Times-Advocate, 1988-09-21, Page 21METRIC MADNESS- Hensall Public School Students got a -chance to
practise their metric measuring -skills during the "metric madness" -program
ast week. Grade seven student Dan McCiinchey traces around his grade
one partner Stephanie Hovius so that their metric measurements can be re-
corded.
Two council
EXETER - Two members of Ex-
eter council indicated Monday night
that they would not be seeking re-
election- when municipal elections
roll around on November 14.
-Deciding to "call_ it.quits" were
councillors Gaylan Josephson and
Peter Snell. - ..
Mayor Bruce Shaw confir-med.his.
announcement of last April that he
would be in the race for a sixth.
term, .
Shaw .added, "-I have .debated the
issue many times in the past five
months. It's difficult to decide when
the right time is to quit. This .deci-
sion to stay �n was made as thc re-
sult of consultation with my sons
and even my mother". • ..•
He continued, "1 feel 1 can still
contribute to the town with a good
blend of doing something worth-
while _and also receiving personal
pleasure".
Reeve Bill Mickle says he will be
very pleased to "throw his hat in
the ring again He went on to say.
"1 see good things facing Exeter and
--I am involved in several projects at
the•provinnial level which I would
like to continue with".
• Aftcr 14 years on council, Deputy
reeve Lossy Fuller will be back for
another try at the same position.
She- said, "So many exciting things
are happening in .Exeter and in the
county".
Fuller continued," When I started
ors to
14 years ago I talked about helping
seniors with their housing require=
ments and the topic is still current.
16.the county government changes
arc accepted the poaition of deputy .
-reeve will be eliminated. Maybe
that's a good time to die with the
position . •
Councillor Dorothy-gthapman
said four months ago- . ac had
thought of quitting, but added,
The growth of Exeter is exciting.
and 1 would like to be. part of that
excitement for another three years":
She is also on a provincial police
committee and wants to continue`
her efforts in getting a stronger
voice in. equality for funding for po-
licing in Ontario.
Ames -
Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
retire
In stating his intentions to con-
tinue, councillor Morley Hall said,
" I really enjoy the work and find it
a real challenge, but 1 don't want, to
get complacent
• ".•,-
added, " I stave three projects
in mind to complete before 1 quit.
They are recycling, affordable hous-
ing and one 1 haven't yet brought
up to council".
Another term will also be sought
by councillor Ben Hoogenboom
who said, " 1 have enjoyed these
three years and look back on many
improvements made in the town
during that time".
He continued, " I would like- to
try again and I will knock on as
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& North Lambton Since 1873
EXETER, ONTARIO, September 21, 1988
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Approve apartment development
By Adrian Harte
and Ross Haugh
EXETER- Exeter council Monday
- night approved a zoning bylaw
amendment•a_nd severance applica-
tion to allow an apartment housing
project on Victoria street west, de-
spite opposition fromneighbouring
residents. .
Monday's decision to accept a
compromise development plan
rune from recommendations of a
planning advisory committee meet-
'ing live days earlier. • -
.This is the second change in
plans put forth by developer Gerrie
Glenn. He originally proposed 96
units, but is now faced with keep-
ing his project within 64 -units in
two phases.
The phase approved Monday night
will include two 12 -unit buildings
which must not exceed two storeys.
The only exception to this is a
four unit addition .to the existing
three-storey building. •
At Monday's council meeting,
spokesperson for the residents Jean
Brautigam said, " We hear it's all
cut and dried" and council has al-
ready made up its mind".
To this mayor Bruce Shaw re-
plied angrily, " Whoever told you
Fiddle collection spans 80 years
Hank Green a
By Stark Bisset
EXETER - Standing in the
living room of his Anne Street
house -sawing out Red Wing on
one of five fiddles he has collect-
ed over the years is one of Exet-
er's -treasures -- flank Green.
-Red R'ing was a bran ' nes,
song when Hank first , .eked up
his brother's violin and' taught
himself to play on a Sunday af-
ternoon in 1908.
"My brother was playing and I
was watching him," _Bank re-
calls. "Ile put the fiddle down on
the table and went out. I picked
it up and started scratchin'away -
watching the door. 1f he came -
in he'd a given me a limit."
