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The Huron Expositor, 1970-11-05, Page 141' Chairman of the Huron County Board of Education, John Lavis, announced Monday evening in Clinton he would not be a candi- date for the 1971-72 term of office. "I decided to make my inten- tions known before the municipal 9 elections," he stated. "I am this year completing 18 years as a' school board member'. I know I will` miss all the associations with the work that has become a part of my life." No other board member accepted Mr. Lavis' in- vitation to declare his or her e intentions for the coming school board nominations. - An oral report was presented by Director of Education, John Cochrane, to the effect that Clin- ton Town Police had not yet made an official report to the Board of Education regarding ie the bomb scares in Clinton. Fuel oil tenders accepted for the winter showed that fuel ranged in price from 10.8 pet' gallon at Central Huron Secondary School to 15.9"in the one-room McKillop schools. Max Maipass, reporting on the • caretaking supply tenders, said the saving this year would be "in the thousands of dollars". I'd be quite interested to know exactly how many thous-. ands," said Chairman Lavis." * UDPC Processes 29,920 The United Dairy Producers • Co-operative Egg Grading Station on Main Street South in Seaforth has just completed a $13,000 renovation and modernization program. The major expense was the purchase of and installation of a new vacuum-powered automatic • 4 It! 4 Y., A • 0 I. eite3P1' 0AggIktIt u 61114 A special exhibit of war souvenirs 'arid pictures is being arranged . as a feature of Remembrance week. Frank Phillips who is in charge of the display, checks the first of hundreds of items which will be shown in the fdrmer Taylor Store opposite the post office. (Staff Photo) • B of E Chairman Plans Retirement 600 POUNDS OF TURKEY The ladies of Duff's United Church, Walton, worked Tuesday on plans to feed '700 or 800 people at their annual Turkey Supper, Wednesday. Mrs. Roy Williamson, Mrs. Ray Houston, Mrs. George McCall, Mrs. Alvin McDonald, Mrs. Harvey Craig, Mrs. Emmerson Mitchell and Mrs. Allan Searle prepare some of the 22 turkeys, 4 bushels of turnips, 8 baskets of carrots, 80 dozen rolls, 150 pies and 50 cakes that are necessary to feed the huge crowd. (Staff Photo) Planners Review Details Of County Wide Study • U.D.P.C. manager, Tom Young, checks the operation of a new vacuum egg loader at the grading station on Main Street South. The new machine, capable of loading 2,160 dozen eggs per hour, was , installed over the Thanksgiving holiday week end as part of a $13,000 renovation and modernization program at the plant. (Staff Photo) • • Three In Race for Warden The Huron County councillors announced Friday afternoon in the regular-session of county council that they will be candidates for the wardenship in 1971. They were reeves Jack Alex- ander, Wingham; Hugh Flynn, Hullett; and Elmer Hayter, 'Stanley. Reeve Alexander, a merchant, has spent six years on county council and has served as chair- man of both the Huronview board and the executive committee. He was also a member of the special committee dealing with union wages. Reeve Alexander told council -there hasn't been a warden from Wingham since 1926. "This is a time of change,'' stated Alexander. "I'm not against change if it is progress but' I'm not for change for the sake of change." Reeve Elmer Hayter, a farmer' ' told council 'only time would t ell whether or not some matters taken over by higher levels of administration could have been better handled at the local level. Reeve Hayter has served on the equalization committee, the warden's committee 'd for the past four years, on t e road committee of which he is cur- rently chairman. Reeve Flynn, a fa the youngest of the t er nd aspir • Whole No. 5356 111th Year First Section Pages 1-8 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1970 -16 PAGES Single coplep 15 cents $8.00 A Year to Adwince Legion Sets Plans for Recreation Group Remembrance Day Clears Arena Work egg loader, the first of its type in the province. The new machine which is valued at $7,000 In- cluding installation, can handle up to 29,920 eggs in one eight hour shift. The machine lifts 5 dozen eggs at a time and feeds them into a washer. From there they are candled, weighed, sorted ' This is, one area a county board of education can justify its exis- tence - by purchasinein quantity. Mr. Malpass assured Mr. Lavis a more detailed report of the savings could be expected at an upcoming meeting. . A meeting will be held Nov-. ember 10 in Clinton Public School to diScuss oral French in elemen- tary sclroeTe; -While this is not a public meeting, a report of the findings will be presented to the Huron County Board of Education. Hon. Robert Stanbury, Minister without portfolio In the Trudeau government, will be in Hensall Thursday when he will speak at the annual meeting of the Huron Liberal Association. The dinner meeting being held in the Hensel' Community Centre gets underway with a reception at' six o'clock and will conclude with a dance. Tickets are available from members of the executive Trudeau Minister To Speak Renovations totalling $2000 have been completed at the Sea- forth Community Centre and ice has been installed accord'ig to Seaforth Recreation Committee chairman, Charlie Campbell. Arena