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SUDDENLY IT'S WINTER After a Te-W-faTse starts this Season, snow
came to Seaforth Tuesday night with a vengeance. As this view west on
John -St. shows residenti-woke up after -the evening's storm -to fine
several centimetres of snow on the ground. And it's likely here to stay.
(Photo by Ellis)
Dublin area man killed in storm
The season's first snowstorm claimed the
life of a 37 -year old Dublin area man. James
Melody. of RR. 2, Dublin dicd Thursday
afternoon when the pickup truck he was
dri ving collided with a van in Dublin at the
Intersection of Perth County Road 10 and
Highway 8.
OPP pulls caies in
William Vanosch, 51, of R.R. 3 Goderich.
was driving west on Highway 8 when the
accident occurred. Sebringville OPP report-
ed the van driver received minor injuries in
the accident.
James (Jim) Melady was born in Seaforth,
and was the son of Mrs. Mary Catherine
As fierce wind, snow hits
Goderich OPP detachment pulled its
cruisers off area highways about midnight
Tuesday due to poor driving conditions in
Santa Claus
is coming
Santa Claus is coming to town on
Saturday. and thanks to the Seaforth Lions.
he'll be accompanied by a big parade.
Two bands, the now nationally famous
SDHS Girl's Trumpet Band and the Seaforth
Dashwood Community Band will escnrt
Santa, along with about 25 floats from local
businesses and cemmunity groups.
The parade starts at 10:30 a.m. from the
arena. From there it moves down Main St. to
Crombie where it will turn east to Victoria
St. and circle back north to disband at
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Lions drive
going well
The campaign for renovations at the
Seaforth Lions patk and pool is going well.
with about 26 per cent of the goal now in
from Seaforth residents. according to
Marten Vincent. who's in charge of the fund
raising.
Mr. Vincent emphasized that quite a few
colunteer canvassers haven't reported bark
yvt and he urged them to do so soon. Work
at renovating the pool is nearly finished and
preliminary work has been done on the
park's new ball diamond.
The Lions Club hopes to complete its
canvass of Seaforth merchants by the end of
next week.
winter's first serious storm.
Sergeant Peter Donatis of the Goderich
detachment said there comes a time when
the department won't risk the lives of their
men in rescuing motorists who haven't
heeded warnings about poor driving
conditions. The sergeant said he considered
Tuesday night's storm the first real storm of
the winter.
The provincial ministry of transitortation
and communications reported poor driving
conditions throughout much of southwestern
Ontario Tuesday night with 60 kmh winds
gusting to%) kmh at times. The storm in the
Seaforth area started in the afternoon and by
6 p.m., visibility was poor with howling
winds and blasting snow which forced
motorists to reduce speed.
The storm forced the cancellation of all
incoming and outgoing flights at London
Airport after 7:30 p.m. a number of cars on
area highways slid into ditches as visibility
worsened. and there were still cars in the
dtich on the North Road Wednesday
morning.
Although power lines in London were
blown down in the storm. no lines were
blown down in Seaforth, despite a tree which
came down on Railway street
(Flynn) Melady of R.R. 2 Dublin and thp late
Maurice Melady, who died in 1977.
Mr. Melady, who farmed in Hibbert
Township all his life, was a member of the
Knights of Columbus and Branch 156 of the
Royal Canadian Legion.
Surviving besides his mother are two
RON M. MURRAY
new chairman of the
Huron -Perth County
Separate School
Board.
See story on page 3.
brothers. Theo F., of R.R. 2, Dublin and
JohnsF. of Brighton and one sister. Mrs.
Glen (Mary) Butters of Edmonton, Alberta.
Friends were received at the R.S. Box
Funeral Home in Seaforth. Funeral mass
was peld Monday at 10:30 a.m. at St.
Coluinban Church, with Rev. P.A. Oostveen
officiating. Temporary .entombment will be
in the Pioneer teternoria1 Mausoleum with
burial later ittjthoSt. ColuMban Cemetery.
Parish prayerkWete said -the Mr. Windy
at the funeral home on Sunday evening.
