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The Huron Expositor, 1982-11-03, Page 4SEAFORTH FIREFIGHTERS were kept busy last Thursday, answering four fire calls, two of which were false alarms. Chief Harry Hak said a telephone cable had been cut in the morning, triggering the fire siren. The brigade responded to a truck fire on concession 30, lot three, McKillop township, approximately three miles north west of Seaforth. A truck driven by Arlene McIntosh and owned by Bill Millson caught fire and was completely destroyed. No cause and no estimate of damage to the 1971 Ford stake truck areavailable. While at the scene of the truck fire, firemen were called back to'6eaforth to a chimney fire at the home of Fredrica Smith at 107 East William Street. Improperly seasoned fire wood caused a fire in the recently cleaned chimney. Minor smoke damage resulted. (Wassink photo) ,1, THE HURON EXPOSITOR. NOVEMBER 3, 1982 — A3 Like finding a million bucks Som@dAng ©r by guoatt s Vntl o if you've ever myster- iously lost anything that's important to you, you know how it feels. You're sad, you're angry and you're frus- trated as you tear the house apart, muttering "it's just got to be here somewhere." That's the way John and Edith Bell and family of RR2, Seaforth felt about 15 years 'ago when a small silver plated fork, part of a child's set that had been a gift to their small daughter Jane, disappeared. "It was a Rogers 1847 Flair pattern'," Edith Bell says. "We thought a lot of it and since it was Jane's we let her use the set as soon as she was able to hold it." Then came the meal, when Jane was about two, and the fork wasn't to be found. "We searched for days, weeks, years," her mother says. "As furniture wore out I'd tear it to pieces, hoping 1 might find that fork." Bdth because it was a keepsake and part of a, set. But the fork wasn't to be found, and little Jane went back to using a spoon. "We concluded maybe it had been dropped down the toilet," says Mrs. Bell, who like all experienced parents knows young kids have a habit of filing things in that handy bathroom receptacle. - The Bells other daughter, L"aurie, 15, was drawing manure this fall to a field across the road and about a half a mile away from the home'farm. The 60 -acre field and on her first pass with the spreader and big tractor she noticed something shiny. The nest time she picked it up. And she came home later bearing a small silver fork. Laurie, being younger, had never heard about her sis- ter's loss. Mrs. Bell shined the fork up and says "the best part of it is, we put it beside the knife and the spoon and you'd never know it had been cut." Not bad considering the fork likely had been trampled over by machinery for years, re -i peatedly plowed under and perhaps had gone through a manure spreader at least once. How did the little fork get from the Bell's kitchen to the middle of a field a half mile away? Maybe two -year old Jane carried it out to the barn and dropped it there where it got on the manure pile and Tater spread on the field. Or it could have gone out to the barn yard with a pile of kitchen peelings. Anything is possible, her mother says. "It was just like finding $1 million in the middle of a 60 acre field," Mrs. Bell says. Anyone who's lost something precious can appreciate that. hope from this tale that something you've lost is out there somewhere too, just waiting to be found. And maybe get a little bit of • y© Repair service on hold vfift To the Seaforth Horti- cultural Society annual meet- ing and pot luck supper, November 10, at 6 p.m., Seaforth Public School. Bring utensils and food. Gordon Wright will show slides. All welcome, You are cordially invited to the Hospital Auxiliary meet- ing on November 9 in the Board room of the hospital at, 8 p.m. A film win be shown on the proper use of seat belts and an outline of the rental program. See you there. Correction Image Cleaners donated S352.50. proceeds from dry- cleaning over two days to the Seaforth' and District Com- munity Centre building fund. A photo caption in last week's Expositor had the amount wrong. $ gaQ and opoc@ by BE 41n�n OrGi Continued from page 2 join everything to get the news. Each year we swaggered, with a certain amount of the old flair, down the main street to the cenotaph, followed by a rag -tag of Scouts and•Guitjes and Brownies. to make up a parade. and led by the town band. The names of the local boys were read, a prayer. a hymn, the Last Post, some sniffles in the meagre audience, and some wet eyes and lumps •in throats among the Legionnaires. who really did remember. Then back to the Legion Hall for beer and b.s. There was a good feeling between the old-timers of W.W.I. and us young veterans from many nations, all of them, fighting for "the right"—achieved absolutely nothing; that if someone threw them a torch to carry, they should throw it right back, and so on. The kids loved it, but the administration thought it was iconoclastic. These assemblies went on for 'a few more years, steadily disintegrating as the remem- brance ceremony was turned over more and more