Times-Advocate, 1984-05-02, Page 3•
SIGNS OF SPRING — Four of the ladies in charge of Thursday's South Huron Hospital
Auxiliary rummage sale are ready for spring with umbrellas, golf clubs and lug-
gage. From the left are convener Lillian Jones, Nancy Rooth, Vera Armstrong and
Jean Simpson. T -A photo
Biddulph given request
to finish Granton streets
Police village of Granton them that Canadian National
trustees Elsie Dann and Jim
Bakker attended the latest
meeting of Biddulph township
council to submit the mill rate
they require for the year 1984.
The requested rate was 20
mills with a rebate from the
township of 10 mills. They
also asked to have the
balance of streets in Granton
to be hard surfaced during the
coming year.
Council discussed with the
trustees their request for the
revenue and also advised
Sewer -lagoon
Continued from front page
alterations to the building. -
Mickle was critical of the
fact this had not been men-
tioned when the contract was
let or when a council commit-
tee met recently with the
engineering firm.
"The last thing we talked
about was better communica-
tion," Mickle said. "Don't
they have typewriters up
there?"
• The cost of the insurance is
expected to be around $700
and council authorized it be
investigated and added the
provision that it be secured if
required prior to the next
council session.
"There's no choice, we
have tohave it,"said Deputy -
Reeve Lossy Fuller.
Railways had established the
part of Station Street which
the township had requested
they be permitted to purchase
was available for a price of
$1,000 providing the township
of Biddulph provide a
reference plan of the proper-
ty and a severance consent if
required. They agreed pur-
chase of this arcel of land
should procee I.
Tile drain loan applications
in the amount of $50,277 were
approved.
Road superintendent Hugh
Davis presented the
estimated 1984 road budget
showing a total expenditure of
$259,900 of which $219,800
would be received from the
Ministry of Transportation
and Communications as a
road grant.
Council authorized a sup-
plementary allocation to
cover the purchase of the 1983
John Deere backhoe in the
total subsidizable allocation
of $26,964.
Council was advised by
Lucan clerk Ed Melanson
that the village was pro-
ceeding with the Hardy
municipal drain and has ap-
pointed Haskett-Hodgins
Engineering to prepare a
preliminary report on this
project.
Committee of adjustment
secretary Ron Squire advised
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council that the application by
Brian Haskett to be permitted
a setback of 25 feet as oppos-
ed to 40 feet as required by the
township zoning bylaw has
been approved.
A building permit applica-
tion by Haskett for his proper-
ty at part of lot 7, NI,R to con-
struct a single family
residence has been accepted.
Another building permit ap-
plication, this from Jim Kerr
for an addition to a single
family residence at part of
Lot 8, MRD 169 was approved..
G.B. Sundstrom of the On-
tario Fire Marshal's office in-
formed council that of the 25
recommendations from a re-
cent municipal fire protection
survey of the township, 22 had
been either fully or partially
implemented.
The Granton and area fire
board and councils of Bid-
dulph and Blanshard will
meet to consider the three re-
maining recommendations.
Council adopted recom-
mendations from the plann-
ing advisory committee that
the township oppose applica-
tions to sever a parcel of land
from Lot 8, South Boundary
Concession as requested by
Lulu Neil and a- parcel of
land for Reg Crawford at Lot
•8, SLR Concession.
GRADUATES -- Ronald S.
Poul Wright graduated
with honours from
E.P.B.C. Peterborough
receiving a three year
B.R.E. diploma in
Theological Studies.
Graduation exercises
were held in Roy Thomson
Hall, Toronto, April 27,
1984.
PUC moves to meet need
Three industries need power
established on Thames Road
West. Mayor Bruce Shaw's
motion that the request be
granted was passed
unanimously (The Commis-
sion commended Middleton
for being so conscientious.)
