The Huron Expositor, 1979-12-13, Page 3HOME; DAMAGED BY SMOKE AND; WATER — The Frank; Hulley
home on Church Street, Seaforth,received extensive smoke damage in a,
chimney fire on Monday morning. Mrs. Hulley is at left., Seaforth firemen
were called to the fire at 10 a.m. spent and about . two t o and, a half. hours
fighting the fire which was in a centre partition; of f the home.
(Expositor Photo)
Lloyd, Lori featured' at
Seaforth skating carnival
Llayld Eisler Jr, of
Egniondville and his partner
Lori Beier of Mitchell won
the senior pairs figure
skating title in the Central
Canada division competition
in Sudbury last weekend.
Lloyd also won the title for
the novicemen'sdivision
and Lori was second in the
junior ladies' competition.
The awards in the comp.
etition were medals. men's division and Lori;' was
In January, Lloyd and Lori secong in the junior ladies'
will be competing in the event.
Canadian national figure
skating competitions. This isthe first year the
Three weeks ago, the couple have, competed in: the
couple competed in Preston senior pairs event.
in the Western, Ontario Lloyd and Lori will be
Figure Skating competition: special guests at the Seaforth '
The couple placed second in Figure Skating Club show .
theai d' ' ' this F 'd the
Lloyd was fust in, the novice Seaforth arena.
; senior p rs ivision, and a nay evening in
Corvette stolen, recovered. later
A white
stolen 'from
Auto Sales lot
Street.East Se
5, between 4 a
in the morning.
ed in Mitchell
hilae by the S
days caused
OnS d
Seaforth, collid
on Centre Sts
Patrick lost control
hide on the
vehicle
approximately
to the Patric
collision.
On Friday;•
investigated an
Office: A yeah
was list by a
•
was Seaforth. ' Mr. Devine was to the Visscher car and $200
Leo Medd', to the Scarrow vehicle. ''No;
on Goderich
aforthon Dec.
.m. and 9 a.m.
The car was
later recover -
and there are.
two suspects in
the theft. The
matter is still under investig-
ation police.
Police investigated a,num-
bear of 'accidents in recent
by slippery
winter driving
conditions.
Dec
Leslie Devine
un ay, ec. , a car
driven by Rob
ert Patrick o
f
ed with a. tree
Street, when Mr.
ofthe
ice. There was
" $1000 damage
k ' car In the
Dec. 7, police
accident, at
the rear of the
Seaforth Post
icle driven ' by
Steven Earl.of
RR 3, Ilderton
car driven by
e of RR 2,
Wright
backing; out of ,a parking
space and: hit the Earl car..
There was approximately
5175 damage .to, the Earl.
vehicle,
On the same day, police
investigated another accid-
ent in the noon hour. Maur-
een` Wildfong of RR 1,
Clinton, wasbacking her pick investigate complaints of
8 P
up truck out of the laundro- diildren throwin snowballs.
mat parking lot when she slid o
� g , and problem .of wild dogs
on .ice.. The truck collided atthe dump in theP astweek:`
charges have been laid in the
accident..
On Monday night,:Sea-
forth police were called in to quelling a
assistin u lln disturb-
ance
i to -
istrb
ance at the Elmhaven Hotel.
in Clinton.
Police were also called to
with : parke car owned d by
Gerrit Wynja, of RR 4,.
Seaforth. There :was approx.
Layffo s
imatel 5200. in dame a toY8
the Wynja vehicle:
On Saturday,a 2
t 12:4
it t I �'
u Jana.m., Bart Visscher of RIt 2,Kippen was southbound onThe entire complement of
Chalk Street. A car: driven by
JamesscarrowofRailwaystaff at the Bendix recre-
Street, Seaforth was on:'Side ational vehicle plant in Hen-
Street,andMr.Scarrowwassail was laid off recently. The
intending to turn north into116 workers will be off until
Chalk. Street.: Mr.. Visscher Ja.n; 7:
braked, and skidded into the Andy Imanse,, the plant
Scarrow car. There was manager, attributed the layappmximaieiy$50 in damage off'.. to the higher interest
•
Something
usor► 'White
Bu
I'm trying to keep a love of
reading alive and well in our
family and have had as much
fun looking for books for my
,daughter this year as; for
adult friends- There"s..
nothing .on this: earth like a
child s book to restore
Perspective. I completely
understand why Stephezt.
