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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