Times-Advocate, 1982-02-17, Page 23The readers write
Dear Editor:
We would like to take this
opportunity to express our
appreciation to the people of
Huron County. for their sup-
port of another successful
Huron 'County" Christmas
Bureau project.
In 1981, the Bureau
assisted 222 families and 511
children. This would not
have been possible without
the support of the communi-
ty.
The Huron County Christ-
mas Bureau is operated as
an annual project of Family
and Children's Services and
is designed to co-ordinate
Christmas giving -and ensure
that no ctildren are missed
' at Christmas. This project is
operated totally with
volunteer help and is (inane-
Shipka folk
enioy south
By MRS. HUGH MORENZ
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Several area folks here a e
enjoying holidays in the
warmer southern climates.
Nancy Baker arrived
home last Saturday, from
Edmonton for a twt.-week
holiday. Nancy is nursing at
Queen Alexandra Hospital in
Edmonton.
The Baker family held a
family reunion on Sunday.
Attending were Ken and
Carol Baker Jr., Bonnie,
Tracey and Sheltie, from
Stratford; Sandra and Tony
Regier, Chris, Heather and
Jillian, of Detroit; and Don,
Sharon and Jamie of Shipka.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Russell,
of Essex visited Sunday
evening at their nephews,
Doug and Ann Russell,
Connie, Alex, Elizabeth. and
Jill.
Larry .and Joy Uniack of
Toronto spent the weekend
here with John and Linda
Wuerth,Becky and Sarah.
Wednesday - visitors with
Hugh and Annie Morenz
were Oscar and Laura Miller
of Dashwood, and Pat and
Jake Schroeder.
A reminder! that the
euchre party will be held
tonight here February 17 at
the Community centre,
weather permitting.
It had all the excitement
a fair, with none of th
distractions. Last wee
thousands of farmers •an
those connected with the
agri-business poured int
Exhibition Place in Toront
for the Canada Farm Show
You could view the latest i
farm equipment, and no
have to spend money on the
midway.
Because the company
work for publishes "Farm
Equipment Quarterly'
magazine, i spent the better
part of the week looking for
items for the "Product
news" section. The Canada
Farm Show also provided
the opportunity to renew
acquaintences made at the
international Plowing Match
last fall.
For those who attend the
show regularly, it seems like
one big reunion. Most
representatives of the
various tractors and im-
plements see the show as a
chance to tell the world why
their product is bigger and
better than anyone else's.
And bigger they were!
Tractors seem to be growing
by leaps and bounds. You
look up at the largefour-
wheel-drive models and
wonder how they ever got the
mammoth tractors thr ugh
the doors of the building.
The largest tractor at he
show was one made by
Versatile - which, in-
cidentally, is the only
completely Canadian made
tractor. This monster was
made in Winnipeg. '
It takes a computerized
system to keep track of all
the things this giant can do,
and the driver needs a long
ladder to climb into the cab.
The smokestacks had to be
removed to get the huge
tractor through the big
doorway, and the cab
seemed to be nearly touching
the high ceiling.
You could have taken this
beauty home for a mere
$156,000. I doubt if they were
signing up many cash sales.
But interestingly enough,
Versatile has sold all 25 of
these giants which it has
made. And this particular i
one which was one display al
the farm show had already h
been sold in our part of the t
country. It was sold by Ilyde s
Brothers of Hensall, and its
new home will be on a farm
in the Russeldale area. P
While Versatile seemed a
ed .by donations from the
community.
Family and Children's
Services provides co-
ordination and supervision
and covers operating et-
as our contribution.
au:te of this, the itupport
of the community is essen-
tial. We continue to find that
the people in Huron County
help their neighbours in a
kind and thoughtful
and the 1981 Christma
Bureau supports this point
view.
The total project was co-
ordinated this year by Mrs
Dianne Armstrong o
Goderich. Mrs. Armstrong
donated more than 100 hours
of her time to this and en
sured that all area
operated in an appropriate
way We are most grateful
to Mrs. Armstrong for he
generous and capable con
tribution.
