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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-04-16, Page 1Exeter lady remains. in 'serious condition' MRS. EARL CAMPBELL ... seriously injured Centralia. lad bitten by dog, A fonr.yeapold .Centralia. ',Wagger is. in St. Joseph's 404141, London, after being badly bitten by a dog in the .Saturday. George Tomes,. son of .Mr.. and MO.. Thomas Tomes,. was bitten on the face by a large Labrador Retriever. The youngster sustained several cuts on his face and these were treated by a plastic :surgeon at the London hovit41. It was the third incident Involving dog bites investigated by the Exeter OPP in recent weeks. Earlier this spring, a Huron Park youngster and a woman from Mr, Carmel were bitten, Mrs. Earl Campbell remains in serious condition St. Joseph's Hospital, London, following two-car crash on Highway 84... east of Zurich Friday afternoon. The Exeter lady suffered a fractured spine, broken ribs, head lacerations, neck and internal injuries. Her husband, a local jeweller, said her eondition was slightly improved yesterday. Mrs. Campbell was proceeding east on the highway around 4:45 p.m., when another eastbound car driven by Gordon Bierling, RR 2, Zurich, collided with the rear of her Volkswagen, Bierling suffered a fractured jaw and broken teeth. Driving infraction nets jail sentence Damage was listed at $1,000 by Constable V, L. Giffin. Damage was set at .$850 in the other crash, it occurring at the intersection of Highway 4 and Huron county Road on Sunday at 1;05 p.m. Drivers involved were Brian Smillie, RR 2, Hensall, and R Gordon Melvin Lyons, R 1, Lucknow. Both vehicles were southbound and Lyons ran into the side of the Smillie truck when the latter started to make a left turn into the Biddulph-Usborne townline. Smillie suffered a bump on the head in the crash. During the week, the local detachment officers charged 15 drivers under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 10 drivers. One charge was laid under the Liquor Control Act. Mrs. Campbell was pinned under her car after the collision, and police credit quick action by students on a school bus with saving her from more serious injuries. The SHDHS students on the bus, which was near when the accident occurred, assisted in getting the car off the Exeter woman. Provincial Constable D. A. Mason investigated the accident and listed damage at $3,600. Bierling . has been charged with careless driving as a result of the accident. The crash was one of three investigated by the OPP this week. On Saturday at 11:45 p.m. a car operated by Scott Sweitzer, RR 2, Grand Bend, was in collision with a vehicle operated by George Lee, RR 2, Ailsa Craig, on County Road 2 in Dashwood. PACKAGING SEEDS OF HOPE — Members of the Explorers of Exeter United Church spent part of their meeting time Wednesday packaging Flowers of Hope seeds. Proceeds of the sale of the seeds go to aid the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded. Shown above left to right are, Kathryn Willard, Cathy Fuller, Cindy Horn, Lynn Clarke, Anne Gould and Karen Vanbergen. T-A photo Ninety-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 16, 1970 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Women witness speedy cooking `Kitchen in Motion' which featured live cooking demonstrations, tips on how to modernize electrically, household hints for doing laundry and slides depicting new kitchen designs was well received by a large crowd of ladies at the Exeter Legion Hall Wednesday night. The micro-wave oven created much interest, and Home Economist Eileen Boyko demonstrated by cooking cup cakes and bacon in one and a half minutes, and a roast of beef in 18 minutes. Portable electrical appliances were won by women in the audience holding lucky tickets. An in.sinkerator, a garbage disposal unit, donated by Carter Kitchen Centre, London, was the first prize, and the lucky winner was Mrs. Don Rooth, Exeter. Other prizes, donated by Exeter Public Utilities and Ontario Hydro were won by Mrs. John Wright, an electric steam iron; Mrs. George Wilson, a college and study lamp; Mrs. Craig Davidson, a mixette; Mrs. C. Somann, an electric kettle; and flowers were won by Mrs. Ernie Harvey and Mrs. Arthur Idle. The show was presented by the Exeter PUC and Ontario Hydro under the auspices of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. Concerned over teens drinking, Judge questions value of fines Constable E. C. Wilcox, who laid the charge. Two drivers paid fines at the court session for failing to stop for school buses. Stewart Ross W. Bell, Hensall, paid $30 for an incident on March 13 and Clarence A. Romphf, London, paid $20 for failing to stop for a bus on February 25. In the latter case, it was reported the London driver got stopped before entirely passing the bus. In another case involving a school bus, Nick Melnik, Burlington, paid a fine of $40 on a charge of following another vehicle too closely. He was following a school bus on Highway 83 and collided with the rear of the bus. In other traffic cases, the following fines were levied: Brian R. Jones, Exeter, was fined $40 from a charge arising out of an incident in Exeter on February 8 when he failed to make a safe turn. In going around a corner at the intersection of Carling and John St., Jones struck the corner of a parked car. Jacob Meyer Gingerich, Zurich, paid $30 on a charge of failing to yield the right of way from a private drive on March 15. He collided with another car and total damage in the