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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-10-04, Page 1TESTAMENTS TO NURSES — The current class of registered nursing assistants at South Huron Hospital received testament Bibles recently from the South Huron Gideon Ladies Auxiliary. From the left are Mrs. Mina Talbot and Mrs. Russell Snider presenting Bibles to students Doreen Lee, Donna Schilbe, Kathy Wells and Bet- ty Qsbitsch. T-A photo 1/4 di* A REPEAT CHAMPION — Exeter mayor Jack Delbridge won the International plowing match for mayors for the second consecutive time Saturday in Alvinston. The mayor is displaying his usual form in the above picture, He also won in 1969 and 1972. Manor does it again! ILDERTON FAIR'S BEST The honour' of being' Ilderton Fair Queell for 1973 went to Marjorie McRae of .Denfield. In the above picture, Marjorie is flanked by princess Lynn Hudson and fair president George Kennedy. T-A photo Stephen okays road, sets bridge load limit raj •---- FROM THE BIRDS — Dashwood men fared well in the recent London District Caged Bird Association show in London. Stuart Wolfe of Dashwood is shown above receiving $107 he won in a draw from his neighbour Ray Van Dorsselaer who took two first and a second with three birds entered. T-A photo Father of dead youngster fears for other children. GB okays sewer survey, gets plan on dog control A Huron Park toddler died in South Huron Hospital in Exeter about 3:30 Saturday afternoon While being treated for severe face and head injuries after being bitten by a dog, David Vincent Grubbe, the two year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Blair Grubbe, 121 St. Lawrence Avenue at Huron Park was the victim. Coroner Dr. R. W. Flowers of Clinton said the boy died of convulsions because of a drug reaction during treatment. DAVID GRUBBE Cites need to control dogs The matter of dog control in Exeter will be discussed by the protection to persons and property committee at a special meeting tonight. It's expected recommendations will be presented for council approval on October 15. "We have to do something," Mayor Jack Delbridge com- mented, noting that three area youngsters have been severely bitten by dogs in the past few months. "Something's wrong if we put dogs ahead of kids," he suggested. Mayor Delbridge said he would like to ban every dog over 20 pounds in Exeter. "So would I," stated Councillor Ted Wright, However, Reeve Derry Boyle thought that would be prejudice and noted that it didn't have to be a big dog to "mess up a kid". The discussion arose after council received a letter from the Kirkton Veterinary Clinic ad- vising that rates for boarding dogs in their pound was $2.00 per dgy for small dogs and cats and $3,00 for larger canines. A charge of $8 is made for destroying dogs. Council have been deliberating over the dog situation for some time now, and with the prospect of. having a dog catcher, need a pound in which to place the animals after they are caught. For the third time in five years Exeter's mayor Jack Delbridge has proven to be the best plowman among mayors in the province of Ontario. Delbridge first won the championship in 1969. He came back to win near Sebringville a year ago and made it two in a row at the International plowing match at Alvinston Saturday afternoon. The 1974 International will be held in Haldimand County and the Exeter mayor is non- committal on the chances he will display hiulowing prowess next year. nA" The boy was visiting with his mother and an older brother and sister at the farm of Wilmer Preszcator on Concession 3 in Stephen township. Mrs. Grubbe and Mrs. Preszcator were having coffee in the house while the children played outside. They heard the dog snarling and the youngster crying and rushed out. They found the boy on the ground and Pie, the Preszcator's pet German Shepherd dog standing over him. Seven year-old Gerry Grubbe said his younger brother was playing with a cat when the dog came over, knocked him down "It's getting more like Chicago all the time!" That was the comment of Mayor Jack Delbridge after Chief Ted Day gave the Sep- tember police report to council, Monday. The occurrences were up in most segments of the report, particularly thefts. The police investigated 14 thefts under $200 and one theft over $200, There was also one break and enter with total loot of over $1,500. That was at the Les Pines Hotel and two persons face charges over that incident. The theft over $200 took place at the Say-U Gas Bar, Some $1,000 was stolen and