The Huron Expositor, 1979-01-11, Page 1Whole No. 5883.
1119th Yea
SEAFORTH', ONTARIO, ,TIFNUR'SQAY;, JANItMRj('
1,. 1979 '- 14 .PAGES''
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WE'RE STUCK:— When this tractor went off the road
near Winthrop' Friday; it really went off: the road,
Getting ready to pull, ' it, ;out, , when t: 'our • ''news.
Laron Perth school bc'a�
BY'WILMA OKE
The 'Huron -Perth ouri y'Roman Ca h� i
C" ty om. n t of c ,
Separate School Board approved salaries for.
.adininistrative staff atAa Meeting in Dublin
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Monday night.-
The negotiations were carried on behind
closed .doors but for the voting, Trustee
Michael Connolly of'KiipPen' requested
recorded ;votes. However, when a trustee'
voted against a motionfor a salary increase
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whether ehe considered h
indication a .to h the, co s the
increase too much or not enough.
was a $ increase for ea
ch
Approved a 3,000, or
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of two years for William Eckert Director of
Education, with fringe benefits to remain the
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same, effective' from, August 1,. ' 1978 to
August. 31, 1979 and from August, 1979 to
August 31; ,1980. Salary fro 1979;;540,000,
Voting for the motion were, Ronald
Mickey Vere, 'R
Marcy, Mie y er , David O'Reilly, all of
Stratford; Tim McDonnell, Gadshill; John
photographer just happened -to drive by were, Bill,
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Little, left' and, Bob Ca pbell• both ofWinthrop.Wi
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Geoffrey, Haid and Murray.
Votingagainst the motion were: Connolly,
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O'Leary, Young, McDonnell, Montgomery..
Helena Partridge of Stratford was hired to
replace Stella Farwell, who isr on heave of
absence, at St, Aloysius School Stratford,'
fr m January 1,19 • . to June 30,1979
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he Board-S aff banquet will be held this
year at Pineridge Chalet, Henson, on
October 19, 1979:
COMMUNITY SCHOOL
A CommunitY SchoolDevelopment grant
of 510,000 has been approved by the
Ministr of Education • for St. Joseph's
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School at Kingsbridge. ' Trustee Connolly
asked if custodial service would beP aid out
of the grant. Trustee O'Leary said the
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custodiap at;St,.Patrick's School ;in Dublin
had not been paid when a similar grant was
;received two years ago,
"The custodian is the forgotten man, in
the•community school grant the janitor has.
never been looked after," stated O'Leary, ::.'.
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Connolly asked that `'so many dollars:be
set aside from the grant for custodial
services needed.
Director o Education William., Eckert
said
Mayor John . Sinnamon and councillor
Bruce Hoelscher led off Seafortlr's first 1979
Council meeting with; criticism of
police overtime Their complaints were aired.
again at the •end of the meeting for more •'
than half an hour.
Policemen• working overtime when
Seaforth has., a five man force was _called.
"just plain ridiculous", by . Mayor.
Sinnamon. "It's a waste of taxpayers'
money to pay close to 5400 a month overtime
with a five man force." •
4'ndre quizzing by councillor Hoelscher,
councillor . Bob Dinsmore, chairman of the
police committee• went o erextra hours for;
December, noting all the overtime was due
to emergency call outs, court or prisoner
escort and the Santa Claus parade, "What
isn't justified on this overtime?'% -he wanted
to know, •
Councillor Dinsmorenoted that the police
committee had already arranged to meet
with the chief, toy try to cut •downovertime,
and ..a reed;councillor •; oelscher's Sug-
gestion
,gestion rhat,constables take brae off in lieu.
of Overtime could be discussed. • , ' .l
Councillor: Jim. Sills said he had 'been? ,
police committee . for a year and felt a4
overtime hours approved then were
legitimate. "You .have tohave two' man
investigations sometimes, You can't get
around Chat." .
`"'you can with• five Men if the schedule is
drawnup There's no reason for
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two men patrols Monday, Tuesday , and
Wednesday daytime." countered the mayor.
Police' committee meetings' are the place
• -to talk. aboutcouncillor Sil '
overtime, Sills said
"And boh oyou' who are upset, .neither
eith
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wereatthelast committee meeting g.when
this could have been ;discussed, and ironed
Constables, don't want overtime; council
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thebud forthe
budget grant hasbeen set and
no, tors .Dinsmore and Groothuis .said., •
adjustments can be made now.
