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The Huron Expositor, 1978-11-23, Page 3There were two Seaforth in the past pending against a robbery earlier -this minor accidenti" in week, and charges are youth involved in a summer. THE NEW MAYOR-John Sinnamon, Seaforth's new mayor, will take office Dec, 1 and the Inaugural meeting of council will be Monday, Dec. 11. (Expositor Photo) Council briefs At the last regular meeting of the 1977.78 council Monday night.' a number of items were discusSed. John C. Ward of , Mitchell Cable TV gave council a point by ponirreliiiital—Pf complaints made at a previous council meeting and in the Expositor Asks column of the local paper. Mr. Ward, who was interviewed in last week'-s Expositor, - stressed that people should call the company's Dublin number if theyhave reception problems. Council also heard from, Dirk Meat of James F. MacLaren • Ltd. that Seaforth's Huron St. sewers were finished Nov. 12 at a cost of $79,695.17, Marlen Vincent, for the Lions Club, asked council to consider letting the Club set up rides and games on Duke' Street between the curling' club and the arena June' 16 and 17 for the annual carnival, which may move from the Lions Park to the arena. Another visitor, Clarence Reeves, complained . of windows being broken in his Main St. apartment and wanted to know what council was going to do about it. A decision to offer free parking on Main St. during December • prompted councillor Ken Roth to insist tickets should he issued re cars belonging to those who work on Main St. and' park there all day. Costs cutting measures are continuing , at Seaforth Community Hospital, . the town's rep, on the SCH board, councillor `Wayne Ellis, emphasized in a report to council, Patient days are declining for various reasons and as many costs are fixed the average cost per patient day goes up. Council will try to get a temporary • easement from the. Bank :of Commerce to install drain 'to Main St. and eliminate flooding behind the IGA. A request from Betty MacLean that council issue a building permit or buy her property in the Welsh St. area for possible future street expansion was passed to the new council, vnwhichmers takes office Dec. 1. Although t property ,ii‘i'doicated no interest in developing land along what would he an extension of William St.. councillor Jim • Sills - stressed issuing a building permit might cut off future access to the north end of town: - • -- Seaforth PUC has nego- tiated an agreement with' Ontario Hydro that sewer revenue collected by the PUC will be used to offset water expenses. not lumped into the entire PUC budget as has been the case, Mayor Betty Cardno reported. Contractors. and ultimately the owner's of peroperty where work is being done, arc responsible for damage to sidewalks, councillor Sills said. A notice to that effect,v,ill be.handed out with building permits, Huron's Board of Education will • be app roached to see if it will. sell '26' of - property to the town in order to bring the easterly • extension of Side St., 'up to M TC standards. Reihl Construction's building permit for the new Senior citizen apartments will be issued Dec. I , making. Seaforth eligible for a $16,000 miinipipal incentive grant, clerk.' 'Jim Crocker reported.$ Giants of $100 to Santa's visit to' Seaforth. $100 to Huron's Family and Children's Services for Christmas gifts, $50 tb St. John's Ambulance for First Aid needs at the arena and $300 to the creative playground at Seaforth Public School recommended by the recreation committee received council approval. Four phone lines from here to Goderich for the new central dispatch system will cost $927 a month with Seaforth paying 10,9 percent. • Huron Perth assessment commissioner Fleyti Jenkins will be invited to a future council meeting to talk about assessment inequalities. Amen Babies baptized Four area babies were baptized in a special service at Egmondville • United Church on Sunday. The babies were Christa Meg Bennett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bennett; Andrea Jill McGrath, daugh- ter of Mr. , and Mrs. Larry McGrath; Jason William Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Miller and Carly Mae Price, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Price, A full congregation attend- ed the baptism service. The childrens' story for the ser- vice was "The Rainbow" and the sermon vitas. "Ruth andI COMITlittthent)" Ladies at meals on wheels Mrs. Jane Vincent and Mr's. Margaret McNairn of Seaforth's Meals on %Wheels attended the second provincial conference of the Meals on Wheels programmes in Toronto last week. There arc 156 registered delegates representing 71 Meals on Wheels programmes