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The Huron Expositor, 1979-09-20, Page 1120th Year Whole No. 5819 .SEAF:O.R1 H. •ONTARi:Q. THURSDAY, .SEPTEMI ER 2% 197. 2.4]'PAGES '; $i3l at year in OVUM nee 'Single copy O e!* AGOOD TIME -• Ned Boswell91 right of Seaforth enjo sa '1oke made 9 X by J,K. Cornish,88 of Brucefield.. In the background L to right are former Huron Warden Bill Elston of Bsussell re resent'n_g , the county, George .In9 lis 81, of Belmore George Geor a Chopman, Goderich,Deputy Zone Commander of the Legion at the reunion party, Saturday of World War I. veterans from, across Huron County hosted by Seaforth branch 156. (Photo by Oke). Tuckersmith ol�ays pec centre addition BY WILMA Oiler Tuckersmith Township council agreed to add a neW • addition to the Vanastra Recreation centre, at a meeting. Tuesday night which willincrease the size . of the present building by 30 per cent. Architect Brian Garratt of Stratford at- tended the meeting to show the working drawings he has prepared for the addition and the renovations to the present building>: The reason for the building is to implement a program of aquatics and fitness for mentally retarded, physically disabled and 'senior citizens from nursing homes: Provided will be space, for more dressing. rooms, showers, rooms for instructors, room. for a new heating system and additional hot water tanks.. Provision will be made for wheel chair access to the swimming pool, Diane Durnin, recreation director, told council she was still waiting for word on government grants to cover part of the cost. and she said she hoped she would get government .'approval in ' a month. She suggested a fund .raising program to get money to cover sortie of the costs, The Vanastra Recreation centre was established'several years r yea s ago..tiy Vanastra residents who bought a former church and renovated itto serve as a community, centre and added an indoor pool. The complex is being paid for by the residents of Vanastra. through their taxes. The residents stillowe aboutS119,000 of a debenture debt against the complex- which also includes •a curling rink, which has been declared not up to winds snow load and fire safety'. standards, Tuckersmith Township council as a whole acts as the recreation committee to manage the complex. When council was asked the estimated:. value of the new addition and renovation:: Architect Garrett was Ordered by Councillor Frank. Falconer and Deput Reeve Bell not to P Y give that information to the press. When the preliminary drawings drawin s were made of the work. to be done the cost was estimated at that time .to be about $160,000 but in early Novembet, 1978, the work was expected to. be over S225,.000., Architect Garratt was authorized to advertise' for tenders for the construction workkwhich.are to- be• in by October 12 and opened October 16. Chris Kiar of Goderich, land surveyor, outlined some details concerning the Doig subdivision :in Egmondville such as the. water system, •drainage, roads, and septic tanks. A ,.by-law passed amending the zoning, by-law for .'former Sandpiper Restaurant from institutional to commercial zoning. Road' superintendent Allan. Nicholson was authorized to advertise for an . industrial. tractor with rotary mower to . be in by November and; the 1980 tractor to be delivered in the spring. • Council will pay to replace the sidewalk in. front of the new home for Allan Geddes in Egmondville and he will pay 50. per cent of the costs. ' Council was' instructed to ask B.M.Ross & Associates of Goderich to take preliminary drawings for the bridge to be replaced in. Tuckersmith on concession 12-13, by the. ministry of transportation and com- munications. but cautioned that the work would be done in 1980 if there were sufficient funds. ,-' The Van Egmond Foundation was: do gr•anted a license for Ciderfest on October 30 at the historic Van Egmond house 'in .Egmondville,. Council was advised by the ministry of transportation and communications that the request for a turning lane on Highway 8 at, the Vanastra sideroad cutoff was denied because a survey indicated the traffic was low and, only five accidents had occurred at the intersection in the 'pastfour years and four of them •; were due to excessive speed and alcohol. Several complaints: were named regarding dogs running in packs in the township. . Council expressed disappointment. in Seaforth's decision to go ahead and set up its own `.fire department at a Seaforth council session Monday night, when the last, meetingof the town and townships had been P held in a friendly, atmosPhere with good. progress shade in working: out a tentative mutual agreement. Deputy 'Reeve Robert Bell acted as chairman for the meeting in the absence of Reeve Ervin Sillery who is on vacation.' Volunteer finds missing man Seaforth police and about 45 volunteers, including