Times-Advocate, 1982-11-10, Page 1•
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QUALITY
FUR TYRE
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PAY
MORE?
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Phone 235.1964
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fiectors cnsist.nt: woman tops
and Ho�gonb..m defeated again
Exeter electors didn't have
manyecisions facing them
when they headed to the polls,
Monday, but if nothing else
they certainly proved they
are consistent.
Forr the second straight
election they named a woman
to head the polls. For the se-
cond time in a row they gave
Tom Humphreys 1,008 votes.
For the fourth tithe they fail-
ed. t4 .support Ben Hoogen-
boomn in hielection attempt.
With Mayor Bruce Shaw be-
ing acclaimed to office along
with Bill Mickle as reeve and
Lossy Fuller as deputy -reeve,
the electors faced a short
ballot with seven names for
the six council seats.
Topping the poll was in-
cumbent Dorothy Chapman
with a 111 vote lead over,
another incumbent, Morley
Hall.
It was Mrs. Chapman's first
election after being appointed
to fill the vacancy created by
the resignation of weather-
man Jay Campbell. She top -
'ped all the regular polls ex-
cept one with a total of 1,162.
Mrs.- Chapman was ob-
viously pleased with her win,
not only in topping the polls
but in getting a mandate from
the electorate. She said it had
been "uncomfortable" sitting
on council for the year
without havingbeen chosen
. by the voters.
The'1980 election was also
topped b a woman, Coun-
cillor Lowy Fuller.
• Following behind Hall
(1,051 votes) were Don
MacGregor and Tom Hum-
phreys, the former getting the
third spot by a single vote in
his successful attempt to gain
a seat on council after serving
as reeve.
MacGregor was named on
1,009 ballots, while Hum-
phreys had 1,008 votes.
Ironically, that was the same
number of votes he received
in his first successful attempt
at council in the 1980 election.
Inc umbent' Gaylan
Jusephsop placed fifth with
985 vo$ and newcomer Bill
Rose wan the final spot with a.
tally of 863.
The win was also the first
for Josephson. He joined
council totlll a vacancy after
finishing in the Seventh posi-
tion in the 1980 vote.
Hoogenboom, who has run
unsuccessfully in the past
four elections, finished 240
votes behind Rose with a final
count of 623.
In the 1980 election. he was
defeated in a bid for the
deputy -reeve pie by Alvin
Epp, the lone incumbent to
not seek re-election,.
Turnout at the polls was
down considerably oyer the
last election, despite ideal
weather conditions for an .
election. QnIy 1,362 of the 2,904
eligible voters exercised their
franchise for a percent of ap-
proximately 46.5.
In 1980, the turnout was 54.5
percent.
THE W ERS Dorothy Chapman, who headed the polls in Exeter; Monday, is
surroun • • by the five moles who join her on council. . From the left ore mit Rose,
Goylan Josephson, 1y orley Hall, Mrs. Chapn%an, Don MacGregor and Tom
Humphreys.
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Schk'is below standard,
butizai'eview .is planrte
The Huron County Board of
Education won't be appoin-
ting an accommodation
review committee for this
year.
Every year, in November.
the board looks at accom-
modation reports for each
ment of 145; Vanastra Public
School with a Sept. 30 enrol-
ment of 108, below the
minimum effective enrol-
ment of 109; and Central
Huron Secondary School,
Clinton with a Sept. 30 enrol -
school in its jurisdiction and
decides whether or not a cam Light vote
mittee will be established to
determine if a school should
beclasedbecauseof low enrol-
ment;. F_t the lx•ard's Nov. ` l
meeting the accommodation
report was received and
despite the fact that two
elementary schools and one
secondary school are below
minimum in attendance, no.
review will be conducted.
Board chairman Dorothy
Wallace said the executive
committee, while studying
the accommodation report,
looked at the schools surroun-
ding the three in question and
determined they couldn't sup-
port those students affected if
the schools were closed..
The three schools are Hen-
son Public School with Sept.
30 enrolment of 128, below the
minimum effective : enrol -
in Stephen
Only 27 percent of the eligi-
ble voters in. Stephen
'township exercised their fran-
chise to select three persons
. from .a slate of. four for
-. coupcil. • .
. Current members Ken
McCann andom Tomes led
the polls with 695 and 673.
votes, respectively while
newcomer.Kuther Miller was
third with 586 votes.
• The defeated candidate
Tony Martens was named.on
361 ballots.
Completing the council are
reeve Alan Wolper and
deputy -reeve Ralph Weber
whowere elected by
acclamation.
•ment of 844, below the
niinimum effective enrol-
ment
of 849.
Mrs. Wallace said the ex-
ecutive comtnittee also con
sidered the number of double
classes and whether or not the
schools are manageable at
their size. The committee
determined there are no pro-
blems in these areas.
Trustee Joan. Van den
Broeck asked if the board
could be assured an accom-
modation review report will
not be done again in the near -
future.
Director of education John
Cochrane said it is board
policy that such a report is •
submitted to the board each
November. If; at that time,
the board decides to establish
an accommodation review
committee it does so and the -
committee works through the
winter months. If the commit-
tee recommends, clad the
board agrees; to close any
school there is another year to
wait before the school is ac-
tually closed.
