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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-08-07, Page 26i Page 14A Times -Advocate, August 7, 1985 J �� r AN EARLY STUDENT — Mrs. Everett Hoist who was a student when the first Dashwood Public School was built in 1897 was on a float with Jamie, Kelly, Brent and Donna Hoffman. T -A photo. BECKER FLOAT WINS — More than 50 members of the V.L. Becker family were on the float which won T -A photo. the 1960-1985 theme prize in Saturday's Friedsburg Days parade. SW- UnveilOVeri 0 FRIEDSBURG BALLOONS — Ready with their balloons for Friday's Dashwood Friedsburg Days birthday celebration are Corti and Bradley Tieman, Jenni Cameron and Craig and Heather Wragg.T-A photo. OPEN FRIEDSBURG DAYS - One of the features of the weekend Friedsburg Days in Dashwood was the sale of the new history book authored by Mary Rader. She is shown above with chairman Tom Hayter and Murray Fried, a descendant of the first Dashwood set- tlers. T -A photo. WRONG BROTHERS FLY - Dave and Derek Rader and Mike Tieman were flying as the Wrong Brothers in Saturday's Friedsburg Days parade. They were winners in the 1885-1910 theme division. Tennis at Sportsfest The Exeter Tennis courtsare now in top conditon due to the recent resur- facing. Also. the lights. which were in- stalled last year. are on each night to provide club members with max- imum court time - during the tennis season. Anyone interested in having .fun and playing tennis. is invited to take part in the upcoming Sportsfest which is being hosted this year by- Exeter on the weekend of August 17 and 18. The cost is $4.00 per person for the junior or adult level. Register at the South limon Recreation ('entre dur-- ing business hours. Volunteers are required to umpire the final events. Tour participation is needed to make this event a success. New appointees Jaynes W. Cardiff of Brussels and Jon M. Gaiser of Exeter have peen appointed to the Iluron County !lous- ing Authority. Housing Minister Alvin Curling announced today. Cardiff. a real estate broker. will serve as federal representative. and Gaiser, who is in the insurance and real estate business. will serve as a provincial representative on du• seven -member authority that manages Ontario housing corpora- tion's 413 assisted housing units in Iluron County area. The federal. provincial and municipal governments nominate in- dividuals for appointment to (he hous- ing authorities by provincial orders- in-coucil. The province appoints the housing authority ehairinan. The clay -to -day management 01 01("s 84.000 housing units is carried out by local housing authorities. although the primary responsibility for assisted housing remains with OHC. OHC chairman Allan Moses said: "By volunteering their time to serve on the local housing authority. private citizens such as Cardiff and Gaiser are helping to ensure that Ontario's history book Dashwood celebrates Birthday celebrations of 125 years and releasing of a Dashwood history book were highlights of the weekend Friedsburg Days. The 14th annual event started Frid- day night with a children's birthday party which included the lift-off of hundreds of balloons and Cutting of a huge birthday cake. Later Friday evening. Kim Crawford representing Hayter's Turkey Farms was crowned 1985 Friedsburg Days Queen by last year's winner Cheryl Dowson. R.innersup were Jenny Hregman and Patti Page. 'They were sponsored by Merner's Meats and Brian's Service Centre. respectively. At the Saturday afternoon ceremonies, the history book written by Mary Rader was unveiled. Of the 500 books printed, three appear in a special leather cover. One of these was auctioned by On- tario's Minister of Agriculture Jack Riddell and went •to Stephen reeve Allan Walper for $150. Walper's grandfather Christian was one of the_ second owners of the original grist mill built by Noah Fried. • The other two special books will re- main in Dashwood with Mrs. Rader and the Friedsburg Days committee. The balance of the books are on sale for $25 each. The Fried family was represented at the official opening by descendants Murray Fried and John Kellerman. !lay township residents Erich and Katy F'reiter who visited (;erman� recently presented a flag Iron the Burgermeister of Friedsburg. Ger- . many to Dashwood chairman Tom Hayter. Others on the platform were Iluron warden Paul Steckle, Hay township reeve Lionel Wiiderand Iluron-Bruce \MP Murray Cardiff. The police village of Dashwood was represented by a flying visit by trustee Nancy Rader masquerading as Angeline. The Saturday afternoon parade was one of the longest and best ever with a theme of various history periods ranging back to 1860. The five theme winners were liar man's, Dave Rader and Mike Tieman as the Wrong Brothers. Bill Schade family and Weigand Farms; liayter's Turkey Farms and V.L. Becker and Sons. The Schade-Weigard float depicted the last hanging in Huron.county,ot Ed Jardine in 1911 and the Becker float covering the period from 1960 in- cluded more than 50 family members. The Dashwood senior citizens were judged the best service club float. Foodland Hydro and Hoffman's Farms won the novelty division. Hen - call Co-op and Cook's Mills were the horse drawn vehicle best and Bill McNutt and -Steven Geiger won in horse and. rider. Randy Roffman and Shawn Heywood and Chris Weigand were best in sntttll vehicles. Trevor Neeb was the youngest participant and decorated bicycle prizes went to Rob- bie Marriage. Aimee Gibson and Nicholas Stire. In tug-of-war, the Concession 14 Sodbuster defended their champion- ship successfulley in a real exciting tussle with Red Power: The ladies division was Won by the Dashwood Determinators. Paul Engel was overall arm wrestl- ing champion. Other division w•inn- ners were Tony Buggy. Ron Coolman. Dan Hardy, Wayne Denomme. Joe Ford and Val Minhinnick. In the cross cut sawing competition. Angela Watson and Elaine Datars repeated as champs in the female division and Paul Watson and Ray Webb won the men's title. First place winners in the pet show were Colin Huey. Joshua Becker. Dan \Weigand. Chad Arnold and Matt Anderson and home first in the frog races were pets owned by Amanda Weigand and Jim Carson. Sunday's interdenominational church service drew a capacity crowd to the Community ('entre pavilion which was followed by a breakfast brunch sponsored by the Dashwood volunteer firemen. Friedsburg Days concluded with firemen games in the afternoon. 