HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-02-15, Page 31Queen of the parade - Winter Carnival Queen Kathy Merner was featured front and centre in Satur-
day's
aturday's parade in Grand Bend. The parade included floats from local organization s and businesses.
Most adhered closely to the Walt Disney theme of the carnival. • •
Biddulph asks for grader,_ construction grants.
LUCAN Biddulph council will
be making a request to the Ontario
Ministry of Transportation and
Communications for supplemen-
tary funds for 1989.
On the advice of road superinten-
dent Hugh 'Davis, council will be
looking to:purchase a new motor
road grader ata cost of $115,000
and complete some -road construe-
--tion ata cost of S75,000.
The proposed road construction
-will be adjacent tot Lots 17 and 18,
Concession 14 and Lots 29 and 30
on Concession 14-15.
Regarding the grader pruchase,
road superintendent Davis said the
1978 grader is rapidly -deteriorating
and in his estimation it. would be
necessary` to spend , between
S10,000 and S20,000 to keep it
running during 1989..
MTC engineers also inspected
the road equipment and it was their
opinion, the township should con-
sider replacing one of the graders as
both arc over 10 years old.
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3 p.m. fo 7 p.m.
Every Tuesday
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Hwy. #21, just north of
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I/E• BARN
DANCE
Friday, Feb. 17
-Tee—Davi ifs
Sagebrush
8 p.m. - 1 a.m.
After receiving. tenders for the
township's banking services for the
next threeyears, the proposal from
the Bank of Montreal was accepted.
Clerk -treasurer Ray Hands was in-
structed to call tenders for the town-
ship insurance requirements for a
one year period from -March 1,1989
to March 1, 1990. Tenders will
close on February 27 at 12 noon.
. :Road superintendent Davis tabled
for council's consideration, a set of
guidelines which he would like to
sec implemented as a policy state-
ment which establishes certain rules
and regulations regarding the use of.
all township road allowances.
Davis said there has been -a sub-
stantial increasc,in the number of
farmers who arc plowing right up
to the road allowance and then us-
ing the roadside ditches and -or the
travelled portion of the road as the
headland in.which to turn their farm
vehicles:- •
This practice is lc4ving a large
amount of debris on the travelled
road and -Davis was concerned with
the liability which might be placed
against thc municiplaity if this
practice was.allowcd to continue.
The road superintendent reported
-that Ontario Provincial Police offi-
cers -would enforce the removal of
debris from the travelled portion of
the road: allowance, but could not
assist when it came to roadside
ditches. • . - -
A meeting isbeing planned in the
near future with the townships of
Biddulph, Blanshard and Usborne
and field servicead:visors of the Fire
Marshal's office to discuss the pos-
sibility of .Usborne township being
involved with the Granton fire de-
partment.
A petition to clean out and repair
the Elginfield municipal drain was
received from affected owners and
consulting engineers Spriet and As-
sociates will be appointed to make
an investigation of the entire drain
and bring. in a report.
Council supported a resolution
• from the town of Paris asking the
Minister of Municipal Affairs to re-
quire cable television companies to
pay a gross receipt tax based on an
appropriate formula to thc munici-
palities in which they arc located.
The resignation of Harry Hardyas
a livestock valuator was accepted
with regret. It was suggested by
council th?t Frank Hardy be the re-
placement.
Granton 4-H meets
By Muriel . Lewis
GRANTON - Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Wessman had all their family home
on Sunday in honour of their son
David's birthday.
John Herbert, Milton spent the
weekend with his grandparents Mr.
and•Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Roloson and
Kaylcnc entertained at the family
gathering on Sunday in honour of
their granddaughter Jennifer Rolo-
son's sixth birthday.
Larry Lewis of London spent
Sunday at his home in the village.
Congratulations to Marjorie
Johns of the Exeter district for
such a fine performance on CFPL
TV on Friday, February 10., -
At St. Thomas' Anglican Church
on Sunday, February 12, Rev. Alt -
vale), Wheeler lel the communion
service and spoke about how Jesus
was tempted. In essence, Mankind
cannot live by bread alone, because
the human soul craves love, truth
and justice. .
