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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-06-22, Page 1QUALITY FURNITURE 0 0 c c :)gs -1964 Walker 'commends Dunlop for foresight 'Factory of the futur•' officially' opened at Nuron Park ceremony "This plant is really a fac- tory of the future," coo- mented Gordon Walker, minister of industry and trade, in officially opening the new Huron Park home of Dunlop Construction Pr' ducts Inc. on Friday. He termed it a factory of the future because he said it is already doing some of the things all Ontario businesses and industries have to start doing if the province is to re- main the manufacturing powerhouse of Canada. To begin with, he noted, the plant is the only one in Canada manufacturing single -ply rubber roofing membrane and estimated sales for the coming year have been set at seven million dollars and a work -force of 40 "and doubtlessly even PERSONALIZED Bill Brady, guest speaker at last week's annual meeting of South Huron Hospital, receiv- ed a personalized chair for his efforts. He found it to his liking and admires the comfort while chatting with board chairman Bob Dinney. Young area cyclist among crash hurt A six-year-old cyclist suf- fered major injuries and eight other people sustained minor injuries in a rash of 10 colli- sions in the area this week. Exeter OPP estimate damage to the vehicles in- volved at over 521.000. Most seriously hurt was Michell Hodgins. daughter of Glenn and Joan Hodgins. RR 2 Crediton. The youngster came out of her laneway on the Mt. Carmel Road on Thursday and into the path of a vehicle driven by Brian Gunness. Parkhill. ' The six-year-old Was taken to University Hospital in -Lon- don. Damage to the bike and vehicle wds set at $500. The rash of crashes started on Monday when Hay . Township building inspector Hubert Miller. RR 1 Dashwood. suffered minor in- juries when his vehicle went into an open trench on conces- sion 14-15 of Hay. north of Highway 83. Damage was 51.500. On Wednesday, vehicles operated by Timothy Farwell, Zurich, and Martin Van Raay, RR 3 Dashwood. collided on sideroad 10-11 of Hay, east of County Road 2. Vandals hit local church When parishioners arrived 'at Bethel Reformed Church for worship Sunday they discovered the Huron Street building had been attacked by vandals. A silver communion cup was stolen. eggs were thrown inside the church and syrup was poured over the pulpit. rugs and an electric guitar. Constable Jim Barnes is in- vestigating the incident. Exeter police also in- vestigated Iwo collisions this week. the first occurring on Monday at the intersection of Gidley and William St. i)rivers involved were Gerard Grenier, 114 Gidley and Charles Snell, 80 Victoria. Grenier was riding a .motorcycle. Damage was set at 51,200 and both drivers escaped injury. The other crash was on Tuesday at the intersection of Huron and Main. i)rivers in that one were Terri Rusnak, RR 2 Ailsa Craig„ and Donna Hoffman, Dashwood. Damage was $1,300. Sgt. Kevin Short in- vestigated both collisions. 4 Damage was listed at 51.550 and Van Raay suffered minor injuries., A vehicle driven by Peter Veen, Ilderton, caught fire while he was driving along sideroad 5 in Stephen Township on Thursday. The Crediton fire department at- tended the scene. No estimate of damage was available. Four collisions were in- vestigated on Saturday. two of them being of a major nature. A vehicle driven by Ronald Blane, RR 1 Lucan, went out of control on conces- sion 2-3 of Usborne south of sideroad 15 and rolled over. The driver and a passenger, Martin Duenk, RR 3 Lucan, were thrown out of the vehi- cle. but suffered only minor , injuries and were taken to South Huron Hospital by OPP for treatment. Damage to the vehicle was set at 57,000. Vehicles driven by Leonard Smale. Exeter, and Jamie Wilson. Huron Park. collided on County Road 21 just west of Highway 4. resulting in in- juries to both drivers and two passengers. Christina and Adam Wilson. All four were taken to South Huron Hospital. Damage to the vehicles was estimated at $4,000. The other two Saturday col- lisions were similar in nature as drivers lost control of their vehicles and hil trees. The first involved a vehicle driven Please turn to page 3 brighter prospects ahead. Walker said that without the determination of Dunlop and Bitumar to negotiate a joint venture and forge ahead, those profits and jobs wouldn't be in Ontario or even Canada. "You have shown real leadership in the field of im- port replacement," he con- tinued, "something my ministry is working hard to promote." The Ontario cabinet minister said that the three levels of government, hospitals, colleges and school boards now spend three billion dollars in public funds annually on imported goods and he