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Times-Advocate, October 5, 1978
PUC
will now be
happy with
Shaw com-
have
with
available. Extra lot space
will be required for septic
tanks and approvals must be
received from the county
health unit.
meter
and
Plan, zoning passed
Wl IN PARADE — One of the many floats entered in Saturday's llderton Fair featured
members of the llderton Women's Institute. T-A photo
LAMB POWER — A pair of lambs, provided the pull for this float in Saturday's llderton Fair
parade. Lee Ann and Lynda Jane McIntyre, Denfield coax the team for driver Diane Dearing,
Exeter. T-A photo
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approved changes for most
of the objections that had
been received.
One item approved
Monday night was a
requirement that businesses
in the core area have a rear
yard setback of 12 metres.
This will enable develop
ment of parking behind the
stores. Originally it had been
considered to allow mer
chants to cover lOOpercentof
their lots, but the parking
authority pointed out this
would eliminate their plans
for development.
It was noted that the
committee of adjustment
will have the power to allow
variances and approve more
lot coverage where it would
be impractical to have
parking areas.
A move was also made to
permit residential
development in areas where
sanitarv sewers are not
Obituaries
MARGARET HYTTENRAUCH
At Victoria Hospital, Lon
don, Tuesday, October 3,
1978 Bonnie Margaret (May
Hyttenrauch of Port Lamb
ton in her 30th year. Dear
wife of Ronald H.
Hyttenrauch and dear
mother of Jennifer and
Sarah at home. Daughter of
Warren and Bonnie May,
Exeter. Sister of Fred,
Toronto and Richard, of Ex
eter. Granddaughter of Mrs.
C.A. Anderson, Newcastle,
New Brunswick. Resting at
the R.C. Dinney funeral
home, Main St. Exeter for
visitation after 2 p.m.
Thursday. Funeral service
on Friday, October 6 at 2
p.m. with Rev. James For
sythe officiating. Interment
in Exeter Cemetery.
Memorial donations to the
Canadian Cancer Society
would be appreciated by the
family,
RAY FISHER
In SI. Joseph’s Hospital,
London, on Sunday, October
1, 1978, Raymond Fisher,
beloved husband of Verlyn
Gertrude (Thiel) Fisher, in
his 72nd year. Dear father of
Robert, Ross, and Richard,
all of Zurich, Mrs. Douglas
(Joyce) Armstrong,
Peterborough, Mrs, John
(Donna) Mathers, London
and 12 grandchildren. Dear
brother of Harry of St.
Jacobs; Edward of
Mississauga; Erwin of
Kitchener; Mrs. Gladys
Kraft, Waterloo; one brother
and three sisters
predeceased. The funeral
was held Tuesday from the
Westlake Funeral Home,
Zurich with Rev. G'.R.
Oelsner officiating. Inter
ment in St, Peter’s Lutheran
Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Jerry, Ken and Ron Fisher
and Orville, Gordon and
Harvey Kraft.
adafairley
At Huronview Home,
Clinton, Ontario, on Friday,
September 29th, 1978, Ada
Winfield Fairley formerly of
Dartmouth, N.S., in her 87th
year. Beloved mother of
Mrs. Marie Owens of Tuc
son, Arizona, Mrs. Margaret
Rice or Toronto ahd
Raymond Fairley of Exeter.
The funeral was held
Mondav from the Hopper-
Hockey Funeral Home,
Exeter with Rev. George
Anderson officiating.
The truth
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the mayor’s competition at
the International Plowing
Match said he would not be
around to defend the title
next year “contrary to
rumors going around town”
that he had changed his mind
about an earlier decision to
retire.
“Someone has to go after
this job,” he advised council
members, noting he would
hate to see the town stuck for
someone to fill the mayor’s
post.
“There’s no one who can
plow ... or spread either,”
Ottewell quipped.
Council made plans to hold
a public meeting on October
25 to hear reports from
retiring members and
comments from nominated
candidates,
Industry
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Riddell said he felt the
United Auto Workers (UAW)
union would have to shoulder
some of the blame for the
Windsor company’s action
because of its strike at the.
Fleck plant. He said he
based his opinions on
discussions he has had with
ODC officials.
“I asked them was it the
nonsense out at Huron Park
and they said definitely.”
Buzz Hargrove, executive
assistant to UAW director
Bob White, said he would
have to know the name of the
Windsor firm before he could
comment on what effect the
Fleck strike might have had
on where it locates.
Hargrove said if the
proposed firm was thinking
about offering the same type
of wages and working
conditions as Fleck before
the strike, then “the girls of
Fleck would be more than
happy to have kept the firm
out.”
Al Seymour, UAW
representative in London,
said he “can’t see why it
(the Fleck strike) should
have any effect on industrial
relations up there.”
Dear Sir:
The London & District
Branch of the Canadian
Diabetic Association would
greatly appreciate your
assistance in publicizing our
next meeting which will be
held at the London
Psychiatric Hospital, 850
Highbury Avenue, London,
at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday,
October 5.
The guest speaker for this
meeting will be Doctor
Charles Kenneth Gorman,
M.D. P.H.D. F.R.C.P. (C)
who is presently the
President of the Canadian
Diabetic Association. Doctor
Gorman’s topic will be
nutrition. This meeting of
fers an very informative
evening to not only diabetics
but anyone interested in the
subject of nutrition.
