The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-02-13, Page 3ANNIVERSARY CAKE — Tuesday marked the 26th anniversary of the Exeter Senior Citizens Club, The
traditional cake was cut, complete with seasonal red hearts decorating it. Doing the honors is the executive
of the club, from left, vice-president Albert Steeper, president Joe White and secretary-treasurer Ed
Chambers. T-A photo
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Each involve community Lucan is fun fair
Agree two fairs hove their own place.
The final speaker at Friday's
debate between officials of the
Trade Fair summed up the
situation pretty well.
Keith Kraul of Lucan said, "as
far as. I am concerned after
listening to both sides there ;isn't
anything wrong with either fair.
They have a place in their
respective communities."
The debate which turned out to
be a panel discussion was part of
the annual meeting of the Exeter
Agricultural Society, sponsors of
the Exeter Fall Fair.
The Exeter Fair Board was
represented in the discussion by
Mrs. Gladys Skinner, Howard
Pym and Dr. Gary Balsdon.
Attending from Lucan were two
past chairmen of the Lucan Fair,
Clare Stanley and Bob Taylor
along with Keith Kraul.
Mrs. Skinner gave a very
comprehensive history of fall
fairs and suggested the aims
were to provide guides to better
farming and to allow the country
to meet the town.
Clare Stanley on behalf of the
Lucan Fair questioned the fact of
betterment of agriculture coming
from all fairs, He suggested this
need was being met by
Agricultural. Colleges,
Mrs. Skinner said everybody
loves a fall fair. To this Stanley
replied, "from attendance
figures I would say they love
them less every year."
Each side claimed their
projects involve a lot of people in
the community, Howard Pym
revealed more than 1,700 exhibits
were displayed at the Exeter
Fair by school children in 1974.
Pym continued, "I like to think
each child has shown expression
of their talents, This helps to
bring them out."
In Lucan, Stanley said every
organization is involved. He
added, "we have 60 community
and hobby exhibits. These people
take a lot out of the fair and put it
back into the community,"
Stanley went on to say that the
1974 Lucan Fair grossed $62,000
with a net profit in excess of
$19,000. "We did it by blowing our
horn and making a lot of noise.
It's a fun fair and that's the way
we advertise it with a lot of good
entertainment."
Howard Pym said the feeder
calf club show at the Exeter fair
gave the boys and girls an op-
portunity to get started in far-
ming by grooming and preparing
their calves and the field crop
competitions gave farmers a
chance to try new grains and
cultural practices,
Bob Taylor of Lucan said he
agreed fairs like Exeter brought
the agricultural community
together but thought the Lucan
project also drew the farming
population.
Taylor said the location of the
Lucan fair being close to the
London area was very beneficial
and drew many city residents.
Dr. Gary Balsdon said he has
been involved in the Caledonia
fair in recent years in judging
and it has been expanded to a five
day event from three.
Balsdon said education at fall
fairs comes from "yakking about
crops" and getting pleasure in
participating.
The panel discussion ending
with everyone agreeing both fairs
were fulfilling a need in their
respective communities.
In summing up, Clare Stanley
said, "If there is anything wrong
with fall fairs it's because they
are slow to change. Ours is a fun
fair and we have to change with
the times,"
The Lucan fair will be held this
year on August 15, 16 and 17 and
the main entertainers will be
Hank Snow in for five shows on
the Friday and Saturday and
Walter Ostanek providing the
Sunday afternoon entertainment.
The Molly Maguires will again be
in attendance.
In business of the 1974 Exeter
fall fair, secretary Garnet Hicks
reported a bank balance of
$826.73.
President Bruce Shapton
suggested the weakest part of the
fair was the 'parade and said a
new parade and float committee
was being formed to try and
improve it.
With increased interest in
school fair competitions, a
separate committee was named
to look after this aspect of the
fair. The members will be
Dolores Shapton, Donna Webster,
Ann Dowker and Elaine Bogart.
Marion Skinner is president of the
women's division. '
Former Exeter mayor Jack
vrommomemiegeNer
Deibridge
Exeter Fall Fair and the Lucan
meeting,
WAS chairman for the
Continued from front page
living," he said. He believes that
volunteers can play an important
part in this role.
Mr. Miller also said that there
should be found more ways to get
the public involved in health
care.
The health minister said that
Ontario is probably the most
institutionalized province in the
world, yet he wondered why more
institutionalization was wanted
by the public,
He said that at present in
Ontario, there are about 13 beds
per thousand people. He said they
were all full, and that he did have
the ability to double the number
of beds available. But, he said if
he did that, the extra beds would
still be full.
There was also discussion on
the new Drug Benefit Plan.
Under the plan, there is an ad-
ditional $2.10 for each
prescription as a dispensing cost.
That cost increases the price of
prescription drugs.
