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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-10-05, Page 1A 4 r • 0 4, , • Whole No. 5195 i08th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5,"'1967 --- 12 PAGES a rials; Smash Wifldow Voting Plans Advance Election activity increased throughout the area' this week. Typical of'the activity is this meeting of Huron Liberal .Association representatives with ' Dr. Morgan Smith, the Liberal candidate. -Shown with Dr, Smith are left, Allah Alicholson, Egmondvllle, Arnold Stinnison, Seaforth, Dr. Smith, William Leiper, Hullett andGordon Wright, Seafortb. Seaforth Coirt Considers Appeals Against Drain concerned had not been noti- fied; property owners' who would benefit had not been as- sessed; a township'resident Miss Jean Scott was over assessed for more land thanshe owned and Egmondville streets had been assessed Cather than individual owners. Convened to consider appeals against assessments on the Sil- ver Creek drain project, Sea - forth Court of Revision Thitrs- day made two changes 'in the assessment schedule with the agreement of Engineer S. W:. Archibald. The court agreed with Dr. J. 0. Turnbull that as net assess- ment of $59.00 per acre was un- reasonable in view of an aver- age per acre rate of .$13.06 on similar lands. The area involv- ed includes 172 acres and is located on South Main Street. In approaching the court, Dr. Turnbull said-' his assessment represented nearly one sixth of the total cost of the project. Mr: Archibald said he consid- ered the land would be 'improv- ed with the addition of the spoil material from the new drain.. A proposed bridge -would make certain areas more acces- sible. There had been doubt too whether' streets- shown on plans . as existing in the • area had ever been closed. Clerk E. Williams said he could find n.4' - evidence this had been done. Mayor Kling agreed one way to adjust the problem, would be for council to refer the report back to the engineer but in view of the need for an early decision so that work could be proceeded with he asked Mr. Archibald if some action could be taken by the court as an al- . ternativer The proposal , that the Turn- bull assessment be reduced by $1,800 and the. County of Hur- on, assessment on- county road 12 which the engineer and the court agreed was low, be in- creased by $1,000, followed: In a second -appeal Tucker - smith Township set out four conditions as a basis for its Claim• said these could -be looked af• - '•--The township said owners ter. Members of Tuckersmith Answering the complaints, Mr. Archibald said he couldn't un- derstand the first item. The act requires the municipality in which those -concerned are resident to notify, not the ini- tiating municipality.. He agreed perhaps certain owners who benefitted had been omitted and 'that an owner should not be assessed for more land than she owns. However, in his opinion these were not matters of concern to Seaforth. •They could be resolved at the Tuckersmith Court of Revision. Referring to the fourth -con- tention he said he felt assess- ment on Egmondville streets was fair since the work would. earn- the usual 50%' grant on roads which wouldn't be the case had individual 'properties been assessed. "What Tuckersmith really asks is that you • refer the re; port back to me. However, I don't think that is a reasonable request on the basis of the rea- sons they advance." Mr. Archi- bald said. Then you feel Tuckersmith has no valid reason for refer- ring report back and that this would be unnecessary delay, Mayor Kling asked him. "'Yes. There is nothing they can't deal with themselves," he said. Going into the Tuckersmith appeal in greater detail court pressed Mr. Archibald concern- ing lands omitted. The engineer f council or the clerk could' ap- peal to have lands added by the Tuckersmith court. He said he would assist and give the court what he would• consider fair assessments. - He said' he did not feel that the interests of people involv- ed in the Archibald drainage works ' in Tuckersmith was enough to merit assessing them. Reeve Carl Dalton differed and asked would not the in- crease from a three foot to a 12 foot bottom be a benefit. „ Again referring to the fourth item, Mr. Archibald pointed outs individual owners cannot use the main drain on a street with- out Tuckersmith approval and the council must determine the extent to which each property uses the ,...drain *and thus the proper assessment. Referring to water which it .was indicated drained from the area south. of George Street in- to Seaforth the , engineer sug-, Bested the'' township should be notified to have water carried to a sufficient outlet to provide drainage for such areas. Summing up the discussions, Mayor Kling.. said it was Sea- forth's desire to co-operate with adjoining municipalities and in .turn •hoped for their co-opera- tion. He reminded the court there was a right of appeal to the drainage referee. The court agreed to advise Tuckersmith that on the ad- vice of the engineer it was con- sidered that the matters