Manager, Art Strong, said Monday that the Arena will be open for public skating Friday evaing. Improvements to the Arena included new cement footings, in- terior painting and new roofing where it .was needed. This work , cost about $1,000. Another $1,000 was spent replacing the old return header and several valves and pipes on the ice making equip- ment. Roy McGonigle will con- tinue in charge of ice making, but after many long years as manager has asked to be relieved of the long hours Involved in this part of the operation. Art Strong has taken over general duties of Arena Manager. In other activities of the Re- creation Committee, Mr. Camp- bell expressed hope that some financial assistance could be made to the figure skating club in order to help them pay for Ice time and the professional's salary this year. The ice is In the Curling Rink and activit- ies there can start any time now. Mr. Campbell also pointed out that the committee encour- aged the erection of a new il- luminated bulletin board located between the Post Office and the Toronto-Dominion Bank. The facility is available to Seaforth organizations. Persons who, wish to have coming events put -on the board are asked to get in' touch with Art Strong at the Arena. According to Mr. Campbell the Optimist Club is considering taking over the care, mainten- ance and improvement of the recreational grounds at the south end of town. He feels that this would be a valuable contribution to the recreational life of the town commended the Optimists on t gree to which they have s ppor e er sports and other recreational activities in the town. One project for the future which the committee is working on is the formation of a flag football league for Public School age boys to provide them with additional activity. It is the major aim of the committee to eventually set up a recreation program on a year round basis for all members of the com- munity. Anyone with any ideas as to how this aim might be accom- plished or what activities should be Included is' asked to get in touch with any member of the Seaforth Recreation Committee including; Charlie Campbell, chairman, Miss Mary Anne Wei- ler, Secretary, Bill Stephenson, Treasurer, Bill Pinder, Arena board chairman, Mayor F.0 J. Sills, Wilmer Cuthill, Betty Car- dno, Ray Anstett, Jack Mcllwain, Don Kunder. 13pb Wilson, Neil Bell and Gary Gray. Plane for the annual ob- servance of Remembrance week by Seaforth area veterans are completed. The 'Week includes a series of events which began with the annual Poppy sale Monday evening. Area homes were visited as the first step In the poppy pro- gram, Poppies will continue to be available in town on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, as has been the case in previous years. The program Is under the auspices of Seaforth Branch 156, Royal Canadian Legion. A special feature this year is the display of mementos recalling area participation in Canada's wars which is arranged in the former Taylor Store opposite the Post Office. On Sunday the annual church parade -will be held to Northside United Church. S. D.H.S. Trumpet Band will lead the paade to the church. Proceeds from the sale of veteran-made poppies make pos- sible a continuation of Legion welfare work. Arrangements for the Poppy Day campaign and for the Remembrance Day pro- gram generally are "in charge of the Legion special' events committee, of which George Hays is chairman. Remembrance Day this year is on Wednesday and Veterans will parade to Victoria Park for a short service at the Cenotaph, commencing at 10:45 o'clock. On instructions from Seaforth council, Mayor F.C.J.Sills has proclaimed the day a public holiday. Stores are remaining closed throughout the day. Members df the Legion will attend the annual veterans' din- ner in the Legion Hall on Sat- urday evening.. Legion officials, in discussing parade arrangements, . empha- sized that it was hoped that all veterans and servicemen in the district, regardless of wheather or not they were Legion mem- bers, would take part In the Re- membrance Day parade and ser- vice. Youth Is Injured in Harpurhey A Harpurhey .youth was injured Sunday evening when he was in collision with a car on the old Huron Road (Con. 1, Tuckersmith) in Harpurhey. Robert Musser, 14, the, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hiusser, was walking west on the north side of theroed with a group of boys when the accident oc- curred. The driver of the car, Donald Papple, 20, of R.R. 4, Seaforth was also proceeding west at about 6;45 p.m. It was dark at the time of the accident. OPP Constable Ray Primeau who investigated, said no charges will be laid. The youth was attend- ed at the scene by Dr. P. L. Brady and removed to Seaforth Community Hospital by Box and packing, most are sent to the cities in the main population belt from Oshawa to Sarnia and up from Peterborough to Ottawa. All eggs handled by the U.D. P.C. are processed In Seaforth. The station here Is now the only one maintained by the U. D, P, C. I n Ontario' and Manager, Tom Young, said that in September over 400,000 eggs :_ were processed, a record for the Sea- forth op-eration which began in the present plant during the first week of November, 1964. The balance of the money spent in the modernization was used to recondition the remainder of the equipment so It could keep up with the new loader. The