The Huron Expositor, 1967-11-16, Page 1SEA.FORTT , ONTARIO, TIJTR p Y,'NQVFMBER 16, 1967 -- 12 -PAGES ,
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The End- of - the Road
A large tractor trailer was damaged, a parked car was. smashed, parking meters were ,up-
rooted and fawns torn up before this car come to rest after crashing into. the Seaforth Scout •
premises on south +Main Street early Thursday evening. The driver Joseph Wesenberg and
passenger Allan Geddes of Seaforth, e . 'e• with minor cuts and bruises. Damage is estimat-
ed at $4,000. (Expositor photo . Phillips)..
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Seaforth Voters Face'
With Three Decisions
• When Seaforth voters go to
the polis early next month they
will be 'faced: with deciding
three .spatters apart from what-
ever
hatever elections may be neces
sary to fill various town offices
'The first question — whether
to increase the PUC to five
members became necessary
when it was discovered a tech-
nical error had occurred in last
year's plebicite.
Council Monday night agreed.
to ask the electors `whether to
reduce the number of council-
lors , from six to four and the
third. question follows Council's
decision to approve a resolu-
tion submitted by Milton town
council. The Milton proposal.
asksfor an expression of opin-
ion as to whether ratepayers
'favor the province taking over
the entire cost, of education.
In considering the Milton res-
olution councillors were con-
cerned that in asking the prov-
ince to take over the- cost of
education local atonomy would
go by the board.
•The by-law to reduce the
number of councillors from six
to four prompted question's as
to whether the resulting work
load on reriiaining councillors
would. be too heavy.
It was also pointed out that
should requirement arise for ad-
ditional committees these, could
only be created by doubling up.
On the ether hand Reeve Dal-
ton said, that frequently when
a municipality is entitled to a
deputy -reeve the council is re-
duced by one so the total num-
ber on council remains con-
stant. Deputy Reeve ;Cuthill was
concerned ,that in the light' of
• increasing demands on council-
lor's time a reduction was be-
ing proposed. Councillor Rob-
ert Dinsmore agreed. He felt a,
greater number of people made
possible a greater number of
ideas end broader consideration
of matters before council.
The disdussion involved .a re-
view of comtnittee• work and
Mayor. Kling commented on the
extent to which committees had
operated during the year. Re
referred particularly to the work
which Reeve Dalton had Bene
as chairman of the public works
committee. As cottncillors corn-
' pared the work involved on
council and on PUC, Mayor
Kling reminded members that
• In-.the''"case of the PUC there
was a general ananager who as-
sumed responsibility for much,
of the detail and that this same
detail fell on committee „chair-,
men when the town was con-
cerned, •
The proposal was adopted
With Coun. Dinsmore dissenting
elthee hid 'r;M,gttest for •a, re-
,.eort 'vote COMA ten 111 •in
the proceedings. While Deputy
Reeve' Cuthill voted with the
majority, he said that he was
opposed tq a reduction.
As the by-law to .enlarge the
PUC, from 3 to 5 members was
being considered, g�oouncil also
heard a letter fromlthe RUC in
whieh members of that ' body'
queried ' wahether- or not it was
wise to proceed with the change.
Considering the matter coun-
cillors recognized that the pro-
posal last year, while it had been
defective in a technical sense,
had received the approval of
the electors and in the light of
this it was considered it should
be placed before the public
again.
While there is every desire
to co-operate with Clinton,
councillor's saw difficulties in
instituting an arrangement
whereby a single answering ser-
vice would serve police of both
towns. The proposal had been
advanced by Clinton some time
ago and had been 'considered by
the protection to persons com-
mittee.
Chairman Dr. J. C. MacLen-
nan said the prime difficulty
was the fact that the calls were
answered during the daytime
by the town clerk's office and
this could create a problem. He
said that if an answering ser-
vice was -handling all the calls
and was independent of the
police operation, .then consider-
ation might be given to such an
arrangement.
