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The Huron Expositor, 1968-09-12, Page 177, • at a Whole N. 244 IOPth Year , , SEAFORTHt ONTAIIQ TH Y, ;SEPTEMBER 12, 1968 PAGAS Faced with the -D‘Partree of Educaticin regulations tb provide 'fatt,-,th#4.'electiol school trustees to.the flE county school \beard, '011.''a year basis. beginning Yeeri, Seaforth Connell, Ineetinn,i9ikt day night, looked at the possibi- lity of providing,for iota' elections .6n a• two-year basis as well. • ' Arrangements for local 'e1ee4• tions will -be carried out at the October meeting of Council and as the discussion: progressed, Mayor •Kling pointed out that there ,,was no necessity of an immediate decision being made and suggested that members would wish to review the mat - ,ter so' that they would be in a position to arrive at a decilion at the next meeting. Damon Stannah, who was in attendance at the meeting as a spectator, asked permission to. speakand indicated in his ex- t , PO:Ion* as...a, Pauzimilor in 'an- other municipality some years 400' he had found that there were many advantages to Pre- viding•feva; two-year term. AS theineeting got underway „William Pinder; Who had been eIeeted-„byrconneil to, fill the ,;:'...1.01eXpired portion of the term • of late Dr. J. C. MacLennan, .;• .Was' sworn in by Clerk E. H. Williams. . Echoes of the successful fire- works display sponsored by Sea - forth Fireale0 Iast May 24th were beard when William Wil - bee, on behalf of the brigade, asked council concerning assis- tance it was understood was be- ing provided for costs of adver- tising the event. He said that accounts totalling $63.00 were outstanding and it had been un- derstood by the firemen when a delegation had approached council prior to the event,- that, while council had not made a Huron Ag. Rep. Has Promotion Huron Agri -cultural 'Repre- sentative since April 1, 1957; Douglas H. Milo, has been sel- ected • for ,n-special4 assignMent In the Department' of Agricul- ture and Food and will leave his,Hgrom.,:position effective Ogtober%la No announcement •has,•Aieert “niade concerning a successor. In his new position Mr. Miles will be concerned with a study • of ways and Means of establish- ing and retaining On the farm, young men interested in the - farm industry. .The Study, ex- pected to take a year, will .10. volve 'an aisesiinent of present legislation and how it may most effectively be employed. At the same time-Ilfri* Miles said hip review may suggest legislative' changes that ritay be -desirable in the light of restrictions fac- ing agriculture and the deraands' being made on ,the industry Mx: Miles, te native of 'Milli- ken in York County, began his career with the department at Kingston in 1947 when lie was concerned with the Internation- al Plowing lnatch held that year in Frontenee County. Nearly twenty years later he found himself secretary of the 1966 , match in Huron County. After serving as assistant in aeveral counties, Mr. Miles in 1949 was named agricultural DOUGLAS H. MILES i•epresentative in Frontenac and came from that county to Hur- on. Mrs. Orville Oke Heads Auxilliary Inn: Orville Oke was re-elect- ed president of the Women's Auxiliary to the Seaforth Com- munity Hospital at their an- nual meeting on Tuesday eve- ning.' - Other officers elected are: vice-president, Mrs. Leo Steph- enson; ecording secretary, Mra. James MacDonald.; • correspond - " trig secretary,' Mrs. Earl Dins- more; treasurer, IVliss Janet "Cluff; press-and"publieity, Mrs. Harold. Whyte; whYO, and means cominittee, Mrs. Kenneth Etue,. Miss Alice Reid, MM. Gordon Betitteiamiller; buying commit- - tee, Mrs, John, Cardnok MrS. Len. -tord and 'Mrs-. Arthutir riever4 eatut; .membership, JVIiss Doo - MISS SHIRLEY JOHNSTON Varna, daughter of Me. and Mrs. Merviti-jolinston, Who graduated from Sarnia den- . eral Respite', en Saturday, has actepted.a position at At. MAWS.1ta1, Loliden. thy Parke; social, Mrs. Clare -Iteith; tuck cart, lnrs. W. D. Stephenson; tuck cart .duty, Mrs. Brad Smith; gift shop, Mrs. Lorne Maeponald; knitting, Mrs. Norman Schneider; nominating committee, Mrs. R. S. Box, Miss Gladys Thompson and Mrs. D. I. Stewart; auditor, Miss Bess Grieve. " The annual reports indicated a very successful year. The aux- iliary spent $1,667 re -furnishing a double room inthe hospital and buying two bassinets for the maternity ward. Among Oth- er expenditures was a,bursary for' a student Mose, presently training in a Loudon hospital. Mrs. Donald Stewart, contien- er,-candy stripers, reported two