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OVERALL WINNER — Ricky Franks Jr,, 16, Alfiston, accepts the Huron
Cup from its donor MP Bob McKinley, To Ricky's left is his mechanic Tim
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RAP wants recognition • in town's official plan
One Hundred and Third Year
CHRISTMAS BABY — Although Sarah Irwin wasn't born Christmas Day, she is still a very nice pre-
•4 sent for her parents, Bill and Darlene Irwin of RR 2, Ailsa Craig and her brother Christian. Sarah was
born Sunday, December 28, at 2:10 in the afternoon at South Huron Hospital. Her brother, was also a
December baby and celebrated his third birthday December 9. Photo by Robinson
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to Zurich
protection goes
• Grand Bend
A year to remember
A GIFT FOR THE SENIORS — It was the night before Christmas eve
and who should make a special trip to the Helen Jermyn senior citizen
apartments? Why, Santa, himself, accompanied by the Exeter police
and members of the Exeter citizen's band radio club. Their mission? To
deliver a Christmas basket filled with goodies to the senior citizens. The
Exeter's RAP committee has.
been doing its homework on the
proposed official plan and has
come up with several proposals
to council,
Because the RAP committee is
council's legal advisory body
with respect to park lands and
recreation facilities, recreation
director, Jim McKinlay hopes
that it will be recognized as such
in the official plan document.
Other committees of council are
referred to in the document in
relation to areas for which they
are responsible.
A second recommendation
from RAP calls for another map
which would outline detailed
areas which at'e currently in use
as park land or would con-
ceivably be used for parks in the
future, "We would like to see
park lands approached in the
same official fashion as other
zoning designations", McKinlay
said.
Another concern of the com-
mittee is that the plan include
express wording with regard to
the rezoning of valley lands and
flood plains. Such lands are
already restricted in usage by
legislation under the Con-
servation Authority Act, but the
Committee feels that it would be
beneficial to the plan if approval
for rezoning of such lands go to
the RAP committee. They say it
would prevent such areas from
receiving rezoning approval and
subsequent development that
could conceivably contravene the
Conservation Act and secondly,
the committee feels that it is
within their jurisdiction to have a
say with regard to how the land is
to be used and whether it would
be suitable as park land. If the
recommendation is approved by
council, land owners who desired
a zoning change on valleyland
would have to take their initial
request through council and
RAP. If RAP decided that the
land was more.suitable for park
land than for some other zoning
usage, the owner would have the
choice between the retaining the
Santa Claus sent a special
delivery letter to the Times-
Advocate this week to inform all
the children how much he en-
joyed the letters they delivered to
him at the T-A office. Every
letter was read carefully and
Santa hopes each girl and boy
Was happy with the gifts they
received for Christmas.
Unfortunately, all the children
didn't include their ages or ad-
Popular assumptions that
health costs are somehow out-of-
line and running away with an
increasingly large share of
Ontario's Gross Provincial
product are not supported by
facts.
This information was supplied
to the T-A by Ben Hoogenboom,
public relations chairman for the
board of directors of South Huron
Hospital.
Mr. Hoogenboom said a review
by Ontario Hospital Association
Staff shows that provincial
government expenditures on all
health services have varied little
as a percentage of the gross
provincial product, In 1970 it was
4.5 percent; 1971 - 4.7 percent;
land with the current green-belt
designation or selling it to the
town for parks, "We want a
system of checks and balances to
ensure that the land is not
rezoned harshly, McKinlay
commented,
RAP also wants the town to
retain the three alternatives that
it has had in the past with respect
to donations from developers. At
present, the town has the choice
between taking a five percent
land donation for the entire area
being developed, a money
donation for the value of five
percent of the land, or a third
option allowing them to take the
land donation in another area in
town that is owned by the
deVeloper if the site is not
suitable for a park. •
McKinlaylalso favors' alformula
for land donations which would
provide for a larger donation
where the development would be
apartments or other high
population density dwellings
resulting in more children than if
the land was developed for single
dwelling units. In that way, the
land designated for a park would
more closely serve the
populations requirements in
terms of park size.
