HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-11-09, Page 1Only Stephen and Usborne voters
don't have date at polls, Monday
Electors in all
municipalities in the area
except Stephen and Usborne
townships will cast ballots
Monday although some are
voting for school board only.
Voters will go to the polls
Monday in the town of Ex
eter, the village' of Lucan
and the townships of Hay,
Tuckersmith, Biddulph,
Bosanquet and McGillivray
for municipal councils.
In Exeter eligible voters
will be casting their ballots
Paving approved,
despite objections
The only debate at Exeter
council’s abbreviated
session this week pertained
to a request to pave a portion
of the driveway that will
provide access to the new
emergency department now
under construction at 'South
Huron hospital.
Councillor Derry Boyle, a
member of the board, said
the contract for the hospital
addition included paving the
access only to the property
line and this would leave a
small portion of gravel
Handle 29
fire calls
Exeter fire chief Gary
Middleton has released a
report on the operation of
the Exeter and area fire
department for 1977-78.
Middleton reported a total
of 29 fire calls during the
yea,r ending October 31,
1978.
• Of these calls 13 were in
Exeter, eight in Stephen
Township, six in Usborne
' Township and two in Hay.
Loss was light in the 29
fires. Damage to property
and contents totalled $38,-
700. Three injuries were
reported to the Compensa
tion Board.
During the year four bur
ning permits were issued
and 31 fire prevention home
inspections were made.
Retiring from the brigade
during the year were Ray
Jory, Ted Wright and Ray
Smith. The department is
full staffed with 24
members.
Playhouse assisted
by Sully foundation
James Murphy, artistic
and managing director of
the Huron Country
Playhouse, announced this
week that the Playhouse
was awarded a $10,000 grant
from The Sully Foundation,
Goderich. Mr. Bruce Sully
presented the cheque
recently to James Murphy
on the basis of the “wonder
ful contribution the Huron
Country Playhouse is mak
ing to the region.’’
The Playhouse reports a
break-even budget for the
current year, boasting an
80% attendance for the
season. With operations now
in the black, the Playhouse
wants to raise an additional
Officers have been named for the Exeter volunteer department for the 1978-79 year. Back, left, captainFIRE EXECUTIVE — Officers have been named for the Exeter volunteer department for the 1978-/9 year. Back, left, captain
Jack Morgan, fire prevention officer Norm Tait and captain Don Cowan. Front, platoon chief Bill Musser, chief Gary
Middleton and deputy-chief Don Wells. '*A photo
for a deputy-reeve and six
members of council.
Deputy-reeve Don
McGregor is being challeng
ed by Ben Hoolenboom who
was .a member of council for
the 1973-74 term.
Incumbent councillors
Lossy Fuller, Harold Patter
son and Ted Wright will be
facing the challenge of new
comers Don Cameron, Jay
Campbell, Ron Cottrell,
Alvin Epp and Marilyn
Williamson.
between the roadway and the
new pavement.
He suggested the town pay
for this portion, which was
estimated at around $225.
Works superintendent
Glenn Kells said he had been
approached on the matter
and noted that it would be
setting a precedent contrary
to council’s present policy
regarding the paving of
private laneways.
Boyle argued that the
situation was different than
that for private citizens. He
said the hospital was a public
service “and surely the town
can afford a few hundred
dollars’’ to help out.
Reeve Si Simmons said it
was basically a nitty-gritty
issue between the hospital
board and the contractor and
Councillor Ted Wright said it
appeared to be so minor he
couldn’t see why the board
and the contractor couldn’t
work out some solution on
their own.
Boyle, who noted that the
Okay tender
for fuel oil
The BP Oil Company sub
mitted the lowest of six bids
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hospital’ represented one of of Exeter council for the
the largest employers in ' 1
Exeter, said he’d better
resign if the town was so
cheap it couldn’t help out
with a small expenditure for
a public building.
“I’ll go along with it, but it
is a change from our policy,”
Wright said.
