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BY WILMA OKE:
A by-law to; control the type of holding
tank for animal waste that can be con
structed in Tuckersmith Township, will be
prepared by Clerk Jack McLachlan for
council's consideration, at its next meeting;
August 7,
Deputy -reeve •Robert. Bell stated, "We'd.
have a better municipality if we went to
closed tanksfor animal waste - if closed,
they are maintained..I think our people are.
entitled to as much protection as others,"
Councillor Williant, Brown said, "l'm;not
in favour of ;closing, the tanks in because of
the expense, and we don't have figures on
how much more the cover would increase the
cost to the farmer."
Councillor Robert Fotheringham.favoured
closed tanks but said he would be satisfied
with the cement holding tank with cement
walls four feet above grade and the
remaining six or eight, feet could be wooden
or tin siding.
Reeve. Ervin. Sillery suggested the walls.
should be 12 feet rather than the minimum
of 10 feet,
Councillor Frank Falconer was absent
from the meeting held Tuesday at Brucefield..
Council agreed no open lagoonsor pits,.
dug out of the ground would be allowed in
the future,
Council did not discuss or take action on:
requests from the Town ,of Seaforth and the
Village of Hensall for money to help with
their arena deficits, Seaforth asked for
51,50Qbased on the number of persons from;
Tuckers'nith . who, participate in sports.
programs at the arena - 20 per cent. from:
Tuckersmith. The Seaforth arena has a'
deficit of S31,097.
The letter from Hensall was not read at
the meeting.
A letter from the Ministry of Transport-
ation and Communications read at the
meeting indicated full approval of the site of
the proposed new township garage to be
built on property bought from John Flannery
on western outskirts of Egmondville for
$6,000.
'The Ministry of Culture and Recreation
has notified council that a Wintario grant -of
$300 will be sent immediately for minor ball
program at Vanastra.
Council turned down a request for a .
donation for the disaster relief fund from
both the Township of Dover and the Sudbury
Townships want to keep fire area,
Seaforth's opting out
Municipalities who are members of this
present Seaforth Fire Area . Board (FAB)
were expected to attend a meeting in
Seaforth last night (Wednesday) on the
invitation' of the town council to discuss the
terms and implications . of the townships
buying fire protectionfrom the town.
.
Seaforth has told the other. -FAB 'members,
McKillop, Tuckersmith,• Hibbert and Hullett
that it intends to withdraw from the fire arca
and set up its own fire ', department In
Dublin��st
good crowd
ha
A good crowd was out t� take part in
Dublinfest activities Saturday, which feat-'
ured a talent show, pork barbecue and
dance.
The event was •Sponsored by the : Lion's
Club, with a baseball tournament in the
afternoon.
Later was an amateur talent show and
contest, with two categories; instrumental
and dance. Bob Burchill of R.R. 2, Dublin
was the M.C.
Donna McQuaid of Seaforth placed first in
the instrumental contest, and Steven Vander
Veldon of Seaforth second
The . McQuaid' sisters performed well
Saturday, with Anne Marie taking first in the:.
dance category, and sister Donna placing
second. .
Following a pork barbecue was a dance
e 'a dins attracting,a+large
with music by D. sl r
crowd.
January,1980.
Don Owens of the Ontario, Fire Marshall's
office. along with his supervisor, are
expected to attend the meeting. Seaforth,
clerk Jim Crocker said it was feltfollowing;
themeeting: calledby the townships last.
he
wee : that the fire;m rsh ll could best
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answer some of the: questions that came up;'
The meeting will be held without the press.
Seaforth hasn't been formally notified, he
said, whether' any of the townships want to
buy. fire.' protection from the town's new.
Sdepartment.
The townships however want the FAB to
continue and according to a press release
issued by Ross McPhail, reeve of. Hibbert
and chairman of the meeting: held in'Staffa
last week, a committee has been formed to
look atre-housing the equipment and
staffing the brigade.
This committee will report back tothe.
councils concerned at a meeting on August
13. All of those present, including the
Seaforth council, agreed that by withdraw-
ing from the: fire area, in accordance with the
agreement, .Seaforth loses all equity in the
fire fighting cquipment that the FAB owns,
the press release added.
parate.
area, both hitby:flood damage in the spring.
Applications for building permits were
aRpproved for Dwight Kinsman of .R. 2 ,
Kippen; Kenneth Gemmell, R.R, 2, Kippen.
garage and family room; James Devereaux,.
R. R. 4 Seaforth, granary; ,and Kenneth Doig
,and William Price, Egmondville, a house.