asked his audience'to consider how many jobs that could represent for Canada. "And if we're losing that many jobs and that much pro-' fit in the public -sector markets, just think of now many and how much we've lost in the private sector as well." He also noted that Dunlop Construction was not among those companie§ merely School levies should level Taxpayers in Huron should notice a levelling off of educa- tion levies next year, accor- ding to superintendent of per- sonnel, Peter Gryseels, who attended Monday night's ses- sion of Exeter council along with board member Clarenr - "King" McDonald to answ questions on the education system. "You'll notice a big change next year," Gryseels com- mented in response to a ques- tion from Reeve Bill Mickle whether the education levy would level off. The Women explained that the provincial restraint pro- gram was adopted mid -way through the term of the teachers' contracts and the current levies therefore have not yet experienced the full ef- fect of the restraint program. Few savings have been ex- perienced through declining enrolment, McDonald added, because staffing levels have been relatively unchanged as the board has moved teachers into the area of special educa- tion due to the requirements of Bill 82. The local trustee said the board have been keeping more teachers than therused to due to Bill 82 and he in- dicated that practice would probably have to continue for another year or two. He told council that staffing requirements call for one teacher for as few as nine students in some special education areas. Again answering a question from Mickle, the trustees said that provincial funding for the Bill 82 requirements is higher than that for other educa- tional purposes. Mickle opened Monday's discussion with a concern over the fact the board could face the prospect of paying out $5.5 million in their retire- ment gratuity plan and he wondered if that could be a future problem whereby the taxpayers would face a heavy burden through the. retirements of several teachers at one time. "It is . a problem." McDonald responded. "it's there and we have to live with it." He added that the board had to hope that there would not be a large number of teacher retirements at one time to put an undue strain on the unfinanced debt. Gryseels added that the situation was the same as fac- ed by council in their sick leave plan in that they would face a costly situation if all town employees fell sick at the satne time and were off Please turn to page 3. waiting to take advantage of the potential markets abroad for Canadian products. The firm expects to export up to 40 percent of its produc- tion to the U.S.A. and West In- dies and Walker said he has no doubts the roofing systems have great sales potential in other parts of the world as wel l "A company like Dunlop is the type of company that will keep this province a pros- perous, enviable place to live and work," he concluded. "With such a clearly demonstrated ability to spot the business. trends of the future, you will, I am sure. continue to make a praiseworthy contribution to the life of Huron County and Ontario." Joining Walker among the speakers was James Joyce. chairman of the board On- tario Development Corpora- tion. He said the addition of the jobs created by Dunlop were indeed welcome and noted that such development and expansion is essential for the well-being and health of the province. Joyce told the guests at the opening that the ODC has assisted 4,040 companies which have created 107.000 new jobs, 2,000 of which are in Huron County through finan- cial assistance of 511 million. Through ODC, Dunlop Con- struction received tpterest and rent subsidies for the new Huron Park plant and also helped implement a COED employment development program grant for the expan- sion of the facility. Dr. David Brazier, presi- dent of Dunlop, reported that the rubber roofing being manufactured at Huron Park "is now here to stay." He explained the product was in the research depart- ment in the early '60s but disappeared because at that time it could not compete with o • the asphalt built-up root. However, the product started to compete successfully in the market about eight years ago and has "now taken off" with sales in 1906 ex . • led to hit the one billion dollar mark in North America. Dr. Brazier said the Dunlop research ilepartment would keep the Orm ahead and will keep Canada in the forefront of single ply roofing systems . He urged architects and contractors thinking of using the product to visit the technology centre and explore the • ' tential of the s stem which comes with a 15;ye'ar warranty. After the official ribbon - cutting ceremony, the guests viewed the production line facilities. CUTS RIBBON — Ontario industry and trade minister Gord Walker cuts the ribbon to officially open Dunlop Construction Products Inc. at Huron Park, Friday. Watching the ceremony from the left are James Joyce, chair- man of the Ontario Development Corporation, Mr. Walker, Dr. David Brazier, president of Dunlop, and Tom Patterson, manager of the new Huron Park plant. Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Tenth Year a. voca & Ntirth Lambton Since 1873 EXETER. ONTARIO, June 22, 1983 Building boom continuing Price Per Copy 50 Cents Already tops '82 total ve way for TSC store Exeter's building boom continues and received another major boost this week with the announcement that a new TSC store is plann- ed for the north end shopping mall. That project has cleared both council and the local planning board and developer Gerry Spracktnan told the T- A this week that construction should start in the near future with a tentative completion for October. The expansion of the Hawleaf shopping centre will be approximately 10,000 square feet to the east of the present facility which houses Zehrs, a restaurant. bank and hair dresser. The parking lot is also pro- posed to be expanded to tle east approximately 90 feet. The TSC (Tractor Supply Company ) store is an agricultural -oriented retail outlet well known in the U.S. where there are over 6,000 outlets. Several TSC Stores have sprung up in Western Ontario in recent years and have been located in Listowel, London and Woodstock. On the recommendation of NEW MEMBERS — Mrs. Mel Geiser, Exeter, and Howard Datars, Dashwood, were the new members elected to the South Huron Hospital board of directors, Tues- doy. Shown with them at the right is second vice-chairman Bob Down. Nospitt,1 on a sh�estring, needs community support There was sweat on the brows of most of the 100 peo- ple in attendance at Tues- day's annual meeting of South Huron Hospital and it may have been appropriate as the long list of speakers all made mention of the hard work and sweat that had gone into the hospital getting a three-year accreditation. That accomplishment was highly touted at the 30th an- nual meeting in the swelter- ing confines of the town hall auditorium. but hospital per- sonnel indicated they would not rest on their laurels and would continue to strive to meet the health care needs of the community in the same high standard. HENSALL'S CHAMPION FIDDLER - - Louis Schreyer of Sault Ste. Marie won the Ward Allen Memorial trophy as the top fiddler in the open division at the weekend Hensall Kinsmen fiddlers contest. Contest chairman Wayne Reid and Marg Entwistle and Grace Bender, nieces of the late Word Allen present -the trophy to Schreyer. T -A photo. "We must stnve to stay at the top," commented nursing director Audrey Pooley, a sentiment echoed by chief of the medical staff, Dr. W.F. O'Connor. However, finance commit- tee chairman Jim Morlock in- dicated that there will have to be more community support from a financial basis if the hospital is to continue to operate with the current level of service. He said the hospital is "hur- ting for funds ,quite badly" and is basically operating on a shoe -string due to govern- ment restraint on operating funds and the lack of capital funds. "We need a lot of communi- ty support,'.' he advised. "We must strive to retain our pre- sent services and hopefully will have funds available to add new services as the need arises." "We hope it will no be necessary to curtail any of our services," chairman Bob Dinney said in his written report. which solicited a con- tinuation of the community's support "as we are still in a period of restraint and our budget is such that it takes some careful planning not to end up in a deficit position." Noting that the town hall was chosen for the site of the 30th annual because it was the scene for the board's first an- nual session, Dinney paid Please turn to page 3 the planning board. council agreed this week to enter in- to a site plan agreement with the firm headed by Sprackman. A representative, John Ruddy, attended this week's session of council and in- dicated no problems with the proposed agreement which would clear the way for the expansion. Building inspector Brian Johnston said he expects the agreement to be signed and back to council within two weeks. In his report for May, Johnston reported issuing per mits for a value of $449,465. The major one is the new Canadian Tire Store already well underway on the former Frayne Chev-Olds property adjacent to the present CTC outlet on Main St. Johnston advised council that the total value of permits Pick new directors Four new members will be on the South Huron Hospital Board due to replacements made by two local groups and the resignation of two current board members. Howard Datars, Dashwood, will replace Harry Hayter as that area's representative, and Mrs. Mel Gaiser will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Harold Gunn, Exeter. Gunn . was first vice- chairman of the board and resigned after nine years. He is moving to London. 