plant has five packing machines, each capable of handling 15 dozen eggs a minute. These are usually set up so two are packing large eggs while one machine each handles small, medium and extra-large. The work was carried out over the Thanksgiving week end In order to, minimize the time the plant would be shut down. In that time the new loader was installed an..0 all the rest of the equipment e' in the plant was fully re- conditioned. The plant operates with a full-time staff of thirteen persons and a part time -staff of seven, making it one of the larger em- ployers in the town at the present time. The plant packs eggs for Schneide is Meats as well as their own Gay Lea brand for distribution to retail stores. Mr. Young ,paid the largest dis- tributor was the 260 stpre chain of Seekers Milk Stores through- out urban areas in the province. N. D. P. members of the Huron Riding met at the home of W.A, Glazier in Clinton on Friday and elected officers. Named to the executive were President - W. A, Glazier, Clinton . Vice President - Rob- ert MacMillan, Seaforth; Sec- retary-Treasurer - Mrs. Shirley Weary, Goderich; Organization Chairman - John Fisher, Clin- ton; Publicity Chairman - Mrs. Gwen Pemberton, Hayfield. Reports were given of the recent N.D. P. P rov Inc lel Leader- ship Convwntion. Bert Klopp of Zurich, Ontario N, D. P. Council member and Mrs. Klopp, official delegate from the Huron Riding said it had been the most suc- cessful convention in Ontario N.D.P, history. Mr. Glazier and David Weary attended an election school in London. The first of a series of such schools to be held throughout the province brought together representatives from the London, Middlesex, 1 Igin, Huron, Oxford, Perth, Sarnia and Lamhton Ridings. Mr. Weary said that the 'students' were sent out on a door-to-door survey as a prac- tical demonstration of how N. D. P. members won the South Middlesex Riding by-election. Won't Happen Again PO Says When a mail truck out of Stratford Wednesday night was overloaded , several bags con- taining copies of last weeks Ex- positor were left behind. The bags were taken to London the following morning but too late to catch the London north mail truck,, As a result subscribers in the Bonsai] Kippen area did not re- ceive their copies until Friday - a day later than usual. The Post Office people in London were most apologetic and promised It won't happen again. Stephen Township Reeve James Hayter rose in the county council chambers Friday after- noon to oppose a property committee recommendation not to tender for the insurance pro- tection which the county purchases annually. The property committee re- commended to leave the total insurance coverage with the Frank Cowan Company "in view of the complications that are involved and in view of the broad coverage how in existence through the Frank Cowan Com- pany". Despite Reeve liayter's ob- jection to the report, it was accepted' by council. , According to the report, the county broker had outlined the fact that specifications would have to be drawn up and in view of the importance of the subject, It would be advisable to engage consultants at an approximate cost of $4,000 or $5,000. If a tender was called, the report continued, , adjustments would be required in the termin- "unrestricted potential" for future development based 0,1 water supply and sewage system. The report pointed out that septic tank systems are already presenting some problems in Huron County. There was a suggestion in the report that in areas where there is no central sewage disposal system, lot sizes would have to be con- siderably increased to permit proper septic tank installations. Stanley Reeve Elmer Hayter remarked that larger lOtsare a waste and a bother to some landowners. "There must be some other way," said Reeve Hayter. Ed. Oddliefson, reeve of the village of Hayfield, said that subdivision-type plans were the answer with a piped water supply ani some kind of package sewage treatment plant. His views were up'-ield by the Kletnfeldt repre- sentatives. • There was some discussion inaugurated by Reeve Harold Lobb, Clinton, concerning the part farm operations play in polluting the rivers and streams. He said he didn't really want to criticize the farmers but it should be recognized that farm pollution is a very real problem. "While pollution is urban- orientated," said the Kleinfeldt spokesman, "farms do con- tribute, They play a significant role." Medical officer of health, Dr. G. P. A. Eva ns warned that pol - lution was a 'crisis in Ontario" and said that a significant con- tribution" was made to pollut- ion in the rural areas. Reeve James Hayter, Stephen Township, asked if the official plan (estimated at a cost of about $55,000) would detail land use in the townships. He was told the plan will encompass the entire county and show where growth should he encouraged. Anson McKinley, deputy- reeve of Stanley and also chairman of the Huron County ation date of present policies. This could result in various can- cellations and an additional cost to the county as policies are prorated depending on the length of time still existing with regard to any particular policy, The county broker had warned if a new company was successful in tendering on the county insur- ance and this particular company found it unprofitable after the policies came into force, the said company