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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-11-04, Page 1Ninety-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 4, 1971 Price Per Copy 20 Cents Damage high in area crashes; drivers, bicyclist, animals hurt ACCIDENT IN USBORNE — Damages were high but very little injuries suffered in a tractor-truck crash in Usborne township early Friday evening. The truck shown above was driven by Ted Van Roestel while the tractor, below was driven by Elwyn Kerslake. Mr, Van Roestel suffered a broken arm in the crash, Three men were injured and damage amounted to $5,000 when a truck and tractor were involved in a head-on collision in Usborne Township early Friday evening, The truck was being driven east on the 5th sideroad of Usborne by Theodore VanRoestel, Woodham, while the tractor driven by Elwyn Ker- slake, Woodham, was westboond. Kerslake was pulling two gravity boxes filled with corn behind the tractor when the collision occurred around 7:30 p.m. Both vehicles were demolished in the crash, The two drivers and a passenger in the truck, James Snow, Woodham, were taken to NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED — An 11-year old Exeter boy Leon Jensen was not seriously injured when struck by a car while riding his bicycle - on Main Street, Thtirsday morning. In the picture above, Bill Gilfillan, kneeling at the left is assisting the boy before police and ambulance arrived. The boy was released from South Huron Hospital, Sunday. T-A photo Four crashes in 17 hours Resort council turns down request for lagoon flushing It was a bad block! foreman Vic Anysymiw, his assistant Paul Bossenberry was given a raise in wages of 25 Cents per hour bringing his hourly rate to $2.50, Councillor Jackson reported on the progress of harbour dredging. The contract was let last week to Dean Construction. The dredging firm is expected to start this week and the contract calls for all excavated marl to be taken out in the lake a distance of five miles. A bylaw was passed whereby the village of Grand Bend MANFORAME SIMSE All accidents of the week in- vestigated by the Exeter police department occurred within a distance of 80 yards of each other and within a 17 hour period. The four mishaps took place between the intersection of Main and James streets and the southerly end of the Snell Bros. new car sales lot. At 8:30 a.m. Thursday, 11-year- old Leon Jensen of 439 Main street was struck by a vehicle Dump study Publish early for next week poetic justice' corner of Main and James streets, a vehicle driven by Peter McNaughton, Hensall was in collision with a Guenther-Tuckey Transport vehicle driven by Paul Sims. Constable Robertson was again the investigating officer and listed damages at $170. Shortly after 1 a.m. Friday, a motor vehicle driven by James R. Randall of Mount Hope struck a PUC light standard on the east side of Main street, south of James. PUC workmen spent most of Friday making necessary repairs. Total damage was set at $1,100 by Constable Cairns, while riding his bicycle on Main street, just north of Anne, The vehicle was driven by Dennis Hackney, 376 William street. The Jensen boy was taken to South Huron Hospital suffering cuts and bruises. He was released from hospital Sunday. Constable John Cairns investigated. A short time later, a motor vehicle driven by Dorothy Filipowich, 506 Simcoe street was involved in a collision with a new 1972 vehicle parked on the Snell Bros. sales lot. Constable George Robertson estimated total damage at $100. The same morning at the assumes responsibility of the operation of the Huron Hope Nursery school for retarded children located south of Grand Bend. With a municipality being in charge, grants from the provincial government are available. Up to this time, grants have not been received and the cost of the school has been borne by the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded mainly through donations. Nursery school is housed in a former bosanquet township school. The building is now owned by the Grand Bend Order of the Alhambra which has given the mentally retarded association free use of the premises. Under the new system, balance of the costs after grants will be bourne by the municipalities from which children attend. At the moment the school has five students, three from Stephen township and one each from Hensall and Bosanquet. Reeve John Payne told council he was informed by the Lambton County clerk that Grand Bend now qualified to have a deputy- reeve. Steps will be taken to have the post of deputy-reeve included Please turn to page 3 — Next week's issue of The Exeter Times-Advocate will be published one day earlier than usual because post of- fices will be closed on Thur- sday, November 11 for Remembrance Day. The newspaper will be printed Tuesday evening and will be available in most locations on Wednesday morning. Deadline for classified and display advertising will be Monday at 6:00 p.m. Correspondents and con- tributors are asked to have their news forwarded one day earlier than normal to facilitate the change. Grand Bend council Monday night turned down a request for approval to have the lagoon at Parkhill flushed twice a year. A recent letter from the Ausable River Conservation Authority asked that spring and fall flushings be allowed. In leading the discussion, councillor Dave Jackson who had attended a meeting on the matter said he was sure any affluent that came out of the lagoon would eventually find its way to Grand Bend. Council agreed unanimously that the OWRC should find some other way to purify the water. Jackson added, "Our main resource is our beach. Even a small degree of contamination would be disastrous." Councillor