The Huron Expositor, 1978-11-30, Page 1CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVE — The new executive of the
Seaforth Chamber of Commerce is (front row, left to right) Robert
Plumsteel, vice-president; Betty Cardno, • president; Jim Gould;
treasurer; Ken Oldacre, secretary and (back row) directors Dr. Charles
Toll, Otto Tippelt, Merle Hoover, Bruce Pulsifer, past president and
Kenneth Lingelbach. Absent when the picture was taken were directors
Fred Tilley, Jerry Hetherington, David Langstaff and Floss Flibey and Peg
Ellis. (Photo by Oke)
Brace Pulsifer who ' has served as,
president during, the past year indicated he
no longer could serve since he was moving to
Mitchell,
Offices elected included president Betty
Cardno, vice president Robert Plumsteel,
treasurer, LW:Gould- and Secretary, Ken
Oldacre who after 13 years service agreed to
continue until a successor is found. Directors
are Fred Tilley, Jerry Hetherington, David
LorigstafT, Ken Lingelbach, Otto Tippelt,
Merle Hoover, Ross Ribey, Peg Ellis and
Dr.Chas. Toll. Industrial committee repre-
designated under the act.
The annual dinner and meeting which
attracted about SU members was arranges
by a •coin c of J.VV.Gould, Ken
Lingelbach and Ken Oldacre. President
Bruce Pulsifer chaired the event.
Mayor Betty Cardno spoke briefly and
yayor elect John Simian-ion who assumes
office next week, was introduced. Secretary
Ken Oldacre reviewed activities of the past
year arid treasurer Jitri Gould presented
financial Statetnent indicating receipts of
$1976.47 and expenditures $1621.01: The
balance, as of Oonbcr 31 wag $1712.16. sentative R.S.IVIarDonald.
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DEDICATED AT ST. COLUMBAN, CHURCH—A painting of St.
Columban, by Mrs. Catherin&Janossy of St. John, New Brunswick, the
former Catherine Moylari of McKillop, was dedicated at the church in a
special service on Sunday evening. Rev. Father Mucha of the Polish
Michaelite Fathers from Melrose preached the sermon at the dedication
ceremony.. Mrs. Janossy painted the picture of the church's patron saint
on the request of Father Oostveen. The frame, which matches the frames
of the stations of the cross, was made by John O'Leary of RR 2, Staffa.
The painting features the history of St. Columban's life on the left and a
summary of his'doctrine on the right. The saint, born In Ireland in 529,.
went to Europe to preach the gospel and formed monasteries at Lureuil in
Gaul, beside. Lake Constance and finally at Bobbio in Italy, where he died
in 615. • (Expositor Photo)
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Inside this week
Colouring Contest P 3A
Christmas Carols P. 5A & 6A
Huron's Day Care Centre . . ''''' P. 6
McKillop Federation P 17
Huron's Day bare Centre P 6
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Whole No. 0577
FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 24 SEAFORTH, PNTAMOo TIIURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1978 — 40 PAGES •
b, 119th Year
A TASTE OF WINTER — Susan Murray. of Walton bundled up to face
the first winter storm which dropped a blanket of 'snow on Seaforth and
the rest of Huron County Monday. Mrs. Norman Baird, Brucefield
weather keeper, reported:that a total of 4 cm. of snow fell on Monday and .
uesday, which etas twa4riches pf. snowfall . (Photo, by Oke)
Santa Claus won't be coming to Seaforth
to deliver his presents until Christmas Eve,
but the Expositor wants to give Santa some
hints beforehand an what to bring with him.
We've set up a special mail service to the
North Pole, and we hope area youngsters
will take advantage of it.
Children can write their letters to Santa in
care of the Expositor, and we'll put .a big box
in our office to drop them in. They can also
be sent to us through the mail and we'll
forward them to Santa.
Each week from nowuntil Christmas, we'll
print as mans 01 int letteN as we can, and
we'll include the writer's picture , too, if
space and time permit.
Then a few days before Christmas Eir .
arotriurVe 'II see that all the fetA
sent to us are delivered directly to the North
Pole and given' te Santa in time for the
suited a lawyer. then the matter would likely
eventually end up in court.
He said the Ontario Municipal, Act likely
provides for arbitration in a situation like
this one if the parties involved can't reach an
agreement.
Councillor Roy Swart of Hibbert, chairman
of the FAB, said he expects things will be
ironed out •at the next meeting of the board
and added he didn't wish to comment
further on the situation at the present ''
Seaforth council requested the total cost of
hydrant rental be included in the FAB
budget in a letter sent to the board in May,
1977. However, the rental fee has been a
bone of contention since 1974 and Mr.
Williams said the matter was discussed
several times in 1976.
Clerk Jim Crocker said the town pays 32
per cent of the board's budget so Seaforth
C of C annual sees heritage film
Seaforth council has decided to withhold
the _.town's final yearly payment to the
Seaforth Fire Area Board (FAB).