"That clarifies it," conclud-
ed Trustee Van den Brdeck.
Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
One Hundred and .Tenth-Yeiar
& North Lambton Since 1873
EXETER, ONTARIO, November 10,1982
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Two area
beaten in
Clarence (King) McDonald
was re-elected to the Huron
board of education by voters
in Usborne and Exeter, Mon-
day, escaping in a battle that
•he mainly created for himself
by attempting to dissuade
challenger Bill .Hart from
running.
Hart, a local senior citizen
and a virtually unknowncdn-.
;didate to most voters in the
two municipalities; made it a
close race although his.cam-
paign wai-extremely low-key.
McDonald polled 739 votes
in Exeter to Hart's 551, while
the race in Usborne was ex-
tremely close with the incum-
bent posting 282 votes to the
264 garnered by Hart.
Hart said he didn't ex
to get much more. thane
votes when he tossed his hat'
into the ring, but his suppol•t
grew rapidly after it was
revealed that McDonald had
visited the challenger shortly.
after nominations closed and
ted lam'° stibuld
wilWeaw his nomieationand
not force an election.
The loser said from his
home, Monday, that publicity
surrounding the visit did an
"immense• amount" in
boosting his support and
reported that he would con-
tinue to show an interest in.
eaucauon to one
would probably do so through
letters to the editor in view of
not getting onto the board.
In Tuckersmith, Huron
Board of Education trustee
Frank Falconer was re-
elected. Falconer picked up
1,228 votes compared to 819.
for challenger Joe Atkinson:
but
For the Huron -Perth
Separate School ` Board
representing • Exeter,
Usborne. Stephen and part of
`McGillivray, newcomer
Michael Ryan upset veteran
. board member Greg`
Fleming.
Ryan picked up 199 votes to
165 for Fleming. Both are
from the Mount Carmel area.
Ryan gained his victory in
the township of Stephen with
128 votes to 81 for Fleming
and was ahead in McGillivray
by 18 to 15 votes.
Fleming was ahead in Ex -
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REMEMBER COMRADES Auxiliary president Dorothy tenk and,R.E. Pooley branch Legion president
Norm Ferguson placed wreaths on behalf of the veterans to remember their fallen comrades at Exeter, Sunday.
trustees
elections‘
eter 35-26, in Usborne 31-26
and three to one in Biddulph.
In the election for a trustee
for -the Middlesex Board of
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Resort man
dies in crash
A 28-y -all; Grand Bend
man w eifilled Friday when
the' ear h6was driving collid-
ed with alarm tractor on Mid-
dlesex County .Road 17, just
east of Highway 81.
Strathroy DPP said
William Christie of 50 Green
Acres died of multiple head
and chest injuries.
Police:Said the accident oc-
curred afloat 10:25 p.m. when.
the westbound car crossed
the center line and collided
with the eastbound tractor.
Robert Webster, 27, of RR 4
Parkhif •suffered minor knee
injurieswhenthe tractor he
was drivigg oWrturned.
Web w4 :St
Hospital
wheredlesez Genas)
Hospital .'flt�• remains
under observation.
Enthusiasm
in Germany
After thefirst day of their
busy schedule in Germany,
Mayor Bruce Shaw and Coun-
cillor Bill Mickle are en-
thusiastic over the reception -
they are getting from in-
dustrial leaders inthat
country.
Shaw and Mickle arrived in
Germany on Thursday and
had seven meetings on Fri-
day,
riday, after getting an hour's
sleep.
The Mayor called home to
his wife, ' Fran, from
Frankfurt and reported that
the Germans appeared very
enthusiastic and impressed
over what the two delegates
'related Exeter had to offer.
Mrs. Shaw said her hus-
band appeared very pleased
with the reception they have
been given -and reported that
interest in Canada is very
high among German officials.
The Mayor indicated that
the assistance of their Ger-
man representative, P.
Mueller, and the provincial
and federal trade ministries,
was excellent.
Shaw and Mickle will be in
Germany most of this week
and have 27 interviews lined
up before returning home to
Exeter.
Dashwood
lays off 99
Dashwood industries an-
nounced the temporary layoff
of 99 employees last week, in
what was described by com-
pany spokesman Al Rankin as
a seasonal situation. •
Ile said orders have tailed
off for the company since the
highly successful "Window
Wars" promotion. •
it was indicated there may
be -an additional layoff of a•
handful of employees and the
majority of the remaining 143
staff will again have a tem-
porary month layoff over the
Christmas period, starting on
December 17.
Rankin said_ the month
layoff was implemented last
year. • •
ile explained that the 99
laid off this week would
hopefully he recalled in
groups of from 10 le 20 in
February as the company
starts its annual winter build-
up of inventory in expectation.
of spring orders.
