The Citizen, 1985-11-20, Page 1Christmas, pretty dolls and pretty girls seem to go together as they did on Saturday at the Christmas Craft
Fair held by the Auburn Booster Club in Auburn. Andrea Lawlor of R.R. #5, Goderich, admires this doll.
The Booster Club, a small Auburn organization will give half the proceeds from the fair to the Huron
County Children's Christmas Fund and use half for the club's community betterment projects which have
included improvements to the ball park.
Elliott, McQuail back on B. of E.
VOL. 1. NO. 5 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1985.
Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel,
Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships.
40 CENTS
Local farm families score well at Royal Winter Fair
North-Huron people were big
winners at the 1985 Royal Winter
Fair livestock competitions the last
two weeks.
One of the fair's most presti-
gious events, The Queen's Guin-
eas the top prize for 4H beef calves
in Ontario was won by a West
Wawanosh resident, Kim Rintoul.
Her prize steer sold for $12.50 a
pound in the auction of Queen's
Guineas calves.
Two dairy herds scored well.
Huronia Jerseys, of Jack and Fred
Armstrong of Auburn came home
with the Premier Breeder Banner
in the jersey competiion. Their
three-year-old cow Huronia Bright
Gloria took second in her class and
second in the Royal International
Futurity. The Armstrongs also
recently sent their Huronia Title
Rachel to the North American
International Livestock Exposition
in Louisville, Kentucky where it
placed first in the open class (from
53 entries) for summer yearing
heifers and was second in the
junior class.
Loreldo Farms of Belgrave came
home with its share of ribbons as
well. Eldon and Lorraine Cook won
first for get of sire (three animals
Grey council
gets new
member
Grey township, with one of the
few woman reeves in the county,
will have a second woman councill-
or for a more balanced look next
term.
Helen Cullen scored second in
the polls to join incumbents for
the next three year term.
Leading at the polls was Fred
Uhler with 276 votes. Mrs. Cullen
came second with 244 votes and
incumbent Graham MacDonald
took the final position with 237.
Dale Knight gained 203 votes to
miss out.
Aitchison
wins again
in West
Wawanosh
Reeve Jim Aitchison retained
his position in West Wawanosh in
the municipal election Nov. 12,
beating former councillor Kather-
ine Todd.
Reeve Aitchison collected 275
votes to 239 for Mrs. Todd.
Councillors Bruce Raynard and
Joe Hickey battled it out for the
deputy-reeve with Mr. Raynard
coming out on top. Mr. Raynard
collected 314 votes to 199 for Mr.
Hickey.
One council position had been
filled with the acclamation of Rhea
Hamilton-Seager but two position
were up for election with three
candidates. Newcomer Cecil Cran-
ston topped the polls with 382
votes.
Deputy-reeve Gordon H. Brind-
ley who first announced his
retirement then decided to run for
council when there were too few
nominations when nominations
first closed, came in second with
290 votes. Harold Menary missed
out on council when he got 225
votes.
from one bull) for their Brown
Swiss herd. They also took third in
the breeder's herd division (four
animals bred and owned by the
exhibitor). They also took second
Incumbents led the way with
voters in three area elections for
representatives to school boards.
In Morris, East and Blyth, John
Elliott used a big vote from Blyth to
overcome a lead built by challenger
Grey Township's Leona Arm-
strong may be about to break a
140-year tradition. She is the only
member of Huron County Council
to declare an interest in becoming
warden of the county for 1986.
Unless someone declares their
intention at a special meeting of
county council on November 28,
Armstrong, will be the first woman
to be warden of Huron County
warden. The new warden will be
named December 10 at the Huron
County Court House.
BY BOB MURPHY
The roads department of Huron
County has just completed its 1985
construction program and, accord-
ing to county engineer Bob Demp-
sey, "it was the biggest year we
have ever had."
Dempsey told members of
Huron County council November 7
that normally the department's
crews would only undertake six or
for a female calf, second for a
two-year-old and third in the
dry-cow, three-year-old and five-
year-old division.
