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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-10-04, Page 37771.17, ALMOST A MEMORY — The Street for Many Years, is, now Monday afternoon by a• crew property has been purchased Seaforth IGA. The upper PhOto, seMe time in the. 1890's, Regier building, part of Seaforth's Main •just a memory followingdemolition. on from Balogh Excavating, London. The by Bruce. Hoelscher, Who is relocating from Expositor files shows the building (Expositor Photo): Checkingcould o. .void fine (Continued from Page 1) •in the past 20 years. He Said 13.6 percent of the land in Huron is under • forest compated to 7.4 percent in Perth county, He added that that figure has changed less than two percent in the past 24 years. He said of all the land in Usborne township 4.5 percent is forest, McKillop is 5.8 percent and. Ashfield is, 7.8 per- cent, all below the ideal ratio. But he added that townships like Goderich and East Wawanosh are a littlebetter than 20 percent forest •which bringsg the county average up. Morris reeve Bill • Elston reminded county council Thursday that • when a landowner clears a .sizeable bush area the effect can be wideranging. He said in areas in the south of the county wind erosion is causing problems adding that in some areas near in his own township clearing land has caused drainage problems. Elston said he realized that with land as Valuable as it is he Understood why Owners wanted land cleared for crop preduction: But he added that drainage problems created sometimes force councils into installing mUnicipal drains that cost all taxpayers money. Dawson told council the development committee wanted to •find out as much as possible about the repercussions of the bylaw so it didn't make any mistakes. He said the bylaw does more than. Protect trees. ' Dawson said his township told; its tree commissioner to "throw out the permit book". and inspect every application himself. He said. the commissioner was told •that anytime there was '`any nitty gritty he didn't know what to do with to bring it to council". Brussels reeve Calvin Krauter, a plumber by trade, teld council that lowering the water table Would be an expensive proposition. He said if council ignored the Trees Act there would be a lot of plumbers happy to sell submersible pumps that gb down a long war for Water and you're going to be paying $1,500 and $2,000 for then'''. The new bylaw will be brought back for coun- cil's action in October or • November. Council a day • later than usual . Since the Thanksgiving Day holiday conflicts with the regular monthly meeting of Seaforth council the meeting will he 'held on Tuesday Evening 7 ' 1 k Sugar and spice By Bill Smiley (Continued from Page 2) up so fast it, made my eyes water when I read the financial page. Then] thought of a mink coat. But again there were,two obstacle's. One, was the price of mink coats, which has soared almost as high as gold. The other was a conviction' I've long held, that the only creature on this earth who needs a mink coat is a mink-. , , Well, I worked my way down through an emerald brooch, 'for her Irish ancestry, a pearl necklace. diamond earrings. It was all disappointing. I knew I'd be ripped off' With emeralds, she likes gold necklaces, not pearl, and she's always losing one earring, like every other woman. What is as useless as one diamond earring? I'd kill her if she lost one. • That's one reason t got little done through August and part of September - WM-tying about the present for this one anniversary 1 would have remembered. I considered givitig her a new car. But I can't even afford one for the two of us, let alone one for her. • One after another I discarded sletningly brilliant inspirations. I even went to the - lengths of planning to sneak but in the middle of the night and painting the back stoop, Which she'd been trying to get me to do all summer. Bt 1 Shuddered at the thought of painting out there, all alone in; the cold and dark. Finally, it hit me like a thunderbolt, and a tidal Wave Of relief tWept over me. I had it. Somethins. to Suggest her Mother' Earth qualities. Something in green and geld, her • favorite colors. Something that Would suggest her sWeetness, juicinets, tender- ness. Siantething she could get her teethl bito, instead of junk like tingt, necklaces, furcoats. Thirty-three Obi' of corn! With the decision Made, I relaxed, and ptiniaptly forgot *bout otir annivetaary. She didn't, for euce. On the fateful day, 1 arrived home from work, tossed out a few. jollities, read her some ieteresting bits from the paper,' Aced what kind of day She'd had. All I got in return waS Cold shOulder and hot tongue. She was in a bad mood. Not because t'd forgotten our anniversary. Just one of those rotten tempers women get into once in a whilen because they've had to deal with the plumber and TV repairman, the vacuutn cleaner went on the blink, all the wOodwOrk in the house is "filthy": and they've scrubbed the kitchen and have a sore back. . In the old days, I used to pet her and pat her and promise her, and she'd gradually come around, But I gave that up years ago. It Was too hard on me. Nowadays, I, fire right back: "What the hell's biting you? Cut out the self-pity. 1 mirk too, you know. Aw, go soak your head, crab." And so on.