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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-10-30, Page 1504 PER COPY final/ Countyaflasarrives r The original publication date was for the summer of 1984. The date kept moving forward until it was hoped the book would be ready for Christmas of Ontario's bi-centennial year. But, interest in compiling a om- posite of Huron County in t#e bi- centennial year was so great that what was expected to be 175 pages, ended up as a 350 page edition. "It's the finest atlas Huron County has ever produced," says Reeve Stirl- ing. There is a quick note that this is the first and probably the only atlas to be printed by county council. The Goderich Township reeve said the length of time it took to get the atlas published was due to the quali- ty demanded. "We checked and double checked". he said. /He did say there may be mistakes. Please turn to page 3 After two years of blood, sweat and tears, the 1984 Huron County Historical Atlas hit the streets with a bang. The book, weighing in at 7.5 pounds. "arrived" at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at the Huron County court house, The Square, Goderich. The proud "parents" include editor A. Y. McLean, co-ordinator Bev Brown and atlas steering committee chairman Goderich Township Reeve Grant Stirling. There were about 150 in attendance at what Warden Fred Steckle called t birth. "It's a proud moment," said Warden Steckle as he accepted the book from his colleague Stirling. In turn, the warden passed the book on to provincial agriculture minister Jack Riddell. • NIGHTWEAR MODELS - Participating in Friday's fashion show at the Ladies Night Out event were Tammy Bownman, Ann Baynham and Joy Hogg. T -A photo Sixty days in jail over theft charge A 21 -year-old Henson man was sentenced to 60 days in jail by Judge Gary Hunter. in Provincial court on . October 22. Merle Wood. 181 King St. and formerly of Exeter. pleaded guilty.to a charge of theft from the Canadian Tire store, Main Street, Exeter, on February 2, after an air pistol was removed from a display case. An employee of the store noticed the pistol was missing and later reported it to police. Exeter police Sgt. Kevin Short went to the accused's apartment where Wood's wile turned Aver the pistol. Wood had a record of five previous thefts. an assault, as well as seven charges of forgery. All these incidents occurred between March 1981 and January 1983. The accused also stated that he had a previous drinking pro- blem stopped now. The defence asked foran interm it - tent sentence which would enable Wood to support his family. The Crown agreed with this request. Wood is to report to jail each Fri- day at 8 p.m. until Monday at 7 a.m. An order staling that Wood must refrain From consuming alcoholic beverages was also handed down. Two area men were each fined $500 on charges of driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content over the legal limit. Allan Vanmassenhoven, 24, RR 3 Ailsa Craig, was charged on August 21 -by OPP Constable Kelsah after his vehicle was noticed heading north- bound on county road 21, speeding and weaving. At concessions two and three of Stephen Township, the vehicle wandered onto the shoulder of the road and at concession 15, the.vehicle was pulled over. Constable Kelsall said the driver. Vanmassenhoven, had an alcohol odour and that he also found a part bottle of rye and one beer in the front of the vehicle. A breathalizer read 150 mg. This was his first offence and he was given 90 days in which to pay the fine. In the second case, Gary N. Regier, 23, RR 2 Zurich, pleaded guilty to the charge and was given 60 days to pay the fine. On August 1:3, the Regier vehicle was seen heading westbound on ,Please turn to page 3 Riddell accepted the forest green - coloured, bound atlas on behalf of the provincial government. He will pre- sent the atlas to Premier David Peterson in Toronto. The atlas is Huron County's bi- centennial project. It was back in Oc- tober of 1983 when Rev. Ross Cumm- ings of Mitchell and Stratford -Perth archivist Jim Anderson spoke to Huron County council about the idea of an atlas. Cummings had published the Perth County historical atlas in 1982. However, Huron County decided to go into the atlas publishing business itself. At the time, several reeves, in- cluding Stanley Township Reeve Steckle, cautioned about moving too quickly on the project. There was some concern that if the book was rushed through therewould be many mistakes. Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Thirteenth Year FIRST COPY Warden Paul Steckle and MPP Jack Riddell admire the first copy of the Huron County Atlas, presented to Riddell for the province of Ontario archives during a special ceremony on the Goderich court house steps. Looking on are Goderich township reeve Grant Stirling, who acted as MC, and Atlas coordinator Bev Brown. dvocate & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, October 30, 1985 Price Per Copy 50 Cents Huron health community only wants co-ordination Still oppose health council There is a desire to co-ordinate health services in Huron county, but no desire for a district health council (DHC) here. This message came across loud and clear at a public meeting sponsored by the Huron County community ser- vices ervices council on October 23 in Clinton. This council, made up of represen- tatives from 35 social, health and education agencies, formed a health *ngeommittee to look at the idea of planning or u ure halt There were about 80 in attendance at the meeting. About half were directly involved in health care, either doctors or nurses or in related fields. The remaining half was equal- ly divided between users of the health care. system and elected officials in Huron County. The health planning committee, says its secretary Paul Carroll of Seaforth, will now consider,both the oral comments made and the results of a questionnaire. The questionaire was filled out at the end of the meeting by those present. The questionnaire came under fire, when it was suggested by Dr. Don Neil of Goderich that it be se& to the "community at large". He said many doctors were at conferences or on du- ty and couldn't attend the meeting. Carroll said the meeting would be covered by media present and those wishing to make further comment counld do so. The school board superintendent expects the committee will have a report prepared for the community services council by the end of November. There were two guest speakers at the meeting. Prof. Brian Sullivan, a management consultant in student services at the University of Guelph and former executive director of a DHC.spoke on the provincial scene. Saying he wasn't at the meeting to evangelize DHCs, the professor said the health body would mostly be in- volved in health care planning. Prof. Sullivan said an average annual budget of DHCs ranges from $150,000 to $200,000. Bob Dempsey, former board chair- man of Alexander Marine and General Hospital in Goderich, gave an overview of ' what is now taking place in Huron. The county engineer said while trying to put together his presentation, he discovered he couldn't find no one expert on everything. . "There's no one who kdows.it all. Maybe that's the one big flaw", said Dempsey. He knows more about institutional healthcare such as hospitals and nur- sing homes as opposed to communi- ty health programs like the VON and the health unit's home care, he admits. There were two groups now work- ing voluntarily in institutional care. The hospital administrators in Huron and Perth have a working group and there is also a hospital liaison com- mittee for the .two counties. The lat- ter committee is made up of board chairman and the five county representatives on Huron hospital boards. These two groups have work- ed on various specific needs in the area. Dr. Susan Tamblyn, medical officer Please turn to page. 3 SCHOOL VISiT - Eileen Miron, president of the Exeter chapter of Block Parents and Const. George Robertson, crime prevention officer with the Exeter police force, visited Exeter Public School to talk about the work of Block Parents. Holding one of the distinctive window signs marking the home of a Block Parent is Lisa McDonald. More municipalities need election , From famine to /east From famine to feast was (he story in the township of Tuckersmith and the police village of ('rediton when se- cond nominations closed Wednesday night in the first nomination in ('rediton no one qualified for the three village trustee positions and in Tuckermsith only Rowena Wallace was acclaimed as one of three councillors. Five village property owners in ('rediton filed to contest the three p spots. They are Fred Bowers. ,Jim F'inkheiner. Bruce Hodge. Mark Laye and .Jack Struck. Vying for the two remaining posi- tions on Tuckersmith council will be George ('antelon.Hill ('arnochan rnd W. Kim Hodgins. Betty McLean also filed nomination papers but withdrew before the Thursday deadline. Wayne (.ren qualified as the third trustee in the police village of Cen- tralia. He joins already acclaimed Bill Elliott and Borden Smyth. in Zurich. Paul Morrison qualified to complete the necessary number of councillors. in Biddulph township. Earl French who was nominated for two positions withdrew as a deputy -reeve candidate and completes the councillor positions by acclamation with Jim Barker and Fred Dolts. Usborne drain contract is let. Tenders for the construction of the Wright -McBride Drain were