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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-08-31, Page 3,• 1 Y irra THg puRON EXPOSITOR AUGUST 31, 1983 — AS Firemen win tourney, 1883 chglrtnan o hercomnutteet• prefes"..bly, from cKi1IoP t4 Call the 1;10048a and run theta, in reevo.Boli's svo rex." "in R m bttalness -like way."!loth the town end MeKillop felt 'three Members are enough. "The Envlron- ment ministry Is calling �t�h�e shots anyway," Brien. Campbell of , , cK ltop said. Thedraft a ement on the landfill site and rformaljzing�e,oftthe continItteewas,wo=ked, out 'cleka attend gMrlat�k June,-with a• ll three The engineers talked about the tough site 'selection standards the environment and agriculture and food ministry demand, "We must go back and analyse every one of the ` questions asked at the public meetings." [`They tell you what to do at no cost to them," said Reeve Bell. The study for the landfill site will cost S86,000 and $60,000 has been spent to date, engineer Godin told McKillop councillor John George. No book has been written on establishing a landfill site, Mr. Siemon explained. The ministry gives guidelines and then they and the Environmental Assessment Act hearings "say if it's okay When reeve Bell criticized the $3,300 per acre price as "unreal for that quality of land", Mr. George replied that if the seller "knew then what he knows now", that the Lot 24, Con. 4 site was the most acceptable of%19,- "the ,price would likely have` been, worse." Although Paul Ross said lt's rare for a,,seller°.to get exactly what he asks for a propperty, most councillorsagreed there was nothing that could be done about price now. ' The owner offered the land at that price back in Oct. 1981•, andngineer Burns Ross pointed out farm land prices, now "on the down side", were ming then and "it's easy. to say now,,weare payingt-oo much." (;OST SHARING The suggested shares of costs of the project -Tuckersmith 44 per cent, Seaforth 37 and McKillop 19- are based on the number of people in each municipality who'll use the dump. Research shows town people have 1.4 kilograms of garbage a day each and rural people 1 k per day. Councillor Bob Broadfoot of Tuckersmith doubted most rural people had that much garbage. The figures do not take into account industrial or commercial garbage, but the landfill committee could consider that when assessing. costs, engineers said. Each council will now be reviewing the draft agreement for the landfill site and will send its concerns back to the landfill site committee. However none of the councillors disagreed when Mr. Siemon said "We have to keep going in the direction we are going or it's going to double costs." --Pornography /From page one ti "Accessibility of this material to children is our main concern. Children don't have a lot of experience to recognize good and bad and any change has to start with children. , It's amazing just how much of this material is available," she says. ACCEPTABLE? By allowing pornography to be sold in local stores, the people of Seaforth are saying that it is acceptable reading material, says Archie Robertson, minister of the Bethel Bible Church. "We like to think of it being only in the big bad cities, but it's right here in our own community, he says. He feels the danger of pornographic magazines is how they develop attitudes in their readers. "They promote the philosophy, 'If it feels good, do it.' And, they distort the whole view of women. They encourage men to think, 'Well, she's just a thing and 1 can leave her• anytime 1 like,' " he says. Though he says the human body is beautiful, he says the human 'body is not portrayed as beautiful in pornography. In Seaforth, no one has taken action against pornography because they're wishy-washy and afraid to stand up for what they believe in, the minister says. And those who have no strong feelings about it,. have never really looked at a magazine he says. STOP SHOPPING Mr. Robertson and his wife don't shop in stores which sell pornographic material. Once, while shopping at a grocery store in Clinton, they filled their cart only to find Playboy in a magazine rack at the cash register. They turned around and put everything back on the shelves while the cashiers watched. Later, they contacted the manager to tell him why they would not shop at his store. A LOOK AT THE SITE—Councll members from McKIllop, Seaforth and Tuckersmith had a first hand look at the proposed landfill site north of town last week. Engineers Burns Ross and George Godin showed maps 01 the area (0 the ottentlo group. (White photo) flt111 it@ y@sofro coon 9-. AUGUST 31, 1883 The members