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The Huron Expositor, 1972-05-04, Page 1• luton 4 • First Section, Pages 1-8 - SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1912 - 14 PAGES woo 4,Yeet: 411va4ce, eft Whole No.. 64f34 113th Year I 4 • A long and extremely infor- mative session of Huron County Council was held Thursday in Goderich - a day earlier than usual to permit the county ficials to enjoy an evening as guests of the Goderich Lionth Club. The executive committee' of county council reported that fur- ther study on the Van Egmond property near Seaforth shows that the Heritage Foundation grant of $12,000 is dependent upon the County of Huron taking title to the property. Council agreed that the county should not assume the responsib- ility for the title on the property, but added that a grant may be considered after the Van Eg- mond Foundation committee has been able to show. clear title to the property and financial capa- bility as to future programming. The first thing on the agenda O for the day was a presentation by Professor John T Horton of __:11itidwestern. Development Coun- cil who filled council in'on the extreme tilt endy-Of making their" thoughts and ideas about develop- .. nientAnHoron County .made known, to the • provincial, government. Professor Horton told council that. if, future development in Huron, does not go according to Huron's aspirations for this county, it will be because com- munications broke down between Toronto and Huron: .. , "You'll have no one to blame 0 but yourselves," stated Pro., fessor Horton. ':You must work to make the government's plan- ning correspond' with' what you want to see happen in Huron." H e presented to .council MDC's brief which has been sent to. government - an appraisal of Design for -Development. Phase 1. He urged all' coiincillOrs to become familiar with the docu- ment' and to study its contents. During the day, the county's budget for 1972 was approved by council. It -SNOWed that addit- ional county funds 'of $192,221 • will be required thiS year-This would require a mill rate in- crease based on the old asseSS- ment 'system of 1 1/2 mills. There was considerable dis- cussion once more on the hospital grants system to be used in Huron now that hospitals in the • county no longer require addit- ional beds but larger emergency facilities. After rather length debate on the problem, decision . was reached to pay 25 per cent of all provindial approved. Wilding costs in connection with hospital • construction in Huron 'County. Since the province .supplies two- thirds of all approved building costs, the local municipality in which the hospital is situated will be faced with the probleM of raising. the remaining eight and one-thifdPercent. It was further agreed that until Such time as sufficient funds are • available . in the. reserve fund, each building program will be by agreeMent between' the hotpital board concerned and-the lluron County Council subject to approval of the Ontario Munich,. • pal -Board. In other business, !Wren' County Council accepted an offer from the Ontari o Department- of Education to supply a Summer Children's program co-ordinator for the summer months at no cost -to the county; and agreed .. • to accept the Or oposal Of the Western Ontario Regional Sports Conference to develop a sports association in Huron, provided funds are available from the provincial government 4 Albert Shirray, RR 2, Hensall was named chairman of the com- missioners of the Tuckersmith Municipal Telephone System at its `63rd annual meeting in Bruce- field Wednesday. He succeeds Harvey Coleman of RR 1, Zurich, who was re-elected to a three- year term as commissioner. The other man on the three- man commission is Arthur Nich- olson, RR 2, Seaforth. In his report the secretary treasurer of the system, Mel Graham of Brucefield, reported the total revenue in.1971 amount- ed , to $98,002.00 with expenSes at $90,869.00 giving a net surplus of $7,113.00 whicll compares to a deficit in 1970 of $1,397.00 Mr. Graham explained new equipment and putting in extra cable in 1970 accounted fOr the • Defer bid to assist VanEgmond Foundation' • Tr.an,sportation: vital . to . Huron:develoOment An impressive and im- aginative brief has beep submitted by Huron County Council to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport Teachers were kept busy preparing for the Spring Concert at HurOn Centennial School which attracted large audiences last, week. Here Mrs. Shirley Carter of Clinton, who is the school's librarian, assists cord Geddes of Egmondville with his makeup (also see page 9). • (Staff 'Photo) ' $2,892,360 . for, McKillop, which A posse of Tuckersmith has a population of 1,566 resi- farmers were unsuccessful in a dents. wolf hunt at noon last Wednes-- The levy breakdown is: town- day. • --, --- . ship expenses of $60,536.39 ;.•,.....,The 'animal which .Robert-Van,t4,($59,546.48 last yhar); Huron Den Neueker, R.R. 4, Seaforth County levy $63,101 •($55,7C3); described as standing about 30 Huron County. Board of Educa- ' inches high and up to 4 feet tion, elementary $36,636 ($2,589)-. long Was dirty grey color and and secondary $43,598 ($26,364); blended with the plowed groimd Huron-Perth County Roman over which it was running. 