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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-08-12, Page 1Price Per Copy 15 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 12, 1971 Ninety-sixth Year Barns, livestock, crops destroyed Fire losses over . $150,00 FIRE HITS LARGE BARN — Lass was high in a fire that destroyed a large barn on the farm of Harry Van Osch in McGillivray Township, east of Mount Carmel, recently. Some of the 140 cattle that were saved are shown in the above picture taken at the height of the blaze. T-A photo Ask defeated candidate to fill vacant GB seat • GRAIN FIELD ABLAZE — Quick action by three fire departments brought fire under control on the farm of Ross Forrest east of Hensall, Monday afternoon. The fire destroyed about eight acres of seed barley. Above, smoke is shown enshrouding the farm buildings. T-A photo A delegation represented by Jack Wilmore, Mrs. L. Welch and Paul Schram, vigorously protested continuance of the closing bylaw within the village. The bylaw, effective since June 23, requires business places to be closed between the hours of 2:30 and 5:00 a.m. Spokesman Wilmore presented a petition to council containing about three pages of signatures of those in opposition to the bylaw. Councillor Jackson, after pur- suing the petition, observed that his twelve-year-old daughter's signature was included on it. The substance of the remarks made by the booth operators was that council should more ef- fectively enforce bylaws already on the books, to control noise, littering and loitering, rather than perpetuate the closing bylaw. Speaking as an individual citizen, Douglas Martin suggested to council that the closing bylaw matter should "be settled at the polls." next year." The councillor pointed out that most other resorts do not have a staff of lifeguards but confine their lifesaving services to the placing of lifepreservers at strategic locations along the beaches and swimming areas. "We'll have to give serious consideration to discontinuing this service", the chairman said. DesJardins also told council that the Bath House, currently open from 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., is operating in the red. In order to eliminate some of the overtime presently paid he said working schedules of Bath House per- sonnel would have to be rearranged. Council approved the $417 tender for roof repairs to the village hall by R. Dobson of Exeter. The contractor has promised the repairs will be qindertaken, "within ten days." At the latest meeting of Grand Bend council, a decision was made on what system would be used in filling one vacant seat on council. In a prepared statement, which she read to council, councillor Sylvester pressed for use of the, "defeated candidate system", to fill the council seat left vacant by the June resignation of councillor Ivan Luther. After considerable discussion council carried a motion to in- struct the village clerk to despatch a letter to William Cochrane, inviting him to fill the vacant council seat. Councillor David Jackson who tendered his resignation recently has agreed to continue in his present position. In his report to council lifeguard committee chairman Murray DesJardins said"We may not be able to afford lifeguards ship, a mile and a quarter east of Henson. The Hensall fire department was first on the scene. With the blaze burning on a wide front, Hensall fire chief Dave Sangster called for help from the Exeter and Brucefield brigades. Sangster said about eight acres of seed barley was destroyed. The fire started when a faulty hydraulic line on the combine sprayed oil over the manifold. The combine was being operated by Monty Plumb, an employee of the owner of the farm. The Hensall chief said the fire was threatening to spread to the farm buildings and to neigh- bouring fields, He estimated total damage at $1,500. Tuesday night of this week, fire caused by lightning struck two barns at about the same time and in each case a large number of pigs were destroyed. More than 450 pigs were lost -at the Bev Hill farm, a mile west of Varna and at the farm of Cor- nelius Dorssers, south-east of Seaforth. Brucefield volunteer fire chief Stewart Broadfoot said the Hill barn was only recently remodelled to house more than 400 pigs and he estimated the loss at $25,000 on the building and $10,000 on the lost pigs. The Brucefield department was aided by a tanker from Bayfield. At the Dorssers farm, a total of 450 pigs were lost with total loss probably in the same range as at the Hill fire. Property losses will probably total more than $150,000 in fires that struck five district farms during the past week. Two of the fires occurred in McGillivray township, two more in Tuckersmith and one in Stanley township. The first was early Friday evening, July 30 when a large L- shaped barn on the farm of Harry Van Osch was completely destroyed. Mr. Van Osch listed his total loss at somewhere in excess of $55,000. Spontaneous combustion is blamed for starting the blaze. Van Osch and a son came close to getting the blaze under control at one point but it broke out again. Fire brigades from Crediton, Dashwood and Exeter answered the call. While a large amount of hay and 20 acres of straw were lost, the family and neighbours were able to free another 10 pigs and 140 head of cattle that were housed in the barn. The Van ,Osch loss was par- tially covered by insurance. He expects to begin rebuilding in the near future. Another large barn, also in McGillivray, just east of Corbett fell prey to fire Sunday morning, August 1. The newly painted approximately 30 x 60 barn was owned by Morley Hodgins and it is suspected that combustion was again the cause. Mr. Hodgins estimated his loss at