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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-01-21, Page 27Senior housing need in Hensall isn't too The draft report of a Municipal Housing Statement outlines a need for six rental -assisted housing units for senior citizens in the village of Hensall. The report, prepared by the Ontario Ministry of Housing at the request of Where they come from The Municipal Housing Statement for Hensall says about 340 people who work in the village, do not live there. The following chart, reprinted from the report, is based on a 1971 Statistics Canada census. It lists the places of residence, and numbers of people who work in Hensall. Incommuters Place of Residence location No. of Persons Hay Exeter Tuckersrnith Stanley Stephen Clinton Usborne Zurich Seaford' Bosanquet Hibbert Ancaster- McGillivray London Total: 90 65 55 35 25 15 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 340 Hensall council, also noted the need for an additional four non -assisted rental, or market -rental, senior citizen Homan Personals Mr. Jack Corbett is able to be out again, following his recent illness. Mr. & Mrs. N.J. O'Connor of Dorchester, who recently took up residence in the Elizabeth Court apartments, spent the pask week with relatives in Toronto. Mr. Ed Corbett has been confined to his home for several weeks following influenza. Organization meeting for Hensall 4-H club will be held Tuesday January 22 at 7 p.m. at Hensall United Church. All boys and girls, aged 12 to 26 are welcome. The C.P.T. of the I 0 0 F and Rebekah Lodge will hold an euchre party in the local lower hall of the I 0 0 F on Wednesday January 28 at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Consitt, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Consitt, Hensall and Mrs. and Mrs. Ray Consitt, Kippen were guests at a birthday celebra- tion at the Bavarian Inn, London. Saturday in honour of Mrs. 'Emma Farquhar, London formerly of Hensall who celebrated her 90th birthday. District ski trails open to the public After a mild winter last year, 1981 has returned snow to us with a vengeance. The Ausable-Bayfield Conser- vation Authority invites you to take advantage of the current snow blanket by using its public winter trail system. Authority Trails Co- ordinator Charles Miner reports that the three major trail systems of the Watershed - Exeter, Hay Swamp and Parkhill, are all groomed and in readiness for the cross-country skier and snowmobiler. Winter enthusiasts in the Exeter area are encouraged to use a seven kilometer mos -country ski trail whio1 originates at the South Huron Recreation Center, and then proceeds along the south side of the Ausable River towards Morrison Dam Conservation Area as in former years. The trail then returns to Exeter along the North side of the river. A recent town by-law now prohibits motorized vehicles A true friend is one who thinks you're a good egg. even if you're slightly cracked. Give a housewife an inch and the whole family has to go on a diet. For too many people, enough is just a little more than the neighbors have. on park property, so snowmobiling will be prohibited along this trail. Private landowners have again generously allowed cross country skiers on certain portions of this route, provided they stay on the trail. For the snowmobile lover, there is a whopping 30 kilometers of groomed trail available in Hay Swamp which lies along Highway 83, approximately halfway between Exeter and Dash- wood. Most of this scenic trail passes through dense Authority forest land and along public roadways not normally plowed through the winter months_..,,...... At Parkhill Conservation Area, located at the junction of highways 7 and 81, there are 25 kilometers of snowmobiling trails and 9 kilometers of cross-country skiing routes. Some notes to past users of the conservation area: the bridge over Mud Creek has been removed due to ex- tensive damage by high water and other certain areas of the trail have been cordoned off due to reforestation efforts over the past year. Snowmobilers are cour- teously reminded of the potential damage they can do to a young tree. People in the Parkhill vicinity are reminded that the con- servation area offers ex- cellent tobogganing op- portunities too! ANNOUNCEMENT VERNA GINOERICH The Co-operators Insurance Services is pleased to announce the appoint- ment of Verna Gingerich as their representative in Exeter and the sur- roundipg area. Verna is taking over the business previously serviced by Ross Francis of Kirkton who retired effective Jan. 1/1981 0° the 0 co-opefatofs FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS CONTACT VERNA AT 235-1109, 32 NELSON ST, EXETER housing units. A study of Hensall demographics showed an average family income of $16,387 (the provincial average family income for 1980 is $23,018). With the average cost of homes in Hensall estimated at about $40,000, the report states "there does not appear to be a need for assisted owner- ship housing in the village." The report also stated since about 90 per cent of the houses in Hensall were built before 1960 (almost 75 per cent were built before 1948) "it would be practical to continue municipal in- volvement in the Ontario Home Renewal Program, pending the availability of funds." The village's future population growth, and housing needs, are related to the job situation. The statement says the over 800 full-time jobs in Hensall are "unusually high" for a village of its size. About 340 of Hensall's workers are non-residents, the report says. "Future population growth depends on...focusing on the village's ability to attract a resident labour force..." It has been proposed that Hensall annex about 20 hectares of Hay Township. The report says this was approved in principle by councils in Hay Township and Hensall. A proposed subdivision of 157 single family dwellings could be built, the report noted, on this land. The report indicated high interest rates have caused few housing sales, and a lack of suitable land in the village has limited new home construction. There is about 5.7 hictares of potentially developable land (about 148 lots) in Hensall, but high lot prices, Times -Advocate, January 21, 1981 Page 27 great, study says and vacant lots next to in- dustrial land, makes the likelihood of new housing within the existing village minimal, the report says. From 1977 to 1979, Hen - sail's growth rate was measured at 0.5 per cent, "indicative of the lack of vacant residential land in the village, which has prevented population growth com- parable to centers with a similar number of em- ployment opportunities," the report says. A successful annexation of municipal boundaries is projected by the Ministry's surveys, to increase the population from 989 in 1979 to an estimated 1032 in 1984;an annual growth rate of 0.86 per cent. Current sewage treatment facilities limit population to 1250 persons, but could be expanded to serve 1500 people the study notes. Water service capacity is said to be 2000 people. 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