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The Huron Expositor, 1976-07-01, Page 1Whole No, 5654 . 117th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, 1,14URSE*Y, JULY 1, 1976 20 pAoes MOO AIPittAdvance Sill& copy 25 cents, s ::county. council wi deputy reeves 01- Pool opens Saturday, Carnival next week READY TO OPEN AT THE POOL The staff at the Lions Pool has been working hard behind the, scenes' gettiqg the pool ready to open for the last couple of weeks. The newly .Pairiteckpool will open Saturday„ weather permitting and swimming lessons for July weekend. July 8 - 10. It Will be .the 41st carnival and besides the traditional' attractions a few new ones will be added:. A special effort is being made to provide top entertainment. Dr. W. T. Thompson, Lions President and carnival committee chairman • said. He emphasized that there would be a, different- program -each evening., The programs will feature area talent,". explained Dr.', Thompson. • - The carnival will again feature Carters Shows with a ferris wheel, merry-go-round. roller coaster and some rides for the younger children. The -Lions club will also have sWimming races, bingo , and other various games of chance. This year tie' club has been working hard on preparing a start Monday. Class schedules are on one of the sports page. Pool supervisor Kathy Bruxer, left, talkS over maintenance and clean up chores with ,three, of thepoor s'siiimming instructors, Marianne Kale, Clare Devereaux and barb Ddig. (Staff Photo) S'.D.H.S. students are going to have a slightly longer school day when they start back in Septem- ber. but • principal Bruce •Shaw hopes the• school's atmosphere will be more relaxed and that students day to day work load will be reduced. The school has gotten approval from the Huron County Board of Education to change from 35 minute to 70 minute instructional' periods. "It will slow the pace, A student will have to worry about doing homework for four. instead of eight classes a day," says- Mr. Sham. He hopes the longer classes will allow more in depth work by the students and more original thinking 'and...inno.vative.. teaching. S.D.H.S,is the second school in the county to try the longer periods. South Huron D.H.S. in Exeter has had the longer classes for a year. Mr. Shaw says ever) S,D.H.S. teacher visited the Exeter school and the local school has made plans to overcome sonic . of the problems Exeter has had, Students will have '70 minute lunch hours under, the new plan and a wide range of extra-curricu lar activities • is planned for the noon hour. A house system- is being introduced for sports activi- ties and teachers and the student council are planning a full noon hour program so that students will have more to do than wander downtown. - There have ' been problems with students shoplift• ing at noon in Exeter'. Spares will also be 70 minutes long but the school-will encourage use of the library and the strident lounge to avoid loitering in the school's halls. horse race wheel which will give players odds on their bets. Dr. Thompson says the club is hoping for a good turnout at the carnival, but the weather will he the factor that decides. . "It, is a lot, of work 'for the' • money that it brings in," he said. "It is 0 'tradition around Seaforth though and'the kids around town look forward to it." Mr. ShaW said letters are going home with the students' report •cards, explaining the changes. The new school day will start at too drastic, and that another method of reducing council some- what would be more acceptable. It had been mentioned that a Private Members Bill could be presented to the-Ontario govern- ment, requesting that municipali- ties with a population of 2,000 or better would elect a deputy, reeve,. thereby , reducing council from 45 member's to 3.6 members, with a provision for 37 votes, the Town of Goderich once more getting the extra vote. Section 27 (a) provides for -a deputy-reeve only after a popula! tion of 2,500 has been attained.' Late in the afternoon• a motion • . was put forth recommending that "the county council for Huron. petition the Ontario government in a Private Members. Bill to establish an Act for Huron which would allow 36 members on council, and the provision of .10 deputy-reeves. By a show of hands., council voted to table the matter until the next session - in September. Discussion The Same For the third time this year. council debated the proposal to reduce , membership on . county • council.. Many "of the. comments' were identical to those made at previous sessions. Must of the comments were made by the same people. it was shown by the discussion, however, that sonic progress had • been made' towards shortening the county committee meetings,- Reeve John Baker. Hensall, who in May said that would not be willing to spend much More time on county business if that's what reducing council's size, .would-, mean, told council last Friday he had come to believe anew system could work arid that it would save the ratepayers of Huron Money. "The committee Meetings are• already getting shorter due to the, new committee system concept," explained; Reeve Bak-er ..who announced • he. would be support- ing •a move. to Section 27 (a). Reeve •AnSon McKinley oho also supported Section 2 7 (a). said that .while he had hoped county- council Would be • given • more. responsibility. the trend seemed to- be otherwise. He referred in 'one instance to. a new appointed body within the county to look ,Brucellosis on the increase since 1974 SDHS plans longer classes A QUIET SERVICE UNDER THE TREES — The congregations of Kippen —and---Brucefield United Churches held an outdoor service under the trees at Holly Gully on Sunday, with rtusic by both junior If everything goes right and no. further probleirts..atise the Lion's Park pool shoUld be open for business this'Saturday, according to pool