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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-01-02, Page 9s tr AA A/1 I INITY Times -Advocate, January 2, 1991 Page 9 , • October • December October 3 'Kuwaiti ,student Orabi Zeidan received a special Thanksgiving treat in early October when the Bank of Montreal was able to cash his cheques. Zeidan was in a financial bind after c6ming to Canada id the midst of an Iraqi invasion on .Kuwait.which rendered his school savings virtually worthless. ' Laidlaw officials said deregulation of the trucking industry was the culprit and helped pave the way to the Exeter terminal's closing. The local operation moved to a brand-new facility only a year ago and its closing left 16 employees either out of work or forced to relo- cate to Woodstock, "Nine teachers and the principal of the Grand Bend Public 'School were among 680 teachers, vice -principals and principals voting on the Lambton County Board of Education's latest contract. October 10 • A tragic two -car accident in the Midland area claimed the lives of four close friends. The four accident victims were headed for Huro- nia when their vehicle pulled into the path of a westbound van and the impact knocked the car onto its side claiming all four of the Ail- sa Craig residents' lives. •A new club for arca youth started its first season at the Exeter Lions Youth Centre. An 11 -member steering committee comprised of rep- resentatives from all aspects of the community agreed to bring a Fri- day evening activity for young teenagers back to Exeter. •"Where did it go?" is a question which echoed from many area resi- dents when S20,000 in Wintario grant money was not recorded. The 1987 grant was slated for Grand Bend's much-needed library, but no one, including former reeve Harold Green, is sure where it is or if it ever existed at all. October 17 ,1Sebringville OPP informed the public that they were still looking for Aleck Smith Jr. of St. Marys, son of Hazel Ann Smith whose `body was found buried a the family farm, east of Kirkton. Police considered Smith armed and dangerous and two Canada -wide war- -. irants were issued for his arrest on a theft charge. •Dunlop Construction Products in the ODC industrial park were un- der receivership as of October 2. The company made rubber -based products such as tank liners and roofing products mostly for export to the United States. Dunlop employed 50 people and had been op- erating in Huron park for approximately 10 years. Q� tober 24 •Council approved the purchase of a new police cruiser for the Exet- er Town Police by a narrow margin. Councillor Dave,Urlin present- ed a police commitee report that proposed a new cruiser be bought before Ford and Chevrolet unveil redesigned cruisers which will be. incompatible with present equipment and be more expensive to boot. • • December 5 •A train collision claimed three members of an Exeter area family when a VIA rail passenger train smashed into their car on a railroad crossing in .St. Pauls. The lives 01' Hubert George Hunter, 63, his daughter-in-law Margaret Jean Hunter, 44, and her grandson Rich- ard Prouse,4, were claimed in the crash. ' •General Coach employees were put on an indefinite layoff in early December. Union rep Ken Fenwick said the layoff was better,ihae' the 91 workers being locked out•because it allowed them to collect unemployment be,nefits. • December,I2 • • - •Dashwood Industries announced the layoff of 49 more workers m accordance with the worksharing program administered by the De- partment of Employment and Immigration. General manager Tom Duffy also announced the possibility of a two-day work week. 'Approximately 150 men, women and children gathered at the Goderich Town Square to commemorate the anniversary of the mur- ders of 14 women at Lcole,Polytechnique in Montreal on December 6. • Dire of southwestern Ontario's best-known politicians died at Vic- toria Hospital in London. Bill Stewart was the Conservative MPP for 18 years for the Middlesex North Riding and held the minister of agriculture portfolio from 1961-1975. He was born in Denfield in 1915. • December 19 • The first armed robbery in Exeter in recent memory took place at Clarke's Shell Self Serve Gas Bar. At approximately 11:20 p.m. a male entered the building and held the part-time attendant at gun- point. An undisclosed arnount of money was taken - police are still investi- gating. •Hensall reeve and Huron County's 1991 Warden pinpointed a tough economy as the biggest challenge for'his office and county council. Robinson defeated Marie Hicknell of McKillop Township who was making her third attempt at the county's top scat. December 24 •The Ailsa Craig food bank said they were "just overwhelmed" with community aid given to the operauon which was aiming to make this hard winter a little easier for needy families in the area. •Granton and Lucan residents had collected over $3,000 for the sur- vivors of a December 7 house fire that claimed the life of a young Here's to a Prosperous New Year Hearing • Aid Clinic Repairs and sales of all major brands available. Financial assistance available Location: Exeter, Big V Date: Thurs.,Jan. 3 Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Fair's Hearing Aid Service 240 Ontario St., Stratford Registered vendors for Ontario Ministry of Health assistive devices program November November 7 •The Lambton County elementary school teachers were entering their fourth week on strike. A parents group called Concerned and Active Parents organized a rally at the Sarnia City Hall to put pres- sure on the Lambton County Board Of Education - more than 400 parents attended. 