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Students and seniors enjoy
an early Christmas dinner
By Kate Monk
T -A Reporter
MCGILLIVRAY - "it's nice to
have extremes in- generations get
together and share time together."
said McGillivray Central . School
Principal Greg Sutton on Monday
afternoon.
Sutton welcomed 60 senior cit-
izens. students and volunteers to
the school library for a Christmas
dinner and concert. Volunteers in
the Victorian Order of Nurses
Helping Others Maintain Mid-
dlesex Elders (HOMME) program
put the event together as part of the
"Wheels to Meals" program.
Nearly 20 senior . citizens from
the Parkhill area visited the school
for the dinner. More had hoped to
come but a flu bug prevented them
from attending.
Each senior was teamed up with
two students. The students greeted
the seniors, served them dinner,
took them on a tour of the school,
entertained them with a Christmas
concert and gave them treats to take
home. This is'the third year for the
dinner.
"The seniors really enjoy it."
HOMME co-ordinator Christine
Poier said.
Bridging the generations. Parkhill area seniors and McGil-
livray Central School students gathered for a Christmas
dinner on Monday afternoon at the school. The event was
part of the - VON ."Wheels to Meals" program. Chris Rob-
inson, left, • and Bob Brunswick were among 60 seniors,
students and volunteers who enjoyed -the meal and Christ-
mas concert. This was the third year for the event.
Back in Time..:
By Ross Haugh from the archives of
,the Exeter Times Advocate
iO YEARS AGO
December 9. 1987 -• Gary. Middleton who has been Exeter's fire
chief for a number of years on a part-time basis will become the
chief fire official for the Exeter and area tire hoard.
AIS Communications •Limited, a unique publishing and marketing
. company which reaches thousands of readers across Canada and
other parts 'aTTlic-world`has feceiiff purchased twi> industrial jour-
nals from Southam Publications to add to its list of high quality.
well respected magazines.The AiS operation located on Highway 83
west in Exeter is owned and operated by Peter Darhishire and Peter
Phillips. With the two new magazines. AIS has a total circulation of
almost 200,000. The company for the past 10 years has also pro {'
duced the official souvenir program for the International Plowing-
. Match and Farm Machinery Show.
20 YEARS AGO
December 8, 1977 - Crowned as Queen and King Of Centralia.
- College of Agricultural. Technology Friday night were Teresa On-,
drejicka, R.R. 1, Exeter and John Dortmans. R.R..1. Strathroy.
The new sidewalk snowplow purchased recently by the town of -
Exeter found plenty -of white stuff to push off the walkways this
week. •
-
Through the financial support of the Alhambra Lodge of Grand
Bend and the perseverance of ARC Industries manager Ron Heim -
rich and baker Dan Knight a bakeshop at ARC Industries in. Dash-
wood started production of pastries this week.
35. YEARS AGO
December 9, .1962 - Group Captain L.H. Randall. RCAF Central-
ia's Commanding Officer presented James B.. Kirkland of Exeter
with adepartment of national defence award of merit for 15 years of
service. Mr. Kirkland has worked at the station as a messman since
1947: • .
The annual turkey rolls are being staged and so far 24 of the birds
have been won. In the women's Teague, Mary Goodwin and Alice
Arthur won for high triples and Doreen Prance and Audrey • Fair-
bairn won birds for their high singles.
Top prize winner among the arca 4-H• clubs who received prize
money was Donald .Weigand, who placed first in hoth .the Zurich
Calf and tractor maintenance clubs .
- 40 YEARS AGO
Deceniber 9. 1957 - Retiring clerk -treasurer F.W. Morlcok was
presented with a'chair recently by municipal officials of Stephen
aciwnship.
Ervin Ratz, R.R. 3, Dashwood won the $15(1 dr;m in Exeter Busi-
nessmen's Association Christmas jackpot Saturday night. His ticket
was drawn by Constable John Cowan.
A barn owned by Howard Pym. R.R. 1, Centralia, prominent jun-
ior fanner and 4-H vluh;lcader, burned to the ground "Tuesday night.
Two head of Mr. POWs Holstein herd were lost m the blaie along
with a large quantity of hay. straw and grain.
The annual SHDHS commencement variety show will be present-
ed this week. •
50 YEARS AGO
December 8, 1947 - frog incial Police Constable John l erguson
has received a new piilice cruiser equipped with a two-way radio.
Santa Claus arrived by air- at RCAi' Station Centralia Saturday
and was greeted by the entire personnel
Monday was the heaviest day bf Christmas mail when 46 hags ar-
rived at the Exeter Post Office on the morning train.
Mr. Gerald Lawson has just completed a course in horology or
watch staking at the rehahilitatii►n school in Toronto.
Luean's new water system, a $1(x1,0()0 project w as put into Opera•
tion Thursday when Reeve Harold Culbert turned 011 the main valve.
Six of Exeter's new.wartinte houses are now ready for occupancy.
