HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-03-29, Page 1Runaway is
pork *visitor' Huron Park, Usborne
get new school heads
Dunsmuir of Lucknow ; and
Sandra Orien of Wingham; from
Central Huron Secondary School
are Rose Marie Flynn of RR 4
Clinton; and Alex Westerhout of
Clinton,
Murray Hunter, a teacher at F.
Madill, Wingham, and his wife
will host 0 Young Voyageurs
from Burnaby, 13,C„ who will
visit Huron from August 5 to
August 13.
EARLY PARK VISITOR — A large truck loaded with over 30,000
pounds of turnips rolled owe>, from its parking spot on Main St,, Tues-
cloy, ending up in Riverview Pork. It took almost four hours to get it up
the steep grade arid out again, Another truck parked near the bridge
caught fire in an unrelated incident the same evening, providing spec-
tators at the scene with plenty of excitement, T-A photo
One Hundred and First Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 29, 1973 Price Per Copy 20 Cents
The picnic season is still a little
way off, but Exeter's Riverview
Park was a hive of activity
Tulesedalctionill bttstarted around 9:00
p.m. when a transport loaded
with over 30 tons of turnips rolled
out of its parking place on High-
way 4 across from Les Pines
Hotel and rolled down into the
park.
Fortunately, no other traffic
was involved as the large truck
rolled along the west side of the
highway and then crossed over
near the bridge and rolled down
the steep embankment into the
park.
Only damage reported was a
broken spotlight on the truck, one
highway marker and deep gouges
in the park turf.
It took close to four hours to get
the vehicle out of the park. A tow
truck from Graham Arthur
Motors managed to get it part
way up the hill at the end of
Riverside Drive, but couldn't pull
it the rest of the way.
A four-wheel drive machine
owned by Russ Parsons, Staffa,
finally had to be called in to get
the vehicle up the steep grade.
Shortly before 8:00 p.m. while
spectators were watching the
towing procedures, they had
some more excitement when a
Guenther Tuckey Transport
tractor caught fire on Church St.,
just at the south side of the Main
St, bridge.
The truck had stalled and the
engine area burst into flames as
repairmen attempted to' get it
going again,
The Exeter fire brigade an-
swered the call and quickly ex-
tinguished the fire, Damage was
not extensive.
More waves of protest for
proposed G sewer lagoon
Osborne central School to Clinton
Public School as principal,
William Linfield from the
principalship at J. A. McCurdy
Public Sehool in Huron Park to
Osborne Central School as
principal.
John Siertserria, vice-principal
of Exeter Public School to J. A.
McCurdy School as principal.
Two custodians were appointed
by the board; Stephen Youngblut
as custodian at Victoria Park
Public School in Goderich; and
Robert Knox as custodian at
South Huron District High school
in Exeter, both effective April 2.
The board was informed that
12 Huron County high school
students will visit Didsbury,
Alberta, from July 3 to July 17, as
Young Voyageurs '73,
Allan Millin, a teacher at
Goderich District Collegiate
Institute, and Mrs. Laura Mullin,
a teacher at Central Huron
Secondary School will ac-
company the students from
Huron and Middlesex,
From South Huron District
High School the students include:
Shelly Baker of Exeter, John
Creces of RR 1 Dashwood and
Catherine Easton of RR 3
Exeter; from Seaforth District
High school, Janet O'Reilly of RR
2 Dublin; from Goderich District
Collegiate Institute, Nicki
Lambert of RR 2 Goderich and
Steven Reaburn of RR 5
Goderich; from F, E. Madill
secondary School are Jeanette
Barr of RR 1 Holyrood; William
Darling of RR 4 Wingham; Allan
A nominating committee was
appointed by the Huron County
Board of Education et its meeting
in Clinton Monday night to bring
in a nomination to fill the
vacancy created by the
resignation of Jack Riddell.
