The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-12-13, Page 24DISPLAY CRAFTS — A craft mart held in Grand Bend Saturday drew plenty of interest. Shown above with
some of their handiwork are Pearl Hauck, Marg Purdy and Gail Sherk. T-A photo
REFRESHMENTS AT THE RESORT — During Saturday's Craft Mart held at the Grand Bend village hall,
refreshments were served by Shelly Meechal and Jean Kading. T-A photo
Proposed Authority budget
shows increase of $115,000
For Years of Happiness
Take a pet home for Christmas
and give years of happiness to all
of the family. We carry a complete
selection of cats, dogs and birds . .
just waiting to find 6 happy home.
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In boxes of 5-10-20-25
and 50 big and small.
For The
Women . . .
* Boldoot Eau De
Cologne
* Dutch coffee spoons
* Boxes chocolate
Rum Filled and Plain
* Embroidery (kussens)
* Table cloths
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Christmas
Rings
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Suits, Mitts, Helmets, Boots, Belts, Oil, Gas
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Tools
Socket Sets (3/4 ", 3/8 ", 1/2 " & 1/4 " Drives)
14-piece wrench sets (3/8 " to 1 1/4 ") Vice
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Sportsmen
Golf Clubs; carts; balls; bags; packsacks,
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Home Units; Car Units; Tape Cases;
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centennial
Page 24 December 13 0 1973 Approve grants
for area projects
Grants under the Local
Initiatives Program have been
approved for several
organizations in Huron.
The largest grant — $12,480 —
goes to Clinton and District
Christian School, Society of the
Dutch Reformed Church to add
two classrooms, storagerooms
and washrooms to its Clinton
school. The school serves
children in the Clinton, Goderich,
Exeter, Seaforth and Blyth
areas.
The Tuckersmith Municipal
Telephone System, which serves
1,500 subscribers, receives
$10,640 to hook subscribers to
underground cable and reduce
the number of connections on
multi-party lines.
The Ausable-Bayfield Con-
servation Authority receives
$7,200 to improve woodlot and
wildlife management at the
Parkhill Dam.
Two Goderich senior citizen
projects were given loans: The
Information and Friendship
Centre gets $12,480 to provide
social, recreational and in-
formation services for senior
citizens; Helping Hands receives
$7,200 to make minor repairs to
homes of the elderly and provide
winter transportation, snow
shovelling, window cleaning and
other services.
Accidents involve
out-of-towners
The two accidents investigated
this week by Exeter town police
officers involved motorists from
St. Marys,
In the first mishap early
Sunday morning, vehicles driven
by Douglas Weston, RR 3, St.
Marys and William Philips,
Exeter collided on the Les Pines
parking lot. Constable Alex
Balazs set damages at $180.
Tuesday, at the intersection of
Wellington and Andrew streets
vehicles driven by Richard
Marshall, 70 Huron street, St.
Marys and Kenneth .Wildfong,
Zurich were involved in a
collision. Chief Ted Day in-
vestigated and listed damages at
$800.
flow restrictions.
Other major capital costs will
include $30,000 for development
Window, cooler
are damaged
Two incidents of willful
damage were reported to the
Exeter police department this
week.
Saturday, a beer bottle was
thrown through the plate glass
window of Sherwood's Massey
Ferguson building on Wellington
street.
The damage was estimated at
$100 and Constable Alex Balazs
investigated.
A pop cooler at Walper's
Supertest service station at the
intersection of Highways 4 and 83
was damaged over the weekend.
Constable George Robertson is in
charge of the investigation,
A small wooden red sleigh with
sides was recently found at the
rear of the Bank of Nova'Scotia.
It may be redeemed at the police
station by proving ownership.
An increase
maybe not
When is a change from $12 to
$14 not an increase?
That was the question facing
Exeter's RAP committee this
week and the answer was finally
sorted out.
The higher figure is not an
increase in salary when in fact
the number of hours worked for
that $14 has been increased.
The situation revolved around
the pay scale for ballet instructor
Debi Wooden. Last year RAP had
paid her $12 for instructing for a
total of three hours. That's an
hourly rate of $4.00.
However, this year there were
many more youngsters
registered for ballet and Debi
ended up teaching for four and a
half hours.
Some RAP members felt they
were approving a pay increase
when they boosted her stipend to
$14 but that was actually a
decrease in the per hour figure.
The situation was finally
resolved Monday when RAP
members learned of the
misunderstanding.
SO they • agreed to pay her -
4,00 per hour for the four and a
half hours. It will be retroactive
to the start of the ballet term,
That of course is not a pay
increase over lag year as RAP
had originally intended if one
considers the per hour fee only,
of a conservation area at Port
Blake, north of Grand Bend and
$20,000 for continuation of
development at Parkhill.
A river realignment at Clinton
is expected to cost $15,000 and
there will be a $16,000 for the
Webster land acquisition.
