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The Huron Expositor, 1976-07-29, Page 1$19-00 a Year in 44ivnilee Single copy ZS cents,,, WhOle No. 5658 117th. year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO THURSDAY, *JULY .21,1070 — 20 PAGES A WALK WITH SANTA — Santa Claus turned pied piper on. Tuesday and made an out of season visit to' Snoopy Summer School at S.P.S. For, the kids, anytime is Santa time and they.were thrilled with the Christmas in July that was part of the-nurSery school program. (Staff Photo) Huron:-Porth:BC)ord.0 pay, oggyefas ...to re- bbs driyer aygivoond • During the week from the 21 to the 27 of July, the Seaforth ' Police Department investigated _27 occiurences. They are: Parking Complaints 1 Children Cotnplaints 1 Noise Complaints 1 Animal Complaints 1 Assist Public 6 Police Information 5 Lost and Found Property 1 Assist Other Police Dep ts Suspicious Vehicle Reports- Property Damage. Mischief Family 'Disputes 2 1 3 1 2 Community wants wants dean at Vanastra eritage si ford; Ted Gebffrey of Zurich and John O'Drowsky of St. Marys, A board owned portable class- room rented to the Perth Board of Education last school term, has been moved to St. Patrick's School in Dublin. It will be used to alleviate the crowded classrooms, in the Dublin School and ':to,': accommodate an additional en-- rolment of 20 students from the Mitchell area who will be attend- ing school at St. Patrick's, starting in the fall term in September. " Permission was granted to Glenn Rittinger of the' Lutheran Chtirch, Berea by the Sea, Goderich to hold summer church school classes in St. Mary's Separate School in Goderich from August 16 to August 27, The meeting adjourned at 10:45 p.m. when the board went into committee of the whole. How big is too big? the question with Beigrave developmenf (By Wilma Oke) Concerned about buildings partially demolished months ago - and not cleaned up, weeds and tong' grass not cut by absentee owners, Ben• Bridge, president of Vanastra Community Association attended the Tuckersmith Town- ship Cowl' meeting Tuesday *night requesting action. "Vanastra looks like a jungle," Mr. Bridge said when he asked council to have the owners ordered to clean up the "rubble and weeds. He said if the owners didn't do it, then Council should have it done and bill the owners. Huron County weed inspector, Alex Chesney and Reeve Elgin At Thompson' agreed to tour Vanastra on Thursday morning with Mr. Bridge to determine what action to take. Mr. Bridge said there were 3000 persons from Michigan arriving at Vanastra on the weekend for a convention and he was disgusted at the condition of so many properties especially in the industrial area while others , were well cared for. Mr. Bridge presented Council with a letter from the Community Association expressing extreme dissatisfaction with the manner in which the Recreation Committee GaAs renting out the Recreation -Centre to the Single Club for spec ial occasions when his assocation was turned down. He said he had been. refused the Centre fc,n. the 1976-77 New Years Eve Party for 1), 'the residents of Vanastra and the Singles Club was getting it again next -New Years. • He stated that to avoid this unfair treatment to the Vanastra community in the future he had booked the Recreation Centre for parties for the next ten years on Hallowe'en, New Years Eve and Easter holidays. • Council ' agreed that the installation cost of water meters should' be billed to the owners upon installation and if not paid to be added to. the 'owner's tax bill plus costs. A flat 'rate will be charged for the.meters according to the site. Building permit. requests were approved for: Peter Swinkels, 'R.R.4 Seaforth, steel grain bin, Adrian Timmermans, R.R.3 Kippen;addition to barn, George Cantelon, R.R.4, Seaforth, new house; , Ernest Whitehouse, Egmondville, garage (storage); Bob Fotheringham, R.R.4, Seaforth, grain bin; Frank King, Egmondville, storage shed; Pearson Charters, R.R.3, Kippen, new house; Edgar Stoll, R.R.3, Kippen, new barn; Paul Livingston, Hensall, horse barn; John 'Hendricks, R.R.4, Seaforth, implement shed; Terry Craig, Egmondville, double garage; and Beverley Beddow, Egmondville, (M' Lady Vanities and Accessories)--renovate. old barn for showroom. Council agreed to me et with Clinton. Council- to discuss Clinton's proposal to annex Vanastra and the area between it and Clinton, Iri asking for the meeting Clinton suggested sometime in September as a date. Tuckersmith will receive an extra $13,100 for tile drain debentures in addition to the amount allotted in the spring. Clerk James McIntosh reported water samples at, Brucefield and Egmondville tested o.k. Mr. McIntosh was authorized to, apply for a L.I.P. grajit offered again this year by the federal government: Program suggested was clean-up work at Vanastra and possibly other areas of the township. Road Superintendent Allan Nicholson to be asked what work be had to suggest. A request was approved from the Ministry of Natural Resources for reforestation of three acres of Edward Roberts farm at R.R. 2, Kippen. Disturbances 2 Two motor vehicle collisions wre reported to and investiaged by the department with damages totalling $2250. Two persons were charged under the Liquor Licence Act. One person was charged under the Highway Traffic Act. One person was charged under the Criminal Code of Canada. Anumber of sets of keys and other items have been turned-in at the Police