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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-09-14, Page 17GET, PRE-JUMP BRIEFING Plenty of directions regarding wind velocity and other weather conditions are necessary before sky divers take to the air. Above, instructor Igal Holtzer gives final briefing to the first group of jumpers Sunday at Sexsmith airport. T-A photo Compare Our Discount Prices Adorn Hair Spray 13 oz. Pepsodent Toothpaste FAMILY SIZE Sugg. qp, Eg o List 99, Sugg. List 82.98 1.73 VO 5 Shampoo 1 5 1/2 oz. Kotex 48's Regular Sugg. 874 List '2.49 Sug List g '2.5 4• $ 1 •67 Super Plenamins Special 288 Tablets $74.95 Plus 144 (Value '8.69) Free 144 Tablets ..... . . . . . $8.69 • 36 Tablets (Value '2.69) Free 72 Tablets $4.98 18 Tablets (value $1,49) Free MIDDLETON Drugs PHONE 235-1570 EXETER FINAL CHECK-UP — Before a sky diver heads up for a jump all equipment is carefully checked. Above, Chuck Miner's chute is getting close scrutiny from an official. T-A photo ii/M/MMEDMINNZM CAN IDB SERVE YOU? Monday, September 18, 1972 one of our representatives Mr. J. D. Brinklow will be at Les Pines Hotel (Exeter) Limited, Exeter 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon In this district and throughout Canada many persons and firms in practically all types of businesses including Agriculture • Tourist and Recreational Businesses • Construction • Professional . Services • Transportation • Wholesale and Retail Trades, as Well as Manufacturing have obtained loans from the IDB to acquire land, buildings, and machinery, to increase working capital, to start a new business, and for other purposes. If you consider that IDB can be of service, you are invited to arrange an appointment with the IDB representative by telephoning Telephone: 235-0151 or in advance by writing to INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK 197 York Street, London 12, Ontario. YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT EXETER FALL FAIR EVENING PROGRAM IN THE ARENA —START 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY, SEPT. 22 * Entertainment * Fair Queen Contest * Indoor Exhibits On Display SATURDAY,SEPT. 23 * Giant Parade With Seaforth District High School Trumpet Band at 10:30 a * Radio Controlled Airplane Flying * Livestock Displays * Pigeons * Feeder Calf Club Exhibit & Auction * Special Apple Feature — $60 in Prizes See prize list for details * Horse Show * 4-H Show * Giant Midway * Horse Races * Horse Shoe Pitching Contest Contact Fred Harburn, Staffa for further particulars DANCE — 2 ORCHESTRAS ARENA Country Ramblers * Chinook GIANT MIDWAY fij FUN FOR ALL Limited to 10 Babies in Each Division Contact Garnet Hicks 1 to 4 months — 5 to 8 months — 9 to 13 months * Baby Contest Dive from 2800 feet Times-Advocate, September 14, 1972 Page 17 The sky's the limit for district lads . 4 Pool records profit despite poor weather Al REDI-MIX CONCRETE Washed Sand & Stone (ALSO FORM WORK) McCann Const. Ltd. DASHWOOD Phone 237-3381 or 2373422 tang FILL UP • IVEkE HEATING OIL SPECIALISTS AND DO SHOUT OUT, FOR WEVE THE KNOWLEDGE- WHAT /TS ALL ABOUT FOR C ERBE VOA 4, SERVICE I L Ititk `14' , • CALL Cliff Russell R R 2 DASH VVOOD, ONT. PHIONE 238 2481 GRAND BEND a a Despite unseasonable weather, the Exeter and area swimming pool may show a slight profit for the past summer, Recreation director Alvin Willert told RAP this year's program at the pool had been topped by only the record of 1970 There were a total of 716 registrations for swimming lessons and he said the three- term plan instituted this year had been successful and recom- mended it be carried on in1974. He was high in his praise for the pool staff under chief in- structor Donna Doidge. In her final report, Miss Doidge recommended that lights be installed at the pool for better Only one mishap is investigated Only one accident was in- vestigated during the week by officers of the Exeter police department. The lone mishap occurred Saturday evening on Huron street, near Marlborough. The drivers involved were Naldo Ziffl'eli — and Florence Keyes, 151 William street, Exeter., Constable George Robertson listed damages at $500. visibility in the evenings and Willert said this recommendation should be carefully considered. She also cited the need for a spinal board, a sign to post pool rules and the hiring of another life guard so the staff could work in shifts. The chief instructor also urged that the senior pool staff be given some say in hiring staff for another year and RAP members agreed this should be endorsed. It was indicated that a pool committee would .be named in February to formulate plans for the coming year and consider the recommendations, The playground program was not as successful, although Willert said the three girls hired as supervisors were excellent and "better choices couldn't have been made". Only 80 children registered and the program ended tip with a