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Ratepayers
Big cr
few
There were lots of answers but t
many questions when a good crowd
Seaforth's council chambers for the ti
ratepayers' meeting Monday night.
Ratepayers questions singled out t
of lots at low prices in Seaforth's inch
park. the purchase of a possible fire ha.
for $20,000. burning leaves, the short.
industrial land within the town. exc
noise downtown at nights and an sweat;
bad taste in town water as issues of con
After the mayor and councillors revi
the past two years. stressing an mere
building permits. , storm drainage,.
sidewalk construction, a procedural h
updated for the• first time since 1942.
cost housing subdivision in the work
rest cusit....arena_..the.... establish ment
reserve fund for the first time and a b
police force. the meeting was thrown op
questions.
SING, SING A SONG ,— Vanastra Day Care teacher Beatrice Thomson of
Kippen leads a group of children in singing for their parents during the
Open House held.at the centre on Monday evening. The children are
Jennifer Burt, Vanastra; Chris Gill, Van:aStri Angels Harrison, 1:11,1.4,
Seaforth; Kimberley Dixon, Vanistra; taw* Munro, Vanttsti-a: Megan
Hodgins, Vanastra; Angela Tyndall, VanaStra and Miss ThoMson.
• (Photo by Oke)
Local care dealer Bill McLaught
questioned the wisdom of buying pro
for $20,000 while selling an industrial k
lot for $2.000 or $3.000.
Cost plus
Mayor Betty Cardno and deputy Re
Bill Dale said the ladn was sold to enrolls-
development and when a former cou'
bought the land it was decided to get
plus expenses from resale.
Parents are guests at PD
poor go-betweens for communication and in and out of schoo,
teachers said that letters sent home to A more detailed :op'ort on the professional
parents elicit little response. activity cla.> discussions will be carried next
Parents were urged to be concerned about week.
courses and curriculum and to attend all
parent-teacher nights. as well as monitoring
their childrens' homework.
Parents and teachers were encouraged to
work together to monitor students behaviotit
Vandals suspected
Communications was the subject of a day
long session of 70 teachers and parents at
Seaforth District High School on Monday.
Participants in the day's activities,
sponsored by the Teachers Federation. were
25 parent-ratepayers from the area, local
board of education trustees and the complete
staffs of Seaforth and VValtou Public Schools
and `Seaforth District 1-frgh School.
The morning session, under the general
theme of expectations and concerns, dealt
with parent-teacher and school contact, the
question of discipline, extra-curricular
activities and complaints and miscon.
ceptions the elementary and secondary
Empty house
burns
Halloween pranksters may have been
responsible for fire' in McKillop Township
early Wednesday morning. •
An empty frame house on the sidcroad
near Lot. IS, Con. 7 was reported a blaze at
1:15 a.m.. by an O.P.P.. officer 'patrolling the
area.
The Seaforth fire department .responded
to the call, and battled the fire •for almost
.three-quarters of an hour. •
The house was almost completely de-
stroyed by the, time the firemen reached the
sce ne.. ,
Chief H Hak said there wasn't any
hydro Connected to the house, and the
building was vacant.
The owner of the abandoned house stilt
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teachers and the parents might have about
each others role.
Among the parents who participated in
the debate were: (list not complete)
were Betty Beuttemniller, Trudy Btoome.
Margaret Dale, Chris Knetsch, Joyce
Braecker, Maja Dodds, Caro' Hunt and
R6se Robinson. Charlotte vIcKercher,
"'Sink Baekeii and
Anne Ste Marie. Mary Catherine. Lane,
Dinah Sills, Jean Stewart,' Neil McGavin,
Elsa Ruston and Roberta (Bert) KloSs. -
The three trustees who participated were
Dorothy Williams, who represents Tucker.-
smith ratepayers, John Henderson from
the. Seaforth area and Donald MacDonald,.
representing the Brussels-Grey .area..
The participants• were divided up into
groups to discuss areas where the lack of
communication causes problems and to
determine how this could be, solved.
One solution suggested was that a way to
avoid many future' problems would be to
have an early contact between parents and
teachers - possibly using the first profes-
sional development day, for a large meetng
of teachers and parents. It was pointed out
that the large "Sex education." Meetings last
year proved to, be most useful.
Parents suggested when h problem arose
involving a student, they would like to be
informed about it before the situation
became explosive. The teachers also asked
to be informed by parents about any,
problems involving their children. It was
suggested a meeting between the two could
solve the matter even a phone call , would
clear up many situations.
It was agreed by all that students make
, • .
Vandalism is assumed to.be the cause of a
fire which broke out early Wednesday
morning on a farm owned by Murray Adams
of Londesboro; •
The farm was formerly owned by Bill.
Little.
A vacant house on the lot was badly
damaged. and will have to be demolished A
few items'belonging to'Mr. Little which were
still in the house were destroyed in the fire.
