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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-08-02, Page 1DONALD RAWLINGS • One Hundred and First Year Price Per Copy 20 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 2, 1973 Advocates new election 4 GB reeve quits due to health Grand Bend Reeve John Payne announced this week he will resign the leadership of the village council at next Tuesday's regular meeting because of ill health. In an interview, Tuesday, Reeve Payne expressed regret that he had let down the citizens of the village but doctors have advised him he would not be able to return to work for more than a month. The last council meeting at- tended by Payne was on May 21 and he spent close to two weeks in June in a London hospital. In making his resignation sonally was that surrounding the program. After working long hours with his wife and a few other interested parties to get the sizable grant which the village finally received, he said he could not understand why council became antagonistic toward the program and made things as difficult as possible for those in favor of the project. He singled out Dick Manore, president of the Chamber of Commerce, as one who received more criticism and lack of 'assistance than he felt deserved for his part in the program, Though he conceded that he and the Chamber made some mistakes in organizing the winter works program, he felt that since DRIVE-IN SERVICES BEGIN - The first open air church drive-in service of the season was held Sunday night at the Custom Trailers lot on highway 83. Shown in the above picture are Exeter Pentecostal pastor. Rev. Austin Gedcke, Mrs. Roy Dykeman, Allan Melanson and Doug Butler, members of God's Company from Lucan, T-A photo VEHICLE PLUNGES DOWN RAVINE - The vehicle shown in the above picture plunged down a 50-foot ravine west of Lucan early Saturday evening. Mrs. Glenn Menzies, RR 1, Exeter was killed in the mishap. T-A photo Food aplenty at Friedsburg, talent show also featured Area woman dies in crash as vehicle goes over ravine An Exeter area woman was killed early Saturday evening in an accident which occurred near Lucan, Mrs. Glenn Menzies, 35, RR 1, Exeter was pinned underneath the family vehicle when it plunged down a 50-foot ravine near the Lucan Conservation area park, about two miles west of the village. The station wagon driven by her husband Glenn failed to negotiate a curve in the road, which is a gravel road extension of Middlesex County road 13, about a quarter of a mile west of the Denfield road. Mrs. MenzAes, was pronounced dead at the scene of the mishap by coroner Dr. Robert Green of London. Mr. Menzies along with his 10 year-old son Robert and 15 year- spare ribs, sausage and sauerkraut dinners. Meals will be served until 1 a.m. While the talent show is in progress at the pavilion a soccer match between Ailsa Craig and the Grand Bend Colonials will go at the Dashwood athletic field. Saturday's program gets un- derway at noon hour with the opening of the midway and more spare ribs, sausage and sauerkraut. At one o'clock some of the top horseshoe pitchers in Western Ontario will be in action. At two o'clock a gigantic parade will form up at the athletic field and parade through the streets of the village. lot of response and he expects the entry list could be doubled from last year. Corbett will meet Zurich in a pee wee softball game at three o'clock and an hour later a weigh- in will be held for the arm wrestling contest, another added feature to the sports program. At 4.30 the preliminary rounds of arm wrestling will be held and at five o'clock four teams of — Please turn to page 3 strong men. Merner's Meat Market is providing a large trophy and each of the four in- dividual class winners will receive a small trophy. Parade chairman Leroy Gowanlock reports plenty of interest in the parade which starts from the Dashwood athletic field at 2 p.m. Heading the parade will be area officials and they will be riding in rather unconventional highway transportation. Included will be Huron MP Robert McKinley, Huron MPP Jack Riddell, Stephen township reeve Joseph Dietrich and Joseph Hoffman, reeve of Hay township. Doug Riddell is overall Friedsburg Days chairman while other members of the committee are Ken Baker, Jim Hoffman, Hubert Miller, Don Bender, Glenn Webb Theresa McCann and Marie Tiernan. Friedsburg Days actually start at 4.30 Friday afternoon when a children's midway opens. A half hour later, the famous Dashwood cooks will offer their delicious Delicious aromas have been wafting from the Dashwood Community Centre for most of the past week and will continue for a couple of days. Food chairman Marie Tiernan is in charge of cooking one thousand pounds of spare ribs for Friedsburg Days which will completely take over the village of Dashwood Friday and Saturday of this week. Add to this another half ton of sauerkraut and 400 hundred pounds of sausage and the ap- petites of all Friedsburg Day visitors should be satisified. The meats are being pre- cooked and frozen ready for quick serving on the weekend. Mrs. Tieman has a staff of 66 volunteers to take care of the food booths for the two days. A new feature this year is a local talent show which will be held Friday night in the new pavilion with Jason Roberts of CFPL radio as the master of ceremonies. One new sports event is arm wrestling and this has drawn plenty of interest from area old Robert Baker of London were knocked unconscious when the vehicle rolled down the em- bankment, A police spokesman said about 45 minutes expired before Mr. Menzies and his son Robert who were thrown clear of the vehicle regained consciousness. Robert was able to climb the hill and run to the highway where he flagged a passing motorist for help. The Baker youth was trapped in the vehicle until help arrived. JOHN PAYNE this was a new project and one of sizeable proportions, it was understandable that some miscalculations were inevitable. "However," he said, "we did the best we could under the circumstances, and were pleased with the results of our efforts." "A lot of