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Broker 887-6100 Contact ' JOHN PATTERSON 482-3183 HENSALL LIVESTOCK SALES Every Thursday at 12 :30 p.m. All classes of livestock W EiNVITEYOURCONSIGNMENTS Victor Hargreaves Greg Hargreaves 482-7511 Clinton 262-2619 Hensall Barry Miller 236-2717 Exeter & 229-6205 Kirkton THE -HURON EXPOSITOR;: JANUARY 1, 1986 A9 • hange and tradition healthy mix (Continued from Page A7) ' An Oshawa, Ontario company is using the lure of a free wristwatch to send unsolicited light bulbs to area residents. The citizens of Seaforth turned out en masse Wednesday to express their apprecia- tion and love for a doctor who had served as a family physician and surgeon for the Seaforth area for over 40 years. Dr. Paul L Brady, who had retired early this year because of ill health, graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1938, interned at St. Joseph's Hospital in Toronto, and came to practise in Seaforth on May 1, 1940, with his new bride, Helen. MAY22' The Seaforth District High School track and field team gave its best performance in years at the Huron -Perth track and field competi- tion held in Goderich. Residents neighboring land zone C3 Highway Commercial at the corners of Coleman and Goderich Street East stuck to their guns and refused to accept a compro- mise as handed down to council by its Planning Advisory Committee. The neigh- bors want the land rezoned,residential so the issue has been referred back to the planning committee for reconsideration. MAY21) The end has come for the Seaforth Katimaver group. Usually another group of people arrvies to take their places. But this time there won't be another group coming to take over. The federal funding has pulled the plug on funding to Katimavik. Coinciding with the end of this school year .will be the retirement of one of Seaforth Public School's most loved teachers. .June Boussey has taught there since the construction of the school in 1953, spending the past 19 years as its kindergarten teacher. Town council approved an addendum to the Sanitary Landfill Operation and Manage- ment Procedures which would allow raising the site's final contours to a higher elevation. Masco Enterprises, the Oshawa company which sent a Dublin man $175 worth of light bulbs he says he didn't order, is the subject of an investigation after all. -NOTICE- BEER BOTTLE DEPOT will be CLOSED WEDNESDAYS until MARCH 19, 1986 li Seaforth Junior Farmers New Year's Eve DANCE Sealnrlh & Disirict ('ommumt y Centres Tues. Dec. 31 non T(CKETS AT s500 1)ii(IR II(rT LUNCH MIrstC BY SE ERENS Age of Ma arity nr.tr FearmerCant ;Small Hall 1fpstairs 1 Nr) Rf.iFF,JEANS BIRTHS CROW lE•:l-: Flank and Patricia Crowley of Rif S Seaforth are happy 10 announce the arrival of their son, John Raymond, boric ik'crmbrr 14. 1985 at Seaforth Community Hospital A Neither for Jim. Jane. Julianne raid Jeanette Proud grandparents are Ray and Vera Murray and Cletus and Dorothy ('rnwtey OBITUARIES \t1.;'a:It1At AAIPitflJ. '1.1 140w Il ax ' `119111 0, ('anhpixdl. formerly ni Hen -.,1l died S11u1rl:ry. l)rrrintn'r 21. ;nes the Rine %Yater iUr'sl Hnmr in 7.urich. Sill' % 67 Mr. ('amphelI w.n :1 member of Hensall 1(ebekah bulge and Exeter Iinlgi' of the tinier of Eastern Star 1' deceased by her husband. M Earl (' imperil she is curved by children. ()omen • et r' I rnnard Smith i nt Lenin. Joseph Arnold ret Exeter. Kenneth of fill 3. Exctcr. eters Mn dare% ('mmnr of Centralia and llnmer'nt Hemel] all Alin sunning is a sister Mr.. Agnes Winterne of (m Angeles. California: 44 eran.linldree a d'66 great-gnertideldtere 11r, Campbell is also predreteeced by tier elm Rev Reeled. ifarold. lloy'd and Gerald. one elancison Rarrt, three tiro -there and four ere let's Ftiendc called at the IIMea11 Chapel of el whorl 1' O-('nnnot Fittest Homes and a funeral service was held at the Carinal Priedlvterian Churcei in liens:all. Spring ietenni'OI in Exeter Cemetery. \ memorial service under the envied; of Ileneall 14t'ixkah Indgee anti a arortarial »enact• ander the ettepieee of the t Inter of the lei trent Star twee aLso conducted. 