crash was $500. Wayne M. Hunter, Wingham, paid $20 for travelling 40 m.p.h. in a 30 zone. A Sarnia man, Victor W. Ginns, was sentenced to 15 days in jail, Friday, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while under suspension before Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter. Ginns had been charged in Goderich Township on March 17. His license had been suspended originally on a charge of impaired driving. Joseph Bertram, Exeter, paid a fine of $100 after pleading guilty to a careless driving charge. He was proceeding south on Highway 4 on February 28 and drove to the east side of the road onto the shoulder. An oncoming car meeting him was forced to move quickly to get out of his way. The oncoming car was driven by OPP 4 .4, he was operating a snowmobile on February 20. Police stopped Keller after receiving complaints regarding erratic driving of a snow machine. A driver and his passenger both paid fines for having liquor while under age. Stewart A. Brown, Parkhill, the passenger in the car paid $40, while the driver, James E. Pickering, also — Please turn to page 3 Exeter on February 28 and was drinking a bottle of beer. David Charles Passmore, Woodham, paid $60 on a similar charge. He too was in charge of a car when police investigated. Kenneth R. Clarke, Zurich, paid $50 arising from an incident in Stephen on Februaty 20. He was a passenger in a car. Barry James Keller, Exeter, was fined $40 for possession of liquor while under the age of 21. He was stopped by police while Pool heater is delayed JOINS FORCE — The newest member of the Exeter detachment of the Ontario • Provincial Police began his duties this week. The appointment of Bob Whiteford, a native of Toronto brings the local detachment staff strength to seven officers. T-A photo An increase of about $600 in the cost of installing a heater in the Exeter swimming pool faced Exeter's RAP committee at its regular meeting Monday night. At a special meeting a couple of weeks ago, RAP agreed to purchase a pool heater to be installed by Union gas and its local contractor for $1,362. It was l earned later that the heater and tanks could not be placed in the proposed spot and extra installation costs were necessary. RAP decided to try to negotiate with Union Gas on the installation costs and if the price can not be reduced the project would be shelved until next year. Reeve Derry Boyle, a member of RAP suggested that the original amount voted for the heater be taken out of this year's budget and put into a separate account and held until 1971. Recreation director Alvin Willert also proposed that any profits from the pool operation this coming summer could be added to make the purchase next year. He added, "I'd like to see the heater go in but I would hate to see us run out of money in our budget." Willert gave a financial report pertaining to the arena. Gross revenue from the Exeter Hawks hockey games was $8,777.90 — Please turn to page 3 Auto salesman pays $50 fine A Zurich car salesman, Peter F. Masse, was fined $50 Friday on a charge of making false statements as to the mechanical fitness of a vehicle. He appeared before Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter court and was represented by C. V. Laugh ton. The vehicle in question had been sold by Masse to a St. Marys area man, and when the car was later checked by a department of transport inspector, several items were found to be defective, including hand brakes, no defroster tube, large cracks in the windows, horn not working and brakes badly scored. Masse told the court the vehicle had been sold to be used only for farm use and not on the highway and that the buyer had agreed to make certain repairs before using it on the farm. However, the vehicle was later sold to be road-worthy mechanically. In handing down his decision, Judge Hays contended that Masse should have been familiar with the proper procedure of issuing a fitness certificate. Thieves take club's booze The driver of a car which carried an Exeter youth to his death was fined $200 when he pleaded guilty to a careless driving charge before Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter, Friday. Terrence Robert Haugh, Exeter, was the driver of a car which went out of control on Highway 4 on February 21 and resulted in the death of Michael Foster. Another Exeter teenager, Mary Hearn, was seriously injured, while the driver and another passenger, Trudy Stagg, sustained only minor injuries. The car carrying the four teenagers was proceeding south on Highway 4 about 10:00 p.m. when it went out of control. It travelled over 200 feet along the shoulder of the road and through the ditch and then hit a tree. Part of the car was ripped off in the collision with the tree and the vehicle went another 150 feet before coming to rest in a field owned by B. R. VanSteeg. All four teenagers were tossed out of the car. The case was one of several heard at the local court session which didn't adjourn until after 6:00 p.m. Over $1,200 was levied in fines. Seven of the cases resulted from charges against area youths found consuming or in possession of alcoholic beverages while under the age of 21. Judge Hays said he was greatly disturbed about so much teenage drinking and reported that fines up to $2,000 could be levied for such infractions. He noted that if the money to pay such stiff fines was not available to teenagers, jail terms could be imposed. He said he was not convinced that fines were the answer to the problem since there were so many cases of this nature before him. Fines imposed by Judge Hays ranged up to $75. That was the amount levied against Gordon Harold Bierling, Zurich, who pleaded guilty to consuming liquor while under the legal age. He was in charge of a car when apprehended by .police in TRYING FOR THE CLIMBING TITLE — Students at South Huron District High School are engaged this week in a rope climbing contest in the gym after school hours. Shown above during one of the climbing tests are Don Ayotte and Gord Ward. T-A photo. 