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Times-Advocate, 1982-10-06, Page 26140. Times -Advocate, October 6,1982 Plowing rnuteh The 1962 plowing match has had a con4idhrable impact on the host town, despite the fact many of those attending the event were diverted from sidsroads to park on the out- skirts, and never saw beautiful downtown Lucan. Many others did. For Genevieve Nicholson and son Miles, business began picking up before the match NOTICE Exeter Council re- quests citizens to assist in recogniz- ing Exeter In- dividuals, Groups, and Companies at Provincial; National and International level from Sept. 1977 to the present. If you are aware of achievements that deserve recognition please submit names to Exeter Council. PROCLAMATION Township of Usborne October -Visiting Homemaker Month Whereas the Town and Country Homempkers Agency is providing a valuable service in Huron County ; thus enabling many .elderly, disabled and convales- cent residents to con- tinue to live in their own homes; I do hereby pro- claim civic support for the Visiting Homemaker Month which is being observed during OC- TOBER and call on all citizens to lend their in- terest, support and co- operation in making this month a success in every way. J. Murray Dawson, Reeve Township of Usborne Jaunaunuuuruuunuuuuuuuun ADA Heating & Cooling E. • Heating Systems of All Types • • • INSTALLED. MODERNIZED and MAINTAINED s • General Sheet F. Metal Work a• Air Conditioning •• Humidifiers • Ventilation 235-2187 133 Huron St.. Eact. Exeter munNuunuuunuuuuuuuunuut officially opened. Miles set up many of the landscaping displays at the IPM, and Nicholson Flowers was one of the florists on stage in the flowers and fashions theatre of the Ladies Exhibit on the third day of the match. Mrs. Nicholson carried all the su dies needed for the brings b,,mhigliusinoss to most Lusan merchants demonstration over a fence and across a field. She told her audience she had not brought extra water, as she believed there was already an adequate supply on the site! When she returned to her store, she was told a customer had already been in to buy some coloured leaves like those she had seen Mrs. Nicholson use in her floral arrangement. Doug and Phyllis Johnston, owners of the Shillelagh Motel, also experienced an in- crease in business. The week before the IPM opened, all .rooms were full. During the match Mrs. Johnston estimates receipts were up 100 t. IIFrom three on every day business really boomed till closing", :ire said. "We are redly happy with the way things have gone. We have meta lot of nice people." Knowing what two weeks of rain had done to the IPM site, t' • 4 1981.82 EXECUTIVE.— Attending the annual meeting of the Huron County Cancer Society were (back left) Ross McDaniel, Marg Allan, Jim Remington, Steve Biskup, George Michie and Mel Farnsworth. Front: Barb Howson, Marg Makins and Russell Jervis. By Jack Riddell MPP A strongly -worded report to the Cabinet contends that welfare payments should be increased across-the-board before November, because benefits have, in recent years, been distributed unevenly and have actually penalized some of the most needy people in Ontario. The report, drafted by the Ministry of Communi- ty and Social Services in June has not. been made public. "There is a need for a detailed examination of the Ministry's rate structure to ensure that, within available funds, the Ministry is meeting needs equitably", says the report, and policy experts have warned that the'govern- ment will come under severe attack if welfare increases are not tied to inflation. Ac- cording to the report, "Rates are coming under criticism for their over-all level of ade- quacy. This criticism will be heightened by any rate ad- justment that is less than inflation." In spite of the fact that his own officials have recom- mended across-the-board in- creases for the more than 400,000 Ontarians who receive Welfare family benefits and welfare, the Minister is expected to apply any increases on a selective basis. UTDC and The Yacht Club Liberal Deputy Leader Sean Conway has demanded that the Ontario Government crack down on the Urban Transportation Development Corporation, which has sign- ed a 20 year lease with a yacht club near Kingston. He term- ed the $120,000 which the pro- vincial crown corporation will spend for the use of facilities at the club a "shameless ex- penditure" which sets a wret- ched example for Ontario's poor. It's time, he said that the government "trimmed the sails" of the corporation. If the government was serious ,about restraint it would not allow such "outrageous" spending by one of its agencies. Refusal of Treatment to Rape Victim It's been announced that the Ontario Hospital Associa- tion is to review emergency services for rape, victims after a 21 -year-old woman was refused treatment at Humber. Memorial Hospital in Toronto. The doctor on du- ty in the emergency depart- ment at the time is to face a "review from his peers", ac- cording to the Hospital, and the Attorney -General has ordered a police report on the