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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-09-04, Page 1Killed In Two-Car Crash • This is the car in which two McKillop residents were rid- ing Sunday night when they were fatally injured in a two- ear crash. Leslie Pepper, RR 4, Walton, was a passenger in the • car driven by William George Waddell, also of RR 4, Walton. The accident occurred on No. 12 County Road 6,2 miles north of Seaforth opposite the Pepper farm. (Staff photo). Investigate Fire Series As Building Losses Mount Wm. Wilbee, Seaforth, had a portion of his left foot armputa- tett. at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lan- don following- a farm accident iiifonday. Mr. Wilbee was assisting mov- ing grain at the farm of Alvin A Beuerman, RR 1, Dublin, early Monday evening when he slip- ped and his foot became caught In a grain auger. Rushed to Seaforth Communi- ty Hospital, he was attended by Dr. Roger Whitman, and later removed to London where it was necessary to amputate near- ly half his foot. • Fire Levels Large Barn Robert Dalton surveys all that remains of a large barn destroyed by fire Friday morning, Seaforth and Blyth firemen prevented the fire from spreading to neighboring buildings inelud- lag grain storage sheds and' a grain dryer. (Staff photo), 20 88 488 264 379 314 284 570 se Whole • No. 5895 110th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SRTEMBER; 4,1969 n Sunday Night 12 PAGES singe Co to is. tin* SOW A Year ht Advaneay • cKillop Crash ..K111$' iNalton Area. 'Residents 4 1 a Provincial Police, a district fire m•arshall and the Seaforth Fire Chief are investigating a series of farm fires which des- troyed a number of buildings in the district Sunday evening and Catches Foot In Auger Monday morning. Fire Chief John F. Scott said the sequence of fires within a fifteen mile radius of Seaforth suggested arson as a possibility. Total damage in the fires has not been estimated although Chief Scott said the loss in one fire - that of a barn on the farm of Jack Van Miltenburg, RR 4, Seaforth -- was $40,000. Involved in the investigation are members of the Goderich, Seaforbh and Sebringville de- tachments of the ()PP and Guelph Fire Marshall Don Reed. Seaforth firemen answered a calf td the farm of Clement Krauskopf north east of Sea- forth about 10 &clock Sunday night when a vacant farm house was . burning fiercely. As the brigade was preventing the flames from spreading to a nearby barn, a second call came in from the Van Miltenburg farm five miles south of Sea- forth, Lost in that fire werd 23 pigs, 26 tons of grain and 8,000 bales of hay as well as a quantity of machinery. Chief Scott said there were indications that an effort had been made to start a fire in a shed adja- cent to a vacant farm house on the property. • Mr. Krauskopf, aided by neighbors, worked until past midnight to ensure the barn 'on the property' was clear of sparks and plowed furrows around the embers of the house to prevent any spread through dry grass. "When I left early in the morning the barn was safe and I don't think there was anyway 'sparks could reach it", Mr. Krauskapf said_ Despite this, by morning the barn' had been destroyed. The fire was not noticed because of heavy fig and the loss was not discovered• until Monday morn:. ing. • Total damage has not been "estimated in the fires which When a frame granary col- lapsed on the farm of Joe Vis- ser, RR 5, Seaforth, Saturday afternoon, 40 pigs in the lower area of the building were killed. The 20 foot square building had been built less than..two destroyed Cann's Mills Ltd., mill at Whalen's Corners on the Huron County side of Highway 23, and a barn at Clarence Schrader's farm, RR 1, Steffa, in Hibbert Township, Perth County, At the Schrader farm, an at- tempt had been made to burn down an unoccupied house but Mitchell fire department arriv- ed in time to put it out. A third 'fire was started in a bale of straw in a barn belong- ing to John Dearing, RR 1, Staffa..A neighbor saw the flick- ering light in the barn and