Shirley Sylvester in charge of a vigorous campaign to lower the amount of tax arrears in the village reported more than $40,000 of the total outstanding taxes of $78,000 at the beginning of 1971 were paid. At the same time, clerk Mrs. Gladys Crumplin said $157,209.10 had been received in 1971 taxes, representing more than 75 per- cent of the total tax roll. Council were in full agreement that the young people of Grand Bend should be congratulated on their fine conduct during Halloween celebrations Saturday night. Any mischief or damage was of a very minor nature. On the recommendation of road South Huron Hospital by Hoff- man's Ambulance, VanRoestel sustained a broken arm in the crash. OPP Constable Ed Wilcox investigated. Two animals were involved in crashes during the past week. On October 26, a vehicle driven by Simon Brand, RR 1 Exeter, collided with an Arabian horse owned by his brother, Adrian, on sideroad 15 in Stephen. Damage to the Brand vehicle was listed at $600 by Constable Frank Giffin. The horse sustained an injured hip. A seven-month-old Holstein heifer owned by Michael Hart- man, RR 3 Dashwood, had to be destroyed after being involved in a collision with a car driven by Adrian Paul Ducharme, RR 2 Zurich, on Saturday at 2:45 p.m, The crash occurred on the 11th concession of Stephen and damage to the vehicle was set at $50 by Constable Don Mason. In a crash, Friday, damage amounted to $200 when a vehicle driven by Randall Campbell, Exeter, went out of control on sideroad 15 in Hay. The vehicle struck a tree. Constable Al Quinn in- vestigated. On Saturday at 12:01 a.m.,, a car driven by Ken Roberts, Columbia Drive, Huron Park, went out of control on Highway 83 west of Dashwood and rolled end- for end. Roberts suffered a cut scalp, arm and bruised nose, while a passenger, Allan Parsons, Exeter, had a cut chin, Damage was listed at $700 by Constable Bill Glassford. The final crash of the week occurred on Monday at 6:30 a.m., involving vehicles operated by Jack Parsons, RR 1 Hay, and Fleinz Koop, Newmarket. Both drivers had been proceeding west on Highway 83 and. Parsons was slowing down to make a left turn when struck from the rear by the Koop car. Constable Glassford -estimated total damage at $1,200. Return cheque; low as could be Exeter council stuck with an earlier decision not to make any deals with Harry Smith, Gidley St., who recently complained that the sewer on his street was not low enough to provide a suitable connection from his house. Two weeks ago he told council he had been forced to build up his cellar floor because the street line was too high. He reiterated his position in a letter to council this week, blaming the situation on "laxity in supervision." His letter also contained a cheque. It was for his frontage rate and also $70 for connection -fee. Smith told council he would be willing to pay the old connection rate of $70 rather than the present one of $135 and forget about his added expenditures, which were described as "considerable." Council learned that engineer B. M. Ross had indicated the street sewer was put in at minimum grade and couldn't have been put in any deeper. This information will be passed on to Mr. Smith, along with his cheque, which council would not accept. Town hall committee visiting halls, industry foot. He said some other types of construction was running double that amount. He urged that council deter- mine the occupancy of a proposed Please turn to page 3 — REPLACE LIGHT STANDARD As the result of an accident early Friday morning a PUC light standard on Main Street near James had to be replaced. Above, the pole is shown being removed by PUC workmen. TA photo Hallowe'en is quiet, minor problems only District farmer much improved The condition of McGillivray township farmer Norman Lewis injured in a farm accident two weeks ago is much improved. Lewis who is suffering from a smashed knee and a splintered pelvis returned to his farm borne Concession 11 in McGillivray, Saturday from St. Joseph's Hospital in London. His left leg is in a full cast but is but he is able to be up and about. The McGillivray farmer was injured while he was attempting to adjust a plow behind a tractor when a young son accidentally put the machine in gear and both wheels passed over Mr. Lewis. Hallowe'en was comparatively quiet in the area this year, with no serious problems being en- countered by local or provincial police, Councillor Bruce Shaw suggested this week it was "poetic justice" that no action has been taken as yet on a study of the local dump regarding the necessity of charging industrial users. He noted that fellow councillor, Tom MacMillan, had complained once that many items of business were never dealt with because there was no system for checking up to ascertain that council's wishes had been carried out. Shaw then referred to his minutes of July 19 where a motion had been passed asking the sanitation committee to consider charging industrial users of the dump. Chairman of that committee? None other than Councillor MacMillan. The discussion over the dump arose when works, superintendent Glen Kells reported that the area cleared for dumping of turnips and other industrial refuse was filled. He said turnips to a depth of four feet were there already, despite the fact it had been hoped the area would serve for at least a couple of years. It was also learned some cars had been deposited at the dump and Reeve Derry Boyle suggested the police should ascertain the ownership of the vehicles and have them removed. However, members weren't positive that it was against the town, bylaw to dump wrecked cars at the facilities in Hay township. ROOF GIVES WAY — The roof of the Car Wash at the north end of Exeter on Main