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Times Advocate, 1994-8-10, Page 5Back in Time,.. By Ross Haugh from the archives of the Exeter Times Advocate 10 YEARS AGO August 8, 1984 - The town- ship of Usborne will be ask- ing the county of Huron to take immediate action on bet- ter traffic control at the inter- section of county roads 6 and 11 at Winchelsea. Council recently received a petition from 21 Winchelsea residents following accidents in consecutive weeks which took the lives of two persons. The outcome of a proposed Hay township \'inter pipeline along Highway 21 to Drys- dale is still up in the air. At a meeting in Zurich this week with more than 400 persons in attendance it was decided to contact each property own- er by registered mail, stipulate a time deadline and give each the option of registering sup- port or oppositieln to the pro- ject. A fourth name to go on the Huron -Bruce ballot for the September 4 federal election is Libertarian party candidate Joseph Yundt, a Brussels area farmer. A new wildlife pond and cabin on the Parkhill Conser- vation Area owned by the Ausable Bayfield Conserva- tion Authority was officially opened and inspected Wedne- day afternoon. "Successful". That's the way chairman Tom Hayter described the 13th annual Fricdsburg Days held on the weekend in Dashwood. He expects profits to go to com- munity projects will exceed $4,000. 25 YEARS AGO August 7, 1959 - A new church, the town's eighth will be built in Exeter soon. Tenta- tive approval was given to the local congregation of Jeho- vah's Witnesses to erect a hall in the north-west section of Exeter, near Highway 83. Combined pitching efforts from Claude Tessier and Ar- nie Meyer has moved the Zu- rich Lumber Kings into first place in the Huron -Perth inter- mediate baseball league. 50 YEARS AGO August 10, 1944 - Exeter council gave permission to Ca- nadian Canners to lay a water - main to their factory in order to obtain a supply of water for cooling purposes. The town clerk reported that the Fuel Wood Controller has a quantity of hardwood available for distribution to municipali- ties. Council decided to pur- chaase up to 10 cars and have the wood placed in the hands of fuel dealers for sale if they so desire. H.C. Rivers who has been in the butcher business for the past 25 years has sold his oper- ation to Jos. L. Hunter of To- ronto. With the increased de- mand by the many air force families in town together with the scarcity of help, Mr. Rivers has found business pressure telling on his health. He will continue in the cattle business, Grocery specials at Southcott Bros. this week are Haven brand sardines at two tins for 25 cents andAylmer pie pump- kin for 15 cents and at Jones and May, fine pickling salt in bulk at 10 cents for 10 pounds and two bars of Lifebuoy for 11 cents. 75 YEARS AGO August 1919 - Millionaire Andrew Carnegie who died on Monday after three days of ill- ness had given away $350,695,653 up to June I. 100 YEARS AGO August 1894 - The voter's list for the village of Exctcr for 1894 has been completed and posted. It shows the total of persons eligible to vote at 594. This is an increase of 51 from last year. Mr. A. Tait of the firm of Murray and Company Foundry made a business trip on his wheel Monday last. He took orders for plow points and oth- er castings at Grand Bend, Parkhill and other places en-. route. It was a good day's work considering he did work at 12 different places and cov- ered a distance of over 60 miles. Mr. J.N. Howard is quickly pushing the work of his electri- cal system, for Exeter. In a short time we expect the lights in full working order. ThLTHF NFWS Your Views Letters to the editor Student centre ends summer Close to 350 school students have registered with the office. Dear Editor: On Thursday August 11, the doors to the Canada Employment Centre for Students (CEC-S) in Exeter will once again close for the summer. For the sec- ond year in a row, the employment prospects for students in the Exeter area have continued to be very encouraging. Over the past three and a half months, close to three hundred and fifty post secondary, secondary, and public school students have registered with the office. Over one hundred and thirty job orders that totalled over four hundred job vacancies, were placed with the office. The increases that the Exeter CEC-S has seen this year are very significant over the same period in 1993. At this time, I would like to thank the many dif- ferent groups and organizations that have helped to make this summer great. First of all, I would like to thank all of the employers who placed job orders with the office. These job orders not only increased the employment opportunities for area students this summer, but also provided them with valuable work experience that will be of benefit to the studerit for many years to come, as well as the employer. I would also like to thank all of those area businesses that supported the several promotional events orga- nized by the CEC-S. The students who have registered with the office also deserve a pat on the back. Their enthusiasm and drive to work have made my job of tilling the orders placed, much easier. Also, their eagerness to help out with the office's promotional events has been greatly appreciated. Finally, I would especially like to thank you and the Times Advocate for your endless coverage of CEC-S events. The Student of the Week articles that were started this year in conjunction with the TA have been very successful. I feel this is one of the reasons our orders are up over last year. I hope this endeavour will be continued next year. As I count down the days until the office closes, I have time to reflect upon the experiences that I have had this summer, as well as the friends that I have made. Being a native of the area, I have always been aware of the friendly, helpful attitude that exists here. The past three and a half months have made me appreciate that even more. My experiences as Summer Employment Officer have been extremely rewarding. Your Views Letters to the editor Again, I thank you. Sheila Dougall Summer Employment Officer Exeter CEC-S Hibbert histories sought History is made every day. We want to include current happen- ings to the end of 1994 Dear Editor: As a representative of the Hibbert History Com- mittee, may I use your column to update our activi- ties, and to alert the readers of our appreciation of their responses. As well may I make a