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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-04-25, Page 3p.1,1m E:ATTOplEY 44414 , --• ' " . mr . 1 .. "INCOMPATIBILITY! He can eat anything without getting fat. AND I CAN'T!" CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY Tittles-Advocate, April 25., 1974 Park •P Agree on the need, not met Ry.SHIRLEY KEL LER - Representatives from Huron County who attended a workshop in Goderich last friday with the theme "The Challenge of Restructuring Local Govern- merit" agreed that Huron needs some kind of amalgamation of services and/or municipalities.. There was, however, no hard and fast decision forthcoming from the day-long seminar sponsored jointly by ACRO (Association of Counties and Regions of Ontario) and ()ARM (Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities.) Every municipality in Huron was represented by at least one citizen, usually the reeve, .dept4ty- reeve or some other member of council. Keynote speaker was Allan Masson, chairman of the Regional Municipality of Halton. Regional government, ac- cording to Masson, is "almost a four letter word one does not use in polite society." Huron County Council has been fighting for autonomy and against regional government as favored by the provincial government which generally includes joining forces with neighboring counties or separated towns and cities. However, restructuring within the county boundaries has become a real consideration for Huron. Masson said in the Region of Halton, regional government was invited - "not foisted upon us." He outlined the various steps toward regionalization in his area - and spoke in favor of such a system, The speaker said that in Halton, the initial plans for the region were hammered out by civil servants from Burlington and Oakville in consultation with the other municipalities coming into the region. No elected people were on that committee of 28 or 30 SCIENCE FAIR WINNER — Construction of the dam shown above earned Steven Wolper and David Gill first prize in the primary division of a recent Science Fair held at Stephen Central school. T-A photo Drivers discuss ways of increasing safety Hospital board .assessment as well as. geographic, location, travel habits' economic districts. Most felt it is. important .to make changes, within a county only after consultation with surrounding counties, The extension of county ser- vices such as library, health, planning, welfare to include fire and police protection, roads and recreation, was deemed the' best Way to achieve co-operatiOn between the county and its member municipalities, Mention was also made of the fact that unless county council representatives take back ac- curate and complete information to their own municipal councils, co-operation will be difficult to build, The lack of public tran- sportation systems into the county was listed as one of the most critical problems facing Huron at the present time. This would include trains and buses for those who must rely on such vehicles for travel, as well as good roads linking, up easily to major highways such as 401 for business and industry as well as individuals. Other problems mentioned were the provincial grant structures, recreation, policing, land use, Ontario Hydro and national a nd international policies. make up your own mind about it, but we're going to help you a little," said Riddell, Though Hon, John White has stated no pressure will be exerted by provincial government toward regional government, most persons who attended Friday's workshop agreed the time is growing short for areas to make up their own minds about regionalization. After the noon break when 10 buzz groups were formed, it was generally agreed that before long the government will begin regionalization with or without local approval. One group felt that following the next provincial election, there will be more pressure toward this end. It was thought that a series of public meetings to get the im- pression of the local taxpayers as well as the formation of a com- mittee on restructuring to study action in similar areas, would be beneficial to ,Huronofficials. There should also be con- s ul t a tion 'with provincial authorities in this matter, the meeting felt. A municipal unit in a rural area like Huron should not exceed 6,000 people according to the meeting - or be less than 3,000. Other factors to be considered in determining the size and number of local municipal units in a restructured county would be land ;area (acreage) and people who met every week to produce the draft plan which was then "torn apart" by elected officials, Masson said he would not now do it differently. He said the main thrust of that committee was to cut down on the number of municipalities and the size of the council. He said the region asked for 14 represen- tatives on council; the provincial government appointed 24. Masson admitted there was a certain amount of truth in the rumors that under a regional system, costs increase - but he added that any go‘ernment is "caught up in the whole spiral of inflation," "It is very easy to blame regional government for the increases, but costs are up even in the counties," said Masson. "We are really unable to tell what our actual increase is." In order to keep costs down, Masson said the regional council for Halton area is "looking at every area they can" where duplication of services can be eliminated. Jack Riddell, Huron MPP, told the