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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-11-23, Page 1Ninety-eighth Year Parents of five children. murder-suicide victims a Ted and Edna MacDonald a number of relatives in the area. Mr, MacDonald was a native of Exeter, and his wife was a native of Stephen Township, Inspector G, H. Cooper of the Criminal Investigation Branch, Toronto, arrived to head the investigation, assisted by Det, $gt, hea d- Q'.Royrke, district head, clUFIrfers, Mt. Forest; Cpl- RaY. Brooks and Constables Bill Glassford and Frank Giffin of the Exeter OPP detachment. Edward Norman, 14. The other four children were not at home at the time, police said. Earlier this , summer, the family had lost all their possessions when fire gutted. their home one mile south- west of Hensall. The home had been owned by Harold Elder and the family moved into their present facilities, also owned by Mr, Elder, following the fire, Both victims are survived by Board sets policy in drug crackdown A detailed policy for drug " education in Huron County Schools as well as to curb the abuse of drugs in the county schools, especially as it relates to the pupil population, was passed Monday evening in Clinton at the board's regular November e meeting. The policy sets forth that the curriculum will include such programs as will ensure that students are made aware of the physical and psychological dangers incurred through the im- proper and illegal use of drugs. EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 23, 1972 Price Per Copy 20 Cents To 'clean-up' Andrew St. Exeter buying new sander —turn down Burkley offer would create a problem as the door on the south side of the restaurant would open out onto the laneway and could create an accident involving a pedestrian. Council indicated they would not approve the change but a A Hensall area couple the parents of five children died Wednesday after an apparent murder-suicide. Dead are Edward Norman (Ted) 110acDonald, 34, and his 32-year-old wife, Edna, who resided at lot 24, concession 6 in Hay Township, about half a mile north of highway 84 on County Road 31. In the house at the time was the couple's eldest daughter, Trudee, age 13. A .22 calibre rifle was found by police at the scene in the MacDonald home beside the body of Mr. MacDonald, who was pronounced dead at the scene by Coroner Dr. Charles Wallace, Zurich. Mrs. MacDonald, the former Edna Woods, was critically shot and rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital in London by Westlake Ambulance. She died there shortly before 2:00 p.m. The shootings apparently took place around 10:00 a.m. Mr. MacDonald had gone to work in Exeter at 7:30 a.m. and returned to his Hay Township home later in the morning. Police were notified of the shootings by the couple's daughter, who told of seeing her mother shot. Mr. McDonald then sent his daughter up- stairs before turning the gun on himself. The surviving children are: Tracy Joanne, 8; Theresa Joyce, 10, Trudee Pearl, 13, Terry Arthur, 15, and Anthony , Little concern Portions of Andrew St. under construction this fall may soon become, useable again. Works superintendent Glen Kells said the contractor had terminated excavation at the present point some 200 feet south of Wellington St. They will now devote their time to cleaning up the area already excavated to enable traf- fic to use the street again. Kells said when this is done, a decision will be made as to whether further construction will take place on the remainder. of the street or whether construc- tion will be halted until the spring. Some residents of Andrew street north have been unable to get to their front doors by car for about six weeks. One resident, Arnold Mathers said October 14 was the last time he was able to drive into his laneway. Although a few have been able to get ;on their back door, most 'have been leaving their cars on the Liquor Control Board parking lot at the corner of Main and Wellington streets. Before the announcement was made to discontinue work and clean-up the street for use, Mathers said, "I'm concerned about the older ?eople having to go through "that kind of stuff". He added, Andrew street north is pretty well retired street." In addition to being confronted with mud on the street, some residents found water backing into their basements when drains were cut off. Members of council also found the going on Andrew street also impossible. Tuesday night while participating in the United Church's Visitation program councillor Bruce Shaw lost his toe rubbers in the mud. The shoe was on the other foot et Exeter council meeting this week. Burkley Restaurant owner John Tzavaras was on hand to discuss the purchase of land, but this time he was wanting to buy, not council. Tzavaras said he had found that kitchen equipment to his new building was bigger than he expected and he asked council to consider selling him about five feet to the north of his property so he could extend the kitchen by about three feet. "There's no way," Reeve Derry Boyle stated, Several members pointed out that the land to the north had been deeded to the town by the lawn bowling company and had to remain as a bowling green. Councillor Ken Ottewell ex- plained council couldn't sell even if they wanted to. Tzavaras then asked for a change in his building plan to move a door from the east end for the building to the south side. Councillor Tom MacMillan pointed out that doors in public livildiega had 12,ongn put and this suggestion was made he could take the matter up with the building inspector. Will buy sander Exeter will have new sanding equipment to put into use this winter. Monday night, council ap- proved the purchase of an automatic