1e. expressions cif eeptpalliy. donatio ascan (se i1) the (''.nriiiel Prwsiliel !kin ehii'r'filt JUNES Seaforth lions Club members are joining forces with other Lions Clubs in the area to help victims of the tornado that whipped through northern Ontario, The lions will be going to Grand Valley to help with the clean up. The time is fast approaching for one of Huron Centennial's teachers to celebrate her swan song. Edith Swan began teaching 42 years ago and will retire in June. Her teaching career started in a one -room schoolhouse north of Brucefield after her graduation in 1942. Residents are in agreement with a resolution passed recently at a director's meeting of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA ) regarding waste manage- ment. The resolution stresses the need by municipalities to put pressure on local and provincial governments to stop what the OFA describes as an "environmentally irrespon- sible habit of creating garbage dumps, called landfill sites, and to follow the well -proven viable waste disposal systems already practiced in different countries." i1 sounds like something out of the W izard of Oz. but there is no happy ending to the story that saw tornado-like winds rip an implement shed off its foundation on the property of Ken and Arlene McCowan, and deposit it in pieces around their home. The wind. which ripped through the Brumfield area, seemed to centre its havoc nn the Hit 1 property. No one else in the area has reported any damage. JUNE 12 With only a week's supply of food left for his family and nowhere else to turn, a 3S -year-old Walton man has gone on a hunger strike to make public his plight against the BC workers' compensation board. The board cut off payments to him in December. but all Dave W eishrod wants is for the board to review his case At present there are 4.000 other people with cases before the boardIt could take over a year before his MSC would be heard. Area fanners are using a potentially dangerous presticide. the federal govern- ment has said. The product, known commercially as Leese. se. and diemlcelly as alachlor, has been proven to cause cancer in laboratory rats. ft to used primarily on corn and soybeans, and is manufactured by a Mississauga firm called Mondanto. Motorists travelling westbound on High- way 8 were inconvenienced slightly by a road block set up by Goderich OPP. The roadblock wag set up as a result of an ammonia teak on the highway. halfway between Clinton and Seaforth, just west of Dead Stoic Removal. Seven car owners had their validation tags removed and their vehicles classified as unfit when local police. in conjunction with the Ministry of Transportation and Cornmunica- lions. ran a one -day safety lane. Jt'NE r9 ('onslnidion of a fence around the outfield of the hall diamond at Scaforties Lions Park this spring completes the renovation program which has been underway at the park for several years.. Hul'let1 Township is stili waiting for grants from various ministries fortheir 1985 budget. but before those grants are included. township residents are looking at a 2.74 per cent increase in taxes. Kapenditures will rise 14 26 per tent. The proposed restotation of the Seaforth town hall`s front porch has been put on hold until council can investigate the possibility of attaining funding for the project from an outside source. The Main Street properties destroyed in Fehr uery'sfire camedesert° being fixed up. or maybe torr- down. According to Seaforth Town Clerk Jim Crocker. the building needs about $150,000 worth of repairs. To demorish and rebuild it would cost loser to $400.000. he said. JIJNE26 The government has made a costly mistake. At least that seems to be the concensus of senior citizens- around Seaforth. Most of ore contacted were hurt, disappointed and isillusiblied. A couple even hinted it might change the way they vote in the next federal election. The issue that has them tiled up is the de -indexation of their pensions. Finance Minister elidaael Wilson announced in his May 23 budget be would be changing the .system by which federal pensions keep pace . With inflation. Huron County pork producers are hurting. who has been with the association since 1971, As a result of American tariffs and the past eight years as chief, said he will provincial subsidies in the rest of this remain with the association. country, Ontario's hog farmers are falling `SEPTEPABER4 further behind inflation. And the situation Area farmers should take precautions to shows few signs of improvement. Ontario avoid the spread of two plants recentl'q added now produces more than one-third of to the list of noxious weeds by the Canada's hogs. Yet the Ontario government municipality