Lewis read them; in his office.
when he was Ontario's
leader of the opposition.
If you. want to give a kid a
gift that will open whole new
worlds here are some titles
I've picked out, along with
some favourites from a friend
who's writing children's
books. Most bookstores will
have them but you don't
have to buy, .A favourite
Christmas
gift from
my
husbandone ne year was a
selection of library books he
thought I'd like. When three
weeks were up they were
returned, well read. That's a
trial run and, anything your
child really adores you. can
buy later.
For an under four "Good-
night Moon" is• a beautiful .
bedtime book. "Do Baby
Bears Sit on Chairs?" .
another whimsical one:' kids
and parents like:. "Grandma
Upstairs and Grandma
Downstaits" is a senaitiv'e
look alt old age through the..
eyes of a small child. Ludwig
Bemelmans' Madelaine
jgogk, abo . t a little girl who,
lives in an old house in,
Pa covered with vines"''
are great. ,So is anything i've
sen by John. Burniagham-his,
"Come Away from the Water
'Shirley'" and "Get out of the
Bath Shirley are funny
fantasies,
My friend recommends
Graham: Oakley's "Church,
Mice" books, Curious,
George books, (" Pm not
overly fond:' but kids seem to
love them"). old standbys.
like' Behar and Beatriz
Potter, and most titles by
Jack Keats and. Maurice
Sendak.
1 am. a reader and 1'll,,
always be a reader. I ,guess,
that's why it seems to me
that the absolutely best thing,
anyone can give.a kid for
Christmas, or any time in,
fact, is a good book.
The understanding that
magic comes: from books,
that as the late James; Scott
of Seaforth said many years.
ago in a Toronto Telegram
column' "'the things, ;a man
can, 'make up' in his Mind are
H�If �4ecoration
Costs
recovered
While letters seeking;assistance from merchants in
meeting expenses in
connection with Seaforth,
Main Street Christmas de-
corations have been out but a
few days already there has
been a � ood re ong sp se,
According to Jas.- A. Stewart
who heads the C of C
Committee that for severalyears has looked after theproject.
The 7 leers mailed to
9 tta,business and professional
a# B+er�dix
111
BY WILMA'OBEKenneth B. Wright,:.. 33, of RR2,
S;e,aforth, was fined 52,000 in county court in
•Goderich Tuesday morning after being
convicted in November of attempting . to
defraud the . Ontario Crop InsuranceCommission of 54;162.81.
Judge Francis G. Carter, 'in handing down
the sentence, gave: Mr. Weight 60 days' to
pay the fine, and' if the fine is not paid, a six
month jail term• is to be served, he said.
Judge Carter told the court,he wasconcerned • with the protection of public
funds. The insurance " commission .is
operated. by the provincial government, and, if a deficit occurs after paying claims, the
funds come:from the. public,purse. Farmers
pay 'premiums when buying the coverage,
and Judge Carter said he feared, suchfraudulent actions could ,lead to higher
$2,000
premiums for. all' farmers:According to officials of the Ontario Crop
Insurance , Commission, ;there are other
cases pending, and': additional farmers may
be charged under the act. Judge Carter said
he hopes the fine will show the farmers theserious consequences of such actions.Crown attorney Gary Hunter .asked the
court -for a fuse of 54,000. •Robert Rogerson of Stratford,
representing Mr. Wright, said the .family
will sufferpublic humiliation in addition tothe amount of the fine.. He termed Mr.Wright's actions' "out of character"in the
attempt to. defraud the insurance
commission. He said Mr. Wright is. running
a prosperous farming operation and'has: an
unblemished record. He saidit was ''more
the' spur of a moment, not a preconceived
attempt to defraud the insurance company:"
utrry 7
rates. He said up until the •
rate increase, 1979 had been
the best year on record for
his plant.
Mr. Imanse said come
spring, when interest rates
have hopefully stabilized,
then interest in recreational
vehicles should increase.
people have resulted in 20
replies and have produced
5295.00 a little less than half
tithe 5700. asked for.
