The Huron Expositor, 1976-07-08, Page 14
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ROBERT ELLIGSEN • ' STEPHEN RICE
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FAYE STOREY
JOANNE BODE
Hospital to look
at report on
it's efficiency
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COME ON IN, IT'S COOL -- Caroline Wilson and
Mary Lynn Glaw in the foreground are listening
carefully to their swimming instructor While they
enjoy the coolest place in town these days ...the
Lions Pool,Pool supervisor Kathy BrUker. Said there
are' More students than last year taking daily
swimming lessons at the park, and beginner and pre
beginner classes are full. Another block of lessons
Starts in August and registration can be done now for *1
those Classes, (Staff Photo)
AN IMPORTANT SERVICE — •Nearly 50 couples
helped celebrate the centennial of Brucefield United
Church on Sunday when they renewed their wedding
vows. The two longest married couples are above,
right, Mr. and Mrs. Gregor McGregor who were
married at Brucefield United 53 years ago and left,
After. Sunday " crime" binge
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Scott, who have been married 51
years. A number of the brides, including Mrs.
McGregor, wore their wedding dresses. The church
was crowded with well wishers for ,the holnecoming
service. (Photo by Oke)
Fire tanker found in McKillop
AT CRAFT SHOW — Among the many exhibits
scheduled for: the Seaforth Craft Festival here on
Saturday is , a display of paintings by a former
Seaforth resident, the late Muriel Willis Watson of
Goderich. Shown with a numb er of the paintings
which will be offered for sale is her sister Mrs. Beth,
ti Bechely of Seaforth. (Staff Photo)
It's carnival time
Ernie Carter's back
Ernie Carter is back in town
with his cotton candy, taffy
apples, and Ferris wheel' for the
Lions Carnival tonight, tomorrow
and, Saturday. Although he isn't
sure exactly how many this will
make it, he says it must be n early
forty years he has been travelling
to Seaforth for the carnival with
his show.
"Things here are about tire
same as ever," Mr. Carter says
as he checks to make sure a ride is
being set up in the proper place.
"The only thing that is different
,is the people."
Mr. Carter says that he looks
forwatd to coming. back to
Seaforth every year as it' "is
another chalice to just visit
everyone." However, the interest
in the show has fallen off in
Seaforth more than any, other
place that his show goes, he says.
"I don't know why they don't
get bigger crowds here. I
temember back.a few years there
used to be cars filling that 'parking
lot and backed up and down that
road," he said.
Mr. • Carter has been
continually on the road' for the
past forty years. Next week 1,1e
will be in Sarnia, the week after in
Goderich and after that in
Blenheim.
"It is quite the life," Mr.
Carter says with a smil6. "It's my
life, it's all that I know. I enjoy it.
If 1 didn't enjoy it I wouldn't be
here."
Mr:Carter says' that it is a lot
harder to get help than it was In
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SEAFORTH, ONTARiQI, '711100DAY,.my 8,1976 • 20-PAGES
Over some objections
Tuckersmith mete
water at Vanastra
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garage; and Harry Sidney;t
Vanastra, a car port with', 'tl*
provision that it would be 00111
four feet away from the Ptypeas
O line and that Mr. Sidney sir.
an entry permit' from the teg
superintendent.
Road superintendent Allan
Nicholson reported Neil Hoppet
had checked out the Egmondville
water sygtern. He said Mr).
Hopper had said a different plane
onwell I would be able to produce
double the amount of water now
pumped.
Council decided to order the
pump at a cost of $700, The
members considered building a
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temporarily until a replacement
for Mr. Franklin can be found.
Applications for the job are being
accepted ui3til-Moitday,,,,Nly, 26: •••
Mr. Franklin, who hasa home
on North Main Street said he and
his wife will remain in Seaforth'
for the time being, Hp plans to
take the summer off.
Bode; Darlene Carnochan of
R.R.3 Seaforth, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Carnochan;
Robert Elligsen, • of R.R.4.
Walton, son, of Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin Elligsen; Stephen Rice of
Seaforth, son of • Mr. and', Mrs.
Harold Rice; Fay Storey 'of
Seaforth, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mor ley Storey; and. June
Williamson of R.R.3, Walton,
daughter of -Mr. and Mrs. James
T. Williamson.
Seaforth Community Hospital
Board will be represented at a
meeting which is being initiated
by Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital. at Goderich to consider
changes in ambulance service in
the county. The matter was
discussed at the June meeting of
the Board.
However in approving
representation at the Meeting the
board emphasized that the
ambulance service now being
provided was, in its opinion,
▪ satisfactory and that Suggested
changes to provide a county
dispatch service would be
unlikely to result in any
improvement particularly since a
Seaforth ambulance dispatcher on
a .,24 hour basis by Seaforth
Community Hospital now services
not only the north east section of
the county but also several
municipalities in Perth. This
includes an area from Clinton to
Mitchell and from Brussels to
Hensall. Through the Seaforith
dispatch centre continuous
contact is maintained with other
dispatch centres and hospitals
• which ensures back up capacity.
Hospital, costs continue below
budget., the finance committee
advised the board. As of the end
Seaforth clerk quit
to voice the opinion of council
when he said "The biggest
advantage of meters is that those
people who use water will pay for
it.,,
Rev. Carl Boersma and Alfred
Dykstra of the fledgling Christian
Reform Church at Vanastra
attended the council meeting to
protest the huge water and
sewage bill the church received
recently amounting to over $600
for the year,
Stating the church is used Only
for one service Sunday morning
and a couple of evenings for
Church, activities Mr. Boersma
suggested his church should get a
preferred rate as do Churches in
' Seaford) clerk-treasurer Robert
Franklin resigned at a special
meeting of town council Monday
night, His resignation is effective
immediately.