of Seaforth. At a recent offers its farmers, little help. meeting, Seaforth Town Council added JULY i Velvetleaf and Proso Millet to its list of local Despite being 150 -years -old Tuckersmith weeds. Township threw a party on the weekend that An Egmondville man has won second prize appeatall ages. • in a Lottario pool draw. Murray Henderson Tn keeping people with et theme the township claimed $34,549 in the August 3 draw. instilled a desire in local residents to "revive SEP'I'EM BER 11 and come alive" and celebrate the presti- Many residents in Huron County must gious event. have been wondering about the curious signs A proposed closed-circuit television sy- adorning the roadsides during the final days stem which would link four regional hospitals of August. including Seaforth Community Hospital has The 25 signs stating "Ontario Hydro undergone some changes. staked this power route before public The Ontario Foodland Hydro committee is meeting hearings?! were placed on' county continuing to make Ontario Hydro aware of and paved roads from London to Ripley and its opposition to a transmission line corridor remained up through the Labor Day. It's part through prime. agriculture land in the of a publicity campaign by the Foodland counties of Bruce, Huron and Middlesex. Hydro Committee, a group opposing a hydro General Home Services, which employs power corridor through Huron County 160 people in Hensel!, is in trouble. Receivers farmland, to draw attention to the hydro's from Citibank moved in June 16 to take over survey work in the area. the company, If you're a good driver, expect your car After 15 days of fasting Dave W eisbrod insurance rates to go up 10 to 15 per cent the abandoned his hunger strike. next time you renew. If your driving record JULY 10 isn't so hot, expect a substantially higher Premier David Peterson announced the nerease. appointment of Huron Bruce MPP Murray The historical Brussels Dam, restored by Elston as Minister of Health, and of the Maitland Valley Conservation •Authority, was officially opened by the traditional ribbon Huron, Middlesex M PP Jack Riddell as cutting ceremony and the not -so -traditional Agriculture Minister. waterfowl release. JULY 17 SEPTEM BER 18 improvements have been made in the The Ministry of the Environment has ' operation of the landfill site in order to denied a request from an Egmondville man to comply with regulations set down by the tie into Seaforth's George Street South Ministry of the Environment. sanitary sewer line. Seaforth, Brussels and Grey Fire Depart- Despite a very wet month of August, ments were all on the scene as fire engulfed a cash -crop farmers who gambled on white barn at the RR 1, Walton property of Verner beans this year can expect a reasonably good Buegler. yield of the crop, thanks to the cool dry The Seaforth town council has approved weather of the past week or so, says a local the 1985 Waterworks Capital Budget as crop insurance adjuster. proposed by the local Public Utility Commis- A two-year wage and benefit agreement anon. between the Seaforth Public Utilities Com - Totalling $42,591 the budget allocates mission and its four outside workers became $21,210 to completion of three watermain effective last week when it received official projects in town. That cost will be subsidized approval of the employees' union. somewhat by a $10,000 transfer from the reserve fund. Lynn Dodds of [ill 4, Seaforth the 1985-86 JULY 24 reigning Ontario Furrow Queen emceed the The rally of farmers organized by the 1985-86 Huron County Queen of the Furrow Ontario Federation of Agriculture at Queen's competition at the county match. Park was an unqualified success. Over 2,000 OCTOBER 2 people arrived by car and bus in an aspiring A coroner's jury has ruled the death of a show of solidarity to bring their message to 2o -year-old Dublin area man who fell and hit federal and provincial politicians. his head on the floor of a Seaforth tavern last The message was loud, dear and simple: May was accidental. Agriculture provides an opportunity - don't Two buildings in town are no longer under -value it....don't ignore it...and don't standing. Demolition began Monday on what miss it. is referred to as the old MacMillan house and There was a gas leak in Egmondville, the old convent located on Victoria and caused by, and causing delays to construction Govenlock Streets respectively. on the