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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-03-01, Page 1120th Year Whole No. 5$ SEAF KT:H, ONTAR1q, THN,BSPAY, MARCH 1, 1979 22 PAGES', ,yei►r pdvarict' tngtg C+apY 2r.S` centa. •�k, Seaforth as well ea area:'townships rtray find they will have one less representative on. Huron County Council if proposals advanced at Council on. Friday are proceeded with, Deputy -reeves may be eliminated from. county council if .net for efficiency of the elected body then because there is no room left its the council, chambers for more: politicians: Huron County council was told Friday by' its executive committee that a recommend - aeon on representation oncounty . council' wouldbe brought to the March meeting for discussion, The • executive committee re- ported to council that several municipalities. inthe county were- close to the statue of sending a deputy reeve to county—Council. The committee pointed out -that the size of council would probably increase within the two year term councillors are now serving, The cgmmittee pointed out that if nothing else council faced a problem finding space in ''.the council chambers for the new re'presen- �: HAPPI(ANNIVERSARY Three of the founders of the Country. Singles — Cake served were the first to: sample y C Club nolle of the fourth Anniversary at last week's dance at the Vanastra :Recreation Centre., nibblers are G and 'Irene Okahashi. ' ' o an ik of Betty Cardno of Seaforth Vicki cf-i b u Lucan, Story on Page 10, (Photo by Oke) Paul Carroll of Seaforth was elected 1979 chairman of the Van Egmond. Foundation at. the group's annual meeting at Seaforth Public School on Wednesday. The other members of the executive are Dorothy Williams, RR. 4, Clinton, 'vice-pres.; Gladys Van Egmond of Clinton:_ secretary. and Bob Newnham of Seaforth, 'treasurer. Vivienne Newnham is the past -chairman of the Organization. The directors for 1979 are Dr. ,Rodger Whitman,.. Anne James, Walter Armes, uty Cardno, Robert Spittal" and Frances ettero. This year, the foundation 4ias• also asked Clare Westcott, executive assistant to Premier William ' Davis and a former Seaforth resident, to be honorary chairman of the foundation,: In his remarks as the new chairman. Mr. Carroll said the capital fundraising cam paign must be the 'foundation's. number one priority • in the coming ' year since the - campaign will determine the-orticcess or failure of the restoration of the Van Egmond house in Egmondville. He said a second priority must be the completion of an interior restoration ,plan. tative' to sit down. • The committee explained three methods council could use todetermine represent; ation at the county teVe1- At present any municipality with 1,000 or more electors sends a reeve' and deputy -reeve to council - That figure could be changed so that only municipalities: with. 2.50Q or more ,electors - send a deputy -reeve or each municipality send one representative to council„ If council made the cut-off tor deputy- reeves eputyreeves 2,500 electors, all townships but Stephen would have one representative, Village repre- sentation would remain the same and• the sire of council would be reduced front 45'. members to 29 members, Of the five county towns only Goderich.andi Exeter'wouid send a deputy` -reeve to county council.. Goderich township reeve Grant Stirling told council there was merit inthe plan to reduce thesize of 'council. He pointed out t BY JEFF SEDDOItI •Huron. County medical• officer of health, Dr. Brian Lynch told county council Friday thathospital bed cuts in Huron County could comedown, to a life and death situation for some people.' Dr. Lynch told council that • there was "no substitute" for hospital beds claiming'hospitals.were the:'.' most important and most fundamental type of . health care there is". The MOH told council that bed cuts in the five 'hospitals 'in Huron County would mean more ,work and expensefor the county funded home care service: He said the home The ` third priority outlined by the •new chairman was a summer works .program at the house. two area students Jayne Carded- and Marlene Turnbull, have already subnutted an application to the Young Canada works program for a grant to employ three students.' to work at the house. for 17 weeks ;in the summer. if this application is accepted,. students would complete the inventory of artifacts donated to the Van Egmond House; would set up :temporary displays and promotions at the house during the summer months and would establish guidelines for operating, the house when restoration is complete. Mr. Carroll told the :foundation members the groups can also submit an application under the Experience '79 :program 'which also employs students on sumtier work. projects. If one Of the two grant applications• is accepted,_. then the students employed at the house will be able to continue' -the cataloguing of artifacts started by Marlene Turnbull last.summer. Treasurer Bob Newnham ,presented ran :. audited report of thefoundation's finances. As f th d f 1978 th fixed assets of the naraisin group were valued at $22,823 which included the Van - Egmond property; valued. at 514,000, adjacent property held in trust for the foundation by a consortium, valued at $5,000 and furniture and fixtures in the house valued at 53,823. Including the' cast o. ndeposit; the found- ation had a net worth of' $20,792. Mr. Newnham reported he had paid off bank loans and the foundation now owes the bank