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The Huron Expositor, 1963-11-21, Page 11R �S. • • • • • • M r MacNaughton to c•H•iikti Goderich Street's new look will be recognized officially on Thursday when Hon. C. S. Mac - Naughton, Huron MPP and Min- ister of Highways, will officiate at a ceremony marking the com- pletion of the 1964 program. Arranged by Mayor Earl Dinsmore, the opening cere- mony will take place at the in- tersection of Goderich and Main Streets, beginning at 4:00 p.m. A dinner for which tickets are being sold by the Chamber of Commerce will follow in the Community Centre. Accompanying Mr. M a c - Naughton will be officials of his department, including A. T. C. McNab, the deputy min- ister. Minister Officiates Chairman for the ceremony and for the dinner following will be Councillor N. C. Cardno. He will introduce Mayor Earl Dinsmore, who in turn will in - traduce Mr. MacNaughton. May- or Dinsmore will assist Mr. Mac - Naughton in cutting a symbolic ribbon, which will be held by Huron Warden Walter Forbes, and Council Carl Dalton, pub- lic works committee chairman. The Seaforth District High School Girls' Trumpet Band will play. Following the ceremony, a calvacade of cars will tour the new streets, Mr. Cardno said. Long a source of annoyance to Seaforth residents and mo- torists along No. 8 Highway, as they bounced from bump to bump and hole to hole, the Goderich Street connecting link has been completely rebuilt. The new road is 32 feet in width and flanked with wide boulevards. New sidewalks run the length of the street. Street lighting has been extended along the south boulevard. While need for a new pave- ment has been apparent for some years, it was not until last year that the project was ac- tively pressed. Preliminary dis- cussions were held between Mayor E. Daly and the council of that year and Department of Highway officials. At the same The Public is invited to Attend (EREMONIES marking the completion of the 1964 road construction program in Seaforth in which Hon. C. S. MacNaughton Minister of Highways for Ontario and Huron MPP will officiate on Thursday, November 21st at 4 o'clock Intersection of Main and Goderich Streets Earl Dinsmore Mayor Lyle Hammond Clerk time, talks went on with the County of Tfuron Road Commit- tee in connection with the re- building of North Main Street. In both cases it was agreed con- struction schedules were relat- ed to completion of the sanitary sewer 'program begun in mid 1963. Contract Awarded Construction contracts- were awarded for the, No. 8 Highway connecting link in mid -summer and work was pressed by Mayor Earl Dinsmore and council members. Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, Hu- ron MPP, on being appointed Minister of Highways, took a personal interest in the Sea- Seaforth Fire. Brigade Aids In Campaign For the tenth year in a row, Canada's fire fighters will turn out this month to help make a dream come true for thousands of Canadian children — the dream that a cure will be found for muscular dystrophy. Con- tainers ready to receive contri- butions are in Seaforth stores, according to Fire Chief John F. Scott. Seaforth fire fighters will help make it come true by taking, part in the Muscular Dystrophy Association's, annual appeal for funds. Like firemen from Halifax to Vancouver they are enlisting public support for a medical re- search program that has already awarded over $2,000,000 to sci- entists in every major research centre and hospital in Canada. These are the scientists who are looking for a cure for muscular dystrophy. This project is not a, casual. one for the fire fighters. The measure of their concern is re- flected in a resolution passed by the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs last August endors- ing MDAC's research program and the fund-raising activities of all groups associated with it. This resolution follows and sup- ports the long-standing pledge of the International Association of Fire Fighters to support the fight against muscular dystror phy until the), disease is con- quered and eliminated. • forth projects. Changes izl :fiol- icy which he introduced result- ed in storm sewers be- coming eligible for subsidy and since municipalities under 2500 already enjoyed 100 per cent subsidy for connecting link, the cost of the project to Seaforth has been neglible. Further policy chanties intro- duced by Mr. MacNaughton re- sulted in similar subsidy bene- fits being extended to develop- ment road connecting links. This resulted in almost the entire cost of the North Main Street improvement program being provided by the prqvince. Over $400,000.00 The program cost in excess C ,o1 .$400,00Q,OQ, gddition, to completing rebuilding each of the streets• to present-day stanT dards, whit.* in •placesinvolved • .excavating todepth of fottr feet from the ;previous grade,. ,new gutters, curbs, boulevards : and sidewalks were constructed', New storm sewers, independent of any existing drain;, were laid to provide capacityfor aur - face water. While there is little apparent change in grade, the design eliminated sharp variations that had existed. on Goderieh Street East the grade was reduced et the hill about 12 inches and raised at the Coleman Street in- tersection to provide increased visibility. Engineering for the two jeets was carried out by ice• ,Corntek & Rankin Ltd.,:molt- ing engineers of fort Credit. Project engineer during the pro. grecs of the work was Bruco Kramer. The Goderich Street const was awarded tq Malaife-Birge' Colistruetiou Co. Ltd., The forth Main development road project was tarried out by crews of the Huron County Highways Dei, partznent, under ` the :sup.ervi sion of Huron° engineer 3. Mr‘ Briinell and. Reeve fan Beuernrann, the chairman, 'and members: of the• Huron' road committee, Reeves G. Wayne, J, Kerr, G. Stirling ,and H. Cul - herb. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1963 — Seeond.Section; Pages 11 to HON. CHARLES S. MacNAUGHTON, M.P.P. for Huron and Ontario Minister of Highways, who will officiate at cere- monies here on Thursday, marking completion of the 1963 program of street improvements in Seaforth. Included in the program are Goderich Street connecting link and North Main Street development road being carried out by the County of Huron. The projects became possible through the co-operation of the Department of Highways, who by its subsidzation pro- gram, contributed almost the entire cost of the work, amount- ing to more than $400,000.00. Smooth New PAVEM.TS 4 For Santa's Visit to SEAPORT The Christmas Town Saturday, Nov. 30th 10 BANDS - 32 FLOATS - SNOW QUEEN Increase Aid to Municipalities. As a result of further study of the road subsidy problem which was discussed when he adressed the Association of On tario Mayors and Reeves i June, Hon. Charles S. Mac Naughton, Minister of High ways, has written to more than 200 municipalities in the Prov- ince to advise them that their rate of road subsidy has been increased. "This is the result `of an in- tensive study that began im- mediately after I presented the Estimates for the Department of Highways to the Legislature last March," commented Mr: MacNaughton with respect to the letter. When presenting the Esti- mates, the minister referred to his desire to establish a proce- dure for identifying those town- ships that could not maintain a minimum level of road expen- ditures without imposing an un- due tax burden- on their taxpay- ers, and to increase their rate of subsidy sufficiently to bring their road levies down to a reasonable level. eral governments and their ag- encies. Next, they calculated the equivalent assessment per - mile of the township. The n amount per mile that could be raised with a levy of 10 mills - was then subtracted from $6Q0,. and this difference was calcu- lated as a percentage of $600.. Where this percentage falls. below the existing rate of sub- sidy, nodein subsidy in to be made for the present; pili where the percentage exceeds the existing rate, the calculated rate is to be rounded upward to the next 5 per centum in- crement. Sixteen mills was us- ed instead of 10 mills when cal- culating the new rates for townships not contributingto a county road system. "It should be stressed," said Mr. MacNaughton, "that this method is not based on what a Township is now spending or levying. These decisions are the prerogative of the muniei- pal councils, and I am going t) respect their rights. The new subsidy rate will not be affect- ed if they choose to spend less than $600 per mile, or to Ievy more than 10 or 16 mills on their equivalent, provincially - equalized assessment. They may decide that the need far, other municipal services •is greater than that for roads, and so set their expenditure below -$600 per mile, or they may wish to have a better standard of roads than the expenditure of $600 per mile will permit, and levy accordingly." "In either case the decision is theirs to make, subject to the usual controls on expenditure that now exist, and will not vary the rate of subsidy. This method does not dictate an ex- penditure policy to a municipal council. Rather it creates a framework within which they can achieve a reasonable stan- dard of road service, without placing an undue burden on their ratepayers." the minister commented, "I shall continue to keep abreast of the road problems of the less fortunate municipali- ties," added Mr. MacNaughton, "and where extra assistance is justified, it will be given. When a municipality's ability to pay for its roads increases through assessment growth, the extra aid will be reduced proportion- ately, so that each Township in the Province will receive fair and impartial treatment." To determine the new sub- sidy rate for a Township, De- partment of Highways staff first measured the mileage of road regularly maintained, and cal- culated the provincially -equaliz- ed assessment of the Township, including a suitable allowance for grants in lieu of taxes from both the Provincial and Fed - Wheat Board Releases Levy; Aids Producers An official announcement by the Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board stated that 1962 producer levy funds being held as .collateral against huge bank loans obtained during the 1963 harvest have been releas- ed from further financial obli- gatibn. Roy Coulter, Campbellville, chairman of the marketing board, said that the funds or reserve totalling about $560,000 is now free for rebate to wheat producers who sold wheat dur- j ing the marketing period, July 1, 1962, to June 30. 1963. Rus- sell T. Bolton, RR 1, Seaforth, is a director. The announcement, made fol lowing a special board meeting, also stated that the rebate has been officially set at six cents per bushel. This is the balance of the nine cent per bushel levy made on all wheat marketed from the 1962 crop and which paid for the purchase and ex- port costs to the marketing board • in handling 1,600,000 bushels of surplus wheat last year. K. A. Standing, secretary - manager of the Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board, said that the rebate will be made to producers as soon as is humanly and mechanically possible. Mr. Standing also stated that additional equipment will be immediately pressed into serv- ice in order to speed up proce- dure to a maximum. He said, however, at best it will take at least three to four weeks be- fore distribution can begin. Mr. Coulter concluded by stat- ing that the cash sale of 1,800,- 000 bushels made to Russia late in August and which has now been delivered, made nosaible. the release of the 1962 reserve, MAYOR EARL DINSM0e , who will take part in cere- monies here Thursday in c, 1- nection with the completion of the 1963 street improN e- ment program in Seaforth. JAMES W, BRItNELL, ran . County engineer„ who supervised construction of that portion of the Stiafortlt rood program that was ftr� eludedin the .Seaforth,l3rtia. cels developMent stead, Pre. Jeer,,