This year, under the fin
supervision of Mrs. Liz Bel
and Mrs. Marion Knowles
volunteer co-ordinators of
the Exeter Bureau, 71
families (148 children) in the
Exeter area were able to
enjoy a happier Christmas.
Mrs. Bell and Mrs.
Knowles along with the Ex-
eter Lioness Club spent
many hours arranging
space, • co-ordinating
donations and assisting
families. Without the
capable assistance of people
like this, we would be unable
to conduct the Christmas
Bureau.
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JUNIOR DOG RACER - Angela Finch waits patiently for the junior dog races to
start at the Kirkton-Woodham Winter Carnival, Sunday along with her mother
Judy.and favourite dog Buster. .
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ove handicap nursery
to Huron Park location
We also wish to express
our appreciation to the
various people were kind
enough to donate space from
which we could distribute
goods. In Exeter, Mr. Lep
Veri allowed us use of space
which provided. us with a
convenient, central location.
In addition, various stores
and individuals continue to
assist us by distributing wool
to .volunteers to knit mitts,
hats, and slippers.
We feel fortunate to have
seen again so many ex-
amples of the kindness and
generosity of people in the
community. Thank you for
your continued support and
The official opening of the Enrolment in the Huron nings.
Huron
Hope Nursery School Hope Nursery School has
will be held Wednesday, increased dramatically
March 31, at its new location during the 1981-82 year.
in the J.A.D. McCurdy From 6 children to 11
School, Huron Park. children, with the 12th child
The South Huron and ready to start as soon as the
District Association for the Day Nurseries Branch ap-
Mentally Handicapped has proves a staff increase.
operated the Nursery, in The Nursery would not be
Dashwood, for the past few able to function without the
years. However, with the fine cooperation and support
support and interest of the of the volunteers, who, so
Huron County Board of unselfishly, give of their
Education, the move was time' to work with the
made possible in January, children during the mor -
assistance. 1982. Some minor `
Yours trulyrenovations valued at - ap
Peggy RiverProximately $4,500 were
of Volunteer undertaken_ to prepare the
Services new site for the children
As of this tiinch of the
Nurseries Br 1
Co-ordinator
Mary's
musings
By Mary Alderson
of- pleased with their future,
e many other companies in the.
k farm equipment business
d were less Qptimistic. Far-
mers, as everyone has
o heard, have not been
o prospering lately, and the
. sale of farm . equipment is
n just another spin-off of
t agriculture which 'has been
adversely effected.
Despite the tough times,
I , attendance at the Canada
Farm Show did not appear to
be •lagging. Even if they
can't afford to buy, farme
want to know what is new i
tractors, implement
chemicals and fertilizer
Frequently, large crowd
gathered around the Sperr
New Holland display. wha
drew so many people in thi
corner? Was it an exciting
new piece of machinery? No
it was a robot, providing
weary visitors with som
entertainment.
His name was innovator
Inno for short. He could wad(
and talk - he could carry on a
conversation in any of seven
languages and he could
dance, either a disco or a
waltz.
lie was a typical looking
robot, if there is such a thing.
He had a very large round
white plastic head, with
flatshing lights for eyes, and
red blinking lights for a
mouth. His arms moved, and
ended in claw-like hands: He
rolled about on,silent wheels.
Science -fiction sounding
"beeps" were heard
wherever Inno went, and he
spoke in your typical robot
monotone. The amazing
thing was that he would roll
up to someone, call them by
name and carry on an in-
telligent conversation. with
them. as long as the person
wasn't loo self-conscious to
speak to a robot.
People ' were'too
mesmerized by the robot to
be concerned with the
mechanics of how he
operated.
Inno was operated by two
professional actors. One
man operated his actions by
remote control, while the
other did the voice, speaking
nto a tiny microphone
hidden in the palm of his
and. The two men were able
o blend into the crowds, and
tend next to the person to
whom Inno was speaking.