•We usually have a good verbal set-to, sulk a little, and the air is cleared. • But this tithe she speared me, right in the middle Of one of my finest Perorations. "Did you know this was our anniversary?"' Talk about hitting below the belt. I was stricken with remorse, shame and guilt: No details, but we kissed and Made up and I did the dishes, Must say we've weathered the stOrni pretty well. 1 waS five years older than She when We Were Wed. 1 now look like de elder statesirian. of about sixty-five: She look aboutthitty.four. My hair is white, hers it blatk, Her teeth are white, mine are black, It's a little diStorieerting when you go to a reception Or sonic other function, the host reads the name.tag, and burbles, "Well, 13i1l Smiley. I've heard of you. And you've ,brought your daughter along, HOW nice," But 1 wouldn't trade the old Inittleake fee' . a new one, even though she's laid a pretty good collection of sears On bte, physically and Otherwise, MT, r, M ,, it, , g (,), .„ ,,,,,,,e: it,,, ; itrt ,,,,: . , " '$,Ioan White, "mast week as I 'headed home, I told the girls at work on day, "I've avoided this night for ten years." lt may be an annual autumn rite, many area kitchens. Det through bard work and a little manipulation I've al- ways managed to get out of it - I In talking about canning tramatees. "Like my mother Used to make," the better half has told me every year since we've been married. For years I've put him off with "What? Do you realize: what tomatoes cost?" and "all the ones in our garden; are green and I'm gene; to make relish with them,' • But this year the jig is up. The better half has taken the taw, and the kitchen, 'into his •own hands, and last week we. canned tomatoes. Since about Labour Day weekend he's attacked the idea with the thoroughness with vvhich he approaches every new project, Research,. in the library on, his lunch hour. Canvassing the women at his office for the best recipe. Instructing me to al buy jars and b) get hold .of the plumpest, juiciest toma- toes Seaforth and area have to offer. My inforrnadeet that eao- MO, tomatoes are on. Speakt this week at local Store or that freezing 191nat9e4 heck of a, lot eaSier cerried weight whatsoever. HEAVY HEART I headed home with a heavy heart on the appointed; day. And also with a sore_ heek because to get the bet tomatoes in town 1 had to pick them at a Weal ,market garden. With help of course • frem our daughterwbe teed. ed to Metter "not rotten, is, it?" as she pet either hard green or over ripe. varieties, into our basket. All the energy 1 put into, dreading our Big Night was wasted though because an Expo baseball game inter• - veried. Even the tomato canning fanatic decided ball came first and 1 get a. one. day reprieve. The next night, dishes and daughter :washed and put away much earlier than usual, we attacked the tome- • toes. Literally, 1 don't know about your husband, but mine has no patience with detail work. The tedious washing, peeling and culling was making him more ornery by the Minute, In * , Wit While we elbowed each .0ther at the sink I told him; "This is like working with a, jack -in -die -box. Relax aod enjoy thiS 'etiS, it hes to, he . done." The hattle was en. Alternately consulting the instructions Nan someone at work and a cookbook he'd brought home freiti the libra. ry-(each different, of eourSe) he said these blardtetY blank skins don't fail elf like they're supeeSed tee" 1Nhile Andy ran, around ehecking his instrections, had lots of tomatoes ready to go and started stuffing jars. (My version. He may want to write a rebuttal next Vveelg-) "They're not meshy eneegh. think we'd better Sew them ,first," says he. • SIMMERING - My Protest about simmering taking all the vitamins out was ignored, The tenta- toes and 1 both simmered, " , With the help of a wide mouth funnel that's hung as a decoration on our wall since year one (yes mother, we washed it first) we got the suitably mushy tomatoes into jars, and on the eeutiter, the neer and each other, Then came the really inter- esting part. Pressure can- ning, We don't have one, of Top SDHS grads win awards ,(Continued from Page I ) • awarded to Grade 13 students who go on to university. Miss Van Veen is a business' student at Wilfred, Laurier University. Brian Lec, of Seaforth, also a Grade 13 gtaduate, won the Lois Scott Memorial Biology Award and the Sills Hardware History Award. He was 'also presented with the Royal .Canadian Legion, Branch , 156 bursary and an Elizabeth; Scott