members of the Seaforth fire department, were called out Thursday night to search for resident of Seaforth Manor, reported missing early in the evening. Art Nicholson, 84, had gone for a walk in the afternoon and when he didn't return, staff at the Manor notified Seaforth police at about 7 p.m. All off-duty policemen . -were called in to assist in the search as Well as the p fire department and local volunteers. midnight,ASO men searched the area until About' temporarily when the search was called off.. Early Friday morning, the: 'search re- sumed, and a police dog was brought down from Mount Forest OPP detachment to assist the men. Police Chief John Cairns said the volunteers formed a line from Railway Street to the vet tlinic and Conducted a detailed search of the town: At 8:30 a.m. Friday morning, Alec irWine, one of the volunteers, found Mr'. Nicholson lying on his balk in 'a ditch at the end of James Street. The elderly.man, who Was wearing only a shirt,d a and npair Of Slippers.. P - had been lying in the ditch since becoming stuck lit the hole the afternoon before. Mr. Nicholson was taken to Seaforth Community. Hospital where he is still a patient:.• Police Chief Cairns said he wanted o t. thank volunteers for their assistance, and said the 'police departmenthad certainly appreciated their help in the search. • On Friday morning, police investigated an accident at 7 a.m. at the main intersection. of Seaforth. Two cars, driven by 'Gerald Barringer of Jarvis Street, Seaforth and Terry Lafram- bolse of Egmondville were involvedin a head-on collision, resulting in Over $1,000' damage, The Laframboise vehicle received approximately $350 damage and there was approximately $800 damage to the Barringer carr Mr. Barringer has been charged with going through the red 'light. Three juveniles were apprehended and warned when they were caught on the roof of Topnotch Deeds, using' a pellet:guti to fire at passing Gats.. • The door of a car owned by Lloyd Eisler of Egmondville'was damaged Saturday night. The person involved in the incident has. agreed to pay for damage to the vehicle. Seaforth police have a black leather case tentaining a number of tapes at the station. The tate and tapes tan be claimed by anyone Who can identify them.• y ALL wn fire de At a special meeting Monday night Seaforth council voted six to three to proceed with setting up its own fire department, adding that any township at any time can buy protection from it, The Vote will probably mean two fire departments in Seaforth and area as the rural members of the present FAB say they will operate their own . department, with present FAB equipment. Seaforth loses equity inthe equipment by withdrawing from the FAB, at the end of this year; Councillors discussed the rural FAB: members sutieestionr on amending the present FAB agreement:, which had been. Presentedat a private meeting between both sides last Thursday night.. The amended agreement would not have settled the fire hydrant question, which began the whole FABdispute, in Seaforth's favour. The FAB. would pay 51000 a_year for water supply; exactly what it pays th town at :present, Other changes clarified therole of the fire chief, calculated payment according to taxable assessment, reduced the length of the .agreement from 10 to two years and put 90 percent of McKillop under FAB coverage. About 10 percent of the• township -nom gets its fire protection from Blyth but McKillop has been paying on • 100 percent of its assessment to the Saforth FAB. In contrast, Seaforth was prepared to sell fire protection to the townships on a trial. basis and guarantee costs for up to 'twoN-, years. Seaforth's proposal also offered to supply • a tanker at the town's expense. The town suggested that, ,similar to a system operating in Wingham,:alt parties would own a share of equipment, but the operation of the fire department would be under. control of Seaforth...When new equipment, is purchased, only the municipalities who, wanted it would pay for and have equity in r • Several council members admitted that Seaforth hadn't handled the FAB question very well. "Maybe our approach was wrong and got their backs up but dollars and cents wise we've been very fair to them,' said councillor 'Jim Sills, If they're on their own a year or two they may come around." It causes hard feelings and -"looks ridiculous" f A.' c ll t o ec s. r 4000: for• victims The McKillop Federation of Agriculture 'has raised 54,406 for the Woodstock : and area tornado relief fundby canvassing homes in the township. Bob Robinson, president of the township federation,said he was more than a little, surprised at the amount some people gave to thetornado: relief effort. Directors from s fr m theor' organization divided each concession road in the township and went to every household on 'their. sectionof the road. ' Mr. Robinson