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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-04-15, Page 1TWIN BROTHERS CELEBRATE A family dinner was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl lsagleson, Parkhill to celebrate the 80th birthday of a pair of twin brothers. Max and Morton Turnbull shown above will celebrate their 80th birthday on April 20. A total of 26 members. of the two families attended the dinner. T-A photo Program dependent upon kids' interest EARLY SEEDING One of the first farmers to hit the land in preparation for spring seeding was Thomas Desjardine. The Grand Bend area farmer starting breaking ground Saturday behind his faithful team of horses. T-A photo MD CRIPPLED KIDS Nino Exeter Boy Scouts raised over S75 Friday when they staged a bike-athon from Exeter to Grand Bend, Despite battling strong head winds all the Way, the lads made the trip in less than three hours. Shown with Scout leader Bill Dinney as they line up for the Start are, from the left: Doug Ecker, Steven Thompson, Doug Hanson, Jim Jarvis, Ian Rodger, Andy Pridham, Mark Priclham, Mike Higgins and Jim Webb, T-A photo RIDE FOR CANCER All women over 21 or those who look like women may ride their bicycles in the April 25 Ride for Cancer, The tour goes from Exeter to Dashwood and return with all proceeds going to the Cancer Fund. All entrants must be registered. Forms are available at the Times-Advocate. Mrs, Bill Green of Huron Park, right,was out Tuesday for a practice run with two "female-like" contestants, qhe exelerqintesawAtivocate Ninety-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 15, 1971 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Seek to replace Carling home portion of hospital building HOSPITAL BOARD EXECUTIVE: Stan Frayne, centre, was elected new president of the South Huron Hospital board of directors, Monday night. With him are James Kneale, vice-president, Walter McBride, past president, Miss Alice Claypole, secretary, and Mrs. Ethel Selby, recording secretary. Charles Smith, treasurer, was not present for thy -photo. T-A photo Petition is underway Ask liquor vote in Hay Loses license six months after crash with cruiser although he did not check on them. When discovered, the two horses could barely stand up. They are being treated by Exeter veterinary Pr. R, Roelofson, In another driving charge heard at the court sitting, Gordon Slaght, Crediton, was fined $100 on a charge of careless driving arising out of an accident in Exeter in February. Slaght pleaded not guilty to the charge, although he admitted being involved in the accident when he struck a parked truck near the Main and Wellington St, intersection. lie told the court he met an oncoming car prior to the ac- cident and his view was ob- Representatives of three business establishments in Hay township are out this week in an attempt to obtain a petition with the names of 25 per cent of the eligible voters in the municipality. Hay council last week received a request from the Towne and Country Bowling Lanes, Bayview Tourist Inn and the Pineridge Chalet to hold a liquor vote that. would lead to the licencing of the premises involved for selling alcoholic beverages. Council had the alternative of accepting the request from the three ratepayers concerned and proceeding with a vote or they could ask to have a petition presented with the necessary signatures of 25 per cent of the voters, They decided on the second choice. Under the present liquor laws of Ontario, a sixty percent majority in favour is needed in favour of licencing premises to sell liquor and beer. Only persons eligible to vote in a provincial or federal election will have the right to vote in such an election and according to township clerk Wayne Horner about 1,000 persons are in this category, If a vote is approved it would probably take place within the next couple of months, A delegation from the Dash- The extent of the playground program available to the children of Exeter for the coming summer months will depend on the in- terest shown by possible par- ticipants in the next couple of weeks, For many years a playground program has been held for eight weeks each summer at Exeter Community park in addition to playground and wading facilities at Victoria Park. For the past couple of years after the Exeter Kinsmen club decided not to sponsor their usual playground program,sponsorship was taken over by RAP, the town • committee that oversees the recreation, arena and parks activities. At Monday's regular meeting of RAP it was decided to hire two supervisors to look after children from four to seven years of age at Victoria Park. The wading pool will be open for two hours each morning starting at ten o'clock and another two hours in the af- ternoon commencing at two o'clock. The two supervisors would be • on duty for six weeks with one being retained for the last two weeks in August for wading pool activities only, The total cost was estimated at $450. A playground program at Community park will be held only if enough children between the ages of eight and twelve are interested. Local residents will fight river • At least seven entries from this district will be competing in Sunday's Bunny Bundle canoe race along the Thames river. Six canoes are being entered from South Huron District High School while one craft I?) from • Huron Park will be at the starting line. Following are the South Huron entrants — Steve Wuerth and Larry Hess; Ken, Dim and Ed Farwell; Charles Miner, Bob Adams and Doris Webb; Susan Wooden, Susan Tuckey and Gwen • Mills; Bill Cameron and Brian Finkbeiner; Carl Mills and Jack Riddell; Jeff Carroll and Bruce Shaw, The Huron Park craft will be manned by Robbie Robichaud and Dave De Sousa. One-way traffic is starting today Motorists driving on Exeter streets will find some changes in • regulations beginning today, Thursday. Anne street becomes a one-way street for west-bound, traffic while a loading zone has been established on John street east, The one-way rule is in effect on Anne street, only between Main and William streets, The