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. S— The Seaforth Legion Branch 56 has 22 new
NEW L�C�I�QN MEAIIB.EF� g
members,
19 of them -associate members and three regular members,
following Saturday's initiation ceremony -ate the Legion; •, The new
membetts are (back row) left to right Hank Groothuis HenryMero, .Ray
Pettitt, Terry Johnston, Gord'Sailows and Mike Reiger;. (second .row, .left.
Perth bu
to'right)John > nsink, Doug p 'Philli s, Molly Kander, Larry":Horne,
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Connie Becker, Jim Glew, ,fully Baird and Don Nicholson'and (front row,
Grant .Chesney, Gail Hu ill" Ruth Ann 'Carter, Ken MillerV,
left to right) y g ,
ivienne Newnharn Arthur Rockett, Karen Retger, Joan Wilbee and
Dou Fraser. More pictures on the entertainment page,;
(Expositor Photo)
Iget passes, without F of A grant
In a 12-to-one:vote after a special 10•hour
meeting y of Perth County Council,�March 13
o
the 1979 budget .was ratified,
The „; ex :P endituressfbr the year will •
amount to $2,704,578 according to clerk
treasurer. Jim Bell and willresult in a •
• t hre nd�a-halfper cent increase in the levy
ea
to the member murncipahties of the county..
The budget establishes .$530,000 for the
road. department and $631,000 for general,
purposes, an increase of S36,000 over the.
1978 levy
The budget' breaks down like this: general
government and miscellaneous committees,
570,000;, general administration of the
clerk -treasurer's . office, 588;950; general
maintenance of the court house, $43,385
general maintenance of the registry `.office,
518,685; general maintenance`' of the, health
unit, .15,120; protection to persons • and'
property, 511,200; recreation and commun
ity services, 514,225; planning department,
$85,410; social services department, 567,036
services, 5245;333; and grants; 525;225.
The Most heated debate came with the
proposed grant expeedittres.'Hfbbert Reeve
Ross McPhail "lead the opposition to the
proposed 12,000 grantto the Perth County:
Federation of Agriculture. . •
"As, a federation member for many years 1
can't see giving them a grant.If they can't
find support at the • provincial level then 1':
can't see why we should support themat the
local level," he said.
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Ellice Reeve George ,Wicke' and Warden ,:..
Or.m and Pirdham' of Fullerton Township
favgrant the rant'stating it owuld: ;be. easier..
for the organization to come to the' county
rather than ap:plying to the townships.
McPhaii replied that•. it should, be left :to
ofthetownships to make.. its own
each P
the matter : pointingout' that the
decisionan
strength of an'organization, such as the.
Federation, of A8 riculture „ lies,;. note in its
grants but in the strength of its membership..:
A vote on a motion to delete, the grant
from the budget passed by a seven -to -six ..
decision.
A grant to the U ' ersi of Western
Ontario was also upped o a Motion • by
Reeve, hontpson of El Township
"We need conformity in r grant
structure and this grant, which helps cover
travel expenses for school clubs or the band,
just.. isn't in it," he said:
Onone of the more touchy issues of the
meeting, Listowel. Reeve, Elsie Karges
motioned to drop the proposed: grant to the.
' Stratford Mobility Bus.
"I'm not convinced that the, mobility bus
is fulfilling its role :end therefore 1 cannot
support thisgrant," she said,
McPhail backed her by stating, "1 don't
think the Stratford Mobility Bus is providing
-the : county -wide service it should."
Wallace Reeve Rae Bender came to the
defence of the bus service claiming that
everyone should remember who the bus is
'own `s wafer tower
be ins pectec� -PUE
BY W1L1WLA OKE
The Seaforth Public Utilities Commission
authorized Manager Tom Phillips to have
the town water tower 'inspected •as to.
condition and any work needed to be done.
Mr. Phillips teported his depar Intent had
to attend to 17 freeze -ups' this winter, the
-number up considerably over other years.
He said a break in a 6 inch water main at
Attu and James Streets was due to two large
locks which several years ago were back-
filled over the water main. The frost pushed
the rocks down on the main to crack it. He
said the frost was down 31/2 to 4 feet,
He said the pump house at the'0new well
on Welch Street was nearly completed.
Mr. Phillips reported that a 20 -minute
disruption of power service occurred on
Wednesday node, March 7, when. a limb hit
a primary phase which knocked out a fuse at
the substation on ' Chalk Street. P.U.C:
workmen were trimming trees in the arc, of
the hydro station on south east'of town when
the mishap occurred.
Mr. Phillips said tree trimming. has been
stopped as sap is running. About 7 or 8 dead
trees in the town were Cut down. .
P.U.C. workmen have upgraded the
transformer bank at Seaforth Manor and
(Continued on Page 3)
Wintari� draw
hire
Wintario is coming to Seaforth. Wintatio' draw ticket.
