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The Huron Expositor, 1980-12-04, Page 112Ut yetw . Whole No. 5882 • . • jAFORTH4 QNTAFQ.9..;;..T.Husl. DECEMBER 4 1900. 7,3 .644}.4o a • 24 PAGES $16 a year in adV4tiee Single Copy 40 Cents SUDDENLY IT'S WINTER — After a few false starts this season, snow came to Seaforth Tuesday night with a vengeance. As this view west on John St. shows residents, woke up after the evening's storm to fine/ -sevaral centimetres of snow on the ground. And it's likely here to stay. (Photo by Ellis) Dublin area man killed in storm The season's first snowstorm claimed the life of a 37 -year old Dublin area man. James Melady. of R.R. 2. Dublin died Thursday afternoon when the pickup truck he was dri ving collided with a van in Dublin at the intersection of Perth County Road 10 and Highway 8. OPP pulls cal -s in William Vanosch, 51. of R.R. 3 Goderich, was driving west on Highway 8 when the accident occurred. Sebringville OPP report- ed the van driver received minor injuries in the accident. James (Jim) Melady was born in Seaforth • and was the son of Mrs. Mary Catherine As fierce, wind, snow hits Goderich OPP detachment pulled its winter's first serious storm. cruisers off area highways about midnight Tuesday due to poor driving conditions in Santa Claus is coming Santa Claus is coming to town on Saturday. and thanks to the Seaford) Lions, he'll be accompanied by a big parade. Two bands, the now nationally famous SDHS Girl's Trumpet Band and the Seaforth Dashwood Community Band will escort Santa, along with about 25 floats from local businesses and community groups. The parade starts at 10:30 a.m. from the arena. Frotri there it moves down Main St. to Crombie where it will turn east to Victoria St. and circle back north to disband at Please turn to page 3 Lions drive going well The campaign for renovations at the Seaford' Lions park and pool is going well, v4ith about 26 -per cent of the goal now in from Seaforth residents. according to Marten Vincent. who's in charge of the fund. raising. Mr. Vincent emphasized that quite a few volunteer canvassers haven't reported back yet and he urged them to do so soon. Work e renovating the pool is nearly finished and prelinfinary work has been done on the park's newball diamond. The Lions Club hopes to complete its canvass of Seaforth merchants by the end of next week. Insi Sergeant Peter Donatis of the Goderich detachment said there comes a time when the department won't risk the lives of their men in rescuing motorists who haven't heeded warnings about poor driving conditions. The sergeant said he considered Tuesday -night's storm the first real storm of the winter. The provincial ministry of transportation and communications reported poor driving conditions throughout much of southwestern Ontario Tuesday night with 60 kmh winds gusting 1o90 kmh at times. The storm in the Seaforth area started in the afternoon and by 6 p.m., visibility was poor with howling . winds and blasting snow which Jorced motorists to reduce speed. The storm forced the cancellation of all incoming and outgoing flights at London Airport after 7:30 p.m, a number of cars on area highways slid into ditches as visibility worsened, and there were still cars in the dtich on the North Road Wednesday morning. Although power lines in London were blown down M the stotrn. no litres were blown down in Seaforth, despite a tree which came down on Railway street (Flynn) Melady of R.R. 2 Dublin and the late Maurice Melady, who died in 1977. Mr. Melady, who farmed• in Hibbert Township all his life, was a member of the Knights of Columbus and Branch 156 of the Royal Canadian Legion. Surviving besides his mother are two RON M. MURRAY new. chairman .of the Huron -Perth County Separate School Board Sae story on page 3. brothers, Theo F., of R.R. 2,. Dublin and John F. of Brighton and one sister, Mrs. Glen (Mary) Butters of Edmonton, Alberta. Friends were received at the R.S. Box Funeral Home in Seaforth. Funeral mass was held, Monday at 10:30 a.m. at St. *Columban Church, with Rev. P.A. Oostveen officiating. Temporary entombment will be in the Pioneer Memorial Mausoleum,with burial later in'the St. Columban Cemetery. Parish prayers were said for Mr. ivrelady at the funeral home on Sunday evening. The pallbearers were Pat Melady, Paul Melady. Mark Melady. Wayne Kramers, Bob Malone, Allan Ducharme. Flower bearers were Kevin Melady and Tim Melady. Gord-Rimmer heads SCH BY WILN1A OKE At a meeting of the Seaforth Commun• as Hospital board Tuesday ntght. Gordon Rimmer was elected chairman of the board. He replaces Wasne Ellis w ho resigned. Emma Friend of Dublin was elected sice•chaerman to