has not yet been recovered. Loot in the 14 other thefts was $381, of which only $37 has been recovered. Chief Day agreed that the police seemed to be getting busier every month. Other statistics in the report were as follows: Ten accidents with total damage of $4,360, 14 charges and 61 warnings issued under the Highway Traffic Act, 14 parking tickets, 26 investigations and summonses for other forces, one assault, 26 bicycle riders cautioned, two fraud in- vestigations, two cases of wilful To publish on schedule 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. The 13 mayorality plowing contestants rode on a wagon in Saturday's parade which preceded the final day's plowing activities. The championship trophy was presented to Delbridge in a triple handing over ceremony by mayors Paul Blundy of Sarnia, Osborn Totten of Forest and Petrolia's Lloyd Cook. The runner-up in the plowing competition was mayor Donald Luckham of Ridgetown. In ad- dition to the mayors of Sarnia, Petrolia and Forest, others competing were Harry Worsen of and started to maul him. Constable Bill Glassford of the Exeter OPP detachment said the Preszcators had the dog since he was six weeks old and he had never bitten anyone before. The dog is now under quarantine at the Kirkton Veterinary Clinic and is expected to be destroyed. It was taken to Kirkton by Stephen township dog control officer Harvey Hillman. Mrs. Grubbe and the three children visited the Preszcator home two days earlier and the youngsters played outside without any problems. Constable Glassford said while the boy was being treated at damage, 12 animal complaints and a total of 247 occurrences. After the report was received, Councillor Ben Hoogenboom asked what the police did in cases of shoplifting. Chief Day replied that where juveniles were involved, the parents were notified. Hoogenboom wondered if that would solve the problem, and Chief Day replied he was cer- tainly against giving a nine or ten-year-old a criminal record without giving him a second chance. A suggestion was made that literature about shoplifting be distributed at the elementary schools. Thieves hit area again Thieves and vandals were responsible for a considerable amount of property loss in the area this week. A cornfield owned by Don Davey, Stephen Township, received $300 damage when a car was driven through it. This was the second incident of this nature in Stephen in the past couple of weeks. A tape player and tapes valued at $125 were stolen from a parked car owned by Gerald Morley, Exeter. in Hensall, four hydro tran- sformers valued at $400 were stolen from the Hensall PUC sub- station property. It is believed the thieves stole the equipment for the copper wiring. Two cars parked in Hensall were also hit by thieves. An eight- track tape player Was removed from a car owned by Carl Bondi, Wingham, and two mag wheels with wide ovals were removed from the front of a car owned by William Inch, Exeter. They were valued at $80. Exeter OPP are investigating the incidents, as well as two false fire alarms recorded at Huron Park in the space of 14 minutes Thursday night. Goderich, Gladys Rolling of East Gwillimbury, Robert Grambow of Wellesley, Brian Best of Milton, Robin Southgate of Wallaceburg, Don Symons of Clinton and clerk-treasurer Donald Frayne of Kingsville. Frayne is a former clerk- treasurer of Bosanquet township and formerly resided in Thed. ford. Another area winner at the International was Clare Paton of Clandeboye who represented Middlesex County Tuesday and won the tractor plowing cham- pionship. hospital he went into convulsions, and died, He was being treated by a team of four doctors. They were Dr. M. Gans, Dr. W. Read, Dr. C. Wallace and Dr. J. God- dard, An autopsy was performed by pathologist Dr. Robin Waite. Since the incident, Blair Grubbe, the father of the boy has suggested an organization should be set up to get rid of vicious dogs. He told thp T-A Tuesday morning, "I don't know how this can be done, but I will be the first Stephen township has given tentative approval to the Ontario Development Corporation at Huron Park to build a new in- dustrial road with an entrance way near the intersection of Huron road 21 and Stephen Concession road 2-3. The road will extend westerly for a distance of 1,400' from the County road. When the road is constructed to Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Com- munication standards, the township will accept it and be responsible for maintenance, A bylaw was passed restricting the amount of weight