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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-03-25, Page 19OP Times -Advocate, March 25, 1981 Page 3A • VICTORIOUS AGAIN — Lorne Henderson rolled to an easy victory, Thursday. He thanks his campaign staff while his wife Rata looks on. With them are his campaign chairman and the warden of Lambton. Staff photo No co-operation, communication Henderson wins The voters of Lambton county gave Progressive Conservative incumbent Lorne Henderson his largest majority ever, as the Big Blue Machine rolled across Lambton once again Thurs- day. Henderson is likely to return to his cabinet post as Minister of Food and Agriculture. Henderson topped the polls with a landslide 13,467 votes. Liberal hopeful Leigh Crozier received only 6,432, while New Democrat Ralph Wensley's votes tallied 1,265. The returning officer reported 70 spoiled ballots, giving a total of 21,234 votes cast in Lambton. Ap- proximately 32,300 voters were eligible, and the turn out was about 65 percent. Henderson dominated the polls. winning all but four of the 129 regular poles and the six advance polls. Crozier won the four polls Hender- GB Firemen seek $8 per hour A lack of co-operation and communication between the fire. department and the fire board has been cited as the root of the problems the firemen now feel they have, according to spokesman Stan Lovie. At a recent council meeting, the firemen told the village council that they rejected the village's wage increase of 25 cents per hour. Expand info booth The Grand BendChamber of Commerce gave the go- ahead to an expansion of their tourist information booth at Tuesday night's meeting. Men's and women's washrooms and a storage closet are to be added to the tourist booth, which is located at the corner of highway 81 and 81 Crescent. The Chamber hopes to have the new facilities operational by this summer season. Operational sanitary sewers made the new washroom possible. o Secretary manager Bob° Simpson reported that a copy of the new brothure was available. The single copy was proof-read, and ap- proved. The new brochures, which were printed at a cost of over $4000, will be available soon. The Chamber agreed to purchase a full page adver- tisement in a tabloid newspaper which will be published to commerate Eric Mcllroy. The Eric Mcllroy committee hopes to have the tabloid available to visitors prior to the Victoria Day weekend, so that guests will be informed of the special day planned for June 6. Chamber members also agreed topurchasenew flags to replace those which were damaged. The flags will be flying along highway 21 and Main Street. Plans for the annual Burgerfest weekend scheduled for June 19 and 20 have been turned over to the various committees, and are well underway. Lovie says that the firemen are seeking $8 per hour, and 88.50 per hour for officers for attending fires. They would also like a retainer of $300 per year for the firemen, with extra for the officers. The wage for attending practises could be negotiable, if council would. discuss it, Lovie said. The firemen have Leen offered $6.00 per four for attending practises and fires, with a two hour minimum. They are not paid a retainer. Lovie said that the fire board, which consists of representatives from the councils of Grand Bend, Stephen and Bosanquet, have not met together with the firemen for some time. Nor have the firemen been given any indication of when they might expect the new firehall, or additon, which they have been promised, he added. "We could work it out, if they were willing to work with 'us," Lovie said. Lovie added tha the fire board has not approached them to discuss wages; the offer of a 25 cent an hour increase was made without any discussion. "A raise of 25 cents an hour is an insult. At today's cost of living, a four percent raise isn't much," Lovie said. When Lovie approached council, he said that it was difficult to get men to leave $18 an hour jobs to go to a fire. He said he used the $18 figure, because, "that's what council members get for sitting there". The firemen have been asked that their wages be brought in line with other departments in the area. A check with neighbouring fire departments proved that there are as many ways and amounts of paying firemen as there are fire depart- ments. Exeter firemen receive 89 per hour for attending fires, and $5 per hour for practises. Firemen receive a retainer of $300 per year, and the officers get $500. Nothing is paid for false alarms. Chief Gary Middleton says that the firemen have to attend all of thepracticesto be paid. They Almatex Paints and Varnishes Wide Selection Wallpapers Complete Line of Refinishing Products Gifts - Pictures - Plaques • Exeter Decor Centre 15 Gidley St., E. 235-1010 Best Interest 15% We represent many Trust Companies. We are often able to arrange for the highest interest be- ing offered on Guaranteed Investment Cer- tificates. EXETER 235-2420 subject to change Ga ise r-Knea le Insurance Agency Inc. GRAND BEND CLINTON 238-8484 482-9747 a practice twice a month – once for two hours, and once for three hours. In Bayfield the firemen are paid 8160 per year. Officers get more. For that amount they are expected to attend all meetings, and they are paid 88 an hour for at- tending fires. Fire departments in Huron Park and Crediton are operated by Stephen township. They are paid $9.60 per hour for fighting fires, and 84.95 per hour for practices. The chief gets a retainer of $550 per year, while the deputy chief gets 8440 and the captains