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Times-Advocate, 1984-06-13, Page 2• r -- • HOMECOMING PRIZE WINNER — Mike Williamson at the left presents o cheque for $1,000 to George Poole as the big winner in the weekend Homecoming draw. At the right is Dbug Ellison. T -A photo Staffa By MRS. J. TEMPLEMAN Staffa The public relations officer for Staffa Womens Institute, Mrs. Carter Kerslake, was in charge of the May meeting held in the Township hall May 30, when 441 members, their mothers and leaders were special guests along with the - - guest spedker Mrs. Durst, Seaforth. She gave a very infor- mative talk and demonstra- tion on "Making and Caring for Your Garden." Mrs. Durst explained how to choose your garden site, how to prepare the soil, choosing your seeds and planting them. She also told how to start your own plants indoors, how to transplant and how to stake your garden plants. Mrs. Durst had information booklets, plants and seeds for everyone. She was introduced and thanked by Mrs. Kerslake. The three 4-H Homemaking clubs sponsored by the Staffa institute had all set up CCAT GRADUATE -- Debra Ruth Galloway graduated from Centralia College of Agricultural Technology with a diploma in Agricultural Business Management. Debra is the daughter of Bob and Ruth Galloway of Rainy River, Ontario. i Best Interest 1 3 5/8 % Guaranteed Investment Certificates •sublect to change Gaiser.Kneale 411K Insurance Brokers Inc. EXETER 235-2420 GRAND BEND 238-8484 CLINTON GODERICH 482-9747 524-2118 r WI host displays of their quilted ar- ticles, recently complgted in their quilting 4-H club. Staffa No. 1 club, which was led by Mrs. Spencer Jeffery and Mrs. Craig Kerslake, had their display commented on by Renee Drost. Staffa No. 2 club, led by Mrs. Elgin Dearing and Mrs. John Renne was commented on by Mrs. Dearing. Staffa No. 3 club led by Mrs. Dalton Smale and Mrs. Ken Hunsberger with commen- tary given by Lee Ann Lannin. Janice Vivian gave a demonstration and handed out instructions on string quilting which was most in- teresting. Susan Harburn and Lisa .Renne were each presented with a Perth Coun- ty Plate for completing 12 4-H Homemaking clubs suc- cessfully and receiving their provincial honours. Linda Renne received a spoon rack for successfully completing 18 4-H Homemak- ing clubs and receiving her advanced honours. A special recognitionwas made to Mrs. Spencer Jeffery who has been a 4-H Homemaking club leader for 15 years. Twenty-seven members and visitors were present and Bryan Baynham is delegate A former Exeter resident will be..one of the delegates from West Vancouver in this week's Liberal Leadership convention in Ottawa. Bryan Baynham, the son of Maida and the late Gordon Baynham is the president of , the Capilano riding and will be supporting John Turner. Seniors to visit Lions The June meeting of Exeter Senior Citizens was held on June 5 and took the form of a pot luck supper, and was very well attended. It was reported that the pro- ceeds of the yard and bake sale at the home of president Mildred Thomson netted over $238. A special invitation to at- tend lluronview during senior citizens week June 21 was ex- tended. it will begin at 11 a.m. and program at 2 p.m. Total cost for dinner and program will be $5. The Lion's Club plan to entertain senior citizens on June 27 at 6 p.m. in the Legion Hall. Birthdays and anniver- saries were acknowledged with special mention of 50th anniversary for Margaret and Walter McBride. The next meeting of senior citizens will be September 4 with a pot luck supper. The program which was con- ducted by Blanche Dougall was enjoyable with games, a talking Duet, singing and it was alot of fun. After this the evening was spent in cards and bingo. Asparagus Freshly cut Spring Garden Farm 229-6795 COIAI I I,I41Z� OF DUE3EIN A STORE 1 UE E OF BF AUTIFUI F URNI I URE On the Main Street of Dublin 315 2250 to 4-H the roll call was answered by telling how you use the metric system. Thank you notes were read by the secretary Mrs. Wm. Mahon and a leader read from the Perth County Dairy Princess Co- ordinator. Mrs. Lloyd Miller gave a most informative report on the recent Perth South District Annual held in Mit- chell United Church. Some upcoming events she men- tioned were the Perth South District bus trip to the Erland Lee Home and the Agricultural Museum at Milton. The curators workshop for London Area in Coldstream on August 14tth, the Perth County Women's Institutes Rally in Stratford on October llth and the London Area Convention at St. Mary on November 1 and 2. Mrs. Smalehad attended a meeting • of the Hibbert Township Bi -Centennial Com- mittee and a committee was named to plan the Women's Institute's participation on July 21. A committee was also named to set up the display at the Mitchell Fair. Mrs. Kerslake had a flat of marigold plants which she distributed to everyone pre- sent. Lunch was served by Mrs. Kerslake, Mrs. Harburn and Mrs. Templeman. Personals Mr. and Mrs. John Templeman accompanied the Perth County