fill the chair % acated by Mr. Roamer N% hen he became chairman Ib other husmess the hoard approsed the replacement of thc inside door on the elesator at a cost of S'24 from the Eastern Ele% ator ( iimpa n% All an Searle. chairman of the properts committee said the new handrails w ill be installed early in Decem- ber. Thewill he placed along the corridors outside the patient rooms at a cost of about S2,100 Gordon McKenzie. admmstrator. said the actise treatment rooms are running at capacits at the present time. the chronic mom% at A2 per tent and (+stem( s at 18 per ce n t Fewer job openings Manpower says BY HERB SHOVELLER While the unusually high unemploy• ment rale in Canada is a matter of national concern. Ben Hey. manager of the Canada Manpower Centre in Goderich. feels Huron County is in a better state than many other parts of the country. "I think. and this is a persiirth I opinittn. that we're doing fairly well here." said Mr., flev• "It's a small area and we're fortunate' • the industries we have here base been stable " The manager mentions C hampion Road Machinery, elevators and. though seasonal. farm work. a examples of dependable industries in MT area The Goderich office's statistics for the end of November shosy there are 693 unemploN -ed males and 641 unemployed females registered. For men, the nutliber is dovsn Notes to Santa Beginning this week and running through to our Christmas issue, the Expositor will publish letters to Santa from our young readers. Since of vvhitebeard is one of our cherished subscribers, we're certain he'll see the notes. This year's first batch is on page 7 441 Awards Seven local young people won county honours at file Seaforth 441 Achievern6et night for completing six t_ program courses. while two others won provincial homers. See story and pictures on page, 8 Close to Championship The Seaforth District High School girl's senior basket- ball team moved' one stets closer to the Huron -Perth championship recently by dumping South Huron, 39-23 in the first game of a two . game total -point final. See pictures on pages 17 Bean Boycott The Huron County white bean growers decided at their annual meeting Friday to boycott WA Thompson Mills until up- coming court proceedings involving the cdMpany have been completed. See story on -page IS from no tor the same time last year hut the number for women has jumped from 5413 last Det. ember. The oserall total potnts to a slight increase in registered unemplosed this year oser last •' There's really no pattern." explained Mr [fin For the females, there's a lot of dens al people %v ho are unemplosed.- He adds both this year and last are not representatiyc of normal conditions. -TA compare. Nou'd really hay e to go back three or ftmr ears • .1(4b aca .11 the Goderith office 'are also doun 1,351Near at the end of NoN ember there were 53 opentngs but this War there are ou,I5 40. Mr. Hey evplains most emploers v. ho use the centre are looking for "bartenders. waitresses. Jobs like that. There is the odd clerical job that conies m But there hasn't been nitivh of ansthing." Normally the ( hristmas season creates opportunities for short term work, hut the manpower manager suggested it is difficult to Measure the number of operliegs available. ,the main reason for that is with the substantial number of unemployed. an "employersniarket" pas resulted. "Normally at this time in past years employers would he calling us up," said Mr. Hey. "But because there are so many people looking for jobs. they are out knocking on doors themselves... Many employers can fill their openings without relying on the Manpower Centre. He added he had heard no 'mention of layoffs in any local industries and noted that Champion did call back some of its laid -off workers. but only for interim work. .4, ait.Matexectidlee BY: HERB SHOVELLER , "A capital reserve fund, I feel, is The reconstruction of Market 'St. will be completely necessary," explained the the main -project Seafurill will ulidereake—MaY°re21-----we---wille---over--th rPrind of over the next two years; Mayor John PossiblY the next ten years, bd faced with Sinnamon told the new council at it replacing the floor at the arena. inaugural meeting MondaY night. The work on Market St. will be a continuation of a street improvement pro- gram initiated in the town during the past two 'years. .Of all the upgrading jobs, however, the Market St, project will be one of the most expensive and difficult road works the community has undertake, , he said. In his address -Mayor Sinnamon stressed the importance of continuing...the sidewalk reconstruction program was well. "There still remain several sidewalks that are barely