The Huron Expositor, 1971-01-21, Page 1• N
NELL °S1VINKLES
The 1-911 Warden of the County
of Huron is Jack Alexander; reeve
of the Town of Wingham,
Warden Alexander was
elected on the; second ballot -
a 20720 tie vote betWeen him •
and Reeve Elmer Hayter,
ley Township. In the event of a
tie, the representative of -the
municipality inliuroaCountyylth
the highest, assessment casts the
deciding ballot Goderich Reeve
PaulCarroll voted for Mri•Alex-
ander, giving him the one.Note
win.
The first ballot showed 14 in
favor of Alexander, 16 forllayter
and .10 for Reeve Hugh Flynn of,
Hullett, the third candidate in
the race.
Clinton, the appointment of anew
Medical Officer of Health in
Huron and the county roads
system as the 'priority items,
The Wtngbam bUsinessman
promised to devote
for
to the
job. of Warden for 1971 ,and to
"work hardtri keep Huron County
'among the leaders in the Province
of Ontario".
In his address to Hymn C ounty
Council, Reeve Elmer Hayter
said the last wardenfromStanley
had been.Fred Watson in1944.
noted he had .spent 11 years on
municipal council, five as deputy-
reeve and three as reeve.
Reeve Hugh Flynn cited con-
servation, reforestation, pol-
lution control, regional
government, welfare planning,
amalgamation of health services
and the CFB closure as the prime
areas for concern iris year.
"If we don't stand up and take
a stand we're going to be told
what to do,"' he said.
Judge R, S. Hetherington
administered the oath of office
to the new• warden. He said in
hia-:bnsiness he found it necessary
to go back into the archives for
direction and he envied county
councillors their opportunity to
-"make history". `
He urged all members of
council to "co-ordinate and bring
together the facilities of the
county".
"That's your duty," he told
the members. "The difficulty
comes in trying to apply it. Don't—
let local interest too badly mar
your judgement."
Rev. Garwood Russell ef 'SAt.
George's• Anglican Church Offic-
,„.
Warden Alexander listed the
official plan fOi the County of
Huron, the .problems caused by
the approaching, closure of CFB
GRAND,PRIZ g „WINNER
Mrs, Tony Van Dorp discusses with her family the use to which she will put $500. The
money represents her return from a trip for two to' Bermuda which she won as the Grand
prize in the Seaforth Merchants' Win-X2 Prize '70 contest. Shown seated are (left to right)
•Mrs. Van Dorp With 5--week old melody,. four year,old Sheila and Mr. Van Dorp. Standing
are Mary Anne, 8 and carolyn, 10. ‘' (Staff Photo)
Heads
Malloch-
Chapter
John Lavender, Hensall, was
installed as First Principal of
Malloch Chapter No. 66 Royal
Arch Masons at a convocation
held in Seaforth on Monday. He
succeeds Ross Kercher, R.R.2,
Kippen.
Other officers installed were;
Dr. Maurice Clugston, Seaforth,
second' principal; Keith Sharp,
R.R. 2, Seaforth, Scribe E;
Austin Matheson, Clinton, Scribe
N; Melville Clarke, Seaforth,
Treasurer.
Sojourners, Allister Broad-
foot, R.R. 3, Seaforth, William
Caldwell, Brucefield •Ind Alex
Chesney, Seaforth.
Veilsmen, William Dalrymple
Rev. Clifford Britton, Earl
Campbell and •Orville Oke; David
McLean, Seaforth, outer guard.
Director of Ceremonies, Wil-
liam J. F. Bell, R.R. 2, Kippen. • , ..
Only one prize remains unclaimed in the Win-A-Prize '70
Contest held by Seaforth merchants. The $25 third prize has
not yet been awarded -and a new number has been drawn. It
is 2772'7B.
Ticket number 31151F, -which was drawn last week by.