throughout the province. Dramatic developments in providing support services for the elderly, the cttrrent economic climate and changing government spending priorities give rise to urgent study as they directly relateto Meals on Wheels progratimes. Sessions dealt with the ideas of extending support services to the elderly: funding - now and in the future; the importance of volunteers and their recognition; and the proposal for a provincial asSociation. A new horizons grant from the ministry of national health and welfare partially subsidized the Out of pocket expenses of the designated delegates. One of the highlights of the -conference was the dinner sponsored by the Ontarid Government at the Ontario Science Centre. mouse on the front, and everybody says "how cute". So. how's she supposed to reconcile all that with a father who notches a trap each time he gets a mouse in an effort, to find out which, trap is most efficient, and a mother who can hardly stand to look at, let alone touch, the, little creeps? And it's total war between us and the mice. who from all evidence, intended on taking over the place, They've been in my old quilts in the guest rooni. A colony frequents the area behind the bathtub. (My mother-in-law told us not to put it on an angle.) While the upstairs mice may be teetotal, we've got a lulnch downstairs whose habitat is the top of the dining room cupboard where we keep wine. Headquarters and we think point of entry until last week was the lazy susan in the kitchen corner. We took it apart and poured cement between its bottom shelf and the Old floor boards and that just might discourage the varmints for awhile. We've had chases around the living room with a broom. We had one mouse-caught in two traps at the seine time, (I wasn't home but 1 'tn the lady who was helping clean up the place for a party we had recently almost fell off the ladder.) NoW this column has been accused of many things. Even, on occasion, of exager- .ation. So I eould assure those who etended that party that the last mouse .was caught at least the day before and the whole place was disinfected as thoroughly as we could manage before the guests arraived. But I have a feeling the war isn't over yet. I have a picture of those mice re- grouping, perhaps in the basement somewhere and getting ready' to come at us again. The better half put an even more ominous threat in Any head recently when he was bugging me to clean out the car. It's got baby's crum6s, baby's toys, mother's news- papers and mail and the remains of some- of my breakfasts scattered in it., Nothing serious, just the daily clutter that I don't have a chance to take out because 1 have the baby in one arm and my purse in the other. (Make another trip to clean out the "car? Well, that has been suggested.) "Pretty soon" my husband said, smiling because he knew it was the ultimate threat," you'll have the mice living in the car." • we m nor. accidents 3.95 Special Men's 6.50 & 7.50- QUALITY NECKWEAR • FREE Gov BOXES • rm. .*,..w* P' 40dO.W ,r' ,04X ,e0 May we suggest NIGHT WEAR GIFT HOUSECOATS Velour, Polyester, spun Rayon, Poly-cotton, Brushed rayon and quilted nylons in plain shades, floral designs, stripes and plaids. Size small to XL 18'95 to 35.00 NIGHTGOWNS Choose from pink, Blue, white, beige in plain shades or dainty prints. In Tricot nylon to flannelette. 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The buildings, being new, are easier to maintain, easier to heat, take less imagination to make attractive, have bet ter unloading and storage space and because they are almost always rental units, do not require a large capital outlay to 'start up' a business. Also, because they are rental properties, the businessman is relieved of problems such as maintenance and snow removal. As well, the oe ner wilt demand certain standards from his tenants and the shop-keeper is protected from unkempt or undesirable "businesses opening near hiS location. Unfortunaltely, a town such as ours can support only a certain number of business establishments. 'With the exception of a travel agency: a music store, a shoe store; and a bakery. everybusiness al main street is already at t duplicated. Consider: there are two each f grocery stores, drug stores, furniture s res, hardware stores, appliance stores, auto parts stores, variety stores, etc. There are five eating places, three banks, three hair dressers and so on. Given the establishment of even a small three or four store plaza, . some of the existing businesses will be forced out. Their shops will either remain,,vacant or be taken over by less desirable businesses, "junk shops" it' you will, which by their very nature Will make Main, Street a less popular place for shoppers. No one can expect people not to go to an area where everything looks nicer. With this scenario, can there be any future for Main Street other than a retreat into oblivion as outside money develops outside businesses? After •attending this conference. we believe there is and the answer is to be found in revitalizing Main Street so that it can compete with new development; so that it can even make new development a financial hazard for in- vestors. To be continued next week - 7 •THE H EXPOSItOR, N()VENTEF,1 23,, "TO omething.to say by Susan White We battle.