Mr. Riddell, the newly elected
provincial member of parliament
for the riding of Huron, along
with Clarence McDonald,
represented the Town of Exeter
and the Townships of Usborne
and Stephen, on the Huron Board.
Mr. Riddell's resignation was
accepted with regret.
On the nominating committee
are Clarence McDonald of
Exeter, Herb Turkheim of Zurich
arid John Broadfoot of RR 1
Brucefield, who will bring in their
report for the next meeting of the
board on April 16.
In other business the board
received resignations from two
public school principals and a
secondary school vice-principal.
T. Stewart Beattie, principal of
Wingham Public School since
1942; J. A. (Bert) Gray, principal
of Clinton Public School since
1956; and Morley C. Sanders,
vice-principal of South Huron
District High School at Exeter,
all who will retire as of August 31,
The board approved hiring
John H. Mann of Stratford as
principal of Wingham Public
School, effective September 1.
Since 1967 he has been a master
at Stratford Teacher's College.
In a transfer of other prin-
cipals: Allen Taylor from
Visit is prolonged
by pneumonia bout
Nab suspects
in area raid
WELCOMING EACH OTHER - The two members of the Ontario Legislature were sworn into office Monday
morning, Above, Margaret Campbell of Toronto St. George riding and Huron's Jack Riddell congratulate
each other, At the right is Ontario Liberal leader Robert Nixon while Mrs. Jack Riddell and daughters
Brenda, Heather and Debbie are shown in the background. T-A photo.
been in touch with him through a
friend and former Exeter
resident, Cal Heywood, who now
lives just outside-London.
"He reassured us that Steven
was in very- good spirits on
Monday,;' said Mrs. Pfaff,
There is a nurse with him
constantly and the students who
visited him before they left said
they were very impressed with
his doctor.
The Pfaff's family doctor is
presently in England himself, but
Mrs. Pfaff didn't know whether
he had been contacted yet.
She said there might be some
problem with getting an im-
mediate return flight for her son
because Air Canada is booked
solidly over the weekend. "We
think we can arrange something,
though, so there won't be any
delay in coming home once he is
out of the hospital," said Mrs.
Pfaff.
"We feel quite sure he is in
good hands," she continued. "It's
just that he is such a long
distance from home,"
The trip was sponsored by the
Heritage Art Society of Canada.
Three area persons face
several drug charges as the
result of a combined raid by
officers of the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, the Exeter and
Lucan OPP detachments and the
Exeter town police. •
A raid in the Lucan-Clandeboye
area Friday produced a
quantity of drugs and three
persons including one woman
face charges of possession of
drugs, trafficking in drugs and
growing of marijuana.
They will be appearing in
Middlesex County Court in
London at a later date,
During the past week, the
Exeter police department has
increased its crackdown on
possible users and pushers of
drugs in the immediate area. A
total of 13 persons have been
stopped, questioned and sear-
ched.
One of the 13 persons stopped
was wanted by the London OPP
detachment. A committal
warrant for $230 or 63 days was
executed on this person when
picked up by London officers.
much too close to the proposed
sites of the lagoon. He added,
"They say the affluent is 98 per
cent pure, but I wonder what will
happen when the winds blow
towards my house."
Gill also asked, "If they take
this land for a lagoon what is it
going to do to my remaining 60
acres."
The third owner of land in the
area, Orville Farrell also ob-
jected to the proposals.
In making his presentation of a
brief to locate the lagoon in one of
four locations, Mr, Constantine of
the London engineering firm said
80 acres of land would be needed.
Constantine said present plans
would be to construct an earthen
pond which would hold raw
sewage for almost a year and
have the affluent of the treated
sewage released into a water
course, in this case, the Ausable
River once a year.
The engineer said a lagoon was
the easiest, most inexpensive
way to treat sewage, but ad-
mitted it took a lot of land, He
said the four locations were
chosen because they were close
to Grand Bend and would need
lesser pipe-line and pumping.