Street was lifted by high winds Tuesday morning and moved to the back of the building. PUC manager Hugh Davis and employee Wayne Rau are shown above making the necessary electrical disconnection. T-A photo Wind lifts car wash roof Members of council and Exeter officials have started their in- vestigation into the types of buildings suitable to replace the present town hall structure. A committee was named at the last meeting and already members have visited the new municipal buildings at New Hamburg as well as a firm in Strathroy which produces pre-fab steel modular components which can be suited to most needs. The hall at New Hamburg, built a debenture issue of $215,000, includes a four-bay fire hail, lecture and training room for the firemen, clerk's office, reception area, mayor's office, police of- fices, court room and council chambers. Reeve Derry Boyle termed it an excellent building, but said the police offices were too small with the police in New Hamburg having less space than their counterparts in Exeter. He also explained that some citizens of New Hamburg had objected to the debenture issue without having a money bylaw vote of the ratepayers, but the OMB tossed out the objections and let, the town go ahead as planned with the building, Boyle predicted the OMB would do the same here if in fact ratepayers objected to a new town hall being built without a vote on the issue. Councillor Mery Cudmore did most of the reporting on the pre- fab modules they had seen in Strathroy, noting the building cost about $15 to $17 per square Council okays building permits Five building permits were approved by Exeter council this week. All had been inspected and okayed by the building inspector prior to the meeting. They were as follows: Reda 's Florist, to roof -greenhouse at 41 Main; Wilson Morley, build carport at 46 Sanders W.; L. Linfield, to remove old barn at 277 Andrew; Milt Keller, to enclose porches tor W. &Han, Siincoe; George Robertson, to build porch at 226 RECEIVES Sc. Gary D. Wedlake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Wedlake, txeter, recently graduated from University of Waterloo with M.A. Sc. degree in Chemical nngincering. He is presently attending McGill University in Montreal where he it working towards a Ph.D. in Chemical tngineering. Damage has been estimat- ed at between $5,000 and $6,000 to the new car wash in Exeter, which was exten- sively damaged in the gusting winds which hit the area Tuesday morning. The roof of the building was lifted off and its weight flapping in the breeze caused considerable damage to the cement block walls. A large portion of the rear wall came tumbling down with the roof and other portions of the Walls Showed large cracks. the roof, which wasn't anchored to the walls but merely sitting on top, was lifted off shortly after 9:00 a.m. The building, located north of the Brewers' Ware- house, is owned by Dave Corrie, Clinton. An Exeter man, Edward Vannstine, Thames Road West, received cuts to his foot when someone in a passing car tossed out. a beer bottle. Fragments of the bottle struck Mr. Vannstine on the back of his heel, causing several cuts. Eric Swartzentruber reported to police that one of the youngsters in his home had received an apple in which a razor blade was embedded, There were other complaints regarding soaping of windows and persons' throwing objects from vehicles, but Chief Ted Day reported no serious problems. The OPP detachment officers reported egg tossing incidents in Credi ton and the railway flashers were activated at Hensall, Several stop signs were removed and at Huron Park a newspaper box waS set on fire. Some hay was also burned on area roads, George Kellett, RR 3 Exeter, had an egg and a candle put into his gas tank and some obscenities were scrawled on a shed. Five area juveniles were apprehended and cleaned up the mess. Seven windows were broken in a new house in flensall owned by Tom Chuter, Clinton. Damage was set at $30. Windows were also broken at the Dashwood summer residence of William Gleeson, St, Thomas. Car, net, booze among area loot A number Of thefts were reported in the area this week, but the loot was reported to be small. A portable hockey net was stolen at Huron Park and a car owned by Cecil Smith, Crediten, was also stolen from Huron Park, It was recovered the Same night parked on a nearby sideroad. A cottage at Sunset Grove owned by Anthony Regier, Detroit., was entered and about $15 in liquor stolen. Tools valued at $20 were taken from equipment located at the Zurich dump in Hay Township, The tools were owned by ex- cavating cont'racto'r Bruce Carson, RR 2 Pahnerston, who was clearing the dump. Two bullets were also fired through the glass in a drag-line and damage to the machine was ti listed at $50. Misses signs seeks change Exeter council will present a motion at the upcoming Good Roads convention that the standard height for stop signs be lowered approximately one and a half feet, The action was taken after Mayor Jack Delbridge com- plained that he had almost missed a stop sign at Highway 7 on a return trip from Toronto early Monday evening. He said the sign was too high to be picked up in his low beams. The Mayor claimed he had to slide his wheels to get stopped when he finally spotted the sign. Councillor Tom MacMillan asked if the Mayor had been unable to see two signs south of the intersection which advised a stop was coming up. Delbridge replied he had also missed seeing them. Works superintendent Glen Kells reported present regulations called for the signs to be set at a height of six to eight feet, lie said he and Pollee Chief Ted Day usually put the bottom of the sign six feet above ground and the top of the sign was then eight feet. )