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Exeter Times -Advocate
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Editorial Opinion
ROSS
HAUGH
BACK IN TIME
I OYEARS AGO
January 19, 1994 - Dorothy
Hughes, a resident of Riverview
Estates in Exeter witnessed
Monday morning's 6.6 Richter
Scale earthquake in California.
She is visiting her daughter in
the Palisades, only about 40
miles from the epicentre.
Doug Champ of London who
was manager of the meat
department at the Dutch Boy
grocery store at Huron Park in 1957 returns this
week at the same location, now operated as
Theo's Food Town.
30YEARS AGO
January 21, 1974 - Earl Shapter, formerly of the
Huntsville area is the new clerk -treasurer in the
village of Hensall.
The championship of Sunday's Royal Canadian
Legion Zone C1 pee wee hockey tournament was
won by the Exeter Legion Auxiliary team. Howard
Carroll of Goderich presented the trophy to Exeter
captains Preston Dearing, Doug Brooks and Brian
Mercer.
The top public speakers at Biddulph Central
School are Jane Hardy, Ron Brintnell, Fiona
Roger, Kevin Gilmour, Mike Stanley and Robin
Revington.
35 YEARS AGO
January 19, 1969 - Stephen township reeve Jim
Hayter has been acclaimed as the new warden of
Huron county. He has been in municipal politics
for 20 years. His nominator Elgin Thompson of
Tuckersmith said Hayter was a man vitally inter-
ested in his community and church affairs.
Thompson added, "Although he has never seen
the light politically I think he will make a good
warden".
Despite a move by Canada Post to cut postal ser-
vices to five days a week, Exeter Postmaster
Harvey C. Pfaff will have his office open Saturday
mornings from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
40YEARS AGO
January 20, 1964 - Exeter District Co -Op direc-
tors met Wednesday night to discuss plans for the
replacement of their $80,000 feed mill which
burned to the ground recently.
C.H. Lewis and J.B. Ready plan to erect a
$200,000 motel in Lucan. A vote in the village this
week gave the necessary majorities for a dining
and cocktail lounge.
Earl Dick of Cromarty was elected president of
the South Huron Agricultural Society in Hensall.
Several improvements have been completed to
the library in Dashwood. Librarian Mrs. Ernest
Koehler reports 16 adult readers and 54 children.
45 YEARS AGO
January 24, 1959 - Robert Southcott was elect-
ed president of the James Street United Church
AOTS Men's Club and was installed by Rev.
Harold Snell.
Edgar Cudmore and Morley Hall of the South
Huron Gideon Camp distributed New Testaments
to 74 pupils of grade five at Exeter Public School.
The natural ice rink at Dashwood Lutheran
Church has been busy over the past week. Raymie
Wein has been supervising the rink.
A yearling doe was chased into town by two
hounds Saturday but it escaped unharmed, thanks
to protection from local game overseer Hank
Greene.
A fox hunt organized by Joe Haskett and Earl
Greenlee in the Lucan area was unsuccessful. The
hunters saw and shot at five foxes, but didn't bag
any.
55 YEARS AGO
January 22, 1949 - Mr. Ed Hunter-Duvar who
recently sold two houses on John street has pur-
chased property from Albert Mitchell, south of the
village limits and plans to erect a garage and a
home on the property.
Salaries set by Exeter council called for the
reeve to receive $4 per meeting and councillors $3
each. The clerk treasurer is to receive $2,000 per
annum and bell ringer Emerson Cornish is to
receive $20 per month.
A special admission of 42 cents, including tax
was set by Leavitt's Theatre for the showing of
"Duel in the Sun".
Mrs. Hugh Taylor, formerly of Thames Road
was honoured last week when she was elected
first vice-president of the Foreign Missions
Conference of North America.
Good news for
South Huron
Dear Editor:
South Huron residents already have alternatives
to spending all of their entertainment dollars in
London. They need not overlook the arts, either.
South Huron already has movies on the big screen
at the Starlite Drive-in on Crediton Rd., South
Huron. There is also a theatre for performing
arts—the Huron Country Playhouse on B -Line,
South Huron. Other thrilling forms of entertain-
ment can be found at Grand Bend Motorplex,
Grand Bend Speedway and Grand Bend Sport
Parachuting Centre, all located on Grand Bend
Line, South Huron.
JAMES NOEL,
South Huron
Seniors' Perspective
By Jim s
By Jim Perspective
ADULT ACTIVITIES CO-ORDINATOR
Town & Country Support Services:
Here are the regular activities at the Lions Youth
Centre 125 John Street West Exeter ON.
Monday: Carpet Bowling 9:00 a.m.
Tuesday: Dining Out For Seniors 12.00 p.m.
Wednesday: Exercise For Anyone 9.00 a.m.
Friday: Carpet Bowling 9.00 a.m.
Foot Care Tuesday January 20, 2004
Town & Country Support Services requires volun-
teers to help with Friendly Visiting. We have one
client in Centralia and two in Exeter. Volunteer dri-
vers are also required to pick up clients to go to the
Dining Out Program. The volunteer would pick up
clients and bring them to eat and then deliver them
back home again. If anyone could help at this time it
would be greatly appreciated by The Town &
Country Support team. Give Faye Skinner a call at
(519) 235-0258.
Discouraged Farmers:Views from Ontario
Farmer Publication and myself
The recent announcement that Canada has two
cases of BSE has all but put to rest any notion that
farmers will be ready to spend money on environ-
mental improvements, at least in the near term.