Holstein Association on- a -4 -day bus trip to the province of Quebec where they visited farms in St. Hyacinth and Drummond- ville areas. A former local resident retires from Bell Canada, with 34 years service. Harry Burns, formerly of Staffa, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dan Burns, was honoured by his fellow employees, with a retirement party at the Moose Lodge, Kitchener. Joining over 100 guests were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Burns, Staffa and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Pare of Smithfield, brothers of Harry , as well as friends from Thunder Bay, Oshawa, Toronto, St. Catharines, Lon- don, Windsor and the Kit- chener area. Harry started his automotive career in 1944 with the late Harold Pethick, Dublin and received his automotive mechanics licence in 1948. He married Lorene Har- burn of this area in 1946. They have two sons. Their first son is following in his father's footsteps and has started his mechanic's. apprenticeship. Their second son will be beginning his machinist ap- prenticeship this month. We extend congratulations and best wishes to Harry and his family. Attending the Grade 13 graduation banquet at the Mitchell District High School Thursday evening from this community were Mr. and Mrs.James Diehl and Philip, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Norris and Hobert, Mrs. •John Templeman and Barb, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Pridham and Nancy and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Jefferson and Ann. Blood may save lives Donating blood takes only a few minutes of your time - but it can mean a lifetime for so- meone else... someone who is a victim of an automobile or burn accident, who faces open heart surgery, or who is being treated for cancer. They all count on volunteer communi- ty blood donors for the blood transfusions they need. it takes many healthy blood donors to help treat the sick and injured in our area every day every season of the year. Please give blood at a Red Cross blood donor clinic before you go away and come home to a community that's alive and well. The need for blood donors doesn't take a vacation. i "Hensall council firm on hall renovation policy Herman councillors stood behind Reeve Harry Klungel's promise that no renovations be done to the town hall when Councillor Ilene Davis suggested a bricked -in window be repaired before the Centen- nial celebrations, at their Jun 11 meeting. Though he agreed the town hall would be more attractive with the window repaired, Klungel said at the regular June council meeting the win- dow would not fall under maintenance and he would not -be able to justify the ex- pense after promising ratepayers at a public meeting that no renovations would be done to the hall. "Harry made a mistake by saying 'no' without asking council first. The. hotel and the town hall are focal points of the town and the window should be replaced to the way it was especially with all the people who are going to be in town during the Centennial," said councillor Davis. "If you disagreed with the Reeve, you should have jumped up at that meeting and said so. By not saying anything, we all agreed with him," said Counciloor Jim Robinson. ,Under maintenance, the front steps and the door of the town hall are being repaired. • Mrs. Davis said the window would cost an additional $700 to be repaired. "I think we all agree it would look a lot better if that window were there. We're just standing behind Harry's Custodians accept pact The Huron County Board of Education and its custodians have both ratified a collective agreement. The average hourly rate under the new collective agreement is $8.99. The agreement, including incre- ment and fringe benefit costs, represents an increase of about five percent. There were no changes in . fringe benefits. "This set of negotiations, although not easy, represents a co-operative recognition of today's economic climate. The inclusion of the incre- ment within the five percent complies with the inflation ri'straint legislation," states°a press' release issued by the ' school board. The agreement starts on June 1 and ends on May 31, 1985. The custodians are represented by the Service Employees' Union, Local 210. The board has also ratified its agreement with the secretaries' union represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees ICUPE). No details are available as the union local has not yet ratified the agreement. A COUNTY PAGE -- Eloise Klungel, daughter of Hensall reeve Harry and Ann Klungel was a page at Huron County council, Thursday. promise that nothing would be done on the town hall," said Councillor Richard Peckham.. . Flood plain management After atttending a meeting at the Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authority on the Taylor Report which deals with flood plain management, Councillors Cecil Pepper and Irene Davis said the majori- ty of those at the meeting seemed to want flood plain management to stay in the