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Times -Advocate, May 13, 1987
Council won't approve
parks board's de!icit
Hensall councillors withheld ap-
proval of the 1987 budget submitted by
the Hensall Parks board committee
for council's consideration at their
regular May meeting. Reeve Jim
Robinson said he was aware of the
time and effort that had gone into the
preparation of the proposed budget,
but he could not accept an increase of
over 28 percent in the budgeted
deficit_ Last year's actual deficit was
$45,227, and the estimated deficit for
this year is $58,117.
One of the largest items in the
budget is salaries, wages and
benefits. The actual 1986 figure was
$50,343, and the 1987 estimate is
$60,175.
One cost-cutting proposal was to
postpone installation of the high-
energy furnaces planned for the
complex.
Councillor Cecil Pepper said the
promised pay -back on the new
heating was six years.
Councillor Butch Roffman raised
the point that there was danger of los-
ing an .$11,000_energy-conservation
grant that would pay half the cost, as
that program terminates the end of
March 1988.
Councillor Peter Groot wondered if
the installation could be spread over
two years rather than replacing all
three furnaces at the same time.
Council agreed to send the budget
back to the parks board committee
for reconsideration. It will be brought
back to a soecial_meeting_of-council
in two weeks.
In other business, a decision was
made to authorize the engineering
firm of B.M. Ross to proceed with the
open ditch -drainage which is phase
one -of a plan to prepare the northwest
corner . of the village for future
development. The proposed ditch
would run from the outlet at the CNR
tracks to the outlet on Iiensall's
western boundary. Tenders will be
called after agreement is reached
with property owners. The main one
is Bob Caldwell. .
Dog -catching. was another topic
discussed as the result of a ratepayer
asking council to establish a policy on
the method of impounding dogs. At
present all strays, whether tagged or
not; -are -taken directly to the pound in
Zurich. Robinson suggested that the
dogcatcher be given a list of the dog
owners in Ilensall, and give residents
thejption_of_paying--a.:$15fine im-
mediately if their dog is picked up,
rather than having the animaLtaken
to Zurich and retrieved for a cost
close to $50.
Councillor Peter Groot asked coun-
cil to discuss the issue first with the
dog control officer to see how he
would feel about a change in policy.
Council decided to provide no finan-
cial assistance to the Hensall Union
Cemetery at this time. Clerk Betty
Oke had contacted cemetery boards
in Bayfield, Brussels, Clinton and
Blyth as well as ones in the townships
of Stanley, Hullet and Tuckersmith,
and foupd that none receives money
from a municipality.
Pepper was the lone objector. Ile is
a member of the Hensall Union board
and said continuing maintenance in-
cludes purchase of topsoil, grass cut-
ting, and paying for straightening old
stones when there is no one else
responsible for such costs.
"If someone doesn't come to our
aid, the grass and weeds will be up to
our knees. and the stones will be fall-
ing over", Pepper said.
The suggestion was made that Iten-
sall churches should be approached.
The cemetery was originally
associated with the Hogerville
Presbyterian Church, and became
Hensall Union Cemetery after an
Anglican and- a Methodist church
were established in Ilensall.
Council went into committee of the
whole at 10:45 p.m. to discuss the pro-
gress of negotiations between a pro-
perty owner and the L(BO to locate
an LCB() outlet along Ilighway 4. No
resolution came out of the in camera
Council. Briefs
Building permits issued in 1986 had
a total value of $820,000.
The PUC has increased the sewage
collection charge from 91 cents to
$1.07 per bill as recommended by On-
tario Hydro.
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Approval has-been received to hire
three students for this year's summer
playground program. The theme will
be "Creative Kids Play". Terms call
for one 18-year-old.and two aged 15 to
17.
A young person aged 16 or 17 will be
hired under the Summer Experience
'87 program to assist work
superintendent John Baker for 10
weeks. -
The Southwestern Ontario Travel
Association is unable to sponsor a stu-
--dent-councillor information
display can be set up in the municipal
office with municipal- office staff
available to assist during the week.
