The Huron Expositor, 1979-05-24, Page 3Goderieh
StopbenTwp.
, Exeter
Hens*
flay Twp,
Zurich
'.StanleYTwp.
Bayfield
• Goderich Twp.
Clinton
Colborne
4 Ashfield
Huron
Ripley
•Lueknow °
Kinloss
Culross
Teeswater
Carrick
Mild:nay. •
'1-lowick
Turnberry
Winghain
Brussels
'Grey
Morris
Blyth
East Wawanosh
West VVawanoSh
Hullett
McKiIIop
'Seaforth
Tuckersmith, .
Usborne
confer, exilg McKinleY
• 376, 1198 2411
258 624 1170
150
23
• 65
31
41
• 45
89
102
82 ,
73
, 139
38
53
• 35
60 385..
43 205
80 639
52 305
137 442 876
" 43 212 .444
93 579 983
28 165 362
65 . 376 '484'
.40 291 k528
28 130 0359
'45 162 336
39 216 '330
42 308 557
54 3S...327 i;
65 46 •
121 501 . 833
52 236 540
.2766 11897 208
•
575 1309
159 362
413 609
281
207 20
301 .758
192 , 14
86
429 1156
265 537
297 531
367 819
137 214
241 380
165 ; 401
361
216
402
198
RESULTS IN AREA POLLS
Cooper Craig -McKinley
155 7 53 86
10 52 71
6 57 107
7 177
11 60
. 42 308 5$7
IOLLOP TOWNSHIP
• , 15 125 41
11 82 123
15 90
13 .73
54 327
SEAFORT1Er•
12 .86 115
" . 7 39 77
•R. • 48 n
9 .103 133
5* 70 65
20 " 47 98
5 • 69 6,6
. 65 462 532
TIJCICERSIVI1TH TOWNSHIP
2 61 84
. .•.
,37 . .49) .69
16 1.9 53
20 106 168
"18 109 159
14 86, 146
•. 14 71 155
121 ,1501 833'
USHORNE TOWNSHIP •
16 32- 142
11 944 171
14 60 l04
11 50 93
52 236 510
' 2 63
.'.0,5 39
'3 23
'2 29
2 33
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164 '
165
165(1)
166
167
108-
169
-1'70
171
172
173
174
1'75;
176
177
178 ,
179
180.
Goderich
Seaforth,
Wingham
Lucicnow
Exeter
78
80,
365
ADVANCE
69
29
45
42
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i
'MANNING ' THE PHONES -4- E3rUce McDonald, Graenie •Qr,aiq.'
campaign manager, watches as resultspour irt as Marilyn McDonald altd"
, :Aline Ryan, Craig, supporterS.tally results while their candidate Watches
'--.-rc" Its go, up on the board. Craiga
., a 32 year old Walton area farmer, WS
.1,.) . .
ruhrfng for the first time In this election.
Ian annivers
afor th Lions reviewed
w long activities schedul-
ed June that Willmark the
Clu .s.55th anniversary at a
meeting Monday night
44•,2,torists,
:This year the anniversary
• events are being • held in
place of sual summer
carnival and 11 be centred
at, the arena ad community
O centre,
• The program series begins
to wa• tch for
de ••
dance in the arena and the
Friday June 15th when the
Lincoln Green plays for a
,presents 'a
pe strict's following night Charlie'
Eckstein resents a .program
Seaforth police chief, John
Cairns has asked motorists to
use a little courtesy in
yielding ' to pedestrians
crossing ar the crosswalks
painted on "Seaforth"s •Main
Street. • •
The 'police chief • said
although the crossings aren't
legal • cresswalks, and are
only a guide for 'pedestrians,
'he asked that motorists will
, let pedestrians cress the
street a.: thse particular
points. He said some
pedestrians don't realize
these aren't legal crosswalks
and just step out into the
traffic.
The chiefreported a qu iet
week last 1, week with , no
accidents or 'thefts reported.
, Chief CalEns said Seaforth
police "con'stable Charles
Akey •will be centiuing
bieyele rodeos at local ,
elementary' schools in the
ceming wgk, •
featurifig comedy, music and
• dance. • `
The thrilling transcanada
"Hell Drivers" will present
their show at the Rec track.
