The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-03-20, Page 1EARL TASTING THE FINISHED PRODUCT
MOM TAKING OFF A BATCH OF SYRUP
Again plan to hire
town dog catcher
COWGIRLS TAKE TO ICE - • Although they had to leave their botses home, these four young ladies
donned their riding attire to participate in the txeter Saddle Club western skating show, Saturday. They
were winners in the junior equitation class. In order of finish from the left are: Kathy Leonhadt, Gail
hckcr, Trudy Johns and Barbara Parsons. - A photo
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The maple syrup making operation on the farm of
Anthony Martene on Concession 9 of Stephen Township is
family affair. Mr. and Mrs. Martene and their three sons,
John, Clare and Earl are taking advantage of the school
holidays this week and are busy in every daylight hour
gathering sap from more than 700 maple trees and boiling it
down to a delicious brand of maple syrup.
All five members of the maple syrup team took part in the
tapping operation, dulling the holes, administering pills,
inserting the spites and hanging the pails.
The tapping of the 700-odd trees was made much easier
this year with the use of a chain saw with a special
attachment for drilling.
Preparation for the actual tapping and boiling starts well in
advance with at least a week needed to cut and gather the
wood needed to bring the sap to a boiling point.
Faulty gun kills Lagerwerf;
jury urges firearm checks
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DAD, JOHN, CLARE AND EARL EMPTYING SAP INTO A TANK
CLARE AND JOHN GATHERING SAP
Establish Centralia comp
for hockey, sport training
The "freedom" of dogs in
Exeter may soon be ended.
Again!
Council Monday night
approved drafting a bylaw to
enter into an agreement with
Exeter Veterinary Clinic to
provide dog catching services to
the community.
A similar agreement was
signed with the London Humane
Sooiety last year, but was
terminated after three months
when council members
expressed the opinion not
enough dogs were bein caught.
Mayor Jack Delbridge said
this week that residents look
after their dogs better when such
a
a service is in force and
suggested this as one of the
reasons why more dogs were not
picked up.
The service to be provided by
the local firm will be much the
same as that of the Humane
Society and will cost $1,075 per
year, The Humane Society
charged $1,000.
The contract with the Exeter
firm will provide four hours of
patrol each week during the
months of May, June, July,
August and September.
Additional months can,be added
at a cost of $30 each.
Dogs will be impounded for
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A five-man, jury in Clinton
Tuesday ruled that the death of
Wilmer Dwayne Lagerwerf,
Parkhill, was caused when a
pistol fell to the ground from
Lagerwerf's person and
accidentally discharged, shooting
him in the heart.
The jury recommended after a
40 minute deliberation that the
government impose a more rigid
inspection of firearms for the
safety of those persons who
purchase such equipment.
Evidence showed that
Lagerwerf was with Thomas
Horner and Alfred Young, both
of Parkhill, about 7:30 p.m.
January 10. At that time
Lagerwerf had shown his
companions a German-made
Rohn .22 calibre revolver which
he was carrying.
Homer told the jury
Lagerwerf had pulled the gun
out of his clothing and tucked
the weapon inside the belt of his
trousers before leaving Homer.
Young testified Lagerwerf had
told him he used the gun to
shoot rabbits.
Constable John Wright, OPP
detachment Exeter, said the gun
was properly registered to
Lagerwerf but added that
Lagerwerf did not have a
Carrying permit for the revolver,
When Lagerwerf left Horner
and Young, he had mentioned
he was going to see "some of the
boys." About one-half hour
after leaving Parkhill he was
reported on Highway 81 about
1.8 miles southeast of Grand
Bend where a vehicle owned by
GB owners
seek industry
Gerald Eagleson of Eagleson
Brothers, Grand Bend, owners of
the old airport site recently
vacated by Found Bros. Aviation
Ltd, said Tuesday three or four
industrial prospects have been
contacted with regard to the
property,
Mr. Eagleson expects some
word on the situation by the end
of next week,
Bert Rock, RR 3 Parkhill, was in
the ditch.
Also at the scene were Donald
Ray O'Neil, Parkhill; Norman
Romphf, Parkhill; Frank
Lagerwerf, the dead man's
brother, Parkhill; Lee Van
Dongen, Grand Bend; Jerry
Eagleson, Grand Bend; and Ron
Dawe, Grand Bend.
