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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-01-04, Page 1QUALITY FURNITURI WHY PAY MORE? Wkitings Phone 235-1964 4 Mivyor :eI#sg.& �o and to e.afliets rr�ifh Mayor Bruce Shaw sees 1984 as a year of continued growth for Exeter as well as a time when conflicts between the town and its township neighbors will be satisfactori- ly resolved. In an inaugural address at the council session held in the town hall following the levee staged for Ontario's bicentennial, Monday, Shaw said he was optimists that • the town's econoniieluture will improve, assessment will go up" and we, as a result will be able to provide the town with some much-needed capital plant, even if we have to streatnlne services." HELPING HAND — Secretary Donna Glanville had to get a helping hand from Reeve Bill Mickle to get the cords loose before the bicentennial flag could be at- tached for unfurling at the cenotaph, Monday. UP IT GOES — Mayor Bruce Shaw had a bit of trouble pulling the strings, but finally managed to get the On- tario bicentennial flag hoisted to the top of the flag pole, Monday. Four arrested on theft fromLegioi Four local men have been charged following police in- vestigation into a' breakin at the Exeter Legion hall this weekend. The breakin was discover ed Monday morning by custo- dian Jerry Hartman. A large quantity of liquor had been taken. The four men were arrested later in the day and some of the stolen liquor was recovered. Tfie accused were released to appear in Exeter court on January 24. Around 10:00 p.m., Mon- day, another marl showed up at the police office demanding to see one of the people who had been arrested on the theft charge.. ' The man became unruly after being denied permission to visit and had to be subdued by officers. Ile has been charged with assaulting a police officer and was placed in Stratford jail pending a bail hearing. Chief Ted Day, Sgt. Kevin Sheri and Constables Dan f. Kierstead and Jim Barnes, assisted by Exeter OPP Con- stable R. Borden investigated the breakin. Also under investigation is a breakin at Clatke's Shell at 119 Main St. A quantity of cigarettes had been stolen in the breakin Jvhich was discovered Monday morning by Brian Clarke. Only one collision was reported this week, it occurr- ing on Friday at the intersec- tion of Highway 4 and 83. Drivers involved were Ellen - J{ent, London, and Robert T ylor, 43 Greenwood Road, Bloomingdale. Constable Brad Sadler set total damage at $2,000. Over the holiday period, the Exeter police made periodic spot checks for drinking drivers and at least 50 motorists were stopped at variiu times. No charges were Paid as a result of the spot checks. However, one male was charged with impaired driv- ing after he was involved in a motor vehicle collision. • He predicted council members may -find themselves in a position` where they will have to con- sider expanding the scope of the industrial and tourism promotion committee. Noting that some limited contacts with potential in- dustrial developers have been made, he suggested extended efforts and refinements will be required to develop what has been done so far. Town levee attracts 50 About 50 local citizens join- ed members of Exeter coun- cil in a new year's levee to welcome Ontario's bicenten- nial year, Monday. ' While council members ex- pressed satisfaction with the numbers attending, they had provided enough cake and hot cider for a much larger crowd. "It will freeze alright," Deputy -Reeve Lossy Fuller said in relation to the two un- touched cakes which remain- ed after the informal levee in the town hall. Local citizens will probably have an oppor- tunity to test her theory about freezing cakes at future bicentennial celebrations -which have yet to be outlined. Mayor Bruce §haw welcomed the audiena in a brief address prior to unfurl- ing a bicentennial flag at the cenotaph. He said the party was an opportunity "to recognize the importance of our entire history and celebrate \together the rich heritage we enjoy." He explained that the ancestors of many of those in attendance left the 13 Colonies about 200 years ago to settle in Ontario and Quebec to escape political persecution or because of an emotional tie to the Crown. At that time, Ontario was largely a wilderness, inhabited by In- dians and fur traders. Communities started to spring up as the 50,000 Loyalists arrived fre n _the U.S. and in the two centuries following, hundreds of thousands of people from all parts of the world have come to Ontario"where they have found freedom and a high quality of life." Following the flag raising, Marilyn Zivkovic led the group in the singing of God Save The Queen and a hymn that had been used at the wed- ding of Prince Charles. The group -"then moved to the town hall for the refreshments. Mayor Shaw was joined by Ken Johns, one of the oldest residents in at- tendance, in the cutting of a colorfully decorated bicenten- nial cake and a chorus of Hap- py Birthday. A film on bicentennial ac- tivities planned in Ontario was shown-. Members of the audience received a