about $20,000. Monday noon, fire broke out in a barley field on the farm of Ross Forrest in Tuckersmith town- Water hearing set for Stephen area from the OWRC will be $38 for year-round residents and $28 for summer residents. At the latest meeting of council, the tender of Hunking Haulage of — Please turn to page 3 The Ontario Municipal Board will hold a hearing at the Stephen township hall in Crediton on Thursday, August 19 at 2 p.m. on a proposed water system for the north-west portion of the town- ship affecting mostly summer property owners. • A hearing a year ago turned down a bid but township officials were able to get the hearing re- opened. If the present proposal is ap- proved, a land owner with an average assessment would be • charged a total of $73.71 per annum for a term of 30 years for all installation, frontage and assessment charges. Due to increased government grants during the past year this figure has dropped from $96. Annual cost of the actual water Theft rash continues Area men Use firm s tools to smash safe Thieves escaped with more than $300 in cash in a break-in at Graham Arthur Motors, Tuesday, August 3. The thieves pried open a window at the service station to enter and opened the safe in the back shop with tools from the garage. Exeter police are continuing their investigation into the matter. GRADUATE Janice Bonthron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Bonthron, grad- uated recently from Fanshawe College in Early Childhood Edu- cation program. She plans to attend London Teachers' Col- lege, on her return from England where she has been employed for the summer months. A Hensall area man, Donald Waite, was sentenced to 14 months in jail on a charge of possession of stolen property. Gordon Kadey, RR 1 Exeter, was sentenced to 15 days on a similar charge, They were charged following • the investigation into theft of goods from vacant farm homes owned by Floyd and Glen Stewart, as well as goods stolen in the Seaforth and Sebringville areas. Auto burns after crash OFFICIALLY INTRODUCED — The two Irish doctors now operating the Grand Bend Medical Centre were officially introduced to a large crowd, Sunday afternoon. Above, Dr. Liam O'Connor and Dr. Sean Trapp are at the microphone. In the background are Huron MP Bob McKinley, centre chairman Bill Sturdevant and Huron MPP C. S. MacNaughton. T-A photo sent to jail Doctors busy at ceremony The Exeter OPP investigated only three accidents during the past week, with property damage being high in two of them. On Saturday, a car driven by Ronald Sweitzer, Stratford, rolled over on sideroad 11 in Hay and caught fire. The Zurich fire department 'responded to the fire and ex- tinguished it. Damage was set at $1,500 by Constable Bill Lewis. Philip Davis, a passenger in the car, sustained bruises. Six members of a London family received bruises when their car left Highway 84 between Hensall and Zurich, Tuesday night, The vehicle, driven by Johann Retzer, hit a hydro pole. He and his wife and four children were shaken up and damage was listed at $1,000. The other crash occurred Saturday when cars operated by Ronald Day, Hensall, and Donald Keller, Blyth, collided at the intersection of Highways 21 and 83. Constables Dale Lamont and Al Quinn investigated and set damage at $80. During the week the detach- ment officers charged 12 persons under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 19 drivers. There were three charges under the Liquor Control Act and three under the Criminal Code. Approve permit for new house Several building permits were approved by Exeter council at their August 3 meeting. J. R. Ducharme was granted a permit to erect a new house at 253 Sherwood Crescent in the Dow subdivision. Other permits issued were as follows: The Times-Advocate, to renovate a ceiling and repair front deck; Tom Arthur, to erect a kitchen and bedroom at the rear of his house; Don Stephen, to excavate part of basement; William Baker, to erect a fence and a patio at 160 William; Gordon Smith, to erect a fence; Craig Kerr, to extend a sun- porch; Roy MacDonald, to re- side a house. Mrs. Tom Dinney, to repair back porch; Al Flynn, reshingle a roof and roof extension; Tom Humphries, to build a sundeck; Gerry Mathers, shingle porch; Bill Rowe, re-side Exeter Electric; Ed Skinner, fix verandah; Alvin Chapple, tear down building on Wellington St.; Roy Hunter, renovations; Acme Signs, to place a sign over Gould & dory's; Burkley Restaurant, to build a garage. Bend Medical Centre opens The rash of thefts in the area continued this week with the Exeter OPP investigating a number of incidents. A high powered telescope was stolen from a Highlands No. 1 cottage and a small amount of change was taken from the soft drink machine at the Huron Park IGA store. A rear wheel was taken from a pickup truck parked at the Grand Bend airport and about 17 gallons of gas was taken from the farm of Stephen farmer, Hugh Brant. An Oakwood Park cottage occupied by Dr. L. D. Wilcox, London, was entered and liquor, camera, lawn darts and frozen foods were taken. Value of the property was $125. Police are also investigating the breaking of some 54 windows at two ODC buildings at Huron Industrial Park, Damage was listed at $160. Several items were recovered in the area by police. Two bicycles were located when Jack Blair, Stephen, started cutting grain. One of the bikes had been stolen from Huron Park on June 26 and the other reported lost in Exeter a few days ago. A quantity of materials were found along Highway 81 in Stephen. Police are looking for the owners. Included were a coffee table, lawn chair, TV table, portable radio and fan heater. A car, stolen on July 11 in the Algonquin Park area north of Bancroft was located