nothing, as of the end of 1978. EVENTS. Some of the fundraising events the group held in 1979 included the flea, market sales,. which • raised :573; . the Ciderfest, which brought in $1344 admissions to the house' which raised 587,54 and the Wintario grant. which brought in 511,132. ' -- : The foundation ended the year with 51,932 in excess receipts over disbursements. The capital fundraising campaign for the foundation to date has raised 57,327 Mr. Newnham reported, Members of the Van Egntond family donated $6,475 to the fund for restoration of the house, local businesses have, donated 5650 and Molson Breweries donated 5200. • Three foundations, including. Labatt' that at a. time when the poaulation of Huron County is dropping political representation at county council was increasing, Stirling said it was tune eottncil .took "a look at Morris townships reeve Bili Elston argued that if the size of County caitncil was reduced. it may be ineffective if the absentee rate•was similar to Friday's. Elston pointed. out that 6 bei as many members were ay front a wer a from the 45. co , as . e y me uracil member group, there "wouldn't be many members here", Elston went on to Suggest hat "pretty soon there wont be any need for county council at all".. e land campaign begins.. The campaign to build a trophy case in. the Seaforth arena in honor of Ralph "Cooney" Weiland, the Egmondville native who is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, is officially underway. Clive,,:Buist,• Seaforth recreation director; said on Tuesday that the Minor :Hockey Association has decided to go ahead With plans to honor the great N,H.L. star who criticize care, a county operated service offering some nursing care inpeople's homes could be used to pick ep some of the patients that would normall..be.-treated in hospital . but added that there were many things home. care could, do nothing about. Dr Lynch point ed out two major areas of health care delivery that may be threatened. by bed cuts and cannot be handled under home care. He said obstetrics and caring_ for people with heart problems could .be difficult if there is .no room inhospitals ta care for them, He : said winteri' in , Huron- County could make it difficult if not impossible tor people to get out of rural area to hospitals .in emergency situations, He said many times' a doctor will put someone in hospital to :avoid the risk of weather preventing them from getting hospital, in an emergency but he pointed out that limited bed space those people. cannot be admitted, DrLynch, added 'that a furtherproblem could develop during peak summer tourist , seasons, He said the hospital bed cuts were based on a formula applied to the permanent population ulation of the county with ;'na consideration given to the summer Breweries, arestill considering whether they will make donations to the restoration fund. Secretary Gladys Van Egmond turned over an additional 5100 in donations which she had received since the last meeting of the group. Mt. Newnham said the foundation's bank.,: balance as of January 31, 1979°was $8,676: Members of the foundation voted to pay Moffatt arid White contractors , the first 57,304 payment of the total contract for repairs to the 'roof and exterior of the Van Egmond' House which' are, now underway. The foundation members also voted to pay $439: to the architectural firm of Hill and Borgal of Goderich who drewup the master plan for restoration and have been super- vising the repairs. .MOREBRICKS Mr. Newnham reported that the Moffatt and White contract will exceed; the original estimate by $724: This includes 'the purchase of additional bricks, from the same period as those in the house, for future restoration - work -and, an extra $480 to remove gable peaks at each end of the house to ensure the proper alignment of the brick work. (Continued on Page 3 ): Seaforth; • " Editors Note. This is the second in a three part series about the playing and coaching. career of Egmondville native Ralph . 'Cooney' Weiland, ' BY ALICE GIBB the time Cooney ,he Weiland:` the Egmondville native, had spent three seasons :with the Owen Sound Greys, he'd with the earned the reputation of an artist uck. The hockey player may have beet short and slight `-of stature corltpared ta. some today's toda 's musclemen on the tee, but he handled a puck like a wizard. Toe Sills, who had played pro hockey with Minne- apolis, and Pittsburgh teams, persuaded, Cooney Weiland and his roommate, bred Elliott of'Cli. ton, to leave Owen Sound to try out With he Minneapolis Millers. who were 21 years old at The twd len, the time, won a place oh, the Minneapolis Wain and continued to room together. They not only ;played for the team, but the two players helped with the construction of the new Minneapolis arena, 'erected the same year., Mr. Elliott said oilier future NwH,L.