The Huron Expositor, 1975-06-26, Page 1,
CENTENNIAL HIGHLIGHT — Frank Phillips shows a' gas mask worn by
servicemen from the Seaforth area In the Second World War. The mask Is one ot
hundreds of exhibits Mr. Phillips has gathered for h is display, sponsored by the
Legion, next to the Forge on South Main street. (Staff Photo)
At HPRCSS Meeting
Tenders awarded for board office,
available from the province under
a complicated subsidy system.
Council gave Mayor Cardno
and Deputy-Reeve Bill • Dale
permission to attend the Ontario
Highway Transport Board
CLARE WESCOTT
Seaforth native and executive
assistant to Ontario's premier
WilliamD avis, who will open
Centennial festivities Saturday
afternoon.
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Whole No, 5598
116th Year , FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 - 16
new principal at St. Columban
Although water rcifei double,
Seaforth residents concerned
with increasing costs can breath e
a sigh of relief as far as sewer
rates are concerned becaus
Monday night town council acted
to hold rates at the present level.
Council doubled the' water rate
' several weeks ago, b ut at a •
special meeting on Monday night,
amended the bylaw to read that
the sewer rate would be based on
50 per cent rather than 100 per'
cent of the water rate as it was
previously, This means sewer
charges will be the same as
before.
As well, council extended the
deadline for paying the second
installment of taxes from June 30 -
until July 31 ,
As long as taxpayers pay on or
before that date, no penalty will
be applied.
The Library is going to be
spruced up for the Centennial.
Council accepted a tender from
Hildebrand Paint and Paper
permission to paint the outside,
inside and downstairs of the
library.
Council accepted a tender by
Cornell Construction Ltd, of
Brantford to tar and chip three
miles of Seaforth streets for .
$8,882.
John Flannery said the price
was up from last year when four
Sewer - charges stay the..
hearing Which will be
Toronto on July 2. ,
Vice-President T. Les Habkirk
of United Trails, Sefortb,warited
a representative from council to
attend the meeting , to show
support for .its application- to
operate an airport limousine
service in this area.,
Presently the company can take
airport passengers from the
airport but not pick them up at
their hoine. United Trails . is
already operating these services
in Guelph, Hamilton, Burlington
and other areas.
In a letter sent to council, it
said a representative from the
Goderich, Clinton, Mitchell and
Stratford councils would be asked
to attend the hearing..
Members' from the' Sweep
program, which operates under
the area conservation authorities
will be cleaning out the trash
along silver Creek this week,
Clerk Robert Franklin 'told
council.
Council appointed Mayor
Cardno and Councillor John
Flannery to attend the annual
conference of the, Association of
Municipalities of Ontario that will
be held in Toronto from August 3
- 6. '
Councillor George Hildebrand
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Tenders amounting to $29,765
have been awarded for the
renovations of the former Dublin
Continuation School and the
Uritiline Order residence to
..1) provide board offices for the
Huron-Perth County,
• `efithait' Separate School Board!
F.J.Vere, Stratfor d, chairman of
the building and maintenance
committee reported the
renovations were within the
budget allowed ($30,000) at a
meeting of the board in Seaford)
Monday night.
The tenders are 'as follows:
,AElectrical --awarded to Goderich
'Electric, $5,867;plumbing--
awarded to LeBeau's Plumbing,
Goderich, $3,320;, carpet--John
Bettridge, Stratford, $4,472;
decorating, Ralph Schellen-
berger, Sebringville, $8,832;
Terrazzo floor--Bernardo Marble,
London, $2,774; and
miscellaneous carpentry (time
and material) will cost about
$2,500 and drapes, $2,000.
Work will be started in the
school next week and at the
convent early in July as soon as
the Sisters move to Stratford, to
be completed by August 23. The
move to the new offices is
' expected to be the last week in
August.