M'r. Franklin, who: was clerk of
South Walsingham Township on
Lake Erie before he came to
Seaforth in February 1975, said
Clinton. He said his church
membership is only beginning.
with about 25 receiving
membership in in the fall.
Council asked Mr. Boersma for
time to study the problem before
coming to .a decision.
Geo Radford Construction of
Blyth was awarded the tender for
the construction of the O'Brien
Drain, amounting to $2,475.
Work is to be started
immediately. The Radford tender
was the lowest of two.
Building permits were granted
to:Robert Van Den Neucker of
R.R.4, Seaforth, move grain . bin
onto his property; James
McIntosh, R.R.4, Seaforth, a
he felt the increased work load
was too much for, one man to
handle. The ex-clerk said he had
taken only one day's holiday
since, he started the job 17 months
ago.
Mayor Betty Cardno said
former' clerk Ernie Williams has
agreed to act as clerk-treasurer
Six Seaforth District High
School students have received the
honour of being named Ontario
Scholars. In order to be an
Ontario" scholar, a student must
achieve an overall standing of 80
percent or more in six grade
'thirteen subjects.
The six Ontario Scholars are
Joanne • Bode of Seaforth.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
It could have been very
serious if there had• been a fire.
That's Seaforth police. Chief
John Cairn's reaction to' the theft
sometime early Sunday morning
„s IC the Seaforth Area Fire
Department's tanker truck.
The truck was discovered
abandoned, with its keys on the
seat about 7:30 Sunday morning
on a side road amile and quarter
east and a mile north of St.
'Columban.
Seaforth Constable Ron Lauzon
had notice the fire hall door open
and the truck missing more than a
hour earlier, but police don't
know how long before that the
truck was stolen. Someone who
lives near the fire hall reported
hearing noise at about 3 a.m.
The tanker had 'been used, in
the Bayfield Centennial parade
Saturday afternoon,
Fingerprint experts from the
Mount Forest OPP' went over the
recovered tanker Chief Cairns
said, and charges may be laid.
Whoever took the tanker can be
charged with joyriding, but the
case would probably be treated
very seriously because an
emergency vehicle is involved,
Chief Cairns said.
In another development from a
busy weekend, Larry M. Coyne,
21 R.R.#2 Staffa and Peter W.
Flannagan, 20, R.R.1 Dublin
entered guilty pleas in Provincial
,Court in Goderich Monday
to a charge of taking a car without
the owner's consent from Leo
Medd's car lot early Sunday
morning. •
The two were remanded for
pre-sentence reports and will
appear in court here on July 21.
The OPP are investigating a
break in at the Lions Park_
pavillion, also sometime Sunday
morning, in which windows in one
of the doors were broken and a
rack of potato chips stolen and
thrown into. Silver Creek. geer
bottles • littered. the bathing
pavilion. Last week,• beer bottle,
were thrown into the ne'ly
painted pool.
In another incident in
Egmondville, a tractor and wagon
owned by Jim McNairn was set
up as a barricade across the
Kippen road at the ,Bayfield river
.bridge. OPP Constable Jim
MacLeod laid charges in this
case.
Chief Cairns said his auxilliary
constable, on his way home to
Grand Bend after working in •
Seaforth Saturday night, almost
ran into the wagon which was
of May total operating costs were
$461,161.00 compared to a
budget total of $480,303.00.
The board has agreed to obtain
an outside opinion on' how well
the 48 bed hospital is being run.
The board accepted the offer of
the Regional Management
Engineering Unit —for South-
western Ontario, a.two-man study
team based at University Hospital
in London, to conduct a free
feasibility study into• whether an
in-depth efficiency • study of
hospital operations is needed.
Business adjninistrator Gordon
McKenzie said he will meet with
team co-ordinator Gary Byrne to •
work out a' timetable and other
details,
The team will make a general
appraisal of hospital operations
and , if it finds areas which
warrant closer examination,
report them to the board, said
Mr. McKenzie. The board will
then decide whether It wants to
pay fOr an efficiency study.
Mr. McKenzie said the board
'favored the proposal because
often "those living inside a
situation can't see it as clearly as
someone who comes from outside
to look at it,"
'thinks perhaps the Medd car was,
stolen and the fire truck taken out
during that time.
across the highway. Town police
stood by in Egmondville until the
OPP arrived and • Chief Cairn§
(By Wilma Oke)
Tuckersmith Township
Council will go ahead with the
installation of water meters in
Vanastra this fall inspite of
complaints from two or three
residents.
Reeve Elgin Thompson at a
council session in Brucefield
Tuesday night, said one of those
against the meterssuggested that
▪ it would better for each
householder to contribute his
installation cost of the meter
toward paying off the debt
incurred by the Vanastra
Recreation Board. The debt is
reported to be about $46,000 and
is to be paid by the taxpayers in
Vanastra.
The meters are estimated to
cost about $80 each for the 216
Jr homes in the hamlet.
One of the reasons, among
several, for the decision is that 60
per cent more water is used at
Vanastra than should be.
A committee named to study
the water system and meters and
the Ministry o he Environment
(which owns water and
• sewage sys m) both
recommended tfie installation of
tr, meters.
Councillor Robert Bell seemed
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DARLENE CARNOCHAN
JUNE WILLIAMSON
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Ontario Scholars
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