The Huron Expositor, 1978-02-09, Page 1$12.00 a Year in Advance ,
Single copy 25 cents SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1978 — 24 PAGES Whole No. 5735
119TH Year
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Inside, this week •
In urou k(fxrsitor
Broomhall Photos P. 11
English Helper P. 7
Brodhagen Carnival #.21
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much business
n rivate: trustees
The second meeting outlining • happened - before the birth, and
the propokd sex edfication -after, during the year or two
program at . Seaforth 'District
Highschool brought out over 100
people .(at least a third of whom
had not attended the first session)
Last Wednesday -night -
Marguerite Falconer, a nurse
with the Huron County Health
Unit gave a brief review of the
first session. The second prograin
through a film, focussed in on . a
teenage pregnancy and the
changes in the lives of mother,
father and child in' the two or
three years after its birth. The
sessions are designed to 'show
parents a proposed sex education
program for SDHS students.
The program stressed that the
first two years are very important
to the developMent of the child :
and many mental problems are,
traced back to mother and child at
this particular stage. It viis 'also
pointed out that teenage
pregnancy • usually means
education is discontinued, and '
----limited_opp °ruin ities _for-i program
‘-SDHS sex education film
100 people preview .
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'ARE GETTING YOUNGER
EVERY YEAR?—NO, not really. A group of children
from the Seaforth Nursery ScIlool_were taking a tour..,
of the fire station on Thursday and fire chief Harry
Hak let them fry on the firemen's hats, 'in the front
row,from (I) are: Victoria Bisback of Hensall, Shawn
Little of Seaforth, and Sara Teall of Seaforth. In the
second row from (I) are Melissa Whitmore of Walton,
Tyler Papple of RR4, Seaforth, Andrew Kennedy of
following, what support each of
the. couple' received from their
families ; and what happened to
the support they had for each
4:7°,
A discussion period following
the film opened with a question
asking what value this film, would
have to the, students. Response
front -thK-school staff indicated
very strongly that the film ..points
out the responsibility of
parenthood, , the problems that
.occur, and hoW a relationship
changes. ~lt .was felt that the
students, throngli discussibn
after seeing the film would form,
their own values. ....
Several parents said that when
discussing birth control methods
all the problems and raniifications,
should be pointed out, and that
abstinence be included as an
option.,
would influence the child and
increase promiscuity. Those
presenting the program explained
that studies have indicated this
not to be the case.
In presenting the total picture
as to birth control and sex
education, abstinence would of
course be included, and the
school would of course . not
advocate promiscuity, SDHS
Principal Bruce Shaw said. Mr..
Shaw stressed that one aim of this
program is to help those who
interest group and consumers
should not be 'allowed to hold
down farm gate, prices.
Non - farmers should pay
enough, for food 'to maintain a
viable domestic farming industry.
• Without farmers, as a national
resource there would be no need
for 'a National Food Policy.
Jack Riddell pointed out that,.
-there are very few farmers
government and as soon as we are
reliant on foreign food we are in
the same boaras we are with Oil."
Reporting food prices broken
down into domestic and foreign
imported food • costs was
suggested by James McIntosh of
Tuckersmith ISM director for
Huron West Central.
"For a truefarm level picture of
food costs, a further. division of
the price index should be made- to
show the farm gate cost of
Canadian produced food plus food
handling costs," his brief said.
Murray Gaunt urged that the
brief be pushed through to, the
CFA eonventibri„boitig held-Sohn.
Input costs are another of the
Many rising % problems 'facing
fathers today, John Van Beers
Huron F of A director, suggested
Several parents were
• Influence
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farmin
in his brief that parts be
standardized to reduced costs;,
that a warranty system bem based
on hours of use and that more
research on design and
engineering be done,
"The cost of a medium sized
tractor is in the neighbourhood of
$22,000 and $50,000 for a
combine. Yet many of -these
tractors and combines have to be
returned for repairs, or traded
because of poor workmanship or
design. Individual farmers are
paying for the lack of adequate„
research and poor
workmanship" he said.
Mr. Van Beers requested that
the government speak out againit
ever increasing hydro rates and
the discrepancies that exist in
rates.
One unidentified -turn asked
why farmers buy 200 gallons of
gas and pay cash for 91 cents per
gallon and anyone else can have
gas filled into their cars, charge it
and pay Six months later and yet
still only pay 78 Cents per gallon.
The MPPS both agreed that
these high.' itipin costs and
discrepancies should and will be
investigated. . •
Harpurhey, Haar Dolmage of Walton, Jo Carlson of
rural Seaforth, Steven Papple arid Jason Papple of
RR4, Seaforth, and. David Soontiens of RR5,:Seaforth
is standing at,. ttie very back On-the leftiTand side.