Because senior citizens are the
biggest users of prescription
drugs, and because their incomes
are fixed at about $225 per month,
it was questioned if the plan was
really concerned :With the most
kt good. ,^4
Health Minister Miller said
that the costs are actually lower,
and that the quality of the drugs
are higher. Each drug is tested,
he said, and is not used unless it
meets the required regulations.
Ontario, he said, is the only
province to test all drugs so
thoroughly.
There is also a pressure on
doctors, said Mr. Miller, to be
accepted on the staff of hospitals.
The World Health Organization,
hesaid,recommendsone physician
for each 650 people. In some parts
of Canada that reaches to one
doctor for each 1,100 people, but
in Ontario it is one for each 586
people, he added.
Doctors are needed where they
won't go, said the minister.
Last year, said Mr. Miller, 550
doctors immigrated into Ontario,
but only 250 per year are needed.
Mr. Miller said he wants to
restrict immigrating doctors as
to where they can practice. But
he said there would be no
restrictions on Canadians.
If the number of practicing
doctors were under control, Mr.
Miller said there could be a
saving of $450 million in five
years.
But speaking to some non-
Canadian born doctors in the
audience, he said "we've been so
successful in the past, we hate to
close the door now."
Mr. Miller also denied strongly
the loss of two of Huron County's
hospitals.
Under the proposed Mustard
Report, only one hospital is
needed for each 15,000 people.
With some 50,000 people in the
county, there would be three, not
five hospitals as there are now.
Mr. Miller said that if one or
two were phased out, it would be
with the decision of the Health
Council of the specific area,
RAP
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It was explained that in
Hanover, roller skating has
become one of_the most profitable
activities and last year the
program netted $1000.
"Before you can expect the
dividends you have to buy the
stock," McKinlay commented.
"I'll go along with it, but I'm
shuddering," commented Reeve
Boyle.
Some suggestions for other
revenue-producing programs
were also. outlined by Ruth
Durand, chairman of the
program committee.
She indicated her committee
had given some thought to
staging a harvest dance, which
would involve the seasonal
workers who come into this are
from Jamaica.
Another project mentioned was
an "exchange weekend" with the
residents of two other Exeters,
one of which is located in
California and the other in New
Hampshire.
which would assess local needs.
The minister said there was no
intention of removing any
hospitals, however he later said
there might he some changes of
the role in a specific hospital.
Chief of Staff Dr. Wallace said
that Ontario is becoming very
authoritative and conservative in
its attitudes for local freedom. He
said the Mustard report "smacks
of regionalization" that was
brought about in Britain. He said
that if the proposed plan was
implemented, decisions would
not be made on the local level.
There was also concern voiced
about the availability of nurses in
the future. Mr. Miller said there
was no need for concern, and that
he was concerned with quality
rather than numbers.
Seniors
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If successful Mr. McKinlay
said the hall would accommodate
pottery making, square dancing,
quilting, wood carving, furniture
refinishing, and oil painting.
About $6,000 of the $8,000 would
be allotted to activities, he said.
Arguing' with Mr. Chambers
that the seniors haVe never
been helped before;Mr. McKinlay
said "it's high time we Started
something." Mr. McKinlay
agreed that the location was not
perfect, but that since monies
were available, the project
should be carried out.
Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw told
the group to not condemn the
project of the Welcome Inn, as
the renovated hall would be
named, "before we have a
chance to prove what it's all
about." Ten million dollars has
been set aside by the govern-
ment, said Mr. Shaw, and it
should be taken advantage of.
Get costs on
GB sewers
Ministry of the Environment
officials presented tentative costs
of the proposed Grand Bend
sewer system to council Wed-
nesday afternoon.
Reeve Bob Sharen told the T-A
shortly before press time that the
overall cost of the project for the
village would be about $3,100,000.
Sharen added "the estimated
costs for an average home should
be about $145 per year for a 40
year term. This would cover all
costs including frontage, the user
rate and mill rate."
The reeve continued "council is
quite pleased with these figures. I
was fearing the yearly costs
would be in the $150 to $180 range.
We may still get a shock when the
tender bids are in."
The necessary bylaws to get
the project moving were ex-
pected to be passed by council
later Wednesday afternoon. The
bylaw passings would speed the
project up by about two months.
Sharen said he hoped the
project could begin by the fall of
1976 and be completed a year
later:
The GB reeve said present
estimated costs were for a Grand
Bend system only. He said, "if
the townships want to get in, they
will have to move quickly."
John Timko and Mika Latta
represented the Ministry of the
Environment at Wednesday's
meeting.
Charge suspect
in Pines break-in
An 18-year-old youth has been
charged with break, enter and
theft following a break-in at a
cottage at Southcott Pines
recently. Constable R. J. Kotwa
of the Pinery Park detachment of
the OPP was the investigating
officer,
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