Sunday afternoon and
throughout the weekend and.
•Rosenmunt amusements will
provide carnival rides" and
attractions, •
• '
(Sspoeltor Photo.) ,
y Susan Whi
1 don't usually wait until
Wednesday, morning to write,
004, opluran but I saved mY
Vaee 'this, week to write)
soMe deatilleS4 Prose on the
,nutcoma of the election,
,As it turned out though, I
could have written my
column late last week andi
met my deadline because,
what •most of the pundits,
: were , predicting, a
Conservative minoritY
government, is exactly what
'happened,
I realize a lot of peeple
aren't much interested in ,
elections: . an informal poll
1 conducted on my Way to
work found one person who
O didn't know who'd won and a
couple of others who didn't
think it. made any .difference
that Joe Clark will soon
become Canada's youngest
eVer Prime Minister.
. But I'm an election freak
from way, way back, and for
O what it's worth,. here are a
few of my reflections,
scribbled frantically as the,
results carne in last night.
• The better half •and 1
played the game of trying to
filter out the TV reporter's
O prejudices as he or 'she gave
the results from the .various
regions of Canada. These
reporters are very clOse to
the politicians, we reasened,
eat
and maybe they really know.
[-Anchorman Knowlton:
who the best people are,
' Nash was almost jumping up
and, down with excitement,
but 'whether from joy at the
PC's win- or delight at the
swipe , the • voters
adthinistered . to mr.
Tr:Idea:1, we couldn't decide.
Mr, Trudeau, because of
dholsw-nina,ceos:ihilifrtyeeadnotimclamopi
information is net an out and[
Out favourite with . many,
.
reporters that l' read, but
then neither is Mr- •(lark,
. whom many regard as a wind'
up puiPet. Ed Broadbent of
• the NDP was getting a let of
criticism too for avoiding the
:1-ess at the yictory
`.c lehration in his riding
Tuesday night,.
• $eeThe e dCtoEl Ch a' sv eBdhis• fxrreporter9la
convictions well hidden as he
reported the PC sweep and
the NDP gains out there.
(Though I must admit 1 went
to bed shortly after Midnight
and didn't stay arbund for
the final, word from that
;,,,ark/ --
province.) ' .
The ne ' rePorter on
1
the •Prai ies. though Seemed
More th n a little depressed
.ai the NDP ate into what he
cleariy expected •vvotild have
'been a three ,province romp
by the TorieS. -- !' .
Some ", of the most
interesting : election
commentarY carne.. from
supposedly, objective
observers like Pierre Berton.
Theman who's'Iried to bring
Canada together with his
popular history books told
• Barbara ' !rum 't • that
O cCiaebn:adtiiann: , Tsuheosudlday nneitg, 1• 4b,.ei
election results. • * . '..
' 'It's time for :.sackcloth
, and ashes," said Mr. Berton,
events
Seaforth Lions will host the,
Wintario Draw on Thursday
jburonaedca2sitst awlivheichfrowmill'
•arena following an hour long
talent program. The
following night Global
television Will tape two
shosl/s in tne arena to which
the public is invited.
The week long anniversary
series ends Satarda 'night'
,
when •the. Carleton Show
O Band appears in the arena.
'Jack Ward of Channel 12
Seaforth Mitchell Cable ITV
discussed merit's of various
tyPbs of life insurance. Mr.
Ward an accOuntant has
made • a study of.' the
advantages ` '1 and
disadvantaaes of insurance
Ainen
and urged- members to
investigate carefully before
•buying. He wai introduced
by Grant Little.
fla-rney Costello, Chalk St. '
• Seaforth *on $25 in the
•mOnthly car club draw while
the tneeting draw s;,,,as won
Jud Walker. •
, •Reporting for the recent
. • '••
concert by the International
Harveitor Choir Bill Hodgert Expos it°
, who chaired, the 'event said •
profits %tie' $307.
