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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-08-26, Page 1ROSES FOR THE QUEEN — Mrs. Bob Coleman, 88 years young was crowned Centennial Queen, Monday. Above, the Queen receives a gift of roses from Reeve Ivan Hearn, Her chauffeur is Nancy Deeks. STEPHEN WATER HEARING — An Ontario Municipal Board hearing to determine the feasibility of establishing a water system at the westerly section of Stephen township was held in Crediton, Thursday. Discussing the plan before the meeting were Stephen Reeve Joseph Dietrich, property owner Prosper Van Bruane, Archibald Forsyth, municipal projects supervisor for the Ontario Water Resources Commission and Paul Turnbull, another owner in the water area. T-A photo CREDITON'S BIBLE SCHOOL — More than 125 youngsters from Crediton, Huron Park and district attended Vacation Bible School at Zion United Church, Crediton, last week. While a team of young people from Detroit assisted Rev. Douglas Warren, local teachers were used. Above Shelley Weber and Glenda Pfaff are helping primary students Jeff Slaght, Michael Silvono and Wendy and Wanda Wallace, Expect Huron teachers to ratify new agreement THE PLIVER STILL GOES — Several antique Cars were included in Monday's monster parade at Lucan Centennial, Above, McGillivray reeve George Dixon and parade chairman Gord Brooks attempt to get the Ford rolling. 11%.A photo AT DESTINATION SAFELY Despite several interruptions of kidnapping and hijacking, the Lucan Centennial stagecoach reached its destination late Monday afternoon. Shortly after arriving at the Central Hotel, some of the dignitaries ate shown above. From the left they are Middlesex warden Wilson Hodgins, Lucan Reeve Ivan Hearn, the gun-totin' Mayor of London Herb McClure, Huron MPP Bob McKinley London township reeve Graydon McRoberts. 1-A photo Ninety-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 26, 1971 Price Per Copy 15 Cents District native dies in blaze; vacationer suffocates in sand a:* Show need for water system at Stephen township hearing Tail-gating' vehicle was clocking truck A Melbourne truck driver received little sympathy in Exeter court, Tuesday, when he reported he was speeding to get away from a car which he claimed was "tail-gating" him. John Anton Tendler was fined $45 for travelling at a speed of 45 in a 30 zone in Crediton on May 17. The car following the gravel truck was an unmarked police cruiser driven by OPP Constable Bill Glassford, who was on patrol after complaints about trucks travelling at excessive speeds in Crediton, Glassford said he paced the truck from a distance of about 200 feet and found the vehicle to be going between 45 and 50. In his own defense, Tendler told Judge Glenn Hays he passed a car, and when the car began to tail-gate, he upped his speed in an NEW DENTIST Dr. Alice Anderssen has joined Drs. Cowen and Gratton as a part-time associate. A graduate from the University of Copenhagen Dental School in 1964, she came to the Eastman Dental Centre, Rochester, N.Y. in 1967 to do post graduate work. She later moved to London where she has been employed as a dentist by the London Board of Education. Call firemen four times The Exeter fire department answered four calls this week, one of them being a false alarm turned in Monday night by the automatic alarm system at Canadian Canners Ltd, On Thursday afternoon, the brigade extinguished a blaze at the local auto wrecking yard west of Canadian Canners. Jim Smith had been cutting down a truck body with an acetylene torch when it caught fire. The racks on the old truck were badly scorched. Sunday afternoon, the firemen quickly extinguished a grass fire on Highway 83 East, The final call came around 11:30 p.m., Tuesday, when a woman called to report that a tree was on fire on Huron Street West, near the CNR tracks. Firemen searched around the area indicated -by the caller, but could find no fire, The fire engine was on its way back to the station when Constable George Robertson spotted the burning tree in a bush owned by Tom Triebner, Robertson had been turning around at the lane of Carf Cann when he saw the fire, The firemen returned and a Couple of them inspected the blaze, but it was allowed to continue, A check with owner Tom Triebner revealed he had set the dead elm tree on fire earlier in the afternoon to dispose of it. More than 75 persons from the westerly portion of Stephen township attended a Municipal Board hearing in Crecliton, Thursday afternoon to determine the feasibility of establishing a District barn lost in storm This area escaped most of the wrath of Sunday night's storm which caused damage of over a million dollars in southern sec- tions of the province. A barn owned by Austin Hodgins, clerk of Biddulph township, was flattened in the storm. Lost with the barn were about 30 pigs and two head of cattle. At first, a total of 30 pigs were believed lost, but Tuesday af- ternoon nearly 48 hours after the storm five of the animals were found alive when some of the grain and straw was being removed. Mrs. Hodgins said the pigs when freed were "a little wobbly and awfully thirsty, but other- wise unharmed." One heifer and a calf were also lost while a number of other cattle were freed Sunday night. Also saved were two sows and about 24 little pigs. The barn was