Times Advocate, 1996-12-18, Page 15•
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Back in Tim'`.:.
By Ross Haugh frorn the archives
t e Exeter Tates
19 YEARS AGO
December 11. 1986 - Listeners of Peter Ozowski's CBC Morning-
. side radio show were liven an introduction to Exeter's unique white
squirrel populatiop this week. Exeter's BIA chairman Karen Pfaff
was interviewed and said the town boasts between 20 and 40 of the
white squirrels, the only non -Albino white squirrels in North Ameri-
ca.
25 YEARS AGO
• • December 9;-- t971 - The highlight of the annual Huron 4-H
Achievement Night was the announcement of the winner of the
Robert McKinleyCitizenship trophy. This year's winner is Brian
Miller, son of Mr, and Mrs. Edwin Miller of Usborne Township.
Hensall's veteran reporter, Mrs. Maude Hedden wrote her final
storiet this week and is retiring. Mrs. Hedden reported for CKNX
radio and television in 1940 and was the Times Advocate correspon-
dent for more than 20 years.
White bean -producers are assured o/ a record price for their 1971
crop. Ontatio'Bean Producers Marketing Board manager Charles
Broadwell said Thursday that the average return for beans already
sold would be about $10.25.
35 YEARS AGO
December 11, 1961 - Douglas Wein, who graduated recently
from the R.C.M.P. training school in Regina, has been sent to Ha1i-
faz for further training.
Robin Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith received the
award for highest standing along with her executive secretary diplo-
ma at graduating exercises of Wells Business Academy in London.
The Town and Country Restaurant, Exeter was gutted by a
$60,000 fire early Friday morning.
John Stewart of Ailsa Craig was the guest speaker at Exeter Lions
"Farmers Night" banquet as he told about his experiences in Mexico
while attempting to harvest his huge oat crop there.
40 YEARS AGO
December 9, 1956 - Winner of the Exeter corn club in its first year
of operation was Robert Down, R.R. 1, Hensall with a score of 924.
At the semi-annual prize giving banquet held recently at the Onta-
rio Agricultural and Veterinary Colleges, the MacDonald Alumnae
Association Award was won by Joan E. Thomson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Les Thomson of Exeter.
Receiving the Elston Cardiff 4-H Citizenship Award as the best
all-round 4-H member during 1956 was Murray Dawson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Dawson, R.R. 1, Hensall.
50 YEARS AGO
December 10, 1946 - Mrs. J.T. Hem of Zion recently received a
letter from Greece, having enclosed her name in a coat sent in a
bale.
R.N. Creech who has served the Board of Education efficiently
for many years, announced his retirement this week.
The municipal council has hired Jack Essery to plow the streets of
Exeter throughout the coming winter.
S.S. 1 Usborne (Hurondale) was filled to tadpacity Monday eve-
ning for the school concert under the direction of Miss' Wilma Din-
nin and music teacher Sam Rannie.
75 YEARS AGO
December 13, 1921 - The Exeter intermediate hockey team has
been given a grouping in the O.H.A. with St: Marys, Goderich, Clin-'
ton and Mitchell.
The Exeter Opera House was tvell filled both Wednesday and
Thursday evenings when a local cast of characters under the direc-
tion of Mrs. J.J. Dore presented , ' Mrs. Temple's Telegram in a
most capable manner. Solos were given by Miss Blanche Senior
while Miss Margaret Gladman presided at the piano. Others taking
part were Mrs. N.J. Dore, Mrs. J.H. Jones, Miss Stella Southcott
andr , J.C. R , d
J.H. enborn.
100 YEARS AGO
December 10, 1896 - The electric light was turned on in Exeter
Sunday for the first time since the breakage in the machinery. Mr.
Howard has the sympathy of the citizens in his many misfortunes.
The collector will be at the Town Hall for the next five nays to re-
ceive taxes. A total of $5,000 is yet to be collected.
It will not be long before aldermanic and school trustee candidates
will be lining up for the municipal scrimmages.
For those ready to indulge in Christmas baking, R.S. Pickard and
Son has a large inventory of groceries for this purpose. White, sugar
in a 21 pound container and 28 pounds of yellovY sugar each sell for
one dollar, seven pounds of tapioca for twentyrifwe cents and four
pounds of choice new raisins for also twenty-five cents.,
Little shepherds
Huron`Centennel shlrpM,* play thelr part during a Christ-
mas concert pr8otkcje jj st week. -
AThis Christmas
Shop Exeter!
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Exeter Cemetery
manager resigns
Council will take the opportunity to
look at implementing cost-cutting
recommendations
EXETER - Council will take the unexpected resignation of Ce-
metery Manager Harry Knip as an opportunity to introduce cost-
cutting measures to the operation of the Exeter Cemetery.
Knip tendered his resignation at the Dec. 16 board meeting, ex-
pected to be effective by mid-February. He told the board he is pre-
pared to complete a three-year plan introducing cost efficiencies by
contracting out services and completing administration through the
municipal office.
"The changes might bring the cemetery department within
$10,000 of being self-sufficient with user fees. The proposal all
hinges on sales at 1996 levels and contracts that are less expensive
than hiring seasonal staff and buying equipment," stated the min-
utes of the cemetery board meeting.
Council agreed to discuss this issue further during an in camera
session following Monday's regular meeting.
