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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-12-02, Page 1HOW DID HE DO THAT?—The children at the Bendix Christmas party in Hensall last Sunday were entranced by the performance of magician Dicky Dean. Somehow they just couldn't figure out where he kept getting the different colored doves. Photo by McKinley Ready for steel Cold weather has delayed work on the new South Huron Recreation Centre to a certain extent, but building chairman King McDonald said this week that the project "is coming along. ll right".. Work came to a standstill this week as the contrac- tor is awaiting the arrival of the steel. Once it is erected, heaters and tarps will be used to enable workmen to start laying the cement block walls. Some cement work was scheduled for this week, but had to be delayed due to the cold weather. The con- tract stipulates that no cement work can be done if the temperature is below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. McDonald said that about two weeks in total have been lost due to the weather conditions and he in- dicated he was hopeful that the weather would turn mild again to aid the project. South Huron Recreation Centre - Donations this week Anonymous UB 12 B & B.J. Anonymous UB 13 Bob, Pat, Patti, Barb, Cindy & Deb Down Doris & Grant Westlake Anonymous UB 14 Anonymous UB 15 Anonymous UB 16 John, Joan, Teddy, Tracey & Sheryl Oke Anonymous UB 17 Allen, Mari, Tommy, Jamie & Benny Oke Mary & Joe Taziar and family Dennis & Doris Richardson and family Bob & Teresa Wegg and family Anonymous UB 18 Verna, Bill & Larry Rundle Ted & Catherine Van Roestel and family Mrs. Theron Creery Ross Jaques Anonymous UB 19 Anonymous UB 20 Ernie Harris Aronymous UB 21 Anonymous UB 22 Anonymous UB 23 Anonymous UB 24 Gerald, Shirley, Terri & Scott Brintnell ' Anon W. A. Baechler Clarence Green Anon Anon Anonymous S 10 Anonymous S 11 Anonymous S 12 Anonymous S 13 Anonymous S 14 Anonymous S 15 Anonymous S 16 Anonymous S 17 Interested Citizen S 18 Interested Citizen S 19 Interested Citizen S 20 Interested Citizen S 21 Interested Citizen S 22 Interested Citizen S 23 Anonymous S 24 Tony Martens Interested Citizen S 25 Claire Schwartz Brian & Marg Frank Regier Anonymous S 26 Anonymous S 27 Anonymous S 28 Anonymous S 29 Anonymous S 30 Anonymous S 31 Randy Regier Interested Citizen Maltby Bros. Ltd. Weston Exeter Rec Committee Regarding Wintario Sales Hair Shoppe 25 25 50 500 20 150 50 100 250 25 250 50 25 2 5 25 25 20 20 10 50 5 5 10 2 10 300 50 35 25 15 25 50 10 5 5 10 10 10 150 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 75 10 50 150 100 20 10 5 5 3 5 10 40 25 930.40 300 Total to date $194,526.84 •VY Gets 90-day term for impaired driving • NEW LUCAN CLERK Ed Melanson commenced his new duties as clerk of the village of Luton Wednesday. Above, he takes his oath of office from retiring clerk Mrs. M, L. Gibson. T.A photo YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, I GUESS--Greg Johnson of Hensall certainly gave Santa the once over as he accepted a Teddy bear and chocolate bar from him at the Bendix Christmas. Party in the Hensall arena last Sunday, Photo by McKinley • \ Runaway tauses extensive damage VOW CREbIT UNION CHANGEOVER — Employees of the Clinton Credit Union are at the Exeter Credit Union office this week transferring accounts, The local office will continue to remain open to transact business. At the left are Clinton manager Fred Gibson and office employee Joan Taylor while Exeter manager Ervin Gingerich and staff member Roberta Waddell are at the right. T-A photo loeferinies-Aktvocafe One Hundred and Fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 2, 1976 Price Per Copy 25 Cents Hydro to iump 21.2 percent three years. It was suspended for a further six months by Judge Hays. The court learned that a breathalizer test taken from the accused showed a reading of 250 mgs. A Dashwood man, Randy J. Quesnel, was fined a total of $159 on three charges. Two were for using. a licence plate issued to another vehicle and the third charge was for not having a valid plate. In the only other case heard on Tuesday's docket, John David McNair, Huron Park, was fined $75 for causing a disturbance by using bad language at the Huron Park rec centre on May 14. The overall rate increase to users in the town of Exeter will be 21.2 percent, PUC manager Hugh Davis said The Exeter Public Utilities Commission has authorized a rate increase in hydro electric power supplied to its customers, 17im, crermontracm.