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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-07-12, Page 1Mee 120th. Year, Whole No. 5809' SEAPORTH, ONTARIO,. THURSDAY,' 4PLY' 107.9:. , PAGE s13.,a.Year i Slime Sig pY 3R The Royal Canadian Legion, Seaforth Was robbed of approximately 5115 in a break and enter, with theft, Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning: The ' theft was discovered; by Frank Phillips, bar steward, on Wednesday. morning. Entry, to the Legion was gained by smashing a west side window in the ,„building An inventory is being taken to discover if any liquor or cigarettes were taken, in the illegal entry. Mr,; ,Phillips said. there was over $1,000 in damage. Constable John Burgess of the Seaforth: Police said an number of items from the Legionhave been seized for fingerprinting.; A fingerprint, expert from the Moult Forest O.P,P. detachment will be in. Seaforth on Thursday to dust the items for prints; Seaforth police have three suspects in the break and enter. Early Sunday morning, an area youth was discovered, lying ' inthe back :alley by. Commercial Hotel owner Rene Dupuis, The, man was unconscious and bleeding from,the ears and nose. Police requested an ambulance and thea.. man was taken to Seaforth Communtiy Hospital. When he didn't regain con- sciousness, he was transferred. to University Hosptiah London where he remains In satisfactory condition with a skull fracture te— the back of his head and lacerations. Constable Burgess saidthere wasn't any evidence on the scene that the man had been assaulted, however, the matter is still under investigation. Police investigatged two incidents, of vandalism on. Saturday, July 7, Marc Robinette, of 57 Side Street, Seaforth, discovered his Datsun, which was parked in his driveway, covered with gravel, and dirt!. Another vehicle, believed to be a Thunderbird, was reported to be in the vicinity, creating unnecessary noiseand: shooting gravel from the tires. Seaforth. police are still investigating the incident. A second vandalism incident occurred at 27 Railway Street when a homeowner. reported their television cable was cut early Saturday morning. On July 5, Edward Sallows of Seaforth picked up his car, whichhas been parked on the Gord's Gulf lot for several days, and discovered someone, had 'attempted to pry Members met:last night FAB Council members from Seaforth and the . four townships who make up the Fire Area Board (FAB) ` were . meeting in Staffa Wednesday night in ,an effort tq find solutions to recent- disagreements: The meeting was .closed to the press Called by the townships, Hibbert, Hullett, McKillop and Tuckersmith, the meeting was not attended by a member of the Ontario Fire Marshall's office who had a prior committment. At a meeting of Seaforth council Monday night; Councillor Bruce ' Hoelscher questioned the wisdom of having the meeting . without the Fire Marshall's re- presentative. There a conflict about who started:. what" that a representative could help resolve, Mr. Hoelscher felt. Clerk Jim. Crocker' . said the Fire Marshall's re- presentative would be available the next week. Councillor. Gerald Groothuis, one of two. Seaforth reps to the FAB,disareed. Pg "They've' called it (the meeting) And they probably want to tell us something.. It's only open the driver's door to the car,, causing; approximately 565 in damage. The matter is still under investigation. On the same day Mrs. Ann Wood of 10 West William. Street, reported someone threw stones and two boards over the back fence, breaking a hole in the solar blanket on the family swimming pooh and breaking the plastic at the edge of the pool, resulting in $150 in damage, This incident is still, under investigation. No Iicence bu.reau here tem . o ra ri I . For the firsttime in about `:17 years, "You could say we had, to quit because Seafotthis without a motor vehiclelicencing business was too good," Mr. Sills explained. office. The: situation is only temporary Because the licence bureau wasstarting; to though, says Frank Sillswho operated the interfere with the hardware store and due to local office in Sills' Hardware until the end of ; increasing paper work that had to be done at June. home at night, Mr. Sills decided to resign. Mr. Sills said the ministryAlthough: , Seaforth car dealers were all. of Tran- notified. that they'd have to go to Clinton or sportation and Communication has been Mitchell for licences, local people are still, ' interviewing a number of Seaforth people coming into Sills' seeking renewals and new and, should announce the office's new elates, location soon. • MI . Si Is who took o erthelicence b solution fair that we listen. .The registered letter from Seaforth' to all the townships, telling them that the town wants to withdraw from the FAB agreement: at the end of the year has been sent, said, deputy reeve Bill Dale