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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1980-09-04, Page 1• . ^ ' 121st Year Whole No. 5869 , SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,SOTEMBER 4, 1980 — go PAGES ee`77,77077"."77 $14 a year in advance Single Copy 35 Cents est,Wal ,Ikatte , g PAY UP—Seaforth volunteer fireman Dave firemen give a special thanks to Frank Phillips DeVrIes-661166-16-6-1611-Trom an .unsuspeoThrig traveller during a blitz Friday to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The • aidaI1'' final tally for the day of $2234.52. (Ppoto by Shoveller) McKinley fete at testimonial BY JIM FITZGERALD Nearly 1,000 • friends. relatives. party, members. and even opposition members, crowded into a hot Clinton arena last Wednesday night to honor former Member of the Federal Parliament. R.E. (Bob) McKinley. who stepped down last May as the sitting member for the Huron -Bruce riding. Billed as an appreciation night. the at times enthusiasatic crowd came to say thanks to the man who had served the riding since the fall of 1965. McKinley, who' turned out to be the most popular MP to ever serve the riding by winning huge majorities each time he was re-elected, was called a "dedicated and hard working" member by Tom Jasper. a Goderich dentist who delivered the key note address for the evening. "It is fitting that we return to Clinton. for it was here in the fall of 1965 that Bob was first nominated as the PC candidate defeat- ing six other contestants. He had the foresight. the common sense and the ability to plan ahead - to convince people that he was the man for the job." Mr. Jasper said. There have been many changes in the riding's boundaries since Mr. McKinely first took over 15 years ago. but through them all. Mr. Jasper noted that "he always responded quickly to the requests of constituents. working on his committee and house duties while still managing to attend to all the affairs back home in the riding." "Bob. your attendance to affairs in the riding established a record unequalled by few Members of Parliament." Mr. Jasper said. Mr. Jasper also heaped praise on Bob's wife Audrey and their family. "We have come here tonight to honor the McKinley family and I say family because there is no question that becoming a parliamentarian is a total family cornmitt- ment. "Being a gracious hostess was only one of your rnany roles, Audrey. The large task of looking after this riding has been a family effort. Much of the r spon 'bility of raising Inside Part of the past Railways and train rides are a part of our country's' past. They've given the country jobs, transportation and a source for folklore and fantasy but today much of our rail system is dying away. In Potpourri this week -Jeanne Kirkby has some thoughts about the rail -sy- stem. Page 3. ,Serendipity Returns Alice Gibb'e popular col- umn, Serendipity, returns to the Expositor this week after _ the family became yours as you nurtured thcir upbringing and education." JAI-. Jasper said. • As well as serving the riding through five elections. Mr. McKinley was given the tough task of being chief party whip for 21/2 year s from 1973, and as well, he served on various comittee including chairman of the PC caucus agricultural committee. member of House Standing Committees on Agricul- ture, Natural Resources and Public Works. Regulations and Statuatory Instruments. and Privile ges and Election. Joe Clarke also appointed him to the shadow cabinet as the Conservative Party's Public Works critic. Among the many dignitaries present at the night were former agriculture minister John We from Elgin. Bill Kempling. present PC Whip. Dr. Bruce Halliday. MP for Oxford. and former MPs Ellwood Madill from North Peel and Bill Knowles of Norfolk -Haldimand. /is well. some old riding friends were present. including former MPP and provincial cabinet minister Charles McNaughton and Elmer Bell. former head of the Ontario Police Commission. But the Opposition parties were there to express their thanks, including Liberal MPPs Murray Gaunt and -Jack Riddell. As well. Bob received several dozen telegrams and letters of appreciation from fonner peers. including Conservative leader Joe Clarke, former PC leader Bob Stanfield. J. Angus McLean. premier of Prince Edward Island and a host of MPs. ranging from House Leader Howard Baker to Sinclair Stevens. to Robert Coates, and George Hees Following several standing ovations. Mr. McKinley gave his final thank -you and also got in a few last licks. "More MPs talk themselves out of Parliament than in." said Bob. Although he wouldn't divulge the reasons he had for getting out. he said one thiniz bothered him and that was the attitude of the West to Ontario and Quebec. He said the West thinks they have a disadvantage over freight rates and oil royalties. when such thinka aren't true. this week a three month absen. This week Alice tells a story about a former Huron County res-, ident who moved west in the late 1800's. Page....13 , ,,•; • - • :John Henderson. of RRS, Seaforth, has koided he won't seek re-election to the I-InrOn County Board of Education after 10 years on the board. Mr, Henderson said, "I've had my turn and feel Inj not as effective as Ishoultlbe." •Jhe trustee has served on the board 10 years in