'Catholic Separate School Board Mr. Van Den Neueker -first $21,420 ($19,735). noticed the animal along his line In other business council ap- fence. He alerted Bob Fothering- proved a grant in 1972 to the ham, $elvyn Ross and wm. , Seaforth Community Hospital of - Rogerson who joined him in the $300. • • -chase. . 4 Council passed the by-law for the McNaught Drain (a Logan - , Township Drain) which affects about nine properties in McKil- lop with an estimated assess- ment of $770. . Three tile drain loans were portation system.," the brief , approved for a total of $13,200., Passes for payment were gen- stated. "We in Huron county When the car in which he .was eral accounts of $2,328.85 and realize that many systems of a passenger left Main Street and road accounts of $2,960.96. transportation in Canada have crashed through the fende at the . obtained subsidies. We require Seaforth Bowling Club earlySun-. .. . thougha it may have to be subsi- . passenger-'-transportation even day morning Lawrence Brbome, 19, Egmondville suffered neck gifts of $1936 dized by higher levelS of govern- injuries, cuts an d bruises. He ' ment." is' in St. Joseph's Hospital, The ,area cancer campaign has The„,brief stated that' as rail London. • ' resulted in giftS tntAlling $1936 passenger service deteriorated k Chief of Police, Gordon Hulley Seaforth Campaign Chairman said Monday ft. . J. R. Spittal said this week. was James J. Diegel, 21, R.R.1„ ,Mr. Spittal ' added that the -Bornholm. He was treated at objective is $2,200 and that gifts Seaforth Community Hospital and..., could be forwarded to him or to released. Seaforth banks. ' , and- Communications. All that re- mains now is for the committee to reconvene and to study the . document. There. are three recom :- mendations attached to the brief. The first a request for the committee to discuss with the province of Ontario the provision of ac pew rapid, road system ' to reduce the time of travel to metropolitan areas. The second recommendation asks that the federal govern- ment provide a rapid rail -or bus service for commuters and freight between Huron County- and large metropolitan areas. The third recommendation urges discussion with the prov- ince of Ontario concerning transportation within Hnl'dn County, including road, rail, water and air facilities. "Midwestern Ontario is close to the United States and has the Fence falls potentia 1 to grow into a major agricultural, industrial and as car hits tourist area if we have the trans- Construction of Seaforth's new sewer pumping station is well advanced. Here the C. A. MdDowell Construction Ltd. staff is pouring concrete in a tank at the Site on Oke Street. (Staff Photo) The 1972 tax rate, struck Monday b y McKillop Township council, will mean a big increase in the tax bill for residents. The public school residential rate was set at 75.2 mills, up from 49.1 mills last year. The commercial rate. is 81.6 mills, compared to 52.9 mills in 1971.-. The separate Schbol resid- ential rate is 84.2 mills (73.0 Mills last -1Year) and separate school commercial rate is 91.5 mills (79.5 mills in 1971). The township rate has been set at residential 20..9 mills (20.7 last year) and commercial 23.6 mills (3.5 mills last year). The Huron planners consider ' Total township assessment is area hunters area school boards. Wolf eludes McKillop Taxes increased following rebate in '71 Area impact of public school rate was elimin- ated as a result of a 1968 surplus having been turned over to the Huron County Board of Education • by the former McKillop township county rate- this year is 21.8 mills, up from 19.2 last year. Clerk-treasurer Mrs. Ken- neth McClure said that a public school supporter with a residen- tial assessment of $5,300 will pay, $398.56 in- taxes this year. Last year taxes were $260.23. For a -separate school supporter with the same assessment the taxes this year will be $446.26, compared to $386.90. Mrs. McClure explained that the increase in taxes for public school supporters this year over last, resulted when last year there was a decrease in the sec- dndary rate and 'the elementary division. He said presentations must be made to all the local municipalities concerned and following that, reference must be made to the -Planning Board for any modifications of the plan. A public meeting will be set for' late May or early clime. Final approval of the County Planning Board is expected at its June meeting with presentation of the plan and acceptance by county council at its June session, Fri- day,, June 30. "We must move quickly on this," insisted Reeve Alex Mc- Gregor; Tyckersmith. "There a Now that Huron County coml- . cil and the school boards have set the , tax rates Tuckersmith Township council at a meeting , which 'began Tuesday night and ran until 1;30 Wednesday morn- ing; completed its schedule of mill rates. In. Eebruary council had; ap- proved a 21.6 mill municipal tax rate for farm and residen- tial property, up three mills from 18.6 in 1971. The com- mercial rate was increased three mills to 25 mills, compared to 22 in 1971„ The county rate this year is ,22 mills, up from 20.4 