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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-12-03, Page 1Serving. South Huron, North Middlesex & North Lambton Since 1873 New -thaptier for -company • Benefits both firm's employees enthused over western aluminum windows and doors in British Columbia. It employes In. Ia a joint announcement,' Michael G. Shurety, President of Dashwood, and John S, Farrell, Senior Vice- President of the Vancouver based Versatile Cornat Corporation, stated that the, transaction would bring together two excellent teams of people to the benefit of both companies, Farrell added that the association of Wescraft with a company in its own in- dustry would reinforce its operation at a time when Cornat is seeking to expand into other in- dustrial manufacturing 'sectors., Surety stated that the purbhase represents a major step in the development of his company. While Dash- wood is known and respected Centralia based firm a very Wescraft in British time because the west is two factories in Vancouver "which is essential at this DashDashwood Strong presence in the west Columbia, booming". and Wescraft operates. Itidus tries' has The initial challenge -for onemanufacturing facility - in. the firm will be to merge the Saanichton, )3,C., outside factories operated by Dash- Victoria, and branches in wood Industries and Nanaimo, Vancouver. and 11::.=f2PSZL7-:aaiZEZZMEZZLZ=AZ:200ANOW Santa gets ready Kamloops. 'Shurety said that the same type :of high quality wood Industries products, do urc else Wescraft products, enjoy the imagine In the west AO Nab- Even display dirty laundry Who else in, town would be proud to show off their dirty laundry? South Huron Hospital opened its doors Thursday, and invited visitors in to see every nook and cranny of the recently renovated building. The, public was even given a chance to check out the laun- dry storage room. Visitors were also in- troduced to a skeleton in the cast' room, or given the chance to ride up and down in a chair that would set you in a bath tub. Every door was open for public view. Administrator Roger Sheeler said that more than 2b0 people took advantage of the invitation, and toured the hospital. Snowy weather Thursday didn't seem to dis- courage anyone, Sheeler added, "Comments Were ex- , trembly positive, and Hound it very gratifying," he said. Sheeler said that both the stiff and the patients en- joyed showing off the newly renovated building. time was well worth the time spent," he said. He also said that the board was pleased with the number of visitors, and suggested that the open house may " bedbfne in an: nual event. Sheeler said that if there is' another open house, he would have visitors sign a guest book so that actual numbers could be kept. Auxiliary members, candy stripers and nursing staff were all on hand to act as tour guides. They seemed pleased to' show off the hospital's finer points. Members of the women's auxiliary provided refreshments for visitors. Everything was polished and shining for the open house. Christmas decorations brightened the atmosphere. Nothing but praise for the changes made in the hospital could be heard among the tour groups. One gentleman commented that "once the patients get in 'here, they won't want to go home".. Sheeler said that he is looking forward to getting a response from a question- naire that was handed out to visitors. The hospital will .act on any positive or con- structive criticism it receives, Sheeler said. A pamphlet 'explaining how donations can be made to the hospital was also available. THE OLD AND THE NEW — One of the features of the lobby area at the Hay Municipal Telephone's System's business office and work centre is a display of phones, both old and new. Trying out the units at the building's open house Friday were Clarence Gascho and sys/em manager Bill Wagner, Staff photo for liquid wastes Huron second choice HOSPITAL TOUR — Carfrey Cann was one of several Exeter residents who took advan- tage of Thursday's open house and toured South Huron Hospital. Candy striper Gaynor Mullin introduces Cann to "Charlie" a resident of the cast room at the hospital. Staff photo Price per copy 35 Cents Dashwood. Industries Limited, Canada's largest manufacturer of wood and vinyl windows and doors, has .acquired. the assets- of Wescraft Manufacturing • While the cost of living continues, to escalate, the, coal-of dying is also keeping pace. ' Monday night, Exeter council approved a request from the local cemetery board to increase rates. Clerk, Liz Bell said the rates have been increased approximately 10 percent, the same increase as last year. The new rates have to be ratified by the ministry of consumer and commercial relations and are expected to The first contentious issue to face Exeter's newly elected council was in filling GAYLAN JOSEPHSON a vacancy within their own ranks. Barb Bell, who placed third in the council voting in the November election, Laiirie Dykstra was sworn in as Exeter's new deputy clerk-treasurer and assis- tant tax collector, Monday. The appointment had come to the new council as a recommendation from the previous council. At Monday's meeting, a letter was received from. the Association of Municipal Clerks and Treasurers of On- tario notifying council that Mrs. Dykstra recently com- pleted three years of full membership with the association plus successful completion of the Municipal Administration Course con- ducted at Fanshawe College. She was congratulated by Mayor Bruce Shaw on behalf of council, Company , a , division of Versatile Cornat. Cor- poration, located at Victoria, B,C, Wescraft is one of the largest manufacturers of be effective on January 1. Thd cost. of a single grave , for a resident, including perpetual care, will be $130 under the new rates. A two- grave site is $250 and the cost for a four-grave