. This was
O made possible .as a result of
certain costs• including•
O 'traiwportation having been
.assumecl by'Vincent. Farm '
Equipment he said.
fjoa
less
TOR, MAY 04,,97
prose
looking depressed i and
'shaking his head. Canada is
dvtaiievictioadryledli;:rige, ns,q,bulinbecgthueaagnLeoib
th
Tory win everywhere else,
Mr. Berton said, calling the
results a disnater Or our
country.
Maci-ean'S cniurrinist Man
Fotheringh.am out in BC tbld
Pierre that a minority Liberal
government would have been
• a disaster too, because -the
two main Party's base $ of
polarized.. .
The Libirals aren"t too
'good at learning, the lessen
commentators - have been
trying to teach them „ . that
they need' a provincial base
to win nationally, Mr,„
Fotneringhani Thai
have few door knOckers, and
pamphlet stuffers anywhere
but Ontario and Quebec and
that's why they couldk't
hope to .v'in the eastern and
Western 'regions., •
On the local scene John
Strong and Brian Allan of
CKNX couldn't contain their
glee at the pC, sWeep of the
five ridings. the CKNX show
coivnin
eredail fiveThwas
COnsSeTedatiuvpe
win in
early in the evening
Messrs. strong and Allan
gave the impression of trying
Iheneftt of th doul.A•
esepcially interested to
'how fast and bow thOron
he and „ted Baldwin
• give Canada a badly
freedom of inforMa
Aod while we ;Ong
the winners, riding
write this morpfngt I
forget a thOughf f
losers, They after all; *
cases, worked just as hard
the winners, And after a
shed rest they've got to look
. for work and rebuild lives •
support are se,
that won't, at least midi the/ -
ext election, revolve around
•
--invited
All persons interested in .
". heritage preservation are
invited to attend the monthly
• meeting of the Architectural -
Conservancy of Ontario ,
Huron Branch, to be held at 8
p.m., Thursday, May 24th at
O the Van 'Egmond Huse,
Egmondville,
The guest • , speaker, •
Murray Hay, landscape
architect from Rockwood,
will talk about the
landscaping of heritage
houses.
•very hard t'o' fill in tirne as
each succeeding local report
'"j,ectIOrt
sounded very much like the Carr
last one.
As for this reporter, I've
got my political •biases too,
like everyone else who's
interested. But I try hard to
Jaeep them out of my stories.
I'm a little bemused by the
election re$ults. . It'll take
some time to get used to the
idea of Joe Clark as prime
minister, but I'm sure willing
to give him more than the
, by Karl Schuessler
1 can,,feel it, I can smell it. There's a ' have to take it out tonight."
'Volkswagen in my future. 'l'don't; have one • "I really am interested " I said.
Iocks at, computer
Stratford
Mayor John Sinnamon, council's rep On
the PDC brought a 'request that the town
• considerSharing the cost of amini computer
to do.billings and inake auditting both bodies
easier to council's niceties Monday night.
The 1...1.1C is looking into leasing at ,S20
month or pessibly buying at abode,t19,000.
A Monthly billing now costs the' PUt from
.5200 to $300 for rental of computer time in
"It could do municipal tax notices too, " ,
Mayor Sinn-arnon said. Rental dees not
• include forms anil stationary.
Councillor Jim SIBS suggested computer
time. could .perhaps be rented from a local
firm like Tepnetch. Couneillors agreed to get '
more information. •
Conflict o'interest low
•
hard to interpret. Council
A request front the Association of Ontario
Municipalities for comments onOntario's'
conflict of interest laws led to Seaforth
councillors concluding the laws are hard to
understand and enforce at their Meeting,
Monday.
"It's tough in a small town" where
everyone is involved in everything,
commented councillor Jim Sills, ' '
Other'councillors cited mUnicipalities ,
making decisions where every ,council
•
member had a possible conflict.
Clerk Jim Crocker said he's unable to get
rulings 'on indiVidual cases. "1 assume. the
AMO will .be pressuring the Province for
changea.',1
Councillor Bob Dins ere said .h&d: aske
various, lawyers 'about a possible eonflict-
since lie is a JP as,well as a eouncillor and,
he's gotten a . different answer front
everyone.
Recorded vote at council,
on street 0 extension
4
Discussion on a request for a building
permit fOr property owned by May E.
