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The Huron Expositor, 1979-12-27, Page 1'120t1tYear Whole No. 5833 h!"("Ird 7.: SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY;, 'DECEMBER 27, 1979. --24 PAGES "4gA..h1v4W,isk +wta 1. 44,Year tn. PAVOrtW Sink' CoF' 30 cents,, Photo sof the year July: 5,;:1979: UMPHF' - JamieO'Reilly, a player on the St. Columban Cougars squirt soccer team, gives it all he's got tothrow in 'the `ball during :a recent • game. Photo by Paul Ellis Tuckersmith o name comm i.ttee Lack of space in last weeks issue made it necessary to hold until this week portionsof a number of last minute stories including a report of a Tuckersmith Council Meeting held December 18, .The portions omitted follows: After the committee of the whole meeting at the council meeting Reeve Ervin Sillery said that the names of those on the fund raising committee for the addition to the recreation centre could not be revealeduntil they had been contacted:. However, he said,that he and deputy reeve Robert Bell would serve on the committee.. He said a fund raising goal of S50,000 had been set. • Mrs: Dianne Durnin, manager .. of , recreation centre, offered to contact' foundations to ask for moneyeven before the 'committeeis confirmed and has a meeting, "1t will save time, she said. • in other business Councillor William Brown reported that Walter Armes, a teacher at Conestoga College in construction, work, ,had 'offered: to do some renovatidn work atthe township office to, give his. students practical training. Council will. supply the materials. The proposal :is to :be investigated by Clerk Jack McLachlan. Council has purchased a' Ford industrial tractorand mower from Ray Potter and Sons of Clinton: for 519, 013.90. Bus . driver Mrs, Harvey Hammond'. complained about the narrowness of theroad and especiallythe culvert on concession 2 LRS and that there were no warning signs. • For' those • you ' forgot So you forgot someone at Christmas? Don't worry -just call the Expositor. A subscription 'will be ' a welcome substitute for the present you forgot or perhaps one of the books telling about area history. These consist of the Hibbert series including: a reprint, just out, of the Hibbert Review Part 1 and .others dealing with Egmondville, Harpurhey and Roxboro and with Seaforth, McKillop and Varig. Bill bale chairs county road committee Standing committees;for 1980'' for Huron County were established recently,• They are changed every )epr after a warden is elected, , The new committee are: Road- W..J. Dale, R.M.' Williamson, L. Mousseau, J.C. Krauter, T.A. Miller, Huronview-S,P, Hallahan,. Eadie, D.C. A. Campbells=�� 5 .. Russell J.M. Dawson; Health•F.E, Haberer W.L. Morley, P.D., Steckler J.F. Flannery, John Morrissey, Prov. Rep,, Library-R.K. Allen, Fir'. McFadden,. H. E11iott, E, `rhotnpson, Maureen Perin, Noreen Gnay, • properly, i.• Kea. H.J.Craig. E. Brown, L Foran, J Tinney, R.M. Bell; Planning, T.W. 'Consitt,J.R. Hunking, R.M. Jewell, W.J. Elston, H. Patterson, H.E. Wild; Develops' ment•E. Si11ery, T,J, Cunninghant, R.S. Macauley, H. Knight, C,K, Campbell; lxeciutive, W.G. Zinn, G.G. Wright, W,1C, Bogie, D.J. Noble, }L Robinson, D.R. MacGregor; Social Services, G.H, Stirling, Leona Armstrong, J. Str,fford, Eileen Palmer, J.F. Austin; Land Division, K'.J, c Desjardine G'.G.Ginnheon� J. Miller, C{ At .least three candidates have indicated they may seek the nomination as Progressive Conservative candidate in the Huron -Brace riding for the upcoming federal election. • Last week, Bob McKinley, • the Progressive Conservative MP who has heldthe riding for the past 14 years, surprised many people by :announcing he wouldn't seek re-election. :He said; at the time that a winter campaign was certainly a factor in influencing the decision„ Murray Cardiff of R.R, 1, Ethel, a farmer and chairman of the . Ontario Bean Pro- ducers' Marketing Board, is rumoured to be • seeking the nomination.:. Mr. Cardiff said in a telephone inti rview Friday he would neither confirm nor deny the rumours, adding he was –considering", seeking the nomination. He said he wouldn't make his decision. public .until later next week. M'r, Cardiff and other party executive were meeting