meeting that studies show costs are higher for regional government. He said the provincial, government is en- couraging municipalities to regionalize through improved grants for regions. "They are saying you can More than 20 school bus drivers currently employed by Char- terways Limited (Exeter Division) attended a safe driving seminar at South Huron District High School, Thursday. Chuck Anderson,field inspector for the Transport Safety Association of Ontario told the drivers he hoped a newly in- stituted School Bus Driver Improvement Course would be available to the Exeter area this fall. 3Atet,,?t,,atr—fica44. Thieves enter area cottages — Continued from Page 1 year history. Only 158 operations were performed in what she termed a "very quiet area". Ten years ago, the hospital performed an average of 750 operations per year. Laboratory work was said to be constantly increasing. Last year there were 842 heart tracings recorded, 4,331 x-rays, 128,147 blood units. She said many changes would be evident in 1974, one of them being the employment of a full- time stores keeper and another the fact that a segment of the staff had been unionized. She said negotiations with the union were underway but were "not going very quickly". In mentioning the loss of five beds in the hospital rating, Miss Claypole said government of- ficials predicted it would be 1979 before the hospital rating was back up to 52 beds. Treasurer Douglas Knowles gave the financial story of the past year, which showed a six percent increase in revetales expenses. Net revenue was. $637,156, which resulted in ad operating deficit of $4,780. The report from the Hospital Auxiliary was given by Mrs. Tom MacMillan, who said mem- bership now totals 131. The ladies made purchases of $894 for the hospital during the year, in- cluding two TVs, a humidifier, drapes, flag, etc. Their receipts for the year, not including the fall rummage sale, were $3,877 and they now had assets of $11,647.77. Management committee chairman Mrs. J. G. Dunlop said the past year had been a busy one for her committee, primarily due to unions being organized and contracts being negotiated. Property committee chairman Walter McBride noted the usual repairs and redecorating had been undertaken during 1973 with capital expenditures of $13,542 for various items of equipment. The only other report was that of the public relations committee, given by Mrs. MacMillan. She said it was not as good as she would like, but reported a successful centennial tea and open house. Four two-hour sessions are included in the course. Anderson said the course was an op- portunity to keep uniformity among the drivers and allow drivers, school boards, management and police to discuss mutual problems in the safe driving field. Also speaking was Murray McAlphine, safety manager for Charterways in Toronto. He said he hoped in the very near future school buses would not be allowed to back up under any cir- cumstances. He added, "the biggest area to expand our safety programs is with the parents. I'm sure a lot of parents don't even know where their youngsters cross the road tp catch a bus." Continuing McAlpine said, "I hope the day will soon come when every elementary school bus has a student patrol. The most im- portant safety device on new buses today is the convex mirror which allows a driver to see directly in front of the bus at ground level according to McAlpine. Both speakers emphasized the importance of ,defensive driving. Anderson said, "our program is the pb.i.loophy of defensive driving to ''prevent accidents. A preventable accident is one in Which drivers didn'tdoeverything possible to avoid it. He continued; "Attitude is important for drivers. Don't assume what the other fellow is going to do. In case of an accident the question will be what steps did you take to prevent it?" Also speaking at the seminar were Robert Cunningham, transportation officer for the Huron County Board of Education, Exeter police chief Ted Day and Lloyd Hewitt manager of the Exeter division of Charterways. A special award for 10 years of safe school bus driving was presented to Adolph Keller of Dashwood who recently retired. Also receiving safe driving awards were Lloyd Guenther, Norm Walper, Ron Caldwell, Ken Baker, Donald Dearing, Don Hooper, Shirley Kipfer, Elmer Rowe, Grant Triebner, Harold Simpson, Carl Oestreicher, Jack Cockwell, Ray Rader and Ted Sanders. ) -, " ,., .,01:44%.„,--- EARLY FISHERMEN — Saturday's warm weather brought out three Crediton youngsters with their fishing equipment. Shown from the left are Andy Nedza, Dale Dinney and John Nedza. They landed several carp. T-A photo SHOWING MOM — During Tuesday's Open House at Usborne Cen- tral school as part of Education Week observance, grade 7 student Craig Paton shows his mother Mrs. Joyce Paton some of his accomplishments. T-A photo ETH EL H E LENA-FOWL ..,March 1971, „He is survived by a Ethel H, FoWlie of Bayfield daughter, Mrs. Wallace (Helen) died in her 74th year at Clinton ''decker; -Nelv Hamburg, -a son' Public Hospital, April 21, 1974. Alan of RR 3 Parkhill, and six She was the daughter of the late grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. James William Funeral services were held at Fowlie. the T. H. Hoffman Funeral Surviving is a sister " Mrs. Home, Dashwood with Rev. H. G. Dorothy Koehler of Zurich, a Dobson, Grand Bend, officiating, brother Fred of London and two Interment was in Grand Bend GB man named on executive