1ilayter served 14 years on the board and was a former chairman. The other two new members are Olga Davis and Dr. Peter Englert. Mrs. Davis succeeds l.eone Brock as the representative of the Hospital Auxiliary, while Dr. Englert is the new chief of the medical staff named to succeed Dr. W. O'Connor. At Tuesday's anglral meeting, a plaque was unveil- ed listing the names of the honorary members of the South Huron Hospital Association. it was unveiled by Elmer D. Bell, Q.C., the first chairman of the board. He said it made him very nostalgic to look at the special data included lit the program for the annual meeting. Referring to the birth of the hospital, Bell said it was tru- ly a community effort and he hart never before or since ex- perienced such a feeling of unity of purpose. "It was a good time to be alive," he added. Honorary members listed on the plaque were: Valentine L. Becker, Elttter D. Bell, William G. Cochrane, Douglas A. Cook, MurIej E. Dunlop, William E. Envr- ington, Stanley G. E'rayne, W. Eric Mcllroy, Charles S. Mac - Naughton, Ray I. Morlock, Jack B. I'ryde, Elgin W. Rowcliffe, R. Earl Russell, Charles L, Smith, Walter C. Spencer, Bentson W. Tuckey, Henry C. Beaver, j.uthcr ,1 Penhale, Cedric E. Shaw, .1 Albert Traquair, Richard N. Creech and Uirie R. Snell. issued for the first five months of this year is somewhere between 51.2 and $1.3 million. Last year's total for the entire year was under 51 million. One new home valued at 5,56,000 was included in the May list, as well as four per- mits for commercial renova- tions and additions at 5329.990. There were 14 permits for residential renovations and _additions at 552,800; two tool sheds at 5675, and one swim- ming pool at 510,000. Three permanent sign per- mits were also approved dur- ing the month to bring the 1983 total to 10 and there were nine temporary signs approv- ed for atotal of72for the first five months of the year. The planning board report indicated that a discussion had also been conducted regarding the request from Sprackman to expand the list of retail uses permitted in the shopping centre. The board authorized Johnston to write Sprackman informing him that planning board will review and con- sider any specific uses upon receiving a written list. Monday night. Ruddy said his firm would respond to the letter from planning board. but he noted it was difficult for them to compile such a list until specific needs arise. He noted that a convenience store and a dry cleaning outlet were the only current uses left available for the shopping centre. and he said neither was particularly ap- propriate for a shopping cen- tre in that location. Finances in good shape Auditor Jerry Mills told Ex- eter council this week their 1982 financial statement was the best one he has seen in his involvement with 13 municipal audits this year. "It's- nice to see one in a strong position," he said in reporting on the final audit. "The town's financial position is pretty good overall." Ile commented particular- ly on the working capital reserve which he said was nearing the position of being double that of outstanding taxes and accounts receivable. Mills said that auditors con- sidered that an "excellent position". He had further good news in noting that the auditing costs should not increase and in fact, could even decline somewhat. MOM ACCEPTS AWARD - At Sunday's annual inspec- tion of the Huron -Middlesex Cadet Corps, Tony Jones was named the top cadet. Jones is now in Bisley, England for shooting competition. Above, his mother Jean accepts the trophy from Captain Don Lee. ' Thieves make off with stereo haul Over 53,500 worth of stereo equipment was stolen over the weekend in two separate incidents. Exeter OPP are also investigating the theft of an electric lawn mower and bicycle. Stereo equipment valued at $3,100 was taken from a lock- ed vehicle owned by Robert McAdams, Toronto. The saleman had parked his car at Oakwood F'ark on Friday night and thieves made off with the equipment, much of it in packing boxes, after smashing the windows to gain entry. F'our turntables, two car- tridge models, two car speakers and a portable radio were included in the loss. Paul Campbell, Hensall, had 5450 worth of stereo equipment stolen from his vehicle in the village. includ- ed was a cassette deck and two speakers. The electric lawn mower was stolen over the weekend from the Centralia residence of Pat McFalls, while the bicycle, valued at 5125, was taken from the property 01 Dick Rau. IIR 2 Zurich.