Brucefield road. Demolition bean Monday on the unused Seaforth's volunteer firefighters were grain mill on Railway Street, Seaforth. The called into action around 9:15 Friday building, which was sold by theHensall morning. Arriving on the scene, at the corner Co-op to the Seaforth Creamery C. ltd. on of Huron County Roads 12 and 3 (about two September 20, is the last of a series of flour km inside Egmondvllle), they found a mills which once existed on the property west backhoe had broken a natural gas lino. , of the creamery. Tenders for the enclosure of the Coleman A total of 99 graduating students were Street drain and for the paving of four streets honored at Seaforth District High School's in Seaforth were designated subject to MTC annual Commencement exercises held in the approval during a recent meeting of council. high school auditorium on Friday night. Of JULY3a those. 34 were presented with Secondary The Public Utilities Commission is taking School Honor Graduation Diplomas (Grade steps to upgrade a transformer at its MST sub 13). 39 were recipients of Secondary School station. Graduation Diplomas. who have left SDHS, The decision to upgrade came at a recent and 26 were secondary school graduates who meeting of the PUC when Mark Steeves, a have returned to SDHS. representative of Ontario Hydro, confirmed OCTOBFR19 susptdons of the local PUC. 'Tat Seaforth While the rnajnrtty 01 councillors in tho stations needed to upgrade in order to meet Townships of McKlttop, Hulleat and Hibbert the needs of the community. will be standing for re-election. there will be At long last someone has plans for the al least one new face en each of those councils burned out property located beside the after the November municipal election. Superior Grocery Store on Seaforth's Main Not all the intentions are in but it looks like Street. there will be some vacancies on council when There es a committee in Huron County the November 12 municipal election rolls looking at co-ordinated health services for the around. county and a district health council le at least A copy of the Atlas will be presented one alternative to be considered. formally tothe County in a short ceremony on AUGlFST7 Wednesday. Octoher23 w nidi will take place p y Maplewood Manor, originally the old at the Court House. Goderich and to which the public is Invited to attend Seaforth Public School, is approximately two 0 C d O nFdt i6 months from cornpletlnn And with that 'tire Roth btorfk can be repaired and should completion comes new job opportunities for not Ise demolished according to the dile( focal residents. building official. Tavoareateenages, including a 17 -year-old fn a report addressed to council Herman mother who was to be married, and her maid Van Wieren said all fire damage to the of honor, were killed in an accident which also building was confined to tae roof and ceiling. claimed the life of a young OPP officer. He noted the back of the building on the west When the three-year-old pacing fillies of side is damaged beyond repair and should be the Ontario Sires Stakes hit Clinton fiaeeway demolished but said the main building can be on August 11, locally -owned H.F. Alice win repaired and should not be lona doom be one filly looking to put on a good Show for A request has been sent to the Forensic the hometown fans. 14 Sciences Centre for a breathalyzer unit to be The long awaited anno AUGUST ouncement of the shared by theClinton-Seaforth Police Forces. OCTOBER 23 Ontario [iberal5' interest subsidy program Fire destroyed a barn and appproximately for farmers finally care laic wok 40 pigs on October 16 in Tuckersmith A fire in a silo did $6.000 daneve to a Township Dublin farmer's prtoperty Brumfield firefighters. with some assist - The average Tueketsmith taxpayer is ance from the Seaforth fire department were facing about a $50 increase this year. called out to battle the blaze around 8 p.m. Tuckersmith Council appmvedan eight per but were unable to save the building or the cent tax boost. That will mean the average animals. 