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Zurich man dies in Brucefield crash
Stroke victi
A Zurich area man died in
one area collision this week,
while a 77 -year-old Grand
Bend man was rescued from
his car which was encircled
by a grass fire.
Dead is 46 -year-old Lorne
George Prince, RR 3 Zurich,
whose pickup truck left Huron
Road 3 west of Brucefield Fri-
day night and went into a
ditch.
Prince was eastbound on
the highway around 10:00
p.m. when the vehicle went
into the ditch and struck a
culvert.
Goderich OPP investigated
and reported that weather
and road conditions were
good at the time.
Clarence Watt, a resident of
Southcott Pins, suffered a
mild stroke as he was driving
along the Crediton Road west
of Shipka around 11:00 p.m.
pulled fro
on Thursday and his vehicle
went into the ditch and then
careened to the opposite ditch
and ended up in a field own-
ed by James Love, RR 1
Dashwood.
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May have to butt out
Smokers in schools beware
- the Huron County Board of
Education may be asking you
to butt out.
Trustee Tony McQuail said
he had been contacted by.a
ratepayer who, because of an
allergic reaction to cigarette
smoke had to stop volunteer
QUILTERS GUILD AT WORK — More than 40 ladies attended the first meeting of
a newly organized Huron -Perth Quilters Guild at the Kirkton-Woodham Communi-
ty Centre, Tuesday morning. Above, one of the organizers Rosemary Schaeffer gives
quilting tips to Jone Muegge and Kathy Holdsworth. T -A photo
Huron hiring consultant
to study museum she
Another step towards deter-
mining the future of the
Huron County Pioneer
Museum was taken this past
week by county council.
Council, at its October 5
meeting, approved calling
tenders from at least five con-
sulting firms for a feasibility
study of the museum.
The county's agriculture
and property committee
presented the terms of
reference for such a study
which were approved b"y the
council. Also approved at the
session was the authorization
to apply for Wintario funding
to cover the study cost.
The consulting firm chosen,
will be considering communi-
ty needs as part of Ihestudy
.
The terms of reference
outline two considerations - a
place needed to house historic
artifacts and a location for
these artifacts.
In order to determine these
needs, the consulting firm will
listen to such groups as coun-
ty council, Huron County
residents, service clubs,
boards of education,
genealogical societies,
chambers of commerce -
business improvement areas,
historical societies. tourist
associations another
cultural facilities.
Other aspects to be con-
sidered by the consulting firm
are the needs of the collection,
programming, the type of
building nerded to house the
Grand Bend music
series starts soon
The exciting 1983-84 Youth
and Music concert series is to
begin next week • in Grand
Bend and Bayfield. Dawn
Crabe, president of the Grand
Bend Concern Association
says. "It looks like a
smashing line up."
The well loved Tapestry
Singers, an ensemble featur-
ing six of Canada's finest
singers launch the season.
Mrs. Crabe says "The singers
are renowned for their im-
pressive sonority and dazzl-
ing versatility."
Broadway show -tunes,
operatic gems, madrigals,
snappy jazz arrangements,
folk songs - you name it; the
Tapestry Singers will delight
you with a program bubbling
with freshness and originali-
ty." The group sometimes
performs as a complete
ensemble of six. as a quartet,
trio or duo.
The Singer's appearance in
a series at Roy !Thomson Hall
was the very favorite of
young families.
Mrs. Crabe says that "they
are complete entertainers
and their show will be a treat
for everyone." The Tapestry
Singers will be performing in
Bayfield on Tuesday October
18 and in Grand Bend on
Wednesday October 19.
The balance of the series
will feature piano, french
horn, and violin Trio Caecilia
flute and guitar duo Entracte
and virtuoso pianist Mare
Widner. The bonus concert
Sound and Images '84 will
feature two photographers
and six musicians from the
Blue Water area. Solos, duets
and trios will be performed on
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a variety of instruments; pic-
colo, flute, recorder. har-
pischord, trumpet, tuba and
piano.