Mayor Sills for the Grand Prize, was held by Mrs. Rony Van
Dorp of R.R.# 2, Sea-forth. The $100 second prize was claimed
by Mrs. Doug. McDonald of Clinton who held ticket number
11781. Three of four $25 prizes have also been awarded. They
' were won by Mrs. Marie Johnston, R.R.1, Dublin, Mrs. Don
McDowell, Kitchener and Mrs. Clint Smith of Seaforth, Shown
above as they accept their. cheques from Ken Lingelbach (left)
are Mrs. Doug. McDonald ($100) and Mrs. Marie Johnston
($25.). (Staff Photo)
Pupils Must Be Present
hen Lockers Are Opened
Principals in Huron County
have been advised that students'
lockers shall' not be opened with-
out the knowledge of the student
involved and,hfs being present at
the time of opening the locker.
The ruling was made following
a complaint to the board by
Charles H. Thomas, reeve of
Grey Township, that 18 students
and several ratepayers have ap-
proached hint to indicate their
annoyance at school staff opening
students!" lockers without their
knadedge,
In future, if it becomes nec-
essary to open a locker and the
, student is hot available, it shall
be the responsibility of the Prin-
cipal only to open it in company
with one other staff member.'
The board also learned that
• the entire staff of 22 program
consultants from the regional
office of the Department of Edp-
cation has been' made avallablete
Huron County for the period Feb-
ruary 1 to 12. These servites
will be concentrated in Area C
schools but provision is being
made for specific personnel to
visit other schools in the county.
This will be a self-analysis
experience for those Involved in
the 'educational prod s'' in the
schools. The consultants will eb-•
serve classroom instruction and
follow, up by personal and group
discussions with teacherS, de-
partment heads; principals, Sup-
erintendents and the Director
of Education. '
" During the two-week period
teaching staff will be sharing
their aims and objectives with
the program consultants. Late
in February the Director of Edu-
'Cation and his academic staff will
spend a day interviewing the
program consultants, . providing.
an opportunity for mutual obser-
vations and folloW-up in the
schools.
Of Hensall Fair
Elected Head
George FraYne was elected
president of the Hensel' South
Huron Agricultural • Society
during an 9.131111a1 Meeting held in
Hensel Saturday afternoon.
Other offiCers are 1st v„icepresi-
-dent - Larry Merrier; 2nd. vice"
president - Grant MCGregor;
Secretary-treasurer - P. L. Me-. ,
Naughton.
The Sc;clety announced .,the
Ramat Stinth BuronAgr4enIttiral
Twilight Fair will be held dine
22nd. this year. •
PRIZES CL AIMED
'100 for. tbe inaugural gevocgdw,
His Worship 1YlayOr Harry
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Worsell brought grePtin.g4 from
the Townof Gederich with V
feelings" saying ,he 'was
and proud to-represent the Town•
of Goderich as Mayor but stating _.`•
he was sorry to see an end to his
association at the county level.
Outgoing Warden Roy
Westcott of Usborne 'Township.
drew attention to the presen0 "of
the new county couricillOrS,
expecially' :Gerry Ginn whose
father served on county council
.frcim 1945 tq 1948. Ginn 's grand-
father also sat on county council
from 1924 to 1925.
The striking commtee -8P^' pointed 'Includes the.' rieW
warden, Clarence Boyle,' Migh
Flynn, Joe Hoffman and Harold
Wylds.
POLAR DAIZE QUEEN
Linda Wilson of Brussels was chosen as Queen to preside over the'3 day Polar Daize
celebrations last week end. Runner-up was Gail Traviss of Walton (centre). Shown.. as they
test the comfort of a snowmobile are, Jim, Armstrong,. president of the Lione Club which
Sponsored the event, Miss Traviss and Miss Wilson. (Staff Photo)
Accepts
$50,000
AssessmentS for outlet were,
arrived- at on the basis /of $1
per foot frOntage- or $5 for less
than 100 feet and $10 an acre
over, Mr. Ross told Les Leon-
hard.