-the mice Vandals hit Highway 8 between Seaforth and St. Columban as well as the town of Clinton on the weekend - their target was stop and yield signs in Clinton and road markers along the highway. No charges have been laid to date but officials hope someone who might have witnessed the destruction will come forward. About '17 road signs, marking the concession roads, were torn doWn on the weekend as well between Seaforth and St. Columban. The ministry of transportation and communications 'is responsible for replacing these signs. by Karl Schuessler (Continued from Page 2 ) Guest article by Seaforth's ,Local Architectural Conservatism Advisory , Committee Recently, a conference, "Conserving Ontario's Main Streets,P sponsored by The Ontario Heritage Foundation branch of the Ministry of Culture & Recreation , a si - held on the Campus"of Trent Universe) at Peterborough. Its purpose was to draw together businessmen, civil servants. members of local LACAc.'„s (Local architectural conservation advisory corn- mittes) and experts in the fields of arc.hitectural conTeiVitlion and business economics to discuss the problems facing downtown business areas and to explore methods of revitalizing these areas by focusing on their inherent historical and architectural advantages. The following is an attempt to relate some of the ideas which were brought forth at this conference to the situation we have today in Seaforth. The one thing which stands out above all is that a shoping plaza on a commercial strip along the highway is in the cards. The big cities are now fairly well saturated with such developments and at present d elopers of such buildings are con- entrating on the larger towns. It is only a matter of time betore money becomes available for developments in towns of our size. Goderich now has a Mall on Highway 21 and an extensive commercial strip along Highway #8. (Both of these developments are outside the town limits.) Exeter has just seen the opening of a major grocery oetlet en the edge of town. Just When..this sort of development will come to Seaforth cis impossible to say but it seems 'a -safe guess that it will be within five years. It would even be safe to guess that Seaforth has already been scouted to see where land might be acquired for commercial developement. Now, it may be asked, "Why would a developer come here; we already have all the businesses we need - maybe more"? The answer should be obvious 'to anyone who has been to a plaza or mall. Almost without exception, these new develop- ments make money because people go there, Plazas are designed', for the automobile. They 'are one_main routes; parking is easy. They will contain at least I don't think I've ever seen, or heard, ,the Canadian people in more querulous mood than they are today: And with less reason. Even during the Depression, people weren't so angry and whining. They were scared and worried and frustrated, because there was no work and they sometimes didn't know where the next meal was coming from, But they' were also lean and tough and ingenious and independent. They didn't spend all their time bitching about • the government. Maybe we've got too fat and too lazy and too government-dependent during the last forty-odd years. During and after World War 11, we sailed happily into the select, few nations that 'had the highest living standard in the world, and .we've never recovered. We thought all we had to do was lie back like a high priced prossie and let the money roll in. Germany and Japan were licked, and the British were bankrupt and North America was living high off the hog. Everybody was buying new cars and houses and boats and summer properties, because the cornucopia of goodies had no bottom. All we had to do was keep the Red Menace at bay. and the Yanks would look after that. For a decade• or so after the war, the pipe-dream lasted, even got more colors and More shine. Industry and buSiness were booming. The Americaes were pouring in development money. • But a combination of things put the handwriting on the wall. My salary quad- rupled in a decade. And so did