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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-09-23, Page 1INDEX Hensall — A19 Legion —'A18 .Enterta.inment — Al Walton — A5 Dublin— A8 • • Farm —.All High School — A4, People .— A4 Obituaries - A4 Sports — A7 Weddings— Al • St. James bowling league begins. See page Azo Board seeks drop outTsolution. See page A20. Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall 'and Walton HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1987 50 cents a copy WINE IN A WHEELBARROW - These two wine selling 'farmers' took their goods around to. the those present at the dinner Saturday night at the Community Centre. Ihey. are Mr. Micheal. Park_and. Miss_Zdsh_8immer Gotbettphbto —.__ Enrolment steady at area schools Enrolment at elementary. schools in the Seaforth area was, much the:same this year as it was in 1986. St. James Separate School in Seaforth was the only school that showed a marked 'in- crease in the number of .students enrolled this year, with 151.7 Only 133 attended the school in 1986. The school's secretary credited the in- creased enrolment to a large kindergarten . class replacing last year's unusually small graduating•class. "We had 23 kindergarten students this • year. Thaf-s the largest we've had in a long time, and that makes up the difference," she said. Enrolment at St. Columban School doubl- ed this year as a result of the school chang- ing to a primary school. Now, instead of catering to students of all ages, the school is reserved for students in Kindergarten to 'Grade 3. • Students in Grades 4 to 6 will now be atten- ding St. Patrick's School fn Dublin, which will no longer cater to the younger. grades. Days of, 1837 recovered at 1987 Ciderfest This year is a special year at Ciderfest. It is the "Days of 1837" and the Van Egmond Foyurdation has added the "Feast of 1837" as well as.a time capsule. On September 27, everyone isi�rvited tq the Van Egmond hou"s'toparticipate in a day full of events marking 150 years since' the Rebellion of Upper Canada. Those that come should bring a tiny item to be included in the time capsule which will be buried at 1;30 pm. .Then take•a wagon ride before joining the "Feast of 1837". Foods similar to those prepared by the first settlers into the Huron Tract will be served. Spits will turn all day with roast pork and turkey.. Try caulcannon, a potato, cabbage and parsnip dish. Fill up on baked beans simmered over an open fire, Credit card holders urged to be cautious The Ontario Provincial Police is warning all credit card holders not to reveal their card numbers to telephone solicitors offer- ing exotic vacations at bargain prices. .Police forces across Ontario have recent- ly been flooded with complaints from people who have received telephone pitches from Houston, Texas based travel organizations, some of which are currently being in- vestigated by American authorities. The caller, claiming to represent one of the numerous travel firms, begins the pitch by saying you have been selected, because you are a preferred bank eustomer with a sound credit rating, to take a trip anywhere in the world for as little as $369 M.S. i. All you have to do is give him your credit card number and wait for a vacation package to arrive in the mail. The caller will deceptively recite the first three digits of your credit card number and you confirm it with the remaining 10 digits. Some people fall forthis ploy not realizing the first three numbers are merely a regional code contained on all cards issued in your area: and the caller really has no knowledge of your credit rating. Fair night promises to be entertaining Thursday is Fall Fair night and what a.. night it will be. The Seaforth Agricultural Society has planned a number of activities to captivate the filtered of young and old area residents alike. Among the special features are; a Big. gest P'utnpkin Contest, performanees by the Huron Centennial School choir, some local vocal and instrumental talent, a log sawing content and an appearance by Dou- ble Take, the Stratford Foursotne Dance Group who have been guests on the Toni - my Hunter Show and who have carpeted in the Veath Talent International Competi- tion in Memphis, Tennessee. Fair Queen Elizabeth Stewart will of- ficially open the Fair at 8 p.m., but the fair will be open all day, and the special ititures Will begin at 7:30 0.111, Turn to page tiA • What the card holder doesn't realize until flight ticket will. cost considerably more, funds have been debited from the account, is must be booked within 18 months and that the package sent by mail contains a"Pur- your money is non-refundable. chase Acknowledgrnerft Agreement" A legitimate travel firm will mail all stating details that were riot mentioned over necessary travel details free of charge the telephone. without demanding your credit card In the event you wish to travel with so- number. If the offer seems too good to be meone, the "Agreement" states a second true, it probably is. Seaforth firefi hter-a ,fire victim Last Thursday night a fire broke out in the Seaforth home of Doug Anstett. Mrs. Anstett was home alone when she detected the first traces of the fire. She smelled smoke so she called her father over to the house and they looked around for a trace of the fire. They found nothing, however; and thought nothing more of it: A tittle later Mrs. Anstett looked downstairs again, but this time saw .open flames. She called her father back to the house but by this time her husband had returned. Mr. Anstett, who -is a member of the Seaforth and Area Firefighters, called the fire department and went downstairs himself With a garden hose. By the time the department got there Mr. Anstett ha' "le fire out. Some electrical wiring is belie~ the cause of the fire. Damage to the Anstett home is not yet known but Mr. Anstett suspects his furnace is ruined and there may be smoke damage in the basement. "We're just lucky it happened when so- meone was at lionte," Said Mr. Anstett. ',It could have happened While we were out somewhere or while we were sleeping. iy,iii THE NEW QUEEN Of the Seaforth Fall Fair i5 Elizabeth Stewart. The two runners-up' are hada Farag` (left)' and Kendra Popple. The three Were chosen from among the twelve Contestant last Saturday bight at the Seaforth and District Community Centres in what was a very close contest. The new queen will Start her reign this Thursday and Friday at the Fall Fair. Corbett photo As a result of