`ers who played in with thent in the same league included,'"Ching" Johson, one of the all"tithe greats who starred with the" New York Rangers and "Taffy" Abet, • who, went on to the N.H.L. as well, Nott stayed with MinneapoltS tot Fred, El .d ... moved u ' tt the KAI. the year, and then ov p Much of his prOfessionai career wit% spent playing with the Ottawa Senators, where his teammate was the great "King" Clancy, • Cooney Weiland' stayed on in Minae. ap olis for two more years and then in 1928; when he was 24 years old, Weiland said 'good-bye to the minors and moved up to the N,H',L:: to play center for the Boston Bruins, the first American -owned hockey, team to P in the NH:L. DYNAMITE LINE When Weiland joined the Bruins, he bdcaine part ofa trio that hockey historians. are still talking about - the famed Dynamite Line, His two cohorts on the line were 14o. 5, the big former defencetnan bit Clapper, later the first player to be nominated to the Hockey Hall of Fame and forward Dutch t' Gainor. The bynarttitc 'Line wasn't the only selling point for the Boston BruinS, As sportswriter Henry Roxborough points put in The Stanley Cup Story, "all through the 1930's,. Boston had great teams Thomp- son or Bri'tnsek in goal, (Eddie) Shore and Siebert and associates on defence, They had such famed lines as "The Dynamites Gainor, Weiland and Clapper - and the Kraut Line " Bauer, Schmidt and Dumart, From 1928 ti•194t they led the tettgee ten tittles. They were easy to look at but awfully hard to beat." In 1928, Cooney Weiland played his first year .In the major leagues and it wasn't S bad year, Boston finished on top of the American Division of the N.H.L. and went on to beat the Montreal Canadians in three .:straight games,• with the Boston goalie Tiny Thompson scoring shutouts in two of them. Then the Bruins met the New York Rangers and. won the firs two games < 2-0 • and 2-1 to take home the Stanley, Cup, But if 1928 was a good year for n Weiland, Egntondvllc's Cooney ei 1929 was •. even better .___...... This was the first season the face mask was ever worn in the NMI. - when Clint Benedict of the old Ottawa"Senators Used a mask to protect his broken nose, It was also the year that Cooney Weiland; set an , N:ELL. record:, RECORD The Boston Bruins "Clever center" Scored 43 goals in 44 gasses, plus 30 assists fora total of 73 paints, which made him the league's, top scorer .and, set a record for Most goals scored in the season, , One reason for Weiland's secedes was that a change in rales allowed passing in all three zones, which added scoring punch throughout the league, . The Bruins, with Weiland leading the way, were the highest scoring team in the league and their goalie, the same 11e Thompson. •allowed the fewest goals. The combination proved a winning One, and Boston Wad 5 faritiaStie 38 victdries'in 44 gasses to take the American Division,. title fol` the sceklttd time running, kossak ask Sa r Unfortunately, the winning streak didn't continue through the playoff season, The Bruins defeated both the Montreal Maroons and the New York Rangers in the playoffs but then they inet the Montreal Canadiens and doom, losing 3-0 and 4-3 to the Canadiens. That year the cup went. back to Montreal. The next year, Weiland -finished ninth y „, from the top in the league Scoring taco with 18 goals and 17 - assists. The .Bruins finished among the top teams again, and met Montreal in the Series A playoffs, The Canadiens took the series with three games' to two, but the series went into the record books for quite another teason. Art Ross, manager of •the Boston Bruins, wasn't about. to give tip the Serries withouta struggle' and in the final game he pulled goalie Tiny Thottpson from the net to put an extra forward on the ice, This was the first tithe a goaltender had ever been pulled and the spottswriters called it "an amazing manoeuvre." TRADED In the 1932.33 season, Cooney Weiland left the Hjinattite Line behind wli'en he was traded to the Ottawa Senators. The next yeat, he played part of the season: with the Senators and part with the Detroit Red Wings, scoring 13. goal's in the process, Cooney 'Weiland finished the 1934.35 season with Detroit and then the next year. he went hack hone to Boston, '(EOntiistted on PaRe started his hockey career in Seaforth.. Mr. Buist said anyone wishing to donate money to a fund to build the case can leave donations at , Bob and Betty's Variety or at Seaforth Canadian.Tire store. it's hoped Mr. Weiland can:.•be-,eantected.•,:.'„ to donate some mementos of hishockey career to be housed in the case with trophies won' by "cal teams. population. He . said an are y s shortage of beds could ,:worsen in the summer risking, not only residentsof the county but tourists as well • - $ili'E1`ston,' reeve of Morris: township, asked the :MOH what council' could,' do in support of hospitals trying to fight the bed. Eiston said people in the Wingham area strongly supported a steeling aimed .at dealing with the bed' cuts. He added' that there eemed to be an atmosphere of futility din the county claiming people simply don't (Continued on: Page 3 ') 90 YEARS YOUNG Oliver McKay of Seaforth celebrated his 90th ilbarchan Nursing Home- where he has` been a birthday Monday at Kt � • a + He was enjoin a game of bingo' with fellow resident for the past ye r enjoying 9 . residerits,when the reported called, When asked to what he attributed his. long life, good health and t a sense of humour Mr, -McKay,a bachelor, laughed "i never drank,clever smoked and never:chased women!" He . said, "I've' had a lot of fun all my life„ Born on Lot 4, Concession.8 of . w he .: ie (Ross) and John Tuckersmtth Township” was. a son of the late. Besse , FraserMcKay. He farmed on the family f arm until retiringto Seaforth wase aboutyears old. Proud of his Scottish ancestry'-, he is a when he a �,µ .ta uneh Liberal. member ;of First� presbyteriott Church and •!s aas uAmong birthday Minister the manybirthda reettn s 'he received was one from Prime t v8 � Pi ire Elliott Trudeau: More "Cooney" storle8, Co-op Involves parents Prebeti talks art... ,.. , .� t4ovlee Tournanlent. x: