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EXETER COUNCIL BRIEFS
Delay decision on
renting town room
Exeter council decided
this week to hold in abeyance
a request from the ministry
of government services to
use the council chambers
and mayor’s office for small
claims court.
The ministry said that six
sittings are held each year
and clerk Liz Bell indicated
they wouldn’t bother her
staff. However, she said
council would have to get
permission from the federal
government to sub-let the
facilities.
The small claims court
sessions are currently held
at the Legion Hall, but the
letter from the ministry said
those facilities were un
satisfactory. Council learned
that people attending court
have to wait in the bar room
and the presiding official
feels that is undesirable.
Councillor Ted Wright said
the rental fee of $35 per
session was too low in his
opinion.
Council decided to get
more details on the court
sessions and also to ascer
tain whether the federal
government, from whom
they lease the former post
office, would allow them to
sub-let the facilities.
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Engineer B. M. Ross will
be asked for an opinion
whether council should take
a damage claim out of the
hold-back on the Alexander
St. storm drain project.
The local PUC have
submitted a damage claim in
the amount of $202.01 against
the contractor, but the firm’s
insurance agency has
refused to pay, saying that
the leaks in water lines were
not caused by the contractor,
butratherthe age and type of
pipe involved.
Works superintendent
Glenn Kells said the
Hold tea, sale
at Huronview
atAttendance was good
the annual Blossom Tea held
at Huronview on Wednesday.
The tea was declared of
ficially opened by Mr.
Chester Archibald and over
: 100 people were served tea.
Prizes
flower
awarded
Flowers
Hoggarth,
bowl awarded by Anstett’s
Jewellers - Mrs. Grace Peck,
Huronview; magazine rack
awarded by Beattie’s
Furniture - Mrs. Lorna
Radford, Clinton; ceramic
dish, awarded by Clinton
Home Hardware - Mrs. Josie
Cunningham, Huronview.
Clinton Women’s Institute
was in charge of the Bake
Table which did a good trade
and crafts were in the care of
Diane Elliott. Blyth
Women’s Institute took care
of the tea. Many thanks to all
who helped in any way.
Higher prices
Hensail sales barn had an
active market with higher
prices again last Thursday;
supply consisted mainly of
heifers and steers. Fat
cattle; heifers, $66.50-$70.50,
sales to $72.25; steers, $66.75-
$72.25, sales to $73.75; cows,
$41.00-$47.00 sales to $52.00.
Pigs; $35.00-$59.00.
awarded were -
arrangement,
by Ken Cook’s
- Mrs. Gladys
Clinton; wooden
PRIEST IS HONORED —■ Father John G. Mooney was honoured at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Sunday for completing
25 years <3$ a priest. From the left are Stephen Dietrich, Father Richard Charrette, Father Mooney and Pat Sullivan. T-A photo
engineer’s inspector should
have the required in
formation to rule whether it
was the contractor’s fault
and if the claim should be
paid out of the hold-back.
It was learned that at least
two property owners have
refused to sign easements
required for the new storm
drain being installed at the
north end of Exeter.
The refusals came as a
surprise, because both
property owners had signed
intent forms.
However, Kells said one
had refused because the
formal agreement stipulated
no building could take place
over the easement.
Council decided to have
Reeve Si Simmons pursue
the matter.
4- + +
Mayor Bruce Shaw told
council they may have made
a “costly mistake” in ap
proving a policy of providing
five weeks’ holidays to
employees who have worked
for the town for 15 years.
He said the PUC have
already run into a problem in
that regard.
Shaw said that while
nothing could be done about
the matter this year, it
should be reviewed in next
year’s contracts.
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Council concurred with a
resolution from Strathroy,
requesting that the Work
men’s Compensation Board
pay compensation to injured
firefighters on a normal
work week period.
The resolution indicated
that compensation is now
paid on the basis of firemen
working on a seven-day
week. This means that their
total insurance coverage is
lower than itwouldbe if they
were considered to be
working on a five-day week.
While council members
weren’t aware of the
problem, they agreed to
support the resolution.
“If someone wasn’t getting
shafted it wouldn’t come
up,” Councillor Harold
Patterson said.
Councillor Derry Boyle
' be
as
said firemen
protected as
possible.
should
much
+ ++
With Lossy Fuller and Don
MacGregor in opposition,
council approved an ex
penditure of $50 for a half
page ad in a cook book being
prepared by area Boy
Scouts.
“If we can support the
plowing match, we can
support the Boy Scouts,”
commented Derry Boyle in
presenting the motion to take
out an ad in the publication.
+ + +
Exeter’s animal control
officer made his initial
report since commencing
patrols on May 18. No
pickups were reported.
“I think people in Exeter
look after their animals very
well,” he reported. “There
are just a few that don’t and
we know pretty well where
those are now.”
