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The Huron Expositor, 1971-10-14, Page 1Advance Plans For 1972 Match A. W. "Bud" Blowes of Mit- Phell will be treasurer for the local committee of the 1972 Inter- 'national PloWing Match. Ellard Lange, R. R. 2, Tavi- stock, general chairman for the 1972 IPM to he hosted by Perth Coo' ty, made the announcement at a 'meeting of all committee chairmen in Stratford at the county court house. Mr. Blowes retired last year as county clerk- treasurer, and is now county consultant. W. N. T.•Ashton, acting treas- urer and secretary of the general committee for the 1PM in' 1972 told the meeting that with almost all bills paid the committee has a balance of $2,214. Most of this, he said, is a $2000. interest-free loan from 04 Ont- ario plowman's Association, re- payable following the 1972 1PM. • Plans were made to in,yite the various commodity groups in the county and the City of Stratford to prepare displays for the county's tedt at the 1971 1PM in (Continued on Page 6) Joon * Wivelie No. 5405 e3111 egee, First Section, Pages 1 to S SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1971 — 16 Pages Single 10 Cents! $6.00 A Year A0vOice- • ' • . Mrs.GOrdon Pryce,23, R.R. 4, • Walton, won the Queen of the Furrow class over five other contestants at the 44th annual Huron County Plowing Match SatUrday on the Jamieson Ribey farm, R.R. 6, Goderich. Placing second was Miss Faye Merrill, 22, of R.R. 2, Clinton. It was the first time either con- testant had entered a plowing match. In spite of the rain there was a good crowd at the plowing4match where there were sixty entries in the ten classes. Russell Bolton, secretary-treasurer of the Huron • Plowman's Association, said the ' - land was in good condition and the site excellent. The Ribey farm • is, in Colborne Township - about six miles northeast of Goderich. Barry Gordon, R. R. 1, Seaforth, won the special utti- • ity class open to all comers and had the best finish. ' John Becker, Dashwood, wort the Esso Champion Special award for the best plowed land in two furrow tractor-utility classes, with furrows not less than 12 inches. Those under 18 years at time of match were not elig- ible. John Lee,m1 ,,g, R.R. 4, Walton won the Eaton's of Canada trophy for best plowed land by a junior contributor using a mounted plow. Graeme Craig, R.R.1, Walton, * was awarded the International Harvester Company of Canada Ltd. prize when he won the open class for tractors, mounted, semi-mounted or' trail plows, drawing three furrows or more, turning 14-inch furrows or more. He had the best finish as well. Gunner Pind of Exeter won the class for tractors drawing four plows or more in three rounds around the field, thereby winning the Gordon McGavin special award for the best cor- ner. He also was awarded the Kongskilde Ltd., Exeter, prize. T. P. O'Malley of Taeswater placed first in the open class for all 'comers with tractors drawing as many plows as wished, He had the best finish in the e Crown McKillop Contestant As Huron's Queen of the Furrow Seaforth Branch 156 Royal Canadian Legion was host 'Saturday to first War Veterans from across Huron. Above are a number of Seaforth area veterans who attended the events_ (standing left) Nelson, Govenlock, Arthur'Nicholson, Secord McBrien, Dave Netzke,Jos. White and Geo. Flewitt. (Front) E.:* C. Boswell, Herb Trapnell, .David Ryan, Alex LIBERAL LEADER IN HURON Liberal Leader Robert Nixon was in Goderich for a few munients Tuesday morning on his way to a Tv Interview and Meeting with Murray Gaunt supporters in Wingham. Here he is welcomed by Huron Liberal Association secretary Howard Aitken while Ken Duncan, Huron Liberal candidate, looks on. (Signal Star'Photo)' Muir,and Harry Palin. Much of the entertainment was infortnal as the veterans gathered around the piano or accompanied Tony Nather in songs they remembered from more than 50 years ago. (from the left) David Ryan, Robt. Spittal, Frank Sills, E. C, Boswell, J. K. Cornish and peter Malcolm. • (Photo by Phillips) Seaforth Council Acts on Recreation Resignations First Winner In Car. Club Winners of the first weekly draw in the Lions Car Club was Antone Garron of Clinton. The draw was made Monday and subsequent draws will be made" each Monday fer the next 25 weeks according to W. D. Ste- phenson, chaeirman of the event. Resignations of four members of the Recreational Committe prompted council to approve an additional amount of $2500 to the committee at a meeting'Tuesday evening. e Members had indicated lack of financial support y and ,lack of interest as reasons for the resig- nations. Those resigning were Mr's. Roger Whitman, Gary Gray, Maurice Huard and. Don Bode. Council agreed to seek a meet- ing with them to discuss prob- lems. Mayor Frank Sills said the members had indicated there was not enough money to carry on a recreation program and to carry• out needed repairs and maintenance at the arena. They had favoured disbanding, until a recreation director could be se- cured. Councillor Betty Cardno, a member of the committee, felt the committee should not dis- band but carry on. She said that the Recreation Committee spent most of the .time ,looking after the arena and believed this should be the responsibility of an arena committee set up to handle maintenance and repairs. "The Recreation Committee should be responsible for recrea- tion activities in the town," She said and 'the mayor and council, members seemed to' agree. Council removed