raised were not of sufficient serious- ness• to justify reference back to the engineer. Councillor James Kelly, Court of Revision Committee 'Chair- man •presided. Members. were Mayor Kling, Reeve C. Dalton and Councillors Betty Cardno and Jean Henderson. Area --Schools Compete Release '' /Winners of the essay and poetry contests held in conjunc- tion with the Seaforth Fall Fair were announced tw' weeks ago. A number of the winners are reprodtdced• here including es- says by first prize winner Herb Broome and that, of Jean IPev- ereau; who Cache third. Win- ners in the poetry contest Were first Joan Hopper, second Mon- ica Malkus, third. Anne Wilbee. By Herb Broome • This year is 1967. On July 1, , of this year; Catihda will cele- brate its one hundredth birth- day. Canada •.will be a century old: When a imam or a woman is one hundred we consider them quite old, but Canada is just a young country. Many industries have just started in Canada and some have started eighty or ninety years ago. Although Canada is a young country her one hundredth birthday is a great event. Cities and even towns should take part in the Centennial Celebrations by do - Mg something special in_.19d7, This is how a sine! town cal- led Seaforth did its part in cele- brating Canada's ,birthday. The town in whielt 1 live. has matte hY'c, addition on the• front • Seaforth of the Community Centre. This' is a new entrance and stairway to the upper part of the build- ing ing which there, is" a dance hall, stage -Vet also a Knights of Columbus room. The new addition is made of red brick. The addition includes a small store room. The other part , of the Cen- tennial Project is at the Sea - forth Lions Park. Where the cars enter the parking lot at the East end of the perk there are new stone • pillars . with wttucren--gates:-These-gates.and a new dam on Silver Creek are included in the Centennial' Project, The old wooden 'dam is being replaced 'by a larger .concrete datn. Near the dam the constructers are putting wire cage -like structures along the sides to make the sides look better. The 'cages are being filled with stones. Many people think that the additions on the Seaforth Dis- trict High School was part of the Centennial Project. This is not true. The school needed to be expanded 'and it just happen- ed that the ;expansion was built iii 't061. This shows, that °vin a small - Somebody is unhappy about Seaforth''' liquor store and took some pains .to show it. - When store tpanagee M. E. Clarke +and assistant -;games Kelly arrived 'Thursday, morn- ing they found a lore hole punctured through the plate glass window in front ''of the store and a five pound stone lying on the floor behind the counter. • "Whoever it was didn't take any chances en being discover- ed" Mr. Clarke said. "They wrapped the stone in paper.. tissue so there wouldn't be any ,fingerprints." Mr.- Clarke said the Large stone bad been thrown with some force. R cleared .the or- der desk, bounced on the coun- ter, ,leaving a dent and rolled across the floor behind the counter. Seaforth police are investiga- ting. , Nixon To Visit. Seaforth Ontario Liberal leader Robt. Nixon will visit Huron riding on gaturday. afternoon. - Arriving at Seaforth at 3:10, he will be met by Dr. Mbrgan Smith, the Liberal -candidate in Huron and after, a short stop will continue to Clinton where a coffee party has been plan- ned in the Clinton Legion Hall. Mr. Nixon will speak briefly in Clinton before continuing. his tour into Huron -Bruce riding at Wingham. Represent Seaforth Lions - Members of the Seaforth Lions Club were in Grand Bend Wednesday attending a . meet- ing of clubs in Zone three. Representing ' the Seaforth Club were president 0. G. Oke, Irvin Trewartha, Earl Ritchie and William Pinter. • • Representing' the Seaforth Lions .Club, Orville G. Oke, president, and William Pinder, attended a meeting of commun- ity Service CIubs in Huron and Perth who will conduct the '1968 Easter Seal Campaign. The District Meeting in 'Kitchener, was .called by •the Ontario So- ciety for Crippled Children. Service Club representatives met with Society personnel to discuss plans and preparations for the I96$ Easter Seal Cam- paign scheduled • for next Mares 14 to April 14. Reports from the Service Club members revealed that through Easter Seals, crippled childreft in the area were pro- vided with braces and wheeI- chairs, camp holidays, transpor- tation to treatment centres and hospitals, and other services that are vital itho their much needed care and treatment. Set. Damage a s Fire Threatens' R. Employees of Robert Bell Industries Limited *ere clean- ing uP Wednesday as company 'officials and insuratree adjust- ors ,consider damage following a fire Tuesday night which threatened the. large, boiler shop at the plant. Loss will run- at least $50,000 officials said, The fire was discovered about 8:30 p.m. by two employees who had returned to the plant fol- lowing a service call. William Muir and Ralph Bennewies had just. arrived from Toronto and gone to the plant to leave the truck they were