HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-09-29, Page 5CONE DECORATIONS — Liz Stephens of Exeter was at the Exeter
Fall Fair demonstrating the art of making cone decorations, T-A photo
Gerald L. Merner
Chartered Accountant
announces
the re4ocation of his office
from 20 Sanders St. E.
to
257 Churchill Drive
effective
Monday, Ott. 3, 1977
THE HURON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
EVENING CLASSES
STARTING DATE FOR MONDAY EVENING- CLASSES"- WILL BE MON., OCT., 3
REGISTRATION INFORMATION 1. All classes will begin during the week of October 4.
2. Advance registration is desirable and mayibe mode by phoning or visiting the sch6ol.
FEES
20 Session Course '25
10 Session Course $15
Less than 10 Session $10
Credit courses $3000
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CENTRAL HURON
3. late registration will be accepted on opening night if class is not already filled.
4. Classes will be held weekly, generally from 8-10 p.m.
5. One credit toward a Graduation or Honour Graduation Diploma will be allowed for academic
courses completed.
Materials for projects must be supplied by students. Students must purchase required text brooks.
"SOME COURSES MAY HAVE TO BE CANCELLED If INSUFFICIENT
INTEREST IS INDICATED BY ENROLMENT."
SECONDARY SCHOOL CLINTON - Phone 482-3471
Monday Night
CERAMICS - BEGINNING
(10 weeks)
CERAMICS - ADVANCED
(10 weeks)
COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
(10 weeks)
DRAFTING & BLUEPRINT
READING
(10 weeks)
(20 weeks for credit)
GOURMET COOKING
(10 weeks)
GRAPHIC ART
(10 weeks)
HAIRDRESSING
(10 weeks)
PHYSICS - GRADE XIII (credit) -
(25 weeks - 3 hours per week)
SEWING • BASIC
(10 weeks)
STRETCH SEWING - BASIC
(10 weeks)
STRETCH SEWING - ADVANCED
(10 weeks)
TYPING
(20 weeks)
UPHOLSTERY
(10 weeks)
Starting Oct. 24
JAPANESE EMBROIDERY
(10 weeks)
Tuesday Night
ART - PAINTING
(10 weeks)
CAR MAINTENANCE & AUTO
MECHANICS
(10 weeks)
CHESS - BASIC
(10 weeks)
FIRST A10
AMBULANCE
(10 weeks)
INTERIOR DECORATING
(10 weeks)
HUNTER SAFETY
(10 weeks)
MACHINE SHOP
(10 weeks)
MATHEMATICS - SENIOR (credit)
(20 weeks)
WELDING
(10 weeks)
Wednesday Night
BOOKKEEPING
(20 weeks)
CRAFTS - ASSORTED
(10 weeks)
STRING ART
ICONAGE
- DECOUPAGE
- SMALL QUILTING
- OTHERS
ELECTRICITY FOR FARM &
HOME
(10 weeks)
PLOWER ARRANGING
(10 weeks)
FURNITURE REFINISHING
(10 weeks)
GEOGRAPHY - GRADE XIII (credit)
(25 weeks)
KNITTING & CROCHETING - Basic
(10 weeks)
KNITTING & CROCHETING -
ADVANCED
(10 weeks)
LADIES FITNESS
(8 weeks)
MACRAME
(8 weeks)
METRIC CONVERSION
(8 weeks)
SMALL ENGINES
(10 weeks)
WOODWORKING
(10 weeks)
Thursday Night
YOUNG PEOPLE'S BADMINTON
(8 weeks)
ST. JOHN'S
F. E. MADILL SECONDARY SCHOOL Wingham WINGHAM - Phone 357-1800
Tuesday Night
CAKE DECORATING
(6 weeks)
COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
(10 weeks)
FIRST AID - STANDARD
(8 weeks)
MACRAME
(10 weeks)
PILOTS GROUND SCHOOL
(20 weeks)
SPINNING & DYEING
BEGINNERS
(10 weeks)
SPINNING & DYEING -
ADVANCED
(10 weeks)
TYPING - GENERAL
(10 weeks)
UPHOLSTERY - BEGINNERS
(20 weeks)
Wednesday Night
BASIC BOOKKEEPING FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES
(10 weeks)
BRIDGE FOR BEGINNERS
(10 weeks)
CHAIR CANING TECHNIQUES
(6 weeks)
FITNESS FOR MEN
GROWING AS PARENTS (10 weeks)
(10 weeks)
HAIRDRESSING & GROOMING
(10 weeks)
LADIES FUN & FITNESS
(10 weeks)
METRICS FOR BEGINNERS
{6 weeks)
PRACTICAL MECHANICS
(20 weeks)
SEWING - GENERAL
(20 weeks)
