Times-Advocate, 1980-02-06, Page 1driven by Lawrence Amos,
RR 2 Ailsa,Craig, proceeded
towards the children, the
boy ran to the east side of
the street. while the victim
appeared to become con-
fused. She started towards
the east side of the road and
then ran pack to the west
side into the path of the
southbound vehicle,
The youngster was dragg-
ed along the road for a short
distance before the vehicle
came to rest partially in the
west ditch.
The mishap occurred just
north of the Anne St. in-
tersection,
Police Chief Ted Day said
• no charges would be laid. Want .metric hal
The fatality was in-
- Constables Brad Sadler and
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An 11-year-old. Exeter girl Marlborough St. home
was killed near her A1'4414 -7:00 p.m., Monday,
when. she ran into the path of
a pickup truck.
Deborah Lynn Totten,
daughter of. Barbara Totten,
4$0. Marlborough St., was.
pronounced dead at South
Huron H spital.
The grade six student at
Exeter Public School had
been playing on the road
with her 14-year-old brother,
Eddie, the pair taking turns
pulling each other on a
toboggan,
DEBBIE TOTTEN When the pickup truck,
STREET TOBOGGANING — Ray Hamilton and John Giffin
found the sidewalks of Exeter ideal for using their sliding
equipment Sunday afternoon, T-A photo
Highway robbery
A SUCCESSFUL HUNT — Saturday proved to be a good day fcir four Exeter and area
hunters as they came home with a 50 pound brush wolf. Shown with their catch which was
shot south of Crediton in Stephen township are Bill Huxtable, Richard Schilbe and Paul
Mason. Absent was Keith Brintnell. T-A photo
Tourism potential
not being reached
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County up
ad budget'
BY SHARON DIETZ
Huron County Council,
decided Thursday to in-
crease their industrial ad-
vertising budget to $10,000
because of the encouraging
response to their „first
advertising campaign last
year.
A single advertisement
placed in an industrial
magazine in. Novernber
generated interest from 10
Canadian and 20 American,
companies. Developnpnt
officer Spence Cummings
told council he was
"amazed" at the number of
replies,
The ad which cost $758,
was' the first major ad-
vertising done by the
development committee
which had a budget for
advertising of $3,000. last
year,
The magazine, Area
Development Sites and
Facility Planning, is
specifically printed for
companies wishing to
relocate said Cummings.
"If one ad can draw these
inquiries from industry
interested in relocating,
there is no doubt that
specialty advertising will pay
off," Cummings told
council.
"If Huron can pick up
one industry from these ads,
it should prove this kind of
advertising is the type to
which Huron County should
adhere,"
Council asked Cummings
to follow up the inquiries
with letters in an effort to
bring the industries to the
county. Cummings said he
could not release details or
the names of the industries
which inquired, because this
information must remain
confidential, while he per-
sues discussions with them.
Goderich reeve Eileen
Palmer asked if the names of
the industries wold be made
known to the municipalities.
She said GJcierich would
be interested in persuing
contact with the industries if
the county's efforts were not
successful in attracting them
to Huron,
Morris reeve Bill
Elston . told council he
wanted the industries to be
invited to come to the county
to look at what is available
for an industry interested in
relocating here.
Council also decided this
week to advise the Ontario
Energy Board of their op-
position to an application for
a rate increase by Union
Gas.
Campbell said the rates
appeared to have nothing to
do with the law of supply and
demand and were being ar-
tificially pegged to the price
of oil.
"Essentially, it's a
monopoly putting higher
rates on us." he suggested
and noted that a weekend
meeting of some Ontario
city officials had called for
natural gas to be handled by
municipalities in a manner
similar to public utilities
commissions.
Councillor Ted Wright said
the government was pushing
gas to. save oil, but the
customers were being
penalized "right off the bat"
with higher rates.
The driver of the second
car got out, leaving three or
four companions in the car,
walked over to the woman as
she waited in her car, and-
armed only with nerve,
demanded money.
She handed over $40, the
bandit took off and the hus-
band never raised an eyelid.
Provincial police at Ex-
eter are looking for a tall,
slim male between the ages
of 16 and 20,
"We don't use flashing
amber lights," commented
one policeman.
If members of Exeter
council have their way, the
move to the metric system
in Canada will be deferred.
A resolution from the
Township of Brock
suggesting that further im-
plementation of the metric
system be deferred, was ap-
proved by council, with the
only opposition coming from
Councillors Jay Campbell
and Don Cameron,
The resolution noted that
the United States are ob-
viously not implementing
the metric systemexcept to
a limited degree and the
British government has now
deferred implementation of
major portions of the
system.
"It's ridiculous now .to
back-track," Cameron com-
mented when the discussion
arose.
Reeve Don MacGregor
was strenuous in his opposi-
tion to the conversion to the
metric systein, although he
got trapped into seconding
the motion presented by Jay
Campbell to not support the
resolution.
When he realized his mis-
take he quickly withdrew his
support:
Will oppose
severance
Exeter council will send a
letter to the Huron land divi-
sion committee voicing their
concern over a land
severance appliCattion to
permit the erection t ot a
residence in Usborne
Township on the eastern
limits of the town along
Highway 83.
The application for the
severance is being made by
Alvin E. Campbell, to erect
a home east of the property
owned by R.J. Keller.
Councillors Jay Campbell
and Don Cameron noted that
the town's property adjacent
to the proposed home site
was zoned as industrial and
this could create future
problems.
Cameron also commented
that he was not in favor of
this type of strip develop-
ment close to the town and
said that it was also cutting
into, agricultural land and
therefore was not good long-
range planning.
A Zurich area woman was
the Victim of a daring inci-
dent of "highway robbery"
this week.
In the early hours Sunday
a woman driver was headed
west on Highway 84 toward
Zurich. Beside her the
front seat soundly snoozing
was her husband.
About three miles west of
Hensall, near Huron County
Road 31, she noticed a car
with a flashing amber light
tailing her.
Thinking it was a police
cruiser, she pulled off the
road.
Huron County Council
learned Thursday that the
county's tourist industry is
not reaching its potential.
Ken Hawkes, district
manager of tourism in this
area, told county council the
county should be doing
better than eighth out of 10 in
the province's tourist
districts.
The mid-western Ontario
district which includes the
counties of Huron, Perth,
Wellington and Waterloo,
ranked ninth out of 10 in the
amount of income generated
by the industry last year.
Some 102 million people
touring the area spent some
$4 billion but Hawkes said
"There is room for im-
provement."
He said this trea should be
doing better but the industry
has to be developed.
The tourism dollar spins off
right through the' economy
of the area." said Ilawkes.
Figures show 16 cents out
of every dollar is spent in
retail sales and
miscellaneous purchases in
this area,
Tourists in 1976 spent
$11 million on ac-
commodation in the four
county area, $47 million on
food, $32 million at service
Stations, $8 million on
recreation and the total
income that year was $154
million, Figures are
also assisted at the scene.
Chief Day said the acci-
dent occurred in a dimly lit
section of Marlborough St.,
which was snow-packed at
the time.
The girl was transported
to hospital by Hoffman's
Ambulance and pronounced
dead by' the coroner, Dr.
Charles Wallace. Zurich.
A post mortem was con,
ducted in Stratford General
Hospital. Tuesday.
In addition to her mother
and brother, the deceased is
survived by her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Goldwin Glen, Exeter.
Funeral service will be
held 'on Thursday at 2:00
p.m. from the ,Ditiney
Funeral Home with Rev,
George Anderson of-
ficiating. Interment will be
in Exeter Cemetery. ,
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available for last year but
are not broken down into
categories,
Hawkes told county
council the tourism industry
in the province is second only
to the automotive industry
and Huron "should go and
grab hold of the future."
He said one of the
problems with tourism is it is
Police Chief Ted Day
reduced the number of re-
quests in his annual report to
council this year, and the
new tactic has already paid
dividends.
He succeeded in convin-
cing council of the need for a
full-time secretary, es-
pecially with the pending
move into the new police of-
fice.
The recommendation to
hire a secretary was made
by the police committee and
adopted by council, Monday.
In his annual report, Day
also reminded council of the
need to hire an additional
constable. noting that the
department has not had an
addition for the past nine
years. He has asked for a
constable for the past
the "invisible, industry.
Statistics show that
tourism means 300 jobs in
the county. One camp
ground and a major hotel
employ 100 people alone,
Hawkes said the county
has a "charming at-
mosphere" which should be
developed to the advantage
of the county. ,
several years. but without
success.
Day noted as well, that the
1976 cruiser now has record-
ed 65,000 miles and con-
sideration should be given to
replace it before mechanical
trouble begins.
"You will notice that in
previous years I have always
requested about nine or ten
considerations. I hope this
year you will seriously con-
sider the three above," he
commented in the report.
Council also approved a
recommendation from the
police committee that the
police department be in
charge of issuing burning
permits in the future, rather
than the fire chief. The
suggestion had come from
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"You don't like it (metric
system)?" Cameron asked.
"In no way. shape or
form," MacGregor replied,
"I have trouble with eiter
system," Councillor Al in
Epp lamented whimsical y.
"It's a French system. It's
the least we can do for Cana-
dian unity," Cameron opin-
ed.
However. when the vote
was taken, only he and
Campbell supported the bid
to not support the resolution One Hundred and Seventh Year
and it was subsequently en-
dorsed by the other
members of council, with
the ekception of Deputy-
Reeve Harold Patterson,
who didn't vote either way.
Council later in the
meeting endorsed a resolu-
tion from the Village of
Madoc calling on the
treasurer of Ontario and the
ministry of finance of
Canada to 'immediately in-
troduce 'programs to offer
, lower interest rates to small
businesses",
The high interest rates
were said to be having an
adverse affect on small
businesses throughout On-
tario.
In supporting the resolu-
tion, Campbell said he didn't
know what influence it
would have on the two senior
levels of government but it
was at least showing them
the concern of municipal
councils: ' , • * • '''' •
Buck rate jump
Approve secretary
for police officers
THE BEAST AND THE BEAUTY — The official faceoff in hockey match between the Hensall Fund Raisers and Team 10 from
CFPL London was taken by two "ladies" of slightly different persuasion. Dropping the puck between John "Boobs" Baker
and Gail Evo was Henson Reeve Harold Knight. T-A photo
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EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 6, 1980
Simcoe drain remedy
Exeter council this week
accepted in principle the
projects to be undertaken by
the roads and drains com-
' mittee, the top priority be-
ing a storm sewer to
alleviate flooding in the area
of Simcoe and Albert St.
The drain will be installed
on Albert from Huron to
Simcoe from Albert to
Edward with an extension
200 feet west from Albert.
The proposed work for
1980 also includes
reconstruction of Victoria
St. from Main to Carling, in-
cluding. excavation, drains,
curbs, sidewalks and one
coat of asphalt.
Paving will also be under-
taken on Huron St. from
Carling to the CNR tracks to
repair settlements in this
area and a total coat will be
applied on Huron west of the
CNR tracks and on Carling
from Gidley to Nelson.
Another storm drain is
planned for Marlborough
from Thomas to Wellington
and reconstruction of
liop priority for year
Rosemount Ave. oft'
Highway 83 East will be un-
dertaken to facilitate work
on the hydro substation
planned by the PUC.
The Main St. bridge will
also be repaired with the
town paying 10 percent of
the cost of the deck repair,
curb and sidewalk on the
west side.
The only sanitary sewer
construction included in the
report was for Thames Road
East from Andrew St. to the
Big "0" Tile Drain Co.
property. Estimated cost of
that project was set at $107,,-
000 and chairman Ted
Wright indicated a deben-
ture issue would probably be
necessary.
The total cost 'of the new
construction included in the
report was listed at $146,400
and maintenance is an ad-,
ditional $71,000. The
ministry of transportation
and communication subsidy
for the current year is $94,-
200 and Wright indicated
some of the work would be
undertaken without an ac-
companying subsidy.
He said there was a "slim ,
chance" of getting more
than the stated alotment
from the MTC.
In explaining the reason
for the Simcoe St. storm
drain priority, Wright said
residents . in that area had
been waiting for almost
seven years for council to
fulfill promises to alleviate
flooding.
He told council that most
of the work outlined in the
report could be undertaken
"without increasing the tax-
es very much".
Prior to adopting the
report, councilagreed to have
an engineering study done on
the drainage requirements
for the south-west corner of
town west of the CNR
tracks,
Councillor Jay Campbell
questioned if the proposal
for a sidewalk on the east
Deputy clerk
quits position
Brian Parsons, deputy-
clerk of Exeter for the past
two years, resigned his posi-
tion this week.
Parsons quit his job last*
Monday after conferring
with Mayor Derry Boyle and
his resignation was accepted.
"with regret" by council
this week.
In his letter of resignation,
Parsons said that due to "ex-
isting working conditions"
he found it impossible to
carry on his duties,
When contacted by the T-A
yesterday. Parsons said he
did not wish to comment
further on the situation at
this time. "I was having
some real frustrations, but I
don't want to get the thing
batted around." he said,
side of the Main St. bridge
had been considered by the
committee.
Wright replied that it had,
but noted there would be no
subsidy on the anticipated
cost of $25,000 and said the
committee did not feel the
project warranted at this
time due to the expense.
Campbell also wondered if
the flooding problem being
encountered by the residents
in the Anne and Carling St.
area had been considered
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A DELIGHTFUL TIME — The heavy snow of a few days ago
was welcomed by many area youngsters, Above, Angela Cot-
trell plows her way home from Exeter Public School,T-A photo
The campaign in Exeter
for the Ability Fund is ex-
pected to be completed this
week.
Campaign co-ordinator
Dorothy Pfaff told the T-A
Monday night that a number
of ladies were completing
their rounds Monday night
Needs final push
and throughout the week.
Mrs. Pfaff said $1,165 had
been collected so far this
year and she hoped last
year's total of $1,773 could
be equalled.
Anyone that is missed and
wishes to make a donation
should call Mrs. Pfaff at 235-
2013.
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