The Huron Expositor, 1978-10-05, Page 1$12.00 a year Advance
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O64),ITY-:0 644- iijF -THE FURROW Anne SteWart looks
pretty determined as she concentrates on plowing a straight furrow
during the Queen of the Furrow competition at the IPM on Thursday.
(Expositor Photo)
Tents..coming down
IPM a success:
Falconer and all members of council agreed
with hini.T hey felt it was a fairly simple
thing for a to ,get into Vanastra and
locate the Archer plant compared to locating
an address in a city where often a• driver had
to manipulate a big transport through
narrow alleyways.
Council members agreed that if Archer
whnted to go ahead and try to convince the
ministry to' put in the additional entrance
they Would not stand in his way. '
The ministry of, transportation and com-
munications has approved snowplowing
arrangements for the coming-,-winter as
folloWs: Engaging McGregor Farms to use
one truck with snowplow at $25 per hour and
to pay-standby-time at.$1-5 per hour w-hen-not -
plowing; to rent 1976 Champion grader, 190
horse power, from December 11 to April 7;
and to use the township's own two graders.,
Eldon O'Brien of R.R. 5, Clinton, will use
his snowblower to • clear the snow from
around the Vailastra Recreation Centre and
the township office..
Road superintendeut Allan Nicholson in
his report to council said that over SS signS
on township roads had been recently stolen
or damaged by vandals.
Requests for building permits were
approved for: Edith Baker, part lot 27,
concession 1, Huron Road survey. a barn;
McGregor Farms, lot 5; concession 11, HRS,
addition' to repair shop; and Robert Core,
Egmondville, lot 1, 2 and 3, a tool shed.
Passed for payment were.4the following
accounts: Vanastra Day . Cart.-,•-•-$3:678:441—
Vanastra Recreation Ce,ntre, $7,849.03;
General Ac-
counts, $18,552.57 and roads, $60,342.32' for
a total of $90;422.36.
Dogs continue to be a problem in the
township, especially in the Brucefield area
where complaints arc numberous.
Council authorized clerk Jack McLachlan
to have the tax bills for the township done' by.•
a London Computer firm at a cost of $3,22 pet
year.
Cl erk McLachlan, Wag instructed to
regiSter 'five' representitives for the' Good
Roads Convention in Toi;onto for February
26, 27 and 28.
The Vanastra Day Care Centre was given
a good report by the consultant and
inspector out of London but instructions
were issued that lire drill must be carried out
at least once a nibtith.
Letters are to be written to the Seaforth
and Gederich detachments of Ontario
Provincial Police asking them for a patrol of
the Henan road on Saturday mornings to
}kip cut down on littering from ,the truck
carrying garbage from Hensall to , the dump
in Usborne Township.
Council was pleased to receive, a letter '
from Jack Riddell. MAP for Huron-Middle-
sex lePorting-that a request from the den'
for a captial assistance Wintario grant for '
$23,158.87 had been approved. Clerk
McLachlan had noticed that no grant from
VYintario had been sought for the enclosing
of the swimming pool at Vanastra when it
was constructed over the two years ago. and
hehad applied for it recently. This will help
cut down on the large debt owed by the
citizens of Vanastra since the construction of
the swimming pool and the recreation
centre. The clerk did' not reveal the amount
of the debt still owing.
Council took no action on a request, from
the Seaforth Fire Area Board to pay rent on
the fire hydrants in Seaforth. Council agreed
it was willing to pay for four, used to fill
water tanks in case of fire in the township.
"We don't mind paying for four but not for
'the whole number." declared Councillor
Robert Fotheringham, who is also a townshp
representative on the Fire AteaBOard.
-Pretty small peanuts if the town of
Seaforth can't put in hydrants to fight fires
in the town." stated Councillor Frank
Falconer.