Someone is needed for weekends and
holidays. The problem will be shared
with the BIA. The booth is scheduled
to open the last weekend in June.
Yard sale for May 23
• Hensall's annual community event
is taking shape and so will you - take
shape, that is - if you plan to cover all
the salesitesscheduled for Hensall's
third Annual Community Yard and
GarageSale and Merchants Sidewalk
Sale.
The date is Saturday, May 23 and
once again Ilensall residents and
merchants pull. out all the stops to
create a full day of bargain -hunting
fun. The format of this year's event
has been expanded to include an 'Ear-
ly Bird' Firemen's Breakfast, to
begin at 7:30 a.m. at the Fire Hall.
The Hensall Block Parents Associa-
tion, in co-operation with the Hensall
Co -Op Nursery School, will sponsor a
lunchtime BBQ for shoppers needing
a quick (and tasty! t boost of energy
to carry them through the afternoon.
The Bake Sale by the Ladies Divi-
sion of Ilensall South Huron
Agricultural Society will offer a wide
variety of home-made treats and local --
delicacies.
For the kids, the newly renovated
community playground will be open,
so mom and dad can take a leisurely
stroll through town and shop the
manysale locations.
Downtown merchants will feature
numerous sidewalk and in-store
specials, and the many yard sales,
with their diverse assortment of
goods, ensures that' there will be
something you can't leave behind.
The sales start at 9:00 a.m., so come
early and plan to stay long enough to
experience a full dose of 'Hensall
Hospitality'.
This annual event, co-sponsored by
the Hensall B.I.A. and the Economic
Development Committee, continues
to grow in popularity, so don't miss
the fun! In case of rain (heaven for-
bid!), the event will be rescheduled
for the following Saturday, May 31.
- Bring comfortable shoes.and a big
appetite for good food and good fun.
See you in Ilensall.
Kippen East WI plan year
Sy MARGARET HOGGARTH
The executive of Kippen East WI
met at the home of co-ordinator
Margaret Iloggarth on Tuesday May
5 to plan the meetings for the coming
year. President Grace Drummond
chaired the evening, while secretary
Helen MacLean filled out the pro-
gram sheets [or September 1987 to
June 1988. The committee conveners
put forth many varied and interesting
ideas.
Women's Institute is open to all
women interested in home and coun-
try.. Kippen East meet the third
Wednesday evening in the month.
Anyone keen on joining in_on our in-
formative meetings may• contact
president Grace Drummond at
Australia Week
at Hensall PS
Students of Hensall Public School
began their week of "Aussiness!"
recently.
For starters, Mr. Revington, a
teacher at Hensall Public School,
showed the classes slides about his
visit to the land down under otherwise
known as Australia.
This was followed by Mr. Dearing,
who sheared a sheep for the whole
school and on Thursday, Miss
Querengesser came in with a slide
presentation of her visit to Australia.
On Friday, Mrs. Robertson came in
to show the students slides and to
display some of her souvenirs of
Australia.
The students enjoyed the week,
especially missing classes and the
sing -e -longs.
May 1 was Hensall-Public School's
Australia Day, where the students
displayedthe activities they had
worked on during the two-week
period.
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235-2539 or vice president Margaret
Hoggarth at 262-6902.
Kippen East will hold their
agriculture meeting on Wednesday
May 20 at 8:30 p.m. in !tense!! United
Church. Roll call to be answered by
naming a product we would miss if
farmers went on strike. Speaker will
be the dairy princess for I luron Coun-
ty, Angela Nethery.
Kippen United ('hurch
Christian Family Sunday was
observed on May 10 in St. Andrews
with Rev. Lorne Keays presiding in
the pulpit. His sermon was entitled
"Christian Family Sunday". The
choir presented the ministry of music
with the anthem "We Have This Mo-
ment Today."
