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Dickins places at Hu/Iy Gully
Jim Dickins placed second
in the 80 class at Hully Gully
Houseleague on Saturday Ju-
ly 16, then travelled to Acton
where he placed fifth in a field
of 32 on Sunday, July 17. Con-
gratulations, Jim.
Hensall Bantam Girls split
with ExeterA's.Hensall girls
won their home game 10-8
then returned to Exeter on Ju-
ly 5 and lost another close
game 17-14. The next home
game is July 20 at 9 p.m. when
the girls host Huron Park.
The Bantam girls would
like to thank everyone who
supported them in their re-
cent bottle drive.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rea burn
and family of Coronation,
Alberta are holidaying with
the former's parents Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Reahurn and
family and also with Mrs.
Reaburn's parents Mr. and
• Mrs. Arthur Slade.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill O'Brien,
Todd and Tracey of Brigden
were visitors with Mrs.
O'Brien's. mother Mrs.
Evelyn Flynn on Saturday.
Mr. Sim Roobol is a patient
in South Huron Hospital, Ex-
eter where he is receiving
treatment. His many friends
wish him better health.
Congratulations to Mrs.
Jack Corbett -and Mrs.
Elizabeth Riley on the many.
prizes they won in competi-
tion at Zurich Fair on
Saturday. •
Rev. Matheson of Thames
Road conducted worship at
Queensway Nursing Home
last week accompanied by
Rhoda Rhodes.
In spite of the condition of
ilensall Main street, the Town
Hall presents a fineap-
pearance with its array of
flowers and roses, which are
being cared for by local
residents. The planting was
done by members of the Hen -
sal Area Horticultural
Society.
Campbell Eyre and Ben
Tinney returned home from a
very enjoyable fishing trip to
the west. They flew to
Calgary and were met by Bob
and Donna Lavery with
whomthey stayed at Banff.
From there they motored to
Bow Lake. It is a clear, cold
lake fed by glaciers situated
6,000 feet above sea level,
where they fished for Lake
Trout. The Lavery s also took
them for tours of the countr
as far west as British
Columbia.
Hensall U.C.
Despite the high
temperature of the day, there
was a good attendance at the
United Church on Sunday
morning. Douglas Klopp was
organist for the service and
Mr. McDonald's subject was
"Real Life". He spoke of how
Christ gives us a new view of
the world, a new vision of
man and a new view of life.
When we give ourselves to
God through Christ, whom we
love, our service within the
church - from teaching Sun-
day School to scrubbing, bak-
ing pies or visiting the sick -
should no longer be a
drudgery but a joy and
honour because we are doing
it for One we love...the One
who have given us
everything, Jesus Christ.
Cindy Taylor greeted the
congregation and John
Rooseboom and Robert
Gackstetter were the ushers
for the day. The children's
story was "For good or for
evil."
Everyone enjoyed cold
lemonade and cookies after
church as guests of Rev.
McDonald.
ARC TOUR — Colleen Carter explains the life skills training program given ARC
Industry employees to a group of young people from the Hensall playground.
Job bigger than expected
Construction hits snags
higher than its predecessor.
All the street lighting cables
had to be relocated.
The original plan called for
only six inches of C ag-
gregate, six inches of
granular A and then five in-
ches of asphalt. However, the
existing soil condition was not
sufficient to 1 .rovide for heavy
traffic. Because of the extra
excavating, going e.own to a
sub base of four feet, approx-
imately 30 extra inches of
sand is being added.
"We have had no com-
plaints. People have been
very good". Eagleson
remarked.
The main street construe- and representatives of the
pon project in Hensall and Burns Ross consulting
John Crosbie's 1981 budget engineering firm.
nave something in common - Lhvis said his company has
a promise of short-term pain applied to MTC for an exten-
for long-term gain. sion on the number of days
Unforeseen snags lurking allowed for a job that has
beneath the surface and turned out to be bigger than
changes in the original plan first expected. He would not
have caused delays, and add- commit himself to a firm
ed to the estimated comple- completion date, but promis-
tion time of 55 working days ed to have the main street
since the effective contract finished as soon as possible,
starting date of May 16. and looking better than it ever
Foreman Ken Eagleson has.