Council will hold a ratepayers' meeting at
Huron Centennial School on October 23 at 8
114n. The closing of nominations takes place
p.m. that day.
e next meeting of council will be
rittober 17. s-
Area
Hibbert r•atepayers
to meet°candidates
ARTISTS AT WORK—On Monday morning, studetns from the Grade 8
class at Seaforth Public SchOol spent part of their morning sketching
some of the town's older homes., Here Mitchell Lauzon,
Lot ghnane •of 'Winthrop, John Dale, Danny Wesenberg and Kevin
Drager of Seaforth put their artistic talents to work sketching a home on
Market Street. \ (Expositor Photo)
Board cuts costs by
using surplus buses
Tuckersmith rejects: id
for new Vanastra entrance
Russ Archer pf Clinton informed
Tuckersmith Township council Tuesday
night in a letter that it is "obvious another
entrance is essential to the Industrial Park of
Vanastra."
HO •said he "felt compelled to request an
entrance way be granted directly north of the
Ontario Hydro building vvhich could also be
used for the hydro entrance off Highway 4."
He said the main • entrance (off the
permimeter road around Vanastra) is "a
bottleneck for transports using the Industrial
Park.' Along with this it is truly unsightly
'with an auto wrecker at the entrance.
Mr, Archer concluded his letter by saying
he -feels "it time that part of the taxes
going out of the area start coming back to
this' area". I intend to folloW thismatter as
long and as hard as will be required to see
this project put through." "
- me. Archer's letter was in answer to a
The Huron County Board' of Education
decided Monday that rather than sell six of
its surplus buses it would o er them to its
secondary schools for in hou use.
The board hopes to cut Sts at the
secondary school leVel by using board owned,
buses, driven by teachers from the schools,
to transport students on field trips and
school teams travelling to other schools for
athletic competition.
A year, long experiment at Goderich
District Collegiate Institute proved that costs
can be cut by locating a bus 'at a secondary
school and making it available to th t school
and, elementary schools near i . GDCI
principal John Stringer asked 'the board in
October of 1977 to give the school surplus
-bus-otra-trial basis to see if money otiTii Tie
saved from the school's field t ip '-and
transportation budget.
In a letter to the board Stringer aid the
bus had travelled 3,492 miles Since 'it was
delivered to 'the school and th t it had been
used by Goderich Collegia e, Colb rne
Central Public School, ExeterPublic Sc ool
and two elementary schools in Goderich. e'
principal indicated. that maintenance costs
on the vehicle had been high for the year but
noted that some repairs were extensive and
that the bus should be safe from major
repairs for the next several years.
Despite the unusual costs the board
owned bus was Cheaper than the con-
ventional method of hiring a bus and dtiver
for field trips and atheletic events. Stringer
pointed out that.the availability of thelaus
has enabled elementary sdltools to retain
worthwhile field trips and has made the
outdoor education program at GDCI Much
Mete effective.
The ptineipal told thee board the bus
"remains a valuable asset to the OIDCI
recent notification sent him by council that
the ministry of transportation and com-
munications had refuSed a request from
council this past summer for this same
additional entranceway because it was
considered a dangerotLs entrance, on the
slope of a hill. At that time the ministry said
an entranceway farther north might be
possible but all costs for this would have to
be paid for by the residents of Tuckersmith
township.
Council members decided then that they
were satisfied that the five entranceway's off
the perimeter, road were a usflizient number
for Vanastra in view of the refusal by the
ministry to pay for the sixth.
Mr._ Archer is president_ of_Archee_s__Farm
Sales and Service Limited located in
Vanastra. •
"It's not warrailled for us to put that kind
of money into it," stated Councillor Frank
students and the elementary schools that use
it.
Scaforth trustee John Henderson asked'
the board to give Seaforth District Secondary
School one of the better buses to permit that
sdiool to operate a program similar to
Goderich. Henerson asked that the principal
of the school be given the chance to have a
bus if he wanted it stressing that it "be one
of the better buses'.
Exeter trustee Clarence McDonald told
the board that when the program was first
suggested he fought it but said that "if
this is the way we are going to go we may as
well have one at South Huron in Exeter".
