Times-Advocate, 1978-11-09, Page 1 (2)•
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OnlyStephen and Osborne voters
don't have date at .polls, Monday
Electors in , all
municipalities in the. area
except Stephen and (Jstlorne
townships will cast ballots
Monday although some are
voting for. school board only.
Voters will go to the polls
Monday in the town of 1 .x-
eter, the village- of Lucan
and the townships of Hay.
Tuckersmith, Biddulph.
Bosanquet and McGillivray
for municipal councils.
In Exeter eligible voters
will be casting their ballots
for a deputy -reeve and six
members of council-.
Deputy•reeve Don
McGregor is being challeng-
ed by- Ben ftoolenboom win)
was a member of council for
the -1973-74 term.
Incumbent councillors
Lossy Fuller. Harold Patter-
son and Ted Wright will be
facing the challenge of new-
comers Dop Cameron, Jay
Campbell. Ron Cottrell,
Alvin Epp and Marilyn
Williamson.
Paving approved,
despite objections
The only debate at Exeter
council's abbreviated
session this week pertained
toa request to pave a portion
of the driveway that will
provide access to the new
emergency department now
under construction at_South
Huron hospital. - - -
Councillor Derry. Boyle, a
member of the board, said
the contract for the hospital
addition included paving the
access only to the property
line and this would leave a
small portion of gravel
Handle 29
fire calls •
14x4Iter...f ire chief Gary
Middleton -has released a
report on the operation of
the' Exeter and •area fire
department for 1977-78.
Middleton reported a total
of 29 fire calls during the
year ending October 31.
1978.
Of these calls 13 were in
Exeter. eight in Stephen
Township. six in t'sborne
Township and two in Hay.
Loss was 'light in the 29
fires. Damage to property
and contents totalled $38.-
700 Three injuries were
reported to the Compensa-•
tion Board
During the year four bur-
ning permits' were' issued
and 31 fire prevention home
inspections were made.
Retiring from the brigade
during the year were 'Ray
Jorv. Ted Wright and Ray
Smith .The department is
Ertl! staffed with 24
members •
between the roadway and the
- {few pavement.
He suggested the town pay
for this portion, which was
estimated at around $225.
Works superintendent
Glenn Kells said he had been
approached on the matter
and noted that it would be
setting a precedent contrary -
to council's present policy
regarding the paving of
private laneways.
Boyle argued that the
situation was different than
that for private citizens. He
said the hospital was a public
service `sand surely the town
n afford a fewred
dollars", to help
Reeve Si SimmOn i
dod it
,was basically a nitty-gritty
issue between the hospital
board and the contractor and
Councillor Ted Wright said it
appeared to be so minor he
couldn't see why the board
and' the contractor couldn't
work out some solution on
their own.
Boyle, who noted that the
hospital represented one0pf
the largest employers in
Exeter, said he'd better
resign if the town was' so '
cheap it couldn't help out
with a�srnall expenditure for
a public building.
"I'll go along with it, but it
is a change from our policy,"
Wright said.
A motion that had been
presented by Lossy Fuller
and Boyle to pay for the
extra paving was then voted
upon and passed
unanimously, much to the
surprise of - Mayor Bruce
Shaw.
"We feel better (about
airing our views)" com-
mented Wright.
Playhouse assisted
by dully foundation
James Murphy. artistic
and managing ,director of
the Huron Country
Playhouse. annount'ed this
week that the Playhouse
was.awarded a $10.000 grant
from The Sully Foundation.
td„oderich. Mr Bruce Sully
presented the cheque
recently to James Murphy
on the basis of the "wonder-
ful contribution the Huron
Country Playhouse is mak-
ing to the region."
The Playhouse reports a
break-even budget for the
current year. boasting art
80`% .attendance for the
season 'With operations now
in the black. the Playhouse
wants to raise an additional
$10.000 of "financing" funds.
The Playhouse Board of -
Trustees -is seeking out one.
hundred people to give $100`
each. The "100 Club" would
be special friends of the
Playhouse contributing to a
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"one_ time only" financing
drive.
The special drive will be
headed up by Dave Shep-
pard. a rhember of the
Playhouse Board of
Trustees.
