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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-12-10, Page 1r-- • Hope to serve Centralia, Crediton '1 need for Ste hen villages Water services for the police villages of Centralia and Creditor), were listed as the top priorities at the in- ' augural meeting Tuesday of Stephen township council. Applications for the two water services have been made to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and word is now awaited on the necessary finding by the province. Reeve Doug Russell, deputy-reeve Allan Walper and cduncillors Kenneth McCann, Tom Tomes and Ralph Weber were given the• oath of office by clerk Wilmar Wein and devotions. were led by Rey. Harley M0ore of Grand Hend United. Church, Council- learned that con- strtietion of the Deyil's Elbow bridge was going ac- cording to schedule and beams for the deck were ex- pected to be put into place this week. • Building inspector Arnold McCann reviewed 1980 ac- tivities and reported, building pertnits'were issued for construction valued at just under one million dollars. This is a slight, decrease from last year, The John F. Smith-Carroll municipal, drain was given final approval and the con- tract fit the open work was awarded to- Hodgins and Hay* Construction on an hourly basis, One tile drain loan in' the amount of $800 was ap- proved. An appeal from Len Veri on water frontage charges for the Dashwood Hotel, property was granted. The Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority is being asked to administer a special flood plain 'policy area for flood prone lands of the, Klondyke area on Aux Sauble • Concession in the tsoowutiihswas.t portion of the Council Meetings for the Months of Januarys. February and March of 1961 will be held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 1 p,m. For the remaining nine months meetings will be on the same days, but, at 7.:$0 p.m. The /final meeting of 1980 will be held on Tuesday, Deceniber 16 at 1 p.m, The Stephen municipal of- fice well be closed for the holiday season on December 25 and 26 and January 1 and 2. Deputy-reeve Allan Wainer was named to the Grand Bend and Exeter fire area board's and to the ,Stephen fire board along with reeve Doug Russell. Cecil Desjardine was nam- ed to the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority and Jack O'Neill •will represent the township on the South Huron Rec Centre board. The other appointments made are as follows; Fence viewers. - Harvey Hodgins, Bruce Shapton, Harold Finkbeiner, Morley Eaglesen. Livestock valuators - Bruce Shapton, James Love. Pound keepers - 4rvin. Devine, Jim Glavin, James. Love, Walter Weber. Solicitor Keith McLean of Raymond, McLean and Gray. Auditor - McGillivray and Company. "Drainage engineer William Schifflett of Oemsby .and%Viaanerow. .Animal pound • Exeter Please 'tarn to page' 2., Itaximemimmeamias NEW LIONS CLUB MEMBERS — The Exeter LionskClub welcomed four new Members to its club Thursday. Welcoming Jim Beckett, Gib Dow, Gary Bean and Niall Straw was Lions president Earl Wagner. Missing was Elmer Bell. T-A photo La voca e & North Lambton Since 1873 Serving South Huron, North Middlesex , . ' ... . .. „go, 7ww.m? 1 ,.. arc ... ..... la 71 4eim, 777E77 One Hundred and Eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 10, 1980 Price Per Copy 35 cents Expects education costs will jump again in '81 .thtlea THE COLD SHOULDER — Last week's fall of snow alloWed area youngsters to make the first snowman of the season. In Exeter Jay Davison of Andrew Street North constructed one of the first signs of winter Thursday. T-A photo SANTA VISITS CREDITON — Santa Claus made his angle, visit Sunday to the Crediton men's club Christmas party. Above, Santa talks to Melanie and Christopher Neil. T-A photo Fraynte's get Ford site Solve water need Land who purchased the Ford dealership from Snider in August of 1979 said he would not be relocating the business in the area due to a VaalKu."T,T.MZESTWEM,:i0:-. dikes need Brussels elected as , McDonald said the board oath ,of office at the in- Wingham will serve a, term six new members, took the term and Bert Morin of augural session of the Huron as vice-chairman of the County Board of Education. board. Donald McDonald of In his address to trustees, Sixteen trustees, including board chairman for a second was creasing the education levy in 1981 'because of increase by an additional 8-10 per cent faces the prospect of in- in contracts. ' for Catholic "Approximately 80-85 per cent of our budget goes to high school employee contracts," he told the board. "And with in- creases of 8-10 per cent in Ronald M. Murray, RR 2 those contracts we will need Dublin, was acclaimed 1980 an increase ,in the 1981 chairman of the Huron-Perth levy." Catholic school board at the The board has successfully inaugural meeting Monday negotiated several con- in Dublin. tracts, with the inclusion of ,The 43-year-old McKillop the • custodial and elemen- Township farmer, who was tary teaching staff, but con- vice chairman ' last year, tracts with CUPE union succeeded Ronald Marcy employees and secondary school teachers are still out-of Stratford. Vincent Young of Goderich standing. McDonald said the past was elected vice chairman. year was an industrious one The 52-year old department for the board claiming old manager at Champion Road policies were improved and Machinery of Goderich, won new ones were introduced to over John O'Leary of RR 2 improve the education