plot is $485. Non-residents pay an additional fee. Interment fees will go to $120. Cremation remains the most economical way to go. A plot costs $40 and in- terment of the remains with a vault is $120. submitted her resignation before assuming office, citing health reasons for her decision. After Monday's inaugural session of council, Mayor Bruce Shaw announced there would be a special meeting to be held in camera to choose a replacement, Tuesday . morning, Shaw advisea the T-A that council held a lengthy discussion on the subject and finally ap- proved the appointment of Gaylan Josephson to fill the vacancy. ' Josephson was a candidate in the municipal election and finished in seventh place in the council voting. Shaw said he had talked to the head of the veterinary services lab at Centralia College after the meeting at which time Josephson said he would accept the in- vitation to fill the vacancy. for the quality of its wood and vinyl windows in every province in Canada, Wescraft has an equally strong reputation in the manufacture of aluminum products. "The fit was ideal", he said. Noting that the move strengthens Dashwood Industries in the booming western Canada economic area, Shurety said it was a major change for the company. "It's an exciting new chapter,' he said, "a major step forward for this company, He said that personally, he was extremely pleased with the acquisition of the B,C. firm, "It's almost ideal and just what we wanted," The Dashwood Industries president said it was a "happy merger" that would benefit all the employees of the two firms and give the company excellent facilities that are now "second to none". He said the move gives the In his inaugural address, Monday, Mayor Bruce Shaw suggested that • the main problem facing Exeter coun- cil in the coming term will be the disposition of the sewage lagoon system because it may well decide the extent to which the com- munity can grow in the future. He told the, new council that they would have 'to decide if they wanted the community to grow, 'and if so, how much. However, he quickly Exeter's annual Santa Claus parade is shaping to be another highly successful event. Lions member DOn Haines, chairman for the December 13 parade, said this week that 24 floats have already been entered and he is expecting severaIrnore as the date draws closer. Three bands will also be in attendance. They include the Seaforth High School band. the Seaforth-Daslwood com- munity band and the Goderich Laketown band, Several prizes.. are being offered by the parade pointed out in an apparent assist in that decision, that it was impossible for a com- munity to stand still; it either had to move ahead or it would start to fall behind. That thought was echoed later in the meeting by new member Bill Mickle who said "we can not and must not stand still". Shaw also noted, that the question of a nuftifivtiOrad for the southern part of Huron was another major issue and said that there were those who wanted to go organizers, the Exeter 13IA and the Lions. There will be three prizes for floats, and two for school entries. After the parade, Santa Claus will meet his many young admirers at the South Huron rec centre, where, there will be free skating. Free soft drinks will be provided by Tuckey Beverages and free chips are being donated by Frito Lay and Hostess. Area groups or individuals wishing to enter parade floats should contact Mr. Haines. slowly on that matter and others who wanted to go quickly, "Wish us well in this one," he concluded, While noting that council could not single-handedly stop inflation, the Mayor said he hoped they could avoid any tax increase and offer that, as a symbol to the community that the effects of. inflation can. at least be reduced. He invited members to ex- press their concerns and opinions on national issues as well as local issue and concluded his remarks by citing the necessity of each member of council up- holding any decision made by the group. "Council as a group acts, not members as in- dividuals," he suggested. "We're in this together and as a group have to support the decisions made," He noted that if in- dividuals did not support council decisions as a whole, it created an image that was not healthy. While citing the need for solidarity, Shaw emphasized that he expected individuals to argue as vocally as possi- ble in committee for their respective positions. "Some interesting and un- ique problems face us and I think we can handle them," Shaw concluded after urging Members to act strongly and be wise and listen to everyone and then act in the best interests , of all they serve. The Rev. George Ander- son delivered the invocation and suggested the council members had been given a Divine responsibility for looking after Exeter in the next two years and he urged them to do what is best for the whole community at large. Reverse rolls Derry Boyle acted as chairman at the outset of Monday's session and he and Shaw then reversed the Parts they played in the change of command two years ago as this time Boyle handed back the chain of of- fice to Shaw. "You held it well before and I know you'll hold it well again," Boyle stated. He went on to say that he had spent 16 fruitful years attempting to serve the town and that he felt very gratified to be part of the improvements and progress in that time. While suggesting the new council will have frustrating and even angry times ahead, Boyle said if they all get the same response as he did on his retirement they will be well rewarded. Explaining that he had received cards and calls thanking him for his service, Boyle said he had a warm feeling for the people of Ex- eter "that will stay with me until I become a horizontal Please turn to page 2 Huron County planner Gary Davidson told Huron County Council at their final meeting of this term, November 27; that