Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-05-06, Page 1A
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FOUR ACTS were chosen during last Wednesday's
Lions' Talent Hunt to perform during the club's final
Show of Stars. Last week's winners of the second hunt
were: back, right, Ann Marie McQuaid, who played
her violin; Ann Marie and her two sisters, Madonna
and Carol Ann for a step -dancing routine; left, back,
Elizabeth Wilkins fcir a piano solo, and Celia Chandler
for apiano solo. The show consisted of 10 acts ranging
from dancing and musical numbers to baton twirling.
Council requests a stu
of policecosts, policie
' Wingham council is calling
in ', the,-4Ontario Police
Commission to help identify
areas where policing costs
l;;be trimmed 'without .too,
', (::.nffectiiig;'~thOe.165te
oiservice.
The study, which will be
carried out by the OPC at no.
- direct cost to the town, is to
begin as soon as possible and
should be .completed by the
end of July. .
Jim Currie; chairiftan of
the police committee, told
council Monday night that
such a study. is necessary to
break a stalemate between
the committee and Police
Chief Robert Wittig over just
what cuts can be made and
where.
He said the 'chief has
agreed to the study.
In a prepared report to
council, Mr. Currie said as a
result of the stalemate
between the committee's
Medical
officer,
appointed
By Sharon Dietz •
Dr. Harry Cieslar, MD, of
Goderich has been appointed
acting„ medical officer of
health for Huron County to
replace Dr. Brian Lynch,
who has taken a position as
medical officer of health
with the Sudbury and Dis-
trict Health Unit.
Dr. Cieslar will become
assistant MOH effective May
19. Dr. Lynch's association
with the Huron Health Unit
will terminate May 31 and
Dr. Cieslar will become
acting Medical Officer of
Health for a three month
period commencing June 1,
subject to the approval of the
Ministry of Health.
He Will be studying the
Master of Health Science
course at the University of
Toronto to train for the posi-
tion.
Dr. Lynch came to Canada
from Ireland in 1972 and
practised with Dr. Cieslar
and two other doctors at the
Church Street Clinic in
Goderich. In 1977 Dr. Lynch
was appointed MOH for the
county. He will begin his
position in Sudbury June 1.
Dr. Cieslar left the clinic inn
1977 for a four month stint
with the flying doctor service
in Australia and returned to
Goderich in the spring of
1978, where he has had a
mainly Aindustrial practice
with Dominion Roads.
M
concern with economics and
the chief's . concern with
maintaining the level of
service, "the committee
finds itself .in'the unenviable
positior•of being. damned if
we act: and damned if we
don't"
He said ' 'it •needs
professional assistance to
reach a "considered and
rational" recommendation.
The study would clarify the
information at hand and add
the "much-needed element"
of professional advice.
Its objective will be to seek
a formula which would
realign operating costs, with
the least possible effect on
the level of security and
while maintaining an ac-
ceptable level of service, Mr.
Currie said.
He told council the OPC
has a staff competent to do a
comprehensive study ..of
policing in Wingham and
could start almost int,
mediately. Itsfindings could
provide the basis for a fresh
policy on policing the town,
and in addition would in-
crease public awareness of
police issues.
Councillors approved the
proposal: to request the OPC
study, however Reeve Joe
Kerr predicted it won't do
any good.
Municipalities complain
that the province is running
too much of their business,
Mr. Kerr commented; "but
Vimy veteran
features in
newsletter
J. E. Vittie, 86, of Ford-
wich was recently featured
in a Veteran's Newsletter,
published by Sandy
MacDonald of Clinton.
It was noted that -Mr. Vittie
who is a "Vimy veteran",
recently renewed his sub-
scription to the "161 Letter"
and sent along a picture of
himself as a young soldier.
Pte. Jim Vittie served with
the 58th (Toronto) Btn.
during the battle at Vimy.
Another "161ster" from
Belmore, George Inglis,
M.M., is also an ex -58th
veteran of Vimy.
Other members of the
"Wroxeter's Own A Com-
pany" were Ptes. Ogal
McLeod of Fordwich and
Frank Renwick of RR 1,
Clifford, both of whom were
killed in action in April 1917;
and Sgt. Bill Helps who fell
at Vimy and according to his
chum, Wingham 161ster J.
Currie, "bled to death".
when we come to a tough
situation we go running to
the government." •
Councillor Dick LeVan,
also a member of the police.
-,committee, toi'd'.,counei1 'lt;
has .basically two options: to
do - nothing and allow the
police department. to stay the
same; Or to reduce the force
by one officer, With the
consequent - iitipact on level
of-
service,M
..The study. vttriD,giVe-courted
a better basis for making its
decision, he said.
.s,
N�wdentist ..will
open on Monday
A new dentist will' be
opening his office in
Winghaln Within a few days.
Jim Bak announced last
week h\e. will open for busi-
ness at 395 Josephine Street
beginning May 11.
