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a fire in, East Williams
township,
The Eiceter midgets reach
Ontario quarter semi-finals.
Tuckersmith township
ended 1979 with a surplus of
$71,M,
March
Jim Coulter, superin-
tendent of Education with
the Huron County Board of
Education retired after 20
years in the county.
Dr. Voldemars Gulens, a
medical practitioner in Dash-
wood for 26 years died at the
age of 69.
The annual Exeter figure
skating club carnival was a
huge success with more than
1,000 persons in attendance.
MF Builders and
Designers and MF Agri
Builders have moved their
business from Staffa to
Exeter.
The population of Huron
County has risen by 553 with
136 of those persons in
Exeter.
March 12
Patti Down, RR 1, Hensall
was named Princess of the
1980 Western Ontario Farm
Show.
Loss Was estimated at
$100,000 when fire destroyed
a large barn on the Hay
township farm of Mrs. Lloyd
Campbell.
Tuckersmith turns down
bid for ward system in
township.
March 19
Exeter council ratified a
new pact with the Police
Association which councillor
Jay Campbell said was too
generous.
The first sign of spring has
come with the sighting of a
robin on Marlborough street
by Al DeHaan,
Dan Brie Agri-Products
manufacturers of plastic
drain tile fittings have
opened shop behind Acme
Neon Signs on Highway 83
West,
March 26
A 15 year-old Clinton girl,
Donna Jean Forest, grand-
daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
Frank Wildfong of Exeter
died in London from Reye's
Syndrome.
Vanastra's recreation
budget ends up with a sur-
plus of $4,900.
Mr. and Mars. Garfield
Latta, London celebrated
their 55th wedding an-
niversary and Mrs. and Mrs.
Bill Rogerson, Hensall
celebrated their 50th wed-
ding anniversary.
Exeter midgets reach
OMHA finals against
Bradford. Lucan pee wees
reach OMHA finals.
April 2
Tracy Schrader of Staffa
recovered from Reyes
Syndrome and left War
Memorial Childrens Hospital
to return home.
Helen Nedinger, the
organist at Zion Lutheran
Church in Dashwood retired
after 30 years of service.
Ontario Provincial Police
at Exeter reported' that two
accidents investigated by
their staff involved deer. The
cars were driven by Marvin
McAdams, Exeter, and
Douglas Mawson, RR 8,
Parkhill,
April9
A runaway fire at Pinery
Provincial Park near Grand
Bend destroyed 10 acres of
bush land before it was
brought under control.
A proposal for Exeter's
community park was
presented to council. The
plans called for $142,000
renovations.
The Grand Bend Chamber
of Commerce turned down
Huron Country Playhouse's
request to use their tourist
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been designated under the
Pits and Quarries Control
Act 1971.
The 1981 tax billings will be
left as before, with two in-
stalments.
The township Municipal
Drainage map needs to be
updated and a cost for same
is to be obtained from A.M.
Spriet & Associates.
A grant of $300 for a
basketball tournament
sponsored by North Mid-
dlesex District High School
was approved.
Council approved a grant
of $25 to the C.N.I.B,
'
and a
grant of $1,000.00 to the
Federation of Agriculture.
The last grant paid to the
Federation was in 1978.
The next council meeting
will be held Monday,
January 5, 1981, at 12:00
noon..
booth ee ticket Outlet, They
also refused to give the
playhouse exclusive use et
their information sign,
Huron County famers
planned to go to Ottawa to
protest the high interest
rates.
April 16
The Exeter Kinsmen
Midgets captured the
Ontario B team title when
they clipped Bradford at the
rec centre, under the
direction of coach Jack
Fuller.
Exeter town employees
were given an 11.1 percent
pay boost by council.
The town council
authorized the purchase of a
new police cruiser.
Huron County Board of
Education decided to reduce
their teaching staff by 15 for
the 1980-81 term.
Huron Country Playhouse
put on a fashion show at The
Coach House south of Grand
Bend. Clothing was supplied
by Anita's of Exeter.
April 23
Several cottagers in Grand
Bend came to the council
meeting to object to zoning
changes in the resort. The
neighbours objected to
developer Paul Fraleigh
replacing the old casino with
a condominium.
