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Morley takes over as warden
By Pat Bolen
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — South
Huron Mayor Rob
Morley was elected
as Huron County
warden Dec. 6 in
an uncontested vote
by Huron County
councillors.
Morley said one of
the things he would
like to look at in his
term is municipali-
ties sharing ser-
vices such as build-
ing inspectors.
"There is such a
shortage of them
and the wages have
gone skyrocketing
because everyone is
trying to outbid the
other guy to get
one."
Morley said sever-
al municipalities
have been meeting
to discuss sharing
building inspectors.
He added fuel
costs are another
item that could be
shared.
"Why aren't we
bidding all our fuel
in the county as one
big contract?
"If we're going to
keep this thing
under control,
we're going to have
to start bulk buy -
mg„
While trying to
control tax increas-
es Morley said
fewer services
aren't an option.
"We get beat up
every time service
slips a bit, so that
doesn't seem to be
the option. People
aren't calling and
thanking you for
not picking up their
garbage."
Another issue
Morley said the
county will look at
is the amount of
social housing in
the area.
"We're going to
do a study in the
county as to see
where we should
relocate some of
it."
Morley said many
people on social
services don't have
vehicles and are
moving to places
like Exeter and
Goderich where
they can access ser-
vices more easily,
There are long
waiting lists in
these communities,
said Morley, but
other smaller areas
have vacancies.
According to
Morley, provincial
regulations don't
allow social hous-
South Huron Mayor Rob Morley, with wife Ann, was elected
Huron County warden Dec. 6. (photo/Pat Bolen)
ing to be shut
down, only relocat-
ed. He said there
are groups that
may be willing to
partner with the
municipality and
the province has
made money avail-
able for the pro-
gram.
"It's not some-
thing we'll fix in '06
but we have to get
started."
Regarding future
ambitions, Morley
said being warden
and mayor is as
much as he wants
on his plate .
"There are
enough issues that
come up on a day
to day basis that
you don't want to
have too many
goals or you end up
getting nothing
done."
New chairperson for Catholic board
By Stew Slater
SPECIAL TO THE T -A
DUBLIN — Long-time trustee
Vince McInnes, who represents
Huron East, Perth East and North
Perth, will serve as chairperson of
the Huron -Perth Catholic District
School Board for 2005-06.
McInnes, of R.R. 2 Wingham,
accepted the position at the board's
2005 inaugural meeting Monday,
Dec. 5.
Fellow veteran trustee Ron Marcy
of Stratford declined to have his
name stand for the post, so McInnes
was acclaimed.
He replaces Perth South represen-
tative Bernard Murray, the outgoing
chair.
Known for his critical eye when it
comes to financial matters, McInnes
has served several terms as chair
person of the board's management
committee.
In his 24 years with the board, the
retired farmer and furniture refm-
isher has also been chairperson a
few times, but not since the early
1990s.
More recently, he has missed
numerous meetings due to health
See Catholic page 2
U.S. decorates
local veteran
By Pat Bolen
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
HENSALL — Sixty years after his service with a
mixed Canadian -American infantry unit that was
called 'the Devils Brigade' by German soldiers, a
Hensall area veteran has been recognized by the
American government.
John McCallister was a soldier of the 2nd
Canadian Parachute Battalion with the First Special
Service Force (FSSF) that fought in Italy and France
during the Second World War and was made up of
2,200 Canadians and Americans.
McCallister said earlier this year American
President George W. Bush announced Canadians
were entitled to the Combat Infantry Badge given to
American members of the unit.
"He made a good statement,"said McCallister,
who first saw it in the Legion magazine in August.
McCallister said he doesn't know why it was
decided now to award the decoration.
"After 60 years, you don't worry about it
much...I'm surprised they gave it to us after so
long."
It was July 1940 that an underage McCallister,
who was only 17, lied about his age to join the Elgin
regiment in London, but after doing his basic train-
ing, the regiment was converted to an armoured
unit.
Not wanting to serve in tanks, McCallister trans-
ferred to the Toronto Irish and was sent overseas
with them before volunteering for the Special
Service Force.
"It was a tough outfit to get into...you had to be a
man," said McCallister, who added the training was
even tougher with five -mile cross-country runs with
50 pound packs that felt like 200 when they were
done.
The FSSF was a commando unit that operated in
small groups of eight to 10 men doing reconnais-
sance work as well as blowing up special targets
such as bridges and ammunition and fuel storage
areas.
The term `Devils Brigade' was given to the unit by
the Germans according to McCallister, because it
always attacked from an unexpected direction,
never doing what the enemy figured they would.
As a member of the FSSF, McCallister fought his
way up through Italy and took part hi the invasion
of southern France.
Trained in explosives, one job McCallister was
assigned was to crawl alone through enemy lines in
the middle of the night to remove explosives the
Germans had placed in a house.
After crawling through the lines at 2 a.m.,
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