of the Seaforth flr&brlgade went to London on Tuesday last to take part in the great tournament, They competed m the hose reel race open to all Canadian companies. First place was won by Brussels With 521/4 seconds, while Seaforth tied for WOO with Watford with 55 seconds. The rainfall a week ago and caused many disastrous breaks and washouts in the Wroxeter area, but no damage was done. In East Wawanosh the river Maitland was very high and many bridges were in danger, but happily none were swept away. SEPTEMBER 4,1908 Mr. William Storey of McKillop Township ' one of our early settlers passed away this week at the age of 75. He was a native of Donegal, Ireland and when quite young came to Canada with his parents. They came out at the same time as the Hays family and a number of other families. They first settled in Waterloo, but fifty years ago came West to McKillop Township. On fair night Sept. 18 there will be given in Cardno's Hall something new in the way of entertainment. This will take the form of a vaudeville show, and the public are promised something new and up to date. The artists are direct from New York City. SEPTEMBER 1,1933 Seaforth horseshoe players held open house on Tuesday evening when`li number of Clinton players visited here. Clinton won by one point. N. Nichols and R. Pinkney won ttie first of the Gibb Trophy Challenge games on Wedneeday,,eventng defeating C. Glew and R. Frost, two out of three games., Seaforth evened up the series by defeating Knolwood Park 6.0 in a fast game of softball here Saturday in.the OASA,-plti d wns. The game was played in 57 minutes, thus indicating the brand of ball put upby both teams. St. Columban junior football , team won The Western Football Association Champ- ionship by defeating Holstein,.5.0 before a Targe crowd of enthusiastic football fans last Tuesday night. SEPTEMBER 5,195.8 Seaforth librarian for more than 50 years, Miss Greta 'Thompson, retired this week. Her resignation, made necessary by i6 health was accepted with regret by the board of Carnegie Library. Mrs. G.A. Wright who has been assisting in the library for some months has been named to succeed Miss Thompson. Lawn bowlers from many Western Ontario clubs took part in the doubles tournament at Goderich. Lorne and Don Dale of Seaforth with three wins and a plus of 27 took top -prize in the event. A proposal to provide 'street lights in Harpurhey was abandoned Tuesday night by Tuckersmith council when council learned 18 ratepayers were opposed as compared to six ' who were in favor of the project. Incineration not practical for community A small white brick house could be very close to the long lane which will lead to the proposed new area landfill site,, That concerned some councillors at an on-site meeting Aug. 23. Council members from McKillop, Sea - forth and Tuckersmith listened attentively as engineer George Godin explained that a fence and trees will screen the property from theroad and the dump. Most members seemed to prefer this access, off the county road, rather than a route to the north, off Con. road 4 and 5. Snow removal difficulties, proximity to a nearby house and even more distance for Tuckersmith dump users were among the reasons. The site of the proposed landfill site grew from 30 to 38 acres after the engineers saw exactly how much of a buffer zone will be needed, following hydrogeological studies, Mr. Godin told McKillop reeve, Marie Hicknell. While councillors viewed the area, Mr. Godin explained what the landfill site will look like. A tree screen will be planted along the north, west and • part of the east boundaries. At its highest the landfill site will be about 12 feet above the highest point of the hill there now. But low areas will be filled with garbage first. By the time the higher land is in use, "hopefully the tree screen will have grown." There are 15 monitoring wells qt the site now which will be permanent, and exam- ined twice a year once garbage is dumped. The actual landfill area, minus buffers, is 11 acres and Mr. Godin can't see that a larger area will be necessary. Engineer Burns Ross explained that the landfill site committee will apply to the ministry for permission to burn wood and paper garbage at the new site. That would mean the site would last longer than the planned 25 years. Ministry guidelines say burning must stop if there are any complaints. Reeve Hicknell said one com- plaint, from a passerby, meant an end to burning at the Walton dump. An incinerator is just not practical for a community this size, said Mr. Ross, Mr. Godin and Bill Siemon, McKillop's rep on the landfill site committee. If an incinerator