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Siafite copy 7,5 outs Whole No. 5759
119th Year SEAFoRTH, ONTARIO. THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1978 — 24 PAGES
UP UP AND AWAY—Ken Flanagan of R.R. 1, Dublin
gave his nephews a taste of adventure on the ferris
wheel at the Seaforth Lions Club Carnival. The
two passengers are/ Kelly and Chris Van 'Bakel
of Bornholm.
400. a people 0 t Ca rnival
Fisherville arid Mike Aziapardi of , or over - Walter Dedman, Galt 'a
Princeton; 1000 lb. single cylinder German Lanz' Bulldog; David
open elasS-Neil Arnold and Mike Turner, Varna an International'
Day both of. Fairgrave, Michigan Farmall M and Bill Turner
and Brian Vincent,,Sealbrth-, 1200 Ititernational W9,
lb. single stock-Jack- Nagel, Mike Day of -FairgraVe,
Morris Hoover, Cayuga and i'Vfiehrgari received a priztk for
David Yineent Ayr; 1200 lb. travelling the farthest distance
single open-Mike Day -and Neil and Ron Driscoll, of, Seaforth ;for
Armstrong both of Michigan and. best antique tractor. •
Mark Jewell, Dutton; 1500 lb. Joanne Rimmer was the winner
modified - 'George Bennett,' of stlic ten speed bicycle at
Dorchester. Bruce Heintz, Ayrand Sunday draw.
Darwin Baker. Lynden; 1700 lb. Bill McLaughlin, chairman of
Jim McNeally, Cambridge, Bruce the bicycle draw, said the Lion
Heintz and Douglas Smith, , Club sold 1.533. tickets on the
Alvinston; antique class, 25 years (Continued on Page 3)
Paradise camp allowed two fire
departments to refill the water
trucks: from the camp pond.
Mr. Hak said the two depart-
ments used between 30,000 and
40,000 gallons of water from the
camp in fighting the fire.
The fire chief'said water could
have been a real problem since
creeks and ditches in the area are
'dried up.
The chief said the cause of t e
fire is undetermined and that it
may not be possible to discover a
definite cause for •the blue.
There wad no hay or Straw kept
in the upstairs of the barn,
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Inside this week
gille Atwell (fxpozitei
Kilbarchan at picnic P. 7
• P,10
Lions Carnival photos P 17
Longataff opening ,
P. 18
A secret love
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pigs destroyed
• ' lby Wilma OW • ' ---- ' German Shepherd Dog Club
AboUt 4.000 peOple. found the presented a demonstration on'
• Staforth Lions Park was a• great •obedienee • and confirmation, a
place to spend a hot summer bingo game was held, followed.by
---- • night over the vveekendespetially a dance in -the pavillion set up .as a
•• when lots .of faMily , fun was beer garden. . •
thrown in. •... • . - - Saturday , a dance was again
The park was the setting for the held -after more bingo and the
43rd annual three-day 'carnival iiony Pull. .
sponsored by the Seaforth Lions Sunday the . highlight . was. a
Club. to raise money for the seven claSs mini-tractor pull
upkeep ' of the park and • the sanctioned by Canadian Mini
swimming pool. • - Tractor P tillers ' Association...
A number of visitors took the, Tractors ' '
opportunity to enjoy aswiniin the The winners were: 1,000 lb.
pool before 9 p.m.. closing, 'But' single cylinder stock class - Jack
eter Nagel and . Rick ' Nagel. both of
A fire of undetermined origin
levelled a large hog barn owned
by Neil McNichol of R. R. #4.
Walton on 'Monday night.
The loss of the barn caused an
estimated $50,000 in damage.
The barn contained abont 250
• market type hogs. Neighbours
and firemen were able to save a
number of the animals, but many
had to be destrgyed Qn Itiesday.
afterndon.
Over 100 hogs were lost due to
tbe- firThe—fie-re—vva-s—distovered at 11
p.M. when Diane McNichol
returned. home from visiting her •
family in Exeter,
When she drove in the lane, the
upper floor of the barn was
already ablaze and she alerted
her husband, who ,called in the
• alarm' to both the Seiforth and
Blyth fire departments.
The McNichol farm is located
on eon.. 12 of Mcicilop Township
about fiye miles southeast of
Walton.
Spaiks - from the burning
build* flew hundreds of feet
into the air, and the blaze could
be seen for miles.
' Firemen took the precaution of
hosing down both the McNichol
home and adjoining sow barn.
which housed. another 75 sows as
well as weiners. •
Lumber ready for an addition to
the barn was . also saved.
ConstruCtiOn on the addition had'
been scheduled to begin this
week.
Glen McNichol, whose
bushand originally owned the
barn,which burned
laced another' barn which was
lciSt in 'a fire, in 1954, .
She Said the, heavy upper barn
floor was' constructed of tyvo by
fours laid :on edge. and. this is
what kept the upper ,part of the '
barn from 'collapsing unto the
bottom_ floor during the blaze.