Standing in t he background are from (I) Karen
Whitmore tram outside of Seaforth, a volunteer
helper;'Gloria Reeves of Seaforth, a mother, Joanne
Groothuis of Seaforth the teacher and Dawn Papple a
mother from RR4, Seaforth.
concerns of Mr. Turkheim
beeause committee of the whole is
Misconstrued. Ike said certain
sectors. of the.eommunity feel that
the board is dealing with a lot of
items behind the curtain of
committee of the whole and is
really operating the education..
system in that manner. Mr. Hill
said that is not the case, pointing
out that in most cases sensitive
issues are handled. in private for
the benefit of trustees who want
to ask certain questions or
provide conversation they feel
would be difficult to do in public.
"It might be advisable for the
• board to identify, the subjects
being dealt With ire committee of
the whole 'before the board goes
into committee," said Mr. Hill.
He added that to permit
committees meeting after the
private seSsion of •the board to
plan their agendas the board may
endeavor to outline what will be
done in the committee of the
whole and keep subjects as
"confined as possible".
Mr. Turkheim said the lengthy
committee of the whole, sessions
,were not giving board committees
enough time to handle their
business after the board session.
He added r that four trustees,
members of . .the executive
committee, drive to Clinton for
the committee of the whole
session and have no business
after that, and the board pays the
cost for them to be there. He
suggest .Cd that by reverting to the
_old system of meeting in private
before the regular board meeting
the hoard may save money.
,Board chairman R. J. Eliott
Lloyd Eisler of Seaforth and his
partner Lori Baier of Mitchell,
became silver medalists in junior
pairs competition at the recent
national figure skating chantpion
ships in Victoria.
When asked how he felt about
Winning the medal Lloyd said,
"ph, quite happy. We could have
skated' better than,we did." . •
Lloyd aided 'that he didn't
think it would have made any
difference in the standings if they
suggested that the executive
committee could meet as well as
the other board committees which
would permit the board to .take
full, advantage of the time of the
executive committee Members.
Shirley Hazlitt, trustee 'for
Colborne, reminded the board
that the new system , of
committees and meetings was
adopted by the board on' a
one-year trial basis. She said that
if the board only tries the system
opce,it isn't "Being fair to the
system'!.
She added that already same
things are being taken out of
committee of the whole referring
to one item on the agenda that
last year she felt would not have
About 260 people passed through
Bill Beue' rman.
He also said there was about
147 entries in the poker rally on
Sunday, and there had never .12ecn •
more than 40 or 50 in previous
years.
He said that this was the most
successful carnival they've had
becuase of the two days. Other
years it was only held for one day.
"We had more entries this year
in 'everything," Mr. Betterman
said.
Proceeds from the event go to
the Brodhagen Chamber of
Commerce.
Winners of the novelty race.
were: Thunder' Mug (J. & G.
Equipment ,Monkton)--Paul
Haynes and Bob Scott, Earl
LLOYD AND LORI
Huron F of A says no to
consumer say in
careers exist. Often a repeated
pregnancy occurs because the girl
is poorly prepared to cope with
parenthood and the emotional
and physical problems that
follow. The high risk factor of
physical problems in both mother
and child was also briefly
discussed by Ms. Falchner.
Support
A film, entitled "To Love and
To Care For" was shown to 'the
group. Parents were asked to
keep in mind ,what changes
The Huron Federation of
Agriculture believes that
agricultural policies_ should not
come under, the influence of
consumers according to oneof the
briefs presented to MPP's Jack
Riddell and Murray Gaunt
Saturday at , the annual MPP
presektation in Clinton. Huron
MP Bolo McKinley was unable to
be present.
Bev Brown, second vice
president of Huron County F of A,
Said that farm incomes fell 19
percent last year, 13 percent the
year before and this year a further
drop pf 6 'percent is expected.
"The fartners would like to be
held down like everyone else to 'a
6-10 percent increase"
commented Ms. Brown.
"In 1951 one farmer fed
himself and 16 other people. In
1976, one fartneried himself and
5J other people. This Rig a
360 percent increase in
productivity. How , many other
industries in Canada have as good
a track teeord2"
Her brief alga suggested:
We are all consumers and
represent a function not 'an
a teacher than to parents,
At the third and last meeting
last night 'Wednesday, VD and
Birth Control were the topics.
