The Huron Expositor, 1978-03-30, Page 1k.
the Tuesday morning deadline.
Shirley Weary, spokesman for
OSSTF District 45; said •she was
not surethe teachers could return
to the' classrooms with the
guarantee they would stay' there
for the, remainder of 'the school
term. She said the board's latest
offer prior to the start of -the
inarathoe session showed some
hOpe but was not substantial
enouglt.for her to be confide lit an
easy settlement couldbovached_,
Cayley Hill, spokesman for, the.
,boar egotiaters, said the, board
felt ' it has done everything
possible to open an avenue for the
teachers to return to the.. class-
rooms and re-open serious ne-
gotiations. He said the board was'
anxious to get students back to
school and had 'lifted the lockout
and set the stage for the Good•
Friday marathon meeting,.
Mrs. Weary said the teachers
had made a proposal for the board
to consider." at the, marathon
session claiming it represented a
reasonable salary increase for the
1978.79 cOntract year as well as
suggestions to end the-strife over
the teacher workload clause and -
SickleaVe gratatty Clause in the
1977-78 contract.
-the marathon bargaining ses-
sion lasted about 45 minutes.
Over half that time was spent
With the two sides huddled in
'separate corners in caucus meet-
ings.
Both negotiating teams were
.disappointed and disilfitsioned
after the Good•.Friday meeting.
Board spolierven said they were
dumbfounded •• by the teacher
proposals claiming they were
harSher than the original" de-
' niands that 'were the Centre of the
strike.
Cayley Hill, in an outburst
f011awing•the 45 minute marathon
session,: said . he- had never
encountered such militancy from
teachers and • said the board of
education "will not be blackmail-
ed 'by the teachers and" will eat ,
have the Children of Huron
County put up for ransom as far
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FUTURE FARMERS —Allan Wocks, John Segeren and Michael Segeren not only
came to Vincents for Pancakes Thursday--but arso to look over the new tractors and
• equipthent. Here the boys try out the cab of a new tractor. tExposifor Photo)
Rulestighten
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yes cads in Seaforth .
;MORNING OUT — That's what these ladies-were
enjoying as the Morning Out group met for the first
time in,the new year on Tuesday morning in the town ,
liallSeated at the table with their backs to the camera
,44rorri(1.) are: Barb Palm pf R.R.5, Spafortt?, p4t.
99dney of se.atortrGjaillitilapple-Of 'fl'ifk21;,SeafOrth‘
and Mary Helen McLachlan of R.R:3, Seaforth.
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Facing the camera are Marion Turnbull .of Seaforth
(beside Mary Helen McLachlan), Mary Qarroll of
Seaforth ;, Kathleen Whitmore of
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Ft- R-4, Seaforth,
Lynda Huard of Seaforth, Jan Moore of Egmondville,-
Jean Holmes of Seaforth and Y ee Wah Kennedy of
ily assisted housing
b e available in Seaforth
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- Fewer than 50 students and no
teachers at all, showed up -Tues-
day when Seaforth District High
School was re-opened along with
the county's four other secondary
schools,
SDHS vice-principal. Harry
Stott said the students "wander-
ed in and then when they saw
nothing had changed,-wandered
bad( ont again" Tuesday morning
The Huron.. 'Board of Education
announced last week' that they
-would- lift. the -lockout . they
imposed on the county's 274 high
school teachers Feb. 23 and send'.
buses on' their routes., •
Spokesmen for the striking
aeacherS 'recommended that theY•
not return to the classrooms
Tuedsay.
SDHS has been getting calls
from parents "but there's not
much we can' tell them", Mr.
Scott said. ''We don't hear
anything from • the teachers."
SDIIS principal Bruce Shaw was
at a meefingyednesdaymoreing,
with other principals and the
county's director of education.
John Cochrance,
Board chairMan John Elliott
has asked Parents to volunteer to
teach Grade 12 and 13 classes but
he Seaforth vice-principal said he
t ought it would be very difficult
tting enough qualified People
as volunteep,_ "I know I'd have
troubleteaching Grade 12 "
chemistry," Mr. Scott, a business
teacher- said.
More parents phoned the
school( yesterday and Tuesday'"
than on all the other ,claYS Since
the strike started:, according to-x,
VfillOibarfittice ,Shaw: parents
have been asking about
transferring' then children to
other schools for -the-rest of 'the
year.
"Some students have jobs and
aren't coming beA___Qther _- _s_are
go into the classrooms it would
lock the teachers out until the
Matter was resolved.
