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WE ARE HAPPY Kim teeming, Brent Bell and Tommy Thiel appear
r,olcl Mr Happy of the Hensall Vacation Bible School, Friday.
Meet with Hay, August 8
to be happy as they
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Hensall closer to annexin
The village of Hensall has
moved a step closer to
annexation after a special
meeting held with Hay
Township council. June 25.
At Monday's council
meeting. it was announced a
publiq meeting will be held
for village and township
residents to discuss the
village's proposed annexa-
tion of Lots 19 and 22.
Concession. 1 in the Hensall
arena. August 8
The 17 householders who
live in the area to be annex-
ed will receive special
notices of the meeting by
registered mail. A fond sur-
veyor will be, hired to
prepare a plan of the lands
to be annexed following the
public meeting.
The news about annexa-
tion however. didn't com-
pletely resolve council's
feeling that they are still
land starved in the village.
Reeve Harold Knight ask-
ed the clerk to approach the
Ifuron county board of
education to see if extra
land around -Hensall Public
School could revert -to the
village.
The reeve said. "We're
land starved right now."
Council members expressed
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concern that the tong grass
around the schoolyard was
proving an eyesore.
Members expressed the
feeling that if the board of
education didn't want the
excess land, then the village
could use it for a park.
Reeve Knight said giving
the excess land back to Hen-
sall "would be to their
benefit, since they (the
board of education) won't
have to cut the grass."
Council -proceedings took
on a lighter character when
clerk Betty Oke informed
council members the village
had received a letter from
Solicitor General Roy
McMurtry regarding
emergency preparedness for
Businessmen
meet Thursday
The regular meeting of the
Exeter Central' Business -
Improvement Area is
scheduled for Thursday
night at 7-30 p.m. at the
Council Chambers:
The meeting date was
advanced a week to avoid
conflicting with the annual
Fun Days and Sidewalk Sale --
July 19 and 20
the re-entry of American
spaceship, the Skylab. •
Reeve Knight said he's
been waiting for the letter
with "baited breath" and
added in addition to the
three page letter mailed to
council, he had received a
similar letter at his home.
He told council all the three
page letter did was to in-
form him if Skylab falls on
Hensall, then he can turn the
provincial government for
assistance.
in other business, council
considered the tenders of
applicants for the position gI
village works superinten-
dent. but decided to hold a
special meeting before
reaching a decision. The -
former • works superinten-
dent, Gary Maxwell, has
submitted his resignation.
Building official Herman
Van Wieren reported he
issued three building per-
mits to Hensall residents.
Edgar McClinchey of King
Street was issued a $2.000
permit to renovate his
home. Donald Tomton of
Mill Street was issued a $1.-
000 permit to close in a
porch and Glenn Harburn of
Brock - Street - wine -issued B
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Steph�ntakes over Huron Park arena,
The township of Stephen
will be taking •over
ownership and operation of
the Huron Park arena as. of
August 31 of this year. -
The announcement was
ruade Monday for the On-
tario Development Corpora -
by '
orpora-
by' Huron Industrial
Park manager Jack Malone.
Malone said he would be
delivering the signed agree
ment of sale this week to
Stephen reeve Ken
Campbell._
The turover will become
official on Tuesday, July 24
when Ontario Minister of In-
dystry and Tourism the Hon.
Larry Grossman QC will
hand the keys over to the
township officials.
Included in the sale which
was completed for a
nominal fee of $5 will be a
parcel of land to the north of
the arena and all equipment
inside the building. This in-
cludes the Zamboni ice -
machine and timer.
The ODC manager said it
was possible the arena
would have been closed if
the township did not agree to
take over.
Malone explained the tur-
nover. "We at ODC are not
in the business of recrea-
tion. Our prime role is to
provide employment. I'm
sure the township can do a
better Job of running the -
arena. "-
"A good examele is the
"takeover th1B year of our
swimming pool by the
Stephen Resourn Centre.