'q) Former resident killed in accident Stephen council busy with municipal drains Residents in the area were advised recently of the death of • Cpl. Norman "Butch" Knox, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Norman Knox, London. Rev. Knox was a former minister at Trivitt Memorial Church in Exeter. His son was in the Canadian Forces and was being transferred from North Bay to Calgary. He and his wife and two children were on their way to visit the parents of Mrs. Knox in Toronto before moving to Western Canada when they were involved in a head-on crash on Highway 11 north of Bracebridge. Cpl. Knox, 27, was killed in the crash, as was the driver of the other vehicle. His wife remains in a coma in hospital. Their two children were also injured, but have been released from hospital. At a special meeting Thursday night, Stephen township council dealt with numerous municipal drain reports and tenders. First and second readings and tentative approvals were given to the Brock, Haist, Centralia Extension, Chambers and Dietrich drains while third readings were completed on the Ryan-Fleming, Haugh, Simmons, Irvine Finkbeiner, Hayter- Hodgins and McLellan drains. Tenders were also let on the last six drains mentioned. Nesbitt Morkin of Lucan with a price of $1,516.20 was the lowest of eleven bidders on the Ryan-Fleming drain. Russel Fischer of Dashwood was awarded the closed portion work on the Haugh drain for $4,880.25 while L. H. Turnbull and Sons of Grand Bend will do the open work for $390. Carl Schaum Construction of Ilderton was awarded the Simmons drain contract for $2,325. The Finkbeiner drain will be constructed by Frank Kistner of Dublin and C.P. Dietrich, Dashwood for — Please turn to page 3 Contract awarded on final street work Thieves made off with about $35 in liquor when they broke into the Albatross at Huron Industrial Park early Saturday morning. Several part bottles of liquor were taken. Entry was gained by smashing a window on the east side of the building. 7taimeet co eimewit acedeata Elementary school children in the Exeter area are having the opportunity this week to watch a trained police dog in action. Trained by Constable Ab Foley of the Mount Forest Provincial Police detachment, seven-year-old Kanaka has been amazing district youngsters with obedience to his master's commands. In the picture above Constable Foley tells Kanaka to sit in the presence of David Bell, Cindy Fisher and Doug Luxton. Below, Kanaka is jumping over an obstacle, Doug Hoffman while at the left Kanaka is shown fraternizing with a group of youngsters. T-A photos RC budget takes jump northern limits. The town's share of the project has been roughly estimated at $27,000. Work on the project could commence within a month and the length of the contract is 80 working days. Traffic will be maintained throughout construction. FIX WALKS At the meeting, B. M. Ross, consulting engineer, reported the cracks on the completed portion of the Main St. sidewalk will be repaired. He said testing would be undertaken in May to determine the exact cause of the cracks which appeared this winter. Ross Jackson, from the department of highways, also indicated that the department would soon be testing the asphalt on Huron St, which has deteriorated badly since being laid last year, He told council a sample would be taken out with a saw for testing. This will cost Exeter about $50, he indicated. At a special meeting Wednesday afternoon, Exeter council awarded the contract for the final phase of Main St. reconstruction to Lavis Contracting, Clinton. The Lavis firm submitted the lowest of three tenders, $187,604.05 . It was almost $13 000 below the second bid. The low bid was also about $18,000 below the estimate of the consulting engineers. In view of reports that construction jobs were at a premium this year, members of • council were slightly surprised when only three bids were received. Although he pointed out he would naturally liked to have seen a lower price, Mayor Jack Delbridge said following the meeting he was pleased with the f rice submitted by the Clinton irm. C. A. McDowell was again a sub-contractor with the Lavis firm. The two have combined to reconstruct the Main St. so far and will now complete the portion from the bridge to the A tentative budget of $2,020,000, an increase of $194,000 over last year, was presented Monday night to the Huron-Perth separate school board. Jack Lane, board business administrator, said the increase is due to higher administrative, transportation and salary costs. Mr. Lane said the board does not yet know what amount will be spent on teachers' salaries "but we are expecting an increase." He said he expects the budget to be ready for the board's next meeting April 27. The board's personnel and salary negotiating committee chairman, James Morris, told the board his committee has received the 1970 salary and benefits schedule from the teachers. He said the committee will study the requests and meet with the teachers' salary negotiating committee Monday.