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The Huron Expositor, 1976-07-15, Page 1. Single uopy ?Scepla, THE BIG APPLE — That's what must have seemed like to a very yo one who's trying to get a mouthf The Lions were pleased with the c ions Carnival ild, like this candy apple. wd at their 41st annual such event to raise funds for the operation of the Lions Pool. (Staff Photo) Witi -pfixes at Lions. Cathiyal The town of Seaforth may have a green belt corridor along Silver Creek and a nature park with its boundaries if the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority. acts on a request by council to study the matter. In a unanimous move Monday night, council endorsed a brief by Leone Rowat, Seaforth's repre- sentative to the ABCA, asking the Authority to carry out a study of the land ownership and potential for development of a green belt corridor along Silver Creek within -the boundaries of Seaforth. The brief stated that the proposed study should ascertain the attitude of the present owners regarding the establishment of the suggested green belt corridor and a map of the ownership of properties along Silver , Creek should be prepared. The same brief suggested Seaforth also might look into the acquisition of Munn's bush in the future. "This valuable property has great potential as a beautiful natural sanctuary, wild animal habitat and nature trail to border the north west area of our town.lt has excellent resource material at close range for any outdoor educastion day use program on our school curriculum," Mrs. Rowat's brief said. "I certainly think it alniold be investigated, because .sure would make a. good park," "said Councillor Wayne Ellis. •' — Other members of council agreed and voted to endorse the brief: eaforth endorses BEST LIGHTNING ROD IN TOWN- Whoever said lightning never strikes twice in the same place never stood under. Charlie Green's black walnut tree in a thunder storm. The tree was struck by lightning years ago and managed to survive, and then., was" struck by lightning again Friday night. M r. Green,. who is pointing ,out the original scar .left by earlier" strike and the bark stripped off the tree higher up by Friday's hit, says this time his tree might not make it, but he is going to try and save it because it makes such a good lightning rod. 4 (Staff Photo) „ Whore No 56.56 07th Year 20 PAGES SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,THIJRSDAY, JULY 15, 1976 Council endorses brief to Ausable Bayfield Seafo,rth may get Creek .green belt, Reeve criticizes street restoration qi It Councillor Crocker resigns In a surprise move at Seaforth council Monday night, Councillor Jim Crocker, chairman of the é finance committee, resigned. Councillor Crocker, nearing the end of his second term, said he would not be eligible to run again this December because he was closing his shoe business . in Seaforth. Councillor Crocker lives ' in Tuckersmith. Under the terms of the Ontario Municipal Act the councillor could have finished out his present term. "I'd just as soon not say anything further at this time. It'll all • come out in the wash," he told the Expositor. Council accepted his resignation "with regret" and appointed Deputy Reeve Bill Dale to head the finance committee, until the end of the term. Councillor Crocker's seat on council will retnain vacant, council decided, because there are only a few "months until the elections. 1000 at Craft Festival Organizers of the third annual Seaforth Craft Festival estimate that- 1000 people stopped and shopped at 50 exhibit booths at the arena Saturday. Jane Vincent, who with June Ball is co-presi- dent of Unit 5, Northside United Church which sponsored the show said profits should be about $1,000. The money will ,he used, fl' church projects, 'Mrs. Vince' said. The show was convened b Doreen McCall and Joyce Hugill as secretary and Marg. Sallows, Treasurer. Mrs. Vincent said the Unit hasn't decided if they'll sponsor the show again next year "but if we don't somebody should". Most exhibitors felt the show was well organized, and seemed happy with/their sales, she said. Customers at the show came from as far away as Holland, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, Oregon, California, Alberta, New • Brunswick and Sault Ste. Mark Ontario. (Continued on Page 31 were popular, as they have been for more than 30 years. •The bingo set up in the picnic pavilion and the penny sale attracted a lot of participation. Penny Sale winners are on family (Continued on Page 3) Seaforth lawyer dies at 68 A long time Seaforth resident and lawyer, and a former council- or, Alvin Wilson Sillery died suddenly at his Goderich Street East residence on Friday. 'He was 68. Born in Staffa, he came to •Seaforth with his family as a child. After graduating from Seaforth • schools, he attended Osgoode Hall, Toronto and was in Kingston for a short time before opening an office in Seaforth in 1946. He continued to practice law here until his retire- meet in 1968. He was at member of Phi Delta Phi. „Enlisting in 1939, he served until 1945, when he retired with the rank of major. Active in the community, he took a leading part in a number of area organizations. He served on town council for several years. As a past president" of Branch 156, Royal Canadian., Legion, he was awarded a Legion Golden Anni- versary service inedattust a week before his death: For many years a member of the Lions Club, he served as president in 1955. He is survived by his widow, the former Sally Irene Wood of Kingston, lo whom he was married in Kingston, July 16, 1944 and by one son Peter of Toronto. He also is survived by two brothers, Morrison of Moose Jaw, Sask., and Garnet of Kenora, Ont. A member of Northside United Church, a funeral service was conducted by his minister Rev. M.E. Reuber at the Whitney- Ribey Funeral Home on Monday. Interment followed in Staffa Cemetery when pallbearers were: Dr. Rodger Whitman, F,C.J. Sills, Neil Bell, Wm. M. Hart, George Kruse and George Hays. Flowerbearers