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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-03-05, Page 1OPP CPL. C. J. MITCHELL LEADS FIREMAN BILL GREEN TO A NEARBY AMBULANCE WITH THE BODY OF FIVE-YEAR-OLD DWAYNE CAREY NEIGHBORS-STAND HUDDLED IN THE BACKGROUND AS POLICE AND AMBULANCE ATTENDANTS MOVE THE BODY OF MRS. CAREY ONTO A STRETCHER Expansion near completion at DIL Centralia location RECEIVE SAFE DRIVING AWARDS — Thirty-six drivers from Guenther Turkey Transports Limited received safe driving awards at the company's annual awards banquet. in Dashwood, Saturday. The awards ranged from one to 13 yews of unpreventable accident free driving, Back row, left to right: jack Harvey, James McLaren, Daniel Walters, Harry Towle, Seldon Nichols, Toni Voerman and Murray Einiayson, Second row: George DeJong, Walter Ramage, Kirk Beecroft, Dan McLeod, William Eiscus, Benson Edwards, Glenn Irvine, Harold Parsons, Joseph Riehl, EldOtt Datars and George Wilson. Pront row: John Erb, Lewis Erb, Ernie Sargent, Les. Mitchell, president E. W. Tuckey, James Orr, Raye Armstrong, Bev Skinner, Anton Hansen and Donald Ross. Missing: Russell Lee, Lloyd Hay, Ross Gwyn, John; Serson, Richard McWhinney, John Madge, Gordon Appleton, Donald Phillips and Itoti Anderson. Photo by Doerr Ninety-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 5, 1970 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Injuries and damage light in area crashes A MEMBER OF THE ODC FIRE BRIGADE BATTLES FLAMES LEAPING THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE CAREY HOME C Costs two drivers The Exeter OPP investigated eight crashes during the past week. There were three minor injuries and damage was light in most of the mishaps. Two were investigated Wednesday by Constable D. A. Latifont, the first at. 9i30 when a car operated by Douglas M. Wilson, London, was in collision with a car operated by James A. Mott, also of London, on Highway 4 at No. 21 County Road. Both cars had been northbound and damage was listed at $245. At 12:45 p.m. a car operated by Paul H. Panet, Grand Bend, collided with the rear of one operated by Gerald R. Kading, Grand Bend. The collision occurred on Canada Ave. at Huron Park and damage was $165. Constable D. A. Mason investigated the next three accidents, the first on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. when a car operated by Basil J. O'Brien, RR 5 Clinton, collided with the rear of a pickup operated by Gerben Wynja, RR 2 Hensall. The latter had been stopped behind a Area drivers in car pile-up No injuries were sustained in a four-vehicle accident south of Elginfield, Wednesday morning of last week that involved three Exeter and district drivers. Damages in excess of $2,500 were reported by Constables of the Lucan Ontario Provincial Police detachment. Most of the damage was to a 1970 Oldsmobile owned and driven by James F. Russell, 432 Main street, Exeter. OPP officers reported the accident occurred during a blinding snow storm ' when a vehicle driven by Leonard Bruder, 147 Fairway Road, Kitchener stopped due to the storm and the other ' three vehicles piled up. The other drivers were William T. Ratz, RR 3, Dashwood and Edward S. Wright, Roland street, Dashwood. Pays third fine on liquor count An Exeter youth, David E. Phillips, paid a fine of $90 after pleading guilty to a charge of having liquor while under the age of 21 when he appeared before Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter, Friday. The court learned Phillips had two previous convictions for similar 'offences. In handing down the $90 fine, Judge Hays told the youth there had better not; be a fourth conviction. Glenn' W. Rohde,Usborne Township, was fined $40 on a charge of having liquor in his possessiOn while under the age of 21, school bus on Highway 4 south of Hensall. Damage was listed at $250. A Parkhill woman, Anna Pearl Wynne, lost control of her car on No.. 5 County Road on Friday „at 4:45 p.m. and the vehicle tolled over in the ditch. She suffered injuries to her head and left leg and damage to the car was set at $625. At 10:25 p.m., a car operated by Brian Charles Field, RR 2 Hensall, was struck by a car which failed to remain at the scene on Goshen St. at Highway 84 in Zurich. Damage to the Fields car was $100. Two accidents were reported during the snow storm Sunday evening, the first at 8:50 p.m. in — Please turn to page 3 Buy businesses at Grand Bend The monthly newsletter from the Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce reports two new businessmen in that community. Ted Flint has purchased MacLaren Pharmacy and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Newby have taken over Maindonalds Fish & Chips. At the February meeting, the Chamber appointed John Manore, Ory Wassmann and Jack Mennel as a committee to present the top hat award to the first cruiser captain to dock at the harbor this spring.. It was also agreed to take out memberships on the Sarnia Lambton Tourist Council and the St. Clair Development Council. President Bill Sturdevant is to be the representative on both groups. Crippled kids enjoy outing Crippled Kids Day at the Pineridge Chalet turned out to be an overwhelming success, Sunday. Organizers of the event reported that a profit of $316 was realized on • the