MacLean on the north end of West '
St: led te a tarp recerded vote, at council
Monday night.
Last year the planning board
recommended „that council consider
purchasing the property and extending West
Willittin to link up with Welsh St in the north
end Of town near .the Shoe Fadtory.
County planners recominended the street
mt bo extended and Said that theeMaeLeans
would have to apply to the eommittee
adjustment for a minor varianee since the
frontage is less than the SO feet required for
a building permit.
Reeve ' john Flannery. argued , fer
extending the sheet saying that if a building
• it
'permit- Was iSstied 10 or so industrial lots
behind N. Main St: properties would be i
'landlocked. . ,
,Clerk Jim Crocker said the MatLearis
know what their options are and the, retlart
was really just for cotincil's information..
Reeve Flannery Moved that the coniinittee
be asked to bring: in a new repert. en
extending VV,.. St. and Coiled f6f
recorded vote. It . was defeated With all
members of council, except the reeve atid.
Fen:Willer Jim Sills voting no. Councillor
,gruce flotlachor was absent.
yet. but any day now. I'm going' to have a.
beetle beg standing in my driireway, • ,
It's not that I want it that way. •It's -my
wife. She's n bugging me ftr alrnolt a
whole year now. It all started when I bonght
thy red, truck. A red folly she called it. And
she insisted one 'folly deserves another - her
folly. ' ,
She won't listen When I tell her the VW's
dangerous. It's a city car, and'how are We
going to get, parts now that the bug is out of
production? 1 can't steer her toward a Rabbit
Or a VW'bus. It has to be 'a Beetle: All she
• i ,
thinks about s low mileage, small parkin
spaces and the •faint possibility the MI
might turn up a collector's, item - Hitler'
answer to Henry. Ford.when4t comes to a
people's car.
I'm -trying. I'm trying to get a V.W. in her
life. Last week in Toronto 1 almostsucceeded,
Tomato, of course, iS the place to find a used
V,W; It's a city car and the classified, ads
give you'a cheice of at leas five. •
I made a date to. seelone - a red one. The
right colour, is ai, iniPortant as he right
. ,
mileage to my wife, &it we got tied up on
the way, and I phoned ahead to, the man to
let him know we were still coming, Sorry he
said, the VW issold. , ' : ,
, On our way home I gave Kitchener' a
chance to cotne up with a Volkswagen. The
pickings were slimmer, but at least I didn't
have to spout hair a, d y to search and find
out wayward streets ( rid exact numbers. .
• One phone call promised' a 74 VW in
green4 Hop s't-an wild eeause green top
priority color. The price was right, Would
the owner mind if we dropped in right away
and had a look at' it? The night was moving
toward 9:00. "Well, okay," he said, 4'bit
don't pal* in his driveway," He said he
, didn't want any oil dripping from my car
onto his driveway......
Fussy, I though , but maybe fie. takes
, ,fussy care of his V. • He said he used the
, V, VV. for Winter dri lug, in the eit y . to keep
all the Salt off the big jobbie of his, a 1978
New Yorker. •
"Okay then," he.nodclech and with a sigh
he Opened. the -door' and tumbled in. He.
:made Sure we had our seat belts on. "I'd '
never let a cop find me without' wearing a
seatbelt, even if I'm driving only block,!'
he •said, "I'd never' 'let,'a cop find Ane
overparked eitherl'd vvalkfour blocks just
to put a dime• in a parking .nieter.''
He 'backed the VW into the drivewaYHe
unbuckled his13elt. "Got to close the garage
O door. Can't let'a fly in.'"
Buckled in again, he• drove the green
• wonder fora few blocks. He let me take over
g on the way back. I parked the VW in his
g • garage. He told me he'd have tb,repark it.
Larry Dalton of:. the
O Centenaires was- presented
jth trophies for. sportsman -
'ship 'and ability by Glen.
McClure at a recent banquet
for the team. A cutline inlast ,
week's Expositor incorrectly
indentifled Mr.. Dalton and
we wish to apologize tier any,
inconvenience the error may.
havecansect
re lrydent field trips beitefici!!? .
t'They can learn more that way,," • she
O said.