The first sod was turned,
commencing construction on
a new church building for the
Zion Lutheran congregation
in Dashwood.
Stephen township
authorized the purchase of a
fire truck for the township's
fire area number three at
Huron Park.
A group of Grand Bend
men formed the area's first
Optimist club.
April 30
Huron County council
rejected a request from
Exeter golf course owner
Allan Westcott to have the
land redesignated
residential. The land is zoned
agricultural.
Exeter Legion members
won a battle with members
of the Business
Improvement Area and
prevented the businessmen
from moving the centoaph.
By eleminating the con-
troversial problem, the BIA
made 'plans for rejuvinating
the down town area which
should commence June 1.
Alvin Cole of Hensall broke
his leg when his own car'ran
him down. Cole left his
vehicle running while he
closed his garage door,. The
car started to move, and
when he attempted to stop it
he was struck.
A banner proclaiming
"Cancer can be beaten" was
stolen from the Colonial
Hotel in Grand Bend where it
had been hanging for the
month. The banner was put
up by the recently formed
cancer society.
May 7
Exeter council supported a
resolution made by Jay
Campbell that they urge the
federal government to ex-
press their disgust to the
Russian government con-
cerning the atrocities taking
place in Afghanistan.
Police Chief Ted Day
convinced Exeter council of
the need to add another man
to the police force. A third
class constable was
recommended to be hired,
bringing the total force to six
men.
Over 75 residents in the
north-east corner of Exeter
signed a petition com-
plaining about the use of
their streets as a truck route
to a land fill site.
CBC's Jan Tennant was
commentator for the annual
Cancer Society fashion show,
which was held on the ice
surface portion of the rec
centre.
Grand Bend fishermen
came to a council meeting to
seek help in defining
property lines, and deciding
who owns what property
along the river bank.
May 14
Hensall council announced
that a taxpayer with an
assessfhent of $2000 will be
paying about $17 more in
1980.
Grand Bend council met
with Public Utilities com-
missioners •to clear up
misunderstandings between
the two bodies concerning
payment of employees.
A meeting concerning the
establishement of a Business
Improvement Area in Grand
Bend turned into an attack
on the Chamber of Com-
merce's annual Burgerfest.
Several long time mem-
bers of the Grand Bend
Legion were honoured in a
special social event.
Lucan council learned that
the school requisition for
Middlesex County Board of
Education would be $186,578,
a substantial increase over
last year.
May21
Exeter taxpayers were
told that they would face a
record tax increase in 1980,
Taxpayers in Usborne
learned that their taxes
would not be changed this
year.
Times-Advocate reporter
Ross Haugh travelled to
Quebec with area school
children, and found things
very peaceful following the
referendum vote.
Exeter's cancer campaign
once again surpassed its
goal, with a total of
$13,182.55.
Huron Country Playhouse
was given permission to use
the new sewage lagoons for
the village of Grand Bend,
despite protests from village
councillor Keith Crawford.
Grand Bend Yacht Club
launched their sail boats for
the annual sail-past, com-
mencing another season.
• May 28
Stephen township
residents were told that their
taxes would be increasing by
17 percent this year.
Pfaff electric was awarded
the job of constructi ng a
new substation on
Rosemount Avenue for the
Public Utilities.
Grade seven pupils at
Exeter Public. School
learned how a solar powered
radio works, when a
representative of the federal
department of energy, mines
and resources visited the
school,
More than 800 people
visited Lambton Heritage
Museum near Grand Bend
for a display of pioneer
crafts, antique gas engines
and old automobiles.
Several high school
students ran for the student
of the year contest, which
replaced the queen contest.
June 4
Roland McCaffrey, former
president of the South Huron
and District Association for
the Mentally Handicapped,
moved to Kingston to take a
position with a mentally
handicapped group there.
Grand Bend parents
feared that the Lambton
County Board of Education
was making the first move
towards closing their school
when they attempted to
make plans to bus kin-
dergarten children to
Bosanquet school in Sep-
tember.
Grand Cove residents
asked Grand Bend council to
take over snow removal at
the walkway to the estates,
even though the area is in
Stephen township.