to the students, to whom both wars were ancient history. They degenerated into folk songs like "Where Have All the Flowers Gone", juvenile -diatribes against war, and maudlin sentiments about peace, far worse than the Legion, which always had a certain dignity, could perpetrate. Eventually, the assemblies were cut entirely. and yours truly became the goat. His task: to write a two -minute commercial reminding the students that Remembrance who had never gone over the top, deloused Day is not just a school holiday. Try doing that ourselves. coped with a gas attack. or bee44��,, in 200 wordy that will stir the students' under heavy bombardment of artillery•as.the'` emotions. uplift their souls. and make them old vets frequently reminded us. The native Indian veterans turned out in force. This was before they were allowed to buy any kind of spirits, and they made a day of it. Now. the tiny remnant of old vets still remember. but they are very old men. And the young vets of that timt arc rapidly becoming old men. Then I started teaching school. Remem• brancc Day was still observed. with the whole school being called for a special assembly and the old platitudes recalled and regurgitated. I ssas asked to speak at one of them. The head of the students' council preceded me. and pulled out all the cliches and hackneyed references. •'Sacrifice'•. "the fallen," and carrying "the torch" were among them. I, didn't mean to. but pulled the rug right out from under him. 1 pointed out that the dead didn't fall: they were killed; that the want to rush out and defend their country against something or other. The wars mean almost nothing to them. and the only things they'd fight to the death for are their transistors. motorcycles. hi-fi's. and high allowances, Most of them have only the vaguest idea of the tensions in the world, and small reason. They're sick to death of politicians and are inured to violence by seeing it daily on TV. They don't really care much about abstracts like patriotism. loyalty. sacrifice. But I get my quiet revenge. There's no teaching. in the usual sense, in my classes on the day before the "holiday". I show them souvenirs. pictures of "your hcl•o" standing beside his Typhoon and tell thcr(i funny stories about stupid senior officers, and make them realize that if it were 40 years ago. most of them would be in the process of being shot at, or losing a sacrifice—made by millions of young men. sweetheart It works. BY WILMA 01KE An Egmondville resident who wants to start a small engine repair service, such as lawnmowers, from his garage in the hamlet was put on hold at a meeting of Tuckersmith council Tuesday. Terrence Laframboise came to the meet- ing armed with papers signed by his neighbours saying they had no objection to his business being started. He said there is a need for this type off work and he has been given encouragement by local residents. His . request has been referred to the township's building inspector toinvestigate if it meets township bylaws. A request by Adrian Timmerinann off RR3, Kippen for a liquid manure tank was also put on hold' until OMAF officials and Huron Planning Department rule that his tank will not cause problems for his neighbours. A claim for $50 will be paid to Ken Williams of RR4, Clinton for fowl killed by roaming dogs. Council wrote off taxes of $350, mainly for trailers moved from George Romanik's mobile home park and from Douglas Morgan's mobile home. Considerable time was spent on a discussion on derelict motorvehicles and whether township bylaws are able to rule on them. , Passed for payment were the following accounts: Vanastra day care, $5,721.86 and special day care, $3,795.83t' Vanastra recreation centre, $10,358.28; roads, $20,777.76 and general, $26,670.44, fer a total of $67,324.17. Reeve Robert Bell will represent Tucker, smith at the November 11 Remembrance Day ceremony held by the Seaforth Legion. In his report to council Road Superinten- dent Allan Nicholson reported 20 road signs have been lifted by vandals. The council will hold a Christmas party for township' employees on November 27• at the curling rink. Following the election on November 8 council will hold an election party at the Vanastra recreation centre where election results will be coming in during the evening. The ladies will be taking lunch. The meeting adjourned at 11:30 p.m. FLASHER IN PLACE—A crew from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications was at work last week installing a warning light and two new street lights at the Dublin corner on Hwy. 8. Area residents petitioned MTC for the lights following several serious accidents at the corner. (Photo by White) Severances, spending worry Hibbert twp. ratepayers BY KRIS SVELA Severance guidelines and spending re- straints were topics at a Hibbert ratepayers' meeting held last Thursday, With a full slate of candidates for the positions of reeve. deputy reeve and councillors. the meeting. held in Staffa, was sell attended, Ivan Norris and incumbent Roy Swart will be vieing for votes in the race for reeve and incumbent Don Johns and Ron