BIG BROTHERS EXECUTIVE At their first annual meeting the South Huron Big Brothers Association elected a 13 member
executive. In the back row, left-right are directors Phil Warren, Mary Gregg, Gary Eagleson, Rob Grant, Jim Chapman, Dee
Beuerman and Al Epp. The front row consists of Bruce Shaw, secretary; Rev. Glen Wright, past president; Marshall Dearing,
president; John Timmermans, vice-president and Bill Driedger, treasurer. T-A photo
Huron board ask change
to expedite negotiations
Tiie Huron County Board
of Education wants'the On
tario minister of education
to make several changes to
The readers write
Dear Sir:
We are a newly organized
Community Service Club,
and as such, we have our
faults, one of which is
publicity. To rectify this our
president and his com
mittees have undertaken a
program which should
enable you, the public and
the private interested per
sons, an opportunity to be
informed as to what you can
hope to see in the near
future. Some of these are the
spirited efforts of our youth.
The Teen Town of our area
are holding an Appreciation
Night, on June 16, in honor of
Glen Alblas. This young
gentleman was chosen as
one of the few cadets across
Canada to travel to Germany
to represent Canada and the
Legion Branches of Exeter
and Lucan. Hopefully
years to come more of
offspring will earn
privilege to follow in
footsteps. Stephen Township
has something going for
them after all. Thanks to our
“youth:
Last Saturday’s turn out
for the “Ball” League was
heartwarming. Twenty-two
youngsters braved the 9 a.m.
weather to find out what it’s
all about. Twenty parents
in
our
the
his
Charge three
over breakins
As a result of investiga
tion by Exeter OPP into the
recent series of breakins at
Cedar Bank and Poplar
Beach subdivisions in Hay
Township, three
Wallaceburg men have been
charged.
Patrick Calvin
Deschamps, 19, RR 5
Wallaceburg, faces seven
counts of break, enter and
theft, while William Sterl
ing, 19, and Andrew Taylor,
25, both of Wallaceburg,
face three charges each.
The three have been
released on bail and will be
appearing in court later this
month. None of the stolen
property has been recovered
to date.
Bill 100 to expedite salary
negotiations between boards
and teachers.
The board sent a list of
bit laterarrived a little
(including some of the
Optimists)! The field at the
East end of McCurdy School
was in fine shape and the
new equipment was in
abundance. Jim Gage, the
Co-ordinator is enthusiastic
with the response and en
courages more youngsters
and parents to turn out.
Soccer is no fledgling to
our communities. All of the
schools have such a program
and have had for years. You
don’t have to forget about it
when school closes, because
we have a program in the
Township that is going to
carry on all summer. If your
boys and girls enjoy the
sport and you are able to find
the time, we encourage you
to bring them out to the
Huron Park field any week
night from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
It’s free, fun and in
structive.
John Byrne who is the Rec.
Director for the Optimists
(on his own time),assisted by
such able bodied people as
Tony Jones, Brian Mullen
and other optimists will be
gladtohavetheopportunity of
having a fun sport included
in your children’s summer
activities.
Unfortunately our twice
monthly Monday night
Bingo’s have run into op
position from one of the
town’s up North. But, for
tunately a Bingo from the
West has taken a summer
break. We hope that
therefore we can do our best
to fill their shoes. Beginning
on June 22 our Bingos will be
held on Thursday nights.
Watch for our ad in this
paper next week. We ap
preciate your support. Along
with this ad will appear the
Times and Places in Hensail
and Exeter the bus stops
which we will initiate foryour
convenience. How about that
Sud!
You don’t have to be an
optimist to participate but
you should be optimistic if
you do.
“Friend of Youth”
Tom Lessard
Optimist Club of Stephen
recommendations to the
minister through the On
tario School Trustee’s Coun
cil (OSTC) aimed at preven
ting time lags during
lengthy contract talks. The
alternatives dealt with
provincial procedures re
quiring a fact finder to in
vestigate negotiations if
they cannot be settled in a
specified period of time and
that little time be wasted by
the province appointing a
mediator to assist in
negotiations.
Colborne township trustee
Shirley Hazlitt. chairman of
the board’s negotiating
team, said in a report to the
board that the chairman of
the OSTC made it clear to
the board that any proposed
changes to Bill 100 be
specific and be made
through OSTC to the
minister. The statement
was made by OSTC ex
ecutive director Dr. Peter
Bargen when he spoke to the
board on the merits of
belonging to the council.
Earlier in the year the
board balked at costs to join
OSTC and the benefits of the
membership and Bargen
met with trustees to point
out reasons Huron should be
a member. He said the
Huron board may not have
any success making
recommendations to the
minister of education if it
stood alone but if the
recommendation was made
by the council there was a
far better chance of success.
