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GOING ONCE.Richard Lobb' and Ron G thke call for
bids on Harburnes General Store at the auction on
Saturday. The former' Owners' Ted and Elizabeth
Harburn have run the General Store for eiM,yeara
and plan to continue living In 'the hamlet. On the
right Is Ed. Rowland of Dublin, (Staff photo).
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tor cc)unty
in .grader.accid -
A, Walton man lost his life
Tuesday in a grader accident.
Donald Achilles, 35, an employee
of the ,Huron County roads
,depatitment was run over by a,
road grader he was operating on
County Road 30, north of
Fordwich.
Wingham OPP said Mr:
Achilles was operating the grader
alone a short distance from a
group of other county workers
about noon. The workmen noticed
the operatorless grader off the
road, smoking and with its wheels
spinning. When they investigat
ed, they found the dead man,
nearby.
Police said it's not clear
whether the man fell from the cab
of the grader or was working
around the grad r when the
accident happened. vestiggtion
of the accident is contialtinK
and the Ministry of Y.abour's
construction safety branch has
been notified,. the OPP said.
The late Mr. Achilles leaves his
wife; the former KatItY
McTaggart of Brussels, and three
Children, Danny, Dwayne and
Christine, all at home. His
parents,. Mr; and Mrs. Roily
Achilles, also live in Walton.
He is also survived by, two
sisters, 'Marg, Mrs. Bill Taylor of
Kintail and Anne, 114.p.
of Seaforth and one brother;jerry
of Fergus.
Funeral arrangements were-
incomplete at press • time but a
member of the family said
memorial donations could be
made to the Walton ball park,
where Mr. Achilles was an active '
volunteer worker. Donald .Achilles
Two injured, trees led by:crash
TRAPPED IN QAR '— Concern is written all over the face,of these
'SeAfa'rthliremehwho were palled to an accident onGdderich St:W.
_late Friday afternoon - and found Margaret Harlrison, 67, of .
Orangeville, trapped in the Datsun at -right. Mrs. Harrison is in
satisfactory condition in Stratford General Hospital and her
grandson Richard Gerrie, 12, also of Orangeville has been
transferred to Molylaster University Hospital in Hamilton. The
Harrison car, travailing west on Gocierich St. Was in collision with
the Dodge at left, driven by Bernard McQuaid of. N. Mein St.,
Seaforth. The McQuaid car,went out of control while travelling east
.onGocierich Sc., crossed the westbound lane, knocked down a sign
post and two trees and came to rest about five feet from the house at
56 Goderich st. W. -(Staff Photo)
Two people were injured in a University 1-1ospital. in Hamilton.
two car accident on Goderich St. Relatives said he,,will be hospital-
W. when, an east bound car went. ' ized'for about` six weeks. ,,. ...
',out of control on wet pavement. Seafortli pollee" said. the ., The car, a 1970 Dodge given by, Me,Quaiti car crossed the ,west Bernard McQuaid of North Main bound Goderich St. lane,'knock- Street, was in collision with a ing down a sign and .a tree on the wek bound 1975 Datsun, driven .
by Margaret Harrison, _ 67, of was travelling ,boulevard. It crossed the sidewalk
Orangeville,whb and hit another small tree- and
west on Go derich Street.
Jr stopped about five feet from a
Mrs. Harrison was taken to house at 56 Goderich St. W. The
Seaforth' Community. Hospital .11y 2. McQuaid car, burst into flames , 'aridteafot:th firemen were called ambulance, after heingtrapped in
her, car for several minutes and
her grandson, Richard Gerrie, 12,
of Orangeville was taken to
hospital in a Seaforth Police
cruiser. Mrs. Harrison was trans-
ferred on the weekend to Strat-
ford General Hospital' where
she is in satisfactory condition.
Richard, who is a hemophiliac or
bleeder, was transferred to Strat-
ford and then on the McMaster
to the scene.
Firenie•n 'hosed down both cars
and comforted Mrs. ,Harrison
until the ambulance arriyeklvirs.
Harrison had just been visiting
her sister-in-law, WS. Winnifred
McPhail of Jarvis St. and was on
her way to see her son in Clinton.
Seaforth police chief John
Cairns said that both cars were
complete write-offs. He estimated
- HITCHING A RIDE-Canny Beuerrnan,, three years
. oLd,. theyoungest walker In the Winthrop Community
walkithtin on Saturday, hitched""a ride with
4. betty itiiiiierman for part of the trip.,Plfty-foUr peosple
registered/for the walk to 2112 miles north of Walton
and back. (Staff Photo)
n • .
damages at at.least 53000.