total, beginning a six year stint. then was off the board for two terms, and Was then re-elected for two more terms. Mr. Henderson said within the past six months he decided not to seek re-election in the Nov. 10 municipal election. Mr. Henderson served as b dget comm- ittee chairman for the board ths year. The trustee admitted disappointment over the board's decision to lower, and then raise again, the honorariums paid trustees and it lead to his decision not to seek re-election. He said he was disappointed with the decision and sometimes felt "our budget New officer for teachers ..... --• -BYCATH WOODEN - A Huron County secondary school teacher Shirley Weary, of Goderich, will be a filling a new post this year as Federation Officer for her fellow high school teachers. Weary will be teaching Math and Consumer's Education every other day at Seaforth District High School and will be -'spending the rest of her time promoting ,better relations between the Huron County 'Board of Education and secondary school teachers. "I guess you could say I'll be a trouble-shooter before the trouble starts", said Weary of her job which entails providing materials for teacher committees and doing research for individual teachers who may not have time to do it themselves. She will also be attending board meetings as a spectator. "I had research done on it and there This is the first year the Huron district of aren't any," he said are way above what an.4pThcnnca.sc(hra°sYaltattsn)',".tho Ontario Secondary School Teachers' yro Federation (oSsTF) has hired an officer, for any resource in Canadian history." he though a number of other districts have said. He blamed the perpetuation of the myth on Western politicians. including many members of his own party. Please turn to page 3 them. Her salary as a Federation Officer will be paid from OSSTF dues from "this district. Weary. who will be "operating out of her basement." was a teacher representative during the 1978 strike. Telephone service links elderly and homebound BY ELAM TOWNSEND One week after moving to Seaforth from Sault Ste. Marie. Mary Quipp, a young mother of two chidren. read in the news- paper about Telephone Reassurance Service that was linking the elderly homebound m the Clinton area with volunteer callers. A registered nurses' assistant who has worked in nursing homes. Mary thought "it would be a good way to become involved in the community and to get to know people." On September 2. she took over as volunteer co-ordinator from three university students who laid the guide lines for service - Janet Bolton of Seaforth and Michelle Smith and Cathy Pickard of Clinton. The service. whith was the brainchild of Rosemary Armstrong. Co-ordinator of Huron Day Centre in Clinton, began in Jul, under a federal government suminer youth employment program spans ed by the Centre. The students matched volunt rs with clients who could benefit from a cal a day serving as a safety precaution for so eorte living alone. as well as a social con act According to Michelle Smi tb. both ch nts and volunteers seem to benefit from the program. Seven clients have availed themselves of the service so far, but the number is expected to double during the winter when Telephone Reassurance The Telephone Reassur- ance Service, which got underway in Clintcnin July, has a new co-ordinator. Mary Quipp, a registered nurse's assistant, took over the pro- gram September 2 from local students who helped get the project started. See Elaint Townshend's story. Page..3 Four was enough They are four ball play- ers from California -and Mi- chigan and they paid a visit to Walton Saturday night to take on a local team. Four's Enough Was a fitting title as the visitors defeated Walton Intermediates 9-4. The team enjoyed the game, as well as a little Huron County hospi- tality. Pagd... 14 , .• ... roll-. meetings were, to no avail.': The trustee said when the budget was being drawn up, and it was evident funds wouldn't be available for needed equipment more people have problems gettinrout A 52 fee is charged for one year. More than twenty volunteers have offered to help. Some prefer to act as standby callers for the summer but will work fulitime during the winter. Two orientation sessions were held for volunteers during the summer. and a manual was prepared. In order to alleviate the seven -day -a -week cotnmittment of volunteers consideration is being given to asking some residents .of Huronview to make calls on the weekends. Implementation of such a plan will be one Mary's first tasks. I °NUM ued 4age 3 ) Board hikes driving fees Following a dramatic fee increase in Driver Education costs last year. Huron County students taking the course through their high school or others taking it through night school will again be paying more to learn how to drive this year. At its regular' September meeting. the Huron County Board of Education approved - an increase in the fee charged to students. raising it from 580 to 585 for students taking the course as an extension of day school. and to 590 for night school or summer school students. In the 1978-79 season, the fee was 535. The substantial increase last year was due to takeback of government subsidizing of the program. The split of the cost of Driver Education now is: 55 per cern student