A motion that had been
presented by Lossy Fuller
and Boyle to pay for the
extra paving was then voted
upon and ]
unanimously, much
surprise of Mayor
Shaw.
“We feel better
airing our views)”
mented Wright.'
passed
to the
Bruce
(about
com-
$10,000 of “financing” funds.
The Playhouse Board .of
Trustees is seeking out one
hundred people to give $100
each. The “100 Club” would
be special friends of the
Playhouse contributing to a
“one time only” financing
drive.
The special drive will be
headed up by Dave Shep
pard, a rhember of the
Playhouse Board of
Trustees.
On the capital side of
things, the Playhouse, which
financed its development
through a seven year bank
loan, looks forward to a
retired mortgage in the«near
future.
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In Lucan, three persons
are attempting to find a
place on the four seat coun
cil for the first time. They
are Peter Butler. John
Forster and Jim Robertson.
The four present members
of council are Larry Hotson,
Gary McFalls, Norm
Steeper and Harry Wraith.
Present Lucan Hydro
Commission members Clif
ford Abbott and Rudy Engel
are being apposed by
Richard Acres.
Hay township ratepayers
will be choosing between in
cumbent Jack Tinney and
present deputy-reeve Claire
Deichert for the position of
reeve.
The three council seats
are being sought by sitting
members Lionel Welder and
Don Geiger and newcomers
• Tony Bedard and Dick Rau.
Lloyd Mousseau was
acclaimed as deputy-reeve.
In Tuckersmith township,
incumbent councillors
Frank Falconer and Robert
Fotheringham are facing a
challenge from William
Brown, Robin Gates and
Harvey Hammond. Three
are to be elected.
McGillivray township
vo.ters will be selecting
between incumbent coun
cillors Jack McCann, Jim
Thompson and Ellison
Whiting and newcomers
Dianne Mollard and Ernest
Kowalchuk.
Reeve Fred Dobbs of Bid
coming year.
The firm quoted a current
price of 49-.5 cents per
gallon. That represents a
discount of 12.3 cents off the
posted tank wagon price of
61.8 cents per gallon for fuel
oil.
The low tender was
accepted by council, the
others being about two cents
higher.
The discount rate will re
main in effect for the term
of the contract, although the
tank price could increase.
In other business, this
week, council:
Approved an expenditure
of $50 towards a gift for Lila
Hume, who is retiring as
secretary-treasurer of the
Ausable-Bayfield Conserva
tion Authority.
Agreed to send Clerk Liz
Bell to a meeting of the
General Government Com
mittee of the Ontario
Legislature which is con
sidering repealing an old
town bylaw of 1911 that gave
special tax concessions' to
owners of agricultural
property in the community.
Were advised their cost of
the repairs to the Webber
drain in Stephen would be
$3,150. '
Decided to lay over for the
new council the suggested
street light improvements
made by the Exeter PUC for
next year.
Changed the date of their
next regular meeting from
November 20 to November
27. That will be the final
meeting of the present coun-
dulph township is being
challenged by deputy-reeve
Wilson Hodgins. Trying for
the three council positions
are incumbents Hubert
Dietrich and Frank Hardy
and Murray Fraser, Joe
Haskett, Kenneth Lyons and
Peter Nippa.
In Bosanquet township,
four year council veteran
Charlie Srokosz is being op
posed by Denise Couckuyt in
an attempt to gain the
reeve’s post.
Present reeve Jack
MacDonald is being
challenged for deputy-reeve
by Peter Parks.
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Wants Huron people hired
Hiring policy is criticized
LARGE PARADE — Sunny skies attracted one of the largest parades in recent years for Exeter's Remembrance Day
ceremonies, Sunday. Members of the R.E. Pooley Branch Legion and Legion Auxiliary are shown marching down Sanders St.
while behind them are members of the Huron-Middlesex Cadet Corps and local Scouts, Cubs, Brownies and Guides.