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petted little surprises was 14 8
inches of top soil beneath the T h e
old asphalt. Top soil, while =
welcome in a garden or on a 5 Light
lawn. causes trouble under a
highway because of its
Speaking for the contrac-
tor, Gord Lavis explained that
Lavis Contracting was work-
ing on three jobs in Hensa" at
the same time. - the main
street construction, the Hen-
sailprojectan paving
on York Street. The. BIA's
decision to install interlocking
brick sidewalks meant
changes in the grading, curbs
and gutters.
"The more le involved,
the more time to sort
everything out", Lavis said
philosophically. He stressed
the cooperation his firm had
received from the village of
Hensall. the BIA, the MTC
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susceptibility to frost. It all = 8
had to be removed. E JACK
An old fire well in front of
the Bank of Montreal, and two = LAVENDER
storage tanks in front of the BIA d -We hear a lot about
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har ware store from a long
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gone gas station, had to be fill- __ beholoweretaxed Hopegoing they goto "
ed in after being exposed dur- Dow enough so people
ing excavation ;can afford to pay them.
The old sewer on the south
side of main street from the Peop- =Heard about the rich
CN hacks to the western _college kid who was so
limits of the village proved to =lazy, he hired someone
be in such bad shape it had to E to write home for
be replaced. This led to = for him?
another problem with private E * r
=1f at first you don't suc-
ceed, you'll get a lot of
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unsolicited advice.
=What this country
E
drains, as the new sewer was
PRE -TOUR - ARC Industries workshop supervisor Harry Stuart outlines some of
the activities taking place at ARC Industries to a group of young people from the
Hensall playground before acting as guide on a tour of the facilities.
Keys shower at Goshen church
By Mary Chessell
Marjorie Keys was the reci-
pient of a large number of
lovely and useful gifts at a
bridal shower in Goshen
church last Thursday even-
ing. Evelyn McKinley
welcomed all those in •atten-
dance, and the ladies of the
Babylon line provided good
entertainment as usual.
Kate Keys read a
newspaper ad placed by Don
(Wise) listing the qualities he
expected in the wife he was
looking for. Anna Keys was
Vera McNichol in "Vera
McNichol's Visions", which
portrayed in a series of
hilarious scenes how her vi-
sions at the time Arnold and
Nora were married had been
fulfilled especially those con-
cerning their little girl.
Marjorie,
Noreen Hayter gave a
reading, "Lawrence Enter-
tains", and Marjorie Hayter
led in the singing or
"Margie". Shower guests
helped write the address to
the bride by supplying the ad-
jectives for unknown nouns.
The finished address was
pretty funny. Marjorie
graciously thanked everyone
for the gifts and program. and
announced there would he an
informal "open house" al her
mother's home on the Mon-
day following the wedding.
Beverly Hart of the
Brussels area has been
holidaying with her cousins.
Nancy and .lulie Webster. She
returned home on Sunday
following the Johnston reu-
nion, which was held in Clan
Gregor Square in Hayfield
with about 30 present.
Bill. Mary and Brian
Chessell attended a family
picnic at Port Blake on Sun-
day to celebrate Bob and
Ruth Laing's thirtieth wed-
ding anniversary. Their at-
tendants and -their Cromarty
neighbours were rliso there.
The Rev. Wilena Brown and
Ruth Morrison'are both out of
hospital. Miss Brown is spen-
ding some time with a friend
at Whitechurch.
The good rain we had in
V•'rna on Sunday was certain-
ly welcome. especially to
those who have berries and a
garden. Relatives from Dor-
chester report that it has been
dry much -longer there, as
they didn't get rain when Lon-
don had the big downpour.
Crops are much poorer there
than here, and there is no se-
cond cut hay at all.
Barry and Pat Taylor
hosted a surprise party for
Don and Lorraine's tenth
wedding anniversary on Sun-
day. Over 30 members of the
Taylor and Townsend
families were present from
Kitchener, Sea forth,
Goderich, Clinton, etc.