people had a negative attitude towards the project, but as far as I am concerned the whole town benefitted from the grant, along with the obvious benefits such as the hew park behind the bank, the chain fence i19rig the beach, painting of the ?DC building, showers at the beach house, the building of park — Please turn to page 3 He was taken to University hospital in London where his condition was listed as satisfactory on Monday. He is suffering from cuts and back injuries. Glenn and Robert Menzies were treated at the same London hospital and released Sunday morning. Mr. Menzies is credit manager for Dominion Automobile Insurance in London, The family has been residing at lot 17, concession 4 in Stephen township. The injured persons were taken to the London hospital by Haskett's Ambulance of Lucan, The investigating officers were Corporal B. F. Crane and Con- stable L. S. Denney of the Lucan Ontario Provincial Police detachment. Two dogs riding in the car survived the crash. known, Payne hoped that council would call a special election to elect a "capable businessman" to give council the direction he feels it needs. Council has the right to appoint one of the present councillors to the leadership post or call a special election to let the village electors name a successor, In a prepared statement an- nouncing his resignation, Payne was highly critical of council. He expressed disappointment that councillors had not contacted him concerning village management when he first became ill. He continued, "council members are getting their kicks by laying responsibility on what goes wrong on my shoulders but are not willing to give credit for actions which have favourable results," Carrying on his attack, he said, "they (council) were spending far too much time on issues which I do not feel warranted the time." One of the priorties high on Payne's list was the establish- ment of a new cemetery in the Grand Bend area. "If someone who has not already purchased a cemetery lot were to die tomorrow", he said, "there would be no place in the im- mediate area to bury them." He also condemned council for not purchasing the old theatre building on Main street. "It's one of the only dancing spots in the village and council should be doing something to obtain the building to stimulate Winter activities, " he added. Speaking about the 18 mill tax increase for 1973 Payne said the increase was to be about 7 or 8 mills when he became sick and wondered if council had taken into consideration several grants which were available to lessen the tax burden. He listed a $5,000 equalization grant, a 25 percent on the county levy and between two and three thousand dollars which should be coming from the urban roads commission of Lambton County. Recollecting the topics which have caused controversy during his brief period as head of the council, he stated the most disappointing issue to him per- Few injuries in accidents RAP sets committee to review opera tion Bikinis stolen from Highlands Officers of the Exeter Provincial Police Detachment are investigating the theft of clothing at Highlands 3 north of Grand Bend. Two bikini bathing suits were reported missing from a clothes line. Fire came to the hall FOOD FOR FRIEDSBURG DAYS - The appetites of visitors to Friedsburg Days in Dashwood this weekend should be well taken care of. A half ton of spare ribs and almost as much sausage is being prepared this week. Shown above packing ribs for freezing are food committee chairman Marie Tieman, overall chairman Doug Riddell and Mrs. Clifford Salmon. T-A photo Volunteer help needed Injuries were few in the three accidents investigated by Exeter Police this week'. James and Kathryn Carson, 78 Honeysuckle Road, London, and Mrs. Jo Anne Collingwood, Deep River, Ontario, received minor injuries when a car driven by Carl Triebner, RR 1, Exeter was in- volved in a rear end collision with a motor vehicle being driven ahead into a vehicle driven by Barry Collingwood, Deep River. The accident occurred Saturday afternoon about 3:10 on Main St., near Anne St. Constable Balazs investigated and damage was estimated about $600. Damages were estimated at about $1,000 in an accident July 26 at about 5:15 p.m. A vehicle driven by Donald Wallace, 73 Simcoe St. Exeter was involved in a collision with a vehicle driven by Nelson Squire, 132 Andrew St. Exeter. The accident occurred on Main St.atWellington St., and there were no injuries. Constable McMeekin in- vestigated, Constable Robertson in- vestigated a third accident at 5:30 p.m, July 30 when a car driven by David Henderson, RR 2, Clinton was involved in a collision with one driven by Reg McDonald, 186 Anne St. Exeter. The accident occurred on Anne St. near Main St. Damage was estimated at $120. Police are also investigating some wilful damage which oc- curred at the Exeter Public School over the weekend. Wire mesh screens were torn and windows broken. In most instances when a fire siren blows, firemen dash off to a fire after getting directions at the fire hall. For the Exeter fire department Wednesday afternoon, the procedure was reversed. The fire was waiting for them. A 1970 motor home owned by Clifford Simpson of IVIooretown caught on fire several miles out of town. Simpson quickly headed for Exeter and firemen were able to quell the blaze with very little damage. Fire chief Gary Middleton said a very small hole was burned in the floor when the exhaust system apparently came in contact with the home. A special three-man committee headed by Bruce Shaw was set up by RAP at Monday's meeting to review the present workings of the operation, and to . make recommendations for further policies and their enforcement. The special committee, composed of Mr. Shaw and two men not associated with RAP, Charlie Smith and John Stevens, was the result of much confusion as to certain aspects of the operation. A certain amount of confusion had arisen, for example, as to the system of billing and bookkeeping for the various areas taken care of by RAP. In some cases, it was not clear whether bills should be classified under the