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The Huron Expositor, 1968-11-14, Page 14 2 a 1 SEAFORTIL ONTARI02, taim§DAY 2•T TEMBER 14, 1968 7 12. PAGES Veterans Pay Tribute ,to Fallen Comrades. Area Veterans paid solemn tribute to the dead of two world wars and the Korean war at an impressive Remembrance Day Service at Victoria Park on Monday. More than 100 Legion members and Veterans paraded from the Legion Hall to the Cenotaph for the Service. (Photo by Haley). Seaforth Legionaires. on Parade , Members of Branch 1.56, Royal Canadian Legion, Seaforth, are shown entering St. Thom- as' _Anglican Church for the Remembrance Day church service on Sunday. Shown are flag - bears Peter Bannon and Mrs. Gordon Scott, Stan Welles of Guelph, District Commander, Wil- liam Dalrrmple, Vice -President of Branch 156 and Allan Nicholson, Deputy District Comman- - der. (Expositor photo by 1191ey). Keen Interest' Shown ,at' 'Planning Board Meeting Seaforth ratepayers showed keen. interest in a proposed Sea- ford' zoning by-law at a public meeting called by the planning board Thursday evening. ' The meeting heard May Skel- •"' Ty' of 'Canadian, Mitchell Assoc- iates'discuss details of the pro- posed planning and zoning as it would affect the town. The firm had been named a year ago by Connell to prepare recemmen- dations: Mr. Skelly with the assistance of maps traced the steps by Which the proposed zoning reg- ulations had.,,been arrived at. The .draft by-law had been re- vievied in detail .by the plan- ning board and had been rec- ommended td eouneil. Copies of the draft by-law were available to the meeting. Zoning recognizes partiettier uses for particular areas and is, designed to provide guide lines for future growth Mr. Skelly. said. If Otte are indications as to the uses that will be made of Various areas, growth can be encouraged. Industry as an ex- ample is ...not interested, in „be- ing located in the midst of residential area, By the One token residential .tenotrugt(on in an area depends on knowled- ge that in a few,yearS an indus- try mill not be located next door. , The meeting was told that while the. zoning by-law would• be specific with respect to the use made of various' areas, the plan on which it was based could reflect changing require- ments and conditions. Suggest- ed plans were basis, Mr. Skel- ly said, on Which to work out zoning requirements'. Mayor Frank Kling, in open- ing the meeting, revieWed steps leading to the establishment of a planning board and 'the sel- Deputy Governiir Visits__ Lions' District Deputy Governor Warren Zurbrigg of Clifford, was guest speaker at the Sea - forth Lions Club meeting Mon- day night In St. Thomas' Parish Hall.' • Mr, Zurbt:igg spoke about PAMISM and:the image, of Lions. He wig introduced by Orville Oke and /Mt. Trewartha pressed appreciation. si5INVIAVirto $01enut trijute to the dead of two world,wars, and the Kor- ganffirar was paid at impres- ,-Sive services here Monday,. ,• Perfect weather, cold and brigfit, encouraged, •a --larger than usual attendance of veter- ans In the annual parade to the Victoria Park service. At the same time spectators were few- ;er ;dim for some years. Legion members and veterans .—more than 190 strong — par- • AO from the Legion Hall to the service, which was in charge of Legion President Charles - -WOO. Taking part were Legion ROVe D. 0. Fry, Rev. Douglas Steven and Rev. J. C. Britton, • ,D3'. his address Mr Fry recal- led that the service this year wasiParticularly significant. be - mint It marked the 50th amil- verSary of the 1918 armistice — also: on a Monday. Pk fifty years men and wo- men, boys and girls, have gath- ered round such Cenotaphs .as this, in hamlets and in great 6110 in our land, he said and added that in each of those fifty ye4s we have stood in two Minutes of silence, remember- inglthe fallen, recalli g our ob- ligation to their families, re -ded- icating ourselves to the cause for which th die But, he dontirwed, two min- ute ft' silence in each of 50 Years, Mans only 100 minutes, in all, a little -.over an hour and a half in fifty years. "We must be reminded again Und agai4 that Ttemenligance something more than a spirit' ual exercise, something xriore than a moment Of scOnleetal patriotism, something mere than .4 celebration, of a victory won long ago. .We must be re - Minded that Iternembrance is both the recalling of a seed - fide made on our behalfs, as well as a call to saorifiee and • service in our own day,'! he sahl. "When we have gained for ourselves and for 'all men every -- where freedom that is both spiritual and practical, that pre- serves the rights of the indiv- idual as well as proclaims his responsibilities, that is both Christ centred and God -inspir- ed, then and only then, will we honor all who died to preserve such freedom," Mr. Fry told the veterans. The speaker warned that we have been confessing Christian- ity while practicing paganism. We have been acknoMedging that the Christian way is best for all men while acting like animals. We have been the ben- efactors of those who risked mid gave their lives while we have not been willing to risk any- thing. We have been enjoying liberty which cost death, while :trying to preserve it at the cost of nothing, he said. "The task that cynfronts us spealmr"was. introduced by 104 