - this time with everyone staying open. "Mitchell's Midnight Madness sale was a smashing success and I think if the timing was right - say for back to school - the event was organized well enough in advance and people were notified, Seaforth's would be too. I think I'm going to do it again - even if I have to do it myself," she said. Hart Ford Mercury, who initiated the Moonlight Madness, also heard complaints that more businesses weren't open, but Turn to page 16A • Main Street building awaiting demolition The Main Street building which borders Lyons Market, and which used to be Marty's Place, will be torn down within a matter of days, and a good part of it has already come down. The building has sat. empty for several years, and will be torn down to expand the parking lot of the neighboring grocery store. The cornice along the storefront's rooftop and its door have been successfully saved and will be used in an exhibit in the Huron County Museum in Goderich. Located at 109 Main Street South and built in 1888, the building was originally owned by William Hawkshaw. It housed a number of different businesses in early Seaforth. The following about the house can be found in Isabelle Campbell's book, The Story of Seaforth: "John Crawford, a cattle drover, and Rebecca Gamble, a relative of his, in May 1885, bought the next lot. Crawford owned the north part. Two frame buildings were erected, and both were burned in February 1879. At that time one was being used as a store and the other as a dwelling. On September 10, 1888 both owners sold to William Hawkshaw. Later, a brick block was built. The first merchants to do business in it were Noble T. Cluff and R. Beattie and Co.; Cluff sold dry goods and THE HURON COUNTY MUSEUM will soon be the recipient of the cornice from this building on Main Street which is being torn down this week. The cornice was removed by museum officials with help from the Seaforth PUC on Monday morning, and will become part 9f an architectural display at the county museum. The building has been vacant for several years and is being demolished to expand the parking lot at Lyons market. Corbett photo. hardware in the north store, and Beatties the north store. John did business on Main sold meat and groceries in the south. At the Street for 60 years, wrote poetry, and open - time John Beattie was sellng his much ed the first variety store in this community. advertised 28c tea, he had changed over to Mrs. Gordon Dick sold groceries in this store till early in 1965, and Hugh Thompson, till 1969, had his shoe repair shop in the other. Both stores are empty at the present time." Agricrew provides low cost farm labor BY NEIL CORBETT Inexpensive student help has been made available to local farmers again this sum- mer, and many students in Huron County have been given full time work and valuable job experience through the Agricrew program. Sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Agricrew organizes student laborers between the ages of 15 and 24 into crews of four, then finds agriculture related work for them on farms near their home. This four person crew is offered to farmers at a rate of $110 for an eight hour day. There are four crews in Huron County and they'll work up until August 19. Merton Keyes of RR 4 Seaforth has used the Agricrew program for the past couple years and recently had a crew on his farm to pick stones. Mr. Keyes says the crew does a good job and he is going to have them back for three more days in July for stone picking and clean up jobs. Michelle Turner of RR 1 Varna was the foreperson of the crew at Mr. Keyes' farm. She is going int Grade II at Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. This is Michelle's first year with Agricrew, but she was considered for a foreperson's job because of her experience on her parent's farm. As foreperson she is responsible for transporting the crew to work and making sure they are all available. Michelle is trying to work enough money for a trip to France, and she chose Agricrew because she wanted a job were she worked outside. Also, she is interested in agriculture and hopes to have a farm of her own some day. "I'll probably be on a farm for the rest of my life so I may as well get used to it now," she says. Steven Watt of Clinton is a Grade 12 stu- dent at CHSS and this is his second year with Agricrew. Like the other members of the crew he applied for other jobs, but the job with Agricrew was the first that came open to him and he took it. He says he likes the work, but doesn't want to pursue a career in agriculture. For Ron Wammes of RR 2 Seaforth, this job with Agricrew is his first full time job. He has spent three days on the job with the crew, and says they are getting to know each other suite well. H. is a Grade 11 stu- AGRICREW WORKERS Steven Watt, Ron Wammes, Michelle Turner and Tina Thomas were on the RR 4 Seaforth farm of Merton Keyes this week picking stones. The Agricrew program is under way again this summer to provide farmers with cheap labour and students with employment. Corbett photo. dent at CRSS and knows his co-workers well, which may also be a contributing fac- from school. tor to the problems OMAF is having in try - "When you're picking stones you talk ing to recruit students for the program. about a lot of different things," he says, and Don Hauser, OMAF regional Agricrew he and his co-workers have talked about all supervisor, says there is a lot of work on sort of strange things like cartoons, cartoon farms this summer if the student manpower characters and what they say, Pee Wee Her- could be found to take it on. man, and any topic that will make the time "There's lots of demand, it's just finding pass faster while they pick stonesenough students this year," he says. The program started on June 20 and there are solid bookings until July 20 for the crews. But a job with Agricrew pays $4.55 for workers over 18 and $3.70 for those under 18. The reason for this is this government spon- sored program is not ::lowed to compete with the private sector. But students in the program can expect enough hours of work, and many get 40 hour weeks. Agricrew workers can do any job related to agriculture, and do a variety of menial tasks such as picking stones, baling hay, pil- ing wood, working in different gardens or for vegetable farmers. Tina Thomas got into Agricrew on the ad- vice of a friend who told her about the pro- gram after she was in it last summer. It is also Tina's first job outside of her home. She doesn't have a background iN farming and isn't planning a career in that direction, so for her Agricrew basically means a full time job and work experience. She says the crew likes to have a few laughs while working to pass the time faster, but wonders if they're not starting to lose it with some of the conversation topics they come up with. What she wants to get out of Agricrew is job experience, a few bucks, and nice tan -in no particular order. The only restrictions on an Agricrew is This crew will work together all summer, that it can't do second storey construction or and it is the hope of Agricrew organizers destruction, use chainsaws, use power they will become friends and take pride in takeoff shafts, or drive on public roads. their work. There are still bookings needed for The only real fault the students find with Agricrew workers for late July and early their ob is that it doesn't 'a . . 'cularl Au •t.