Council expressed concern over the dump-
ing of garbage in the southern part: of the
township and will take further action if it
continues to be a problem.
The meeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m.
READY, SET,OFF YOUR MARK For
merHuron County warden Gerry Council picnic held int the Lion's Parkon Sunday� afternoon. More photos
Ginn of GoderichTownship was the man who said the magic words to inside the Expositor.
these girls, 11;years old and under, who were racing at the Huron County. .
After Vancouver w
Johnny Nielsen
Johnny Nielsen, Seaforth athlete, left for
France Tuesday, where he will represent
Canda as partof the Canadian Junior Team,
of the Canadian Track and Field Association.
He will: compete against the ' French
National Team in shot put after a training
session overseas. The meet will be held. July
31.
Before being, selected for the 'Canadian
Team,' an athlete must place first or second
in his category at the Junior Championships.
BY WILMA OKE•
The ;Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic
Separate School board increased the
fors ecommittee for 1979
budget tt prop rty
EVERYTHING'S', UNDER CONTROL. --Lynn Whetham left and Patricia
Maloney seem pretty confident despite the' fact that the pizza dough the
g Y
were mixing Friday at the Dublin Playground was In soggy p sha' e. More
photos on the Dublin page.
allots
to help meet the costs of•tiiaintenance work
needed in: keeping up its 19 schools: The
budget was increased to 547;000 from
John O'Leary of Staffa, chairman of the
building and property committee, asked for
the S12,000 increase at a board meeting in,
Dublin Monday: Mickey Vere of Stratford, a
member of the committee, said, ''This board
must put more money into maintaining the
schools. We have to have more money ,inthe
budget." 'Mr. Vere warned that if the
maintenance work is not carried out when
neededthe schools will deteriorate badly:
Mr. O'Learystated. "The finance commit-
tee will have to sit down at an early date in
the new year and assess the needs of each
school. in the past the building committee
has only got what is left."
Johnny just returned from Vancouver,
where he competed inthe championships,
placing first in shot put, and fifth in discus.
After the competition in France, he will be
flying to England before coming home,,
where he will be shot putting against the
English and Italian: Junior National Teams:
The Expositor hopes to feature a full
interview with the high school athlete upon
his return to Seaforth.
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Inside this week +,,;
Up, up and away,.
linf 3 i. .
Dub es n photos :
works at Walton farm
Girl or
Hillsgreen lives
Ted Geoffrey, Zurich, chairman of finance
committee, said his committee does not
decide where the money goes, administra-
tion' does.
Ronald Marcy, Stratford, board vice-
ctairman said, "It's not intentional that the
committee gets what isleft over, but that is
what seems to happen."
Michael Connolly, Kippen, asked where
the 514 000 was coming from and wondered
if consideration was given to selling the van,.
(retired in June by 'a Kingsbridge
handicapped boy who will be attending
secondary school in the fall). He. was told the
van', bought by governmentgrant, is a
second hand vehicle now and would' not
bring a worthwhile amount of money.,
The, board spent $30,262 of the property
committee budget, when it awarded the
They're coming!
West Branch here next weekend
Recreation director Clive Buist said billets
in local homes have ' now been found fpr
about 701 of the 100 West Branch visitors
coming to town for the Seaforth/West
Branch games on July 27.
The Michigan children Will bein town
from Fridays afternoon to: Monday, July 30
when they'll return to West Branch.
Mr. Buist said the number of families
volunteering to host some of the visiting
athletes has picked up in the last week and a
half: He said many Seaforth children want to
have the friends they made in West Branch
during last year's games stay With them for
the three day event.
Mr. Btiist said right now he 'isn't "'too
worried" about the billet Situation:
The Seaforth Optimists Club will also be
allowing West Branch visitors to camp in the',
Optimist Park during the weekend,
Mr. Buist said the only problem has been:-'
that the West Branch organizers don't yet' r,
know which teams will be coming :over to
compete in the games. Mr., Deist said he
doesn't +suspect this will be finalized until
sometinie Thursday. This means he isn't
able to tell Seafert h children *halteams and
a
age group s will be coming over for the
g B P m g ov e
games.
Families who take ht the West Branch
athletes will be responsiblefor gettit g thent
to events .held during the weekend. To help
thehosts, the Optimist. Club will' be holding.
breakfasts at the park on both Saturday and
Sunday mornings.
Also, on Saturday night there will be a
party for the visiting athletes at the'Seaforth:
arena from 9 p.m. to midnight with a disc
jockey from London.