Elis brother -Joe did come hack
into the room, catching young:
1lank.-with the goods, but noth-
ing was said.
"By the end of the night 1
could play."- -
Hank still has. that fiddle. His
brother gave it to him and it -sits
on top of an organ in his small .
dining room.
Learning to play the fiddle in a
day was no great feat 80 years-
ago-
earsago in the _Green family. Thir-
teen of 16 family members
----lcir-
local treasure
played. As he .got. better, Hank
joined the .nightly fiddling ses-
sions, taking up a spot next to
his_ co.usin, Sani Smith, who
was a. Icft.handcd fiddler. The
bows used- to. cross Tike swords
on a wall, Ire remembers.
- "All nay `relations on my
mother's side were either fiddlers
:or singers, '• the old musician
explains.
• As the oldest fiddler in. South
Huron County (there's one guy a
few clays older than main Gode-
rich, he notes), Hank has a few
stories in him. -
His father was a pi0ncer who
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OLDEST FIDDLER - Hank Green of Exeter is one of the oldest fiddlers in Huron County. At 88, Hank can
still saw out a pretty good tune
cleared 100 acres of bush one
mile west of the Exeter Cemet-
ery.
"He ploughed the cemetery be-
fore anybody was in there,"
Flank chuckles. "He was the
only one with oxen -- they
ploughed with oxen then.
"He knew the first one which
•was burial in there."
• Steries from his youth tell of
a_ time considerably different
- from today's world. There was
the time Hank and first cousin
George Smith (now 85 and liv-
ing in Detroit) took a cutter and
a pair..of horses .through _a -.snow
storm to Gcxlcrich just to per-
form at a dance. They were s
snowed in and had to come back
the next day.
"I used to play three nights a
. week for dances,Hank says. "I'd
drive all over -- Hensall, Kippen
a Zurich -- with a horse and cutter
or a horse and buggy."
He spent a lot of time playing
at house parties where his audi-
ence would danceall night to
waltzes fox trots and square
dances. - r
"I used to play all night -- sit
up on a table in a comer some
place. You'd freeze to death. The
ones (lancing, they'd be hot and
they'd open the door and in'd
come thc frost."
Gradually thc dances and the
parties dwindled down to nothing
and there was a stretch in Hank's
life when he barely touched the
violin. But in recent years, the
popular fiddler~ jamborees have
taken the place of the dances and
the panics, and Hank is right
back in thc centre of things.
Along with thc social aspects
of thc various jamborees he at-
tends, Hank has made 1 hobby of
finding oJd violins andtrestoring
thcm. He has found a lot of
.treasures lying around without
strings. He rebuilds them and
quite often sells them at a tidy
profit.
"Some with the post down,
some need a new tail -piece or a
sounding bridge-- there's lots of
them up in attics that people
don't even know arc there," he
says..
Since his wife of 50 years, Al-
-berti e, died -eight years ago,
music has become something of
a life -line for Hank.
"it's a past -time. i sit here at
night and watch the hockey
matches and play the fiddle. •
"i'd a been dead before this..."
he says soberly, not bothering to
finish the sentence.
Turkey in the Straw.
Crooked Stove -pipe.
Golden Fiddle.
RUTABAGAS
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Exeter Fall Fair
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Fall programs
gearing up
pare 5
PANTHER REPORTS
Michelle Ellison
reports on SHDHS sports
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that is a liar. Let's get this straight;
council has made no commitments.
We may have some leanings, hut
have not made up our mind." -
Another area resident Ted Wright
told council , " All we want is to
be treated fair and square and end up
with something that is compatible
to the rest of the neighbourhtxxl".
Wright continued, " We arc not
condemming council. We. have a
good neighbourhood and we want to
keep. it that way.
On a question from deputy- reeve
Lossy Fuller, developer Gerrie
Glenn assured that there would be
sufficient parking and green space
made available..
Fuller said she was satisifcd with
the res'rjction .to two storeys high.
That terminology was changed to
"two habitable units above grade" at
the suggestion of building official
David Moyer. -
- Mayor Shaw, assured the delega-
tion after the decision was made
that copies of the bylaw would be
- circulated to all those within 400
•feet and if thcy were still not satis-
fied an -appeal -could he launched
with the Ontario Municipal Board.