The parish Ash. Wednesday eve -
imago service was 'Weld at St. Paul's
-•cittrrr1I in Kirks 0/rrti rtraryar
No one from Granton was able to
attend due to the inclement weath-
er.
The bible study was held on
Thursday afternoon, February 9 at
the rectory. in Kirkton.
At Granton United. Church on.
Sunday, Rev. Bruce Pierce's mes
::age was entitled "The Sabbath
was made for man." The lessons
were from Psalm 46 and Mark 2.
Sunday School awards were pre-
sented to Lisa Humphrey and Jua-
nita Kop. Kelly Waters was the
bulletin steward.
The ouch group mct at the
evening, February 7.
Granton 4-H
The first meeting of the Granton
4-14 club for the knitting project
was held at the home of leader De-
anna Beatson. Themeetinwas
uL u rs a cad'
member telling something they
wanted to accomplish. Kelly
Thompson 'was elected president,
Katie Ewald vice president, and
Kaylcnc Roloson secretary.
The girls then got down to the
business of learning how to knit,
by first trying to learn the art of
casting on stitches. After master=
ing this, each one moved on to
knitting and purling.
Arrangements were made for the
next meeting 'and appreciation ex-
pressed to the hostess and leader
.and to Wcstman and Mir
-
Music by
Country Versatiles
Dancing 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Coming Friday. Mar. 17
Gordie Tapp & The Golden
Fiddle Music Co.
Show & Dance
No BlueJeans, Pleases
349-2678
Group Reservations Weloome • .
Ione French for helping vti ith the
knitting.
Kaylcnc Roloson was the .secre-
tary and reporter.
Lemonade . and cookies were
served after the meeting .was ad-
joumed.
U.C.W..
Unit one met on Thursday after-
noon, February 2 at Amelia Jame -
son's home. The hymn When He
Cometh was sung and the president
Doreen McRobert read thc medita-
tion on a heart full of gladness,
closing with the Lord's Prayer in
unison.
During the business period,
Madeline Hardie reported that the
Easter sunrise service would be held
at 7 a.m. with breakfast to follow.
Amelia Jameson offered to represent
Unit one on the y.C.W. nominat-
ing committee.
Arrangements were make for the,
March meeting and cards signed for
several mcmbcrs who were nbt able
to bq present.
Mrs. Hardie gresentc
gram on the theme Love, the Gold-
en- Clasp. A social time followed'
when Mrs. Hardie and Mrs. Jame-
son served a luncheon.
Unit three met at the home of
Elizabeth Garrett on Tuesday eve=
Ding, February 7. Dr. Michael
Goddard from St. Joseph's Hospital
Health Care Centre in London was
the guest speaker on the subject of
Cardiology. The program was ar-
ranged by Ruth Cook and Marion
Thompson.
President Margaret Bryan led the
business discussion and refresh-
ments were served by Jean Cook
and Helen Bunn
T1 ' i e met -at Ina Naiffon'k-
home on Tuesday afternoon, Febru-
ary 7. The president Margaret
Spcnce opened the meeting and read
the scripture lesson from John 13.
Mrs. Spence also read about the
tie ::cam
During the business, a program
called "Give Yourself a Break",
which is being set up for the four
Monday evenings in March at the
church, was discussed. Registration
is required by February 20.
Plans were made to sell pies at an
upcoming sale and the World Day
of Prayer will be held in the United
Church on Friday, March 3.
Mary Wallis was in charge of the
program and read about New Begin-
nings.
Mary Wallis conducted a soap
cont�,tec.,St and the hostess served apple
*rand beverage.
Times -Advocate, February 15, 1989
Page 31
Letters to area councils
Dear Exeter Council Members:
I am writing concerning your
proposal to change the names of
some of the streets in Exeter.
1 feel that before you make any
changes, you should check into the
reason why our forefathers chose
the names which they gave the
streets in the first place.