' They are doing a good job,"
continued Malone. '
Malone added, "We are
gradually putting our assets
Fyn for everyone
at Sidewalk Days
Plenty of fun for everyone
is the theme of this year's
annual Sidewalk Days and
Fun Days slated for Thur-
sday and Friday. July 19 and
20.
Sponsored by the Exeter
Central Business
improverpent Association,
the event alrtrays attracts
hundreds of bargain hunters
to town. As_we$1 as the usual
values from .most of the
Mainway stores several fun
events have been scheduled
for Friday.
A mutt show will be held in
front of Pat's Pet:; at 10 a.m.
Organizer Harold. Patterson
said any mutt is -eligible to
enter.
A pie eating contest in
front of Exeter bakery at 2
p.m. may be more appealing
to those who always won-
dered just how niuch the:
really could eat. In course it
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gets a little difficult eating
raisin of cherry pie with both
hands behind your back.
Athletic types will be in-
terested in the bicycle races
at 3 p.m. at the corner of
Main and John. Categories
are eight and under, 9-12, 12-
16 and over -16.
The Exeter Police Athletic
Club are sponsoring the
second annual "Strongest
Man in Exeter Contest" in
front of the library at 6:30
p.m. Organizer Kevin Short
told the T -A , this year's
contest -is open to anyone
who wishes to enter. As well,
four categories have been
established: 12 and under,
13-16. over 16 funder and
over 1601bs. i Bench pressing
will be the }yardstick used to
measure the greatest
strength. Last year's
strongest man managed to
press 275 lbs.
Ames
Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
One Hundred and Fifth Year
where they belong. -.The
• township has already
assumed the roads and
' Cariada Avenue. We have a
verbal obligation to main-
tain the recreation centre
for Centralia College until
they. get .their QWII gym-
nasium faFilities."
The Huron Park arena
was officially opened in 1963
and was named after Group
Captain Stanley Randall
who was Commanding Of-
ficer of RCAF Centralia at
that time. It was financed
completely by non-public
fonds.
Stephen reeve Ken
Campbell said "the move
will allow us to provide
better recreation facilities
for our residents."
Eric Finkbeiner, chair-
man of Stephen's recreation
committee said township
council would be naming an
arena board on recommen-
dation of the rec committee
and an arena manager
would be appointed before
the August 31 takeover
The township's present
support of the South Huron
Rec Centre will not be
affected by the acquisition
of the Huron Park arena a, -
cording to Finkbeiner.
He added "There will be
no change in our committ-
ment to pay a share of any
defieit' incurred by the Cen-
tre in,Exeter."
Finkbeiner continued,
"We are optimistic that we
can at least break even in
operation of the Huron Park
arena once we get it rolling.
There is enough land adja-
cent td the arena to build a
community hall if that need
arises. "
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AROUND THE BARREL Barb Parsons guides her horse
around one of the obstacles during a barrel race at Sotur-
. day's horse show at Huron Park: T -A photo
dvocate
& North Lambton Since 1873
EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 11, 1979
Price Per Copy 25 Cents
Rec Centre ice rental rates
to increase by -10 percent
groups use $140 00o holdback.
Groups from outside
Come this fall, rou s
using the ice surface at the Stephen, Exeter or Usborne In his report to the board
South Huron Rec Centre will using the arena ice see their Smith said pool registrations
see the rates go up ten rates go from S30 to $33 -were down due to Hensall's
percent. hour. switch to the pool at
The South Huron Rec Minor hockey and figure V
Centre Board approved the skatingwitwither
auaau e.
1pay , other two , . , iPOar,Fl� said Hensall's
rate increase at their dollars for a total of $22 per move was prompted when
monthly meeting Monda
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TENDER CARE Todd Deeks, of lucan was one of the youngest competrtA s at Saturday s h rse
e yhr ',Par is shown ort I m A High Hope while hos mother Nancy mops the horse s brow
Issue 10 building permits
he contract for con-
struction of the John's
rnunioipal drain in Usborne
township has been let to Lee
.Jennison and Son of Grand
Bend
The Jennison hid at $850
the lowest of five submitted
was acfepted by council at
the regular.July meeting.