today IS perhaps clangeral•P president 0:russ.97: - and • daring as .any generation • On :„-§114140t• veterans took hasever faced, t 40 not think part ina aproh, parade, to: st; we can do it on our own, The Thomas' Anglican -Church. When : -ordeal to right a world that has thgt ;cow Rev, S, _Ohorples, gone wrong is too much for US us preadhed. A feature of the ser, to handle by oursely*:The.c/sY vice' wai the..dedieati*Ot new callsfor supernatural Strength, flags which had,,been„preseor491.,. that strength which can only to the einirch hf1144:11114"'40.7 Come from 'God." Mr, Ory said, C. Coombs, E. C. Boswell lmd and added that he. prayed en R. J. Spittal, ' • this fiftiethanniversary. that A pot-luck.suPper in.the Leg - God will guide iM from this ion Hall Monday eijeulog con - point in history, that we have- eluded the Remembrance week- end program. responsibility and that we have added strength, that we accep inn ' something which people with- An ovation WS leg WO out God do not have.' an exhibition of photographS and souvenirs of the war in, "Then this will not only, be Remembrance day, but it will which Legion members had been involved. Arranged by ebleu dae dayd. to remember," he con - Frank Phillips the clisPlay at - On the return march the sal- tracted Much interest" from the ute'was taken by Alex Muir, one veterans who visited the Leg - of tlie -few surviving Legion ion over the weekend. , members who served in the First War. Mr. Muir served ov- erseas forsthree years and was • 80 George Hildebrand, and includ- Atten d wounded. The parade preceded by the SDHS Band. in charge of ed representatives of area coun- cils and organizations. The annual veterans' banquet Saturday ,evening was largely attended. In charge of Legion presi- dent Charles Wood, a short pro- gram included, greetings froni Seaforth Mayor Frank Kling and Commander Stan Welles of Guelph. Seaforth Council Approves responsibility of the Legion and government towards those vet - Mr. Welles spelled out the erans no longer able to work posed Zoning By-law. because of war injuries and de-, Pro pendants of veterans who gaye their all. He urged that there • be an immediate acceptance of . . Seaforth Council Monday 8 at Frank Sill's, was large en- should be heard from. the fact that veterans pensions night gaYe third' and final read- ough. The present auditors, Clark- should reflect an increasingly ing to the proposed, zoning by- -Mr. Archibald informed min -son and Gordon, advised cou- bouyant Canadian economy. law. The •by-law is designed to cil that the study was almost 'cil that an increase from $2,400 n Vice-president Wm. Dalrymple regulate- land use and to Pro- completed but was held up be- to $4,000 was necessary if they expressed appreciation. .The vide- residential and industrial cause of the culvert.. He added remain auditors. As an alterna- areas. , , that an account of $1,200 exist-, tive they proposed a 'restricted - E. .M. Williams, Clerk, told ed for Preliminary work done. audit at a cost cif $8,000. - Council agreed not to pay the Completed council that copies, of the by-' The matter was left for Cde , $1,200 until a detailed report •Jww,,,,containing a map of the cision With the committee of lanning consulants.. ectio of p A. Y. McLean, planning board chairman, presided. Questions whin were invited following Mr, Skelly's presenta- tion, covered the whole „range of planning. A number of the questions referred to a decision to restrict traffic at the north end of West William Street so that there would be a distinc- tion between a light industry area established adjacent to the Highland Shoes development. • and the -residential area to the south.' t wn showing the proposed zon,'• '41141; provided regarding the drainage ing boundaries' are ready to be Wrolts. forth. council, stated that they were The OWRC, in a letter to mailed to the ratepayers of Sea - Should ratepayers have ()Wee- ' satisfied that the location' chos. tions to the by -law; -they have en for the sewage works is sat - 14 days inwhich to register isfactory to serve the toWn'As their objections with the town demand. Council approved a progress clerk. payment of $2,750 to Canadian The by-law and any objections Mitchell Asi-o'ciates Ltd., Toron- are then forwarded to the On- to, planning consultants hired tario Municipal Board for fin- by the Seaforth Planning Board al approval. in the planning , of the town All valid objections will be and in the preparation of the aired by the OMB at a Public zoning by-law. Meeting in Seaforth at a later Council approved a grant of date.