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Times -Advocate, December 29, 1982
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The year that
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queen of the Kirkton-
Woodham winter carnival.
An ultra -sound machine
was added to the equipment
at South Huron Hospital.
February 24
J.M. Gibson, after several
years in the armed forces and
Canada's overseas diplomatic
corps, retired to 'the best life
of all' in Exeter.
.Grand Bend was
represented at a major three-
day tourist show in Michigan.
Plans for expansion were
announced at Huron Country
Playhouse.
Tuckersmith recorded a
deficit of $61,000 according to
the audit just released.
A team from Switzerland
played.minor squads in Lucan
and Zurich.
A grant from New Horizons
enabled residents at the
Bluewater Rest Home and
Apartments to purchase a
new piano.
Hay's Jack Tinney was
elected chairman of the
Ausable Bayfield Conserva-
tion Authority.
Several area dignitaries
participated in the Big
Brothers Bowl' for Millions.
March 3
John Scott was elected
president of the Kirkton-q.
Woodham Farmers Club.
The Exeter midgets ousted
St. Marys in OMHA playoffs.
and won the Shamrock 'B'
playoff championship.
Over 1200 attended the an-
nual carnival staged by the
Exeter figure skating club.
Members of Exeter council
agreed to take a CPR (Car-
divascular pulmonary
resuscitation) course. They
also decided employees had
to pass courses before being
reimbursed for attending
same.
Hay council learned details
of an agri-park subdivision
planned on Exeter's northern
outskirts.
Bonthron Furniture of Hen-
sall went into receivership.
March 10
Stephen, Bosanquet and
Grand Bend continued discus-
sion for a new fire hall at the
resort village.
' Gord Strang was one of a
group of seedmen who started
a new firm, First Line Seeds
Ltd.'
The recently renovated
Bank of Montreal in Hensall
was officially opened.
Merger, a three-year-old
horse owned by Dave Mor-
rissey, Peter Oud and Jack
Campbell was syndicated for
$15 million.
The Exeter Hawks were
!ipset by Mitchell in the junior
'D' playoffs.
Deborah Josephson, Ex-
eter, won the public speaking
contest to win a trip to the
Unition Nations sponsored by
Huron Oddfellows and
Rebekahs.
Fire destroyed the Village
Inn at Grand Bend and the
Port Franks home of local
roofing .contractor Bruce
Peat.
Ray Allen Becker. Huron
Park, was charged with arson
following the fire in a vacant
Dashwood area home.
March 17
A Kirkton firm.
McNaughton Shell, was busy
converting vehicles to
propane.
Huron's secondary school
teachers settled for a 10 per-
cent pay.increase.
Former Canadian cham-
pion skater Lynn Nightingale
highlighted 'the annual
Zurich -Grand Bend figure
skating club show.
The Lucan Irish won the
Junior 'D' group title for the
second consecutive time,
ousting Mitchell in the
playoffs.
The Vial -of -Life was
distributed in Usborne.
An era ended when it was
announced that home
delivery of milk would ter-
minate in this area.
Firemen quickly quelled a
fire at the Dashwood Hotel.
March 24.
Members of 'the Lucan
figure skating club displayed
their talents in their annual
carnival.
Grand Bend public school
won the Northeast Lambton
volleyball championship.
Concern waned over the
prospect of major flooding
problems due to the deep
snow cover in the area this
year.
McCann Redi-Mix Inc. an-
nounced plans to build a plant
in Exeter.
The Ontario ministry of
agriculture and food opposed
the selectioi\of hydro routes
through this area from the
Bruce nuclear plant. County
council backed the routes
through this area.
Fire caused $20,000 to a
Main St. apartment building
in Crediton. All three units in
the building were vacant.
March 31
Ron Bogart, coach of the
Exeter Hawks for the past
five and a half years, an-
nounced his retirement.
Area municipalities reveal-
ed that tax arrears were
mounting in view of
deteriorating economic
conditions.
A former resident of the
Epp Home pleaded guilty to
setting a fire at the Exeter
residence in February. Arson
was cited as the cause of the
fire in a Crediton blaze last
week.