case. The Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons has undertaken to "make en- quiries about this case". A spokesman for the Rape Crisis Centre has charged that it is "quite common" fold treatment to be refused all 09acb s foffingy report not public over Metro Toronto , and the police have stated that they would welcome a Ministry of Health investigation because doctors at the hospital have been refusing to treat rape victims for four or five years. Liberal Leader David - Peterson , asked in the Legislature why.the govern- ment has delayed so long in taking action about this type of incident in view of the fact that it has been aware of discrimination and refusal to give treatment' to rape vic- times. Why is the government not moving with despatch, he asked. Restraint Program Opposition Mefibers con- tinue to press the government on the subject of OHIP fees, asking why these have not been included in the restraint program,. as administered prices. Under what section of the Act are they excjuded, asked David Peterson. While the Liberal Caucus has supported the restraint program as a first step, we have proposed that a commit- tee be struck to consider a number of areas where im- provements were necessary, including the following: ' broader controls, and par- ticularly tougher restraint on administered prices ' a rollback of doctors' fees next year to 5 percent, if voluntary restraint is not forthcoming • a more flexible "sliding scale" to cushion employees at the lower end of the ladder • no pass-through price in- creases for Ontario Hydro above 5 percent • extension of the length of the program by one year to - allow sufficient time for economic restructuring • detailed consideration of the "post -control" phase to guarantee' that we are prepared to ensure that "catch-up" settlements do not trigger another inflationary pattern • review of the blanket removal of the right to strike with consideration for main- taining such rights over non - monetary issues such as health, safety, and working conditions. 4 • Marlene McFalls of Young's De rtment Store enterpris- iryly toted a load of rubber boobs to the Arena -William Sti"eet entrance the day the IPM opened, and did a brisk business. Many people were grateful for her foresight; __ seine ladies h.dpome In dain- ty slip-ons and sandals. "P le came to us and said if they had not been able to buy boots they would have Itrned arol\nd and gone hbme", Mrs. McFalls reported. Shenoted business each day of the IPM was "bet- ter than the average day in LAwan". Judging by the many unfamiliar faces that week, Mrs. McFalls figures many of the women, tired of looking at row after row of machinery, had temporarily abandoned their husbands and walked in- to Lucan to browse and shop. Pat Clarke said gas sales at his service station were up ten percent during thepast week, and about 250 people a day stopped to ask for directions which Clarke gladly supplied. He has often been on the ask- ing end himself in a strange town, he remarked. "Rural people are not that hard to get along with",` Clarke said, adding if the Moving ahead on group home •Rev.. J. Arthur Sheil con- firmed this week that a group home formutiple handicapped children would be established in Usborne Township on Huron St. East. Sheil, of the Parkhill Girls' Home, said an offer has been made on the Nethercott home and the deal is scheduled to close in the middle of October, with the first residents ex- pected to arrive in early November. The charitable group has been advertising for the 10 full and part-time staff required. to operate the home, which will. have eight children as residents. The Parkhill group will pay 20 percent of the capital costs 'of the project with the ministry of community and social services picking up the balance. Sheil said applications have already been received for the eight resident positions at the home, with all the children being from the area north of London. Most are presently in other institutions. The Parkhill Girls' Home, which is operated by a charitable organization of Christian men and women, has provided residential ser- vices for adolescent girls with behavioural problems since 1949 and because of its ex- perience in providing residen- tial services, was one of several agencies reques ted by the ministry of community and social services to submit a proposal for the group home for the multiple -handicapped children. Rev. Sheil explained that his group's proposal was ac- cepted by the ministry. The children involved would be in the eight to 12 age bracket and alt are mentally handicapped as well as hav- ing physical handicaps such as blindness, deafness or the lack of walking ability. "They are profoundly han- dicapped," the minister noted, saying that several of the youngsters would require 24=hour nursing care. Their potential is that a child from six months to two years. The program is being developed by the ministry to bring children out of larger in- stitutions and back into their home communities. The home would provide a residence for eight children and in addition there would be two beds for