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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-12-12, Page 15Usborne okay tests for water, but want rights if some is found Council of the township of Usborne has agreed to allow the Exeter Public Utilities Com- mission to drill and test for water supplies in the municipality. Several stipulations were in- cluded in the agreement. If a new pipe line is installed to transport water supplies found,water will be made available to existing farm owners on the route of the line. Council also asked that a water supply be made available to property owners on the north side of Side Road 15-16 (Huron Street) from the southeast corner of Lot 16, Concession 2 to the Town of Exeter boundary line. The Exeter PUC was represented at the December 3 meeting by manager H.L. Davis and Commissioner R.E. Pooley and mayor Jack Delbridge. At the same meeting council decided to enter into an agreement with the Town of Exeter making the senior citizens complex now under construction by Ontario Housing available to Ushorne residents. Council supported a resolution from the Village of Zurich asking for additional provincial finan- dal assistance where up-dated building codes require costly modifications to community centres and arenas. Grants were approved as follows: Exeter and Kirkton Agricultural Societies $100 each; St, John Ambulance $25; Huron County Historical Society $15; Salvation Army $25; Huron Plowmen's Association $50. It was the last meeting for retiring Reeve Lloyd Ferguson and he expressed his ap- preciation to council members and officials for their co- operation and assistance during his term of office, The inaugaral meeting of Usborne council will be held in the township hall on Tuesday, January 7 at 10 a.m. CLOWNS ON WHEELS — A variety of clowns livened up Saturday's Santa Claus parade through Exeter's Main Street. Riding bikes are Danny and David Bell and Brad Baynham. In behind are Brien Talbot and Jeff Fuller. T-A photo PACING THE CANNER FLOAT — The Exeter Canadian Canners float in Saturday's Santa Claus parade was guided through the streets by four mobile vegetables. From the left are Larry Brintnell, Janet Gaunt, Cam McLeod and Terry Bourne. Below, Mother Nature and her helpers enjoy the Christmas atmosphere. One Hundred and Second Year SECOND SECTION EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 12, 1974 Ministry officials visit local hospital The Women's Auxiliary of South Huron Hospital held their December meeting in the auxiliary room on Tuesday, December 10. President, Mrs. Dell Mac- RAP and Kin reach saw-off A LIONS CHRISTMAS TALE — The Exeter Lions club entry in Saturday's Santa Claus parade featured a Christmas scene including Scrooge. T-A photo Hospital service-employees sign pact, get pay increases Property damage shows drop in district collision statistics Service employees at South Huron Hospital received a welcome Christmas present this week in the form of a check for retroactive pay increases following their union negotiations for a contract with the hospital. There were seven charges un- der the Liquor Control Act and two under the Criminal Code. The area crash total failed to decline much this week with six accidents being investigated by the OPP, but property damage was down substantially. This week's total was less than $4,500. A considerable portion of that was as the result of a collision Reactor fails, power drops the proposed renovation and addition to South Huron Hospital have been progressing but has still not been approved by the Ministry. Plans are still in the development stage, he said. Mr. Taylor confirmed reports that representatives from the Ministry had been at the Hospital last week to discuss plans and reassess the existing building but he said that this was just routine procedure. End year at Hensall The newly formed Service Employees union ratified their first contract with the hospital recently and the checks represent back pay on the con- tract which was effective retroactively from January 1, 1974. The contract was designed to bring wages and benefits into line with other health employees in the area, administrator Elmer Taylor said Tuesday. Mr. Taylor said the union and employers studied several contracts before resolving the dispute. The contract covers all non- profesional service employees, including, housekeeping, laun- dry, dietary, maintenance and RNA's. Mr. Raylor said that negotiations have started with the Ontario Nurses Association for a contract for the RN's at the hospital. To date working con- ditions have been discussed, not salaries or wages, he said. Mr. Taylor said that plans for Exeter's RAP committee agreed this week to write-off an account of $399 for the Exeter Kinsmen in exchange for the latter writing off $270 owed to them by RAP. However, it was learned Mon- day night that $150 of the Kinsmen account was not sups posed