No, the town hasn't won 8100,000' or Perhaps 1200 tickets will be available
anything like that, But the June 21 Wintario ."and they are usually sold out well ahead,"
draw will be held in the. Seaforth arena, as Mr;. Johnston said, The show is open to all
pant Of the Seaforth tions Special " $5th; 'ages. "We even hope to bring nursing Norrie
anniversary carnival and Lions Week,.., .. tients in its wheelchairs," the Lion said,
Wintariokofcials Were. in 'oWtt;last Week Local Lions stave; been working for a
t make uelimina y arrangements tor the 0
1t ry $ . couple of years to bring Wintarib here and
draw. ' " i"persistence" paid off", Mr, Johnston said.
"1t looks like there'll' be no problems," tee They feel the dt'aw will bring• valuable
director Clive Burst told the Expositor. publicity to ea ort " as the TV how wi 1
p. P y S i' h s I
. A Lions s ottsored show will _start Off the feature a, d . lt. town. poc ntentaty on the tin n.
ai►cnittg, according;' to Lion lrivin Johnston; tions Week Will start the weekend before.
froth 7:30 to 8.30:
Doors Open at 7 p.m. The the draw with the annual carnival, held at.
dietW Will go on the'atr, live from Seaforth at the arena and fairgrounds for the first time,
$
fea tiering the Heli 1Srtvers do Sunday, hitt
Tickets will be available lust two weeks 17, The week will end witha pertorthance by
before the draw, and only at local Witttatio the Carleton Show Band on'Satutday, June
outlets. At$3 tor all ages, tickets include one • 23,
helping-the'handicappco,
Do.
with
Downie Reeve Wilfred 'Fuer, siding w
Benderp ointed out that he didn't • want any
hardships to come- to those usi!g the bus,
the stated
that bus line should in
futurelook elsewhere to find money.
Tthe 'Stratford Mobility bus was started
with the help of Local In itative Grant, (LIP)
and. in 1977 received a' Canada Works grant
iwas conditio •ait1
• of $'425, : . , ,which rraA
supplying out-of-town service for the handi-
capped
The Canada Works grant was extended•
until July 1979; but the bus line is facing':a
deficit of about $9,000.
:'. The Stratford Mobility Bus now serves
about 11 people in the Milverton, Atwood
'and Brunner areas costing, them about $80 a
month. TEE -county wide service totals about
4,500 rides a year.
The Motion to drop the grant to the bu$.
lines was lost by an.overwhelming :1I -to -two-
decision.
Lloyd, Lorri
leave today
'Lloyd Eisler Jr. of Egmondville and Lord
Beier of Mitchell, Canadian Junior Paris
figure.skating' champions, leave today for
Augsburg , Germany and the world figure
skating competitions.. ,
The . two skaters: who captured the
Canadian pairs championship in February, -
will be skating onTuesday and Wednesday
night.
The skaters placed sixth in last year's
competition in
France but thisis
year their
coach, Kerry 'Leitch of the Preston Figure
Skating .Club, is optitttistic the pair can bring','
back a medal, '
Mr. Leitch. who said his two Skaters can
skate with the spied and power of the
Russian figure skaters, said, "Realistically
we feel we definitely should bein the
Medals" in an interview with the Globe and
(Continued on Page 3)
Predict big
soybean crop
WV ALICE GiBB ,
This .}ear, soybean crops in the Seaforth
area are expected .to be up $0 per cent from
1978, 'according to' Gordon Anderson,
chairman of the .Ontario Ran Grouters
Go -operative,
Mr, Anderson was interviewed following,
a soybean information meeting held in
Seaforth en Thursday morning,' ,
Mr, Anderson attributed the increased'
interest in soybeans to the fact soybean
prices arc geed rightnow, while prices for
the white bean crop aten't as promising
Mr, Anderton said the story the co,
operative is hearing from producers is that
they are Cutting_ back on their white bean'
erop title to • poorer prices and problems
with weather during, the harvesting season._
Mr. Anderson said one advantagtt of
soybeans iS that they make an excellent
rotation crop' with other a atsh crops•such.OS
tan or grains,'
Sttiybeans are now. the largest Anteritwt
cash crop' arid- the 11.5, supplies march
of the world demand for the crop. Mr.
Anderson laid Canada is gray down fn
(COntinued tin Paige
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The final. vote . to acceptL the amended
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bud et. saw the onlY 8dissenttn vote come
from Karges.
'budget could be' a' lot
1 est believe the
J
tighter than it was after the amendments,"
Karges said.
Pridham said« in closing the meeting.
"This is is a good workable budget with on;y a
per cent:.'increase. It has
three -and -a -half
been cutback to:the minimum and will still
be capable of fulfilling our, services."