pleasant surprise when council presented each with the recently minted town pin. Council then staged their regular session in the town hall and setl'eral members ex- pressed their pleasure at the turnout for the levee. "It's a great way to start out,"commented Council! Dorothy Chapman, while Shaw expressed appreciation to the clerk's office staff and the committee members who had organized the event. SIDDULPH CLERK Roy Hands assumed his duties os clerk -treasurer of the township of Biddulph this week. He spent nine years as a tax collector with the City of London and the Past 11 years as deputy clerk -treasurer of the township of Westminster and replaces the retiring Austin Hodgins who serv- ed Biddulph for 30 years. "It is very important, I believe, to work hard to ex- pand ow industrial base, but abrupt as important, we must be adieu to be aggressive and agtive. There's a psychological element, an aura, that surrounds every community. There'll no doubt that others view u$ as being 'hustlers,' eager tg,promote and anxious to;` attract business. "That pee _ption is necessary, for commer- cial and industri, enterprises lowed _i'• area t�waski are concerned about the vitality of a community. Similar)yyr those concerns that have relocated or expanded recently in Exeter have done so with the hope that profits will increase and business grow, and no one is going to make commitments such as those unless their long-range plans see a town that is pulsating with life." The Mayor noted that the residential freeze placed on the town for the past seven or eight years has been remov- • it ed in anticipation of expand- ed sewage treatment facilities, and while "none of us in the room is interested in turning Exeter into a large town, aU of us are anxious for limited, moderate growth and an improved -quality of life" RAISE VOICES IN SONG— About 50 people attended the Exeter new year's levee and bicentennial party, Monday. After a flag was rais- ed, the guests moved upstairs to the town hall for refreshments. Marilyn Zivkovic, right, leads the group in singing a hymn which had been used at the wedding of Prince Charles and also God Save the Queen. Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Eleventh • Year -His prediction is that the building of new homes will, in part, accomplish this cal, as well as provide em t opportunities to local residents. Regarding the current con- flict between Exeter and its neighbors over recreation cost Sharing and the purchase of a new tank truck for the fire area board, Shaw said be was optimistic that the situa- tions will be resolved to the satisfaction of the town and the townships. He said Exeter council members have tried to en- courage the belief that all residents of South Huron are, , - in a sense, one community. • Referring specifically to the fire area board, Shaw ex- plained that when the board was formed, it was his sug- gestion that as a gesture of goodwill, Exeter provide the building and all its equipment at the time. . "It is unfortunate that this point must be r ' ed, but all concerned, in €a should realize the good ill that Ex- eter brought into this organization," he commented. Continuing, he said that • when the rec centre was built, Exeter bore all the interest costs, again as a gesture, and since then the town has con- tributed many hundreds of thousands of dollars to area recreation "always in the hope that others would see what is being done." "It's going to be an in- teresting year. Wish us luck", he concluded. & North Lambton Sine 11873 EXETER, ONTARIO, January 4, 1984 Price Per Copy 50 Cents Eighty-threa fatal free! For the f' time in several years, the a a covered by the Exeter OP dgtachment did not have a tai highway accident uring 983. Area ffivers 'shed the year in a safe ma r as well, as no collisions we reported during the past w . While the local OPP jot the cam- paign again drinking drivers thro gh roadside spot-checks, y reported on- ly one person eing charged with impaired driving over the holiday period. A spot-check held at the out- skirts of Exeter on new year's eve failed to result in any suspensions or charges as drivers apparently took*the warnings to heart and kept close scrutiny on their intake of spirits before they headed out onto area roads. Will form committee At the request of Attorney General Roy McMurtry, Ex- eter will soon be naming a drinking -driving committee. • In a letter co-signed by AMOiiresident Marlene Cat- terall, McMurtry has called on every community in the province to name such a com- mittee in an effort to stop drinking and driving before it occurs. "We must bring about a new and widespread awareness among our Citizens about the senseless tragedies resulting from the drinking driver, not just dur- ing the holiday season but throughout the year, if we are to bring about a fundamental and permanent attitude change toward the practice of drinking and driving," he wrote: "And, if we can bring about the realization that we must look at ourselves and not just our neighbors as -a potential source of that tragedy, then we are on the way to achiev- ing