type auger sander which is mounted on a 1959 model truck. Purchase price is $2,150. Works superintendent' Glen Kells cited the need for new sanding equipment, pointing out that at present the works department has to do intersec- tions by hand. He also said the present equipment was not safe, Council learned that the cost of new sanding equipment alone would be worth much more than the price being asked for the used truck and equipment. Mayor Jack Delbridge said he had looked at the vehicle and reported it was in "pretty good shape." Members were advised the — Please torn to page 3 New policeman hired for Exeter Alexander Balazs of Milverton has been hired to replace Constable Ardell McIntyre on the Exeter police force. Constable McIntyre leaves at the end of the month to become chief of the police department in Mount Forest. Constable Balazs has had five years' experience, four with the Aylmer police and one at Milver- ton. He has also taken the police college training course at Aylmer. The new officer is 28, married and has three children. He commences duties on November 27. WHERE AM I? — Poor little gingerbread man! He Was made by the Kindergarten class at Exeter Public School Tuesday afternoon, but when they went to get him out of the oven, he was gone. He left a note saying he knew he was done, so he left to go looking for the kindergarten room. He got lost somewhere in the school though, and they couldn't find him anywhere. But the T-A photographer caught him peeking through one of the doors in the school, but it still wasn't the right place. T-A photo Principals, teachers and non- teaching school employees will be requested to co-operate fully with law enforcement agencies and report to them any informa- tion that would be beneficial in their efforts to stem the increase in illegal use of drugs. Principals will be informed that any pupil or employee com- ing upon the campus of any school in possession of, or under the influence of, illegal drugs of any kind, or attempting to sell or use illegal drugs on the campus of any school shall be suspended forthwith and the facts reported immediately to the Director of Education. Principals will then present to the board, for consideration of expulsion or dismissal, the name of any pupil or employee con- victed of an offence involving drugs. In a brief discussion about the drug problem believed to exist in the county schools, chairman R. M. Elliott told the board that there is some speculation among parents as to whether or not the recent drug film shown in the high schools by the Huron County Health Unit served any useful purpose. He said that it is the opinion of some parents that students need something "to scare them.'' They should see "the glory details of results of drug abuse habits," Elliott felt, James Coulter, superintendent of program and planning, said that the Art Linkletter film , shown recently in the high schools was "really not very in- struc tive." He said the county schools are planning to purchase a film which he described as superior to the Linkletter film. Armed robbers hit Staffa, stare over hepatitis Four cases of hepatitis have been reported among students of Stephen Central School within the last three and one half weeks. Principal Don Finkbeiner, and Huron County Medical Officer of Health Dr. G. F. Mills, however, Said they are not at all worried about the situation. Dr. Mills told the T-A that he could not confirm the fact that there was hepatitis "in the school." He said as far as he was aware, the liver disease was limited to the members of one family. "This is not unusual," he said, "It ofteti happens that members of one"familWilleget the disease.',' Principal Finkbeiner said, hoWever, that there are members of three families in- volved. Hepatitis is a viral disease causing inflammation of the liver. Infectious hepatitis spreads by direct human contact according to Dr. Mills. Symp- toms of the disease are a fever, headache, jaundice and gastro- intestinal distress. Mr. Finkbeiner said that the brothers and sisters of the in- fected pupils are still attending school. He said that the school has instituted strict measures of washing hands, and that County Health Unit nurses have visited the homes of the patients, Dr. Mills reported that other family members have been in- noculated against the disease. described as being dark in colour and a. late 1950 or early 1960 model. Constable Ritchie of the On- tario Provincial Police detach- ment at Sebringville is in- vestigating the robbery. While it was the first armed robbery at the store which has been operated by the Sadler family for four generations, it has been broken into several times and merchandise taken. A Staffa general store was robbed of about $150 shortly before closing time Friday night. Bob Sadler, who operates the store with his father John said an armed youth and a companion confronted him in the store about 5:45 and demanded money from the cash register. Sadler was alone at the time and said he was busy in the post office section of the store and didn't hear the two young people come in until they confronted him with a revolver and demanded money. The young man wielding the gun wore a red handkerchief as a Start work on new hail LeaVes contribute to water problem Wet weather this fall has plagued Exeter streets in more ways than one. The condition of streets and boulevards came up for discus- sion this week and works superintendent Glen Kells ex- plained a new problem had arisen. He said residents raked their leaves onto the boulevards and then were unable to burn them. They are still rotting away in some areas, trapping water and creating problems. Councillor Helen Jermyn urged that if time and money is available