McPonald suggested that each of the
secondary schools b.e, • offeredN, a btis
stipulating -that—if the pi-Ind-pal took the
vehicle? costs to' maintain and operate it
would come out of the school's field trip
budget.
Director of education John Cochrane
suggested that the board "put this can of
worms to bed once and for all." He asked if
the hoard intended to make it policy to give
sehoolsa surplus bus rather than sell the
vehicles by tender,
can't see us keeping a whole fleet of
surplus buses," commented Colborne
trustee Shirley Hazlitt.
Board chairman John Elliott reminded the
board of the fina ncial problems it is plagued
with. Elliott said the board faces restraint in
many areas adding that it already had
'several delegations of departments heads
requesting more Money for aCADEMIC
areas in schools'. Elliott said it was obvious
that something had to be sacrificed to
provide funds for board
"Are we goitig to expand field trips or
back up and USe the money ,e1Sewherel" he
`asked, "Where' 's otir 'priorities?"
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It was decided to hold the traditional
"Hibbert Ratepayers meeting" on the night
after nominations closed, being Tuesday,
24th, October, at 8:30 p.m. at the Township
Hall in Staffa, when all candidate,s, would
meet the people.
A donation of $500 was made to the Dublin
Lions Club to assist in reducing the 'capital
loan against, the Pavilion built in "the Dublin
Athletic grounds. A request for- this was
made by Laverne. Steinman, President, and,
Louis Kramers,member of the executive.
Following the announcement that Deputy
Reeve Henry Harburn would seek election as
reeve, and that the. incumbent ReeVe R-OsS
McPhail would also run, Councillor Roy
Swart announced he would seek the Deputy
Reeve Office, and Councillor Herb Brown
and Don Johns would seek re-election as
Councillors 'at Flibbert's council meeting
Monday night.
Bd. of Education
All but three of 15 Huron County Board of
Education trustees at Monday's board
meeting announced plans to seek re-election
to the ' board in November's municipal
elections.
Board chairman John Elliott asked
trustees at the end of the. meeting if they
would be interested in stating their
'intentions for the upcoming election. Both
Goderich Trustee Dorothy 'Williams, said
they were undecide . Hill said h, would like
-to-run- for re-election but-wouldhaveto wait
until closer to the October 16 nomination
date before deciding. Wingham trustee
By Wilma Oke
McKillop Township Council accepted two
tenders for snowplowing township roads
Monday at a meeting in Winthrop. Machan
Construction will use a 180 horse power
grader at $23 per hciur. and $18 per day
standby time when not plowing. Ryan
Bulldozing will use a 150 horse power grader
at $22.80 per d4Tifialt2 per day standby
time.
Fires in the township "from May to
'September -attended by the Seaforth Fire
Area department, cost the township $1.19,P.
Passed for payment were general accounts
E.H. 1,1derstadt, O.L.S. Engineer of
Orangeville, was appointed to bring in a
report for repair and improvement (if
necessary) of the Wren Drainage Works,
and for the construction of a municipal drain
on a natural ,water course running Into the
13djIield • "" " ,
Road vouchers for $5597.66 and genearl
account $26,000.01. The general account
included final payments for the "Stoneman
Municipal Drainage Works.
'Stn view of the new method of preparing.
the Assessor's Roll for taxation year 1979,
permission was given for the clerk to go to
Computerisation of tax billing for 1979.
Subject to confirmation by the Engineer,
Mr. Uderstadt, it was decided to receive the
revised report on the Kleinfeldt Drain on
30th October 8 p.m. at the Township Hall
The Clerk is to notify all Concerned.
The meeting closed at 11:30 p.m.