$200 to the Chamber Of Com- merce. The Chamber indicated E. F. Hall, commissioner for they are planning to decorate county assessing, was present six poles on Main St. with new, at the meeting to explain the permanent decorations and are new system of county assessing. sponsoringl. prizes for the best Hweo would not moucnocileinthattot,l!effeescytn_ system decorated homes contest at Christmas. til abeilt 1972. Ile said it would Several applications were re- take three or four years before ceived from firms to act as and - the whole county Would be- itors for the town of Seaforth. ready , for the changeover. Reeve -Carl Dalton, who Under the new system, all chaired he meeting in the ab - properties and buildings are as- sence of Mayor Kling, stated sesspd at about 90% of market he felt other interested firms .value. The county handles all apPeala and the Court of Re- vision. Councillor Betty Cardno ask- ed if taxes would be ,equal. Mr. Hall replied that taxes were not his department, however, there, would be equalized assetsing throughout the County. The mill rate will vary from town to township and this will alter taxes. A staff of 14 assessors and three girls are employed for the new system. • Mr. Hall stated that they will re -assess every year to reflect a more accurate assessment. • Council passed a motion that , appropriation for tax sale pur- poses in the 1,968 estimates be increased to $7,900, the appro- priation for the Planning Board be reduced to $2,800 and the appropriation for ,ptiblic works be reduced to $70,160.00, ' Council authorized the pur- chase of two properties at an ' Recommended by the censul- adjourned tax sale in Seaforth tants,' the creation of a cul-de- on November 22 if no purchas- sac on the street had been -car- er offers' to buy these proper- ried out after consultations 'with ties at a value equalling the the industry involved and an as- taxes owing the town. sessment of traffic load, A dee. The sale of these tw0 TO p p - i gen had been necessary so that erties was adjourned from Nov-, the 'work could be carried out ember dth, when the tax sale in conjunction with the rebuild- was held on four properties ing program already underway Two properties were sold, but on the street. no offer was received on the • While the questions reflected other two. Council agreed that differences of opinion regarding these properties should not be specific details, the meeting at sold for less than taxes. adjournment indicated its sup. , Mr. Williams read a letter port of the principal of plan- from Engineer S. W. Archi- fling and the orderly growth bald of London, referring to Whieh WaS possible only through Seaferth Drainage Works No. 1. planning. IVIr. Archibald expressed doubt adross Highway . (Continued en age 4) • that the culvert Awarded Bronze Medal Finance and Governraent. Council gave approval for the PUC to provide water to the residence of Stanley Riehmond, Egmondville. Final payment of $1,542 was approved to Nicholson Construe- , tion Company for work done on Seaforth Drainage Works No. 2. Council withheld payment for extras amounting to $569.00 un- til council met with the Engin- (Continued on Page 4) A Bayfield youth who drown- ed trying to save a laborer was honored posthumously Thurs- day by the Carnegie 'Hero Fund Committee of Pittsburgh. A bronze medal and, a $750 award goes to, Lawrence It. Mal- oney of Bayfield, father of L. Michael Maloney, who died try- ing to save Vernon 'R. Oesch. 42, from drowning at a construc- tion site July ,18, 1967, in Bay- field. The citation read that both men were working with a crew near a pier when Oesch, who couldn't swim, fell into 10 feet of water. „ Maloney`jumped into the wat- er' fully -clothed and begati push- ing Oesch „towards safety as the 'latter struggled with him in the water. Another workman made his way towards the pair but by then Oesch disappeared into the Luke Huron waters and Malon- ey Went below the water's sur- face. '. When Maloney reached sur- face againthe second workman extended a hand but Maloney unable to grasp it, sank and ' didn't reappear. Roth men were later removed from the water but touldn't be revived. 26 -Mile Walk Mary Sills, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sills, Seaforth, completed the 26 mile Marathon forr•Millions walk in London last Saturday. Nearly 7,500 walkershelped raise an estiniat- ed $140,000 for six ..charitable organizations. More than 5,000 completed the walk. Miss Sills was sponsored by her father, F. C. J. Sills. Dinner. At SDHS More than 80 members of the board, teaching staff, care- taking staff and•secretarial staff attended the annual staff -board dinner at Seaforth District High School, Tuesday evening. The dinner, which has been an annual event, is designed to improve relations between the staff and the board. Board chairman Kenneth Mc- Farlane, expressed appreCiation to the staff for their co-opera- tion during the year and noted that this dinner was likely to be the last of its kind since the new county board come into effect in January. L. P. Plumsteel replied for the staff and thanked the board personally for his long associa- tion with_ the school. Mr. Plum- ' steel has been principal for 20 years. An engraved silver tray was „presented to Miss Jean Mcln- tYre in • recognition of long- .. time service to the. school. Miss • _Nan Taylor, unable to attend because of illness, was also AO be presented with a tray', Frank Sills /made -sentation. Dave a Cornish add Ed Dear- ing were in charge of arrange- ments for the evening. After dinner Court Whist was played. Brownies Tour Police Department Brownies from the Second Seaforth Pack learned Monday night that it isn't just "robbere that keep a policeman busy. After Constable John Sinnatabn explained the workings of a police station, Traffic Safety Officer Torn Fortner from Goderich illustrated the role of a policeman and road safety with a fllm and discussion. Shown here during the tour are Con- stable Sinnamon and Brownies Joan Racho, Linda Heard and Valerie SinnamOn. 'Waft phot0).