and Seaforth can't go back to discussing,the past'. agreement. "Regardless of what the townships do, we are pulling out", ,thedeputy reeve said. The letter is self ;; explanatory andthere's no sense discussing the agreement at all, added Mayor John.'Sinnamon. All' ,members of counci , exdbpt Mayor Sinnamon . who had a. PUC , meeting, 'indicated they would attendthe meeting in .. Staffa. Councillor Irwin `Johnston, the other Seaforth rep and current chairman of the FAB was critical of two recent editorials in The Huron Expositor. He "said no members of Seaforth council were; in favour of an urban vsrural situation and were "trying to make it better than what it has been." There hasn't been much progress in the last year of the FAB, he said • fi r-+ THE NOVELTY WEARS OFF-r=After 'eating a few too many bananas in the world record bieaking contest held as part of Summertime '79, Mike Betties looks as though he's ready to quit. But Mike went on to eat nine' bananas and tie for' first place in the 11 and under category :. ... „ .,.-,. m. w.,,..,�....., S OU ureau r 1,. v in the fifties from Mrs, ArnoldWestcott, remembers one of the first requests for plates he had was for a 12 cylinder Packard. "What do 1 do now?" he remembers asking. Treat it like an eight cylinder car, was the answer. Another fellow came into Sills to get plates and presented his 1930 Alberta 'driver's' . or it ', was • f 1, .0 in the agreement's ten years there have licence. 'It s still' good. I paid been "all kinds of problems.it's not smooth his attitude, Mr. Sills chuckles. working.'' Its not dull, operating a licence luireau,. Frank Sills remembers getting three plates If all FAB members don't t stand n for one car, only and, one.for another. And it the was not agreement, it's not worth the paper it's • unusual to find different numbers on. B written on councillor Johnston added. one set of front and back plates. I guess it de ends on ho the bo s at Guelph h p Editorials should be objective'',: p X that' Correctional Centre .••(who make-, Ontario councillor Johnston; said and suggested that before writing editorials the press should' licence plates) were feeling, Mr. Sills says. have attended a lot of FAB meetings "to see what is going on. Enain er ( The press is not notified of FAB meetings V to but The Huron Expositorattends them when it can find out about them.) Mayor Sinnamon and councillor Groothuis each commented that they agreed with councillor Johnston's remarks.. Monday night's council meet• adjourned just before 10 p.m. making it the shortest regular meeting in the memory of the two press reporters: who attended. until' to bu �lid!, 'I i h Street At a special meeting July 3, Seaforth council agreed to purchase the Huron Canadian Fabricators (1968) Ltd: property on High St.. The purchase,closing in. Noember, 1980 was decided on following discussions between the business and Seaforth's development committee about the industry moving to the industrial park on Birch St., clerk Jim Crocker said. A price of 528,000 was agreed upon, with ten percent down until November 1980 and.. the balance payable then.:' The business is in a residential area, at the corner of High and Market Sts., Clerk Crocker said Council has not made any plans for the site which it will acquire a year and a half from now. The press was not informed of the special council meeting, held last Tuesday night. Zone change for second apartment Way was cleared for the construction of a second apartment building off Side St, by Tina, Holdings Ltd. when Seaforth council passed three bylaws at its Meeting Monday night. The first amended zoning in the area from highway commercial to general residential; the second authorized purchase of a small strip of land from the Huron County Board of Education to allow a 66 foot road allowance for 51 and the third authorized the town to purchase a small pie»shaped piece of land from the developer to allow ttte orderly extension of Side St. , The town foreman: was instructed to begin construction on the travelled `portion of Side St., where it is being extended from Chalk; onsider Silver Creek •'Seaforth's request to the •engineer on the Silver Creek farm drainage project that the part of .the creek immediately north of Highway 8 at the town entrance be left in a meandering state has gotten some 'positive response, clerk Jim Crocker told council Monday night. The engineering firm W.E. ,Kelley and Associates of Kitchener wrote Mr, Crocker. that it will try to leave, a channel; there as long as effective drainage work is :not • impaired, and neighbouring owners agree.. The town also received a copy of the firm's reply to the Ausauble Bayfield Conservation Authority which said the siltation effect to Silver Creek would be minimal and conservation authorities who request input should perhaps be prepared to pay a share of ,costs of drainage