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HONOR COUNCIL MEMBERS—East Wawanosh Councillor Vaughn Toll and' Reeve
Neil Vincent, both defeated in the Nov. 12 municipal election, were presented with
barometers last Friday on behalf of the residents of East Wawanosh Township. Mr.
Vincent also presented Clerk -Treasurer Winona Thompson with a copy of the Huron
County Historical At/as for the township. Mr. Vincent had served as councillor for
eight years and reeve for three before being defeated by Ernest Snell in last month's
election. Mr. Toll had been on council since 1982.
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"The People Pleasers"
The Wingham Advance -Times, Dec. 4, 1985—Page 5
Joe Kerr is retiri
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Kerr's shoes as far as com-
mon sense and knowledge
about roads are concerned.
That road -building know-
how never was more evident
than at the county level. Mr.
Kerr spent many years with
"the county" and was
chairman of the road
committee through many
miles of road building and
several bridges.
The colorful ex -reeve of
East Wawanosh Township,
Simon ,Hallahan, calls Mr.
Kerr one of the outstanding
members of county council,
who took a great interest in
the betterment of the county,
but always with the taxpayer
in mind.
Mr. Kerr is the first to
admit he is very close with a
dollar and said he always
treated the taxpayers' dollar
more carefully than his own.
His straightforward, "Say
what you mean and mean
what you say," manner has
won him some fans over the
years, but it has made him
unpopular at times too.
The, difficult decisions
Proposal draws fire
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zone the area as a special
residential zone, "R13 . or
something."
However Mr. Bender
declared that would solve
nothing.
"I don't like the name; I
don't like anything about it,
no matter what you call it,"
he told the committee.
"What we have here is a
stable residential area and
your intention is to change —
if I wanted to be extreme I
could say destroy — it."
He predicted that a doc-
tor's office would become a
medical centre; add a
lawyer's office and there
would be parking and traffic
problems. There already are
two churches in the area, he
noted.
He said he doesn't buy the
idea that the core area is full
— "lots of . placescould be
renovated" — adding' that
the new .plan would en-
courage a doctor to pass over
buildings in the core area in
favor of a choice property in
the fringe, resulting in a core
that is more run-down.
The matter was never
resolved. At the close of the
meeting the planning
committee promised to
review all the concerns
brought up during the
evening and, if necessary, to
hold another public meeting
before the official plan is
brought to council:
About 35 people attended
the public meeting, held in
the Town Hall auditorium.
Most of the discussion
centred around the core
fringe proposal, but other
matters raised briefly in-
cluded mobile homes, indus-
trial lands and -the rezoning
of residential land along
Josephine Street north of the
Hanna Bridge as highway
commercial.
Joe Clark presented the
committee with a six-page
letter appealing the land -use
designation of his main
sttee't property. as "unfair
and inappropriate", saying
it proposes to change to
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residential zoning a portion
of the property which has
been used commercially for
over 20 years.
The letter outlines the
history of the property, on
which Mr. Clark operates a
trucking business and which
is currently the subject of
litigation over a truck wash
built there three years ago.
It concludes by asking the
committee and council to
designate the entire property
- highway commercial.
Mr. Currie said the
committee was "caught
between a stone and a hard
place" because of the court
case involving use of the
property. However Mr.
Clark said he was just trying
to follow the proper channels
by appealing the proposed
designation .
"I was asked why I didn't
show up before. Now I'm
showing up, before it all goes
through."
He said he would ap-
preciate a written response
to his letter, explaining the
committee's decision and its
reasons.
never are too easy to make
at the time, he said, but if
you always have the welfare
of the town at heart, you
can't go too far wrong.
"I've loved working for the
town. I think you should do
your part and I've tried to do
my best."
Looking back over his
years on town council, Mr.
Kerr is proud of the fine
community we live in with
its excellent schools, fine
hospital and roads system.
Far from taking all the
credit, he said he is pleased
to have been part of the
decision-making process in
Reeve hosts
annual party
BRUSSELS — Approxi-
mately 40 representatives
from Morris Township's var-
ious boards, the council and
their spouses sat down to a
turkey dinner last Tuesday
evening at the Wingham Golf
and Curling Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Elston,
retiring reeve, hosted 'the
annual Christmas party.
Following the dinner and a
word from each of the
council members, retiring
and in -coming, several
games of euchre were
played.
The lucky winners were:
high lady, Jane Grasby; -low
lady, Sue Gowing; high man,
Clem McLellan; low man,
Howard Morton; men's lone
hands, Jack Cardiff and
ladies' lone hands, Alice
Searle.
.Coffee and Christmas
goodies brought an en-
joyable evening to a close..
Belgrave
euchre
Twelve tables were in play
at the weekly euchre with
was held in the WI Hall Wed-
nesday, November 27.
Winners were: high lady,
Mrs. Jean Pattison; novelty
lady, Mrs. Lorne Jamieson;
low lady, Mrs. Edgar Wight -
man; high man, William
Black; novelty man,
Lawrence Taylor; low man,
George Drehmann.
There will be euchre again
this Wednesday starting at
8:00 p.m.. Everyone is wel-
come.
Awards presented
at achievement night
BRUSSELS — A Huron
County 4-H achievement
night was held last Wed-
nesday evening at the
Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre. Mrs.
Jane Muegge, rural
organizations specialist, was
present and welcomed
everyone.
There were 17 clubs taking
part and when the members
registered they were divided
into three groups. Each
group did an etiquette quiz,
judged tea biscuits and a
class of exhibits. After the
members were finished with
the judging, they went to the
leaders and presented their
reasons.
