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Times -Advocate, July 24, 1991
Page 3
Melanson retires as Lucan clerk
By Fred Groves
LUCAN - "To deal with people,
you have to be a listener."
That is exactly what Ed Melan-
son has had to be the last 15 years
as clerk of the Village of Lucan.
He retires at the end of August,
but with accumulated vacation,
took the minutes of his last council
meeting on Monday night.
"I'm going to miss the every day.
contact with people," he said.
Melanson said in an interview
with the T -A, listening to the pub-
lic is very important.
"They have complaints when
they come in. They're sometimes
angry and I found a lot of times
they were thanking you when they
left because you fill them in on
what's going on."
Melanson was an administrator
in the army for nearly 20 years,
worked for six years at the Wraith
Family Hardware Store and then
moved into the clerk's chair for the
village.
"Fifteen years ago the population
wasn't as large. There wasn't as
much paper work. I say the paper-
work has quadrupled," said Melan-
son.
When he started he was the clerk -
treasurer and tax collector but four
years ago the village hired a treas-
urer to look after the books for both
the village and its community cen-
tre.
"Actually there wasn't less work
to do."
He has seen several reeves and
councillors come through the doors
of the council chambers and in that
time, Melanson says he never had
any major disagreements with any-
one.
"I have to be honest and say of all
the council members I've worked
under I've never had any trouble
with any of them. I've done my best
to communicate to council and in
turn they've shown their respect
and co-operation."
As any clerk -treasurer will agree,
the hardest part of the job is the
night meetings. Melanson said he
has on average, about three per
month.
Lucan hopes to have a new water
system by the fill of 1992 and sew-
ers a year later. Dealing with these
two projects has been a big under-
taking for the retiring clerk.
"They have been the most heady
projects for everyone. It's big be-
cause you don't understand what's
going on. You have to do a lot of
reading to understand what's going
on."
In his 15 years as Lucan's clerk,
Melanson has obviously seen a lot
of change. One of those was the
competition for his replacement.
Taking over is Ron Reymer of
neighbouring Biddulph Township.
Melanson explained when he re-
placed Muriel Gibson, there were a
18 applicants. Reymer was among.
75.
"Times are harder now, there are
less jobs."
When asked what advice he
could give to Reymer who was
sworn in Monday night, Melanson
didn't have a lot to give.
"I'm not much for giving advice
to anyone. My philosophy is to do
the best you can and nobody can
expect any more than your best."
Melanson will be doing his best
in his retirement which will include
doing a bit of travelling, spending
time with his wife, Freeda, and vis-
iting their children.
A small retirement party is being
planned for Melanson by local
council. At Monday's council meet-
ing, he thanked council for their co-
operation over the years.
"You've been a tower of strength.
A council needs a clerk to keep
them straight," said councillor
Bryan Smith.
New clerk - Retiring clerk Ed Melanson,
placement Ron Reymer.
left, welcomes his re-
OPP investigate
four accidents
EXETER - The Exeter detach-
ment of the OPP reported four traf-
fic accidents over the past week,
only one of which resulted in seri-
ous injuries.
,Last Tuesday evening, vehicles
driven by James Muir of St. Marys
and Danny McLulligh of Mitchell,
collided on Highway 23 at the in-
tersection of County Road 6. Both
vehicles sustained light damage.
Last Wednesday afternoon vehi-
cles driven by Marlene Turnbull of
RR2 Grand Bend and William
Kelm of RR2 Bayfield collided on
Highway 21 south of Highway 83.
Damage was light, police report.
Also Wednesday afternoon a col-
lision at the intersection of County
Road 21 and Highway 4 resulted in
Richard Sivyer of London being
taken to University Hospital for
treatment of injuries. Lillian
Hearn of Huron Park, the driver of
the other vehicle escaped without
serious injury.
On Saturday afternoon the cars
of Shelly Swift of RR 1 Waterford
and Verna McElrea of Kirkton col-
lided at the intersection of Usborne
Concession 12-13 and Side Road
10-11. Both drivers received what
police described as minimal inju-
ries and both cars were moderately
damaged.
Fire -fighting penpals - Dashwood resident Alida Struyke and Fire
Chief Gary Middleton display the New 70aland patch mailed to the
station by the firemen down under.
Exeter fire
department sharing
ideas with new
Zealand partner
EXETER - During a recent visit
to Waiheke, a small island one
mile off of New Zealand, Alida
and Bill Struyke of Dashwood en-'
joyed a quick visit with a fireman
from the mainland.
The address of the New Zealand-
er's fire station was exchanged
with Exeter's, and as a result,
months of letter writing, photo
swapping, and exchanges of tech-
niques followed.
"We've corresponded with sta-
tions in New Hampshire, Holland,
Tennessee, and other places that
the men have visited, but this is the
farthest one away," says Middle-
ton.
The Exeter station has received
from New Zealand numerous pho-
tos of fire engines built for the
rugged, mountainous terrain, letters
and books describing their tech-
niques and equipment, trading
cards with pictures of their vehi-
cles, and a special New Zealand
firemen's patch. - - - - -Fire-fighting vehicle - This 1971 four-wheel-drive Toyota is neces-
"It's fairly educational," Middle- sary on the island of Waiheke because of the rugged terrain and
ton says. mountains.
The Struykes are planning to re-
turn to New Zealand in a couple of
years to visit relatives, and hope to
take with them some special trin-
kets donated by the Exeter station
for the New Zealanders.
Christmas in July - The Birch Berk Trailer Park west of Dashwood held its annual Christmas in July cele-
bration for the campers a: the park on Saturday afternoon. The Whipple Tree Riding Stables provided
Santa with his horse and cart, since reindeer don't come south for the summer. Here Santa manages
to startle an otherwise avid fan, Stuart Morden on the back of his father Ian. Christmas in July was
complete with a turkey dinner and even prizes for the best decorated trailer.
NOTICE Of
LIQUOR LICENCE APPLICATION
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following
establishment has applied for a
liquor licence, in accordance with the
provisions of the LIQUOR LICENCE
ACT. as indicated below:
Application For Additional Facilities
Gables Tavern
MA: P.O. Box 190
5 Main Street, Grand Bend
(Indoor and outdoor area)
AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any
person who is resident in the munici-
pality and who wishes to make repre-
sentation relative to an application.
shall make their submission to the
Board In writing no later than August
31, 1991. Copies of submissions will
be forwarded to the applicants. Please
include your name and address on all
correspondence
Submissions to be sent toy
Liquor Licence Board of Ontario
Licensing and Permits Branch
55 Lakeshore Boulevard East
Toronto. Ontario M5E 1A4
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER ANO
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
THE LIQUOR LICENCE. ACT
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