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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-06-15, Page 5C'nMM11NITY Back in Time... By Ross Haugh from the archives of the Exeter Times Advocate 10 YEARS AGO June 13, 1984 -At Monday's South Huron Hospital annual meet- ing, treasurer Jim Morlock and administrator Roger Sheeler reported an operating profit for 1983 of $26,932. Despite this optimistic re- port, chief of the medical staff Dr. Peter Englert warned that many types of medical care now going on at the hospital may have to be abandoned solely for economic reasons. Ciba Geigy has told 23 of its 70 employees in Ailsa Craig that if the company is unable to sell its Stewart Seeds barley division, which went up for sale in February, they will eventually lose their jobs. South Huron District High School teacher Joanne Young is back behind bars again. The anti-nuclear activist was arrested Monday while protesting at Ontario Hydro headquarters in Toronto despite previous warnings that such action might cost her job. John Stephens of Exeter just concluding a year as Governor of District A- I5 of Lions International has been named chairman of the Multiple A Council of Lions International. Thanks to a benevolent sun, more than 2,000 people attended the 116th annual Hensall Twilight Spring Fair. Attendance was 300 more than the previous year. 25 YEARS AGO June 12, 1969 - Thanks to the excellent support afforded the Exet- er Lions Club Walkathon on Saturday, the local service club will be able to complete their beautification project at Lions Park. Floodlights at the newly named Dashwood Athletic Field will be- come a reality sometime this summer. Secretary Bob Hoffman re- ports more than half of the needed $10,000 has been received or pledged. Only 12 of the some 70 cars checked this week by the Ontario Department of Transport received a safety sticker on the first try. 35 YEARS AGO June 10, 1959 - Council has passed a bylaw exempting Exeter's Legion Memorial Hall from all taxes except those for school and lo- cal improvement purposes for a period of 10 years. Four Scouts from Exeter Doug Jermyn, Jim Sweitzer, Doug Hodg- son and Dale Turvey were among the 25 honoured at a Queen's Scout recognition service for the Bluewater Region. 40 YEARS AGO June 12, 1954 - Mrs. E. Geiger, Hensall was returned as president of the Huron County Women's Christian Temperance Union. Mrs. C.W. Down of Exeter is an honorary president. Dr. R.W. and Mrs. Read and infant son of Ailsa Craig were in Ex- eter Saturday. Dr. Read has purchased the practice of Dr. F.J. Milner which he will take over in July. The Zurich Lions club has provided a new refrigerator for South Huron Hospital. Club president Ed Gascho made the presentation to hospital chairman L.J. Pcnhalc. 50 YEARS AGO June 13 - 1944 - The long awaited "D" Day when the Allies in- vaded Europe, was heralded in Exeter early Tuesday morning with the ringing of the town hall bell and the Trivitt church chimes. In the evening a public service for prayer was held in Trivitt Memorial Church. Mr. and Mrs. E. Lindentield received word from Ottawa Sunday morning that their son Flying Officer Alvin E. Lindenfield had been killed in action overseas, one day after "D" Day. 75 YEARS AGO June 11. 1919 - During a thunder and lightning storm Thursday af- ternoon, Robert Sillery of Usborne township lost a barn by fire on his 50 acre farm. Messrs. W.J. Heaman and R.N. Creech of the Exeter lawn bowl- ing club won the Premier Cup and the London Free Press trophy in the London Scotch Thistle doubles tournament in London, Wednes- day afternoon. Young recruits complete course Cadet inspection celebrates 20th year in Huron Park By Erin Lobb T -A staff HURON PARK - Precision marching, similtancous salutes, and impeccable uniforms made the 20th annual inspection a success for the Huron -Middlesex cadet corps last weekend. The year-end inpection ceremony is a military tradition in which all cadets present themselves to the reviewing officer for an evalua- tion. The inspecting officer this year was Captain Tony Jones, a Hu- ron Park native and former cadet who now pilots the Challenger, the Prime Minister's executive jet. Awards were presented to til \\'O Cann: Kapp, fol top cadet, LCpI Craig Skinner, for most improved cadet, WO Tim Maxwell, for top platoon commander, and M('pl Bobbie Snell for top section com- mander. Every Thursday evening the Cadet corp meets to learn general military traing, such