will cost about twice as much as the landfill site, perhaps it should be pursued, reeve' •- Bell of, Tuckersmith suggested. "Many municipalities in our area are in the same box we are in," Although Roth Food Market in Seaforth sells a variety of magazines, the grocery store does not sell pornographic magazines. "I don't think our clientele is directed towards pornography. Mothers come in with their kids," says owner Ken Roth. "i'm a clean living guy." "If pornography is offensive to you, go in and tell the store manager why you're going to stop shopping there. Don't just stop shopping there or they won't know why," Archie Robertson says. Even store owners agree that buying power is a strong weapon to fight pornography. "For all 1 make on them. 1'd be a fool to keep selling them if people started to boycott the store," says Bob Beuttenmiller. Rabies /From page one anti -rabies vaccinations. He hadn't touched the animal, but had cleaned the water with his bare hands. "I'm getting five shots in the arni. They're not very bad. We're more careful now. If the water is cleaned, 1 wear rubber gloves. There was no question about taking the shots. it's not worth the risk if there is any doubt at all. "The worst thing about it is you don't know when there will be an outbreak, but 1 guess it's the same with any disease. If you haven't had it (rabies). it doesn't mean you aren't going to get it. I'm now hoping that none of the other 110 cattle have rabies. I'm only guessing it was caused by a wild animal." SLOBBERING LIKE MAD DOG McKillop township dairy farmer, Herbert Harrison, on advice from his doctor, had decided to retire from farming. His retirement was cut short by a rabies outbreak. One cow contacted the disease resulting in six family members taking anti -rabies vaccinations. "It happened Aug. 12• The cow was laying in the field away from the rest of the herd, says Mr. Harrison. "The cow acted kind of sick. I thought it had hardware. We gave it a magnet and figured by evening it would have improved. "Instead, the cow was slobbering. She yawned a lot, but didn't sccm to be in any pain. 1 called the vet and he said it looked like rabies. She was slobbering like a mad dog." hree weeks previously. Mr. Harrison had shot a skunk in the barn yard. He thinks the skunk was the carrier of the rabies which killed his cow. "I put my hand in her mouth to give her the magnet." said Mr. Harrison. Other fancily members assisted or had contact with the cow: Two small granddaughters are also receiving the vaccine. "The vet and doctor both recommended we get the shots, If anything did happen. the disease is fatal." Although a few plgs and all the calves were saved from the barn fire at the farm of Richard Downey, of RR5 Seaforth, approximately 200 pigs Were lost. Seaforth volunteer firefighters and others helping them had a hard time keeping pigs from running back Into the burning barn once they came out. (Hundertmark photo) Tuckersmith opens tenders • for a new stretch of sidewalk in Egmondville from Victoria Street. to Queen Street on County Road 12. After considerable study, Tuckersmith council have ap- proved a site plan on lot 30, concession 1 in neighboring Stanley Township, Richard Kootstra is building a corn drying plant on that property. Council approved the site plan with several stipula- tions, including that the structure sit some 150 feet from the road allowance be- tween lots 30 and 31 in Stanley and provided that the building is 300 feet from the ministry of the environment property. Shots / From page one the setup. 1 would recommend farmers vaccinate against rabies. Cost is SI .60 per head and it only has to be done every two years. If an animal contacts rabies. there is no treatment. if we see a cattle beast has rabies, we contact health of animals. It's their baby then." DOG QUARANTINED A dog owned by John Oldfield, a Seaforth area dairy farmer, has just been released from quarantine. Starting his chores one morning. Mr. Oldfield heard his dog yelp. "1 thought 1 would check it out. I thought it was another dog. i looked out to the gangway and saw a fox. It smelled strongly of skunk. it faced the dog. 1 put the dog in the barn. looked again and the fox took off. "The fox apkarottly bit her, hut there was no mark or blood. The dog had a sore hind leg and couldn't get around on it for about two weeks. We tied the dog up and watched her pretty close. We knew enough about rabies not to be handling her," The Oldfield dog had received its anti -rabies shots. It was again vaccinated following the quarantine. Dr. Nuhn is concerned for small children and wild animals. "Kids see