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Mayor Kling summed up the
discussion and said while coun-
cil would endorse any proposal
to co-operate at the same time
before a decision could be to -
en a much more detailed stuCly
was necessary.
The council agreed with 'a
committee recommendation that
a request to hold a regional fire
chool in Seaforth in 1968 -be
concurred.
While a number of complaints
were being received concerning
he fact the dump was not open
or_longerperiods and on dif-
erent days, Reeve Dalton said
his could be changed after a
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Damage totalling $4,000 • re -
'suited when a ear went on a,
wild rampage on Main Street
Thursday evening:
Ad car driven by Joseph Wes-
enberg, Seaforth, was going
south whenit was in collision
with a large tra for trailer own-
ed by Stewart I% cCa1.1. Walton.
The ear bound off the tan-
dem wheels of the truck and
took, off on a course that turn-
ed out to be an almost complete
circle.
Heading east around the end
of the -truck the car crashed in-
to a parked car owned by Jos-
eph Dick, continued its path
across the lawn• of the residence
of Dr. J. 0. Turnbull; veered
across the adjacent lawn of the
library onto the sidewalk where
it crushed a parking meter.
The car now travelling wester-
ly continued across Main
Street, mounted, the opposite
sidewalk and crashed into the
building recently purchased by
the Seaforth Lions Clob as a
scout and -guide headquarters.
A large plate glass window
was shattered and supporting
columns and the entree.? ' de-
`molished'. 'rhe car came to rest
half on the sidewalk, half in the
building, halfburied under deb-
ris it had created.
Mr. Wesenberg and a passen-
ger in his car, Allan Geddes
of Seaforth,,, were both taken to
Seaforth Community Hospital.
Mr. Geddes was treated and
released; • Mr. Wesenberg was
admitted but released the fol-
lowing day.
Rolls Over
° A car driven by Lambertus
P. J. Derks, 35, RR 7, Strathroy,
left No. 8 Highway east of
Clinton and rolled over into the
ditch Wednesday morning.
The `drivel and a passenger,
Thomas Joyce, 19,'also of Strath-
roy, received minor injuries and
were taken to Seaforth Com-
munity, Hospital and later re-
leased. Damage totalled $1,100.
At Intersection
A•collision at: the intersection
of 12 County Road and con 2,
LRS, Tuckersmith, Ile miles
east of .Kippen res d in dam-
age of $1, on y• morn -
dug.
Involved were William James
Scott,• •29, Seaforth, who was
driving east on the county road
and William Grant McGregor,
32, RR 3, Kippen, approaching
-on the concession road.- -
Both, accidents were investi-
gated by 0PP constable Ray
Primeau of the Seaforth de-
tachment.
Beavers Open
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Season - Sunday
Seaforth Beavers — three
times Ontario champions —
are all ready for another sea,
son. First home game 'against
Durham is scheduled for Tues-
day night, but the team plays
its first game Sunday in Hesp-
ler.
The league includes Hespler,
Durham, Acton, Elora, Port El-
gin, Cheltenham and Seaforth.
Win Expositor Prizes
Proudly displaying their prizes the three winners in the Expositor subscription contest at
SDIIS Were Ronald Hopper, Margaret Ryan and Thomas Devereaux. In addition to the prizes
the atttdeeints earned $23150 commisaiori to aid student activities, (Expositor photo by T.
ptaiey). , , .
Huron. Counci
New Asssssmen
Sizzle ,COV
Huron County Cotincil, at
Tuesday afternoon's session at
Goderich, adopted a recommen-
dation of the Equalization' com-
mittee, "that a county assess-
ment commissioner system- be
established to be effective. Jan-"
Bary ` 1, 1969, with the 1968
Equalization com1nit ee being
ai).thorized to advertise for a
commissioner who wodld be ap-
pointed at .. the diseretiolr of
County Council in 1968".
. The decision was reached af-
ter long debate in committee
and in council but finally re-
sulte. in the proposal being ap-
pr+'••,31 to 8.