Station. Persons may claim same by identifying at- the Police Office. ( (by Wilma Oke) The Huron-Perth County Rom- an Catholic Separate School Board approved an increase of $1.00 per day in the rates paid to the drivers of the seven board- owned buses at a Meeting in Dublin Monday. The increase will raise the rate to $17,00 per day for 187 days during the school ,term. An increase of 9.8 per cent was. approved for the operators of the buses contracted by the board for the 1976-77 term. The , Director of Education, John, Yjntar of Stratford, had his salary adjusted upward $2,400 raiging ,it to $37,800, effective Augugt 1, 1976, to July 31, 1977. Trustees Howard Shantz of Stratford and John O'Drswsky of St. Marys were appointed to the committee. to, arrange the board- staff banquet in the fall. The board passed by a narrow margin a motion to pay a rental fee of $500,00 for the use of the Dublin and District Athletic As- sociation grounds by the students at ,St., Patrick's School which adjoins the playgrourids. Dublin trustee Joe Looby said the board had paid "a couple of hundred dollars a year" in, the Past for the use of the grounds and that the Athletic Assoc- iation's expenses increasing made them up the rent to $500. "This runs from June 1976 until June 1977 and, will be retie, ,'gotiated every year. It could go• doWn.", Mr. Looby said. With increasing enrolment and a new portable classroom being added at the Dublin school "Ove haven't the room at all" for a proper playground without using the Athletic Association land, Mr. Looby said. Trustees who voted against paying the $500 rent seemed to Tax reform meeting on Wednesday The Commission on the Reform of Property Taxation in. Ontario will hold a public meeting August 4 at the Goderich Collegiate gym- nasium to receive submissions on the Ontario Government's new system of property taxation. • The new system proposed by the government it based on a market value assessment and the Commission hopes to receive Submissions from local govern- ments, taxpayers and other interested persons in the area. (continued on Page 20) feel that a precedent was being set. Some other schools in the HPRCSS system have their play- grounds on parish land and therefore don't pay any rent,. the Dublin trustee told the Expositor. In a recorded vote, asked for by Stratford trustee Howard Shantz, the fee was approved by 6 to 5 vote and is for the academic year 1976-77, to be paid in September, In favour were Donald Crowley of Gadshill, Greg Fleming of Cred- iton, Francis Hicknell of Seaforth, Joseph Looby of Dublin, Vincent Young of Goderich and William Kinahan of Lucknow. Against were Mickey Vere, Ronald Marcy and Howard Shantz all 'of• Strat- How big will be too big is the question facing residents of Bel- grave, Who may shortly have 80 new homes' added to their rural hamlet. Feelings p f Belgrave residents have been ixed on a proposed devetopmerit by Lorne Hum- phrey, whieh, would add 35 to 40 single 6mily' dwellings and 35 to 40 multiple housing units, but most residents seem to agree with the view-expressed by Mrs. Lewis Stonehouse, correspondent for the Brussels Post. "I wouldn't want to see it grow too big, but it is nice to see it going ahead some," she said, The development, if approved, will be on the west side of Belgrave- in West Wawanosh' Township and would cover about 25 acres of land. The Huron County planning deertment ,has already decided th 1 this land can 'be used for urban purposes under the official plan for the county, according to George. Penfold, a representative of tine ,planning, office. A revised subinisilon by the developer should be before 'the planning committee in the next couple of weeks, Mr. Penfold said. He suggested that the planning committee may have to examine the commercial and multiple housing sections 'of the proposal to see if they fit with Belgrave's designation as a ham- let under the official plan. If any changes are made, in the developer's plans before they are wbeyr e law t he changes Heritage andsites, a new wzoning clerk , subjects when, Seaforth council had a special meeting, Iwo weeks before their regularity scheduled one, on Monday night. Council, 'with Reeve, John Flannery and Councillor, George Hildebrandient agreed with its Architectural Conservancy Advisory committee(SAC Ai C) recommendation . that • Victoria Park, the Town hall, and the Seaford'. Agricultural Society's. Round House at the fairgrounds be designated heritage sites., If there are no objections to the three sites being designated, by a council bylaw their appearance will be protected from drastic change or demolition under the Ontario Heritage, Act. The act is i designed to protec,t Ontarlo buildings of historic or ' . A w' architectural importance. SA-CAC chairman , Winn McLean and d committee member Grace 4; -.: • oo. Cornish presented the rive sets recommendation, Councillors re ected the recommendation of another . 0 1 appointed body, j Seaforth's ' • Planning Board when theypassed a by law rezoning a lot and a half ozi Main street south from recor —restricted industrial to community, commerical. The owner of the property, just south of the former Fina Station, Les Seiler, wanted the property rezoned so that he could establish a retail furniture, business there.