completely packed with hay, straw and grain. The last of the grain was stored in the barn Saturday and Mrs. Hodgins said every nook and corner was used for storage. The loss was not covered by insurance. Three truck loads of grain were salvaged, Tuesday afternoon. See hurricane Although the area escaped the storm, some residents had a first hand view of Hurricane Beth which rampaged through parts of Nova Scotia last week. Holidaying in the East Coast were Mrs. George Vriese and family, and Miss Ann Creech, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Don Wells and Mrs. L. L. Wells. Wind blows camper off Sunday night's severe wind was responsible for one of the accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP detachment officers this week. James Mills, Kitchener, was proceeding east on Highway 83 when the wind lifted his camper off his pick up truck and deposited it in the ditch. Damage in the unusual mishap was listed at $400. In another crash, Sunday, a pickup driven by Raymond Henderson, RR 2 Seaforth, went out of control on Highway 4 south of Exeter and hit a steel drain culvert. Damage was listed at $150 by Constable Dale Lamont. The crash occurred at 6:30 a.m. There were three crashes on Saturday, resulting in minor injuries to two persons. A car driven by Andrew Koralewski, London, went out of control on County Road 5 east of Corbett and hit a hydro pole and fence in the south ditch. A passenger in his car, John Brady, London, sustained minor cuts and bruises. Damage to the car was estimated at $1,800 by Constable Bill Lewis. A car driven by Grafton Weston, London, left the Crediton Road and came to rest in a corn field owned by Eimer Powe, Centralia. Constable Dale Lamont set — Please turn to page 3 water system, mainly for owners in the summer property sub- divisions. It was actually, the re-opening 'of a previous hearing held on July 22, 1970, In a written report received from the OMB by the township on September 14 of last year, the bid for a system was refused. The reason given for refusal at that time was the lack of support Showing the needs for a water system. During Thursday's hearing when C. V. Laughton, acting as counsel for the township presented 86 written letters in favour of the system, F. G, Blake of the 0M13 who was chairman of the meeting said, "we don't put much weight on written materials," In reply, Laughton said, "At the last hearing, members did take recognization of the letters of objection even if they didn't appear." After refusal of the original A large number of Huron County secondary school teachers cut short their vacation and returned home yesterday for a vote on a new contract presented by the board of education. The vote was scheduled for last night, and while no outcome was available at press time, it was indicated that the new agreement would be ratified. Terms of the agreement were not made public prior to the vote, but it has been indicated it will cover a two-year period. It marks the first time the county teachers have had a two-year pact. All others have been for one year only. request, the township asked for a re-hearing on the grounds they were unaware of the fact sup- porters of the scheme should attend the meeting. The OMB then replied that the question would be re-opened if sufficient evidence could be produced showing needs for a water system. As a result, Stephen with the co-operation of the Ontario Water Resources Commission and the Huron County Health Unit un- dertook a sampling of the existing wells in the area, In making his report, W. E. Empey of the Huron Health Unit said the survey showed some of the water was contaminated and was definitely of an inadequate supply. Also, the bad wells were well spread throughout the area. Of the samples taken 26 per cent proved unsatisfactory. In substantiating his claim that there was a marked deterioration in water quality as the summer — Please turn to page 3 If the -agreement is approved by teachers, schools in Huron will probably open on September 7 as planned. However, some con- fusion may exist as some schools do not have enough teachers and the preparatory work for the school opening has not been on schedule in view of the lack of a contract. The majority of teachers and principals in the county had resigned their positions to back their demands for a better contract than the one the board had offered. The new contract was ham- mered out in a lengthy session last week. It started at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, and the meeting Woodstock, Toronto and Min- nesota before moving to head office at St. Louis about seven years ago. At the time of his death he held the top position of the company's egg-marketing division. Mr. Morgan is survived by his wife, the former Joan Martin of Ridgetown, and four sons, Steven, Robert, Thomas and William all at home. Two brothers, Allison of Stratford and Beverley, RR 1 Hensall, and three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Helen) Ellerington, Mrs. Carey (Anne) Joynt and Mrs. Beverley (Jane) Dekay also survive. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Archie W. Morgan, Exeter. The funeral was conducted from the McKinlay-McKellar Funeral Home, Ridgetown, Sunday afternoon, with Rev. H. S. Summers of the United Church, officiating. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery, Ridgetown. The pallbearers, all fellow employees of Mr. Morgan, were Doug Kincaid, Don Burkett, Bert Mitchell, Warren Garrard, Jack Flightside and R. B. Thomas. Buried in sand A Michigan teenager suf- focated beneath several feet of sand on the north beach at Grand Bend, Friday afternoon. Matthew Brett Spears of Farmington, Michigan was buried when sand along the walls of a six-foot hole caved in. Spears and a companion Gary Kimberley, also of Farmington had constructed two holes together about 30 feet from the water's edge. Police said the holes were between six and eight feet deep and measured two feet across. The cave-in occurred at 2:43 p.m. and the body was recovered about 15 minutes later. Mouth-to- mouth resuscitation was applied by Grand Bend lifeguards Bill Dinnin and Sandy McPherson. Also helping in the attempts to save the youth were Dr. Liam O'Connor of the Grand Bend Medical Centre and Jim Hoffman and Rufus Turnbull of Hoffman's Ambulance Service, Top flyers at air show The skies over the former Canadian Forces Base at Cen tralia will hum with some familiar sounds this weekend. The Canadian Aerobatic Foundation is sponsoring its annual competition and air show at Huron Park (Centralia) after last year's successful debut, North America's top pilots will be flying a variety of unusual craft in the competitions and air shows. Duane Cole of the Cole Brothers Flying circus will highlight the show, along with Bob Heuer, Professor Bob Lyjack, Henry Haigh and Jim Holland. Heuer, president of the International Acrobatic Club, flies a 200 horsepower Piths Special, as does Haigh. Jim Holland, Florida, perform% the — Pleas() turn to page 3 .A0 te 46 ti effort to get farther in front of the other vehicle. The court was told that the truck driver had previously received two warnings about speeding in the village. Erratic driving during a bir- thday celebration resulted in a fine of $75 for Randy S. Weber, Exeter. He was charged with creating unnecessary noise with his vehicle in Exeter on June 25 at 2:00 a.m. by squealing his car tires. Judge Hays noted that the manner in which Weber chose to mark his 21st birthday was "hardly showing the maturity that 21 years should indicate". Allan Bisback, Hensall, was fined'$100 after pleading guilty to careless driving on July 13 when he ignored a stop sign in Hensall and crashed into the railway tracks. Damage to his car was estimated at $1,000. He had had his driver's license for about One month prior to the accident and Judge Hays levied the minimum fine in view of the fact Bisback is a student. Michael B. Merritt, Wallaceburg, was fined $125 on a — Please turn to page 3 Pinned by corn, • • escapes injuries An Usborne Township man miraculously escaped serious injury after being pinned in a truck by over five tons of corn at Canadian Canners Ltd., Thur- sday. Wayne Prance was unloading corn when he went up into the partially filled truck to undo a cross chain. The balance of the load then let go, the truck shot ahead, and Prance was pinned in the back tail gate. His father, Gordon, along with Ted Wright and some other truckers at the yard feverishly dug the unconscious man out and he was rushed to South Huron Hospital. However, examination showed no broken bones or internal in- juries and he was released from hospital the following day. He said this week his back was still sore from the incident. "I was pretty lucky," he commented. didn't break up until 2:00 a.m., Thursday. Bruce Shaw, president of the Huron branch of District 22 of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, and a member of the negotiating committee, said after the meeting the committee was pleased with the tentative agreement. Shaw is head of the English department at South Huron and is a member of Exeter council. One of the major problems faced with the committee was in reaching teachers to have them return for yesterday's vote. Many were on vacations. R. Grant Morgan, member of a well-known district family, lost his life in a tragic accident at the Romada Motel, Allen Park subdivision, Detroit, early Thursday morning. Mr. Morgan, a non-smoker, died in a fire contained in his room at the Detroit motel where he was attending a business conference. Born in Exeter 39 years ago, he attended Lumley Public School, South Huron District High School, and graduated with distinction from O.A.C., Guelph. He joined Ralston-Purina Limited after graduation and worked with that organization at Investigate three thefts in district Three thefts are being in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week, A portable TV valued at $150 was stolen from a trailer in Usborne Township owned by Leon Triebner. The thieves gained entry by forcing a lock on the trailer. On Sunday, Mrs. Philip Campbell, Huron Park, reported her daughter's bicycle had been stolen while the youngster was swimming. Police are also investigating an incident at Huron Park when someone threw garbage into the UDC pool. An investigation is underway into a break and entry at the Zurich Public School. Entry was gained through a classroom window and a soft drink machine was broken into and about $5 in change was stolen. A stolen car was recovered in the area by Constable Bill Lewis. It was found at Turnbull's Grove and had been stolen from Saginaw, Michigan.