Dr. Hall, a recent graduate ,.-Wingham upon graduation.
of the University of Toronto He consulted with the other
, School of, Dentistry is no dentists, he reported, and
stranger to the Wingham they agreed there is room for
area. Although he never
lived here himself, both his
parents — Jim Hall and the
former Donna Henry —
hailed from Wingham and he
often came here to visit rela-
tives. ..
His grandfather, Stan
Hall, was principal of the
Wingham High School just
prior to Frank Madill's prin-
cipalship.
These'tiest together with a
desire to live and work in a
small town, brought him to
another dentist in town.
"It's nice to come where
you're welcome," he com-
mented.
. Dr. Hall, a bachelor, will
be living upstairs • in the
house where his practice is
located.
VIMY. VETERAN—This pi'loto of Pte. Jim Vittle of
Fordwich was taken in England in 1918 when he was 23
years old.
council; or
budget:.
week,,
board'
Costs. to
in pra
brought
enrolmeW`•
If a,businiess operated this .,
ialdn't stay in
•
he town of
e to scrape
:$82,000 for
y Board of
?gear. The
levy for
nearly 20
430;000 T
Oxman Dick
to town
. ool board
held last
b1em is the
n cutting
cil''zthe decrease
cal, revenue
biy declining
way xt
business' t ,long, he com-
mented. •
However h paid tribute to
the board' f . impressive .
way it ba ut its budget
togethee,•T and noted its
problems aren't entirely of
its • own m,k
.° Part of.
the �Huro
singe the`
industrial
said:
Also, every little
municipality wants its own.
school _ an : •it is politically
diffietiltt,t;for the board to
close a s h" a e 1, even if that
W' fi led from an,
-' vie Yr-'" f w'
.
c
Throught be contract with
the •: teeaei ers' fecoerations,
teachers get annual raises
."because they're there one
Imre year", he noted, and
Whether the system is right'
or wrong there is not: much
the board can do a
As a result, ough
enrolment declined by
another two per cent this
year, the budget for teaching
salaries went up by 15 per
cent and the per pupil cost of
education rose by 17 per
cent.
Since the Huron board has
exceeded the ceiling on
which the province will give
grants, the overall 13.2 in-
crease in its 1981 budget
ng.
problem is that
Mbase is too low,
inty' has little
essment, he
am's
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translates into a 19.1 per cent
increase in cost to the local
ratepayers, Mr. LeVan
explained.
In other •business, he
reviewed the town's
ncial statement to date,
reporting the town is
ucation IE
1
operating pretty close to
budget. "Basically, I don't
think there's anything very
alarming."
The , statement did show
that interest costa to the
town on money borrowed to
date have been nearly
$11,000, more than double the
estimate of $5,000. •Mr.
LeVan said that is due to an
error in budgeting, failing to
allow for the skyrocketing
cost of borrowing money.- -
Council has begun
receiving regular, monthly
Howick 125th anniversary
plans- are nearly complete
Plans are nearly complete
for the 125th anniversary of
Howick Township this year.
Cameron Edgar of Wrox-
eter; entertainment and
program Chairman, has
planned a busy- five days,
starting Wednesday, Sept. 2.
A variety concert will be
held at the Howick Central
School, with the crowning of
a queen and princess. Free
registration will take place
at the local town hails .each
day., The senior citizens.
would Pike to borrow mem-
entoes and photographs of
the early days for display at
the halls and the school Sept.
5.
Reunion Chairman Paul
Statia and his committee
have tackled the heavy job of
,contacting all former resi-
dents of Howick Township.
Thursday night, Sept 3, a
cash bingo will be held by the
Lions Club at the Howick
Community Centre. Friday
there will be a dance at the
centre, with music by the
Chapparals; a teen dance
Parents ask action on
hlan
Drive tot lot
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A ..delegation of parentis•
living in the new Maitland
Estates subdivision attended
the council meeting Monday
night to ask council's help in
getting, a playground for
their children.
The parents expressed
concern that, due to the lack
of a nearby playground,
children are " playing in an
area which is dangerous
because of loose earth,
construction debris and a
stagnant -creek.
They said they had been
promised by Royal Homes,
developer of Maitland
''Estates, that a "Tot Lot"
would be developed for the
children; but complained
that so far nothing has been
•fr
done; an d
' they handed
council a 19 -signature
, petition asking for "'Some
form of immediate action or
investigation" into the
promises. ,
council was told there are
31 children under the age of
seven living along Highland
Drive, where the park was to
have been.
.Hans Kuyvenhdv.en,
president of Royal Homes
Ltd., also . attended the
meeting but did not com-
ment.,'
Council decided to refer
the matter to its finance,
proAerty and planning
committees for a recom-
mendation.
P�cklii''s family
bugged' by media
Mrs. Lloyd (Twyla)
Jacklin of RR 1, Listowel
isn't talking much to the
media these days — and no
wonder.
Since the news broke last
week that her. son, Larry
Lloyd Jacklin, 22, of Moles-
worth was one of two Cana-
dians and eight Americans
arrested by U.S. federal
agents in connection with a
planned invasion of a Carib-
bean island. the Jacklin
family has been bombarded
with questions from the
media.