bursary. Gayle Vander Velden of Seaforth won, the Box Furniture Frenchaward and an Elizabeth Scott bursary: ' Jayne Baker of RR 2 ' Seaforth won the Town of Seaforth Geography Award.' ' Paid Roade'of Seaforth was rcksented with the Singles Club Family Studies Award. • Elizabeth Duke of Seaforth won the F.A. Dobson Physical Education award and Patti Mtiegge of Seaforth, was presented with the Mrs. Byers FamilyStudies: Award. • The, K.J. Etue• Insurance Mathematics • award Was presented to Susan Rice of Seaforth. • • •' Francine Vissei of RR 5 Seaforth Won Me S.D.H.S. English award. • - Two students Rose GroOthuis of Seaforth and Carolyn McClure of RR 1 Walton shared the H.R. Dougherty Marketing award. A number of special, awards were also again presented: to students, many of them• in memory of former SDHS studentswho diecl while .attending the high school. Cathy Anderson, was presented with the 'Ralph Whitmore Memorial Award,. given to the student who inereases their overall average the most from pee year to the eext. Duane Malcolm was presented with the • Robert Haney Memorial Award, given to a student who •demonstrates a ,special enthusiasm for, travel and contributes to: school activities. Janis Van Vliet of RR2 Brussels was awarded the Calvin Pressey Memorial Am'ard;• presented to a student in Grade 12 who has contributed to the spirit of the school., Elizabeth Scott bursaries, presented te Grade 13 students going on to university, were also awarded to Dianne Smith of Egmondville, Michael Hak of Seaford', Roe Hauwert of Seaforth, Elizabeth Johnston of Seaforth, Brad Knight of RR 2 Brussels, Wayne Matzold of RR 2 Seaford', Joanne. Rimier of Seaforth, Chris Ring of Seaforth and Janice Rose of RR 4 Seaforth. • ' The Ladies Auxiliary, Branch 156 bursary • was presented to Nancy Franklin of Seaforth. • The SDHS staff bursary, which is awarded • to a student going on to university was awarded to Ron Hauwert. Darlene Murray of RR 1 Dublin was presented with the VVomen's Auxiliary of Seaforth tornnumity Hospital Bursary, awarded to a student whe is studying nursing, The Leeming Memorial Scholarships, • presented to students with the highest average for their year, were awarded te Lynn Dodds�f McKillop and VViltna Van Dyk for obtaining the highest averages in Grade 9, DougJew of Seaforth for Grade 10 and Mary Jane Visser of RR 5 Seaforth for Grade IL A special award, the Susan and Bertha • Ross Award, which goes to a graduate who demonstrates a considerable courage, as. awarded to Carolyn McClure Mr. Shaw said this year there e ase't only an increase in the number of awards offered, but also an increase in the amount of rnone given to the graduates. The two valedictorians this year were Kathy Caldwell, speaking for the Grade 12 students and Joanne Rimmer, recalling highlights of Grade 13 for her fellow • graduates. • �i:itor asks: Should /school's close for a month in winter - and a month in summer? BY DEBBIE RAMEY Recently there has been much talk about whether or not it would be better to have schools close for one month in the wintertime and have shorter summer hOlidays for school chidlren. So with the winter season fast approaching Expostior Asks decided to. ask lees! people "Would you be in favor of closing the schools down for one month in the winter and having shorter summer holidays for the children?' , Catherine faylor of R.R.1, Varna said, "1 think it would' be better because then they (Students who lived outside of town) wouldn't have all that catching up W. do," Gerald Martene of BrUcefield said, "There would he a lot of ifs, ands, and buts, because there Would be a lot of people going away for holidays in the sununer and nottoo many people off in the winter. "When you're talking busing I would have to agree on that standpoint!' He added that three weeks or a month off in the wintertime might be a good thing but the schools have to be heated in the winter anyway to why not use them? 'I'd have a mixed opinion on he close them or not. 1 feel that probably one Month's summer holiday and one month's wintet holiday Would be good but looking at the economic side r don't think there would be a month of days in the wintertime that they are off," • A Brucefield person' whowished to remain anonymous t4 "No, not really, I think the kids enjoy the Simmer too much. There's not a heck a* lot for them to do the. winter." • She said She 'didn't' have any children • who ge to school. Mrs. Alec MoMtirtrie of '11.11.3, Kippen said, "I think I'd say yes to that, [could see that it was a good point bedause of the heating for one thing and the children going to school in the cold, "In the summertime, two months is a little toe long exeept for those who are Working. lf it were the public school, children, two months is going to drag for them but I don't know whether I would say that for high school or college. I know that sometimesby the end of two months, it