Murray Mulvey was absent from the
meeting;
Those seeking another term on the board
are Jack Alexander of- Wingham. John
Elliott of Blyth. seperate school_ supporter
trustees Eugene Frayne and Charles Rau,
Exeter trustees Harry Hayter and Clarence
McDonald, Colborne and Goderich township
trustee Shirley Hazlitt, Brussels trustee Don
McDonald, Bayfield trustee F.K. Peck,
Zurith trustee Herb TurItheirn. Ashfield
township trustee Marion Zinn and Seaforth
trustee John Henderson. -
amounting to $43,738.87 and road accounts
of $42.214.54.
Land severance application from Paul
Murray of R.R.5, Seaforth, was approved for
7 acres. including a barn, on part lot 11.
concession 3. subject to him receiving a C.
certificate of compliance for a pig operation.
Tileat tn t dra ina ge g$e20,d8e0b0e.ntures for Septcmbeit ani
to
W.E. Kelly and Associates Ltd. of
Kitchener was appointed drainage engineer
m the Bolton No. 2 Municipal drainage
works. '
This week, many of the • committee
members who spent months planning last
week's International Plowing Match, outside
Wingham,• are busy cleaning up the •
remains of the match.
Although attendance at the match fell
below 'he 250';000 "people organizers hoped
would. attend, Earl Hilderly, treasurer of the
local committee, said match organizers are
"pleased" with the overall attendance.
Mr. Hilderly said-215,000 people attended
the five day event held on the Armstrong
and neighbouring farms just outside Wing-
ham.
The treasurer said every day but Saturday
set attendance records for an International
Flowing Match. •
Although 51,000 people -attended the
match on Saturday, the International
Plowing Match held in Walkerton two years
ago drew bigger crowds on the same day.
Thid year. Mr. Hilderley said, the
attendance was more 'spread out over the
five days of the match than it has been at
• previous matches.
Despite pessimistic weather predictions
forecast by the Farmers' Almanac', the
International Plowing Match was hit by
showers only Wednesday afternoon and late
on Saturday. just as the final day's events
were drawing to a close.
On Thursday afternoon. match organizers
decided to.cancel the daily parade through
the tented city since the Streets were still a
bit muddy.
Saturday's sudden 20 minute downpour
forced a number of match visitors to scurry
for cover, turned the streets into running
rivers and.-forced. the cancellation of the
official closing cercinonit:s of the match.
The overall attendance figures however,
weren't the only indicator that the match
was a success.
This year, 27 girls from, around' the
province competed for thehonor of being the
1978-79 Queen of the,,FurroW. •
Laurie Frame, 18, of Brantford, who
represented Brant County, was crowned
queen at the match banquet on Friday night.
`Anne Stewart, Huron County's Queen of
the Furrow, did not reach the finals in the
competition. •
The overall champion plowman forthe
match was Lloyd Grove, R.R.1, Bailieboro,
near Port, Hope. The reserve grand
champion was Herb Jarvis of Agincourt.
Both men won with three-furrow plows, a
break from past traditions of the match. In
the 65 years the competition has been held
two-furrow .competitors •have always taken•
top honors.
The final competition of the match was
Saturday's plowing event for area mayors.
Bruce Shaw, mayor • of Exeter • and
principal of Seaforth District High School,
took top honors in the event.
The' runners-up were Jack Bhwcutt,
Mayor of Paris, Ontario and Mayor Stoner.,
of Standish, Michigan.
Mayor Betty Cardno of Seaforth, the only
plow woman 'in the competition, placed
seventh in the event.
Although this year's International Plowing
Match is now behind us, the planning for
next year's event is already well underway.
The host farm will be the Ian Maynard
farm, four miles south of Chatham, with Kent
County the host county. The match will be
held from Sept. 25 to Sept. 29 on the
Maynard Farm.
But while Kent County residents are
lookingahead to the. •1979-match; a- number
of Huron County residents are catching up
on their sleep and otherwke recovering from
their stint as hosts of a very successful
match.
15 to seek re-election
McKillop accepts
snowplowing tender Inside this week
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Dublin girls in Europe
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Seaforth Kids need coaches P. .11
The IPM in photos ,P 1A
Original quilts win . . P. 3A