Grand Bend public school
put on a successful
production of "Anne of
Green Gables" -- the school's
first musical presentation.
A fire caused a total of
$75,000 damage to the barn of
Fred Miller in Usborne
township.
June 11
Hay council gave the go
ahead for a camping facility
to be constructed on land
owned by J.P. Ducharme
near Highways 84 and 21,
Members of the South
Huron and District
Association for the Mentally
Handicapped were told by
their executive director Don
Campbell that financial
restraits will mean a tough
year ahead.
Plans were announced for
a major expansion of the
Blue Water Rest Home in
Zurich.
Grand Bend parents were
told that the kindergarten
class would stay at their
school, as long as
enrolement didn't fall below
six.
The Grand Bend chamber
of commerce decided to
erect a cairn in honour of the
late Eric McIlroy,in tribute
of all the work he did for the
village.
June 18
Past president Ron Bogart
moved to cancel minor
hockey in Exeter, unless
more people demonstrated
an interest in keeping the
operation going. The
meeting was adjourned one
week to see if more people
would show an interest.
Ontario Provincial Police
at Exeter were equipped
with roadside breathaiizers.
Exeter council again voted
not to contributte to Terry
Fox's run across Canada.
-Grand Bend council voted
to not declare Civic Holiday
in August this year, in order
to keep all services open.
Concerned parents in
Grand Bend voted Wes fetch
as a spokesman to attend the
next meeting of the Lambton
County BOard of Education,
and find out the fate of the
local school,
June 24
Charles Harold Klopp, 32,
of Grand. Bend was arrested
and charged with first
degree murder following the
shooting death of his mother,
Janet Klopp, 57, at her
residence on Gill Road.
More than 2,000 attended
homecoming events at South
Huron District High School,
marking the 75th an-
niversary of the school, and
the 39th anniversary " the
,present building,
A carpenter's strike halted
construction on renovations
at South Huron Hospital
just two weeks away from its
completion date,
Grand Bend Chamber of
Commerce described the
annual .Burgerfest as the
biggest and best ever.
The Colonial Hotel won, the
bed race, taking the Hotel
challenge cup away from
arch-rivals Sanders Tavern,
The Exeter Legion pee
wees won the Legion district
pee wee baseball cham-
pionship in Listowel,
July 2
Charles Harold Klopp, 32,
of Grand Bend was charged
with first degree murder in
the shooting death of his
mother, Janet Patterson
KlThep
op. •
Ontario Development
Corporation announced
plans to replace the central
heating system for the in-
dustrial park portion of
Huron Park,
Exchange student Adriana
Medinilla of Mexico who was
visiting Grand Bend headed
home.
The Grand Bend Optimist
Club received its charter.
July 9
Two London residents died
in a car crash west of Dash-
wood.
The Exeter Lions Club
presented a cheque for
$10,000 to the Exeter com-
munity park grounds
development fund.
An Exeter police constable
was doused with water when
he attempted to break up a
party in the Pryde
Boulevard area of Exeter,
It was not a pitcher's week
in the Crediton slo-pitch
league as 112 runs were
scored in five games.
Grand Bend council ap-
proved the switch of the
Civic Holiday from August 4
to October 20.
Exeter resident Helen
Brand was a featured per-
fomer in the Huron Country
Playhouse's presentation of
The Sunshine Boys.
The Ontario Corp of
Coureur De Bois held their
first black powder primitive
shoot at the Claybird Gun
Club west of Exeter.
Exeter council considered
some form of disaster
committee.
July 16
The purchase of Columbia
Yachts by Hughes Boat-
works of Huron Park would
see 50 jobs added over the
next 18 months.
Sean Rooney of Biddulph
township made the Canadian
school boys wrestling team
which would represent the
country in the world school
boys wrestling cham-
pionships in Sweden.
Bob Reynolds of the
Exeter Kinsmen Club was
named a deputy governor for
the national Kinsmen club.
In Grand Bend, owner of
the Village Inn Michael
Owen was involved in a
controversy concerning the
paying of back wages to
former employees.
The Lambton County
board of education formed a
committee to examine the
possible closing of Grand
Bend Public School.
A violent windstorm
caused several hundred
dollars damage to two
Exeter businesses.