The awards presentation
was held with the following
_ completing. six projects:
Cheryl Nicholson, Bluevale
III; Sherry Hoegy, Walton 1;
Pam . Nolan, Walton I;
Michelle Goulet, Brussels I;
Clinton Garniss, Brussels I;
Cherida Garniss, Brussels I;
Kelly Day,: Bluevale_ I.,:,,,Lisa_
Henry, Bluevale I; Colleen
Thomson, Bluevale I;
Tammy Kieffer, Bluevale`I;
Bonnie Bray, Lakelet II;
Heather Harper, Lakelet II:
Valerie Kamrath, Lakelet
II: Paula Wright, Lakelet II;
Beverley Hart, Cranbrook;
Marla Hussey, Belgrave I;
Kinsmen hold
turkey bingo
BELGRAVE — A large
crowd attended the Belgrave
Kinsmen's annual turkey
bingo--whintrwas he–Id in the
Women's Institute Hall last
Friday evening.
Winners of the turkey
bingo were: George John-
ston, Irene Lamont, Karen
Casemore, Heather Hopper,
Harvey Black, Donna Shaw,
Hilda Vincent, Ann Mc-
Kercher, Wanda Curtis,
Treva Jamieson; share -the -
wealth, John McRercher,
Crystal Black; door prizes,
Kim Edgar, Clarence Han-
na, Albert Cook.
Karen Montgomery,
Belgrave I; Gail D'Arcey,
Fordwich I and Sharon
D'Arcey, Fordwich I.
Twelve projects were
completed by Joan James,
Belgrave I; Sandra
Thompson, Bluevale I; Carol
Anne Williamson, Walton I;
Susan Elston, Bluevale III;
Brenda Martin, Fordwich I;
Lori Appleby, Brussels III;
Debbie McLellan, Brussels
II; Charlene Stephenson,
Brussels II; Cindy Stute,
Brussels II; Lisa Andersen,
Gorrie I and Mae Raynard,
St. Helen's.
Linda Cunningham
Auburn completed
projects.
The new -member award
was presented to Glenda
Carter from the Walton I
club and the five-year leader
went to Connie D'Arcey.
The upcoming projects for
1986 are Etiquette for the
'80s, Quest for Success, Seed
to Shelf and Milk Makes It. If
any xauiig_. Reaple_between
the ages of 12 and 21 are
interested in joining ' a 4-H
club, please telephone the
Clinton OMAF office and the
people there will contact the
leader nearest.
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town for the past 30 years.
At 77 years of age, his
health has not been the best
at times over the past
several years. The death of
his wife Wilma in 1983 was a
severe blow and one from
which he has never
recovered, he said.
It was because of his
health problems that he
decided to step down from
council. Mr. Kerr said he
believes in giving 100 per
cent to the town and he knew
he just couldn't do it
anymore.
In spite of his problems, he
said, he has ignored the
advice of friends and family
to sell his business. That
business is his lifeblood now
and it always has been. In
fact, he said, he turned down
chances to run for warden of
the county because he
wanted to put all his time
toward running the business.
He is intimately involved
in every decision made on
behalf of Joe Kerr Con-
struction and he intends to
keep it that way.
He leaves today, Wed-
nesday, for his winter home
in Florida, where, God
willing, he will remain until
spring.
Mr. Kerr said he, has many
fond memories of his years
on council and will dearly
miss the friends he has made
on town council and at the
county level.
He also will be most in-
terested in following the'
progress made by the new
council. However he said he
will stay out of the limelight
and let the new council make
its own decisions, good or
bad.
Then he pauses for a
moment, smiles and says,
"Well, maybe."
Four)* names
new director
R. W. LeVan, president off
Western Foundry Co. Ltd.,
has announced the appoint-
ment of Maurice Stephenson
to the position of direc-
tor—foundry operations,
effective Dec. 2.
Mr. Stephenson began his
career as a millwright,
received his higher national
certificate in mechanical
engineering and graduated
with honors from City
University in London,
England, with a Bachelor of
Science degree.
He has an extensive back-
ground in the petro -chemical
industry and has worked on
various engineering, con-
struction and management
assignments - in Britain,
Europe and North AmericaN.
The Stephenson family
currently resides in Toronto.
FINANCIAL MARKET TRENDS
BANK RATE 9.10%
PRIME .10.00%
T BILLS . 8.85%
CDN DOLLAR .7246
US DOLLAR $1.3801
GOLD(CDN) $451.26
SHORT TERM • 8.000%
1 Yr. •3 Yr. 5 Yr.
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RRSP's 9 10 '/e 10 3/4
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Thurs., Dec. 5 to Wed. Dec. 11, 1985
Thurs. Dec. 5 PUC Meeting, POC Office, 7:30 p.m.
Fri. Dec. 6 CWL Christmas Bazaar, Brussels, Library, 1
- 4 p.m., Also tomorrow 1 - 3 p.m.
--Formosa---Craft- Ilomr Show, formusx
Community Centre; 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Open House at Gracehaven of Fordwich,
home for seniors, 1 to 5 p.m., tomorrow
also
Sun. Dec. 8
Mon. Dec..9
Tues. Dec. 10
Wed. Dec. 11
•Euchre, Wingham Legion, 8 p'.m.
-Inaugural meeting- Wingham- Town Coum
al, 7 p.m., Council Chambers
Carol Fest '85, Wingham Public School
Auditorium, proceeds to Wingham Scout-
ing movement, sponsored by Wingham
Optimist Community Band, 7:30 p.m.
Song of Christmas, musical by New Ham-
burg Group at Kin Station, Listowel, 8
p.m.
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