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The Huron Expositor, 1969-12-04, Page 1ra a CLAIR CAMPBELL wholvx;.,030,i llet)i Year, .." SE,A,FORTH, ONT4RIO, TatiRSDAY, DE EMBER 4, 1.96 Huron TConnoil Meets Drop In • county may be in a positiLn to consider reducing the levy for general purposes. Mr. Berry urged Council not to reduce the mill rate to such a position that in 1971 there would have to be a substantial increase. He stressed a 'middle of the road' approach. He also recommended that the working capital reserve fund be increased to avoid such large borrowing costs. Interest cost to the end of October amounted to $9,401.07 for the general ac- codnt and $37,948.32 for the high- way account. Council discussed the possi- bility of two installments for paymentt,'"afetaIres. It was pointed out that in municipalities where taxes are collected on an in- Seaforth C of C Elects Officers 140a;- Work began Saturday on a long awaited project in Dublin when a bulldoter moved in to begin levelling the site of a new skating rink. Located west of the school-the new rink is a major.-project of the Dublin and District Athletic Association. Until the Dublin rink is ready, the Association has made arrangements for Dublin arrea•people to skate at the Seaftirth Arena. (Staff Photo). ••• Approve. 55 New Lights For Egimpodyille• Streets 1 Bonnie Uhler, daughter 01 Mr. Ernst Uhler, Walton, has been advised that she had been sue- cessful in passing her Nursing Registration Examination fOr Ontario. Only one man has announc- ed his intention to run for the wardenship of Huron County in 1970. That man is Roy West- colt, Reeve of Usborne TOwn- shop and 1969 Chairman of the Property Committee. Two other reeves, Elgin Thompson. of Tuckersmith, and A. D. Smith of Turnberry, had been mentioned. However, Reeve Thompson indicated earlier' in November that he would be out of the running because or a time- colawiria' position in connection -with the fall fairs of the district and Reeve Smith will not return to County Council' in January. In his parting words to Coun- by Ontario Hydro and rented to Tuckersmith. It consists of 17 -- 250 watt mercuryvapour fixtures at .$38. per year and 38 - watt mercury vapour fixtures at $33. per year for a total „rental cost per year to the town-. ship of $1900. Because the Kercher and Hod- gert property owners wish further work done on their properties the Slavin Drainage Works report is to .be referred back to' the engineer, alenry„Ud- erstadt, Orangeville. Road accounts for $6878.45 were passed for payment. Council expressed concern over outstanding 'water accounts Robert. Broadfoet of R.R.la Brucefield, was elected presid- ent of the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Assoc- iation at the annual meeting held at Belgrave on ThurSday. He succeeds James Knight of,11,12. 2, Brussels. Other officers elected: vice- prdsidents, Douglas McNeil,R.R. 6, GOderich, and Alek McBeath, ' Kippen; secretary-treasurer, Michael. Miller, Clinton. Sixteen township directors were also elected including new directors Ross Veitch, R.R.2, Brussels; David McCallnm,R.R, 1, Wingham, and Stanley Me- Ilwain, at.R.?, Goderich. Abdut 185 periiena attended. cil, Warden James .Hayter said Friday afternoon at the final- session for 1969 that he had enjoyed his year as top ad- ministrator in the County. He said he still has not 'de- cided whether or not he will return in 1970 as reeve of Ste- phen Township although he still has' one year to go of a two year term of office. In view .of the fact that - so many municipalities are switch- ing to two year terms, the Warden added, perhaps Cqencil should give some thought to setting up county council committees for two year terms as well. He even suggested that the Warden's term shduld be for two years. Crop Group Heads • There may be 'lit of a reduction in-the couet1 mill rate far 1970 according to the fore- cast of John G. Berry. Clerk- Treasurer, for the County of Huron speaking. at Friday mor- ning's session of County Council. He said that because the buil- Beard Agrees Several standing. policies" were set Monday evbning by the Buren County Board of Educa- tion meeting in Clintoil: The first of these gives the principals of the individual schools the authority to Make the decision whether or not buses. Will run when the weather Is questionable. The Board noted it would be impossible to make decisions centrally regarding the' cancellation or early departure from school of all board-owned and contracted buses during in- clement weather. ' Board member, JOhn Broad- foot, asked how the principal living 25 miles away from the school could, make a' decision about weather. He was told the policy statement provided for such principgis to delegate au- thority on thia• matter to some- one residing closer to the school. School principals were also left in charge of suspension and expulsion of any students' who have disregarded all other means of reasonable disciplinary action. When such matters are brought before the Board, they shall be dealt with in committee. The Board also gave approval for the use 'of