Christie will face each other in the race for deputs recye. Incumbents John Kinsman, Walter Ms Ken zie and Len Kroonen will he challenged to. newcomers Carolyn Jenkins and loco Schoondenvoerd for three councillor post tions. Ron Christie. a councillor for the past two years. told thc meeting that he is interested in stepping up in council to continue to he insolsed with the township. "The stain prtorits for those of us to he elected is to he cosi conscious." he said. saying sonic money could he saved by reducing the number of council members attending conventions and other meetings. He feels that there Is a need to look at the pro. ions practice of seseral councillors attending the same conscntion. According to Mr Christie such a cut (Zack could save the ratepayers several thousand dollars. He said he would like to sec people outside of council sit on the different hoards and committees to get other township residents msolved in the duties of council. He also hopes that a proper road construction. plan Lan he implemented in the future, ( arolyn Jenkins. a newcomer and the first ssoman to he nominated in the township's history, told the ratepayers, that she was ioncerned about the.uas the council was spending tax dollars. She estimated that on her groperty there has been a "8 per cent tax increase in the past four years. which prompted her 10 run for council 7ioncicidotoat Vanastra wants an apology We arc, very concerned about Mrs. Eileen Palmer's statement "Frankly I'd he ashamed to direct anyone to Vanastra, an Leave it in Goderich Continued from page 2 history already embedded deep in the cliff of Lake Huron. Debbie Hulley Seaforth District High School P.S. It must he rememberedthat the port orf'- Goderich created what Is now Huron County with thc old Maitland oxen trail, next came the roads from the east and south, next the towns that dot those roads. Many pioneer' stories of hardthips along the Maitland trail have hecn passed down through the genera- tions that go to Seaforth District High School c,csorc to the Counts of Huron", regarding the possible relocation of the Huron County Museum. We belies(' that Vanastra has much to offer •\'tis!tics include baseball in the summer. the Recreation ('entre activities, I uckersmith Day Nursery and the Lady Diana the curing rink. a church. a public school, an arena That was used 1. scatorth last year. hoat yards. the Glasgow Restaurant. Heather Gardens. three stores. Cubs. Scouts, a l ioncss Club and Lions Club, We Iecl that Vanastra is a clean and enjoyable place as any other town in the Counts of Huron. ' I think Mrs, Palmer should make an apologs to Vanastra. Norman East 482-'034 today. and nther concerned Vanastra citizens She said that if she is elected. council would have to. "examine each expenditure to determine if it is absolutely 'necessary - Mrs. Jenkins necessary"Mrs.Jenkins is also concerned with the previous council's decision to discontinue library grants to Stratford librars and relocate the grants to the libraries In Seaforth and Mitchell. The Stratford grant system enabled Hibbert residents to become members fora small fee of 25 cents instead of the $23 normally charged. (n a prestoils interview with the Expositor. Mrs. Jenkins. said that the Stratford Library was more a "resource centre" than a library and she felt that the money would be better spent on the larger facilities in Stratford instead of the more limited librars in Seaforth and Mitchell, She also voiced her concern on landfill sites in the township. She told the meeting that if residents were required to separate the garbage the landfill sites would take longer to fill and possible future problems with future contaminants could be minimized. Incumbent Don Johns disagreed with Mr Christie on the matter of convention attend ance. "1 presently think that conventions make the township an awful lot of money." he said citing a previous tile drainage loan of 565.000 • that was obtained at one convention. John Kinsman praised the previous council for the work it has done in keeping costs down. 4 ROLL BACKS "'As far as the inflation rate is concerned 1 think at least in the last term we have been running below the rate," he said. William Kroonen, speaking for his father Leo Kroonen who was in Europe on business, told the meeting that Mr. Kroonen would like to see expenditures kept down and if the economy worsens. he would look at possible roll backs. Mr. Kroonen would also like to see bureaucratic red tape cut from local govern- ment in an effort to improve communication between council and the people of Hibbert. Walte?'McKenzie felt that the new council should stress restraint in the next three years. "Things just can't keep going up and up and up. There has to be a limit." he said. Mr. McKenzie would like to see a proper road building program in place to improve the existing roads in the township together with a management drainage program. Ivan Norris. who served on council from 19/3 to 19'h. expressed his desire to serve as reeve. He feels he has the ability and time to do the job properly. His main concerns are restraint. road construction, severances and snow removal. PHONE BY BED "I think. if elected. 