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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-07-08, Page 1THREE-WHEELER WINNERS — Tim Bender, left, took the prize as the youngest competitor with a tricycle in Saturday's Friedsburg Days parade at Dashwood while Elizabeth Datars had the best decorated three-wheeler. T-A photo WEIGHING-IN CEREMONY — Before the sauerkraut eating contest at Dashwood's Friedsburg Days could get underway Saturday evening a weigh-in was necessary. Chairman of the event Ron Merner helps Dashwood's King Kraut Cliff Salmon on the scales while Zurich general manager Doug Armstrong takes a close look. FORK IS TOO SLOW — One of the contestants in the sauerkraut eating contest at Dashwood's Friedsburg Days found eating with a fork took too much time. Zurich Reeve Gordon Hess scooped the cabbage delicacy up by the handful but was unable to defeat the team of Dashwood trustees. T-A photo Learn of increase in criminal offences Ninety-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 8, 1971 Price Per Copy 15 Cents YARDS OF SAUSAGE — Visitors to Friedsburg Days at Dashwood literally ate sausage by the yards. Shown with plenty of sausage are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Weber while Pat Sullivan holds a tubfull of sauerkraut, T.A photo GB councillor resigns in conflict with reeve Councillor David Jackson handed his resignation to Grand Bend council during the final few minutes of Monday's regular meeting. In a letter read by clerk Mrs. Gladys Crumplin,Jackson said he was resigning his position as councillor because of a conflict between himself and Reeve John Payne. Earlier in the meeting Payne had rapped Jackson for what he called "encroaching on my territory" by making decisions and giving directions that were beyond his committee jurisdiction, Jackson replied that he All members of the Exeter OPP detachment were among the 65-member raiding party which swooped down on 60 members of two Windsor based motorcycle clubs north of Grand Bend early Sunday morning. The 4:00 a.m. raid on the motorcyclists resulted in 23 charges against 19 persons. Seized during the raid were a number of revolvers, automatic pistols, chains, daggers, a sawed- off shotgun and a rifle. Police also confiscated seven motorcycles they believe may have been stolen. A record player and albums reported stolen from Grand Bend were also seized and have been identified. The raid on the campout on the farm of Henry, Becker, RR 1 Dashwood, was directed by OPP District Six superintendent R. F. Andrew with members drawn from most of the detachments in the district, including Exeter, Guelph, Kitchener, Listowel, Kincardine, Goderich, Sebringville, Seaforth, Owen Sound and Lion's Head. Two RCMP officers from Goderich were also involved. The raid was without violence. The motorcycle clubs' mem- bers and their girlfriends were camped out in a field located between two bushes on the farm located north-east of the Highway 21 and 83 junction. GRADUATE Nancy Park, daughter of Mrs. Park and the late David Park, of Lucan, recently graduated with distinction from Carleton University, Ottawa, majoring in Spanish, with a B.A. in General Arts. A motorcyclist and a bicyclist were injured when they were involved in collisions with cars in the area this week. Last Tuesday, Barry Thiel, Zurich, suffered severe leg in- juries when the motorcycle he was riding in Zurich was in a crash with a car driven by Victor Brassion, Detroit. The Zurich youth was taken to FANSHAWE GRAD Bill Rumball recently graduated from Fanshawe College in Busi- ness Administration majoring in accounting. He has accepted a position with. Universal Engi- neering and Tool Works, Lon- don. Hill is the son of Mrs, John Fowler, Crand Bend. sometimes had to make these decisions "because you were not available." Contacted by the T-A shortly before press time, Wednesday, Jackson said he had no further comment on the issue but was definitely standing by his decision to resign. Before Jackson's resignation was received, council had decided to send letters to the two defeated candidates at last year's election asking if they wished to fill the council vacancy created recently by the resignation of councillor Ivan Luther for business reasons. William Cochrane and Ian Charges ranged from con- suming liquor while under age, having liquor in a place other than a residence, possession of restricted weapons and possession of an offensive, volatile substance. A can of mace was found in the police search of the camp, along with a quantity of liquor, beer and drugs. Several of those charged ap- peared in Goderich court, Monday, Unidentified girl pulled from dam An unidentified youngster was pulled from the Morrison Dam reservoir Sunday afternoon after she got into difficulty in deep water. Mrs. Olga Orenczuk,236 Pryde Boulevard, was at the dam with her son, Michael, when she spotted the girl in trouble. She swam to the youngster's assistance and pulled her from the water. Mrs. Orenczuk said she didn't learn the girl's identity and said she would appreciate having the parents contact her. Name Triebner building inspector Exeter council Monday night approved the appointmerit of Doug Triebner as 'building in- spector. He fills the vacancy created when works superintendent Glen Kells asked to be relieved of the inspection duties due to his in: creased work load in the works department. "I believe Doug would do a good job," commented Councillor Ross Taylor in presenting a motion to appoint him. The building inspector receives the building permit fees for his work. Councillor Ken Ottewell, who has been campaigning for an overhaul of regulations regar- ding building permits, said this would be an opportune time to settle the matter with a new man taking over the job. He was