Times-Advocate, 1986-12-24, Page 17rC7
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Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
One Hundred and Fifteenth Year
& North- tambton Since 1873
EXETER,. ONTARIO, member 24, 1986
Price Per Copy 60 Gents
Christmas Bureau gets support from wide variety of sources
Project. helps man
"It was a worthwhile project. Many
families wouldn't have had a
Christmas without the Christmas
Bureau" was the assessment of
Dorothy Prouty, co-chairman of this
year's Christmas Bureau head-
quartered in the Exeter Pentecostal
Tabernacle, after a hectic two weeks.
Donations of food and clothing and
gifts suitable for all ages poured into
the depot during the week of
December 8 to 12. Mrs. Prouty said
KING OF MY HEART — Members of the Faith Tabernacle at Cen-
tralia presented a cantata entitled King of My Heart, Sunday night.
Edyth Graham is Mary and Billy Graham is Joseph and the Baby Jesus
is Crystal Westlake. Choir members 'are back, left, Henny Parker,
Bennie Obre, Charmaine Bierling and Judy Russel. Centre, Phyllis
Degraw, Velma Russell, Lori Parker and Cathy Prout. Front, Rachel
Slack, Chrissy Parker and Tommy Graham. T -A photo
KING AND HIS ENTOURAGE — Bill Montgomery was the First King
in Sunday's The Christmas Story presentation at the Exeter United
Church. His torchbearers and trainbearers are Jeff MacLean, Jen-
. nifer Graham and Jana Webster. T -A photo
Stephen offer $5,000
in recreation funding
At Tuesday's regular meeting
Stephen township council finalized
their 1986 grant to the South Huron
Rec Centre and approved a proposal
for next year.
A cheque in the amount of $1.20( is
being forwarded as the municipality's
support for the year just concluding
and voted a grant of $5,(MM) for 1987
providing user fees are not adopted.
• Bylaw readings were passed com-
pleting a tile drain loan for $21.500.
Loans to farmers for tile drains for all
of 1986 were less than $50.000.
A resolution from the township of
.)affray and Melick was supported. It
asks the Ministry of Agriculture and
Food to enhance their programs
related to the equine industry.
Amending bylaws concerning the
Carey and Centralia municipal drains
were passed.
No objection was voiced to a
McGillivray township zoning bylaw
change affecting part of Lot 39. North
Boundary Concession.
A financial report to the end of Oc-
tober submitted by the auditing firm
of Spicer -McGillivray was accepted.
Reeve Tom Tomes will be represen-
ting the township at a ROMA In-
surance meeting to be held in Toron-
to in February in conjunction with the
convention of the Rural Ontario
Municipal Association.
e people of this area were very,
generous. Local churches brought alk
the items presented during special
"White Gift" services, and,
"businesses outdid themselves"..
Cases of canned goods from Canadian
Canners were mentioned as on
outstanding example of corporal
generosity.
Collector boxes in three of th
banks in Exeter were wellfilled by
the end of the week.
This year the SHDHS students
_ caught. the Christmas Bureau spirit,
ii -Stiffing in a presentation of toys and
food which was gratefully accepted
by Huron coordinator Peggy Rivers,
area coordinator Pauline Lingard and
Mrs. Prouty's partner Jean Sharpe.
Many Exeter businesses donated to
Woman dies
from injuries
Mary Blanchard, 73, of Exeter, died
Saturday in University Hospital, IT
days after suffering multiple injuri
when she was struck by a car whit
she was walking along Huron St. W5'
She had remained in critical cond '
tion in hospital since the December
accident. 4
Driver of the car, Rodney Dobson!
287 Huron St. W., was arrested by Ex:
eter police after the woman died and
the earlier charges of criminals
negligence and impaired driving`
causing bodily harm were changed to
criminal negligence and impaired
driving causing death. He has also
been charged with driving with a
blood alcohol level over: the legal
limit.
Dobson was taken to Str ord jail
early Sunday moping and # pear
in Gode4146„moterno for, a
hearing.
Get funding
for abusers
The Huron County Health Unit has
received approval to establish a full-
time assessment and referral service
for people with alcohol and drug
abuse problems, Health Minister
Murray Elston and Agriculture
Minister Jack Riddell, MPP for
Huron -Middlesex, announced this
week.
"Until now, addiction assessment
and referrals in Huron County have
been handled by the volunteers of the
Huron Council For Action on Alcohol
and other Drugs (CAAD)," Elston
said. "I am pleased to announce that
my ministry will provide annual fun-
ding of $97,000 and start-up costs of
$4,160 to the Huron Addiction Assess-
ment and Referral Program."
The funding will pay for rent, sup-
plies and the salaries of a co-
ordinator, an assessment and case
management counsellor, and a part-
time secretary.
The program will operate out of
health unit offices in Goderich,
Brussels, Clinton, Exeter, Seaforth
and Wingham. It will provide com-
prehensive assessments for problem
drinkers and drug abusers, and refer
them to Rommunity agencies for
treatment. Clients will have a case
manager to guide them through treat-
ment. Abetut 100 persons will be serv-
ed annually, and many other people
-- families, friends, employers -- will
benefi4 from the results.
The program will also assist the
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HOST OF ANGELS These angels appeared in The Christmas Story presented by the Exeter United
Church, Sunday night. Back, left, Kim Talbot, Sherri Varley and Kelly Talbot. Front, Kathy Van Bergen,
Alicia Hunking, Sarah Wuerth, Kim MacLean and Jennifer Illman. T -A photo
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Illhe Christmas Bureau instead of ex-
changing gifts among their staffs.
"A lot came in, and it all went out
'the next week," Mrs. Prouty
remarked.
The Exeter location served all the
. families listed with the Huron Fami-
ly and Children's Service Bureau
from Seaforth and Brucefield south.