'he fire was brought under control assessment will increase frim $517.88 to and not allowed 10 spread to other buildings $625.11. on the farad of Peter Past1. RUt 3. Clinton. Hullett Township Council has accepted a The Seaforth Community Hospital is now tender from the (Trarrlprcn road equipment offering occupational therapy service. on company. from which it will bile mad grader in-patient basis only, through an arrange - worth more than $134.000 ment with Para -Med Serve ices, a lendon- AUGL"S'T2t based company For the third time hi just about two weeks. The Seaforth Creamery, part of the town Seaforth firemen were put to work again kir all but a brief period since !89'6. is A fine m a field owned by Francis ss Hunt of expanding. Excavation of the property to the Walton reused the town's alarm to sound just west of the Creamery is already underway about two p.m. Firefighters were on the with Afcktmam Construction scene in minutes, and in less than an hour it was all over. Debate over the restoration of the Round- house located on the property of the Seaforth and District Community Centres continues. Anybody baking •far saris` fsace and quiet in town is likely to fmd it sometime in the near future, if a noise bylaw passed by town tanned Waits as it should. A slight downward trend in the projected student enrorment agate won't Mete any signifitdnt changes in Huron County schools says superintendent of the programs. Am/31dMathers. AUGUST28 Once again national gold has come to Huron County canoeists. Dana Klose and Kine Rath'evell tearited up this year and medal captured the gold al in the National Marathon Canoe Championships held sn Peterborough, Ontario. Theycornpeted in the Women under 18 rdtegory. Harty Hak, . Chief of the Seaforth and Thstriet Fire Fighters Association has an- nounced he will stet( down from the chief's p leitiones of Deeterilrer31. 108e. Chief Halle, on ltd , of Sea - forth. at the helm. An old mill originally on played well in net. although she was not the site was removed by MclJwain Construe- overworked. tion earlier this month after the Creamery DECEM BER I R purchased .the property from the Hensat After more than a year of organizational Co-op work and fundraising, and despite a couple of OCTOBER30 setheeks. Seafoith's Midget hockey team is There is a desire to coordinate health finally set to embark on an international services in Huron County. but no desire for a ice -hockey adventure. The team of 18. district health remelt here. 15 -17-year-olds. plus a contingent of roaches, Ibis message carne across loud and clear at parents and fans. which brings the total a publicnieeting sponsored by Huron County number to 30. are scheduled to leave for corrimurely services connect. Denmark at'8 a.tn on December26. The team Although five of the six councillors on %sill be overseas until January 11. Seaforth Town Council for the next three All but one member of council voted in years have been acclaimed to their seats, favoref a resolution asking legislation found there will bee contest for the final seat in the to be responsible for excessive lawsuits and November 12 munidpal eledioft. court awards he altered or removed. With one seat unfilled after the official A farmer's bnnspiel sponsored by Top - dosing of nominations at 5 p.nt October 21, notch Feed's limited. was held December 11, the deadline wet extended to October 22, et the Seaforth Curling Club with teams when two additional nominees. Bessie attending from Listowel,. Mitchell. Kirkton, Broome of Egmondville and Bill McLaughlin. Vanastra and the surrounding area. Firs( also of Egmondville, canoe forward. place winners in the first draw. were a team Tu'Ckerstnith Township has its first woman skipped by Dave St. Marie, of Seaforth. councillor, .., and at a ratepayyers meeting Second place went to a team skipped by Eldon Tuddaytit was learned - its defy'totmettlor. Ballantyne of Mitchell. Rowena Wallace, was the only person to file papers for a seat as a councillor. NOVEMBERO it was a corn roast of a different kind early Friday morning at Topnotch Feeds Ltd., located a 138 Main Street South. With two incumbent commissioners and a former councillor on the ballot, Seaforth residents can be assured whoever wins the two seats on the Public Utilities Commission will have experience in municipal matters. Incumbent PUC chairman Jim Sills, incum- bent Gordon Pullman and former Seaforth Councillor George Hildebrand are all in the running for the two seats in the November 12 election. Halloween, traditionally a night of pranks and even vandalism in some communities passed quietly in Seaforth, said Seaforth Police Chief Hal Claus. Chief Claus said no incidents of vandalism or rowdiness were reported, although the. occasional soaped