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At Huron County Council
Committee explains closing of Wroxeter library
County officials will point
out that the college at Cen-
tralia serves the residents of
the Immediate area of Huron and
the surrounding counties and
is therefore much more acces-
sible than a college at Guelph.
It will further be suggested that
moving the college from Cen-
tralia will affect the economics
of a community just recovering
from the closing down of the
former CFB Centralia where the
college is located.
"The Provincial Government
has been making' statements to
decentralize, such as it is now
doing in the planning field and has
done in other fields," the report
stated. "Therefore, this recom-
mendation ( of Professor
Richards') would appear to be a
direct reversal of policy."
These recommendations will
be circulated to all municipalities
in Perth, Middlesex, Lambton,
Bruce and Grey.
The addition to the Huron-
Perth Regional Assessment Of-
fice is rising but not before
Several problems were over-
come. For the benefit of Huron
County Council meeting last Fri-
day in Goderich, Harold Lobb;
chairMan of the property
committee, reviewed the steps
leading up to commencement of
constuction.
"Members of Council will
recall that at the County Council
session on June 29, 1973, Reeve
Lobb reported, "a rental
proposal was submitted for ap-
proval. This proposal had been
under negotiation for a consider-
able amount of time having been
finalized on June 19, iaal with'
a definite promise that the docu-
ment would be in the Clerk's
hands prior to the June session.
In order to receive this document
it was necessary to telephone
Toronto on June 28th."
"Following the acceptance by
County Council and the verbal
acceptance by the Province," he
reported, "the session of
county council was held on July
16th to award the tenders for the
new addition at. the Assessment
office . In the afternoon of July
16th, the province was advised.
by telephone that county, council
had approved the tenders and the
rental agreement was in the mail.
The county was adViSed that a
maximum of two weeks would be
required to finalize the transac-
tion which would Meat con-
struction would start on, or about
Atteti St 1St."
"In reality, however, the
final apptoval from the Pro-
vincial atitherities was not re-
teiVed until Tuesday, September
4th, eight daYs prior to the
eaariratiOt of the accepted
tender," the report Stated.
"Therefore, one eat See that
any. delay in construction was
not caused by the county, Reeve
Lab repeated. laCinnstractiet
has, lieWevera now started arid
hopefully a great 0.# of the
building program Will be closed
in before the winter Weather sets
in,'
The. Manning. Board chaired
by Catlin Reed hag received
petnii§aloo troth, county council
to' hire a platting technician
to 0,Seiet. Planning Director Gary
Davidson and Planner 'Stick 11111,
It is 'UtiderStOod that the salary
range tot such an employee la
between $8,00d"and $90 004
Gary Davidson told council
a planning technician would be
able to do much of the routine
work now handled by him and
Nick Hill and would leave the
two senior planners with ad-
ditional time to work on sec-
ondary plans for communities. in
Huron.
He said 16 municipalities have
asked for assistance with the
preparation of secondary plans.
The Ministry of Colleges and
Universities has adjusted the
Provincial grant to libraries for
the year 1973 which in reality
means a n increase in Provin-
cial funds of $10,000.
Huron County Council gave
permission for this additional
$10,000 to be the basis of a
reserve fund. In the 1974 county
budget, the Library Board is
suggesting that council give ser-
ious consideration to setting
aside additional funds in order
that, if necessary, the Library
Board would be able to con-
struct a suitable building for
library purposes.
"It is quite evident from the
information that has been re-
ceived that a move will have to
be made • at the conclusion of
the present lease Which expires
Explains,
need for
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Dr. Mills assured hitt it was
not and that no funds' ate realized
through the scheme by the
Health Unit.
County plumbing was
cussed briefly by council, It
Was learned froth Gerry GoGintio
chairtnaiaef the Board of Health,
that over 400 septic systems were
installed 111' Huron County so far
this year while in Perth, the
1110103er is More like 200.
The Beard of Health tiae
authotited tiro Mills to review
the present pliinabihg Iri§pettion
taYLaW. in Oader that he tnight
submit a report to the toatd in
that eiainieetiO11. Once this
bylaw haS"beeo reviewed and up.
dated and apptoved by the 'Eioard t
then it will be presented te
County Council for consideration,
A Perrie gave an educationa
topic on "Christianity in Indian
saying that only 2% of the elevei
million population are Christian
They believe that Cburch union i
a must, Dr. and Mrs. Buchanar
Were tte first missionaries t
the Bhil field. The 75th anni-
versary of this work of the church
was celebrated in 1973.