to have been billed, so the saw-off was more equalized than it appeared. The $150 was for the rental of the arena for a Kinsmen Oc- toberfest program in which the service club lost $700. It had been staged to raise money for the new ice making machine at the arena and RAP members had previously agreed not to collect the bill under these cir- cumstances. The balance of the Kinsmen bill was for the use of ball lights and other items ranging back as far as 1969. The $270 RAP owed the club came about at the time of the purchase of the ice making machine in 1971. RAP had agreed at that time to purchase two ex- tra blades for the equipment, although the Kinsmen included the $270 in their payment to the equipment company and in turn were never reimbursed by RAP. Members of both groups met to discuss the matter last week and RAP agreed with the recommen- dation to have a saw-off. Rec director off to games Milian opened the meeting with the singing of 0 Canada. Secretary Mrs, Earl Campbell read the minutes of the last meeting and correspondence, in- cluding a letter of thanks from Miss Alice Claypole for the tray giver) to her by the auxiliary last month in honour of her service to the hospital. The tray committee reported that they had purchased cups for candy and small gifts for the patients in the hospital. The visiting committee reported that they had made 38 visits during the month of November and the cutting committee reported that they had 100yards of flannelette to make up in 1975. Miss Claypole reported that a group of three Ministry representatives, including the architect had visited the hospital last week from Toronto in con- nection with the proposed ad- dition to South Huron Hospital, She also reported that surveyors had been on the property to determine property lines etc. Mrs. MacMillan reported on the Hospital Board meeting and the dinner held in honour of Miss Claypole at the Pineridge Chalet. She said that members of the board had formed a committee to read and digest the Mustard report and were to report their findings and directions to the board. She mentioned that some of the hospitals in Huron County had already sent their protests to the ministry but suggested that the auxiliary wait until the brief has been prepared by the board before voicing their protests. Mrs. MacMillan suggested that whatever they do should agree with the findings of the board. In new business, the auxiliary was authorized to pay their an- nual dues to the Ontario Association of Hospital Auxiliaries. After the business meeting the ladies were entertained by the Country Cousins quartet, under the direction of Mr. Hoffman of Dashwood,Mrs. Geiger ac- companied the gentlemen on the piano. Following several selections 'from the group and singing of Christmas Carols the ladies were entertained at a Christmas tea party sponsored by Miss Claypole. Exeter recreation director Jim McKinlay will be spending part of the Christmas vacation period in Thunder Bay at the Ontario Winter Games. He has been asked to referee some of the basketball games at that event. He told RAP this week that the Ontario government would be looking after his expenses and that he would take some of his holiday time to cover the days lost from his job here. Monday's power shortage experienced by some Exeter residents was the result of a failure of the Sanders Street Substation reactor, PUC Manager, Hugh Davis said Tuesday. Cause of the failure was unknown. Davis said that when a reactor fails, it is in series with the system neutral and all sorts of strange things can happen. The failure affected about half of the town but it affected dif- ferent homes in different ways, Davis said. Some homes ex- perienced high voltage while others experienced low voltage. There was, however, no danger since the high voltage rates were only 15 volts over normal. "When you lose a neutral you can have up to 200 volts above nor- mal," Davis said. The first low voltage call was received at about 10 o'clock and by 10:45 the system was back to normal. Corrections to the failure were made by by-passing the reactor as soon as the problem was determined. Davis said that they expect no more problems Since the reactor was used only to control the output of hydro to water heaters at the peak load period, a practice which hasn't been used since last winter. Most homes in the area ex- perience low voltage. between two vehicles at 9:00 p.m., Saturday, on Highway 23 south of Kirkton. Drivers involved were Johanes VanStrein, Lakeside, and William Morley, Granton. Damage 'was set at $2,500 by Constable Bill McIntyre. In another accident at 2:30 a.m„ Saturday, damage was set at $500 by Constable Al Quinn when a vehicle operated by Michael Veal, Hensall, slid into some guide posts and a tree on sideroad 20 in Hay Township. There were three accidents on Friday, the first at 7:20 a.m., when vehicles driven by Sidney Scroggs, Brucefield, and