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January 4
Exeter's assessment
jumped to a new record of
$5,191,660.
Mary Ford, caretaker of
the Exeter post office wen
the building excellence
award for the second con-
secutive year.
A resource centre and
nursery school was an-
nounced for Huron Park.
Crediton firemen donated
$1,150 to the police village
recreation program.
January 10
Rev. George Anderson,
Exeter, was welcomed as
the new rector at St. John's
by the Lake Church in Grand
Bend,
Mitchell won the annual
junior 'D' hockey tourna-
ment staged for Exeter.
Figure skater Laurie
Prout became the first
member of the local club to
participate in a provincial
competition.
Agriculture represen-
tative Don Pullen predicted a
good year for Huron
farmers.
An outdoor skating rink
opened in Crediton.
January 17
Grand Bend's sewer pro-
ject came in at $694,369
Name road
superintendent
Eric Finkbeiner begins his
new duties as road
superintendent for the
township of Stephen this
week.
Finkbeiner, a 35 year-old
resident of the township was
selected from list of seven
applications received by
council.
The vacancy was created
with the resignation of
former road superintendent
Frank Mclsaac who held the
position for the past 10 years.
The new road head has had
one year's experience on the
road department staff.
Stephen reeve Ken
Campbell told the T-A that
Finkbeiner was hired on a
six months probationary
basis with a salary of $14,200
per annum.
which was 12% under es-
timate,
Gerald Dearing Was
elected president of the
Crediton men's social club.
Buffalo was dropped from
the menu of Grand. Bend's
burgerfest due to, the high
cost.
The value of building per-
mits in Exeter in 1978 was
listed at $3,858,545 for an all-
time high.
The Exeter cemetery
board added cremation plots
to their services.
January 24
Many area residentsactive-
ly joined in Smoking Cessa-
tion day although Exeter
council wouldn't endorse it.
M.H. Hodgins was
honoured for his long service
as treasurer of the Lucan
recreation and arena board.
Dashwood's "button lady"
Mrs. Verda Moulton died.
The Exeter bantams won
gold medals in the annual
Clinton tournament.
Arson was suspected in the
fire which levelled a
Crediton house owned by
Faye Melvin.
Jafluary 31
Les Pines won .a recrea-
tion hockey tournament
which attracted eight teams
to Exeter.
Another section of
McGillivray Township was
added to the Lake Huron
water supply system.
Brian Miller was selected
as a delegate to a Junior
Farmer conference in Paris,
France.
Teams from Usborne and
Hensall shared the girls'
field hockey championship
for area elementary schools.
February 7
The Exeter Senior Citizens
club marked its 25th an-
niversary. Rev. Harold Snell
was guest speaker.
Bob Baker was elected
president of the South Huron
Agricultural Society.
Former director Mel
Webster was issued the first
automobile insurance by the
Hay Township Mutual Fire
Insurance Company.
Bill Chandler was
honoured upon his retire-
ment from the Dashwood
fire brigade.
Big Brothers netted
$290.96 from the all-star
game put on by the South
Huron Hockey League.
February 14
Bill Goos was elected
president of the newly form-
ed Granton Lions Club.
Exeter soccer coach Dave
Silcock attended a coaching
clinic in England.
Profits from the annual
Lions Sportsmen's dinner
were expected to reach over
$5,000 thanks in part to some
hefty bidding for autograph-
ed footballs. Bobby Bragan
was the main speaker.
Huron Board of Education
dropped membership in the
Ontario School Trustees.
Association at a saving of
$4,700.
Doug Hoffman was pan-
cake eating champ at.
SHDHS with a total of 22
devoured.
February 21
Fire destroyed a new
delicatessen and turkey
processing plant in Ailsa
Craig.
Fireman Hodgins, Wilson
Hodgins and Joe Dietrich
were honoured for long ser-
vice to the Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Authority.
The Exeter BIA claimed
they had tentative approval
for a $150,000 loan for down-
town improvement from the
ministry of housing.