GETS WINTARIO PLAQUE — Hensall Kinsmen club president Brian
Fink receives a Wintorio plaque from Faye Dance at Thursday's draw
in Hensall. T -A photo
A WINTARIO WINNER — Lillian Baker was the winner of $1,000 in
Thursday's Wintario draw sponsored by the Hensall Kinsmen. Above,
she shows the winning ticket to:Dave Hewitson who was MC for the
pre -draw program. T -A photo
Hensall
and district news
Susan Hartman
262-2449
FAIR QUEEN AT WINTARIO Hensall Spring Fair Queen n Lei
Soldan chats with Kinsmen club officials Brad Oke and Steve Knight
following Thursday's Wintario draw. T -A photo
Live Wintario draw
arttrircts-t;300--peopte
Thursday night's live Wintario
drawwasheld in Hensall -and-was
sponsored by the Kinsmen Club of
Hensall. Approximately 1,300 people
showed up to be entertained and were
not disappointed.
Some local people enjoyed their
moment in the spot light, however
brief it was. Proceeds from the even-
ing will be used in the community,
particularly to benefit minor
athletics. '
Congratulations to Lil Baker who
was lucky enough to win $1,000 at the
live drawing and was chosen to "push
the button" as a good luck charm for
other hopeful winners.
Especially interestingwas the one -
minute vignette on the host communi-
ty which was viewed by people all
over Ontario. Highlight shots of our
village included local industry and
businesses as well as some well -kept
stately homes. The short piece was
well produced and should make us all
proud of our unique and thriving com-
munity. Well done, Hensall.
United Church
Family Sunday was celebrated at
Hensall United Church on Sunday,
May 10. A well-filled church listened
to the sermon by Mr. George Cowan
who spoke on the love of the family
led by the mother. Each member of
a family is an individual - Godicreated
each differently. The fdture of the
world depends on the children of to-
day. If they choose the way of truth
and light with love, every life will be
fulfilled.
The junior choir, accompanied and
"led by Mrs. Debbie Wood, sang "The
Melody of Love" with Mindy Bell
very ably taking the solo lead. The
children sang "I've got the Love of
Jesus, down in my heart" at the end
of their talk. Mrs. Belva Fuss provid-
ed_the organ music.
Greeting at the door were Ericand
Eleanor Masfield and ushers were
Wayne Corbett, Lloyd Ferguson,
Steve Thompson and Bill Scotchmer.
Attend Presbyterial
Doris Cowan, Mary Alexander,
Hilda Payne, Audrey Christie and
Dorothy Brintnell attended the
Special Events Huron -Perth
Presbyterial at Kirkton last Wednes-
day, April 29.
Unit 111
Unit III of the Hensall UCW met
----1asL.Tuesday afternoon with Marg Up -
shall presiding. T1 e worship- con ---
ducted bY Dorothy Brintnell, was en-
titled "What makes a Mother's day?"
Dorothy Parkerread the scripture
which was taken from proverbs. IIII MI MI r Ell III MI MI
Invitiations were received from -
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Zurich Lutheran Church Women's
group and from the UCW at
Brucefield to attend their visitor's , COMPANY ,
ENTERTAIN AT WINTARIO — Students of St. Boniface Separate
School in Zurich presented an operetta in the pre-Wintario show at
the Hensall Community Centre, Thursday. Above, Adam Smith leads
a cow on stage. Initiating the animal were Robert Miller and Wendy
Overholt. ; _ T -A photo
reading "My Mother" as a short pro-
gram and the meeting was then clos-
ed with prayer.
The hostesses serving lunch were
Pearl Taylor and Vera Ross.
Flowers of Hope canvass
Canvassers will be knocking on
your door during the moth of May.
They will be asking you to be
generous once again in your support
of "Flowers of Hope".