The committee has several
other recommendations and
questions which they want to
bringup with council. Explaining
the committee's position,
McKinlay said that they are not
trying to be "nit-picky", but feel
that since the official plan is such
an important document that a
great deal of care and precision
must go into the way it is worded.
On the subject of the maps
contained in the official plan
booklet and in the restricted area
by-law, McKinlay feels that they
must be drawn more precisely so
that there is not confusion when it
comes time to interpret the plan
in, the future.
Council will decide at the next
regular meeting, January 5,
when the next public plan
meeting will be held to hear
citizens' objections or questions
about the proposed plan.
dresses so they could not be
judged in the Times-Advocate
contest.
The winners in the over six
year-old class were: Kelly Hern,
6, RR 3, Exeter; James Cable, 8,
„RR 1, „Exeter; and Marlene
Vermaeten, 7, Exeter.
Shelley Skinner, 5, Edward
Street, Exeter was the winner of
the under six year-olds; second,
was Patty O'Toole, 5, Exeter;
third, Mark Amos, Exeter.
1972 - 4.5 percent; 1973 - 4.1
percent; 1974 - 4.4 percent and an
estimated 4.4 percent for 1975.
Six hundred and fifteen people
received emergency treatment at
South Huron Hospital during the
months of October and
November.
These figures were released
this week in the hospital activity
report by Ben Hoogenboom,
public relations chairman for the
board of directors.
Figures for the two-month
period show only nine births, but
things were busier in the other
departments.
The hospital facilities were
used for 15 major operations, 88
heart tracings, 753 x-rays and
34,008 units of lab work.
January
Basing his decision on a
mandate from the people, newly
elected Mayor Bruce Shaw
restructures town council, adding
three new committees, including
a social services and community
betterment committee .
Council considers an offer by Mel
Gaiser and Jim Kneale to move
The fire dragon will be caged in
Hay township but not by the
Dashwood volunteer fire
department according to Hay
reeve, Jack Tinney.
After a special council meeting
Tuesday afternoon, Hay decided
to switch to Grand Bend and
Zurich fire brigades for fire
protection service.
Tuesday's meeting followed a
flast-ditch attempt to reach an
agreement with Dashwood over
Santa is
good to OPP
It was a good Christmas week
for the Exeter detachment of the
0.P.P as they investigated no
accidents or general ;occurrences
involving fatalities or injuries.
The accidents that did occur were
of a minor nature.
The detachment laid 33
charges, seven liquor charges, 12
criminal code charges, and 10
H.T,A. charges.
On December 28 police were
called to a disturbance at the
Club Albatross. Upon arrival,
Const. McIntire found a group of
10 people. One man was in
possession of a shotgun.
William Bierling, RR 4,
Parkhill, was charged with
possession of a weapon for a
purpose dangerous to the public
peace,
In another occurrenceion the
28th, the Dashwood Hotel sign,
four by three feet in size, was
stolen from the hotel. It has since
been recovered. The matter is
still under investigation by Const.
Whiteford and it is belived that
charges will be laid.
Photo by Robinson.
proposed CoSt increases.
Dashwood wanted to up the
yearly fee for fire protection 3
mills ($3,000) in order to meet
added maintenance costs,
firemen's salaries, and finance
purchase of a new fire truck
worth $40,000.
"We felt the mill increase was
too high, We thought it would
upset agreements with other
areas," Reeve Tinney says.
The dispute had been going on
since last June when Dashwood
first announced plans to up the
rates.
Terms of the new agreement
are as follows :
Hay Township will pay
Grand Bend $1,000 standby fee
plus a going rate for fire
protection, Reeve Tinney
declined to give the exact rate
until certain matters are ironed
out with Grand Bend.
Zurich will .extend its fire
coverage of Hay township to
include areas formerly protected
by Dashwood. The deal calls for
no additional standby fee,' but
fireman called into the new
An Exeter man, Ken Robinson,
37, of 127 Gidley W., died Friday,
December 26 when the car he was
driving was struck by another
vehicle on Highway 22, just east
of Adelaide township.