parks, community centre, or recreation. It was suggested that all bills should be labelled as to where the money was specifically used and that all should be signed. Bob Pooley suggested that an auditor should be asked to set up a whole new system of bookeeping. The question of control of the snack bar was also raised. Derry Boyle suggested that the snack Most students now employed The rest of the country might have an unemployment problem but for the Student Placement Service at the Canada Manpower centre in Huron Park, its a question of finding students to fill vacant jobs. "We're still getting job or- ders," said Barbara Miller, a second year University student who is employed as student assistant with the program. "But weneed more students." The program in Huron Park is run in conjunction with a similar one in Goderich. This is the first year in both areas that student applications have been handled separately. As well as trying to get summer jobs for students, the program is also designed to acquaint them first hand with a manpower situation. "There have been over 200 students apply and most of them have been placed Barbara said. "Younger students, 14 or 15 years old are employed in household jobs. Employers want more brawn than anything else for physical jobs. But there are also opportunities in clerical work." The response from employers has been very good, she said. "If a student comes in now with a good referral and lots of interest he can usually receive a job offer within a week or two." "Its getting harder to find students for positions because most of them have jobs already," she said. bar should be put on a separate account, with stock-taking each week, receipts each day and a monthly report to the secretary of RAP. "We should see what we can do to streamline the whole operation," said Mr. Shaw. It was further suggested that someone not so closely involved with the operations of RAP might be able to get a clearer overview of the operation. "We've plugged holes or tried to on a hit and miss basis," said Mr. Boyle, "and now we should have some concrete policies". The three man committee is to review the administration, financing, bookkeeping and all aspects of RAP's work and to examine the present system of administration and see where the weaknesses are. They are to make recommendations to RAP no later than the November meeting. In other business, Jack Underwood showed RAP the sketch plans he had drawn up for the proposed tennis courts and addition and renovations to the bowling greens. It was decided to submit the sketch plans to Toronto for preliminary ap- proval: Some discussion followed on the proposed site for the tennis courts, at the south east corner of the town property at the com- munity park. This site was chosen because it was felt the courts might receive more use because of their proximity to the high school and that this in turn might help to build up interest in — Please turn to Page 3 Workshop to open soon But that is getting a little crowded so we would like to get into something more practical like box making." "We're trying to get contracts To publish on schedule The Adult Rehabilitation Centre workshop in Dashwood will be opening after Labour Day weekend, i t was announced last week by the new manager, Donald Rawlings, Work has been going on all summerplan,t to convert the former site of the Dashwood Industries Interviews for the volunteer staff will begin August 15, he said, "Right now we have no staff. We need people like housewives or retired people with special skills for the office end of it or as a handyman." The workshop will be able to handle between 60 and 70 trainees, Some of those might need to remain in a sheltered situation but others will be trained to hold jobs in the general working world. "We're going to be primarily industry based," said Mr. Rawlings. "Workshops like these usually have a lot of emphasis on ceramics and things like that. from other companies to do this stuff for them," he went on, "Right now the problem is making people aware we are here and that we are opening," he said. "The people we train here can do a better job in many cases than the average person because everything is more important to them." "If you approach them with genuine interest and enthusiasm instead of pity they will respond. You have to love them." Before coming to Dashwood, Mr. Rawlings was a social worker in Cornwall. He has also been an operation-analyst engineer for the firm of Canadian Marconi in Montreal. An "ops- analyst" as they are sometimes called is responsible for measuring efficiency levels in industry, The workshop is being operated by the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded with president Rev. Andrew Blackwell of Zurich. LOCAL EXHIBITOR One of the exhibitors at the weekend arts and crafts show at the Grand send Anglican church was Vic Hogarth of Ex- eter. In the above picture, he is showing Rev, Walter Mills, one of his baskets made out of walnut shells. T-A photo RECEIVES DEGREE Rev. Frank Morgret, pastor of Zion Lutheran church in Dashwood recently received zrr Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Theological Seminary in Springfield, Illinois. Rev, Morgret came to the Dashwood charge from Saskatchewan in December of 1972. T-A photo Paving contract let to Lavis firm The tender for paving of part of Albert street in Exeter was let Tuesday afternoon to Lavis Contracting of Clinton, The Clinton firm submitted the lowest of three bids at $5,367.50 to do two blocks from lluron to John streets. It is expected Lavis will begin the Albert street job when similar work currently underway on Sanders between Main and William streets is completed. Although Monday will be a holiday, The Times-Advocate will be published on Thursday as usual. The deadline for display ad- vertising will be extended until Tuesday noon, but the classified deadline will remain as Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. Correspondents and news contributors are asked to have their material forwarded at their usual time where possible to ensure publication. g