"It's certainly an opportunity to take a look at the entire opera-
tion," said Councillor Roy Triebner, adding he believes council
should consider eliminating the provision of perpetual flower beds.
"It's digging a big hole for the Cemetery Board."
It was also reported in the cemetery board minutes, $6,080 in un -
budgeted revenue has been received from the sale of columbarium
niches.
Dialysis service at Stratford
STRATFORD - At present, at SGH.
there are over 7400 Ontarians be- On June 7, 1996, the Ministry of
ing treated for end stage renal dis- . Health indicated his wish to enter
ease (ESRD), or kidney failure. into discussions with SGH and the
About half that number are living London Health Sciences Centre to
with a successful kidney trans- establish a satellite dialysis pro -
plant, the rest being maintained on gram of the London Health Servic-
lifesaving dialysis therapy. There es Centre - Victoria Hospital site.
is no cure for ESRD; left untreated The Huron Perth District Health
it will lead to death within, days. Council (HPDHC) has suggested
The number of individuals with , that it and the UniversityNictoria
kidney failure increases 'at a stag- Hospital Corporation begin jointly
gering rate every year: 8-10 per to investigate additional satellite
cent. For the majority of patients dialysis,service for Huron County.
dependant on dialysis, the quality The HPDHC, in its delibera-
of life is profoundly compromised. tions, noted that the model devel-
As well, many must travel signifi- oped for dialysis provided for: a
cant distances to receive dialysis, : continuum of care, including
and at least three times a week for health, promotion, disease preven-
haemodialysis patients. tion, early diagnosis, pre -dialysis,
A year ago.the,.Ontario .Goverri.--Thome peritoneal, home haemodial-
ment, recognizing the need to ex- ysis, self-care haemodialy4is and
pand and reorganize treatment ser- full -care haemodoialysis. It also
vices for those suffering from involved, as mentioned above, the
kidney disease, sought proposals academic health science centre,
from hospitals and "independent the regional referral centre and the
health facilities" for the provision local satellite service.
of increased dialysis treatment fa- The, renal program at Victoria
cilities. District Health Councils . Hospital in London has been in
were asked to review all proposals place for over 20 years. The re -
which would bring the required di- gional network has existed for the
alysis services closer to the pa- past 19 years. The Stratford satel-
tients' home. lite becomes part of this integrated
In the case of the Region of network and, in addition to the res -
Southwestern Ontario, preference idents of Huron and Perth, it will
for augmented service has includ- also be serving residents within
ed the planning areas encom- Oxford, Bruce and Wellington
passed by the Thames Valley Dis- Counties.
trict Health Council (London), and Initial investigations have identi-
the Huron Perth District Health tied a potential of 53 patients in
Council (Mitchell). the catchment areas. Further re -
Such services within the Thames view identified those most physi-
Valley District Health Council dis- cally able to be safely dialysed in
trict would be provided primarily the Stratford unit, i.e., ten in num-
to residents of Woodstock and Ox- ber. The Stratford General Hospi-
ford County; those in Huron Perth tal will have five dialysis ma -
District Health Council : (HPDHC) chines to serve these patients. It is
would care for residents of Strat- expected that those people who
ford and the counties of Huron and now travel to London for dialysis
Perth. from an area surrounding Stratford
At its meeting October 19, 1995 will come to the SGH.
following a review of all proposals About 60 per cent of patients re-
submitted for a dialysis service for ceive haemodialysis on this outpa-
the district, the HPDHC endorsed tient basis. The rest receive perito-
a joint proposal of the University ' nal dialysis which is carried out by
of Western OntarioNictoria Hos-the patients themselves at home or
pital Corporation and the Stratford t at work. ,
General Hospital (SGH). The pro- The Ministry of Health will be
posal establishes a• satellite centre providing funding.
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Nevada fee increases
to $14 per box
EXETER - After reconsidering a
recommendation to increase the fee
for break -open ticket licenses from
the current $12 to $20, council de-
cided a $2 increase would be ac-
ceptable.
Spokespeople from the Exeter Li-
ons and Legion attended Monday
night's council meeting. They
stressed profit generated by these
Nevada tickets directly benefits the
community through donations for
projects such as the warm room at
the Recreation Centre and develop-
ment of MacNaughton Park.
"You're taking the dollars away
from the programs," said Bart Dev-
ries.
It was also noted the number of
tickets in each box have increased
as well as the dollar value of the
boxes. The 15 per cent increase
creates a new profit of $68 per
box.
In other matters, council accepted
a verbal request from Howard Park
of Exeter Variety, to take over
Garbage tag
fees may rise
ZURICH - In an effort to cover
some of its waste management
costs, Zurich Council is con-
sidering raising the price of gar-
bage bag tags from $1.50 to $2,
which would bring it up to the price
levels of Hensall and Exeter.
"If you raise it to $2 and sell the
same number of tags, it will work,"
said Councillor Brad Clausius at a
council meeting Thursday night,
adding, "If we drop in (number of)
tags, we're going to be in worse sit-
uation than we are."
Clausius was concerned about a
potential "public backlash" to the
fee hike that is hoped to cover a
shortfall of $6,600. The village
would have to sell 4,400 tags to
raise the money needed, which, in
theory would mean each household
would need to buy 12 tags before
the end of the year.
Reeve Dwayne LaPorte ex-
pressed his support of the potential
fee raise, explaining it would be a
step in the right direction towards a
user pay system.
Council decided to postpone the
decision.
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