get 8410. The firemen get $385. Last year, however, they gave up their retainers so that the council could afford to purchase a new fire truck. Zurich firemen receive $8 per hour for meetings and attending fires. They are paid a stand-by fee of $50 per year. In Hensall the firemen are paid 87.25 per hour for fighting fires. They receive a retainer of 812.50 per month, and they must attend practises to collect it. The officers get more. At the end of the year they get a bonus of $25 for attending 80 per- cent of the meetings. Parkhill fire department operates on a point system. The chief receives a retainer of $440 a year. The fire department is given a budget of 83680 per year to be split among the firemen. The money is awarded on the number of points the firemen collect – so much for at- tending fires and practises. In Dashwood, chief Don Bender wasn't sure what the firemen were paid, but said that they were just doing it for the community service. They are not paid for fires within the village, and received about $5 per hour for township fires, he estimated. In Thedford. firemen each get 810 for attending prac- tises. They are paid $200 for attending fires, and that amount is to be split among the number of firemen who go to the fire. In Forest, only the officers receive any retainer. The department is given 1250 per fire, and they split it up among the firemen on a point basis. Newspapers want junior citizen The Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association is sick and tired of reading nothing but bad news about today's youth. And they're going to do something about it. At a luncheons, at the OWNA's convention in Toronto recently , plans to establish an award to honour Ontario's junior citizen of the year were unveiled. The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario John B. Aird an- nounced his backing of the plan, and said he would be present at next year's convention for the presen- tation of the first award. Supporting the OWNA in making the award an annual event is CP Air. Dave Wenger of the OWNA said that members of that association would like to print more good news about young people, and for that reason decided to have a Crediton East By MRS. STAN PRESZCATOR Wm. (Joe) Averill is a patient in South Huron Hospital Exeter. Clarence Fahner returned home from University Hospital, London. Mr. & Mrs. Stan Presz- cator visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. George Cameron RR 1, Brucefield. Miss Karen Foran Blyth is spending holidays with her mother Mrs. Robert England, Huron Park, and also with her grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Stan Preszcator, A bridal shower was held Sunday for Barb Wein at• Mrs. Cal Wein's, in Exeter. By MISS JEAN COPELAND ,, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Pugh, Cedric, William and Sarah, Minising and Mrs. Rhoda Northrup, Knowlton, Quebec spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. David Wheeler, Steven, Bobby and Craig and Mr. and Mrs. George Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Jaques spent the weekend with Mr. Dan Jaques and Pat Laing of Renfrew. A large number attended the variety show on Friday evening in the Orange Hall. contest to honour achievements of youth. "The bad news, for some reason or another, always seems to outweigh the good news," Wenger said. This contest will honour outstanding work, or acts of courage and initiative on the part of Ontario boys and girls aged six to 18 years. Ontario residents are invited to submit nominations to their local newspapers. The nominees should be youths who have performed acts of physical heroism, perhaps endangering their own lives, overcoming disabling physical or psychological handicaps to match or exceed their fellows, or being involved in some worthwhile community service endeavour. The contest is open until December, 1981. Winners will be chosen in January, 1982, and presented with their award at the OWNA convention in March 1982. The award will be a framed certificate outlining the youth's accomplishment, a lapel pin, a Canada Savings Bond, and a family picture to be taken with the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. The Lieutenant Governor unveiled the logo for the new competition at the OWNA luncheon. He said he was honoured to add his name to the contest. Aird said that one of his duties as lieutenant governor is at- tending citizenship courts. He said that recently 50 new citizens from 21 different countries became Canadians. The vow they took should be read by all Canadians from time to time, and should be posted in classrooms and printed in newspapers, Aird added. Aird said that he was proud to represent the Queen in this great province. He said that when he first became lieutenant - governor last year, he was frequently asked, "How do you like your new position?" Now he says the question he is most frequently asked is "Are you going to the wedding?" Aird laughingly said that he doesn't know if he will be attending the marriage of Prince Charlet; and Lady Diana Spencer, but he is under some "domestic pressure" to try to go. son failed to take, and Wensley was unable to win any. Crozier even failed to win in his home poll in Plympton township. Crozier did however, manage to capture one of the polls in the Grand Bend area. Poll 11, which includ- ed the area from the north side of the Ausable River cut to the Alhambra hall Road is traditionally a Liberal poll. Crozier won with 110 votes, to Henderson's 85 and Wensley's 20. There were 215 votes