fit to walk on and remain an unsightly mess," he noted. The major told the council • when the previous chuncil took office two years ago it was handed a deficit, but by the end of the year the loss had been turned into a surplus. That surplus was placed in a capital reserve fund. "Also, in the near future, we must look to the expansion of the lagoon system and the purchase of a new landfill site. These are all projects that could prove very costly to the town. Also, along these lines, Seaford' must look at the acquisition of industrial and commercial land." PLANNING COMEIVffrTEE PROJECTS The mayor mentioned the ongoing work of the planning committee aimed at esta- blishing a new town plan, and he told council it would soon be required to pass,a by-law to bring the new plan, once complete, into effect. Mayor Sinnamon added council would also be approached by the Business Improvement Area (BIA) group asking it to pass a bylaw designating a commercial improvement area. The mayor closed his opening remarks by Please turn to page 3 Share your Christmas Christmas is a time for ,sharing'.. with our families andfriends and la ith those in need through programs like - •Huron's Family And Children's Services gift collection, • Christmas is a time for remembering. for relaxing and spreading laughter and good cheer. Again this year we at the Expositor arc asking readers to share their Christmas with other readers. Our theme is Christmas is for Children of All Ages and we're inviting readers of all ages to send in their Christmas art. stories and poems. for inclusion in our December 24' Christmas issue. Again this year we'd also welcome old photos of your family's memorable Christ- mases as part of a Christmas iihoto page. If you'd like to share these memories, drop your photos into the Fxpositor We promise they'll be returned safely. Last year this request brought terrific reSponse: and thanks to readers' contribu- tions, the Expositor's Christmas issue won a national award for excellence. Drawiogs should be in crayon or pen and ink, about 8- x 10" in size. The deadline for contributions is Mon- day. December 12. The best Christmas drawing will have a very special place. on the cover of the Expositor's Christmas issue. We'd also like to hear from readers wh are making unusual gifts for Christmas. those who have interesting Christmas time hobbies or family customs for some -Christmas issue feature stories. Call us at 527-0240. We hope this year's Christmas issue will make a contribution to a 'Joyous holiday celebration for y.ou and yours. Will you help us do TOP CITIZEN—Seaforth photographer Frank Phillips (left) accepts the town's first ever citizen of the -year award from recreation committee representative Henry Mero (Photo by Shoveller: Frank Phillips first Citizen of the Year Seaforth photographer and Legionaire Frank Phillips w as honoured Monda% night for his community contributions t; hen he was named ( inzen of the Year bc the Seaforth recreation committee. Mr. Philhps is the first recipient of the award. %%hit h the COrn mmee hopes will he bestowed annually on a restdent who has contributed to the cor ,nunity's life The plaque. presented to Mr. Phillips by Henry Mero at the inaugural meeting of Seaforth count 11. read • "PreSented to Frank -Phillips for his involyement with communit prolests and activities hich make Seaforth a better place to bye in." In addition to this plaque. which Mr. Phillips keeps. the recreation committee ix 11 hang a permanent plaque in Seaforth Town Hall. The name of each Citizen of the Year will be engraved on the plaque. . Recreation director Bryan Peter said five people were nominated for the Citizen of the Year award. He said conimittee members v.(re looking for someone who gave a lot of time to the community . and who was involsed In yanous organirations and ad,5 me% in Seaforth Mr Peter said Mr Phillips Asa% selected since he has alw ay s been wiling to devote his time to cOmmunity. projects. The recreation director said Mr. Philips "kind of works in the background" but is always there w hen someone needs him. Mr. Phillips. who Vk (Irks at the local Legion. is active in Legion activities and has amassed a huge collection of vs ar memorabilia which honours Seaforth and area people. Mayor John Sinnamon said, "It's a very nice thing to see a person who works as hard as Frank in the community win. You are verydeserving of the award." In accepting the plaque. Frank Philips said, "1 hope I can live up to this award and its meaning." He said afterwards he was very surprised at the honour- and didn't think he deserved it. C:aare,erseea'eseeeeesetteaes4 xeeeteelera. :,4e4.444,40"..4.4ki.dik