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Paul McAuley
tops in grade 1 1
Kevin Glasgow SaraltMcClure
... grade 10 best ... best in grade 9
Former rmayor asks
for pdrk ienovations
After well over a year of look to 'the east of the
apparent inactivity there's a building.
possibility that some Because the problem
progress on revamping Fimarily concerns just the
Exeter's community park residents of Exeter, I am of
may be made. the opinion that Exeter
At Tuesday's council
meeting a letter from for r
mayor Bruce Shaw •sked
that the town tak the
irliative in starting w• k on Shaw termed the $50.000
park renovations. figure which the grounds
In his letter. Shaw said "Atsubcommittee had set as the
the moment the community ` amount to provide for new
Park does not flatter the diamonds and a soccer as a
Town. Smaller "paltry amount" pared
*municipalities all over the to the services which w
41) area boast of better outdoor provided.
facilities: visiters are im- Mayor Derry oyle said
pressed with the Centre but the community park
afe often amused when they proposal has come up for
discussion on many an oc-
casion at both the South
Huron Board of
Managemew and at the
Exeter recreation sub-
committee levels.
Boyle said he and coun-
cillor Don' Cameron have
Compared to the same proposed that a• fund raising
period last year Exeter effort sj ould begin with the
has seen its rate of/growth Lions, insman and the two
slowed if the number . of ball groups in Exeter
building permits issued are working together. The
any indication. mayor said the four groups
In his report to council could work individually but
building inspector and that there should be a
zoning administrator Doug common goal.
Triebner said a total of 101 "The money has to come
permits totalling 5554,909 first," he said.
had been issued in May and i1 was important that
June compared to 106 per- groups such as the Lions and
mits totalling • $1..292,004 in Kinsman become involved
the same period/last year. since 'there were conflicts
Experiencing tke biggest between the two ball groups
drop was the category in- in what should be built Boyle
stitutional renovations and stated.
additions with only three- Councillor Jay Campbell
renovations totalling $12.800 said it was his opinion that
being issued. For 1978 the the recreation sub -
same figures were four and committee should make the
S489.550 respectively. final decision on what
Permits totalling $229.936 happens to the park.
for four houses- were issued Councillor Lossy Fuller
compared to 13 permits with said thore has been a
a value of $575.000 in 1978. renewed interest in hall in
The one area which did see recent years and one person
ipanincrease was in com- usually acts as the catalyst
mercial additions and in a fund raising effory.
renovations with 12 permits Fuller cited Ron Bogart in
totalling $146.000 issued. in the fund raising scheme for
• May and June of 78 ten the rec centre fund and noted
permits with a value of a Shaw had offered' his set. -
little over $100.000 were vices for the community
issued. park effort.
Council should bear the
responsibility of bringing the
local _resources together to
get the job done."
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Permits •
decrease
• South Huron District High
School can boast of 10
Ontario Scholars for the 1978-
79 school term as the result
-of --anan7rou—tt cement m de
Friday by principal J.L.
Weeder).
The 10 grade 13 Students
attained marks of 80 percent
or more. Last year the school
had nine- Ontario Scholars.
Heading the • Ontario
Scholars was Robin Little,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
Little, Main street, Exeter: -
The top grade 13 student a
year ago was his sister
Heather.
The top female student in
grade 13 was Marion Mar -
fens, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tony Martens, Sanders
street. Exeter. Along with
Robin Little, Marion .will be
eligible to receive the
Moncur Scholarship as the
lop female and male
students in the graduating
class.
The other Ontario Scholars
are Brenda Fletcher, Steve
Paton, Brad Taylor, Lucy
Van Esbroeck, Anne
Dearing, Sandra McLeod,
Catherine Abbott and Doug
Scott.
Brenda Fletcher is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Fletcher, Pryde
Boulevard. Exeter and Steve
Paton's parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Wilfred Paton, R.R. 1,
Kirkton.
Brad Taylor is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor,
Mill street, ExJer: Lucy
Van Esbroeck is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alois Van Esbroeck, R.R-1
Hensall and Ann Dearing is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
-
erald Dearing, R.R. 1
xeter.
Sandra McLeod is the
granddaughter of Mr. and
\Irs. -Ron Iles, Sanders
street. Exoter: Catherine
Abbott is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur _Abbott,
R.R. 1 Centralia and Doug
Scott is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Scott. R.R. 1
Centralia.
