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1,raI carriers eon#Iaue battle
Rural mail carriers are wondering operators.
what the future holds for them, or if Many of the remaining 1,700 rural
there is a future. Someone is chang- offices would be closed. Where two of-
ing the rules of the game, without con- fices exist within eight kilometres of
sulting either the carriers or the peo- each other, the proposed plan would
plei they s4rJe. A new ruling announc- close one, and replace it with a "land-
ed a number of weeks ago by Canada scaped minipark" of group mail
POO states that beginning April 1, boxes.
18$7, all rural Nutes will go to public Rural customers within four
tenlrler at the Ond of couriers' current kilometres of a main country road
five-year contracts. would get their mail at a group box
The carriers were still reeling from instead of at the end of their
that blow when Canada Post struck laneways. Those further away would
again. If a business plan submitted to continue to get delivery provided
the federal government is approved, there were at least two customers per,
▪ the Canadian network of 5,200 rural kilometre over the entire route,
poet offices and 5,Q00 rural mail-- Implementation of the plan will -
routes will be reorganized. The 3,500 mean fewer carriers, and the end of
largest rural post offices would be traditional rural service.
turned over to private contractors About 70 of approximately 100 rural
and staff members could face wage carriers in the Huron division of
reduction or job loss under the new Canada Post signed union cards with
the Canadian Union of Postal
Workers (CUPW) at a meeting in
Elmwood recently. (The Huron divi-
sion goes from Windsor to Niagara
Falls, and from Hamilton to Owen
Sound). Joe Pickering, president of
the Owen Sound local, told the car-
riers their livelihood is in jeopardy,
and promised tfiat joining the postal
union would mean help with setting
up a program to unite carriers across
Canada to fight the post office.
Warning that they couldn't make it
on their own, Pickering said the union
had four months to work for the car-
riers prior to the Introduction of the
post office's public tendering policy.
Carriers on the rural Exeter, Hen -
salt, Kippen, Grand Bend, Lucan,
Dashwood and Crediton routes were
polled to see how they feel about join-
ing a union, and the im s lications of
the proposed changes to rural mail
delivery. Only two refused to say
anything.
The prevailing attitude was one of
uncertainty. The majority of carriers
were not sure they wanted to become
union members. One carrier said
private contractors should not be con-
sidered in the same category as postal
workers.
Many lamented the lack of informa-
tion on which to base an intelligent
decision. Another said Ottawa
bureaucrats who know nothing about
rural mail delivery are trying to run
the post office like an oil company,
forgetting that they are dealing with
a public service.
. The concensus among long-time
rural couriers was a conviction that
unless the public creates a loud out-
cry soon, the government will not
change its mind. One cited the loss of
Saturday delivery. The carriers urg-
ed rural customers to write to their
federal MP to put pressure on the
federal government before it's too
late and rural mail delivery as we
know it now is gone forever.
Times -Advocate, November 26, 1986
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LEGION CONTEST WINNERS — Clay Murray of the R.E. Pooley Exeter branch of the Royal Canadian
Legion presents prizes to Exeter Public School winners in the recent literary and poster contests. From
the left are students Katie Armstrong, Bradley Elschner, Sara Jean Mason, Steve Farquhar, Ken Hines
. and Derek Van Dyken. T -A photo.
Shopping trip marks birthday
Shipka man on hunt
By MRS. HUGH MORENZ
Lorne Fenner, and his son Jim of
Camlachie, returned recently from a
moose hunting trip to Englehart, On-
tario near the Quebec border.
While Lorne was away, Dorothy
visited two of her sisters, Evelyn and
Clyde Nicholson, at Courtright, and
Audrey and Ken Westman, in London.
During her London visit, her siser
Evelyn entered > niversity hospital,
and Dorothy and Audrey went to visit
her at the hospital.
Pat Schroeder accompanied by her
sisters Phyllis Case, Ilene Webber
and Dorothy Waun, all of Exeter
area, travelled to London last Tues-
day, November 18, where they had
lunch together and ,a shopping spree.
On the way home they stopped at
sister Ilene's for refreshments. The
occasion was Phyllis' birthday.
Sebastian and Emanuel Hererrias,
of London, spent a couple of days last
week here with their grandparents,
Sid and Eleanor Durie and uncle
Glenn.
Elizabeth Russell and
young girl friends were birthday sup-
per guests, Sunday night for Erin
O'Rourke at Pizza Delight in Grand
Bend. As well as pizza, the children
had party hats, balloons and birthday
cake.
Sympathy is expressed to Jake and
Pat Schroeder and family, in the
death last week of their sister-in-law
and aunt, Mrs. Hubert (Audrey)
Schroeder, of Exeter.
Annie Zielman, accompanied her
sister and brother-in-law, Katie and
several Erich Freiter, Sunday, to Learn-
, ington, in time to attend the morning
service at Leamington Mennonite
church. After church they visited the
ladies' sister, Mrs. Helen Stadler. An-
nie and her sister, Susan Janzen had
a short visit with Annie's daughter,
Susie and son-in-law, Wayne Robson,
and her grandchildren Colin and
Sheina at Essex. Back in Leamington
they visited their niece Theresa
Sadler, at the hospital where she had
just given birth to a baby girl.
Visitors during the week with Hugh
and I were two school day girl friends
of mine, Helen (Munn) Ferrigno and
Minnie (Sangster) Noakes, Hensall,
Albert and Ann Coleman, London,
their son Jack, of Kingston, and Bill
Coleman, Kippen.
INVEST NEW BEAVERS - A number of boys were invested into the
First Exeter Cubs, Thursday afternoon. Back, left, Michael Wilhelm,
Tony Eagleson, Lucas Forrest, Jesse Bergman and Dennis Noakes.
Centre, Caleb McLeod, Gregory Geoffrey, Paul Gregus, Ryan Beat-
tie and Michael Hodgins. Front, Joel Evans, Matthew Simpson, Trevor
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Aggie and Pete Groenewegen have
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Elgin Theatre for the famous perfor-
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ques, flowers, etc., with Christmas
decorations and gift suggestions
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It was the first event held in the new
parish hall. Laying of carpeting and
painting was completed only minutes
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Winners in the draw were - the
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Stephens.
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Van Steeg are pleased to an-
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