The pallbearers were Pat Melady. Paul
Melady, Mark Melady. Wayne Kramers.
Bob Malone. Allan Ducharme. Flower
bearers were Kevin Melady and Tim
Melady.
Gard Rimmer
heads SCH
BY WILMA OKE
At a meeting iftfle Seaforth ommun•
av Hospital hoard Tuesday night. Gordon
Runnier was elected chairman of the board
He replaces %Valerie Ellis who resigned
Emma Friend flif Dublin was elected
vice-xliaorman to fill the chair vacated by Mr
Rimmer w hen he hecame chairman
In other business the board approeed the
replacement of the insule door on the
elesator at a cost of S''24 from the Eastern
igexator Company Allan Searle. chaarman of
the property committee said the new
handrails 11111 he installed early in Decem•
bee The', will be placed along the corridors
outside the patient moms at a cost of about
52.100
Gordon McKenzie adminstrator. said the
acme treatment rooms are running at
capac os at the present time the Imam,
moms at 8.2 per cent and obstetrics at 18 per
cent
Fewer lob openings Manpower says
BY HERB SHOVELLER
While the unusually high unemploy•
merit rale in Canada is a matter of national
concern. Ben He. manager of the Canada
Manpower Centre in Goderich. feels Huron
County is in a better state than many other
parts of the country.
"1 think. and this is a personal opinion.
that we're doing faiely well here." said Mr.
Hey "it's a small area and were fortunate
Inside this week
Notes to Santa
Beginning this week and
running through to our
Christmas issue. the
Expasitor will publish
letters to Santa from our
young readers. Since ol'
whitebeard is one of our
cherished subscribers,
we're certain he'll see the
notes. This year's first
batch is on page
4-H Awards
Seven local young people
won county henours, at the
Seaflattle 4-H Athieirettent
night for coMpleting six
program courses, while two
others won provincial
honours. See story and
pictures on page 8
Close to Championship
the industries we have here hase lece n
stable " The manager mentions Chamr-n
Road Machinery. eleVators and. then,....h
seasonal. farm week. aS examples of
dependable industries int our area
The Croderieli office'S statiStiet for the ed
of November show there are 693 unemp!o% •
ed mates and 641 eineMpleyed females
registered. For men, the tithrther is aew
The Seaforth District High
School girl's senior basket-
ball team moved one step
closer to the Huron -Perth
championship recently by
dumping South Huron
19-23 to the first game of a
two game total -point
final. See pictures on pages
17
Bean Boycott ,
The Huron County white
bean growers decided at
their annual meeting
Friday to boycott W.G.
Thompson Mills until up-
coming court proceedings
involVing the company have
been conipleted. See story
on page 13
from rii) tor the sama time last sear hut she
number for women has jumped from 56,1 last
December The oserall.total points to a stieht
mcrease in registered unemployed this sear
ewer last
"There s real% no pattern." explained
Mr. FICA For the ferriars. there's a rot of
dertal peopCe ho are onemplery ed. • He
adds both this sear and last are not
representatise of normal condittOnS "To,
compare. d realhave to go back three
or four scars
Joh sa, an, 'es at the Goderich office are
also down I a st sear at the end of
Nos ember her were 53 openings but this
year thert are ordy 40
Mr He explains most emploYers ho use
the centre are looking for "bartenders.
waitresses_ tolls like that There is the odd
clerical lob that comes in But there hasn't
been truth of ars thing "
Normals the Christmas season creates
Opportunities for short term work. but the
manpower manager suggested it is difficult
to measure the number of openings
available The main reason for that is with
the substantial number of unemployed. an
"emplosersmarket" has resulted
"Normally at this time in past years
employers would he calling us up' said Mr.
Hey. But heca,tise there are so many people
looking for iobs, they are out knocking on
doors thernsels es " Many employers can fi
their openings without relying on t e
Manpower Centre.
He added he had heard no mention of
layoffs in any local industries and noted that
Champion did call back some of its laid -off
workers. but only for interim work.