Three other persons in the
Robinson vehicle were injured,
Mr. Robinson's wife, Betty, their
daughter Tammy, aged 11, and
Troy, aged one and one-half.
Price Per Copy 25 Cents
By MAYOR BRUCE SHAW
At the end of this ad-
ministration's first year, we
should perhaps examine its
accomplishments and short-
comings to see exactly what
improvements can be made in
'76.
There are obvious changes that
have taken place this year for
which Council is . directly
responsible: the long-awaited
paving of Andrew St., the in-
stallation of sewers on Edward
St., the completion of the first
phases of the Anne St. drain to
reduce the potential flooding in
the southern part of town, the
reconstruction of Sanders St,,
and the laying of many yards of
sidewalk.
Council is pleased that the
sanitary sewer system was
virtually completed during the
summer.
Other visible changes for which
council must assume credit is the
renovation of the old post office.
(We hope that an official opening
can be arranged during
January.)
Other physical changes that
involved Council to a somewhat
less extent, but have nonetheless
altered Exeter involve the
erection of the huge water tower
and the construction of the
mobile home park in the north-
east corner of the town. Council is
particularly pleased with its
involvement in the building of the
Helen Jermyn Apartments.
The residents themselves and
their happiness justify the ex-
penditure of money and effort in
completing that project. The
Seniors also established their
own recreation building: the
Welcome Inn.
Other successes include the
completion and consolidation of
our traffic and parking by-laws.
We hope to extend this con-
solidation to all areas where
Council has legal jurisdiction
within the next year.
We have begun a dialogue with
our closest neighbours in an
attempt to establish mutual trust
and co-operation as we deal with
problems common to us all.
Three Boards of Council were
particularly active in 1975.
Planning Board presented
Council with an Official Plan and
the appropriate amending
By-laws. Council approved the
two documents in principle, and a
Public Meeting was held on
December 18 to discuss the
proposals. Council has not yet
approved the finished product.
RAP was particularly busy. as
it offered a complete recreation
program for the entire year.
Canada Week, iii particular,
involved the attention of the Rec
Director and the members of that
committee, Finally, the Parking
Authority proposed specific
recommendations to reduce the
territory will be paid an hourly
firefighting rate,
What that rate is will be
disclosed in the near future,
Reeve Tinney says-
Grand Bend will protect Hay
township from highway 21 at Fort
Blake north three and three-
quarter miles and East two and a
half miles on highway 83.
The rest of the area, formerly
covered by Dashwood, will be
absorbed by the Zurich brigade.
George. Tiernan, Dashwood fire
board trustee, says Hay's
decision won't affect DashwoOd'S
fire department, who will con-
tinue to also cover part of
Stephen township.
"I'm sure there'll be some
farmers hurt if they live close to
Dashwood and have to phone to
Zurich to get a firetruck,
though," he says,
Reeve Tinney says the
discontinuation of fire coverage
agreements between Dashwood
and Hay township need not be
permanent. "If we can reach an
agreement in the future, we could
return to Dashwood," he says.
The third Robinson child, Timmy
was not injured. They were taken
to hospital,
According to the Strathroy
OPP, the Robinson vehicle was
westbound on Highway 22 and the
second vehicle, driven by Slawka
M. Buniak of London was east-
bound, when it went out of control
on slushy pavement, first going
into a ditch on the south side of
the road, then coming back onto
the road, across the centre line,
and into the path of the Robinson
vehicle. No one in the Buniak
vehicle was injured.
Mr. Robinson, who lived in
Bothwell before coming to Exeter
had been employed by
Kongskilde Ltd. of Exeter for the
past year and a half.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday and a special Masonic
service was held Monday
evening.
parking problems on Main Si.
(Council is in the process of
implementing these recom-
mendations.)
