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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-07-22, Page 3Protect to study An$89,000 project to find out how many severely unemployed there are in Huron County and how to solye this problem, was ,recently started by the federal government and the county. The office for the project is located in Seaforth. Huron County applied for assistance from the federal government for a feasibility study ;that will show what groups in this county are vulnerable to unemployment and what shape the county's economy is in. The Ministry of Immigration funded the ' research operational stage;. the Severely Employed Disadvantaged Project (SED Pro ect) and the results will be presented in unemployment f idle 1-fURON.E)(POSITOR, JULY 22; 1987 -• A3 rroblem the form of policies or projects that mighty create jobs. Part of thefunding was given by Huron County for staff wages and resources. Mark Seasons, cqordinator, said the coun- ty believes there is a real need for this study because unemployment damages self- esteem, costs the government money in lost productivity and diminishes the skills • of -workers. He added the office was located in Seaforth, so researchers could work without outside influence. Hesaid the project wanted to be more central in Huron County than Goderich, Unemployment in Huron County is cur- rently 7.6 per cent, an increase from five years ago, said Mr.Seasons. He added these figures are incomplete because of people who are not counted, registered or those who leave this county to find jobs. A student at the University of Waterloo studying his Ph. D., Mr. Seasons said some people have problems keeping a job•due to personality clashes, obsolete skills or na- tional and international trends in changing markets, technology and needs that have a negative impact on Huron. County. • He said the unemployed must bridge the gap between the supply of labor and the de- mand of jobs by upgrading education, skills, awareness and accessibility to facilities. This, he said depends on corporate help and the impact of funding on programs. Research began in May with the collec- ting of statistics about the county from Statistics Canada, interviewing key SED PROJECT -A newly formed project called the --Severly cher, Gary_ Davidson, director of planning and development and Employed Disadvantaged. Project was recently set up in Seaforth chairman of the steering committee for Huron County, Elizabeth to study Huron County's economic situation and its adverse ef- Vogt and Carol Green, researchers' and Doreen Strong, office fects on certain age groups. Mark Seasons, coordinator, middle, manager. Blake photo. •. outlines the week's assignments to clockwise -Paul Nichol, resear- representatives of the county, the Board of Education, union -leaders, and social ser- vices employees. The project was set up last January. Mr. Seasons said to find the answers to the problems of unemployment, the four - member team researches historically, cur- rently and for the future. He added they want to understand how much demand there is for jobs and what industries are declining in Huron County: Research is done by the team of Carol Green, a consultant for 10 years in London, Paul Nichol, a student at the University of Guelph studying his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Elizabeth Vogt, a student at the %University of Waterloo studying her Bachelor of Arts in Geography and Mr. Seasons. Doreen Strong of Seaforth is office manager. The group meets every week to plan the itinerary for that week. The team will be looking at youth under 24, farmers over the age of 55 who have lost their farms and women without training. -, A draft report will be sent to a nine - member steering committee by mid- September and a final draft will be submit- ted by January 1, 1988. The committee is composed of Huron County representatives, Board of Education representatives, social servicesand one person from women's issues and one from