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South Huron Recreation Centre-Donations this week
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Hackney
Jim & Judy
Interested Citizens
Roy & Anita Hunter
Mrs. Audrey Bentley.
Barbara J. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. W. Dougherty
Interested Citizen
Anonymous
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Earl Frayne
Don & Maddy Wells
Interested Citizen
Interested Citizens
Interested Friend
Bev's Plumbing & Heating.
Bev, Norma, Jeff
& John Lindenfield 150
Mr. & Mrs. Rick Miles 25
Basil, Phyllis, Dada
& Dennis Crawford 150
Van Steeg 20
Ford Girls 20
Fred Kleinhaar 10
Gord & Doreen Kirk 100
J&A Aziz Ltd.( Tor.) (Junction) 25
Interested Company 1,000
L.W. Kleinstiver Ltd 200
Exeter Kinsmen Club 363.94
Welders Service (Erie Huron) Ltd. 100
L.E. Wells & Co. (Tor.) (Junction) 50
Universal Ignition & Battery Ltd 25
Ausable River Nomads 350
Gaiser Kneale Insurance 1,000
Interested Citizen 100
Ken & Jo Valles 100
Anonymous 10
Ruby Hogarth 100
Dora & Oord McTavish 100
Interested Family 1'00
A Friend 150
Interested Family 10
Interested Citizen 50
Stewart Taylor 75
Interested Citizen 20
Interested Citizen 100
Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Wells 100
Kathy Wells & John Hayter 100
Carl & Jean Mills & Connie ...., 200
Interested Citizen 25`'"
Wilmer, Ella & Alice Ann 150
Weir & Mary Taylor 50
Yvon Laurin and Family 100.
Interested Company 200
Glen & Joan Hodgins & Family 25
Exeter Agricultural Society Jamboree
Committee - Jerry MacLean, Bob Heywood
Norm Whiting, Maurice Love 579
Jack's Fina 100
Exeter Furniture 400
Culligan Water Conditioning Ltd. 50
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Wright 100
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Parkinson 150
Redpath Industries (On Behalf of
Daymond Ltd. & Employees
at Huron Park) 5,000
150
100
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100
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THE SWEETEST MUSIC — A large number of area residents took advantage of the opportunity Monday
night to listen to and dance to the music of Guy Lombardo and his orchestra at Huron Park. Lombardo's visit
was sponsored by the Exeter Heritage Foundation. Above, Val Gould welcomes the popular orchestra
leader while Doug Gould and Joyce Montieth look on. T-A photo
One Hundred and Fourth Year
EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 30, 1976
Price Per Copy 25 Cents
DECORATED TRIKE — Exeter Fair president Jack Stewart chats with
Craig Cudmore prior to Saturday's Fair parade. Craig entered the
best decorated tricycle. T-A photo
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sound. However, he said council
could pass a tentative approval of
the contract if they desired.
After some debate, Reeve
Derry Boyle presented a motion
that council adopt the contract in
principle, subject to the
recommendation of the
engineers. This was seconded by
Harold Patterson.
However, Councillor Barb Bell
said she would like to wait for a
definite statement in writing on
the grants to be received, and
said she wouldn't vote for the
motion until the grant picture
was more clear.
Boyle's motion was then
defeated and a second motion by
Mrs. Bell and Deputy-Reeve Toni
MacMillan that the matter be
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Tenders for thp South 'Huron
Recreation Centre were opened,
Monday, and while the figures.
were slightly higher than an-
ticipated by committee mem-
bers, it is expected council will
approve a contract within a
week.
25410 Construction Ltd.,
London, also known as Northside
Construction, submitted the
lowest tender of seven at a price
of $950,000.
When the engineer's' fees of
TAWASIE.'EXAMESUM
seven percent are added, the
total cost of the project will be
$1,016,500,
Building committee chairman
King McDonald told council that
the tenders were higher than he
had hoped for, but noted they
were still well within the budget.
The low bid was $88,000 lower
than the next highest. Top bid on
the project was $1,149,000.
While committee members and
members of Exeter were ob-
viously somewhat disappointed
Total to date $152,500.12
County in 1976, with the "ex-
ception of a season for bow and
arrow only from October 25 to
November 30.
Hayfield Reeve Ed Oddleifson,
in making the motion to object,
called the hunting with bow and
arrow "cruel" and asked that
council request cancellation of
the season. '
Mr, Oddleifson said the
animals are often only wounded
and could take days to die.