On the capital side of
things'. th% Playhouse. which
financed its development
through a Seven year bank
loan. looks forward to a
retired mortgage in the -near
future.
in Lucan. three persons
are attempting to find a
place on the four seat coun-
cil fn& the first time. They
'are Peter Butler. John
Forster and .Jim Robertson.
The four present members
of council are Larry'Hotson.
Gary McFalls, Norm
Steeper and Harry Wraith. _
Present Lucan Hydro
Commission. members Clif-
ford Abbott and Rudy Engel
are being apposed by
Richard Acres.
- Hay township -ratepbyers -
will be choosing between in-
cumbent Jack Tinney and
present deputytreeve Claire
Deichert for the position of
reeve. •
The three council seats
are being sought by sitting.
members Lionel Welder and
Don Geiger and newcomers
• Tony Bedard and Dick Rau.
Lloyd Mousseau was
acclaimed as deputy -reeve.
In Tuckersmith township.
incumbent councillors
Frank Falconer and Robert
Fotheringham are facing a
challenge from' William
Brown. Robin Gates and
Hautey Hammond. Three
are to by elected.
M +1-]ti-y-ra y township
v6Thrs wilt4b .. electing
between incumbent coun-
cillors Jack McCann, Jim
Thompson and Ellison
Whiting and newcomers
Dianne Mollard and Ernest
Kowalchuk.
Reeve Fred Dobbs of Bid:
Okay tender
«r fuel oil
The BP Oil Company sub-
mitted the lowest ()Isis bids
to`supply the .fuel oil needs
of Exeter , council for the
cwming year.
The firm quoted a current
price of 49_.5 cents per
gallon. That represents -a_.___..
discount of 12.3 cents off the
posted tank wagon price of
.61.8 cents per gallon for fuel
oil.
The low tender was
accepted by council. the
others being about two cents
higher.
' The .discount rate will re-
main in effect for the'term
of the contract, although the
_-tank price could increase.
In other business. this
week. council:
dulph township Is being
challenged by deputy -reeve
Wilson Hodgins. Trying for
the three council positions
are incumbents Hubert
Dietrich and Frank Hardy
and Murray Fraser, Joe
Haskett. Kenneth Lyons and
Peter Nippa.
In Bosanquet township.
four year council veteran
Charlie Srokosz is being op-
posed by Denise Couckuyt in -
an attempt to Rain the
reeve's post . _, -
Present reeve Jack
MacDonald is being
challenged for deputy -reeve
by. Peter Parks.
Attemptingto gain the
three council positions are
Donna Fernaid, Hans
Harms. JeJpn Keith. William
Kingdon. Bill Lindsay, Don
Tidball and Pat Lyon. ----
Ballots will be cast in twto
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Hurt in Hensall fall
A Thamesford man suf-
fered back and neck injuries
when he fell out of 'a tree
while stringing new hydro
lines in Hensall. Tuesday
morning-. -.
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Bruce
Bruce Payne. an
employee of Borland &
Orehard, who are helping
the Hensall PUC with the
new line. fell from the tree
onto the paved parking'lot
behind the Bank of Mon-
treal. •
He was taken by Hoff-
man's Amlbl)lance to South
**Huron- Hospital' and- then
transferred to St Joseph's
Hospital in London.
In addition to the back and
neck injuries. he sustained
lacerations
Ames
Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
One Hundred and Fifth Year
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DOUBLE PRESENTATION — At..9 recent meeting the Exeter lions dub made a dont,t,9
S700 to ARC Industries in Dashwood to purchase equipment -to manufacture miniature hoc�.�
Vicks. Above, Lions treasurer George- Godbolf presents the cheque to ARC manager Ron
Heimrich who in turn presented hockey sticks to Glenn Kells. T -A photo
of ..
dvocate
& North Lambton Since 1873
EXETER, ONtARIO, NOVEMBER 9, 1978
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Approded an expenditur4
of $50 towards a gift for Lila
lime. who is retiring as
secretary -treasurer of the
Ausable-Bayfield Conserva-
tion Authority.
Agreed to send Clerk Liz
Bell to a . meeting of the
General Government ('om-
mittee of the _Ontario
Legislature which iscon-
sidering repealing an old
town bylaw of 1911 that gave
special tax concessions .to
owners of agricultural
property in the -community.