Building inspector Her-
man Van Wieren reported
that to building permits with
an estimated value of $65,000
were issued in June and 36
inspections were made.
Treasurer Harry Strang
reported the collection of
$163,215 in interim tapes due
June -30. -The total- interim
amount was $228,471.25.
Road superintendent John
Batten was instructed to
advise the Exeter Public
-Utilities Commission that
council feels it is not
Usborne's responsibility to
relocate the waterline when
road maintenance requires
it.
The township building
bylaw has been amended to
require that all manure
tanks constructed. hereafter
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show at Huron Park The
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Groups from within the
area will pay $28 rather than
$25 per hour
Another change approved
by the board is the moving
up of the payment date for
the first of minor hockeys'
and figure skdting's in-
stallments from December
31 to November 1.
Rec administrator, Ian
Smith said it did little good
for the centre to receive th
funds that late in thei
budget year and that th
groups concerned did hay
the funds available i
November.
When Usborne rep De
Down mentioned that the
figure skating club might
have some problems making
the payment' at that date.
Smith countered it was
better to know at- an earlier
date if either organization
was encountering some
financial difficulty.
Smith told the board a
review of other arena rates
in the area showed the South
Huron centre to be about in
the middle of what is
charged for ice time.
Exeter rr', e
Jerry Mairl.e�4i - ,`..'.;
Smith "was in the right
direction" referring to the
increased fees
Hob Smith and Way'nit*
Pearce expressed con-
fidence that mwwror hockey
would go along with the
revised race structure
although Maor Derry Boyle
who is also a member of the
minor hoc k,�de
d
Leges
iiia ion lost about $6.000
thi3 past season.
in a related move, the
board passed a motion which
stated if the -minor hockey
exceeds the 20 week
period as specified in the
contract between the
association and the board,
payment for ice time is to be
based -on a 6010 split of the
playoff games played in
Exeter. in return, minor
hockey will receive free
practice time during that
period.
Once again the problem of
deficiencies in the building -
came up with Smith in-
forming the board that he
will seek prices on the ex-
terior re:painung of the east
wall of the rec centre.
Smith' said Northside
Construction' of London had
refused to perform) any more
renovations on the building
until they received a cheque,60
kJ? $20 which was the
amount of interest which the
town accumulated on the
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'Vandalism
must have a cover or be al
least 12 feet high
,J.w. Gardiner w ho asked
council for a clean-out of the
upper portion of the Gar-
diner municipal drain was
Pea harvest on
The 1979 pea harvest which
started Thursday in this area'
is expected to be above
average.
Jack Urquhart,
manager of the Exeter
branch of Canadian Canners
told the T -A "The early peas
aro, yielding well and last
week's rain' helped the later
ones and overall it should be
a heavy crop." -
1 Urquhart said the rains
slowed maturing of the crop
and the factory was inactive
over the week end. hut. was
hack in business Monda;;
morning.
He indicated double shifts
would likely start this week
allowing for more em-
ployment.
t Trgahart added. "We have
hail lots of help, but. if
anyone is still • looking for
work we will lake their
applications_ - _ The local local manager said the
corn crop has been affected
by the weather. Ile went on
to say. "The cool. damp
weather is excellent for
peas. but not good for corn.
We should really have two
kinds of weather for the two
crops."
advised to try and get sup-
port from Hibbert township
and other,tow•nar2l. -
Goderich engineering firm
Burns Ross and Co. will be
authorized to bring in . an
appraisal of the Etherington
bridge.
A petition for a municipal
dram in the Eden Asla was
accepted and referred to
engineer A.J. DeVos for a
survey, plan and report.
PORK DOWN
Pork fell Monday. No, it
wasn't the price. A 100 pound
piK vas found on Usborne
towtxTlhip Concession 2-3 just
south of Huron street
Monday morning.
The animal apparently fell
from a passing truck. it was
taken to the -pound at the
Exeter Animal Hospital by
Exeter OPP officers.
the centre failed to reply to a
letter from the village rec
committee inquiring about
rates for this season.
On a brighter note, Smith
said local registrations were
up and that the wading pool
had seen increased use due
to the playground equipment
installed by the Exeter
Kinettes in Victoria Park.