Over 100 people jammed
into the Hay tovenship hall in
Zurich to voice their con-
cerns about the secondary
plan for the township,
July23
A rodeo sponsored by the
Stephen township Optimist
Club proved to be very
successful:
The new residence-at the
Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology was
officially opened,
Exeter council decided to
stick to their policy of not
extending water service to
out-of-town residents,
Stephen township sub-
mitted a request to the
ministry of the environment
for a grant allocation for a
water system for the police
villages of Centralia and
Credition.
Three persons lost their
lives as a result of drowning
incidents in Lake Huron and
at a Hay township pond.
The 36th annual Kirkton
Garden Party attracted over
3,000 people.
July30
Lucan OPP investigated
the theft of four vehicles.
Hensall's application to
annex , portions of Hay
township was expected to be
forwarded to the Ontario
Municipal Board.
The canning pea crop was
termed excellent by Jack
Urquhart of Canadian
Canners.
August? °
Representatives from
Hawleaf, Developments and
the town of Exeter met in an
attempt to solve their
differences over the north-
end shopping mall before
going to the Ontario
Municipal Board.
Rainer Biowski of Vienna,
Austria visited with past
Exeter Lions president
Gerry Prout as part of a
Lions Club youth exchange
program.
Dashwood's Friedsburg
Days had another successful
run with Debbie Taylor of
RR 1, Centralia named Miss
Friedsburg.
Maureen Gans of Exeter
made her professional acting
debute at the Huron Country
Playhouse in "Free At
Last",
The Zurich Buckeyes and
the Milverton Suns, a top
women's club played an
exhibition game in Hensall.
August 13
A Crediton woman, Rita
Blatchford, was rescued
from a burning car after it
struck a tree north of
Clandeboye.
About 240 cattle were lost
in a blaze which destroyed a
barn at the Allan Scott farm
near Lucan.
Carol Erb, a secretary at
the Noor Eye Institute in
Kabul, Afgahanistan
returned to the country
which had been over-run by
the Soviet Union.
An archaeology team from
the University of Western
Ontario were corlducting a
"dig" at a long-abandoned
Indian village in the Pinery.
Hay township council said
there was possibility a
portion of the Lake Huron
shoreline in the township
could be receiving water
from the Port Blake pum-
ping station within the year.
August 20
Helen Brand was second
runner-up in the Miss CNE
contest.
An Ontario Municipal
Board hearing into the north
end shopping mall continued
in Exeter,
Zurich Dominion Tavern
took the A division of the
Exeter and area men's rec
fastball tournment. The
Crescent Rolls of Exeter
took the B crown.
August 27
Earl Guenther of Dash-
wood, a mailman extra-
ordinaire, retired after 70
years of service.
The OMB reserved its
decision on Exeter's new
zoning bylaw.
The Dashwood Tigers
were outsted from. the
Ontario Baseball Association
playoffs by powmanville.
Ontario Lieutenant
Governor Pauline McGibbon
visited the Huron Country
Playhouse and Grand Bend.
A subdivision plan for the
police village of Dashwood
was renewed.
In' Zurich, a runaway
vehicle struck Audrey
McIntosh of the village.
September 4
A Tara man was killed in a
single plane crash at Sex-
smith airport north of
Exeter,
Over 900 well-wishers
gathered in Clinton to pay
tribute to retired Huron MP
Bole McKinley. •
Charles Klopp, charged
with the murder of his
mother,, was committed to
mental health centre for the
criminally insane at
Penetan guishene.
Beach' front property
owners in Grand Bend asked
village council to remove
beach sand which had blown
into their front yards.
The Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Authority
threatened to cut-off
financial assistance for
projects in Grand Bend
unless the village agreed to
endorse the Authority's fill
and construction
regulations.
September 10
Competitors in the Country
Corners sponsored motor-
cycle sit-on-it at Mt. Carmel
set a new world's record.
Pym Farms of RR 1
Centralia received almost
$14,000 for their cham-
pionship steer at the Western
Fair.
Hensall reeve Harold
Knight announced he would
not be seeking re-election.
