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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1982-08-11, Page 3THE HURON EXPOSITOR., AUGUST 11, 1982 — A3 o��S s c uterized a Susan Whit .',is on Prn®Bodays. (M M q MISS FLORENCE LAIDLAW Mist Florence D. Laidlaw, 99 Goderich Str_•ct West, Scaforth died at Huronview, Clinton. Saturday evening. She was in her 92nd year. M;.,,Laidlawuntilayearor w ago had been in good health, continued to drive her Ar and looked forward to %pending the winters in Flor- ida. She had been a resident in Huronview since June of lust vicar. The youngest and last surviving menlber of a pio- neer Harpurhey and Seaforth family, Miss Laidlaw was horn.in Seaforth the daughter o1' the late James C. Laidlaw and Margaret J. Price. Fol- lowing graduation from Sea - forth schools, she trained as a teacher and for many years taught in Toronto schools until her retirement in Sea - forth about twenty years ago. Her father, a native of Scotland, settled in Harpur- hey in the late 1850's when activity in the village was at its peak and established . a successful general store. Caught in'the business de- cline that faced Harpurhey with the establishing of a railway station in Seaforth Mr. Laidlaw, in the 1860's moved his business to Sea - forth and occupied what was ' then a newly erected store on ..------ 'Main Street now occupied by Dr. John Longstaff. Miss Laidlaw was predc- , deceased by her parents, three sisters Olive in 19"- Nju,ude in 1965 and Minnic and a brother Norman. She w as an active member of First Presbyterian Church. -rh,4� remains rested at the R.S. Box Funeral Home until Tuesday when a service was conducted by Rev. James Vanslvkc. Burial followed in the family plot in Maitland. bank Cemetery when the pallbearers were David Stew- V11OLATI)ON ,DODGERS, BEWARE—A new art, Wm. R. Smith. D, Sills, vehicle registration computer system was Lorne Lawson, Robt. McMil- recently installed in the United Trails office in lan and J. Sills. Flowerbear- ers were Arthur Rockett. Seaforth. Vehicle owners will renew their 1983 James F. Scott and A.Y. "license plates" on their birth date, instead of McLean. March. The new system will relieve the usual BY JOANNE RIMMER IF ditor's Note: The following article is the first of three feature articles which will appear in the Expositor during the next three %%ecks. Based in Wingha'm, the Town and Country Homemakers were organized in 19'8. Since then, the organization has grown, having over 10 homemakers on staff. A first major canvass is being planned for the month of October, at which time the organization hopes to raise 5'0,000, to continue providing an excellent service to the county.) 'three months ago, Clara Pretty was "like a I6-vear-old". as she described herself. The MM -year-old woman managed well in her neat. functional apartment in the senior citizens' complex on Market Street in Seaforth. But unfortunately, as things happen. that %tit% changed on May 25, when Mrs. Pretty hada dizzy spell in the lounge at the complex. "I took a di//v spell when I was alone in the lounge..) Souldn't get up ... three of the ladies couldn't get me up when I called them" said Mrs. Pretty. When the ambulance rushed her to Seaton If Community Hospital, it was discoscred she had a fractured hip bone. She no%% has a scar from her hip to her knee to show for it. A% a rcuill of this accident, Mrs. Pretty. %%hu before had enjoyed indendcnee and oho rcd outside activity from her patio, was confined to a hospital bcd and "three white I'm never lonely. I just like to sit and w arch out my window. In the hospital I never s:n% a tree or a cloud" she said. After a long two-month stay in the hospital, it was decided Mrs, Pretty could attempt returning to her home. As she was unable to he alone for the first while, however, her doctor recommended her to Town .and Couotr% Homemakers. a Wingham based group %%hich serves the needs of people such a% Mrs, Pretty. Former nurse Gladys Fast of Clinton %%as rho%en in he Mrs. Pretty's homemaker. to help her Icarn to he independent again. "She was pre•tt) determined to get out of the hospital." said Mrs. East. For the first two weeks. Mrs. East was with Mrs. Pram five da vs each week. Gradual,%. the %isits narrowed to two visits per week as ]\If-% Prctty'% confidence and ability to do e%csd i% chores increased. Mrs. East's last %t%It w ith Mrs. Pretty was Friday as it is now telt Mrs. Prctty is capable of managing quite %ell tin her own. "If %he needs us in the future. wc'l, come back but her funding has run out." said Mrs. Fa%t. She explained that funding for each particulg,r case is based on the need of the client. "If I have someone to lean on, I'll lean. If I don't, I'll do fine." said Mrs. Pretty. Basically. what Mrs. Pretty needed was someone to hslp her get re -settled in her apartment: It