,Beth sides ' were optimistic
Good 'Friday after a serifs of
proposals were shuffled back and '
forth between' negotiating- teams
for both' parties. The board' lifted
its lockout and offered to, negoti-
ate two one year contracts with
the teachers if they would return .
to the classrooms with the'
stiptdation that no mirk sanctions
wouldlhe taken until September
of 1978 '
The teachers countered with a
prpposal for the, two parties to sit
down 'to a marathon bargaining
session. Good Friday in the hopes
of thrashing out an agreement for
When Seaforth and area people- apartments in Seaforth, _the
think about rent assisted housing, ' Huron Housing Authority reports
they think about' the ` senior only two applications on file from
citizens apartments that Ontario, families. :
Housing Corporation has ' built About half the 64 family
here. . housing.units ' •Goclerich .are
But OHC also bnilds nat. __single-family homes -and•- the
geared -to -ineertie - housing for othet:"S are duplexes. Clinton and
families and the housing surveY;;;,Wingham each have .12 family
currently' under way here and in tents_rented 'by OHC. All have
Hibbert, McKillOp and Tucker- yards and driveways and blend
smith invites people who may well into existing neighbourhoods
need more affordable housing to according to HHA manager John
apply for it. Lyndon.
Although 55 senior citizens are ; There's no. maximum income
on a waiting list for OHC line that says a family can't
Seaforth houses called
architecturally important
Wrong. Provincial and toetil
law says that before 'you .start that
hole in the ground, you've got to
-have a- Miilding permit.
For many years Municipalities
in the Seaforth area weren't. too:.
ins istent-aboutbuilding-perinitS:-
You picked one up any time, Often'
after your new house or whatever
was well under way. No one came -
to inspect what you were,doingand
no one asked to look at your plans
or architeCtural drawing:
But-the provitice is insisting on
enforcement of 'its building code
and municipalities arc realizing
that they're liable if buildings ,had
.issued permits for, Were 'unsafe.
Seaforth has a 'new .building,
inspector, fernier 'builder and '
dairy, farmer. Herman Van.
Wieren of Usborne Township,
who points out that strict 'enforce-
ment of the building code is
"there to protect the homebuyer
and homeowner."
HERMANVAN WilEREN•
mistake'that's against the Code, I
give them an opportunity to
correct. It , they're willing to
correct. there's no preblem. But if
they-don't. we -will prosecute."
Just about any building over 100
square feet in size and any
renov ationth at makes a structural
change require a bitilding permit.
accordieg to provincial law,
The first ,step is to apply ,for a
permit at the clerk's office in the
Seaforth town .hall or .from clerks
in neighboUring townships. In
Seaforth, the application requires
a lot of d^tail about the house...its
exact size. number of stories.. a
plot plan and an architect or
engineer's ,drawing. '
The builder has to get P.U.C.
approval, and information on the
availability of hydro. and water
and P.U.C. signature on, the
application. In municipalities
where There: are no Sewers, the
homeowner or builder 'has to get
Health Unit approval fora septic
tank.
Detailed '
It looks like a lot of detailed
work, perhaps too much for the
average person. but .as clerk
Crocket.coniments "if someone's.
going to subcontract his own
house, he'd better know 'all that
(what's oh the form) and- more."
Mr. Van Wieren says most
homes' lie inspects are built by
contractors neit—O-VThers and he
have been used to draVving their
own blueprints and the new
,requiremenf of an architect's 'or
engineer's drawing is causing
some.problems. But the inspector
points out. that's the only Way a
, bedding can be really safe. The
same 'certified plan can be used
many. times,' Mr. Van Wieren
says and then it Won't be., so
. . expensive.
Even an extensive- renovation,
4like a new rOof could" require an
engineer's blueprint so that the
building-inspector ca it make-Sere
it's safe. Although the inspectar
is , not supPosed to give building
advice he says he can make
suggestions to the amateur
builder who's perhaps fixing up
his house a bit.
Two Courses
The new inspector, who started
in Seaforth in Oetober, Hensall in
July, Tuckersmith in September
and Usborne and Stanley in
January has taken the first course
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Former,
clerk dies
Largtly attended funeral ser-
Vices for former Seaforth town
Clerk Robert Franklin who died
Wednesday March 22 'were held
in Port Rowan on Saturday,
Mr. Franklin, who• died in
Seaforth. Community Hospital fol-
lowing., a long illness, was 54.