stop signs on the north- west and north-east corners of William will remain as usual, A new stop sign has been erected for east bound traffic coming towards William on Anne, Also, signs have been put up advising motorists not to enter onto Anne at William. Police chief Ted Day asks that all motorists drive with caution in this area and pay special at- tention to the signs until they become accustomed to them. An officer will be in the im.: mediate area for several days in an effort to make sure that traffic is taking the correct route, The loading zone is being placed on the north side of John street, just east of Main, Truckers and persons picking up parcels in this area May use the loading.zone for as long as it takes to pick up merchandise, Any vehicle that remains in the loading zone for an excessive length of "time will be tagged, Registration forms will be sent out through the Exeter public school very shortly, If the program is carried out it would include hikes, camp-outs and active games in addition to crafts. Interest in playground ac- tivities for older children has waned since increased interest has been shown in the swimming pool program especially with the installation of a pool heater. — Please turn to page 3 Local man loses finger An Exeter man, Richard Shoebottom, Gidley St., was ' seriously injured while working at his father's garage in Cen- tralia, Monday. He was in the process of in- stalling a tire on a rim when it suddenly blew up, His left hand and face took the brunt of the force. His left wrist was broken and the little finger so badly injured it was amputated. Another finger was also broken. In addition, Shoebottom sustained a broken nose and other facial injuries, He was taken to South Huron Hospital for treatment and then transferred to St. Joseph's Hospital in London, where he is expected to remain until the end of the week. An employee at the Exeter Canadian Tire store, he had been working with his father, Ray, on his day off from the local store. VARIED TRANSPORTATION Monday's school holiday and a surge of warm weather brought out all kinds of transportation for youngsters, Jackie Smith gets a ride from Frances Moddejonge in a baby carriage. Y T-A photo A Huron Park man was fined $150 and had his driver's license suspended for six months when he pleaded guilty to impaired driving before Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter court, Tuesday. Earl Norman Coughtrey was charged after an accident on Highway 4 south of Exeter on March 26 when an OPP cruiser was badly smashed and an Exeter tow truck Operator was injured, The tow truck operator, Irvin Playfoot, and OPP Constable Bill Lewis had been at the scene of a single car accident when a car driven by Coughtrey came on the scene. The cruiser and tow truck were shunted around when struck by the Coughtrey vehicle and one of them hit Playfoot, He sustained leg injuries and was treated in South Huron Hospital. • Damage in the accident was estimated at $2,800. A Zurich woman, Beatrice Julian Geoffrey, was fined $100 after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an accident in Zurich on March 10, She was involved in a minor accident when she backed into a parked car causing damage of $75. The incident was revealed to the owner of the damaged car by a witness at the scene. The woman driver said she was not sure she had hit the car, although she told her husband "she might have hit a car". A fine of $60 was levied against Harry Marvin Towle, Fullarton, who pleaded guilty to a charge of cruelty to animals, being the owner of two horses for which he failed to provide water and food. The charge was laid by J. D. Sharman of the Humane Society. Towle told the court that the barn had been rented to another person, who had been authorized by the accused to look after the horses, However, the tenant had failed to do so after some pigs which had been kept in the barn had been shipped. Towle said he was in- capacitated himself due to a heart condition and thought the animals were being looked after, Youths face theft charge Several area youths have been charged with car thefts following investigations during the past week by Exeter OPP and the local police department. Donald Seniuk, 16, Huron Park, and Joseph Provost, 16, London, have been charged with the theft of a car owned by Ronald Flet- cher, Woodham. It was reported missing while parked in Exeter on Saturday. The two were also charged with break and enter after a home at Huron Park was entered Friday while the owners were away. A party was apparently held in the house, Seniuk and Provost appeared in Exeter court, Tuesday, and were remanded until Thursday to appear in Goderich. The second car stolen was owned by Oscar Pfaff, Crediton, It was taken from in front of his residence early Sunday morning and later found south of Cen- tralia. Charged with the theft are Kenneth Walker, 20, Huron Park; Norman Walker, 16, Huron Park; Kenneth Smith, 19, Crediton; David Lloyd Vincent, Exeter; and a juvenile. Property damaged The Exeter OPP detachment officers are also investigating two cases of property damage. Saturday night, a stone was thrown through a large plate glass window at the residence of William Chandler, Dashwood, John Kingma, RR 2 Dashwood, advised police his car was struck with a beer bottle tossed from another car in the vicinity of Morrison Dam. structed. He said he was travelling about 30 .m,p,h. and tried to avoid hitting the truck when he finally saw it, but .didn't succeed. Damage was listed at $1,700 in the crash. Defense lawyer P, L. Raymond pointed out that it was unusual winter and the huge .snowbanks reduced the road frorn Almost four lanes to two in width. He also noted there were M. reflective materials on the back of the truck and it was quite dirty. However, Judge Hays agreed with Crown Attorney W, G. Cochrane that it was U. case in- volving lack of attention to driving under existing cir- cumstances, — Please turn to page 3 wood Parks board comprising Glenn Webb and Bob Hoffman received permission from council to go ahead with plans to build