Kenneth Campbell, Deputy
Reeve of Stephen Township,
seconded the motion.
in the figures, their disap-
pointment was not shared by
George Naoum of Cambrian
Facilities.
He termed it a "fantastically
good price for what the com-
munity was receiving in terms of
the finished product, "You have
to be lucky to get such a good
price," he said, noting that the
$21,53 square foot cost was well
below the $40 per square foot cost
of erecting a house.
He again emphasized that the
community was getting a
building that will require low
maintenance and one that would
be ready for use when con-
structed.
"Move your tractor (with the
ice scraping equipment), the goal
posts and concession equipment
in from your present arena and
you can operate," he said.
While the committee had
received some bad news when the
tenders were opened, there was
more to follow when the grant
structure was outlined once
again.
Stephen to
oppose
annexation
At its latest meeting Stephen
township council went on record
as being opposed to any future
annexation by the village of
Grand Bend, •
While opposing annexation
council said they would be
prepared to discuss any
amalgamation plans.
This was the first time the
subject was brought before
council. It was started by a letter
from J.R„,W. Kestle, president of
the Oakwood Park Ratepayers
Association asking that his group
be notified of any meetings on the
subject of annexation.
Kestle said his group was
opposed to annexation but wished
to be notified of any discussions
on the matter.
The annexation subject has
been brought to the fore recently
by Grand Bend reeve Bob Sharen
in a London Free Press article
but the neighbouring townships of
Stephen and Bosanquet have not
been contacted.
A petition from owners in the
Maple Grove Syndicate and
adjoining owners Irene Penfound
and Annie Ravelle for a clean-out
of the Adams ,municipal drain
was accepted.
The tender for supply of a
culvert for the Centralia
municipal drain was let to
Koppers International of London
for $3,023. It was the lowest of
three bids received.
A building permit was issued to
the police village of Dashwood for
construction of an addition to the
Dashwood fire hall to house a
water tank truck which is being
purchased.
Council endorsed a resolution
from the township of Carleton
regarding the placement of hydro
poles along country roads was
endorsed.
The resolution asks Ontario
Hydro to place poles no farther
from a fence line than three feet.
The Carleton letter indicated
some pole placements in their
area were eight to ten feet from
fences and in the middle of dit-
ches,
Approval was given to Stephen
property owners Norman
Hodgins and Stewart Brown to
apply for permission to receive
water from the McGillivray
township line.
The Strathroy office of Ontario
Hydro is being contacted
regarding the possibility of street
lights in the hamlet of Greenway.
Township solicitor Keith
MacLean is being instructed to
clear up ownership of certain
travelled portions of road
allowances from the Mollard
Line to Ausable Concession and
then parallel to the river to the
southerly limits of the village of
Grand Bend,
Mayor Hruce Shawe indicated
that information supplied by
Wintario officials two weeks ago
was not entirely accurate and
more money than anticipated will
have to be raised locally to meet
the costs.
First of all, he explained, the
A group of Exeter merchants
decided Tuesday night to
proceed with plans to have Ex-
eter council establish a business
improvement area under terms
of the municipal act. .
About 18 businesses were
represented at the meeting held
at the public school library.
Chairman Ron Cottrell review-
ed information which had been
given to ,the merchants two
weeks ago by Bob Pollock of the
ministry of industry and
tourism.
He said that after the request
had been presented to town coun-
cil, all owners ,of commercial
property in the area designated
would be notified of the intention
to proceed and they would be
given two months in which to
register any objections.
If less than one-third oppose
the project, it can proceed with
the naming of a management
committee. The latter would
draft a budget for work to be un-
dertaken and the costs would be
apportioned on the basis of
assessment.
The main topic at Tuesday's
meeting was the area to be
designated.
Cottrell suggested the area
should include both sides of Main
Street between Gidley and Sim-
Coe.
However, several in atten-
dance thought the entire business
community should be involved,
right through to the north end.
But most seemed to be of the
opinion that it would be difficult
Three cottages at Oakwood
Park were broken into during the
past week and hundreds of
dollars worth of antiques stolen,
About $300 dollars in valuables
were taken from the cottage of
Mrs, Sears, while aruestimate has
not been made as yet on the loss
from the breakin at a cottage
owned by Lucille Hayman. Both
ladies reside in London.
Among the stolen loot were
picture frames, dishes, silver-
ware, etc.