UPHOLSTERY - ADVANCED
(20 weeks)
WOODWORKING - GENERAL
(20 weeks)
LIQUID EMBROIDERY
(20 weeks)
at Brussels Public School
OIL PAINTING
(20 weeks)
at Brussels Public School
To Start October 26
ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCES
(8 weeks)
Beginning January 11
WEDNESDAYS
FIRST AID • STANDARD
(10 weeks)
FITNESS FOR MEN
(10 weeks)
HOLLYWOOD AND THE MOVIES
(10 weeks)
GROWING AS PARENTS
(10 weeks)
LADIES FITNESS
(10 weeks)
POTTERY
(10 weeks)
"POWDER PUFF" MECHANICS
(10 weeks)
TYPING - GENERAL
(10 weeks)
Beginning April 3
MONDAYS
GOLF FOR BEGINNERS
(8 weeks)
Beginning April 4
TUESDAYS
STRETCH KNIT FABRICS
(10 weeks)
GODERICH DISTRICT COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE GODERICH - Phone 524-7353
Monday Night
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
SOURCES
(6 weeks)
ART
(20 weeks)
BADMINTON
(10 weeks)
BRIDGE - BEGINNERS
(10 weeks)
CONVERSATIONAL FRENCH
(10 weeks)
CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH
(10 weeks)
CROCHETING FOR BEGINNERS
(10 weeks)
GYMNASTICS FOR ELEMENTARY
STUDENTS
(10 weeks)
JUDO - BEGINNERS
(20 weeks)
LIQUID EMBROIDERY
(20 weeks)
PHOTOGRAPHY
(t0 weeks)
SEWING - BASIC
(20 weeks)
SPEED READING
(10 weeks)
STAGE ACTING
(10 weeks)
THEATRE PRODUCTION - BASIC
(10 weeks)
WELDING
(10 weeks)
Tuesday Night
ART - DESIGN
(10 weeks)
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
WOODWINDS
(8 weeks)
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BRASS
(8 weeks)
RACQUET BALL
(10 weeks)
SEWING - INTERMEDIATE
(20 weeks)
TYPEWRITING- ADVANCED
(10 weeks)
WOODWORKING
(20 weeks)
Wednesday Night
DRAFTING - BASIC
(10 weeks)
LADIES' SPORTS NIGHT
(10 weeks)
MACRAME
(8 weeks)
MEN'S SPORTS NIGHT
(10 weeks)
SEWING - ADVANCED
(20 weeks)
Thursday Night
JUDO - ADVANCED
(20 weeks)
STRETCH SEWING & MACHINE
OPERATION
(10 weeks)
To begin in January
BADMINTON
110 weeks)
BRIDGE - INTERMEDIATE
(10 weeks)
GOLF
(10 weeks)
STRETCH SEWING
110 weeks)
To begin in March
GARDENING
(5 weeks)
TENNIS
(5 weeks)
SEAFORTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL SEAFORTH - Phone 527-0380
Monday Night
FURNITURE REFINISHING
(20 weeks)
SEWING AND TAILORING
(20 weeks)
Tuesday Night
LIQUID EMBROIDERY
(20 weeks)
LADIES KEEP FIT
(10 weeks)
HAIRDRESSING
(10 weeks)
Wednesday Night
PHOTOGRAPHY
(10 weeks)
TYPING
(10 weeks)
Thursday Night
MEN'S BASKETBALL
(20 weeks)
Beginning October 13
INTERIOR DECORATING
(10 weeks)
Starting in January
(all 10-week courses)
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
MACRAME
OIL PAINTING
QUILTING
UPHOLSTERY
WEAVING
Starting in Spring
(all 5-week courses)
GARDENING
GOLF
TENNIS
SOUTH HURON DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL EXETER Phone 235-0880
Monday Night
DEVELOPMENTAL READING
(10 weeks)
FURNITURE REPAIR &
REFINISHING
(10 weeks)
MATHEMATICS 651 (Credit) -
(75 hours)
POTTERY - BEGINNERS
(10 weekt)
TOTAL FITNESS & WEIGHT
CONTROL
(10 weeks)
WOODWORKING
(10 Weeks)
Tuesday Night
BADMINTON
(20 weeks)
BRIDGE - seeiNeene
BRIDGE - ADVANCED
COMPUTER SCIENCE 400 (Credit)
(76 hours)
ENGLISH 440 (Credit) -
(75 hourS)
ENGLISH 550 (Credit) -
(75 hours)
FIRST Alb ST. JOHN'S
AMBULANCE
(10 Weeks)
INKLE WEAVING
(10 weeks)
MATHEMATICS 240 (Credit) -
(75 hours)
TYPING 100 (Credit) -
(75 houre)
WELDING 340 (Credit) •
(15 hours)
Wednesday Night
ECONOMICS 400 (Credit) -
(15 hours)
FLOWER ARRANGING
(6 Weeks)
HEATING, PLUMBING &
ELECTRICAL WORK FOR THE
HOME OWNER
(0 weeks)
HISTORY 550 (Credit).