look the first week to get %ce)Icd in her home. then M•c worked on her dressing herself: using the walker; getting in and out of bed and preparing meals." said Mrs. East. The already sparsely furnished apartment had u) be rearranged to allow Mrs. Pretty room to move about easily: Mrs. Pretty's most helpful instrument is a shoe horn with a long handle and a horse's head on the end which her daughter found at a sale. The shoe horn helps her reach her shoes and the other end helps her to grab items which she otherwise could not reach. "That's the best thing I've had for being handicapped." said Mrs. Pretty. Mrs. East has assisted Mrs. Prctty in finding helpful ideas to make chores easier. Talking to the two ladies, it is evident a delightful friendship has blossomed in the few weeks Mrs. East has been attending to Mrs. Prctt%. "She loves W tell jokes and she has a plc of %torics" said Mrs. East. "A lot of time% homemakers are a companion. Some- iinio we get closer to a client...I guess it depend% on the %hent. I had a terminally ill patient from February to June and I became %cry close to her famil. We had kind of a mother -daughter relationship because there w ere things %hl, could talk to me about that ' were difficult to talk wish her family about." said Mrs. F•:a%t. Mrs. Fa%t. a nurse before she married, %farted homemaking with Town and Country Homemakers last year. "My first case was at the time (if the explosion at the hospital (Hurontiew ). 1 w a% put on 24-hour duty with a lady who had tri be discharged from the ho%pital." she %aid. Acloch involved in the Clinton communis%. Mrs. East has been a %olunieer at the Huron Day Care Centre for the Homebound ha%cd at Huromicw since the cvnire•'% opening She also has been imolcd fit the guiding movement for five Near,,. leading guide-,, pathfinders. range" and acting a% dcpus commissmncr. With three daughter, and four granddaughters of her o\\ n. Mrs, rant said she has developed a great interest in younger people in the communis "I'\c also liked working %kith the eldcrl" %hc %aid "As a homemaker. I can help them Ditch a hazard Continued from page 1 wider the Ontario Neighbourhood inifirme ment Plin (ONIP) to be eligible under Slint%ir% of Transportation and Communica tion IMT(') grants. Under the present %%stem. %%hatever is received from ONIP grant% for usage on roads, is deducted from the M'r(' grant. If a project costs 5100.000. the municipality is expected to split the hill exc•n]\ with MTC. However, if the munic•ipal- it% rccci%cs half of its half ( $25.000) from ONIP. MTC will only supply $25.000. Scaforth and Wiartan are objecting to this ,kith the resolution. ( ouncil passed a motion to give recreation •,innmiiice approval for paving the tennis courts and to apply for grants. To finance hghts and resurfacing the courts, the committee hopes to receive grants between 4111.000 and $12,500. The project is sched. filed for 198.1. A 'report was received from Rt,roation Director Bryan Peter on the progr^%% of the recreation master plan and a recent]\• attended conference. ('ouncil approved a recommendation by file Protection to Persons and Property ( ontmiitce tha' subject to conditions of the polite and fire departments. Main Street be clo%l,,1 to vehicular tr ffte from Goderich to (,ouniniock Street September 25 at the requc%t fit the Ru%mc%s improvement Assn. rlaurm. Council also agreed eel the purchase of the propert o%%ned b% Louis McNichol for use a% it fire hall. subject to approval of the Ontario Municipal Board, The 6000 square foot building and propert% located on Birch Street in the Industrial Park will cost the fire area hoard. consisting of Seaforth. McKillop. Tucker%mith, Hibbert and Hullett. a gross amount of 51 "-,000. A payment of 52.900 was made to the Tuckersmith indoor %wimming pool. The Ila %necnt was calculated on the basis that '.2.11 per cent of the total participants are from Seaforth %o the same percentage was held for cosi. The finance and general government committee recommended purchase of four pamphlet% entitled "You and Your Local Government "to he distributed in the schools and the library. An offer to purchase the High Street propert,v was received from Harold Smith who is interested in erecting a multi -residential building with not less than four units. It was agreed that no action he taken until a site plan for the pronosal was received. It was agreed to apply to the Ministry of Housing for a planning grant to prepare a new zoning bylaw. lineups and will also i� form the programmer of any unpaid traffic violations. Jane Habkirk is shown displaying the 2110 system. It features a terminal with a built-in controller unit and a printer. (Wassink photo) HOMEMAKER AND COMPANION—When Clara Pretty, left, broke her hip last May, it appeared she would not gain her independance back for a long time, But thanks to homemaker Gladys East, a member of Town and Country Homemakers, Mrs Pretty is out of the hospital and managing quite well on her own. (Photo by Rimmer) as rfiuch in their home as till,% can ht h, 1', d in the hospital Mrs Prctty Jail -.I. "Sonnc•time% I like the cicicrl% and sonwnr- % don't." The main Junction of homemaker, Mt Fast explained "is to help people Rome .