Stephen township solicitor
Keith McLean asked why sites to
the east of those proposed in 1972
were not considered. He was told
by Constantine, "cost of these
locations would put the project
out of sightfinancially as pumps
would be needed to move the
sewage."
In answer to the Stephen
solicitor's question as to why
sites on the west side of the
— Please turn to page 19
For the second time in less than
seven months, property owners
in Stephen township have
vigorously opposed the proposed
locations of a lagoon to be con-
structed with an expected sewage
system for the village of Grand
Bend,
At a hearing in the Grand Bend
village hall, Friday, officials of
the Ontario Ministry of the
Environment heard objections
from three land owners in the
vicinity of Lots 4, 5 and 6 of
Sauble Concession.
In September 1972, residents at
the north-westerly edge of the
township opposed three sites
which were located close to the
highway 83 and 21 intersection.
The, chief objector in Sep-
tember, 1972 was Carl Turnbull,
operator of a 'large beef' cattle
farm.
At that time officials of the
Ontario Ministry of the
Environment asked the London
engineering firm of M.M. Dillon
Limited to come up with alter-
native locations.
Stephen township legal counsel
Elmer D. Bell and deputy-reeve
"Cecil De8jat dine suggested waste
lands further to the east be used
for the proposed lagoons.
Allan Walper, owner of one of
the four sites proposed Thursday
was quite emphatic in his ob-
jection. Summing up his protests
after giving several reasons,
Walper said, "I'm not in favour of
any lagoon at any location at any
cost." '
Owner of two of the four
locations, Keith Gill was equally
as strenous in his protest, Gill
contended his residence was
ver 200 from Huron
see new MPP sworn in
Huron's new member in the
Ontario Legislature had plenty of
support when he made his first
official appearance, Monday.
Jack Riddell who handily won
the March 15 Huron riding by-
election for the Liberal party was
While members of the house
thumped their desks to greet the
newest members, some of the
supporters from Huron and St.
George joined in with applause
and were quickly told by
legislative attendants that ad-
mission to the house ,did not give
the right to demonstrate.
The Huron delegation, totalling
214 was taken on a tour of the
Parliament buildings by Huron-
Bruce Murray Gaunt. They were
not able to attend the first portion
of the afternoon session because
a group of school students oc-
cupied the gallery,
A REFRESHING DRINK Exeter public school year one students enjoyed a visit to the Oscar and Wayne
Tuckey sugar bush in Hay township, Tuesday afternoon. Above, Wayne Tuckey helps Karen Wallace with a
drink of sap while Darlene McBride and David Goarley look on. T,-A photo.
TAKING bECLARATION — Huron riding's new provincial member of
parliament was officially sworn in Monday, Above, Jack Riddell takes
the oath of office from Clerk of the Legislature Roderick Lewis, QC
T-A photo Sap's finally running!
Despite a slow start the
production of maple syrup in this
area may come close to reaching
an average figure.
Several local sugar bush
Cancer campaig n
underway Monday
operators report the sap was
running at a "good clip" over the
weekend.
Mrs. Herbert Kercher, RR 2,
Kippen said the sap started to run
Wants meetings
opened up again
Huron County board of
education will be asked April 16
by one of its members to consider
rescinding an October 1971
resolution and to return to its
meetings.
Mrs.
of two open
Mrs. Dorothy Wallace, a
Goderich representative on the
board, gave notice-of-motion that
she will ask that a resolution
organizing the board into stan-
ding committees be rescinded.
She said the original setup of
the board offered better com-
munications among members
public,
d
bli
beetween the board and the
The original format,
established with the board in
January of 1969, called for two
monthly open meetings and made
provisions for committee of the
whole meetings and committee of
the whole in camera meetings.
Since October 1971, the board
has been operating under five
standing committees and holding
one open meeting a month — a
system that was devised in an
attempt to make fewer meetings
necessary for members to attend.