Many of the animals trapped'
inside the barn Were rescued after
the entire tipper' section of • the
barn had burned. "
Seaforth Fire Chief, Harry Hak
said it was fortunate the' Family
BARN DESTROYED BY FIRE—This steel covered barn, owned "by Neil McNichol
of R.R. 4, Walton, was destroyed by fire Monday night despite the -efforts of the
Blyth and Seaforth fire departments.
service. Union gas cooperated
Within days the company had
completed installation of a line
along no.-8 highway across the
front of the hospital property and
under Silver Creek north of the
' highway bridge to cut diagonally ,
across the park before linkitw up
with the,%pool heater.
Now there was gas abut no
eleetricity.."-The electrical sub
contractdr Pfaff Electric of Exeter
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looking for cheap ...labor. -
Ms, Haley said. the farmers
who participate in the program
are interested in the ideals of the
program and in learning how city
kids think.
Clifford Eedy, who operates a
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LEARNING TO LAMINATE—Barbara Lillow of
Bluevale (on the right), co-ordinator of the summer
school activities and resource centre students for the
Huron-Pertti-- County, Roman Catholic Separate
School board demonstrates the use of a laminator in
the „board office. Other students working on the
Town okays change
"ISeaforth council held a special
nit "ting last Monday to approve a
zoning change for 100 feet of
property at Side and Chalk
Streets. ' .
The land, owned by Herman
Lansink of Tina Holdings. was
previously zoned restricted
residential.
Since Mr: Lansink wants to
build two eight unit apartment
buildings on the *petty, he
applied to have it rezoned as
general residential property.
The planning board agreed
with the. request which
Farm work popular with city kids
DOWN ON THE FARM—jarnie•Marihall of ThrOnto helps Ron Blanchard unload
sortie feed on the Blanchard fariTh Jamie, a Student from Toronto, is One of the -
junior agriculturalists workino on area farm's for nine week's this summer.
(Expositor Photo)
the locked gate later didn't
one young man Saturday right.
Jack Benoit of. Thamesvillefrom
vaulting the 8-foot fence for ,a dip
inthe pool to cool oft.,He had just
driven his 940 pound team to Win
the light horse class by pulling
3,500 pounds in the pony pull
presented by the -Essex County
Pony Pullers Association.
Winners
• Other winners in the pony pull
were: Peanut Class-John Girard.
R. 'R. #2, Ruthven; Middle
clasS-Douglas Harvey. R. R: #3.
Tupperville and Heavy Class-
Willie Girard. R. R. #1. South
Woodslee. •
Friday night the Dominion
By Alice Gibb
While' a popular song once
asked "how do you' keep them
down on the farm. after they've
'seen Paree?" there are more and
more urban young people who
want to spend their summer oni
•the farm.
The 'Junior • Agriculturalist
program, • sponsored . by the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food, gives young people
from .non-farm homes ap
opportunity to .1e'arn, about
farniing.
Dorothy Haley. regional co-
ordinator for the program lin
western Ontario, said she
accepted 50 young people into the
progiim Who wanted TO gain
-some practical farm experience.
The students, aged 16 or 17 are
given a daily training' allowance of
311 and room and board is
supplied by the host farmers.
Five drop out
Ms. Haley said she has had five
students drop out of the program
since they were placed on farms
in mid-June.
She said the overall steess rate
of the junior agriculturalist
program is usually about $5 per.
Cent, with some , students
discovering 'the job just for
them. "
When students apply' for the,
program they are askeirwhat kind
Of farm they'd prefer to work on
from a dairy to beef cattle
mitred tarn-link 6r pigs
Or sheep.
The heats on and the Lions pool
is finally warming, up.
Eugene Todd. pool manager.
• said hot weather had contributed
to water -temperatures of appro-
ximately 75' F. The main reason •
the water will be getting warm,
however. is that the newly
installed pool heater will be
operational at last..
Originally ' the complete
contract covering this years
, portion of the park renovation
This .ycar, there were 30 boys
and 20 girls enrolled in the junior
agriculturalist -program and many
of the girls were placed. on dairy
farms.
'Ms; Haley said many dairy
farms now ask particularly for
girls since they find . they are
program,
7 including' the' heater.
was to be completed, by Junc 24 to
be ready for the 'pool opening' on
July I, However. Union Gas
found there were problems when
they tried to run a gas line
through a hole undet'SilvcrCreek
at the west -end of the park and'
the electrical subcontractor said
there was trouble with delivery of
- materials.
Pressed to seek an alternative
route to ensure earliest posSible
better with anitnals.
The program ‘• Wnator,
screens both the stuck', ::,(1 the
farmers and then malt:11v. them
She said4 they don't pla▪ ce a
student on a farm where they're
suspicious the farmer is just
is , now subject to Qntario
Municipal Board approval.
• Mayor Betty rardno showed
council membeti a model of the
Local Architectural Coirseryancy
Advisory , Comtiaittee (LACAC)
seals which will be used to
designate local homes as heritage
buildings.
Each plaque will cost -$14 to be
produced.
Clerk Crocker also reported
that at least six tenders have been
received to date to construct the
new senior citizens apartment
building in Seaforth.
project for e summer include, from the left, Martha
DeCorte, R. . 2, Seaforth; Sally Q' Rourke, R: R. 1,
Dublin; Kath O'Leary of R.R. 2, Staffa; Lynn Swart
of R,R. A, Sea orth; Pat-ti O'Rourke of RIR-. 43 Dublin
and Teresa Hi4knell of R.R. .5, SeafOrth.
(Photo by Oke)
.ions Pool heater on
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