The need for the proposed
changes became evident
during the recent high
school teacher strike in
Ironwood golf course and
local pro Bob Martin will be
featured on CFPL-TV’s
“Morning Break” show this
Monday at 10:00 a.m.
Hosts Carol Campbell and
Jim Swan visited Ironwood
on Monday to take a golf
lesson from Martin, and it
will be featured on their
program.
★ ★ ★
Work on Hay township’s
secondary plan is progress
ing pretty much on schedule
according to clerk-treasurer
Joan Ducharme.
Mrs. Ducharme said
township council and the
Huron county planning
department have had two
joint meetings since the
public workshop section of
the plan concluded in
December.
Hay township is the ninth
municipality in Huron to
have iniated an official plan
said George Penfold, of the
planning department back at
the first meeting held in
November.
There’s a good possibility
the county planning depart
ment could present council
with a draft of the plan in
September, Mrs. Ducharme
said.
★
OPP
★ ★
Cpl. Dave
Woodward, who was
transferred to the Exeter
detachment last month,
received his 20-year long
service and good conduct
medal on Wednesday.
He was presented with the
award in a special ceremony
in Kitchener. OPP Com
missioner H.H. Graham
presided at the event.
★ ★ ★
Hawlweaf Developments
have withdrawn an ap
plication to erect an addition
at the new shopping centre
under construction at the
north end of Exeter.
The application was made
to council three weeks ago
and turned over to the Huron
planning department for
their consideration.
Huron. Negotiations for the
1977-78 contract year opened
in January 1977 and went on
until February 1978 when the
strike began. Valuable
negotiation time was lost
during the summer months
when the parties left the
bargaining table for the
summer school break. The
fact finder was not ap
pointed by the education
relations commission until
the fall of 1978 and his report
was not released until Oc
tober. Mediator Harvey
Ladd was appointed after
the fact finder’s report was
released.
The board’s negotiating
team suggested that Bill 100
be altered and that the fact
finder be appointed June 1
with the intention of making
the fact finder report public
in 30 days. It suggested that
the parties be made to meet
during summer months and
that a mediator be appointed
September 1 if an agree
ment still has not been
reached. It suggested that
fact finders be given definite
guidelines or directives con
cerning method or style and
any recommendations they
make and that the process of
fact finding is a waste of
time if either side refuses to
consider the report or
acknowledge the existence
of a fact finder’s report.
The negotiating team also
recommended that the
education relations commis
sion be more impartial and
if the right to strike or lock
out teachers is to remain the
ERC be not so quick to
recommend arbitration to
the parties.
Zurich trustee Herb
Turkheim told the board
that the recommendations
should be made through the
OSTC to have any impact.
He said if the board sent the
material to the minister in a
letter it would probably “lie
on the bottom shelf
somewhere and never be
used”.
GRADUATES — Catherine
Gaynor Read, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Read, Ex
eter graduated recently from
the University of Guelph with
a B.S.C. She has accepted a
position with the Royal Bank
of Canada in Toronto.
Photo by Dorothy Taylor
Studio
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
Any ratepayer who
wishes to receive a copy
of the audited Financial
Statement for 1977 for
the Huron County Board
of Education should
write or phone Mr. R.B.
Dunlop, Treasurer, at
the following address:
The Huron County
Board of Education
103 Albert Street,
Clinton, Ontario
NOM 1LO
Phone 482-3496
D.J. Cochrane,
Director.RJ. Elliott,
Chairman.
«
Big Brothers
pick officers
“If we can help one boy its
been worthwhile,” stated Al
Verschraegen, executive
director of the Big Brothers
of Sarnia-Lambton at the
first annual public meeting
of the South Huron Big
Brothers Association.
The meeting which was
held Tuesday at the town hall
attracted around 30 people
and saw the association sign
up 16 new members.
Verschraegen who has
been associated with the
Sarnia Big Brothers since
1970, gave a brief history of
the movement and said the
fatherless boy needs a role
model to help establish his
identity. He said “You can’t
teach morals; they have to
be learnt and the Big Brother
fills this need.”
He said many
organizations make
problems for themselves by
setting goals that are too
high and groups such as the
Big Brothers could obtain
greater success by setting
realistic goals.
Bringing greetings from the
national executive of the Big
Brothers whs Art Lloyd who
said being a Big Brother “is
really worthwhile.”
On a motion from Jim
Chapman, Rev. Glen Wright
was appointed to the
executive as past president
in recognition for the service
which he had rendered to the
South Huron group during its
formative stages.
Rev. Wright said “Its been
a real pleasure” and
referring to his impending
move to London “I just wish
I could stay around.”