Huron county approved a
budget increase of 12.13 per-
cent, while Middlesex had a
jump of 13.1 percent.
Kongskilde Ltd. announced
layoffs for 28 production
workers. Custom Trailers
started to recall 27 of its
employees who had been on
layoff.
• April 7
An OPP officer told
members of the Zurich
Chamber of Commerce about
steps to take to reduce the
risk of shop lifting.
Profit from the Kirkton-
Woodham winter carnival
was $4,300 and area groups
shared in the bounty.
Zurich Buckeyes captured
the South Huron hockey
league title for the fourth con-
secutive year after ousting
Ilensall in an exciting playoff
series.
The new home of Huron.
Hope nursery school was of-
ficially opened at J.A.D.
McCurdy school in Huron
Park.
Janet Ecker, Exeter native,
was appointed press
secretary to Ontario Premier
William Davis.
An early spring or late
winter snow storm halted
traffic on area roads.
Exeter council paid tribute
to the late Jeff Pearson.
former chairman of the local
planning board, who died last
month.
April 11
Exeter native Sgt. Doug
Wein, was recognized.for his
20 years' service with the
RCMP.
Astoryon Edelweiss Acres
revealed how the Dashwood
hatchery supplied the needs
of small bird flock owners. •
Barry Miller. Mike Veal
and Ed Johns were inducted
into the Exeter Lions Club.
Dashwood Tigers won their
division in the Can -Am
hockey tournament in Lake
Placid
Hensall announced .plans
for a $153,559 downtown
revitalization project.
German industrial consul-
tant Johannes Mueller visited
Exeter. He represents ,the
• town in his native land and
was here on a tour to
familiarize himself with the
community.
April 21
The Lucan Irish beat
Langton to win the Ontario
Junior 'D' title.
The newly decorated Hen-
sall Legion was opened.
Keith Westlake was named
to fill the vacancy on Zurich
council.
Exeter Minor Hockey
Association started steps to
divest their interest in the Ex-
eter Hawks and turn the team
over to a. booster club.
The Exeter mill rate in-
creased 5.23 percent. During
budget discussions, the need
for greater financial help
from the area townships for
recreation programs and
facilities was cited by Mayor
Bruce Shaw and members of
council. •
April 28
The Huron board of educa-
tion budget jumped 13.8 per-
cent while the Huron -Perth
Separate School budget
jumped 14.56 percent.
The budget increase for
Stephen Township was set at
10 percent for general
purposes. •
SHDHS students Jacqueline
Hyde and Catherine Patter-
son earned a spot in the On-
tario gymnastics
championship.
A drug and alcohol seminar
at South Huron Hospital
revealed lots of problems in
the area but few willing to
help tackle the solutions.
Miss Canada, Karen
Baldwin, came to Exeter for
the Cancer Society fashion
show. She later went on to win
the Miss Universe crown. •
Exeter Kinettes marked
their 30th anniversary.
May 5
The tax levy for education
was increased an average 20
mills. The residential rate for
separate school supporters
rose 21.91 Mills (9.4 percent)
over last year, and public
school supporters face an in-
crease of 18.12 mills of 7.64
percent.
Huron Country Playhouse
Guild held its annual fashion
show in the Pinery Inn, Grand
Bend.
After 16 months of hard
work the Hensall Senior
Citizens Housing Committee
received its charter, making
it an official corporate body.
Walter Fydenchuk,
Technical Director of South
Huron DIIS, and one of 80
educators selected by the On-
tario government to attend a
two-week vocation seminar in
West Germany, shared his
impressions and experiences
with T -A readers. '
Huron county council ap-
proved integration of plann-
ing and economic develop-
ment under one department.
May 12
Exeter policechief Ted Day
outlined emergency plans
among the police, PUC,
works and fire departments
in case of a disaster affecting
the town. Communities were
encouraged to make such
plans by the Ontario Police
Commission atter the
Mississauga train
derailment.
Exeter Block Parents ask-
ed for more participants to
become block parents.
Exeter was singled out as
the fastest-growing town in
Huron in the past five years;
its 6.6 percent growth in
population exceeds the pro-
vincial average.