emergency use for children inthis communi- ty who now live at home., These beds could be used for the children if their parents wished to take a holiday or have some time off from the extensive labor involved in caring for their offspring. MANY day's parade PARADE WATCHERS — The streets of Tented City were crowded for Satur- at the International Plowing Match. T -A photo .tia9� `r a -t 's.or •nmol LUNCH BREAK -- School Board member Marion Zinn chats with Dave Brereton, Victoria school in Goderich and Ross Errington from Brookside near Lucknow dur- ing PD day at Exeter Public School. tik It's great to own a "Lawn Boy"...and it's even better to have an "Ahrens.' You do good I work Keith r h v • PUZZLING - Teachers Grace Brine, Exeter (left) and Chrystal 'Jewitt, Vanastra Public School, try to match geometric forms during a PD day workshop hosted by Exeter Pulbic School. . AUTOGRAPH HOUNDS — Meteorologist Jay Campbell was kept busy signing autographs during his appearance at the CFPL-TV London booth at the IPM. T ME • U •' • NFEREN E — •r represen- tative Teresa De Block and coach Elmer Armstrong discuss the plowing at the queen of the furrow contest at the IPM. • McCann Redi-Mix Inc. DASHWOOD, ONTARIO • 1. PRECAST PRODUCTS DEALER Phone Office 237-3647 Lloyd 236-4819 ALL TYPES OF CONCRETE WORK REDI-MIX CONCRETE a FORMWORK MANGERS STEPS SLATS CURBS { same spirit of cooperation had been shown by CFPL radio and TV and the London Free Press, attendance would have been much greater the first few days of the match. Clarke was annoyed that the London media, by emphasiz- ing the muddy conditions, discouraged many people from coming at the beginning of the week. Speaking for Smith's ser- vice station, Donna Smith said they too had seen an irt- crease in gas sales. She shrugged off as "part of the garage business" the several requests during the IPM that brought the wrecker out to find the caller had disappeared. Anne deBoer said the IPM had drawn a steady flow of people, all in a good mood, and was responsible for a substantial increase in sales at Beckers gas bar. "We met a lot of the ex- hibitors. It's been a very nice week," she said. When contacted by phone on Friday, Jack Lankin had only time to say his Shell sta- tion was "doing more than usual" before terminating the conversation to attend some waiting customers. Ratepayers Meeting TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH A ratepayer's meeting for the Township of Tuckersmith will be held on MONDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, 1982 In the Brucefield United Church Auditorium commencing at 8:00 p:m. J.R. McLachlan , Clerk -Treasurer i N 0 TICE Preliminary List - 1982 - of the Township of Stanley County of Huron Notice Is hereby given that Shave ay. coi tIod with Sec- tion 24 of the Municipal elections Ari, ten. end that 1 have posted up, at my office. et the Municipal Office.' on the Sth day of October 1 S2. the list of .Il parsons entitled to vote In the municipality .t Munkipal elec- tions, and that such Ilst r.ni.lns there for inspection. . And I hereby call upon all .t. tors to take Immediate proceedings to have any errors or omissions corrected, according to law. The last day for thine complaints Is the 22nd day of Oc- tober 15$2. The plate at which the revision will commence is the clerk's office, the time et which the revision will com- mence is October 1Sth, 1N2. Doted this Sth dry of October 1552. MEL GRAHAM Clerk • TOWNSHIP. OF STANLEY NOMINATIONS Notice to Municipal Electors TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH TAKE NOTICE that persons may be nominated as candidates in on election bet- ween 9 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon of nomination day, Monday, October 18th, 1982, but nothing in section 35 of the Municipal Elections Act, R.S.O. 1980, c.308 prevents o person filing a nomination paper with the Clerk during his normal office hours during the four days immediately preceding nomination day. Offices for which persons may be nominated: A. Reeve, Deputy -Reeve, and three Councillors for the Township of Tuckersmith. B. One member to the Huron County Board of Education for the Township of Tuckersmith and the Town of Clinton. C. One member to the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board for the Townships of Tuckersmith and Stanley, and the Town of Seaforth. Each of the members so nominated, if elec- ted, are to serve a three-year term, commen- cing December 1st, 1982 and for 1983, 1984, and 1985. Where the number of candidates for an of- fice is not sufficient to fill the number of vacan- cies to which candidates may be elected, on the Wednesday following nomination day, October 20, 1982, the Clerk may between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. receive and certify ad- ditional nominations for the office in respect to which there was an insufficient number of candidates. For further information regarding the pro- cedures under the Election Act, contact the undersigned. J.R. McLachlan, Clerk -Treasurer Township of Tuckersmith OMB 117, RR 3 Clinton, Ontario NOM 1L0