window would be seen around town, and police did have to lay one charge against a juvenile. NOVEMBER 13 Following a lengthy negotiation period Seaforth Town Council was finally able to pass a by-law authorizing a contract service with the Seaforth Police Association. Town council has agreed to authorize the demolition of part of the Roth block located on the west side of Main Street South. That block was destroyed by fire earlier in the year. Seaforth native David McElwain, is now playing most of his hockey five hours further away from home, after being traded to the North Bay Centennials, from the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Major Junior A Hockey League. NOVEMBER 20 Voter turnout at the municipal election was on par with the 40 per cent provincial average, at most polls in the area. Seaforth reported a 42 per cent turnout, which is unusually low for the municipality. Seaforth has 1,808 residents eligible to vote. Huron County council is backing up the Huron County Board of Health in its decision to urge the provincial government to forego the sale of beer and wine in grocery and convenience stores. Members of the Seaforth Public Utilities Commission balked slightly, before agreeing to pay a bill from the Town of Seaforth for cutting grass at PUC property on Welsh Street, and other services. Engineer Richard Anderson of B.M. Ross and Associates, Goderich, reported to Tuckersmith Township Council on his survey of the water system in Egmondville and what is needed to update the system. The township has applied for and received approval of an Ontario Neighborhood Improvement Pro- gram grant for $150,000. The township must put up a similar amount fora total of $300,000 to be spent in Egmondville. NOVEMBER 27 Fire forced a family of six from their home temporarily, on Friday, November 22. However. no one was hurt in the blaze and the main portion of their Hibbert Township home was undamaged, reports the Seaforth Fire Department. Facing a 98 per cent insurance premium irocrease. the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic separate school board is taking the problem of increased liability insurance premiums to the provincial government. Seaforth District High School students have grown tired of the conventional chocolate bar sales, sponsor sheets and other means of fundraising often employed by the educational institutions. So they're resurrect- ing a fundraising idea from their past. They will be hosting a carnival but one a little different from others. 1FX'EMMBF214 After months of existing as a burned -out shell on Seafordes Main Street, the buildings known as the Roth block will soon get a new lease on life under new ownership. The buildings were recently purchased by br- ibers Bill and Joe McTaughlin. Repairs to the roof began this week. Anammonia leak at the Seaforth arena Tate Saturday night did little more than cause a big stink, awarding to arena manager Graham Nesbitt. levo employees of the arena were in the building when the leak occurred. but escaped serious injury. although they were checked by a doctor for possibtle inhalation of the gas With little comment, Huron County Council will break a longtime tradition and throwopen its committee and bard meetings to the public. This decision was one of (he last made by the retiring council at a special meeting on November 28. Seaforth Novices edged Hanover6-3 in the final game, to capture the A division crosolatien at the Seaforth Minor Hockey Novice Tournament this past weekend. • DECF.IIBER t 1 tical police have come to the conclusion people in and around Seaforth are not drinking as much as they used to. The Seaforth Police Deo—Airin conjunction with the OPP, set up a spot check tarty Sunday morning. Of the 45 or so motorists that were stopped only one failed to pass the breathalyzer test. A pot left burning on the stove is believed 10 be the cause of a lot of smoke, which resulted in the Seaforth Fire Department being sum/tweed to an apartment building on Friday. December 6. about 2.45 a m. Seaforth District High School students and staff were well -rewarded for their effort in resurrecting the old-time school carnival as a fund-raising event. The carnival, held last Friday afternoon and evening produced a profit of about 82.300 The Seaforth Belles Ringette team defeat- ed the Forme Belles 11-1 on Sunday in Seaforth. Goal'tender Leanne Whitmore A f