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The Huron Expositor, 1983-02-09, Page 3Visiting with Cornelius Rumig last Tues- day were his wife, brother and sister-in-law of Kitchener. Ruth Noll spent the weekend at her home in Palmerston. Lillian Bernard and son Dave visited with Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClure on Sunday. The sympathy of all the residents goes out to Charles Ross as the death of his mother Helen 'Ross last Wednesday at Brookhaven Nursing Home Wingham. Charles attended the funeral on Saturday from the Currie Funeral Home Wingham with internment in the Wingham Cemetery. His son T.P.R. Charles Ross Jr. of C.F.B. Pettawa also was able to attend his grandmother's funeral. Happy Birthday on Friday to Alvin McNairn who celebrated his 74th birthday. Staff at Seaforth Manor are having ceramic classes each Monday evening at 7 lm. in the activity room under the eadership of Dorthea Williamson and Mary Finlayson. Seaforth Women's institute will be - visiting Seaforth Manor Feb. 14 with a Valentine program. mer Sale and Mother's Day and possibly two Surprise Sales during the year. The BIA executive says it's encouraged by the turnout at the two last meetings and hopes to get even more of its 70 member businesses involved in BIA work. rotests new..ru,ral dumpreguations County- until you have to obtain a new said he had asked a repre- isn't fair to ask if it is logical, fined 5300. Turnberry Township Reeve site". Turnberry is going sentative of the Ministry if it it's policy". Brian McBurney noted that through that process now and is logical to have the same , Grey Township's letter is while the regulations may not the reeve said just to plan a regulations for Turnberry as being forwarded to the Mini - effect all of the county's site will cost the township 540 for Kitchener. His answer stry of Environment as is the municipalities now, "wait per resident. Mr. McBurney said Mr. McBurney was, "it county's support. County road budget up nearly five per cent maenance resulting in the trucks with snowplow wings, ing make a almost another curt ntlus. replacement of a single axle 52 million of the total budget. P Almost 52.5 million has truck to a new single axle been set aside in the 1983 truck with a two-way dump The largest single cost is budget for fixed costs. This box plus diesel power and a bridge construction. In the includes 5600,000 for winter salt dome at the Auburn 1983 budget, 5747,500 has control, 5307,000 for gravel patrol garage. Other fixed been allotted for construction surface maintenance and costs are 5242,000 for over- to the Forrester's Bridge on 5280,000 for new machin- head costs, $172,000 for hard County Road 31. cry. Under new machinery, surface maintenace and Land ur- costs include, replacement 5164.000 for roadside main -chase for the bridge has been and upgrading of three single tenance. axle dump trucks to tandem Road construction and pay- budgeted at 59,500. Odds 'n ends Continued from page 2 recently peanut butter commercials. Shelley became part of the family on the Donna Reed Show. (Or was it Father Knows Best?) Now she plays a less innocent character on One Day At A Time. The Little Rascals managed to get away with things that we could only dream about. Spanky, Alfalfa and the little white dog with one black eye are still causing chuckles by way of reruns. Animals often upstaged the human actors. Who can forget Lassie and My Friend Flicka? Rin Tin Tin always came to the rescue, and Sergeant Preston could not have kept law and order without his husky King. Some 1'V families grew up while we watched. Ozzie and Harriett, for instance, practically raised their sons, David and Ricky, in front of the TV camera. Lucy kept Ricky, Ethel and Fred in a state of confusion and us in stitches. Still, everybody loved Lucy. Western adventures were big. Pa watched over the Ponderosa and his three sons with a firm but understanding hand, The Lone Ranger and his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, always caught the bad guys. Zoro made his mark on television criminals and wowed audiences at the same time. The children and family television pro- gramming that we watched as kids may not have been as sophisticated as the shows kids are watching today, but then, neither was the indoor plumbing. Huge snow fall in 1908 1ln i®y@cag (Dg©n@ FEBRUARY 9, 1883 A4a meeting of Seaforth town council, E. Lusby was re -appointed town constable at a salary of $400 per annum. That contagious, though not dangerous, disease, measles, has struck School Section five in Hibbert township. No less