The two breakins were in-
vestigated by Exeter OPP
Constable Frank Giffin
On Saturday, Charles A, Gunn,
who also owns a cottage at Oak-
While Exeter merchants are
planning to revitalize the
downtown business area, some
local people are still attempting
to get bills paid by the Exeter
Chamber. of Commerce.
One Of the firms is the Exeter
PUC and Tuesday afternoon
manager Hugh Davis said a
cheque for $150 had been received
from the treasurer of the group,
John Norris. The cheque was
$21.35 short of meeting the PUC
bill that had been forwarded for
Christmas street decorations,
repair costs of the old arena
would have to be figured. He said
he had already contacted the
engineering firm of Haas-
Ruebsam and they had for-
warded him a letter indicating
that those repair costs would be
$250,000.
to undertake work in such a l
wide-spread area, and it was
finally agreed that the
designated area should extend
only from the southern limits of
„t„ewn taaidley Street. ,
It was felt that once the
program was underway, other
areas could be added if
m,erchants so wished.
Most in attendance agreed that
confining the initial group to a
smaller area would enable them
to do a better job. In addition, it
was noted that no businessmen
from the north end or other areas
In making his report to County
Council on Friday, R.M.
Williamson, Chairman of the
County Social Services Com-
mittee, told the meeting that
during the month of August there
had been a number of Welfare
recipients who had refused work
and had been cut off from all
income, "This," Mr. Williamson
said, "I think is good for the
County."
The report indicated that
during the summer months the
Social Services caseload had
remained fairly stable and the
number of inquiries was
somewhat lower than last year.
As of August 1 there were 90
wood, reported it had been
broken into and some liquor
stolen. Damage to the cottage
was listed al $20.
There were also three breakins
at Huron Park on Thursday.
Two were at buildings owned
by Dunline. About $4 in coins was
taken from one, while nothing
was reported missing at the
other,
The home of Cheryl Smith, 116
St. Lawrence Ave., was also
entered and $20 in cash stolen.
Constable Bob Whiteford was
in charge of the investigation and
two juveniles have been charged
with all three Huron Park of-
fences,
but Norris explained that the
cheque completely wiped out the
business group's account.
Davis suggested the balance
would have to be written off and
said the PUC were lucky to get
what they did.
However, secretary Marilyn
Sillery changed the smiles
quickly when she said the
cheque had not yet been cashed
because it did not have the proper
signatures and an effort to have it
properly signed had not been
successful as yet.
Of that amount, the community
centres branch will make agrant
of $62,500 to the new building and
Wintario will provide $125,000.
In addition, the community
centres branch has already ear-
marked $233,500 for Exeter and
Usborne towards a new facility,
had attended either of the
meetings called to discuss the
matter.
At the end of the meeting, Cot-
trell announced that he would be
assisted by Jerry Gray, Harold
Gunn, Jon Dinney and Bob
Swartman on a steering com-
mittee which would continue in-
vestigation of the plan. The
meeting added Edith Boyle to
the list.
If a bylaw is passed, council
will name the board of manage-
ment.
cases in 1975 but only 88 in 1976.
Inquiries in 1975 number 57 in
June and 74 in July for a total of
131 which in 1976 there were 56
inquiries in June and 60 in July
for 116.
Persons receiving assistance in
June of 1975 numbered 268 and in
July 232 which in 1976 there were
240 in June and 239 in July.
It was admitted that the case
load in August of 1976 had risen
slightly however. Normally, this
is not the case, but umem-
ployment was named as one
possible cause. Companies, like
Dominion Road Machinery
Company, who close down for
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In another theft, a citizen band
radio base antenna was stolen
from a truck owned by Lloyd
Riley, IIuron Park.
There were four accidents
investigated by the Exeter
detachment officers, the first on
Tuesday when a vehicle driven
by Genevieve Zimmer, Zurich,
was involved in a single car
mishap on concession road 12.13
of Hay township, Damage was
estimated at $500 by Constable
Larry Chris tiaen, The Zurich
woman sustained injuries in the
crash.
Vehicles driven by Bette
Dewan, Crediton, and John
Jankiewicz, Exeter, were in-
volved in an accident at the
junction of the Crediton Road and
County Road 21 on Wednesday.
Damage was listed at $1,200 by
Constable Frank Giffin.