The natural features of the
Blue Water area will be
presented in an entertaining
slide show. A second bonus
concert will be given by the
Forest Excelsior Band as
part of, their IOOth anniver-
sary celebration in Grand
Bend.
Mrs. Crabe says that some
tickets are still available for
the series but that this is your
last change to buy them. For
information call Mrs. Crabe
at 243-2054 or Wynn Graham
at 565-2847.
artifacts, the future operating
costs and the cost of both a
renovated or new facility.
Will protest
bridge change
Huron County council is ob-
jecting "strenuously" to
changes in the Ministry of
Transportati6n and Com-
munications method of sub-
sidizing boundary bridges.
Road engineer Robert
Dempsey told the October
session of county council that
about 20 percent of the cost of
the Ball's Bridge, expected to
be under construction in the
near future. could- be lost
under the change.
A $50,000 study is yet to be
completed. on the wrought
iron bridge located on the
boundary of Colbourn. Hullet
and Goderich townships. The
Ball's bridge is expected to
cost over $1.5 million.
Dempsey said the present
80 percent subsidy on boun-
dary bridges could be reduc-
ed to about 55 percent based
on an avec age of the surroun-
ding townships subsidy
percentage. The surrounding
townships subsidy will he bas-
vd on the individual
municipality's requirements
instead of the previous
method of having subsidies
based on the job. i.e. .80 per-
cent for bridges. -
"It'll be quite costly to
Huron County if im-
plemented," noted road com-
mittee member Brian
McBirney.
work at her neighbourhood
school.
McQuail indicated the
smoke wasn't from the
students, but from teachers
and other parent volunteers.
He noted the ratepayer,
besides her own health, was
concerned about the example
being set for students.
The board's personnel and
management committees will
consider the question of
smoking in schools at a joint
meeting later this month.
Trustee John Jewitt said,
while cigarette smoke doesn't
bother him, any policy
established for the schools
would have to be im-
plemented system wide. That
would include the administra-
tion building and specifically
the board room.
Currently, smoking is
allowed in the board room
area and some trustees and
press representatives puff
their way through the board's
monthly sessions.
Four area men. Who hap-
pened on the scene spotted the
vehicle with grass burning
around and/ under it. They
broke a window to pull the
driver from the vehicle, car-
ried him to safety and
covered him with their
jackets to keep him warm un -
flame encircled car
til medical help arrived. fered only minor bruises in
The Grand Bend fire the accident.
department arrived to ex- The four men who rescued
tinguish the flames and Mr. the victim were John Ross,
Watt was taken • to South RR 2 Grand Bend; Tony
Huron Hospital by Hoffman's Buggy and Joseph Falsette,
Ambulance. He is still a pa- Grand Bend; and John
tient there receiving treat- Jongeneel, RR 8 Parkhill.
ment for his ailment. He suf- The victim's son, Ron, said
he had driven his father to
Victoria Hospital in London
earlier in the evening to visit
the latter's wife, who is a pa-
tient there.
He watched as his father
drove away from his Shipka
area home and then called on
the telephone a few minutes
TOAST NEW STORE — Local CTC dealer Gerry Walker had some novel labels printed up for the wine he
served at Monday's special sneak preview of the new facility. He and Mayor Bruce Shaw toast the occasion
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with the bottles of "Chateau du CTC". The official opening takes place this morning (Thursday) to launch
a three-day celebration. Downtown merchants are also staging a "Harvest of Values" sale to coincide with
the opening.
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EATER, ONTARIO, October 12, 1983
later to see that he had arriv-
ed home safely. When he got
no answer, the younger man
decided to follow his father's
path and came upon the acci-
dent scene.
Damage to the vehicle was
listed at $3,000.
Six other people were in-
jured in two collisions in-
vestigated by the Exeter OPP
this week.
On Wednesday, vehicles
driven by Dave Cyr, RR 3
Ailsa Craig, and Roy Brown,
RR 4 Seaforth, collided on
concession 2-3 of Hay at
sideroad 10.