the developmentally handicapped. Mr. Seasons said he doesn't know who would be in charge of future policies but said' they will make use of existing facilities. to ensure current services can' be easily received by the people. Southwestern Ontario has 35 similar pro- jects researching the need for more jobs. Mr. Seasons invites anyone to visit their Main Street office to learn more about the project, but cautioned the SED Project only researches the problems, it doesn't create jobs. Contributions to Lions. Park and Pool total near $3,700 Contributions from Seaforth and area residents to the Seaforth Lions Park and Pool maintenance fund have reached nearly $3,700 according to Dr. J.O. Turnbull who this year heads the fund. Dr. Turnbull said that while the rate of contributions being received has slowed down, gifts are continuing to come in. For this reason and also because a number of said, people who have not yet contributed have Gifts may be .forwarded to the Seaforth indicated interest, the fund will continue to Lions Park and Pool Fund, c/o Dr. J.O. receive gifts at least until mid-August he Turnbull, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1WO. Those who have contributed include the HANDY MAN -Der Sills is handy enough with sheet metal that he father's employees work in the sheet metal Shop during the can make anything requested. An employee of Sills Hardware fdr Depression. Blake photo. 53 years, Mr. Sills learned his trade from watching his grand- Seaforth- man a sheet metal A well-known Seaforth man is a "jack-of- all-trades" when. it comes to Sheet metal and making odd equipmem that no other company can make. Der Sills, an employee of Sills Hardware for 53 years, has made such things as a sausage spout, chimney flashings or vents, cemetery vases and duct work pieces. His most recent job is a request for a cor- ner eavestrough made from galvanized iron to catch the water from two spouts. All Mr. Sills needed to make this object Was the measurements of the two spouts and an idea of how those spouts should empty into the trough. Mr. Silas also planned and directed the re- cent ' e -cent• construction of the fountains in the Lions Park. The "smaller fountain was made by Mr. 'Sills two or three years ago for a parade. He had Huron Canadian Fabricators make the jets for the two larger fountains arid do the welding. He Said he was too busy to do the entire job by himself. Mr. Sills also makes round stove pipes, and uses old fashion equipment to do so. He first takes a flat piece of galvanized metal and squeezes the short ends to make in- terlocking edges. Then he rolls it in a roller. The edges are pushed together' so they lock. A machine that looks like en apple peeler is used to Put a groove around the middle of the pipe and a crimping machine IS used to put a 'ribbed edge ori one end of the pipe. All of this can be done in 5 to 10 minutes, Mr. Sills also uses a machine called the brake, which bends metal into a "hobo lock". This lock is a typeof edge to hold the short ends of the pipe together. This machine is no longer used because of the in- vention of an electric machine that does the job much faster. Another machine used by Mr. Sills looks like the edge of nail clippers combined with an old-fashioned weaver. Itis used to cut the big sheets of metal and is called the shears. Mr. Sills learned his trade in the 1930s as a teenager just out of high school. Because there were no other jobs he worked in his grandfather's hardware store and always loved watching the three sheet metal workers. He especially like to watch Charlie Brody, a friendly red-haired man, who worked in the sheet metal shop in an upstairs room of the store. Even as a youngster Mr. Sills loved to tinker around with Model A and T Ford cars, taking thein apart and putting them back together id his backyard. His brother Frank, recalled a time when the family's Model A Ford had no heat and Der cut a hole in the finer and colleted the nnanifold with Metal Si) heat eo1i11 