cast out of 387 eligible voters, making a turnout of about 55 percent. Clerks at the polling sta- tion which was located at the Whispering Pines Motel suggested that the poor voter turn out might be due to poor organization. The polling station was not even located within the polling division, and those living on the Cut River would have to make about a 20 mile round trip to cast a ballot. Polling clerks felt that the distance would discourage some voters. especially on a snowy day, such as Thurs- day. Henderson took the rest of th Grand Bend polls. Poll 12, which included the area from the Alhambra Road to the edge of Bosanquet township. including a portion of Southcott Pines, gave Henderson 122 votes. Crozier received 67 votes, while Wensley had only nine. Poles 45 and 46. which in- cluded the village of Grand Bend voted at the Legion Hall. Deputy returning of- ficer John Hoyles said he was amazed at the coin- cidence. when the ballots were counted and Henderson • and Crozier received the same number of votes in both polls. Henderson received 90 votes in each of poll 45 and 46, while Crozier got 52 votes in each poll. In poll 45 Wensley received eight votes. and in poll 46 he got six votes. There were 150 ballots cast out of a possible 267 voters in poll 45, making a voter turnout of 56 percent. In poll 46. 148 ballots were cast, out of 225 elegible voters. Turnout was about 65 percent. When the outcome became apparent, Crozier went to Henderson's campaign headquarters to concede, shortly after 8:00 p.m. Both men had set up headquarters in Petrolia. At his victory celebrations at the Oil Springs Youth Cen- tre, Henderson attributedhis win to his loyal campaign workers. He thanked them for their support, and vowed' to do his best for the people of Lambton. Despite the snowy, slippery road conditions, the centre was packed with Tory well-wishers. Henderson made his way through the packed hall. shaking hands with those he could reach. After Henderson's brief thank you speech, dancing resumed in the hall. At the Forest Legion Hall, Crozier and his campaign workers were attempting to hide their disappointment. Crozier said that he was sur- prised at the final outcome, adding that he didn't expect to be defeated that badly. He would not say whether he would run again. Delores Ferguson, wife of Lambton MP Ralph (--t 4,. UP AND AROUND — Karen Koding gives Kelly Shantz a lift on the ice. The children of Grand Bend Public School went skating at Thedford Arena, Thursday. Staff photo OPENING April 1st. JULIES Family Hairstyling Main St. Dashwood ►�.,. cif)7. Hours - 5 days week & Senior Citizen Disc. Tues. evenings Wed. & Thurs. for men Prop: JULIE WEBB For Appointments Call 237-3489 Temporary number Lambton again Ferguson brought greetings in Ottawa. She gave an en - from her husband who was couraging speech, urging Crozier to prepare for the next election. DEFEATED CANDIDATE — A disappointed Leigh Crozier was cheered when presented with a giant card by his workers. Campaign manager Mary Bradovic, Leigh and June Crozier and Steve Lerner read the remarks of well wishers. Staff photo Cancer society sets. goal, canvassers are trained The Grand Bend Cancer Society has set their 1981 goal at $5000. Last season they raised $3663, through canvassing. selling fresh daffodils. and setting out donation boxes in area businesses. Cancer society members and canvassers met in the village hall Friday night. Guest speaker was Bob Broad of the Lambton cancer unit. Broad reported that the fresh daffodils will be available April 3 and 4. This year they will sell in bunches of 10. for $2. Canvassers were given their kits. and donation box- es will soon be distributed. Broad explained how funds raised by the cancer society are used. He said that 61 per- cent goes to research. 16 percent to patient services, 14 percent for education (pamphlets). six percent to campaign supplies (including the live daf- fodils). and three percent is used for administration. He pointed out that research. and the hunt for a cure - for cancer. takes the major portion of funds rais- ed. He said that this year. there are 268 research pro- jects being conducted in Canada. funded by the Cana- dian Cancer Society. Of those 268. 13 research pro- jects are being conducted at University Hospital in Lon- don. He added that we are fortunate to have such a fine hospital near by. where so much research is going on. Broad presented some alarming statistics. saying that one out of five people will die from cancer. Of those people. one-third will die of lung cancer. Ile ex- plained that two million Canadians living today will die as the result• of some form of cancer. Broad pointed out that funds raised by Terry Fox are handled and treated separately. So far the Marathon of Hope has raised $21 million. At Terry's re- quest. this money is used only for special new cancer research. Terry did not in- tend for his marathon to replace the annual fund rais- ing drive. Because of his work. several new unusual research projects have been launched which would probably not have been fund- ed under regular prograr.s. On the Grand Bend ex- ecutive are President Case Stokkermans. Treasurer Judd Bumstead. Education Marj Mason.Patient services Irene Kennedy. Canvassing Madelaine Dalton and Mildred McLaren. Daffodil sales Nancy Thomas, and donation boxes Beth Wurm. rimikgav 1 would like, at this time, to thank the voters of Huron - Middlesex for their support during my recent political cam- paign. 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