&,,..., A 30-year-old London man was sentenced to a 90-day in- termittent jail sentence when he was found guilty of impaired driving in Exeter court, Tuesday. William David Sherrett was ordered to serve his jail term from Fridays at 7:00 p.m. to Mondays at 6:00 a.m• until the S full sentence is served. His Honour Judge Glenn Hays also ordered the accused to comply with conditions of a probation order to refrain from consumption of any alcoholic beverage and not to be found on any licenced premises. Sherrett had previous con- victions and in June of 1975 his licence had been suspended for Ontario Hydro has upped the wholesale rate to Public Utility Commissions by 30.3 percent and by 32.3 percent to direct in- dustrial customers. In January of this year, Ontario Hydro also authorized a rise of 22 percent but this was not passed on to the electrical users in Exeter. He added, "The wholesale increase for our utility is expected to be 29.6 percent. Commissioner Ted Pooley said, Pay more for dentures Huron County Council ap- proved an increase of eight per cent in the amount they will pay toward the cost of dentures and eyeglasses for those receiving welfare assistance. The increases were brought before the council's November session last Thursday in the form of a recommendation from the Social Services Committee, The eight per cent increase will go into effect immediately and inc- rease another six per cent on January 1, 1977. At present the County pays $180 toward a full set of dentures but will commence paying $194 immediately and increase that to $206 at the first of the, new year. Partial dentures will go from the present $90 to $97.20 and then $103 on January 1. The Welfare Department will now pay $37.80 toward single lens glasses, up from $35 and will begin paying $40.00 at the first of the year. The $45 paid toward bifocals is now up to $48.60 and will increase to $51.50 on January 1. The council was also told that the Parental Relief Program is now operational throughout the year at the Bluewater Centre for the Developmentally Han- dicapped. This is a similar program to the Vacation Care Program being provided at Huronview. Could force health council Huron Medical Officer of Health Dr. Frank Mills told County Council last Thursday that if Huron does not agree to setting up a district health council with Perth County the provincial government might well force Huron into a five county body. According to Mr. Mill's report if the steering committee which is presently examining the proposed Huron Perth Health Council idea were to recommend against proceeding the provincial reaction might be to lump Huron in with the five part Thames Valley health council which covers Oxford, Elgin and Mid- dlesex counties as well as the cities of London and 'St. Thomas. The report notes that "to lose our autonomy as a two county health council and be swallowed up in the tremendous population of a five part health council would be undesirable and would meet with just as much opposition from interest groups now op- posing the health council and possibly would be too late then for further consideration," Steering committee member Warden Jack McCutcheon said a good Huron Perth health council could do the area a lot of good. "At this time I would certainly have to support it because of what might happen if we don't." Goderich Reeve Stan Profit asked if Huron was being black- mailed into a two country system, "because its the lessor of two evils," Dr. Mills explained that while it is still unclear about whether the council will have a financial control or will be merely ad- visory. He said "its a two edged sword. If it gets nasty, we're the ones who have to do the nasty work," He suggested that the council would also have to do the un- popular job of cutting back spending and closing hospitals if the Health Ministry reduced budgets. As the result of an amalgamation with the Clinton branch, members of the Exeter Community Credit Union will now have many more services and benefits available. Authorization for the move came from the annual meeting of the Exeter group which was held November 16. A letter has gone out to the more than 700 current members of the Exeter Credit Union ad- vising of the changes. The letter reads in part, "Because we wish to provide you with a better degree of service, which you as a Credit Union member are entitled, we are pleased to announce that Clinton Community Credit Union Limited will be providing service to you commencing November 22," "As you may be' aware it has been difficult for your Credit Union to pay a dividend of any consequence for some time, There have been different At that time we felt our reserves were enough to take care of the wholesale increase. Manager Davis commented, "That was until the ice storm hit," Local rates went up by 6 per- cent in midsummer because of the high expenditures due to the March 3 ice storm. The new increase will be felt by Exeter' customers on their January 1977 accounts. In other business, the Com- mission: Learned from manager Davis that all fire hydrants have