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Times -Advocate, July 13, 1994
Page 3'
Health Unit rejects $25,000 smoking crackdown. grant
GODERICH - Huron County's
Health Unit has turned down a
$25,000 .grant from the provincial
government.
The money was going to be given
to the Health Unit so that it may
hire a part-time th inspector
whose sole duty w Id be to en-
force no -smoking ar s.
The origins o0he
Moncur Scholarship
Dave McClure says the
Moncur family likely
-operated aL pharmacy in
•pre -WWI Exeter
XETER - Each year at South Huron District
High School graduation exercises -the Moncur
Scholarship is presented to the female and male stu-
dents who have obtained the highest marks in six of
their OAC or Grade 13 subjects.
For many years people have wondered about the
origin and details of the scholarship, but some re-
search by the father of one of this year's recipients
suggests that the the Moncur family (pronounced
Monker) were early residents of Exeter. Dave
McClure says the family attended Caven Presbyter-
ian Church where William H. Moncur was an elder
and the Clerk of Session in 191 1.
McClure -also says that a recipe hook produced by
the church's Ladies Aid in 1910 includes several of
Mrs. Moncur's recipes. As well in the 1911 church
history it is recorded that a Miss Edith Moncur was
secretary of the Women's Foreign Missionary So-
ciety of Caven Church. McClure says it appears
Edith Moncur was WLH. Moncur'sdaughter and that..
she may have been a student at the old Exeter High
School.
Harry Strang, who is now the oldest member of
the Caven congregation, remembers as a young boy,
the presence of the Moncur family at church and
gives quite a graphic description of Mr. Moncur's
appearance as seen through the eyes of a five-year
old boy.
Rita Rowe Smith, Bob Dinney's aunt remembers
Edith Moncur as a young lady of about 25 in 1910.
Joe Wooden, retiring principal of South Huron DHS
believes William Moncur operated a drug store in
Exeter around that time.
McClure said it appears the Moncur family left
Exeter during World War I and no more is heard of
them until the 1960s. At this time it was revealed
that a Mr. Moncur, a retired Lindsay Ontario mer-
chant passed away and had left a bequest of S59,000
to the Exeter High School. The interest earned each
year was to be used as a scholarship for the boy and
girl with the -highest standing and enrolling in a uni-
versity. By 1969 Exeter High School was now
South Huron District High School and was now
controlled by the Huron County Board of Educa-
tion. Therefore a legal decision had to be made so
that SHDHS could be made the recipient of the an-
nual scholarship.
This decision was finally made and the first schol-
arships wete granted at the 1972 graduation or com-
mencement exercises at the South. Huron High
School.
Following is a list of sch($arship winners since
1972:
1972 - Susan Tuckey, Stephen Wuerth.
1973 - Chris Cann, Don Noakes.
1974 - Elizabeth Jolly, John Deichert
1975 - Kathy DeJong, Paul Reabum.
1976 - Cynthia Gunn, Paul Shapton and Vincent Glabb
(tie).
1977 - Nancy Underwood, Blhke Palmer.
1978 - Heather Little, Paul VanEsbroeck.
1979 - Ann Dearing, Robin Little
1980 - Deborah Webster,-Lorrie *lathers.
1981 - Mary Anne Hogan, Paul McAuley.
1982 - Ann Triebner, Kevin Glasgow.
,1983 - Susan Deichert, Rob Gratton.
1984 - Deb Josephson, James McDonell.
1985 - Colleen Glasgow and Rachel Mellecke (tie),
Greg Hartman.
1986 - Karla Josephson, Tom Kester.
1987 - Ruth Ann Essery, David Dougall.
1988 - Jeanette VanEsbroeck, Robert Bowers.
1989 - Brenda Balsdon, Said Osman and David
Josephson (tie).
1990 - Leanne Dietrich, Sean Finkbeiner.
1991 - Marnie Walker, David Thiel.
1992 - Barb Tiernan, Michael Gaskin -Clay.
1993 - Kerry Manders, Brian McInnes.
1994 - Molly McClure, David Morlock.
Dave Morlock and Molly McClure were the 1994 recipients of the Moncur Scholarships
at this year's SHDHS granduation. Although the origin of the award has long been a local
myster, McClure's father did some digging and believes the. scholarship funds came from
a Caven Presbyterian Church family who used to live in Exeter.
Having tro`Uble
reading us?
A lightning storm last
Wednesday evening struck,
among other things in the
area, a hydro pole immedi-
ately behind the Times-
Advocate.—
While PUC crews were
able to replace all the burnt
out transformers within a few
' hours, it appears the lightning
surge damaged some equip-
ment in our building.