than about one third of the students afflicted, some so ill, it was necessary to summon a physician. The deposits in the Savings' Bank of the Seaforth post office for the month of January, amounted to the large sum of $16,000. Withdrawals were $12,533. FEBRUARY 7,1908 A Huron County farmer who supplied green peas at the Exeter Canning factory last year, realized over 560 an acre. Shareholders of the factory realized over 25 per cent profit on their investment; and last year was not considered an extra good year for an investment of this kind. As evidence of the immense Snow fall, Andrew Scott who teaches in the school on the Mill Road. Tuckersmith, near Brucefield, drives from Seaforth every morning. He ,started out Monday morning and had to turn back after going twd miles. This is the first time he has had to turn back on account of bad roads. FEBRUARY 10,1933 Seaforth will now have a Women's Hospital Aid. l he organization will be known as the Women's Hospital Aid to the Scott Memorial. Hospital. Membership fee is 25 cents. President is Mrs. Charles Holmes and treasurer is Mrs. E.H. Close. A blizzard of monumental size hit Seaforth and distil on Wednesday. Highway eight was completely blocked to the west and barely open to the east. The temperature was unofficially placed at nine below zero. A meeting of the farmers of South Huron was held at the Hensall town hall for the purpose of interesting farmers in growing soya beans. Huron is noted for its large production of white beans. FEBRUARY 7,1958 Robert Kirby, a 12 -year-old Walton youth, lost the ends of two fingers when a dynamite cap exploded. Police say the caps were taken from the youth's grandparents in Walton. Several caps had been distributed to school mates. A McKillop mother and her 10 -year-old son Bobby, are each suffering from fractures in unrelated incidents. Mrs. Les Pryce fractured her wrist when she slipped in a hay mow. Son, Bobby, 10, fractured his ankle in a tobogganing accident. A $50,000 blaze destroyed a barraks building at RCAF station, Clinton. The fire is believed to have started in the boiler room. Building permits down While the number of building permits issued in Seaforth last year fell sharply. the Value of construction in town was close to the 1981 figure. Just 26 permits were issued in 1982, clerk Jim Crocker reported at council last Tuesday night, down from 43 in 1981. That yea construction was valued at 5399,000, com pared to $352,000 in 1982. built here last year, compared to two in 1981 at a cost of 590,000. In 1982, 12 permits were issued for additions and repairs, at a total value of $42,500, compared to 19. permits and a value of 545,000 in 1981. Garage and commercial construction fell r sharply last Year. Ten permits, at a value of 5150,500 were issued, compared to the 22 permits with a total value of 5264,000, issued in the category in 1981. Three houses. at a cost of $189 000 were MseumwiII add public to committee Five Huron County residents are being the necessary repairs can be done by the sought for an advisory committee for the museum staff. Huron County Pioneer Museum. The county will also consider entering into County council approved the formation of a joint Ontario Neighbourhood Improvement the committee at its Feb. 3 session. The Program'(ONIP) with Goderich: The town is committee idea follows a meeting of county applying for two such programs, but the officials with representatives of the Ministry $600,000:proposal for North Street (on which of Citizenship and Culture. the museum is located) includes $480,000 for At that meeting. the Ministry indicated it the museum project of which the county pays would pay 50 per cent of any feasibility half. studies done 'and said it would like to meet 'Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle questioned with a committee made up of citizens from the committing county council to such a project county. The Ministry also suggested that the when no decision has been made regarding county reduce the number of alternatives for the museum. the museum. "We're not committing the county to In consideratigp of the last point, council anything.' said property committee chair - agreed that the former telecommunications man Hay Township Reeve Lionel Wilder. school in Vanastra not be considered as an It was explained that Goderich will be alternative museum site. The school has been applying to the; Ministry of Municipal Affairs turned down because of anticipated renova- and Housing for the ONIP grant, but as the tion costs and becadse the county has no county is awaiting a feasibility study on the tenants for the unused space. museum, no commitment can be made to the The alternatives left for the committee to actual rebuilding of the museum. • 'der include having no museum, building The 1983 budget for the museum reflects a new museum at its present site in Goderich the changes occuring there as it is down over or elsewhere, or renovating the present $15,000 from the 1982 budget. The museum's huilding. 