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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-10-16, Page 13HONORED — Tuckersmith Township road superintendent Allan Nicholson holds aloft the gift of lug- gage he received on his retirement this month. Wife Helen looks on while holding the flowers she received from council on behalf of the ratepayers. imes- Serving South Huron, North Middlesex October 16, 1985 vocaie & North Lambton Since 1873 PagelA Road superintendent retires Allan Nicholson of Egmondville looks back on more than :35 years of looking after township roads in Tuckersmith as he retires this fall as road superintendent. Nicholson says there are great dif- ferences.inhQ _the-94_mdes•offoads— are maintained these days compared to when he began summer work for the township in the mid thirties. He says the changes have been made to meet the changing traffic from a few cars and farm wagons to the hun- dreds of cars and trucks and the huge tractors pulling tandem wagons load- ed with the harvest of the fields in the eighties. Although he worked only casually �n township roads in the summer in the beginning doing maintenance and repair work for the council he also worked in northern lumber camps and in the mines when the war started. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy, serving on -1R -Shawinigan (which was destroyed in action while he was on leave) and the Lanark. Following his war duties he even- tually started working full time for the township in the road department -as--a =grader --operator hired -by township clerk E. P. Chesney at a salary of $4,500 per year. Nicholson was made road superintendent in the fall of 1966. He has held several offices in the Ontario Good Roads Association and in February, 1985, was presented with a 30 -year membership. To show the appreciation of the • township for hisexcellent record of work over the yeaars a party was held for Mr. Nicholson Friday night. The Seaforth Legion Hall was filled to capacity. Present were officials of the Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications including Ross Jackson of Stratford and Huron County Engineer Bob Dempsey and Jim Hunter, president of Huron County Road Superintendents ( a group of which Mr. Nicholson was a founding member) and Engineer Ken Dunn of Goderich. These officials saiNicholson was highly respected for his ability.by the Provincial Road Superintendents Association. Among the speakers were Tuckersmith ReeveRobert Bell and past Reeve Ervin Sii;ery who spoke on behalf of past members of council honouring him. A highlight of the evening of reminiscing and fun was'a ditty sung by Councillor John Brownridge and Bob Mann recounting his years as road superintendent, including the time he put the township grader on a bridge to save it from being carried away by a spring flood. School trustees retire ' Two trustees on the Huron County board of education have announced they will not be returning next year. Long time board member Clarence McDonald of Exeter and Murray Mulvey of RR 1, Clifford announced at the school board's October 7 meeting that they will not seek re- electon in the municipal election this fall. All other trustees said they would be seeking re-election in their respec- tive areas which are as follows: Dorothy Wallace is seeking re- election in the Town of Goderich; Joan Vanden Broeck is running in the townships of Goderich and Colborne; Mr. Clarke from Wingham is seeking another term in that area; Graeme Craig and John Jewitt are the representatives for Seaforth and the towtiships of Hullet and McKillop and are seeking re-election; John Elliott is running again in Blyth, East Wawanosh and Morris Townships. Frank Falconer again wants the trusteeship in Clinton and Tuckersmith Township; Dr. John Goddard wants to be re-elected for the villages of Hensall and Zurich and the Township of Hay; Harry Hayter, along with Mr. McDonald represents Exeter and the townships of Usborne ABC coordinator - Gregory Pulham has recently been hired by the Ausable Bayfield Conser- vation Authority as Watershed Plan- ning and Community Relations Coordinator. Pulham is a graduate of the Univer- sity of Waterloo with a degree in En- vironmental Studies. He has worked in similar capacities with the Lakehead Region Conservation 'Authority in Thunder Bay, and with the Ontario Ministry of Natural_ Resources in Sioux Lookout and Cam- bridge. Since 1983, -Pulham has been employed as the farm manager of a livestock operation in Lobo Township. Responsibilities for Pulham at the Ausable Bayfield. Conservation Authority include revising the Water- hed-Plan,-as-new-studiesand infor=- mation become available: and coor- dinating the public relations and con- servation education activities of the Authority. He replaces Dan Ken- naley, who left to pursue a Masters Degree at the University of Guelph. Pulham is married and plans on residing in Hensall. He says that he has a personal commitment to con- servation and therefore he is "especially pleased to be once again wor*ing for a Conservation Authori- ty". "The relationship between Authority programs and the mainly rural, agricultural land base is of par- ticular interest to me and I look for- ward to my involvement". and Stephen and he is seeking re- election. Donald McDonald intends to run again for the Township of Grey and Brussels; Tony McQuail is looking for a second term from the ratepayers in the townships of West Wawanosh and Ashfield; and Bob Peck is seeking re- election in Bayfield and Stanley Township. Current school board chairman Eugene Frayne would