Times-Advocate, 1979-07-11, Page 3 (2)Employment rate
• is best in four years
According to the officer in
•charge of the Exeter office of
the Canada Employme.rt
Centre the employment
situation in the south Huron
and North Middlesex area is
the best it's been since 1975.
John • Gillespie told the
newspaper Friday that 1975
'was the hast year when there -
was as little uneniployment
among the permanent labour
force as there is now. •
Gillespie said that while
there was not a breakdown of
employment statistics
available for the area which
his officer services. the
number of clients
registering with the em-
ploynrent centre is ap-
proaching the level which
they were four years ago.
During that lime between 150
and 200 persons were
registered which is con-
siderably fewer than had
been registered in recent
years. Gillespie , said his
office should approach the
• low' figure sometime before
September.
When asked for a reason
why the employment
•situation is so good in this
part of the country Gillespie
replied it was the general
upswing in the economy plus
a renewed vigour in this
area. "I'm encouraged by
the number of bobs
available." Gillespie stated'
The jobs available in this
region still tend to be cycle in
nature, 'and are
agriculturally oriented.
During -the winter other job
opportunities in construction
or factories are limited• he
said.
During the winter an
average of 800 persons have
been registered with the
centre compared with about
400 during the summer.
In the south Huron region
which runs from Brucefield
to Lucan "People who are
unemployed are unemployed
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$2.500 permit to renovate his
home.
- Dave Reed and Don Joynt
of Frank Cowan Insurance
attended the meeting to
• review council's insurance
coverage on municipal
e buildings and employees
Mr. Reed recommended
council consider increasing
its liability limits, and con-
sider taking out errors and
omissions insurance. which
is really a form of municipal
malpractice insurance.
Council members decided to
review their insurance
coverage at a special
meeting of council.
s::
St. Marys men fined Times -Advocate,
1,275 for box spree
by choice.." according to
G Heroic- —_
•Most •people not working
are attracted to positions
which offer between $4 and
$5 per hour with the positions •
paying below this. standard
not attracting as many
people, he said.
• Asked about changes to the
unemployment insurance
act which became effective
July .1 Gillespie said
basically people who con:
tinually draw benefits will
only be able to draw benefits
for the sarpe length of time
which they have worked.
Get grants
for housing
Four St. Marys young.men township in late May.
4ned-a-tetaf-of-41:275 in----Judge--J: -Menzies---levied_---
the fines against Charles
Rodney Summers, Scott
Clifford Stark, Anthony
Adrian–Sterkenburg and
David Murray Iredale.
• A total of 28 mail' boxes
were -demolished and six
charge were laid against
Stark, four each against
Sterkenburg, and Iredale
and three against Summers.
They were fined $75 on each
charge.
Constable W.T. Hodgins of
the Lucan detachment of the
Ontario Prayincial Police
was the investigating officer
July 11, 1979
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a London court Monday on
charges of destroying mail
boxes in West Nissouri
Time for
checking
army worm
Grants totalling $608,761
under the Ontario Horne
Renewal Program (OHRP)
have been allocated to 15
municipalities, .Housing
Mini-ster Claude Bennett
announced Friday.
OHRP provides per capita
- grants. to Ontario
municipalities to lend money
to homeowner -occupants to
repair their houses to ac-
ceptable municipal stan-
dards.
The grants announced
today represent various
portions of the total 1979-80
funding designated under
OHRP for each
municipality.
The. objective of the
program is to correct faulty
structural and sanitary
conditions and to upgrade
plumbing, heating, in-
sulation and electrical
systems of owner -occupied
homes.
Loans of up to $7,560 may
he given to eligible owner -
occupants to bring their
homes up to the standards
adopted 1'v theit•
municiaplity. A portion of a
loan can he forgiven
depending upon the income
of the recipient. Interest
rates vary from zero to eight
percent. again depending on
incerne
. -
OHRP extends home
renewal -opportunities to
owner -occupants in any
municipality in Ontario.
urban or rural, which has
adopted either a minimum
housing standards bylaw or
a resolution, setting such
standards.
Arrangements have been
made to extend the program•
10 the residents of
unorganized municipalities
in Northern Ontario.
Included In the latest
grants are $40,000 each to the
town of Exeter. village of
[(email - and township of
Stephen.
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A HONEY OF A POODLE An entrant who travelled many a mile to compete in the dog
show held Monday and Tuesday at the South Huron Rec Centre by the Bluewater Kennel Club
.was Ellen Cross of Chicago. Ms. Cross was readying her toy poodle "Honey for the
competition. T A photo
Will convert apartment building
Playground successful
The Hensall parks com-
mittee has reported to
council that -66 children are
registered in the summer
program at the playground.