The town's final payment for the year
would be approximately $4500. Seaforth
council has been unhappy for some time
about the fact they are paying most of the
costs of fire hydrant rental expenses in the
town.
Jim Crocker said the Seaforth PUC
charges $54.00 rent annually for fire hydrants
in the town, and the FAB pays only $1,000 of
this. The town of Seaforth is responsible for
paying the remainder of the costs. a
At a recent council meeting, councillors
voted to withhold their final 1978 payment
until the FAB had indicated it would include
the fire hydrant rental costs in its 1979
budget.
In January, council, consulted .a lawyer
New citizens of Canada are contributing to
a growing awareness of Canada's building
heritage Reeve John Flannery told members
of the Chamber of Conitherce as he
expressed appreciation to Seaforth' LACAC
for the presentation at the meeting.
" Mere is a change, in climate concerning
'heritage. We must preserve more" he said,
adding that. new Canadians recalling their
native Europe are emphasizing how wasteful
we' are of our'assets.
The LACAC presentation winch included
films of projects in Ontario and the United
States, where older buildings no longer
required for their original purpose, had been,
recycled to new. uses and. was introduced -by
Mrs. A.Y.McLean. LACAC chairMan, who
pointed out that not only had the converted
accommodation been provided more
economically than would. have been possible
with n eW construction but architecture and
atmosphere of an earlier era had been
preserved for future generations. The films
included area .examples in Clinton; St.
Marys and Stratford.
In existence since early 1976 LACAC
members were all volunteers, she said, and
included Mrs. David Cornish, Mrs. Robert
Newnham, Ted Cosford and Walter Armes
with Mayor Betty Cardno, the council
representative.
Outlining the work • which had been
accomplished, Mrs. McLean said that
through the to-operation of Heritage Canada
a preliminary file of architecturaly valuable
Seaforth buildings had been established. For
the past three summers a student had been
made available fof 'research and this activity
had contributed to an increase in ...local
appreciation of buildings in Seaforth par-
ticularly'the unique Main Street streetSealie
lit addition reStriting 'publicity had brought
Many interested individuals and groups to
town, She recalled that • three public
building's and 12 private hoMes had been
Won't be 88 housing units slapped up 4an this
land. But the land will be there, available
and serviced, if it's needed." The town
could cope with an influx of people. he said.
There are 88 units in the subdivision,
including 28 apartments.
Changed
Cotineillor Jim Sills, Chairman, of the
committee which has been working on the
low eaSt housing idea and negotiating with
developers explained that the original idea
of a' Mobile home park was changed when
"developers proved in the long run we'd be
fnrthet_ ahead with stick built low cost
housing".
The subdivision agreement provides that
services within the subdivision will be paid
for by Arris, while the developer and the
town, and adjacent property owners when
they build on new vacant land, will share the
cost of services that border the subdivision.
The developer will reimburse the town for its
legal and engineering costs since the Arris'
proposal was accepted in principal last
April.
Although Reeve John Flannery protested
that he hadn't heard about the purchase
price Until Monday night, other councillors
special night when he delivers his gifts.
Childi e.n write your letter to Santa care of
the Er ,ositor right away, in your own
handwriting or printing if possible. Be sure
to put your address and telephone number
on, the lett so we can make arrangements
--(Se-pictures. There's a big, bright red box
Waiting for your letters right here at the
Expositor office. '
would still be paying its share of the $5400
rental costs.
Mr. Crocker said the situation is causing a
split' between the urban and rural munici-
palities 'represented on the FAB.
Other council members have indicated
since the schools, hospital and arena are"
used by residents of the entire area served
by the FAB, then the board should be paying
the fire hydrant fees to protect these
Council representatives on the FAB are
Gerald Groothuis and Irwin Johnston.
Brucefield man
hit 'on tractor
Harry Woolley, 66, of R.R.1, Brucefield,
received minor injuries on Sunday afternoon
when the tractor he was riding was struck by
a car outside of Brucefield. . •
Martin Baker, 17, of Brucefield was
eastbound on County. Road #3, 1.2. km.
outside of the village, when' his car struck
the rear of a trailer being pulled by Mr.
Woolley,
There was $750 damage to the Baker
vehicle and $250 damage to the trailer Mr.
Woolley was pulling.
Mr. Baker has been charged with careless
driving in the accident.
Seaforth pair satisfactory
in London hospital
Two Seaforth area residents were injured
Friday night in a head on collison one and a
half miles east of Dublin on Highway #8.
A vehicle driven by Steven Oppenhauser,
28 of RR 3, Monkton collided with a second
car driven by John B. Westeryeld, 21, of RR
(Continued on Page 23)
Logan liquor vote
after Christmas
Residents of Logan township will have
another chance -to vote in a liquor plebiscite
on December 28.
Because all their council members were
acclaimed to Office, the township lost it's
chance at a liquor vote in the municipal
election.
