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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-11-30, Page 6PUC comes under fire at nomination, member says water meters 'mistake' thought it was mandatory to ad- vertise for such purchases. Fuss replied that the Com- mission had, received three or four tenders from Exeter and. Hensall dealers before making their decision. "Am I off the hook now"? Fuss asked when the debate over the PUC subsided. the work load had to be carried by four or five people as "not everybody got into the swing of things". JOHN SANGSTER . . named to PUC District resident dies after illness Mrs. Samuel Thomson, 62, for- merly of Rrucefield, passed away in Clinton Community Hospital Sunday, November 26 where she had been a patient for one and a half years. The former Alice Mary Neeb, she is survived by her husband, one son Warren, RR 3, Kippen, one daughter Marion, Mrs. John Hausser, RR 2, West Lorne, six sisters, (Erna) Mrs, Charles Allison, Exeter; Miss Esther, Zurich; (Thelma) Mrs. Albert Pearce, Exeter; (Bernice) Mrs. Bill McAdams, Zurich; (Mildred) Mrs. Alfred Briel, Sault Ste, Marie; (Hilda) Mrs. Milton Mc- Adams, Zurich; two brothers, Sydney, Crediton, Ward, Holy- road, and four grandchildren. Public funeral services were held from Bonthron Funeral Home on Wednesday, November 29, conducted by Rev. E, D. Stuart. Interment was in Bairds Cemetery. on January 25. Lorne Hay and Don Joynt were not present at the meeting to give the report of the Ausable River Conservation Authority or the SHDHS board. Kin executive visits Hensall Three members of the Kinsmen club district executive attended "new members night" at Hensall, Thursday, Shown above from left are. Stirling MacLean of St. Catharines, district expansion officer, Hensall president Bob Caldwell, district governor Bill Watson of Fonthill and deputy-governor Doug Cruickshank of Goderich. T-A photo due td a drop in the Hay board's requisition and this was backed up by Clerk Earl Campbell. Sangster reported on a meet- ing held in Exeter last week for the formation of a school for re- tarded children. He said he didn't realize the need was so great and reported a second meeting would be held Hensall and district news SEEKS COUNTY POST In her introductory remarks to some 35 persons in the hall, Reeve Minnie Noakes said it was a great experience to serve as reeve during centennial year and concluded her speech by saying she hoped to become the first lady warden of Huron. She reported on the work of reconstructing main street and said it was regrettable that the trees had not been removed along the south side. The trees were removed along the north side and a new side- walk was installed under subsidy from the department of highways, but there would be no such sub- sidy on a new one if it is re- quired for the south side at a later date. "The greatest problem we have is the garbage dump," she in- formed the ratepayers. "It needs some changes". She also indicated the pur- chase of a new fire truck would have to be a consideration in the near future, in co-operation with area townships. Councillor Harold Knight said later in the meeting he was not happy with the recent fire agree- ment, suggesting area townships would have to buy their own fire truck. He told the audience he had been quite proud to serve as chairman for the centennial com- mittee, but did note that much of CORRESPONDENTS Mrs. Maude Hedden, Phone 262-2002 Mrs. Bertha MacGregor, Phone 262-2025 Lodge head makes visit Kin officials visit Hensall FREE SHOW FOR CHILDREN in the Town Hall FREE CHOCOLATE BARS AND POTATO CHIPS FREE CHOCOLATE MILK Compliments of Hurondale Dairy FREE SKATING in Hensall Arena DECEMBER — WED. — 4-5:30 P.M. JANUARY — SATURDAY AFTERNOONS Governor Bill Watson of Font- hill and Sterling MacLean, Dist- rict Expansion Chairman, St. Catharines, and District Deputy Governor Doug Cruickshank- of Goderich attended the Hensall Kinsmen dinner meeting, Nov. 23. Many guests at this special meeting enjoyed an interesting illustrated talk on ',Survival" given by F/0 D. Mailloux, Ca- nadian Forces Base, Clinton. Plans were made for an up- coming peanut drive and sale of Christmas trees. The club are also sponsoring aSenior Citizens Night Wednesday, December 13. They will charter a bus (free), to take a bus tour of the area from 7 to 8:30 pm to view Christ- mas decorations. Following the tour a Christmas program will be presented at Hensall Public School at 8:30 pm. Free trans- portation to and from the school if required. The bus will leave the school at 7 pm. Kinsman Ron Wareing is in charge of this project. HENSALL STORE HOURS Open Mon. through Sat. in December Open Christmas week Dec. 18 — 22 Every Evening Closed Saturday, Dec. 23 at 6:00 p.m, REQUIRE