allowed to cross the Devil's Elbow bridge on Huron Street, about three miles west of Exeter. The load limit on the bridge in question was set at eight tons. The maximum weight allowed on any township road under provincial regulations is 11 tons without any signs being necessary. Connell has been informed an Ontario Environmental Board hearing is scheduled for the township office on Thursday, October 11, An application from Huron Holiday Holdings to construct a sewage lagoon for use by a proposed modular home park will be considered. The park is planned on 82 acres of land owned by David Jackson of Grand Bend and is located north of Grand Bend along high- way 21 in Stephen township. Don Hunking Construction of Clinton is being notified that a penalty clause in the contract between the firm and the township for spreading gravel on township roads will be put into effect if the job is not finished on time. The Clinton company will be charged $50 for each day after October 9 until the graveling contract is fulfilled. A land severance application from Mrs. Mary Weber for part of Lot 22, Concession 10 was given approval. A meeting With the Ausable- Bayfield Conservation Authority, the village of Grand Bend and the township will be held on October 10 at '2 p.m, to discuss problems with repair of the Walker one behind such a move." Surviving in addition to the parents are a sister Tina and brother Gerry and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Norman MacLean, Lindsay. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Grubbe, RR 1, Kirkton and Mr. and Mrs. George Berrell of Walkerton. The funeral was held Tuesday from the T. H. Hoffman Funeral Home in Dashwood. Rev. Austin Gedcke of the Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle officiated and in- ternment was in Exeter cemetery, municipal drain. Land owners involved will also be invited. Kinsmen to show new snowmobiles The Exeter Kinsmen Club is sponsoring the second annual snowmobile show Saturday at the Exeter arena. Chairman Garry Spencer said this week a total of 23 manufacturers would have machines on display. This show could be the largest of its kind in Ontario. Dealers from many parts of Western Ontario will be on hand with displays of the latest models. The doors of the arena open at 2 p.m. and the show continues until 10:30 Saturday night, Roses will be given to the first 50 ladies in attendance in the afternoon and again at night. Miss Darlene Porter, Exeter's Centennial and Fall Fair Queen will be at the show. Three cars and one house were damaged in an unusual accident in Exeter Wednesday. A car driven by Murray Moore, Exeter, went out of control on the parking lot of Don Taylor Motors Town's back taxes highest in Huron A report from the ministry of treasury, economics and in- tergovernmental affairs shows that Exeter has the highest percentage of back taxes of any town in Huron. In 1972 the figure was 13 per- cent. A year earlier it was 17 percent. Clinton And Wingham were slightly under 10 percent, while Goderich enjoyed the lowest rate, 5.5 percent. Grand Bend council on a split vote Monday night decided to continue with investigations of a proposed sewage system for the village. With Reeve Bob Sharen casting the deciding vote, council gave authorization to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to proceed with a survey and prepare cost rates. The motion proposed by councillors John Teevins and Tom Webster said council ap- proves in principle the idea of sewers and gives the provincial body the go ahead to prepare a cost structure and return to the village for further approval. Talk of sewers has been on council agenda for the past four years in Grand Bend. John Timko and Neil McMullen of the Environmental Ministry attended Monday's council meeting and asked for further action on the project. In his initial presentation Timko said, "we have been dealing with Grand Bend since 1969 on proposed sewers. At that ,couneil .felt the pollution problems could be solved on an individual basis. After a year the Lambton County Health Unit said this method was not working." On March 22, 1971 GB council gave the then Ontario Water Resources Commission the okay to proceed with a study and report. After engineering information was obtained, a hearing was held on September 14, 1972 to establish a site for a lagoon in Stephen township, near the Lake Huron water treatment plant. Sufficient objection was for- thcoming from owners of the property in question and the proposed site was dropped.A second