Also elected to the
executive were Marshall
Dearing, president; Bruce
Shaw, secretary; John
Timmermans, vice
president; and Bill Driedger,
treasurer. Named directors
were Phil Warren, Mary
Gregg, Gary Eagleson, Rob
Grant Jim Chapman, Dee
Beuerman and Al Epp.
Bylaw could
cover more?
A bylaw intended to set
regulations for repairing
boulevards and sidewalks
after private construction,
may lead to some rules about
merchants displaying
merchandise on sidewalks as
well.
The bylaw came up for
discussion at Monday’s
meeting of Exeter council
and Councillor Derry Boyle
noted one of the rules
requires that level, clear
passage must be provided
for pedestrians at all times.
He said this could cover
merchants using sidewalk
space for display purposes.
While other members
argued that was not the
intent of the bylaw, it was
suggested it could be
covered under another
bylaw.
No decision was made on
the new bylaw for repairs to
sidewalks, the matter being
turned over to committee for
further study.
TOWN NALL DONATIONS
C.F.P.L. Broadcasting Ltd..................
London Free Press Printing Co. Ltd....
Mr. Garnet Hicks ..................................
Barb Turnbull........................................
Miss Mary Gardiner..............................
Barb and Walt Tiedeman.............
Dashwood Industries...........................
Mr. Ed Lindenfield Sr............................
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kernick..................
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Hogarth..................
Alvin and Violet Rader........................
Murray and Bea Dawson...................
In Mem. Mrs. Arthur McFalls....... .
Pat and Damian Salomon ...................
Allen and Hazel Westcott...................
Robt and Barbara Grant and family .
In Mem. Mr. Clarence Johns..............
Annon. Donations..................................
|n Mem. Mrs, Ida Dinney...................
...............................$200.00
...................................300.00
.....................................25.00
................................... 10.00
................................... 25.00
.....................................25.00
...................................500.00
..................................100.00
...................................20.00
.....................................25.00
.....................................25.00
...................................20.00
................................... 10.00
.....................................50.00
.....................................50.00
.....................................50.00
................................... 10.00
.....................................96.00
................................... 55.00
Total Donations
and pledges...................................................... ...26,405.90
FIREMEN'S
PANCAKE & SAUSAGE
BREAKFAST
SAT., JUNE 10
7 a.m. till 10 a.m.
"All you can eat"
12 years and up................................$2.25
5 to 11 years.......................................$1.00
Under 5 years............. .........................FREE
EXETER FIRE HALL
Come Early
TENNIS ANYONE?
You Are Invited to a
FUN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
SUNDAY, JUNE 11
at
EXETER TENNIS COURTS
Under 16 10:00 a.m. 16 & Over 1:00 p.m.
Free Fun Tournament & Refreshments
provided by the Exeter Tennis Club.
REGISTRATION: Those wishing to Register
with the club may do so Sunday, June 11
between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the
courts.
For further information re:
Tennis -Damian Solomon 235-2358
Tournament-Randy Parsons 235-1304
Membership-Fran Shaw 235-0208
EXETER AND DISTRICT
SWIMMING POOL
ADULT SAFETY COURSE
The course material includes:
water rescue, survival swimming, basic first aid, ar
tificial respiration, emergency situations, care and
maintenance of backyard pools. I feel the course will
be extremely valuable, for parents, pool owners,
cottagers, beach goers, and boaters.
Police issue a
warning to kids
During the past week, the
Exeter police department
has received a number of
complaints regarding
children playing on con
struction equipment parked
during the evenings.
Police are asking parents
to advise their children to
stay away from this heavy
equipment. Not only can
they damage the vehicles,
but, receive injuries
themselves.
Bicycle owners in Exeter
are reminded that licences
remain on sale at the police
office.
Under the town bylaw,
police are authorized to lay
charges after June 1 to any
persons riding a bicycle
without a proper licence.
Reception
& Dance
for
PATRICIA BARRETT
and
JOSEPH GLAVIN
(bridal couple)
Sat., June 17
9 p.m. - 1 a.m.
HURON PARK
REC CENTRE
Music By
DJ-AL WARNER
Everyone Welcome
k____________J
Age Requirement: 18 yrs. and up.
Swimming ability: None required.
Dates: 2 separate courses
1 st course: Mon. - Thurs. for wk of June 12
2nd course: Mon. - Thurs. for wk of June 19
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $5.00 payable the first night
How to Register: Just come!
POOL AND PICNIC PARTY
From Mon., June 19 to Wed., June 28, the pool
will be available to public school classes for pool
parties. Call the South Huron Rec Centre for further
information.
HELP
WANTED
(VOLUNTEERS)
Volunteers are needed to help
with cleaning up the Community
Centre and Park in Hensail. Any
assistance you can provide will
be appreciated.
Meet at the New Community
Centre Thursday Night at 7