Grade 12 students were led
by John Kester,. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Adrian Kester,
R.R. 2 'Da ood. The top
student in rade 11 was Paul
McAuley, - son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald McAuley, Anne
street, Exeter.
Taking top honours in
gr e lo'was Kevin Glasgow, Mr.
son and Mrs. .
1�fJames
Glasgow, -Huron street east.
Exeter and the best grade
nine student was Sarah
McClure• daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. David .McClure,
K.R. 1 Crediton.
Secondary School Honour
Graduation Diplomas
Catherine Abbott. Cathy
Unbuckled
pay fines
, Two area drivers were
fined 828 each in Justice of
the Peace court Tuesday
morning for failing to wear
seat belts.
Fined by Justice of the
Peace D.W. Wedlake were
Yvonne Dietrich. Centralia
and Charlotte M. Fleming,
Crediton. •-
Ricky W. Wein. Crediton
was assessed total fines of
8182 on charges of creating
unnecessary noise and
careless driving.
A fine of 854 was levied
against James Pettey.
Thedford for driving a
vehicle with liquor available.
John Bentley Stephens,
Exeter was fined 8182 for a
speed of 140 kilometres in an
80 kilometre per hour zone.
Two other speeding fines
were levied. They were
against Danny P. Paton.
London. 818 for a speed of 95
kilometres in an 85 zone and
Leslie ,Peterson, also of
London, 833 for a speed of 100
k.m. in an 80 k.m. zone.
•BACK IN SCHOOL AREA -- On one of the first days o1 school holidays these loccil
youngsters found their way back to the EPS grounds. From the left areCrystal and Scott Bierl-
ing and Richard and Greg Hoggitt. T -A photo
Becker, Cindy Becker, Betty
Beer, Lillian Bowerman,
Susan Chapman, Jennifer
, Kathy Cooper-, Anne -
Dearing, Pat DeJonge,
Angela Dekort, Barb
Dietrich, Chris Ducharme,.
Mary Easton, Brenda
Fletcher, Cheryl Fuss,
Richard Covers, Laurie
Heimrich, Terry Heywood,
Bretlda liodwt, Dave
Holtzman, Deb Horner,
Mary Beth Jantzi, Karen
Kneale, Robin Little, John
Love, Marian •Martens,
Dwayne Mainers, Richard
May, Karen McAllister,
Nancy McCurdy, Sandra
McLeod, Saskia Merkies,
Mike Ondrejicka, Randy
Parsons, Steven Paton,
Nancy Perry, j Carol
Rader, Sandra Schroeder,
Doug Scott, Donna Stewart,
Susan Stretton, Brad
Taylor, Jill 'Tuckey, Lucy
Van Esbroeck, Paul
Vat erwen, Lisa Westcott,
Ka y Willard, Cindy
Wil rt, Vince Winters.
Se€ondary School
Graduation Diploma
Carol Abbott, Dale
Alexander, Barb Armstrong,
Dale Armstrong, David
Atthill, Bryan Baker, Vicki
Baker. Jim Ballantyne, Joe
Barrett, Cindy Beaver, Sue
Ann Becker, Pat Berendsen,
Paul Bies, Robert Bies,
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Robin Little
Marion Martens
Brenda Fletcher
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Sandra McLeod
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Brad Taylor
Ames
Anne Dearing
Steve Paton
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Doug Scott
Lucy Van Esbroeck
dvocate
Serving. South Huron, North Middlesex
One Hundred and Fifth Year
& North Lambton Since 1873
- EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 4, 1979
Price Per Copy 25 Cents
Will study seniors
PUC gets land
Council defers insurance review
Exeter council will review
a report of the town's in-
surance needs it' was decided
at the month's first meeting
Tuesday. -
Appearing before council
were Dave ,Reed of the
Frank Cowan Company
Limited of Princeton and
Mel Gaiser of Gaiser-
Kneale-Tait Insurance
Agency.
Upon receipt of the risk
management report
prepared by the two com-
panies Mayor Deriy Boyle
said' council would review
the report for two weeks and
come up with a firm decision
on what changes they
deemed necessary for the
next council meeting.
in a hrief review of
the town's coverage, Reed
said the urance policy
was up to ate compared
with the 800 unicipalities
which the co any services.