Leroy Thiel, Zurich, in submit-
ting the committee report, point-
ed out that afthe -present time,
the assessors employed by mun-
icipalities are able to carry on
,without a licence. However,
should an assessor terminate his
employment with a municipali-
ty, then his replacement' must
be licehsed.
Clerks
Should
Report•
The clerks of the various mun-
icipalities of the County should
get in touch with the Construc-
tion Safety Inspector whenever
new construction is' contemplat-
ed or`under way in their munici-
pality, Huron County Council-
Iors agreed at the November
Session in Goderich, Monday, af-
ter Everett Snlith, Egmondville,
County Safety Inspector, had
presented his report to Septem-
ber 30.
"'He stated that the nunil5eFof
project reports for the various
municipalities was as follows:
Goderich, two reports, .15 pro-
jects;--Blyth,'-two reports, three
projects; Zurich, four reports,
12 projects; Hensall, one report,
four projects; Stephen, seven
reports, 16 projects; Exeter, sev-
en reports, 33 projects; Wing -
ham, two reports, two projects;
Beaver Lumber, three reports,
three projects; Hay Township,
18 reports, 21 projects.
Mr. Smith reported that 326
inspections had been made. to
date, resulting in 194 with con-
traventions, 129 without con-
traventions and three with
stop -work orders Ieft at the
projects.
Three fatal accidents took
place in the County of Huron
on construction work: two by
drowning (arBayfield); and one
with road (near Dungannon).
Miles driven with car total•
led 10,273. Fifteen projects are
still under construction in the
County, Mr. Smith reported.
$15,000
Lost in
Blaze
Fire completely destroyed' a
large barn owned by David Liv-
ingston four miles northwest of
Seaforth in. Hallett Thursday at
noon.
The Livingston family was ab-
sent in Kitchener at the time
and didn't learn of their loss
until returning home early in
the evening.
Mr. Livingston said the fire
was discovered by Elgin Nott
and. Jack Carter who saw
smoke rising from the building
and called Seaforth firemen.
He set the loss at $15,000, and
said that in -addition to a quan-
tity of grain and hay a number
of pigs,were lost in the fire.
Smile of #u Week
A wife cofnplained bitterly to
her husband. "I'm absolutely
ashamed of• the way we live.
Mother paysr our rent. My aunt
buys our clothes My sister sends
mohey for food. I don't like to
complain, but I'm ashamed that
we can't do better than this." '
"You should' be ashamed,"
her husband said. "You'vegot
two uncles that don't send us
a dime."
A lady in a restaurant asked
the waiter, " Is there 4iny hol-
landaise sauce on the bill of
fare?"
Vo, lady," he said. "There
was but 1 Wiped tit; off."
Very shortly there will be a
number of :municipalities with-
in Huron 'County faced with -toe
•problem of engaging a licensed
assessor to carry on the .neces-
sary work. In Huron, there are.
about four qualified assessors
who might ,lie available for em-
ployment either at the local
'level or On; the county basis,
The conunittee reported that
with the establishment of coun-
ty assessment in several coun-
ties, as a matter of fact in prae;
!tically all cau lties i 04011
now, these people beeaxse trel3r
valuable.
County C1erk,:Teeeaurer
Berry estimatedthe neat of the
new syzstemn at about $100,000
per year. . ,
- Bring Big One Home .
Area hunters were successful in shooting what they said was the biggest buck to come
out of the north this year. Shown in front of their prize are Alvin Smale, :George Kruse and
Murray Dalton of Seaforth and Ed Fink of Hensall. The group was at the Campbell Eyre
camp in Northern Ontario. (Expositor photo by Phillips).
Public School Board Plans-;
dor- AddiitiOnal FaciIities
Planning for additional facili,,
ties at Seaforth Public School
bas been under way for some.
months, board chairman Wil-
liam Hodgert said, this week:.
In looking to future require-
ments and as the result of sug-
gestions advanced by depart -
anent officials- the board is also
thinking of a co-operative ap-
proach that could resuIt isi the
provision of modern school fac-
ilities to adjacent municipalities,
he said.