Expenditures to date
amount to. $664.32 and in-
clude 3 bells $96.00,, 300 ft of
reden-
garland 5480.
oo,.
velopes and postage $14.18,
letters $13.65.., sales tax
542.59, ::express $13.40 and!
Inc identals 54.50.
This is the first time in five
years that the committee has
found it necessary to seek
assistance and it is hoped
there will be a continuing:.
response so that the accounts
' may be' met. In discussing
then
need for additional ti al funds...
the committee emphasized:
that Main Street decorations.
were not necessarilythe
responsibility of only,
business people. Assistance
from any resident will. be
appreciated and gifts may be
forwarded to the. Seaforth C
of C care of Jas, A. Stewart,.
Box 550., Seaforth.
oak
Mote important than a red:
ba11 or a ne v pair of skates"
has been a big force in my,
life. One of the ;most im-
portant things 1 can do it
seems to me is to pass that
understanding on,
For 1 didn't discover books.
on my own, .on a dull day for
TV fare when nothing much
was happening in the neigh-
bourhood. No I had two great
book lovers influencing me
when I was small, reading
out loud, taking to the library,
and later. ,encouraging '`look
it up" when 1 wanted. Some
help,.
Both are dead now but if
they could they'd strongly
endorse this get -a -kid -a
book -for -Christmas cam-,
• paign I'm launching.
The first reader who
formed me was my aunt
Sarabel, a kindergarten.
teacher untilshe was 83, a
womanwho loved books and
sat on the local libraryboard,
Almost every Saturday we
marched hand in hand to the
library and then home again
with our board.
The books. 1 liked
best were the Ameliaranne
series, and their delightful.
picture of another, English
world. Can't remember the
author but they're still in
print or were last time I
looked a few years ago.
My grandmother Spurr
was the other person who
understood that books, can be
as important as life. She had
wide interests and; readings
on rocks, ' plants and
flowers took her into wild
plant hunting and Jock col-
lecting, and: later when she
uron
Dr. . Brian Lynch,.
medical • officer of health for
Huron County says the
Huron County Health'; Unit is.
doing everything it can to;
stop the recent outbreak of
lice in Huron County schools.
"Our nurses are going .in.
fairlyregularly, mostly every
g y, Y
long
day. It's a tedious chore
getting rid of them," he said:
Lice havebeen discovered
in four schools in the county
that he's aware of Ur. Lynch:
said, but he doesn't know
how many children are
affected since he said a
number are probably being
keptout ofschool by parents
who.: fear infection.
At its regular, meet ing
Monday night, Seaforth
council considered the
following matters:
•. After discussions with Otto
Tippelt of. Huron • Canadian
Fabricators who wanted to
rescind the town's
agreementtopurchase his
High St. Property; council
agreed with its economic
development committee that
Mr. Tippelt be, given the
option of leasing back his
landafter the sale is effective
Nov. 30, 1980 as long as the
firm agrees, to start
construction of a new
building on ' property it
/ •
purchased in the industrial
Boardw�nf bis kis
•
BY $EFF SEDDON'
The Huron county board of education
stuck to its guns Monday and refused to bus
elementary schools' students to school in
Hensall if the village annexes the part of Hay
township the students live in.
The board's refusal to budge from its
policy of bussing students in utban areas to
school could play an integral• role in
Hensall's bid;to annex part of Hay township
on the village border.
The board' wag asked to consider con-
tinuing bussing the students after the
annexation is. complete. The request from
the councils of Hensall and Hay township
was that students living on Highway 4 on the
fringe of the 'viilage: continue to be bussed to
school' until safe walkways to schoolcan be
constructed.
The temporary bussing is 'designed to
ensure the safety of school children living in
the area to beannexed. The highway has g y an,
80 kilometer per hour speed limit posted in
front of the children's homes' and there are
no sidewalks Or street lights for the children
to use walking to and from school
The township and town hoped that; the
board's temporary bussing 'would remove
any hazards to the children: until sidewalks
and street lighting 13constructed in the area.
The board policy clearly ;stater that no
children in urban areas in the county will
travel to school On county owned or operated.
busses.
He warned that: if the board Mae tt i
**Captions to .tea bolusingpolicy it could be
creating problems for the future. He said
towns like Goderich and Exeter would
probably be expanding in the future and
similar requests would be coming from both
areas. .