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BY: KERB SHOVELLER
The reconstruction of Market St. will be
the main project Seaforth will undertake
over the next two years, Mayor John
Sinnamon fold the new council at its
thaugural meeting Monday night.
The work on Market St. will be a
continuation of a street improvement pro-
gram initiated in the town during the past
two years. Of all the upgrading jobs,
however, the Market Si. project will be one.
of the most expensive and difficult road
works the community has undertake. he
said.
In his address, Mayor Sinnamon stressed
the importance of continuing the sidewalk
reconstruction program was well. "There
still remain several 'sidewalks that are barely
fit to walk on and remain an unsightly
mess," he noted.
The major told the council when the
previous council took office two years ago it
was handed a deficit, but by the end of the
year the loss had been turned into a surplus.
That surplus was placed in a capital reserve
fund.
"A capital reserve fund, I feel, is
completely necessary," explained the
mayor?as we will, over the -period of
possibly the next ten years, be faced with
replacing the floor at.the arena.
"Also, in the near future, we must look to
the expansion of the lagoon system and the
purchase t of a new landfill site. These are
all projects that could prove very costly to
the town. Also, aldng these lines, Seaforth
must leok at the acquisition of industrial and
commercial land." •
PLANNING COMMITTEE PROJECTS
'The mayor mentioned the ongoing work
of the planning committee aimed at esta-
blishing a new town plan, and he told council
it would soon be required to pass a by-law to
bring the new• plan, once complete, into
effect. Mayor Sinnamon added council
would also be approached by the Business
Improvement Area (BIA) group asking it to
pass a bylaw designating a commercial
improvement area.
The mayor closed his opening remarks by'
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Share your Christmas
Christmas is a time for sharing.
with our families and friends and with
those in need through programs like
Huron's Family and Children's Services
gift collection.
Christmas is a time for remembering. for
relaxing and spreading laughter and good
dicer.
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asking readers to share their Christmas
with other'teaders. Our theme as Christmas
is for Children of All Ages and vs e're
inviting readers of all ages to send in their
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TOP CITIZEN—Seaforth photographer Frank Phitlips (left) accepts the
town's first ever citizen of the year award from recreation committee
representative Henry Mero (Photo by Shoveller:
Frank PhillipsNf#st
Citizen of the Year
Seaforth photographer and Legionaire
Frank Phillips w as honoured Monday night
for his communits contributions when he
was named Owen of the Year FIN' the
Seaforth re( reatcon '1/41NITICIattee. Mr. Phil-
lips- TS the first recieocrit of the award.
win( h the c om mit tee hopes ixill be
bestowed annuals on a resident who has
contributed to the or .runits 's hfe
The plaque. presented to Mr Phillips by
Henry- Mero at the inaugural meeting of
Seaforth council. read- -Presented to
Frank Phillips for his invols ement with
community projects and actisities which
make Seafortha better place to live in. ln
addition to this plaque. which Mr. Phillips
eps. the recreation committee sill hang
a permanent plaque in Seaforth Town Hall.
The name of each Citiren of the Year will
be engraved on the plaque.
Recreation director Bryan Peter said five
people were nominated for the Citi7en of
the Year award. He said committee
metirlsers w ere rook ing for 4.04,1(Pir,C t010
gas e a lot of time to the communits. and
tom as onsolsed m %arTINZIc arganirations
and actiymes m Seaforth
Mr Peter said Mr Phillips was selected
since he has alw ass been willing to devote
his time to community, projects The
recreation director said Mr Philips "kind
of works in the barkground•• but is always
there when someone needs him. Mr.
Phillips. sy ho works at the local Legion. is
active in Legion activities and ha i amassed
a huge collection of w ar memorabilia which
honours Seaforth and area people.
Mayor John Sionamon said. "It's a very
nice thing to see a person who works as
hard as Frank in the community win. You
arc. very deserving of the award."
In accepting the plaque. Frank Phillips
said. "I hope 1 can live up to this award and
its meaning." He said afterwards he was
very surprised at the honour and didn't
think he deserved it.
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