Blyth doublebill
lauds human spirit
As a child Rohbie O'Neill
had St. Vitus dance, a spastic
condition that is like a form of
cerebral palsy. In •1981 when
he decided todoa show about
Leo Kennedy. a man born in
the twenties who had cerebral
palsy all his life it was with a
strong personal link. The
show. Tighten the
Traces/Ilaul in the Reins -
combines with Ted Johns' one
man play Naked on the North
Shore. under the title
Jlaritime Faces at the Blyth
Summer Festival.
Robbie describes Leo as
"feisty. a tremendously
outgoing person with an in-
trittuin), vocation", a man
who decided early in life
neither to treat himself nor he
treated like an invalid "The
Lord never doses one door
but he opens two others."
says Leo. Ile became a ped-
dler and walked around (,tpe
STARR TOUR Hensoll playground supervisor Starr
Jesney brought a group of 35 children to tour ARC
Industries.
INDUSTRIOUS Children from the Hensoll
playground watch Richard Meier stomp Union gas
stakes during a tour of ARC Industries.
Breton tor 25 yearswith his
suitcases full of everything
from can openers to watch
straps.
Leo was a striking in-
dividual who affected people
very strongly; everyone had
his own imitation of Leo.
Reaction to Robbie putting
together a show about Leo
was mixed so Robbie asked
Leo to be the judge. But the
show was not a mockery and
Leo was in such whole-
hearted support that he gave
Robbie a replica of his dory
and his suitcases still packed
from his days on the road. .
Tighten the Traces/limit in
the Reins reveals the humour,
strength and courage that
were part of Leo's life. The
one-man one -act play.
sometimes called The Leo
show. met with much success
in school, at the Mulgrave
(toad Theatre Co-op in
Guysborough. Nova Scotia
and on tour.
When Janet Amos, artistic
direotor of the Blyth Summer
Festival saw The Leo Show in
Ilalifax last April she was im-
pressed and asked Rohbie to
come to Blyth. Rohbie was
impressed with Janet's cons,
cientiousness in travelling the
country looking for good new
Canadian plays to bring back
to her audiences.
, The play has been recorded
by CBC TV for release this
fall. After the season in Blyth,
Robbie will be touring his
show across Canada and to
the National Arts Centre next
spring. The play has met with
critical acclaim everywhere.
The Halifax Daily News call-
ed it "a brilliant piece of
theatre that makes you feel
gond to be alive."
Although he still doesn't
understand personally a lot of
the problems that people with
disabilities have. Rohbie has
learned a lot in the making
and performing of the play.
"It is an incredible thing,"
says Robbie, "to be able to
project a character and his
condition and to provoke
thought."
Maritime Faces plays at
the Blyth Summer Festival
from July 19 to August 19. Call
523-9300 or 523-9225 for tickets
or information.
Poorly attended meeting
to discuss Stanley complex
Though a public meeting
slated to begin at 7:30 in the
Stanleytownship hall to
discuss the new municipal
complex was delayed, only 39
chairs were taken by 8 p.m.
This included members of
council, their wives,
members of the press, and
Ken Jarvela representing the
engineering firm of Letham,
Jarvela and Robertson,
Sarnia.
In his opening remarks,
Reeve Paul Steckle said he
hoped the lack of attendance
was indicative of the ap-
preciation people have for the
project, and an indication of
their confidence in their
council.
Steckle explained that the
new complex will be built on
the township's property on
part of lot 16. Bayfield Road
North, due west of the present
concession building. It will in-
clude a municipal garage and
maintenance shop (with five
open bays) measuring 55 by
110 feet. The 100 by 55 foot
community centre will have a
kitchen, cloak room, portable
stage, and 20 -foot ceilings. It
will be quite versatile, accom-
modating everything from
volleyball and basketball
games to community showers
and receptions, with a seating
capacity of 300 for larger
events.
The municipal offices, con-
tained in an area 65 by 65 feet,
will have washrooms and a
lunchroom, offices and a
council chamber.
