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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-09-23, Page 27A PLOWING FAMILY—The Becker family from Dashwood have been prominent for many years at the Huron plowing match and Saturday was no exception. Above, Marty Becker checks a furrow plowed by brother John. T-A Photo Air complaints over sheets Two Exeter ratepayers sent letters to council this Week complaining about road and water conditions in their neigh- borhoods, The first letter was from D.F. Milton, Sherwood Crescent, who said the pot holes were getting larger over the past three years. Reeve Boyle said he didn't Harry Lear was guest soloist at the Sunday morning chapel service and was accompanied at the organ by his wife, Gail. The service was conducted by the Chaplain, Rev. McWhinnie, with Doug Crich at the organ. Marie Flynn, Norman Speil. and Lorne Lawson provided the old tyme music for Monday's activities, Three new residents -were. welcomed -•to-the Home: .= Mrs. Underwood, Wingham, and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Love, of Hensall. The special guest for the afternoon was Mr, Allan Johns of Vancouver, B.C., a native of Tuckersmith, and a very active volunteer worker in his home community. The Clinton Christian Reformed Volunteers assisted with the activities. "The Pathfinders", a group of seven girls from the Blyth Christian Reformed Church en- tertained on Family Night with gospel music. The girls sang several of the older hymns taking different parts and in harmony- the favourite being the old spiritual "Steal Away". The singers were Darlene Wesselink, Joanne Bakelaar, Jenny Reinink, Emmy Monkes, Jo-Ann Passchier, Anita and Jenny Datema. Miss Pearl Gidley expressed the ap- preciation of the residents. The Crediton Women's Institute were hosts for the September birthday party. Mrs. Norman Eveland was emcee for the afternoon. Mrs. Don Fink- beiner, , Lois Hodgins, Otis Sawyer, Ross and Nola Love provided the program. Gifts were presented to the 27 celebrants and lunch was served by the ladies. Mrs. McCreath" thanked the Institute on behalf of the residents. PIGS IN PARADE — One of the features of Saturday's Exeter Fair parade will be the appearance of Laverne and Helen McPherson of Arkona with their team of pigs. Mrs. McPherson is the former Helen Heaman of Exeter. Her father was Charles Heaman and she is the granddaughter of Gerry Heaman and Mercy Ann Down, Shown above with the McPherson's in the recent Lucan Fair parade is Mark Scott of Lucas. I-A photo HOME AWAY FROM HOME — Covered overnight stay at Camp Sylvan this week. Roger. wagons housed students from Exeter Public School during an From the left are Colleen Waddell, Maureen Gans and Lynn T-A photo Seven property owners at Vanastra stopped Tuckersmith Township Council from passing a by-law Tuesday night which would have stopped 41' two stretches of roadway between Regina Road and Quebec Road in Vanastra. The first section is located in Block L between lots ' 37 and 38, and the second between Lots 45 and 46. The closed portions were to be given for $1,00 to Harvey Hammond of Brucefield (formerly of Vanastra) owner of Lots 37, 38, 45 and 46, Mr. Hammond would use the narrow strips of land to increase the size of his lots in an attempt to get them closer to size requirement for building homes, In return Mr, Hammond was to give council a small lot in another section. The property owners were: Robin Gates who was spokesman, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bridges, Barry Black and Mrs. Marlene Thurlow, all of Vanastra and Mr, and Mrs. John Baker of RR 4, Clinton. Mr, Gates said the first he knew of the closing up of the two pieces of roadway, used as sidewalk by the children and adults of Vanastra as it is located at the rear of the homes, or lots, was when he read the notice of it in the local Clinton paper, The delegation presented the objection in writing signed by 18 property owners. The owners objected on the basis that they had not been properly informed of the transfer' of the public property to private ownership. Clerk James McIntosh in- formed them that it was only necessary to put the notice of the by-law in the newspaper and notify only those people directly, whose property adjoined the roadWays involved. Mrs. Baker, Mr. Gates and Mr. Bridges said it was their un- derstanding that all property owners within a certain number 'its' of feet had to be notified. They advised council to contact the township lawyer for confirmation of this. Mr. Gates said as the walkways were used extensively by children and is part of the same walkway backing other lots and by being closed up access becomes limited, thus limiting the total use of the system. Mr. Gates said that if council persisted in giving away the walkways forcing children onto busy Regina Road, which he called a "raceway", then if a Many bands for jamboree Once again, this year on the Sunday following Exeter Fall Fair, the Agricultural Society is staging a continuous afternoon and evening program in the form of a Country & Western Jam- boree. This will be their third such effort in an attempt to raise funds for the proposed arena and community centre, The