Immediately prior to the ,
opening of.the Hibbert. Township
council • meeting, Reeve Ross
McPhail expresSed Council's
appreciation to Road Superinten-
dent. Ernie Harburn for his and
the Road Crew's 'services during
the recent storm. Particular
reference was made to Operators ,
Diehl and Kcmp who at the
height of the sfOrm operated two
plows to, rescue.a Ontario Hydro
Lineman, and convey' him to the
Medical Centre in Mitchell for
medical aid. Afterwards these
same two operators, with a hydro
truck botween---the--tWo plows,
opened' roads, not only.in Hibbert
Township,' but in the adjoining
Townships of Usborne and
Tuckersmith to permit repairs to
hydro lines to be made, and so
restore services to . the rural
inhabitants. ,
Dale Le Soutar of the Ministry
of Transport & Communications
conferred , with council on the
building up of certain roads in the
Township, the transference of
maintenance monies ro
construction, and radio service in
the Township. Jack Fowler, the
township's building inspector
conferred with council on the.
rebuilding of at - residence in
Dublin destroyed by fire. Council
g iven
a sked that every assistance be
this
The Road Superintendent was
instructed to arrange for the
installation of a base station and
tower at the Township Garage,
and a satelite transmitter and
receiver at the Township. Office.
The horse drawn Sawyer Massey
Grader's "boxing" will be and
repaired and ready for the
'Police . Village of Dnblin's
Centennial on July I.
Road cheques in the sum of
$47,865.44 (includes final
payment of new D760 Champion
Grader) and General Account of
$3.851.70 Were approved.
Th; Clerk was instructed to
purchase a new vacuum cleaner
for use in the Township Office.
A new by-law was to be
prepared showingLan increase in
the cost of dog licences and
permits. The new figures are:
brackets)
eosoetlds) figures are shown in
One Spayed or neutered dog,
$3.00 ($2.00); Second Spayed or
Neutered dog $6.00 ($4.00); One
Male or Female Dog $10.00
($8.00); Second Mate or Female
Dog $12.00 ($12.00); Third 'Malt
or Female Dog $16.00' ($16.00);
Kennel License (Purebred) $25.00
'bounty Board of Education feel
Seine trustees ,on the Huron
that too much business' is being
clOne by the board ,behind closed
doors and that the policy is
clouding the board's public
image. The board asked its
executive Committee to check into
items handled in committee of the
whole to see if more can be
brought into the public forum.
Herb Turkheim, Zurich trustee,
said he was concerned that the
board ,was dealing with too many
items in committee of the whole.
.He said the. last private session
the board had` took three hours
which he said was three, times
longer than the board _normally
• spends at its monthly sessions.
• The committee of the whole
'Sessions allow the board to deal
with specific matters and ,the
policy excludes members of the
media and the public from the
meeting room. ' Normally'
'personnel matters or legal
situations which could: -be"
adversely affected 6')/ public
attention are handled in
committee Of the whole.
The . board changed its
meeting policy in 1977 and .now
sets aside a special night to
handle committee of. the Whole
matters. In the past the board met
on .its regular meeting date and
set aside one hour to handle
-.committee of the whole affairs.
-Under the new 'system it meets on
a specified night-and after the
committee 6f 'the whole meeting
the trustees hold board
c9mmittee meetings.
Goderich Trustee Cayley Hill
said he shared some fo the
A interim tax rate of. 55 mills
was set, for collection on the 15th
June, 1978. (This is , a five mill
increase over 1977).
Tile Drainage Loan was made,
subject to their being sufficient
funds from 'the Ministry, in the
Party to hortour
Ned •
sum of ..'!-4.000. and by-laws.
passed provisionally' on the
"Coyne" Drainage Works, and
the appointment of a new Fire
Chief for that portion of Hibbert
in the Seaforth, Fire Area.
Meeting ajourned at 5:50 p.m.
Boswell
The events at Brodhagen's
fourth winter carnival on
Saturday and Sunday were many
and unusual with everything from
snowshbe races to drag races,'
Poker Rally Winners
Winners of Sunday's Cross
Country Poker Rally were: Mark
Rose, Tim Ball, Jim Meagher:'
Bill STeinbach, Fran °Jorgenson.
Surviving are one son, John of
Sebringville, two daughters,
Joanne (Mrs. John Bender) of
Portland, Oregon, Margaret
(Mrs. Kenneth Hull) of London,.
and one granddaughter, Karen
Bender.
The late Mr. Elligsen is resting
at the Lockhart Funeral home in
Mitchell until noon today,
Thursday, when removal will be
made to St. Peter's Lutheran
Church, Bt.'76dIrkgen for the
funeral servieei at 2:30 with the
Rev. Arthur 'forst officiating.
Temporary entombment will be
at the Elizabeth Ritz Memorial
Chapel with burial later in St.
Peter's Lutheran Cemetery,
ns of sympathy may
Br8odxl;aregsesn. ie
be shown through mernorials to
the St. Fetes •Lutheran Chtii•ch
improvement fund or tniSsions.
been made public.
Mr. Elliott reminded the board
that a potion had been passed
that committee of the whole
session begin at 7;00 p.m. sharp
and not go longer than an hour
and a half. He said combined with
the executive committee's
screening of committee- Of the
whole agenda this may solve the.
problem.