• South Huron rec centre
administrator Ian Smith said
the only solution to speeding
cars in the centre's parking
lot was to install a fence,
An Ontario Municipal
Board hearing into the
possible eviction of Port
Franks residents was a
heated affair.
September 17
Exeter area residents
made significant con-
tributions to Terry Fox's
Marathon of Hope.
With Mayor Derry Boyle
breaking a 4-4 tie, Exeter
council appointed Laurie
Dykstra to the position of
deputy clerk-treasurer.
Two men met violent
deaths when Kenneth Smale
of RR 3 Zurich was killed in
auto accident. Barry Feltz of
RR 5, Stratford was killed in
a farming accident near
Hensall.
The Exeter Juveniles were
runners-up in the OBA
juvenile D championship.
September 24
Cathy Van Roestel was
named queen of the Exeter
Fair. In the elected officials
milking contest Usborne
reeve Bill Morley took the
top spot.
The Crediton Cowgirls
won the North Middlesex
South Huron ladies fastball
championship.
Hay township council
rejected an application by
the Driftwood Trailer Court
for a change in land use
designation which would
allow for an extension of the
development.
October 1
Kay Elder Hensall, was
named queen of the Ontario
Flying Farmers,
The Huron Plowing Match
was held at the Usborne
farm of Huron Warden Bill
Morley,
The Huron Country
Playhouse set an all-time
high for attendance and over
10,000 attended the Ilderton
fair,
John Brock, former Lucan
resident, marked his 100th
birthday.
Exeter midgets captured
the WOAA, baseball title by
defeating Wingham.
The Ontario' Municipal
Board supported the Town of
Exeter's new official plan
and zoning bylaws of mjaor
objections from liawleef
Developments Ltd,
Mr. and ,Mrs. Bernard
Avery Lucan,, and., their
family started ,a series of
rabies shots Mowing the
death of one of their goats.
October 8
The designation of Huron
County townships under the
Pits and Quarries Control
Act was bitterly opposed by
county council. •
Joy Thompson, Exeter,
related to the Crediton UCW
the experience of living
throughliurricane'Alan while
in Haiti.
Grand Bend council ap-
proved $2,000 for a
recreation building concept
plan for the village.
Elementary, teachers in
Huron received an eight
percent pay increase,
bringing the average salary
to $23,600.
Exeter received over 2,900
tulip bulbs from a resident of
Holland, the Epp Home in
Exeter and the Exeter
Lioness Club.
A contract was let for the
replacement of the Devils
Elbow bridge in Stephen
Township.
October 16
Don Appleby, Parkhill,
was named workshop
manager of ARC Industries
in Dashwood. He was for-
merly plant manager for
Fleck Manufacturing in
Huron Park.
Area Women's Institutes
marked the Golden. Jubilee
of the W.I.
Lucan council approved a
re-assessment program
under Section 86A of the
Assessment Act.
Senior citizens from
Montrose, Michigan, en-
joyed an exchange with
Lucan seniors.
Lloyd Venner and Murray
Christie won the horseshoe
pitching contest at the
Middlesex plow match.
Corn borer was found to be
causing considerable
damage in Huron crops.
Rory Hustler, St. Marys,
won $1,230 for sitting on a
mototcycle at Country
Corners in Mt. Carmel for
close to seven weeks with a
five-minute break every four
hours.
October 22
About 3001adies attended a
"Night Out" at there centre
for a fashion show and en-
tertainment sponsored by
the Xi Gamma Nu chapter of
the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.
Usborne township named
its first female ,council
member when Margaret
Hera was acclaimed to
council.
Murray Dawson became
reeve of Usborne, replacing
Bill Morley who retired after
a long career, which
culminated in his election of
Huron Warden in 1980.
A faulty wood stove in-
stallation was blamed for a
fire in a mobile home owned
by Eugene Webber, Hay
P.O.
Contributions from the
area to the Terry Fox fund
reached $3,575.88.
The Exeter library
received a donation of books
valued at $800 in memory of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Job-
son.
October 29
Ratepayers in Vanastra
were made responsible for a
$130,000 debenture debt for
the rec centre following an
OMB hearing in Tucker-
smith Township,
The Huron Federation of
Agriculture continued its
fight against foreign land
ownership and had
Saskatchewan's Minister of
Agriculture as a guest
speaker to learn of his
province's approach to the
porblem.