John Van Miltenbiirg Of R.R. 4, Seaforth
said, "1, suppose there's nothing wrong
with it. It sure breaks the monotony of
school ,•voric." When asked if he thought
students learned ,anything from school field,
trips he said, "From what I can remeMber
from my own experience, yes."
Mrs. Richard Willett of R.R. 2, Hensall
said, "It gives thera a better outlook on
things. They're learning , a lot more by
going and seeing things for themsel4es."
• A grade 10 student who wished to
remain' anonymous said; "Yes, they can
learn more if they tan see- the real thing." '
: Mary Anderson of R;R:' 1, Londeaboro a
Grade' 7'student said, "Yes'I do because
it's easier to learn by seeing things than'
just by talkingabout things.'' '
She :added that, held trips 'Were. edu-
cational.
• BY DEBNE RANNEY
:Are field -.trips for students beneficial?
That's what Expositor Asks triad to find,
out as we asked:area, residents, "Do you
theinak field trips for students are n good
icir
Mrs. Wayne Beierling-bf Varna, said,
'Yes. Ido. They get to seewhat's going,on.
and not just learn about it in school." ,
She -said when. she .went to school she
had enjoyed field trips and She had learned .
a lot more from seeing some things than
just learning about them. in sehoo
• Mrs. Alvin Regier of George Street M
O Seaforth said, think so. 1 had three kLds
in 'high' school and 1 think alt of them got
some ,benefit from their field trips.
O "I thought it was a good idea," She said.
Mrs. Jim LeBeau OfBrucefieldtliought it
was good to get the stUdents,out and have'
different things they, could see., •
at
atr ps He said he always shUtS off,the engine once ans• • .
,
5
"YOU'rserious,' n6V1;., aren't yon?"
hit•
asked, It. s getting late. I Want no triflers,
I assured titm. We 11 be right over.
He w s Waiting fdi US at the door, 1 parked
my car across the street. We walkedover to
his spotless driveway and he raised? up the
garage door on his V.W. „
A green gent it was. A Mite:rusty in front
but only surfate, While I ran my fingers over
the rust, 1 meved my eyes, ever the whole'
garage. Not a drOp Of oil on his perfect
cetrietrt floor, 'I'd never own a ear that
driSped oil," he prtinotineed.
mild we takei.t for a drive:
"Colio 1 hoped,vhe groaned, "I wouldn't
hes half•wayinto hisdriVeway and heglides
it into his garage. That Way there's, nO gas
-'• left in the motor:.
We haggled price. I agreed to his' price.
- 1 Vv,anted to 'drive the car away right then.
O "Not With my license Plates on the Car,"
O he scolded me'. ''!Whit would happen if you
had an accident on, ihe way home? I could
•have a million dollar lay suit on my hand.
• 'Noway.' . 00
He Wouldn't take a"cheqne net even a
*
certified one.. He said 1 might cancel, a
certifiedeheque. He wanted onlyeash. the
deal -was Off. 4 '
He did say, though, 110'o drive the'VW t�
Mitchell in the. ,morning. Meet me at the
bank and get the license 'plates reregistered.
' I told him I'd meet hint at the garage4,
Where my 'favourite V.W. mgebanic par'
xcellence would certify.
He arrived right On. time. He parked the
ugh .halfwaybetwcetian an
the garage- ".Would' you. 'mind if Kurt
liSteried to the motor?" asked.
He ,balked., 1 don't want any. Mechanic
• looking at tny'ear.
"But *1st want him' to:hear the engine.''
"I came te meet you at the bank, not the
'garage,"
O He did le kiirt listen, "Let's put it on The
hoist for a few Minutes," ItUrt said, "I want
to" see .1Mw things look underneath." °
"Olt „he yott Won't" he said, "None of
• that' How do I know What a Mechanic's going
to do with•thy car? Absolutely not." .,
' His eyes,. flashed. "Get this clear, he
said; "No Mechanic is lotiltingat my car."
lie started Up the motet.,
•VAR I want Kurt to do is take a look at it,"
• He put MS foot on the:faecaleratar, He
teemed off, ••
' My wife's almost -VW Weed:ell:into the
past.• .