Watching the reactions of
eople when they were
pproached by the robot was
rs
n
s,
s.
s
y
s f
e d
Since the move to Huron
Park was made, a few of the
volunteers have not been
able to continue their work in
the Nursery; therefore, the
Association is anxious for
additional volunteers to
undertake this important
service and work with the
children on a ' one-to-one
basis whenever possible.
Interested persons are
asked to contact the Nursery
at 228.6100 or the Association
Offices at 237-3637.
Goderich plant
me, the Day expands
0 ommunity and
Ministry f C
Social Services have not
contributed towards the
renovation costs. The
request by:the Association to
the Ontario Government is
being reviewed at -this time.
The moving of the nursery
school in to an elementary
school, operated by the
Huron County Board of
Education, is seen by both
groups as a positive ste
Natural integration
severely handicapp
E. Cayley Hill, president of
Dearborn Holdings Inc.
Goderich, announces an
agreement has been signed
with Questor -Corporation,
Toledo, Ohio, to. purchase AP
Parts of Canada from
Questor.
AP Parts of Canada, with
head office in Toronto,
manufactures •and
stib
utes AP mufflers,
P- pipes, exhaust systems,
01 ed Columbus shock absorbers
and levelizers thrdugh
more jobs
The acquisition of AP
, -Parts of Canada by the
Canadian owned Dearborn is
part of Hill's commitment to
become a leadi osupplier u(
.quality exhaust, muffler and
tail pipe assemblies to the
original equipment market
and the automotive after-
market.
No purchase i
disclosed for AP Parts
Canada which had 1981 sal
of approximately $30 million
Hill believes that AP Part
of Canada will be the firs
Canadian controlled Com
pany in the manufacturin
di b
children with other childr
in the school has ma
positive aspects, includi
the broadening of
derstanding of necessar
services for handicappe
persons.
Although the nurser
program is generall
structured for children of 2 t
5 years of age, there are
children who range in ag
from 5 to 12 years. In man
areas ' throughout th
Province, the severel
handicapped school ag
children would be attending
a developmental centr
which would specialize i
ull-day program an
reatment. No suc
evelopmental centre, o
evelopmental program
xists in the County of Huron
at this lime.
The children at Huron
Elope Nursery attend on a
• Monday to Thursday basis,
in the mornings only. It is
true that the older school age
children could benefit from
full-day attendance in a
developmental program.
Bill 82, an amendment to
the Education Act, suggests
that Boards of Education, by
1985. will be undertaking a
responsibility of providing a
full-day educational
programme to severely
handicapped . children of
school age. -
The Huron County Board
'of Education has displayed a
very compassionate interest
and support of enchancing
programmes for han-
dicapped children. in the
same premises, the Huron
Hope School, operated by the
Board of Education, for the
children who are classified
as 'trainable' operates.
en facilities in Vancouver, '
nY_ Toronto, Montreal and
ng Moncton. As well, they
un -
operate through a warehouse.
Y in Edmonton.
d In making this an-
nouncement, Hill said there
Y are no plans to change any of
Y the jobs at AP Parts of
0 Canada. Indeed, one of the
5 •
. prime considerations in
e patriating AP Parts of
Y Canada from , the U.S.. t
e ownership was the depth and 3
Y . quality of its people. -
e Hill is chairman and 3
president of Dearborn Steel C
e Products Inc. of Goderich. e
dDearborn --Steel Products
d manufacture and distribute m
hquality exhaust tail pipes for t
r the automotive parts e
market. c
price was
of.
es
s
t•
and distribution of a full line
of exhaust, muffler and tail
pipe systems.
This acquisition gives
Dearborn approximately
360,000 square feet of
manufacturing and
warehousing space across
Canada. The combined in-
erest would employ about
00 people.
It is expected that more
obs will be created and the
ompany 'plans to expand
ngineering and create an R
& D facility. An aggressive
arketing programme is in
he planning stage which is
xpected to develop in -
teased sales with positive
great fun. But it was even
more fun once you spotted
the person in control and
followed his actions through -
the crowds.