day's activities and this will be turned over to aid crippled children. In addition, about 10 crippled children from London and this district were guests at Pineridge and enjoyed snowmobile rides, pancakes and mooseburgers. For most of the children it was their first ride on one of the machines. Some were rather apprehensive at first, but it didn't take them long to become enthusiasts of the sport. For instance, one lad required a great deal of persuasion before he would go for a ride, but later on in the afternoon it took even more persuasion fOr his parents to get him to go home -- and that was after about half a dozen trail rides, Members of the club served over 200 pancake and sausage breakfasts and then proceeded to feed about 375 people with moose, venison and beef burgers. Cause of the blaze which claimed the lives of a Huron Park mother and her two children, Sunday, has still not been determined. The tragedy, one of the worst in this district, resulted in the death of Mrs. Dennis Carey, her four-year-old son Dwayne, and her five-month-old daughter Denise. The mother and daughter were in a ground floor bedroom, while the boy had been sleeping on the second floor. Mrs. Carey's husband, a corporal with the RCR, was on duty at Wolseley Barracks in London when the fire broke out. The fire was spotted by a neighbor, Mrs. Percy Knee, who awoke- shortly after 5:00 a.m. and smelled smoke. A search of her own home failed to find anything amiss, but about 15 minutes later she saw smoke coming from the Carey home next door. She awoke her husband, who along with a neighbor, S. Ernest, attempted to enter the house and rescue the family. However, the two men were beaten back by the intense heat and smoke. Fire Chief J. A. Robichaud, who arrived on the scene with fireman Don Wells and volunteer Provincial Judge Glenn Hays ruled in court last week that the streets at Huron Park are highways as defined under the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario. That ruling resulted in two area men paying $200 fines. They were Gerald L. Boucher, 258 Algonquin Drive, and George Leroy Beiber, also of Huron Park. Each had been charged with driving while their driving licenses were under suspension and the two had pleaded not guilty to the charge. The main argument presented by Peter Raymond, acting for both men, was the fact that while the section charged did not specify "highway", such was implied and had to be proven and that the street or avenue in question was not a highway as defined under the Highway Traffic Act. The Act states that "highway" includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway, etc., designed and intended for, or used by, the general public for the passage of vehicles. Crown Attorney W, G. Cochrane contended that there was no burden on the prosecution to establish that the offence was committed on "the highway" and that everyone Who drives a motor vehicle in Canada while disqualified from so doing under the subsection in question is guilty. Judge Hays, who had received written arguments from both lawyers, announced his verdict in a seven-page written judgrent. In it, he examined beveral cases with similarities. He al..0 reviewed the history of the members of the brigade, also attempted to enter the house, but was unable to get into the downstairs bedroom because of the heat. Water was quickly used to cool the interior down to enable Robichaud, Bill Green and Ron Mills to get the bodies of Mrs. Carey and her infant out of the house. It was some time later before the boy's body was recovered from his upstairs bedroom. It is believed the three members of the family had been dead for some time before anyone arrived on the scene. Most residents of Huron Park were unaware of the tragedy until they awoke Sunday morning. Those neighbors who had been awakened by the arrival of the fire truck stood around the scene in silence as the firemen fought the blaze and Hoffman Ambulance attendants removed the bodies of the three who had been residents' of Huron Park for the past year and a half. One of those at the scene was Bill Moffatt, who related how he had raced to his daughter's bedroom when news of the fire reached him. Joan Moffatt had been residential area in question. Noting that the public has had the right of access to the streets of Huron Park for many years and that it would appear that the public can have reasonable assurance of the continuation of such right of access, Judge Hays ruled that the streets in question in the cases were highways as defined under the Act. In addition to paying the babysitting at the Carey home that evening, and her father wasn't certain she had returned home. The girl had come home about 2:00 a.m. and was safely in her own bed. The babysitter had been invited to spend the night at the Carey home, but had decided to return to her own home when Mrs. Carey returned. The Carey home was completely gutted in the blaze. The heat was so intense that it even melted the toilet seat, located in a section of the home farthest away from the apparent start of the blaze. SOME WORRIED Some residents of Huron Park were reportedly worried about the fact the fire may have been caused by a faulty furnace. All the homes are equipped with similar furnaces to that in the Carey