75 YEARS AGO
' December 8, 1947 - While Mr. Frank Taylor was operating a
shaper at the Ross:'i'aylor planing mill on Tuesday afternoon, in
some manner his hand came in contact with the knives and as a re-
sult he lost part of the. ring finger on his right hand.
Dashwood UCW
LASHWOOD - The Dashwood
Women's Institute met • at Liz
Allen's 'Restaurant fora Christmas
• dinner will all the trimmings. •
Before the meal 22 members and
guests completed a Christmas
Confusion contest and the
.important dates in December
• • The meeting opened with an'
Alphabetical--L-ist--cam C-ttvistm
Customs and the proper way to care
for a Poinsettia. The roll call a
Canadian product you are wearing
-a, Christmas card verse was read.
Secretary. Brenda Sheppard: and
treasurer. Kaethe Freiter. read their
reports. '
The reminders included a
program for Blue Water Rest Hume
January 21. a secret pal card. and a
thank you for donation of food•for
food bank. . •
• Ruth Stire and Freida Keller were.
in charge of the entertainment.
Members and guests .reminisced
about a special happening in their
lifetime: Christmas carob were
sung and ended with a scenic tour
of Christmas lights in town.
Rebekah Lodge
members enjoy
turkey dinner
Hensall cats: who's responsible?
By Clantall Van Raay
T -A Reporter
HENSALL - The issue of cats in..
Hensall has been ongoing since•
1993. and residents and village
staff ate still struggling with what
should be done to rectify the Sinia-
tion.
Numerous` committees, since
1993 have tried to deal with the is-
sue of cats, especially strays.
The most recent. attempt is a draft
bylaw on ' the management, pro.
tection and"identification of cats.
. The bylaw states the owner of a'
cat registdr the animal wiili.the vil-
lage clerk and pay an undisclosed
licence fee by March 15 of- each
year: or within two weeks of ob-
taining a cat.• Upon registration: the
clerk will issue a.- registration tag
bearing an, identification number, -
Janis Bishack, representing Hen-
sall cat' owners,' argued that in
1993, 403 people signed a .petition
stating they didn't feel licericine
was • necessary. She also asked
council .what the, fees will be used
for.
Clerk Luanne PFiair responded;hy
saying theIees will he used as gen-
eral funds for protection and iden-
t►frcation of cats.
Bishack added that registering a-
cat within two weeks doesn't seem
logical since. "(the cat) may bolt
and leave you and you're stuck with
paying a -fee." •-
The bylaw also addressed what
.. action a cat owner will face if their
cat becomes a nuisance and they do.
not comply with the act. A first of-
-
fence will be a verbal warning to
the- owner: by a second offence a
written order is issued to the owner
requiring them to 'prevent further
nuisance:- after a-thirdoffence. the -
cat will he impounded at the South
'Huron Veterinary Clinic In Zurich.
where the owner will, have to pay a
fee of no less than S25:to get the cat
hack.
"How . are we going to determine
• that a specific cat is causing a spe-
cific nuisance'" asked.Bishack.
"Where tolerance is at a inimum
we •don't _want - neighhcm pitted
against neighbors. We don't want to
impound the wrong animal..'
One of the main issues was how
to.. -control sickly. anlured ,Ir stray
cats. The draft by law •stares these
cats Will he transported .to the Zu-
rich clinic.'and village staff will at-
- tempt to notify the .owner;. If the
owner cannot he identified the cal
will not he released. Any cat not
claimed within a period of time
(not less • than • 72 hours). will • be
turned over to the, Huronia Brant
of the O.S.P.C.A. if the cat is not
then picked up or adopted, the drat)
bylaw states the cat will then be eu-
thanized. it• also states that any cat
posing a threat to the health anc
safety of persons or other animah
may be immediately euthanized.
Ann MacMillan. another • con-
cerned resident of Hensall, said be-
cause Hensall isa mill village, carr
are- needed to keep away rats anc
mice.
:'This Is a town where there -are
lot of mice and rats," she said: "Wt
need stray cats to keep the rodent:
down." ' .•
' She' added there are those whc
are guilty of not looking after then
animals and the bylaw is. directec
towards them. . . .
Reeve Cecil Pepper said there- I:
still a lot of work which needs u
he done to the bylaw. Councillor
Rod Parker and • Dave Annet
agreed. and offered to create
committee with residents to; -dea
with the issue. "Once and for alta
Parker concluded. -
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EXETER - About 50 members of
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enjoyed a delicious turkey -dinner
catered by Sister Joyce Morgan and
her committee. Dinners were
delivered to eight shutins.
Belated 50th wedding
annisersary greetings to Brother
Gerald and Sister Lois MaFails:
Birthday wishes to - Sister- Almira
Ford, Sister Jean Johns, and Sister
Bean Ballantyne. The. group
donated half of a the Christmas
dinner fee to the Christmas Bureau '
which was S113.-50. Sister Jean
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successful cheese sale - was
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for sorting. Sister Elly VanBergen
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Sister Gloria- McFalls *did a'
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- alias Sister Barb Tiedenian.
Punch and cookies were enjoyed
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