Board,school
teachers settle
The Huron County Board of education has
approved art agreement with its 258
secondary, schoolteachers, giving teachers
salary, increase of seven per cent ••.
Under the new contract, salaries will
range from 513,315 to 529,184. The five
,principals will receive 540,221 and the five vi
vice -principals will receive a maximum of
$35, 839 for the year. Teachers have been
wihtout a contract act since Sept. 1.
A new feature of the contract' is the
establishement of a teacher -board liaison
committee to discuss problems before they
develop into confrontation. situations.
Board negotiator, trustee' Shirley Haziitt,
said the agreement will cost the board about,
$7"4 million for salaries, increments,
responsibility allowances and other benefits
for the 1979.80 school year. This is an
increased cost to the board of 8.7 pet cent',,
Mrs. Hazlitt noted' about two -third of the
teachers are i t the highest salary
i .•fewer
elasificatibiri lin' � there )are slit
teachers working the bard this year than
last.
park by August 30, 1982. 1.1
construction wasn't started
the town would buy the
industrial property back for
86300. ' •
The , other option offered
was to proceed with the 1980
closing date on the High St.
property, Mayor Sinnamort
said', the options had ' been
discussed with Mr. Tippelt
- who cited high interest rates
and general 'economic
conditions as the reason for
not wanting to relocate.
The committee also told.
council. it is speaking to
'industrial park property
owners concerning buildings
and maintenance as rqulred
in convenants attached to the
purchase of the land from the
town,
Council agreed
to
grant
5200 from the 1980 tree
budget of 5700 to help the
.Horticultural Society in its
annual tree planting
program.
Seaforth will have the;
Ministry of Transporation:
and Communication review
street Mileage here to make
site the town is getting
adequate subsidy dollars.
les been: seveFal years Since
-a review has been made.
Couneil gave approval for
a dumber of purchases :for
the arena, all to come out of
the 1980 budget.. A 26 year
old compressor will be
replaced'. with a new one from
D.J. Damond Ltd at a cost of
510,619 plus freight, and an
ice edger costing 5395 will be
bought from Sesurflce to
eliminate ice build-up around
the boards and reduce the
compressor's workload.
For upstairs .in the arena
hall a 5900 floorbuffer will
be bought from; Easy . Way
Cleaning. Ltd. The committee
'felt proper maintenace was
essential since a lot of money
had been spentreplacing the
floor.,
Council okayed a donation
of 5150 from the rec
committee to the Santa Claus
parade and heard a 'short
report on the planned
Nielsen Field: • Classic.
Councillor Bill Bennett is
liaison with the group
The Lions Carnival, July 3,
d 5, and 6 was endorsed.
A request from the LACAC
to have 88 Goderich St. E.
designated was turned down,.
because council did not have
permission ' r writing from
the owner.
Council approved a PUC
request that it pay 5500
toward the cost of a cost
breakdown analysis , of the
water and hydro sections of
the local utility. The study
was requested: by the
previous mayor,. Mayor John
Sinnamon said.
More than 200
municipalities and the AMO
have endorsed Seaforth's
resolution protesting court
delays, the town will 'write
Ontario's attorney general.
After a councillor asked why
one policeman's overtime
was so high the mayor said
the constable had picked up a
suspect, taken him to jail and
then spent 11 hours in court
on the case.
Council' heard that
constable Dave Duk, had ,
-passed his sergeant's exams.
"We'venever`had a sergeant
before" , said councillor Bill
Bennett
"We won't necessarily
now," said the mayor "he's
done it on his own time."
Councillor Bob Dinsmore
added a .new sergeant : is
included in the police force's
requests for negotiation,
There was approximately
5800 damage in a three car.
accident just east of Seaforth.
on Saturday morning.
A car driven by Rachel
Biebl of Seaforth: was
travelling west on Hwy. #8 ,8:
km, outside, of Seaforth,
when the driver started to
pull onto the north shoulder
of the road.
The Riehl vehicle was
' followed by a car driven by
Edward Johansen of
Brooklyn,
Ontario and
y, this
car in turn was followed by a
third vehicle driven by
Graham Allen of Brampton.