Children, of course, found
Ino particularly
fascinating. One afternoohisInno was dressed in his
quilted coat and taken over
to the Sick Childrens
Hospital.
Farmers have had their
fill of reality this winter
three cheers for Sperry New
Rolland for providing a little
space-age fanlasty. 2
Usborne
call tender
employment effects to the
Rexdale and the Huron d
Co my manufacturing w
plan K
Hill s "in b patriating AP •Parts of
it Canada. Canada gains; w
e control of an important part ' w
✓ ' of the automotive supply v
industry." We have "further pr
plans" he stated, but.
n declined further elaboration. fu
Some costs up, others down
Area snow removal no problem
Times -Advocate, hbruory 17, 1912
Poe• 23
Many area residents may superintendent said and hard . The township was general- removal this winter, with
1* cursing the continuing packed snow damaged snow ly very fortunate he said not about 911,000 already spent.
snowfall but township road equipment.
superintendents t but is seem to To the north, to have had any major equip- • He noted the costs for
have the Hay ment problems. snow removal last
hand. problem well in Township has had more Fisher said Hay would be totalled $11,000.year
Bruce Karr said past two years,
snow this year than In the spending more this
was
than in -the last two y ars over budget buear He said t hadd not
McGillivray Township had Ross Fisher said township combined.
allotted about $20,000 for . road crews had had He said he ex been allotting as much to the
snow removal this season. problems with the odd car township to spend about csnow ent years
because budget of In re -
McGillivray is "well into left on the roads. f ra tighter
the budget" with Karr es- 000 to $25,000 on snow snowfall.
timating 60 to 65 percent
'already spent.
He said heavy snowsall In Swuss hockey-isi• •ts area,
the past .three weeks has
pushed up the township's ex -
v
pensee. _
He noted snow in belt runs from Mt. Carmel 'ay Zthrough Allaathat Craigthe 'andLucan
there has been exceptionally
high amounts of snow in the The Dubendorf Bantam precede the
western `side o f t N e team from Switzerland will banquet for the gameand
and Provide helpers at the ban -
team
township. be playing hockeyquet.
Earlier in the season, the bantam teams from againsturih members will follow.ucan minor athletic the othLion's rgalnizatio in
fields were not snow covered
and wind blew soil alongwith southern Ontario tour. and Lucan as part of a Hugill said Steve Howe of selling the tickets and the snow onto the roads. The Organizers in Zurich pounce the CFPI. will be on hand to an- arranging publicity,
hard packed snow andUlegrit reported the 200•Uckets for a local persons who speaks ordinated byames and a The eventi thbeing co-
e Zurich
takes its toll on snow plow • banquet to follow the Swiss- German will be .announcing minor athletic and the arena
equipment, he said. Zurich game, Sunday, the Swiss players and goals. board
Maintenance is required February 21, are almost sold A
community morning effort is be- Officials from both teams
�Y ing mounted in Zurich to plan -to visit other towns
evening Karr added. The banquet will host the welcome the team. where the Swiss will pla
Road superintendent Hugh 18 Swiss players and the 22 Members of council will . Al Scott of the Zurich
Davis of Biddulph Township - persons travelling with the be welcoming the team of- Minor athletic association.
noted the snow was heavier tam ficials and players as they said the Swiss Mayers are
than in the past three years, Don Hugill of the ,Lucas arrive. in Zurich In the after- "big and strong". He noted
Minor Association, said noon.
heavy snowfall.
but that he was used to the ticket sales for the February - the team will be presented only one goal anForest
h said hehe'
Township equipment had 24 game in Lucan are going with a plaque bearingthe ex
been working 14 to 16 hours well.
crest of Zurich and tam will hold their own.