like to repre- sent the Catholic school supporters north of Highway 8 and Dennis Rau is running again for Catholic school supporters south of Highway 8. Alter holdback policy The township of Biddulph has altered their policy on the amount of holdback to contractors on municipal drains. After learning that most municipalities limit the holdback to three percent rather than the 10 per- cent which was the Biddulph policy, council changed the holdback to three percent or $250, whichever is the greater. A tile drain loan application in the First day of school at detention centre Monday, October 7 marked the first day of school for those held in deten- tion at' the Bluewater Centre, just south of Goderich. Superintendent of special educa- tion, ducation, Panl Carroll, told the trustees of the Huron County board of education that principal Shirley Weary had classes starting the same day as the October session of the school board. Carroll told the board that such sub- jects as English, mathematics, science, drafting and physical educa- tion would be offered at the centre for Grades 9, 10 and 11. The superintendent said a co- operative program in the food ser- vices and maintenance area of the centre would probably be worked on with both ministry of corrections staff amount of $2,500 was approved sub- ject to the applicant providing outlet suitable to the township drainage superintendent. A building permit application from Gary Roy for general structural renovations to his residence at lot 30, Concession 3 was approved. Council concurred with a.resolution from the township of Onondaga op- posing a resolution passed by the Association of Municipalities of On- tario stating that where necessary municipal records should be provid- ed in both English and French. Reeve Wilson Hodgins was named to represent the township at the an- nual Remembrance Day service to be held a the Lucan Legion on November 10. Council discussed in detail requests of various school boards to include or not include the question of separate school funding on the November 12 municipal ballot and decide not to place the question before the ratepayers. At a recent meeting Marg Bakelaar and Doug Stanlake of the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs presented their findings on the various unopened road allowances in the villages of Clandeboye and Granton. A formal report will be forwarded to council and further action to deal with these road allowances will be and ministry of education staff., • taken at that time. - :34--*9-4iZvtic-��`�4 October Specials 14:4000,_ 1�fiftge . EnrichedtorOd LL` .r,,,rc urcciv_ 24 oz. loaf 79C Marble Cheeselb. 3.49 Dutch Mild ►. Gouda lb. 3.29 Npw in stock ... Hallowe'en candies and fancy cookies! For a cort<plete variety of baked goods and friendly personal service.... 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When the Grand Master technician Steve Talbot and GM district ser- ` vice manager Boro Simeunovich discuss the most effective method of solving one of many technical problems presented at the recent competitions. competition ended Steve Talbot of Exeter was declared the national delegate to the Technicians Guild Advisory Council for London Zone and earn- ed the right to represent all GM Technicians at a three-day conference of the council in Dearborn, Michigan. Frayne spokesmen Mike Williamson and Rick Frayne credit the success of their three staffers to the efforts of their service management team: Bruce Hodge, service manager, in charge of administra- tion and scheduling and Don Brunzlow, "resident technical genius" responsible for training and pro- duction. Bruce and Don make sure everyone is familiar with all the rapid changes in automotive technology. They believe the cornerstone of Frayne's suc- cess in the area is the fact they are able to offer the best possible service. Rick Frayne is emphatic when he says the days when you could buy a new vehicle anywhere that was a few dollars cheaper are over. Today's dealership must have a service staff capable of diagnosing, repairing and understanding the complex vehicles of the 80's. While Frayne sales have been extremely good over the past three years, their technical staff and service facilities have kept pace with this growth. Grand Master technician Peter Vanderburgt diagnosed and repaired his assignment quickly and correctly. Fraynes will never be too large to offer a personal level of service and Williamson stresses the fact that every customer can count on getting priority treat- ment. "We service all makes, regardless of where they were purchased," he added, "but our own customers will always have a priority". One thing potential buyers should know is that Fraynes have an extremely high Customer Satisfac- tion Index. This means GM has contacted Frayne customers after they have owned their vehicles for at least six months to see if they are satisfied with their product and the level of service they have been receiving. Fraynes achieved an impressive 96°x. The management at Frayne Chev-Olds are con- vinced a successful automobile dealership is only as good as its service department. With staff members like Steve Talbot, Peter Vanderburgt, William Yule, Bruce Hodge and Don Brunzlow you can count on Fraynes being a leader in this part of Ontario for years to come. Grand Master technician William Yule and GM technicial training instructor Herald Nault quickly master a potentially difficult problem. GM technical director Vince Allen" congratulates Frayne's ! Steve Talbot who placed first in competition which involved over 1400 technicians.