been checked and several have been replaced, Davis indicated it was common practice to replace at least two every year. Agreed to reinvest a term deposit of $65,000 from the water account for five months. Davis commented, "I don't see the need for a progress payment on the new wells before April so we Two trucks collided on an area farm this week causing damage of $2,150, but there were no in- juries as neither vehicle had a driver. The two unattended vehicles were parked at the Gardiner and Sons Ltd. farm, RR 1 Kirk ton, when the brake unfastened on one and it rolled into the other. One vehicle was owned by Gardiner and Sons and the other by Hutton Lloyd Transport Ltd., RR 1 Tiverton. OPP Constable Wally Tomasik investigated. In an accident on Friday, a dog was killed on the Crediton Road when it ran into the path of a vehicle operated by Harold McKee, Owen Sound. Constable Jim Rogers set damage to the vehicle at $200. In the only other crash of the week, Diane MacKillop, Hanover, was injur_d when she was involved in a single vehicle collision on Highway 4, just south of Hensall. Damage in that crash was estimated at $1,800 by Constable Larry Christiaen. During the week, the local detachment officers charged 62 people under the Highway Traffic Act and three under the Liquor Licence Act. Two thefts were also in- vestigated. On Sunday, Ross McNair, Huron Park, reported that the hood cover• from his snowmobile had been stolen while the machine was parked unattended because of reasons for this such as high cost of operation and a high per- centage of delinquent accounts." Exeter manager Ervin Gingerich confirmed these statements saying, "We were really handicapped with the 700 membership and of these only about 300 were very active." Membership in the Clinton Credit Union is now in excess of 5,300, Clinton manager Fred Gibson who is in Exeter this week with some staff members making the changeover said transfer of accounts from Exeter to Clinton is not mandatory, Gibson added, "They don't have to come to us. We are just making our services available to those who wish to take advantage of them." Current assets of the Clinton Credit Union are in excess of 10 million dollars, The manager said assets ha g rs grown a million and a half e dolla each b of the last two years, would be safe in reinvesting this Money. Also decided to reinvest $2,000 at 8 and a half percent. 'This money became available from a IV.PC bond which matured, 'The interest rate was four and a half percent. Learned that the water service had been installed to the 14 unit apartment building on Senior street. Manager Hugh Davis said the anticipated load would determine if the power in- stallation would be single or three phase. Agreed to a proposal from manager Davis that line reconstruction be carried out in the Gidley-Senior street areas. The manager commented "We have most of the material available and we have the manpower. These would be productive working hours and capital costs would be low." mechanical failure in a field at Huron Park. Value of the hood is $80. Ben Gamble, RR 1 Granton, reported the theft of a battery from his vehicle while it was parked unattended on Saturday. Other investigations included the following: three break and enter, three thefts, one assault, one domestic complaint, 12 requests for assistance, one suspicious person investigated, Loss is high in area blaze Fire destroyed a large barn and a shed on the Hay township farm of Keith Rader, early Wednesday morning. About 80 head of cattle, 30 pigs and a horse were also lost in the blaze. The fire was first spotted by a passing motorist who went to a neighbour to call in the alarm. The Dashwood fire department responded but the fire was out of control by the time they arrived, The cattle were put into the barn only a week ago. The owner says he has no idea what caused the fire and was unable to put an estimate on his loss, The Rader farm is located on the Goshen Line in Hay, just north of ' Sarepta, Both managers stressed the fact that the Exeter office will remain open and business will continue. They added, "We en- courage members to transfer their accounts to Clinton to take advantage of the many services available," For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1976, the Clinton Credit Union paid a dividend of 10 per cent plus a one per cent bonus as well as including life insurance up to $2,000 on members who qualify. Some of the services which will now be available at the Exeter office include term deposits, personal loans, registered retirement savings plans, registered home ownership plans, Canada student • loans, student loans, mortgage loans, travellers cheques and money orders. In addition safety deposit boxes and night depositories are available in Clinton. Credit Unions amalgamate