been no per day he said but there had The game in Lucan will be members will be presented The coach of the Lucan
or major break ownroblems sh snow played aYt7:15 on the with evening. Tickets 125th souvenirs
of Zurich's • Bantams, Ken Freeman said
Wednesday Though Davis did not have are 95 per familyor92 anniversary.his team was a "pretty seal
the figures calculated, he adult and 9i for tose ndde Theh game
ch Bean Festival okay�g team we should do
said the snow removal had 914. Tickets In Zurich are 92 committee will be hosting a The games are being co -
cost about 915,000 of an es- for adults and 91 for reception after the game -at ordinated by the OMHA.
timated 940,000 budget for.students. 'the Dominion Hotel for the The hockey association
the year. The players will arrive in officials and the press. will be paid 15
Usborne Township is hay- Lucan in the afternoon and A banquet -will follow. The percent the
ingbe .taken on agate deceipts and the
just a normal winter tour of four chamber of commerce remainder will go to the
this year." area farms. A luncheon will helped organize andwill communities' arena boards
John Batten said with in-
flation worked into thecosts,
snow removal was .costing
no more. than five or six
years ago.
The township spent about
911.000 of its 925,000 budget
in January.
There has been a generally
heavy snowfall across the
township and Batten said
there had been a lot of small
equipment breakdowns but
no serious setbacks.
"We're -spending more
than we want to spend,"
Batten said of the budget, es-
pecially since money and the
snow "all goes down the
dr in, in -May'.
n Stanley township Ron
Coleman is filling in for road
superintendent Bill Taylor
who is in Florida.
Coleman was not s
ofthe b d t f
township but he noted coup
workers had said more w
spent this year already tha
in the whole of last year. H
said budget would probably
ure
u dg
figures for the
ty
as
Huron
budget time
R
READY TO ROLL Robert Wydeven and Bill Hotson are ready to start their
snowmobiles for one of the many Sunday activities at the Kirkton-Woodham
Winter Carnival.
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oad rate not ready
be double last year's costs
Coleman said crews wer
working normal hours ‘du
ing the week, and overtim
on weekends to keep up wi
the weekend snowstorms.
Before Christmas th
township had more sno
along the lakeshor
(highway 21) but the are
along highway 4 is now
receiving the bulk 'of th
snow. '
in Stephen Township over
time costs are being kept
down by salaried employees
doing the majority of the
weekend work.
Eric Finkbeiner said the
township had spent 914,000
just over 50 percent. of its
winter control budget of
e
It's budget time for Huron
r- County Council.
e Most committee budgets
th were presented at Huron
County council's January
e session. Clerk -treasurer Bill
w Haply said all budgets will
e
a- be put together then brought
back before council for final
e approval.
The road committee could
not establish a county rate as
its subsidy figure from the
Mihistry of Transportation
and Communications was
not available yet.
The Library board has set
its. 1982 budget at $632,102,
with the county's share being -
9503,280. This is up from the
1981 budget of 9565,932 and
the county's share of
9437,110. The county's share
represents a 15 percent in-
crease. •
The 1982 budget for social
services has been set at .
9786,868 with the county's
share being $208,796. The
remainder is funded by the
Ministry of Community and
Social Services. This is up
considerably from the 1981
27.500.
Part of the high cost was
ue to running double shifts
hen one of the township
riders had a rear -end
reakdown.
This was not due to the
eather Finkbeiner said. but
Bather had contributed to a
arietv of equipment
oblems. ' -
Cold weather had caused
el line freezing, the road
Usborne township counc
will be calling tenders for th
road gravelling program fo
the ,year 1981.
At the February 3 meeting
road superintendent Joh
Batten was instructed to
issue the tender call to be in
for the March 2 mee ing for
, crushing and delivepout of
the Webber pit of 30,000 of
gravel and stockpiling of '
3,000 tons.
. The contractor is to supply
scales and the road
gravelling is to be completed
between May 10 and June 11.
Building inspector Her-
man Van Wieren reported
issuing no building permits
during the month of
January. He made nine
inspections.
A bylaw was passed
providing for the setting of
interest rates on lax arrears
at one an one half percent
per month.
Council authorized a letter
of appreciation to be sent to
Anne Prout and. John Pym,
Usborne's representatives on •
the South Huron Rec Centre
Board.