Reed did recommend
that the town begin having
deductables on their in-
surance policies as the cost
saving would only amount to
somewhere between $1,200
and 81,500 per year.
Asked to
lock cars
As the result of a rash of
recent thefts, Exeter police
chief Ted Day this week asks
that residents and visitors to
town make sure they lock
their cars at night.
Day continued, "Do not
leave stereo tapes or any
articles of value in sight.
Lock them in your trunk."
Sunday, Mrs. Shirley Pratt
,reported to police that
contents from the glove
cempartiheeit of her parked
vehicle were missing.
The same day7SteVe Cann,
306 Carling street discovered
a -box of stereo tapes was
taken from his motor vehicle
while parked overnight.
Similar reports were made
by Mrs. Herman Dettmer,
303 Carling and Ralph
Batten, 306 Carling con-
cerning the theft of glove
compartment articles and a
small amount of change
from their vehicles.
Constables Jim Barnes
and Brad Sadler are in-
'vestigatingthese complaints.
Any persons that have found
articles missing from their
cars. and not notified poliestlfI
are asked to do so.
Amor.g the recom,
►nendations which Reed
presented to council was the
option of having coverage for
firemen whOsuffered a heart
attack while attending any
non -practice fire alarm.
Reed also recommended
that the town increase its
third 'party liability on its
three automobile policies to
85,000,000 each. The ad-
ditional coverage would cast
the town 81,112.
Among the other
recommendations presented
were increasing the -fidelity
bond which covers the town
in case of theft by town
employees. adding valuable
papers insurance and
coverage itt case the
municipal offices might have
to be moved because of fire
and increasing the loss of
income insurance for the
arena from 8200 per day to
8400.
Total incurred losses for
the municiaplity in for the
past four years totalled
822,618 which Reed called
"relatively good" compared
to other municipalities.
Thanks to a grant from the
Young Canada Works
Program a study of the needs
of seniors will be conducted
over the next six weeks by
three area young ladies.
(leading the project which
will operate out of South
Huron Hospital will be
Darlene Davis. Assisting Ms.
Davis will be Mary Easton
and Marg Parkinson.
South Huron Rec ad-
ministrator Ian Smith said
the three young ladies will
present a report based on
their findings in August.
Later in the meeting,
council gave their blessing to
a motion from councillor
Lossy Fuller asking that the
town assume the cost of the
project's salafies until the
funds from the grant came
through.
Both Fuller and Smith
assured council . that }the
grant had been approved"but
that the initial cheque had
not been received.
The town will not be
receiving a st\pplementary
subsidy allocation from the
ministry of transportation
and communications council
learned Tuesday.
Council expressed little
surprise over the decision
with the only remark coming
from Boyle who said "It's a
sad tale."
Woks supe
Rs saYlS
'
an
'Sometime Monday, • a budget
bathing suit and towel owned Hells did gay funds for the
by Suanne Adkins, 68 San- renovations -to the bridge
ders street was taken from spanning Highway 4 would
the swimming p000• area be forthcoming before the
while the 12 year-old; owner end of the year but that work
Was playing in the park., on the sidewalk for the east
tendent
et wrr d not
hey h ,
d for the extra funds.
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side of the bridge would not
be done in 1979 •
Atter some debate. council
agreed to allow free use of
_ the land on which the San -r
ders street hydro substation
• is located, to the Public
Utilities Commission •
Earlier, it hnd been an-
nounced that the PUC could
purchase the sub -station for
825.000 from Ontario Hydro.
This compar6s with the
•
812.000 yearly rent which the
PUC presently pays to Hydro
tor the use of the station.
When councillor Harold
Patterson made a motion to
allow the.Pl'C free use of the
transformer land for the.
next ten years councillor
Jay Campbell said "i'm
hesitant to commit the town
for that period of time. These
are the same people who
charge us 825.000 for the use
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of the fire hydrants.':
Campbell recommended
that the standing committee
of council look after the
matter.
Finally. Deputy -reeve Don
MacGregor seconded. Pat-
terson's motion. -
Before a vote could be
taken Reeve Si Simmons
asked for an amendment to
original motion that would
call for tree use of land for
fiveears with a • review
Y . , t
before another five year
period was granted.
Upon this, Campbell stated
go along with that." in
the revised form thlt motion
was passed.
Mayor tells council:'
`I was tremendous'
You can add one more
item to the list of activities
which Mayor Derry Boyle is
proficient at.