Grand Bend council gave a
tentative approval to the
erection of a giant water
slide, but held a final ap-
proval in abeyance until the
site was detailed.
Herb Harlton, Shipka,
celebrated his 98th birthday.
Rumors circulated that
Huron Park may be the site
of the $30 million plant being
considered by deHavilland
Aircraft of Canada Ltd.
Marjorie Woodman,
Komoka, was killed when
her Volkswagen struck a
truck on Highway 4 between
Exeter and Hensall.
Raymond Riley, RR 2
Staffa was killed when his
car left a Perth County Road
and struck a tree near
Fullerton.
November
New members of the
Hensall Scouts are Eddie
Thuss, Terry Thiel, Billy
Stebbins, Chris Freeth,
Steven Harburn, Jim
Thrower, Jim Thuss and
Robbie Berends.
Exeter council turned
down.a request for financial
aid to sterilize dogs and cats,
Property damage from
area fires dropped to $582,371
in the •past year according to
the annual report of Fire
Chief Gary Middleton.
Former Exeter resident
Gordon Greb was named
chairman and chief
executive officer of Greb X-
Ray Company in Kansas.
Huron County council
approved an expenditure of
$22,000 for advertising and
promotion. •
Area churches marked the
200th anniversary of the
founding of Sunday Schools
by Robert Raikes.
Minister of the Environ-
ment Harry Parrot turned a
gold tap to send water from
the Lake Huron pipeline
flowing into McGillivray
Township.
November 12
Bruce Shaw won the'
mayoralty race over Don
Cameron in Exeter. Paul
Neilands was elected Reeve
of Hensall and Paul Steckle
won the reeve's post in
Stanley. Bob Sharen was
returned at Grand Bend.
Lossy Fuller became the
first woman to top the voting
for council positions in the
Exeter election.
Two Ontario Cabinet
ministers, Reuben Baetz and
'Claude Bennett joined local
officials in opening the
Exeter Town Hall and the
BIA downtown revitalization
project.
The South Huron Panthers
won the Huron Perth senior
football, title with a 15-6 win
over Goderich.
Sixty people raised $1,100
in a skateathon sponsored by
the Stephen Township
Optimist Club.
Several local business,
professional and industrial
people spoke to the annual
Career's Day program at
SHDHS.
November 19
Elaine Pym, Usborne, was
named top 4-H member in
Huron and received the
Murray Cardiff trophy.
Other area members con-
sidered for the award were
Margaret Pym, Bob Pavkeje
and Alan Powe.
Rev. Roger McComb
spoke to the annual
Remembrance Day banquet
at the Exeter Legion hall.
Hensall council expressed
interest in obtaining the
services of a pharmacist for
the community.
Paul and Perry Pooley
made auspices debuts as
members of the Ohio State
Buckeyes hockey team.
Reg Knight was given a.50
year medal by the Exeter
Legion.
Rabies was reported on the
increase ire Huron and clinics
were set up for pet owners to
have their pets given anti-
rabies shots.
Secondary teachers in
Huron asked for a 15 percent
pay increase.
November 26
Mayor Derry Boyle and
Dorothy Chapman were
named as Exeter's citizens
of the year.
Former world figure
skating champion Donald
Jackson displayed his
talents for young skaters
from Exeter, Zurich and
other communities at the
South Huron rec centre.
Norm Stanlake was
honored for 21 years' service
to the Exeter Cemetery•
Board. Veteran retiring
councillor Ted Wright made
the presentation. The latter
served almost 20 years on
council.
A mediator was named to
help settle the stalemate
between the Huron Board of
Education and its secondary
school teachdrs.
Bill Etherington was
named a Vice-President of
IBM Canada Ltd. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Etherington, RR 1, Hensall.
Statistics show Huron
leads the way Or many crop
production Oligures in
Ontario,
December3
The canvass for the blind
in Hensall reached a total of
$1,411.
The Exeter Mohawks and
Zurich Buckeyes won the
Titles at the Hensall Minor
Association annual in-
termediate tournament,
Huron white bean
producers voted to boycott
W.G. Thompson and Sons
until present legal
procedures are brought to
court.