Joseph Horst, Millbank, collided at the junction of Highway 83 and con- cession road 2 in Hay, Damage in that was set at $1,- 000 by Constable Bill Glassford, At 6:00 p.m. a minor collision was reported at Huron Park in- volving Lloyd Bowman, Huron Park, and Dorothy Marks, RR 1 Centralia. Constable Bill Lewis investigated and reported damage of $85. The final crash on Friday oc- curred just before midnight when a vehicle owned by Leonard Roach, London, was struck by an unknown vehicle which fled the scene. Constable Dale Lamont is investigating and reported damage of $150 to the Roach vehicle. The other crash of the week was reported at 11:45 a,m„ Thursday, involving vehicles driven by Gaetor Jacques, RR 2 Goderich, and Larry Skinner, RR 1 Centralia. Total damage was set at $200 by Constable Ed Wilcox. During the week, the local detachment officers charged 15 people under the Highway Traf- fic At and issued warnings to Another 44. Hensall Town Council met December 9 to attend to business to wind up the year 1974. Bills and accounts of ap- proximately $70,000 were ordered paid. This sum included the levies from Huron County Board of Education and the Huron County levy. One building permit to install washrooms in the Legion Hall was granted. Attention was drawn to the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation annual meeting to be held December 11. Leonard Erb will be the delegate to the meeting. A request from the Town of Exeter as to whether Hensall municipality would be interested in sharing in their Senior Citizen's Complex — The Clerk was instructed to get more in- formation about it and it will be discussed at the next meeting. A donation of $25 was approved for the War Memorial Children's Hospital, Murray Bell will snow plow at the dump. The discussion on the Rich- mond Street Drain was held over as Burns Hess was not present. economics, management processes and problems, statistics and business law, as well as the core accounting subjects. It is the only education program exclusively concerned with management accounting. Graduates are entitled to use the initials R,I,A, after their name. Two local men complete exams Chester Baarda Huron Street West, and John M. Hayman, Andrew Street South, Exeter, received their RIA (Registered Industrial Accountant) designations at the recent con- vocation of the Society of Industrial Accountants of Ontario. Mr. Baarda is Office Manager at the Big "0" Plastics Limited in Hensall. Mr. Hayman is Cost Analyst for 3M Canada Limited in London. The five-year R.I.A. program in Management accounting is available by evening lecture or correspondence. It includes courses in data processing, organizational behavior, Riddell unhappy with proposals Changes have been made in the Ontario electoral boundaries proposals, but Huron MPP Jack Riddell is still not satisfied. It had been planned originally to have part of Perth join Huron, but the residents in the former complained and the riding was left within the Perth County boundaries. Originally, St. Marys, Mitchell and the townships of Fullarton and Btanshard were to join Huron. Now, with those Perth com- munities remaining in their ex- isting riding, the plan suggests that several townships in the northern part of Middlesex be added to Huron, making it a Huron-Middlesex boundary. The townships are those lying north of Strathroy, approximate- ly. This was suggested as a "sausage" riding due to the fact the long, narrow riding would ex- tend from Strathroy through to Goderich. Riddell indicated this week he would speak against this proposal. Pays fourth fine for having liquor An Exeter man was fined $78 for having liquor in a place other than his residence when he appeared before Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter court, Tuesday. The court was advised that it was the fourth conviction of this nature for Terry Phillips, who pleaded guilty to the charge. Stephen Mathers, Exeter, was fined $53 on a charge of having liquor, while Christopher R. VanPraet, also of Exeter, was fined $38. Richard A. Thomas, Granton, was fined $53 and sentence was delayed against Roderick C. Tuckey, also of Exeter, on the same charges of having liquor in a place other than a residence, Terry E. Pickering, Huron Park, and James T. Barrett, also of Huron Park, were each fined a total Of $81 on identical charges of failing to produce proof of in- surance for the vehicles they were driving and also for failing to produce driver's licences. Pickering was charged on Oc- tober 11 and Barrett on October 24. Robert E. Francis, Huron Park, was fined $28 for failing to yield and identical fines of $13 each were levied against David E. Christie, Bayfield, and Robert E. Francis, Huron Park, for speeding. I Most of the itudepts at Exeter Public School participated in Saturday's Santa Claus parade, the huge 1f3,A photo ntry won first prize in the school's division.