South Huron Hospital in-
augurated a new chaplaincy
program. Rev. Cheryl ,
•Ashick-Englert was the first
appointee.
The Canadian Cancer
• Society was approximately
$5,000 richer after the very
Successful biannual fashion
show sponsored by the local
branch in cooperation with
Merry Rags, Grand Bend.
The SHDHS performance of
the musical "Grease"
featured strong singing by the
student cast under the super-
vision of co -directors Pat
Quigley and Annette Cann.
• \
May 19
Newly appointed provincial
minister of agriculture Den-
nis Timbrell attended the
graduation ceremonies at
Centralia CAT.
Beta Sigma Phi, one of Ex-
eter's most thriving service
organizations, made plans to
celebrate 35 years in the town.
Leone Brock headed the
new slate of officers for the
Hospital Auxiliary.
Zurich council voiced its
, concern about the many
vacancies in the Spruce villa
Apartments.
The SHDHS track team
finished a respectable third in
the Huron -Perth track and
field meet at the Robarts
School in London.
Hensall United Church
hosted the Huron District
100F church parade and
service.
May 26
Separate school teachers in
Huron and Perth received an
11.1 percent pay increase.
At a special meeting, opera-
tion of the Junior "D" Hawks
passed from the Exeter Minor
Hockey. Association to the Ex-
eter and Area Junior Hockey
Association.
Crediton firemen's
fireworks display was a
sparkling success.
Patti Shapton, Exeter, was
hired as Hensall rec organizer
for the'summer.
June 2
Marg Pym and Matt
McClure were chosen as
SHDHS students of the year.
Assessment change 4 took
one Huron County Board of
Education seat from
Goderich, and gave Stephen
township its own board rep.
A new women's division
was added to the attractions
of the Hensel' Spring Fair.
After 30 yeras as a mission
church, Grand Bend Catholic
Church became a separate
parish with the appointment
of its own pastor, Father
Robert Morrissey.
June 9
Dashwood's new Medical
Centre was officially opened.
The Hughes Columbia Inc.
boat firm in Huron Park sank
into receivership.
Ontario's implementation
of new sales tax regulations
added $4,000 to Exeter's
budget.
Huron county board of
education trustees voted
themselves a 3313 percent in-
crease, raising their monthly
stipend by $100.
Willow Wiper, owned by
Bob Hamather of Zurich, won
the Graduate Pacing Series at
Meadowlands, N.J.
MIDI'S student Matt
McClure took third place in
hurdling at the OFSSA track
meet in Etobicoke.
Tuckersmith taxes were up
25 percent.
June 16
Exeter Agricultural Socie-
ty accepted a five-year rental
proposal proffered at a
meeting with the South Huron
rec centre hoard of
management.
Over 300 attended the
Me•
•,•
was • • in review
Clandeboye Womens Institute
75th birthday celebration.
The Hensell spring fair was
judged a success.
Dave Shaw, hockey -playing
son of Exeter mayor Bruce
Shaw, was drafted by the
Quebec Nordiques.
Hensall's tax rate was -hik-
ed 8.5 percent.
June 23
A tornado ripped through
the.eastern portion of Stephen
township, leaving toppled
barns and uprooted trees in
its wake.
In two area tragedies, a
Dashwood man was over-
come by fumes in a well, and
a Hensall youth died in the
crash of a powered glider.
Bob Rowe was appointed 1
new coach of the Exeter
Junior Hawks.
A large crowd attended the
annual fiddle contest in
Hensall.
The Consolidated Hearing
Board into a proposed new
Hydro corridor opted for the
Foodlands-Hydro-backed M3
plan.avoiding a power line
through fet Huron county.
• .
June 30
Cross-country wheelchair
rider Dan Altan was welcom-
ed in Hensall and Exeter.
Huron County council voted
19 to 11 in favour of a model
liquid manure storage bylaw.
Huron county elementary
school teachers were granted
an average 11 percent pay
inerease.
Summer short courses of-
fered for the first time
through the home economics
department of Centralia CAT
were very popular.
The Grand Bend Property
Lovers Organization (PLO)
was . formed by cottage
owners to look after their
interests.