Your contribution goes to support
the South Huron and District Associa-
tion for the Mentally Handicapped
and the money stays in the South
Huron Area. The goal for the area
campaign this year is $20,500, an in-
crease of $1,000 over last year's total.
Please be generous.
Shuffleboard
There is shuffling at the arena
every Thursday from 1 to 4 in the
afternoon. Everyone is welcome. .
This week's high scores were: High
ladies, 011ie Essery 392, Emma
Campbell 350 and Pearl McKnight
301. - --
High men were Percy Campbell
385, John Pepper 274 and George
Dowson 236.
Carmel Presbyterian ('hurch
By Margaret Hoggarth
Christian Family- Sunday - was
observed on May 10 by Carmel
members joining in with the Caven
Presbyterian Church in Exeter.
Three young men of the Hensall
Church were received as new
members and were welcomed by
clerk of session Bob Bell and elders
Rochus Faber, Clarence Volland, Bob
Taylor, Al Hoggarth and Harry Moir.
Joining the church were Bevan and
Brian Moir, sons of Harry and BeV
Moir, and Scott Bell, son of Roy and
Joanne Bell. •
For the next two Sundays, May 17
and 24, Hensall Church will be at 10:15
a.m.
May 31 is anniversary Sunday for
Carmel. The service will start at 11
a.m. Rev. Robert Cochrane from
Stratford will be guest preacher.
Lunch will follow the service.
Everyone is welcome.
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"IN THE HEART OF
DOWNTOWN VARNA"
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day.
Dorothy Brintnell gave the study on
"The Work of Christians in Chile" on
film strip. Fredo Boa gave the
• ?11eenJwa,
Greetings and welcome to
Queensway news. We've certainly
been keeping ourselves busy lately,
and last week was no exception. We
had a terrific week of activities and
here they all are in a nutshell!
On Monday afternoon we began our
week with our weekly bingo game.
This month we have the pleasure of
welcoming the Hensall United Church
• ladies group two to Queensway.
They'll be running the May bingos
and we are looking forward to their
visits.
Tuesday morning we all got
together for our morning work-out,
followed in the afternoon by our week-
ly church service. We had the
pleasure of welcoming Mrs. Shirley
Luther to Queensway. We'd like to
thank her for coming in and leading
our Tuesday service with beautiful
stories and hymns.
Wednesday afternoon` we held our
first Green Thumbs Club for the
spring. Together we planted
marigolds, which we all hope will turn
into beautiful flowers.
Thursday morning we enjoyed the
movie of the week which was called
"Mother Theresa, A Gift for God". ft
gave an insightful view of this very
remarkable lady. Then at 2:00 p.m.
we had the monthly meeting of the
Drawing club. This month's theme
was Mother's Day and all our
drawers did a terrific job.
Friday afternoon Ladies Hour took
place. The ladies enjoyed hand
massages, make-up application, tea
and music.
Finally, on Sunday, May 10 which
we all know as Mother's Day,
Queensway held a Mother's Day Tea.
We had the 'pleasure of welcoming
and listening to George Mathonia and
friends who supplied our entertain-
ment for this special day.
Well, that's it for this week. We
hope everything is going well in your
world, and we'll talk to you next week
Quote of the week: "Behold the tur-
tle. He makes progress only when he
sticks his neck out."
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Seems like every time our
ship comes in, the govern-
ment unloads it.
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After spending a fortune on
their daughter's wedding,
our friends were surprised to
read that they "gave her
away".
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There are bigger things in
life than money. Bills.
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You know computers are
getting too sophisticated
when the screen says, "Go
home. 1 can finish this
without you."
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Life is like a ten -speed bike.
Most of us have gears we
never use.
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Repair Service
107 Queen St. Hensall
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SCHOOL CHOIR ENTERTAINS The Hensall Public School choir directed by teacher Steve Revington
T -A photo
sang at Thursday's Wintario show in Hentall.
2nd installment
1 of interim taxes
due on or before
Friday, May 15, 1987