home. While Robert Kaufman of the Ontario fire marshal's office was unable to determine the exact cause of the blaze, it was found that the furnace was in proper working order and was not the cause of the blaze. In his investigation, Tuesday, Kaufman turned up evidence of — Please turn to page 3 $200 $200 fine for driving while under suspension, Bieber was also sentenced to three days in jail on another charge, that of causing wilful damage to a door at the Dufferin Hotel, Centralia. He was charged after an incident at the hotel on February 13. He was being ejected from the hotel and in the ensuing — Please turn to page 3 THE INTERIOR OF THE HOME WAS COMPLETELY GUTTED BY THE FLAMES IN SUNDAY MORNING'S BLAZE WHICH TOOK THREE LIVES Rules on Huron Park road • One goes to jail The 175,000 square foot addition to Dashwood Industries facilities at the Centralia site is nearing completion. Although there are some pieces of specialized machinery yet to be received, the major part of the heavy machinery is installed and operating. The bulk of the new equipment installed in the large addition comes from Canada, the United States and England. Along with this new equipment, the heavy millwork machinery such as moulders and tenoners have been transferred to the Centralia site from the Company's Dashwood based plant. This gives the Company one of the largest, most modern millwork plants in Canada, Although the transfer of the Thirty-six drivers were presented with safe driving awards • at the annual Guenther Tuckey Transports Limited safe driving award banquet, Saturday. The event, held at the Dashwood Community Centre, was attended by 165 people and the awards ranged from one to 13 years of unpreventable accident free driving. Each driver was presented with a safe driving award pin and a cheque from Guenther Tuckey Transports Limited. James Kneale of Hodgson Limited also presented cheques to 10-year award winners. They were George De Jong, Ben Edwards and Bev Skinner. Les Mitchell again topped the list as he received a 13-year award, while Gordon Appleton and Anton Hansen were recognized for having 12 years' unpreventable accident free driving. Guests at the event included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson, .Komoka, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lackie, London. Drivers presented safe driving awards main millwork machinery from the Dashwood plant has reduced the work force there, the Company intends to continue to use it for secondary operations and has long range plans for future development, possibly the addition of new products to complement .the Company's existing window line. A spokesman for the company said they were pleased that the vast majority of its employees that were affected by the partial move from Dashwood have relocated at the new Centralia plant. This total expansion will mean retraining opportunities for many of its existing employees and will provide more employment in the near future. Along with the Dashwood Mr. Anderson is a representative of the Transport Safety Association of Ontario, who spoke and showed a film on safe driving. Mr. 'Lackie represents the Ontario Department of Transport. Drivers receiving awards were as follows: One year — Raye Armstrong, Kirk' Beecroft, Louis Erb, Bob McMichael Jim Orr, Walter Ramage, Ernie Sargent, John Serson, Dan Walters. Two years — Bill Fiscus, Lloyd Hoy, Russell Lee, Harold Parsons, Joe Riehl, Don Ross. Three years — Murray Finlayson, Harry Towle, George Wilson. Four years — Eldon Daters, Ross Gwyn, Jack Harvey, Glenn Irvine, Dan McLeod. Five years — Don Phillips, Tom Voerman. Six years — Ron Anderson, Jim McLaren. Seven years — R. McWhinney. Eight years — Seldon Nichols. Nine years — John Madge. and Centralia locations, the Company has a branch manufacturing operation in Mr. Brydges, and branch sales outlets' in Ottawa and Toronto. The Ottawa sales outlet was established in 1968 and the Company's products have been well received in this market. The Toronto Branch was acquired in January, 1970 and the Company is hopeful of expanding their sales volume in the Metro area as a result of the improved service now possible with the Toronto Branch. One of *the important additions at the Centralia plant is a half mile rail siding, whin will allow the Company to receive and unload lumber from the West Coast and to load and ship finished products, all from their new addition. Until the siding was corn pleted, the Conlp any had to handle by truck to and from local rail stations, all outgoing and incoming materials handled by rail. The last thing to be completed at the Centralia location will be the Company's new expanded office facilities, which should be completed within the next eight weeks. The Company hopes to have an open house at the Centralia location sometime later in the year. Lottery permits soon available Permits for lotteries and bingos will soon be required for groups wishing to conduct such activities in Exeter. A bylaw requiring the permits will probably be approved at council's next meeting. It would have been approved this week, except members weren't certain whether Clerk Eric Carscadden or Police Chief Ted Day should be in charge of licencing. The permits will be approved only for charitable or religious organizations.