aroused Mr. ,Dearing in time to extinguish the blaze. weeks earlier. Mrs. Visser said the family was having Canner' and didn't know of the accident until Mr. Visser went to the barn. Loss of the building and pigs is estimated at $2,000. Set Fire Loss at $25,000 An early morning fire Friday destroyed an 80 by 60 foot barn on the farm of Robert Dalton, RR 1, Londesboro, •north west of Seaforth. Loss was estimated at $25,000 in the fire which destroyed 45 tons mixed grain, full mows of hay and some equipment. The fire was noticed by a, neighbor, Mrs. Les' Dalmage shortly before 6 o'clock and her husband ran to warn the Dal- tons of the danger. Seaforth firemen, aided by the Blyth tanker fought the blase and prevented the fire from spreading to other nearby build- i rigs. The Dalton farm is located about eight miles northwest of Seaforth on Huron County Road 17. Equipment lost ncluded a silage blower as well as the grain and a quantity of straw. Cause of the fire is unknown and at Clinton Collegiate and began farming in McKillop in 1948. 'He is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Pethick to whom le was married in 1942 at the McKillop Manse. He is also sur- vived by one daughter, Mrs. William (Marlene) Harburn, RR 2, Seaforth; two sons, Mervin L. Pepper, .Toranto. and Murray J. A. of AR 4, Walton; one sister, Mrs. Carl (Pearl) 1VIeClinclley, Clinton, and one brother, Will, lam R. Pepper, Brucefield. He was a member of the Cav- an United Church, Winthrop. The body was at the Box Fun- eral Home,, Seafarth where a service was conducted Wednes- day afterneon by Rev. Douglas Steven of Egmondville United Church. Interment followed in Maidandbank Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ross Driscoll, Wm. Hodge, Arthur Alexander, Wm. Alexander, Allan Camp- bell and Ken Beattie. Flowerbearers were Bert Pep- per, Nelson McCianchey, James Rapson, Thomas. Rapson, Ken- neth Pethick and Robert La Beau. Native of Ireland Mr. Waddell was a native of Ireland, coming to Canada 41 years ago. A salesman he had resided in Toronto until re- LESLIE PEPPER W. G. WADDELL tiring to the Walton area two years ago. He is survived by 'his wife, the former Mary Mitchell; one daughter, Miss Kathleen Waddell of Toronto; one son,Jack also of Toronto, and three sisters. Mary, Mrs. John Kennedy, and Maggie, Mrs. John Harris, both of Belfast, Ireland and Elizabeth Egmondville growing pains are creating water supply prob- lems for Tuckersmith council. At, a ' meeting in Centennial School, Brucefield, Tuesday night which continued until 2 a.m. Wednesday morning coun- cil sought some solution. Tuckersmith has been extend- ing its water service until , now there are 95 installations in Eg- mendville which is considered capacity production for the pre- sent two pumps. About 25 limes in Egenonel- -ville are ,supplied with water by Seaforth and several residents have their own wells - and of these some sell water to neigh- bors. The present period of prolong- ed dry weather has increased the demand for water which in turn has resulted in low water pressure in a number of homes. In addition new construction is resulting in demands for new services. Mr. and Mrs. Howard James were at the meeting seeking an answer to their 'application 'for water services to their -new home in Egmondville. Councillors phoned Neil Hop- per, Harpurhey well driller, to attend the meeting .to advise members on the problem. Mr, Hopper confirmed that Tucker+ smith's two pumps were work- ing to capacity in supplying 95 homes. He said Egmendville water troubles were due to the hamlet's "growing pains". lie said pressure problems at this time were likely due also to in- creased water usage because of watering gardens in the sum- mer months. Water eonsuinption generally is on the increase due to automatic clothes washers, dish washers and other 'house- hold facilities. Mr.. Hopper said the final so- lution could mean drilling. an- other costing between $3,000 and $4,000 or improving one of the present wells. A temporary solutitin might be to add pressure pumps.. Prices