"Alinoat" teld her when' tante baeltVW
less. She's still counting Ott the to put a VW
in lwr future. i keep telling her. I'M 4,4,
I'm trying:
t
B.M. Ross and 'Associates Limited have
- recommended that Seaforth CounCit phase a
'Street reconstruction program over the next
;Several. years' to upgrade the .town's road
System. .
The engineering firm said eXpendifti,res of
over .$100,00Q a year sierif. -justified. if
progreS is t� be. made in upgrading Seaforth
streets. On thebasis of a 50 per emit stihsidy
from M.T.C.; the erigineering firm slid the
municipality Can spend S70,0040 �n subsicliz-
_able road items, in 1979 and due to budget*
'restraints at beth the provincial and munici7
pal level, it's Unlikely there will be increases
in capital spending for street reconstruction.
The engineer's report on. Seaforth, streets
was released at last week's emitted meeting.
The engineering firin inspected town
streets on April 4, with the mayor, the public
works committee, the town clerk and the
town works, superintendent, before recorm
mending a program of reconstruction, listing
streets needing rIpair in order of priority./
' The engineering firm has based estimates
en the Cost of repair work on 1979' pricingo'
',since it isn't possible to estimate the
•inflationary rate in the fature. .
.The estimates in the Burns Ross report do
net Include ,any' allowance for neui or
replacement sidewalks. Sidewalks aren't
norariilly &subsidized item and teuncil must
•deticle Wheifter Sidewalks require repair or
• replacement' after the street rep Id are
completed,.
The' estimates do *chide `the tonstruction
O of 28 foot wide, ,
paved road surfaces with
concrete curbs and gutters and the restor-
ation �f boulevards. ,
• RAILWAYSTREEr
- The first street which the engineering firm'
recommendfor retotittruction, beginning in
1980, Was Railway Street, from Main Street
to' the west limit of plan 3:0The cost Of
'repairing 1,350,feet of the roadway ineluding
Storm Sewers Would be S93,500.
The next priority' is thereconstruction Of
Markct Street, from Main Street to Ord'
O Street estimated to cost $102,500: This
would includ complete street reconstructien •
as well as,a sttn.m sewer outleton Ord Street
from 'Market a'iliiroo-
:Thethird project Wthild be the reconstruc-
tion Cif Market Street front chtl Street to the
high' schoel, estimated te-cost S76,500, The "
'next year, B.M. Ross *and Associates staff .' .
recteinmand cthat William Street East .from
Geatich Stidet, to Duke 'Street be .'recon-''
structed,at an eStiniated cOst of $133,000.
OtherA Street whieh the firth felt needed -
repair included -Heron Street from Main
Street to lariett.Street, vvithan adjustment of 0'
storni sewer catch basins at an estimated
cost of $59,000,, Coleman Street ..frem
Goderieh Street to Oouinlock Street' *Old-,
ing the enclosure of the remaining portkin ,
the . open ditch at an estimated cost' '
$58,500; Brantford Street from lvfain. Street
.to kabelle Street at a,cost of $.53,504. and
Isabelle Street and Elizabeth. Street from
•Brantford :Street to the west limit of plan 6,,
which may be reqicired as an access route to
developing reticlential , subdivision, at an
estimated cost of $50,500,
..arglinihid, 'of rtreet rrm econstruction'die to °
program they recommend, council may wish ' ,
.4to, disetiss the ,plari further with'represent
latives .Of the diStriet, effiee of the M,T,C.
Clerk- Jim Crocker told council he will be
°nig-that.
The firthreported inidditiOn tO the Streets
scheduled for complete race:1St:140n, their •
, i
appraisal indicated spot mprovements are
-reqUired on Chalk Street and Victoria street
in Sections where theSe streets -break up
badly.. The report said the existitg base of
rthepeskieccdpabtethLse;mpuasvtiiiibooeoxestritivitedg tepottand
said the same prOcedure tnight be used to
irnpreve the poor street conditien existing on
Gouinleck Street, east from COlenuirt Street.
O The estimated eost 01 these three *Pot
improvements I 515,000,
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