were: John C. Crich, John Modeland and A.Y. ,Metean. Council should be getting a little more severe with the Ministry of the Environment over the way the streets are being left after sewer installation has taken place, Reeve John, Flannery told ' members of council Monday night. "We've been putting up with abominable conditions;" he said. "This wouldn't be put up with in Toronto or there would be a I .", Reeve Flannery .told council that he had talked to Bill Graham,' engineer on the project, and `understood that someone was coming from Hensall to do the restoration of streets after sewers are inst ailed. "My' feeling is that ,if they are going to sublet this, we are going, to get a really rotten job. When the last pipe is laid, restoration will be forgot about," he said. The sewer constractors, Vasto Construction, fisted. two subcontractor's for restoration work when they submitted their original tender on the' Seaforth sewer job, Peter Sawyer of James F. MacLaren Ltd.,, the engineers on the project said. "That was spelled out to sewer liaison committee members when the job started," he added. M.S.O. Construction of Rexdale are scheduled to do the surface work and tarring and chipping and Riverside Construction of London will be .doing the aphalt work, according to VAsto's tender.. "If there is any change the general contractor will have to get approval from the ministry and from us," Mr. Sawyer said. It's possible that one of those firms may be doing restoration work in Hensall where sewers are now under construction and could be Moving to do restoration, here as soon as they finish in Hensall, he said. Members of council agreed with Reeve Flannery and it was. Suggested that any further payment due on the sewers not be made until proper restoration was made. Mayor Betty Cardno pointed out that council did not deal with the contractors, but only with the Ministry of the Environ- ment and there were no current payments to be made. "We don't have to accept the sewers from the ministry if they're not done properly though," she told council. Reeve Flannery said that he would bring the matter up at the Sewer Liaison Committee meeting on Thursday, and would press for a start to 'sewer restoration. "They have- to keep roads in proper condition so you can at .least drive on them,", said Councillor John Sinnamon. Mr. Sinnamon requested that the matter of grading the streets be brought . up at Thursday's meeting as well. Acting Clerk Ernie Williams asked for council 's direction concerning the billing of residents who .were on the 1963 sewers. Residents who have • been on sewers for 13 years are being billed for' the same amount as those on the new sewers even though they have paid frontage for 13 years, he said. "That is absolutely wrong," said Councillor Charles Campbell. "I'd scream bloody murder if I had to pay that." Clerk Ernie Williams said he felt residents on the 1963 sewers should only have to pay for 17 more years as that project was for only 30 years and that if they wanted' to commute the entire fee, a small cummutation factor should be applied. It was agreed this matter would also be taken up with the Ministry of the Environment represen- tataive on Thursday. ONE, TWO THREE UP — The Lions Carnival. wouldn't be the carnival if some vandardidn't push over one of the walking bridges into the park. It happened Thursday night; the bridge was put upright and then it was pushed over again Friday Morning. This volunteer crew, including Lions club Police warn garden seats and expensive There's been a raft of thefts of including wrought iron seats and rockers, have been stolen from lawn chairs in Seaforth and police outside four Seaforth homes this are asking residents to keep an week. And the OrP is investigat- eye on their own and ing similar thefts in Harpurhey. neighbouring properties. "We'd appreciate help from Police Chief John Cairns says members of the public," the eight chairs, expensive ones, chief said. Anyone noticing the an area basis. The p'roposal notes that 'there are Rave and , Have Not,,. communites. The Have communities have the tax base to hire full-time recreation staff and operate adequate facilites. The Have Not communities have not the tax base for staff and in some cases facilites." "Conceal, cooperation and presic.; ,nt Dr. Bill Thompson worked hard, top getting the bridge out of the water, centre hoisting it up level and bottom getting it steadily in place. And that's how it stayed for the rest of the Carnival.. (Staff Photo) firemen's hats that were in the cab were recovered in a ditch north of St. Coltimban and 'a missing hose was tinted in by someone who found it on the road. 'The two will appeal' in court in Seaforth on:Wednesday, July 21. Three nights of good weather helped make the" 41st annual Lions Carnival a suceess. Warm dry weather held out until about 9:30 Saturday night when rain forced an early ending to some of the outdoor activities. Crowds wandered through the midway set up at the Lions 'Park, trying their luck at the games of chance and eating carnival food'. Rides provided by Carter Shows county recreation Another step in the continuing fight towards County wide co- ordinated recreation programs was won last Monday night when council endorsed a proposal by the HurOn County recreation study group. The proposal, which is be presented to County Council for a vote in late September, calls for recreation services to be set up on coordination on, an area basis, between various munipalities in a particular geographic area, cant' start the ball rolling toward resolving the inequities that now exist," the proposal says. The proposal notes several areas which need to be discussed before area recreation is instituted on trial . basis. (Continued on' Page 3) Watch for lawn chair theft pick-up. of outside furniture should take the vehicle's licence number and call the police. Two people have been charged,. with mischief in last weekend's temporary disappearance of the fire truck, the chief said. Four