show will get underway at 2 p.m, sharp on September 26 at the Hensall Community Centre, Jamboree organizer Bob Heywood reports that no fewer than 10 to 15 of this region's top country groups will be per- forming at the program, Heywood expects a bigger crowd than ever this year. The bands include The Silver Strings, The Elgin Nightriders, Mozarts Melody Makers, The Heywoods, Standbys, Roger Quick, Sun- down, Country Wally, Blue Moon, Bluewater Playboys and many, many others. A collection basket at the door will gather all donations towards the event. Spectators are urged to bring their families and friends to this day of good clean family en- tertainment. Lawn chairs may be a good idea. will be free of dandelions the following spring. For more information, re- quest a copy of Publication 529 "Weed Control for Lawns" from the Information Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Legislative Build- ings, Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A5. Something's hot! With the decision to tear down the Exeter arena, RAP chairman Ruth Durand noted this week there may be a problem in get- ting a headquarters for the arena and parks staff. However, Deputy-Reeve Tom MacMillan told her that they could use the RAP office on Main Street noting it had over 1,000 feet of space and all the conveniences including Washrooms and hot and cold running water. "There's no hot water," recreation director Jim McKinlay advised him, "Well, hot air," MacMillan replied, "I can't top that one,"mayor Bruce Sha'w mused as he moved child was killed it would be on council's conscience, Too, Mr. Gates said that by closing the walkways it was a step back into the dark ages, when other communities are spending great amounts on the installation of sidewalk systems. He stated that in years to come it was possible council would be turning around and spending great amounts to install new walkways. Mr. Gates said their main concern was in stopping further building on walkways. He complained that the developer has already gone ahead with building houses on the property which is stilled owned by the township, until the by-law is passed and the transfer of ownership takes place. The delegates questioned the clerk and Deputy Reeve Ervin Sillery, chairing the council meeting in the absence of Reeve Elgin Thompson, as to the legality of issuing a building permit for property still owned by the public, The houses are erected but not completed, Too, Mr; Gates challenged the council for selling the property for $1.00 and offered to give the council $1,000 for the two stretches of property, No com- ment was made by council members to the last proposal. Mr. Gates said, "I understand this is la very serious business,but it should not have been done in the first place. Someone is caught with egg on his face." In the end council did not take any action on passing the by-law for which the meeting had been called, A telephone call to the township lawyer, Kenneth Devereaux of Seaforth, said he would attend the next council meeting on September 21 to answer questions. Mr. Hammond is to be notified to do no further work on the houses on the' property still owned by the township. In other .business council ap- proved the hiring of Beatrice Thomas 0.4 salary of .$5,1300 to enable her to work at the Vanastra Day Care Centre which has an, enrolment of 24 children necessitating the hiring of a third. The Education Relations Commission today announced the appointment of Professor Ian Hunter as .a fact finder to assist the Huron County Board of Education and about 360 elementary teachers in their negotiations. A Commission spokesman said Professor Hunter will prepare a report identifying the 'outstanding issues that have brought negotiations between the Huron County Board and the teachers to an impasse. A fact finder's report on the positions of both sides is expected within 30 days, with or without his recommendations on settlement terms. The report will be presented to both parties. If there is still no agreement within 15 days, or at the latest within 20 days, the report will be made public. The parties can,, ask for binding arbitration, or a select- or to decide which of the part- ies' offers to impose, or the teachers may decide to take strike action, The Commission was estab- lished in 1975 under Ontario Government legislation to foster harmonious collective bargain- ing relations between school boards and teachers in the Province. teach. Ms. Thomas is presently involved in day care work in St. Thomas. She is a graduate4Ca two year community college course. I Mr. Hunter is Assoelay Professor in the Facuity„g Law, University of Western Ontario. oYA He graduated in Political Science and in Law from "the University of Toronto. He has acted as counsel!,,to the Ontario Human Rights Commission since 1970. • Professor Hunter is a recog- nized authority in the field of Human Rights and has appear.. ed before commissions in several provinces and is the author of several publications in this field, ti Now there is a deodorant that promises protection around the clock, It works, too. Notice how seldom you find a smelly clock these days. A boss is someone who is early when you're