would have the option of cancelling the coverage at any given time by so notifying the county or whatever party was being covered. "I think a real salesmanship job was done here," said Reeve Jim Hayter. "I think if I had all the county insurance coverage I could present a pretty good case. too. Was there any considerat- ion to calling In another insurance broker for another opinion on the matter?" Warden Roy Westcott said the committee had relied on the honesty and integrity of the county insurance broker. Planning board outlined Huron's fortunate location. He reported on the water problems en- countered by many large cities such as London and Kitchener. "Instead of piping water to growth," stated Reeve McKinley, "maybe we should take growth to the lake." Wilmer Hardy, reeve of Colborne Township, told council there could be no growth in the area until there is an improve- ment in the highway system into this area, "Our road system is inadequate," insisted Hardy."We have 100 miles of lakeshore and we need good highways to get here. Tourism brings dollars into this area." The reeve of Grey, Charlie Thomas concurred. -He said that • (Continued on Page 3) Malcaim Davidson Farm Leader Killed Widely known leader in On- tario farm movements, Malcolm Davidson, Brucefield, was killed Tuesday night when he was struck by a car while walking across Highway 4, about two miles north of Brucefield. He was 36. • Mr. Davidson had parked a truck on the west shredder of the highway after loading it with corn and was crossing the road to get another truck, Goder- ich Ontario Provincial Police said. Pdlice said he was in col- lision with a northbound car driven by Joanne Cook of Goder- ich. The accident occurred about 6 n.m. (Continued on Page 3) ",I'm not questioning the man's honesty," retorted Hayter. "I want 'to know if there was any consideration given to calling In another Insurance broker so there could be a comparison." "Where do you get another broker?" asked the warden. "You'd have to go to Toronto." "Well?" questioned Hayter. "Is there a difference between Toronto and Princeton?" Reeve John Flannery, Seaforth, who sat in the commit- tee, told Hayter that when insur- ance coverage is let by tender, there is not room for ne- gotiations. "That may be so," answered Hayter, "but we have been very critical of the board of educat- ion in Huron County. Yet the board of education members ten- dered for the insurance coverage they purchased and it has been reporte cl they saved $22,000 of the taxpayers' money by doing SO. Can we not go oilt aQd get a price and show the.;I•atepayere in Huron that we have at least tried (Continued on Page 4) Ambulance Service, where he remains in satisfactory condi- tion with a fractured left leg and multiple bruises. In other weekend OPP act- ivity, Constable Primeau re- ported that a suspected case of arson in under investigation. A vacant house on the 13th con- cession of McKillop Township was destroyed .by fire Sunday morning. The building belonged to Orville Beuerman of R.R. 4, Walton. The fire was not noticed until the following day and no alarm was sounded. Constable Primeau is being assisted in his investigation by K. J. Piper of the Woodstock branch of the Office of the Fire Marshall of • Ontario. Eggs On Each Shift and packed for distribution throughout the province. The eggs are picked up from farmers all over the northern half of South Western Ontario from St. ' Marys in the east to Lake Huron in the west and from Ailsa Craig in the south to Luck- now in the north. After grading (Continued on , .ge 6) N.DP Name Officers In Huron Representatives from G. V. Kleinfeldt and Associates (Lon- don) Ltd., were on hand Friday morning in the Huron County Council chambers at Goderich to outline their preliminary find- ings in their quest to suggest an official pla for the county. The speakers made it plain to council that they were "start- ing with basically a clean slate in Huron County" - and they indicated this was an advantage in most respects since there were no previous planning con- cepts to consider or correct. They reported that the of- ficial plan would likely be presented early in the new year.. and told council that its presentation to the people of Huron would be an all-important step. Several hints were given as to the direction the plan would take. For instance, one speaker noted that Huron should be able to control its lakeshore property; another that there may have to be some consideration given soon to controlling the run-off in the rivers to permit a more even flow. Preliminary indications are that the county should employ its own central planning adminis- tration with the various municip- alities 'working through that office to maintain continuity 'through- out the county. Local planning boards at the municipal level were discouraged until it was known what direction the county would take where land use plan- ning is concerned.' - Sewage disposal is one of the biggest problems. Charts contained in the report showed that only the five towns in Huron are equipped with sewage treat- ment systems and of these five, only the system in the town of Wingharn has sufficient capacity to permit population growth - and then only 1,000 persons. The report also showed that of the five villages in Huron, only Hayfield would have an Huron Agrees to Continue Iniurance Arrangement