The Blyth Fire Departnicnt received the
call about 12:09 a.m. .but weren't able to'
bring the tire under control. untilafter 3 a.m.
• The side and back .of the, house were in
flames when the firemen first arrived On the
scene.
• Fire chief Irwin Bowes said he couldn't
estimate the .cost of damage t6- the house
because the Adams had.planned to' renovate
the hoMe so they could make it liveable and
then rent it to-tenants. ,
• The chief said sonic of the indie ations of
, vandal s were that the fire was on the •
exterior of the house, that it started on the
floor of the sunporch. plus the fact the hydro
was disconnected and the house was locked.
There was some insurancccoierage on the
building.
The fire is still under investigation by the
O.P.P.
By Alice Gibb
It was the kind Of hot news tip every
reporter dreams of getting at least once in
his life.
The call came in to the Expositor Tuesday
morning and the staff wasted no time in
following it up.
The farmers out Beechwood way had
organized their own plowing match - no.
Make that their own Beechwood Inter-
national Plowing Match. and the 'Expositor
was the only paper to get the scoop.
The reporter met the informant, who
wishes to remain anonymous. outside the
Beechwood store and they set off in an
unmarked car to discover just what the
Beechwood 1PM was all about.
The informant, by the way, was cleverly
disguished behind thick. dark glasses and he
had a woollen cap pulled down over his ears.
After all. who knows what might have
happened to him if he'd been recognized.
Less than a mile from the Beechwood
store the team discovered the evidence • a
large sign reading Beechwood international
Plowing Match. first prize. A few furrows
over Was another smaller sign. with the
words' 6th. prize written on it.
eon Maloney. of R .fi .1. Dublin the
farm's owner had not only captured top price
in the match, but he'd finished in last place
A BIG GIRL — Hand tng her own
glass and her dinne'r all by herself at
Egmondville United Crurch's turkey
supper last Wednesday was Carri
Mcllwain, who's two. She's the
daughter of Jim' am! Donna
McIlwain of Egmondvile. (More
photos inside the
as well, However. our informant yoititt d out
it was actually Ray Maloney who was
responsible for plowing the winning rrows.
It's doubtful, 'the other plows will
confess, - the sixth ,prize furrows :vere
decidely cloddy and there was a stispicirvisly
generous amount of grass still sha wing
above ground.
The second place winner in the mysterious
match was Ken Ryan. a rieigYmt•ring
farmer, and the third prize was captured by
Jim Maloney.
The . fourth prize plowsman was Ron Ryan
and fifth place was taken by veteran furrow
fighter. Jim Murray.
When our informant was asked who
judged the competition. he. answerer' r•lther
'mysteriously. "Just say it was .4' 2 Pal-
lov,.e'ekri goblins.
The prize for Mr. Maloney "well maybe a
pumpkinrthe informant said.
The sponsors of the match are s, tit a
mystery.ior according to Out inforniatit,
names arc "off the record".
Either the boys around Beechwooc, 'rave
frets drinking come Of that term
Mel< ilkip ciderot else maybe it n ts
a. nip at! Hallout 'en prank.
Still, the idea rif holding an annual .tnat,h
in Beeeliwood eoilid 'catch on!
Future issues facing the new co
include a decision on a new fire ha
renegotiation .of the Fire Area B
' agreement. an updating of Seaforth's ion;
bylaws. perhaps a third senior skit.
apartment building (there's no word vet
when construetion•of the second will sta
John , St. the mayor reported) and
possible designation of Main St. the meet
was told.
Bob Dinsmore. who's been acclaimed
the new council, wondered if council hi
'looked at extending boundaries to ma
more industrial land available. The devele
ment, committee and planning hoard w
have to look at it. he was told.
Mr. McLaughlin asked'council why a ro,
was being, ,.constructed .(George St.)
service an industrial park lot bought by Lot.
.McNichol have aback alley I pay taxes
and there were some days last winter whent
was never plowed." The road belongs to thi
town deputy reeve Dale pointed out and th
construct-kin was one of the conditions
sale, the mayor added. "the money spen
there ..could have gone for sidewalks.'
HPRCSS board I
Supe
The resignation of Joseph Mills,
Superintendent of Education for
Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic
Separate School Board was accepted with
regret by the board at a meeting in Dublin
Monday night. It will be effective December
31
Mr. Mills has accepted a position as
education officer with the Ministry of
Education in Toronto.
He was hired by the' board September 1.
1976 as superintendent of special services
't , and since August, 1977, he has been superin.,
tendent of program, combining it with the
special service workload.
The board will hold a special meeting
November 1 to discuss advertising for a
replacement for Mr. Mills.
The board approved a revised policy
, regarding school secretaries to be adopted
January 1. Formerly the policy for re-
muneration for the secretaries was based on' kj
is
in Londesboro fire
Hot news tip takes reporter
to Beechwood IPM site