havebeen working at the hospi- tal on a , voluntary basis and more will -start now that holi- days are over. Several, members expressed their interest in attending the . annual Meeting and fall con- ference of District Two of Hos- Atsoelation of Ontario to be held in Goderich on September 23,, • The members agreed to have a 'booth at Seaforth Fall Pair. The mystery prize was won by .Mrs. John Patterson. Represents OMEA at Kenoia D'Orlean Sills, president of District No. 6, Ontario Munici- pal Electric Ataotiation, was in Benora, Monday attending a Hydro meeting, the occasion be- ing the entry of the town into the tfy.dro' family, by being sup- plied with poWer from Ontario IfYgiro. Prior to the eutover, &tern, a town (if ten thousand in North - 'ern Oritatioi received its poWer bore the ProVinde Of litritlitOba. • fr_ihat.10.';'it had been suggested planning board for the, une#Pli- et'that tira,e that there could be ed portion Of the terni totIthe, 'asolOgoe, gptept, towardsthe ad- late Dr; Iffee-Twq... Plan 17g0 ;oug0 :y0:-- , firreedV bY,-,LAW. • ' 0#04,P4r7 0100..,tylle?,1 Sling, Mr. Wlibee said the event ihe re° OU ,thef iireIVO:t!lir had been a success and -about replaced:. 40 jacecV:',,4*4 uer _$200,00 had been:cleared which would be completed in time had been placed in a fund as for the fair, Reeve Dalton said the basis for a fireworks pro- he would check with lile Ottlt - gram next year. tractor and Teorte,4!?100,'in The public works cOnunittee "the- meeting that, he will have a, bk at a situation assured the work woindlie coni - which was drawn to council's pleted before the fair; attention by John Kerr and which involved a private drain Serving a' residence- of James and West William Streets. Har- old Jackson asked council 'con- cerning an account he had re- ceived for $16.00 for removing limbs which had been disposed of following the windstorm last summer. Reeve Carl Dalton said that eight days had elapsed be- fore the town had taken ac- tion to remove the wood. A request by 'Constable Sinno- mon to attend Police College was referred to the Protection to Persons committee for consider- ation and to make a recommen- dation to council.„aouncil agreed • with a suggestion advanced by the planning board that a sub- division control by-law be con- sidered and instructed the Clerk to prepare such a by-law. Review Street Lighting A letter from the Public Util- ity Commission reviewed dis- cussions which hadbeen held • with the Public Works commit- tee concerning additibnal street • lighting on West William St. Fourteen flourescent units were proposed and this would work • out at. a Monthly cost of $63.00. The' total cost of $4,980 involv- • ed in rewiring in the area will be amortized over twenty years. Mayor Kling said the east side of the street already had been partly rebuilt and rear distri- bution provided and that the work involved now would 'pro- • Vide 'tor a new street light pro:. gram. Council agreed with the amounts but not until Colin, Doh Dinsmore had suggested that • the units which were being re- moved from West William St. might well be- employed in otiv er .areas of the town where there .was a deficiency of light- ing. Council discussed a strong od- our that had been prevalent in areas ,of the- town at Varying times during the summer and particularly members noted, • during recent days. Conn. Dins- more said that •the particular problem was in the area of the Lions Park. Mayor Kling said that while the problem did not originate in Seaforth but adja- cent to the park, the park com- mittee was working in close lai- son with the county health unit in an effort to arrive at means of eliminating the smell. Reporting for the public works coniznittee, the chairman Reeve Dalton said work on West Wil- liam Street had been completed and difficulties in clearing -up a westend car lot were being solved. He said the committee was proposing that parking be prohibited on the west side of the recently paved West Wil- liam Street Referring to the necessity of providing a new heating installation in the town hall, Reeve Dalton aad specifi- cations had been worked out by the eonimittee and these were available from the clerk. Work on Seaforth streets had been completed during the pre- vious week and nearly:M.