Three sketch plans for, an
*addition to St. Patrick's School,
Kinkora were presented byBrian
Garratt of Kyles, Kyles & Garratt
of Stratford, to the board for
consideration. The plans for the
addition with the largest floor
area--5,400 square feet at an
estimated cost of $186,000--was
approved and will be forwarded to
the Ministry of Education for
approval. The addition will
*include a gymnasiuni-auditoritott,
kitchen, change and shower
rooms and custodian storage area
for the school were 203 pupils
attended this year.
In an effort to preserve
goodwill the board will try to save
a large maple tree on the property
recently purchased from Simon
Stemmler for a parking area at St.
mary's School, Hessen. The
pressure to save the maple has
come • from Mr. and Mrs.
Stemmler and other neighbours
Graduation ceremonies for
Grade ,8 students at Seaforth
Public School were held Tuesday
afternoon.
The graduates were ,introduced
by Mrs. Edna Bell and Mrs.
Sheila Morton and certificates
were presented by
Superintendent of Education R.
E. Hamilton.
Sharon Thompson delivered
the Valedictorion message on
behalf of the class while she and
Dianne Godkin prepared the
graduates message,
The directors of Hensall's
Spring Fair pretty well agreed the
Tuesday night's fair was the best
they've had in a number of years.
The fair was organized by the
South Huron Agricultural Society
and was started with a parade
down Main Street to the
fairgrounds.
Peter McNaughton, the
honorary secretary-treasurer said
the horse show was the largest
they've had in some time.
About 26 owners entered the 33
classes, Mr. McNaughton said
there were about 120 entries in
the horse show with people
entering as many as four to six
horses.
In the heavy Belgian Class,
there were four competitiors. A
rig from Brantford, one driven by
Arnold Young of Goderich and
one driven by Harold J. Ross. The
winner was Oliver Bannerman of
who have offered to allow the
roadway to the parking to be
built on their property to save the
'beautiful old maple in the
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Special Merit awards were
presented by Principal J. W.
Talbot to Patti Muegge and
Ronald Sc ott. John Nielsen who
stood second and Dianne Godkin
also were recognized for their
success in a county wide math
contest.
A. Y. McLean, Seaforth, spoke
briefly congratulating the class.
He was introduced by Irene
Martin and thanked by Ronald
Scott.
Refreshments for the graduates
and their friends followed.
Monkton with Mr. Ross taking
second place.
A horse show wouldn't seem
quite right without Tory Greg. He
added just the right touch of
urgency when a cinch broke' in the
Western Pleasure competition.
He told the audience, "Won't
someone take off his belt?"
The horse show took a good
four hours with some of the best
horses in the area doing their
stuff. There were seven teams in
the Four Horse Hitch competition
which was finally won by Ivan
Thomas of Paisley.
While the horses pranced about
the fairgrounds, the calf show
was being announced by Liberal
MPP Jack Riddell,
Mr. Riddell said the kids just
don't take the calves home in the
fall and throw them the feed.
"There is a very definite knack in
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No arrest
in break-in
Seaforth police have a suspect.
but have made no arrest yet
following a break in and theft at
Wright Chev Olds here early last
Wednesday m orning.
Seaforth police chief Joh n
Cairns said a quantity of money
was taken from a cash register in
the car dealership's office and
"coffee m oney" was stolen as
well. "We don't know exactly
how much was taken", Chief
Cairns said.
The person who broke into the
building stole a car as he' left and
"took it to the Sunoco and got it
gassed up," the chief said. A
police officer chased the suspect
but lost him and the car was
found later, abandoned at
Munn's Bush ,according to the
chief.
The police hayed fingerprints
from the car but the service
station attendant who gave the
man gas is not sure he can
identify him, the Chief said.
Expositor has 100
pages for 100 years
The Expositor this week is
marking Seaforth's hundred
years with an edition of 100
pages.