yours'. But it still wasn't enough. We developed a - reputation as a nation that was completely untrustworthy when it came to labor relations and strike'JWe took on massive social aid plans such as medicare, that Nee' really couldn't afford. We tried to outdo every other country in, the world when it came to unemployment insurance and welfare and pensions. The bills, with interest, kept piling up in the leading capitals of the world. At the same time, Germany, Japan and other nations with populations only too eager to work their butts Off to get rid of starvations and cold and housing shortages, aided-by —a massive injection of funds from the 'U.S., panicky about the Cold War, began to rebuild with a speed and singleness of purpose that was frightening. Our trade languished because our pro- ducts were too expensive to meet the competition. Our international clout dimin- ished rapidly as we welshed on our NATO committments, kept our foreign aid frugal, and waffled when we should have snarled, in the U.N. . (Continued from Page 1) education, board activities and the activities of the cdmnitinity and the youth of that community on a so or 31 day basis. lie said being criticized for being away for 27 days during 365 day period "I feel is unjust". Mr. Elliott suppotted Mr. Alexander once before When the board 'rapped his knuckles for being absent for a series of b6ard meetings while on his Winter Vacation. The And now it's all corning home to roost. And we're crying like a bunch of babies. We've wresteld inflation to the ground, but' who's on top in the fall? Our dollar is propped up by interest rates that would make me turn green with sweat profusely were I a young husband hoping to buy a house with a big mortgage. Say 540,000 at 11.5 per cent. Figure it out, boy. And it (the dollar) is still worth only 85c U.S.. which isn't much good either, beside the yen and the mark and the franc. A friend of mine, who fought with the German Army in North Afriea gets 'a bigger war pension than I do, PLUS a civilian pension from Germany worth $150 a month, because the mark is so healthy., Who the heck won the war, anyway,? We did, but 'we lost the peace. With inimitable resources, we have a horrendous' unemployment rate. The country is going into debt to the tune of billions a year. Takes are high and everclimbing. And why? Greed. We all want more and more of everything: new highways, new airports, bigger pensions, bigger salaries, two cars in every garage, and meat at least six times a week, But look around you, and see if our un-Canadian whining is justified. It's still one of the best countries in the world to live in, physically. 'l'ake ih supermarket. There's a power of complaining about prices, but people. even the relatively poor, are snapping up luxury items: frozen foods, oranges. California grapes, hot-house tomatoes, chicken, lamb chops, 'deodorants, bought cakes. In the old days, the only time I saw an orange or a grape in the house was at Christmas. I didn't know what a lamb chop tasted like until I came of age. A chicken was , something you bought from a farmer for a dollar, plucked and eviscerated yourself, and had for a special Sunday dinner, with relatives. My mother would have consi'dered frozen food an abomination of the devil, and a temptation for lazy women. Deodorants consisted of soap. And yet we never went hungry and never stank. Well, maybe a little, by_the.end of the_ week. Don't Misunderstand me. I don't want to go back to the old days, when my Dad developed ulcers worrying bout the coal bill, and my Mom worked until midnight patching and sewing to keep us decent. But I'm getting heartily sick of Canadians who are worried about missing the trip to the Caribbean this winter, or having to put off the purchase of a new car until next summer. Quitcherbitchinl Mice. We're having a battle with them at our house. And right now the mice are winning hands . down, - I'd wager we've caught 20 of the grey little devils this fall in the traps that we have set all over the house. And it's just sheer luck that we haven't caught the demon crawler baby too. She's interested. very, in those little wooden boards that sport complicated looking wires and dabs of cheese and peanut butter. But so far we've disarmed r removed the traps just b or she's gotten to them. The unoccupied ones anyway. The mice and the baby apparently share one favourite haunt in our house. That's the brie'. iedge along- side the "..r :ace. She loves fo stand .up there and bang things oh the bricks ...fine china, her 'mother's oreaments, you know what babies like to bang. -Judging from the -number of times we've loaded and unloaded the trap in • the 'corner 'at -that