A verse on "learning" was
given for roll, call. A moment
of silence was observed in
memory of a valued and faithful
member, Miss Alice J.Forrest,
whose death occurred since the
last meeting. Her many talents
so freely givet will be greatly
missed In our meetings. A poem
was read and "0 God of Bethel"
sung. Closing prayer was by
the leader, Mrs. John Schnock
assisted the hostess with lunch.
MARK 75th BIRTHDAY
A family dinner party was
held at the home o f Mr. and
Mrs. Win. Bremner, R. R. 3,
Brussels, in honour of the
seventy-fifth birthday of Mrs.
Elsie Shaw. Those attending
to wish Mrs. Shaw "Many Happy
Returns" were Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Shaw and Mr. and Mrs.
John Nesbit and son, Blyth, Mr.
and Mrs. Cliff Irwin and Sharon,
Woodstock, Mr. Earl Mathers,
Lucan, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Stevenson, Dianne and David,
Brussels, Mr. and Mrs. Allan
Dobson, Billy and Janice, Palm-
erston, Mr. and Mrs. Doug.
Bremner and Chris and Mr.
James Bremner, R.R.3, Brus-
sels,Mr. and Mrs.Murray Brem-
ner, St. Thomas. There were
four of Mrs. Shaw's great grand-
children there to help celebrate
the occasion.
Personals
Mr. and. Mrs. ,Oscar Gorse-
litz, Mich. spent the week end,
with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hayden,
near Molesworth. All attended
the service in Knox Church on
Sunday morning.
Mrs. Archie Engel, Mrs.
Ross. Engel, Mrs. Eldon Wick,
Mrs. Gordon Engel, Mrs. Mac
Engel, Mrs. Campbell Grant,
Listowel and Mrs. Wayne Smith,
Monkton, attended a shower at
the home of Mrs. Douglas. Payne,
Stratford, for Miss Ruth Engel,
whose marriage takes place Oct.
5th.
Misses Linda Smith, Sharon
and Rosanne Engel were among
,
the Young People's Group at
Kintail Camp on the weekend.
orrespondent
Mrs. Mac Engel
On ‘Motday evening,
September 17th a community
shower was held for Miss Marie
Lake, whose marriage takes
place this month. Several con-
tests were enjoyed. Miss Brenda
Smith read an address and the
bride-to-be was presented with
a fine assortment of beautiful
and useful gifts.
Yukon trip
The Afternoon Group of the
W.M.S. was held at the homeof
M'rs. Mac Engel with an atten-
dance of ten. Mrs. Stanley
Fischer based the worship on
"learning". "Saviour teach me
day by day" was sung and Phil-
lipfans Ch. 1; ,1-11 was read in
unison. The meditation and a
poem "September" were read
by Mrs. Fischer. Mrs. Calvin
Cameron led in prayer. Mrs.
Lylle Gordon told of her trip to
the Yukon and Northwest. About
40 were on .this trip jourreying
by jet, bus; i and boat. Several
pictures added to the talk. They
visited Hay River to Athabasca,
to head of McKenzie River,
Yellowknife, Dawson, Fairbanks
and Anchorage, Alaska and found
prices very high. ,,O, for a
ciciser walk with God" was sung,
and the leader read a poem
"Before the frost". Mrs. John
in June of 1976," reported Hen-
sail Reeve, John Baker, chair-
man of the County Library Board.
A question was asked re-
garding the closing of the
Wroxeter library and it was
learned that particular library
did not meet the criteria for
continued service. County li-
brarian Miss Ethel Dewar told
council that when it begins to
cos t over 35 cents to handle one
book in a library, the library
board looks seriously at the
cost.
"Some other libraries may
go by the wayside too," added
Chairman Baker. "Some are
just costing too much."
In other business, council
agreed to protest the recommen-
dation of Professor N. R.
Richards, University of Guelph,
who has proposed that the
Centralia College of Agricul-
tural Technology be moved to
Guelph.
4--6THE BRUSSELS POST, SePt6M8t11 26, 1975