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Times Advocate, 1994-11-9, Page 5• Back in Time... By Ross Haugh from the archives of the Exeter Times Advocate 10 YEARS AGO November 7, 1984 - The fu- ture employment of anti- nuclear demonstrator Joanne Young remains in limbo be- cause a decistikn expected by the Huron Board of Education to terminate her services has been tabled. After several weeks of spin- ning wheels and honking horns, Exeter council appears to he going into a reverse gear as they deal with the issue of commercial trucks parking in residential areas. Present reg- ulations niay be dropped. 25 YEARS AGO November 13, 1969 - W.H. Hodgson Ltd. of Exeter has been awarded the contract for supplying insurance coverage on all properties owned by the Huron County Board of Edu- cation. The premium will be reduced by 40 percent from the existing policy and this extremely tow cost of $22,631 will only be held if the Huron Board's own losses are con- trolled. The Gran!on exchange of the Blanshard Municipal Tele- phone System is changing over to the dial system this weekend. The 380 customers have the choice of private or two-party lines. 50 YEARS AGO November 5, 1944 -Exeter council has granted an addi- tional $150 to the Exeter Li- brary Board. Mr. Victor Kes- tle and Miss Laura Jeckell gave facts and figures show- ing that it had been impossi- ble for the board to meet their obligations from the original grant of $1,050. The Exeter High School Board has approved Army Cadet training after school in- spectors reported that the Army Cadets have the most complete organization and a program which could be car- ried out without necessity of after four instruction. 75 YEARS AGO November 6, 1919 - Mr. An- drew Hicks of Centralia won the provincial election for the United Farmers of Ontario Par- ty for the riding of South Hu- ron. The Conservative members in Toronto have agreed to give the U.F.O. a fair chance to make good in government and will not put. up stiff opposition "for opposition's sake." Since Kitchener has worked up a reputation as being one place in Canada to get one's thirst quenched with little diffi- culty it is said the immigration there vastly outruns the accom- modation. The Crediton orchestra has been engaged to furnish the musical portion of the enter- tainment given in connection with the fowl supper in Bruce - field Friday night. Stanfield's Red Label under- wear is avaialahlc at Southcott Bros. for $3 a pair. 100 YEARS AGO November 8, 1894 - E. Wil- liams of Usbornc township was awarded the sum of $5 in full for claims against the mu- nicipality for damages arising from an acciuent caused by his horse shying at repairing mate- rial left on the road on May 20. The dredging of Hay Swamp and Black Creek has been completed. Good work has been done and good results are expected to follow. it is about three years ago that the contra - tors started the job. The Sodom correspondent reports that there is some pros- ect of a tailor shop starting up in this town in the near future. The Exeter School Board re- cently purchased from Reeve Bawden two acres of land at the rear of the present grounds, and next summer will extend the playground. Messrs. Smallacombe, Wren and Arnold of Hensttll are now busy getting their dutch sets ready for shipping. They ex- pect to ship 300 sacks in good shape and of first class quality. While going from Farquhar to Exeter Monday afternoon, Mr. John Heywood Jr. of Elim- ville lost a roll of bills contain- ing $50. The finder is asked to turn the money into the Advo- cate. United Way donation The United Way received a $1,000 donation from the Huron and District Kinsmen last Tuesday. Pictured above, from left are: Marvin Taylor, Kinsmen treasurer; Scott Bell, Kins- men president; Helen Johns of the United Way and Mark Kennedy, Kinsmen secretary. Grocery store rebate still debated EXETER - Councillor Dave Ur - lin, Monday night said there was one thing he felt council should re- solve before finishing its term. He said he was concerned that council hadn't fully dealt with the is - Central Huron signs mobility bus agreement Will South Huron be next, ask organizers? SEAFORTH - Five municipalities signed an agreement last Wednesday, bringing the central Huron region closer to having a mobility bus service for seniors and the handicapped. Clinton, Seaforth, and Hullett, McKillop, and Tuckersmith Town- ships signed a document to adopt CHUMS Inc. as a non-profit trans- portation service in the area. CHUMS. stands for Central HUron Mobility Service, and it will be funded by provincial government grants and local fundraising ef- forts. It should not, organizers insist, have to rely on any kcal tax dollars for support. Bev Brown said that some $32,000 has already been raised, but more funds will be needed before a bus can he purchased. She said the hope is to have the service up and running by the spring. "I'm just hoping we'll get some phone calls from South Huron say- ing 'when can we get started'?'," said Brown.) Organizational meetings have suggested a demand exists for a similar