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Times-Advocate, 1984-04-11, Page 1QUALITY !Y RI HY PAY MORE? Whitings Phone 235-1964 Bell Aerospace strike is settled Workers at Bell Aerospace at Grand Bend go back to the job this week after an eight week strike, but, the decision to return was close. Voting at the Grand Bend Legion hall Monday morning members of Local 1767 of the United Auto Workers approv- ed the latest company pro- posal by 34 votes to 33. The new contract is retroactive to January 1 of this year and will be two years in length. Local Union spokesman Tony Jones said, after the vote that 44 employees would be returning to work Wednes- day, with 19 following on Thursday and 15 more, Friday. The first two classification of workers will receive in- creases of 38 cents and 50 cents per hour respectively to bring their wage up to $11.007. They will receive an addi- tional five cents per hour in July of this year and 50 cents per hour on January 1, 1985. The next class will get 46 cents per hour immediately to bring their rate to $10.35 per hour and five cents in January and 45 cents in July of 1985. Workers in the lower classification will receive $8.64 an hour now with five cents in July and 39 cents in January of next year. GUN CLUB MAKES DONATION - The Exeter firemen recently received more than $800 to buy wheel chairs and crutches. The money came from the bank balance of a disbanded area gun club. At the back are original gun club members Russ Brintnell, Henry Green, Doug Triebner and Irwin Ford and fire chief Gary Middleton. In front are firemen Norm Tait and Leroy Edwards. A T -A photo A GOURMET DINNER - Gerald and Norma Paul were the winners of a gourmet dinner in a draw sponsored by the Kirkton fair board. They brought Rosemary and Bill Schaefer along as guests. Chefs Mike O'Shea and Jim Hodgins are shown serv- ing their guests. T -A photo E t Ames Two area ladies suffer minor injury Five collisions were in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week. Minor injuries were sustained by two of the drivers involved Three of the crashes occur- red on Friday, the first invovl- ing vehicles operated by Darlene Passmore and Dais Westlake, both of RR 3 Ex- eter. They collided at the in- tersection of sideroad 25 and concession 2-3 of Usborne around 5:00 p.m. Both women were treated for minor injuries at South Huron Hospital and released. Total damage in the crash was listed at $3,500. At 8:10 p.m. the same even- ing, vehicles driven by Scott Jesney, Hensall, and Craig Kerslake, RR 1 Woodham col- lided on king St. in Hensall. Damage was set at $3,500 in that one as well. The other Friday crash oc- curred just south of Exeter at 9:45 p.m. when a vehicle driven by John Nixon, 127 Mill St., Exeter, went out of con- trol and hit a fence on the pro- perty of Bob Parsons. The driver escaped injury and damage to him vehicle was set at $2,000 and the was 150 damage to the fene(t. On Sunday at 4:30 p.m., vehicle driven by Rodney L. Easton, RR 1 Exeter, and Steven R. Bibby, Crediton collided on the Crediton Read in Crediton. Damage to the two vehicles was estimated at $2,300. The other crash of the week occurred on Monday around 8:00 a. m. involving a Charter - ways school bus driven by J. Elmer Rowe, RR- 1 Exeter. There were no school children on the bus at the time. Rowe had been westbound . on sideroad 15-16 of Hay when the bus was in collision with a car driven by Helen E. Kadey, Huron Park. The lat- ter had been northbound on concession 2-3. There were no injuries and total damage was set at $1,600. Two area women were taken to University Hospital, London as the result of In- juries suffered in an accident March 31 on Highway 4 at the Please turn to page 2 Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Eleventh Year k.? �x4 & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, April 11, 1984 • Price Per Copy 50 Cents verything rosy for Liberals. and Conservatives Sheila Copps claims Ontario Liberals headed for glory days A return of the old glory days of Mitch Hepburn for the Ontario Liberal Party were predicted by Hamilton MPP Sheila Copps speaking to Wednesday's annual meeting of- the Huron -Middlesex Liberal Association. Miss Copps who was elected in Hamilton in 1981 after narrowly losing by 14 votes in 1977 was described by MPP Jack Riddell as outspoken, controversial and a great supporter of Ontario Liberal leader David Peterson. Wednesday's annual meeting held at the Exeter Legion hall attracted a full Homecoming event seeks local talent Tickets became available this week for the Exeter Lions and Lioness Homecoming weekend and chairman Doug Ellison notes that local in- terest in the event appears to be running high despite the fact it is still two months in the offing. "Some people have already accepted our plea to invite their friends and relatives back to the community for the weekend," he said. Plans are basically finaliz- ed for the three-day event on June 8-9-10 which is being staged by the two service clubs to raise funds for local recreation programs and facilities. Proceeds from the initial homecoming weekend are earmarked for lights at the tennis courts. Ellison indicated there will be an emphasis on home- made entertainment on the weekend and any local