A request from the Lions
Club to hold next years'
Peanut Stomp in the arena
fell upon deaf ears with
Pearce saying the oil from'
the peanuts- and shells could
adversely affect the arena
floor.
Smith said the arena staff
washed the floor in the hall
six times and applied an acid
solution to remove the final
reminder of this year's
event.
The Lions had agreed to
apply an extra fee next year
for a cleaning but a request
this year for a grant from the
club had apparently fallen
upon deaf ears, he said
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incidents of theft and
vandalism .continue
throughout the area covered
by the Exeter detachment of
the Ontario Provincial
Police.
Two juveniles hav-
tr t e ARC
Industries workshop in
Dashwood. A lawn mower
engine. seven yards of
carpet and two dolly typ.
wheels taken Tuesday have
been recovered by police.
Constable Bill Osterloo in-
vestigated-
Agairi in Dashwood. a girls
bike was taken from 'the -
property of James Rumball
sometime, Wednesday It
was valued at S30
During the week a .picnic
table was removed from the
MTC roadside _park along
Highway 83, east of
Farquhar.
Constable Tomasik
estimated damages of S200
when a window was broken
over the week end in the
Bank of Montreal building in
Zurich.
Officers of the local
detachment co-operated
with the Sebringville detach-
ment in checking sales barns
in the area for two cattle
beasts reported stolen in the
vicinity of.$ebringville
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VANDALS HIT MERCHANT AWNINGS Dcwr+own Exeter Merchor .pre the target of
,andols this past weekend when severo; ,.,'- .cis, owr-,r.as were slosh..c, Pc, --• ria to one of the
three dashes in tt1e Country Flowers o.s-•"ria n "rloyee Penny Wat;n- T A photo
All roads will lead to the
Kirkton fairgrounds on
11'ednesday night. July 18
u hen the Kirkton ('om-
munity. Association presents
the MO annual Garden
Party -
The theme of the garden
party this year is "The stars
will shine in '79 "
Upwards of 4.000 persons
have been enjoying the
_ three -fold program mor the
years First comes a snappy
ball game followed b% the
"Little Stars" and finally the
..Big Stars "
Eileen Baldwin will he the
adjudicator -for the Juvenile
program with 1; different
numbers
A preliminary contest was
held in May to pare down the
Hit, run crashes
Two of the three accidents
investigated this week by
officers of the Exeter
detachment of the Ontario
Provincial Police were of the
hit and run variety
- Tuesday TITS ' UT1khOW—n
vehicle struck a mail box
and cuIveh on the property
of Hubert Cooper at Lot 18.
Concession 3 of Stephen
township .Constable Don
Mason set damages at $40
A vehicle owned by Ann
Marie Bertrand, Huron Park
was damaged to the extent of
$300when it was struck by an
unknown vehicle at 3 p m
Saturday on Hay township
road 20-21 near Poplar
Beach- just off Highway 21.
-Constable -•Wally Tomasik
was the investigating officer
Vehicles driven by James
Enos F'arr. R.R 4. Denfield
and John Crowe, London
were in collision Sunday at
1:15p.m on Highway 4 near
Centralia Constable
Tomasik- listed damages at
$600.
original 90 contestants for.
the hi;, show A number of
area youngsters were suc-
cessful
These include Joanne
Sawyer. Michelle Harris and
shirks Miller from Staffa;
Joanne Verlinde. Hensall
and two (:canton numbers
from Linda Bryan and.
Leanne and Susanne
Sleeper
Also selected were two
former area youngsters.
They are Carolyn- Galloway
from l.isMwel and Scott
Tr,ehner from Forest.
Chris Lovett will be back
as the musical director for
the professional program.
The top notch artists include
Erma Santa and the
redheads, Scottl5h eh-
tertainer Peter Glen, circus
performers the Amazing
Arlise, the Kem-Gro
Williams Bros television
commercial girl Maureen
Duncan. the Williams Bros. --
acrobatic' team and
Kirkton's all-time favourite
Bill Meek. -
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