The township had agreed to the selling of
beer and wine in the township in 1960 but
p'rovincial legislation passed in 1976 will
prevent the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario
!tam issuing special occaison permits for the
;ale of "hard liquor" after the end of the
rear,
The only way around this ban according td
-of
clerk Ed Scherbarth is for 60 per cent
of the voters to back the sal,: of spirits.
said it had been agreed upon by council
previously in committee of the whole. The
press heard the price for the first• time
Monday night.
When Reeve Flannery balked at passing
the by-law authorizing sale Monday night,
councillor Sills commented "we've studied
this for a year and a half." "But I've only
had three quarters of an hour to look at it
(the subdivision agreement)", the reeve
said.
Instead of deeding Seaforth five per cent
of the subdivision land for a park, the town
has agreed that Arris will pay $800, as the
-- planning act provides. It was felt the
Optimist Park provided recreation facilities
very close to the subdivision, the clerk said.
He along with the town's engineer, a county
planner and three Arris representatives
ironed out the details of the -subdivision
agreement.
Mr. Crocker said the terms were-about the
same as the town's only other subdivision
agreement, the Silver Creek Development
near the Hospital but "more detailed and
specific."
The builders of each house must provide
sump pumps in each basement, the
agreement says.
A section of the agreement provides that
Arris can buy back any lots from new owners
who don't start construction within one year,
at the purchase price plus 10 percent per
year. "Why would the developer pay 10
percent?" councillor Sills wondered.
It could encourage speculation as lots
went from Developer A to Arris to Developer
B back to Arris and "it could -be our problem
Dale Erb isn't going to look back very
fondly on last Saturday night.
Firt, Mr. Erb and other employees of the
Al's Market and abattoir in Hensall were
celebrating Christmas at their staff party at
the Pineridge Chalet when they were
notified vandals had broken into the
abattoir.
Then, as Mr, Erb was heading .back-
thro,ugh James Jeffery, 16, of
$12,00 a year in ,advar.lce,
Single copy cents
if a, whole pile of lots weren't built on," he.
said..
Although this' subdivision 'agreement
would still apply to any new owner, there's
nothing to prevent .Arris from "selling the
whole thing to another developer at a
profit", councillor Sills asked and 'clerk
Crocker agreed,
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Before issuing building permits on the
land, the town and the developer have
appromied the plans "to ensure comformity
with the development property," The town
hopes to issue 16 building permits before the
end of December in order to qualify for a
Municipal Incentive Grant of $1000 on
each.
Council hopes that grant money can go
towards its share of the services in the West
Branch subdivision, as it was named last
week.
Two objections by area home owners John
Price and Harry Mero, which had been
lodged with the clerk's office and would, have
required an OMB hearing on the subdivision
have been withdrawn, clerk. Crocker said.'
A zoning charge, to allow a mix of
apartment, single, family and semi detached
units within the subdivision has been
approved, the clerk heard Wednesday
morning.
See subdivison
plan on P. 3
Redford, Michigan, turned out of a side-
street and hit the Erb vehicle.
-Mr. Erb's car was knocked into two trees
and the vehicle was totalled.
The Jeffery car sustained approximately
$50 in damages. •
Mr. Jeffery has been aliarged under the
Highway Traffic Act and Dale Erb of Zurich
is still shaking his head about his , bad
weekik ';"
The sale of 10,4 acres of town owned land
and a subdivision agreement with Arris Land
Develepment Corp. of Fort Erie were okayed
-by the present Seaforth council at its final
meeting on Monday night.
Arris will buy the land, in the south west
corner of town, for $16,000 paying $1,000
when the plan of subdivision "is registered
and $15,000 by April 30, 1979. Seaforth paid
512,000 for the land, plus a portion it is
retaining, several years ago.
Servicing is expected to start in the spring
on the first phase. which includes a lot for an
apartment building.between-Railway St.-and
theCNR tracks and 15 house lots, in the
north east corner of the subdivision. Houses,
including lots, will sell for from 535,000 to
$38,000, Clerk Jim Crocker says. Lot prices
will depend on what service tender prices
arc.
After perhaps three houses are put up on
spec. "the rest of the lots will be sold on a
free market basis. The developer is only
servicing the land. They will put lots on the
market." said Clerk Jim Crocker. Arris will
be able to start the spec houses, at the same,
time as servicing starts.
He defended the subdivision with "there
who advised that under the fire protection
agreement, all costs of fire protection will be
paid by the FAB. The town argues fire
protection ' cost, should be interpreted to
include the hydrant rental fees.
The FAB, 'which includes two representa-
tives from Seaforth, two froni McKillop and
one each from Hullett, Hibbert and
Tuckersmith townships, is now also
consulting a lawyer for a legal opinion on the
matter. •
Ernie Williams, secretary-treasurer of the
FAB, said he received a letter from council
on Monday indicating its plan to withhold
the final payment.
Mr. Williams said the next meeting of the
FAB isn't until Dec. 12 and the board will
discuss the situation then.
Mr. William said if the issue, was ,a
private matter, and both individuals con-
Write to Santa
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Seaforth- withholds fire area paymen
Henson man
Has a bad night