SEWERS. After noting the mill rate had dropped two mills this past year, Councillor Oliver Jaques detailed three areas where he could fore- see "some slightly startling" ex- penditures which are necessary uif we are to maintain the com- munity on a level with others". The first area was related to sewers, and Jaques said the OW- RC was continuing to push for sewers in Hensall. The council member said there were loca- tions where sewage problems were evident and suggested Hen- sall should consider getting into sewer work before the cost of such work increases any more. "But it's an expensive affair", he warned. He also went on to mention that the arena required extensive repairs and concluded by ques- tioning if Hensall had any room for industrial expansion if in fact any industry wished to locate there. "There isn't much available property and we must have prop- erty to offer industry," he point- ed out, but did not give any sug- gestions of how or where to ob- tain this land. Retiring Councillor Jack La- vender agreed there was a short- age of industrial property and also that the arena needed major repairs. He reported one estimate for roof repairs was just under $2,- 000. Lavender also noted the operation of the arena was run- ning in the red with a deficit of about $330. Commenting on the recreation program during the past summer, Lavender said it was a good program and the rec director had done a very good job. In concluding his talk and re- peating his intention of retiring, Lavender said a person gets tired of learning he can't do this and that -- because Toronto says so. "Council is permitted to pass a bylaw regarding dogs running at large, otherwise they have to get approval of the Hon. John (Robarts) — all of which I don't buy," he stated. The other member of council, John Baker, reported on the road construction undertaken during the past year. The school report was given by James Sangster who was acclaim- ed to serve another term. He noted it would probably be his last as a county school system would be set up for 1969. Noting that one councillor had mentioned the drop in the mill rate, Sangster explained this was Municipal officials in Hensall were returned by acclamation following Friday's nomination meeting, where several com- plaints were aired over the op- eration of the Public Utilities Commission. However, there will be two new officials. Hein Rooseboom will fill the seat vacated on council by John Lavender and JohnSang- ster will go onto the PUC to fill the vacancy created by the resig- nation of George Armstrong. In announcing his candidacy for PUC, Sangster said it was presently in "quite a mess" and didn't know whether he was in- telligent enough to correct the situation or not. He said water bills in the vil- lage were "ridiculous" and also criticised the practice of bring- ing in outside workmen to do PUC work. Bill Fuss, who was named to the PUC last year, predicted water meters in Hensall would soon come out. He said putting them in was "the biggest mis- take we ever made", noting the municipality couldn't afford them. "We're seriously considering taking them out," he added, "and I'm ready to throw them out now". Mrs. Hilda Beer, who was nominated for the PUC but suf- fered a heart attack later in the evening, claimed the water meters weren't running correct- ly, pointing out a household of two was paying as much as a hairdresser who used water all the time, Reeve Minnie Noakes, chair- man of the PUC, said some high water bills were the result of leaky toilets and taps and claim- ed that, if anything, the meters ran slowly. Councillor Harold Knight said he couldn't understand why peo- ple weren't happy to pay for the water they use, similar to hydro. Mrs. Beer also claimed there were nine people in town without meters, but Reeve Minnie Noakes replied there were only six. "That's six too many," Jim Taylor replied from the back of the room. Mrs. Beer went on to point out water in Hensall cost over $1.00 per thousand gallons, while the Ontario average was only 35 cents. Fuss reported the water sys- tem finances were in rough shape, due in part to the $7,000 to $8,- 000 which had been used to buy the meters. "We thought we were doing the fair thing at the time," Mrs. Noakes stated. George Beer also questioned the recent purchase of a truck for the PUC for which tenders were not advertised. He said he HEIN ROOSEBOOM . , new councillor \\1)1111i PACKET Personal Items Noble Grand Mrs. John Corbett presided for a special meeting of Amber Rebekah Lodge #349 when the Assembly President Mrs. Marjorie MacLean of Wyoming made her official visit. Edelweiss Rebekah Lodge of Seaforth were guests, also mem- bers from Huron Lodge, Clinton and pride of Huron Lodge, Ex- eter. District Deputy President