Thanking you in advance
for your consideration, I am
Donald F. Boos,
Vice President
London & District Branch
Canadian Diabetic
Association
Councillors couldn’t figure
out the wording suggested by
the planners, but it was
approved with a change in
wording suggested by clerk
Liz Bell.
Approval was granted to
Doug Parker to have an area
near the corner of John and
Albert St. zoned as R3 from
R1 and Len Veri’s request to
have his property on High
way 83 changed from Ml to
M2 was also approved.
“He’ll be
that,” Mayor
merited.
The bylaw
circulated again to local
residents and they will have
21 days after that in which to
register appeals with the
0MB.
After the documents were
passed, Shaw noted that it
had taken four to five years
to get them approved “and
there’ll be all kinds of
mistakes”,.
He said at the conclusion of
the meeting, that next year’s
council should move to have
the planning board as a
committee of council.
“It’s too demanding to ask
for volunteers,” he said of
the present setup whereby
the planning board is
comprised of local citizens
and two members of council.
Councillor Ken Ottewell, a
member of the planning
board, suggested there may
not be that much to do and
hinted local volunteers could
continue to undertake the
work.
“I’m afraid there will be
problems” (with the
documents) Shaw replied.
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The Exeter Public Utilities
Commission approved in
principle their 1979 hydro
department capital and
controllable expenses
budgets, Friday, with the
main discussion centering
around the cost of
reading, billing
collecting.
That cost has been
estimated at $39,000 by
manager Hugh Davis, which
works out to about $23 per
customer.
Noting this was up over
$7,000 the actual paid in 1977,
Chan Livingstone suggested
PUC customers were paying
“a premium” price for the
service.
Davis said he realized the
costs were high, but
discounted suggestions by
Mayor Bruce Shaw and
Livingstone that the meter
reading could be carried out
by less expensive personnel
than the present practice of
using linemen on occasions.
He said that there wasn’t
enough work to keep four
linemen busy every day
throughout the year but at
the same time, they were
required to have these
qualified personnel for
service duty, building lines
and emergency situations.
They also get involved in
water department work.
“It’s better to have them
paying water lines than
sitting in the back shop,” the
manager commented.
He said the alternative
was to hire cheaper labor for
meter reading and contract
hydro line work out, but he
suggested this would not be
acceptable.
Another cost factor is the
use of the London
Five charged
with drugs
Five area youths
been charged
possession of drugs following
a combined raid on Saturday
night and Sunday morning
by members of the Stratford
RCMP, Exeter OPP and
Exeter town police.
Scheduled .to appear in
court on October 24 in Exeter
are Alex Burge, RR 3
Zurich ; Frederick
Denqmme, Mark E. Hearn
and Edward F. Triebner, all
of 378 Main St., Exeter; and
Brian M. Taylor, 18, 313
Carling St,, Exeter.
Stratford RCMP Cpl. A.
Stern said the amount of
hash oil and marijuana
seized in the raids was “not
large”.
Stern commended the
Exeter OPP and town police
for their efforts in the in
vestigation and subsequent
charges.
Assisting in the in
vestigation were RCMP
Constable M. E. Floyd,
Exeter OPP Constables Bill
McIntyre and Wally
Tomasik and Exeter town
Constable Kevin Short.
Men's
computerized billing. This
presently costs about $6,000
per year.
Davis said that the use of
the computer does enable the
local PUC to more easily and
economically provide some
of the statistical reporting
required by Ontario Hydro
and the federal government.
“We have statistics and
reports coming out our
ears," he advised the
Commissioners. When asked
what benefit the statistics
were to the Exeter PUC,
Davis replied, “none
whatever, that I can see”.
He said some Utilities feel
that Ontario Hydro and
government agencies
demanding the statistics
should pay for them, but to
date that has not happened.
The total budget for the
controllable expenses in 1979
will be $141,253, compared to
an estimated $132,387 this
year.
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It includes operation and
maintenance, public
relations, billing, collecting,
meter reading, com
missioner’s fees, office and
building expenses.
The net budget for the
capital expenses was ap
proved at $42,495, down
considerably from an ex
penditure this year which
could reach $130,000 ac
cording to Davis in view of
the many large projects that
have been undertaken with
commercial and residential
developments in 1978.
The budget includes lands,
buildings, equipment,
overhead and underground
distribution systems and
meters.
The only item questioned
was the proposed purchase
of a pole trailer, Davis
suggesting the PUC may not
get away with dragging
poles along the streets much
longer. It was estimated at
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he hoped to get a used trailer
if possible.
Open tenders
Tenders were opened at
the Friday meeting for the
renovations to the PUC of
fice, at an estimated cost of
$18,000.
Bids had been requested
from area suppliers for some
of the work and materials
and were approved as
follows: Triebner Electrical,
$950 for electrical work;
Gregus Construction, $925
for carpentry; RH&S
Painting,$870 for painting;
The Junction, $1,742.57 for
drapery and $29.02 for
blinds.
The matter of awarding
the contract for the rugs was
left until Shelving Supply
Ltd., designers of the
project, can review the bids.
The lowest tender that meets
the specifications will be
approved.
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