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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-12-30, Page 19PREPARE VIALS — the Huron Pork -Centralia area is now included in the Vials of Life program. Shown preparing the vials for distribution are Mary Lou Becker, Maxine Hyde and Sharon Bruls. T -A photo Play euchre at Centralia By MRS. FRED BOWDEN Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Macdonald and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dickins were in charge of the euchre party in the Community Centre Monday night with seven tables in play. Ladies high score - Mrs. Lawrence Hirtzel, ladies lone hands - Mrs. Cecil Neil, ladies low - Mrs. Joe Carter, men's high - Lawrence Hirtzel. men's lone hands - Harry Noels, men's low - Arthur Abbott. The special prize was won by Mrs. Harry Noels. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carter and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lam- port will convene the next party. Personals Mrs. Fred Cunnington returned home Sunday after spending the Christmas holidays at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Vogan and family in Listowel. Orma Pollock of Kincar- dine was a Christmas guest with his, sister Mrs. Lorne Hicks. Boxing Day both were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Walden and fannlily in Lucknow. Mrs. Hicks visited in Kincardine before returning to her home Sunday evening. With Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrison for Christmas were Mr. and Mrs. Ken Tilley. London and Mrs. Minnie Harrison. Christmas guests with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Greb were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Greb and family: Mr. and Mrs. Urban Pfile and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Greb of Zurich; Mr. and Mrs. Reg Hodgson, Waterloo and Mrs. Edith Love. Exeter. Sunday dinner guests with Mr. and Mrs. Greb were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Blair and Mr. and Mrs. Rob Frank of Thunder Bay. Mrs. Irene Lawson, Ex- eter was a ('hristmas holi- day visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Hux- table and Boxing Day guests were Mr. and Mrs. Stan Love and Mrs. Elmer Wilson of Exeter. Holiday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Powe and Alan were Mr. and Mrs. Ron Brittain. Richmond,Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Brandon and Heather. Uxbridge. Mr. and Mrs. Don MacGregor, Mr. Jim MacGregor and Miss Mary O'Rourke, Exeter were guests with them on Christmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hirtzel spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hirtzel and family in Exeter. Christmas guests with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hicks and Brian were Mr. and Mrs. Tom Deschamps, Mark and LeeAnne, Woodslee and Mr. Ask for cuts in interest Exeter council concurred with a resolution from the Township. of. $lanbcoolc.-in the Mount Hope area bask- ing the federal government to take immediate steps to lower interest rates being charged on loans and mortgages. The resolution noted that high interest rates were leading to the current un- stable economic situation in the country with vast layoffs in automotive, construction and other fields. These factors were also said to be contributing to the bankruptcy of small businesses, farmers and the loss of cars and homes and the destruction of many families. Council endorsed the resolution without comment at their meeting last week. They filed a resolution, from the Township of Greenock in Bruce County calling on the Ontario government to continue to develop nuclear power for export purposes. Councillor Morely Hall was the only one to speak in favor of the resolution, say- ing that if Ontario could produce power for export and thereby create employ- ment in this province, it should be encouraged to do s0. PARK 30 THE SQUARE • THEATRE 524-7811 GODERICH Burt is Sharky... Nobody leans on Sharky's Machine. QIN BURT REYNOLDS SHARKYS MACHINE HELD OVER TILL JAN. 7 '82 FRI. & SAT. TWO SHOWINGS 7 & 0:10 p.m. SUN.-THURS. ONE SHOWING 8:00 p.m. Box Office open 1/2 hour before showing and Mrs. Bruce Hicks and Shawn. Boxing Day guests with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kooy were Mr. and Mrs. Maurice MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Howard MacDonald and family; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sovereign and family, Lucan; Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Kooy and family, Huron Park. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Robin- son, Guelph were weekend guests with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Essery. Stephen Molnar of Agin- court was a visitor over the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Molnar. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bowden spent Christmas Day with their family at the home of Mrs. Margaret Reid and girls in London. Sunday service Mr. Peter Snell conducted - the service in the United Chard...5404W wppaiiogand contributed to the service by singing a couple of solos to his own guitar accompani- ment. "Three Vital Concerns" was the subject of his ser- mon. What do we know about God? What does God know about us? How do we com- municate to others? Mr. Gill presided at the organ and was accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Bruce Brandon. The choir sang an anthem and the offertory music was an organ and piano duet by Mr. Gill and Mrs. Brandon. Spirit lacking for councillor Exeter council members had a bit of Christmas spirit at their meeting last week, but it wasn't enough to suit Deputy -Reeve Alvin Epp. He expressed pleasure at council's decision to make a grant of $250 to the Huron County Christmas Bureau, but was disappointed in the recommendation from Morley Hall's social services committee that a request for a 8125 grant for the Huron Day Centre for the Homebound be turned down. Epp said that the Day Centre had conducted a survey of buildings in Huron to advise the handicapped on which facilities they could enter with wheel chairs. He said it was a wor- thwhile project and council should support it, noting that people never knew when they too could become handicapped and need such information. Councillor Bill Mickle suggested that it was a county -wide project, and therefore should be sup- ported by county council and not local councils. In a vote on the matter, Epp opposed the motion which turned down the 8125 grant. The social services committee also reported that Clerk Liz Bell had been allowed "liberal time -off" to co-ordinate the efforts of the Huron Christmas bureau in Exeter. In comments later in the meeting, Mrs. Bell said it was heart-warming to get council's cash donation and assistance for the local bureau which was organized by the Lioness Club and added that 1t was an "eye- opener" to see so many area families in need. "Some cases would break your heart," she com- mented. • Times -Advocate, December 30, 1981 P.. 19 The year that was . . .in review Continued from page 2 it will cast $9,700 in interest charges to make four educa- tion levy payments each year. Exeter council learns of an unexpected grant of possibly $170,000 and delays raising the sewer sur- charge rate. Huron nurses reach a wage settlement. South Huron High School girls win the WOSSA field hockey championship. Rev. Cliff Williams Is the new minister at the Lucan Revival Centre. The Ailsa Craig Lions celebrate their 10th anniver- sary. Preferred hydro towner line plan heads for Exeter area. A letter from Cuba says Hensall beans are of fine "cuality" . Exeter council tells PUC they are being overcharged for fire protection water. November 11 First World War veterans Norm Norry, Earl Guenther and Ted Pooley participate in the annual Remembrance Day service and marchpast. Mary Anne Hogan and Paul McAuley win thhe Mon- cour Scholarships as the top male and female students in grade 13 at South Huron District High School. Exeter pilot Arnie Keskinen escapes virtually unharmed as the plane he was flying crashed near the Elliott Lake airport. Rev. Abram Blaak is the new minister at the Exeter Bethel Reformed Church. Jim Cargin is the new director of Huron County Family and Children's Ser- vices. Kerry Dann, 17 of Denfield was killed in an accident on Highbury Avenue, near Concession 15 in London township. Hensall council approves dump survey, but, is con- cerned about cost. New Grand Bend post of- fice to get solar heating. November 18 New grocery store propos- ed in Exeter core area on former Frayne automobile lot. Roy Scott of the Royal Air Forces Escapist Society speaks to the Exeter Legion Remembrance Day banquet. Salary differences stall rrvnegotia&ions • between the Huron Board of Education and secondary school teachers. The South Huron District High School team won the egg drop contest in the GET CONTRACT Exeter District Co -Op has been awarded the contract for supplying gasoline for the town's vehicles for the coming year. The Co -Op will allow the town a discount of 3.20 cents per litre on regular, unleaded and diesel fuel. Science Olympics held in Toronto. "Feeding a Hungry World" is the theme of Open House at Centralia College of Agricultural Technology. Grand Bend council looks at plans for new fire hall. November 25 The question is asked, "Will Cayuga's gain be Huron's loss for the next chemical waste site? Lawyer Elmer D. Bell is named Exeter's Citizen of the Year. Sales of the Exeter and District Co -Operative reach the five and a, half million dollar mark for 1981. The Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority gets a grant of $10,816 to create additional employment. Damage was listed at $200.000 in a fire at the Maple Leaf Mills plant at Greenway. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Hogan of Mount Carmel celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. The South Huron District High School senior girls basketball team wins the Huron -Perth championship. Area 4-H club members Tom Coates and Elaine Pym win reserve championships at the Royal Guineas com- petition at the royal Winter Fair. Whitney Coates was honoured by the Royal Winter Fair for his many contributions to success of the fair's Hereford show. Mrs. Everett Haist of Dashwood celebrates her 90th birthday. Dorothy Hern of Court Valentine, Granton was named Forester of the Year. December 2 Exeter hydro rates to in- crease by 11.9 percent. Santa makes his annual PUC plans to promote conversions to electric The Exeter PUC plans to begin promoting the ad- vantages of conversion to electric heating. A letter from Ontario Hydro presented to the commission's December meeting, Tuesday, stated that Hydro would only assist utilities advertising con- servation and safety in the use of electric power. Hydro avoids assisting the promotion of electricity for home heating and cooling because of "political sen- sitivity". PUC manager Hugh Davis said Hydro does not wish to promote greater usage of electricity If its energy production is stUl locked in at the Bruce generating station, without the proposed transmission lines. He added that Hydro pays 40 percent of a utilities' costs of advertising if Hydro approved ads are used. Bruce Shaw said he un- derstood from conferences he had attended that the utilities were responsible for the promotion, but that Hydro would support them. He noted that the letter did not indicate any support. Shaw suggested the PUC look to its own future and begin advertising to promote the conversions. He added that Hydro should be sent a bill for 40 percent of the ad costa and t wai L e . if they don't wa ist. Chan Livingstbne agreed, saying that if Hydro will not back the plans, the PUC will have to move on Its own. It was moved that the PUC would begin advertising to encourage conversions to electric heat and note that government grants are available for the con- versions. Davis said that the gas company had taken business from the utility. When homes are converted to natural gas heat, electric water heaters are often replaced with gas fired heaters. He said that the next two to three years would be the critical years for con- versions and the PUC would have to take action to get Involved. The PUC also accepted two bylaws from town council. The first sets a mill rate of four mills on real property assessment to be paid to the PUC for fire protection. Shaw said that he believed council had the authority, under the PUC Act, to set the rate for fire protection, The bylaw, which takes effect on the first of January, allows for comparison of other municipalities rates and renewal at the end of 1982. Davis noted that the bylaw left the door open for negotiation on the rates for both the town and the PUC. The second bylaw establishes a sewage sur- charge of 114 percent of the water rates for those properties in Exeter "deemed to derive benefit from expansion" of the sanitary sewer system. The surcharge will take effect with the water systems first billing in 1982. Half the funds generated will be used to pay off debts in- curred in constructing the existing system. The other half wf;: be devoted towards expansion of the sewers. The mayor said he was not sure if council would be advertising the new sur- charge rate, but he said it would be a good idea to in- form those whose utility bills will be Increased because of the surcharge. Davis told the commission of a letter received from Frank Cowan Insurance. The letter said a premium of 856 would be needed to protect the commission for any damage done to town property. Davis told of a water main break near the OPP station on Main Street. While workers were excavating the road's sand fill, a 30 foot portion of the curbing collapsed. He said he had checked the insurance and found the PUC was not covered, though he noted the town was covered for damage its workers may do to PUC equipment. The commission will review the need for this type of insurance when the rest of its insurance is reviewed in ly. Ji other business the commission: Accepted a tender for vehicle gasoline for 1982. The tender, the lowest of four received, was from the Exeter District Co-op. It set fuel prices at 35 cents per liter for regular and 37 cents per liter for unleaded gasoline. Street