gets to be a bit draggy for them if they aren't working." • Pat Malone of East William Street in Seaforth said, "i can see them doing that. It saves heat and what -not, but it doesIttin a kid's chances -of getting a summer job because there just aren't many jobs in the winter. I can see it for yotinger kids," he said. Mary O'Connor of 11,12.2, Dublin said, "No l'don't think so. I think they like the summer. They take so many of those development days they could use those in the wintertime. She said she doesn't have any children going to seheol but that she had heard her grandchildren Say they wouldn't like it, ,Mrs. Lorraine Rumford of R1.4, Walton said, "Yes I would." She said that sometimes her children find the surtimet holidays toe long and they get bored and that the winter Weather bothers her when she knows her children are out in it. tiunam, rroil OCT011 10711 :those big pots you're sup- posed to use. (Lack of same helped me get out of this project for several years. running.) 89fIROWg4 But the better'half borrow- ed one, front our neighbour, whe just happens to be a home eConereist. (Actually we have two neighbours who are heMe eeerterniSts. Andy picked the 'closest one. I guess on the theory shed have the least diStanee to run d We operated' the thing wrong and blew the roof off-) I forget to menden that she was consulted over the phone by the chief tomato canner at various points in the exercise Arid 1 think carried more weight than either the Wok - book er the handwritten instruct:101Th. After all, she Ialkh:Pk SeVeral hoUrS and sBatS later we got nine quart jars of tomatoes safely out of their bath and lined up on the kitchen counter. But not before we had a slight panic wsphaecne s whatappea releedk rad like sr jaarsi r of tomatoes floated and slloat.ed top f altO the "Relax," our neighbour-, ing home economist told nay husband who was panieltY at the thotight of a //sees; night's work, (And especially at the thought of no canned tornatoes to keep him warm On those cold winter Oreings. "That won't hurt ,them,. One kind neighbour reassured And Se far they Walt fine. The .iuS at. gill /bled' up on the kitchen counter because we haven't got enough confi, dencetO put them away - ant the last work heloegs tra he better half. As. I dregged my tomato- stained ,sof up to bed elose mideight I asked "Aren't you ready to goo le., skeP "1 think" he said, I guess with visionS, of those 10 tomato -less winters floating through his head, "I'll just stay up all night and watch Tucksmith will consult (Confirmed from liage 1) prehendecl by the police and charged but the problem continues. Two youths from Zurich ewsecraep e caught " ught on the weekend and t • CouncilloSrTFUDraLASFSallcSronAller CE agreed there was a problern and suggested that a study shoulud be made of assistance, when it was ruled becausai the street was a public highWay, it could not be fenced (to make the end of her street a private entrance to her property).' • Councillor Falconer suggested' that No Exit signs, reduced speed limit • were possible solutions, , • Road supetintentlent Allan Nicholson • reported a problem had been found at the Vanastra perimeter road bridge :which is in the process of having the tied resurfaced. • Bridge consultants from DOwnsview are to be called in to test the bridge and there is a pessibility a new deck may be needed. • Council will go ahead with the Water • Street storm sewer in Egmondville with the • work to be done in: 1980 when subsidy allocations will be available. ' •.EGMONDVILLE SUBDIVISION -Ken Doig of Egmondville was at- companied by Chris Kiar of Goderich to • discuss the subdivision he and his brother, Rod, are establishing in Egmondville under the firm name of Seaforth Golf Course Limited. He was advised to have an engineer draw up a comprehensive lot drainage plan • ofhis property where 60 lots for homes are to B of he prepared for sale. . • OTHER ADJUSTMENTS Several other adjestments were agreed to on the plan of subdivision which will be ready at the end of week, and Reeve Sillery and clerk Jack McLachlan were authorized to sign it if corrections. made, It is nine years since the Doigs first approached council with their preliminary plan for subdivision. Passed for payment were actounts • totalling S52,892.11 which included Vanastra Recreation centre S8,533,17; .Vanastra Day care centre, 54,263,27; roads S12,041.05 and general $28,054,62, TWO applications for tile drainage loans were approved for a total of 53,900.: Possible flooding could occur in the Town of Seaforth because of fill being dumped along the banks of the Bayfield River east of the Egmondville bridge. ' ••T"-. A letter from the Ausable Bayfield Conservatioe Authority warned that if ' additional fill is dumped a- back. -up could occur in the town. The letter said that the fill being dumped on private property on, either side of the river, is encroaching