The administration budget will
be up from $112,400 to $137,750,
The major change here is a 1974
equipment proposal of $19,700
which would include purchase of
a half-ton truck, a bulldozer,
tractor, mower welder, sander
and float.
Playhouse Guild
changes styles
The Total Look, consisting of
makeup, hairstyle and wig, was
presented by Dave Sheppard of
Grand Bend, to the members and
friends of the Huron Country
Playhouse Guild, at the Green
Forest Motel.
The models, members of the
Guild, had makeup applied and
natural looking wigs fitted for
daytime wear. Then with a few
highlights added to their makeup,
a becoming hairdo, a change of
wearing apparel, they were all
set for Christmas partying.
Dave pointed out many women
wear the latest fashion in clothes
but keep the same old hairdos,
Plan bowling
for seniors
Ruth Durand who has kept
minor bowling active in Exeter
for several years now, will tackle
the other end of the age scale in
the immediate future,
She hopes to have a session
with senior citizens at the local
lanes.
Mrs. Durand told fellow RAP
members this week she had
talked the situation over with
senior citizen club president Ted
Chambers and the two of them
thought something could be
arranged.
This prompted Reeve Derry
Boyle to suggest he had been
considering senior citizens lately
and said if the post office is taken
over by the town, they should
consider using the town hall for
senior citizens' activities.
"It could be galled Ye Olde
Senior Citizens Hall," Lee Dobbs
replied, making reference to the
fact London's old city hall was
turned into a restaurant and
called "Ye Old City Hall."
Readers write
A
Dear Sir:
Just a note referring to the
Exeter parade they held
Saturday. I was admitted to
South Huron Hospital (kind of
sudden on Friday afternoon) and
was fortunate to have a bed at the
window facing south on Huron St,
On reading the Exeter Times-
Advocate it said that the parade
would NOT — I repeat, would not
— go west on Huron past the
hospital,
One will never know the
disappointment I felt that af-
ternoon. I am sure there were
patients and nurses who felt like I
did in not being able to see the
parade on a beautiful day like
they had,
My little son said "Mom make
sure you see the train because
Stephen Central made that
float". He was so proud.
I didn't think ,the parade
committee would deprive the
shutins the privilege of seeing the
Exeter parade. I hear it was
beautiful again this year.
When I heard the bands
playing, that did it.
What if it was one of the
committee that was in hospital —
what would have happened???
Name on request.
* * *
Dear Sir
During the summer of this year
I made my first trip to Canada
and among other arrangements
made for my pleasure and
amusement by my sister and
brother-in-law, (Mr. and Mrs,
David Kirton of Weston) was a
short stay in Exeter during the
Centennial Celebrations,
I shall never forget the won-
derful hospitality shown by
everyone in the Town and hope to
return there in 1975 (with my
husband) to meet again some of
the people who were so charming
to a stranger.
As I am unable to remember all
their names and wonder
therefore if you could spare a
small space in your paper to
express my thoughts, greetings
for Christmas and best wishes for
the coming year to all your
townsfolk and particularly to
Harvey and Dot Pfaff and their
lovely children, the Heywoods
(wherever they may be) and
"Aunt Mildred" (Mrs. Yellow),
Reg and his wife (McDonald, I
think) and all the others who
gave me such a welcome to
Exeter.
You may like to know that
Calvin Heywood lives only a few
miles from me and he is now fit
again and has recently called to
see me. It was great to see him
Co-Worker: "So you're the
father of twins. Who do they look
like?"
Excited Parent: "Each
other!"
(and Canadian friends he brought
with him) but made me feel very
"homesick" for Canada,
My home (a 500 year old Tudor
cottage) is only a few miles from
Gatwich airport and although it is
too small to allow for overnight
guests in the main, I shall always
be glad to meet and bring home
for a meal anyone who is visiting
this country. (Not that I'm trying
to put Cal Heywood out of
business!) or to meet them any
time they are in England.
A letter in advance to advise
me, or a telephone call (Burgess
Hill, Sussex 3612) will see me
pinning on my Maple Leaf brooch
and putting out the welcome mat.
Good Luck, Good Health and
God be with you all in Exeter.
Yours sincerely
Ester Aylett
(Mrs. R. L. Aylett)
A financial statement which
includes the proposed budget for
1974 was presented at Wed-
nesday's annual meeting of the
Ausable-Bayfield Conservation
Authority.
The budget which will be%
considered at the February
meeting shows total expenditures
for 1974 at $450,000.
This is an increase of almost
$115,000 from a year ago. The big
increase comes in the capital
expenditures division where
costs are estimated at $275,000. A
large portion of this, $130,000 has
been designated for conservation
land acquisition.
An option has been secured on
approximately 61 acres of land
along the Bannockburn River in
Stanley township. It is hoped this
purchase can be finalized before
the end of the year although its
purchase will have to be included
in the 1974 budget due to cash
bout parade,