(BY WILMA OKEI
Tuckersntith Township: Couneit approved
the 1979 budget for the Vanastra water and
sewage system at a meeting Tuesday nigh
The budget, presented by Mark Bell,,
the Minist ry of the Environment` amounts to
574,3Q0 compared to 5'66,100 ,in 1978,an,•
increase of 12.4 per cent.,
'Mr. Bell said actual expenditures tn1978
amounted to 578,844' and these higher
figures were due mproblems ainly to in the
water "distribution sysfem from leaks Gostinf4
overhauled in 1974 with the 60- ,hydrants,
rebuilt,
Ivlr. Bell suggested: lo4iort -Moir* should.
t. caxrried out And that the costs could. be •
o taken out of the reserve' fund amounting; to
179,700, which was Set up by the deve1O et
of Vanastra when he' handed overr the water
and newer system to Teeltersrnith- The, fend'
was for a tertiary treatment system, which'
ottleials in 1974 deemed would be needed as
Vanastra expanded. -
- 'NO NEED
Mr, Bell said that regulations are different
The $8200 increase in budget for. 1979,
over 1978 is necessary because of antici-
pated salary increases amounting to 12,600;
benefits amounting `e 51,900; increased
costs of water and sewer ,maintenance
because of expected .breakdowns, 51,900
electricity increases of $1,000 and the
remaining 5800 for increased miscellaneous.
costs,
Mr. Bell lsaid there, is an "unaccounted
for"' loss of water amounting to 60 per cent
between the metered readings in the town of
Clinton and the accountable consumption,
(The town supplies water to Vanastra),. He
said, "It seems you have a system with a lot
of small leaks. it's an old system with lead
joints, resulting in a lot of minor leakage.
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Unless you replace the mains there will be a
very high: loss: Perhaps a. consultant, should
look at the system."
Don McLean, manager of the system,
said, The water is getting into drams so we
don't see the leaks, hut they will add up if
there should be a leak every twenty feet."
Mr, Bell said, "Weget some 'leaks
repaired and there is improvement but then
we are soon
ri ht back up, We seem to catch
g
thebig leaks but it is hard to find the small'
ones.'"
,
RobertFot kerng ham said,
Councillor hi
g
"Perhaps the solutionis to replace the whole
.
sysem. And to this Mr.Bell 11replied that,
perhaPs the solution was the gradual
replacement of the system. He said the fire
hydrants are -in good Condition.
`
Don dean said ,the system had been
now and he forsees no need for the tertiary
treatment and .proposed thgt at would; be
better to, use the money for major repairs.
Ho suggested that the.; 30 eight -inch key
valves should be replaced at an estimated
price of 51,000 each.
Among' other suggestions were a
contminustor, a standby clorinator,repairs to
the tanks where the cement was crumbling,
However, topping the list was; the need for a
consultant to studythe expansion of the
water works•. system "to tell you where you
are going -for the next 20 years." He said
"At present we are just patching up."
He said in the future a storage tank will be:.
needed for a.. Water supply. `.
Reeve Ervin Sille said, "1 feel the
v ry � ,
reserve fund should be for capital works, not
maintenance.".
No decision was reached at the meeting,
but council will consider it.
Mr. Bell, suggested the ministry of the
environment could come up with ,draft
terms of reference tor tate consultant to no.
the study on future growth.
ROADS
Allan Nicholson, road superintendent,
p8
resented his bud et for the roads for 1979,
proposing osing $90,000 for maintenance and.
557,000 for new construction for a' total of
5147000which is the amount of the subsidy'
the ministrY of trans oto. ation° and cotnlmuni.
cations has approved for Tuskersmith,
d,o i-
Among the. works planned for this yearis
the waterproofing of the Biggings bridge, om
(Continued; on Page a 3)
THE SALVAGE OPERATION Bill Brown of and his crew sal vaged the car on -Saturday
to the roof of 1973 morning, while.an O.P.P.officer continued his
Egmondville hooks a chain h a
accident.
f investigation of the
Chevy Nova, owned by Blain Raman . o
the water near
Milverton, Which plunged into . (Expositor Photo)
, . .. '
Grieve's' Bridge on Friday night. Mr.. Brown
o esca e.
r
off
bridge
Maitia'
A Seaforth resident, Shirley
Brown, 40 and Blaine gasman. 33,
of William; Street, . Milverton,
escaped serigs injury on Friday
when Mr. Rassman's-ear left County
Road #12 and plunged into the river
near Grieve's Bridge..
The accident occurred at approxi.
mately 7 p.ni, Tit -dear, .a 1973 Chevy
Nova', left the road, knocked off a
guard raft and rolled .down the
embankment into the river.
Constable John Burgess of the
Seaforth police depar intent said
41rs. J. Van . Dooren, of R.R.S,
Seaforth. repotted the accident to
the 'Seefotth police and said two
people were visible On the roof of the
vehicle«
WhettConstabte Burgess` reported
the accidentto the Coderich O,P.P'
they requested that :he go out to the
*scene' of the accident' until artP.
Officer could roach the scene.
Constable Dergess said both Mr..
R#'assniatt and his passenger had.
escaped from the vehicle when he
reached the steno. Both passengers
•
wete suffering from
exposure to the icy wasters -
and Mrs,.' Brown complained
of a leg injury.
The driver and 'passet'iger
were taken to Seaforth
Community Hospital by
ambulance where they were
treated and released.
Oaniage to :,the cat is
approximately 53,000, The
car Was submerged in the
river overnight and William
Brown of Egmondville and
an assistant used a to* truck
and winch to salvage the; car
Saturday morning.
A • Goderich
spokesman 'reported` 'that
charges are pending, its the.
accident
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