Peter Warner, Grand Bend,
brought his wrecker to the scene
to pull the Rock car back onto
the road. Donald O'Neil was
appointed to get behind the
wheel of the Rock car during
this operation. All other
spectators with the exception of
Wilmer Lagerwerf went to their
cars to watch.
After the wrecker chain was
attached to the rear of the Rock
car, Lagerwerf went to the front
of the Rock car to push.
Wrecker driver Warner told
Lagerwef his efforts were useless
Lloyd Willis Lemmon, Exeter,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
impaired driving when he
appeared Friday in provincial
court, criminal division before
Judge Glen Hays QC.
Lemmon was driving the car
February 22 which ran into the
hack of another vehicle parked
on the side of the highway off
the travelled portion of a road in
Usborne Township.
A breathalizer test indicated a
1.5 liquor content.
Lemmon's fine was $75 and
costs and his license was
suspended for three months.
Too much haste in passing
another car resulted in a charge
of careless driving against James
Hawes, Exeter. Evidence showed
Hawes could not cut back easily
into the line of traffic and
another vehicle was forced off
the road.
Hawes pleaded guilty to the
February 27 incident. His fine
was $15 and costs.
A fine of $15 and costs was
since the wrecker could pull
more than he could push.
Warner suggested that if
Lagerwerf wanted to help, he
could come to the rear of the
Rock car and steady the cable.
Lagerwerf complied. When
the car was almost back on the
road, Lagerwerf was observed as
he fell into the ditch.
Warner told the jury he
thought Lagerwerf had
"slumped" just before he went
into the ditch. O'Neil testified
he heard something "snap" and
saw Lagerwerf "run" into the
ditch.
Mike Trupei, London, a
passing motorist who had
stopped to watch the towing
operations, said Lagerwerf had
"leaped" into the ditch.
Donald O'Neil was the first
person to Lagerwerf's side. He
took the injured man in his arms
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paid by Barbara M. Perkins,
Toronto, who failed to stop at
the intersection, of Highways 4
and 83, February 16,
Leon Sherman, London,
Highways
the intersection of
4 and County Road 4
without stopping. Fine for the
February 18 offence was $10
and costs.
A fine of $5 and costs was
paid by John Joseph O'Neil, Hay
PO, who drove a drycleaning
truck with no name printed on
it. O'Neil had ignored a previous
warning to have the sign put on.
Donald J. Taylor, Goderich
Township, was stopped
February 22 ie Hensall. At the
time, Taylor could produce no
license, His fine was $3.50.
Speeding fines were paid by
William Hoggarth, Clinton,
$22.80; Brian D. Hopper,
Brussels, $11.50; Douglas H.
Ford, Wasaga Beach, $11.50;
Edward Helm, London, $11.50;
and Patrick Loren, London,
$11:50.
The establishment of a
national hockey and sport
training camp to be held at
Centraiie's Industrial Park this
summer was announced
Wednesday by Paul Roach of the
Canadian Hockey Foundation.
Roach, who has been a scout
for the Detroit Red Wings for
eight years is the player
development officer for the
Canadian Hockey Foundation.
The foundation, has a
directorate of 25 influential men
across the country.
The National Hockey and
sport training centre will be
open at Centralia from June 30
to August 29 and will handle up
to 100 boys per week from the
ages of 10 to 16.
Exeter council Monday night
endorsed a resolution from
Tuckersmith council opposing
the establishment of regional
government as proposed by the
Ontario government.
Copies of the resolution will
be forwarded to the Hon. C.S.
MacNaughton, Huron MPP, and
the Hon. Darcy McKeough,
minister of municipal affairs.
The Tuckersmith resolution
stated that the proposals for
regional government to date are
unjust and would place a much
heavier tax burden on rural areas
and especially to all
municipalities in Huron.
It pointed to the recent
centralization of the assessing in
Huron. In 1968 the budget for
Huron municipalities was
approximately $50,000 and in
1969 the budget will reach
nearly $200,000 under the new
centralized system.
Committee watt
council sanction
The committee of
representatives from Hensall,
Hay Township and Tuckersmith
Township at a recent meeting
reached an agreement regarding
fire protection now being
provided by Hensall to Hay and
Tuckersmith on an interim basis.
The terms of this agreement
were not disclosed.
Hensall Clerk Earl Campbell
said Wednesday morning the
committee agreement would be
discussed at the next meeting of
Hensall council.
If given council's approval, it
is understood the agreement will
be drawn up immediately with
all three municipalities sharing
more equally in the costs of fire
protection.