A witness. told 'police that the
car looked as if ' it couldtet
straighten -afound, then crossed
flaws.
The radar was to be fully
completed and operating last
spring, but tests carried out in
Ottawa uncovered several flaws,
according to LlOyd Rader of the
lanes where it was struck in the
sear by ,the Harrison car. The
Harrison car was turned around,
facing north east, by the impact.
,London TWeather office. Now
weather Offieials hope to have it in
operation sometime this fall if
they ,:van iron out the problems
with it.
The radar, which is located in
the middle of a farmer's field, will
likely be the most modern one in
existence, Mr. Rader said. It will
be fully automatic and run "by
computer from 'other,.' 4weather.
Mrs. Joseph McConnell public
relations chairman told the board
that arrangements for the annual
board dinner were complete. She
said anniversary events involving
people associated with the
hospital had been recognized.
The board will be represented at a
district meeting of small hospitals
in Kitchener on September 8 and
(Continued on Page 13)
Comments
plentiful
as mail
costs up
`Yesterday was the day that
Canadians began to pay two cents
more for mailing letters within
Canada. The Seaforth Post Office
repCrted no big rush but "a lot of
comments". Readers can imagine
what kind of comments.
It now costs 10c to mail a letter
or a post card in Canada and
greeting cards will have to h ave
an 8c stamp. Letters to the US will
alSo cost 10c.
Letters to all other countries
now take a 20c stamp and will go
up on January 1 .
Some services that the Post
Office has previously offered for
free will now cost money. To have
your mail readdtessed-by the Post
Office when ?you move will cost
you $1 for three months'. If you
want yotit mail held for you when
you're n holidays, that will cost
y •ou $ per month.
There ave been changes in the
costs of re istered mail, COD and
special' de t ery too. Check with
the Post Of e for details.
Weather radar Station 14
miles south-west of Seaforth
Which should improVe weather .
recasting forlluron County haS
-been stalled because of technical
Formal approval of the 1975-76
budget of Seaforth Community
Hospital has now been received'
hospital administrator Gordon
McKenzie told Board members at
the August meeting Tuesday
eve .ning. The only change in the
budget as submitted was a
reduction of $1384 in the
,. ambulance dispatch. centre.
Board president David C. Cornish
said changes in staffing
..,arrangements • , had been
inblemetited early ' this year to
accommodate the reductiOn.'
•• The budget that was submitted
for. approval totalled $1,044,764 of
which $879,734 was for salaries
and wages,
_Ravi?' food costs were below
budget for July •-•' finance
Committee chairman John
Longstaff told the board. Actual
per diem cost was • $1.29
compared to . budget of $1.32.
Active patient days at 5458 also
were below budget of 6018
reflecting-less hospital activity
during the holiday .season.,At the
same time > operations 'were,
increased , by. IQ over .btidget of -
589. , • s,
••Total, allowable costs to the end
of July amounted' to $669,313
compared to budget-of 726,822 he
said.
Reporting for the medical
staff IDIf.',•clias Moyo
after a lessoning 'activity during
July and August the _hospital
again was' full. •
Reporting for the property
committee Chairman Russel
Worden said completion of
changes in an electrical panel in
the boiler • room fore which a
contract- of $565 had been given
Califon Brothers Ltd. of Stratford
• " *id delayed by lack of material.
. The committee •had met with
"beard• architects Concerning
changes' aid efilargentent of the
- gift shop in the front lobby and
was awaiting ft suggested
°cal hospital
loses only $1 4
Bernard ,McQuaid; who has
been charged witti'dangerous and
careless driving, will appear in
Scaforth court in October.
stations.
. The range of the radar will be
200 nautical miles and will be
mainly beneficial to the Toronto
area for forecasting purposes, but
could also help this area by
-piacing • up storm patterns over
Lake Michigan, Mr. Rader said.
The radar was located in this
area to get it away from cities
which distort the patternS; he
•
Originally the building which
the radar will operate .from was
'Owned. by the Departnient of,
National Defense as a commun-
ications centre for the air base at
Centralia: The structitrefwas built
at the end of the' second world
war, bat was obsolete before it was
ever put' into operation, local
people say.
See Photo; Page 15
HUM A FEW BARS AND I'LL TRY IT — Marie McGavin of Walton teamed up with
Ontario's deputy Minister of Agriculture, and a former Huron Ag Rep., Gordon
Bennett at a barbecue at the James Armstrong farm near Wingham Tuesday night.
A sing along was 'part of the evening's program, which w as designed to help those
who are organizing the 1978 International Plowing Match at the Armstrong farm to
get to know each other. (Staff Photo)
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