July 7
South Huron Hospital's oc-
cupancy rate soared to record
levels.
Kevin Shaw headed the list
of 10 Ontario Scholars an-
nounced by SHDHS.
The Lucan Post Office
celebrated its 125th
anniversary.
The federal government
promised to pick up the
$60,000 bill for dredging the
harbour at Grand Bend.
July 14
The names of Riverview
Park and Old Mill Road were
changed to McNaughton Park
and McNaughton Drive to
honour the Honorable CS
McNaughton, former local
Conservative MPP.
The first group of
Katimavik members arrived
in Exeter.
Rev. Robert Matheson,
formerly of Saskatoon, was
inducted as minister of
Thames Road-Elimville
pastoral church by Rev. Bar-
bara Laing.
Huron was chosen as host
county for the 4-H Inter-
provincial Exchange.
The Exeter rec board refus-
ed a request for earlier ice
this fall.
.July 21
Heritage Days in Exeter
were an unqualified success,
and will become an annual
event.
PUC etnployees received a
14 percent pay hike.
Vicki Mann, Hensall, was
crowned queen of the well -
attended Zurich Fair.
75 county homeowners with
urea formaldehyde foam -
insulated residences had their
assessements cut by 75 per-
cent after a hearing in
Goderich.
July 28
A crop -spraying helicopter
crashed south of town. The
pilot walked away unhurt.
The 38th annual Kirkton
garden party drew the usual
large crowd.
Stephen township took steps
to enforce stricter regulations
at the landfill site on conces-
sion 14 after an explosion
there injured Crediton
fireman Bob Martin.
A Harbour Commission for
Grand Bend became a
reality.
August 5
A group of local men were
charged with public mischief
after a spree of vandalism in
which an apartment was
reduced to a shambles.
Dashwood's Ilth annual
Friedsburg Days were a
success.
A public meeting in Stanley,
township to discuss a
feasibility study outlining op-
tions for a new water supply
was well attended by cot-
tagers and year-round
residents.
Hensall held its first
Moonlight Madness night,
recalling days of yore for
oldtimers who remember
crnwded streets every Satur-'
day night years ago.
Exeter Centennials won the
B title in the mid-season soc-
cer tournament.
August 11
A home on Huron Street for
the profoundly han'dicapped
was being considered. It
would be run under the
auspices of the Parkhill Girls'
Home.
The Exeter dump site was
found to be environmentally
safe. Opening another three -
hectare portion in .Hay will
provide room for town gar-
bage for the next 20 years, but
the cost of daily coverage of
the refuse, as required by the
province, will be expensive.
August 18
Exeter council opposed a
move by Huron County Coun-
cil to reduce the number of
county seats.
Work was well under way
at the Lucan IPM site.
More people must have
stayed home and read: the
local library experienced its
busiest summer ever.
• Dave Shaw, son of Exeter
Mayor Bruce Shaw, received
a town plaque in recognition
of being a member of a na- •
tional championship team,
the' Kitchener Rangers.
The sun shone the entire
weekend Of the annual Lucan
Lions Fair.
August 25
The South Huron rec board
announcedthe availability of
storage space for rent in the
new agricultural building dur-
ing the winter months.
Ruth Hill, RR 2 Lucan, was
elected president of the Mid-
dlesex Progressive Conser-
vative Association.
The Kirkton Horticulture
Society's flower show drew a
large number of entries. Mrs.
Evelyn Harrigan received the
most points.
A mile -long parade was one
of the events during Sandcas-
tle Days in Grand Bend.
The student employment
centre closed its doors at
summer's end. Job vacancies
were down 20 percent from
the previous year.
Exeter juniors were
eliminated \ from the Great
Lakes baseball league
playoffs.
September 1
Sheri Varley, 226 William
Street, Exeter was chosen to
participate as a page in the
Ontario Legislature.
Dashwood Industries
recalls 60 previously laid off
workers.
Karen and Dave Roger
repeat in winning the Exeter
Lioness club Green Thumb
award.
Rural women were lauded
in a conference at Centralia
College.
Mrs. Russell Scott, former-
ly of Cromarty celebrated her
90th birthday.