In five sections the issue
continues the story of community
history that was begun in the
April 17th edition as well as
containing an up-to-the minute
report of current happenings,
SPS GRADS — Seaforth Public School had graduation ceremonies
for its Grade eight students Tuesday afternoon. In the graduation
photo are: front, left, Mrs. Morton, Karen Munro, Lynn Hugill,
Carolyn McClure, Auth Thamer, Nancy Kunder, Eileen Gloor,
Cindy Horne, Laura Dennis, Doris McClure, Brenda Smith, Mrs.
Bell. 2nd. row, Joan Racho, Don Dale,David Underwood, Ron Dale,
Doug. Mitchell, Blaine Pryce, Chris Ryan, Gerry Storey, Lorne
Bakker, Paul Graham, Bryan McClure, Jim Neil, Mr. Talbot
(Principal). 3rd Row, Earl Ribey, Ian Doig, Garry Boyd, Patty
Muegge, Sharon Thompson, Irene Martin, David Hulley, Dawn La
Liberte, Nancy Brown, Jeff McPherson, Ron Scott, Glen Elligsen,
Maurice Flood. 4th row, Darlene Whitman, Debbie 'Dupee, John
Nielson, David Ellis, Gerry Barringer, John Cairns, Susan Rice,
Jane Baker, Janis Van Vliet, Dianne Godkin, Tessie Malkus,
Murray Drager, Jim Mott, John Dyk, Dale Lee. (Staff Photo)
miles of street were done for
about the same price.
Council approached the
company after it received no bids
for the tender.
The problem with provincial
grants and subsidies was clearly
shown at last Monday's council
meeting.
One councillor asked if all those
streets needed to be tarred.Clerk
Robert Franklin said the province
subsidizes 50 per cent of the costs
of repairing the streets and if this
year's subsidy is not used,
Seforth would get a smaller grant
next year.
Mayor Cardno said the subsidy
money is to make sure towns keep
up their streets and not let street
work get behind.
A by-law to establish an
industrial committee will have to
wait for ' Ontario M unicipal
Board, (OMB), approval.
A town or village with less. than
5,000 people has to have special
permission to create a by-law for
such a committee.
Four members have already
been appointed to the committee
including Councillor Jim Crocker.
Mayor Cardno said the
industrial committee is to spend
time on looking after then eeds of
the industrial park including
servicing and the pricing lots.
A by-law isn't needed to
establish an industrial committee,
but it gives it a certain status and
more authority, she said.
John Flannery asked council
to extend the resurfacing of
James Street, two blocks, to
Helen Street.
Council had already decided to
resurface James Street from
North Main to Wilson Street.
Since the drains and sewers have
already been installed as far as
Helen Street, Council approved
the extension in principle'
depending on the cost factor.
The total amount of the money
available for the 'project was
estimated at about $65,000 with
half that amount coming from the
province. ,
Council is still waiting for an
engineering study to approve the
tendering of the project. Then the
Ministry of Transport must give
the project its final approval.
Mayor Cardno said other
streets need resurfacing worse
than James Street, but the other
streets don't have the drains and
sewers in yet. •
Councillor Flannery said no
costs have been determined in
resurfacing the - street. One
councillors said council could go
as far as $65,000 would get them.
About half of this amount is.
Kids.graduate at SPS
Hensall Fair called
best in years
THIS IS DIFFICULT — For those who think judging calves Is hard, think how hard
it would be to choose between these babies. Waiting for the baby contest at the
Hensall Spring Fair to begin IS Melody, and her mother Sandra Turner of R.R.#1,
4e Varna, Angela and mother, Pauline Harris of R.R.#2, Staffa and the winner of the 6
Months and to one year class, Anne with her mother Pam Walper of Exeter.
(Staff Photo)
NEVER TOO OLD FOR STRAWBERRIES -- Arnold
Coiclough wore a big st raw hat as he picked
strawberries in Kippen on Monday. But that was his
oni,,f concession to his age and the heat of the sun.
Mr. Cotciough who Is 85, picks strawbertiot with the
best of them and he called this year's crop "real
crackers". (Staff Photo)
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