1983 budget is $110,400 compared to the 1982 Besides the five county residents, the budget of 5125,650. The county's share is committee will include Warden Grant Stir- down from $76,550 in 1982 to $70,160 in 1983. lin property committee chairman Lionel Salaric although reduced from the 1982 �rc of $84,50 WO. take the largest portion of X�75,000. vesiue side, the budgeted of $12,000 is down from the issions figure of $18,000. sitors are expected to visit the • CELEBRATES 90TH -Joseph White of Seaforth • Was honoured on his 90th birthday last week when over 180 relatives and friends attended an open house. Best wishes, certificates and plaques were sent by Prime Minister Trudeau, former prim@ minister, Joe Clark and Ontario premier, William Davis. (Wassink photo) ' planning budget fig Wilder, a member of the tannin and development committee, a representative of in part-time the Huron Board of Education, a representa- the budg five of the Goderich Tourist Council and On t'(` r ex -officio members -clerk -treasurer William admissionsfij ly and museum curator Ray Scotchmer. 1982 budget 0 (representittg a cut Further developments in the museum Not as man include the go-ahead for an engineering museum this year. study by B.M. Ross and Associates of Not included in the 1983 budget are funds Goderich at an approximate cost of 5500 to /for the planning studies as plans have been determine the extent of repairs needed to made to take those costs from the capital open the museum's first floor. It is expected' works building reserve fund. ur Top Huron employees get 5 per cent, BofE criticized Welfare costs up • • • THE HURON EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 9, 1983 - A3 Stay away from wild women, jokes 90 year old A resident of Seaforth for the past 23 years, Joseph White celebrated his 90th birthday Sunday when ap- proximately 180 relatives and friends attended ad open house. Born in Crediton in 1893, he is the son of the late William White and Margaret Hohlbein. A veteran of the first world war, Mr. White said he was engaged with the Canadian Railway Troops, trans o-Rii gni g equipment to the second line trenches. Remembering the war, he said, "it would have been betterif jhe other fellow hadn't shot back." Stationed in England fol- lowing the war, Mr. White • • met his first wife, Annie Wareing. The couple mar- ried in 1920. They had four children, Kenneth who was killed in World War 11; Margaret of Hamilton, Kath- leen of Burlington and Tho- mas of Crediton. Engaged in the mixed farming operation of his parents, Mr. White said he farmed several years after moving to Seaforth, com- muting to and from the farm until it was sold. "1 moved to town because 1 noticed an empty hook and thought it was a good place to hang my hat,' he jokes. Following Annie's death in 1934, Mr. White married the former Margaret Rodgers. She died in a car accident in the 1960s. He then married Olive McCormick who died in 13 years ago. A member of St. James Roman Catholic church, the Knights of Columbus and the Royal -Canadian Legion, Mr. White says he keeps busy doing his own housework, planting a garden and mow- ing his lawn. A member of the local senior citizens club, he says "I love to play cards." Son Tom, says his'father is well-known and has many friends. "He's seen a lot of country but has slowed down in the last few years." Council holds the line Continued from page 1 pay totalled $32,932,50 last year. An additional $738 was paid out to councillors for registration fees: 5362.38 in mileage; $1,244.40 for accommodation and $504.94 for other...mostly meals. Former mayor, John Sinnamon received a total of $5,608.50 in 1982, 55,267.50 in pay and the rest for expenses. The former reeve, Bill Dale, was paid 53,499.25, 52,905 of that for meetings attended. Deputy reeve. Bill Bennett. received $3,355, all of that in pay as he claimed no expenses. Council members were paid the follow- ing totals, with the honorariums in brackets (the rest of their remuneration was for expenses): Bob Dinsmore, 54,624.74 (54,265); Gerald Groothuis, S2,725 (no expenses); Hazel Hildebrand, 53,275.56 (52,800); Irwin Johnston, 53,146, (53,140); Alf Ross, 