Farmers and most of the public are shocked at the
turn of events especially the USA case of BSE and in
no humour for having to spend money on manure
management and fencing to keep cattle out of water-
ways etc. Farmers are tired, scared and they are
ugly right now. The scale of the fmancial crisis facing
farmers is now only starting to surface. Many are
concerned they soon will not be able to meet even
basic farm bills in the coming year.
All farmers please note that the senior population
in the Municipality of South Huron
are concerned for your future and
we pray for your survival during
these trying times.
Marketing The Tastes Of
Huron:
I am attending a special informa-
tion -sharing event for Huron County
agri-food stakeholders. It will be
hosted by the "Huron Field to Table
Network" of Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture & Food Office on Tuesday January
20,2004.
Topics include:
About the Huron Field to Table Network
Marketing Local Foods - Good for Business &
Communities
freshfromthefarm.com - Agri -Tourism Potential
Huron Agri -Food Market Survey
Lunch – Celebrating the Flavours of Huron
Seizing Opportunities – Stakeholder Panel
Discussion
Huron Field to Table Network is a networking
group interested in exploring food opportunities in
Huron County. Together we are linking and promot-
ing local agri-food products to local and tourist mar-
kets, supporting agriculture and food security, and
increasing the community capacity to develop food
related businesses. We promote the value of agricul-
ture in Huron County.
Ontario Seed Company Seed Catalogue:
Order your 2004 spring seed catalogue from:
OSC Seeds
Box 7, Waterloo ON N2J 3Z6
Phone (519) 886-0557 Fax: (519) 886-0557
www.oscseeds.com <http://www.oscseeds.com/>
seeds@oscseeds.com
Jim Bearss
Thank you From Harry Hardy:
Thank you for including our bus tours in your arti-
cle in the Exeter Times Paper. Our heritage is a non
Profit Organization, I think it is nice for people to
have a opportunity to go to different places and enjoy
entertainment especially when a bus leaves Exeter.
Some of these people are unable to drive a car, or do
not choose to. Cruise Sell Offs is a Registered tour
broker, TICO Reg. #50007529. My services are vol-
unteered, all the money we make from the tours go
to heritage to help pay monthly accounts.
Thank you Again, Harry Hardy
Coming Events:
Tired of all the snow, make arrangements to
attend a Euchreama on THURSDAY January 29,
2004 at Exeter Legion. Starts at 10:00 a.m. Lunch
provided. Lunch, prizes and a good day out for
$5.00.
I I PEOPLE ON A ROPE...
Eleven people were hanging on a rope under a
helicopter, ten men and one woman. The rope was
not strong enough to carry them all, so they decided
that one had to leave, because otherwise they were
all going to fall.
They weren't able to name that person, until the
woman gave a very touching speech. She said that
she would willingly let go of the rope, because, as a
woman, she was used to giving her right arm for
everything for her husband and kids, or for men in
general, and was used to always making sacrifices
with little in return.
As soon as she finished her speech, all the men
started clapping their hands....
Principal's message
EXETER — It seems hard to believe, but we are
already at that stage of the school year where we are
looking ahead and making plans for next year.
By the time you read this column, our Guidance staff
will have visited all our elementary feeder schools, and
we will have held our Grade 8
Information Night for students and parents. In the next
couple of weeks, guidance counsellors will be visiting
Grade 9 to 12 classes to distribute
course calendars and begin the process
of course selection for next year.
Course selection is one of the most
important decisions students make
each year, and we encourage students
and parents to keep a number of fac-
tors in mind when choosing courses.
Perhaps the most important factor is
the student's academic ability: in order
to achieve academic success, students
should choose courses that suit their
level of ability.
This is important for students enter-
ing Grade 9 as we want them to experi-
ence success early in the school year. High school is a
big change for most Grade 9 students and the transition
from elementary school is much smoother when they
have selected the appropriate level of difficulty for the
core subjects (English, French, geography, math, and
science).
Students achieving solid Level 3 and 4 marks (70-100)
in Grade 8 should fare reasonably well in Academic
courses. Students whose marks are consistently
Level 2 (60-69) and above are generally more suc-
cessful in Applied courses. Students achieving
Level 1 (50-59) may find Applied courses to be
challenging. We encourage them to consider
Essential courses for English, math, and science.
Essential courses have been misunderstood as we
have implemented the new curriculum. Many stu-
dents and parents have believed that selecting
Essential courses will prevent students from
achieving a diploma. This is not true. Essential
courses in Grade 9 do count as compulsory acade-
mic courses, and students who choose them may
continue towards a diploma in one of two ways: by
moving into the Grade 9 Applied stream in a sec-
ond year of high school, or by moving to Practical
courses in Grade 10 and then on to Workplace
Preparation courses in Grades 11 and 12. In the
first option, the Essential course is a remedial
course, to prepare the student for a better chance
of success in the Applied stream. Students who
select the second option will find it more challeng-
ing to achieve all of the compulsory credits neces-
sary to achieve a diploma, but it is still possible.
Students who struggle to achieve success in
Essential courses in Grade 9 and Practical courses
in Grade 10 will generally work towards achieve-
ment of an Ontario Secondary School Certificate
rather than a diploma. Please keep in mind these
are general observations only: each student is dif-
JEFF
REABURN
PRINCIPAL'S
MESSAGE