A Heritage Walk along. Seaforth's Main
Street and to the .Whitman house IS also
being planned for Sunday, June 29 by the
local LACAC. West Branch recently -had a
Heritage Week in Seaforth's sister town.
Clive Buist said the West: Branch athletes
"can also attend any of the regularly
scheduled events such aS roller skating at
the. arena or swimming Cessions at the Lions
Pool', He said the roller skating. may . be a
novelty for the visitors since West Branch,
'doesn't have an arena.
Also, Seaforth organizers are planning to
hold a crosstown futi run duringthe three
day event. The run, which will start froth; the;
Optimist Park, will involve completing a five
to seven kilometre route through town, Mr.
Buist said runners Will be divided into
'categories according to their experience In
g . p
tinning. The run will be open tb anyone who
Wants to take part,
A.complete list of events for the weekend
will be included in :next week's Expositor.
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a infenance
tender' for redesigning and replacing
windows in- seven classrooms and the
i al's office at Our
principal's Lady y of Mount
Carmel . school to Robinson Construction of
Mitchell for contract cost of $17,767 plus
architectural fees of 52,132 and, to the same,
company for installing aluminum siding on.
the upper part of St Mary's School,
Goderich over deteriorating brick siding, for
59,253 plus architectural fees of 51,110. Both
tenders were the lowest of four received.
The board set . the date of • the
hoard -employee banquet for Friday, October
19 at the Pineridge Chalet,,f lensail.
Edward J, Florian was granted a
leave -of -absence without pay for two months
effective July 1, 1979 to August 31, 1979.
Three board members who attended
conventions in British Columbia in June
gave . brief reports of them --Michael
Connolly, John O'Leary and Tim McDonnell.
Tour v'i:iIII�,,�k70t Mal'St
buildings, heritage house
BY JIM WALKER
LACAC STUDENT
Seaforth has a collection of unique
buildings on its Main Street as well as some.
magnificent residences in the town. These
buildings are often 'glanced at but rarely
appreciated as the fine examples. of archi.'
tecture and history they .represent
These fine examples will be on view with a
detailed outline of some of their features on
the Heritage Architecture Tour planned by
Seaforth's Local Architectural Conservation
Advisory Committee for Sunday, July 29
from 2 to 4 p.m.
This tour is planned to help people of
Seaforth, friends and guests of West
Branch, Michigan, to see the architectural.
styles of Seaforth.
Tour participants will be showing interest
in the craftsmen's pride in the fine examples
they have left for present residents to enjoy.
There 'Will be three interiors open for
public viewing,
The first interior opened' for the occasion
is Sills Hardware on the corner of Market
and Main Street. This store has been in the
family for three generations and has many
unique artifacts in the building that relate to
the hardware trade.
The other Main Street building that is
being opened for the day is the famous
"Cardno Hall". This building on thie exterior
With its itililtisaid; MP( lino and clock tower
stands out on the Main Street of g forth.
C rdno, s Hall, lid longer se. d as a Concert
hall because of new fire requirements,
stands as an example of the past when
;travelling troups and local groups 'gathered
at concerts', parties or dances. A 'unique
feature is the stage and original stage
curtain at the front of the hall.
The other building open for the tour is the,
Whitman-Colemartresidence at 58 Goderich
Street East: This home. is a Georgian five bay
house, because of the upper windows on the
main facade. This home was the home of
Seaforth's first Reeve and first Doctor, Dr.
Coleman and is the present home of Dr. and,
MA s podger Whittnan.
ec al feature not to miss in the interior
of this home is the beautiful staircase as, welt
as the lovely gardens that surround this
large property. Tour goers art invited to take,
a peek in the greenhouse on the property
built by a previous owner. •
At this stop' refreshments will be served
on the lawn.
After the tour, and refreshments the Van
Egmond I%nte in Egmondville will be open
to tour goers. This home at 'present is under
restoration by the Van Egmond foundation
and viewers can see the many steps involved
in restoration of this fine home.
Seaforth's LACAC has planned this tout Of
Main Street, the Whitman•Coleman: 'home
tind the Van Egniond Home for everybody's
enjoyment, Local people ate invited to come
out and look at these buildings and possibly
see something they have never noticed!
before. The whole afternoon tour is free
A speciiil invitation is issued to West'.
P
Branch Michigan visitors, Sxafortlet
Sister City tit the United' States. The LACAC
hopes they,as well as Seaforth residents,
vrill enjoy seeing- some of the features of
Seaforth that makes it unique,.