(75 hours)
LAW 400 (Credit) -
(75 hours)
MODERN DANCE • BEGINNERS
(20 weeks)
MODERN DANCE & EXERCISE -
ADULT
(20 weekt)
NEEOLEPOINT 8, BARGELLO
(10 Weekt)
POTTERY INTERMEDIATE
(10 wee,*
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES &
SMALL ENGINES- REPAIR AND
MAINTENANCE
(i0 weeks)
TUBE PAINTING
(20 weekS)
WOMEN'S FITNESS &
RECREATION
(20 weekt1)
WRESTLING
(10 Weeks)
Thursday Night
ACCOUNTING 400 (Credit) -
(15 hours)
CERAMICS - BASIC
CHEMISTRY 560 (Credit) -
(15 hours)
COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
(10 weeks)
ENERGY SAVING SYSTEM FOR
THE HOME
(20 weeks)
ENGLISH 240 (Credit)
(75 hours)
ENGLISH 440 (Credit)
(75 hours)
GOURMET COOKING
(10 weeks)
MATHEMATICS 341 (Credit),.
(15 hairs)
MONEY MANAGEMENT &
INVESTMENTS
MORE THAN YOGA: JOGGING,
SKIPPING, FOOD INFORMATION,
MEDITATION, ETC.
(1'0 weeks)
Note:
There will be a registration
night for all sewing classes on
Monday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 222 es 224_ This will enable
us In determine class sites and
nights, etc.
MEN'S KNITS
(10 weekS)
JACKET TAILORING
(10 weeks)
SEWING - BEGINNERS
(20 weeks)
SEWING • INTERMEDIATE
(20 weekS)
SEWING - ADVANCED
(20 weeks)
LINGERIE SEWING - BEGINNERS
(10 weeks)
LINGErilE SEWING - ADVANCED
(10 weeks)
T-SHIRTS
(10 weeks)
FALL WARDROBE
110 weekS)
The readers write;
Dear Sir:
from M. Gans, M.D., C,C.F.P,
September 22nd 1977. The Board
which appeared in this column on
of Management or the Exeter
This letter k in reply to a letter
Business District Improvement
Area felt it was necessary, to
reply point by point to Doctor
Gans' letter in order to set the
record straight.
The Board of Management for
the Exeter Business District
Improvement Area was created
pursuant to the provisions of
section 361 of the Ontario
Municipal Act, Chapter 284,
R.S,O. 1970, This; section of the
Municipal Act provides for the
passage of a by-law by a local
municipality to designate an area
within the municipality as an
"Improvement area". Before the
by-law can be passed notice of the
intention to pass the by-law must
be sent by pre paid mail to every
person4"occupying or using land
for the purpose of or in con-
nection with any business in the
area" designated. This was in
fact done by the clerk for the
Town of Exeter, Anyone who
objected was invited in the notice
to file his or her objection with • the clerk.
In order to avoid passage of the
by-law the number of objections
must be equal to one third of the
persons entitled to notice or
represent at least one third of the
assessed value of the lands in the
designated area. Insufficient
objections being received by the
clerk, the by-law was passed and
subsequently approved by the
Ontario Municipal Board. In fact,
only two objections . were
received by the clerk, and neither ;
was from Doctor Gans.