as cartography, shooting, and canoeing. Wayne Ingram, cadet instructor, leads his corp through the program at last Saturday's Annual inspection. Times -Advocate, June 15, 1994 Page 5 Special features for new location at Grand Bend station Local residents have better access to police services GRAND BEND - Renovations to Grand Bend's vacant liquor store have been completed and have be- come the new head- quarters for Grand Bend's O.P.P. "We are central to the population base," said Sargent Paul Futers. "If you look at community policing you should be . where the in- creased population is." The new location, centred on Main street, has been built with some special features in mind. "We have an updated secure en- trance, accessible to people at all times. We also have a separate area for intoxicated people or pris- oners to enter by, so as to avoid dis- turbances to people in the office," says Futers. A room designed to handle breath analysis has been added to more ef- ficiently handle intoxicants, a fre- quent problem in Grand Bend. The room features a specially designed seat, and finger printing area. The "Bull Pen" is the name given to the large cell designated for a group of adult males. A second cell of this type exists in case of a backlogged night. The bull pen is larger than the cell designated to adult females. No single cells ex- ist. The holding space for young of- fenders has been specially designed not to traumatize the youths, Futers says. ""Bars can traumatize them. It's just a room with no door han- dle and a separate washroom with a real porcelain toi- let and sink." For the staff special lock-up's for firearms, and a new garage and change room facil- ities have been built. "The renovations were started in the fall," said Futers, who is one of the 20 police officers brought in each summer. "The extras each summer used to work out of a building in the parking lot behind Finnegan's." The Pinery detachment has now been closed, and the area operates under the Grand Bend detachment title. Many new features A special room designed to handle alcohol offenses only is just one of the new features at the new headquarters. The seat Constable J.J. Arsenau sits in was created for brea- thalyzer tests. Hire a student Student of the week looking for local summer employment Barb Mortley is the first student in the Exeter area to be high- lighted in a weekly feature by the Canada Employment Centre for students on a student looking for summer employment. Mortley is a graduate of South Huron District High School. She has training in typing, CPR and St. John's First Aid. Mortley is interested in working with children for the summer. She would also be interested in working in a hotel or in sales. She has a lot of experience as a babysitter, as well as working with peo- ple. Mortley also has a lot of ex- perience in taking inventory. On top of all this, she is an hon- ourary member of the "Odd Job Squad". That means Mortley is interested in trying different jobs, such as cutting lawns, painting and walking your dog. Mortley is available for work at any time, day or night, in the Ex- eter area. If you think you have a job for her or any other student, please contact the Canada Employment Centre for Students. The office is open Monday to Friday, between 8:30 and 4:30 p.m. And if you're a student inter- ested in finding work for the sum- mer, go down and check out the centre...it's open over lunch. Barb Mortley - Canada Em- ployment Centre's student' of the week Possible postion cuts Middlesex board says Junior kindergarten, kindergarten may have to be reworked LONDON - Trustees of the London and Middlesex County Roman Catholic School Board are considering the elimination of 25 additional instructional positions that were slated for the next school year, despite growth in en- rolment. The proposal was brought for- ward Monday night at a special board meeting to deal with the bud- get and it called for the 25 new po- sitions, that were allowed for in the 1994 expenditure estimates, to be removed. Yet, the board expects enrolment at the secondary level to increase by almost 10 percent in September while at the elementary level growth will only be slight. But these cuts could provide a potential savings of $600,000 in 1994 and a S1.6 million savings in 1995. It is expected that only those new positions specifically approved by the board will be filled in 1994-95. 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