-ire miles of toads had been, sizrface treat- ed.. He said -the work should el- inahiat� annual oiling in a num- bernf areas and would provide a more permanet type' surface. There should be no ditfieulty in being able to take a bulldoz- er aeross the new bridge lead- ing to the dump, council was told. Reeve Dalton said he had been assured that the bridge would carry up to 35 tons. Ans- wering a query humming the construction of .wings on the bridge a utments, he said that these had been extended with wood. Council heard Et delegation including R. T. Bolton and R. E. McMillan, representing. the Seaforth Agricultural Society and approved a grant of $500 to assist the annual Seaforth Fair. In addition the organiza- tion has the use of the Arena for three days during the year for fair purposes as a result of an arrangenlent Worked out at the tittle the Arena was con- strueted, Clerk Williams , said. At that time the society assist- ed and contributed through grants tothe building. It Was agreed that DUke Street from Ba.st Willitina Street to Chalk Street could be closed on fair day as requested by the dile-- gation. The selection of Coun.`L loord to be a Member of the Agree to Library: Proposal • A suggestion by Huron Coun- ty that xesponsiblity for main- tenance of library buildings re, vert to the municipalities in which they are' located was viewed favorably by council providing the rent that • the county would pay would reflect the responsibilities and costs in- volved. The question aroSa at the Monday night meet* of council as members considered a letter from Huron Clerk.JOIm Berry asking for council's otiln- jon. , Reeve Carl Dalton and Depu- , ty-Reeve Wilmer Cuthill explain- ed that the ,,co'unty' committee '-which had assumed, responsibil. ity for library services induct- ing building maintenance' had found too much time was being spent on ,maintenance prob- lems involving buildings aeross the county and about which the members as a board, had little knowledge. As a result in ord- er to reach decisions the board was faced with added .transpor- teflon as well or loss of time. • Need of additional considera- tion being given by the Coun- ty Library Board to the service being provided ahd the type of books being selected was em- phasized as council discussed a letter which had appeared rec- ently in The Expositor com- menting eh the selection pro- cedure. , The letter by a Sea - forth resident suggested present policy regarding the purchase .of books was not reflecting the wishes of the -people using the library service. A letter from Damon Stannah to council asking that a deci- sion -be made on a request for a 'permit to erect a display sign at his residence on Spading Street , at the intersection of John Street. While the request had been made some time ago , • it had not been pessible to ob- tain an answer. Mayor Kling said the matter had been discussed at a recent Meeting . of the public works committee when -Mr. Stannah was present and at that tithe , he had been asked to write to the planning board indicating the size of the sign and where it would be located so -that council could have the benefit of the advice of the board. He added the meeting had been called particularly since corn- plaintsjiad been received from the area and in view of the work which was being done in connection with zoning in an effort to maintain the stand- ard of residential properties. The meeting had been called with -the hope that some of these difficulties- might be re- soled. Clerk Williams said that by virtue . of an existing by-law council has the right to pro- hibit or regulate signs. Insofar as the planning board recom- -mendatimis were -concerned, council is -the final authority but on the other hand the Sea - forth Planning Area had been •established by the province and the board was charged with • the responsibility of looking in- to the recommending to coun- cil inattets concerned with planning and falling under the planning act. He said that a zoning by-law had been under study for sometime by the board and was almost ready for presejatation to council and for tlaiseason it would seem logical that matters such as the present request should go to the board for recommendation. Mr. Stannah was asked wheth- er he wished to add something to ids letter and said that he had taken, the steps he did be- cause of the delay there had been in dealing with his re- quest. He felt that if there were problems in • connection with the sign, the matter should have • -been referred to the planning board In July instead of wait- • ing until now. Council referred the matter to the planning board for an opinion COrAce, T.2Ceate $5,00 A Y°4 n A4vence Dublin Ceremony Opens New Bridge Reeve Ross McPhail of Hibbert Township joined with Dublin village trustees