ledge, — mice like it there too. (The "we" in that 'previous sentence is • fictional....the better half has all the dealings with mice....) hate them. On a recent night after work I was getting supper ready in the kitchen which has a clear view of the fireplace. I had seen a dead mouse in the trap on the ledge on my way in the door. but rather than do anything about 11, askednly.husband,_. relaxing in the living room, to take it out. Then I forgot about it 'til I heard a strange "cli nk clink" as the baby' banged something new on the fire- place ledge. I couldn't bear, to look but knew exactly what she was doing and screeched for her father. Right. she was playing with the trap and petting the nice furry "baby" caught in it. Thus prompted, father got rid of the mouse, disinfected the baby and had a good laugh at mother's , chicken heartedne-ss. All 'Gaby's books show mice as darling friendly little creatures. She's even got an outfit with an embroidered • vehicle driven by Louis Main of Teeswater collided at the intersection. of Main and John Streets. ' Police Chief John Cairns said charges are" pending in the investigation of a break and enter case. In July, the Topnotch Feeds Ltd. store in Seaforth was broken into and $200 worth of tools were stolen. Last week Seaforth police recovered the tools in a Mitchell apartment after executing a search warrant. The recovered equipment included electric drills, tool boxes and other tools. Chief Cairns reported the Seaforth District High School lawn was again ripped up on the weekend, but police have located the youth who committed the damage. down In Clinton. 43 stop and yield signs were torn down, and the cost of repairing the signs is expected to. reach $1,300 or about $30 a sign. Road crews spent most • of Monday repairing the damage around the town. Which Ernest Brown, cour -il representative on the Clinton Public Works Board, considers the worst case of such vandalism to date. In Seaforth itseslf, Chief John Cairns said two stop signs were damaged on the weekend. Both the signs were knocked over, but hadn't been ripped down as the signs were in Clinton. On Wednesday, November 15, John Dietz of R,R.1. Dublin parked his car on chalk Street near Seaforth District High School from the early afternoon to 8 p.m. at night. When Mr. Dietz returned to his car, he found the left front fender had sustained $350 worth of damage. Seaforth police are treating the accident as a hit and run incident, and the matter is still under investigation. A minor accident on Thursday resulted in $50 worth of damage when a vehicle driven '-•bv- Donald Dale of Seaforth and a second NOt bad earnings—and with someone else's money, too. But why can't I go out and sell my raffle tickets without feeling'slightly guilty? Why must I compare my innocent flirtations with chance against hardcore gambling at the race tracks and Las Vegas casinos? Why )and on petty gambling when the world has far more gross and coarse outrages? I guess it's that Protestant work ethic living in me. Telling me money comes by hard work, thrift and dili gence. Get-rich- quick-schetpes_mock the ethic that says there's a relationship between. effort and reward. Maybe it's because I don't want to be --taken-for -a-sucker, -I-can i wad, can't I?— Sugar and Spice by Smiley We're in a bad__mood Chairman praises defeated board was considering asking for Mr. Alexander's resignation but Mr. Elliott pointed out that the Winghairi trustee had been a victim of circumstance and,was not as truant as it' Appeared to the board. Mr. Elliott pointed out that Mr Alexander had planned his vacation for February and March planning to Miss two board Meetings but weather delayed the January Session for a ,week and because of that Mr. Alexander Missed that meeting as well, More briefs The clerk was asked to get an outline of services provided by the Bank of Commerce and the Toronto Dominion in Seaforth. "Just to keep them competitive", commented deputy reeve Bill Dale. The Commerce is the town's bank now. win a top prize in Leto Canada I have one chance out of 580,000. In the Provincial, one out of 416,666. What person in his right mind would invest in those kind of schemes? Okay. So no one's forcing me to buy or sell. But I'm tempted. And I'm temptable. You don't bombard peopfe with advertising and promotion and not expect them to respond s A government—once aloof from such practices—has now entered the campaign with fury and relish. I'm just waiting for one person to ,challenge me on my ticket selling. No one has. I'm my own best challenger. And. if the righteous half side of me wins, I just might have to turn in the tickets and give a donation, instead Vandals knock signs