With regard to item 1 of Dr.
Gans' letter the Board of
Management refers Doctor Gans
to the Municipal Act and points
out that section 361 refers to
business and not just retail
merchants. Doctor Gans con-
ducts the business of supplying
Medical services and con-
sequently falls within the
authority in the Municipal Act.
The Board feels that any im-
provements to the core area of
Exeter will benefit not just retail
merchants but anyone carrying
on a business in the core area and
for that matter the Board feels
that the benefits inevitably ex-
tend to all of the business men
and residents of Exeter,
Item 2 of Doctor Gans' letter
asks why all of the Retail mer-
chants who pay a business tax in
Exeter were not ' involved and
;`'made subject to the special
business tax levy which supports
the activities of the Board of
Management,
The short answer to this
question is that the Board of
Management did not want to bite
off more than it could chew, It is
clear that anyone required to pay
the additional tax would expect
some results for the money paid.
The Board felt that at the outset it
would be prudent to confine its
activities to an area which it
could effectively deal with.
Consequently,the decision was'
made to limit the "improvement
area" to that area generally
considered to be the business
core of Exeter, The Board will no
doubt in the future consider the
possibility of expanding the
"improvement area" to include
additional businesses.
However, this will only be done
when the Board is fully satisfied
that it can be effective in
carrying out its programs in such
an expanded improvement area.
In item 3 Doctor Gans ex-
presses his opinion that tenders
should have been called to select
a supplier of the hanging baskets
on Main Street. The reason no
tenders were called to select a
supplier was due to the relatively
small cost of the hanging baskets.
In short, tenders were neither
necessary or practical.
The Board did however request
samples and prices from all three
florists in Exeter, one in Stephen
township, one in Sarnia, one in
Toronto and one in the State of
Michigan. Samples and prices
were supplied from each of the
above.
The Board conducted
numerous meetings prior to
making a decision and the con-
tract was awarded to an Exeter
Florist, Tile Eieter florist
selected, declined to accept the
contract and there after it was
awarded to the Stephen Township
Florist.
The Board strongly feels it
received excellent value for the
money paid and is certain that
anyone who compares our
hanging flower baskets with
those in any other municipality
will agree.
The supporting brackets were
made by a St. Mary's firm
because none of the local firms
were able to fabricate the
stainless steel brackets required.
It is difficult to make any
reasonable comment on item 4 c
of Doctors Gans' letter. Surely
Doctor Gans could have no real
idea of how many merchants
from Exeter go to London to
shop. Any merchant Doctor Gans
might see in London could be
there for a wide variety of
reasons none of which include
shopping. It is also a fact tha tmot
every item a person may wish to
purchase, be he merchant or not,
is available in Exeter, and
consequently, many people go to
larger such to purchase sue
It is one of the goals of the
Board to aid in improving and
expanding the business district in
Exeter, so trips to London or
elsewhere by merchants and
residents alike whether for
special or ordinary items will
become less necessary.
The Board doesn't share the
rather pessimistic view that the
farm economy is in a shambles.
Certainly farmers are faced with
special problems which often
seem to result in their having
very good or very bad years,
However the activities of the
Board of Management are not
entirely governed by the state of
the farm economy, The Board
holds the more optimistic\ view
that states of business whether it
be of a retail or farming nature
will expand and grow in the
future as it has in the past.
Exeter, is a thriving com-
munity with many people in-
cluding traveller, visitor, cot-
tager etc. passing through the
town, All of the people who come
to Exeter particulary strangers,
tend to judge the quality and
vitality of the town by its
downtown, often the only area
they see.
One of the basic reasons behind
the passage of the by-law
creating the Board of
Management was to help ensure
that Exeter's downtown improves
rather than declines in the future.
The Board feels that as the
businesses in Exeter prosper so
will the town of Exeter prosper.
Growth, civic pride, and
community spirit are all
enhanced by a thriving, active,
healthy downtown area. As
Exeter thrives and prospers, so
do its residents, its merchants
and its businessmen - including
Doctors.
The Board regrets that Doctor
Gans feels unjustly taxed, in so
far as he is required to pay an
additional business tax levy to
support the activities of the
Board. The Board is not just
interested in the retail merchants
in the core area, but in all of the
businesses being operated in the
core and even more particularly,
in the town Exeter and its
future.