Saturday afterribon to officiate at a short ceremony opening a new bridge to serve the village. Shown as the symbolic ribbon was being cut are Ken Whet - Grads Choose Careers Eleven grads from SDHS have chosen teaching careers and enrolled at Stratford Tea- chers' College. They are Karen McNab, Bill Morris, Elaine Oke, Catherine Philips, Mary Anne Philips, Agnes Poland, Anne Shea, Della Wallace, Carol Wil - bee and-Gerda Willems. The University • of Western Ontario, London, has accepted eight local grads. They are Sharyn Burke, Stephen Brady, Joan Gorwill, Leonard Ryan, Nancy Scott, Mary Sills, John Van denHengel and Ken Whit- more. Joanne Elligsen, Karen Kale, Monica McCurdy, Gordon Moy- lan, Joyce Roe, Hank ,Scott, Sherryl Craig and Larry Wal- ters are enrolled at the UniVer- sity of Waterloo. Vida Malkus is attending the University of Toronto and Leon- ard Jamieson and Susan Leon- hardt 'are at the University of Guelph. Douglas Dalrymple has been • accepted at Ryerson Polytechni- cal Institute, Toronto and Mich- ael Stinnissen at the Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology. ' Glenna Houston' chose the St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology, while Paul Hagan is enrolled at Sheradon College at Brampton. Four Seaforth grads entered nursing, Catherine Flanagan and Laura Ryan are at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, Julianne Rau is at St. Joseph's Hospital, London and Debbie Miller is at Stratford General Hospital., 1--- bons Carnival Net Is Lower Seaforth Lions met in St, Thomas Church Hall Monday evening with president-elect Irvin Trewartha inCharge of the program. - The meeting reviewed details of the ,sainurier earnival. Ue ports presented by committee chairmen indicated that net proceeds were down substantial- ly from previous years. - NEWS OF WALTON 1 - ham and Ken Stapleton, Dublin trustees, Joe Cronin, inspect- ing trustee for Dublin, Mr. McPhail and Ed Chappell of Cromarty, Hibbert Township road superintendent. (Photo by Haley). Dublin, Hibbert Join for Bridge • Opening Ceremony Reeve Ross McPhail of Hib- bert, cut 'a ribbon and officially opened a new $23,000 bridge in Dublin on Saturday after- noon. Assisting Reeve McPhail were Road Superintendent Ed. Chappel, • Hibbert„, Dublin In- specting Trustee Joe Cronin and Dublin Trustees Ken Whetham and Ken Stapleton. The bridge was a project of the village of Dublin. A Dep- artment of Highways grant will cover 80 percent of construction costs and the Township of Hib- bert paid Dublin's share •which will be paid back over a five year period. Reeve_ McPhail said that while the Township of Hibbert is actually responsible for the repair and maintenance of DU - lin roads, the trustees had de- cided to have the village re- place the bridge. • The bridge replaces an old iron bridge that originally had been on a side road in the Swimmers Earn Awards Royal Life Saving Society test which were held Saturday com)61eted the swimming pro- gram for this year at Seaforth Lions Park. The tests were conducted by Linda- Myers of Stratford. The course instructor was Ruth Gorwill and the program was in charge, of pool supervisor Peter Stinnissen. • Jane Sills and Stuart' McLean were awarded a first bar to the bronze medallion while bronze medallions were awarded to Brenda Dietz, Jean Devereaux, Vicki Miller, Ruth Dunlop, Mar- ilyn burst, Nancy Pearson, Mary Ball, John Gorwill, Brad Finlayson and Peter DeGroot. In the list which appeared hi last week's paper of those who had been successful in passing the Red Cross survival course, the name of Allan Taman was omitted. Church Groups The UCW of Duff's United Chutch met Wednesday eve- ning with the Walton Unit in charge. The thought for the month was "I see a disciple" taken by Mrs. Ronald Bennett, with Mrs. Herbert Traviss giv- ing the comments, "That Thy Joy be Full". "Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun" was sung with Mrs. Martin Bean at the piano. Mrs. Traviss told of a missionary in Africa entitled "Smoke on the Mountain". The scripture, tak- en from John 15: 1-11; was read by Mrs; 11. Bennett„ follow- ed With prayer by Mrs. 