Were advised their cost of
the repairs to "the. Webber
drain in Stephen would he
$3.150
Decided to lav ever for the
new coupcil the suggested
street light improvements
made by the Exeter PUC for
next year.
Changed the date of their
next regular meeting from
\overriber 20 to November
27. That will be the final
meeting of the present coun-
c"ll.
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LARGE PARADE -- Sunny skies attracted one of the largest parades in recent years for Exeter's Remembrance Day
ceremonies, Sunday. Members of the R.E. Pooley Branch Legion and Legion Auxiliary are shown marching down Sanders St.
while behind them are members of the Huron -Middlesex Cadet Corps and local Scouts, Cubs, Brownies and Guides.
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Wants Huron people hired
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Hiring policy lscriticized
By JEFF.SEDDON
Zurich board of education
trustee Herb Turkheim
scolded the board's ad-
ministrative staff Monday
for what he called poor
hiring practides. Turkheim
objected to. . " an an-
nouncement -by' the board's
administrative stat€: that a
secretarial position at the
board's Clinton offices had
been filled by a woman from
Kincardine.
In a letter to the board iia
Kayes, cdiordinator of
student services, informed
the board • that Karen
Stewart of 'RR 4, Kin-
cardine, had been hired at
S3.70an hour as secretary for -
student services. Kayes said
53 applications had been
received for the job and that
seven candidates had been
interviewed. She recom-
mended that Stewart be
given the ob.
FIRE EXECUTIVE — Officers have been named for the Exeter volunteer department fol this 1978-79 year. Back, left, captain
Jack Morgan, fire prevention officer Norm Toit and captain Don Cowan. Front, platoon chief Bill Musser, chief Gary
Middleton and deputy -chief Don Wells. • T•A photo
Turkheim said he felt it
was "bad for us (the board)"
to hire someone from outside
the county when so many
applicatiols had been
received from people living"
in Huron.
"Out of the 48 or 49 that
applied there had to be at
least one qualified enough to
be interviewed." said the
Zurich trustee. "It's tough to
be a representative in Huron
County when we hire outside -
the county. -
John Cochrane, director of
Recycling
starts well
Exeter ciizens have
provided- a good start" to
the garbage recycling
program that got underway
last week
Councillor Losse Fuller.
whose committee arranged
the special pickup for glass
and newshaners with the
London based firm. said the
first pickup conducted on
the west side -o( town Thurs-
day had resulted in a sub-
stantial amount of material
being picked up
"They're quite pleased."
Mrs. Fuller commented in
regard to the i.ondon firm's
reaction to the initial
pickup.
- "With a little effort it
should be a successful
program." Mrs. Fuller told
Exeter council this week.
Pickup of the glass and
newspapers is conducted
once a month on the -same
day as the town works
department conduct their
. special garbage pickup
The east side of town will
he covered tcxla_y. •
Mayor Bruce Shaw asked_
works superintendent Glenn
Kells if the pickup had
resulted in any great
difference in the amount of
garbage his men had to pick
up.
• `Not really." 'Kells
reported. noting that -the
glass and newspaper collec-
tion would only be iibout half
to three-quarters of a !gad
for the garbage packer. and
would have been spread over
the past four-week period.
"it will take a while for
people to get used to it."
Mrs. Fuller said about the
new progtam
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education, took exception to
the remarks byTurkheimand
told the Zurich trustee that
the administration had
adhered to board policy. He
said Kayes had background
in office work and had in-
ttryiewed the candidates
with superintenit Don
Kenw•ell., He said he was
confident both were capable
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Still no alternative
for answering calls
The Exeter & Area Fire
Board members still haven:t
made a decision on how fire
calls -will be handled next
year. but they'll be doing so
within a month according to
chairman Don MacGregor
MacGregor told his fellow
Exeter council members
this week that the board
have been. continuing their
investigations and it appears
probable they will opt for a
telephone system that will
see phones installed in the
homes: of --„at least 10
�• meit hers•.nf the fire hrigadc•
as well as the clerk's office
and the fire hall'
if .that system is ap-
proved. it would be
operational as of January 1
ThOt board have advised
Mrs. Lorna Dale. operator
of - the Eketer - rvvswering
Service that her contract
will not he renewed in the
miming ye
Minutes of the fire boar 's
latest -Meet -mg indicate -that
a recordtng device would he
installed .vv: the telephone
cysten
Fire Chief (.
has been as
ry Middleton
to get exact
costs of the installation of
the system
'MacGregor said other;.