A'PRESSURE TAKER — Darlene Geoffrey of South Huron Hospital shows how blood pressure is taken to Sun-
shine Kids Nursery School students Darryl Parsons, Nathan Hern and Toni DeJong. T -A photo
Youth counselling services
now available from Exeter
The Huron Centre for
•Children and Youth, head-
quartered in Clinton. is open-
ing an office in Exeter this
week on the third floor of the
Devon Building, .476 Main
Street (corner of Main and
Huron). Present plans call for
the new:office to be staffed
one day a week; .more hours
can be added later. depending
on demand.
The Centre came into ex-
istence after the closure of the
psychiatric facilities al
Goderich. Concerned profes-
sional and lay people such as
Dr. Frank Mills rthen in
charge of the Huron.County
' Health )'nit 1. Bruce Heath
(head of the Huron Children's
Aid Society at the time) Ila
• Kayes, (.rand Bend. (special
education coordinator for the
Huron Board of Education
who hassince retired) and
Ilelen Bart liff, Clinton: were
convinced ot the need for a
familycounselling service,
• and formed a steering com-
mittee to do something about
it.
. As a result of these efforts..
the 1 heron ('entre for Children
and Youth opened five years
ago in the lower level of the
Clinton Chiropractic Centre.
The Huron Centre for
Children and Youth is a non-
profit organization funded by
the OntailO government to
. provide free counselling for
families with children from
infancy to nineteenth birth-
day. The staff. recruited by
director hon Keillor. includes
four social workers. a
counselling psychologist
specialist. a psychologist and
a consulting. psychiatrist.
As the ('entre serves Huron
County and periphery. and
some clients were travelling
long distances, part-time of-
fices were opend in Listowel.
Stratford and Kincardine.
Now Exeter has been added
to the list. •
The ('entre works with ap-
proximatel 300 families a •
year. .The specially trained
personnel devote all efforts to
helping parents. help their
children. giving 'entity
members a fresh perspective
on their difficulties. and pro-
viding a crossroads when the
family fears it has.reached a
dead end.
Perhaps a child is having
learning problems at school,
or disruptive behavior is
causing trouble at home and
at school. or a teenager's ac-
tions are worrying the
parents. . Sometimes
teenager` want to talk with.
someone outside the 1amity
about drugs or alcohol. con-
cerns about girlfriends,
-boyfriends. ricitds. parents.or •rh�x►I.
• Keillor zeroed in on the.
greatest obstacle to seeking
assistance: the very act of
asking; for outside help seems
to he an admission of failure.
Prout victorious
in Osborne battle
Gerry Prout had an uneX-
pectedl•'easy time winning'
the. reeve's ixost in Monday's
election in l'storne Township.
The veteran member of
council had ainargin of over
twee to one against his oppo-
Hent. i)eputy tiee%e. p'etrr
lierendsen ', •
-
'I'h(• two men were lighting
tor the ,cal a anted h� blur
ray Dawson (►thei :nemhers
of • council were acclaimed
They were the new deputy -
reeee. '.largaret• Bern. and
'council members Boss
Ballantt•ite. Brian Ilardeman
•and Donald Kerslake
Proal polled a. total of 121;
-:votes to the 111 actimuilated
by Berendsem
Berendsen enjoyed an ins-
tant of leading the polis when
he was picked on eight of the
11 ballots cast in the advance
poll Howeyer•.,1'roul won .ill
other polls e\rel►I nunlllrr
three %% here the twro Wren each
received 68 voles.
The eyinner received his
nggesl margin 01 support in
t e Moor south portion of the
township. where in poll (melt.
recorded 1.3 votes to the 2.1
gained by Berendsen
The north-west side .1w{1 !
of the lnwnship•gaye''rout a
Gerry Prout
Victory of t:33 to 38 and the
Kirkton poll 1 number 4 also
Iiad hint as a Ne inner by 7, to
10
Clerk find returning officer
110114 set voter tur-
1)11111 at about .;(i p•rrent
• a damaging blow .to one's
sense of self-worth- as a
parent. On the contrary,.
Keillor asserts. it's the secure
. parent who can say "i've
goofed. What worked with my
other children is not working
with this one. Something's
wrong.
The director emphasizes
the problem does not have to
he severe;, the Centre's choice
ecould be situations that could
be dealt with in three or four
• sessions. . However, on
average a family is counsell-
ed over the course of six to
euzht sessions. and -may
resume contact later.
l y pica))•. the . younger
can e+ork with a child, the
giiicher the results", Keillor
sa 1)l •( )nee behavior patterns
have been in place for a long
tinte..theY are hard to uncle'.
Lupo resident Dr. Doug
Rel►eiig: who will be manning
the Exeter office,. is sym•
pathetic. "Sometimes it
seems to be the world's
hardest job growing up in the
'80h". he maintains.
Fhe psychologist came to
the Iluron ('entre. two years
ago via , Kalamazoo
Michigan Toronto and
Hamilton. Alter a
.background in university
teaching. he is stimulated by
the ongoing challenge of ap-
pl' ing: intormalion gained in
the laboratory to a communi-
ty sotto g. and finds the,
results �gr•,itifying and
rewarding
Hr•herg stresses the sanc-
ticof confidentiality between
the Centre. and its clients.
refusing to delineate even a
hypxothetccal case history and
run the risk . of someone
wrongly assuming they could
identity the . subject.
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