hands of the conservation authority rather than the local municipality as the report suggests. I felt that they are pushing that report through for some unknown reason," said Mrs. Davis. "I think the authority feels municipalities are not in a position to make a decision whether a person can build somewhere or not," said Klungel. Council agreed to give a $100 donation to the newly - formed Hensel! Block Parent Association. "They're cer- tainly going to need this money plus a little extra. There's quite a bit of cost in- itially," said Mrs. Davis. "Hopefully, between council and the service clubs, they'll have enough." Council will submit Dr. Jen- ny Smillie's name as one of three requested from each municipality by the Huron County Atlas Committee which plans to honor 12 natives who have brought recognition to the county. More prevention An increased emphasis on prevention and health promo- tion has the Huron County Medical Officer _ of Health believing the county health unit "can and will make a significant impact on the 20th century lifestyle diseases". MOH Dr. Harry Cieslar made these comments in his annual report for 1983 presented at the June session of Huron County Council. "The Huron County Health Unit continues to affect the daily lives of the 56,000 people in Huron County," said Dr. Cieslar. Hensall Reeve Harry Klungel commented that there is a lot of"overlapping" of health services by various agencies in the county and he wanted to know who is really involved in the health unit. "The health unit is involv- ed in your daily life," said the 'MOH noting that restaurants are checked out by the health unit's inspectors and public health nurses are in the school system. "You can't go anywhere where we haven't been first," said Dr. Cieslar. In outlining the health unit's activities for 1983, the medical officer of health noted that the compulsory Immunization Act resulted in the nursing staff seeing that all school children are immunized or had either a doctor's 'cer- tificate or a religious exemption. "It is hoped with the com- pletion of the compulsory im- munitati'otr ' program, measles, in particular will be a thing of the past," stated the MOH. Information on guardians A Wills and Guardianship meeting was held last week at ARC Industries, Dashwood. Thirty four parents of han- dicapped children and adults attended a special Informa- tion Evening sponsored by the South Huron and District Association for the Mentally Handicapped in'Das}.wood. Guest speaker, Randy Evans of Little and Evans law firm in Exeter, gave a presen- tation covering Financial Planning - Now and Future and Essentials of a Will and Gifting. Also in attendance, playing a supportive role were Gwen Bedford, Adult Protective Service Worker, Carol Keys, F.B.A. Field Worker and Marilyn Hohner, Local Administration, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Clinton. Ample opportunity for per- sonal input and feedback was given during which time many parents participated extensively. Comments and responses were such that a need was in- dicated for more information sessions on various topics. However, school immuniza- tions .are not the only ac- tivities of the health unit. "Mental health needs in our community were studied with the formation of the Huron - Perth Mental Health Task Force on which 1 sat throughout most of 1983. With the reduction of psychiatric hospital beds over -the last three decades, the number of disabled in the community has greatly increased without a corresponding increase in community facilities and ser- vices. Mental illness and alcoholism are major causes of disability in our society. Emphasis will be placed upon increasing services in our County to meet these needs," said Dr. Cieslar. • Back to health promotion, the MOH said it is a "positive sign" that both the education and promotion aspect of health are becoming of great interest to society. ' "We are very pleased with the efforts of our health educator and the Ministry (Health) funding in this most important area. Never- theless, this is only a pitifully small amount to combat ma- jor lifestyle disease epidemics that confront our society to- day," Dr. Cieslar said. Two new programs in 1983 were the chronic home care program funded 100 percent by the ministry and a triministry project to deter- mine the needs of developmentally handicap- ' ped adults in homes for special care'and nursing homes in both Huron and Perth Counties. The informa- tionn from the latter project has been turned over to local developmentally handicap- ped associations. Statistics presented by the MOH show that the largest reported communicable disease last year in Huron was influenza. There were 2,128 reported cases. Chickenpox was the second largest reported com- municable disease in the county last year. There were 88 reported cases. There were 35 cases each of Salmonellosis and Giardiasis last year and in response to a question from a county coun- cillor few of the names tagg- ed to the diseases have a lay term. There