J
m thods had been , studied.
bur the costs were found to
be'prohibitive. -
The board members.
which i'nel•u.de represen-
tatives from Exe.ter.-
Stephen, t'sborne and Hay,
have also reopened discus- -
sion on the reserve fund
which all but the latter have
agreed to set up for the-
- future
he-future purchaseof a new -
fire trork ”
However. MacGregor said
this week that there w•a. still
a chance that Hay % duld
join the program' and that
decision has been left f the
new council
tither business. the
b.,arcf
Agreed to increase the
base earnings for
Workmen's Compensation
from $1.2.00D: do 118.200 per
arin(rn next sear for the
firemen at an increase in
cost of $146 16
.Held over a re est for
-4artag-the uut..nf- orms_._ ..-.
or blazers for some firemen
making inspections or atten-
ding meetings
Give permission to.Chief
Middleton to hire a contrac-
ted ,to build an eight -foot
crruntr•i for radio -equipment
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OPEN HENSAILCOMMUNILY CENTRE The official opening of the' new Hensall
' ednesdoy Portic,poting in the r,bbon cutting ceremony were finance ct`oir'no^ f
mfr_-oncoal contnbutorc...(4P Beb Mck r'iey MPP Jock Pddell ministry-gt cuou'e and
Hensoll Reeve Harold Knight
Receives praise from dignitaries
and District Communrty.Centre was het
c• tv+he' 'Deuq hien represenlrng/r e
•Pc -Potion 'ep}esentohve AI Sinclair and
.Staff photo
ensall community centre opehs
The new Hensall and
District Community Centre
was officially opened Wed-
nesday night with over 250
people in attendance.
The opening was attended
by several dignitaries in'-
eluding
n-eluding M.P. Bob McKinley,
MPP Jack Riddell, Huron
county Warden Gerry Ginn.
ministry of culture and
recreation representative Al
Sinclair and Hensall Reeve
Harold Knight.
MP McKinley tpld the
gathering "You have a
structure that is more than
adequate for the people of
Hensall and area."
McKinley congratulated
those people who took the
iniative in the construction of
the new•facility and said he
had mfiny fond memories
associated with the former
arena. "Everybody deserves
a great deal 'of credit.
McKinley stated.
McKinley then presented
Reeve Knight with a picture
of the Queen and a Canadian
flag. •
Master of ceremonies for
theeveningwas Eric 1,uther.
who almost turned the of-
(iciSi opening into a roast of
the dignitaries. After telling
a story about Riddell, Luther
stated "1l can be said that
this man who is no longer a
fleck on the •horizon,"
referring to Riddell's in-
volvement in the Fleck
Manufacturing strike
The Huron MPP said
"Tonight marks another
noteworthy occasion In the
historyof llensall," and..the
centre was a tribute to the
people -who worked so hard
towards- the attainment- oE.
the new building.
"i don't know where you'd
find any more beautiful and
fitting community centres
than we have here." Riddell
added.
He called it an example of
community spirit and people
working. together..
Riddell also made a
presentation, with. .Knight
accepting on behalf- of the
village an Ontario ensign
Sinclair, while offering his
congratulations on the
building's construction said
this was only the first stage
in the community centre's
• life span. .
He said the maintenance
and utilization of the building
are areas which must be
given the same attention as
the structure's construction.
r; According to Sinclair this
arena must enjoy the same
support (rpm the people of
Hensall and area
Warden Ginn told the'
crowd "We in Huron can be
proud of community spirit
such as is embodied in this
new facility "
The community centre will
he a "fine success"
providing the people stick
together, Ginn stated.
Luther said he had not
planned on singling out any
individual who worked
towards the centre's con-
struction but he had changed
his mind.
The co-chairman of the
itnance committee said
Knight had spent mkt time
on the centre before, during
and after the areha's con-
struction.
Knight said "i'm damn
proud of this community and
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