By JEFF SEDDON
Zurich board of education
trustee Herb Turkheim
scolded the board’s ad
ministrative staff Monday
for what he called poor
hiring practices. Turkheim
objected to an an
nouncement by the board’s
administrative staff that a
secretarial position at the
board’s Clinton offices had
been filled by a woman from
Kincardine.
In a letter to the board Ila
Kayes, co-ordinator of
student services, informed
the board that Karen
Stewart of RR 4, Kin
cardine, had been hired at
$3.70 an hour as secretary for
student services. Kayes said
53 applications had been
received for the job and that
seven candidates had been
interviewed. She recom
mended that Stewart be
given the job.
Attempting to gain the Kingdon, Bill Lindsay, Don
three council positions are Tidball and Pat Lyon.
Donna Fernaid, Hans Ballots will be cast in two
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Hurt in Hen sail fall
A Thamesford man suf
fered back and neck injuries
when he fell out of a tree
while stringing new hydro
lines in Hensall, Tuesday
morning.
Bruce Payne, an
employee of Borland &
Orchard, who are helping
the Hensall PUC with the
new line, fell from the tree
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Turkheim said he felt it
was “bad for us (the board)”
to hire someone from outside
the county when so many
applications had been
received from people living
in Huron.
“Out of the 48 or 49 that
applied there had to be at
least one qualified enough to
be interviewed,” said the
Zurich trustee. “It’s tough to
be a representative in Huron
County when we hire outside
the county.
John Cochrane, director of
Recycling
starts well
Exeter citizens have
provided a “good start” to
the garbage recycling
program that got underway
last week.
Councillor Lossy Fuller,
whose committee arranged
“the special pickup for glass
and newspapers with the
London based firm, said the
first pickup conducted on
the west side of town Thurs
day had resulted in a sub
stantial amount of material
being picked up.
“They’re quite pleased,”
Mrs. Fuller commented in
regard to the London firm’s
reaction to the initial
pickup.
“With a • little effort it
should be a successful
program,” Mrs. Fuller told
Exeter council this week.
Pickup of the glass and
newspapers is conducted
once a month on the same
day as the town works
department conduct their
special garbage pickup.
The east side of town will
be covered today.
Mayor Bruce Shaw asked
works superintendent Glenn
Kells if the pickup had
resulted in any great
difference in the amount of
garbage his men had to pick
up.
“Not really,’’ Kells
reported, noting that the
glass and newspaper collec
tion would only be about half
to three-quarters of a load
for the garbage packer, and
would have been spread over
the past four-week period.
“It will take a while for
people to get used to it,”
Mrs. Fuller said about the
new program,
onto the paved parking lot
behind the Bank of Mon
treal.
He was taken by Hoff
man’s Ambulance to South
Huron Hospital and then
transferred to St. Joseph's
Hospital in London.
In addition to the back and
neck injuries, he sustained
lacerations.
education, took exception to
the remarks byTurkheimand
told the Zurich trustee that
the administration had
adhered to board policy. He
said Kayes had background
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OPEN HENSALL COMMUNITY CENTRE— The official opening of the new Hensall and District Community Centre was held
Wednesday Participating in the ribbon cutting ceremony were finance chairman Eric Luther, Doug Mann, representing the
financial contributors, MP Bob McKinley, MPP J’ack Riddell, ministry of culture and recreation representative Al Sinclair and
Hensall Reeve Harold Knight. Staff photo
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Receives praise from dignitaries
Hensall community centre opens
The new Hensall and
District Community Centre
was officially opened Wed
nesday night with over 250
people in attendance.
The opening was attended
by several dignitaries in
cluding M.P. Bob McKinley,
MPP Jack Riddell, Huron
county Warden Gerry Ginn,
ministry of culture and
recreation representative Al
Sinclair and Hensall Reeve
Harold Knight.
MP McKinley told the
gathering “You have a
structure that is more than
adequate for the people of
Hensall and area.”