Both drivers and three
passengers in the Brown vehi-
cle were taken to South Huron
Hospital. One of them,
Douglas Mason, Dashwood.
was transferred to Universi-
ty Hospital due to the
seriousness of his injuries.
The other two passengers
sustaining injuries were
Brenda Conlan, RR 3
Dashwood, and Richard
Dillon, Dashwood.
Damage in the collision was
estimated at $2,350.
The other crash was
reported on Saturday when a
vehicle operated by Jody
Dayman, Lucan. collided.
with a light standard on
Highway 4 at the junction of
Highway 84 in Hensall. The
driver was taken to South
Huron Hospital for treatment.
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BEST SANDCASTLE PHOTOGRAPHERS — Prizes for the photography contest held at the 1983 Grand Bend Sand-
castle Days sponsored by Harwood Drugs were presented Soturday. Bev Harwood, second from the left awards
the prizes to Marsha Lemon, London; Tony Diodati, Thorndale and Karen Buxton and Noello Bird, both of Grand
Bend. T -A photo
Huron board of education
considering reserve fund
The lfuron County Board ul
Education may. be consider-
ing the establishment of a
reserve to reduce next year's
budget impact on taxpayers.
At its October meeting, the
board turned town a recom-
mendation from its executive
committee which suggested
establishing a $25,000
reserve. The $25,000
represents the half a year
salary saved since former
superintendent of operations
Robert Allan became director
of education. The vacant posi-
tion won't he filled until
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January 1.
The reserve which was
turned down would have been
used tor future contracted ad -
Pays $200 penalty
for leaving scene
A motorist who failed to re-
main at the scene after col-
liding with a bicycle in Huron
Park was fined 8200 after
pleading guilty to the charge
before Justice of the Peace
MIDDLESEX PLOW QUEEN CONTESTANTS — During Soturdoy's Middlesex•plow-
ing match of the Ilderton area farm of Bev Hughes, 1982 Queen of the Furrow Heather
Dawson is shown with this year's contestants Margaret Giles and Karen Peterson.
The new Queen will be crowned at o banquet in Delaware Friday night.
Douglas Wedlake in Exeter
coat, Tuesday.
William R. Quesnel, Huron
Park, was charged following
police investigation into the
October 1 collision which
resulted in injuries to the
cyclist, 19 -year-old Dennis
Johnston, also of Iluron Park.
The collision occurred at
1:33 a.m. on Algonquin Drive.
Johnston was treated at South
Huron Hospital.
After being contacted by
police, Quesnel admitted to
being involved in the collision
and said he had been drinking
prior to the incident. The
court was told the accused
panicked.
Ricky O. Bilcke, RR 3 Ex-
eter, was fined $250 after
pleading guilty to driving
while under suspension on
September 3. He was stopped
in Usborne Township while
riding a motorcycle enroute
to taking 'some lunch to a
family, member who was
working through the supper
hour. A
In addition to the fine, Mr.
Wedlake imposed a further
suspension of six months to
run consecutive to any cur-
rent suspension.
ministrative services.
"Ildw much contracted ser-
vices do we have?" asked
Trustee Dr. John Goddard.
The director of education
said the Mercer report was
the only specific contract ser-
vice for 1983. To a later ques-
tion, superintendent of per-
sonnel Peter Gryseels said
the report is confidential.
But the board didn't com-
pletely wipe out the possibili-
ty of reserves. At its next
_meeting, the executive com-
mittee will consider the
board's financial statement to
date and a general reserve
fund could 1,2 recommended.
The hoard's financial state-
ment to August 26 shows that
60 percent of the elementary
budget, 57.7 percent of the
secondac v budget and 61.2
41.
percent of the administration
centre's budget have been
spent. With four months re-
maining in the year and
roughtly 40 percent of the
budget left, Allan expects the
budget will come in near
target. His only concern is the
850,000 for roof repairs which
was not included in the
budget.