award- ed at a special meeting that was held on October 15 for Usborne Township council. The drain will be located at the south end of Exeter and will also serve land in Stephen Township. The drain will service the new Pentecostal Church and Huron Motor Products.. No appeals'We`re reported to the township office regarding the drain. The contract for the construction work was awarded to McCutcheon Farm Drainage. They made a bid of $79,425.00 for the closed work. on the drain. Roger H. Woods Limited was awarded the contract for the bore work at a cost of $11,650.00. The work on the drain may begin after a ten-day period for appeals and upon receipt of the Ontario Municipal Board approval. Bob Gee from the Spriet Associates will maintain regular supervision of the drain construction. He will visit the site for approximately one hour each morning and one hour each afternoon. The Ontario Municipal Board wilt hold hearings for an appeal to Usborne zoning by-laws number 13, 24, and 25 of 1984. The by-law states that construction of a residence may not be made a set distance from a livestock barn. An objection to the, by-law was sub- mitted by a ratepayer stating that the distance given is too much of a separation. Under the current by-law he is not able to build a proposed residence on part of his land because it is too close to a livestock operation. The OMB hearing will be held on ileceinber 5 and 6. Usborne Township will be represented by Goderich lawyer Dan Murphy at the hearing. Tile drain loans for the township were approved totalling $1:3,900. William Johns, a grader operator for the township, will be retiring at the end of October. He will be replac- ed by Paul Kerslake who will be call- ed in for part-time work whenever it is necessary at a rate of $9.00 per hour. A donation of $75.00 will be made by council to the Huron County Junior Extension fund for 4-11 members who completed a project in 1985. Nab suspects at roof firm Two area men will appear in Ex- eter Court on November 26 on charges of break and enter at Smith Peat Roofing. Friday, Constable Brad Sadler was checking properties at the north end of Exeter around 2:00 a.m. when he noticed a break and"enter in progress at Smith Peat Roofing. ()ne of the suspects was apprehend- ed inside the building. The second suspect escaped but was apprehend- ed later in the day. A 31 -year-old Ilensall man and a 30 -year-old Iluron Park man will ap- pear in court to face the charges against them. On October 24, vehicles driven by Bernard Vanderschdt of St. Marys and James Wilson, Exeter. collided. The Wilson vehicle was southbound on William Street and pulled out in front of the Vanderschdt vehicle which was westbound on Huron Street. Damage was estimated at $500. ANNIVERSARY BALLOONS -- A barrage of balloons from the balcony by Sunday School students highlighted Sunday's anniversary service at Exeter United Church. Shown ready to release balloons ore Becky Morgan and Jenny Wareham. T -A photo Tuckey Beverages sold to Essex firm Tuckey Beverages Ltd., establish- ed in this area over 30 years ago by Benson W. Tuckey, has been sold to Maedel Beverages of Essex. Larry Brown. who will remain as general manager of the area firm which is now located in Iluron Park. reports that the acquisition will flow make Maedel Beverages the third largest franchised bottler of Pepsi ('ola in Ontario. Don Maedel Jr. is president of the firm. Ile's the fourth generation from that family to be involved in the business. which was the first franchis- ed bottler of Pepsi ('ola in Ontario and about the sixth or seventh in Canada. We're very proud to be associated with the Maedel family as they are one of the strongest names in the bol- (ling business in Ontario." Brown explained. He said there would be few changes made by the new owners, although it is hoped that the Iluron Park prixluc- tion facility, will be better utilized through the change. Some of the 30 staff members are currently working a short week and their hours could be expanded. 1 Production has declined at Tuckey Beverage Ltd.. as well as most other bottling firms. due to the decline in the use of returnahle bottles. However, the government has now approved the two litre bottle and the 300 ml. plasti-shield container which can be filled at the Huron Park facili- ty, although both are non-returnahle containers. When Tuckey Beverages Ltd. com- menced operation al the corner, of Main and Anne St. in Exeter. the firm bottled Kist. Vernors and Hires. Pepsi Cola, 7-Up and Canada Dry were add- ed later. ' • ".. ,, mitt «� ,•, ae viers vee . • • • WE FOUND TOYS Soroh Weverink and Soroh Van Sligtenhorst are shown with toy kangaroo and pig at Thursday's South Huron Hospital Auxiliary rummage sole. T -A photo 1