Every 20 minutes for five days
another family was ushered in to the
basement room which resembled a
1 miniature department store. The 10
• volunteers from the Pentecostal con-
*- gregation had already packed boxes
of groceries. The amount had been
determined by the number of people
• per family on the list supplied by the
Goderich-based agency;. Each fami-
' ly also received a cheque to buy the
Christmas turkey.
en•
joy season
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Families chose a new article of
clothing for each member. Every
child received a toothbrush, a pair of
mitts knit by volunteers, and a toy. A
special section for teenagers offered
perfume, jewellery, and other
suitable items.
Families helped themselves to
- whatever they wished from the many
articles of good used clothing that had
come in.
At the end of the week, all new
items left over were sent to Goderich,
where calls are still coming in to the
Family and Children's Service
Bureau on Christmas Eve.
Peggy Rivers said approxivrtately
a00 families are on the list this year,
bout the same as 1988. She hopes the
Pentecostal church will operate the
Exeter Bureau next year, and that
another organization in the Exeter
area will volunteer to take over for a
two-year stint in 1988.
The _job has its rewards. Mrs.
Rivers said she is struck each year by
the people who were helped previous-
ly by the Christmas Bureau and
returned to say "this year we would
like to give".
"These people are still struggling,
but they want to help someone else"
Mrs. Rivers added.
Mrs. Prouty. found the experience
exhausting • but invaluable. .She
became aware of the hidden needs, of
people who are living on potatoes
because they have no money for food.
"My two weeks at the Christmas
Bureau have made this a blessed
Christmas. Christmas is giving", she
concluded.
THE CHRISTMAS STORY — Most of the cast of Sunday's nights presentation of The Christmas Story
at the Exeter United Church is shown here. T -A photo
Stanley bid for water
rejected by ministry
The ministry of the environment
has turned down for the present
Stanley Township's request for finan-
cial assistance to extend the water
pipeline approved across Hay
Township into the adjacent
municipality. A letter received earlier
this month said that in view of the
fiscal restraints facing the provincial
government, and the low priority
assessed to this particular project
(which does not claim prevention of
health hazards or impairment of the
environment), extension of the
pipeline into Stanley is not eligible for
a grant at this time.
Reeve Clarence Rau told those in
attendance at the regular December
session of council that one of his first
priorities in the new year will be fur-
ther negotiation to get the ministry to
change its mind and provide a sub-
sidy. MP Jack Riddell will be con-
tacted and asked to set up a meeting
with environment minister Jim
Bradle)<.
Other priorities stated by Rau for
1987 were completion of paving on the
Goshen, a . i 'lacing a culvert at the
Goshen Church.
Two zoning cha • :es were approv-
ed with no objecto The zoning on
part lot 18, concessio .R.S. from
AG2 to VR1 creates a bui ing lot for
Gord Hill. A change from • G1 to U1
(communications and utilities) at
Part lot 30, S.B. concession allows
Ilay Municipal Telephone to install a
remote switching substation at
Drysdale.
Stewart Broadfoot's resignation as
Brucefield fire chief was accepted.
Bob Caldwell was appointed as his
successor. Caldwell will be asked to
suggest a deputy chief.
Stanley will continue its policy of
not appointing a representative to the
Zurich Recreation. Parks and Com-
munity Centre, Board as the only
Zurich facility used by Stanley
residents in the arena. The annual
grant will still be allotted.
The township will advertise some
coming events in a calendar being
prepared by the Clinton BIA. These
include a family fun night on Friday,
March 27, a recreation dance on
Saturday, April 4, a jamboree on Sun-
day, April 12 and a township turkey
bingo on Wednesday, December 9.
Tom Consitt was appointed as fence
viewer, replacing the late Cliff
Henderson.
A $10,000 loan application from Ron
Freeman, lot 11, plan 27, for shoreline
protection was accepted.
In response to a letter from Mrs.
Michelle Durand requesting a written
guarantee that Stanley sideroad 10
will be plowed and kept open during
the winter, clerk Mel Graham was in-
structed to reply in writing stating
that the sideroad will continue to be
serviced in the future as it has been
in the past.
SANTA FORGOT HIS SKATES -- Santa Claus brings gifts for
everyone at Christmas time, but Thursday at the Exeter figure skating
party he forgot his skates. From'the left are Sarah Wuerth, Melanie
Seip, Jenna Darling, Alysa Darling, Karen Lorento and Ryan Ralph
Thieves get big haul
from local restaurant
Exeter police are continuing their
investigation this week into a breakin
at the New Burkley Restaurant on
Tuesday.
A largeathount of money, liquor
and cigarettes was taken by the
thieves.
Four accidents were also in-
vestigated, most of them involving
parked vehicles
On December 11, a vehicle owned
by Dianne Knowles, Stratford, was
struck by a vehicle driven by Richard
Reaburn, Dashwood. The accident oc-
curred in the parking lot at Canadian
Tire and damage was set at $1,000.
There were two crashes on Friday.
A vehicle owned by Huron Motors
Products was parked and struck by
a vehicle driven by Ann Baynharn,
Exeter. Damage was $200.
A vehicle owned by Kathy
Whiteford, Exeter. was parked at the
rear of 395 Main and was stuck by a
vehicle operated by Doug Fletcher.
Usborne Township. Damage in that
one was $350.
On Thursday. a car owned by
Marion F'rayne, Exeter. was parked
on Main St. and was struck by a vehi-
cle driven by Lisa Bedard, Zurich.
Damage was $4,000.
During the week, the local police
laid seven charges under the Liquor
Licence Act, five under the llighway
Traffic Act, three under the Criminal
Code and three under local hylaws.
There were five parking tickets
issued.
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