With all these projects com-
pleted or introduced during the
year, Council was still able to
levy a mill-rate equal to that of
1972. (There is no promise that
this feat will be repeated in 1976.)
The greatest satisfaction I have
had, personally, during the year
involves the response of the
public and council to ideas that
were new as far as we, in Exeter,
are concerned. Three citizens
committees made reports to
Council during the year. Each
report was well-thoughtout and
entailed considerable work and
effort and personal expenses (in
some cases) on the part of
members.
The House Numbering Com-
mittee has yet to have council
consider its recommendations:
the Recreation Complex Com-
mittee was given financial
assistance to continue its in-
vestigations and the Town Hall
Committee is still functioning at
the request of Council.
Council's decision to recognize
the contribution of four women to
the community was also
satisfying. Certainly the
recipients deserved to be
recognized, and I hope that future
councils will also take time to
BRUCE SHAW
show their appreciation for
outstanding contribution to
Exeter and to the community.
The accomplishments must, of
course, be put into perspective
with the inclusion of our failures
as well.
Several families are disgusted
with the fact that they have had
serious sanitary sewer problems
although (or because) they are
connected to the town's sanitary
sewer system. Others feel that
the town is responsible for the
increase in the PUC rates.
Several see council as a
stumbling block to their en-
terprites and growth. Others
must think that council is tin.
certain of where it is going In
particular instances and as a
result has made mistakes, And
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the municipal offices to a new
building they are planning to
erect on the Cann's Mill site . . .
former Mayor, Jack Delbridge is
named representative for Exeter
on the Ausable-Bayfield Con-
servation Authority . . . Grand
Bend Council votes unanimously
to request the ministry of en-
vironment to intervene on behalf
of the village to speed up the
process of approving a new sewer
system . . The possibility of no
fire department looms for
residents of western Hay
Township if an agreement on
cost-sharing between Hay, the
village of Zurich, and Stanley
Township is not reached soon , .
Exeter Council is informed that
the ministry of housing has no
intention of withdrawing an
appeal against the decision of the
committee of adjustment to allow
lot severances on Riverside
Drive near the curling rink,
owned by Len Veri . a survey
by the Exeter recreation com-
mittee reveals that many senior
citizens are unable to participate
in a drop-in program to be set up
With a New Horizons grant, due to
ill health or mobility problems .
. the Lucan-Ilderton Jets enjoy a
successful week and move into
first place in the Ontario Hockey
Association Senior Continental
League standings . Lloyd Jones
dies in a two car crash near Arva,
Santa selects winners
NSESOMEMEMESM"WaSMalr sevalfeap,
T-A Staff
Health costs are
not out of line
EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 31, 1975
goodies were donated by warm-hearted Exeter merchants. From the
left: Const. Dan Kierstead, Agnes Drummond, Mabel Blackburn, Santa
(Mike Hunter), Const. Ron Fice, and Gord Kirk, president of the radio
club.
The good and the bad of 1975
taking the life of , an Arva man
as well . . . . the ministry
of community and social services
informs Exeter council that the
chances of the town getting a
day-care centre in the near future
are slight . the village of Lucan •
is concerned about an increase in
thetincidence of vandalism and it
becomes the main subject of
discussion at the council's
inaugural meeting . . Exeter
council proceeds with plans to
lease the former post office „ .
Stanley Township reeve Anson
McKinley is elected, warden of
Huron County . . Percy Simpson
is honoured by the Exeter
Lebanon Lodge on the 70th an-
niversary of his being a member
Stephen Council sets waste
disposal and a new fire
agreement as its two top
priorities for the new year . . as
in other years, complaints about
the noise and speeding of
snowmobilers have been
received by members of Exeter
Council . . Mayor Shaw urges
council to approve no increase for
the 1975 RAP budget, citing the
committee's responsibility for
raising other revenues , .Grand
Bend turns over building in-
spection to Lambton County . ,
Huron Country Playhouse an-
nounces plans for a permanent
theatre and an upcoming fund
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Exeter man dies
in two-car crash
Mayor trying for
improvement in '76