Staffa in a second ballot as system of the county. He there was a tie in the first ballot. Named to the nominating committee were John O'Leary and Ronald Marcy to act with Mr. Murray and Mr. Young to choose the four standing committees and the three ad hoc committees of the board for the comming year. Rev. A.F. Loebach of Goderich ,',' Dean of the Stratford Deanery, spoke briefly. He said catholic high schools have economic difficulties with government grants only covering Grades 9 and 10. He wondered if' a Catholic high school could be established in the Huron- Perth 'district in a more populated area as a start to getting Catholic education 'for secondary students. He said this was being started in Woodstock. The firm of Donnolly and Murphy of Goderich was appointed solicitor' for the board. A borrowing bylaw for $3 million was approved, up from $2 million last year. Buildings excellent Several public institutions in Huron, includitag four in Exeter, were inspected recently by the Public Institutions Inspection Panel. The panel system was created by the Ontario government after the federal government eliminated the Grand Jury System, whose members, were called. on to inspect huddingS:'rt ( The members of the panel are drawn frOm the Jurors Roll. Lillian Hallam, RR 1 Auburn, acted as, chair- person and members in- cluded: Fred Darling and Jeff Linde'nfield, Exeter; Gordon Mann, - RR 2 Wroxeter; Jack Wunnink, RR 2 Goderich; Barbara Watt, Egmondville; William Crawford, Clinton. One of the recom- mendations made for future panels 'was that the fee for serving on the panel could be increased "to make it less of a drain on the breadwinner's pay". Members are paid the same stipend as jurors. Among the facilities in- spected in Exeter were Braemore Manor, the police office, South Huron Hospital and the Helen Jermyn senior citizens' apartments. The reports on those in- spections, as well as one at Queensway Nursing Home in Hensall, were as follows: Braemore Manor, Exeter - There were renovations being made to this building. The addition to the old home was adequate except for one hand rail which was loose. The new kitchen will be a good inprovement, and the food storage will , be enlarged. We felt the old part had some very small single bedrooms and very steep stairs, which makes us wonder about the safety of the residents when in bed. Exeter Town Police - This is a new building as of June, • given rating 1980,, and was very well organized and kept. South Huron Hospital - We ate a very good lunch here and were very imPressed with the renovations that have been completed. A good addition to the community. Queensway Nursing Home, Hensall,-The building was being well used and was kept tidy' and clean.. We Wonder if impre0;14ent eau be made to the entrance; it was congested. Helen Jermyn Senior Citizens' Apartment, Exeter - 'this seemed to be the best solution to senior citizens' housing, Everyone is content and pleased with the facility, It is, being well kept. Weather, dog hinder motorists A mid-week snow storm followed by a foggy weekend created major problems for area drivers. The Exeter OPP investigated six ac- cidents in which there were four Injuries, none of which was serious. The collisions started on Tuesday when a vehicle driven by James Jesney, Huron Park, struck a tree on Huron County Road 21 north of Columbia Drive at Huron Park during a heavy snow- fall. The driver sustained minor injuries and damage was listed at $200 by Constable Bill Osterloo. There were two collisions on Wednesday, the first in- volving vehicles operated by ThoMas Roberts, R.R. 2, Kippen, and Mervin Dunn, R.R. 1, Hensall, They collid- ed at the intersection of the Usborne/Tuckersmith town- line and concession 2-3 of Usborne. • Mrs. Mervin Dunn sustain- ed minor injuries in the colli- sion and total damage was set at $1,100 by Constable Bob Whiteford, The other accident oc- curred on Highway 84 near St. Joseph's when a vehicle driven by Armin Hellman, H.R. 3, Hayfield, strUck a parked vehicles owned by Michael Ducharme, Zurich. The Ducharme vehicle was stuck in a snowbank and there was poor visibility, Constable Whiteford es- timated damage at $600. There were two accidents on Friday, the first involving vehicles driven by Wendy Baynham, Exeter, and Gaston Bernard, R.R. 5, Clinton. They collided on ,Highway 4 north of Hensall when the Bernard vehicle turned too sharply and struck the Baynham vehicle in the rear as it passed. Constable Don Mason in- vestigated and listed damage at $500, The other Friday collision was of an unusual variety Please turn to page 2 Potential purchasers of automobiles in Exeter will have one less company to choose from with the an- nouncement that Budfield Ford Sales will be going. out of business effective January 15. • The closing of the business which is owned by Gerry Land is a result of the pur- chase of the Budfield land and buildings from former car dealership owner Larry Snider by Frayne Chev-Olds. The lineup of floats that will join Santa Claus in his annual visit to Exeter continues to grow and could reach near record' propor- tions by the time this Saturday's parade rolls around, , Also included in the parade will be three bands. They include the popular Seaforth High School band, the Seaforth-Dashwood com- munity Band and the Goderich Laketown band. Several prizes are being offered by the parade organizers, the Exeter Business Improvement Area arid the Lions Club. There will be three prizes for floats and