privately-owned automobiles to transport small groups of students on authorized school business and agrepd to compensate others for the extra expense involved in providing adequate insurance coverage. dating the libraries in the sa,tool and plans to arrange for libraries where none new exist., The form,er board room and a storage room are to be made into a library resource centre at St. Boniface School, Zurich. Blacktopping is to be carried out at several schools, the number to be decided at next Property Committee meeting. The Board accepted. the resit- nalion of Constance Connelly, the principal' ,a relief at St. Mary's School. Goderich. The Board_ named alohn Mc- Cann and Ted Geoffrey to ar- range to have a 500-gallon gasoline tank with electric pump installed at St. Boniface School, Zurich. and at Ste Marie School, R. R, /42, Zurich, A donation of $84:84 was ap- proved for the Ontario Museum, -Toronto, for the visits to• the museum by Huron-Perth se- parate school children, A letter is to be sent to the Board of. Arbitrators with the information that Mt. Carmel Con- vent was sold to the Mr.Carmel parish fqr $1.00 as- 'was the convent at Kinkora to the Diocese of London. a University- of Guelph because in the words of the Deputy Mini- ster of Agriculture of Food, 'it Seemed like 'the thing to do'. The Department received every assorance that the focal point of the University would be agri- culture. Since that time, be- cause of the thousands of ArtS and Scienca students who have come to Gulph, we have seen that the agricultural groups and the veterinary group have stea- dily become less', he said. Mr. Gaunt recalled the be- ginning of the O.A.C, which ori- ginally started because the ag- ricultural part of the Universi- ty of Toronto was being buried - in the arts, ,The agricultural 'section moved from the U of T and became the O. A.,C., located at Guelph. He suggested that history will repeat itself and the ;agricultural portion of the University of Guelph will break off and relocate unless there's a pronounced shift in policy on the part of the administration at the University. Clair Campbell• was elected pa-Asident of the Seaforth Ctiamber of Commerce Wednes- day evening when the'-Chamber held its annual meeting in the Legion' Hall. The meeting was followed by a dance. In reporting on activities of the Chamber during thepast year retiring 'president, Mrs. Jean Henderson paid tribute to those who had contributed to making the work of the Chamber of Commerce productive, and the meetings interesting. She said that during the year the board had held seven meetings and suggested the attendance at the regular, meetings had been a factor in . ..making it pos- silale for the. Chamber to be an active participant in the life of the community. She said new officers would assurne ,,office in January when .t is proposed to hold a dinner meeting. The auditor's statement pre- - sented by Elmer Larone and J: I• Wilkinson showed a balance of $590.30. The meeting agreed that the Chamber of Commerce share of rentals as a result of the merchants exhibits at the fall, fair be returned to the agricult-'' ural society' to be used for im- provement in booth and display facilities. • Merchants expressed dis- couragement with the arrange- ment of booths and it was' decided to withold any decision regarding continued participation pending a request from the Agricultural Society. Other officers elected included: ' Vice President - Carl Dalton; Past President - Mrs. Jean Hen- derson; Treasurer - Ed. Taylor; Secretary - Ken Oldacre. Committees - .Retail - :Fred Tilley, Ray An stett; Civic Improvement - Mar- len Vincent; W.R.Smith; Waaer Westerhoff; Walter Scott. Economic Development: Joe Wil- kinson; L. Ford; Jas. A. Stewart. Meinbership: Ken Lingelbach, E." Larone; Don Stephenson. Publicity Y. McLean, Bob Reid. Public Affairs: Carl Dalton, Clair Campbell. Representative from Town Coun- cil: Bill Pinder. Nominations: Jno. Cardno; BiLl Smith; E, Larone,, Special - Christmas Committee: Marliii Vincent; Walter Westerhoff: The loss of its name would mean great deal to agricul- ture, joarticularly in, terms of • prestige, Mr. Gaunt told the mee- ting. The O.A.C. was made fam-2 ous because of agriculture. Taere were those who felt that the change from a college, to the Federated Colleges to a Uni- versity would raise the status of the agricultural industry, but, in fact, the opposite has hap- pened, he added. He urged farm organizations, particularly the Junior Farmers. to make their views known to the Government ,and to the Univer- Bank Hours Area Elections Henaall reeve Oliver Jaques was returned Monday 'when he defeated his only pponent,Mrs. Minnie Noakes, 'a former reeve. In Logan former reeve Rua dolph Bauer was defeated by Ion g time ,councillor. Gordon Mogk in an election that saw 637k of 'the eligible voters at the polls. There will be no municipal election in 'Clinton this year. Gordon Lawson— deputy reeve for 'the past two years. was a( - claimed Saturday, along with six councillors, Mayor DonairaSymondsaaeeve Harold I,obb and four P(.:(- com- missioners were