Jack Lane, Superintendent of Business . .
replied: The grant is not made available for
the payment of custodial services, We can't,
touch the amount set aside for salary of a
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O ro sky,' St. Marys; Arthur Haid, '
listowel; Gregory Fleming, Credition: Keith •
Montgomery, Wingham and Ted Geoffrey,
Zurich.
Voting against themotion were. Michael
Connolly, Kippen; Ronald Murray. Dublin;
John O''leary, Staffa; and Vincent Young,
Goderich.
Former Superintendent of
Education,
¢ tion,
Joseph-Mills,-who•resigncd at -the endo:
Salaries for the reeve, councillors 'and.
employees were raised when Hibbert Town-
ship council met last Wednesday.
Salaries for the reeve and councillors were
raised $50 from last year to 5750 per.annum
for the reeve;' $675 for. the, deputy reeve and
the councillors now make 5600 per year. li>~
f addition for special. meetings, councillors
December was given an increase in salary of
5700 from August -1, 1978;to December 31,..
1978 bringing salary to 53.5,100. Voting for
• the motion: were: Ronald'Marcy; Mickey
Vere, DAvid O'Reilly, John O'Drowsky,
Gregor Fleming, Keith Mont -'omen Ted
Gregory B 8 Y
'Geoffrey,nd Vincent Young. Voting against
the motion were: Michael) Connolly, Ronald
Murray, John O'Leary, Tim McDonnell•and
Arthur Haid. •
Jack Lane Superintendent of Business,
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was' given a salary. increase of $3,000 raising
his; s to S28,000 effective January 1,
1,979 to'December 31,.'1979 with fringe •
bene its.to remain the same. Voting for the
moti to yvere:.•Ronald Marcy, Mickey Vere,
David O'Reilly, John' O'Drowsky,:: Gregory
• Fleming, , Keith Montgomery. Ted Geoffrey;
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Vincent , Young and Arthur Haid, Voting
against the motion were: Michael Connolly,
Ronald Murray, 'John O'Leary, and Tim
McDonnell,
Mr. Lane was iven a salary increase of
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• 53,000 to be effective January, 1, 1980 to
December 31, 1980, and the vote was the
same as for his 1979:salary except that Tim
McDonnell. Voted for instead of against;
A: salary increase of 52,000 was. approved
for Ed Itowla d Co-ordinator of
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Maintenance and Buildings and Assessment
effective from January 1, 1979 to December, •
31, .1979, bringing, his salary to' Si7,300.'
Voting for the motion were: Ronald Marcy,
Mickey Vere, ` David O'Reilly, John
O'Drowsky,• Gregory Fleming, Keith
Montgomery, Michael Connolly, Arthur
Haid; John O"teary, Ronald Murray,
Voting against :the motion were Tim
McDonnell, Vincent Young, Ted Geoffrey.
. SECRETARIES
The board office secretaries were given a
16,7 per cent•increasc in salaries effective
from January 1, 1979, to December 31,1979x„
based on their general qualifications,
seniority and. responsibility ranging from a
low of 59,885 to 510;270.
Voting foto this motion were: Marey, Vere
O'Reilly, b browsky, Fleming, Haid,LL
Paper drive aids
All those Seaforth and area people who've
been hoarding newspapers for months will
have a chance to get rid of them on Saturday:,,.
and boost minor hockey at the..same time,
Seaforth Minor' Hockey, annual paper
drive gets ' underway at 9:30 `Saturday
morning when eagaryoung, hockey players
will be paid the same as last year at. 545 for
full days' and the half day.rate' has been
, raised from 530 to $35. Y • �'
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Mrs, :Gwen. Harburn., caretakea", of„ the
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will now bepaid 535 per
Township Hall ill
month plus 510 per rented meeting, exclud-
ing
,
W.I., 'cbm ared to a figure last year of
p $
530 per month and 58.50 I per,rented
meeting,, •
,
e Commissioner Carter Kerslake's
' �Drainag,
salary is now 54.25 per hour compared to�$4
per hour last year. Land Site custodian Jim.
One solution, mayor. Sinnamon said, could
be t •sto . paying in for constables' to 'attend
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Ontario Pollee Colle a or not paythem any
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overtime; after pwhile they``attend
,.. .. paying
college.
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• Also at the meeting, a delegationof
en -
concern
ratepayers ers. visited council 'to express
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concern on the condition. of Concession.2 and
3, the two and one half miles of road. from
the Fullarton. Boundary to Side Road 10/11.
