The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-11-13, Page 11PRESENTATION BY REEVES — Reeve Walter McBride, left, of Usborne township and Reeve Cecil Desjar.
dine of Stephen, right, present the wreaths donated by their communities in services at the cenotaph in
downtown Exeter this past Remembrance Day.
THREE YOUNG WINNERS — These three Kirkton area youngsters seemed pleased to be award winners at
the Kirkton Fair Board's 4-H banquet. From left are Jim Sparling, Susan Spence and Bob Cowdry with their
plaques.
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Normal traffic will
probably make the snow
disappear from the roads. 2*. ;t A broom is all you need
to clean off porch and
sidewalks.
4-H LAMP WINNER — Murray Switzer, right received his award, a
lamp, at the 4-H Awards night at Kirkton, Dr. Bill Schaefer makes the
presentation.
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PROVINCIAL WREATH WREATH — R. E. (Ted) Pooley of Exeter presents the
Provincial wreath in honor of those who died in this country's wars.
Similar services were held in many other communities around the Ex-
eter area.
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ROYAL BANK AWARDS — Norman and Heather
Fair Board's 4-H banquet on November 5th, They
Burbidge, St. Marys branch manager,
Bilyea received a number of top awards at the Kirkton
are seen here with their Royal Bank silver with Gordon
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Times.Advoccito, November 13, 1975 Pap 11
Study ,shows "Council responsible" •
county, Nearly half of mow
questioned were members of the vood Church of Canada, More
than half the respondents were
active in one organization or
another..
Of the .municipal councillors
interviewed 31 had served less
than two years, al, less than six
years and 13 more than six years,
Of the reeves and deputy-reeves
interviewed, 24 had SerVed. less.
than two years on county council;
24 less than six years 4ncl six
more than nine years,.
Skiers and tobogganers
will love it. Snowstorms
of this nature will require
plows to keep traffic
moving. Shovelling your
driveway and sidewalks
is a must.
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Add sugar for
freezing apples
Apples freeze well, with or
without the addition of sugar, say
food specialists at the Ontario
Food Council, Ministry of
Agriculture and Food.
Select firm, ripe apples, free
from bruises and decay. The
crisp, well-flavored apple
varieties, such as Northern Spy,
Wealthy and McIntosh, are best
suited to freezing in slices. The
softer varieties can be used for
applesauce.
Prepare a brine solution (2
teaspoons salt to 1 quart water)
to prevent discoloration while
slicing. Pare, quarter, core and
slice the apples into the brine. To
avoid imparting a salty flavor to
the apples, soak for only a few
minutes. Drain before packing.
Pack in dry sugar, using 1 cup
sugar to 4 cups prepared apples.
Or prepare applesauce as for
table use; cool and pack, leaving
1 inch headspace.
Ascorbic acid, an anti-
darkening agent,can be added to
the apples to prevent them from
discoloration. Dissolve Y4
teaspoon powdered or crystalline
ascorbic acid in 1/4 cup cold
water. Sprinkle over each 4 cups
of prepared apples. Mix gently
before adding the sugar.
Huron County council is both
responsible and responsive. So
says a study completed by Dr. C.
T. M, Hadvven, a sociologist frpm
the University of Guelph, and
presented Friday, October 31 to
county council,
Entitled Local Government in
Huron County, the study was
carried out under a grant from
the Ontario Ministry of Treasury,
Economics and Intergovern-
mental Affairs in co-operation
with Huron County Council.
It showed that reeves and
deputy-reeves are well-known,
trusted, appreciated, honest and
loyal. It indicated that while
some changes are needed,
residents of Huron County don't
want anything to change to basic
life style found in Huron.
"This attitude of respect and
trust, of co-operation and con-
cern, is sadly lacking in the case
of many elected, and appointed,
officials today," the report
concluded. "The fact that it
exists in Huron County is a factor
to be taken into consideration
when any changes are con-
templated."
The data for the study was
gleaned from minutes of council
meetings both at the county and
municipal level, As well, 57 reeves
and deputy-reeves were in-
terviewed in 1973 along with 75
municipal councillors. There
were 450 Huron County voters
interviewed of which 80 percent
were from the rural areas and
60 percent from the urban
districts of Huron.
All field work for the study was
carried out by a team of four
Huron county residents whose
work was carefully supervised
and inspected, The results of all
interviews were afterward
coded, punched on computer
cards and processed to yield the
results presented to Huron
County and perhaps, more im-
portantly, to Queen's Park,
The public described their
elected officials as "well-liked,
community minded, competent,
honest and reliable." They feel
that elected people in Huron run
for office "to serve the com-
munity", Only a small per-
centage of those interviewed
thought councillor value the
prestige of their positions, or
,wish to exercise authority.
People living in rural areas
tended to stress the farming
background of a person who
wanted to serve as a municipal
councillor.
There were six main reasons
given by respondents in the study"
thought to be the motives for
elected officials running' for of-
fice in Huron, They were (in
order) a chance to improve local
living conditions; a chance to
support a specific cause;
prestige; opportunity to enter
political life; benefit to personal
business; and salary,
It was young people who tended
to give weight to the benefit to
personal business for municipal
councillors; about half of them
feel this is "very important" or
"extremely important," Middle-.
aged or older people do not feel so
strongly on this matter.
All groups believed that the
salary was not at all important in
deciding municipal councillor to
run for office, Those who had
lived longer in the country were
more emphatic about this,
Road maintenance and snow
removal was considered to be the
single most important function of
local and county councils, ac-
cording to the voters interviewed.
The next most urgent issue,
according to the people, was
pollution, Other important
matters were thought to be
general upkeep of the county,
control of the budget and setting
the tax rate and drainage and
sewers.
In general, the voters felt that
the areas in which the municipal
councils had been most effective
were roads and snow removal,
general upkeep and drainage,
Respondents from the public
believed that hearing reports
presented and paying bills were
important duties of councillors,
These were followed by (in or-
der) bylaws, tenders, purchases,
committee reports, grants,
severances, loans and debentures
sold.
Voters felt councils had been
successful in staying in contact
with the people, and said this was
done through reports by the
media and by personal contact.
Only a minority mentioned open
public meetings, Urban dwellers
appeared to be more dependent
on contact through the media,
Rural dwellers tended to give
personal contact as the most
important method of com-
munication.
A majority of voters felt that
the municipal council does have,
the financial resources it needs
to do its work, but a sizeable
minority felt that it did not.
Three-quarters of the
respondents expressed them-
. selves as "fairly satisfied" with
the work of the council. Some
were very satisfied and only a
fewveretnot very satisfied. More
satisfaction was expressed by
life-long residents of Huron
County than by others.
Almost unanimously,
respondents were against a
change to regional government.
Apart from a few who thought
that a regional government,
might be more efficient, the great
Majority responded that there
would be "no advantages" ac-
cruing from regional govern-
ment.
, A wide range of disadvantages
was mentioned, with the largest
single group, about half the
respondents, saying that they
would lose contact with those
directing their affairs. Others felt
that regional government would
be too expensive and that the
residents would have no local
power.
Respondents felt that among
the changes needed in Huron was
the provision of more jobs. Rising
costs in agriculture was seen as
the major problem by rural and
urban respondents, but very few
felt the council could help with
that problem, or any of the other
agricultural problems men-
tioned.
The average age of the voters
interviewed was 51. The largest
single _occupational group for
female respondents was.
homemakers. The major oc-
cupations cf male respOndents.
were farmers (15.3 percent);
retired ,(14,4 percent); skilled
trades (19,g Percent); unskilled
labor .($.8 percent); professional
and technical (04 . percent);
clerical (5.1 percent);
managerial (4,2 percent); and
unemployed (0.05).
The majority of respondents
had always lived in Huron
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