the switch enrolment at Dublin has decreased to 126 from '166 the year. before. • The switch has resulted in large"r class, sizes and less split grade classes at the St. Coluniban School. At other schools in the area enrolment was fairly consistent with last year. ' Seaforth Public School reported 357 students, registered this year compared with 358 the year before. Enrolment has been consistent at that school for several years. Walton Public School registered 80 students compared with 76 last year. The in= crease is attributed to the arrival of some new families in the area over the summer. Brussels Public, School enrolled 181 students compared With, 183 in 1986. Huron Centennial School in Brucefield reported 492 students compared with the 490 from the year. before. , Like with the students there were only a few new faces amongthe teaching staffs of the various schools at well. In a lot of in- stances the faces were'familiar but the jobs were different. ' . Among.the new faces at St. Jaknes School are those of: , Tim Doherty, Grades 7-8; Joanne Mawhinney, Grades 3-4; Mary Smith, Special Education; and Mary Smith ' (a different one), Librarian: New faces at Huron Centennial.School in- clude.; Bill Marsh, Grade 3 and Dave Hig- ,gins, resource teacher... New teachers at Dublin are Dorothy Dillon, Librarian; Joanne •Melady, French and Rick,Baldin,,,Grade 8. New teachers at St. Columban are Marie Ryan, Kindergarten and Joan Murray,, Grade 1. Carla. Long is the new teacher's aide. Walton Public School has a new area resource person, Frank Stretton. New at Brussels Public School is Phil Par= -sons. He will teach music, physical educa– tion and special education. • Seaforth Public School has no new teachers this year. • RIPPING UP THE ROADS in Seaforth lately has been this machine'd job. The crew and equipement are from Lavis Contracting in Clinton, and they will be resurfacing Goderich Street and Main Street North all this week. Driving conditions will improve Unless your car has a really smooth ride you have probably noticed the roads in Seaforth aren't up to par Lately. The reason for this is there are two roadwork projects going on in town. The projects involve the resurfacing of Main Street North and the portion of Highway 8 which runs through Seaforth. The railway crossing on Main Street, South will be repaired at the same time. Unfortunately though, none of the rest• facing can be done until an inch and a half to two inches of the old asphalt is skimmed off. That makes for bumpy roads. But the bumpy roads are the only drawback. The town of Seaforth will pay nothing for the new road surfaces. The coun- ty will pay the cost of resurfacing Main Street North since it is actually part of Coun- ty Road 12. The province will foot the hill for the work on Goderich Street. The town's only responsibility was to tender the contract for the resurfacing, and it was tendered to Lavis Contracting of Clin- ton for a price of $124,482. As a sort of sub -project to the resurfacing, the town of Seaforth intends to recycle the old pavement. All of the asphalt being torn up will not simply be dumped at some landfill site. It will be put back on unpaved roads to act as a dust retardant, Once it is well flattened and the sun gets a chance to soften it up a bit, it should become almost like a normal pavement. "We have to get ridiof the stuff anyway and this is a lot more useful than just dump- ing it," said Town Clerk Jim Crocker, ad- ding with new conservationist rulings oil will not be a legal dust retardant in 1988. As for the quality of the roads with the recycled asphalt surface, Mr. Crocker said the roads will be in better condition than they are now. He added the quality of the surface they expect is not unlike what you get when tar and chipping is used on roads. Right now Mr. Crocker doesn't knout how far this asphalt is going to go or on what roads, but said it will go further than was originally anticipated. LoCa 1 plowmen dare well Huron County PIowrnen, particularly those in and around the Seaforth area, fared well at the International Plowing Match held last week in Grey County, near Meaford. The 12 Huron County representatives competed against a total of 83 other plowmen from across the province and secured three of the top spots in competition. , - Jeff McGavin of Walton, who is st)dying for his Bachelor of Science at the university of Guelph, won the'Class 2, Group 2 Cham- pionship (for Plowmen under age 20) and also turned in the best performance of all the Junior Plowmen present to take the On- tario Junior Plowing 'Championship. The win made him eligible for the Canadian Championship which will be held next September in British Columbia, and also netted him a $2,500 seholarship from the On- tario Plowman's Association. A second scholarship was given to Paisley area piawinen, Rod MacGillivray. Murray Towii'sehd, of Seaforth, was nam- ed the reserve Champion for Class 2, Group 2 and ]Irian McGavin, else of Walton, was named reserve champion in Cl'as's 2, Group 3 Also' plowing from HUM County were; Matt Townsend, Bevan, Shapton, William Fotheringhani, Leanne Whitmore and Paul Dodds, Ken Kettles and Mervin Dietz competed in the antique tractor plowing competition. Other Huron County plowmen included Bill and Robert McAllister from Auburn. It was interesting to note Miss Whitmore was the only female to compete in this year's plowinggmatch. Paul Dodds was the Junior Ontario Champion Last year and leaves for the Canadian championships next week. Off the field, Sandra Hunt, Huron County's Queen of the Furrow, finished as first runner-up for the Ontario crown. "Of the total number of plow people there Huron County had 20 per cent,. which is ex- trerriely good," said Marie McGavin, whose husband is the director of the Huron County Plowman's Association. . "Other countiet were asking how we get the young kids out. ft's just a great sport for fellowship and comarderie. The plowmen compete against each other all day, but they camp together all night. " Competitors plow designated pieces of land for four days in a row Scores are given according to the uniforinity, neatness and closeness of the furrows and the plowman with the highest total score at the end of the four days is the winner. "The plowmen found the soil really favorable in Grey County," said Mrs. McGavin. "It was sandy," she said, a'ddin'g they et - petted the soil to contain•mthere .stones Suite they were further north. "`But there were no stones."