The chairman said the board
may • have to start on the
committee of the whole. agenda
and handle what business it can
within that "time frame. What
business isn't taken care of will
have to be done in public at the
regular board-- meeting- that
month.
had skated better though, since
the couple who won were quite
good.
He said he was quite amazed
when he and Lori were picked to
go to the world junior finals in
Megeve France because usually
Canada sends just one pair. -
The world junior champion-
ships are to be held in France on.
March 21-26 and in between now
and then Lloyd says he plans to be
just basically training• and getting
in shape for Megeve.
Bennewies and Bud Ronnenberg;
Snow Shoe (McLaughlin Motors)-
Wayne Wolfe, Dennis
Bennewies; Blindfold Race
(Burchill AutotncitiVe, McGavin
Farm Equipment)--Jim Sockt and
Glen Malcom, Wayne Riley and
Lenard Lansink.
Egg Race (Vincent Farm
Equipment, Wieterson Country
Store)--Paul Haynes and Bob
Scott, Ray Horan and Bill
Beuerman; Bale Race (Faust
Bros. Hardware, Neil Rapien
Bulldozing)--Jim Scott and
Wayne Riley, Carl Leonhardt and
Dave Leonhardt.
Figure Eight • (Machan
Construction Ltd)--Ray Johns,
Ray Horan; Pick-Up Race
(Continued .on Page 21)
have decided that abstinence is not
for them, and to show those
people who arc already engaging
in sexual activity how to. prevent
the consequences, that the film
showed-.
-He said the prograM should
help these students to be
prepared in later life when-they
. do chobse to plan their families.
The school is not advocating
sexual activity, but trying to help
students learn to cope and deal
with . the responsibility of their
actions, he said.'
Morals must be taught in the
home and not by the teachers. It
is not the teachers' nor the
school's responsibility, but the
parents: He also indicated that
reasonable limits 'must be set for,
teenagers by' the parents.
Studies have proven that sex
education has not' led to
promiscuous activities, he said. It
was also mentioned that these
films and se.x education program
..is being presented to students in
-other-high --sell oo 1 s--at-this-ti
The current programs in use
now at SDHS by Health and
Family Studies classes were
briefly outlined. Both these
courses cover birth control, -•
methods and ramifications, but•
not in detail.
Abstinence
A lengthy discussion on
abstinence ensued and some
parents felt the 'school ,..,and
teachers should adyocate this
stand, because they felt perhaps
theehildren would listen better to
Hibbert ccmincul
There's an older• man in
" Seaforth with a twinkle in his eye
and youth in his step who's out
and about every day. ffe-11-66-90
on' Friday this man,, but that
doesn't slew him down a bit. He
still curls every week and looks
after himself. at Its John Street.
house.
Ned Boswell's the man, and to
- Mark his, birthday, fellow
members of the Seaforth Curling
Club are giving an open house,
and dance in his ,honour on,
Saturday night, February 11. •
Bob Ste Marie, who is in charge
of the Ned Boswsell evening at
the club, stressed that everyone,
all Mr. Boswell's friends, is
in ited, not just curlers.
r, Boswell, Who is an
accomplished amateur painter
ha .been curling for about 45
years lub mmbers thought
it was fitting drthey sponsor the
party.
Mr. Boswel curls every
Thursday night in a mixed
leagtie. He has some difficulty
A prominent Brodhagen man,
Edgar Elligsne, died in Toronto,
Monday. He and his wife were
returning home from a visit to
their daughter in Oregon.
Mr. Elligsen of, Lot 5,
Concession 12 McKillop
Township was borninMcKilleip on
January 30, 1919, the only child of
the late Zacharias Elligsen and
the former Anna Scherbarth.
On January 26, 1948, he was
married to the former Dorothy
Deichert who survives hjm. Mr.
Elligsen was an electrician by
trade, a 'member, of St. Peter's
Lutheran. Church, Brodhagen and
had served on various church
board's. He had-served as super-
Zintendent of St. Peter's Lutheran
Sunday School for a number of
year's arid he was a past president
of the Brodhagen Chamlber of
Cornmerce.
to its snow plow operators
seeing but members of his rink'
have compensated for that. ,
Instead ‘of holding a broom at the
end of the ice to show --1V1177-
Boswell where to aim his stone,
they indicate the position with a
flashlight and their most senior
curler can see it 'just fine.
Festivities honouring Mr.
Boswell get underway with the
open house from- 7 to 9 with
everyone invited to bring best
wishes only. The dance will follow
Well known McKillop
man Edgar Elligsen dies
loyd wins!
WIN AGAIN —Seaforth's prize
winning figure skater Lloyd Eisler Jr., right, and
partner Lori Baier, Mitchell were honoured last year
at civic receptions in both their hometowns. In March
the two 'will. skate' in competition in France.
Brodhagen carnival busy