on the river's flood plain, It Will proably result in . causing Silver Creek to flood in the village. diThm,.e,.: fill was called "The Egmondville • Cttiefl one rdr kcal Jezar okc nsk eaMnmdceL. etrIcei nha sgl atlinte wrosax s tphno r 1 ze cet to o E wants parking lot safe The Huron county board of • education • realized Monday that it had to keep unwanted • traffic out of the Central Huron Secondary School parking lot in Clinton but it couldn't decide how to do it. The board looked at • several options to close ,.the lot to Unauthorized traffic when it discovered a situation that could place students at the school in danger. it and Director of education Cochrane .said the John Cochrane told thestudent was not injured in board there had already the incident pointing out been one mishap at the he was just grazed by the school and • unless car. But he added that the something was done driver of the vehicle there could be more. He failed to stop. He said told the board a student students and some had exited from the 'teachers at the school felt school buil mg through a the incident • was rear entrance and was . deliberate. • crossing a drive to go to •The board decided to the athletic field. He said refer the matter back to a car came around the the 'manager/lent com- , corner and struck the •rnittee for, further ha - student in a hit and run vestigation. run • Seaforth police • investigated a rash of hit:and run accidents last week. On September , 29, police • investigated a hit and run accident on Victoria Street, which damaged a parked car at about 1 a.m. in the morning. There was 5150 damage to the Veldcle. The same day a cat parked in the Seaforth Manor parking lot was hit, with Approximately 5125 damage. • On Saturday around; midnight, a truck owned by Frank Kling Ltd., parked on, You're • invited A Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic will he held Thursday, October, 18, from 1:30 - 4:00 and 5:30 - 8:30 at Central Huron Secondary School) Clinton. The Winthrop tl,C.W. monthly meeting will be held October 9 at 2 p.m. in the school room. Unit 2 is in charge of the pregram and Unit 1 is in eharge of the lunch. Public Relations meeting of the 8eaforth Women's Institute will be held in the Seaforth Public School Tuesday October 9th, 8:15 p.m. Rdll Call to be bring a family heirloom or antique and tell of its use. Lunch Conveners Mrs. Doris Hugill, Mrs. R. Gordon, Mrs. G. Papple. The monthly meeting Of, the Hosptial auxiliary will be held Tuesday October OthiS p.m. in the Boatd ROOM Of 'he hospital, v.on'ttallsrn Rowcliffe's Esso statioe lot, and a gas pump were both hit by a hit and run driver. There was about 5200 damage to • the truck and approximately 5300 damage to the gas • pumps. Police are still In- vestigating. vesSdegafaredhone oPtilleircein accident. on Sunday morning. A vehicle driVen by Jetties Boughen of Clinton, collided with' a second car driven by Ivan Siemon of F:ullarton• on Goderich Street East. Mr. Boughen has been charged with starting from a parked position not in safety. Seaforth poice testifie5:1 during the trial of Bradley Glanville of Egmondville in Goderich provincial • court this week, Mr. Glanville was found guilty on a charge of mischief, after the window of the Seaforth police cruiser was smashed on August 14. Mr. Glanville was fined $250. put on probabtion for one year and ordered to .make • restitution of S164.36 to the Seaforth police department. Police are also invest- igating vandalism which was discovered around town On Tuesday morning.• Constable Dave Dale Said a number of obscenities were sprayed on the pavement on Market, John and James Streets, on the parking lot of Canadian Tire and on one wall ofSeaforthPublic School. Pelice are investigating i the incident and suspect it s the work of juveniles. rody sp��ks SCR A, SeVenteen year staff veteran and, two former board members were honoured by Seaforth Community Hospial' at the annual • board dinner at Seaforth Golf and Country Club Wednesday evening. Mrs. Leone ROwat, who retired at the end of last year, was a nursing supervisor at the hospital from 1961 to 1978. A board inendier for 12 years during much of which tithe she headed the finance committee Mrs. Shells Morton retired earlier thli year. Rev Harty J. Laragh who served from 1974 to 1979 was chairman of the hoard when he was transferred to I parish in Sarnia. Bill Brady, radio personality froin CFPL London, was the guest speaker. A member of the board at University Hospital, London, he discussed the role of the hospital board member as a volunteer. He said it was important for hospitals to attract to that position people wno have tooth in their hearts for someone else. He said there are so many tragedies in the news that We become inured, to crisis. Volunteeriern is a twO way street -you giVe and you get hack he said. Board president Wayne Ens wa chairman for the *reales,