If you have been trying to
call us these past few days
and haven't been able to get
through, you have our sym-
pathy.
Our main phone line was
knocked out, without re-
routing calls to our other
lines, and our fax machine
would only send, but not re-
ceive faxes.
To add to the misery, our
air conditioner went on the
fritz, again a likely victim of
the power surge.
Times -Advocate editor
Adrian Harte was in the
building at the time of the
lightning strike, and was left
with tinging ears for a couple
of hours afterwards.
Be assured we didn't all go
off on vacation last week, but
were working to get our tech-.
nical problems fixed - all of
which should be corrected by
the time you read this.
We have expanded
to Exeter
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It was anticipated that about 300
additional premises in the county
would have to be inspected. The
sti�trlation in geeing the $25,000 is
that the county would have to hire
the inspector.
Dr. Maarten Bokhout, the
county's Medical Officer of Health,
said the Health Unit was returning
the money because he felt the mon-
ey would be better spent, if it was
for educating against non --smoking
rather than enforcing.
Councillors seemed to back Bok-
hout in his decision and also feel
educating is more important.
"If you think enforcement will
stop it, you should read the chapter
on prohibition," said Brian McBur-
ney of Turnberry Township.
Bokhout said that he recently
went to the Clinton Hospital at 1
a.m. to treat a pKiient who had
chest pains. This patient was told -to
quit smoking. Bokhout said not
only was his time and the patient's
being wasted but so were tax dol-
lars.
Goderich Township's Dave Gow-
er said the Huron County Health
Unit was behind Bokhout in his de-
cision. -
County council has several smok-
ers and non-smokers, one of those
being kiay Township's Lionel Wild-
er.
"I think were trying to make sec-
ond-class citizens but of smokers,"
said Wilder. He added that more
money should be put towards al-
cohol abuse.
"If people want to smoke, that's
their business," said Goderich's
John Doherty. "Those who smoke
should have • the same rights as
those that don't."
Were owners misin rmed
about cost of new rain?
Those living along Gill .Rd.
will have to pay $2,500
each to stop flooding
-By Fred Groves
T -A staff
GRAND BEND - Were property owners in Grand
Bend misinformed when they were signing a peti-
tion?
Recently, local resident Noreen Culp went door-
to-door seeking signatures from Gill Road property
owners to see whether or not they wanted a new
-municipal drain built. --
Flooding along Gill Road has been a problem for
several years and.,council really began to take notice
when Earl Scholoendorf brought pictures to them
back in June 1993, showing damage to his Gill
Road property.
When there is a heavy rain, the water runs off a
neighbouring farmer's field, comes across the road
and onto properties.
Last Tuesday night, several Gill Road property
owners attended a public meeting to here engineer
Bill Dietrich lay out the plans for the $105,000
drain.
However, his presentation was interrupted by
Russ Culp who said when his wife went and asked
for signatures, she was giving them false in-
formation.
"The person who took the petition around was
misled to why she was doing it, this is illegal," said
Russ Culp
Apparently, those who signed the petition were
under the assumption that council would be seeking
grant money - instead it appears as though the prop-
erty owners will have to come up with about $2,500
each.
"There seems to be some misunderstanding. We
have a number of signatures on the petition to make
it legal," said Grand Bend administrator Paul Turn-
bull.
Dietrich said with the 13 signatures on the peti-
tion, which is enough for a majorityof the property
owners in that arca, it becomes a legal petition.
However, he did say during the meeting that any-
one wishing to take their name off the petition could
do so, no one did. 4_
One property owner said that was not entir
because Tuesday was the first time the-Owne
told they could remove their name and many th
owncrs did not attend the meeting.
Tuesday night council read the bylaw a first and
second tithe to except the engineer's report and on
July 28 at 7 p.m. a Court of'Revision will be held. ,
At that time anyone with arguments to the cost
(S2,500) can object but must do so, in writing, 10
days prior to July 28.
Bob Sharcn who said he was representing the Gill
Road property owncrs, told Dietrich that the drain, •
which will be built near the road allowance, is going
in the wrong place
Sharen said the drain should be put V the becko_r :,
the properties. - '
"Why put in two drains when you can get away
with one;" said Dietrik17.
Sharcn noted that if the farmer has a certain crop
in the field, a lot of the flooding can be prevented.
"The problems have been when they've tad crops
that don't give good ground cover," said Sharcn.
Grand Bend deputy -mayor Cam lvcy said, "sure
we don't have a prtlem this year but will we have
a problem in five years?" • - ..
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