•.c from the hospital to get used to then 11. " and keep them in their hone•% Wt sr, " ha\c the ncre%%ar% supphcs It all dt-v- on the person and the trouble in c%cr% ' %on do ,omething different " Patients are umiallk rekommcndyd hotnemaker% h% their doctor" Fund1nt prmided b% the patient. town and Ct,untr Homemakers or various organisations in- cinoing the ( ancer Society and Home Circ Mrs i-o%t %ltd the group is attempting In get Ontario Hoyutal Insurance Plan IOHiPI to coyer life „ants\ "VVv hope that in the new \ cat. more pcopie tan he imoled in it " she said For tilts Prc'ti\. the honlrmakntg has been :r godsend. allo" ink her to return to her home fill), h carper Ilion planned "lt'% true, the old %acme Rc it c\er %o humble there's no plat like h„nu' she smiled po,..,., ,� .,. Ontario govyernment's major computerized systems. Dur- ing the course of a year, over nine millizn transactions, such as new registrations, ren els cls and transfers, are entered into the system, and over 3 million enquiries about owner and vehicle information are made. by the police alone. Designed to improve the accuracy and timeliness of its recorded information, the new system will provide fast, more efficient up-to-date data to the public, police and courts. Six provinces and 33 states are currently using this "Plate to. Owner" system. There are five main ways in which the new concept differs from the old; ."Plate to Own- er"; single registration fee; staggered renewals; denial of renewal; onlinecomputer processing.' "PLATE TO OWNER" Under it, all vehicle licence plates --car, truck, motorcy- cle, moped, trailer --will be registered to the vehicle owner, not the vehicle, as is now the case, At present, licence plates are associated with the vehi- cles to which they are attach- ed. Owners may change, but the plates stay with the vehicles. Under the new system, licence 'plates are associated with the' owners. They mu} chapge vehicles. but ihe'ii-plates, will stay with the owners, When selling or scrapping a vehicle, the 'owner will remove the plates and keep them. so they may be attach- ed to any new vehicle, within (hc sank clas%, or returned to MTC. if no new vehicle is purchased. It will be the buyer's responsibility to report any such transactions to MTC within six days. There will be• no new issue of licence plates: plates cur. rently in u%c will he retained. If a vehicle is purchased, and the nc%% owner does not have plates. they will be provided when the vehicle is registered at a license issuing office..,.. . Under the current concept, wrongful conviction for park- ing offences often occur be- cause the vehicle sale is not reported to MTC, and owner- ship is not transferred. With the new system, the 'plate number always reflects the registered owner of the ve- hicle, thus will provide a more accurate, up-to-date record of vehicle registration for the public, police and courts. ,SINGLE REGISTRATION FEE As is the case with the current system, the 'annual validation' sticker will be physically attached to the plate. However, since the plate will in future be associated with the owner and not the vehicle, and the plate will move with the owner between vehicles of the same class (from one passenger car to another, for example). the annual fee can no longer be determined by the engine size of any specific vehicle. Therefore, a single fee structure has been set up for passenger vehicles and com- mercial vehicles 3.000 kg and under, regardless of their engine size. There will also be a single fee for motorcycles and -mopeds. The fee schedules are as follows: Southern Ontario and corporations in Northern Ontario: passenger cars: $48, commercial vehicles under 2.400 kg for personal use only: $48: commercial vehi- cles 3,000 kg and'under: 572l, motorcycles -524; mopeds -$6 - The fee schedule for com- mercial vehicles over 3,000 kg Kill not change. MTC examined many other registration systems in North American before opting for this particular one. Some began a "Plate to Owner" systcm'with a graduated fee scale. but had to change to a single registration fee when it became far too complicated. resulting in an inefficient nightmare of red tape. - At present, all motor vehi- cies are registered for a period of oneyear with, in the case of passenger vehicles, expiry on Dec. 31 of each year. Traditionally, a two month grace period extends this deadline for renewal to the end of February, at which time long lineups have be- come