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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-08-23, Page 1INDEX Sports — A6 - A9 Births — A113 Obits — A16 Hensall — A5 St. Columban — A16 wins thlI.en a Cup. See p. . Wheels, Wheels, Wheels! See p. 3. Se 13 33, kom Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin. Hensall and Walton nes year in Africa. See p. 3. sitor Seaforth, Ontario HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1989 WHEELS, WHEELS, WHEELS, Seaforth's annual car and 700 spectators. For more photos see page 3. Corbett show, was held at the community centre on Sunday, and photo. inspjle of rainy weather drew 10 more entries than last year More entries at Wheels, Wheels, Wheels "Wheels, Wheels, Wheels'-' aptly describes what was going on at the Seaforth and District Community Centres. on Sunday, August 19. • • There was a variety of vehicles as 50 car owners came out with 58 entries for Seaforth's second annual car show. Some came with antique gems, some came with mint condition favorites, and others brought suped-up street machines. There was a full complement of local collectors, and others who drove from as far as Kit- chener for the Seaforth show. And they all talked cars. Ray Pugh of Statford was one of the en- trants who had a car with character. His 1963 Ford Galaxie is truly a one of a kind. To begin with there were only 451 models of the vehicle made, but Mr. Pugh's car was ordered specifically by the Milton Police Department, and was the only car on the line custom painted black. The Milton police chief ordered the Galaxie because it was the fastest car on the road in its day, and he needed it to catch the local draggers. But the chief died before the car came and his replacement wanted nothing to do with a stick shift, so the car was sold. in 1964 Mr. Pugh bought the car from its &1st owner with 17,000 miles on it for a price of $2,111.50. His last offer for the car was $12,000. The car still has its original jet black paint, just starting to wear thin ;along the edge of the hood from a quarter century of wind erosion. ' Mr. Pugh's Galaxie has taken its share :of prizes at other car shows, and took its llirst first place ribbon this year in an iAssociated Ford Club show, Paul McCallum of Walton has a 1969 Plymouth Roatirunner "which won first prize at the Seaforth show Sunday as selected by the people attending the show. It was .the first time the car' was -shown. Mr. McCallum says he bought the car in North Carolina and has given it "a lot of front end work." Mr. McCallum is one of the Seaforth area's serious car enthusiasts, and he also has a '69 Plymouth Convertible which is his current garage project, and a '74 Dodge Charger. There was a tie for the second place people's choice winner between a '67 Galaxy 500 Convertible owned by David Ward of Seaforth, and another convertible '62 Chevy Supersport owned by Marty Brenner of Kitchener. Another local collector who contributed to the Wheels, Wheels, Wheels this year was Darcy Rathwell' of Brucefield. Mr, Rathwell brought with him four vehicles: a 1957 Chevy Belair, a '59 Edsel Ranger, a '66 Thunderbird Landau and. a '64 Thunderbird Convertible. He left a '65 Thunderbird, a '74 Thunderbird and a '65 Chrystler 300 at home. In spite of this assortment of automobiles Mr. Rathwell insists he is not a collector, "I'm a farmer and I have to work every it day, this is just kind of a sideline," says Mr. Rathwell. The convertible was the first he bought, and that only five years ago, to get hime started in collecting cars. `I saw it, and it's an older car, and I liked it," he says simply. "I guess you kind of get bit with the bug." The next car Mr. Rathwell bought was the '66 Thunderbird, then he wanted the series, so when he saw a '65 Thunderbird he grabbed it. Mr. Rathwell has built a shed to keep six of his cars in, and he takes them out -for the odd Sundartilive "just enough to keep the cobwebs out." He doesn't go to many car shows, isn't mechanically inclin- ed enouth to work on his vehicles, and says he just likes old cars and keeps them as a hobby. "Y0L know yourself they don't make cars like that today." Community Centre Manager Graham Nesbitt was happy with'the number of en- tries at the car show this year, but says it would have 'been a better show if the weather had co-operated. "It's a crap shoot with the weather. If it had been a bright sunny day it would have been a great show," he says. The weather prevented from 10 to 15 car owners from bringing their entries to the show, and most of those were the older cars. Mr. Nesbitt says he lost a '29 and a '30 Ford and a Ford Phaeton out of Strat- Turn to page 3 • Co-op facilities scheduled to open September. 1 The first phase of construction at the Hensall District Co-op's new McKillop township_ location is advancing, and accor- ding to Seaforth Co-op manager Reiny Freiter the agriculture facilities should be in business by September 1. Mr. Freiter, who is supervising construc- tion, says the offices building is in the final stages of construction and the,.grain receiv- ing facilities -scale and 60' by 130' warehouse- will hopefully be completed by the September 1 deadline. But Mr. Freiter admits construction of the fertilizer blending tower has been delayed, and hopes this facility will be ser- viceable ,by October. The new tower will have a 240 ton storage capacity, making it one of the largest of its kind in the ,province. "That's one of the holdups, the manufac- turers have never built one that big before," says Mr. Freiter. He adds that Seaforth Co-op is still blending fertilizer et :its current Main Street Seaforth,ld'cation. CCo'op has laid the groundwork •for,future ,construction on the 9 -acre McKillop Township site, but no date has been set for Phase 2 construction. The next ,phase could rinvolve any or all of a proposed Co-op store, lumber yard, or gas .bar. FUTURE'S HAIR DESIGN 'Future's Hair Design be moving to strew ;location on ifiliwn ;Street, :one ;door ;south -Of 'Gutette'sk urant, lin we aatwas :formerly 'Gillette's banquet room. 