Born in Walsingham Twp: he
was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Franklin-A veterit:nf the-
second war, having served in the
RCAF for three years, he took an
active part in Seaforth branch 156
Royal Canadian Legion as long as
health permitted. He - was a
member of Walsingham Masonic(
Lodge-No. 174. -
Befor coming to Seaforth he
had been Clerk Treasurer and tax
colleetor,for the former township
of Sough Walsingham, Justice .of,
the Peace and Deputy Bailiff
in the District of Norfolk. He was
on the staff of the L.C.B.t?„ in,
Seaforth for a short timit-Qietviiig
his resignation as town clerk.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Cecelia
Brouette and by daughters Mrs.
Gary (Sandra) MacLead, London,
Linda. London. Mrs. Leslie
(Barbara) Bodo, R.R.3, Langton,
Nancy at hothe and as son Donald
Of Silverhill. He also is survived.
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Almost two years work by a,
Seaforth committee bore-fruit last
week when town council passed a
by-law designating 12 private'
homes and the Agricultural
Society's Roundhouse as having
architectural Value.
Designation under the Ontario
Heritage Act 'is 'an attempt to
keep examples of the best types
,of Ontario buildings from, being
destroyed' 'or altered beiond
recognition. Seaforth's „Local
Architectural Conservation
Adyisory Committee had. a stud-
ent _researcher under the pro-
vinces Experience prograMS over
the past two summers Who helped
select and claSSity the buildings.
The LACAC' obtained permis-
sion from all the owners of the
designated buildings and plans to
use the money members are paid
for attending committee meetings
to buy plaques to instal outside
each designated house.
LACAC chairperson Winn Mc-
Lean told council
that the committee hopes
designation will make the proper-
ties more, rather 'than less
valuable "hecauSe they are de-
signated ,heritage houses." The
owners of designated buildings
are.-not supposed, to alter key
exterior features but can do
,anything they want t9 interiors.
The designations are registered
against the properties at the
,county land registry and the
LACAC budget pays any costs
involved, ,she- told' Reeve John
Flannery.
, Mayor Betty Cardno, council's,
rep to LACAC said the commit-
tee will consider having Main St.
designated a Heritage District.
Can a building downtown be
excluded if the owner , doesn't
want to be part of such a district,
'asked councillor Ken Roth. Neith-
er Mrs, Cardno or Mrs. McLean
had an answer. The concept is
really new, they said.
Seaforth 's Main St. is expecial-
, ly interesting because so much-of
it was •rebuilt at the same time,
after the great fire, Mrs. McLean
said. Seaforth's sister city, West
Branch Michigan; had a Main SO
fire at the turn of the century
(Seaforth's big blaze was in 1876)
and is also considering designat-
Goettler's Red and White Store
in Dublin was broken into, the,
front door was Smashed -and
merchandise was thrown around
the store in the early morning
hours of Sunday, March ,26.
On the same night • a vehicle
owned by Wilfred Maloney of
Dublin was stoen but it has since
been recovered ,abandoned 'in a
ditch east of Seaforth. The grill of
a car, owned -by John McDougall
Of R .R.1, Heniall was also
ing the street,
Three bus loads of Canadian,
architects, who will be in London
at a convention will spend -a:
couple-of hours on a walking tour
of Seaforth on May 24, the two
women told council. Other Meth-
bers.of Seaforth,'s LACAC are Ted
Cosford, , Vivienne Newnham,
Grace Cornish and Walt Armes.
Seaforth's newly desi ated
buildings ,are: Britton Residenee
'12 Church St.; present owner
Denzil Britton. 'Built in .1.8.71,..
2stotey white brick. In 1886 Dr.
Bruce Smith added the south
portion for office space. The
builder and original owner was
Philip Sparling. It is a small
centrally planned Georgian••style
house. The round-headed middle
(upper starey), window is an
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damaged the same night; The car
was parked on the street beside
the' store.
Sebringyille OPP investigated
"the iaccurrences and it is believed
that all three incidents are
relat ed to-one another.
Nothing, was stolen 'from 'the
Store. There were no estimates of
damage availlshle at press time.
The case is still _under investi-
gation and no charges have been
laid. '14-•
qualify for the rent assisted
housing,,, but a family which
now paying more than 25 per cent
of its income for houSing gets
quite a few points on OHC's
eligibility. scale. • •
-Applica flurry:- vvlitell • - are
available now at the clerk's office
,in • Seaforth and the . three'
townships 'ask questions about
family income and its source,
details about present accommo-
dation (do you share a bathroom
'dr kitchen for eXample) and
number of children and their
ages. Single people or couples
without children don't qualify.