Mr. Leonhard told of difficul-
ties existing on Coleman Street
and councillors suggested these
could be corrected as a result
of the better outlet the proposed . „,. drain would provide.,
The proposal for the drain,
originated in McKillop, Clerk
Ernest Williams told Reeve
Campbell but when it was found
a greater number of those bene-
fiting resided in Seaforth,, the
'petition was redirected to
Seaforth and Seaforth acted on it.
Herman 'Hoste described how
water from his McKillop farm
found. an outlet south. His farm.
1s mirth of the hospital" property.
Council agreed that payment
of assessments oter $25 would
be spread over two years and
named a court of revision. to
hear appeals against individual
assessment. „
Named to the court were:
VICKI MILLER
Miele No. 5367
112th Year SAFORTII, ONTARIO, THURSIDAIrf ANyluty. 21,1971 ,— 12 PAOES
Break Tie •IfOie:to'-Elect • Huron.- _
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' DIANNE PATTERSON
When Mrs. Tony Varr'Dorp old Sheila are at home whil6 Mary
found out that she had won the 'Ann, ,6, and Carolyn, 10, both
Grand Prize in the Win-A-Prize attend Calvin Christian School in
'70 contest she ran to the barn Clinton during the week.
to "tell her husband. However, • Mrs. Van Dorp came • to
when she got there she was too Canada with her fdmily in
excited to say anything. He looked •1950 when they settled in
up and said "What's the. matter Middlesex County near St.
with you? Did you win $1,000?" Thomas. It was there she met
Not quite $1,800, but the trip and married her husband who had
to Bermuda is valued at $500, immigrated in 1948. They , lived
which is a sizeable bonus to a , in Woodstock until moving to the
family of six. The Van Dorps Seaforth area three years ago.
have four . girls ranging in age 4 Because of the baby, the other
from five weeks to' ten years: children and the responsibilities
Melody, the baby, and four year of running• their dairy farm, the
Van Dorps are unable' to take the
trip " to , Bermuda and have
accepted a cheque for. $500 ----Defer - instead. Mrs.-Vail Dorp-said she
would use the money to., buy a
good sewing rnachine and put her Action imagination to, work with the
remainder: •
The lucky winner said she'was
The, annual question of when notified of her good fortune after. to collect, school taxes was clis-. a hectic series of phone calls
cussed at Monday evening's
meeting of the ',Huron CountY her
last, Wednesday. Her neighbour
the winning numbers
Award .Will,114ecin:
Mrs. Tony Van Dorp
Sewing Machine
MARY OKE
Seaforth
Nevi, • CoMpletion of a drainagPe',
pr gram to provide relief to
the easterly area, of tOVin was
approved by council at a. special
meeting Monday night.
The decision to proceed with
the $50,880 drain followed the
adoption' ,of, a report Pie/Jared
by engineers .B,urns Ross -'and
• Associates.' •
- The drain is the secanclphase
of a program that began more
than five years.' ago to provide
an improved outlet for drainage
waters entering Silver Creek and
to ease flooding conditions in the
north east area of •the town.
- First phase was completed in
1969 'when that pOrtion of Silver
Creek from the CNR to the Bay-
field .River- was widened and
deepened.
Of the total% assessment for
benefit and outlet $19,409- IS-
covered by Seaforth ratepayers. ▪ Roads and street assessment
totals $26,126, • half of which' is
.recoverable from the province
while the portion charged to Mc-
Killop is $5,345.
Following reading ' of the
report Mr. Ross answered ques-
tions raised by a number of
• ratepayers who attended the
meeting and who would be
assessed for the drain.
Robert McVean represent-
ing Huron . Board of Education
asked what benefit would re-
sult. Mr. Ross explained SDHS
was in an area which had been
• bothered with extensive flood-
ing. In addition a number ' of
drains serving 'the schOol would
discharge into the proposed drain
and would have an improved out-
let.
Reeve Allan Campbell of Mc-
Killop asked the benefit for Vale
Nixon who.' had been assessed
for a portion his feria. He
suggested this ortion could drain
directly in Silver Creek. •
• Mr. ricess explained there was
a height Of land between the two
drainage baSins, and while it
probably would be possible to
`drain into Silver Creek the depth
necessary would result in a
costly drain.