, The condition;of . the . 'first mile and a
wart 'c:was ofparticular concern, because of
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the amount of:heavy ,traffic comprising.
gravel 'trucks from adjacent pits, and the
increased.; weight of 'normal farm vehicles,
plus an: unusually large amount of: through
traffic. This road was originally a' corduroy
road' 'trough a. swampyarea, and did not
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need attention;
Council explained their buildingpolicies,
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1978was
pointing!otic. that in• no Carvel
spread, the monies being .used• on' construc-
tion, and that consequently in.., 1919 the
spreading of gravel was a must. They did
ghts
:Miller had his salary. raised from $3.50 to /•
oodfest • •
$3.75. The road crew will now get $6 per
hour with time and a half :after 55 hours
compared to $5:50 last year: The road
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promise to place the first mile and a quarter
on 'a high priority listfor:reconstruction; •
A bowin - w'
or i b la ter1979•
r g, y o in the sum of
.5.200,000 was.the usual No:.1 by-law. A
second by-law for-tile—drainage ..loan of•
52,000 was approved. This used all of the
1978 monies. The clerk had•been. instructed.
to apply for :extra, but to `date no reply has '.
been received..
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Frank Elliott was, hired on a probationary
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period of three months as a grader and a
snow low operator. Road .accounts of
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512,804.76 and:general ':accounts of
.7,178,54 were approved.
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• brought forward t.- February 1 to allow
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council`to attend the Rural Municipalities of
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Ontario convention.
superintendent • . will now be getting $15,000
per year compared to 513,515 and the clerk's
'salary has been increased to $1.8,750'
compared: with 517,300 '1st year, The council
also made..aPP ointments to the various
Boards and." Committees at the meeting.'
Former deputy reeve Henry Harburn was
appointed 'to the Ausable . Bayfield Conser-
vation 'Authority' and Deputy Reeve Roy
Swart was appointed to both the Upper
Thames Conservation Authority and the,
Seaforth Fire Area Board. Councillor Herb
Brown; and village trustee. Matt McCreight
were. appointed.. 'to Mitchell and District
Arena Board and councillor Don Johns was..
ripointed to the Mitchell Fire Area Board,.
Ron Christie was appointed to the planning
Board councillor John Kinsman was a �p oin"
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ted to the Perth Safety courted and Russell
Worden w s appointed to the Seaforth
CommunitY r sPita1 Board..
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The township recreation committee will'
consist of Deputy Reeve Roy Swart, council
for Don Johns, councillor • Herb Brown,
councillor John Kinsman, John Scott,
. Russell MillcF ' Ivan Norris, Eldon Allen,
Gary Van Loon and clerk Charles Friend
(who has no voting power).
Reeve Ross McPhail, 'Mrs. Jean Carey,
Mrs, Jean Parsons, Mrs, Fran Melady and
clerk Charles Friend were appointedto the
Township Library Board.
Seaforth Optimists have added a new .;
event to their . annual winter °carnival
festivities - a Paul Bunyan competition and a
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woodfest. Paul Bunyan is the legendary.
lumberjack who wandered over the northern
United States and into Ontario, followed by.
his giant blue ox Babe. According to folk
stories in the north manyof the inland lakes
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are actually just the footprints of the giant
lumberjack,
forthe Paul.'. un •
The events planned B y��aA
competition are Some of the same things the
lumberjack might have tackled himself. The
events in the: contest include crosscut. saw
events, chainsaw events, Swedsaw compet-
itions, ,axe cutting, firelighting, broom-
handle turning and arm wrestling„ The
competition is open to both men and women,
and a $2 entry fee allows competitors to tr
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their hand at every event.
The Seaforth Optimists have already.
collected a heap of logs ready to be chopped
sawed acid made into 'fireplace -sized kind-
ling during the Paul Bunyan contests,.
This year :the 12th annual Seaforthi'
Optithists. Winter Carnival and Woodfest
will start on. Friday, Jan, 19.
KICK OFF
The three day eventwill kick off with an
Atom 'hockey tournament at he Seaforth
Arena, which starts at 6 p.m. and continues
during the weekend. This year, Jack Bedard,,
= the tournament organizer, expects 14 teakrtfs<'>
hockey Ci layers from southwestern Ontario will be Conti` pet -
and 'adult volunteers Will *Ire pickups :all
over town and in the country4f papers can't •
be piled at tate curb becatisc• Of' snowbanks,
people are asked' to call Bob and Betty's
Variety -at 527.1680 to arrange pick=up.