- Mr. .Seiler is now building a furniture warehouse and wholesale outlet on land west of his • Seafortti,, Creemery. ,Ltd, building,. a use that Is alloWatie• on land zoned industrial. The Planning Board wanted!? council. to stick with itsi - application to the Ontario Municipal Board, asking that 'the whole Main St. South strip be changed from industraial to highway' commerical, which submitted to the— Ministry. of Housing for approval, they may partly be due to questions raised by residents at a recent public meeting., At that meeting concern was expressed over providing services to the new development as well as the impact that the increase in Belgrave's population would have on the hamlet. Residents also wanted to know if the new development would require the installation of sewers in the whole village. The soil may not be suitable for handlirig. the discharge from multiple unit housing, according to• Mr. Penfold, who said that it is now being tested to see if septic tanks can take the load. In a population and attitude survey carried out by Nick Hill, consultant to the developer, ' it was found that 86 percent were unopposed or in favour of deve- lopment in their village. But 47 percent qualified their answers by stating they were against ram- pant development and overpopulation. Simon Hallahan, reeve of West Wawanosh township, says that he is in favour of development, but agrees with others that he would not like to see "too much growth." "We have to have more people in Canada, but people don't want any expansion in their own little nest. It is a selfish attitude many people have," Mr, Hallahan said. Lost your keys? The police may have them HANG ON, HERE WE GO EvEybody had a good chance to wear off their excess energy, at the roliathon last WedneSday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Abodt $800 was raised in pledgps which will go towards arena repairs. (Staff Photo)' ontrecill ympic d Gordon Moylan, Dave O'teilly and Roil. Henderson, driving a Honda automobile left Seaforth at 11 p.m. Saturday night, obtained tickets for the Stadiuni at the Montreal Olympics. early Sunday' morning and watched events both there and at the Maurice Richard Arena: After watching the Olympics; .they *Tatted fro*,. Montreal Sunday eVening, arriving at St. Columban at 2 a.m. Monday, morning. All this was after playing soccer in London on Saturday afternoon. 5111e three speculate that they may have set a new Olympic record for the Seaforth - Montreal - St. Colum- ban drive. • would allow certain types ofretnil . outlets, instead of alb:Mink l',44* Seiler's request. Acting town " clerk Ernie Williams said. be hopes that the bylaw eelMell passed changing the 7,0)1i/la of Mr. Seiler's property can i.e added as an amendment to the application to change the whole strip to highway commerical. Williams-said Mr. Seiler will be unable to start construction on his Main Street, South property until approval for the zoning change comes from the OMB. Three applications• were received for "the job of town clerk-treasurer, by the Monday deadline. Council's 'finance (Continued on Page 20) • Dianne Oldfield with ii r Nova Scotia visitor Margarete Ziiiig Your roads are so straight, 4-H visitor from N. S. says It might come as a surprise to most people, but what impresses a girl from Nova Scotia about Ontario is the way our roads are laid out. "It's unbelievable," says . , Mar- garete Zillig from Hants County, Nova Scotia, who is staying at the farm of Dianne-Oldfield's of R.R. 4, Seaforth as part of the 4:H exchange program. "The roads are really straight and they all meet at 90 degree angles. Every- thing is so organized. In Nova Scotia the roads just go in any direction. Besides our straight roads and "very flat land," Margarete has found some surprises in Ontario's farming methods. "People in Nova Scotia always think of Ontario as being ahead of the game, We think of Ontario as having bigger farms and machin- ery, but in some ways the farms here aren't as advanced. In Nova Scotia every farmer with 25 cows or more has a pipeline. Here, they are only stopping can shippers next year, and we already have," she ,said. Farming in Nova -Scotia is 'different in other ways as well. , One major difference is that there are "farms and more farms here," says Margarete, whereas in Nova Scotia farms tend to be in pocket§ of maybe 10 farms. There are 'more part-time farmers in Nova Scotia compared to Ontario and more sons stay on the farms here than they do there, she says.• "On our road we are the only ones who really farm," she said. Margarete is one of four young people from Nova Scotia who are 'on a 4-H exchange trip to Huron County and is spending this week' with the Oldfields and then will spend next week with Barbara Miller of R.R. 3, Exeter. She is' a member of the Burlington Workers 4.H Club in Nova Scotia. 4-H clubs in Nova Scotia are organized differently than in Ontario with all members in a county belonging to a general club regardless of the individual area they are working in. What are separate clubs here, such as the calf chib and the .forage club, are only projects there. Clubs start in September 'and run through the entire year in Nova Scotia while in Ontario, clubs are generally organited in the spring and run through until the fall. Another thing that surprised Margarete about Ontario, which will likely surprise most people here, was the 'number of. Cana% dian flags flying. , I "They're everywhere: houses, halls, everywhere. I've never seen so many. In Nova Scotia We think of Ontario as being pattiOle though, sort of a counter-Weight to Quebec and it must bet" 'she Said, rasnua..