fees, 30 pe i rent by the provincial government and 15 per cent by Huron County ratepayers. Superintendent of Education. R.B. Allan stated that there was not a significant decrease in enrollment last year," due to fee increases. The board was told by Allan that the program is very expensive to run and that fee increases were necessary to keep up with car maintainance costs and instructor fees. In -ear instructors will receive 59 per hour this yer and in -class teachers will be paid at the prevailing night school or summer school hourly rate, approximately SI 7 per hour. . Even though fees are higher this year. students will receive on& hour less in -car instruction, lowering the total to seven hours. The government minimum is six hours. John Henderson for the schools, one, of the trustees suggested board members take a reduction in their honourariems-from $3600 annuall to 53,000 a year. Mr. Henderson said the budget committee etecommended_the reduction,andethe-motion _ was approved by board members. However, at the board' t next meeting, a motion made to raise the honorariums back to their original figures was approved. , Mr. Henderson said, "One month they were (in favour of the reduction) and the next month they weren't." But the trustee added 'his decision not to seek re-election didn't stem just from disappointment over the budget decision. He said this year he no longer hes any children in the elementary school system, which also led to his feeling that someone else might be able to serve more effectively. When asked how he'll fill his spare time now that he isn't servieg on the board of education, the trustee said jokingly, "Now I'll be able to sleep at night." Mr. Henderson said he wasn't aware of any other local residents. who have decided to run for the seat he's vacating. Election .. ----------------------- -------- in progress , • The candidates are starting to think of their campaign slogans and platforms as the Nov. 10 municipal election draws near. Seaforth town clerk Jim Crocker said he hasn't received the nomination forms for the election yet. but other gears are starting to grind for the upcoming election. The enumerators • have already started canvassing prospective voters in the town, and after Oct. 6. the voters' lists .will be pasted in each polling subdivision' -at the town hall and in other locations like the Seaforth post office. Prospective candidates for the office of mayor. for council or for the boards of education, must be nomirrated by 10 eligible voters in the area. Nominators can be any resident of the town qualified to vote in the municipal election. Candidates must meet the same requirements -they can be either landowners, or tenants, as long as their name appears on the voters' lists. They must be persons 18 years or older. who don't hold jobs in restricted categories such as municipal employees or court officials. The clerk said one change in this year's Election Act allows candidates to file their nomination papers at town hall through an agent. in the past, the candidate had to file the papers in person. Nomination*papers Lan officially be filled with the clerk starting on -Thursday. Oct. 16. Nominations will close at 5 pm. an October 20. While the election will be held on Nov. 10, eligible voters who will be out of town on that date can vote at en advance poll in the town hall on Saturday. Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Baseball battle A popular misconception is that the Firemen competing with Roth's in the no -name base ball game Sunday is the strong team from the industrial league. In fact. the team is made up of the volunteer firemen and their wives. The game is set for 1:30 Sunday. September at Optimist Park. with all 'Oroceeds going to the Muscullir Dystrophy Association. a • 4 NEW DOCTOR IN SEAFORTH —Dr. Frank Wong, a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, has joined the Seaforth Medical Clinic. Dr. Wong, who specialized in family medicine, served his Internship at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto. (Expositor photo) Dr. Wong joins staff at the Seaforth Clinic Dr. Frank Wong, 27. recently joined the staff of the Seaforth Medical Clinic. Dr. Wong, who was born in Canton, China, came to Canada as a youngster. He received all his education in London, Ontario. After two years of engineering at the University of Western Ontario, Dr. Wong entered medical studies, After graduating, he spent a year interning at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto. A broadcast journalism at Conestogli College, Following his internship, he completed a 1Gtchener. The couple have an eight- year of &telly practice residency •at a month old son. Catnbridge medical clinic, - and followed Dr.Wong joins Drs. Malkus, Rodney and this with another year of family medicine in Underwood at the Seaforth Medical Clinic. London. During this time, he spent six months studying anesthesia and said he aa now give most anesthetics required in a community hospital. The doctor also studied acupuncture during his internship. Doctor Wong and his family are presently living in Stretford. Dr. Worig's wife, also a graduate of the University bf Western Ontario, is taking a course in ;sil,,,L,7.• • . '4,1.1k17C.4-:,:4;;Iii„.,'.4- t.. „ „,., ,"]7 J:7; '