mine into the cab. Another childhood example was When a bicycle ridden by Frank Was too high for him and Iyer bent the crossbar in - handy • man wards making a hollow for him to sit in. Mr. Sills said when he began working he was paid $15 5 week - if he was Welty. He said the other then were always paid first and if there waS an extra $15 he would get it. The wages were always paid with cash and often, he recalled, his grandfather would be paid by customers in potatoes or butter because of the poor economic conditions. Sills takes pride in his work but said he doesn't believe it is anything spectacular. "It's just a job done and that's all," he said. Mr. Sills has his licence in plumbing and gas fitting but said there was no licence for sheet metal working when he started: He snakes about 25-30 special fittings a year, but makes regular fittings; like ducts and pipe, every day. And although Mr. Sills can Make just. about everything, often, he said, it is . Cheaper to buy it from a hardware store then to make it He said, for example, it takes him longer to make a roof jack than it takes to buy one for $12 in the store. Mr. Sills also worked on a farm doing everything from ploughing to harvesting before entering the service for three years in 194i. following: Canadian Tire, John Sinnamon, Russell Worden, Lloyd Hoggarth, Dorothy MacLen- nan, Edmund Pelss, G.W. Bennett, J.W. Barnes, D.R. Stewart, M.E. Laycox, Elsie Dinsmore, Margaret A. Bennett, Frank Roberton, Eva McCartney, Ken Linglebach, Ron Bennett, John Sinclair, Lloyd Pipe, J.0: Turnbull, George Miller, Scott Poultry Farms; Grace Titford, Emile Iszacovics, Archie Somerville, Janet Cluff, Ed Daly, Queen's Hotel Ltd., Sam McClure, Jas. W. Gould; Herb Travis,Jan. Jansen, Elizageth Cardno, Mr. and Mrs. D. Leitch, Topnotch Feeds, Olive Travis, J.M. Huard, Margaret L. Kerslake, EIsIe Southgate, Florence Stewart, R.J. Lyons, Christina Souter, H.W. Voss, Don Corbett, Anna Kl- ing, Elmer Denrvr. Ethel Dennis, L. Vande- Baan, Alf Ross, Henderson, Elizabeth C. Bach, Carl Dalton, Barbara G. Rivers, Jud Walker, Gerritt Boven, Mae Smith, Robt. R. Archibald, E.F. Durst, Shirley O'Shea, Dan Templeton, Signal Star Publishing Ltd., W.H. Palin, Seaforth In- surance Brokers, Archie's Sunoco, Mary Cardno, Kevin Kale, W.L. Whyte, Helen J. McKaig, Seaforth Meat Market, John Hen- driks, Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Bolton, Lloyd Haney, Dave DeVries, Tasty Nu Bakery, Edna M. Bell, Ken Carnochan, Seaforth , Automotive and Industrial Supply, J.F. Sills, Major F.A. Golding, Dorothy Baker, Paul Carroll, G.T. Little, L.B. Melanson, G.D. Sills, Florence E. Elford, Velma and Bill Miller, Wilma Oke, James Robertson, Mary. Hodson; John Lansink, Tom Devereaux, Gerry VandenHengel, Pat Troutbeck, Bob Beuttenmiller, Dorothy Mc- Cluskie, Alex Irvine, Art Devereaux, Ken Southgate, Robt. W. Fisher; Hoffineyer's Mill Seaforth Ltd., Ivan Nielsen, Sam Phillips, Robt. Tyndall, A.Y. McLean, Ken Moore, McLlwain Construction, Mervin Dietz, Arlene VandenAkker and Marg Dale. BRIEFS Power outage Sunday night Seaforth residents living to the south of Goderich Streeti and some of those on the north, were without • power for approx- imately 40 minutes Sunday night as a result of an electrical storm which hit southwestern Ontario. According to the Seaforth Public -Utilities-offiee-one-of-=the-Ontario-Hydro feeders that feeds the town's MS -1 station went out leaving area residents in the dark. Workman appointed Brussels reeve Gordon J. Workman was appointed the reeve of Brussels recently following the resignation of former Reeve Hank TenPas. Members of Brussels council accepted the resignation of. Reeve TenPas at a special council meeting. Mr. Workman then resigned his seat as councillor• and was named by the other councillors to step up to the reeve's chair.' His seat as coun- cillor will be filled at another special meeting on July 22. Mr. Workman is in his sixth_ year on council, having served two full terms and half of the