respon- sibility for the arena operations and maintenance from the com- mittee and established an arena committee of council members including R. S, MacDonald, William , Pinder, George Hilde- brand and David Tremeer. - Mayor Sills mentioned a Re- creation workshop to be held in Listowel on November 6 and sug- gested 'it might be helpful for Recreation committee membtrs and council members to attend. Captain Thomson of the Strat- ford CorpS of the Salvation Army, attended and spoke about establishing a clothing dis- tribution centre in Seaforth. Council agreed in principle and -.instructed the Welfare com- mittee to investigate suitable space. Council passed 'a by-law appointing Alf. Price as trench inspector for the town. Clerk Ernest Williams had held the position terriporarily for a short period pending the ,appointment. Members of council reversed an earlier decision and refused to endorse the Official Plan for Huron County. Endorsation is being withheld until a copy of the revised plan is received for further study. A letter from the Ontario Water Resources Commission indicated that tenders for the sewage, lagoon had been opened on Septerriber 21. The letter con- tained a request for a liaison corn mittee to be appointed to meet with representatives of the Com- mission to ensure co-operation on problems with the lagoon. Named to the committee were MayOr Frank Sills; Reeve John Flannery; Clerk-treasurer Ernest Williams; D'Orleen Sills, P.U.C. Chairman and Walter Scott, manager of the PUC. To date council has not been • informed whether a tender has been let for the lagoon. The Mayor was authorized to proclaim the week of October 17 to 23 as Children's Aid So-. ciety week. Payment was authorized to James F. McLaren Ltd.,London for $2,047.30 for engineering services on the Market Street sewer. This is the sixth pay- ment and council was told that engineering costs on the sewer extension, which is completed except for repairing the road- way area, are expected to be about $12,000 rather than $13,000 as estimated. Council gave approval to hold a Sports Lottery in town. It is to be under the direction of Sports Ontario. Prize money is $100,000 with tickets selling at $1.00 each and clubs selling tickets in the area will be allowed to keep 50 per cent of the re- ceipts for local work. The town's final portion of the 1971 budget for the Seaforth Fire Area Board amounting to $1,390.50 was cleared. Total for Seaforth is $4,326. Huron County Federation of Agriculture's resolution to se- Celebrate Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Herb Trapnell celebrated the 55th anniversary of their , wedding at their Main .Street South home on Sunday. Mrs. Trapnell has not been in. the best of health and as a result no special arrangements marked the anniversary. How- ever, members of their 'family and friends called to extend con- gratulations. cure a larger area of toll free telephone service In Huron telephone service in Huron County North was endorsed. Council granted $164 to the Victorian Order of Nurses to help cover costs for nursing service in the home to patients who are outside of the Home Care Program. This amount of $164 is estimated to be Sea- forth's share. For Clinton it is estimated to be $325, Hullett Township $137; McKillop Town- 'ship, $121. and Tuckersmith Township, $151 for a total of $2,208 the Seaforth and Clinton area. will be religious education and as a result of these workshops all teachers within the system will have a better knowledge of the Canadaian Catechism pro- gram. On September 29 a workshop was held in Stratford for the teachers, from Stratford, St. Marys and Hesson. On October 20 • one will be held in Goderich for the teachers from St. Jos, eph's. School, Kingsbridge; St. Mary's, Goderich; Sacred Heart, Wingham; St. Joseph's, Clinton and Ecole Ste. Marie at St. Joseph. Council granted $25, to the Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary to assist with a trip to London for Seaforth SeftilOr Citizens - - there will be three bus loads making a return visit to a London senior citizens group. In committee reports Reeve ..Iehn Flannery, Public Works Chairinan, recommended that AU Price, acting works foreman and weed inspector have , his wages increased to $2.35 per hour re- troactive to August 1. This will be the same as former 'town foreman's wages. A by-law was' passed to cover this. Councillor Cardno and Mac- Donald reported they had no re- ports to give on finance and general government nor on wel- fare and, industrial, the com- mittees they head. On recommendation from Councillor George Hildebrand, chairman of the protection to persons committee, the P.U.C. is to be directed, to ,instal 1 a street light on Ann Street. At ,the request of Councillor MacDonald, it was decided that "Seaforth Police Department" should be printed on the, front doors of the new police cruiser.; A petition is to be made for payment of interim subsidy under highway improvement, act. Clerk Ernest Williams reported the subsidizible expenditures' amounted to $51,509 on Seaforth roads to the end of September. Councillor MacDonald re- ported a balance of $489.60 held by the 1968 Centennial committee. He is treasurer of the committee. Several suggestions were made as to how the money hould be' used but no de&sion was taken., Non Nibblers Seaforth Non Nibbters enter- tained Mrs. Gail Cook and Assts- . tant Miss Brenda Wilson repre- senting the Ida Burns Assoc- iation. Mrs. Cook, following an interesting talk, demonstrated exercises to keep fit and shOwed the several diet dishes. Draws were made on diet foods. Joseph Tokar, Assistant Sun- erintendent of Education spoke on an option program ,initiated in St. Michael's School in Strat- ford and in St: Boniface School in Zurich and one which will start in January in St. Marys in Holy Name School. The pro- gram is for one hour and fif- teen minutes each Friday when a student in Grade 7 or 8' Is permitted to select the subject he wishes to study from several courses offered. In St. Boniface the options are typing, wood- working, cooking and knitting, .