lights have been erected on Gidley Street near the Scout hall and new lights will be put up over the Main Street bridge to in- crease lighting in the area. The mileage rate for PUC business was raised to 25 cents per.kilometer from 16 cents per kilometer. It was noted commissioners are not paid to attend conferences and suggested that the PUC at least pay for the car trip. A letter from the OMEA noted that the new postal rates for bulk mail will be 21 cents per letter for over 1,000 pre-sorted pieces. The post office's limit had been 5,000 items. The Exeter PUC will qualify for the lower rates on its billings, but Davis noted the postal rates for meter post cards mailed from the Exeter office will jump to 30 cents from 15 cents with the new rates in January. When I see Christmas looming up on the horizon, I must admit that my heart sinks a bit. At such times I almost wish 'were aBa-Ha-i, like the rest of my immediate family. Trouble is, though Christmas is not a Ba -ha -i celebration, they all act as though it were, and ex- pect all the trimmings of the day; tree, turkey, gifts, being home with the family, and boys and toys and toys and boys. Then I remember that the Ba -ha -i's have a month of fasting, when they don't eat between sunrise and sundown, and I decide to stick with my own religious background: Methodist, United. and nominal Anglican. At least the Methodists, or what's left of them after that terrible union, when they split into Uniteds and Presbyterians, still like to eat. The Uniteds, after years of temperance, take the odd snort now and then. And the good old Anglicans drink every Sunday. One good fast and they'd be carting me off in a green plastic bag. The Catholics have the right idea. They "fast" once a week, eating fish or eggs, which are good for them. And they take a belt, even the clergy, when the need is obvious. If it weren't for the con- fessional, I'd probably join them. But that's where I stick, Confession is good for the soul, someone said. True, but I'd rather belt it out with the Anglicans, where we all admit publicly and together, that we are sinners, and there is no health in us, than whisper my little venalities into the ear of a bored priest who has heard it all before, and much worse, and probably wants his dinner. If I told the priest the truth about my mutterings over Christ - Sugar and Spice Dispensed By Smiley mas exams, the atrocious spelling of the next generation of citizens, and the ideas of morality among them I'd probably be hit with eighteen Hail Mary's. I wouldn't know what to do with a Hail Mary if it came up and kicked me on the shins. My latin is rustly, though not completely corroded. After "Ave Maria, mater 'Dominis". I'd probably have to revert to French: "Je suis un homme mauvais, J'ai fait des crimes horribles et fan- tastique...and so on! And if my French is as rustly as my Latin, I'd probably wind up in jail on Christ- mas Day, despite the secrecy of the con- fessional. Well, now that we have that out of the way, I still feel a bit gloomy with Christmas in the offering. It's not the religious significance that bothers me; it is the temporal. How do you put up a Christmas tree with a crook in the trunk like your great uncles arthritic arm? Without, that is, breakingall the' laws about taing the Lord's name in vain? I have never managed it yet. How do you buy toys for boys that cost less than thirty-five dollars (batteries not included), when the little turkeys are so sophisticated they think Star Wars is out of date? And speaking of turkeys, what size do you buy? A neat little thirteen -pounder, or, if the whole mob arrives. twenty-sixer? In the one case, you run short; in the other, you're eating turkey until your wattles carefully disguised if you hold your head high, become so obvious that you automatically qualify, in the eyes of the young, for a permanent berth in Sunset Haven. Somehow, it has become a tradition that Grandad (that's me) stuffs the turkey, while Gran does all the hard stuff. like peeling the spuds and bashing the tur- nips. Hands, and foremarms still tender from the prickling of Christmas tree needles, I am ex- pected to plunge them to the elbows in turkey guts, margarine, dressing and assorted herbs, and come up with "the best dressng we've ever had." Oh, I don't disappoint, though my wife despairs of my methods. f wrestle the beast out, tear out the innards and put them on to boil for giblet gravy. Then I scatter dressing all over my self and the kitchen. But the secret is to reach blindly 'into the cupboard, grasp whatever is nearest, throw a dollop into the stuffing. stir vigorously and carry on until you can't stand the aroma or the sight of the stuffing. A shot of tabasco sauce, a whiff of celery powder. a dash of