Locals had difficulties Only few out for advance vote Most have date at polls Ratepayers in the majority of municipalities in this area will go to the polls Monday, December 6 to select a slate of officials to serve a two year term in 1977 and 1978. Polls will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Only a few voters in the area took advantage of the advance poll Saturday for the regular municipal elections to be held on Monday, December 6. Less than 100 eligible voters were out in six municipalities. The advance poll was held to allow any person who will not be available on the regular voting day to cast their ballot. Hay township led the list with 23 voters at the advance poll. The town of Exeter was next with 22. McGillivray township voters numbered 16 and 14 ballots were cast in Hensel]. The advance poll in Wean drew only five eligible voters and the lowest figure was in Stephen township where only two elec- tors were out to the polls. In Exeter mayor Bruce Shaw is being challenged by Reeve Derry Boyle while eight persons are seeking the six seats on council. In the council hunt are in- cumbents Barb Bell, Lossy Fuller, Garnet Hicks, Harold Patterson and Ted Wright, They are being challenged by former councillors Ken Ottewell and Ben Hoogenboom and high school student Steve Pfaff. An election is also being held to elect two members to the Exeter Public Utilities Commission. The candidates are incumbents Ted Pooley and Murray Greene and newcomer Chan Livingstone. Reeve Si Simmons and deputy- reeve Don MacGregor contained their repective positions by ac- clamation. In Hensall voters will be selecting four members of council from five candidates. They are incumbent Paul Neilands and newcomers Homer Campbell, Bevan Bonthron, Bill Fuss and Harry Klungel. Harold Knight is the new Hensall reeve by acclamation. Former reeve John Baker joins Charles Hay on Second nominations result in elections the PUC, also by acclamation, In Stephen township, present councillors Alan Walper, Doug Russell and Ralph Weber are being challenged by Ken McCann and Tom Lessard. Stephen reeve Cecil Desjardine and deputy-reeve Kenneth Campbell were returned by acclamation. In McGillivray township the race for reeve is between in- cumbent Gerald Wright and Ben Thompson. Seeking the three council seats are Ernest Kowalchuk, John A. McCann, James S. Thompson and Ellison Whiting. The McGillivray deputy-reeve by acclamation is Jack Dorman. Residents of Hay township will Grand Bend electors will go to the polls after all. A second nomination which closed Monday afternoon at 5 p.m. to fill one vacancy for village council brought forth two persons willing to fill the position. They are Dr. Robert Clay, a dentist at the Grand Bend Medical Centre and Bill Uniak, a steamfitter foreman who resides on Albert street. The election to name the third summer resort councillor will be held on Monday, December 20 with an advance poll on Satur- day, December 11. Incumbent councillors Harold Green and Bill Baird were returned to their positions by acclamation when they were the only nominees filing the necessary papers at the original nomination which ended November 15. Reeve Bob Sharen was also returned by acclamation. Bob Simpson has moved up from a council position to take over as deputy-reeve replacing Rollie Grenier who declined to stand for re-election. be voting for all positions on council. Reeve Jack Tinney is being challenged by former reeve Joe Hoffman and deputy-reeve candidates are Joe Miller and Claire Deichert. Vying for three council seats are Lionel Wilder, Lloyd Mousseau, Tony Bedard, Donald Geiger and Gerald Shantz. Voters will have a selection of four candidates for the two seats on the Huron County Board of Education for the town of Exeter and the townships of Stephen and Usborne. Incumbent members Harry Hayter and Clarence "King" McDonald are facing opposition from Margaret McClure and Yvonne Slaght, The elected members of the Public Utilities Commission for the 1977-78 term will be incum- bent Prosper Van Bruaene and newcomer Roy Johnson. Electors in the police village of Dashwood will be going to the polls on Monday, December 20 to elect one person to the board of trustees. The regular nomination of two weeks ago failed to fill one position and a second call was made. This time two qualified nominations were received and an election will be held. Trying for the one seat on the police village board of trustees will be Leo Paul Masse and Kenneth Rader.. Stephen township clerk Wilmar Wein who will be in charge of the election said late Tuesday af- ternoon after the period of with- drawal had passed that an ad- vance poll will be held on Saturday, November 11. Filling the other two posts by acclamation are incumbent trustees George Tiernan and Harold Schroeder.