Two additional hydrants
between Rosemount and An-
drews on Thames Road East
are already in the budget, and
Davis assured the commis-
sioners working funds are
adequate to provide $3,000 for
the third hydrant.
If industrial expansion is an
indicator of improving
economic times, Exeter's
future is bright. PUC
manager Hugh Davis inform-
ed the April meeting of the
Commission that three local
industries require greater
electrical capacity.
Andex and Canadian Can-
ners need more power at their
present sites, and a larger
transformer will also be in-
stalled to supply electricity to
Semi -Fab, which is' moving
into one end of the western
Peter Oud building on
Highway 83.
"It's a lot this early in the
year, but on the other hand it
indicates these industries are
moving", Davis commented.
As the new addition to
Precious Blood School has
meant extra demand, a
larger transformer will be in
stalled at that location too.
A letter was read from Fire
Chief Gary Middleton asking
for an additional hydrant west
of the CN tracks to provide
fire protection for industries
such as Laverne Hamilton's
machine shop that are being
A -B session
Continued from front page
The Exeter meeting was
one of three staged last week
by the Authority to get public
input for the watershed plan.
The other sessions were held
at Bayfield and Parkhill.
Kennaley said at the outset
of Thursday's meeting that it ,
was an attempt to put the
final polish on the report "so
it will be as good as it can be."
An interim report was
published last summer.
Flooding, soil erosion,
water supply and water quali-
ty are listed. in that order for
priority "A", while recrea-
tion, forestry, environmental-
ly significant areas, fish and
wildlife are priority "B".
Objectives have been set
out for the nine areas and pro-
posed strategies outlined for
meeting those objectives over
the next 15 years.
Delegates
Continued from front page
from Huron -Bruce are the
youth delegates. Goderich
brothers Paul and Mike Mur-
phy were named for those
positions.
Whelan himself was ex-
pected to be in attendance at
the meeting, but Horn inform-
ed the crowd that the
agriculture minister had
missed a plane connection out
west.
However, London -
Middlesex MP Garnet Bloom-
field, sporting two John
Turner buttons, was at the
meeting and spoke of his ex-
periences in Ottawa.
Bill Murray of London, ex-
ecutive director of the Ontario
Liberal Party, conducted the
election proceedings. He com-
mented that it was nice to see
the association electing
delegates from Huron -Bruce
and not delegates from other
ridings as is happening at
some other selection
meetings.
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As a matter of interest,
Davis checked back in his
records to confirm that 20
years ago a hydrant could be
installed for a total cost of
8400. Last year the price was
82,600. This year costs include
$900 for the actual hydrant,
$409 for a T -fitting, 8129 for the
valve box assembly, $325 for
the gate valve, plus the cost
for stone, backhoe, labour and
other incidentals.
Another expense faced by
the PUC is encroachment
charges now levied by MTC
for any work along Highway
83, which MTC has designated
as an assumed highway. A
charge of $50 for each permit
for any necessary work was
imposed a number of years
ago, and increased to $54 this
year. MTC has indicated the
charge will go up each year.
Increased demand for
service to private homes has
not matched the industrial ex-
pansion. However, Davis said
Jack Taylor is hoping to pro-
ceed with his subdivision this
year, and Len Veri will in-
form Davis of this year's
plans for his development by
the first of July.
The annual meeting of
District 7 of the Ontario
Municipal Electrical Associa-
tions will be held in the Hen-
sall Community Centre on
May 23. This is the first time
Hensall has hosted this event.
The next regular meeting of
the Exeter PUC will be on
May 28 at 9:00 p.m.
WIND DAMAGE — The roof of a large poultry barn at the farm of Myrtle and Steven Taylor was blown off
by the high winds which buffeted the area, Monday. No chickens were in the structure and damage has been
listed at about $80,000. Trees and branches were victims of the big blow throughout the area, but it escaped
some of the damage experienced in other portions of the province. Snow fell in the district Tuesday to welcome
the month of May in a rather untraditional manner.
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