our ultimate goal...an ever -decreasing number of drinking -driving crashes," he concluded. Reeve Bill Mickle sug- gested Monday that council should form a committee as outlined in the letter and noted that there were already some members of the com- munity interested in attack- ing the problem. The matter was turned over to tl`ie executive committee to name an ad hoc committee to consider local efforts against drinking and driving. CUT -UPS — Mayor Bruce Shaw solicited the assistance of Ken Johns to cut the bicenterytial cake at Exeter's celebration of the event, Monday. PUC buy truck, write off accounts Siwpping p1. expenslve Snapping off hydro poles can be an expensive proposi- tion, as a local driver found recently when he received the PUC's bill for 81,200 to replace a pole he had toppled on Huron Street West in ear- ly December. PUC manager Hugh Davis gave commis- sioners further details at their regular. December meeting. The pole, shared jointly with Bell Telephone, was replaced immediately by a PUC work crew, as a Bell crew would–have to come from Owen Sound. The bill from the Exeter utility in- cludes the costs of the truck, labour and materials, but not the actual cost of the pole. Bell will drop off a replace- ment pole of comparable size the next time a truck is going through town, and bill the un- fortunate driver a further $300. "He picked the right one", Davis remarked, addingthe poles - on each side catried transformers, and one also had a large underground ser- vice. Replacing either would have been even more costly. Four tenders for supplying gas for the trucks were received. The commission voted to continue with the Ex- eter Co -Op, who offered a dis- count of .055 percent on the posted tank wagon price, and promised to adjust the price whenever a gas price war erupts. Three tenders for a one -ton pickup truck were opened, and Huron Motor Products' price for a GMC truck at - ;10,699 less a trade-in allowance of 82,950 on the old truck was accepted. It was the lowest tender. Commissioner Harry DeVries declared a possible conflict of interest (his son-in- law is an employee of Frayne. Chev-Olds) and took no part in the discussion. The Commission voted to write off 81,057.31 in un- collected water, sewage and hydro bills. Ways of preven- ting people from evading their responsibilities were ex- amined, but the commis- sioners reluctantly concluded that picking out poor risks ahead of time and presuppos- ing dishonesty is morally and legally insupportable. Mayor Bruce Shaw com- mented that under the new I • charter of rights, individuals seem to have excessive rights, and "institutions like us suffer." - Please turn to page 2 ;,lir -Some you win, some you lose Some you win, some you lose! That's how it was for the T -A editor at Exeter council this week. Mayor Bruce Shaw an- nounced that council had taken a suggestion penned in a recent editorial (actually the idea came from a reader) to send the town's con- gratulatory messages to those marking special occasions. Those marking the anniver- saries and birthdays of note now receive messages from provincial and federal politicians,and on occasion, even the Queen. The town will follow the example, although members of the executive committee have not yet an- nounced what guidelines will be followed. Shaw urged members of the community to inform municipal officials when a special occasion arise so an appropriate card can be for- warded to the celebrants. On the losing side of the pic- ture, Councillor Dorothy Chapman berated the -editor for,a recent column in which it was suggested that local residents would have to holi- day in the north to escape the heat as the "greenhouse" ef- fect takes place on this continent. She said such an idea was preposterous (actually it came from some scientists) and had recent experience to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there was no such phenomenon taking place. Mrs. Chapman got that first hand experience by holiday- ing in Florida for the festive season and brought back a newspaper showing photos of the ice hanging on flowers and citrus fruit trees. Teacher back in math class SHDHS math teacher Joanne Young returned to classes on Monday after be- ing suspended for 22 days without pay. The 56 -year-old teacher was suspended by the Huron board of education for being absent without leave to attend a demonstration at the Litton Industries plant in Toronto on November 18. She was arrested for trespassing and spent 13 days in a detention centre where she embarked on a hunger strike. The teacher will return to Toronto on January It to hear the judge's verdict in her case. School officials indicate she will be.given permission to attend the court session. Mrs. Young -has been warn- ed by board officials that should She breach her con- tract in the future, there would be no recourse but to recommend that she be fired. • • • • IDEAL SLIDING — Tobogganing and sliding by tumorous methods were -popular at Morrison Dam, Sunday afternoon. From the left are Steven, Mary Lynn and David Oke and Kim Wulterkens. T -A photo 4 • - ti A e •