A new fire truck has been
mentioned as a possible purchase
under a new contract.
While hockey will be the
basic sport taught with an
excellent staff of university
coaches, boys will be also taught
the basics of baseball, football
and soccer.
The coaches will include Jack
Bownass, coach of Canada's
Eastern National team, Prof. Bill
L'Heureux and Ron Watson of
the University of Western
Ontario and Lloyd Percival, to
name only a few. Members of
Canada's national team will also
be in attendance.
Roach says the curriculum is
such that it requires two weeks
attendance to receive instruction
in all fundamentals but boys will
be accepted for one week.
The fees for attending the
hip
gov't
"The residents of Huron and
the Province can not in any way
justify centralization of
municipal functions through
regional government, with such
costs as evidenced here," the
resolution stated.
It also noted that
centralization is moving
government farther from the
people and ratepayers are
becoming apathetic towards the
governmental system.
Reeve Derry Boyle termed the
Tuckersmith resolution a waste
of time and paper and
Councillor Ross Dobson
questioned how council could
complain about something
(regional government) when in
fact they didn't know anything
about it.
Mayor Jack Delbridge agreed
that few proposals had been
presented yet on what form
regional government would take
in this area and cited this as one
of his main objections to it.
-Pointing to the advent of
Inty school boards and other
government moves towards
centralization, Councillor Don
MacGregor said the government
never did make any proposals in
these areas. "They just went
ahead and did it," he said.
Boyle contended the
government had researched
many of these moves, but
Delbridge replied that they
obviously hadn't researched it
enough when they started
shoving such debts down the
peoples' throats.
It was suggested by Councillor
Helen Jermyn that council
should. present their own
opinions to government officials
and not merely endorse the
resolution from Tuckersmith.
She also suggested meetings
should be held with neighboring
townships and municipalities to
see if there were areas where
some could work together to cut
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camp is $75 per week for a boy
living on the former air force
station with food and lodging.
For area boys wishing to
commute the fee will be $40 per
week which will include meals.
Roach told the T-A facilities
of the Centralia Agricultural
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List only three
area accidents
Despite an influx of (LOOM
taking advantage of "spring
weather" during the past week,
the Exeter OPP report only
three accidents in the area.
Last Sunday, a car operated
by Francis S. Dietrich, RR 3
Zurich, went out of control on
Highway 84 east of Zurich and
struck a mail box and farm fence
awned by Karl Decker, RR 1
Zurich.
The accident occurred at 6:00
D.m. and damage was listed at
of
a 54 °lie
minor
other
by
Co
nnastable J. A. Wright,
T twtur, oe accidents were
On Tuesday at 12:15 a car
operated by Garry G. Staples,
Stratford, collided with the rear
of a pickup operated by Anne
Vangerwen, Exeter, on Highway
83 east of Exeter.
Damage was listed at $75 by
Constable E. C. Wilcox.
Damage was only $25 in the
other one. It happened on
Saturday when an unknown car
collided with the left side of a
parked car owned by John G.
Tweddle, RR 3 Ailsa Craig, at
the Dashwood Community.
Centre during a teen dance.
Constable Wright investigated.
During the week, the latter
showed a film, "The Third
Killer" to the members of the
People,
C.13, et Radio Club, lub, Centralia, and
the Christian Reform Young
The officers laid 12 charges
under the Highway Traffic Act
during the week and issued
warnings to another 28 drivers.
One person was charged under
the Liquor Control Act.
Quickly quell
fire in fryer
Exeter firemen were called to
the scene of a fire at the Burkley
Restaurant, Exeter, around 5:30
p.m., Wednesday.
A blaze broke out in one of
the restaurant's fryers and was
sucked up into the exhaust
system which runs up outside
the building.
The building quickly filled
with smoke and about six people
TAU " to leave their supper.
However, there was little fire
damage within the restaurant
itself.
Some of the pipes outside the
building were scarred from the
grease-fed flames.
Gets suspension
on cheque charge
Robert Moir, 20 of Atwood
and formerly of Hensall was
given a two-year suspended
sentence in provincial judge's
court in Goderich, Thursday.
He had previously pleaded
guilty to passing five worthless
cheques on Bob's Variety Store
in Exeter. A forgery charge in
connection with the same
cheques was withdrawn.
Moir was given 15 days to
make restitution. The amount of
money involved was about
$1,800.
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