driving. "We saw fire around the com- pressor area and in no time it had jumped to wiring. The flames seemed to run along the wall. They just leap ,frogged along," he said. • • The couple rushed to ring -.an alarm and to close a vaI'4e ' on a gas line enterieg the build- ing. When the alarm reached the fireball Seaforth firemen were on hand attending_ the tndnthly meeting of the brigade. Both trucks as well as the J'UC arial truck responded and within minutes were at the scene. By this time the entire interior was bright with flames readily visible through the -glass walls. Flames -which had ad- vanced along 'the ---overhead crane running t' e length of the building broke • out at several points. F. Vantygliem of the adjoin- ing Fina Service Station said when he looked out the entire Dies • In Field CECIL J. PULLMAN Cecil J. 'Pullman .died while working in a field at his Tuck- ersmith -farm, Wednesday after- noon. He was found by his wife, who noticed the tractor he had - ,been operating in the field had come to a'stop. Coroner Dr. P. L. Brady was called. Further de- tails are not available. R. S. Box funeral home is in charge of arrangements.. Charges To Follow' Accident According to police charges are pending as a result of an accident Friday afternoon, five miles north of Dublin at the, intersection of county roads 14 and 17. Involved were cars driven by George August Rock, 55, RR 2, Walton and Murray Cardiff, 19, of RR 2, Brussels. --Damage to the cars was $3550 and $300 res- pectively. A passenger in the Rock car, Mrs. Doris Rock, 23, was treated at Seaforth Com- munity Hospital for possible back injuries. ! 0,PP Constable Ray Primeau election day. It is not possible - investigated interior seemed to be on fire. At one time flames were in evidence' at the upper roof lev- el along the ,entire length of the building. When it appeared at one point the fire might get -tint of on. trol and threaten other build- ngs on tlib property as well as Topnotch Feeds Limited across Tell The SDHS Story News of the Seaforth District High School is a popular feature which appears each week in the Expositor. The two girls who track down the details are Margie Whyte and Carol Shor'treed. Nominations in For October 17 VOte There will be three names on, to vote at the advance poll un - the, ballots which Huron voters will mark on October 17. There is a total of 18,75.2 eligible'vot- ers. At the close of nominations Tuesday afternoon, Returning Officer R. T. Bolton said those nominated were: - • John C. Boyne, Minister, Ex: eter, NDP, official agent Robt. E. McMillan, RR. 2, Seaforth. Charles S. MacNaughten, gentleman, Exeter, Conserva- tive, official agent Eugene H, Beaver, Exeter. •- Morgan Smith, Medical Doc- tor, Bayfield, Liberal, .official agent Robert Maloney, Bayfield. There are 93 polls in the riding of Huron, less than the 100 hot the last election. The re- duction results from a-- rear- rangement in boundaries in a number of municipalities. -There are no .changes in Seaforth, Tuckersmith or McKillop. Polls are open from 9 a.m, until 8 p.m. at night daylight saving time. Advance polls are established at the four towns in the riding, Seaforth, Clinton, Goderich and Exeter, and are open Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday, October 12, 13 and 14. With the exception of those. in Goderich, citizens who' 'have been omitted from the list may still vote 'by being sworn in on Fail Fair Poetry, Essay Winners town can really do something to celebrate Canada's Birthday. and Centennial year. By Jean Devereaux All communities — big' or small — are making plans to celebrate the glorious occasion of the hundredth birthday of our vast Dominion of Canada. These plans .may be called bir- thday presents for our country. After all, a present as given to make someone happy. It is also given when that someone is years_ Alder, so_s.he niaY J,00k_ back and say "I received that gift from Mary on my twelfth birthday." Seaforth is my home town and the four centennial prof.. jects that seem to me to be the most important and inter- esting are — the n'eW front on the Seaforth community centre, the new gates at the entrance to the Lions Park, the dam be- ing built in Sliver Creek and a rather conical project --- the Beard Growing Contest. The attractive front on the community centre is built of beige and brown brick with windows and big glass door&. It' looks cheerful and It like an invitation to people to come in and enjoy all the events there, such as hockey, in ,the arena and the dances upstairs in the community centre, The wooden gates, that you pass through en.your way to the popular Lions Park are very at- tractive. When the centennial caravan came recently many Of the people admired these gates. They are closed at night to keep out careless drivers who might damage the park. The third project 1 like is a rather. comical one. This pro- ject is the Beard Growing Con- test, sine at the time of Con- federation men wore,'` beards. I'm proud tb say that my Dad 'is in this contest. There are quite a few contestants