•B4b Btutent'niller is in charge of the paper
drive ' '
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ing , in the event, including teams from
Newmarket, Byron; Hanover, Goderich and
Exeter. ' •
Other vents sehedulcd for the opening;
night 'ide casino night at the arena,.
starting at 9 p,ni„ when local residents cart
try their luck at. some _ les of chance.
In the ' afternoon,rudcnts nt 5etttdrth
Oisir"ct Hi k Schaal 1 rvi l selc stn
i g oe t select it
stables must have their schooling •already
when they're hired, councillor Groothuis
said. "We won't have a police force if we
toss out the 1978 contract and rewriter it," he
'warned. " i i ..
"As far as I'm concerned oveyrttta.e •
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eliminated and;"I don't mean eta
repeated mayor Sinnamon, .
Eliminate .overtime, reduce salaries is.
easy to say but "we want police pro tectioii,
We may be policed costly per captial but on
balance were well policed," ' ,councillor
Groothuis said. • • , •f
The new 'arena manager was amazec�. at
the small amount of vandalism in Sea�fo h'
"and that has to reflect on `our pot�ee
• ;protection", added councillor Henry Me o„
"we're arguing over nothing",' summed
up police committee chairman Dinsmore;
"The police committee hasalready agreed to
meet with the chief and go over overtime. ,,
. We didn'tawa the las
et too carried
B Y a t t
committee meeting because two members
were missin "
Councillor.
s. agreca' a special meeting of
the polcie committee wil be held Citron out
overtime, before the negotiating„committee
i has its first meeting.
Council agreed to a police committee
recommendation that constables A"key and
Burgess be promoted to third class and that
constable Van Meekeren's promotion will be
reviewed when he `finished Part A, Police
,College.
"Council has torealize things mustbedone
in good; faith” commented •councillor Sills.
The chief has made recommendations and
,thap alone should be considered, The money.
.` ch, class is a different matter, You don't
hoa hammer over their heads and try to
' ke p them all at' fourth class because it costs.
yo less money: There is enoughturnover as,
it is',",'
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"We don't want police forces a,5• in some •
• neighbouring towns with. _:all :kinds.' of
trouble,'': commented 'councillor: Groothuis.
"Promotion; is incentive to do argc o job",
added councillpr Irwin Johnston
Council supports resolution,
calling for obscenity ban
Seaforth council agreed in a recorded vote
Oakville res lutio calling- for
to support an �; n.
. new provincial • laws a' ;aid's pless• and.
nt rtai ment
`a 'd n
b ttomles:-waitresses;tt e
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and 'pornography on ' "public'newstaeds; TV,
movies,' Magazines and othermedia", , at its
regular meeting Monday night.
din
' eresolution .o lata e St.
The Oakk;tll rg t.
Dominic's Parish which called on the council
there to help end "'the exploitation of women
and . sex. for financial gain," clerk . Jim
Crocker explained.
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"Before we as a municipality endorse this
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Fd like.to look into it'...' further", said
councillor Henry Mero.: A lot. of: unem loy-'
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ment could result, he said.
''Anybody making money under those.
circu'mstances shouldn't be' allowed in
society,.,' countered 'c. ncillor Bruce
Hoelscher. • •
"it used to . be .that 'Toronto ' : ' a
monopoly on this sort of thing. Now i 's
creeping closer " to town. In - another
generation, what's coming?" asked
councillor Jim Sills.
With councillor !Nero `maintaining that
"it's upto'the,individual what he:- deems
indecent": and councillor "Bob Din§more
saying the province already has laws, censor
boards etc. to handle pornography; alt other
members of .vo ed. for the.Oakville
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Hensali
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gave theirfull support Pport to
the resolution
"'And they . should add horses" said
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mayor John Sinnanion,• who' called a recent
holida incident whena photo of: a horse in a
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local'. hotel'' bar was published in the
Expositor as "a most disgusting thing." •
Expressing, his shock that the paper would.
publish the'photo, ` the mayor called the
incident ""an(open advertisement that in the
hotels in Seaforth, anything goes.''
Years ago,• animals in hotels ' were com-
mon,'just another example f changing _
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morality, commented councillor Mero.
Mayor Sinnamon and ;councillor ;Bruce.
Heolscher said,'health regulations and
probably the Humane S'cie u dforbida
p o ly.t n o ny;wo 1
horse' in a, bar, while councillor Dinsmore
reported thepolice chief"w s told byliquor
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inspectors that incidents of this kind aren't
uncommon during the holiday season.