named to a committee with Mery Cudmore, Don MacGregor and Glen Kells to meet with Triebner to draft suggestions for improvements in inspection routines and permit issues. South Huron Hospital and then transferred to St. Joseph's. Damage in the crash was listed at $550 by Constable Bill Lewis. On Thursday morning, Mary Beth Waters, Michigan, sustained abrasions, leg injuries and bruises when her bicycle was in collision with a car driven by William Wilson, London, on Highway 21, just north of High- way 83. Both vehicles had been nor- thbound and the Michigan girl apparently hit another bicyclist ahead of her and fell into the path of the car as it was passing. She and the bike were dragged across the highway and passersby had to lift the front of the car to free the girl, Constable Frank Giffin in- vestigated. In another crash on Dominion Day, cars owned by Gerben Wynja, RR 2 Hensall, and George Watson, RR 3 Zurich, were in- volved in a collision near the Hensall Sales Barns. Total damage was set at $135 by Constable Giffin. There were two crashes on Sunday, the first at 1:15 a.m. when a car driven by Lloyd Salter, RR 3 Kippen, struck a parked car owned by Mervyn Witter, Goderich, on King St., Hensall, Constable Ed Wilcox in- vestigated and listed total damage at $120. At 11:45 p.m., cars driven by Louis Masnica, Crediton, and Please turn to rage 3 Coles will be given until July 12 to decide if they wish to fill the vacancy. Councillor Murray Des Jardins in charge of the beach program reported that Mrs. Bill Jennison had been hired to complete the lifeguard staff and she would be patrolling the south beach. A reply was received from the Ontario department of highways in answer to a recent Grand Bend request that traffic lights be installed at the intersection of Highway 21 and Lake Road. The department advised that the traffic count did not warrant lights at this time. Councillor Shirley Sylvester who instigated the request said she was not satisfied with the reply, "If they would have sent someone up this weekend to do the count they would have become dizzy, I would like per- mission from council to talk to Highways Minister Mac- Criminal offences in Exeter increased considerably during the past month Chief Ted Day told Exeter council this week. He said 16 charges were laid under the Criminal Code, in- cluding fraud and theft charges. In answer to a question from one council member, Chief Day related that about 80 percent of the charges involved area residents. One of the thefts was a flag owned by Councillor Helen Jermyn, which she had bought only a couple of months ago from Councillor Tom MacMillan, Chief Day said that kids were stealing flags to decorate their bedrooms. Naughton on this matter per- sonally," added Mrs. Sylvester. Permission was granted to contact the Provincial member for Huron. At the same time council agreed to ask that parking be restricted in front of the Colonial Hotel and IGA store as traffic is hindered when cars back out from either location. Commence work on liquor outlet Work started this week on Exeter's first liquor outlet. The Liquor Licence Board of Ontario has approved the plans for the dining and liquor lounge at Le Pines Motel and owner Peter Warkentin indicated he hoped' to have the facilities completed by this fall, The addition will feature a 42- seat dining lounge and a 56-seat lounge, "It would be cheaper if they used wallpaper," Mrs. Jermyn noted. Other statistics noted in the June police report/ were as follows: There were seven accidents with one injury and damage of $2,705, 16 charges under the High- way Traffic Act and 35 drivers warned, six charges under the Liquor Control Act, two charged with impaired driving, one theft over $50 with the $1,209 recovered, two thefts under $50 with most recovered, four parking tickets were issued, four charges were laid for wilful damage, three places of business found insecure. The first observance of Friedsburg Days in Dashwood was a tremendous success. More than 6,000 persons at- tended the Friday and Saturday celebrations and the large crowds overwhelmed the com- mittee in charge. Officials had hoped to serve 1,200 dinners of sauerkraut, spare ribs and sausage during the two days, To their surprise, close to 800 of the visitors lined up for Friday evening dinners and the trend continued Saturday. All told 2,000 appetites con- sumed 800 pounds of sausage; 250 pounds of spare ribs and 800 pounds of sauerkraut. The supply of spare ribs was exhausted several times on Saturday with the last going at 7 p.m. and the sausage finally gave out with about two hours to go to the midnight closing hour. Employees of Merner's Meat Market worked through the night Friday.in cutting up sides of pork and were continuously making sausage throughout Saturday. The complete program over the two days netted a profit of $2,800 that will be used for im- provements at the Dashwood athletic field. When asked about chances of making Friedsburg Day celebrations an annual affair, committee chairman Ron Merner told the T-A "There's no question about that. We'll be back with a bigger and better show next year. There are several Camper involved in local crash The Exeter police investigated only one accident this week, that occurring on Main St. in the vicinity of the Chuckwaggn Drive-In on Friday at 10:30 p.m. A pickup truck with a camper driven by Donald Linthwaite, Mt. Brydges was in the process of turning left into the Chuckwagon when another northbound vehicle driven by James Douglas Bell, Londesboro, was in collision with it. Constable John Cairns listed total damage at $1,200. Hope rain aids dusty nuisance Exeter's dust problem came up for discussion at council's meeting this week and no solution was offered, although Councillor Mery Cudmore predicted that the