Mrs. Jacklin who has been
answering most of the calls
told The Banner on Tuesday
that she has heard from
reporters from Kitchener,
Toronto and Vancouver.
"And yesterday I got a call
from Mississippi."
Asked if she has received
official confirmation regard-
ing her son's arrest, or if she
has heard from her son, Mrs.
Jacklin said she wasn't going
to answer that question; "be-
cause the media will just
start bugging us again."
On the other hand, she said'
relatives and friends "have
just been super tens".
"They have' been praying
for us and for our son and
that means a lot toils."
Mrs. Jacklin said she
hasn't been getting much
sleep and went to her family
doctor yesterday.
"I get some medication
and it seemed to help — I got
a good night's sleep last
night."
The other Canadian
arrested in the planned in-
vasion of the island of
Dominica is Wolfgang,
Walter Droege, 31, until
recently the West Coast
director of the Ku Klux Klan
(KKK).
A number of the
Americans charged by
federal agents in New
Orleans after three months
of undercover work also
have KKK connections.
Last week it was reported
that Larry Lloyd Jacklin was
not a member of the KKK.
Since then however the
Kitchener -Waterloo Record
discovered that Mr. Jacklin,
under the name of Doug
O'Hare, is the man who tried
to recruit enough people in
Kitchener eight months ago
to establish a KKK office.
A report carried in the
Kitchener -Waterloo Record
last week described Mr.
Jacklin, or rather O'Hare, as
a "tough -talking recruiter
for the Ku Klux Klan, an
angry young man with a rifle
in the trunk of his 1976 Dodge
Brougham."
The report also described
O'Hare as "a bigot who once
told a Record reporter he
'would die for the cause' of
white supremacy''.
Larry Jacklin as Doug
O'Hare also posed in KKK
attire of white hooded robe in
a field west of St. Jacobs for
The Record. The photo was
published in the paper last
summer.
The Record also reported
that for two years, from 1978
to 1980, Mr. Jacklin was a
member of • the Highland
Fusiliers of Canada and
trained with weapons at
armories in Kitchener and
Cambridge. A militia officer
who described him as a
"loner" said Larry Jacklin
would have trained with
submachine -guns and semi-
automatic weapons.
Since dropping out of
Listowel District Secondary
School in Grade 10 in 1973,
Mr. Jacklin has had• a
variety of jobs. People in this
area who know him describe
him as being restless, but
quiet and withdrawn. His
connections with the KKK
came as a shock to his
acquaintances and relatives.
Mr. Jacklin and the nine
others arrested with him
have had bail set at up to
$500,000 each and face
maximum prison sentences
of 32 years and possible fines
of $22,000 on weapons and
conspiracy charges.
will be held at Belmore, with
music by Crippled Duck.
Saturday, Sept. 5, is the
really big day, with a school
reunion in the morning at the
Howick school. At 12 noon a
gigantic parade will start at
the Fordwich fairgrounds
and .wind its way to the
Howick Copmunity Centre
Many bands, cars and other
attractions have been
booked for the parade, in-
cluding the only steam
powered calliope. in Canada
Parade Chairman . John
Brown has $1,200 set aside in
prize. money, together with
trophic% and :plaques far;the
16 categaries- in the parnrtil
Entry forms are available
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tocompare ac
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lacing deficits...:.,
ToWe do
ice time to
heal Skoters
Wingham council sho
its appreciation
recognition the town..
through the figure al
talents of two 'local bo;
voting to donate.
of practice timet the air
Councillor Pat Bai
asked ' council to make*
donation to Marl(
Moore iri'recognition;otheir
many skating . accomplish.
rents at regional and nit'
tional competitions
Theirsuccess bas beep a
great shot for thea town and
an . inspiration to younger
Skaters, she said.
Sbe explained the
time represents ti
boys have speiit.at
On., -Monday mornings
December honing thei
;skills. She said the reV
mendation surfaced' 'at
'meeting :11
J ut it was felt it'shoudfgo tq
councillor approval
STU'DENT PLACEMENT—Mary Nichol and Joni
Thompson have been hired by the Canada Employ-
ment. Centre for students as student placement of-
ficers. Mary will work out of the Exeter office and Joni
will work out of the Goderich office.
(Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
Student placement
officers are named
Joni Thompsiih and Mary
Nichol have been hired by
the Canada Employment
Centre for Students as this
year's student placement
officers. They will be
working at the Goderich and
Exeter offices from May 1
until the end of August.
Joni, a native of Goderich
who will enter her third year
in the physical education'
program at the University of
Western Ontario this faAll,
will work at the Goderich
office, located at 35 East
Street.
Mary, a Stratford native
who has an honors degree in
English and drama and
plans to anent Afthouse
Teachers' College this fall,
will work at the Exeter office
located at 305 Main Street.
From these two offices
they will cover the whole of
Huron County, except for the
townships of Turnberry,
Howick and '•i~ '" which are
covered by the Listowel
office.
They will visit employers
in the county, interview and
register students, make job
selections and referrals and
give students tips on job
hunting.
Students are advised to
register for jobs at the
employment centre .offices
as early as possible.