It is not "pipe dreams" the
Board is dealingiwith, but rather
the vitality and future of our
community.
In conclusion, the Board of
Management would like to extend
as it has since, its inception, an
invitation to all of the
businessmen in the improvement
area to attend its regular
meetings held on the third
Thursday of each month, at 7:30
p.m. Town of Exeter Municipal
Offices Main Street.
The Board is interested in your
complaints, criticisims, ideas
and participation.
Yours sincerely
Board of Management
The Mainway
Exeter Business District
Improvement Area.
Dear Sir:
Yours is an excellent weekly
newspaper except for your
column - the Exeter court report.
The publication of such items
as who drank eight mugs instead
of six, who drove 40 miles per
hour instead of 30, who slugged
Uncle Ben etc, can serve no
purpose but to sell newspapers.
In a number of cases, there is
no punishment imposed yet your
paper still finds it necessary, to
subject the person to a form of
"public penance."
Of course court room
proceedings are public Hi-
formation but if anyone is truly
interested he may go to court and
hear both sides, not just the
verdict. Since it is not possible for
a newspaper to publish adequate
detail of each case, nothing
should be reported.
A person whose name has
appeared in a small town
newspaper can very easily be
discriminated against in ap-
plying for a job or rental of a
house.
The publication of court items
is obviously not a deterrent to
further crime. If it were your
column should contain fewer
names each week. Second of-
fenders should be non-existent.
I understand that some citiZetie
have their cases tried elswhere to
avoid unwarranted publicity.
Surely all persons have the right
to protect their privacy without
"leaving town."
A newspaper of your stature
Should be able to use your front
page spade more positively.
I intend to seek the opinions of
the Ontario Press Council, the
Association Of Weekly
Newspapers and Commission On
the Individual's Right to Privacy.
If the eourt report were
discontinued your newspaper
Would never have to earry the
names of people connected to It Or
their families. People in glees
houses ehouldri't throw Stories,
I encourage your readers to let
their views be known.
Sincerely,
Mrs, Jape Gillespie
Deer Sir:
It has been stimulating of late
to have read the letters of Doctor
Gans, Being somewhat of a
newcomer to the area I have
unfortunately not yet had the
pleasure of meeting the good
doctor but do I detect in his
Manner the advanced symptoms
of "scroogenitis"?
My symptoms catalogue
describes this malady as "a
feeling of having "made it" and a
pox on those who have not; a
dormant condition in all humans
frequently manifesting itself in
later years; treatment includes
an elixir of appreciation for
others",
Now his most recent remon-
strances against the retail
merchants of Exeter have me
very concerned for surely the
doctor is afflicted with a servere
ease of 'Wednesday Syndrome,"
My book of afflictions indicates
this as being "a rare contpleint
giving the afflicted individual the
feeling that he is continually
falling over Exeter Merchants on
the streets of London; especially
peculiar since the conditien
manifeSts itself only on a Wed-nesday; recovery depends on
many therapeutic sessions with
retailers in the area to show him
that his weekly trippings to the
big city are hardly necessary,"
Compounding the foregoing
difficulties it is, alas, obvious that
our dear doctor has contracted
"agrishambles."
My trusty reference indicates
this as being "an allergic"
reaction occurring during
cropping time, causing the in-
dividual to imagine that he is
being chased in the rain by
farmere armed with pitchforks;
particularly servere when the
beaus go black; affects only non-
farming persons; Suggested
preventatives include frequent
breathing of country air and
contact with the farm populace."
Not to outdo myself as layman-
cum-practitioner I frankly feel
that our doctor is a victim of
"m outhilitis -w thout-subs tank,-
iatous ".
' My informative companion
says that "this all too common
complaint results in the person
making accusations rarely based
on fact; its cure is relatively
simple - a regular dose of
thoughtfulness."
Yours truly,
Graham Cottrell, 13.Se, (POOTJ)
Times-Advocate, September 29, 1977
P eS
IT IS A FOWL JOB — Exeter Fair poultry director George Tiernan and
judge Gord Ridler inspect many of the poultry entries in the weekend
Exeter Fall Fair. T-A photo
Merchant group replies to doctor's criticisms