in Wingham on :Saturday to discuss the upcoming nomination meeting. The Progressive Conservative Party in the .3luron-Bruce riding will be holding their convention m the Brussels, Morris, and Grey Community Centre on Jan, 8 at 8 p.m. • The convention will be .the nomination meeting,,to select the candidate who will run for theparty in the upcoming Feb. 18 general election. Mrs, Margaret Bennett of Wingham, a member of the riding association, said only one candidate, Bruce Shaw of Exeter, has definitely entered• the race at this point. Since a number of candidates are exPected to runfor the' nomination, there won't be a guest ,speaker as such at the convention. However, area Conservative MP's from surrounding ridings will be invited to attend. A candidate who has declared'. he's seeking the nomination is 37 -year old Bruce Shaw of Exeter, principal of Seaforth District High School. Mr. Shaw, the former mayor of Exeter, • said he feels his experience; in municipal politics_ will be an asset in fe deral politics: Mr. Shaw, who said his family is Liberal, and whose 'grandmother was once head of ''` the .women's ;!liberalassociation in Elgin' County, said he has been aiConservative supporter since hearing former prime min- ister John Diefenbaker speak back in 1954 ,,, when' Mr. S1t' iV was •a grade 8 student, "Dief got better as 1 got older," the SDHS principal said. He added thatthe Conservative party best reflects his general philosophy as it favours Hall will e election office Art Bolton of'••R,R. 1, Dublin, who Was recently appointed returning officer • for. the. Huron -Bruce. riding will be;' ""opening his. office at: 46 Main Street North, Seaforth after. Dec, 27. This; is the Orange Hall building: in Seaforth.' Mr, Bolton said the phone number at the office will be 527-0533: He said after Boxing Day, someone will: be manning the office on! a fulltime basis, with the staff: increasing as: the election date draws nearer. Election clerk for the riding will be Dan Pearson, R,R-1, Ethel: Mr. Bolton said. Mr. Bolton, a McKillop Township. farmer, assisted his father, Russell Bolton, when he was returning :officer for the Huron -Middle- sex provincial riding. This time, there won't be a door-to-door enumeration of voters for the February federal election. Under the<;plan announced by chief' electoral officer Jean -marc 'Hamel. the revised' voter's list from' the `last. election will be considered the preliminary list, for the Feb, 18; 1980 election. Mr, Bolton said all voters will be sent an enumeration card in the mail. with the pertinent information on it.Thesecards will. go out in the mail before Jan.: 15. The returning officer. said' he ;advises people to keep the cards as proof they are. entitled to' vote: when they go to the polls,. • Advance polling dates for the election are Saturday, Feb, 12, Monday; Feb: 11 and'. Tuesday, Feb: 12'. Voters'unable to vote on Feb. 18 can do so at the advance polling•days between noon and 8 p.m. Tuckersmith nc fiaes not necessarily up A headline' in connection With a story covering the financing of an additon to the Vanastra Reereaton Centre that appeared 'on page one of last week's Expositor inaccurately indicated that Tuckersmith taxes were up five trills in order to pay for the addition, Until the total tax'rate is arrived at and the success of a public 'campaign to raise funds for the Rec Centre program is determined, it is not `known whether the tax• tate will be effected', The story also indicated` that the decision concerning the rec centre had been,'taken at a special meeting of council held in camera On December 12`, While no public notice had been given concerning the special me'tin'g, the meeting was: not held in camera.' The •Expositor'regrets these errors, • free enterprise and is. "closer- to. my ;beliefs than any other party." If he got the nomination, Mr. Shaw said he would ask fpr a leave of absence from SDHs, to campaign. Although he wouldn't be paid', he said. he'd; come back to the school every other day to teach his Grade. 