said each. director can= vassed, about 20 homes. The directors who volunteered their services included Bob Robinson, Kevin' Kale, Bill" Murray, Wayne' Hoegy, Dan Murray, Mac Stewart, Francis Hicknell, Don Moylan, Andrew Davidson, Gordon Blan shard, Mervin Smith; Gordan Papple, Leon Maloney, Art. Bolton and Francis Hunt, Mr. Robinson said a special', thank, you was owed to the wives of the directors who also helped with the, collection. ' • He said anyone who wasn't contacted, or was contacted initially and not ''reached again, can still dro P off a donation with th an Y of the McKillop Federation directors, The, money collected by the township or8anization. will be added to the tornado relief fund donations already collected by the Huron County Federation of AGriculture. to have two departments but "in the ;long way this is the proper way to go", councillor Sills said, The oppo.,ite view was expressed by councillor Gerald Groothuis. Seaforth didn't get many concessions, under the township's proposal, he said but "do we want to fight • s� ith our neighbours or don't we?" The costs of two fire departments, and Seaforth's relationships with its neighbour have to be considered, he said. He said rural, members weren't against buying a new fire truck. But, councillor Sills argued, .what if the FAB bought a new truck and Seaforth decided to pull out in two years. and to lost its equity, "We'd have to start all.. over again." Councillor Bruce Hoelscher aereed: thatt Seaforth is losing "colossal' equity by leaving the FAB now but "by going on our own in two years we'd lose more; strictly in dollars and cents. Relationships with our neighboursyputting aside dollars and cents, that's something else," he said. Quoting figures outlined by mayor John Sinnamon that showed the cost to McKillop of. 513,000 of buying protection from Seaforth and 515,372 under the new FAB" agreement, councillor Sills said "1 can't see wily the townships are fighting on dollars and cents., We take the burden of administration. Why don't 'they want'.thir? Hullett probably pays more for sidewalks in Londesboro.and.Blyth than they do for the Seaforth' FAB: ° While Mayor Sinnamon quoted the. Fire Marshall's Office as saying it would be very difficult for the townships to set up their own department, councillor Groothuis said "it'd' be hard for them but it could be done. They have most of the equipment to start with," Seaforth taxpayers won't Ret hit like rural • ones will if two departments are set up,: said councillor Bob Dinsmore, Earlier he commented "There's no way 1: can agree to. Their proposal, They'd have More control than before.'" Both councillor Groothuis and mayor Sinnamon said the meeting last week on the two proposals had been friendly,., The mayor outlined the seven points which. Seaforth had wanted solved, They included outstanding and future fire hydrant payments,. eliminating non-taxable assessment for the purposes of paying for coverage, loss of,. equity on renewal or withdrawl from the FAB, the rural reaction to the need for. specialized urban equipment, future .P agreements and present outdated'• equipment, for example the 1953 pumper, Saying that going it alone will do away with all the arguing and that the whole controversy had been a regretable situation, mayor Sinnamon asked council members to "really consider your vote." On a recorded vote, requested by reeve John Flannery, the reeve and councillors. Groothuis and :Irwin:.Johnston (Seaforth's present FAB members) voted against an independent Seaforth fire department, The Mayor, Deputy • Reeve Bill Dale, and councillors mills, Dinsmore, Hoelscher 10" Henry Mero voted for the proposal.. in other business council. did hot award a tender "for a new dump truck because all three submitted were considerably- above, what had been bud g$ etted, The P ublic works committee may look for a used truck. A tender to suppy fuel oil to the town hall at five cents per gallon off the tankwagon price was awarded to Rowe Fuels, the only applicant. t.hf iuronn �' x Inside this week Clive roasted- ........ A $65,000 fantasy , , .., Varna's winners'. SDHS intiation . MEETING THE NEW TEACHER Mrs. Maxine Marks visits with Deborah Campbell, a new staff member at Seaforth'Public S"hoot during Tuesday Meet The Teacher Montreal',.. Night. Mrs. Campbell, originally Ily from has been teaching in New,Brunswlck for heY ast two ears P She Will be teaching'`French at `both Seaforth Pubic School and Wal' ton Plbiic School. Too often, the only time a township councillor hears from ratepayers is when they have a gripe, and too often the only - people who ever bother to show up at council meetings ; are • the councillors themselves: Bill Brown of 'Egmondville, elected to Tuckersmith council last fall, decided to try and :remedy that situation byasking area ratepayers to tell' him their