supervisor Kathy Bruxer. Again this year there will be a Canadian, Red Cross swimming instruction program offered..and a few new courses may be•added to what was previously given. Besides the . pre-beginners, beginners. junior, intermediate. senior ;and bronze classes. K athy hopes there will be a Red Cross. leader patrol course and a 'synchronized swimming course. As of yet there have been, no entries into either of 'these courses which need eight members before they can go ahead. The minimum swimming requirement for these classes iS junior level. Cohn Currie returns 'again as (By John Miner) Brucellosis, undulant fever, or bang's disease: No matter what word is used, the dreaded disease can spell disaster for a dairy farmer. Three years ago there wasn't a known case of active infection in Huron County, but now the federal veterinarians have 18 herds under quarantine for brucellosis, according to sub- district veterinarian Dr. W.J. Thompson, The Brucella abortus organism, which 'causes abortions in preg- nant cows around the fifth to the seventlemonth. is a particularly difficult disease to deal with because jt is an intercellular bacteria, says Dr. Thompson. This means that the bacteria lives inside the' cell and any drug that would destroy the bacteria would also destroy •the cell. Therefore when brucellosis iS 'discovered in a dairy herd, the cows that test positive are shipped for slaugh- ter, If the veterinarians decide that they can't stdp the disease in a herd, the entire herd is ordered slaughtered, But brucellosis is not confined only to cattle as man can get the disease also. In man brucellosis is commonly knDwn as undulant park so/Oct-visor. Kathy Bruxer is pool supervisor 'with Clare De.vereaux as the assistant. Other staff members are. Barb Ding., Ida Stinn•is-s.en, Anne Albert, -Marianne Kale, Sheila Geddes. Cindy Dorsses and Gaye Fisher:. Park Committee chairman Darwin Bannerman and members Keith Snell and -John Turnbull assisted by the staff have been working Jong hours to get the pOol ready' for the summer hut. have run into sonic difficulties such as having beer( bottles smashed inside the pool on the weekend. Despite the • problems. Kathy thinks it should be a good summer at the pool.' And this ,year again the Lions Club is holding its summer carnival at the park to raise 'money 'to support the pool next fever because it causes .a fever which undulates, or goes up and down. Treatment of the disease in man is also difficult with some people suffering recurrences of it for the rest of their lives once they've had it. The disease can be spread to man in several different ways, Drinking the milk from an infected cow is one. but not as likely as picking it up from delivering calves or having an open cut and being near where - cows are discharging. says Dr. Thompson. Most of Huron's infections have come through sales barns. Dr. Thompson says. "Before 1974 the disease was. pretty well eradicated. Then it broke out in the' Ottawa Valley and spread westward. We had no cases of active infection prior to 1974; but we have 18 herds under quarantine now," he said: . Dr. Thompson said the-number of herds under quarantine has remained pretty well constant for the last year. "Every time we release a herd from quarantine there always seems to be another one come tip," he said. When a herd is under quaran- tine, the farmer is not permitted (By Shirley J. Keller Members of Huron County Council are reluctant to reduce membership. In two votes at the June session of county council in Godcrich, members agreed to do nothing about cutting back the number of county councillors who serve the ratepayers of Huron, at least . until the . September meeting-. The issue has .been introduced in various ways for close to two years now. but it was. at the April session of county council this year that the Local Government Study CoMmittee • brought in a recom- mendation that the county reduce its members from the present 45 councillors to 29 members, as provided "by The Municipal Act, Se ction 27 (a-). . • Linder this scheme, only three municipalities in Huron would send a deputy-reeve to the county council. These municipalities would he the towns of Goderich and Exetei:, and the Township of Stephen. Each of the 29 members of county council would have one vote - icith the exception of the Town of Goderich Reeve .- who would have two votes, resulting in a*total of .30 votes for the whole of council. At the present time, there are 56 votes in council. • Currently, council has 'one representative fcir ever 1,437 citizens. If Section 27 (a) had been adopted. there would have been 'one representative for every' 1,885 people in Huron. It was estimated that costs would be rechiced at the county level by about $30,000 .per annum under the proposed scheme. .i113y. a vf4t,y decisive vote of 40 to, Huron County Council members turned down the recom- mendation to adopt Section 27(a). Those who voted in favor of fewer representatives were John Baker, Hensall; Bill Clifford, • Goderich; Gerry Ginn, Goderich Township; Fred Haberer, ZUrich: Harold LObb, Clinton:, Jim .Mair, Morris Twp.; Warden Jack McCutchcon, Brussels; Anson McKinley. Stan- ley. Twp.; Ed Oddleifson, Bay; field; Stan Profit. Goderich: and Grant Stirling. Goderich Twp. During the discussion which went before this • vote. it 'was .shown: that, 'man). members of council felt that Section 27 (a) was 8:50 and end about 3 p.m. The principal says the longer elasseS should give teachers and students time to really think through a topic and give more continuity to their lessons. There have been no doable periods in local high schools since 1909. A 70' minute Class system at . work in Central Secondary in London has improved attendance, the quality of teaching and after a portion of the health needs in the community. "These are citizens appointed to represent the