deficit of over $400. It was explained that the Opportunity for Youth program being held in the area probably reduced registration numbers. No deer hunt in Usborne twp. Usborne township council learned this week that there will be no controlled deer hunt in the area this year. County clerk John G. Berry 'said in a letter he had received information to this effect from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. A grant of $524.86 has been received from the Ministry of Community and Social Services on behalf of the Kirkton- Woodham Community Centre Board for improvements to the athletic field. Engineers on the Scott municipal drain have certified completion of the repairs at a cost of $9,310.33 or 98 percent of the estimate. A new report has been received from Hay township on the Black Creek municipal drain and the Usborne assessment has been reduced from $1,044 to $1,022. No action was taken on the town of Clinton request for support in asking for an in- vestigation of law enforcement in Huron County. General accounts in the amount of $13,069.68 were passed while road accounts totalled $15,498.28. Tile drain debentures amounting to $12,700 were ap- proved and will be offered for sale to the province. By MISS JEAN COPELAND Mrs. John Cornish, Battle Creek, Michigan spent a few days with Mr. & Mrs. George Wheeler. Mr. & Mrs. A.J. Donnelly of Caledonia, Mrs. Madeline Hare of Huntsville and Mrs. Stanley Mountain, St. Marys, were Thursday evening supper guests with Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Copeland, Cynthia, Ellen and Deanna and spent .the night with Miss Jean Copeland. Dr. Grant & Mrs. Mills of Calgary and Mr. & Mrs. Wilbert Kirkby of Kirkton were Sunday guests with Misses Blanche and Rhea Mills. Mr. & Mrs. La Verne Rodd were pleasantly surprised on Saturday evening when relatives, neigh- bors and friends gathered at Usborne Central School to honour them on their 25th wedding an- niversary, Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Mills, London, visited one day last week with Misses Blanche and Rhea Mills. , Mr. & Mrs. Donald Brine and Cheryl visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Vic Sells and family of London. One of the newest sports in Western.Ontario is sky diving and daring young men can be seen each weekend drifting throbgh the sky in the vicinity of Sex'smith Airport, just north of Exeter. The University of Western Ontario Sky Diving club, in its third year of operation uses the Sexsniith airstrip located on the farm of Leonard Greb for weekly activities. The UWO club has attracted some local air enthusiasts who have made anywhere from one to six jumps. They include Don Bell, John Bierlirig, Keith Ayotte, Chuck Miner and Paul Martin, Igal Holtzer, in charge of the sky diving club said this week that the club would be in operation locally each Saturday and Sunday and holiday for the balance of the fall season. Before a member actually floats earthward with a parachute he must take at least six hours of theory and ground training. Holtzer and his instructors, who include the overall Canadian sky diving champ, Oreste Chemello, operated a summer school this year with 30 students in attendance. The UWO club officials are pleased with the facilities at Sexsmith, Said Holtzer, "It's close to London and we have good relationships with the neighbors, even if we land in their crops occasionally." For the benefit of any Parties plan nominations Nomination meetings for the federal riding of Huron will be held in the next couple of weeks in preparation for the federal election the end of October. The federal association of the Progressive Conservatives will hold their meeting September 20 at 8:30 p.m. in the Clinton Legion Hall. This will combine the nomination and annual meeting and guest speaker will be Harold Danforth, MP for Essex-Kent. Sitting member Robert McKinley has already announced his in- tention to seek the PC nomination, and he will probably be unopposed. The New Democratic Party will hold their nomination meeting September 27 at 8:30 p.m. at Huron Centennial School, Brucefield. Ted Bounsall, MPP for Windsor-Walkerville will be the guest speaker. Shirley Weary, a Goderich resident and secondary school teacher at Clinton has announced plans to seek this nomination. newcomers wishing to try sky diving, training classes are being held each Thursday night at the University of Western Ontario at 6:30 p.m. Allan Ball of Goderich is the regular pilot for the skydivers in his Cessna 180. A total of 35 jumps were made Sunday. For Don Bell, taking up sky diving is a continuation of a variety of sports he has mastered over the years. Bell, well known in the area for his fastball pitching abilities has had a pilot's licence for many years. "After flying for a long time I thought I would like to try something a little more ex- citing," said Bell. John Bierling first became interested in sky-diving