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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-05-09, Page 5New members added to atlas staff Two area reeves among warden candidates The race for warden in subsequently missed, the Huron County promises to be steering committee plans to a most exciting one. work diligently to meet the At the regular monthly new date. meeting of Huron County To meet that target, two Council Wednesda four councillors declareyd' their candidacy in the December election of the 1985 warden. Tuckersmith reeve Bob Bell was the first to declare his intention to seek the nomination after advising council that he would "seek support and consideration." Family tradition had a bearing on the announcement by Grey Township Reeve Leona Armstrong who told fellow councillors that it "took a lot of nerve to decide to run." While Grey Township has produced three wardens, one of them was Armstrong's father. "My father was warden of the county in 1952," she told council. "It has always been my dream to follow 'his footsteps." Subsequent to Armstrong's announcement, Stanley Township Reeve Paul Steckle declared his intention to run for warden. "I made the decision some time ago", he said. "I love my county and it has been my , and Rev. Bernard DeJonge of Exeter's Christian Reformed Church. dream to be warden of Huron." The three declared can- Drinking drivers didates were joined by Goderich Reeve Harry Worsell, who lost to Cunn- ingham in last year's election. Worsell, the former mayor of Goderich, said the town has not produced a warden since 1939 and he wanted to "give it another go." • The election for warden will take place in the council chambers in December. Add atlas staff As the May 15 deadline for submissions to the Huron County Atlas approaches, the co-ordinating team has issued surely be welcome to come pert. By this varied program a plea for strict adherence to again. there was "something for the new deadline. The audience came early, a everyone". While the deadline has full hour before the concert Andre Knevel, organ ac - changed several times since was to begin, and by 7:30 p.m. companist, brought a tran- the original March 15 the Exeter United Church quility to the concert with his deadline was imposed and was filled to capacity. The variations on Ode to Joy and Amazing Grace. All led by an energetic new staff members, Bev Brown and Joanne Buchanan have been added• to the ex- isting staff of editor A.Y. McLean and Cathy Vanden Berg. Brown, who has ex- perience in the publishing field, will co-ordinate the atlas material. In a brief sub- mission to council she urged CHRISTIAN MUSICAL GROUP VISITS — The Christian Music Association massed choirs presented a very entertaining program at Exeter United Church, Saturday night. Above, musical director Leendert Kooy is welcomed to Exeter by Victor Knip • • Music treat enjoyed They came in three concert featured works which busloads, the Christian Music involved audience and choir Assembly of Toronto and and band together. Ranging Bowmanville, 120 voices and from sacred hymns `Guide brass band. Coming to per- Me 0 Thou Great Jehovah' to form a concert in Exeter was negro spiritual 'We Are Clim- a new experience for them, Bing Jacob's Ladder' the they had never been as far, choir demonstrated a ver - yet judging from the com- satility in different choral ments after the concert Satur- dimensions. The band offered day evening past, they will marches by Nicholls and Kap- NCI:MeV 41) Say Happy Mother's Day With one of our decorated cakes TastyNu Bread Cl r j director, Leendert Kooy, the f• Christian Music Assembly clearly demonstrated that by "'- dedication and commitment t ►; �. 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A secondary goal is to en- courage the growth of ap- preciation of Christian music in the homes of Canada's citizens and also to encourage young and old (retirees and eight year olds are choir members) that their musical talents are gifts of the Creator to bless others. It was these aims also which encouraged the organizing committee from the Exeter Christian Reform- ed Church to bring the choir to Exeter. We hope to see them again. LOCAL ENTRY — Pauline DeVries, left, daughter of Harry and Margaret DeVries of Exeter was second run- ner up in the Clinton Klompen Feest Queen contest. Diane Groenestege of Gadshill won the crown. The queen and her assistants will take part in the May 18 and 19 Klompen Feest celebrations in Clinton. Sugar & Spice Chocolate Exeter Ltd. councillors to be sure that material from their town, village or towihip would be available for press time and asked that members also en- courage others to make. submissions. Much of the material already received has come from the southern portion of the county and Brown said that submissions from municipalities,churches, schools, hospitals and in- dustry in the north, has been sporadic. "We have about 85 pages sold and about 250 submis- sions. That just isn't enough," she told council. "We have to start getting the material in so it can be processed." There was some spirited discussion on the notation of century farms on township maps in the atlas. The steering committee recommended 4hat Stanley 'Township be allowed to mark century farms at a cost of $100. The of- fer was also extended to other townships. Despite assurance that the cost was necessary in relation to the additional work re- quired, Stanley Township Reeve Paul Steckleargued that the atlas `should consist of history" and that the nota- tion of century farms fell in- to that category. "I object," he said. "But I'll pay if I have lo." Colborne Township simply displayed its 11 century farms on a page with pictures at a cost of $200 Reeve Russel Ker- nighan informed Steckle. Signal -Star Publishing of Goderich was awarded the contract of publishing the 176 page atlas at a cost of $26,440. The StratfordBeacon Herald submitted a bid of $28,873 on the project and Huron Coun- ty librarian Bill Partridge ex- plained that Agri -Press of Hensall submitted a verbal quote which he explained was substantially higher than the two received. While recently appointed co-ordinator, Bev Brown, has embarked on a diligent cam- paign to meet the new deadline, Steckle asked what would happen if an extension was needed. "What do we do if we miss the deadline again?" he ask- ed. "Let's not hang ourselves with this deadline. The idea is to put out the best atlas possible." There was general agree- ment that the county would not publish a poor atlas simp- ly to meet a copy deadline, but it was suggested that q deadline was necessary, non- theless. If all the copy poured into the office at deadline Brown said, it would take ad- ditional time to have it processed. In the meantime, groups, service clubs, associations, municipalities, schools, chur- ches, families and business and industrial concerns are encouraged to participate in the historical atlas. The office is located in the Court House building. Oppose changes A proposed change in the electoral boundaries, which would effectively reduce rural representation in the Ontario Legislature, was vehemently opposed by Huron County Council at its regular monthly meeting Wednesday. Council was responding to a report by the Electoral Boun- daries Commission, which suggests that the riding of Huron -Bruce be split, reduc- ing rural Ontario's representation. Murray Elston, Huron - Bruce MPP, asked for coun- cil's support in . asking the government to maintain the rural voice in the Legislature thereby ensuring that agriculture and rural municipalities are given a high priority in the government. Council agreed to oppose the recommendations of the preliminary report claiming it was becoming impossible for rural members to proper- ly represent their constituents because of the larger areas they represent. "Rural constituents do not have the benefit of govern- ment offices being situated in their communities as do those in highly urbanized areas and therefore, it becomes increas- ingly important that consti tuency offices be close at hand. It'is our opinion that the rural voice in the Ontario government must be main- tained or increased rather than decreased," the resolu- tion read. Council unanimously en- dorsed the motion of the ex- ecutive committee. Times -Advocate. 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