Boyle who has been known
for his skills on 'the area's
golf courses and ball
diamonds told a somewhat
bemused council Tuesday
that in his earlier days he
was a pretty fair actor.
Ia his usual modest style
the mayor said '1 Was
tremendous".
Boyle's exposition came
as a result of a statement by
councillor Marilyn William-
son who expressed pleasure
over a statement earlier in
the evening by South Huron
rec administrator Ian Smith
who said he would be stress-
ing the cultural aspects of
recreation in the upcoming
months.
Boyle said he would like to
see an amateur theatre
group in the community.
In his report to council.
Smith said he informed the
other municipalities which
make up the rec board of his
duties and the services
which he can provide.
Smith said he was pleased
with the recreation budget
saying ','We're in good
shape"
On the cuttural side of
things. Smith said the Lamb -
ton Youth Theatre would be
appearing at the rec *entre
later this summer.
-• When Smith said he
welcortied the input of the
public into programs offered
by the board. Reeve Si Sim-
mons asked with tongue in
cheek if there are any
programs for either water
skiers or fishermen. -
.Piping in was councillor
Jay Campbell who told Sim-
mons "i didn't know there
were any bultural
fishermen.'
Turning to theatre.
Campbell said it was his un-
derstanding there were
several local citizens in-
t- �r}�rested in ;ping a
-Mitre group in a town.
Mother business. council:
Filed a resolution from
the town of Hawksbury
which called for the
progince to switch to
davlikht saving time one
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WHICH WAY 15 UP? Randy Mothers likes his exercise up-
side down as he uses some of the playground equipment at
Exeter Public School. T A photo
Tax rate rises
Eby 15 mills,
• The 1§79 talc rate for the
town of Exeter was set by
council Tuesday night and
ratepayers face increases of
from 8.3 percent to just
under '10 percent.
The mill rate for farm and
residential properties paying
public school support has
risen 15.2 mills from 180.02
mills to 195.23 mills.
The increase for separate
. school supporters in the
same ^ "! b( t
mills 199.27 mills.
Commercial and industrial
..pro ;rc i, public
sch-oo i find a rise
oT 18.64 mills to 224.29 mills
and separate school sup-
porters will be charged
228.79 mills, an increase of
22.34 mills.
The increase of 15.21 mills
is made up of 13.17 mills �r
the general town rate. .62
mills for secondary school,
1.68 mills for public school
while the county of Huron
rate dropped .26 mills.
The separate school levy is
up five mills from a year
ago.
in addition, a mill rate of
42.09 mills will be levied on
the commercial assessment
which will be used as a basis
for business assessment on
all business within the
downtown business im-
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$13,80lTor-that purpose.
The taxes less the interim
levies of March 15 and June
15 shall be paid in two equal
installments due and
payable Seplenlber 15 and
November 15.
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month earlier in the in.
terests of energy conserva-
tion
Filed, a letter from the
ministof government ser-
vices notifying the town of
the availability of the
ministry of transportatio4
and communications patrol
yard located just to the
north of town in Hay
township.
Will send a letter to the
Exeter Kinettes Club thank-
ing them for the 'creative
playground wtyich they have
erected in Victoria Park.
Many thefts
in Zurich
A series of break-ins and
thefts culminated June 25
when about 20 gallons of gas
was taken from a tank at the
Zurich Public School.
The episode started at the
school when the culprits
broke a window to entOr the
property. Nothing was taken
initially.
Next a storage shed on the
property of Maxim Jeffrey,
R.R. 2, Zurich wss entered
and a haeleTaw taken.
Police believe the thieves
returned to the Zurich school
where they used the hacksaw
to cut the lack on the gas
tank and take the gas.
Constable Bob Whiteford is
investigating.
A 10 speed bike Awned by
Edward Neeb, 19 Goshen
street south in Zurich was
stolen Saturday. The bike
valued at 8135 was recovefed
later the same day by
Constable Wally Tomaski. it
was damaged somewhat. •
Casette tapes valued at
8120 were taken over the
week end from a caacowned
by Robert Soderman,
London white it was parked
at the home of John Douglas
at Oakwood, near Grand
ltid. Cons,: ;le Al Quinn is
Constable Whitefort? is
investigating the theft of a 16
foot canoe from the
Fibrecrnft plant in F.'
sometime during the week..
it is veined at 1720.
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