Public outcry '
Last Wednesday's public meeting
brought a crowd of concerned Marl-
borough Street residents into the
counciFc.hambers to protest Glenn's
proposed development. •
Town planning consultant Rich-
ard Zclinka stated his concerns with
the proposed development, noting
he had reservations about the con-
centration of units in the one arca.
Glenn. has already built a six -unit
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Building permits continuing
to head towards new record
EXETER - Exeter's chief building
official David Moyer presented his
report for the month of August_t i
council Monday night and it indi-
cated 1989 will probably set a.
record for the value of building per-
mits issued. • -
•During the latest month, a total
of 20 building permits were issued
with a value of S796,826. Tlris
brings the 1988 eight -month
amount to S4,492,521.12. It sur-
passes the 1987 total for the same
period by more than S640,(X)0. - .•
This ,rnonths..,pe:rinits included
eight new residential dwellings for
• S55.2900; seven residential renova-
tions and additions for S15,926:
three commerical renovations and
additions totalling S223,000 and
one permit cacti for a swimming
pool at S:3,000 and one for S2,000
in the tool sheds, sun deck, carport
and -garage category.
Three permanent sign permits
wcrc isstacd bringing the 4988 total
to 11 -and six temporary signs were
approved: The amount for this year
no.w stands -at -55,
Approve impost fees
• EXETER - Council Monday '
night approved a recommendation
.from an ad hex committee concern-
ing impost fees.
The fee for single family dwell-
-
ings will he S750, $500 for each
Multiple R2 unit and S400 for each
" Multiple R3 dwelling unit..
The impost fees will he charged
whcrT a building -permit -is -issued
and may he a result of a new subdi
. vision agreement, land severance
creating a new lot or infill construc-
tion on existing streets.
Council may as condition of ap-
proval of subdivisions or land sev-
erances request that 50 percent of
the impost 1cc be paid up front and
the hJflancc.at the time the building
permit is issued.
1 he recommendation from . the
committee was not intended to
change any impost fees under exist-
ing suhdivisiim agreements or land
severance decisions.
It 'Was further rccomnitanded that
"tientiffi' r'alkicatc 50"pereet t or
all impost fee collections to Sani-
tary- Sc v.cr Reserve and that the bal-
ance of the impost fee collection he
placed hi ('apical Reserve for ongo-
ing services such as sidewalks
which will benefit the development
arca.
Exeter OPP recover
stolen property
EXETER - The Exeter OPP de-
tachment capped a busy week with
the recovery of stolen property
wonhmore than S10,000,- nclud-
ing several garden tractors. More
details will be released later.
On Friday, September 16 the
OPP wcrc called to an accident on
Concession 2 in Hay township
where vehicles operated by Donald
Triehner, Exeter and Jamison Mal
colm, London had collided:
The Trichncr vehicle was lightly
damaged. The Malcolm vehicle
was demolished, and Malcolm sus -
Need help
EXETER - Residents of the is-
land of Jamaica arc in need of assis-
tance following last week's inva-
sion by Hurricane Gilbert:
Thanks to the co-operation of the
'Exeter branch of Ellison Travel,
any local donations will he forward-
ed to the Canadian Red Cross.
Anyone wishing to make finan-
cial donations may make the
HIT THE ICE
Area teams
lacing up
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taincd minor injuries.
During thc week, 'Exeter detach-
ment off leers investigated a total -of
47 occurrences, including stolen vc-
-hides, domestic disputes, two non -
reportable accidents where damage
was Tess than S700, and two inci-
dents of property damage. .
One driver was charged with being
Unpaired, five 12 -hour suspensions
were handed 0111, 59 charges were
laid under thc Highway Traffic Act,
23 for Liquor Licence Act vurla-
tions, and three under thc ('riminal
code,
or Jamaica
c"hcqucs payable to (hc "Canadian
Red Cross for Hurricane Relief
Fund". Canned goods will also be
accepted. .
Ellison's Exeter manager Marilyn
Martens told thc T -A Monday after-
noon, " We would like all dona-
tions in by Friday of this week or
before".
TERRY FOX RUN
Turnout low,
pledges high
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