service in the arca around Exeter. "A lot of nice things have come together," said Brown. Village advertising for committee volunteers LUCAN - Residents of the vil- lage of Lucan wishing to get in- volved in the business of the mu- nicipality now have the opportunity to volunteer to sit on a number of committees. in an advertisement in this week's issue of the T -A, clerk Ron Reymer is seeking nine interested ratepayers to he part of the village's committees. Three persons arc needed for the committee of adjustment, the same number for the planning advisory committee, two for the arcna man- agement committee and one to be part of the Lucan-Biddulph tire area board. All interested are asked to submit a letter of application to the village office no later than 5 p.m. on De- cember 1 and the selections are ex- pected to be made at the December 15 meeting of council. At a recent meeting, clerk Reym- er asked that council begin to think about the privatization of not only recreation facilities but also other municipal services. it is the wave of the future with the purpose of saving money. He continued, "We may some day have everything from the arena complex to the re- pair of water and sewer mains con- tracted out. A recent example of this is the town of Ingersoll. con- A "THINKING, COMMON SENSE APPR • ' CH" TO EXETER'S NEEDS tracting out their entire -recreation department to a private firm." After some deliberation, council approved the original tender of Frank Cowan Company for the vil- lage insurance needs for 1995 with a total premium of $28,474. Deputy reeve Harry Wraith pro- posed cancelling insurance on the horse barn, farm storage shed and the Market and Elm street parks and reduce the value of insurance on the municipal building. When reeve Tom McLaughlin es- timated the savings on these pro- posed deletions and reductions would only be $219 and said he felt the saving was not worth the risk he was supported by councillors Rob Brady and Reg Crawford. Council has been informed by village engineer Don Pletch that his firm Huron -Middlesex Engineering has merged with Tottenham, Sims and Hubicki of Whitby. Council will be donating a village flag to the Lucan Irish junior hock- ey team to commemorate their 25th anniversary. The wages for part-time staff such as the animal control officer and bylaw enforcement officer will be increased by 1.2 percent, the same rate of increase as that of full- time employees. Don WINTER •♦•,,.,,,.,..e••••• • •• ••••••••••••••••i••' ••s.+••••••••• • • • • sue of rebates for recycling pro- grams after it granted the Darling's Food Market a $4,500 rebate in the summer, even though it failed to meet recycling deadlines. He said council had not made a decision to deal with a similar re- quest from Holtzmann's IGA. "I don't think we've dealt with this thing very fairly," he said, and sug- gested it be cleared up before the new council comes in. "We'll also have to deal with Valu Mart because they trade a verbal presentation," noted mayor Bruce Shaw. Urlin made a motion to reimburse the IGA some $2,10(1 of its tipping fees during the recycling program phase in in late 1993. However, his motion died without being second- ed. Councillor Robert Drummond, however, agreed the issue was not resolved, and that he was still of the opinion council made a mistake giving a rebate to Darling's in the first place. He made a motion to rescind the Darling's rebate. "They already have the money," pointed out Shaw. "So get it hack," suggested Drum- mond. Reeve Bill Mickle said it would take at least a two-thirds vote from council to pass a motion rescinding an earlier decision, but the mayor declared the entire motion out of order because the rebate had al- ready been paid. "That's what they said about Pearson Airport," joked councillor I Urlin. Times -Advocate, November 9, 1994 Art students once again painting Christmas windows EXETER - Students of South Huron District High School will once again be doing their pan 10 make Christmas a little brighter in Exeter. During the week of November 28 to December 3, the students of the High School's art class will be painting windows of town busi- nesses. Since the students require two weeks to prepare the designs for the windows, and to organize their painting times, they are asking in- terested businesses tocontact the school by November 15. Although the service is offered for free, most of the businesses make a donation to the Art Stu- dents Club. Interested businesses can contact SuzAnne Maple at the school, at 235-0880, or leave a message about your business name, loca- tion, and approximate window size (if you haven't had your windows painted in the past). Page 5 alL BEST SELLER NOVELS 424 Main St. • Exeter 235-1331 Investments r t t ._ 1 Yr. - 6.75% 3Yr. -7.875% 5 yr. - 8.25% Segregated Funds 1 YR. -10.99% 2 YR. - 13.17% 4 YR. -12.86% Gaiser-Kneale 235-2420,238-8484 * GIC rates subject to change. Short- term rates available. Segregated fund rates reflect actual past performance. Future returns will vary. 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