concerns: The councillor had 500 questionnaires printed, at his own expense, for distri- bution to the township's urban areas Egmondville" Vanastra, Harptirhey, Bruce - field and Kippen. To date, Mr. Brown's wife Clara and hiss five grandchildren have delivered the surveys to ratepayers in Egmondville, Harpuncey and most of Vanastra. They hope to complete the delivery of the remainder of the surveys'by.,next wee, The councillor has already had 31 out of the 400 surveys returned, a good rate when you consider people have to pay for the stamp or deliver the survey personally to,: the Bro" 'n home, • The Th ncillor has also been questioned: about the exercise by his fellow council menibers; after someone brought a quest- lonnaire into . clerk Jack McLaughlin's office. Bill Brown said he certainly never meant to be "Secretive" about the survey, and •aft'cr more returns are in, he'll report the results to rbttncil. However, he emphasizes it Was done prirrmarilyto give hiin an ides of Whit nitispiayers• are tofcertted• trbout. In (Expositor Photo) �ositor ..P. 3` P, 10 P. 17 P. 21; 22 Fair boasts k i` 9 omm r c e c al display Seaforth's Fall Fair; which opens tonight;. and continues tomorrow, features the largest. commercial display bylocal merchants in P Y many years, according to Ross Ribey who's in charge of the displays, along with 'Bob, Broadfoot of the Agricultural Society; 485 .feet of space had' been booked by last Thursday, and "there's no more room," Mr,' Ribey said. A feature of this year's exhibits on the arena floor is a display by the Ontario section of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). In conjunction with its 75th anniver- sary, the SAE display on automotive technology is appearing at just three Ontario ' fall fairs; in St. Catherines and 'Georgetown as well as Seaforth. Prizes will be awarded hourly to energy conscious fair goers and questionnaires and free pencils will be handed out to those who visit the SAE booth. Many local businesses1? lan special fair exhibits and some of the non-profit ,groups who will be reresented include, `Seaforth Minor Sports, The Hospital Auxi1-•.: • diary, Seaforth Community Hospital, the Sportsmens' Club; Big Brothers, the Van. E' Egmond Foundation and St. James' CWL, es right to the people other words, • he sent out the survey; • 'strictly for my own information.' QUESTIONS Questions included in the survey asked G .. whether or not the ratepayer lived on a paved or gravel road; if they feel the gravel roads should be sprayed more often to keep down the dust and whether or not the have sidewalks in their municipality, They're also asked if they feel street lighting is sufficient in their neighbour hood, if they have flooding problems in their basement and whether or not they'd like storm or sanitary sewers installed on their streets. Other questions were "As a family do you use the recreation facilities at the Vanastra base?"''and "Would you like a playground in your area" Respondents are also asked to add their comments' and complaints and to give their name, address and the length of time they've lived at their present address, Mr. Brown found none of the respond= eats .'are asking for the world type of thing" and he feels most' realize, ' "tie matter what you improve, it's going to cost you money." However, the councillor said improventents like sidewalks or paved streets do improve property values in the long run, The first three Harpurhey residents 10 return their surveys indicated they felt street lighting isn't adequate in their arca. There Was also concern expressed about the use of the }lsrpurhey toad as >r. drag strip. in Egmondvife, concerns centered around flooded basements 'during spring runoffs, the lack of paved ' eets in the village and the need for sanitary sewers, e In regard to paving thstreets for example, one Egmondville resident replied "pave the streets in, the village, yesterday. would been fine." • have Another man Wrote, "Sewers are required urgently as we are a growing community 'bat 'the services are not." • Other residentscomplained about tin- pleasant livestock odours coming from the tannery at the .cd8e of the village. Mr: Brown said the livestock operation is (Continued on Page 3) starts Expositor�.... SDHS campaign Seaforth District High School students Will be out knocking on doors starting this week as the annual Huron Expositor subscription campaign begins, Top Salespeople- from amongthe SD H8 ill • in money ., prizes and additional funds will be donated to the and for etch tudes' Conned new SONS s nt.... .._.Stud- ents Expositor subscription the stud- ents sell, An engraved plaque hu been donated' . to the School and will be won this year by the inter -mural house which gets the most points in the subscription ion camlpalgn. All the SDHS students will haves special Expositor receipt boosts.