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celebrates
ry, Township Reeve Grant
currently at the Mat of
fiftrAgil lity's government, is
tingaIandmark year of his own.,
ea ORC0110,01 for a Oral of
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township .e8preSsad•ghtjMsiasM aboul pro-
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truction of a new
township shed. The old shed is now sed in A
25 years. me #rins were not consectitive, s Q g cap .
, took f :-.$ears off," he says, but the The most recent project was the con-
- • MtMherS s add up to a quarter century of , struction of washrooms antia lunch counter
at the Township's ball diamond, for which
• of One of Goderich Township's longtime resi- Stirling has also seen an influx of trailer
municipal,90dee17,41.11s,_ family,. wife Anna, the township footed the bill and local
daughter Brenda end -son Clayton are part slowpitch players provided the labor.
. dent families.$tirlingis father, was reeve in and mobile home parks as well as a "great
Sterl-
Stirling is in his lith year as reeve and in- ing's time. •
improvement in the road System,' in eluding his terra sedepUty reeve, has serv- Stirling takes great pride in both the peo-
ed 19 years on Hurdn Comity Council. Stirl- pleHaendprthoeudiseyttinnogtoefsthteibatotilmshidweingp.
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GODERICH TOWNSHIP -
On your 150th Birthday Celebrations!
HULLETT TOWNSHIP
REEVE - Tom Cunningham CLERK TREASURER -
DEPUTY REEVE - Joe Gibson Harry Lear
COUNCILLORS - Ron Gross ASSISTAIsiT CLERK
molvio Knox TREASURER - Bev Shaddick
J. Clare Vincent ROAD SUPERINTENDENT -
Jim Johnston
ROAD CREW - Ian Hulley
Doug DO1Mage
•-• ing has liad'en'oppertututy to watch the
township groW during his time in office.
"I've certainly seen a lot of changes dur-
hig my terra," he says.
When he took office, the township had only
one road maintenance worker, no tractor
and no trucks.
"We still don't have a lot in the way of
equipMent," says Stirling, but the township
now employs three road workers and owns
one tractor andtwo trucks.
Stirling has been involved in no less than
five building projects as a member of coun-
cil. In 1967, an office was added to the Stirling, who was Huron County Warden
township garage.and in 1988, the township- . in4983,-is 'also' a farmer;- rutuihig trrabliik
completed what Stirling feels it's most im- beef, pork and cash crop operation in the
portant structure, the Goderich Township township. All that, on top of his townshi
it
Hall- • council duties, would cause a tat of people te:
• The building houses a council meeting consider retirement, from at least some of
chambers, records department, and a kit- their duties. Stirling however, is not so sure
chen, bar and auditorium facility, which he's ready to give up his post justyet.
gilhes township residents a place to hold "I've had a good term. We'll see when the
public meetings, dances and other func- time comes," he says, when asked if he will
tions. It was built as the result of the run in the next election.
township being named a benificiary in the "Maybe I'll be like Trudeau and take a
will of John and Pearl Woon. The Woon's left walk in the snow before I decide'
the township, more than $300,000 and Meanwhile, Stirling is playing his part in
specified that a hall was to be built with the making the 1-5-0 celebrations a success.
money. Grants and land severance funds Since 1983, when council arranged a
made up the balance of the cost of building. public meeting, to "see if people were in -
"It hasn't cost the taxpayers a penny," terested in celebrating the township's an -
Stirling proudly proclaims. niversary" Stirling has been involved with
Although there were some people opposed the project.
to building the hall at the time, Stirling says He knew back then, they had to get under -
it has, "turned out to be a real asset to the way quickly, especially as far a putting out
community." a history book was concerned.
"It's done more than anything else to br- You can get ready for a parade and other
ing this township together," he adds. things in a hurry, but a (history) book takes
The kitchen had to be expanded after the time and effort to prepare.
Goderich Twp. was the first township to go
over its quota in the Victory Bonddrivesl
"We must have a lot of hard-working peo-
ple that save their money," he says. •
The township, is bounded by water on
three sides, with Lake Huron, the Bayfield
River and•the Maitland River making up the
western, southern and norther boundaries
respecively.
"We probably have the most unusual
boundaries of any Municipality you would
find in the province of Ontario,"he says.
Wishes do come true,
Our best wishes to you!
Congratulations!
on your'
Sesquicentennial
From your neighbours in
the Municipality of the
TOWNSHIP OF HAY