Over 100 screens were
slashed in a vandalism spree
at Exeter Public School.
Exeter council instituted a
fee and pass program for use
of the local dump.
February 28
Eddie Shack helped
provide fun for kids involved
in a day sponsored by the
Lucan Legion.
The population of
Tuckersmith dropped by 140
people to 3,189.
Bill Spence was named
president of the Kirkton-
Woodham Farmers' Club.
Exeter recreation ad-
ministrator Kirk Armstrong
tendered his resignation.
Despite elaborate gadgets,
clouds spoiled the efforts of
area school kids to watch an
eclipse of the sun.
March 7
Arlene Walper, Stephen,
won the annual public speak-
ing test sponsored by the
Crediton Men's club.
The effects of declining
enrolment were felt in
Huron with the announce-
ment that 11 teaching
positions would be dropped
for the 79-80 term.
The Times-Advocate won
its second consecutive
award for top place in its cir-
culation category in the On-
tario Weekly Newspaper
Association competition.
Huron board of education
agreed to undertake a pilot
study with its first summer
school program,
March 14
For the fifth consecutive
year, Huron Tractor Limited
received the golden , tractor
award as the top John Deere
dealership in Canada.
The Exeter Hawks sur-
prised everyone by
eliminating Mitchell in their
league final.
A two and a half year old
Usborne boy, William Todd
Passmbre, drowned in a
drainage ditch on his
family's Thames Road area
farm.
Bob McKinley decided to
seek his fifth election win by
contesting the May 22 elec-
tion.
Northlands Mobile Hous-
ing in Exeter turned out its
3,000th unit,
March 21
Huron County's oldest
resident Adella (Sammie)
Fisher formerly of
,Dashwood marked her 106th
birthday on St. Pa tricks day.
Officials of the Lambton
board of education denied
plans to close Grand Bend
Public School.
South Huron Big Brothers
treated their junior cohorts
to a trip to Jack Ford's
sugar bush.
Exeter council okayed a
study of the needs of the
community's senior citizens.
Nineteen citizens met in
Grand Bend to discuss for-
mation of a Cub pack.
March 28
Stephen Reeve Ken
Campbell was named chair-
man of the Exeter and Area
fire board.
Grand Bend's proposed of-
ficial plan predicted a pop-
ulation increase to between
1,374 and 1,787 by the year
2001.
Hurondale WI celebrated a
60th anniversary, Lorna
Dale was honoured for 10
years of answering
telephones for the Exeter
fire department. She
accepted a position as dis-
patcher for the new police
communication system serv-
ing Huron's five towns.
Graeme Caig was selected
as candidate by the Liberals
for the May 22 election.
April 4
The Grand Bend Legion
played host to 'the annual
zone rally and election of of-
ficers.
A radiosonde weather
balloon from a Flint,
Michigan weather office was
found in the backyard of Mr.
and Mrs. Gord Slaght in
Crediton.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
Westlake of the Maplewoods
apartments in Zu,ri,cli
celebrated their .55th wed,'
ding anniversary,
Exeter - coencil,:'gave
proval in principle to the
Downtown Business Im-
provement Area to spend
$150,000 to beautify the
downtown core area.
The size of Huron County
Council was reduced from 45
to 29 by eliminating some
deputy-reeves.
April 11.
Midnite Jeff owned by
Wilmer Scott of Clandeboye
was named Green Pacer of
the year at Windsor
Raceway,
The new building to house
the Lucan ReVival Centre in
Lucan was officially Opened,
Constable Gord Barker, a
member of the Lucan OPP
detachment for% the past 12
years was honoured on his
transfer to OPP head-
quarters in Toronto.
The Kirkton-Woodham Op-
timist club was officially
organized with 59 men as
charter members.
Ian Smith was named to
the post of recreation ad-
ministrator at the South
Huron Rec Centre.
Zion Lutheran Church in
Dashwood was destroyed by
fire during the heighth of an
unusual winter storm.