two for school entries. After the parade, which gets underway at 12:30 from Frayne's, Santa Claus will host his many young ad- mirers at the South Huron 11.1ec Centre. There will be free skating for all and special treats. Tuckey Beverages will be providing soft drinks while free chips are being donated by nit° Lay 8,11d. Hostess. Any area groups or in- dividuals still wishing to enter the parade should contact Don Haines, chairman of this year's event. their present staff from 22 to 29. There's a good chance that Exeter will not be without a Ford auto dealership for long with Land saying some moves in that regard have already been made. Williamson said his company hopes to be in operation at the Usborne township site by January 19 and that there are no im- mediate plans for expansion at their new location. Earlier this 'year the Chevrolet dealership had announced tentative plans to construct a new facility on property immediately to the south of the Ford dealership. One of the reasons why Frayne's decided to pur- chase the Snider property was the denial of town water by the Exeter PUC for the former Orenczuk parcel of land. Williamson said the fact that their new site has town water will allow for future expansion. The purchase of the two properties gives Fraynes seven and half acres com- pared to one and a half acres at their present locale. Asked about the disposition of their down- town land Williamson said some discussions have been held with both local developers and developers from outside the community but nothing has been settled on the final fate of property which has housed the General Motors dealership for the past 52 years. Usborne appoints At Tuesday's inaugural meeting of Usborne township council, reeve Murray Dawson and all councillors expressed a desire to exercise' good management by careful budgeting and planning as a means to give good service to ratepayers. New councillor Margaret • Hern thanked the veteran members for the welcome extended to her and ex- pressed a willingness to learn. Other members of council are returnees deputy-reeve Peter Berendsen and councillors Mervin Shute and Gerald Prout. Pastor Ross Hargreaves led the new council in inaugural devotions after they took the oath of office from clerk Harry Strang. Council was advised that the petition received at the last meeting regarding littering in the areas of waste disposal sites has been turned over to the Exeter OPP detachment. Building inspector' Her- man Van Wieren reported issuing three permits during the month of November with an estimated value of $42,000. He also made 26 inspections. Four tile drain loan ap- plications totalling $44,000 were approved. A motion passed a the November meeting was amended to provide that grants to members of Homemaking clubs be paid only on written application by sponsoring groups that can show a need. Balance of grants payable in 1980 were made as follows: Exeter agricultural Society $150, Kirkton agricultural Society $100, Hensall-South Huron agricultural Society $66 and Huron County Federation of Agriculture and Huron Country Playhouse $100 each. The next meeting of Usborne council will be held Tuesday January 6, 1981 at 10 a.m. at the township hall in Elimville. Talks are scheduled also elaborated on some of the priorities of the board. "We introducdd a perfor- mance review system that included job descriptions for employees which accom- modates a yearly review of their performance," he said. "We also have a new budget format in which each com- mittee is responsible for its own budget." Despite some needed policy changes, McDonald added that the board was shackled with emergency situations such as the fire at Seaforth High School, a brick problem in ‘Goderich and replacement of asbestos tiles in many county schools. The new term of office will present many challenges for trustees, Mc- Donald said,' in implemen- ting a curriculum process, examining the use of micro- n., computers in the education system, the implications of Bill 82 and the possible need for additional special educa- tion teachers and finally, a rehaul of the transportation system. The new board will not meet until January, 1981. A SWEDISH DINNER — The grade five class at Mt. Carmel School concluded a study on Sweden recently with a Swedish-style dinner. Serving Mrs, Shirley Page were Patti Page, Paul Pendergast and Alison Cronyn. T-A photo lack of proper facilities. Beginning this week the firm will be holding a liquidation sale of the vehicles presently in stock. Affected by the closure willbe the firm's 14 em- ployees but Land said "the phone has been ringing off the wall" for the employee's services since word of the firm's closure became known. "I'll quite likely be the only one out of a job," said Land who will be returning to Toronto area, Several of the Budfield employees may end up with Fraynes who according to part-owner Mike Williamson will expand Santa here' Saturday The Huron County Board of Education and its secon- dary school teachers will finally sit down later this month to hammer out a con- tract for 1980-81. Recently talks broke down between the negotiating par- ties and the Education Relations Commission ap- pointed Professor Relations Commission appointed Professor Gandz as mediator in the dispute. Candz is 'with the business administration department of the University of Western Ontario in London.. Gandz has notified the board and teachers that meetings will take place December 16, 17 and 18 in Benmiller, fi