the Ministry of Environment has been so secretive in their selection of a site for a dis- posal area that he was not aware a Huron location was on the list of possible locations. Environment minister Harry Parrott announced in the legislature on Tuesday that an area of prime agricultural land in South Cayuga has been chosen for a disposal and storage area for the bulk of the province's liquid wastes. The minister also said a site in Huron was number two on the list of possible locations. Davidson told county coun- cil the ministry has been ex- tremely secretive and his department knew nothing about a proposed Huron site until a daily newspaper call- ed Davidson this week to ask about the Huron location. Davidson commented it seems difficult that the ministry could have done any testing without some in- formation leaking to the planning department for the warden of the county. The county planner said he is concerned that because of the great opposition ,to the South Cayuga site on en- vironment grounds that the ministry may fall back to their number two site which is the Huron location. The South Cayuga site, 11/2 kilometres (1 mile) in cir- cumference, lies within a 12,800 acre tract south of Hamilton which the Ontario government purchased six years ago for $30 million. The original intention was to locate a new city on the land but the plan failed to materialize. The land will be used for a clay-based landfill, a solidification plant, a laboratory to test liquids entering the site and storage of some dangerous wastes, including cancer-linked PCBs. Dr. Parrott told reporters he wants to burn PCBs at the site once technology is perfected. Davidson said he has no idea where in the county the plant would be located if Huron was chosen as the site. He said the environ- ment minister has hinted the site is located somewhere between Goderich and Kin- cardine. Davidson said he would like to learn if there ever was a list of possible sites or whether the ministry chose the South Cayuga site because 'they already own the land. He said he wonders if Huron was ever on the list. Dr. Brian Lynch, Huron's Medical Officer of Health, told council members there is a cause for concern about the health risks involved if a Please turn to page 2 Nab suspects near breakin Two Ailsa Craig men have been charged with break, enter and theft after being apprehended near the scene of a break-in at Crediton ear- ly Sunday morning. The Pinecrest Variety in Crediton was broken into early Sunday and about $9.00 worth of cigarettes, gum and soft drinks taken. Another $200 damage was caused by the thieves when they kicked in a door to gain access to the rear storage area. Exeter OPP were advised by a Crediton resident of the break-in and six officers con- verged on the scene and arrested the two suspects. Constable Al Quinn is in' charge of the investigation. The two men Will appear in court on December 23. COLOR CHRISTMAS Local youngsters will have the opportunity to make $25.00 if they are selected as the winner in the first ever Times-Advocate Christmas coloring book contest. Look for the special insert in this week's paper brought to you through the courtesy of several area industries. New deputy graduates A FIRST SKATE — Stephanie Smith was out for her first skate Thursday morning at the moms and tots session at the South Huron Rec Centre. Here she gets some help from her mother Debbie. T-A photo The cost of dying on the increase too Bell quits post / Josephson picked A Hensall man, Robert James Carlile, was assessed fines of $400 and $350 for a total of $750 or 75 days in jail after pleading guilty to two drinking and driving. offences in Exeter court, Tuesday. The fines were levied by Judge W.G. Cochrane. Carlile was fined $40b or 40 days on a charge of impaired driving on September 20 and $350 or 35 days for driving with a blood alcohol content of over 80 mgs. on July 6. He was given six months in which to pay each of the fines and was given licence suspensions on both counts. Carlile was stopped on both occasions when police notic- ed a front plate missing from his vehicle. A Goderich man, Gordon Cameron Lee, was sentenc- ed to 14 days in jail on a charge of driving with an alcohol content of over 80 mgs. on September 26: A breathalize'r test showed a reading of 2,4 mgs. Paul Douglas Broderick, Exeter, pleaded guilty to driving with an alcohol con- tent of over 80 mgs. on November 1. He was remanded out of custody for One Hundred and Eighth Year Stiff fines and jail • for .drinking drivers sentencing on January 31 after the court learned he is a student and 'was in the" process of writing ex- aminations at school. His licence was suspended for three months. The court learned it was his second conviction. A breathalizer test recorded 1.8 mgs. Grant Reginald McClinchy, Simcoe, was fin- ed $300 or 30 days after being convicted of impaired driv- ing on July 18. He was in- volved in a two-vehicle acci- dent on that date and the police advised that they had to assist him to the cruiser because of his intoxicated condition. His licence was also suspended for three months. Three people were each fined $100 or 30 days after pleading guilty to possession of drugs. The charges were laid against Michael L. Par- sons, Exeter, on September 19; Charles Dugal Skinner, R.R. 2, Mt. Brydges, Oc- tober 6: and John Bentley Stephens, Exeter, on Oc- tober, 21. Each of the accused was given 30 days in which to pay the fines. In each case, a Please turn to page 2 'e BEAN DIRECTORS RE-ELECTED — The four Huron County directors on the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board were returned by acclamation, Friday. From the left are chairman Gordon Mill, Joe Miller, Bob Allen and Cecil Desiardine. Exeter's future growth cited as main question EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 3, 1980