Road department accounts
were paid in the amount of
$16,895.99 and general • ac-
counts amounted to
$53,853.20.
The next regular meeting
will be held Tuesday, March d C d
at 1 p.m. Si r Carnival. Shown h h cam of r
EXCITING DOG RACES - Dog and sled races featured Sunday's activities at the
Kirkton-Woodham Winter in action with t er t
g i or ing,racers is
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total budget of 9616,725 a
the county's share o
$162,670. Anticipated in
creases in caseloads and th
hiring of an additiona
worker to assist with th
increases are blamed for the
increase.
The development com
mittee has kept its 1982
budget expenditures at the
1981 level of • $77,000. I
agriculture and
reforestation (under the
jurisdiction of the
development committee),
820,700 has been budgeted for
weed inspection, up from
520,000 in 1981. An 1982
budget of 815,680 has been set
for • reforestation up from
*14,700 in 1981. Agricultural
grants remain at 911,000 in
1982.
Under property com-
mittee, general maintenance
in county buildings has been
budgeted at $241,612 up from
1981's budget of $229.620.
This represents a 5.2 percent
increase. The county's share
of the museum will decrease
in 1982. The county will pay
$76,550, down from 981,900 in
1981. The 7 percent decrease
is due to a larger provincial
grant than was expected in
1981.
The county's share of the
Land Division committee's
cost is down in 1982. Of its
total budget of $49.115, the
county's share is 925.115. The
1981 share frorp the county
was $25,976.
Huron's share of the 1982
budget for Huronview is up.
Of its total budget of
$4,183,400, the county will
pay $396.339. The county's
share of the 1981 actual of
93.885.952 was $327.213.
Under the board of health,
in plumbing` and en-
yironment, the county's
share is decreased by 13.1
percent from 1981. In 191;2 its
total budget is $92.760 with
the county's share being
938.610, down from its 1981
nd share of 943,685. Its total
f budget in 1981 was 9109,160.
- For the health -unit, the
e county's share is $222,590 in
i 1982 of a total budget of
e 9898,308. In 1981 the county's
share was 9231,050 of
8803,650..
Under general govern-
ment, the 1982 budget In-
creased from 8136,750 in 1981
In
Over
80 club
to 9150,700. General ad-
ministration colts have gone
up from $267,400 ,in 1981 to
9294,900 in 1982. General
grants have remained the
same at 97,000.
AC Explorers
keep busy
By AUCE DICKENS
AI[SA CRAIG
Under the capable leader-
ship of Wendy Lee, Theresa
Marshall and Mts. McPhee.
the Explorers have
fellowship as well as
outings. On January 30 the
group enjoyed roller skating
win Loeek.ndon and now they plan •
a Valentine's party this
They are looking forward
to their Mother -Daughter
banquet on May 25. Ex-
plorers meet each Tuesday
evening in.the United
Church Suday school
room.
Winners at The Happy
Gang euchre were Mrs.
Earl Rees, ('armon Stewart,
Mrs. Ralph Turner. Mrs.
Williams, Mrs. Marjorie
Steeper. and Mrs. Levine.
Plans are being made to
entertain the seniors from
Montrose, Mich in A ril.
February 24 there will be a"
pot luck dinner at • noon
followed by euchre.
The Ailsa Craig Brownies
and Guides organized'
recently an out -door pro
gram for the Brownies -
Guides to attend Circle R
Ranch. Delaware. •when
they enjoyed cross-country
skiing. snow shoeing.
skating and a parachute
prograin. All report a very
interesting Saturday• and
the weather man even
'o -operated
Birthday greetings are ex -
ended to 11rs. Ella Tweddle
who will be 92. Thursday.
Sympathy is extended to
1r. and Mrs. John Whitmore
and family in the loss of the
latter's mother, Mrs.
Goddard
Mrs. Mabel Kirk, 57
Thomas Street celebrated
her 80th birthday on
February '17. -