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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-12-10, Page 6Ill -/wrote. Dsumb.r 10, 1986 POQe 5 • i. ENROL BROWNIES — Molly Dinney, Brianne Czypha, Down DeJong, Mandy Rolph and Jodi Truemner were enrolled into the First Exeter Brownies Wednesday night. T -A photo. Have festive feast Oddf.II.w t•Id of trip Exeter Odd Fellows began their Christmas festivities with a turkey dinner with all the trimmings served to 75 members on Tuesday evening, December 2. A business meeting followed the sumptuous dinner. It was agreed to participate with the Pride of Huron Rebekah Lodge in preparing a float to enter in the Santa Claus parade of Saturday December 6. Following business Noble Grand Sam Skinner introduced the Rowe Brothers William, Wayne, Ross and Dennis who performed on their guitar, violin, piano and banjo. The melodies they played brought many memories of former years. They are all members of Exeter IOOF No. 67 as is their father P. G. Harold Rowe and their mother Belva is a member of the Pride of Huron Rebekah -Ledge No. 338. We are sure this -is a recbrd to have such a talented family and all members of the IOOF Fraternity. Bro. Skinner then introduced Rob Essery from the Centralia area. Mr. Essery is .very active in the Junior Farmer program in Huron County. One of their programs is intervisiting with other clubs. Essery submitted an application to visit and observe the programs in Germany. His application was accepted and with the assistance of Ciba Geigy chemical firm and Junior Farmer organization he spent six weeks in Europe this past summer. West Ger- many was the base of operations although several countries were visited including a 24'hour stay in East Germany. With the use of slides Essery described in a very interesting man- ner differences in farming operations in this province and the countries abroad. Mr. Essery was con- gratulated on this hour of entertain- ment and the Fraternity would cer- tainly recommend any club or group wanting a good travelogue to contact Rob Essery. Sam Skinner is to be congratulated for arranging this night and he says there will be many more such even- ings in the months ahead. A. Garnet Hicks PRO Revision of Rates for the Town of Exeter The Exeter Public Utilities Commission has been ad- vised by Ontario Hydro that itwill be adjusting the wholesale rate to the Commission by 5.1% effective January 1, 1987. Due to the increase in the cost of electricity from On- tario Hydro, increases in the cost of material and ex- tensive alterations to a sub -station that is planned for 1987,. the retail rates to customers. of the Com - ,mission will increase by 5.7 percent. _ . This adjustment will increase a monthly residential bill, with a consumption of 1000 kilowatt hours, by $2.99. New Monthly Rate of Residentiat Customers Effective'on all consumption used on or after January 1, 1987 • Kilowatt hour (KWH) consumption First 250 KWH All additional KWH Minimum monthly bill MOO Cost per KWH 8.70C 4.801 Exeter Public Utilities Commission 379 Main St., S., Exeter, Ontario NOM 150 Thank You To all those who took advantage of the values offered at our fire sale. Much inventory has been sold giving us room to begin extensive renovations.: • Many items are still left at special prices • We're open as usual • We're renovating to serve you better Lamps and Pictures 1/2v prise FURNITURE d FLOORING 467 MAIN ST. EXETER " 213-0173 ibtiRstith role fre‘f Staffa Wom�fl's. institute h�ar about Russiatrip ffty MR:. J. TEMPLEMAN Staffs Excellent slides and commentary were the highlight of the citizenship and world affairs meeting of the Staf- fa Women's. Institute, held in the township hall. Mrs. Jean Hoffineyer, Mitchell, was guest speaker. Showing pictures of a trip to Russia she had enjoyed in 1965, and giving a most interesting' talk on the people, the collective and state farms, the cities, the size of the country and its climate. Mrs. Hoff- meyer was introduced and thanked by the conveners of the citizenship and world affairs committee, Mrs. John Miller and Mrs. Hazel Harburn. Mrs. Miller presidend for the pro- gram, when some very interesting comments on being a good citizen were given by Mrs. Arthur Kemp. Roll call, if you went to Russia what attraction would you not like to miss': was well answered by the members, following Mrs. Hoffmeyer's pictures and commentary. The president Mrs. Kay Smale welcomed the 16 members and two Advertising Correction Wrap it Up Now Sole On Page 16 we featured Pulser automative stereo components. Due to cir- cumstances beyond our con- trol thse items will be in short supply and no rain - checks can be