when he was going to Fanshawe College, but never got a chance to jump until this Labour Day weekend. He and a friend helped to organize a sky-diving club at the college, hired instructors, joined the Canadian Sport Parachuting Association and went through all the ground training necessary in preparation for their first jump. But because of bad weather, he never actually got to jump, so when he heard about the UWO club which was operating near Exeter, he decided this was his chance. He made four jumps within three days, and finally last Monday got to make his first "free fall," The first few times you jump, explained John, you jump "Static line." This means that although you are in the air by yourself, the jump master in the plane ac- tually controls the opening of the rip-cord. The next step, then, is the free fall, and you are com- pletely on your own. To start with, a sky-diver jumps from about 2,800 feet. At that height, the chute should be opened on a count of four, or at about 2,400 feet. "The higher you can go, though, the longer you can delay opening the chute," said John. "That's when it really gets fun." But there is more to think about on the way down than the simple joy of the manoeuver, Each diver is equipped with an emergency chute, This is used only in the case of a total malfunction of the regular chute, however. Then you have to worry about steering yourself within a reasonable distance from the target. "You have to allow for wind-drift," said John, "and if the wind is over 10 miles an hour, you're not allowed to jump." In addition, the parachute itself, because of modifications in the back, has a forward speed of 8 miles per hour. These modifications are three holes in the chute, and by closing the flaps on these holes with two steering lines, you control the amount and direction of the wind blowing through them. This is the way to steer the chute. The target itself is about 10 metres in diameter, and John has been making quite accurate jumps. The farthest away he landed was in a bean field about 100 metres from the target. Once, though, he landed only 8 metres from the target and another time about 10 metres, This is very good fora rooky diver. Then there is the problem of actually landing. The idea is to roll when you land, not to end up with feet planted firmly. If you land properly, said John, you don't get too much of a jolt at all. The difficulty is often one of miscalculation. The first time I landed, said John, I tried to judge the distance'from the ground by looking down. I misjudged and ground was there a lot sooner than I had expected. What you should do, he ex- plained, is to judge the distance to the ground by watching, the horizon, and each time you jump you can judge more accurately. Why would someone go through all this just to spend a few seconds floating in the air? "I don't know," said John. "I guess I just like exotic sports. Lots of people say they would like to try this or that, but most of them are too scared, I just decided I was going to do it, and I did." Can't legislate morality • • • By HELEN M. ASELSTYNE B.A. After listening to "Sunday Morning Magazine" over C.F.P.L. Radio, I decided to write this feature article. The theme stemmed from "alternate interests" but this is not limited to political fields. In fact, this article will not deal with those in politics; it will primarily discuss our fellow-man, close friend or casual. A man's word should be as good as his bond. Shakespeare said: "to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." But it takes all kinds to make a World. We all have dealings with friends and strangers; in the former we naturally place more of our faith and trust. When greed enters into a situation, trust is crucified. As Judas was at Christ's table, this is not a new development. In church some pray on Sunday and prey on others on other days. Morality stems from conscience and eventually, quoting Shakespeare again; "conscience does make cowards of us all." As the Radio program stated, "there are rotten apples in every barrel," It is not a viable situation to have those in one's contacts in life fall into the category of "crooks." As we , mature, we find more of this. We are not naive and cannot blame the younger generation for disillusionment. Pope wrote; "an honest man's the noblest work of God." To conclude, we were shocked by the horrendous events at Munich, yet there are subtle ways to destroy by deceit and studied chicanery. There is no way to legislate morality but eventually the plain truth hopefully will win. (Helen Aselstyne published a book of poetry, her poems are in an anthology of poetry "the Greek Letter," published in the United States, Her writing as a student at the University Of Western Ontario is mentioned in a book "These Sixty Years," Written by the late Professor Wm, Tamblyn, a history of the University. Mrs. ASelstyne resides in Beach 0' Pines, Grand Bend.)