last year. The - public school, primary rate, was set at 20.5 mills residential compared to 21 mills last year, and the com- mercial rate was set at 22,6 mills (23 in 1971). The secon- dary school rate, residential, is 15.5 mills (13.0) and com- mercial 17.0 mills (14.4). The separate' school residential rate is 23.4 mills (22.0) and comm- ercial is 26.0 mills (24.6). " The levy for street lights remains the same as last year- Egmondville 6 mills; ,Brucefield 3 mills and Kippen 6 mills. Clerk-treasurer James Mc- Intosh said a public school sup= porter on each $1,000 of assess- ment will pay $79.50 this year, compared to $73 in 1971. On each $1,000 of assessment separate school supporter will pay $82.50 this year, compared to $74.00 last year. The levy breakdown is: county expenses $74,427; town- ship expenses $67,859; Huron ,County Board of Education, el- ementary.455,791, and secondary $48,516 and Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School -Board $9,501. Residential and farm assess= ment in the township amounts to $2,934,795 and commercial and business assessment totals $178,720 for atotalof$3,113,515. Huron County Planning Dir- ector, Gary Davidson, Goderich, and his assistant, Nicholas Hill, 'Goderich, attended the meeting, along with William Dickson, Kit- chener, representing the plan- ning firm, Kleinfeldt Associates, and Engineer Kenneth Dunn, God- erich, of B. M. Rdss Associates. Mr. Davidson and Mr. Hill reviewed and discussed the re- port they • have completed on a study of the former Canadian Forces Base in Tuckersmith A highlight of the 4-H Achievement Day program at Clint .n on Saturda y . was the presentation of provincial Honors o (left) Debbra Gibbings, Clinton; Darlene Hayter, Varna; Betty- Southgate, Clint^n; Jayne Snell, Londesboro; Barb Keys, Varna and Gail Searle, Walton. Tuckersmith considers Former Base proposal Township. The report included •a study , of the services under- ground, such as water, sanitary sewers and storm sewers; the road pattern from which they evolved a six-mile road system' of which the township is consid- ering taking our four and a halt miles of it to service and main- tain. The other mile and a half are being deleted as being linking roads fOr light duty traffic. The study included a detailed WorkSheet with a picture of each building at the base and its pot- ential and a study pf possible land use. Possible future expansion at the -base was considered after'the property has been fully devel- oped, and in which direction ex- pa.nsion should take place. Mr. Davidson said growth could be guided to existing mun- icipalities such -es Clinton or Seaforth, or it could be adja- Cent to the present property. Some members of Tuckersmith Council indicated they wanted any growth to take place in Tuck-. ersmith Township rather than in neighbouring towns. Mr. Davidson said that the Hayfield River has Specific lim- itations, especially as to the amount of sewage it can absorb. He spoke of its scenic value. Mr. Davidson said that the zoning by-law for the area td 'be passed by council would have the effect of directing the way expansion could take place. Too, he said council must be pre- pared to provide the facilities such as water, sewage, etc. if it (Continued on page 5), About 25 representatives of municipal councils and recreation committees from Huron attended a meeting in Clinton Monday night to discuss the feasibility of organizing a county-wide sports association. Seaforth was represented by Mrs. Marjorie Whitman of the recreation committee and comic. Betty Cardno. Su-Oh an association could be useful as a source of information on sports facilities and contacts in the county, Spence Cummings, assistant, Nick MU., said that the effect of the base will be felt in an .area much larger than the ba.se. itself. Direct or indirect relation- Ship to the' developrhent of the base are being investigated - existing land use pattern, trans7. portation, waste disposal, educa- tion services, proximity to exist- ing urban areas, existing com- mercial and service facilities, employment potential, existing labor force, (especially female)- and health services. "From our analysis of these , factors four distinctive impact areas evolved," reported David- son. "The largest tame was a commuter shed... That is, the population living within approxr ,imately a 30-minute 'drive of the . base. It is probable that much of the original labor' force at the base, especially the female labor force, will come from this area." "Secondly, the BayfieldRiver sYstem Must be considered as a separate impact area due to the very real limitations of the Bay- field River and its tributaries to accept additional effluent," he continued. "The development of the base, to and its existing buildings , anB allow for addition- al groWth must attract low water using 'and effluent producing in- dustries." Mr. Davidson reviewed the two remaining impact areas - the long term impact area which is essentially a triangular shaped area bounded by Clinton, Seaforth and Brucefield; and a shorter term impact area which is a - small triangular shaped area bounded by Clinton, the baSe and the.Adastral.Park Road. . . "The first phase