He agreed with Reeve Camp-,
bell that areas assessed as farm
lands would qualify for a two-'
thirds grant. " •
Answering a query from Ken
• Oldacre on behalf of W. J. Cleary;'
Mr. Ross said the Cleary land
was in a wet area and this'
condition would be eliminated:
The value of the• land would
increase since it would become
suitable for building piirpOses.
Report
Drain:
Approve
Addition
For SPS
Sketch plans for the new
addition at Seaforth Public School
have been approved by members
of, the Huron County Board of
Education. Decision was reached
Monday evening in Clinton to go
ahead' with the project estimated
to cost $375,000 for the new
portion Is well as the cost of
renovations to the present school.
Work is expected to begin
this spring and be completed in
time for fall classes when Mc-
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Board Board of Education and a de- but was unable to tellher the
cision deferred until Monday,. letter series. • When, she found
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February 1. . out . that the winning number
"As far as dollars and cents matched a coppon which she held,
are concerned we benefit from MrS. Van Dorp phoned Seaforth to collections four times a year," - find out the number series.
stated R. B. Dunlop, superin-
tendent of business affairs."And
So does the taxpayer,"
' "He said it"made• no differ-,
Counc.Betty Cardno, Reeve J: enoe when the municipalities madd their collections but it Councillor . R. S. MacDonald,
F.Flannery, Dep. _Reeve Wilmer--"did„ make a difference when cal-
Cuthill and .Counc. George Hilde- culating interest when payments
brand. for education purposes were
made.
John Taylor said members
of the board of educatiorr must
live in the same county as the,
municipal councils and it would
be good• public relations to as-
certain when the municipalities
would prefer to, make tax collec-
tions and make payments to the
board of education.
"How much does this good-
will cost us?" asked Dr. A.
Barry Deathe„._
Mr. Dunlop 'said he had no
firm figures except to say that
in 1969 when tax collection was•
made once, interest paid by the
school board 'amounted to about
$115,000. In 1970 when collec-
tions were made twice, interest
paid by the board amounted 'to
about $05,000.,
"It Is cheapest for all con-
cerned if collections are made
four times a year," he stated.
"Definitely.",
'Wins Radio
' Mrs. Alex McDonald of R.R.
2, Brussels, was fortunate to
receive an AM - FM stereo radio
and record player recently as a
prite in a contest held by a
London firm. Mrs. McDonald
is the former Vera Mole of
Seaferth and a sister of Mrs.
J. Ure Stewart. •
After a committee of the
Huron County Hoard of Education
met with the Huron County
Library 'Committee and' its
librarian, Miss Ethel Dewar,
members of Huron County Board
of Education agreed to purchase
Huron County library services
for the senior grades in schools
in Huron County without library
facilities at a Cost of $1 per
student.
When the school librarian,
the principal and the appropriate
superintendent of operations
agree that the school's book col-
lection is not large enough for
the library to be self-supporting
and needs to be supplemented,
the Huron County Library "Ser-
vice will be purchased.
It is estimated this will cost
about $3,000 for ten schools in
the county plus the five senior
schools in McKillop township.
It Is 'also noteworthy that the
funds for the service will be
budgeted over and above the per
pupil amount allowed by the Board
for the purchase of library books.
Superintendent of education
Jim Coulter told the board it was
felt the Huron County Library
service- was not too satisfactory
for the junior grades. ,
This is to be one year
arrangement, the beard learned.
Dr. A. B. Deathe of Goderich
asked Mr: Coulter if the board
of education planned to integrate
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Several phone calls later she was
i'bformed by Walter Westerhof
that it was the winning number.
It was then - that 'Mrs. Van
Dorp ran to the barn to inform
her husband.
Mrs. Van Dorp said that she
had never won a thing in her life
previously and she would liketo
express her appreciation to the
Seaforth merchants who made her
good fortane.,possible.
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