Mrs. Marjorie Broadfoot of the Clinton Lodge accompanied the Assembly President. The charter was draped in memory of the late John Jarrott by members of Amber Lodge. A tabloid entitled "The Lord's Prayer" was portrayed by the members of Edelweiss Lodge, Seaforth, dir ected by Mrs. Eleanor Henderson, NG, The Assembly President gave an informative address on the work of the organization. Greet- ings were extended by District Deputy President Mrs. Marjorie Broadfoot, Mrs. Edna Caldwell, PDDP, Mrs. Eleanor Henderson, Noble Grand, Seaforth and Mrs. Mildred McCullough, Noble Grand Clinton. III lllll 1111,11111111i Legion ladies New manager for local bank New manager of the Bank of Montreal's Hensall branch is Eric R. Luther, formerly man- ager in Markham. He succeeds Victor Pyette, who becomes manager of the bank's Dundas and Macdonald streets office in Belleville. Mr. Luther joined the B of M in 1947 at St. John's Newfound- land. He served at branches in Newfoundland and in Toronto be- fore being appointed accountant in Windsor, in 1956. Three years later, he became accountant at Stratford. He became assistant manager at the Leamington branch in 1963, and Markham manager in 1965. Mr. Pyette had been in Hen- sall since 1963, and was active in community organizations. '°oev:;Luct •p ia , 44 sir THE PIES WESTON'S 24 OZ. APPLE OR RAISIN ROUND, SIRLOIN, T-BONE Roberta Allan dies at Clinton Robert Allan of Brucefield, passed away at HuronviewSatur- day, November 25. He was in his 89th year. Surviving are his wife, the for- mer Ann Isabella Petrie, one son, Robert P. Allan, Brucefield, one daughter (Anna Elizabeth) Mrs. Murray Squires of Sarnia and four grandchildren. Public funeral services were held from Bonthron Funeral Home, Monday, conducted by Rev. E. D. Stuart, with burial in Bairds Cemetery. TEA BAGS FLOUR at card party Members of Hensall Legion Ladies Auxiliary attended a card party at Goderich. Wednesday, November 22. Euchre winners were, Mrs. Vic Stan, Mrs. Wm. Smale; door prize, Mrs. Howard Smale. Members attending were Mrs. Harold Campbell, Mrs. V. Stan, Mrs. Clarence Reid, Mrs. Gord- on Munn, Mrs. Grant McClinch- ey, Mrs. Garnet Allan, Mrs. Wm. Smale, Mrs. Harry Horton, Mrs. Mary Taylor, Mrs. Hilda Smale, Mrs. Harold Thiel and Mrs. How- ard Smale. 2/690 SALADA (DEAL PACK) 60s 690 PURITY ALL PURPOSE 5 LB. BAG 550 CAKE MIXES M CHOCOLATE, WHITE,POUCH-PAC BANANA, SPICE 4/590 ONARcH 32 OZ. (DEAL PACK) 990 19 OZ. TINS 4/850 CHEESE SPREAD INGERSOLL 16 OZ. 690 OATMEAL R322 OT, HI NTT'D ANT OR 36 OZ. QUICK-COOKING BAG 390 TOOTHPASTE GIANT CREST (DEAL PACK) 530 DOG OR CAT FOOD TOPS 15 OZ. TINS 6/5 90 STEAK or ROAST LB. 95 L,SIDEBACON . 59 C ROAST or CHOPS LB. 89C GROUND BEEF 2.,,. 89t SAUSAGE MEAT LB. 39C DETERGENT IVORY TOMATOES UTOPIA CHOICE MEAT BY-PRODUCTS PRODUCE MAC & CHEESE or CHICKEN LOAFLB 49t FROZEN FOOD 25 LB. BAG POTATOES NO. 1 CUCUMBERS NO. I IMPORTED 24s MORTON'S BEEF, CHICKEN OR TURKEY Budget-priced FRIGIDAIRE Jet Action Washer! .•.\\,\ Model WATK FRIGIDAIRE Sales with Service I DRYSDALE emat HARDWARE Dial 262-2015 HENSALL 89C 2119C Lodge honors veteran official At the regular meeting of Huron Lodge AF&AM 224 Very Wor- shipful Brother W. 0. Goodwin Was presented with an honorary life membership in recognition of his services as secretary for over 30 years. A number of visiting brethren were present, Mrs. Florence Joynt is a pa- tient in South Huron Hospital. Mrs. Bill Brock, Jeffrey and Karen of Montreal are spending this week with Mr. & Mrs. Rus- sell Brock while Bill is on a three-week business trip to Eng- land and the continent. Dr. Norma Hopkinson, Lions Head, spent a few days last week with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. N. E. Cook. Mr. & Mrs. Frank Parsons visited in Detroit, Mich. for Thanksgiving. Mr. Charles Mickle of Ham- ilton, and Miss Ann Mickle of UWO, London, visited their par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Laird Mickle over the weekend. Mrs. Fred Beer is a patient in South Huron Hospital. Her daughter, Mrs. R. D. McArthur of Edmonton, flew here Sunday to be with her mother. Mrs. Maurice Tudor is a pat- ient in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Mr. and Mrs. Laird Mickle visited Friday in Ingersoll with Mrs. Charles D. Daniel and her sister, Mrs. Bickel'. Mr. John Soldan, who has been a patient in Clinton Community Hospital for the past three weeks, returned home Thursday. Mrs. Albert Alexander has re- turned home from South Huron Hospital. The Ladies of St. Paul's Ang- lican Church were pleased with the success of their bake sale held Saturday despite the inclem- ency of the weather a good crowd turned out to patronize it and proceeds were gratifying. Con- veners were Mrs. H. A. 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