'Traviss. "Guide Me 0 Thou Great Je- hovah" was sung. Mrs. Walter Bewley gave a prologue of the film "One Half township. The Reeve mentioned that if in the future Dublin expanded, this area of the village was the most logical for hexing. At the present time most of the land close to the bridge is farm land. In closing his remarks, he said he was sure Hibbert's grad- er operator, when he plowed snow from the streets in the winter time, would feel a whole lot safer on the new bridge. He vitouldn't haveto wonder if this Was the day he would wind up in the water_ • At the end of the ceremony a group of children rushed across on their bikes. Then Trustee Cronin drove the first car across the bridge, thus Complet- ing the official ceremonies. The bridge was built by ' Gerald Brintnell Construction of Woodham. Taxes in Huron May be Increased Possibility that Huron will be faced with higher county taxes next year waS indicated at a special meeting of county coun- cil on Monday morning. The, suggestion follqwed an- nouncement that the Ontario Municipal Board has approved construction of a second coun- ty building in Goderich, to be used by the Huron. County as- sessment departmeni. • The two-storey 'building, 36 by 68 feet, will accommodate the assessment department on the main floor. The second floor will be reserved for any administrative unit requiring space at a later date. The building will be located on county property adjacent to the jail. At an earlier special session of . county council, a $134,378 contract was awarded to Mon- teith -McGrath Ltd. of Kitchen- er. With the announcement came a strong tint from Clerk -Treas- urer John G. Berry, of higher property taxes next .year. While the county's financial position Smile of the Week Sunday School Teacher: "What lesson do we learn from the story of Jonah and the whale?" Pupil: "People make whales sick." • are Active of One Percent"„ designed to give an impression of life in Japan today with emphasis on a feeling of Japan rather than facts about Japan. It showed how some of the Christian min- ority give creative expression to their faith. It lifts up the mirk of a few concerned Chris- tians actively engaged in living their -faith. It shows what some of the protestant minority, the one half of One percent, are doing because they are Chris- tian and concerned. A discus- sion of the film was led by Mrs. Bewley. Business was concluded by Mrs. William Roe who introduc- ed it by toiling a story entitled "It ISn't the Colour, It Is What Is Inside". Mrs. Allan McCall ,• is strong now, Mr. Berry said azi, -increase in expenses is angel- pated for 1969. Establishment of new assess- ment and county planning de- partments would result in ad- ditional costs. Mr. Berry said the county's general account showed a $20,000surplus at. June 30, and predicted g year-end surplus of • slightly more than $26,000. County Engineer J. W. Brit - nen said cost of road and bridge construction to the end of July totalled $1,309,335, The 1968 budget is $1,930,000. All bridge work scheduled " for this year is • near comple- tion, he said. Seaforth Chooses • Board Representatives of Separate School boards in Perth and Hur- on, meeting in St. James' Sep- • arate 'School; Seaforth, Tues- day evening, named Vincent Young of Goderieh at chairman of an interim separate school ., organization committee for the two counties. Area inspector W. H. Bulger, Stratford, was ap- pointed secretary after he had indicated the work involved in the position. The interim separate school organization committee Will 'haw -orre member from each of the 18 boards in the two coun- ties and will be charged with affecting a consolidation of the ' existing boards to a two -county board. The inaugural meeting of the ho -county board will be beld on Dec. 9th and will take office on Jannary lst„ • It was agreed the secretary would prepare forms , to be sent out to the secretaries of each board and when these ate completed and the material as- sembled he will call the next meeting of the interim coininitt, tee. John Lansink, chairman of St. James' board, represent Seaforth on the interim coni mittee. All ineeilitga Will be 'hold at St Jaime ,Sehool ht Safetili et 800 p.m, on MondaySibif Meet, ing agreed and the secretary wilt '‘ indicate which MetidW and each board will be notified. , read the minutes. The collec- tion was receivcd by Mrs. Ken- neth McDonald and dedicated by Mrs. Roe, followed by the treasurer's report by Mrs. Mc- Donald. The recording secretary Mrs, Nelson Marks, read the thank -you cards. Mrs. Alvin McDonald told of a tour of the manse and expflain- ed what the committee had ac- complished. The 17th and Boundary Unit are responsible for the flowers in the church through LSeptember. The an- niversary of Duff's 'United Church will be hold Sunday, September 15 with Bev. Doug- las Fry Of First Presbyterian Church, Seatorth, as guest Minister. (Continued on Page 6)