Bodmin Farms of Belgrave took
John Gaunt in his own township of
East Wawanosh. Of the three
municipalities only East Wawa-
nosh had a municipal election to
help get voters out. The result
showed in Morris township where
there was only a 14.9 per cent voter
While reeve Armstrong will
break a county practice if she is
named warden, she will be contin-
uing a family tradition. Reeve
Armstrong is the daughter of
former warden Harvey Johnston
who served in 1952. He represent-
ed Morris Township on county
council.
Reeve Armstrong isn't antici-
pating acclamation. She expects
someone could still come forward
and announce their candidacy.
seven miles of road construction
per year but in 1985 there were 11.5
miles completed.
He made his statement during
presentation of the roads commit-
tee report to council during its
regular November session in the
court house at Goderich.
In making his remarks, Demp-
sey landed the employees who
participated in the program.
only two of their Shorthorns to the
Royal but came home with a good
showing. Their yearling bull came
third in class but a yearling heifer
was first in her own class, was
turnout. Elliott gained 100 votes to
Gaunt's 87. But in East Wawanosh
where there was an exciting
municipal race for reeve and
councillors and a liquor plebiscite,
voter turnout was 75 per cent. and
Gaunt won 327 votes to 272 for
Elliott.
Elliott, faced with this possi-
bility, was active in getting the vote
out in Blyth and it helped as he
picked up 277 votes compared to
only 42 for Gaunt. Voter turnout in
Blyth was 54 per cent. The result
was a 649-456 margin of victory for
Elliott.
Another lively race was in the
West Wawanosh-Ashfield where
incumbent Tony McQuail held off
two challengers to win re-election.
Mr. McQuail received 332 to 250
fof outspoken opponent Donald
Alton and 150 for Patricia Haskell.
Alton had been active in Parents
of a Better Basic Education which
had criticized McQuail's activities
on the ad hoc committee studying
French immersion for the county.
Electors to the Huron-Perth
Roman Catholic Separate School
Board in the townships of Hullett,
Morris, Howick, Turnberry, Kin-
loss, Culross, and Grey, the village
of Brussels and the town of
Wingham incumbent Vincent
McInnes of R.R. #2 fought off a
challenge from Adrian Keet from
R.R. #3, Wingham. Final total
showed 141 votes for Mr. McInnes
and 49 for Mr. Keet.
reserve junior championship and
reserve grand champion. In the
shorthorn sale she was the top
seller, going to a buyer from Prince
Edward Island for $3200.
East
Wawanosh
race tight
again
The replay of the great race of
1982 almost looked like a repeat
performance in an exciting race for
reeve in the township of East
Wawanosh in the Nov. 12 munici-
pal election.
After a dead heat last election
that saw Neil Vincent delcared
reeve in a draw from a hat, Ernie
Snell got his turn this time
squeaking out a 10-vote margin.
Mr. Snell, a former reeve of the
township and unofficial mayor of
Westfield, collected 329 votes to
319 for Mr. Vincent.
In the six-way battle for four
council seats, newcomer Ray
Hallahan topped the polls by a wide
margin. Mr. Hallahan received 471
votes, 76 votes ahead of his nearest
challenger. Donald Schultz was
second in the race with395 and
another incumbent Jim Taylor
close behind him again with 385.
Incumbent Fred Meyer took the
fourth council position garnering
343 votes.
Incumbent Vaughn Toll missed
his chance for a second term falling
just five votes short with a 338-vote
total. Newcomer John Currie
received 279 votes.
A liquor plebiscite to allow the
sale of alcohol under a special
occasion permit was approved win
70.56 per cent in favour and 29.44
opposed.
Hullett
vacancies
Vic Stackhouse came out on top
in a three-way battle for one
available position on Hullett town-
ship council in voting on Nov. 12.
Mr. Stackhouse beat out former
reeve Hugh Flynn and Doug Bell to
capture the seat left when only two
of the three council positions were
filled when nominations closed,
Oct. 21. Ron Gross and Harvey
Stewart filled those positions. Mr.
Stackhouse earned 209 votes to
Mr. Flynn's 175. Mr. Bell got 52
votes.
Reeve Tom Cunningham had
been returned by acclamation as
had Deputy-reeve Joe Gibson.
Leona Armstrong could
be first woman warden
Huron Road Dept. has busy year