some problem areas should be fixed, "We shouldn't wait until people start complaining," she stated, Part of workshop sold; PICKING UP SCHOOL LITTER — The grounds at South Huron District High School were among the areas covered by the Saturday club during their Pollution Day, Saturday. Shown above at the school are Kathy Siddall, Judy Mickle and Brenda Neil. T-A photo. then leased to industr Bob Sadler robbed by gunman The South Huron and District Association for the Mentally Retarded reported this week they have sold part of the former Dashwood Industries Limited building in Dashwood to two Ex- eter businessmen. Mrs. Alma Godbolt, president of the association, said the building located at the northern end of the property had been sold to James Kneale and Mel Gaiser, The sale price was reported at $40,000. The two local businessmen then reported they had leased the building to Tillotson Plastic In- dustries Ltd.. of Weston. The firm is engaged in the Police investigate more tape thefts Only one theft was reported in the area this past week, On Friday, $50 worth of tapes were stolen from a parked car at Centralia. The car was owned by Antal Markus, RR 2 Lucan. Constable Bill Glaesford is in- vestigating. A Blueeale area man, Cartnan Joseph Donahue, is scheduled to appear in Listowel court on, a charge of possessing tapes stolen in the area early in October. On October 8, 60 tapes valued at $250 were taken from a car owned by Danny Erisinger, Huron Park. An areayouth has been charged with wilful damage following an incident in Centralia Friday night, The front door of the Skyway Grocery was smashed in a disturbance. OPP at Exeter have had another bicycle turned in, It was found in a creek near Huron Park. Clean . . . till cleanup starts The Exeter fire department have received the keys for their new fire hall, and this week coun- cil approved making the necessary changes to get the former Sunoco station at the cor- ner of Main and Victoria into operation. Fire Chief Gary Middleton out- lined some of the work that will be required, such as hooking up the hydro, fixing broken win- dows, extending the height of some of the doors,etc. The alarm systems will also have to be switched over. Council authorized the proper- ty committee to have the "necessary" work undertaken immediately and further asked that plans for other alterations be discussed with council withestimates being provided. operation and the size of the staff could double within a two-year period. He said company prsident Ron Tillotson indicated most of the company's products would be marketed locally. They are one of the major plastic molding suppliers for • Dashwood In- dustries Limited. mask and his companion which could have been a girl wore a Hallowe'en style mask. Both were wearing ordinary jeans. After taking the money from the cash register, the pair headed west of Staffa on County Road 16 in an older model car Sadler plastic extruding business and will be taking possession on January I. The deal is subject to attaining land severances and conveyances. Mel Gaiser told the T-A the firm would be leasing the entire 10,000 sq. ft. building. He said they expected to employ around 18 to 20 people in their initial this small step towards a litter- free Exeter will lead to a large step from the Community to em- bark in an all encompassing cam- paign against the many forms of Pollution present in this area. number of local establishments for making the Pollution day a success: A&H, I.G.A., Greene's Variety Store, Pepsi, Mr. Pizza and the Times Advocate. Our little group only hopes that By BRIAN PROBIZANSKI Stop littering, Stampout Pollu- tion, Garbage Cans are Hungry Not Our Environment were only a few slogans worn by some of the Junior Outers last Saturday as they successfully conducted Exeter's first Pollution Day, Most people in the Exeter area would generally agree that our town is fairly clean. Hence nobody really expresses concern about throwing a gum wrapper here and a cigarette package there, It's not until one collects some of this assorted litter that eyes begin to open. Beautiful Exeter does not appear to be so im- maculate through closer inspec- tion. This feeling was ever present on Saturday as the young people bent over the streets, sidewalks and lawns of Exeter removing fragments of litter that some senseless, absent minded members of our society con- veniently left. The group of pollution con- scientious young people collected well over twenty bags of litter from the streets of Exeter. This, of course should not be necessary if everyone looked after his or her own garbage. People are subject to a fine if they dump litter on the highways. ft might be interesting to note how much litter would be thrown around the town if the existing "Litter Law" were etrietly en- forced. The S.H.D.H.S. Junior Outers would sincerely like to thank a LITTER PICKER-UPPERS — The Outers club at South Huron District High School spent Saturday touring the town of Exeter picking up garbage and litter from public properties. Teacher Btian Probizanski who was in charge of the venture is shown in front in the above picture.. The students are, from the left, Brian Dougall, l'M HELPING TOO Members of the Outers club at South Huron District High School covered most of Exeter Saturday in a Pollution pick-up day. They gathered many bags of garbage and litter. Above, David Probizanski -decides to have a look at some of the collected items. T.A photo Joanne Sandercott, Shawn Jeffrey, Jane Klopp, Susan Thompson, Judy Mickle, Barb Thompson, Bonnie Campbell, Kathy Gielen, Jim Jarvis, Steve Corbett, Steve Thompson, Perry Preszcator, Brenda Neil, Kathy Siddall, Doug Easton, Jim Ferguson and Harold Moddejonge, T-A photo