Ileating will be by electrici-
ty; and the municipal office
and the community centre
will be air conditioned.
Stanley township will do its
own contracting, naming two
foremen responsible to coun-
cil to supervise the project.
This was one of the criteria to
be eligible for a Canada On-
tario Employment Develop-
ment (COED) grant which
will cover the cost of 35 peo-
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ple sharing 740 work weeks.
Steckle said another
stipulation requires all hiring
to be done through the man-
power office, and he is direc-
ting those who are interested,
and qualified, to register with
manpower immediately.
The project will require,
besides the two foremen, 10
labourers, one bookkeeper,
one plumber, six carpenters,
eight bricklayers, two
roofers, two electricians, one
instrument person, and two
part-time heating and ven-
tilating workers.
"We're ready to start mov-
ing dirt now". Steckle said.
Construction will begin in
August, and by the time the
ribbon is cut to officially open
the complex next March
everything will be paid for.
Stanley clerk -treasurer Mel
Graham provided figures
breaking down the approx-
imate $601,820 cost as follows:
Community centre, $198.000;
municipal garage and
maintenance shop, $154,000;
municipal office. $139,000,
engineering fees, $38,000;
renovating the existing road.
creating a new access road
and a parking lot for 75 cars
and covering all with asphalt.
$89.800.
On the credit side, the
COED grant will pay labour
costs of $296.000, the township
has $200,000 set aside in a
reserve fund. and Graham is
almost certain of a Wintario
grant of $51,000 and a MTC
grant (for material for the
garage) of $56.000, which
totals $603,Sou.
If a senior citizens group is
formed. it could apply for a
New Iforizons grant to pay for
some of the furnishings and
facilities in the community
centre. Steckle jokingly ;n -
formed the audience that
those over 65 are worth $100
per head to the township.
When Larry Schilbe asked
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of the proposed new municipal complex before a public
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how maintenance costs would
affect Stanley ratepayers,
and his brother Orville
wanted to know how much
people would be charged for
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tre, Steckle dubbed them "the
Shilbe conspiracy". The
reeve, after saying he did not
yet know how much revenue
the hall would generate, but
was certain the maintenance
costs would be more than the
$4,000 now paid to Mel
Graham for using part of his
home as a township office. He
airily suggested that if theY
feared the costs would be too
high • they could move
elsewhere.
When Larry Schilbe said he
did not pay the reeve's wages
to be told to leave the
township; Steckle said the
project had "come about in
five weeks, and for $300,000
I'll take the flak tonight."
Bill McGregor and Elmer
Hayter both commended the
council for their coup in ob-
taining the COED grant, and
expressed their, certainty that
the new complex would be an
asset to the community,
especially if everyone worked
together in harmony.
McGregor pointed out the
vast majority of ratepayers
must be in favour of the pro-
ject, or "they would be here
complaining loudly."
In his concluding remarks,
Steckle jocularity advised his
audience to book now for
receptions and family parties,
as reservations are going
fast.
HENSALL CONSTRUCTION -- Lavis toreman Ken
Eagleson supervises the backhoe operation of Floyd
Nesbit during work on Hensalt's main
Tenders awarded
for Goderich school
By Stephanie Levesque
Tenders have been award-
ed for the repairs to St.
Mary's Separate School in
Goderich.
At its July 11 meeting, the
Huron -Perth Separate School
Board approved the tenders
which Trustee Tim McDon-
nell said were the lowest in
each area.
George Clement Masonry
of Bayfield will do the brick
replacement at a tender price
of $79,000; Thacker), Roofing
Co. Ltd.- of Kitchener will
replace the roof at a tender
price of a 189,466; Hildebrand
paint and paper of Seaforth
will do the painting at a
tender price of 83,485 and
Rosman Drywall and
Acoustics Ltd. will construct
the interior partition at a cost
of $2,315.
Kyles, Kyles and Garret of
Stratford architect's fees of
$23,526 plus a construction
contingency ut $6,705, bring
the total cost of the project to
8204.497.
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