issued. On Page 16 the AM/FM stereo cassette No. 35-0266 and the Auto Reverse Cassette No. 35-0269, the pictures. should be transposed. We apologize for any in- convenience this may have caused you. visitors and presided for the business. .A letter was read from the Heart and Stroke foundation asking for can- vassers in Hibbert township. A motion was made, that we wouldn't canvas but that donations would be accepted at our December meeting and forwarded. Several thank you cards were read. Plans were finalized regarding the In- stitute catering at Brodhagen and a committee was named to plan a din- ner at the township half for Hibbert Township council in December. A letter was circulated from a In- stitute branch in Prince Edward Island (our twinning province) and a' card to our twin Institute, Weavering WI in Kent, England, was signed by everyone. Mrs. Charles Douglas com- mented on the Butler project. Members were reminded of the Christmas meeting which will begin • OKAY PROJECT Agriculture and Food Minister Jack Riddell, MPP for Huron -Middlesex, has announced on behalf of Health Minister Murray Elston that a renovation project has been approv- ed for Alexandra Marine and General Hospital in Goderich. The second floor of the east wing, which contains the labour and delivery room and the nursery, will undergo extensive modernization. These areas will be provided with air conditioning, which will be extended to the first and second floors of the hospital. The hospital also received approval to do further renovations to the ex- terior walls and windows. Total costs for these projects will be about half a million dollars, with the ministry paying two-thirds of approv- ed costs. Tenders are expected to be called early in the new year. Once the successful bidder is selected and the contract awarded, construction should be completed by the fall of 1987. • The Best Place to be is a ARD TRUST 5 year term interest paid annually Member 386 Main St. S. Exeter, Ont. NOM ISO BEAMSVILLE • BLENHEIM • BRAMPTON • HAMILTON • MARKHAM • MONTREAL • NEV • SASKATOON • TnPnNTn • vANr" ' r • L • CHAT KETET . PARIS • imum depo. ! S ,int bjecl to change wrth..ui n. fir e 0 35-1060 • ESSEX • EXETER • GODERICH RTH • PICTON • PORT PERRY • REGINA NGuAM • W'r.viPEG • WOODSTOCK with a pot hick dinner in the township hall on Tuesday December 9 at 12:30. when everyone is to bring a friend. Mrs. Jake Miller and Mrs. Hazel Har- burn served a light lunch following the close of the meeting. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Robin Daynard and family have returned home from a holiday in Florida. Barb Templeman, Rexdale spent the weekend with Mr family, Sunday. Barb, John arid Roberta visited with Pat, Joanne and Matthew Donovan, Campbellville. Batt'n Around Continued from page 4 have to be made due to the many factors that arise, even the most pessimistic would probably have expected its longevity to be somewhat beyond that now apparent. Ironically, council have already tried to sell the report to the ministry, while they haven't even bought it themselves, and that represents an embarrassing tactical error. * * * * * While the study was commis- sioned by council as a whole, it now becomes apparent that they didn't know the basis on which priorities were to be established by the authors, although that should have been clearly ascer- tained ,in the policy-making decision. One comment during last week's discussion suggested there may even be some philosophical matters at dispute regarding the future course of road projects and, again, that was certainly a matter that should have been resolved before any study was even pndertaken. There are obvious questions about some aspects of the report as indicated by the debate over the timing of traffic studies. While the majority of streets get similar traffic flow throughout the year, there are certainly those on which it varies greatly at certain times of the year. That - factor should have been more ful- ly recognized. It is also difficult to com- prehend the proposed schedule outlined in the report when it does not follow the priority rating figures. In fact, it varies wildly with projects with a rating as low as 24 are scheduled to be under- taken up to 10 years before those with ratings as highhs 97; despite Ale fact the report says the larger the rating, the higher the priority. While council have moved, rather belatedly unfortunately, to get some clarification on the report, it is also hoped they will take time to consider some of the important considerations they must undertake as consumers before agreeing to buy such reports in the future. 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