Discussioes with area Inspec-
,tor J. W. Coulter have centred
around accommodation that
would be required to serve
both Seaforth and McKillop.
These talks have revealed
that additional facilities con-
templated would include five
classrooms, a library and an
opportunity class estimated to
cost $240,000 of which $195,000
would be eligible for grants,. -
The department of educa-
tion has indicated that of the
annual estimated cost on con-
struction of $19,711; grants
would provide for $10,890, With
this as a basis Inspector J. W.
Coulter has developed a budget
which provides for annual ex-
penditures totalling $169,210.
This includes administration,
$4,500; instruction and supplies,
$91,000; operation, maintenance,
$14,000; bus transportation, $15,-
000; debenture payments, $21,-
499 and '$19,711; capital and
other, $3,500.
Offsetting these estimated ex-
pendittires officials list receipts
including legislative grants of
$38,420 and equalization grant
$35,553. Other -anneal grants
would include building -MAW,
addition $10,890, bus 'transpor-
tation $10,200 and larger unit
texts ad library $7,260.
The difference amounting' to
$53,429 -would represent the es-
timated local levy required. The
estimates as prepared by .the
department indicate, Mr, Hod-
gert said, that this 'amount
would result in tax rates in Sea-
,
forth and McKillopl nit mater—
nally sally different from those now
Jin effect havingregard to equal-
ization that would apply.
The study reveals that the ,es-
timated total amount to be rais-
ed by takes would be slightly
higher than the existing com-
bined levy of Seaforth and Mc-
Killop which in 1966 totalled
$51,604. ' ' -
Crowd First Church.
On 100th Anniversary
First-Pregbyteriaxi Church was
crowded Sunday morning when
a former minister Rev: D. Glenn
Campbell preached. Letters from
former members and friends of
the congregation extending an-
niversary congratulations were
read by the minister Rev. D. 0.
Fry. .,
The 140th anniversary ser-
vices continue on Sunday when
the Rev, John Logan-Vencta,
D. C„ 0.B.E., M.A., D.D., Moder-
ator of the 93rd -General Assem-
bly of the Presbyterian Church
in Canada, will 'be guest minis-
ter. The Morning service at 14;-
00 o'clock and the evening ser-
vice at 7:00 p.m. will mark .the
observance of the 100th Anni-
versary of the fdunding of First
Church. Dr. Logan-Vencta will
speak at .both services. He is
minister in St. Giles Presbyter-
ian Church in Ottawa, where he
has served since 11431.
Seaforth Liens'
Review Finances
Seaforth Lions reviewed club
finances at a meeting Monday
evening in St. Thomas' Church
hall. •
Treasurer R. ted. Spittal said
during the year ending May 31st
last, the club had raised $5,-
595.30. This had been expended
on boys and girls work $652,42,
Lions Park and pool, $1,470.00,
Blind Institute $49L00; Sea -
forth Community Hospital $500.-
00;
500:00; repayment bank loan, $1.,-
900; interest $2$x':00 and sundry
$29422. -
In presenting the rep0ft Mr,
Spittal reminded members the
Success of the club and the
work it could do was depend-
ent on the enthusiasm and in-
terest, of the members.
John Campbell of Blyth, -dep-
uty district governor; congratu-
lated the club on its accomplish-
ments. He made particular re-
ference to the Lions Park
which he described as one of
the best jrarks he had' seen in,
many yoars of travel and as a
symbol of w at could be - ae-
,complished bY a dsLions Club
Working together,
Dr.. Logan -Veneta has a dis-
tinguished career both in the
Church and in the Chaplaincy.
He served with the King's Odvrt
Scottish Borderers during World
War L and- Eva's taken prisoner
et the age of 49. Born in Scot•
1*. LOGAN-VENCTA .
and, he migrate to Canada
1924. During World, War 11 he ,, .w
was on six years ioavc Of ab.
settee from his )tta . congf'
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