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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-12-04, Page 5FOR BEST SELECTION OF TILLEY LEATHER NEW ALPHA P1 PLEDGES— President Lynda Freiter at the left and vice-president Janice Webber of the Alpha Pi Sorority congratulate new pledges Bev Anstett, Anette Drouillard and Deb Heslinga. PERFECT GIFT. , IDEAS FROM LLEY Luxury in Leather CHOOSE FROM OUR LARGE SELECTION OF... * Men's Billfolds * Men's Passcases * Ladies Purses * Ladies Cheques Mates *Key Cases SHOP Fr - BOOKS 1 #r COMPANY'S COMING COOKBOOK 5 in the Series BOOKS...A GIFT THAT LASTS FOR YEARS Pick Up a FREE Book Pamphlet at Our Check Counter STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART by: J. Cretien s 19os HELLO CANADA! 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Thirty of the 52 calls answered were in Exeter, 14 in Usborne, three in Stephen, two in Hay and the other three were mutual aid calls with one each in Hibbert, Biddulph and Fuller- ton Townships. There were 14 calls related to wood burning appliances or chimney fires where woodstoves were -involved. There were six car fires, four for gas furnace malfunctions, three for oil fired furnaces and two calls for grass or brush fires. The balance were for structural fires. Stipends paid to the firemen in the year were $40,361.50. Middleton reported that 14 -year member Wayne Pearce and 10 -year member Lester Heywood were leav- ing the department and no replacements will be taken on,at the presept, leaving the brigade at 25 members: The Chief and fire prevention bureau Lieutenant Leroy Edwards reported that 115 children and 221 adults received information, on -hands training, films and lectures on fire prevention. The department will conduct its own fire prevention poster contest for Three join Auxiliary The Ladies Auxiliary. to the R. E. Pooley Exeter Branch 167 Royal Canadian Legion held their regular meeting Monday, November 25 with 48 members present. President Esther Hillman chaired the meeting. Three new members Bridgette Du Barry, Rita Lessard and Cornelia price were initiated 'into membership and welcomed by all. Mel Wurm was the winner of the 50-50 draw for November. Isa Smith won the mystery prize. Donations were made to the Huron and Perth Lung Association, War Memorial Children's Hospital, Sur: vival Through Friendship House, Town and Countryomemakers, Huron Day Centre for the Homebound and Family and Children's Services. Five teams participated in Zone Darts in Kincardine November 9 with four teams advancing to District Darts. Upcoming banquets were discuss- ed. Monday, December 9 is the date for the Auxiliary Christmas party. At this time our Secret Pals will be revealed. At the conclusion of the meeting a few games of bingo were enjoyed and 'Shirley Smith's group served lunch. 1.0 STUDY GRANT The Township of Goderich will receive a $20,000 grant to conduct a hydrogeological study of its landfill site. The announcement was made to- day by Jack Riddell, Minister of Agriculture and Food on behalf of En- vironment Minister Jim Bradley. The money is provided under the Ministry's Waste Management Im- provement Program which is intend; ed to financially assist municipalities in meeting the standards required for the safe disposal of domestic waste. over year area grade five s year this year. Several groups used the fire hall for training sessions during the year and the firemen had a number of special- ty training sessions as well. It was also noted in the Chief's report that the department had been highly praised for being very efficient by co-ordinator George Jones during the recent mock disaster held at the rec centre. "This was an exercise the firefighters believed was long over- due and hopefully a municipal disaster plan will be bylawed and ex- ercised in the near future," Middleton concluded, adding that 22 out of 27 men participated in the exercise. A report of the ExeterFirefighter,' Association was also included, noting ,fiat $11,904.43 had been spent on special equipment during the year. Much of that was for vehicle extrica- tion equipment. The R.E. Pooley branch Legion contributed $10,000, Optimists $1,000, Firefighters' Assoc. $474.43, Kinettes $250, IOOF $150 and Eastern Star $30. The Association spent another $2,363.36 from money raised by the annual pancake breakfast, dance and members' donations. Major expen- ditures included a three -burner gas grille, repairs to the table topsand $500 for Muscular Dystrophy. As recommended by their fire board members, Exeter council en- dorsed a resolution -from the Village of Omemee at Monday's inaugural calling on the provincial government to provide more funding for fire department in municipalities with populations under 10,000. The resolution noted that many departments are now providing health services such as CPR, first aid and auto extrication and the training costs are very expensive. Also included on Monday's council agenda was notification from the ministry of the solicitor general that the Fire Marshal's office will be undertaking a municipal fire protec- tion survey of the town and the area fire board. The purpose is to review the ex- isting fire protection facilities acid services to determine what changes, if any should be considered in order to improve the efficiency and effec- tiveneSs of such facilities and services. The survey will be started on January 20 and is slated to be com- pleted by June 2. 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