present three-year term. He's semi retired after operating a plumbing and heating business for many years in the village. Brussels mechanic survives blow up A Brussels mechanic is lucky to be alive after a truck tire he was inflating blew up in his face last week. Barri Holthuysen of Walton was knocked unconscious by the blow which also caused internal bruising to his chest as a result of the impact of the compressed air. Mr. Holthuysen was taken to Wingham and District Hospital by ambulance, and later transferred to University Hospital, London where he underwent minor surgery. Local cable T.V.. increases rates- Mitchell-Seaforth atesMitchell-Seaforth Cable T.V. Ltd. will be increasing its basic monthly fee. Subscribers will notice a total increase of 51 cents (with tax) taking the basic mon- thlyfee of $14.29 to $14.80 effective September 1, 1987. For those that pay yearly the rate in- crease will hot take effect until their next renewal date. The rate far those who rent a convertor or subscribe to the Satellite Service or First Choice will' be higher, reflecting the additional services. The rate increase will not increase the cost of convertors, Satellite Service or First Choice/Superchannel. Seaforth Creamery. charged under EPA The Ontario Ministry of the Environ- ment has charged a Seaforth company under the Environmental Protection Act, after a boiler was installed without a cer- tificate of approval. Seaforth Creamery (1981) Ltd. faces one charge pertaining to constructing equip- ment without a certificate of approval- The charge follows ministry investigations bet- ween January 1, 1988 and March 14, 1986. The maximum fine for each charge is $5,000. The first court appearance is set for 9 a.m. Thursday, July 23, at Goderich Pro- vincial Offences Court: COMMUNITY CALENDAR If you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the recreation office at 527.0882 er the Expositor at 527.0240, or mail the information to Comtnuni* ty Calendar, The Huron Expositor. Box 69. Seaforth,. Ontario, NOK 1W0 well in advance of the scheduled date. Space for the Cornmunity Calendar is donated by The Huron EXposito► Wed., July 22 1:30 p.m. Senior Shuffleboard 1:30 - 4 p.m. Public Swimming 6:30 - 8 p.m. Moms and Tots Roller Skating 7 p.m. Turf Club vs. Mainstreet 8:30 p.m. Topnotch vs. Queens (Lions Park) 8 p.m. Ladies Bali Hockey 8 - 9 p.m- Fitness is Fun 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Public Swimming Ladies Invitation Golf Tourney - Seaforth Golf and Country Club 6:30 p.m. Mite Boys vs. Belgrave 8 p.m. Exeter at Warrettes (Winthrop Ball' Diamond) Thurs., July 23 7:30 p.m. Boilersmith vs. Beachwood 8:30 p,m. Brewers vs. Komako'zy 9:30 p.m. Cents vs. Topnotch 7 p.m. Atwood at Walton Pee Wee Boys 9 p.m. Walton at Fullarten A's 8 p.m. Pee Wee Boys vs. Brussels (Winthrop Ball Diamond) ' -Fri., July 24 ' • 7 - 10:30 p.m. Roller Skating 7 p.m. Clinton at Walton Squirt Boys 8 p.m. Walton at Roadrunners (Winthrop) Ladies Silo -pitch 10 a.m.: 4 p.m. Seaforth and residents are invited t6 attend Coininunity Awareness Days at the Royal Canadian Legion, 95 Kirk St., Clinton. 6.30' p.m. T -ball 8 piss- Wildcats at Roadrunners • (Winthrop Ball Diamond) Sat., July 25 10 a,m. St. Thomas Anglican Church, New and Used Sale at Parish Hall Sun., July 26 Van Egmond Foun July Fiddler's Picnic 7 p.m. Crearnery vs. Turf Club 8:30 p -m. Queen‘ vs. Mainstreet (Lions Park) Mon., July 27 7 p.m. Topnotch vs, Bears 8:30 p.m. Turf Club vs, Queens (Optimist Park) 7 p.m. Watton at Mitchell Ladies Slo=pitch 6:30 p.m. T -bail 8 p.m. Wildcats et Roadrunners (Winthrop Bail Dtarnond) Tues., July 25 1- 8:30 p.m. Ladies ftb'ali at Lions Park 7 p.m. Belmore at Walton Mite Boys 8 p.m. Cromarty vs. Masherettes 9:30 p.m. St. Marys at Midget Boys (Winthrop Ball Diamond) Wed t Jul 29 7 p.m. Creamery' vs. ears 8:30 pm. Mainstreet ds. Topnotch , (Lions park) • 8:30 p.m. Walton at S6641'6 vilte A'S 9 p.m. Belgrave at Walton Bantam Girls 8 p.m. Auburn at Warrettes 4 irtthrop 8'ah' Diamond)