on these were discussed, Mr, Hopper warned that "in order not to run into pressure troubles it is necessary to pro- duce one' gallon per minute per house". Council 'had investigated, an offer from Norman MacLean to buy a water system from him serving a number of homes but took no action when it was Mrs. John Wyllie Of Regina. The body was at the Box fun.. eral home Us Seaforth unity Wednesday when it -was taken to the Turner and Porter Am. end home, 2357 Moor West, TorontO. Service was held on Thursday at 11 &LW conducted by Rev. A. Brolly and, burial MIS 'in Park Lawn' cemetery... learned much of the- water pipe was only 3/4 " pipe, the other part lie pipe. Council agreed that due to other financial obligations it would postpone drilling a well until next year when the situa- tion would' be reviewed. Deputy-Reeve Alex; MacGreg- or said he felt the present wat- er rate 'of $30.00 per year was not sufficient, "its not even the price of a bottle of pop, a day". With water maintenance costs' higher council agreed rates must be increased in 1970 and to be paid twice yearly - in January` and in June. Clerk J. I. McIntosh was instructed to prepare a by-law to provide for the, increase, "If people will be careful in their use of water in this short- age due to the dry weather we can manage for the present," Reeve Elgin Thompson com- mented. Council instructed Clerk Mc- Intosh to notify each homeown- er of the. Tuckersmith• water by-law ..and to place an ad' in the Huron Expositor concern- ing the, matter. Egmondville res- idents are to restrict the use of water in watering lawns or gardens and to restrict use of water to household activities as the township is linable to supply extra water at present peak de- mand due to dry weather con- ditions, Council approved water in- stallation rates being increased to $125.00 effective immediate- ly from $100.00. Council also agreed- to extend water services to the .Howard James 'residence by putting in a two-inch. pipe (530 feet of it) from township' shed to' the house. A building permit for $1,000 was -granted Frank 'Crich, Iiar- purhey to tear down a small barn and, with lumber from', it erect a garage. , Road accounts of , $6,512.70 were passed for payment, Gouncillor Cleave Coombs, the member appointed to Seaforth Fire Area Board, presented tentative by-Laws of the new board fin' consideration while council questioned 'several points and advised Councillor Coombs on them, members con- curred in principle with the new fire agreement with author- ization given. to their member to act on their behalf. . Granary Collapse Kills 40 Pigs A grinding two car collision north of Seaforbh on Huron jload 12 Sunday evening claimed Vie lives of two Walton area ;residents. 4 Dead are William George -Weddell, 64, RR 4, Walton, said aby police to be the driver of one of the cars involved and his 'passenger, Leslie Albert Pepper 54, RR 4, Waton. Mr. Pepper was the only pas- senger in the car owned by Mr. . Waddell. Both were pronounced dead at the scene by Coroner Dr. Paul"Brady of Seaforth. The accident occurred at 1.0:30 p.m. at a point apposite the Pep- per farm entrance, 6.2 miles 'i'north of Seaforth. The five people in the second ear were removed to Seaforth Community Hospital and, later three of the five were tak- en to St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon- don. They were attended at the scene by Dr, Roger Whitman of Seaforth. OPP constable -Ray Primeau of the Seaforth Detachment said. Randall Duffy, 17, RR '1, Dublin believed to be the driver of the second car was in Seaforth Hos- pital suffering from lacerations. Also in Seaforth Hospital is Glen Dietrich, 14, of 187 Bruns- wick St., Stratford with a fract- ured left foot. In St. Joseph's Hospital, Lond- on in satisfactory condition. are William Duffy, 16, with a fracta tired skull and injured left eye, Thomas Duffy, 6, compound fractured left leg and fractured right leg; and Brian Dietrich, 15, skull fracture and concus- sion. The-boys had attended a fam- ily reunion in the Walkerton. area and were on