Dash+ ood Industries Ltd,
purchased the assets of
Wescraft Manufacturing
Company, a division of
Versatile Cornat Cor-
poration, located at Victoria,
B.C,
Gaylan Josephson was
picked by Exeter council to
fill the vacancy created by ty
resignation of Barbara Bell.
Laurie Dykstra was sworn
in as Exeter's new deputy
cleark-treasurer,
Huron County council
learned the area was the
second choice behind
Cayuga for a provincial
liquide wastes disposal site.
December 10
Water was cited as the top
need for Centralia and
Crediton during discussion
at the inaugural of Stephen
council.
Jim Beckett, Gib Dow,
Gary Bean and Niall Straw
were inducted into the
Exeter Lions.
Frayne Chev Olds an-
nounced they would be
moving to the former site of
Budfield Ford.
Donald McDonald,
returning as chairman of the
Huron ,Board ,)1 Education,
predicted an, increase of
eight to ten percent in
education costs for 1981.
Dalton and Norma Fink-
beiner, Exeter, returned
from a meeting of the World
Arabian Horse Organization
in South Africa.
Darling's IGA, marked
their 25th anniversary,
The South Huron junior
girls won the Huron-Perth
basketball championship.
December 17
Santa Claus attended his
annual parade in Exeter arid
it was described as one of the
best on record.
Prize winning floats in-
cluded the town works
department, Dinney Fur-
niture and Big "o" Tile.
Exeter council approved
pay increases of over 30
percent to members of the
Exeter Public CUtilities
Commission.
The South Huron rec
centre board of management
delayed a decision on
replacing Jim Guenther,
who resigned as facilities
supervisor.
Exeter senior citizens
unveiled a flag from the
United senior citizens of
Ontario.
Grand Bend firemen
quelled a blaze at the Shipka
area home of Mike and
Bonnie Erickson.
December 24
A 45-year-old Dashwood
man Howard Karl Fischer,
died from . head injuries
sustained in a fall down
basement steps at his home.
Graduates of South Huron
District High School
returned from various in-
stitutions of high learning to
laud the local teaching staff.
Annie Lawson, Norm
Whiting and Al Levier
shared the top prize in the
Exeter Lions Grey Cup
draw.
The 1944 pumper from the
Exeter fire department was
turned over to the Huron
County Pioneer Museum at
Goderich.
Tracy Schroeder, the nine-
year-old Staffa area girl who
beat Reyes Syhdrome, was
among the host of area
youngsters eagerly awaiting
the arrival of Santa Claus.
Area schools, churches
and various groups enjoyed
Christmas programs,
EDMUND BECKER
At South) Huron Hospital,
Exeter, Saturday December
27, , 1980, Edmund George
Becker of RR 1 Dashwood.
Beloved husband of Leila
Clausiue, in his 73rd year.
Dear father of Earl,
Dashwood, (Helen) Mrs.
Gary Overholt , Zurich
(Jean) Mrs. Wm. Holmes
Seaforth, (Janet) Mrs.
Bruce Rock, Monkton,
(Elva) Mrs. Ralph Otten,
Clinton, Brother of Mrs.
Christina Brandt of
Waterloo, (Martha) Mrs.
Reuben Eckstein and Mrs.
Barbara Ten Eyck, both of
Kitchener, (Elfrieda) Mrs.
Gerald Pasto-rius of London,
Henry of Zurich, Valentine of
Dashwood, Rudolph of RR 1,
Dashwood, Albert of New
Dundee, Alvin of Roblin,
Manitoba, Vernon of Exeter.
Loved by six grandchildren.
Predeceased by two brothers
and one grandchild, Resting
at the T. Harry Hoffman and
Sons , Funeral Home, Dash-
wbod where the funeral
service will take place
Wednesday December 31 at
2:30 p.m, Interment in Dash-
wood Lutheran Cemetery.
LOTS OF DEFENSIVE WORK — All six members of the Exeter Waxers were on hand for
this play in front of their net in the tournament championship game against Strathroy, They
managed to hold oft this threat, but Strathroy went on to win by a 2.1 count. Staff photo