garlic, a sprinkle of onion. a little Worcester sauce, a hand- ful of salt and pepper, a shot of rye, for the cook, the guts of a couple of loaves of bread, carefully staled, smidgeon of everything else on the shelf'. from bay leaf to marjoram. and any old peas or applesauce or cheese sitting around in the fridge. and you have dressing that people will want seconds on, if they get through the first help- ing. Then you stuff it by hand. truss the slippery corpse. drop it on the floor a couple of times, wipe it off with the back of your sleeve. and slam it into the oven when nobody is looking. The rest is history: the best dressing we've ever had. One of these days I'm going to make the dress- ing without washing my hands after putting up the tree. I think the flavour of spruce gum and an es- sence of spruce needles would give it a certain piquancy that might wind me up in a four star restaurant. Or in jail, ac- cused of poisoning my en- tire family. Never mind. We'll all get through somehow. But somehow I wish Jesus had been born on the first of July. I'd mere- ly put lights on the huge spruce in our backyard, and get out the barbecue. visit to Exeter sponsored by the Lions and BIA Listowel man charged with armed robbery of Kip - pin general store. Five area industries report layoffs of 231 employees. Centralia College of Agricultural Technology gets additional funding. Could be $50,000 per year. Pfaff Electric wins in- termediate "D" hockey tournament in Hensall. Bevan Shapton, RR 1, Ex- eter is named the most out- standing 4-H club member in Huron. Huron Country Playhouse records a profit of $10,000 for the 1981 season. December 9 A decrease was shown in the number of calls made by the Exeter and area fire department during 1981. Lynne Farquhar is named administrator for the South Huron Recreation Centre. Needy families in the area increase according to the Huron Christmas Bureau. Dorothy Wallace of Goderich was named chair- man of the Huron Board of Education. The new agricultural building at Exeter Com- munity Park has been turned over tb the town. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jones. formerly of Hensall celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. Pat Rowe of the SHDHS physical education staff has been named manager of the Ontario badminton team for the 1983 Canada Winter Games. Successful open house held at Braemor manor and Semi -Fab. December 6 A fire on the Stephen township farm of Gerry Love. near Grand Bend destroys a barn valued at $200.000 and 200 head of cat- tle. Damages of about 820,000 resulted from a fire on the Kirkton area farm of Theodore Vink which was occupied by Jim Wilkenson and family. John O'Leary, RR 2, Staf- fa is named chairman of the Huron -Perth Separate School Board. Howick reeve Harold Robinson was elected warden of Huron for 1982 and John Whitmore, reeve of Ailsa Craig gets the same position in Middlesex coun- ty. oun- t !Exeter Waxers advance to the Silver Stick novice regional finals with wins over Mitchell and Lambeth. Hensall council corrects oversight in 1961 land deeds. Disability pensions paid to veterans and their survivors are to rise by,12 percent on January 1, 1982. Milk producers set delegates Huron County Milk Producers recently elected four delegates to attend the 1st Annual O.D.H.I.C. meeting to be held in Toronto at Sheraton Centre, January 12. The 1982 Huron County delegates are: Walter Elliott, Lucknow; Stuart Steckle, Zurich; Brian Jeffray, Wingham, and Jim McGee, Wingham. Delegates will be responsible for electing one director at the Annual Meeting to represent our zone, which includes Essex, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex, Elgin, Huron and Perth Counties. The director will be expected to attend board meetings, committee meetings and local zone meetings. Dennis Martin. Associate Agricultural Representative Federal crop stabilization Agriculture Canada has recently announced that there will be no federal stabilization payments on corn, soybeans, barley or oats harvested in 1980. The market price for the four crops was higher than the price support level at which stabilization payments would have been made. The market price for the crops (with price -support levels in brackets) were: corn 8151.36 per metric ton ($102.43), soybeans $313.45 per ton (222.34), barley 8141.48 (691.64), oats $152.48 (8103.51) . The support prices per bushel would be; corn 82.60, soybeans $6.05, barley 81.99, oats 81.60. If present crop prices hold into the 1982 crop year, Federal Stabilization payments could be passible for the 1981 harvest. John Heard, Assistant Agricultural 'Representative WHEN CHUBBY ISN'T CUTE ANYMORE, IT'S TIME TO JOIN WEIGHT WATCHERS. 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