the way home. They were but four miles from the Duffy' farm home when the accident occurred. Born in Tuckersmith Mr. Pepper was born in Tuckersmith, theson of the late Albert Pepper and. Ethel Weston He was.educatect in Tuckersmith In Egmondville Water. Shortage Threatens Village Primary Schools Down More Pupils At Seaforth District High 'a Clinton Colborne East Wawanosh Exeter Grey Hensel' Holmesville Howick Hullett Huron Centennial J. A. D. McCurdy. MeKillop No. 2 McKillop No. 4 40 McKillop No. 6 McKillop No, 7 MeKillop No. 8 McKillop No, 9 McKillop No. 10 North Ashfield Goderich Seaforth Stephen Turnberry Usborne Victoria, Goderich Walton. Wingharn 1968 1969 Zurich 289 301 17 275363 2654 ThItanclrea'se 212. "71 8,7 518 490 228 275 253 236 496 522 303 342 263 266 311 310 679 665 337 370 692 672 291 342 19 -18 27 28 30 27 29 28 26 26 28 28 Keeping pace with a county- wide trend towards an increase in secondary school students, Seaforth District High School reported an ineredge of 30 stu- dents on Tuesday as students across the county returned to classes.. The increase, which SDHS principal L, P. Plumsteel said was mostly due to the closing of the Dublin Continuation School, boosted the enrolment to 517. Both primary schools in Sea- forth followed a lessening trend apparent in printery schools across the province. Seaforth Public School report- ed. 209 fewer .students on open- ing day than in June of 1989. J. W. Talbot, principal at SPS noted that 36 students graduat- ed in June, 1969 and only 19 registered for kindergarten this year. Enrolment et SPS was 264 on Tuesday. St. James' Separate School has eight ,fewer students • than ins( June. Enrolment last year was 251 compared with 243 on opening day. pace. This situation had been anticipated. Establishment of kindergar- ten, classes in Brookside (north- Central, Holmesville and North west), Colborne Central, Grey Ashfield elementary schools boosted the opening day totals, he stated. A new school had been added, Huron Hope School at Huron Park, Centralia, with eleven .pu- pils on opening day. He said there was too much work for one teacher and a motion was passed to give the superintend- ent permission to hire extra help. Huron Centennial Public, south of Brumfield, with a drop of 20, has four empty rooms, two of which are being used as music and art rooms, and two for storage, it was pointed out. Mr. Coulter reported -that the five secondary schools in Huron County showed a slight over- all increase of 174 as indicated by the following figures: 987 1968 1069 1,000 Wingham 1,299 1,331 Goderich 798 840 Exeter 894 951 Seaforth 487 517 Total 4,465 4,639 Figures for the three schools for retarded children are as fol- lows: 1968 1969 Goderich . 12 14 Wingham 15 15 Huron Park Totals 27 Thirty-one elementary schools under the board's jurisdiction reported a net increase of 212 on opening day, figures for the old Victor Lauriston School in Godericch being included in those for the new Robertson Memorial School, Mr. Coulter said, Totals were 8,577' in 1968 and 8,789 in 1969, with five new kindergarten classes added' this fall. Blyth Brookside Brussels The thirtjanipe schools under the jurisdiction' of Huron Coun- ty Board of Education showed a slight increase of 3.3 percent over last year in enrolment on' opening day Tuesday. J. W, Coulter, superintendent of schools, reported to the hoard at its first tall meeting in the board roam of Central Iruron Secondary School, Clin- ton, the same evening that 13,- 468 pupils were enrolled by noon as,agaiest 13,069 on Sept- embdr 30, 1968. Elementary schools were up 212, retarded schools 13, -and secondary schools. 174. Opening day • summaries for the 39 schools were reported ap follows: 1968 1969 (Sept. 30) (Sept, 2) Elementary (31), 8,577 8,789 Retarded (3) 27 40 Secondary (5) 4,465 4,639 Totals 39 schools 13,069 13,468 Commenting on his report, Mr. Coulter said that, generally there was an increase in the secondary schools, with the ele- ''a- tnentary schools not keeping Clinton 454 203 20 97 492 244' 396 294 330 569 74 438 209