56,728.17 (55,655) and Paul Ross 52,820 (no expenses). "Not a man to plan ahead," Mr. White says the secret to longevity "is take things as they come, keep going and stay away from wild women." fl vfi td The Family andConsumers Affairs meeting of the Walton Women's Institute is being planned by convenor, Mrs. Graeme Craig. Everyone to meet at the hall at 8:00 p.m. Feb. 16 when a tour of Keith Bachert's Meats will precede the regular meeting. Kippen East W.I. will meet at the home of Mrs. Vern Alderdice on Feb. 16 at 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Wm. Mc- Dowell will give the motto and Mrs. Allison Lobb of Clinton will be the guest speaker. Members are asked to note the change in time and the roll call. "where it will end, nobody 'knows at 530.000 up from the actual cost of 521,687 in 1982. Administration costs are up from the 5133,311 spent in 1982 to 5168,352. Salaries and employee benefits represent the largest portion of this part of the budgdt. Mr. MacKinnon notes that the 1982 budget included salary for one new worker for a nine month period, but the worker didn't actually start until September. This new worker, who works half time dealing with family court cases, brings the department's field worker staff up to three. Social services salaries for 1983 are budgeted at 5113,800, up from 590,813 in 1982. Benefits increased from 514,753 in 1982 to 520,600 reflecting the increased unemploy- ment insurance costs. .Homemakers and nurses services have been budgeted at 543,500, up from 535,419. Supplementary aid has been budgeted at 514,000 up from 517,810 spent in 1982. BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE the month of January, up from the December increased caseloads and costs are expected 1982 figure of 750. for Huron County social services in 1983. "It wasn't long ago that 250 was the Social services administrator John Mac- average number receiving assistance. Where Kinnon presented his annual report at the it will end, nobody knows," commented Mr. Feb. 3 session of county council. Payouts MacKinnon. under the department's various programs The department experienced an over -ex - increased by about 42 per cent in 1982 over penditure in 1982 of 587,323 of which the 1981. In 1982, 1,180 applicants received county's share was $4,530 with the province assistance compared to 832 applicants picking up the rest. Social services' total receiving assistance in 1981. expenditure in 1982 was $874,191. "In 1983, we will probably receive more In anticipation of higher costs this year, the applications from unemployment insurance 1983 budget' reflects a 28.46 per cent exhaustees, as their numbers increase each increase. month. Anyone laid off in late 1981 or early "It almost becomes a nightmare to prepare 1982 will now be exhausting his/her the budget," said social services committee unemployment insurance benefits and could c Wr a n'tTuckersmknow how to ith evepreRobert B ll. be looking to the County for assistance unless We job opportunities in the area increase in donne 0 no what the e caseload 83 budget ging the be." 1983."• Mr. MacKinnon said. P P 51 Mr: MacKinnon's monthly report noted million mark at 51,122,952. The couhe1982 there were 839 people receiving assistance in share will be 5284,941, up from actual cost of 5213,325. The province will contribute 5838,011, up from 5660,865 in 1982. General assistance is a mandatory program based on the number of applications received and will account for approximately 79 per cent of the proposed budget. The total proposed for general assist- ance is 5886,500, up from 5689,309 in 1982. The recipient's outside income (received from such sources as child support payments or part-time jobs), of 5135,000 is subtracted from the actual total to receive the above figure. Under the general assistance portion of the budget, basic needs, fuel and excess shelter take the largest chunks. Basic needs represents 5900.000 of the budget, up from - 5732,887 actually spent in- 1982. Fuel is budgeted at 560,000, up from 551,018 spent in 1982 and excess shelter costs are budgeted 11 BY STEPHANIE LKVESQUE ductions and exemptions, his of 245 teachers are over the Huron County department take home pay with the 535,000 bracket." $1,500 maximum reflects a two per cent raise while the five per cent raise reflects only an additional 2.8 per cent raise," noted Mrs. Arm- strong. "i can still hear • Mr. MacDonald of CUPE (Cana- dian Union of Public Employ- ees representative Gordon MacDonald of London) say we don't appreciate our peo- ple. We do. But it's not easy to be fair," added the