(Continued on Page 8) 0. event and it was later judged the best finish in the whole field which earned him a special cash prize. William Armstrong, 14, of R.R. 4, Wingham, produced the best crown and finish fn a green class• for boys and girls, 15 years and under. He was awarded the Bank of Montreal *award, a wrist watch. In the special class for senior High Schopl pupils, 19 years and under , John Le.eming and Barry Gordon won for Seaforth District High School. Brian Whiteley and Gerald Brindley frore declerich District Collegiate placed second, while Tim Turnbull and• Ron Pickard placed third for South Huron DiStrict HighSchool at Exeter. Dan Regier and peter McCann won first prize for South Huron in the special Cliss for junior high scho61'pupils 16 years and under, while John Hickey and Joan Hickey, 9}R.R. ,3, Auburn, won second place • for Goderich Collegiate. •A visitor to the -area, Jim Law of Belfast, Ireland, won in the mounted plows only class for 14 tractors drawing two 12" furrows or more. Huron County warden, John Alexander, the reeve of Witigham, was first over 18 Other contes- tants in the business men's class., Reeve Elgin Thompson of Tuckersmith Township placed second., John Clark, R.R. 5, Goderich, had the best crown in the whole field. In the horse shoe pitching con- test, for Huron County players, Lloydr•Venner and Jim Randall of Exeter placed first, while Ed. Davies of Auburn and Cqurtland Kerr of Goderich were in second place, The second place winners will represent Huron at the horse shoe pitching contest at the International Plowing match as the first place winners are unable to attend. In the open class for horse. shoe pitchers, Reg. Smoke, R.R.1, Langton, and Cecil Taylor, Simcoe, placed first. Most of the firit place winners in the plowing match will compete in the International Plowing match Which will be held this week at Nanticoke. Trustee 'Ted Geoffrey, RR 2, Zurich, chairman of the per- sonnel committee 'of the Huron- Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board, and Trustee F. .J. Vere, Stratford, were appointed•at a board meet- ing Tuesday to" a committee to draw up specifications for a tea- chers' Group Life Insurance plan. On the committee, also, will be two. representatives from the administrative staff of the board and two teachers. The insurance \ plan was included' in the salary contract for 1971-72 term and is to be effective• January 1, 1972 for all employees in amount equal to one times earnings plus de- pendents' Coverage of $1,000 for spouse and $500 for each child with 50 per cent of the cost being paid by the board. The board endorsed a reso- lution from the Brant C ounty Sep- arate' School Board that financ- ing for the Cerebral PalsySchool be designated to the secondary school section of the divisional board in order to be consis- tent with legislation regarding financing trainable retarded children's education. This resolution results from Cerebral Palsy schools having come under the jurisdiction of the County Boards of Edutation" upon request as of January 1, 1971. Therefore, any children of elementary school age whose parents are separate school sup- porters must be charged a fee if children are in attendance, Whereas in the case of schdols for trainable retarded children," no distinction between elemen- tary and secondary school age is Indicated and no fees are therefore charged to separate school supporters because such a school' is placed under the jurisdiction of the secondary school segment of the divisional' board. John Vintar, Superintendent of Education, announced a pro- fessional development workshop would be held in Seaforth on Wednesday, October 13, wh i ch teachers from St. James School, Seaforth; St. Patrick's, Kinkora; St. Columban School; St. Pat- rick's School, Dublin; St. Boni- face, Zurich; Precious Blood, Exeter; and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, R.R. 3, Dashwood, would attend. ' The' math thrust of the pro- fessional development program Mrs. Gordon Pryce (above), R.R.4, Walton, was named "1971 Huron County Queen of the Furrow" on Saturday at the annual Huron County Plowmen's Association match near Carlow. Mrs. Pryce was selected from, five contestants to represent Huron County at the International Plowing Match this week in Haldimand County., This year's Huron Plowing Match was. an outstanding success despite intermittent rain all day. '(Staff Photo) Huron-Perth CRCSS Board Studies Life Insurancq Plan Work has almost been completed on two large corn storage bin* being installed at Topnotch Feeds Limited in Seaforth. The Wm* are expected to be In use very soon for storing some of the thqusatelat of bushels of corn grown, by area farmers. Above, workmen from Huron-Canadian Fabricators of Seaforth install some of the elev in• equipment on the bins with the aid of a levee mobile crane.(Stee .3