pictures of wild animals in their picture books. The animal is usually shown as being friendly. So if a child does see a wild animal, chances are they will want to pet it and even make a pet out of it. Parents should teach their children to stay away from wild animals." Rabies causes behavioral changes in animals. Wild animals, rarely seen by humans. become friendly. are seen in the daytime. often near buildings. A friendly dog or cat becomes wild and will attack. "We are promoting a rabies awareness program in schools.' says Mr. Harrison. We stress to students and teachers that wild animals. when seen. should be reported to a teacher or parent. We tell them to avoid all contact with it, not try and make a pet of it." BY SHELLEY McPHEE At their Sept. 6 meeting, Tuckersmith council mem- bers will be studying tenders for work on the new commer- cial entrance at Vanastra. After years of discussion, council at their August meet- ing proceeded with the initial steps towards the re -opening of 7th Avenue. The entrance- way, from Highway 4, was in use when Vanastra was the Canadian Forces Base. The roadway has been closed for several years and council was prompted to re -open the entrance by Vanastra resi- dents. Although council had ori- ginally estimated that the project would cost approxi- mately $5,000, engineer's have calculated the work to cost in the range of $13,000, including engineer's fees. In other council business an assessment review court was held on the Dill Municipal Drainage Works. The review court was chaired by Council- lor Robert Broadfoot and attended by Reeve Robert Bell, Bill Siemon from Mc- Killop Township and Jack Kinsman from Hibbert Town- ship. The court heard an appeal from James Devereaux re- garding the assessment of his lands (the east half of lot 1, concession 1 and the east part of lot 16, concession 1 in McKillop Township). • Engineer Henry Centen from R.J. Burnside and Asso- ciates was asked to comment on the issue and after study by the review board, Mr. Devereaux's petition was re- jected. Tuckersmith will be seek- ing ministry of transportation and communication approval Fire in McKillop Business Beat Incineration isn't even practical for a place London's size, engineer Burns Ross said, except' in the case of Westminster Hospital, which will use the beat the incinerator will produce, "When docu- ments, and the ministry, tell you incinera- tion is not the answer, I can't see doing studies all over." It's planned to have the site open Wednesdays and Saturdays, and to have the garbage covered once a week, Mr. Siemon explained. "One day open might be better, but would it be accepted by the people?" Councillors from Tuckersmith said resi- dents in the south might need to use a container in a central area rather than driving their garbage all the way north of Seaforth. Genesco worker. retires After nearly 29 years with Seaforth's biggest industry, Genesco Shoes, Bill ,Wilbee has retired. But he's not letting any. grass grow underr his. feet. - "I want to do a lot of work around the house first. Then i might look for a parttime job...something to do." Bill, who supervised 44 women in the shoe factory's fitting room, the biggest department, had his last day Friday, Aug. 19. Fellow employees gave him a clock which now hangs in the kitchen. Linda Brown made the presentation. Many of thoseNiho work in the fitting room have been there for years. Bill says he'll miss them and he appreciates them. , "Boy oh boy, they work," he says. His shoe factory career started with George Johnston and Company when it was located where Topnotch is now. When the new plant was built, Bill went to the old Seaforth Public School to do their shipping. When that warehouse closed in 1968, he drove back and forth to Preston, setting up the warehouse there. Then he moved into the shoe factory here as cutting room foreman. After Bill lost his foot in a farm accident in 1969, he moved to the fitting room as foreman. Bill is proud of the shoes made in Seaforth and says production now is good and steady with orders through the fall. Eatons, The Bay, Simpsons -Sears and Agnew -Surpass all sell the shoes Seaforth's 140 or so Genesco employees make. Bill, who lives with his wife Jean on George St., is a past president of the Legion, a Britannia Lodge member and a former town councillor. He loves cribbage. Jean says, and plays in a Sunday afternoon league. The Wilbees, married in 1948, have three children, Ted of Sebrinpville; Joan of Woodstock; Al who has lust moved out west, and five grandchildren. Bill and Jean plan their own trip west in 1986. They'll attend the national Legion convention