Exeter Co -Op Juniors win
all -Ontario junior -baseball
championship.
The 17th edition of the
Zurich Bean Festival is
another great success.
The Grand Bend water
pollution control system was
officially opened.
September 9
Fire destroys the dairy
barns of Hank Brand, RR 1,
Exeter and Art and Vic
Hodgins, Clandeboye.
Another 11 employees
recalled by Dashwood
Industries.
Gord and Joanne Hardy,
RR 2, Lucan win '100,000 in a
Wintario draw.
Area ambulance operators
show concern about a new
central dispatch system.
The OBA juvenile baseball
*tournament held in Exeter
was won by Wheatley.
Susan Cook is the new cor-
respondent for Lucan and
area.
Dana Kloss and Kim
Rathwell of Brucefield won
the junior ladies division of
.the National Canoe
championships. ,
A plaque was unveiled to
honour Frederick Walker, the
founder of Oakwood Park,
near Grand Bend.
• September 15
Ontario Agriculture
Minister Dennis Timbrell
turns the first sod on the Allan
Scott farm at Lucan for the
1982 International Plowing
Match.
Jobs of Bell Aerospace
workers ensured as firm gets
U.S. army contract for 12
hovercraft.
Kirkton Fall Fair atten-
dance is down because of nice
warm weather.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Pfile,
Dashwood celebrate their
60th wedding anniversary.
Hensall reeve Paul
Neilands announces his
retirement.
Christine Phillips of Ailsa
Craig won the under 15 class
in a Conestoga-Doon road
race.
Grand Bend clerk Louise
Clipperton resigns after 12
years or, the job.
September 22
About 60 worken. of Protec-
tive Plastics at Huron Park
went on strike.
Exeter reeve Al Epp and
councillor Gaylan Josephson
announce their retirement
from municipal politics:
Ted Geoffrey, a member of
the Huron -Perth Separate
School Board for 13 years
calls it quits after losing bat-
tle over increased salaries for
administrators.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Sou -
dant celebrate their 50th
vedding anniversary.
Bob Reynolds was named
Exeter Kinsman of the Year.
The Huron Board of Educa-
tion asks to have TV Ontario
television signals beamed in-
to Huron.
Hubert Miller is the new
building inspector for the
township of Ilay.
Focus on Wool will be a
feature of the 1982 Exeter Fall
Fair.
September 29
Loss of over a million
dollars resulted in a fire
which destroyed buildings in
Dashwood owned by ARC In-
dustries, United Plastic Com-
ponents, Jvan Grigg and
Brian Kipfer.
Frances Dunphy of
Parkhill escapes serious in-
jury when the truck ne was
driving was struck by a CNR
train at the Huron street
crossing in Exeter.
Stephen township reeve
Doug Russell was fined $3,000
for two offences under the On-
tario Environment and Water
Resources Act.
The 1982 Exeter Fall Fair
was successful despite rainy
weather. Debbie Taylor was
named Queen of the Fair.
Despite extended wet
weather for weeks the 1982 In-
ternational Plowing Match
opened at Lucan under sunny
skies.
The strike at Protective
Plastics Plant at Huron Park
ended after one week.
Dave Shaw signs a profes-
sional hockey contract with
the Quebec Nordiques.
More than 1,500 attended an
ecumenical church service at
the Lucan arena preceding
the International Plowing
Match.
October 6
More than 125,000 persons
attended the 1982 Interna-
tional Plowing Match at
Lucan. Match officials blast
the London Free Press for
negative reporting concern-
ing muddy field conditions.
Ross Haugh of the T -A won
the newspaper plowing com-
petition at the I.P.M.
Anthony Segeren of Staffa
was killed in an auto accident
at Winchelsea.
Speaking to the Huron
Cancer Society, Mount.
Carmel priest Joe Nelligan
said education is the key to
eradicating cancer.
Roy Becker, RR 1,
Dashwood was charged with
attempted murder following a
stabbing incident near
Hensall.
Dashwood Lutheran
Church minister Rev.
Mellecke was honoured on the
25th anniversary of his
ordination.
An Optimist club is formed
in Lucan and Steve Storey is
the first president.