Trustee Art Clarke said
that since the executive com-
mittee will be looking at the
financial statements, and
since the recommended
$25,000 would be restricted to
its use, the board should leave
the question of a reserve for
another month.
Other trustees agreed, as
they turned down the recom-
mended $25,000 reserve by a
7 to 5 unrecorded vote.
Stephen ratepayers
will pay four times
Deputy -reeve Ralph Weber
and councillor Ken McCann
will be attending the 1984 On-
tario -Good Roads convention
in Toronto and accommoda-
Please turn to page 3
Stephen . township
ratepayers will be paying four
installments on their 1984
Municipal'taxes:.. '
At a regular meeting Tues-
day night council decided to
go to the four payments a
year system which is now in
operation for a number of
area municipalities.
Due dates for tax payments
next year will be March 15.
June 15, September 15 and
November 30.
The final payment on 1983
property taxes is November
30.
Council agreed to share
with ' Exeter and other
municipalities in the cost of
proclaiming Agri -Food and
Fire Prevention Weeks.
Reeve AIIan Walper and
councillor Ruth Miller will
represent Stephen on the now
being formed Landfill Site
committee. Two represen-
tatives will also be named
from Exeter, Hensall, Grand
Bend, Zurich, Usborne, Hay,
McGillivray, Biddulph and
Bosanquet.
The tender of Hodgins and
Hayter was accepted to in-
stall two portions of water
line. The lowest of three bids
received calls for 65 cents per
foot for installation of a six
inch line from County road 4
to Stephen Central School and
58 ^ents a foot to put in a four
inch line on Concession 10 and
11 south to Lot 9 and north to
Lot 22.
Six tile drain loan applica-
tions totalling $35,600 were ap-
proved. Application is being
made to the Ontario Ministry
of Transportation and Com-
munications for the 1983 in-
terim road subsidy on expen-
ditures up to September 30 of
this year.
Vet clinics
joi.n battle
Area residents who may
have missed having their pets
vaccinated at the recent
rabies clinics still have
another opportunity to protect
their pets and themselves
from the dread disease.
Veterinarians throughout
Ontario are sponsoring two
low-cost clinics on Saturday,
October 15 and again on Oc-
tober 29.
The fee per animal (dogs
and cats only) is $5.
The veterinary profession
is holding these rabies vac-
cination clinics as an expres-
sion of concern over the rising
incidence of rabies in the pro-
vince and the increased
possibility of human exposure
to the disease.
This program is subsidized
by the local veterinarians in
an effort to vaccinate those
animals that might otherwise
not receive this protection.
Among those who ar^ offer-
ing the special clinics, which
will be operated from 1:00 to
3:00 p.m. on the dates men-
tioned are:
The Arva Animal Hospital,
Dr. D.S. Adams; Exeter
Animal Hospital, Dr. W.
Garry Balsdon; Dr. G.F. Rob-
son, Ilderton; Kirkton
Veterinary Clinic. Dr. II.V.
Ledermueller; South Huron
Veterinary Clinic, Zurich, Dr.
G.L. Leitch.
OPEN HOUSE AT MORRISON -- An Open House will be held Saturday, October 22 at the new Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Authority and Usborne township building at the Morrison Dam. T -A photo
New office open for inspection
The Ausable Bayfield Con-
servation Authority and the
Township of Usborne have
now moved into their new ad-
ministration building at the
Morrison Dam
To commemorate the
move, the two organizations
are sponsoring a public open
house on Saturday, October 22
from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00
p.m. at the recently con-
structed building.
The administration centre
is being shared by the Conser-
vation Authority and the
Township.
Staff from both organiza-
tions will be available at the
open house to answer ques-
tions, and coffee and donuts
will be provided.
The open house should not
be confused with the official
opening of the Administration
Centre, which is June 1.
The administration centre
was constructed in part
through financial assistance
provided by a provincial -
federal employment pro-
gram. The facility includes a
Conservation Authority
library where the public will
be able to use library
resources.
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