acclaimed. ear- sity, tit, rile it is true the final derision 'has not yet been made, at the same Jima there is not much time sett for discussion' he warned.' Work on. tile, Christmas lighting program for Main Street which has been underway for the past ten days was completed this week. Planned by a committee of the Chamber of Commerce headed by Cliff Broadfoot ancliI. A. Stewart and carried out with the co-operation of the •P.U.C., the program is being financed by donations from Seaforth business and professional people. Approximately half of the es -I to pay -taxes OP time stiOaltl` be raised to the. highest` sible level ,in Order to gqt:tti* myney in promptlY, • Warden James Hayter adlits0 that home owners whp arepaying their mortgages Off in IlleathlY instalments which include *cos are disturbed by the fact that it is costing so .much money,: for interest chdrges • on cOunty .bor - rowings, The Warden also stressed co-operation at the local level so that the individual municipali- ties would not lose their right to collect taxes locally, ., 'They could lose this Sunction as well', warned Warden Haider. Clerk Berry asked that the executive committee consider the possibility of establishing a re- serve fund for sick-leave credits. 'in view of the tight financial guidelines as proposed by various provincial departments, a large payment in any one year could result in overspending', advised the -,clerk. 'The reserve fund would be a protection factor.' Plan Aid For Cronin Family • . The Lorne Cronin family of Dublin who were left homeless following a fire which gutted- their hale Monday morning,have arranged accommodation in a residence owned by George Coyne in Dublin. While they have a roof over their heads that is all they have. All their household effects, fur- niture, appliances and clothing was lost in the fire. Neighbors in the community are arranging for assistance and , have established depots at Goet- :tiers Store and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Dublin and at Ryans Store in St. Columban, where gifts of cash and other articles may, be left. , • Plans are being • made for a benefit party in two or 'three weeks when Mrs. 'Cronin, who ' has been a. patient in Seaforth Community Hospital, is well enough to attenn: Wins • her. • The results:, HENSALL . REEVE -' Oliver Jaques 261; Mrs-Minnie Noakes 145. • CdUNCIL, - (four eleated) Hein Roosehoom 285;* Paul Nell- ands 261; John Baker 259; Leonard Erh'257; Harald Kn- ight 22-1; Willard Buchanan 64. LOG AN - • REEVE - Gordon Mogk 435'; Rudolph Bauer 320. COUNCIL - Laverne Gordner (new) 518; George .Jarmuth (new) 430; _Hubert Koikman' 428; Timothy Nicholson 386; ' Edwin Illman 345; William Rose 322. CLINTON DEPUTY REEVE - Gordon Law- son (area) COUNCIL - Russell Archer, L. .F, ' Cook, Clarence D., Den- omme, Norman Livermore, Cameron 'Proctor: Mervin Steep. (accasa otimated cost of $500 has been re- ceived the committee said. Addit- ional gifts are/Arectuired now so that the cost of the project may. be met. Each of the street light poles on Main Street carries a brightly illuminated bracket. In addition . to the newly designed brackets introduced last year, a number of brackets used in earlier light- ing programs have been re- arranged in a series of bees by committee members and .arein use, Tuckersmith Township Coun- cil at its meeting in Huron Cen- tennial School, Brucefield, • on Tuesday 'night approved the in- stallation of new street lights in Egmondville and instructed On- tario Hydro: to get on with the job. Walter Palmer, Clinton, dis- trict manager, of Ontario Hydro, in' a letter to council suggested work on the project may be start- ed in February, Tucketsmith will pay labour costs of $570 involved in re- moving existing fixtures and pay the residual value $717;60 of the existing installation for a total of $1287.' The new lighting will be owned See Acclamation ' For Usborne Reeve What he claimed were moves to reduce the emphasis on agri- culture •at 'the University of Guelph were deplc i.d here Sat- urday elglt. by Marray -Gaunt, puron Bruce M P.P. He was speaking at the annual banquet , and dance of the Huron County Junior Farm:. 's in the Sell:orth Con-IM unity Centre. Pointing out that the Uni- versity, tt' °owlet aaa obta'ned a world , aecie reputation fn the agricultural field, Mr.Gauntsaid that when 'the Ontario Agri- cultural College lost its main identification a few years ago, we were told that this was all in the name of progress and un- der the expanded University 'of Guelph the O.A.C. would flourish and grow. 