were 13 cases of -measles and 12 each of venereal disease and campylobacter. From there the numbers drop drastically for the com- municable diseases. - Other statistics show that as of Dec. 31 of last year, there were 193 clients of the family planning clinics in the county. There were also 294 rabies investigations last year com- pared to 228 the year before. ifowever, the numbs gf, positive rabies cases numt�red 70 last year corm paredlo 38 the year before. DELIGHTFUL ORGAN MUSIC — Handicapped George Jenner was the featured organist and speaker at Thursday's annual meeting of the South Huron Association for the Mentally Handicapped. Jenner is shown above with executive director Don Campbell and Anne Cann who is leaving the board of directors after 15 years of service. T -A photo Dr. Smillie was the first female surgeon in Canada. Hensall's Business Im- provement Association is having trouble getting all its members to come out to meetings, Mr. Peckham reported to council. "The BIA has done what they planned to do and now they need to come up with son and Richard Pa m new ideas. Now, that they're have been attending BIA not so busy, I don't think you can justify having two coun- cillors at the meetings.1 don't want the BIA to think we've last interest but one councillor could to the job," said Mrs. Davis. Both councillors Jim Robin - meetings. Council agreed that a policy for the collection of business tax arrears would be to go to small claims court 15 days following the first day of default after the initial due date. BRUNCH FOR HOMECOMING — Maurice Ryan, Carol Ritchie and Gerald Johns of the sponsoring South Huron Junior Farmers are dishing up'Sunday.brunch at Ex- eter's. weekend Homecoming. T•A photo Authority gets funding The Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation -Authority has once again been provided with fun- ding for an Experience Program. Senior Supervisor Daryl Webber will co-ordinate the Experience Program which will employ a total of ten local students. Daryl explained the purpose of the program is to "provide • work -learning employment opportunities to young people through manual, clerical, technical and supervisory experience in the field of resource management." This year's Experience Fined for seat belt Only one case was heard in Exeter court, Tuesday, and in that one a Huron Park man was fined $53 for failing to wear a seat belt. Raymond L. Gallagher, 258 Algonquin Drive, did not ap- pear before Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake and a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf. OPP Cpl. Dave Woodward testified he stopped a vehicle driven by the accused while conducting a spot check on April 1. A passenger in the vehicle was not wearing a seat belt either, but was let off with a warning. Gallagher was given 15 days in which to pay the fine. Program is smaller but Ms. Webber nevertheless an- ticipates a successful sum- mer. "The combination of assisting the A.B.C.A. staff with some projects and hav- in!; some projects to Flo on their own should mean the .employees on the program will be well motivated." r'rojects proposed for this year include the construction of a foot bridge at Parkhill Conservation Area, the development of a fitness trail at Morrison Dam Conserva- tion Area. and trail develop- ment and improvement at Rock Glen, Thedford and Bannockburn Conservation Areas. In • addition to two field trews, the Experience Pro- gram will employ a secretarial assistant and a library technician. Jane Sims has been hired as secretarial assistant. Jane will assist in general office procedures including typing, filing and photocopying. The position of library technician will be filled by Karen Dauber who will assist with computer cataloguing and clerical duties associated with the library. The Exeter work crew will consist of foreperson George Tomes and crew members Pauline DeVries and Mary Lou Rundle. in Parkhill. the work crew will consist of foreperson Alice Dietrich, and crew members Rob Fleming, Kevin Gray and Kevin Mathers. Both crews will begin work on June 25 and will continue working for approximately nine weeks. Three vehicles have again been rented through Ford of Canada to provide Ex- perience Program employees with transportation to work sites. MECHANICAL ENG- INEERING GRAD — Ronald J. Brintnell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russ Brint- nell, RR 3, Granton, Ont. graduated with honors on May 26, 1984 from the University of Waterloo with a B.A. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. Ron is a graduate of Med- way Secondary School and has accepted a position with Union Gas, Chatham and will be working in the energy utilization department. You can wish her a happy anniversary. Or make all her wishes come true. The Diamond Anniversary Ring. A band of diamonds that says you'd marry her all over again. ANSTET WELLERS 8 Albert St. :LINTON 284 Main St. EXETER 28 Main St. South SEAFORTH 135 Queen St. East ST. MARYS 203 Durham St. E. WALKERTON • •