rain which was falling at the time would end the complaints for some time, He said the rain should wash the dust off the road and there shouldn't be any problem until more of the small stone is ground up into dust by traffic. Mayor Jack Delbridge said there were some places that gravel would have to be shovelled off the street because too much had been applied. "We have to get the people happier than they are now," he commented. The discussion arose after Lyle Bullock Ltd, submitted a bill of $11,100.05 for applying the dust layer to the streets. Since the work has been done, council members have received more eomplaints about dust than they did before the work was Undertaken, areas where we can make im- provements." The program was sprinkled with variety. Sports events took care of a lot of the time. Results of the ball games and horse shoe pitching will be found on pages 6 and 7 of this issue. The tug-of-war contest was won by the Shipka Bulldogs as they outpulled teams made up of members of the Federation of Agriculture and National Far- mers' Union. Saturday's parade was one of the best ever witnessed in Dash- wood with a large number of local residents taking part. Merner's Market took the prize for the best overall entry. The best decorated car award went to George Tieman with his poultry exhibition, The best family prize went to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Restemayer while the Jake Schroeder family in a carriage was named the best old-time entry. The Dashwood Women's Institute best depicted Fried- sburg Days and Peter Martene's Okay permit for damaged house A building permit was granted to Arnold Mathers this week to alter and repair his house which was badly damaged by fire two weeks ago. Cause of the blaze has not been determined exactly as yet, but it apparently started around the appliances in the kitchen. Damage to the home at 112 Andrew was estimated at over $10,000. Other permits approved by council this week were as follows: Guenther-Tuckey Transports Ltd., to build an addition to existing office; Howard Ker- slake, erect a verandah; Milt Robbins, interior store renovation; Laverne McCarter, erect a fence; Verne Smith, relocate tool shed; Mrs. Earl Shapton, paint house and repair back porch; Gladys Haley, replace windows and repair foundation, entry was the best under 16 years of age, Elizabeth Datars had the best decorated bicycle while Tim Bender was the youngest par- - Please turn to Page 3 RECENT GRADUATE Nancy Jean Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ford, Hanover (formerly of Exeter) graduated from Guelph General Hospital School of Nursing, June 30. She had the honor of presenting the valedictory address and was awarded a gold medal for general proficiency. Two Seaforth youths were arrested by Exeter police early Thursday morning on charges involving liquor, police assault and obstructing a police officer. David PaUl Miller, was charged with police assault and a liquor offence, while Walter B. Oliver was charged with ob- structing the police and a liquor offence. Both have been released on bail to appear in Exeter court on July 13. Shortly after midnight, Con- May get day for fire work . If Exeter's RAP agrees, Fire Chief Gary Middleton will, have one full day each week in which to further his duties as fire chief. Reeve Boyle suggested that Middleton have one day in which to do business pertaining to the department, such as conduct residential, commercial and industrial fire inspections. It was pointed out that such inspections would not only reduce fire hazards in the community, but it was a means of the fire chief becoming more familiar with buildings in case there was a fire. Mayor Jack Delbridge said he thought this was a lot of time to devote to the department each week, However, members agreed to ask RAP to relieve Middleton for one day each week from his duties as assistant recreation and arena director to further his work as fire chief, No discussion was held on whether RAP or council would pay his salary for that day. In her committee report, Councillor Helen Jermyn reported that a meeting had been held with Don Owens of the Ontario Fire Marshal's office to discuss the fire agreement to be drawn up between Exeter and the three neighboring townships. She said it was recommended that all capital costs of the fire department be considered and be shared by the four participating municipalities. She said at the present time Exeter is subsidizing fire protection for the townships. When the cost study is done, the town's solicitor will be asked to prepare a new agreement. Mrs. Jermyn noted it was important to keep the fire equipment updated and it was to the townships' benefit as well. At the recent fire at the home of Arnold Mathers in Exeter, seven air packs were used by the department to enable men to get into the upstairs to fight the blaze, A year ago, the department had only four such air packs. MEDICAL SECRETARY Laura Hodgins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hodgins, Clandeboye, has completed the medical secretarial course at Westervelt Business College, London. She has accepted a position in the laboratory of St rathroy Middlesex General Hospital. stable John Cairns stopped a car with four young men and a girl and was in the process of seizing some beer when he was hit on the back of the neck. One youth ran off and another held onto Constable Cairns, preventing him from giving chase. One of the suspects was caught when he attempted to get a ride with a car in the area of the High- way 4 bridge, The car was driven by Chief Ted Day, who was not in uniform at the time. • Activities at Dashwood • enjoyed by huge crowd Raid motorcyclists, police seize weapons Pair of cyclists , hurt in crashes Constable assaulted, charge Seaforth pair