and the winners are to be picked the first night of the carnival. I have told you about only three of the centennial projects in our community. There are many o ers -- teas, dances and -more. is enthusiasm shows that we do have a great love for our country and we want to make this a year we will always re- member as we proudly sing "Oh Canada our 'home 'and. na- tive taro. True patriot love itt all thy sons command!" Canada's Success By Joan Hopper Canada, our home land, Established years ago, By ancestors who lent a hand With many a day of woe. Canada, now a century old, Has advanced into the new; Yet, still, in stories we are told What our forefathers had to do. They fought for life alone, Braving the new frontiers; Some wishing themselves safe back at borne Others, swallowing their fears. They made a land safe far- us, With little -need to shed a tear; For we can tell of their success In this, our Centennial Year. One Hundeed Years By Monica Maikus Through years of hunger and hard toil The pioneers have worked the SOIL • Till notv our country proud and free Will remain a home for you and me. From dear old Sir John to Lester B. Our country has grown from sea to sea, • And will always stay our fair domain 'Although the people aren't the same, July first will mark the date 'Of when Confederation was really made, Still, young Canadians every- where Should cultivate the land with • care. Canada By Anne Wilbee Canada is one • hundred years old, She spreads from sea to sea, A birthday party we will hold, And celebrate with glee. At Expo in Montreal, This party yoti will see, How Canada is showing all, That Canadians are free. So itt the second century, We hope this freedom spreads, To all the nations of the world, That Canada baS led. ' ...... less the voters name is on a list. Meanwhile election activity in the area is increasing as the Liberals, and -Conservatives opened committee rooms in town. The Liberals are located in the forrrler McKindsey drug store while the : Conservative rooms are in. the Jack Thomp- son block. • the'- CN&• 'tracks: Cly o7 Waa' asked for help. The (1hinton • s= pumper truck . was on ban about 9;300 p,rn. after ra 1 ice, lute run but' in the ',meantime ; r; Seaforth firemen 'had .succeed ed in extinguishing the blaze and their services were not re- 1 quires . -_ Firemen eontmued to • Vet,, down the building until neatly midnight and company em- ployees maintained .. a 'watch throughout the night. While the Seaforth siren did not sound, the local alarm, hell'', „k! in the firehall continued i. ring until . nearly 10 •o'clock ,,.. Hundreds of caes,crowded •the scene as drivers were attracted,'.' by the flames. While it has not been possible to estimate structural damage in detail personnel, said all wir- ing would Have to be replaced. Biggest loss was in motors and A" electric welders.. Controls and motors' of a massive overhead crane are damaged and must be replaced. While the fire 'will delay k.' completion of -some orders the #: hold tip should not ,be too long:. RBIL secretary Cliff Petrie said. New welders were order- ed Wednesday land, should be won handwithin- days. Plans to replace wiring and damaged el'• ectric equipment_ were 'under • way he 'said. Other boiler ord- ers rd ers which were .almost' ready n'. for shipment should be out, im,. mediately.'; The 260 ti'y •85 foot brick and glass building, was built by Robert Bell Engine and Thresh- er' Co. Ltd., predecessor com- pany to RB1L, nearly 50 years . 5`' ago, following the first war.. The ;? build eg in recent years had undergone extensive modernize- tion odernizetion and housed much new equipment. In it is centred the firm's extensive heating, ' and power boiler business. About 25 men are employed in „the de- partment. Seaforth Man Enters OPP Peter DeCoo who recently. was accepted as a member of the. Ontario Provincial Police for'c'e has reported for duty- at the Kitchener OPP detachment. Seaforth Couple Wed • _50 • Years an -d" Mrs. Orville Dale celebrating -,-their 50th wedding anniversary were honored on September 24, at a family din- ner at the home of their daugh- ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs; Kenneth Stewart. . Following ',dinner. relatives, neighbors and friends called to extend best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Dale. Mrs. Dale is the former- Maud Dunlop while Mr. •Dale is a son of the Iate Mr. and Mrs. John F. Dale of Hullett. The couple were married at 'the home of Mrs. Dale's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dunlop, RR 1, Londesboro. on Septgmber 26';• 1917. Following their wedding. they lived on concession two, Hullett Township until 1946 when they moved to Seaforth and for a number of years car- ried on an egg grading station•. In recent years they have lived retired in their North Main ' Street .residence. Mr. and Mrs. Dale have a ..family of one daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Clarissa) Stewart Mc--,-- - Killop Township and one icon, Keith. Burlington. There are eight grandchildren and ' one great grandchild.