I have been residing on Mill
Street for almost 20 ycars. This
street was named so, because there
was once a saw -mill located on the
North side of Mill, between Mill
and Huron..1- believe this is an in-
teresting part of our town's heritage
and feel that it should' keep its
name to preserve this little part of
our history.
Many other streets in Exeter were
named because of their physical lo-
cation, for example Park; .River-
side. and Eastern Ave. Perhaps
sonde day the park will be gone,
and our town will expand far past
Eastern Ave. These names will help
preserve the past.
Now the question arises, which
streets to change? (Main, Marlbo-
rough, Kalish, Churchill, etc. etc.)
Do these have any historical- signif-
icance in "Exeter's" Heritage? I J'cel
that because they were given their
names and have had them for sever-
al ycars already, they deserve to be
left alone. Exeter is a growing cam=
munitiy. There will be many new
avenues and streets opened up in the
future. If we wish to name some
streets after prominent citizens or
events or even squirrels let's do so
in the future developments.
Also, many people have strong
feelings about"their" heritage. Sev-
eral people have spent the greater
part of their lives on the street
where they live and besides the fact
that they are quitc.happy with. the
name of their street, a great deal of
expense would be incurred changing
their address - driver's licence, credit
cards, etc. ctc.
I know these points which I have
expressed here are shared by others,
and I am writing on their behalf as
well as my own. Please do give
this some serious consideration be-
fore you change our addresses.
Thank you.
Sharon Chappel
Reeve and Grand Bend Council
Dear Sirs: ,
I am in receipt of a letter dated
Duplicate Bridge
EXETER - Wednesday night
winners:
Clay and Dawn Murray;
Hazel Beavers and John Brint-
nell;
Bob Drumhtond and Gil
Northey; and
Mary Lomis and Bruce Shaw.
Future games Wednesday night
7:30 p.m. Exctcr Legion Hall.
January 20, 1989 from Dianne
Mollard.'1n this letter it sets out a
resolution passed by Council that
you would not deal with me or al-
low me to meet with council until
the outstanding accounts pertaining
to the Beach property had been
cleared up.
In reference to the same meeting
of the 16th of January, I include for
your review page 2 of The Advance,
dated January 25, 1989, where the
headline reads, "J. Hovey once again
ordered to pay outstanding account"
and also an article in The Times -
Advocate dated January 25; 1989,
relating to same. In these articles it
says that I must pay the $3,000.00
to S4,000.00 Lowe the Village. As
you'll see in my summation the
reference in these articles of the
amounts and the situation between
myself and council is absolutely
scandalous. The amounts owed and
the inference of once again ordered
to pay, are situations that are not
only totally incorrect but cause me
to question the true intent of your
Council with such statements.
On January 20,1989, the letter
from Dianne Mollard (received Jan-
uary 25, 1989) was immediately,
followed up by my staff with your
accounting people at the Village. -
On that day we questioned the
Statement of Account particularly
with the December engineering fee
of S645.36. Our records indicate
that all Bills pre to that had been
paid with the exception of interest
charges which are suggested in
your balance.
Your December engineering fee
and subsequent interest which is
shown on your bill has never been
received.. In speaking with your
staff it was determined and con-
firmed that thiey had never sent us
those engineering invoices and we
still do not have them as of this
date.
It would seem prudent at- this
time for your municipality to re •
-
view its procedures so as not ever
again to cause both ourselves this
extreme embarrassment of having
your municipality pass a resolu- •
tion on blantantly incorrect infor-
mation and secondly causing me
the public scrutiny of false accusa-
tions which do nothing but cause
me long term public mistrust.•
I therefore would request that you ;
consider some form of written ac-
. knowledgement of these errors that
could be publically noted so as to
in some small way repair some of
the major public damage which has
resulted as per the newspaper arti-
cles. In future it may well be we •
can both -learn from -this lesson and
spend $2.00 on a phone call rather
then cause a major difficulty
which,costs at this moment are un-
ascertainable.
Yours very truly,
Devlon Group•Ltd.
C. James Hevey, B.A., M.B.A.
- President.
P.S. I anxiously await your re -
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