in Edmonton first, then go north and across the Northwest Territories and then south to Vancouver. Except for the war Bill has spent most of his life to Seaforth. He served overseas in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. "1 STUBBLE BURNS—A fire on the McKIllop township farm of Cor De Corte, lot 33; concession three, got out of control when broken straw bales were being burned In a field on Thursday. The Seaforth fire department was called to keep the fire from nearby buildings and from Jumping a drainage ditch. There was no damage. KEEP ON THE LOOK OUT Seaforth area farmers are advised to keep rabies in the back of their mind. "If a cow has trouble swallowing, farmers should give us a call before the animal is drenched or given a magnet•" says Dr Nuhn. "You don't want to fiddle around with rabies." •'Fverytime4 see an animal with a brain infection. 1 rule out rabies at the top of my list. Sometimes it's not rabies, the animal is treated and cured. But if the animal dies, I want to be the first to know about h because 1 treated it. "it's riot going to hurt my feelings if 1 never have to take the shots," says Dr. Nuhn tJ Rabies clinics are free Rabies was first discovered in Ontario in 1957. Since then, anti -rabies vaccination clinics have been held in Ontario. it has been two years since a clinic was held in Huron County. The Huron County Health Unit, in co-operation with the Animal Health department of Agriculture Canada, will be holding a free clinic in Seaforth on Tues., Oct. 4 in the Seaforth and District Community Centres. Clinics will also be held in Hensall on Sept. 27; Exeter, Sept. 28; Brussels, Sept. 21; Blyth, Sept, 19 and Clinton, Sept. 15. The last clinic saw approximately, 300 dogs and cats vaccinated in Seaforth. "The biggest reason to vaccinate is to protect yourself against the unknown," says Dr. Brian Nuhn. "You will not always intra' when your dog or cat was fighting with a wild animal Cost of holding clinics is great and does not warrant them every year, says Ed Harrison of the Huron County Health Unit. "it's not necessary every year if the incidence of rabies is not great." "Hopefully there will be an increase in vaccinations through the free clinics," says Dr. Harry Cieslar, Huron medical officer of health. "Hopefully we're getting the message across so there will be a tremendous response. We hope people are more aware of rabies Ind will act upon it." "People do keep vaccinations for their pets up to date. They are very conscien- tious," says Dr. Nuhn. "We should expect the same number of animals at this year's clinic." Fell At employees gave Bill Wilbee this handsme clock, suitably engraved, when he reti :d recently after nearly 29 years a the sho factory. haven't been back but I'd like to go." After the war and short jobs at Excellence Flour Mill and Boshart furniture factory, he went to the shoe factory. And outside of some work as a carpenter and three years with George Miller at the old Supertest station, he's stayed there. Bill. now 58, was born here in a Main St. apartment above a grocery store owned by a woman everyone called "Granny" Clark, The building which burned in 1939 was close to the present Canadian Tire location. C ©MMMallrfrf C ALEVIDR Wc*dwcogcal©yo Ain©got; O9 Business swim 12-1 p.m.'; public swim 1:30-4 p.m. and 6.8:30 p.m.; • family swim 5-6 p.m. at the pool. Turf vs Mainstrect 7 p.m.; Teachers vs Creamery 8:30 p.m. at the Lions Park. Thignd©yo *M. 9 Business Swim 12-1 p.m.; public swim 1:30-4 p.m. and 6-8:30 p.m.; family swim 5-6 p.m. at the pool. Boys house league 6:30 and 7:45 at the Lions Park. C�Qado}yo Sept 2 59l1lt k 1y ®poo 4 Public swim 1-4:30 p.m. and 6.8:30 p.m. at the pool. Roller skating 8-10:30 p.m. at the arena, ' Boys house league 6:30 and 7:45, Lions Park. Creamery vs Teachers 7 p.m.; Mainstreet vs Turf 8:30 p.m. at the Optimist Park. Business swim 12.1 p.m.; public swim 1:30-4 p.m. and 6-8:30 p.m., family swim 5-6 p.m. at the pool. ScAuQdayo UN. 4uwiciclyo Septa 6 Ladies softball 7 & 8:30 p.m. at the Lions Park. The Ladies HARMONY CHORUS Group will have their practice on Tuesday. Sept. 6, 8 o'clock p.m. at Seaforth Public School. All ladies welcome, Public swim 1.4:30 and 6-8:30 p.m. at the pool. If you're organizing a non-profit event of Interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the recreation office at 527-0882 or the Expositor at 527-0240 or mall the information to Community Calendar, The Huron Expositor, Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario NOK TWO wall 01 advance of the scheduled date. Space for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor.