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Times-Advocate, 1988-11-23, Page 1Serving South Huron, 17uoo North Middlesex Inside Last Vet Exeter loses link to WWI page 5 Decorator Kirkton woman embellishes Stratford costumes page 13 Two wins Rest gives Hawks advantage page 1A in the black Exeter Co -Op shows profit this year page 14A On the beat Constable on patrol page 16A Sponsor song books HENSALL - Four busi- nesses from here have jointly the annual Times- dvocate Christmas Song book which is inserted in this week's newspaper. Extra copies are available at the sponsors or the Times- Advocate. This year's spon- sors n=sors are: Hensall Motors Ltd.; W.O. Thompson and Sons Ltd; Hyde Bros. Farm Ma- chinery and Oke Woodsmith Building Systems Inc. cr CIF & Lambton Since 1873 November 23, 1988 Price per copy 60 cents .Cardiff returns Tories win 2 out BRUSSELS -Pin an election that saw a Conservative return to power, Huron -Bruce incumbent Murray Cardiff held his seat in Parliament, but only after a close race with "first- time Liberal challenger Ken Dun- lop. ' Cardiff's win was predicted only 45 minutes after the polls closed Monday evening, but the Conserva- tive candidate appeared nervous and tense until around 10 p.m. when campaign workers were finally able to guarantee that his scat was won. Cardiff followed the incoming re- sults closely and several municipali- ties showed him trailing behind Dunlop, but Cardiff maintained a narrow Lead all evening, a result far below his 1984 standing when he won the riding by a margin of more than 15;000 votes. -• The final results from Huron - Bruce's 202 polls show:Cardiff fin- ishing with 20,042 votes to Dun- lop's 16,629. NDP candidate Tony McQuail gathered 7,743 votes for third place. The Christian Heritage Party's Tom Clarke placed last with 2,633 votes. Dunlop arrived at Cardiffs Brus- sels headquarters to congratulate the winner at 10:15 p.m. Dunlop told reporters he took heart at the closeness of the race. "We never got beaten badly any- where.. It just seemed it slipped away a littlein each poll," said Dunlop. "It's very tough to beat an incumbent at the best of times." Dunlop said he was dismayed at his failure to gain the majority of of 3 local ridings votes in his home town of Port El- gin. "That's the disappointing thing to me. I worked pretty hard for my town and they didn't support me." "I think if you really take a look at it we probably did very well in the rural areas. The farm communi- . ty is very concerned about the trade agreement. It seemed the urban area was less concemed." Dunlop also suggested McQuail's. strong showing in a traditionally Tory riding had something to do • with eroding the Liberal vote_ "McQuail did very well and'he's a deciding factor in why I didn't win the riding. They (the NDP) certain- ly .took away a lot of our votes," said Dunlop who, when asked if he would run in the next election, said he wouldn't rule it out. "I wouldn't close a door on it; I. made a decision to run in this par- ticular race simply because I'm af- raid of the trade agreement- not free trade- but the trade agreement." He claimed his opposition to the trade agreement was from a national standpoint and not a personal one. Dunlop said his own business in textiles actually stands to gain from the agreement. - Cardiff delivered his acceptance speech -after being led to the stage with bagpipes. I think we've run a - fair cam- paign," he said. "I have been so proud to be your member of Parlia- inent for the last number of years and I sure look forward to the next Please turn to page 2 Need break-in information EXETER- Officers of the Exeter Ontario Provincial Police detach- ment request the help of the public in assisting in the investigation of several local businesses over the last two weeks in which cigarettes and liquor have been stolen. These brcak and enters in Hcn- sall, Zurich and Huron Park have occurred between 1.30 a.m. and 5.30 a.m. If anyone has any information please contact the Exeter detach- ment at 235-1300. - No accidents were reported to the local OPP detachment this week. Officers responded to 38 general oc- currences. They laid 59 Highway Traffic Act charges, seven Liquor Act charges and issued driving li- cence suspensions of 12 hours each to four drivers.. Hydro rates up an average of '5.85% EXETER - Retail hydro rates for 1989 were set at a special meeting, ofthe Exeter Public Utilities' Commission on November 16. Domestic customers will pay 5.66 percent more. and the rate for commercial users will increase 6.03 percent. The overall increase amounts to 5.85 percent. Davis told commissioners that 82 percent of the utility's revenue is used to pay the wholesale cost of the power purchased from Onta- rio Hydro. This cost has gone up 5.8 percent. The remaining 18 percent has to cover 'the expected hydro depart- ment capital- budgct. Davis pro- m jects a net figure of S194,676 next year. includctris- 544,104 for overhead distribution s-ystems, $48,385 for underground exten- sions to developing subdivisions, and $68.700 for transformers. Davis expects the PUC will also be asked to provide three- phase service to six large commer- cial and residential projects expect- ed to go ahead in 1989. The PUC will be placing an ad in this paper outlining the new rata schedule. Honour citizens - Mayor Bruce Shaw present§ the annual Town of Exeter Citizen of the Year plaque to Reg McDonald and Lauretta Stegner. Congratulating the winner - Re-elected Conservative Murray Cardiff speaks with Liberal Ken Dunlop who ar- rived in Brussels to congratulate Cardin on his contribution to an election that saw Brian Mulroney's government return to power with a majority. - - Public meeting on USBORNE TOWNSHIP - A pub- lic meeting attended by Huron County planners Gary Davidson and Carol Leeming to hear a rezoning application from Gerald Francis, agent for Ross Tufts, was part of the regular November 15 meeting of Usborne township council. This was the final 'fleeting re- quired to deal with a severance ap- plication to rezone part lot 8, south- east boundary concession, to accommodate a proposed structure to house a poultry -processing opera- tion. A bylaw approving the rezon- ing from restricted agriculture to ag- ricultural commercial -industrial was approved and passed. . Ross and Joycc Carter attended to review the final draft of the develop- ment _agreement between them- selves and council. A petition for drainage work submitted• by Mr: Carter was accepted, and B. M. Ross and Associates was appointed to prcparc an engineering report. Because of concerns over 'costs and thc risk ol.vandalisrn, council decided that instead of building a small shed at the Kirkton durnp to protect thc dump site control officer ..in—b•ad wc:dhcr, an additional- ex- pense allowance be paid to offset the costs incurred by using .his car for that purpose at the site. Clerk Sandra Strang was asked to prcparc a bylaw authorizing fines for .peoplc depositing -garbage at the Kirkton site at times -outside the regular hours: Town sells industrial land EXETER - Christmas and Appre- ciation banquets are usually intended to be all play and no official busi- ness. That was not the case for Exeter council Thursday night following their annual town dinner as they held a special meeting. Council passed a bylaw authoriz- ing -the sale of a parcel of industrial land to Roger. Dougall Construc- tion. ago by the town on Highway 83 cast has a frontage of 206 feet and is 181 feet in depth, just cast of Pickard Road.. • - The purchase price was 534.000. In addition to this salt, the town by separate agreement will give. the purchaser the first right of refusal or right to purchase an adjoining:par- cc! measuring 286 by 206 feet. Ear- lier, two acres of the original .10 acres of industrial land was sold to Chancrways Transportation anti a The property, part of 10 acres f--- small parcel to Jack's Plumbing and industrial land purchased a fcw years Heating. rezoning In anticipation of the coining winter, ads will be placed in the two local weekly. papers warning resi- dents that the townshili-will not he - held responsible -for car. left on the . roadside. or for ac•cid;nts caused by r 1'Ira turn to page 2 Winds blamed in blackout CLINTON - High. winds• were blamed for last Wednesday's hydro failure which left thousands of cus- tomers in the dark for over eight - hours. . The Clinton office of Ontario Fly- dro explained that- a 70 -foot hydro pole was blown' down in Stephen "Township three or four miles west of l lighway 4 at 1:00 p.m. %%redncs• - day. Initially, everywhere from Grand Bend to Exeter and Godcrich lost -power, but hydro crews -were able to isolate Exeter from the grid and restore power to the. town al ter only an hour and 20 minutes. . A helicopter was flown in- from - Toronto to patrol die Ilay Swamp to find the fallen 115;000 volt line. A tractor and a dozen workers moved in to put the pole Muck up, restoling electricity. to the arca at.. 9:06i p.rn. ' Arca line supervisor Zekc Nikitin estimated. the cost of thc repair at around -S10,0(10. Citizens of Year EXETER - Two very long-time residents of the town of Exeter shared the annual Citizen of the Year awards at Thursday's annual appreciation dinner. Receiving plaques and commenda- tions from Mayor Bruce Shaw were Lauretta Sicgncr and Reg McDo- nald. Sicgncr, a resident of Exeter for the past 41 years has become in- volved in uncountable volunteer ac- tivities. She came to town in 1947 as physcial education teacher at South Huron District High School and became well known as a very capable coach of many of the school's girls athletic teams. Her volunteer works have included Girl Guides, Town and Country Homemakcfs, Salvation Army. South Huron Hospital Auxiliary, Exeter Villa, Exeter Lioness club, etc. Siegficr is currently very :rvol' d on the Huron County Seni r C Facility project. • In a short response Siegner said, " 1 have seen many changes in Exeter since 1 came here. it's a very good place to live. Reg McDonald has been deeply involved in the Exeter branch of the Royal Canadian Legion since the Second World War. He was responsible for having the name of the local Legion branch changed to the R.E. Pooley Exctcr branch in honour of one of Exeter's First World War veterans Ted Poo- ley. McDonald was always around to look after the needs of the 1914-18 vets, delivered Christmas baskets to needy families and has received a Mctorious Service medal, one of the top awards presented to Legion members. One could say McDonald was an "old skate". Ile was the first person to skate in the old Exctcr arena in 1937 and then was the first 'one to don thc blades at the "new South Huron .Rec Ccntrc in P)77. Ills skating encounter at the new arena gas at '3.14 a.m. Also honoured were members of thc Exeter Express, winners of the 1988 Ontario Baseball Assr ration Senior 'D' championship. Mayor Bruce Shaw v. a'. in charge of the program and was assisted by Reeve Bill Micklc, Deputy Reeve Lossy Fuller and .Councillors Ben Hioogcnhoom, .Dorothy Chapman and, Morley Hall iii recognizing members of the various boards and committees connected with the op- eration of the town. Santa is EXETER - Youlac:'er watch out. you belle .u►t u, Santa Claus is to Lions and the -irovemcnt Asso- to.!v Id fellow in the r, be ,n Exeter on Satur- day: •< ber 3 k • his yearly vis- it. The anneal Santa Claus parade will form up on Iluron street , cast of Main street at 1 p.m. and will head north on Main to Victoria and then right to the• South Huron Rec Ccntrc. 'Parade co-ordinator for the Lions, Bob Sargeant reports at least four marching hands yill be in atten- coming .:.ince. 'they arc the Perth County pipe hand, the Stratford Sv. ('adds, the Mitchell Legion and the South Ilumn District High. School hands. Prizes will be awarded to the bcsl overall float, the hest club float, the top Christmas entry :Ind the hest float from arca schools. After the parade, Santa will 'hold court' at the South Huron Rcc Cen- tre to mect the many arca young- sters with their holiday gift re- quests. One hour of free skating is being provided at the Rcc ('entre and re- freshments will he available through the courtesy of Pathfinder Beverages and Frito Lay. ,