hearing in an attempt to establish a lagoon location again brought protests from the owners of the land in question namely Allan Walper and Orval Farrell. At the first regular meeting of Grand Bend council, the original Foxy foe flees following fight Exeter OPP were advised on an unusual fight in the district this week. Mrs. Harold Glanville, Crediton, reported on Thursday that her cat was involved in a skirmish with a fox. The event apparently ended in a draw, although the fox could not be found after the fray. in Exeter when the driver's foot slipped off the brake pedal and hit the gas. The Moore vehicle collided with two parked cars on the lot, and one of the parked vehicles was pushed into a house owned by Mrs, Peg Hunter-Duvar, Damage to the cars was set at $1,800 by Constable Bob Whiteford. The house was damaged to a value of $30. There were two accidents, Tuesday the first at 12:05 a,m. when a car driven by Slobodon Bakich, Vancouver, 13.C. skidded out of control on Sideroad 15-16 of Usborne Township and rolled onto its roof. Total damage was listed at $525 by Constable Dale Lamont, part of that being to a fence owned by Ray Perkins RR 3, Exeter. At 9:30 p.m. cars driven by Brian Hogg, Exeter, and Wilbert motion of March 22, 1971 was rescinded and a new one made asking for an area sewer project to include the townships of Stephen, Hay and Bosanquet. Since that time only Hay township has shown any interest in combining forces for sewer purposes. Septic tank delays plans Plans to open ARC Industries, the Workshop for mentally retarded adults in Dashwood, Monday or Tuesday were not fulfilled. The hold-up centres around installation of a septic tank and weeping tiles at the workshop. These must be installed before any trainee programs can begin. There was no apparent ex- planation for the hold-up in the installation, which was supposed to have been completed the end of last. week„ ' It is hoped, however, that the work, which shouldn't take much more than a day, can be com- pleted this week and trainees begin as soon as possible. MacKenzie, Saskatchewan, collided on Highway 4 at the junction of the Crediton Road. Constable Bill Lewis listed damage at $525. On Sunday at 5:00 a.m., a car driven by Lloyd Allan, Hensall, went out of control on Albert St. in the village and struck a PUC hydro pole. Damage was set at $400 to the Car and $200 to the pole by Con- stable Whiteford.. In the only other crash of the week, a 14-year-old Stephen Township youth was seriously injured when the truck he was driving went out of control and struck a hydro pole. The juvenile was taken to South Huron Hospital and then tran- sferred to St. Joseph's Hospital in London for treatment of internal injuries. In answer to a question from councillor Tom Webster as to the seriousness of the pollution problem, Timko said, "believe me, it's serious, tests have shown a high bacterial count." Reeve Bob Sharen said, "we are in favour of sewers if the townships pay their fair share. Plans at the last hearing included eventual hook-ups of the town- ship". Timko assured council everyone would pay on an equal basis saying, "they will pay their piece. They don't get a free ride. You are not really being a pioneer." The provincial representative added, "if you go for the project in principle, we will do a survey and submit costs and a rate structure. Then in all probability a hearing will be held and everyone in Grand Bend gets a kick at the cat." Webster and Sharen said the village could not afford a system at this time. Timko replied, "let the OMB decide if you can afford it. On the decision to continue with the 9roject, Reeve Sharen and councillors Webster and Teevins voted "yes" and councillors Murray DesJardins and Doug Martin were against. During the week, the local OPP detachment officers charged five people under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 12, There was one charge under the Criminal Code and one under the Liquor Control Act, Awaiting hearing on TV cable bid Residents in Exeter and Huron Park won't have cable TV service for some time yet. Reeve Derry Boyle informed Exeter council this week the Bluewater Cable TV application probably wouldn't even be heard by the CRTC until November 22. Boyle gleaned that information after a visit to the firm's office in HolMesviile recently. • A 'it Crime on increase, especially for thefts One Hundred and First Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 4, 1973 Price Per Copy 20 Cents Three vehicles and house involved in district crash