'Shelley 3VtoMillan, owner of -Future's gays ; ermidetthermove•.because "lt's.arbigger SO cents a copy Co-ordinator hired The co-ordinator who will pick up where Seaforth's Mainstreet program left off is on the job as of Monday. Catherine Vida has been hired as Seaforth's Commercial Heritage Economic Development Co-ordinator and Ad- ministrative Assistant. Miss Vida is a re- cent graduate of the Urban and Regional Planning Program at Queens University in Kingston where she spent four years ob- taining a Bachelor of Arts and a further two years to complete her Masters. Much of what Miss Vida studied in school pertains directly to the duties she will be performing at Town Hall, Such as a heritage conservation, and she feels she is qualified. Her specialty is housing issues. This is her first full time job in her field, but last summer she did work for a professor at Queens studying housing for seniors, and in the.previous three summers she was employed by the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Niagara Region. Miss Vida, a native of Port Colborne, says she knew little about Seaforth when she applied for the position here, but is 'tenting forward to living in a small com- munity and the small town lifestyle. Her first impressions of Seaforth: "I think it's a very pretty town and the people are friendly, and I -was really im- pressed with the services and facilites. I didn't expect that a town of this size would have so much.'' "2 need to get to know the people, the town and the job itself," says Miss Vida. "I'm really anxious to get going on the job." The new Development Co-ordinator's position is prgposed to continue with and expand upon the job the Mainstreet Pro- gram has done 'in Seaforth for the past three years, as the Town's contract with Mainstreet Canada is due to expire. Miss Vida will be offered a three-year contract with the town, starting -at a pro- bationary salary of $27,000 per year. After a six month probationary period that CATHERINE VIDA is the new face at Town Hall, and will be filling the newly created position of Commercial Heritage Economic Developrrienl Co-ordinator and Administrative Assistant. which is intend. ed to pick up where the Mainstreet Pro- gram leaves off. salary will be increased to $28,500,' and will then be negotiable on the anniversary . of her hiring date. Mainstreet Co-ordinator Alex Shevchuck will be working•,until Labour Day, and will have two' full weeks with Miss Vida to in- troduce ,her to her new job. September 7 is scheduled to be a special day to wrap up the Mainstreet project, but Mr. Shevchuck says Seaforth will remain affiliated to the • National Mainstreet Program and will still be able to turn to Mainstreet for advice and assistance. Hensall extending its eastward boundaries Hensall Reeve Jim Robinson said it comes as something of a surprise, but after years of trying to spur a subdivision development in Hensall, there are plans store for one thing, there's a little more parking down at that end of the street, and it's a newer building and we have a fresh look." With the extra room Mrs. McMillan plans to expand Future's services to in- clude esthetics, and there is a chance ad- ditional staff will be hired. For now, however, Future's will be operated by Mrs, McMillan and Trudee McClure. As yet there are no plans for the store owned by Harvey Dale which Future's will be vacating. A new banquet room will be provided in Ginettes at the rear of the store. CULLIGAN REAL ESTATE LIMITED Culligan Real Estate of Seaforth is in the process of expanding its offices to include its neighboring store, formerly occupied by Norma Jean's. The combined stores will allow for three agent's offices hi the .addition, and a large Waiting room/reception area and secretary's office in what was formerly the entire Culligans office. In addition to the interior renovations, Culligans is painting the exterior, of their store and will be put- ting up a new sign. At present there is one agent working out of .the :Seaforth Celligans office, but .there .are plans to ell the ,newly con- titructed.o ,ff ilcef;with two ,more ,agents, and 1 ',WandGtdllgan's rbusine5s lin the Seaforth -area. The renovations ,are .expected to he com- pleted M,a Matter ,of weeks. 404453101 zOoko + 1,00i ad'fbggst'ann for ¢ e t, i ay,00,-off ,in the. � fday.. t'Optiimist r pis 410 •In 0pon. 'Win,, Liam ,won afoot to expand the village's boundaries to the east for such a project. • Earlier attempts at subdivisions had focussed on Hensall's south, west and north boundaries, but William Rowcliffe is look- ing at converting a 35 -acre parcel of farmland just east of the village for residential use. A bylaw to begin negotiations with Tuckersmith Township for annexation pro- ceedings was passed last week by Hensall council. Reeve Robinson said he had been told Tuckersmith was willing to consider the proposal. Mr. Rowcliffe earlier this year severed an adjoining land parcel inside Hensall's east boundary into nine residential lots. Approval of the rezoning is still pending. Hensall council has long been concerned by the lack of residential properties in the village and unavailability of serviced lots for building. In other business, council approved a bylaw to allow an overhead conveyor across Wellington Street for the Cook's elevator properties. The conveyor will be 7.6 metres high off the road and will not interfere with road allowances. The mill will be carrying $5 million liability in-' surance on the structure. Council also offered its support to William Bailey by giving first and second readings to a bylaw to rezone his Highway 4 property to allow the construction of a separate shop for his heating and cooling equipment business. A public meeting earlier in the evening revealed no public concerns, and Huron Cnunty planner Brian Treble said his department is in favor of the rezoning once a severance has been completed. A delegation from the Hensall Tavern was planning to meet with council concer- ning the opening of a games room for minors. However, the delegation cancelled its meeting with the intent to raise the matter at next month's council meeting. Hensall council also voted to donate $100 to the Essex disaster relief fund to air' those affected by the region's recent flooding. Wendy Campbell has been appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Hensall Parks Hoard, replacing Pete Zwaan. After months of debate, the Parks Board finally voted in favor of repairing the trac- tor used to resurface the ice. ,Money will be set aside to replace the nearly 20 -year- old malt* in the future. Repairs have tbeem..estuxilete.d at ;appro stay ;A060.