1 will get a phone beside my bed and if the roads are closed because of snow 1 would get on the superintendent's ass." he told the ratepay ens. Newcomer Tom Schoonderwoerd praised the council for the fine work it has done in the past. but said he feels it is time for new faces and new opinions. "I feel that the time has come and that 1 would like to serve the people,': he said "The new council should exercise economy is restraint that I think we all feel in the economic situation today." Roy Swart explained that the library grants were changed from Stratford to Mitchell and Seaforth because of the lack of people using the Stratford facilities. "If it (Stratford Library) was used a lot by everyone it would he worthwhile, but because of the lack of use this council decided to cut Stratford off and send the money to Mitchell and Seaforth". he said in response to Carolyn Jenkins' concerns. "1 have served one term as reeve and I would like to serve a second," he told the meeting. I.9uis Maloney. who is running for the position of trustee on the Huron Separate School Board said his main concern is that the money spent on education is distributed wisely to.worthwhile programs, to keep the tax dollars down, He cited his approximately 10 years of service as a trustee in the Police Village of Dublin as worthy experience he w ill take to the board. .. Incumbent John O'Leary told the ratepay ers that if they are not involved with the HPSSB they do not realize the magnitude of education He also expressed concern mer the cost and Implementation of Bi14 82, which hc feels will cast each household in the township between 5100 and 512:. CONVENTIONS in a question and answer period following thc candidates' speeches. the issue of conscntion attendance by coun illors was again brought up Mr. Christie maintained his pefsition that only one councillor should attend 3m goon convention. Mr. Swan countered by telling the meeting that hc felt that conventions are a necessary learning process for the councillors. but he felt that possible cutbacks could be looked into Mr Norris questioned thc council on severances in the new Official Plan, now presentls under review. He also questioned reese Swart. on ether changes being considered in the new plan. Mr Swart explained that he was unable to recall what changes will take place. but said that the, were all documented from the variouwcounctl and committee meetings. Tow. nchip clerk. Charles Friend. explained that the new plan is an update of the old Official Plan and that most of the work being done is what he termed "housecleaning The now plan is expected to cover sero ances. Hydro rights, flood plains and the designation of heritage buildings. Ron Christie, explained that discu<sun on the new plan will he extended for possihl a scar while all the details are work4Witt Mr. Norris explained that he is parocul.irls interested in severances because he feels if the severance policy is too strict with regards to surplus housing and retirement farms, the township might lose more residents than It already has over the past several years "We have to look at the severance polies with regards to maintaining a s &immunity." he said. According to Mr. Christie the question of severances in the new Official Plan will he left up to council to decide on each individual case, a move that Mr. Norris sees as unacceptable because of what he termed "past trends in council'' with individual smcrancc claims. Mr Norris feels that retiring' farmers has c a right to serer small parcels of land nn their properties because rhes are hath ratepayers and usually longtime residents who Kase a nen to continue to lire in the township ( lcrk Friend announced at the conclusion of the ni'eeting that the township has an operating capital front resent funds of approsimatcls 51t&it' 1, which has l'telpcid the township to as old hcass hs*rowing at ,urrent high interest rates. In the Police Village of Dublin there are it50 ,andidates seeking two trustee seats. Thos an. Herb Brown. Helen Ann Flltatt. Matt W,( 'right. Jcrrs Murras and Jim .Parat,hck Kids have fun at • Optimist party yriother successful , hildrer . H,,' row c 00 parts was held at the (1p11rt .: l'.I'k on \ati rdas . October 70 Bow c, t and no hildren dropped hs. some rust too crouch fora hot dog and a pop others .I.n r1.1 • rias nn the park plasground cgiorrncn' and participate In some game. 1 balloon toss game „as ,sor, b, two apirs Debbie Nolan ,ser' Ja011' Stewart and Ricky Albert '.s n1' h s hroiher Jamie. Some of the hest , 's m•,r rn ,cs were awarded to Mark Reid 1 1 Doug Stew'art- .t chick. Sherrie cr \ rrn.css, Tammy staples a banns Rsrnn "1" 01 '1 oda and Mike Mel can for Dra, c'.i (1pnmists Ron 51e,sart Das(' Reid and Ken Miller org,inired the party and Optimists Keith M, I can Arnold Stinnissen and lone Drscre•.1 '. sere on hand to cook. For 1'as1 the Optimist Club of Seaforth hop's to oraanl,e \ Family Hallowe'en 'skating Parts al the Ness Seaforth and District \rend C'