a cement block clubhouse at the Dashwood ball park. Since Hay and Stephen townships are involved in operation of the park permission is necessary from both municipalities. Stephen also gave their approval at a meeting last week, Another delegation to the meeting was the council of the village of Zurich, who reviewed the operation of the volunteer fire department and the arena and community centre. Reeve Gordon Hess pointed out to the Hay group that the fire depart- ment is costing the village about $4,000.00 each year, on operating alone, plus a debenture debt of another $2,000.00 yearly. At the present time Hay is contributing $1,000. yearly to the Zurich department, and Mr. .Hess suggested that if Hay were to pay approximately $1,900, or half the cost of operation, it would be on a much more equitable basis. Snow costs up $15,000 As the result of increased costs of snow removal this winter, members of Usborne council meeting last week were forced to pass a supplementary road ex- penditure bylaw in the amount of $15,000. Road superintendent Bill Routly reported that winter control costs had exceeded the original estimate by close to $1,5,000, The audit report of 1970 township operations was received from the Goderich auditing firm of A. M. Harper, ft showed a surplus on the year of $4,815. The Huron County official plan as presented by G. V. Kleinfeldt and Associates was approved for Usborne township. Approval was given to the Parkhill Ontario Sweepstakes and Co-Orditlated Arts Services Of Toronto to Sell lottery tickets in ',laborite! Council decided not to par- ticipate in the Federal-Provincial employment incentive program, Road Superintendent Routly was instructed to advertise — Please turn to page 11 • ar • • Zurich council also presented a financial report from the arena and community centre, along with figures of how many — Please turn to page 3 Easter Seal fund nearing objective The local campaign for Easter Seals sponsored by the Exeter Lions club should reach the ob- jective sometime this week. Crippled Children campaign chairman George Busche an- nounced Monday afternoon that donations had reached the $2,000 mark and within $25 of the ob- jective. "We are extgremely pleased with the co-operation we have received in reaching our ob- jective and on behalf of the Lions club I would like to extend a sincere thank-you to all con- tributors," added Mr. Busche. Any further contributions may be left with Harold Gunn at Gunn's Hardware. Shortage of emergency and x- ray space, inadequate dressing and waiting rooms, and an ob- solete administration building have spurred the South Huron Hospital board of directors to press the Ontario Hospital Ser- vices Commission for a new building which would replace the front portion of the original building. Citizens attending the annual board meeting were told ap- plications for these extensive renovations were submitted last year, and a role study made by hospital consultants Agnew, Peckham and Associates found that a new administration building was needed. Administrator Alice Claypole said the proposed new building would house the administration offices and expanded x-ray and emergency facilities. In giving her annual report to the open meeting Miss Claypole pointed out that the trend today seems to be for the public to look to the hospital for help more than in past years, and this increases pressure on the emergency room. To substantiate this, she stated 4,246 examinations were made in the x-ray department in 1970, an increase of 608 over 1969. The emergency room treated 1,918 patients compared to 1,155 in the previous year. In other areas there were 604 heart tracing and 49,688 units of work sent to Stratford General Hospital laboratory. The occupancy in the active unit was not as high as in 1969, showing a 68.3 percent average with the average length of stay for short term patients ap- proximately nine days. Births are still on the decrease. During the first ten years South Huron Hospital was in operation the average number of babies born there was 340 a year. The number of new borns last year was the lowest ever, 165. Said Miss Claypole, "If the situation continues, by the end of the 1970's we will require very few maternity beds." Regionalization In continuing her report the administrator said, "It appears that regionalization of hospitals will be a 'must' sometime in the 1970's." She urged board members to attend the meetings of the regional district council. One of the efforts of this regional council is to organize group purchasing. Although this project is just getting started, Miss Claypole said she was able to purchase disinfectant for the hospital at a saving of $3,00 per gallon through the group pur- chasing program. She stated South Huron Hospital is still striving for accreditation, '''We still have some weak areas and these must be strengthened. I sincerely hope that by another year, over goal will have been achieved," Accreditation is obtained when every department in a hospital reaches a level set up by the Canadian Hospital Association. The administrator paid tribute for the work done by trustees, the women's auxiliary, the head of various departments, the medical staff, and "all organizations who are always helpful to the hospital." "We are all operating to the best of our ability and sincerely hope the result is acceptable." Seek work for students Area firms and industries have again been asked to co-operate with SHDES in the annual work week for students in the com- mercial and technical courses. Each year the students work out for one week to gain some practical experience before graduating. This year, the students in both courses will be out the same week, May 3 to 7. They receive no pay for their work with area firms. Commercial director Den Webster said this week that he hopes to get more businesses to invite students this year because there are more students to place. Most of the students are in grade 12. Letters have been sent out, but any firm which did not receive one and would like to assist in the program, can contact the school.