October 13
Canada's Minister of
Agricultuie Eugene Whelan
speaking at the opening of the
New Life Mills plant at Den-
field said the long term
outlook for agriculture re-
mains bright.
At the same time Gordon
Hill, chairman of the Ontario
Bean Producers Marketing
Board says the outlook for
white beans is very dark.
Dashwood Industries
merges its British Columbia
wood windows operation with
Kayline Industries of
Vancouver.
Stephen reeve Doug Russell
announces his retirement.
Cheryl Stewart, RR 1,
Kirkton wins a $500 scholar-
ship from Funk Seeds.
The 1982 Ilderton Fair at-
tracts 8,000 visitors. The new
Queen is Antje Seegelkin.
Tony McQuail is named
president of the Huron
Federation of Agriculture.
The Lucan Irish win the
Southwestern Fastball
Association championship.
Marianne Hartwick is the
new Dairy Princess for Mid-
dlesex county.
October 20
Exeter mayor Bruce Shaw
and councillor Bill Mickle
leave on a trip to Germany to
look for new industries.
The South Huron Hospital
Auxiliary rummage sale nets
profit of $6,300.
Dave McLeod scored a
hole -in -one at the Oakwood
golf course at Grand Bend.
October 27
Very few issues surfaced at
a town of Exeter ratepayers
meeting.
Westminster township
reeve Sam Richardson ac-
cuses Exeter officials of a
"breech of ethics" in a hear-
ing on 'the mobile housing
industry.
Mrs. Dean, formerly of
Ailsa Craig celebrates her
102nd birthday.
November 3
Huron county council will
attempt to hold 1983 pay
scales at present levels.
A study will be carried out
to determine the need for
seniors nursing home and
apartments in Exeter.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard An-
drew Orr celebrated the,ir
50th wedding anniversary.
South Huron District High
School girls won the WOSSA
filed hockey championship
and the senior girls cross
country team. is also vic-
torious in WOSSA.
November 10
William Christie of Grand
Bend was killed when the car
he was driving collided with
a tractor on Middlesex Road
17.
In municipal elections for
reeve Gerry Prout was
elected in Usborne, Harry
Klungel wins in Hensall.
Norm Steeper is elected in
Lucan, Bob Sharen in Grand
Bend, Don Van Patter in
Zurich.
Elected to the six seat Ex-
eter council are Dorothy
Chapman. Don MacGregor,
Tom Humphreys, Morely
Hall, Bill Rose and Gaylan
Josephson.
Youth counselling services
are now available in Exeter.
Mildred Thomson is the
new president of the Exeter
senior citizens.
Winn Phillips celebrated
her 90th birthday and Lon
Phillips his 99th at the Lucan
senior citizens meeting.
November 17
At the Remembrance Day
banquet of the Exeter Legion.
R.E. "Ted" Pooley received
the Gold Palm Leaf award.
the highest attainable in
Legion ranks.
Tom Humphreys received a
life membership of the
Kinsmen clubs, and Bob
Reynolds received a Master
Kin award.
Mayor Bruce Shaw and
councillor Bill Mickle return
from Germany with nine ex-
cellent industrial prospects
The Exeter Legion donated
$2,500 to the Exeter Minor
Hockey Association to be us
ed to purchase goal tending
equipment.
A 22 unit senior citizens
apartment is approved in
Hensel'.
More than 600 attend the
annyal Open House at Cen-
tralia College.
November 22
Area federal electoral
boundaries face changes as
the result of a recent
recommendation.
The Ausable-Bayfield Con
servation Authority gives ap
proval to a lease of Port
Franks land which could lead
to a major resort
development.
The Exeter District Co -Op
sales for 1982 were up 10
$5,753,806 as reported at the
annual meeting.
Seven former Exeter
firemen Irwin Ford, Hilt La
ing, Bill Musser, Aljoe
Sanders, Ray Smith, Ernest
Wells and Nelson Wells were
honoured at the town's annual
appreciation banquet.
Tuckersmith township ap
proves purchasefa Seaforth
industrial park building for a
fire hall.
• Huron county council is
pondering to move or im-
prove the Huron Pioneer
Museum.
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