April 18
Pfaff Electric won the Ex-
eter and district rec hockey
league. The Exeter Hawks
were elimipated in the semi-
final round of OHA Junior
"D" playoffs by St. George,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hux-
table, Exeter celebrated
their 50th wedding anniver-
sary. '
Veteran MP Bob
McKinley was acclaimed as
the Conservative candidate
in the Huron-Bruce riding
for the` May 22 election.
The Huron County Public
School tax rate was in-
creased by 8.4 percent.
April 25
The first of its kind, a
Swine Farm Workers train-
ing program was completed
at Centralia College with 21
graduates.
Lisa Stretton and Sheila
Snider of South Huron
District High. School won the
Huron-Perth girls doubles
badminton championship,
The Lucan juveniles won
the OMHA Juvenile "E"
championship for the second
consecutive year.
The Exeter Legion ban-
tams lost to Ernestown in
the OMHA Bantam "B"
final.
The SHDHS girls gym-
nastic team' won the Huron-
Perth championship.
Moira Couper of Bayfield
and formerly of Hens'all Was
named 'ttfeWNDPAZfarldidate
for the May 22,eldction.,
Stan Frayrie,''Postmaster
at Hay for the past 25 years
was honoured by the Post
Office department.
May 2
Ronalee Bogart and Maja
Gans won the Huron-Perth
and WOSSA Junior girls
doubles badminton titles and
Brenda Pinder and Dave
Bell were mixed doubles
winners in Huron-Perth.
Marie Tiernan was named
president of the Exeter
figure skating club.
Five year-old Jon-Cori
Accetti of Ailsa Craig was
killed when the bike he was
riding was struck by a car,
Huron County historian
and author James Scott died
in Seaforth,
May 9
The Huron COUnty Board
of Education set a policy for
selection of books used in
high schools.
Lucan residents in the
Harold Court subdivision
asked council for relief in
basement floodings,
Southcott Pines at Grand
Bend completed plans for a
recreation program.
The three Huron-Bruce
candidates in the May 22
election participated in an
,all candidates night spon-
sored by the Huron Federa-
tion of Agriculture.
Bill Fairbairn, forrnerly•of
Exeter helped the Petrolia
Squires to win the Allan Cup,
the highest honour in senior
hockey in Canada.
The Lucan-Granton Great
Ride for Cancer was a great
success.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
Durand, R.R. 1, Dashwood
celebrated their 50th wed-
ding anniversary.
Colin Gilfillan died in a
fire in his home in
Winchelsea.
Marjorie Arnold, Mount
Carmel and Robert
Vanstone R,R. 2, Efashwood
were killed in a head-on
crash.
May 16
A barn owned by Ron
Mason, R.R. 1 Exeter was
destroyed by fire.
Paul Wareing of SHDHS
won the Huron-Perth senior
boys track and field cham-
pionshop.
Rick Bowers of Crediton
was electrocuted in an acci-
dent in Ailsa Craig.
Jeanna Elliott, Staffa and
Angelle Andreassi, Seaforth
were killed in an accident,
near Mitchell.
Accidents
Continued from front page
concession 10-11 of Hay north
of , Zurich. Constable. Bob
Whiteford listed damage at
$2,300.
The final crash ,occurredi
on Highway 84 west of Zurich
when a vehicle driven by
Bernard Barnes, RR 8
Watford, went out of control
after a tire blew and hit a
hydro pole.
Constable Ed Wilcox in-
vestigated and set damage
at $460.
May 24
Robert McKinley swept to
his fifth victory in the
Huron-Bruce riding in the
May 22 election. Sid.
Fraleigh was the winner in
Lambton and Nelson Elliott
was the winner in
Middlesex.
Excellent weather greeted
435 families to the annual
campout of the Ontario.
Provincial Campers
Association at the South
Huron Rec Centre,
Pearl Kraft of Dashwood
celebrated her 90th birthday.