4- A PARADE WINNER — Randy Hoffman and Shawn Heywood rode in Saturday's Friedsburg Days parade and won first prize in the small 'vehicle cateogy. T -A photo. 1 .l COVERED WAGON - Amanda Crown were in Saturday's parade with their covered wagon. WKIt£fi::CsC:'MMIJl.M G'. ‘41, "IRT° CAKE PARADES David O'Rourke pulls a birthday cake in Sotur- •day s Friedsburg Days parade in Dashwood. assisted housing program is sensitive and can respond to the needs of the many communities it serves." The Huron County Housing Authori- ty manages 331 senior citizen assisted housing units and 84 units for low- income families. The authority also provides housing for physically - disabled and mentally -retarded per- sons who are capable of living on their own.. FRIEDSBURG FOOD Dishing up sausages and sauerkraut during Friedsburg Days in Dashwood Friday night were Shirley Kipfer Marion Rader and Vesta Miller. T -A photo. -Field Crop results Exeter Fair field crops director Roy Pepper has released the results of the wheat and barley competitions Rene Van Bruaene was the winner in barley with 90 of a possible 100 points. Next came Larry Bal ntyne 85. John Thomson 80, Ken Oke. Oke Farms 80. Allan Powe 79,H0 Down 79, Bruce Shapton 75, Howard Pym 71 and Cliff Hicks 67. The judge commented that Van Bruaene's was aft excellent field of 1 . two -row barley with a probable -yield of 95 bushels per acre. in wheat Tom Triebner was tops with 90 points and Rene Van Bruaene was close behind at 89. Following were Pete Tuckey 87. Cliff Hicks 86. Murray Dawson 85. Allan I'oWc'til, Al Hern 78, Hugh Rundle 76, Bob Down 74. Gerald Dearing 73. Paul Passmore 71. Phil Johns 70, !tern Farms 68. Ray Cann 66. Don Dearing 65 and Brad ('ann 64. MOST UNIQUE PET Susan, o lamb owned by Josh Becker was selected as the most unique in Saturday's Dashwood Friedsburg Days pet show. 1 By .lack Bidden %I.I'.I'. There have been many changes at Queen's Park since my last column and i would like to take this opportuni- ty to report on events during that time. Eight days after the historic Legislature vote which led to On- tario's first Liberal government in 4:3 years. Premier David Peterson and 'his Cabinet were sworn in by Lieutenant -Governor .John Black Aird. i have been given the honour of being named Minister oI Agriculture and Food in the new Cabinet. • . On July 2. the Liberal government met the Legislature for the first -lime. . with Premier Peterson outlining the government's priorities to M.1'.F'.'s. in his speech. Mr. Peterson remind- ed Members of the short transition time taken by the Liberals from Op- position to the Government benches. As he said' "We have much work to do for the people of Ontario. Speed was necessary because we recogniz- ed the importance of moving quickly to tackle the pressing problems con- fronting this province.'" Premier Peterson set the tone of the new government. pledging un ad. ministration of "openness. compas- sion and competence". in the short time since June 26. -Ministers and government Members have been working..lo meet that standard On the question of openness. Attorney -General ian Scott moved to introduce the Freedom of informal ion and Protection of Privacy Act. The ' Bill places on government the respon sihility to reveal the information in its possession. Exemptions to the inlay nation which can he revealed are limited and specific. and may ix' reviewed by an independent Commis- sioner accountable to the whole Legislature. Other aspects of the Hill rigorously protect Ihe personal privacy of citizens. Government pledge's for 'rent and Jennifer Weigand and Julie at Friedsburg Days in Dashwood T -A photo. c9ach d ogollingd reform were quickly fulfilled when Housing Minister Alvin Curling an- nounced a new four per cent limit for rent increases on all private rental dwellings, effective August isl. The rent review process remains, allow- ing landlords to pass along legitimate -costs associated with owning rental housing. A government must be compas- sionate. Premier Peterson spoke of this when he announced Jhat extra - billing by doctors would- be banned. Health Minister Murray Elston is meeting with doctors to determine the fairest way of meeting this commit Programs afleel ing senior citizens will be developed in a more effective -and sensitive way. Under the direc- tion of Ron Van Horne, the Minister responsible for senior citizens affairs. policies regarding health care. com- munity support and homemakers pro- grams for the elderly will be chang- ed to meet Individual needs. The Liberal government will move quick -0 to assist Ontario farmers. In a recent speech to the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. I as Minister of Agriculture pledged government assistance in the areas of interest rate relief and price stabiliza- tion. These moves will he made quick- ly in order to resolve long-standing difficulties which have applied up to now. Finally. the government will apply strong standards of 'competence on its day-to-day operations.PremierPeter son's statement to the Legislature an- nounced an immediate freeze on the government's advertising plans. These will be reviewed in order to achieve the greatest saving bf public funds. Treasurer Robert Nixon will con- duct an examination of the whole range of government expenditures. As Premier Peterson declared: "The taxpayers trust us to put their money to the hest possible use. We will not let then down." The Premier's July `2nd- speech referred to numerous initiatives t0 restore to government the qualities of openness. compassion and com- petence. During the next few months. i ,look forward to outlining and • dis`cussing with you government pro- grams that will achieve those goals. Next week. 1'11 report on 'the inter- provincial conference of agricultural mninisters held in Newfoundland from .July 21-26.