late and late when you're early. Times-Advocate, September 23, 1976 Page 27 Vanastra residents halt street closing bid know what could be done to satisfy the residents of that street, noting they had opposed oiling as well as coaltes and chips. Works superintendent Glenn Kells advised he had planned to work on the street this week, but had been delayed by wet weather, The second letter was from Harry DeVries,, who raised concern about the ponding of water on his property at the corner of Carling and Wellington. He said water had risen to within one-quarter of an inch from the top of his basement window wells, and envisioning problems, said he would hold council responsible for any damages, Councillor Bob Simpson agreed there was a problem, but said there were no catch basins in the area. B.M. Ross has been hired to undertake astudy-of -theareaand to. provide suggestions on how the storm water can be handled. Councillor Ted Wright said DeVries had contacted him about Invite resort to join area At the suggestion of Stephen council, the Village of Grand Bend will be invited to par- ticipate in the area recreation committee presently being considered by Exeter, Stephen, Hay and Usborne. At first there was a suggestion from Depty-Reeve Tom Mac- Millan it would be difficult to include Grand Bend because they were from another county. However, when Reeve Derry Boyle said it was unlikely that the area recreation committee would receive any Huron county funds anway, MacMillan said the resort should certainly be invited to join. Exeter and Usborne have backed the idea of an area recreation committee, while Stephen have agreed to join if the other three do. The only question mark is Hay. Council of that township have discussed the matter, but have made no decision. his water problem. However, Wright said the complaint came at a time when he was having water in his own basement and figured he had more of a problem ' himself than what DeVries did. It was finally agreed to write B.M. Ross and ask for speedier action on the survey and to advise the ' property owner that the problem was being investigated. Many bid for contract Tenders for the construction of the South Huron Recreation Centre will be opened Monday afternoon and interest by general contractors in the job is "better than expected" according to Grant Brown of Cambrian Facilities, He said Yab Out 10 general contractors hg e picked up the specifications and tender forms for the project. "We're expecting a good price," he said, noting that the interest being shown indicated there should be competitive building in view of the general lull in construction at this time. Brown said several sub- contractors from the• area have indicated they will be involved with some of the general con- tractors, The tenders for the centre will be opened at 2:00 p.m. on Monday afternoon and the contract is expected to be awarded that evening by Exeter council. Spokesmen from Cambrian have predicted the price will be around $900,000 although some local officials have suggested it could be lower than that. Meanwhile, the fund raising campaign continues to roll along with good response. This week, over $12,000 has been donated, bringing the total up to over $137,000. With the improyed grant structure announced last week, that means that the campaign is over the half way mark. The target, of course, won't be clear until the tender price is announced. However, provincial officials have announced that grants will cover three-quarters of the cost. September is the ideal month to eradicate your lawn weeds. Thin and weedy turf is usually the result of poor maintenance practices or neglect. It can also be an indication that it is lacking adequate nutrients. A dense healthy lawn will compete so strongly for water, light and nutrients, that weed seedlings cannot become estab- lished. Therefore, fertilze your lawn well to thicken existing grass, This should be carried out before trying to kill the weeds, or you will merely increase the amount of space for weed growth the following spring. Mr. R.F. Gomme, horticul- turist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, recom- mends gardeners use 2, 4-D to kill most weeds. However, some weeds which are hard to kill, such as chickweed, will require. mecoprop for effective control. Always make sure you follow • the directions on the label when using herbicides. Fall spraying has several advantages.. Most cultivated plants in gardens and borders are less sensitive to sprays at this time than in the spring. However, it, is still advisable to September the month to kill lawn weeds avoid herbicidal drift. Also, fall the Meeting along to the next epraying ensures that you lawn item of business, TIME FOR PLAY — Outdoor activities and studies were combined this week when grade eight students from Exeter Public School visited Camp Sylvan. Shown on the balance tires are Bruce Shaw, Colin Cottrell, Rob DeKoker, Chris Clarke and Cathy Ford. T-A photo Appoint factmlinclei to aid negotiations HOUSEKEEPING — Exeter Public School's grade eight students atten- ding Camp Sylvan this week were required to keep the covered wagons clean. Above, Rob DeKoker sweeps off the steps. T-A photo