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Councillor ' Dnsnbi•e •:added, he can•
member other' animals in hotels as an
occasional -oke. 1..
Criticizin the incident: as cruel, the mayor
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asked "is Christmas anything goes time or a
time to celebrate Christ's birth?"
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A hotel isn't isn t. a .church, councillor
Gerald Groothuis. commented_ ""Mabe the
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photo shouldn't have been in the paper; but
it was a practical joke, not meant to be taken
seriously
Town people
honour
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will
Clarence
Reeves
The Town of Seaforth will officiallyhonour
a who
Clarence :Reeves who alertedfellow tenants •
to fire in December anti`s credited with
saving lives and a main street building,
lding; :
council decided
ided MondaYn ht
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Ten at'va plans'are fora public
reception n
at the Legion ion co-operation with g in p i wth that
and the Chamber of Commerce. The 'date '•
will` be announced soon. The town vl!ili
r. Reeves M with a portable caber..•
TV; Clerk Jim Crocker -reported that the
police chief is looking into nominating Mr.
Reeves for a: heroism award.
queen,t queen and he ueenwill be crowned seine'
time during Fridayevening's festivities.
, eveng
i.g
arnivali organizers have invited
broomball team troWest Branch, Michi- •
m'
gan, to a game against the Seaforth'Iads, to
be 'held at 10 p.m, in the arena Finally,
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pr.ople: who have worked up an appetite can
join in the midnight cold buffet being held at.
th'e:Seaforth arena.
On Sattirday# carnival, events start bright
and early with' a community breakfast which
will be held in the Seaforth Optimists' Park,
Members Of the club will be serving up,ham,
and eggs and coffee from d a,m. to noon.
ATOM HOCKEY '
,..:The Atom hockey tournament continues at
tlic arena, starting at9 a,ni, and; at.10,a.m.,
the Paul Bun an contest gets underway at
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the Optimist Park.' Competitors can register
• for eve is at the park before the Cpmpetition
opens; and anyone with •a strongarm is
invited to take part.
At the same time, people with a more,
creative bend can try their hand at sculpting;
aitything from cancels to elephants to the
blue `ox babe from snow, hopefully still
available in the Optimist Park, The snow
sculptures" will "he judged at 11:30 a,m. •
STEAK & DEANS
Since the .Seaforth Optimists' .expect:
competitors in the teeming events to work
up quite an appetite, the club will be serving.
steak and beans at the park from noon to 5
p.m, After dinner, carnival goers can try.
some sleigh aides front the park around
town, or Can stay at the park'itntii the Paul
Bunyan contest winnersare announced, and
prizes presented, later in the afternoon,
On Saturday evening, the carnival ten-
? tittles with two dances, Lincoln Green will
be playing at a dance at the Seaforth Arena,
A second dance is being, held at the
Seaforth Legion at the sat+ie time, and
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c �n d nee toalie music of the rou
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Mitd'tites.
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On' marnin
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ament continues at the arena.
In the afternoon, one of the mostPop, ular
events of the .carnival will be held - the
snowmobilee p„ k o c rally. Anyone taking part
in, tiie tally is asked to register 'at the
In Wintario draw
rs:
rscoll
Mar Lou ' Driscoll f '
Y o RR 4, 'Walton., ts..
510,000 richer thanks . some
t s to good luck olid•„
there -Christmas Wi a '.
p nt rio draw...
Mrs, Driscoll didn't see the televised
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Wintario draw herself, but i`
n 1 a neighbour
across the road obligingly copied out the
winning numbers.
. Mrs. Driscoll, who usedto buy books of -
Winton() tickets, had purchased only one
ticket from theAeaforth Mar.'s Milk store for
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Optimist Park between 11 a.m, and 1 ,p.m.
Also, for those who would rather enter a
rally under their own steam, the Optimists
are also holding a cross country skiing rally,
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-starting at 1 •p,in: ,
The co-chairmen of the Seaforth Winter
Carnival this year are Doug Smale and
Larry
•Wesenberg.
wins $10,000
ght 11x011
Inside this week
the December: 21 draw's Not only e
n y was. the
ticket the last one in the
book, but Mrs.
Driscoll thinks it was the ;
last one tate. store . .
had, '•
Although she doesn t have any definite
plans for spendingthe money ,at this point,
one thing iS certain, M_rs. Driscolllans t o
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keep on buying lottery tickets. After all "I'
didn't think. I'd be that lucky (to Win),"
Seafor'ths' Skater Wing
Hockey on Roller Skate sl,,
Cattle Quarantine .
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