McKinley congratulated
those people who took the
iniative in the construction of
the new facility and said he
had many fond memories
associated with the former
arena, “Everybody deserves
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DOUBLE PRESENTATION — At a recent meeting the Exeter Lions club made a donation of
$700 to ARC Industries in Dashwood to purchase equipment to manufacture miniature hockey
sticks. Above, Lions treasurer George Godbolt presents the cheque to ARC manager Ron
Heimrich who in turn presented hockey sticks to Glenn Kells. T-A photo
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Still no alternative
for answering calls
in office work and had in
terviewed the candidates
with superintendent Don
Kenwell. He said he was
confident both were capable
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a great deal of credit,”
McKinley stated.
McKinley theh presented
Reeve Knight with a picture
of the Queen and a Canadian
flag.
Master of ceremonies for
the evening was Eric Luther,
who almost turned the of
ficial opening into a roast of
the dignitaries. After telling
a story about Riddell, Luther
stated “It can be said that
this man who is no longer a
fleck on the horizon,”
referring to Riddell’s in
volvement in the Fleck
Manufacturing strike.
The Huron MPP said
“Tonight marks another
noteworthy occasion in the
historyof Hensall,” and the
centre was a tribute to the
people who worked so hard
towards the attainment of
the new building.
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The Exeter & Area Fire
Board members still haven't
made a decision on how fire
calls will be handled next
year, but they’ll be doing so
within a month according to
chairman Don MacGregor.
MacGregor told his fellow
Exeter council members
this week that the board
have been continuing their
investigations and it appears
probable they will opt for a
telephone system that will
see phones installed in the
homes of at least 10
members of the fire brigade
as well as the clerk’s office
and the fire hall.
If that system is ap
proved, it would be
operational as of January 1.
The board have advised
Mrs. Lorna Dale, operator
of the Exeter - Answering
Service, that her contract
will not be renewed in the
coming year.
Minutes of the fire board’s
latest meeting indicate that
a recording device would be
installed with the telephone
system.
Fire Chief Gary Middleton
has been asked to get exact
costs of the installation of
the system.
MacGregor said other
“I don’t know where you’d
find any more beautiful and
fitting community centres
than we have here,” Riddell
added.
He called it an example of
community spirit and people
working together.
Riddell also made a
presentation, with Knight
accepting on behalf of the
village an Ontario ensign.
Sinclair, while offering his
congratulations on the
building’s construction said
this was only the first stage
in the community centre’s
life span.
He said the maintenance
and utilization of the building
are areas which must be
given the same attention as
the structure’s construction,
According to Sinclair this
arena must enjoy the same
support from the people of
methods had been studied,
but the costs were found to
be prohibitive.
The board members,
which include represen
tatives from Exeter,
Stephen, Usborne and Hay,
have also reopened discus
sion on the reserve fund
which all but the latter have
agreed to set up for the
future purchase of a new
fire truck.
However, MacGregor said
this week that there was still
a chance that Hay would
join the program and that
decision has been left for the
new council.
In other business, the
board:
Agreed to increase the
base earnings for
Workmen’s Compensation
from $12,000. to $16,200 per
annum next year for the
firemen at an increase in
cost of $146.16.
Held over a request for
sharing the cost of uniforms
or blazers for some firemen
making inspections or atten
ding meetings.
Gave permission to Chief
Middleton to hire a contrac
tor to build an eight-foot
counter for radio equipment
and storage.
Hensall and area.
Warden Ginn told the
crowd “We in Huron can be
proud of community spirit
such as is embodied in this
new facility.”
The community centre will
be a “fine success”
providing the people stick
together, Ginn stated.
Luther said he had not
planned on singling out any
individual who worked
towards the centre’s con
struction but he had changed
his mind.
The co-chairman of the
finance committee said
Knight had spent much time-
on the centre before, during
and after the arena's con
struction.
Knight said “I'm damn
proud of this community and
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