work. Some councillorsare worried that the drainage improvement could mean more flooding in Seaforth: ,Councillor Henry Mero, who attend the Court of Revision on 'the drain. in McKillop said the drainageditch will go ahead and if it causes Seaforth any problems, the town can petition the ministry of agriculture to further drain the creek:. What if there's flooding in the lower areas of town; asked councillor. Gerald Groothuis. Clerk Crocker said Seaforth will just have to assess, situation when it happens. He suggested' Seaforthcould take the initiative and get the CNR culvert, which the water also, flows,' through, enlarged. Any municipality can arrange to have water run into another municipality without their having a say, commented councillor Jim Sills.: ' There won't be any more water than there is now, it'll just run, a lot faster, contributed' deputy reeve Bill Dale. . What was the hospital board's approach :to the new drainage ditch, councillor Sills asked councillor Bruce Hoelscher, town rep there. Adminstrator Gordon McKenzie said the board had no objecction at -a11 to the change and it won't effect them, councillor Hoelscher replied: "i hate to see a straight ditch through there," added Mayor John Sinnanion. l enou h to be in the Henson ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE.. hltlt .quite old e .,.-..g __ _. Bible School class presentation, this little:: lady seems to, be watching c: The first .Bible School in years at the carefully for future reference. Hensall. United. Church was a great success.;` More photos, on the Hansen' page. Eht Inside this week. The Old Public School .. . Future vet decorates cakes , Storing summer fruit.. Family reunions More banana eaters...: Curb cuts make'wheolchate... trips downtown easer. It's much` easier for handicapped people, including those in wheelchairs to^ getaround on Seaforth's Main St. now, thanks to a move' by council to install curb cutsat the John St. corners and on the east side of Main St. The cuts were made last week by town public works employees •and will be painted yellow, .cominittee chairman Jim lis told' Council. Alfie Dale of Chalk St., a parapelegic who gets around in a battery powered -wheel chair finds the cuts :"lust great.. It was his. request to council that sparked, their installation. There seem to be more people out on Main,. St. in wheelchairs now, his wife Loreen said. Noting that Seaforth now has more curb cuts than other local towns, Mrs: Dale said "Maybe people are saying 'Let's go shop in Seaforth. They've got ramps there now. The town will assess how wellthe three cuts work andmay look: t installing more next year, council decided.. No Ontario Scholars at SDHS .Seaforth District. •;High School had 'n0 Ontario Scholars this year, unlike last year, when 'there were three studetns with an average of 80 per, cent and over. The • Grade 13' enrollement figure was • down slightly from the year before, so there are "dwindling from," ling numbers of students to draw said Howard. James, guidance counsellor at the high school. The student population at Seaforth's high school is lower than that of the other high schools in the area by about one third perhaps accounting for the lack of Ontario Scholars here. Seaforth has' approximately 350 to 375 students, depending on the time of; year, said Mr. James, while most of the other schools have a population of approximately, 900 to 1100 students. Other than that, he sees "no particular reason" for the absence of Grade 13 students. with 80 per cent or more. • In 1977, there were five Ontario Scholars,, in 1976, there were six, in 1975, there were five, in 1974, there were seven, in 1973, there were five, in 1972, in 1974, there were seven, in 1973, there Were five, in 1972, four, and'. in 1971, eight. Inthis' year's Grade 13 class, however, Seaforth did have about six students in the above average range of 75 to 80 per cent, said Mr. James. Counciil .peeks an end to Bikeson sidewalk,., noise. ate night. Kids riding bikes on town sidewalks- andt noise on the streets late at night concern Seaforth 'Celincil; which agreed Monday night to: try and solve both problems, ToWn police have ordered special tickets tn, be to children caught riding their n.411.. r bio'roe.::1W.:..+.++a.:-.;w:.:x..ua...:,a4..cx-e�..aaarc: bikes -On sidewalks•, the :police committee. told council. Parents must sign the tickets and see' that it's returned to • the petite station. Councillor Jinn' Sills 'wondered if bike stands could be installed at eatain spots on Mainto that. the police committee agreed to Noise control may not be quite so simple But the police committee is investigating a noise control bylaw whish would- Vii: standards for resident -Oil cones' sled qiiit zones, around the hospitrlill homes fot'exatriple. 'Rather that l the Caw, it's a case of bei goad' deck Jim Crocker explained Traseday.