The program will start on
July 9. -
The can rnittee also
reported while the roller
skating program hasn't
proveda huge success. it will
be continued for the
remainder of the sS„rmmer.
Since the committee found
a considerable amount of
stall overti►ns was being
spent policing • auditorium
functions at the arena, it was
decided to ask the hoard to -
consider having its members
police week end functions on
a voluntary, rotating basis.
Council members voted to
endorse a resolution sub-
mitted by the municipality of
York to petition the province
to amend their Jiunicipal
Assistance program on - a
'formula or other un-
conditional basis. As the
program stands now. the
grants are given onb_v_ on
condition they are used for
certain protects such as road
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repair or for planning.
Reeve Harold Knight said
he agreed with the York
resolution since "a local
council knows a lot better
what has priority than the
people down in Toronto."
Council members indicated
they felt the government
should award municipalities
a certain amount and let the
,municipalities set their own
priorities for how the money
would be spent.
Council also endorsed a
resolution from the Ontario
Municipal Recreation
Association opposing any
change in Wintario proceeds
being designated for
recreational and cultural
projects.
Reeve Knight said there is
a growing lobby to see some•
of the Wintario monies go to
health services ' in the
province Council members
decided tax money. rather
than lottery returns. was the
most dependable way of
funding health costs in the
province.
^ Councit"memhers filed a
request for a donation from
the Dover Township Flood
Relief Committee. Some
members expressed concern
at the increasing numbers of
requests' for financial
assistance which are coming
before the council. -
• Roman Dzus. 'Huron
County planner. notified
council that no action was
taken on a request to modify
the secondary plan. for
property on the corner of
highway 4 and Queen Street.
The planner said the ap-
plicant's• proposal was too
uncertain and can be
reconsidered. when he has -
finalized his proposal for
land use for the sate.
Lorne Maeck, the Minister
of Revenue, acknowledged a
request from council for an
adjustment of assessments
in the village. A member of
the assessment division of
his ministry will prepare a
revised assessment roll for
'taxation in 1980 me submit it
to council for review.
The Hensall PUC notified
council that they passed a
restitution that the $45
deposit paid by renters
before they can become PUC
customers will now be called
a • 'consumer deposit."
In the past. when renters
left town with money still
owing to the PUC, the
deposit was used to pay what
was owing to Ontario Hydro.
Now. under the new
resolution. accounts written
off the $ts deposit will be–
prorated
eprorated between Hydro and
water and sewage costs.
Council was also notified
the owner of a garage in the
Petty Klock complex is
planning to convert the lower
level of the garage, which is
on Nelson Street, into two
apartments The site is
zoned for commercial uses.
and the apartments will be a
non -conforming use.
Council members in-
dicated their major concern
with the situation was the
problem of tenants parking
At a special meeting of
council held in June,
members accepted the
tender of Hensel' Motors
Ltd for a 1980 five ton. frink
box triick for the sum of
$14.850.
Awnings slashed
Exeter police chief Ted
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inti I101j1
21 Occasional Chairs, 12-
• Rc_cliner, , • 10, Bedroom •-
Suites; and 11 Kitchen Sets.
Also
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Dining Room Suites, Curio Cabinets Corner
Cabinets. Card Table Sets, Cedar Chests.,
Baby Cribs. 3unk Beds, High Choirs, Hassocks,
Clothes Hampers. Storage Chests. Coffee and.
End Tables, Colonial Rockers, tamps, Mat
tresses, Refrigerators Stoves, Washers.
Dryers, Freezers
WALTER SOVEREIGN
in St. Joseph's Hospital. on
Monday. July 2nd. 1979.
Walter Arnold Sovereign of
Lucan, beloved son of the
late Walter and Edith
Sovereign, dear brother of
Wilbert Sovereign of Lucan,
Mildred) Mrs Walter Fox
of Saginaw. Michigan.
Predeceased by one sister
Lorna ifnd one brother
Charles. Dear uncle of Peter
Sovereign of Lucan in his
72nd year. The funeral was
held Thursday from the C.
Haskell and Son Funeral
Home. Lt. -an with Rev. John
Holland officiating. Inter-
ment in St. James Cemetery,
Clandeboye.
RU81E TURNBULL
At her late residence,
Grant+ Bend, on Tuesday,
July 3. 1979. Rubie (Browr'•-
Turnbull. Beloved wife of
Rufus . Turnbull. Dear
mother of- 4yna-) ' •Mrs.
Glen Thiel of Zurich. Dear
sister of Mrs. Maudie
Mousseau of Kippen. Russell
of Exeter. In her 65th year,.
Funeral services were held
Friday from the T. Harry
Hoffman Funeral Home,
Dashwood with - Rev. T.
Wattam officiating. Inter-
ment Grand Bend Cemetery.
Day said Tuesday that his
department is offering
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