is the utiliz- ation of the buildings and area of the existing base, " Mr. David- son noted. "The second phase tides not commence in full until the base itself is almost fully developed. At this juncture dev-, elopment will occur outside of the existing base." "Assuming the first phase is successful there are. three basic' alternatives for develop- ment in - the second phase," he continued. °Each of these pat- terns has certain advantages and disadvantages:, There is no cor- rect or • right one. • Trade-offs must be made in the considera- tion of which is the best'alterna- tive. However, the' choosing of an alternative via the plan amend- ment process is critical to the completion of the secondary plan., and, hence,. final registration of the base plan." The three alternatives are; continuation of the present trends Which would slowly reduce ready access to the base because, of ribbon development"; development of the base as a sep- arate community; or 'develop- ment of existing urban areas such as Clinton and Seaforth where community services are already available. "Wide public exposure to the alternatives' is called for and, in general, the wider the better," . he observed. °However, there is a cost in time and this cost must be considered." (Continued on Page 5) Charles Shaw of Blyth was elected district deputy governor of Lions International, District A9, Region three, Wednesday night at the. annual spring ralLy- in this area, people turned more held in Seaforth. He succeeds' and more to the use of the roads Orville Oke. which °were adequate at one A Richard .Erb. of Zu,,rich was time". Now that highway traffic elected chairman of Zone Three (Continued on Page 5) South, succeeding Donald Oke, Zurich, and Frank Fields of Teeswater was elected ChairMan of Zone Three North, Succeed- ing Charles Shaw. 'the travelling trophy for the largest number present in one. club was won by the Blyth Club with twenty members present. There were 120 Lions from clubs in Clinton, Goderich, Bay- field, Zurich,. Wingham, Luck- now BrusselsiSlyth, Teeswater, Howiek and Seaforth in attend- ance. Orville Oke was chairtnan for the program with Seaforth Lions hosting the event. ' Tractor' and train collide Keith Lovell, Kippen farmer, escaped serious injury Friday, when the tractor he was driving was in collision with a freight train at a crossing on the Lovell farm south of Kippen. Mr. Lovell was driving a trac- tor to:which was attached a fert- ilizer spreader and was going across the tracks which go through the Lovell farm. The train which was travelling north missed the tractor but sheered off the spreader which was a com- plete write off. Mr. Lovell was unharmed. Blyth Lion heads region deficit that year. In 1971 $6,000 ..was spent in cable equipment at the Sub Station at Seaforth and this year possibly $12,000 may be spent. There are 125 miles of poles and 5,200 miles of single wire in the system Which covers the run, al areas and some urban areas in Stanley and. Tuckersmith Townships. There are 494 sub- scribers in Hayfield and area; 404 subscribers in Clinton area; 452 in Hensall area and 410 in Seaforth area for a total of 1,760 subscribers. This is an increase of 88 over 1970. Following complaints of sub- scribers sometimes talking for an hour or more, Mr. Coleman said he hoped people would phone oftener and limit calls to about five minutes. • Announcement was made recently that Keith I. McLean had become associated with - Exeter lawyer,P.L.Rayrnond, in his law practice. A native of Seaforth, the son of Mr. and Mrs. K. I. Mc- Lean, Mr. McLean is a graduate of York University and.artieled in Toronto as well as with Mr. Raymond during thepast summer months. Mr. and Mrs. McLean and their daughter, Robin, now are re,- siding in Exeter. county development officer, said. Mr. Cummings said sports facilities at the former Canadian Forces Base near Clinton were offered by the base's new owner, John van Gastel of Galt, presi- dent of Rodoma Investment and Development Corporation, to the provincial government Feb. '22 and to Sports Ontario, a non- profit group, Merck°. . To date, neither has replied to his offer. A further meeting. to discuss the county aSsodiatiOli Wag scheduled for Clinton hutyle. The former Clinton Canadian Forces Base now owned by John van Gastel is an issue of prime importance to Huron County.... but a considerable amount of red tape must be unwound before the property is cleared for public use, members of county council learned Thursday afternoon. While representatives from Tuckersmith and the Town of Clinton are particularly anxious to get the project fully underway, county planner Gary Davidson warned, that careful steps must be taken before the property can become a registered plan of sub- may not be a future to consider if we don't. The new owner can- not be expected to wait much longer. The property is now all taxable ,land and he is anxious to get going. He's already lost two potential industries because of the delays." An elaborate exhibit of draw- ings from the base were on dis- play as made by the planning de- nartment. Mr. Davidson and his phone suggests call limit • Seaforth is represented in district sport talks 14.