Mr, and Mrs. Ed Alex-
ander celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary,
May 30
John Bruijns of the
Dashwood Tigers pitched a
no-hitter in Huron-Perth
baseball action,
Veteran players Ken
Pinder and Randy Lovie won
most of the individual
awards at the Exeter junior
Hawks annual banquet.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Dix-
on, Lucan celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary,
Paul Wein and Paul
McAuley of South Huron
District High School -placed
in the top 10 percent in a na-
tion wide mathematics com-
petition,
Exeter town council was
served with notice of a law-
suit by Hawleaf
Developments when the
town's building inspector
placed a stop work order at
the north end shopping cen-
tre.
June 6
The mortgage on the
Crestwood and Crestview
Homes at Elginfield was
burned and plans made for
future expansion.
Willis. Desjardine of
Shipka won the open class
championship in a fiddlers.'
contest in Blyth.
A Bikeathon at Hensall
raises $2,000 for ball
diamonds.
Chris McCauley. who
played some of his minor
hockey in Exeter when his
father Terry was resources
manager of the Ausable
Conservation Authority was
drafted by the London
Knights.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Coates
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Illegal possession of
alcohol and failure to wear
seat belts constituted the
majority of cases heard in
Exeter court in recent sit-
tings.
Fines of $104 or 10 days
By MRS. PETER MARTIN
Rev. and Mrs. Armin
Schlenker spent Christmas
weekend in Kitchener with
their family and Christmas
day at home with Mr. and
Mrs. Max Howard and
Matthew as guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Turn-
bull, Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Gilchrist, Mr. and Mrs,
Robert Miller and Robbie
from New Orleans' spent
Christmas and a week of
holidays with Max Turnbull '
and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Lamport.
were levied against Bryan
Baker, Hensall; John
VanRoestel, Exeter; John R.
Rooseboom, RR 3 Zurich;
Raymond Riley, RR 2 Staffa
and Charles Mortley, RR 2
Zurich for having liquor
Dr. and Mrs. Ross Wein,
Laurie and Daniel of
Fredericton, New Brunswick
spent the week with Mr. and
Mrs. Emmerson Wein and
family. The Wein family held
their Christmas dinner with
their daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Rader, Michael and
Amy of Dashwood. Atten-
ding were Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Wein, Laurie and Danny,
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Wein.
Steven and Adam of Thorn-
dale, Harry and Maurice
Hirtzel,Lloycl Wein and Mr.
and MrS. Emmersori Wein.
under the legal age.
Having liquor readily
available in a vehicle
resulted in similar fines for
Fred Robinson, Exeter;
Gerald Cottle, RR 1
Woodham; and Michael
Parsons, Exeter.
The latter was also fined
$103 or 10 days for creating
unnecessary noise with his
' motor vehicle on November
20,
Daniel R. Heywood, RR 3
Exeter, was fined $104 or 10
days for failing to leave a
licensed establishment when
requested to do so by the
owner.
Paying fines of $28 or three
days for failing to wear
complete seat belt assem-
blies were Linda Downing,
Huron Park; Rose Franze,
London; Blair Hearn, Huron
Park; David Hill; London;
David Milton, Crediton; and
Richard Snell, Centralia.
The following paid fines
belts
for speeding; Ervin H. Pfaff,
Crediton, $15.50 for 61 in a 50
zone; Sharon Carter, Clin-
ton, $21.75 for 95 in an 80
zone; James Nixon,
Seaforth, $21,75 for 95 in an
80 zone; Leo Dietrich,
Centralia, $103 for 120 in an
80 zone; Timothy Griffith,
Huron Park, $20.50 for 64 in a.
50 zone.
Brian Sweitzer, Exeter,
was fined $28 or three days
for driving a motor vehicle ;
without a valid license plate.
A Centralia man, Kevin
Masnica, was fined $108 or 11
days on a charge of careless
driving and Robert
Alexander Wegg, Woodham,
was fined $100 or 10 days for
driving while under
suspension for unpaid fines.
James Hussey, Stratford,
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counts for making false
statements under the
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