by Con- stable Ed. Wilcox in the Dash- wood area. More than 200 Grand Bend and area residents turned out Sunday afternoon to see a long-time dream come true. The $30,000 Grand Bend Medical Centre was officially Huron MP Bob McKinley, Huron MPP and Ontario's Minister of Transportation and Com- munications Charles S. Mac- Naughton, Middlesex MP James Lind and Lambton MPP Lorne Henderson. Eric Mcllroy, a long-time resident of Grand Bend and strong supporter of the medical centre was master of ceremonies. Vice-chairman Mac MacLaren introduced the doctors to the crowd. Grand Bend Lions club president Prosper Van Bruaene turned over the land deed to chairmanBillSturdevantwho also received the medical centre keys — Please turn to page opened with the two new Irish doctors in attendance for at least part of the ceremonies. Before the time for the ribbon cutting ceremony had rolled around Dr. Sean Trapp was called away on an emergency call and Dr. Liam O'Connor handled the ribbon holding with contractor George Kadlecik. A few minutes later Dr. O'Connor attended a patient at the Centre. Handling the scissors for the long-awaited ribbon cutting were Centre chairman Bill Sturdevant, secretary Jack Mennel and building chairman Harry Hamilton. All area members of parliament were in attendance and all spoke briefly. They were Judge's funeral shortens court Tuesday's court session in Exeter was an abbreviated af- fair. Court officials left to attend the funeral of Owen Sound Judge Stewart and only guilty pleas were heard. All contested cases were ad- journed until a later date. Fines of $10 each were handed out to two members of a motorcycle club who were camped on a Hay Township farm on July 4. Police raided the site and charged several members of the club for offences ranging up to possession of firearms. Appearing in court were Anthony Knopfler, Belle River, and Joseph Laporte, Toronto. Each paid $10 after pleading guilty to having liquor in a place other than their residence. Both said there were tents set up and they considered the site their residence. David Kirk, Stephen, was fined $10 for being intoxicated in a public place. Randy F. Specknell, London, paid $25 for following another vehicle too closely. Paying speeding fines were: George F. Downham, Strathroy, $20 for a speed of 65 in a 50 zone; Beth Thompson, Londesboro, $20 for 55 in a 40 zone; and Rose Marie Auger, Huron Park, 70 in a 60 zone, $20. Heavy damages in town crashes Damages were high in two accidents investigated over the past two weeks by the Exeter * police department. The first mishap occurred Sunday afternoon, August 1 when vehicles driven by Pearl Robins, 1236 Florence street, London and Michael Huggins, 128 Brunswick, Stratford collided at the in- tersection of highways 4 and 83. Mrs. Robins, 12 year-old Robert Bell and 7 year-old Cathy Bell, both of 771 Quebec street, London were slightly injured in the collision. Chief Ted Day, the in- vestigating officer estimated total damages at $1,400.. • Early Saturday evening vehicles driven by Murray Peter Moore, 1512 Wellington, Exeter and Roy Kenney, RR 2, Crediton were involved in a collision on Main street, near Wellington, Damages Were listed at $1,200 4 by Constable Ardell McIntyre. Okay tender for sewers Exeter industry featured on TV A portion of tonight's Mid-Week Magazine program on CFPL TV, London will be devoted to the mobile home industry. Some of the film to be shown was taken in recent weeks at the Exeter plant of Custom Trailers. The program starts at seven o'clock. Area pole burns causing failure Although the area escaped most of the wrath of Tuesday night's severe storm, many residents in the Exeter, Dash- wood and Grand Bend areas were without Hydro service Wed- nesday morning. The power failed at 7:30 a.m,, and after being restored shortly before 9:00, went out again later in the morning. Ontario Hydro crews were unable to locate the problem until Vincent Glaab, Exeter, reported seeing a pole on fire on the farm of Carf Cann. It is believed the pole, carrying a feeder line to the area, may have been hit by lightning. Nicholson Construction, Sebringville, has been awarded the contract for the sanitary sewer work planned for Edward and Gidley Streets. The firm submitted the low bid of $11,746.40. It was the lowest of three bids. Completion date for the project is September 15. Tenders will be opened Monday night for the resurfacing of Huron St. West and paving portions of Carling and Gidley Streets. It was also learned at last week's council meeting that a Breslau firm was interested in displaying their oil treatment to combat dust on streets. Works superintendent Glen bells said he had been ap- proached by the firm to do a sample treatment on William St. where the sewer had recently been installed. The firm agreed to do the work at a reduced charge of ap- proximately $240 to $250. Council members agreed to have the work undertaken to compare it with other methods of dust control. The oiling is expected to be completed within a week. Members of eouneil have been Most unhappy with the dust layer treatment on other Streets this year. On many streets, it created more dust than it settled. SEPIVE 'FIEPRESHMENTS All visitors at the official opening of the Grand Bend Medical Centre Sunday afternoon were treated to coffee and donuts, Above, chairman 13ill Sturdevant and vice-chairman Mac MacLaren are getting refreshments from Mrs. MaeLaten, Mrs. Prosper Van Bruaene, Mrs. Harry Hamilton and Mrs. Jack Mennel. 't,A photo tore during Monday T-A photo YES, WE LIKE TO WADE — During the last week of extremely warm weather the wading pool at Victoria Park has been a busy spot. A large group of youngsters are shown afternoon's playground session, p