taxpayers," Mr, McKinley told council. "They are taking the place of council members. We probably could run this council with fewer' members until given more responsibility." "The right move at this point is to adopt Section 27 (a) and give it a good try." said Reeve McKinley. "It puts more respons- ibility on the members, but if. done efficierirly- and--properly, there would riot be an .increase in the amount of time spent by. mil councillors." Sonic of the new information provided for council concerning the reduction of members, sparked new comment. That information showed that Bruce Cohnty now has 31 municipalities with 31 representatives; Welling- ton County has 21 municipalities with 26 members and effective January -1, 1977, will have only 21 members; Perth County will have 11 municipalities and 14 members, cffeetion January 1, 1977; Lambton County has 20 municipalities and effection January 1. 1977 will: have 26 ''members; and Middlesex County is presently rjooking into fewer members. • • Reeve Bill Elston ',of Grey Township warned council that the fewer members there, are, the easier it is to move „toward the amalgamation, of municipalities.. "We. should soon- know that civil: servants' are doing to the average citizen of this province," -said .Reeve Elston. "When there 'The Ministry is reportedly unhappy at 1.3 -arenas in the county. Arenas in :Exeter hnd Rlyth have been closed. But Sea forth Mayor Betty Canino' says clerk 'Bob Franklin has heard nothing from the, ministry about any problems at the local arena- "There's been no further indication from the Ministry of Labour that they want to look at the roof," the mayor • • She said she's been assured by Peter Sawyer of James F. • McLaren Ltd., the firm that did are too few elected people. we are"! being told what to do by civil servants." • Reeve Elston held up the school b ard in Huron as an example. e charged' that the elected trustees "don't have any input into the operation of our schools." Deputy-reeve Finlay MacDdnald claimed that ratepay- ers in Ashfield Twp. felt it was in insult to the township to suggest that only one county representa- tive should come from there. "I will be offended very much today if • this motion passes," complained Reeve MacDonald: The deputy-reeve from Tucker- smith, Ervin Sillery, said that the people "like to have the fellow in the neighborhood to talk to" about County matters. Tucker- smith Reeve Elgi n Thompson said Dr. Ted Hadwen from the University of Guelph found in a study of Huron that "everyone was 'happy with things as they are.", Bayfield Reeve Ed Oddleifson said ''the personal aspect" should not enter • into the discussion at all. He said the county council members should "consider strictly the economy for • this county." William Morley. deputy-reeve of Usborne Twp„ made a plea for council to reject Section 27 (a). -• According to Mr. Morley, —Huron has been leaders in the past. Maybe we're still-leaders if we stand pat on this issue. Maybe that will" be evident in the . future." engiherring when was strengthened two years ago. that the local arena meets the proYince's snow load standards. "There's no •Way it won't meet the 'ministry's -standards," the mayor said. Funds are currently being raised to make interior renovations at the arena...includ- ing adding and updating wash. rooms and change -rooms -at an estimated, cost of $200,0,00. The work on the .roof two years ago cost about $70,000, and the . amount was debentured' ..b:Y the town. , Hensall clerk Bob Heil says the ministry of labour has a report on the Hensall arena but the village. hasn't had any word from them. Major structural -repairs to the arena were made last year when $35,000. was spent. "The Hensall council has named a fund raising committee to raise money to repair some structural defieleticies that the ministry report noted. under 4e Contagious Animal Disease Act to sell any animals except for slaughter. Even when they are sold for slaughter, they have to be sold under a special license only, The farmer is also not permitted to 'bring any new ' cattle into the infected herd, but this is not as major a concern as selling cattle, according to br. Thompson, because bringing in cattle does not spread the infec- tion ,further. A maximum compensation fe $200 is paid to a farmer by the federal government for each herd cow he is ordered to sell and $450 for every purebred cow. The farmer also receives the price the mural& use for on the beef market. Whether the maximum compensation is paid out or not is left to the judgment of the federal veterinarians who determine if the animal is worth it. Cases of brucellosis have been found generally throughout the county with no special concentra• lion in any one area, according to Dr. Thompson. "We've found cases in both the north and south end of the county," he said. Once brucellosis has been discovered in a herd, there is a (Continued on Page 20) teachers' absentee rate. Mr, Shaw said. "It puts greater stress on teacher compet.ence." in order to hold the attention of a class fos 70 minutes, the principal said, Mr. Shaw says he's looking for the best system for Seaforth's school. "I'm not 'content with saying what's here now is -best. If this doesn't . work we'll try something else." (Continued on Ry.: 31, :eaforth'i_.arontaL is,• not ,cloSiog. Unlike many other municipali- ,the ties in Huron. one. thing Seaforth doesn't have to worry about is its arena being closed. Although the Seaforth arena's roof rafters were rebuilt and strengthened in :1974. the Ministry of Labour has been questioning the roof strengths of Sc'. end fairly new of newly renoy toed arenas.' including Clinton's and HensalEs. the roof choirs. About 200 people attended and a piciiic lunch and. games. and sports rounded out the day. Rev, E,S.Stephens Is minister at both thurChes. See star ; on theHersall pager. (Staff 'Moto)