Grey Township reeve: She suggested that "static" be raised about the school hard as "40 per cent heads received a five per cent or $1,500 increase. whichever is less. effective Jan. 1, 1983. Huron County Council ap- proved the salary increases at its regular session on Feb. 3. Grey Township reeve Le- ona Armstrong said most of the increase is being collected by the county for the federal government in the form of income tax, and other de- ductions. As an example, she used clerk -treasurer Bill Hanly's 1983 salary of $44,044, up from his 1182 sala:, of 542,536. "After all maximum de• Huron County council sup- Mrs. Armstrong notes there ports opposition to new regu- haven't been any complaints lations for small rural waste in her township. disposal sites. "We ask that the Ministry Council, at its " Feb. 3 of the Environment review session. agreed with a letter the intent of these policies from Grey Township oppos- and reconsider their recently ing the Ministry of Environ- stated enforcement approach ment's regulations regarding to allow less restrictive opera - burning, compaction, cover- tion procedures and -water ing and water quality criteria quality control criteria "on at small rural waste disposal morcase-by-case basis r e all rural waste disposal sites. Grey Township Reeve sites," states Grey's letter. Leona Armstrong said there Howick Township Reeve shouldn't be a blanket policy Bill Newton noted his town - for the disposal sites in ship will be presenting a Southwestern Ontario. She resolution at the Rural Ontar- has said in the past that the io Municipal Association costs relating to covering and meeting this week. He added compacting the garbage, that the Ministry is passing such as equipment pur- off as regulation what is chases, would be exhorbitant actually policy. The possibility of having "As far as we're concern - the small sites closed and one cd. they (Ministry) would like large site made, also doesn't us to agree to something we enthuse Mrs. Armstrong, can't agree to." commented who visualizes people dump- Reeve Newton. ing garbage in their own The Howick reeve added woodlots and fence corners. that letters from the Ministry The water quality criteria indicate that if municipalities enforced by the Ministry is don't comply with the regula- considered to be too high, as tions they will he charged and The 1983 department heads' salaries with 1982 salaries in brackets are: clerk - treasurer $44,044 (542,536), deputy clerk -treasurer 537,154 (535,646), county en- gineer 544,044 (542,536). Medical Officer of Health 549,400 (547,892), chief li- brarian 531,928 ($30,420), planning director 541,392 (539,884): social services ad- ministrator 529,848 (528,418). Huronview admin- istrator $33,150 ($31,642) and museum curator 524,466 (523,296). Huron County's share of the proposed 1983 road bud- get is up by 4.97 per cent. County engineer .Robert Dempsey presented the 55 million plus budget at Huron County Council's Feb. 3 ses- sion. In 1983 the county will pay $1,773,000_compared to the Ministry of Transporta- tion and Comn$unication's allocation of 53,169,000. The remainder represents the 1982 surplus of 5121,000. "In 1982 the expenditures came in under budget. 1 hope '83 does as well," comment- ed Mr. Dempsey. Although there were over expenditures in such areas as winter control and overhead, less was spent in the areas of roadside atjd surface BIA sets up promotions The Seaforth Business improvement Association (BIA) has adopted a full slate of promotions for 1983 complete with chair- man for each and a block of member businesses to help plan and organize each promotion. The executive is still looking for a chairman for a promotion in conjunction with Sportfest in August, the second largest promotion with a budget of $2500. The largest promotion is in conjunction with Christmas. headed by chairman Cathy Anstett, with an operating budget of 53000. Other promotions include Ciderfest. Sum - Sister sings at Manor Church service was conducted on Wednesday by Rev. T. Duke of First Presbyterian Church, Seaforth. Mrs. Hen- rietta Brown accompanied at the piano. Thirty-four residents were in attendance. On Thursday afternoon residents were pleased to have a visit from Sister Rosary of Windsor and heard her play with everyone joining in for a sing -song. Sister thanked everyone for their warm welcome and she was pleased with their enthusiasm in singing. Winners at Bingo on Thursday were: B - H old Walsh; 1 - Charles Ross; N - Alfie S es and Charles Ross (tied); G - Doris mith; 0 - Wilma Brill and Isobel Lamble (tied); 4 corners • Margeurite Shill, Penny Caza and Sid Pearson; full house - Elmer Bakcsy and Wayne Hedges. Resident council met Friday. Catholic services were held with Father C.J. Caruana in charge the same day. Residents Gladys Ruston and Wayne Hedges are monitoring two amaryllis bulbs that Gladys planted on Jan. 14. To date one has grown to a height of 281/2" with a second 0 spike now also at L5 T huge le d' jus beginning to open and should be very pretty when opened full. Glady's is very proud of her bulbs and it's most interesting to watch how fast they grow. The bird feeder residents were able to purchase with part of their donation from the Seaforth Legion Ladies Auxilliary is attract- ing many different birds. Two doves are frequent visitors along with cardinals, bluejays and many smaller birds. Sometimes a squirrel appears and is not very popular with the birds. We are sorry to report residents Wm. Scott and Arthur Nicholson are presently confined to Seaforth Community Hospital while Frank Case and Isobel Lamble are in London hospitals. We wish them all a speedy recovery Erle Dow was out for supper on Friday evening. Mrs. Arthur Nicholson and Allan Nichol- son visited with Art on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lamont of Goderich and Mary Lamont visited their cousin Kelly Lamont. The u is t 4 Hosital Auxiliary has given p over '50,000 in 50 years tor sale and its tree lending library of magazines and pocket books. A gift is provided for each new baby at the hospital and a silver mug for the first born each year, and at Christmas each baby is deliveied to its mother in a large Christmas stocking. The candystriper or junior volunteer program began at SCH in Feb. 1968 and continues, with Auxiliary support and provision of their uniforms. Since 1957 the auxiliary has given a bursary, now valued at 5300 to a student from the Seaforth District High School who is entering a nurses' training course. The cost of the 'bursaries now totals about 55,000. To raise money for the hospital auxiliary's projects over the years mem- bers have held teas. dances (the gingham dances were) popular for many years), rummage sales, tag days, penny sales, and even entered T.V. contests in the sixties. While no special event is planned for this week to mark the 50th anniversary of the auxiliary; an anniversary tea and bake sale will be held May 14 at Northside United Church and an anniversary dinner party BY WiLMA OKE community, strengthening the bonds The Seaforth Hospital Auxiliary. 50 of sympathy fo the needs of the hospital and a better understanding of all that years old on Tuesday, has given over 550,000 to the local hospital over the years. pertains to hospital administration." The money has bought various pieces of This charter group chose Mrs. Charles equipment and refurnished many rooms. Holmes as first president. Other members The first purchase in 1933 for 5175 was a of the first executive were: Mrs. Keith M. scialytic lamp tor the operating room in the McLean, first vice-pres.; Mrs. W. P. Lane, old Scott Memorial Hospital. the group second vice-pres.; Mrs. Ross Sproat, third gave 510,000 to the building fund of the vice-pres.; Mrs. E. Appleyard, fourth present Seaforth Community Hospital vice-pres.; Mrs. Reginald Kerslake, re- (SCH) and recently has replaced curtains cording secretary; Mrs. Earle Bell, coria• throughout the hospital and given $4500 to esponding secretary, and Mrs. E. H. help buy a new delivery table in the Close, treasurer. obstetrical ward. Mrs. Close who served as treasurer for It was in the winter of 1933, on Feb. 8, nine years is the only surviving charter that a small group of women met to form an member. auxiliary. These 26 charter members chose As well as supplying furnishings and as their name The Women's Hospital Aid to Scott Memorial hospital.redecorating over the past half century to A newspaper notice announcing this both the old Scott Memorial Hospital and meeting explained the purposef and the new SCH, the auxiliary has given included the following: "For the last 64 needed equipment. The auxiliary members mended the hospital linens for many years years, v�iunteer women workers have played a large part in Ontario in assisting andpprovided Christmas gifts to the hospital boards to build up and maintain a patients and the hospital staff. The service in their community for the care of auxiliary members, aided by members of the sick and suffering, making also a the Women's institute, wheel the gift cart splendid contact between the hospital and to all patients with its array of small items will be held June 14.