In another accident on Wed-
nesday, Diane Mack, Zurich, was
slightly injured in a single vehicle
incident on Stephen concession 2-
3. Damage to her vehicle was set
at $1,000 by Constable Jim
Rogers,
The final crash of the week was
reported on Sunday, when
vehicles driven by James
MeEwen, Hensall, and
Rosemarie 1Vlerrigan, RR
1 Kincardine; collided on High-
That brings the total to $421,000.
Of the remaining $595,500,
Wintario will provide one dollar
for each dollar raised locally.
That means the community
will have to raise $297,750.
"We're roughly half way
there," the Mayor explained.
Finance chairman Ron
Bogart presented figures on the
local campaign, indicating that
the total raised to date was about
$140,000.
Listing the anticipated revenue
to come yet from the final
residential and business canvass
in Exeter, as well as canvasses in
Usborne, Stephen and Hay,
Bogart said the committee felt
they could reach a total of
$262,495.
"We feel that's fairly con-
servative too," he suggested.
Noting the difference, Mayor
Shaw wondered if the building
committee had considered
leaving any parts of the centre
unfinished.
Naoum explained that there
were no "frills" included in the
design of the structure and there
was very little that the com-
mittee could consider excluding.
He also pointed out that with
the contractor realizing he was
$88,000 lower than the next
highest bid, any credits made for
work not done would be
minimized so he (the contractor)
could reduce the gap.
Naoum said his firm would be
checking the contractor out in the
next couple of days to ensure they
were capable and financially
way 4 at the junction of Highway
84. Total damage was estimated
at $750 by Constable Don Mason.
During the week, the local
detachment officers laid 10
charges under the Criminal Code,
18 under the Highway Traffic Act
Only two cases were heard in
Exeter court, Tuesday, another
one having to be adjourned
because the accused couldn't at-
tend, He was in jail' serving time
for a previous conviction.
William Bruce Bossenberry,
Garden City, Michigan, was fin-
ed $103 on a charge of careless
driving, Evidence revealed that
on June 3 at 3:00 a.m. his vehicle
went off highway 83 and hit a
pole,
The accused said he was
lighting a cigarette and his car
veered onto the shoulder of the
toad and spun around into the
ditch.
In the other case, Eugene
Seifried, RR 3 Denfield, was fin-
ed $100 or 10 days on a charge of
possession of a narcotic. He was
Local firm
is involved
If Exeter council approve the
bid submitted this week by 25410
Construction Ltd. for the South
Huron Recreation Centre, one
local contractor will be involved
in the project.
The general contractor con-
firmed on Monday that Pfaff
Electric, Exeter, had submitted
the lowest bid for the electrical
portion of the project.
Pfaff Electric would, however,
be the only sub-trade contractor
involved in the job it was reveal-
ed.
and two under the Liquor Licence
Act,
There were three dog com-
plaints, four wilful damage, two
assaults, one trespassing, one
fraud and one investigation under
the Game and Fish Act.
charged on May 11 after his vehi-
cle was stopped by police who
noticed it being driven in an
erratic manner.
A search of the vehicle un-
covered a plastic bag containing
a green substance which was
identified as marijuana.
Seifried said that there was
only a small amount of narcotic
and noted that he had already
paid a fine of $200 for an inn
paired driving charge arising
from the same incident and that
he had lost his job due to the
licence suspension meted out at
that time.
He thought that was enough
punishment for one date, but he
was still ordered to pay the fine
for the narcotic charge, He was
given six weeks in which to pay.
1•Wr,
Huron County Council passed a
motion, with only two members
.opposed, at their Friday meeting
to object to the Ministry of
Natural Resources over the
Ministry's intention to allow
hunting of deer within the county
with bow and arrow.
A letter of information, signed
by H. Lancaster, Forest and
Land Management Supervisor of
40
, the Ministry of Natural
, Resources, had been • placed in
the report of the Development
Committee noting that there
would be no deer season in Huron
County council buck
shooting with bows
LEOS GET CHARTER — The newly formed Exeter Leo Club received its charter Friday night. Above, Lions
district youth chairman, Jack McLeod presents the charter and a past district governor A. J. Sweitzer
presents a gavel to president Kelly Gaiser, vice-president Kathy Giffin and secretary Brenda finder.
. . . A bird in the hand
Merchants plan to proceed
with downtown development
Welfare recipients
refuse jobs, cut off
Three cottages broken into at Oakwood
One couldn't appear
`otherwise detained'