Tapes, players
stolen in Exeter
Thieves made off with slightly
over $1,000 worth of tapes and
tape decks after breaking into
Don Taylor Motors in Exeter this
week.
The building was entered
Wednesday night.
OPP Constable Ed Wilcox is
investigating, Ile reported entry
was apparently made by forcing
a door, although a rear window
had also been broken,
LOOKING FOR SWEEtS -- Year one students at Exeter public school
made a trip to the Tuckey sugar bush in Hay township, Tuesday Mor-
ning. Shown above taking a look in a sap bucket with teacher Mrs, Ber-
nice Thompson are Roger Rose and Michael Tiedemoo. T-A photo
How often have you said at the
end of a holiday that you wish it
would last just another week?
Well Steven Pfaff, a grade 10
student from SHDHS got his
"wish", 'but not under exactly
ideal circumstances.
He was foi'ced to extend his
visit to London, England because
he is a patient in a hospital there,
suffering from pneumonia,
Steven was one of the group of
16 students who travelled to
England during the school break
last week to take an art tour of
the city. The students left March
18 with the rt teacher from, the
high schodi, 'Mrs. Suzanne
Brooks,
Friday, Steven didn't feel too
well, and he was admitted to
hospital Sunday morning. The
rest of the group returned home
Monday.
Steven's mother, Mrs. Harvey
Pfaff, Exeter, said they have
received word that if he continues
to respond to treatment, he may
be released and hopefully be
homeward bound by Friday.
Mrs. Pfaff told the T-A that her
Son hadn't felt too well the week
prior to the trip, but he went to
the doctor and it was diagnosed
as a touch of the flu and a slight
case of nerves over exams and
the upcoming trip.
"He was feeling just fine the
day they left," said Mrs. Pfaff,
Although Mr. and Mrs. Pfaff
haven't been able to talk to
Steven themselves yet, they have
Driverless cars
in area crashes
This week's accident tally from
the Exeter OPP shows some
unusual statistics, There were 10
vehicles involved in accidents,
but only five drivers. One of them
is unknown.
The explanation is that in each
of the five accidents investigated,
a parked car was involved.
On Wednesday, a car driven by
Charles Pinner, Crediton,
collided with an abandoned car
owned by Faustina Tugwell,
Exeter, on Canada Ave, at Huron
Park. Damage was set at $400 by
Constable Al Quinn,
At 2:30 a.m., Friday, a car
driven by Dawson Keller, Dash-
wood collided with a parked car
on Elm St. in Dashwood, Owner
of the parked vehicle was David
Rader, Dashwood, and damage
was listed at $450 by Constable
Quinn.
Gary Heywood, Exeter,
reported his car had been struck
by an unknown vehicle while
parked 'at the Boise Cascade
plant in Hensel!. Damage was
$100,
There were two crashes,
Saturday, the first at 2:05 a.m.,
when a car driven by John
Saulnier, Huron Park, backed
into a parked vehicle owned by
Darlene Harmer, RR 4 Parkhill,
Total damage was set at $280
by Constable Quinn.
The other Mishap took place On
the lot at Huron Motor Products
in Zurich when a truck driven by
Wiliiam Finlay, RR 1 Dashwood,
eellided with Orle of the firm's
used pickups,
Damage was set at $65 by
Constable Dale Lamont,
During the week, eight persons
were charged under the Highway
Traffic Act and another 14 were
given warnings. There were
three charges under the Criminal
Code,
abundantly on Friday and con-
tinued until late Monday.
She said son Ross reported
Saturday's run as the best he had
ever seen. "If we didn't have a
pipeline I'm sure we would have
lost a lot of sap with pails running
over," said Mrs. Kercher.
She continued, "in a normal
year we produce about 125
gallons of syrup and right now we
have about 60 gallons of the
finished product,
Wayne and Oscar Tuckey who
have more than 600 trees tapped
in Hay township agreed that
production could be close to
normal .