'Now there is a move afoot to drop the name 'Ontario Agricultural College' ', he said, and added, the 'College on the Bill', the 'Cow College', the 40,A.C.' no matter .what it's called, means a lot to thou- sands of its graduates scattered' over the country, totalling $448. . Council authorized a bill for $8.63 from Frank Kling Ltd.for repairs to a water line which arose because of a misunder- standing and agreed to add a section to the Tuckersmith Water By-law to provide that a home- owner is responsible for any re- pairs to water lines on his pro- party. Council has received several . complaints of dogs running loose . in Egmondville and one dog in particular was reported as having bitten people walking along the street. Owners of these animals are to be notified that dogs most be kept tied or they may be de- stroyed. Members of Tuckersmith Township ceuncil met with the Egmondvill ratepayers Thurs- day night in Egmondville United Church to discuss street light- ing. The meeting was attended by fifteen ratepayers, all men. The present street lighting consists of ' 150, watt incandes- cent units, for a total of 51. Walter Palmer, Clinton,dis- trict manager of Ontario Hydro answered questions. The meeting by resolution approved a program to provide 250 watt mercury vapour light- ing on Main Street in Egmond- ville and 175 watt mercury va- pour on other streets. Fifty- five units in 'all are planned. Work on the project will get uacjerway next spring, ••. Two new 66-passenger GMC buses have been ordered by We Huron-Perth Separate School Board for the Zurich area. Ar- thur Haid, chairman of the. bus committee, reported at a meeting in St. James Separate School, Seaforth on Monday night the tender of Huron Motor Products Ltd,,Zurich had been accepted. It was the lowest of five tenders. The two buses will cost a total of $12,253.22 plus trade-in value of present two 1966 buses, owned by the board. Delivery is to be made by January 1. Oscar Kieffer reported one of the Wingham bus drivers was drawing 21 children to school, but was only carrying 13' when he signed his contract. The Board agreed to increase his rate of pay $4.00 per diy, bringing it up to $14.00. and this is to be re- troactive to September 2. ' Francis Hicknell reported the chimney on St. Columban School is leaking water (from conden- satiOn) and was not built to spec- ifications, 'being too small. He is to contact the architect to have the problem investigated. John Vintar, Superintendent; reported on his progresS in up Huron-Bruce M.P.P., Speaks Warns Junior 'What's the matter with the old name _anyway? It's served well for many years and it's a proud name. It stood for some- thing in agriculture. It was a leader. 'This change and overshadow- ing of the College ,by the Uni- versity of Guelph will eventually emasculate agriculature com- pletely. Certainly the political effect of agriculture has dimini- shed in latter years as the per- , centage of those engaged in other occupations has rapidly in- creased. This is no reason to gradually erase agriculture's personality front the University of Guelph. The administration within the University wants to do away with the oldv4names Ontario Agricul- tural College, the Ontario Veteri- nary College, MacDonald Insti- tute by changing this to a faculty or some other admini- strative structure', Mr. Gaunt said. 'Ther--,Ontario Government moved toWIrd the, creation of ding program at the new admini- strative building is complete and the final debenture on the 1.961 addition at Huronview has been paid, coupled with the fact that the county is no longer respon- sible for the assessment depart- ment. it seems feasible that the Principals Assess Weather Conditions • A request from the principal of• Victoria School in Goderich to allow Goderich teachers to travel to Violet Elementary School in St. Clair Shores, Mi- chigan, on an exchange program was denied. Director., of Education, John D. Cochrane, said, 'It is just too soon to get into this 'sort of thing,'. Board members also agreed to advise Middlesex County Board of Education that Huron students presently attending Middlesex schools will be allowed to com- plete their education in that School system. H-P SS' Board Buys, Two New Buses Purchases First 1970 License - Motor vehicle licenses for 1970 went on sale Monday morn- ing and within minutes Harold Jackson, Seaforth, hgdpurchased the 4-first license .according to Issuer F.C.J.Sills. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson left for Florida as • soon as they had the new elates attached.. Farmers Seaforth banks th's w,T,ek an- bounced holiday hours. - `Banks will close at 3 p.m, on the Wednesdays preceding Christmas and New Years,When they will remain closed as well as on Boxing bay. They Will open on Saturday morning Dec- ember 27 from 9 to 12 Noon. stalment =pity toes should 'be forwarded USW- ments as well, Everett Mcllwain, Goderieh township, said that the same aeople are paying_ the interest :harges whether the local muff-• fapalities borrow the money or the County borrows the funds. Elmer Hayter, Stanley,. said it would be a real hardship for farniers to pay their taxes in instalments, because they have to wait for their crops to grow before they Ire the necessary cash, Charlie Thomas, Grey, poin- ted out that a municipality could borrow money cheaper than the individual farmers. Jack -Alekander, suggested the penalty for failure Larry Gowan; Ken Lingelbach; Bob Reid. Special Civic Improvement; Cliff Broadfoot; W. R.Sm ith ; Wel- . ter Scott; M.I.Nott; Jas. A.Stew*- art. Entertainment :.Cliff Broadfoot, of Drop in influence A Hensel Reeve Street Lights Are Ready Fore Xmas