groups or individuals wishing to par- ticipate and display their talents are being asked to contact the chairman. While some of the program will be organized, it is an- ticipated that some may be very spontaneous. While the Lions annual Peanut Stomp will be the highlight of the weekend, it will share top billing with two slowpitch ball tournaments. Arrangements are being made for a 16 -team men's oldtimer tournament and an eight -team women's event. Both will run from Friday night through Sunday. A teen dance is being stag- ed Friday night by the Exeter Teen Town The local entertainment will be featured in the agricultural building. It will also serve as a pub for the weekend. The Perth County Disc .Jockeys will be on hand for Friday night and Saturday afternoon and an organized talent show is scheduled for Sunday afternoon. The Usborne group which delighted the audience at the appreciation night for harry Strang will be performing. Saturday night's Peanut Stomp with the Main St. Jug Eland will be held on the ice surface portion of the rec cen- tre and the $8 per person ad- mission includes a chance to win a $1,000 hill. Other activities planned in- clude movies for the youngsters on Saturday after- noon and a Sunday brunch organized by the South Iluron Junior Farmers. Tickets for the Peanut Stomp are now available at the T -A; Ellison Travel or any Lions member. house of about 300. The Hamilton MPP in talk- ing about the next provincial election said, "We will give .the Tories a fair fight and I can see an absolute collapse of the New Democratic Society." Copps accused Premier William Davis of not respon- ding to the youth employment situation saying, "Ontario is tenth in spending in post secondary school education. This is a disgrace. The Con- servatives are popular by polls only. We look to David Peterson as a positive alternative. She added, "The rural task force of which Jack Riddell was a member shows how the government has passed on the tax burden to the municipalities while placing the blame on mayors and reeves. We have to turn this around." Southwestern Ontario is the beacon of the Liberal party and with the proposed riding redistribution, the Tories are clearly gerrymandering fine Liberals out of office. Are they so scared that they have to take some of our seats away, she continued. Miss Copps indicated her leader David Peterson Was a man of change and attracting new blood. She added, "With. your continued hard work in spreading the Liberal wealth across Ontario we can make Jack Riddell our next minister of Agriculture instead of that concrete farmer from the east end of Toronto." Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell said there was increased strong speculation of an Ontario election as ear- ly as June of this year and in- dicated he would be more than willing to carry the Liberal banner in Huron - M iddlesex. Riddell said the recent Throne Speech was like a Please turn to page 3 SHEILA COPPS SPEAKS TO LIBERALS -- Hamilton area MPP Sheila Copps was the guest speaker at Wednesday's annual meeting of the Huron -Middlesex Liberal Association. Above, she chats with incoming president Joe Hogan, past president Bernard Benn and Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell. T -A photo Two pay for driving .offences GB man sent A 48 -year-old Grand Bend man, who committed fraud and uttered forged documents while operating an insurance agency in Sarnia, was sentenced in provincial court in Sarnia Wednesday to 90 days in jail and ordered to pay $15,000 restitution to Polysar Ltd. of Sarnia. Albert Albertson, who pleaded guilty earlier to the charges, also was sentenced by provincial Judge Lou Ed-' dy to two years probation after his release from jail. Albertson, who owned Sar- nia Insurance Brokers Ltd. on Exmouth Street until it changed hands and was renamed last year, was charged by city police last Oc- tober 13 with 34- counts of fraud and two counts of utter- ing forged documents in con - OPEN COMMERCIAL BANKING UNIT - Addie and Charlie MacNaughton held the ribbon for the official ceremonies opening the new commercial banking unit in the upstairs of the Exeter branch of the Bank of Mon- treal. Cutting the ribbon are B of M senior vice-president Ernie Morel, commercial banking unit manager Don White, senior IB manager Eric Luther, mayor Bruce Show and vice-president and district executive Ken Sum- mers. T -A photo ` nection with his business dealings. Two area men were fined in Exeter Justice of the Peace court Tuesday for operating vehicles while their licences were under suspension. Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake fined James William Thompson, Lucan $300 and. suspended his Local firm gets funding The approval of $66,090 in Unemployment Insurance funds for the construction of a new machine shop in Exeter has been announced by two federal cabinet ministers. The money will be provid- ed for the machine shop being planned by Laverne Ilamilton. It will be located on Highway 83 just west of the CNK tracks and will replace the firm's present shop on Nelson street. The funding announcement was made by the Hon. Eugene Whelan and the Hon. John Roberts. "This project will provide a total of 218 work -weeks for 10 area unemployed insurance claimants," Whelan stated, "and the project funding will enhance an agricultural ser- vice by improving productive capacity." Owner. Laverne Hamilton said the new facility will measure 70' by 100', com- pared with his present shop size of 36' by 56'. He expects work to commence at the end of this month and completion is scheduled for late summer. to a'ail licence six months con- secutive to any suspensions still in effect. Larry Timothy Pole, Dashwood will pay $250 for driving. The court learned his licence had been suspended since 1981. An additional six months was added on to the existing suspension. Paul Kelly Lucas, Thedford was levied fines of $53 each on charges of consuming liquor while a minor and a seat belt violation for a passenger. Wedlake fined Martha McGregor of Kippen $53 for failing to obey a school cross- ing guard in the town of Exeter. John CrosbiecIairns federal PCs shouldwin most convincingly More than 500 people paid $20 per plate to attend the an- nual meeting of the Huron - Bruce Progressive Conser- vative Association held in the Exeter Community Centre. The excellent turnout could be credited in part to the draw- ing power of the guest speaker, former finance minister John Crosbie. The honourable member from St. Johns West did not disappoint his audience. His introductory comic monologue complete with the obligatory Newfie joke was followed by 40 minutes of Crosbie -style liberal bashing. Crosbie said the central issue facing the country is not language, nor the constitution nor the Liberal succession, but economic growth. He had dug back into the speeches and statements of Prime Minister Trudeau and cabinet members to compare pro- mise with performance. Unemployment stood at five percent in 1968, it was seven and one-half percent four years ago with 967,000 jobless .when Trudeau said he endors- ed the right of every Cana- dian to a job, and has now risen to 1,476,000 persons out of work. Crosbie quoted finance minister Lalonde's prediction of 10 percent unemployment for the next two years to indicate little relief in the forseeable future. Crosbie drew a direct con- nection between the federal National Energy Policy and the recent announcement by Shell Oil that 800 Ontario workers are being laid off and the oil company is moving its headquarters from Toronto to Calgary. "I would sooner have jobs than a 12 percent increase in ownership by Petrocan," Crosbie remarked. Crosbie attacked the in- creasing rate of inflation and the enormous budget deficits piling up year by year, Since 1972, the deficit has grown to 101 billion, and now one in three tax dollars goes to ser- vice this debt, he said. In concluding, Crosbie answered press accusations of the Conservat've's lack of policy by informing his au- dience that "We have truckoads of policy, policy coming out our ears, but it •wouldn'-t-matter if.we didn't have one shred of policy, not a single ounce....it would be better to vote for us....we Please turn to page 3 Huron employees given pay boosts Department heads and employees of Huron County had salary increases of about five percent approved recently. Department head salaries are as follows, with 1983 salaries in brackets: clerk - treasurer and administrator $46,228 ($44,044), deputy clerk -treasurer $39,000 ($37,154), county engineer $46,228 ($44,044), Medical Of- ficer of Health $53,586 ($49,400), chief librarian 833,514 ($31,928), planning director 843,446 ($41,392), social services administrator $31,330$29,848), Huronview administrator $36,088 ($33,150) and museum curator $25,688 ($24,466). Both the MOH and Huron - view administrator moved up one place on their salary grid on top of the 5 percent increases. - Library staff salaries are as follows with 1983 figures in brackets: children's librarian and assistant librarian$11.60 per hour (111.05 per hour), van driver $6.75 per hour (86.43 per -hour), caretaker $491 per month ($468 per month), branch staff ranges from $5.86 to 86.57 per hour ($5.59 to $6.26 per hour), library technician ranges from $14,924 to $17,966414,222 to $17,134). Planning department staff salaries are as follows: plan- ners range from $25,792 to $34,450 ($24,570 to $32,812), junior planner ranges from $20,046 to $25,506 (819,110 to $24,310), planning technician ranges from $19,162 to $24,492 ($19,110 to $24,310), and con- tract planner $18,174. Board of health staff salaries are as follows, with 1983 salaries in brackets: director of public health in- spections ranges from $26,130 to 832,578 424,908 to $31,044), director of public health nur- sing ranges from $26,130 to $32,578 (824,908 to $31,044), nutritionist $14.26 per hour ($13.59 per hour), health educator ranges from 823,582 to $28,288.. Still under board of health,, home care salaries are as follows: director ranges from $26,234 to 831,928 ($23,140 to $28,574), physiotherapist $28,288 ($26,962), oocupation therapist $15.99 per hour ($15.23 per hour), social worker BSW ranges from Please turn to page 3 P • MEETING - Mary Donnelly (left), newly acclaimed president of the Huron -Bruce Progressive Conservative Association and past president Marg Bennett chat with guest speaker John Crosbie and riding representative MP Murray Cardiff at the Association's annual meeting in Exeter. Exeter Times -Advocate photo