The Tuckeys Said the heavy
snow storm on the March 17-18
weekend had a lot to do with
improving the syrup season,
A lot of trees had budded 'out
but the snow and colder weather
stopped the process and allowed
the sap to run,
All operators agreed another
night or two of freezing tem•
peratures would certainly help
the situation.
One area syrup producer,
Anthony Marlene of Stephen
township did not do any tapping
because of the extremely warm
weather of a couple of weeks ago,
officially sworn into office
Monday morning by Clerk of the
Legislature Roderick Lewis, QC.
The swearing-in ceremonies
usually held in a committee room
were moved to the main floor of
the Legislature to allow more
than 200 Huron supporters an
opportunity to watch, They made
the trip in five chartered buses,
After Riddell had been signed
in, Clerk Lewis commented, "this
is the first time I have known a
new member to bring his own
cheering section."
Also sworn in during the same
ceremony was Margaret Camp-
bell, the successful Liberal
candidate in the Toronto riding of
St, George in another by-election,
The two new members were
ushered into the House during the
Monday afternoon session by
Liberal leader Robert Nixon and
introduced to the Speaker and the
members of Parliament.
They were greeted by desk
thumping by all members of the
117-seat Legislature. As Mrs.
Campbell and Jack Riddell were
escorted into the chamber one
member good naturedly com-
mented, "Here comes the bride."
Among the first to greet Mrs.
Campbell were the two other
female members of the house,
Margaret Scrivener and
Margaret Birch, both Con-
servatives.
In the midst of a wave of laughs
from the men, Mrs. Scrivener
said to Mrs. Campbell, "I can
assure you there is a very rich
masculine environment here and
proceedings won't be dull,"
To this NDP leader Stephen
Lewis added, "A little sexless
perhaps, but never dull."
In his brief remarks con-
cerning the new members,
Opposition leader Robert Nixon
didn't hesitate to share the vic-
tory spotlight.
He said, "I would like of
course, to associate myself
personally and directly with both
of these victories, but I must
point out that the outstanding
quality of the new members has
been apparent to all sides."
Premier William Davis and his
party members added their
welcome to the newcomers.
"There are some DNS who might
have wished it had been another
way, but the by-elections are
over, The people in those con-
stituencies have made their
determination and I would like to
make it very clear to both new
members that we appreciate the
contribution they will make," he
commented,
four years ago, she has worked
with the Goderich Little Theatre
and directed "What's Yer
Fancy". The Little Theatre is
currently planning another show
to be presented on May 3,4 and 5,
A fifth generation Goderichite,
she is a member of the Canadian
Opera Company.
Mrs. Dunlop will be ac-
commpanied by Paul Baker, a
distinguished Musician who
currently is organist at St.
George's Anglican Church in
Goderich, torn in Birmingham,
England he came to Canada at
the age Of two and returned to
Britain to study Music,
He holds three degrees,
R,C, 0 L. A.M and
A.R.C,IV1, and has built two
harpsichords and 15 presently
constructing a clavichord, Both
are pre-piano key board in-
struments, Mr, Baker is also a
skilled piano teacher,
The Party is from 8 p,m, to 9
p.rn.
The Huron Unit of the Canadian
Cancer Society will conduct their
annual canvass during the first
two weeks of April this year,
The Exeter branch campaign
gets underway Monday night and
will continue through the week in
all area communities,
The target for this year is
$8,500, reported chairman Norm
Whiting,
Gernot Dauber, chairman of
the Exeter canvass, said he
expected it would take two nights
to complete and canvassers will
be out this Monday and also on
April 9.
A kick-off for Huron has been
scheduled for Wednesday April 4,
in the White Carnation in
The kick-off day is billed as a
Daffodil Coffee party and will
feature Marjorie Hays Dunlop a
well-known actress from
Goderich, She has starred in T,V,
Opera and at the O'Keefe Centre.
Since coming back to Goderich