traditional. Under' the new Vehicle Registration System, redlew• als will be staggered through- out the year, annual renewals based on the owner's birth- date. An "Invitation to Re- new" will be sent to each registered owner at least 45 days before that date as a reminded. To support the legislative provisions of the ' revised provincial Ontario Offences Act, validation renewal will be denied if an owner has unpaid parking fines, or has paid- ' for a vehicle -related transaction at any agent or ministry office with an NSF cheque. The "Invitation to Renew" mailed to each owner at least 45 days before his or her birthdate. will record all monies owing. These can be paid -at the licence issuing office, and the validation renewed. This denial of renewal provision has been added �o assist Ontario's municipal ties in the difficult task of collecting unpaid parking fines, and to reduce the backlog in our courts. To effect the changeover to the new staggered concept, there will be one last tradi- tional renewal period, begin- ning Dec. 1, 1982, with all renewals due by the end of February 1983.. However, for that one year,' the annual renewal cost will be divided by 12, to arrive at a cost per month. And the price of the sticker will depend on the owner's birthdate. For example, if you, as a vehicle owner, were born before June 1. you'll ,pur- cbase a registration sticker v:hich will include each month from Jan. I to your birth month, plus another 12 months. Against -possible site @ 6-Pd'MQ Dear Editor: According to the dad% paper today it would appear that the local council is seriously considering buying an existing building in the industrial site on Birch St. and converting it to a fire hall As one of the people originally involved setting up that site. with all its attendant difftcullic%. I am not in agreement with taking %nluahlc industrial land out of service. life position of a fire hall has less re%fn,tion of location than that of an industry and although it performs a wonderful %cr\rce if doe% not produce rc•%enue or have the prospects of man% joh%. In this instance I helie%e it would he a very short %ighted policN to use this location. Furthermore. there is more to a tare hall than dr"% Hill four w all%. Thcre is no doubt that cytcn%nc renmation% would be necessary and the cost would he out of proportion to what %nu would obtain i his en%t area 1% something that ha% to he looked ai %cr% (-nrcfull% According In rumour the building is much larger than nece%%ars for o fin 11,111 and %o i% file propert% O%cr the %ears I\c ob%er%ed that the fire true k% seer.; to go north of the present hall it, high\%a\ slit cast or west or straight up the 'Sort]\ rndd mus if more often than south %o if w oldd %cent lokr, al to locate the hall in a more ,L,i\,Intd Ce ot), I)ONItnal 's,mtrdli\ t %er area needing protection is %Or% nl•portont and a quick response is of paramount nc,cssm 1\r al%%ass felt that a poll lotmod in its pre%ent area has been the fairest and most advantageous to everyone. With this in mind in the 1970s we had exploratory talks with the P.U.C. -but unfortunately neither one of us had enough money to do much. Failing the present location I've often advocated the McLaughlin car lot down next to my home. It has quick access to an all-weather road, sufficient area to accom- modate the fire hall and parking and still have room left over to allow a 66 foot road as a continuation of Coleman St., north of highway a8. We need the possibility of another road going north bet\vecn Centennial Drive and Fast William St. in case of emergencies and caster access to the high school. community centre and the fairgrounds. 1 realize that this road eventually would have to go through my property. 1 don't wish it at the present time but it would be nte%itahle and in all likelihood under the present rules 1 would have to give the land for this if I desire to de\ clop that particular area. The pieces could tie together %cry nicely and be useful to c\cryonc. Some three Near ago I wrote io council regarding this area but didn't receive am iced ha,li ( ouncils hate a difficult time trying to Please c\eryone and sometimes get to the point of frustration \%here the'\ sudden]\ deride to do somcthmg regardless In this instance I sm,ereh hope the% will take• an extra long %Lew of the situation before making, a final decision NNi%hing them e\er\ %sympathy I remain Sincerely Frank Sills THE NEW SEAFORTH and district community centres is fair in September can be held in the building Residents will ahead of schedule. Most of the super structure is in place with have noticed th d• the old arena is being dismantled, nail by workers installing siding on the million dollar plus complex. It nail, as quicklyls the new arena is rising. (Wassink photo) is hoped construction Is sufficiently completed so the annual