The Johansen vehicle was
overtaking the Riehl vehicle
when the Allen vehicle ran
into the rear of the Johansen
car, forcing it to clip the left
rear fender of the Riehl cat
There was approximately
$15 damage to the Riehl
vehicle and $400 damage to
each of the other Vehicles.•
There were no injuries in- the
accident and no charges were
laid. Goderich OFp
investigated.
Correction
the name of the
Seaforth • Horticultural
Society was inadvertently
omitted from the list of float:
entrants' in the recent Santa
Claus patade in last week's
Expositor, The Expositor
'insects the ommission and
apologizes to hard working.
Sudety voluntdets
URO:$ POSIT!
was 70 or so int° the study of
journalism.
Both women were very
much: creatures of their sur-
soundings and their Victorian
upbringing, "Completely
unnecessary" was grand-
mother's rousing ;criticism of
a Morley Callaghan hovel'
with a (for then): fairly,
explicit Sex scene. And rye,
beard family. Stones about,
Aunt; . .Sarabel and, the
librarian decreeing; that Per.,
tain tides were to kept out of f
Sight and under lock and key.
(1,"m not surewhat happened
Ira patron actually wanted to
read: a book on The Lists
SMALL TOWNS
Both were, the products of
small towns, of farily limited
experience and were no
doubt constantly reminded of
the sheltered lives women
were supposed: to lead. One
had four children, a husband
and the myriad of household
responsibilities. Which comes.
with them. The other was a
maiden lady who was ex-
pected to help out any branch.
of ,her large and far flung
family andwho nursed her
step -mother til she died.
But in their, love for books
they came together: Books ,
were both on escape and a
route ,to positive action, a
way to learnand to under-
stand things they didn't have;
a hope of ever seeing A way.
to in that old fashioned
phrase both were very fond.
of "improve yourself," .and
when you'd exhausted all
possibilities along that line,.
to improve, a young grand
daughter and grandniece.
I never spend an evening
e
ig
curled up with a good book or
experience the joy of finding
a long sought volume in the
library or get lose in a good
bookstore with some money
to spend that I deal give a
passing thought to my great
aunt or my grandmother.
They sit on, each shoulder, so
to speak.
Slightly older, learning to
read kids might enjoy
"Jason's Quest" by
Margaret Laurence or help
new book "The Olden. Days
Coat."' • Another good
Canadian children's writer is
Ann Blades whose "Mary of
Mile '18" and "Boy of
Tache" would interest ,this
age group.
Too Much Noise by Ann
McGovern is one of my,
friend's favourites, along
with several titles by Natalie
Babbitt. She also suggests
books by William Pone
Dubois antf ,x COOPIO of title"
I'm, looking far" "The Lac
Who Saw the Good Side
Everything" by Pat Decker;
Tapia And "The Crocot1
Under Louis Finneberg'a
Bed" by Nancy Winslow
Parker. T loved Robert;
McClintock's "One: Morning
in Manse:" whent I: was that
age. reseac
My ..4; hasn't
extended much beyond the.•
mists fry set yet but our
bookstores: and .libraries are
full; of good books for older
kids too. Do the kids you
knew and yourself a favour
and get out and browse, then
bring some home.
Contact me if you'd like a
larger list.
And as my daughter who
got Dennis Lee's funny books
given to her before she could
crawl would say "See you
later, Alligator, Pie."
HPRCSS OFFICIALS Ron Murray, left of
McKillop congratulates ratulates the new chairman of the
separate board,Ron MarceyStratford. M r
Pa of .
Murraynew
y, the e vice chairman.
(Photo by Oke •'_:_
ts lice
"It's not that much of a
health problem so people
shouldn't get • too upset.
There's no - ' `disease
involved," Dr. Lynch said.
.'
Dr: Lynch. saidthere are
various instructions: that
the Health . Unit gives to
who ho have say
children With head lice He
lufbrea
said the Unit is also sending.
its people to schools that
haven't had any reports of
,._
lice. The north end of the
county seems like to be the
major areafor the the lice
he said.
"The ;staff from the Board
of Education seems quite•
content with whatwe're
doing," the Huron ' MOH
said,
When
asked
if he thought
the problem was serious he
said, "compared:': to other
illnesses, no."..
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moment to place ea' .,
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