All the information is confiden-
tial' and the queStionaires are to
be mailed directly to the housing
office in Goderich. If enough
questionaires are returned,
council can ask OHC to build
family housing..
Seaforth clerk Jim Crocker says
he thinks there is a need for this
sort of housing -in Seaforth but
that people are reluctant to apply •
because they don't know what it's
all about. Mr. Lyndon' agreed.
Both men say the housing is well
maintained .and kept up to
standard by OHC.
Ideally rent assisted housing is
ateriipqrary thing, which could
help a family that s had "a bit of
bad luck'-as clerk Crocker says.
People move 'in and out of the
"MC" Units in the Other
Huron towns all the time as their
fortunes change, Mr. • Lyndon
says.
Rent is reviewed every year,
and as a family's income goes up,
so does the rent. "Once rent is
eyer $200. a family would be.
foolish ..to stay". Mr. Lyndon
pOints out. "It could be building
up equity by buyingasr house'
1V1 Minium -reet,-Kr a farnily is
$43:.a month but Mr. Lyndon says
no pile in the county is paying that
little.; •
Sc, you're planning to build a
new house. You'ye bought. your
lot. You've got a nice, hoese 'plan
picked out. You've even hired a •
contractor,- one your. brother-in .- *.
.law'recommeecied:'
So, what's the next step? You
get a•hole dug in your ground and.
'get started building, right?
Town clerk JimCrocker agrees
and in addition suggests that •
people ought to check with his-
office before they- buy a lot in
town to make sure that it's zoned '
for residential 'housing. It's the
clerk's 'job to make sure the
town's zoning laws are met by
new construction'-while . Mr. Van
Wieren checks that the building
itself, meets building^ code
minimums. •,_
That can include things like the
roof's snow load capacity or the
square foot size the bedrooms.
Mr, Va ieree usually makes ,
four five inspections at a new
h se and Perhaps one or two to a
rise renovation.
People don't realize, the new
inspector says, that the building
code is law. "It's like speeditig...
if you violate the building code
you break the law."
Ignored •
Mr. Van Wieren is also
building inspector for Usborne, .says 'they can get a copy of the Tuc.kerstnitii , an Stanley Town- code and understand its
ships • and for the village of provisions , themselves. ' Some Hensall. It isn't easy,he agrees, contractors like the stricter
to start enforcing regulations that., enforcement because it gets them
have been to some degree off the 'hook.
ignored fOr years but he's had no ''If I approve it (and something
big problems and ho prosecutions' goes wrong) it's my neck", he
yet' in any of his rntinicipaiities. says with a grin,,
"If people Make an holiest Most contractors in the area
•-looking fo'r jabs and pi' -mine •
back next year",. the principal •
said. ,
Many 'Grade 13 students fear
that even if they gpt credited with
their year, they, w'an't ''be
adequately prepared for higher
education neict year., • ,
"Every effiirt will be. made to
give them credits they'ye earned
and See those credits have as
much meaning as possible,': the
principal said, He added that he
asked people icrbe -patient-and—r
hope the strike'll be over 'soon."
'The lockout was imposed after
• a series of rotating strikes by the
teachers fouled up student trans-
portation systems for the five
schools. The board decided rather
than sendthe students to school
only to have the teachers refuse to
ublin store damaged
Hydro off
Hydro was off in McKillop
Tawnship, Walton, Brussels,
Blyth and Clinton and in the north
west area of Seaforth on Sunday,
afternoon. Don Eastman,
foreman for Ontario Hydro in
Clinton said the cause was ,a
broken insulator. .
The insulator on" a toiver in
McKillop was broken either by
somebody throwing a stone or
firing a shot, Mr. Eastman said.
The damaged insulator made
contact with a live conductor and
that started a fire which broke off
the top of a hydro pole ,and more
or less let everything collapse,
Mr. Eastman said.
Mrs. Mae Hillebrecht, whose
home' on Highway 8 just east of
Seaforth is in front of the tower,
said she heard ,a loud rumbling
like an engine running hard and
saw four bright lights, Mrs."
Hillebrecht said an arm appeared
to come off the tower and stopped
when it hit the hydro pole, north of
her back gate.
Mr. Eastman said that over the
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