of new Huron tourism group nephews, John Worsell of White Horse, Yukon, and Clyde Worsell, Surrey B.C. The funeral was held at the Westlake Funeral Home, Zurich, April 23 with Rev. G. L. Royal officiating. Interment was in Bayfield cemetery. Pallbearers were Dewar Talbot, Jack Sturgeon, Bill Parker, Harry Baker, Bill Armstrong and Fred Weston. During the week, four cottages at the Norman Heights sub- division on Lake Huron were reported broken into. Another cottage at the Sandy Cove sub- division was also entered. Stolen property included two coffee tables and one portable color television, The cottages are owned by London residents and OPP Constable Bob Whiteford is heading up the investigation. Two • thefts were report&I Thursday morning. About $48 worth of cigarettes and chocolate bars were taken frein the Starlite Drive-In Theatre at Shipka. Thieves gained entry by smashing a window in a door. Gordon Phillips, RR 1, Hensall, reported the theft of 1,000 feet of wire from his home the same morning. Three rolls were stolen. cemetery. Pallbearers were neighbours and friends, Orval Farrell, Alan Turnbull, Harvey Walper, Lloyd Walper, Wellwood Gill and Ray Mollard. Cancer drive still underway WILLIAM JOHN STANLAKE William (Bill) Stanlake died at Victoria Hospital, London, April 20, 1974 in his 60th year. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Luella Walper of Exeter. The funeral was held at the Hopper-Hockey Funeral Home April 22, with Rev. George Anderson of Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church officiating. Interment was in Exeter cemetery. The canvass on behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society is continuing throughout all areas in South Huron. South Huron chairman Gernot Dauber said this week that the Ladies Great Ride for Cancer which has been a highlight of local campaigns in other years Would be held later in May. Dauber said the exact date would be announced shortly. In other years the girls faced cool and wet weather and this is hoped to be avoided with a later scheduling. The Cancer canvass was completed in Hensall Tuesday night by the Kinsmen and Kinettes. Kin president Bevan Bonthron reported a total of $455.28 which is an increase of more than $100 from 1973. municipal governments in the county. As the wheels were set in motion some enthusiasm was generated into the members and a lively discussion on how to act in the near future resulted. One member suggested that bumper stickers promoting the county be purchased and given out by the members. Another felt that decals be used in the windows of the members' places of business indicating that they are mem- bers. The new treasurer went into action just prior to the ad- journment and collected two dollars from everyone present to try to gain some physical results from the success of this the third meeting. The next meeting of the Huron County Business and Travel Association is May 7 at the Hully Gully Recreation Centre in Varna. The third meeting of the proposed Huron County Travel Association brought the county businessmen one step closer to forming an alliance with one another to promote the resources of the county. The meeting was in Hully Gully on Tuesday and although only 18 possible members of the fledgling organization were present they took the initiative to get the ball rolling. One of the Huron County Development Office staff, Spencer Cummings, was at the meeting with brochures that are already in use promoting Huron County. He brought with him a list of possible objectives that any Travel Association could strive for and offered advice as to what the proposed group for Huron County should be concerned with. Some of the guidelines that could be followed according to the list of objectives are preparing an inventory of current resources and updating lists of recreational ones; planning development of the area co- ordinating existing data and Police acquire new radar set The Exeter police department has received a new radar set and it was in use for two days last week. As a result 10 charges for speeding have been laid by local officers. Chief Ted Day in his weekly news release urges motorists to slow down especially in early mornings and late at night as the radar equipment will be in operation at anytime of day or night. Over the weekend, six persons were charged with possession of liquor in a place other than a residenceone charge for drinking under age was laid, The chief also reminds Exeter residents of the town bylaw which prohibits burning of leaves, garbage or any other material. JOHN (SCOTTY) BOWMAN John (Scotty) Bowman died suddenly in Dashweod, April 18, 1974, in his 66th year. He was the brother of David of Owen Sound. Also surviving are three sisters and three brothers all of Scotland. The private funeral service was held at the T. Harry Hoffman Funeral Home, Saturday, with Rev. B. Guy officiating. Inter- ment was in Exeter cemetery. Mr. Bowman was a former employee of the Manufacturers Life Co. in Toronto. Rick flaveling returned to Fort Francis after spending Easter with his mother Mrs. William Haigh and friends in Stratford and Kitchener. MRS. LILLIAN M. (FORD) HILL Mrs, Lillian Maude Hill, wife of the late Frederick J. Hill passed away at Bayview Villa, Toronto, April 17, 1974. She is survived by a daughter Mrs. G. A, (Vivian) Lillico, a son William J. Hill of Toronto, two brothers, Alonzo G. Ford, Lon- don, Herbert C. Ford, Hanna, Alberta, and a sister, Mrs. Alonzo (Cecilia) Hedden, Exeter. the Trull funeral was held at the Trull Funeral Home, Yonge St., Toronto, April 19 with interment in York cemetery. JACK ELMER HEPBURN Jack Hepburn 52, of Stephen Township, passed away at University Hospital, April 20, 1974. He was the son of George Hepburn of Usborne Township. Besides his father he is sur- vived by one sister, Mrs. W. (Jean) Palmer of St. Catharines, The funeral was held at the Hopper-Hockey Funeral Home, April 22, with Rev. John Beaton officiating. Interment was in Exeter cemetery, GEORGE A. KERSLAKE George A. Kerslake of Seaforth died in his 78th year at Stratford General Hospital April 19, 1974. He was the husband of Lawrie (Hocking) Kerslake, and father of Mrs. Frank Jackson of Cobourg, Alvin of London, Mrs. Herb Smith of Grafton, Keith of Kincardine, Mrs. Don Deacon, Prince George B.C., William of Staffa, Mrs. Shirley Garland of Pickerton, and Donald of Elrose, Sask. The funeral was held at the G.A. Whitney Funeral Home, Seaforth April 22 with interment in Staffa cemetery. °An long an I'm a big winner, I think it only fair that -I quit and give someone eine a chance." Twt r PP 1-4,40gie t7 rrfa consulting with concerned agencies and ministries; and implementing the area plan working with other agencies, developers and service clubs, To concentrate on the tourist development the Development Office list of guidelines suggests setting various areas of promotion ,keeping in mind specific events and attractions in the county. They suggest the group plan a promotional program developing an area marketing program using the various media services. The 18 businessmen present at the meeting felt it was essential to the survival of the group to elect an executive. Due to their small number they could not enjoy the luxury of several nominations followed by voting as is normal in this situation. Instead some of the more willing people present, the "doers" as they call themselves, allowed themselves to be selected .by the group to serve in office for the rest of the year. The executive for the year is Randy Collins, Varna, president; Gord Steep, Holmesville, Malcolm Campbell, Goderich and Des Cassidy, Clinton, vice- presidents; Ruth Wallace, Bayfield, secretary, and Ivan Luther, Grand Bend, treasurer. Now an organization with leadership the group sought to clear up some of the obvious stumbling blocks in their path. Mri, Cummings had brought along models of a travel association constitution and a set of possible by-laws that could be considered appropriate for Huron County., It was decided after some discussion that the executive take the models and study them to sift out the clauses that are not fitting for the County businessmen and present a constitution to the members at the next meeting to be considered for adoption. Another problem prevalent among the members was the cost of the venture to each business. The majority felt that if they had a definite membership fee that they could sell the idea to their fellow colleagues. Mr. Cummings pointed out to the group that they set their own fees keeping in mind what kind of work they would like to do and what kind of a budget they will require. It was suggested that the executive have the power to appoint someone to act as liaison between the and the various Three weeks without crash The Pinery Park detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police reports the third consecutive week without a motor vehicle accident. From the 25 occurrences in- vestigated by Pinery officers 10 charges were laid for liquor in- fractions, two under the Highway Traffic Act and one charge for impaired driving. Flag, cash, feed missing in Exeter Thefts were again prevalent in the town of Exeter this week with four reports of loss of articles and money. A Canadian flag was taken from the pole in front of the Exeter Royal Canadian Legion building on William street. Two students at South Huron District High School reported wallets stolen from their trouser pockets while attending gym classes. Ronald Webber, RR 1, Lucan lost $4 from his wallet and an identification card owned by David Schilbe, Zurich was taken. High school students attending gym classes are urged by police and school officials to leave wallets in their lockers. The fourth theft was reported a t Cann's Mill where 1,300 pounds of cattle feed disappeared from the loading dock. The feed was the property of Mervyn Walper RR 1, Grand send. Another apparent loss has not been reported by the loser. A considerable amount of money was found and turned in at the police station. AN OVERLOADI2.0 Wee SiOPitY Aete#1. PARENTS ATTEND CLASSES — As port of Education Week parents attended classes at Stephen Central school, Tuesday morning. Above, Mrs, John Remkes and Mrs, Jim Love watch Tracey Renikes and Patti Love in a kindergarten doss exercise. T-A photo HAROLD C. WALPER Harold C. Walper, RR 2 Grand Bend, passed away at Huron- view, Clinton, April 19, 1974. The son of the late Christian and Mary (Stephan) Walper, he was born in Dashwood, April 10, 1890. At an early age he moved with his parents to a farm on the Mollard line in Stephen Township where he was actively engaged in farming until his retirement to RR 2 Grand Bend in the fall of 1962. • A former member of the South Huron District High School Board, he was also a member of the Grand Bend United Church, and was active in the Masonic Lodge. , His wife, the former Beatrice Schram, predeceased him in • •