plea for the furnishing of lot information through kits which have not been returned. Some important records, such as those of Hibbert Federation of Agriculture, have not yet been located. We are extending our coverage to include the north side of Hwy. #8 within the limits of Dublin and St. Columban and would ask those residents and businesses to provide their information in order to complete the community story. We think it seems fitting to include as well, Gorrie and McTaggart's Cemetery. Anyone who could enlighten us on these would improve our appeal to a broader readership. In 1980, Boat People were sponsored by Hibbert Communities. That undertaking was an experience of importance to them and us. Please tell us about your 'boat people' family. History is made every day. We want to include current happenings to the end of 1994. Bring these to us. Talented sketchers, we have a place for your work! Could you provide us with small suitable bits to use as decoration to openings of chapters, closing of sections, margins or corners. As well as helping it will generate publicity and good will for the artist. After 22 meetings, we are beginning to consider the organization of "The Book". Alice Gibb will be our Editor. Proof readers will continue their work on the concessions which arc ready now. History is made every day. Current happenings need to be reported lest we miss items of interest to our readers. "' You could win acclaim by submitting a title for our masterpiece. August 15, 1994 has been suggest- ed as a deadline. We need your name and address in an envelope marked "Book Title", at the Township Office, Dublin. Thank you for your help. Margaret Kemp RR 2 Staffa, Ont. NOK 1 Y0 Lucan gets projects' approval under infrastructure funding I,UCAN - Clerk Ron Reymer told councillors at last Tuesday's regular meeting of Lucan council that approval for infrastructure funding for four of the seven pro- jects applied for has been received. Reymer said he had received no- tice that work could proceed on the infiltration problem, renovations to the public works building, a new roof on the Lucan Community Cen- tre and sidewalks on Duchess Ave- nue. Still pending are requests for monies for sewer and water mains on Kent and Chestnut streets and sewer extensions to Nicoline. The total funding will be for $828,898 of which the village will provide one-third or $276,299. Tenders were opened for curbs, gutters and sidewalks on the Duch- ess Avenue reconstruction program and the contract was awarded to Piccoli Construction of London for $57,250.35. It was the lowest of seven bids received. Tenders are in the process of be- ing called for work to the arena roof and will close on August 21. At a recent meeting of the land division committee two applica- tions were approved. Ed Ryan will be allowed to sever a 50 foot lot on his existing property on Duchess avenue for a single family dwell- ing. RMR Construction will be al- lowed to create three single family dwelling lots on Wellington street, adjacent to a present semi-detached dwelling. The approval with con- sent from the village planner was granted with a number of condi- tions to be adhered to by the devel- oper. Council has approved the citizen- ship award policy which was rec- ommended by a committee headed by Rev. Bruce Pocock. This award will be made late this year for the first time. A nominee's list will be compiled each year to recognize individual(s) who have contributed in any out- standing manner to the community of Lucan in one or more categories. The categories will include the arts, volunteer, politics, health or social services, education, religion service, the environment, safety, physically disabled, crime preven- tion, sports and others. When the policy resolution was passed, r. eve Tom McLaughlin said, "This will set the wheels in motion for action in October." Councillor Rob Brady reported on a seminar he and deputy reeve Harry Wraith attended on the future of blue boxes. Brady said the pur- pose of the seminar was to outline Canadian Industry Packaging Ste- wardship proposals for funding blue box collections once MOEE withdraws funding which is cur- rently only assured until 1996. The most unanimous recommen- dation from participants was that the solution should be industry funded, not placed on the backs of municipal and/or provincial ratc- payers. ISI �I\I'' I►IhI I(1 1 11' s, 110\ 1 1 P1101111%1 sf 1((01 \ 1 111 l..Itl lit \\\ \ 111.111\1) 1\ 101 11 P\1\11 \1"' 1(►1111111 t,m\S( 111110\ SII Pity!. •. PRI\Eiti \(� IItt \l(11 l\ 111\1k111 111( 1 "1)11\ "(1%1 1(1\\I III\(, 1.. ,1 \rlkr•n, llanagcr Ittl \III Ill "I. 1...t 1I\It►\ 19)•i82.12II fir 1 -800 -i61 -"ii I 1, ;ul t ►Ili, i 1 1 1 \\;Urrloo Nut( I. tondo') (I-2.2 r►1 News Tip? call 235-1331 Times -Advocate, August 10, 1994 Page 5 Ministry explains concerns on conflict of interest act LUCAN - Village council has re- ceived two letters after they com- plained to the Minister of Munici- pal Affairs concern* the disclosure of interest provisions in Bill 163. Middlesex MPP Irene Mathyssen says she appreciates the concern from smaller municipalities about the burden the legislation places on councillors who are generally part- time and as a resident of a smaller community . knows the sacrifices members of councils and boards are often required to make to serve the public. She continues, "Unfortunately, smaller communities are not im- mune from concerns about finan- cial improprieties. Of the conflict of interest court cases 40 percent of these originate in municipalities with populations of under 5,000." A recent letter from Minister Ed Philip said the same thing, to which Lucan reeve Tom McLaughlin re- plied, "We may have 40 percent of court cases in smaller areas, but the dollar value would likely be closer to three percent. I think the govern- ment has bigger fish than this to fry." Philip's letter went on to say, "No one will have to disclose the state of their mortgage, existence of jewelry, furniture, artwork, other household valuables, farm invento- ries or net worth. They will have to state where their income comes from, but not how much they make and report their interests in busi- nesses, and certain stocks and bonds, but not the value." Politicians will have to report the existence, but not the value of any mortgages or loans related to the properties, businesses, and stocks and bonds they have reported. 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