13 English classes: Jim i•layter,,:Sr. of Godercb, owner of Jim. Hayter Chev-Olds Ltd., is also a possible candidate in the PC race. Mr. Hayter ran unsttecessfully in the provincial election in 197S against Liberal MPP Jack Riddell. Mr. Hayter said. Friday his candidacy is still! "under consideration" and that he v.ouldn't announce his final decision until. after the PC executive meeting, Graeme Craig, 32;. of R:R.. 1., Walton has has announced he will be 'seeking the Liberal .Party nomination at the party's nomination meeting Jan. 3, ,Mr, Craig was the Liberal candidate in the May 22 election this=p'ear, but lost to incumbent Bob McKinley, the Progressive Conservative MP .who has represented` the riding in Ottawa since 1965. Mr. McKinley announced last week that he won't seek re-election in the February general election. Graeme Craig, a Walton area farmer and technician with United Breeders, said he thinks the first challenge facing candidates in the winter general election will be "the weather." He said the upcoming race seems to be an election that few people, wanted. The candidate said`. "it was, a' suprise". o learn that Mr. McKiniey wouldn't be running again, . Mr, Craig said with the possibility of storms' and bad weather in the winter campaign, it may be difficult for , parties to reach the electorate. He said if the weather is bad, then the Liberal Party will have to run "more a media -type campaign rather than a door-to-door campaign as they ran` in the May 22 election, The issue which: is of major concern to area voters is high interest rates, Mr. Craig believes, since these affect both the small businessman and the farmer. Mr. Craig said he hasn't heard of anyone else running for the Liberal nomination, but added the race is open to: anypne The:' •r'andidate, who• is marred to they -former Helen Elliott of Seaforth and has two children, said he will take a leave of absence from, his United Breeder's job to campaign if he is selected as the Liberal Party candidate. •1'he Huron'.County New Democratic Party learned Thursday night that'- three individuals have expressed an interest in seeking that party's • nomination- in the upcoming federal election. At the party's organizational meeting, Thursday, Jan. 14 was set as the tentative date for the nomination meeting, .• Paul Carroll of Seaforth said Thursday's meeting was:held to set up the groundwork r the campaign. He said'members o 'established a • tone for the 'campaign strategy we'11. use," ' Mr: Carroll said with a winter. campaign, the party will` use 'a: different `style of campaigning than• they did. in last year's May election. He'said the telephone will be used 'a lot and there will be an. attempt to put the party's position across to'the:. public• rough advertising in' weekly newspapers. He .said all''party members will' be. telephoned' in the next few days, since the. party would like direct involvement. by party members in the candidate' selection process. Mr. Carroll said he couldn't say at this time who the Three individuals are who are th Inside the Expositor this week Don Melady's Christmas in France . . P. 3 A Christmasconcert at St. Patrick's. .12. 5 The end of the 70's A review of the year Starts on. . ... ',P.., 6' 1.H.L. A decade in review . , .. , . . . .• P. 10 Year of the child! complimented . .•..P. 19 ,considering; letting their' :names ,stand .for thenomination. Moira Couper of :Bayfield, who was the NDP• candidate in the last election, is now working under contract with the Lambtott Presbytery of the United Church of Canada near Forest, but atilt Maintains her home in Bayfield, THE AWE OF IT ALL Christmas belongs to the kids and they've enjoyed, concerts and parties ' all over our 'coverage area. St. James'' ., Separate School's concert. in_ Seaforth last week were ;kindergarten students, front from left Lori Nigh, Angela McLean and Melanie Segeren. OH, THAT'S PRETTY — Victoria 'Bisback admires Ann Packham's from Santa at the Hensall ' Nursery School Christmas party. gift OH MY, WHAT NEXT?—We don't know this concert goer's name, but. she w9s one of the St. James' students watching the plays at the school concert on Wednesday afternoon. . (Expositor ;photo). THE CHRISTMAS HELPER — Kindergarten student JocelynMors helps fellow studehtColleen D . pin before+#fila St.: Deloyerput on a Christmas y Patrick's School 'concert in Dublin on Wednesday evening..