'Students at Lucan Public School had to cross the street to attend classes after a boiler room fire which caused approximately S100,000 in damages. The students attended classes at the Lucan rcc centre with makeshift classrooms. ',Exeter's- PUC voted unanimously in favour of a 9.4 percent hydro 4 hike. The additional seven percent cosi of the Goods and. Service Tax brought the increase up to approxiirlately 17 percent. November 14 • South Huron Hospital's administrator Don Currell told the Compre- hensive Health System Planning Commission that if an emergency situation were to take place in the arca, the hospital would be in dire straits to find places to transport the paticnts. The�,�Tanning commis- sion was originally set up by Premier David Peterson to pinpoint problem areas with Ontario's health system. • Grand Bend parents opened a makeshift school at the village Le- gion during the fifth week of the Lambton County teacher's strike. Approximately 50 students had gathered at the Legion Hall under parental supervision. November 21 •The Lambton County elementary school teachers made the record books with the longest elementary sch t teachers strike in the prov- incc's history. Over 12,000 students including those at Grand Bend Public school were out of the classrooms for six weeks. "General coach employees were in the legal position to strike after negotiations with the company failed to generate a contract the em- ployees would accept The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners rejected General Coach's November 14 offer of it6 increase for one year, 20 cents for the second and 30 cents in the third. November 28 ' General Coach workers rentainecron the job despite being in a legal position to strike. Union representative Ken Fenwick said mediators had bccn in touch with him and were hoping to set up negotiations between the union and company. •Grand Bend clerk Wayne Tingle handed in hisletter of resignation effective December 31. Tingle was with the village for 18 months and, according to reeve Bruce Woodley, parted company with the' village on good terms. "General Homes entered receivership and the fate of' 185 employees who worked there and the company itself is still unknown. Letter to Editor Zurich residents celebrate Christmas By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH - A pot -luck supper was held at the Hay Township Hall on Tuesday December 18 for the Brownies and their mothers. Afterwards the Brownies made a decorated craft, consisting of an upside down ice-cream cone with. green icing with pieces of col- oured gum drops on the sides to make a Christmas tree. Each group of girls, hiong with their moms to entertain the `others by a' ging Christmas songs. j1 Last, but not least, the Brownies exchanged home-made Christmas presents. The next Brownie meeting will be held Tucsday January 7 at St. Boniface School. • howling draw There were three winners of the Ladies Bowling League Christmas Draw which was held Monday night at the Town and Country Lanes. First prize of a clock was won by Diana Jocid of RR2 Zurich. Second prize. of homemade Christ- mas decorations went to Adeline Denomme of Zurich and third prize of a Christmas cake was won by Jack Hamilton of Varna. The bowling tcams played Mon- day night, winning prizes for hid- den scores. The Pio-Poppers team got together at Carmel Sweeney's house later for a gift exchange. Christmas birthdays Special happy birthday wishes go out to Louis Willcrt and Noel La- porte, who both celebrated, birth- days on December 25. Donation Gerry Rader once again gave a generous donation to the Interna- tional Foundation for Cleft Lip and Palate Research through three' Christmas parties he catered last weekend. Tickets had been sold ahead of lime to raise money for this cause with the draws held on Saturday in 1-Iensall at the Community Centre. First prize of an afghan made and donated by Ann Klungel of Exeter was won by T-om Broome of Lon- don. A $20 voucher from Fischer's Abattoir in Zurich was won by Gra- ham Arthur of Exeter. A hand- crafted hoop ppietuie made and do- nated by Manna Overholt of Zurich was, won by Wayne Scheibe of Ztr� ribh, Personals Best wishes for a speedy recov- ery go to Gladys Bedard and Juli- ette Denomme who are currently patients in the hospital. Harry and Wilma Pennings re- turned home on Monday 'after a three-week vacation visiting with relatives in Holland. Their daugh- ter Mary -Jane is now home for the Christmasclioliday from British Co- lumbia. Congratulations to Esther Ginge- rich of RR2 Zurich who was the winner of the Bean Sprouts Nur- sery School draw for all the fixings for a complete Christmas dinner. Once again at this time of year I would like to say..a big thank -you to everyone who has given me news during the past 12 months. I do hope it has been interesting to read, especiallyto all our out-of- town readers. On behalf of my family, I would like to wish every- one the best of everything in 1991. Carmel. Keeping the Lord's Day Dear Sir: Whk appreciating the special notice ay the South Huron Mini- sterial Association in your paper of December 19, 1990, (4), I wish to make some further remarks. 1. The (Agin of a common day free from all unnecessary labour is :biblical. It is also made very clear 'that such a day is -to be for all peo- ple at the same time, and it is to be one out of every seVen days. Dur- ing the French Revolution an at- tempt was made to establish a common pause day every tenth day. That would be so much easier for calculations. But it did not .%vork, 2. The puepose of sucb a com- ',non day is twb-fold. One purposa is vertical, directed to the lord God. We are to worship Him, and remember that He is the Creator of an that is and upholds everything by His word of power. The second • is to remember that the d tied deliv His people ,the slavery of Egypt. Then thty did not have $ common five day. The instruction in Deuteronomy 5 is very clear that the servants art to have a day of rest. Thus the purpose of this com- mon free day is to worship the Lord God and be fret from our daily bur- dens. Since the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ we remember on the Lord's Day His.goodness in giv- ing all who cometo Hirst delivery from the dominion of evil and new life. • 3.The kcepin of the Lord's Day, therefore has Mh a vertical and a horizontal aspect. The vertical as- • poet is the worship and remem- brance of the Lord God. The hori- zontal aspect is giving as many people as possible rest and relaxa- tion. Only work absolutely neces- sary is to be done. 4. The keeping of the Lord's Day is an honouring of the Lord God and a sign of confidence in Him that He cares for us. The neglect of the keeping the Lord's Day brings the opposite message to►411M and to the world around us. Henry VanEssen T' ill Hydro Customers r of Dashwood . As of January 1, 1991. Our increase of power at 8.7% has•been approved by Ontario' Hydro. r When GST has been approved and implemented thet will be an additional 7%o •on each invoice be- ginninb itstf January 1st, 1991: Dashwood Hydro Commission. Announcing A... NO GST SALES EVENT! FOR THE JANUARY • ' ��l 4 _`-a�� v OI SSI► . WEP. MONTH OF at 1) \ Exeter..Goderich Clinton S STARTS JAN. 2nd Purchase Any Item, Even At Reduced January Sale Prices & We Will Deduct An Additional 7% To cover The GST. Ladies' Leather Boots$3995$8995 to ;110 1 NOg. 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