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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-07-25, Page 1ALICE CLAYPOLE 1/" Blaze guts kitchen Stephen acts quickly on .Dastswoodproject Stephen township has wasted little time in putting the wheels in motion for the proposed water system. for the police village of Dashwood. in a reslution passed Tuesday night, the township has asked the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to prepare a plan for the construction of a water system for Dashwood as a provincial-municipal owned project requiring a rate on a usage basis to meet all the cost involved under the provincial municipal program and the appropriate form of contract. Commenting on the request, clerk Wilmer Wein said, "council had no alternatrive due to the enthusiasm shown by Dashwood residents at a recent meeting." Wein said the Ministry will probably appoint Goderich engineer Burps Ross to prepare a more detailed report with the various proposals on costs and payment periods. These will likely be presented at another public meeting. Council learned this week the application by the town of Exeter for the extension of sewer lagoons has been approved. A suggestion by a Stephen resident Gerald Dearing, that something be done to stop seepage to neighbouring properties was taken into con- sideration. An interceptor drain will be constructed to take care of seepage. On the same project, Stephen is asking the Ministry of the Environment to conduct tests of current water wells within a one mile radius of the lagoon. These tests would be carried out at six month intervals for a period of five years. Stephen council has approved Please turn to page . ,717717.!--71777. -,-.77,.7"!7-7r771-77 A fire, Sunday at the home of Ross Skinner, just south of Elimville, caused an estimated $11,000 damage and completely razed one section of the house. The fire which started in the back kitchen, near the freezer, spread quickly before it was noticed by Larry, 25, the only member of the family home at the time, Cause of the fire is un- determined, The fire started at about 3:45 p.m. while Larry was upstairs. Ile called for help and then started moving furniture and valuables outside. "He was great," his mother said, "he kept his head and did all the right things." The Exeter fire department arrived shortly afterwards and helped him remove the furniture, Most of the furniture was estimated the damage at about $11,000 including $8,000 damage to the house and $3,000 to the contents. The contents included a freezer full of Meat and 28 boxes of berrtes that Mrs. Skinner picked recently, The back kitchen was burned to the ground and there was ex- tensive damage to the adjoining kitchen and roof. There was smoke and water damage to the rest of the house. Mrs. Skinner said Monday "It was wonderful how everyone Pitched in and helped. Larry didn't even knoW half of the men who helped," The Skinners are staying with her sister, Mrs, Helen Bell until they can return home. The salvaged furniture has been stored in the garage and clean-up operations have already begun. saved, Mrs. Skinner said. Neigh- bours and friends helped by forming a chain to carry the furniture away from the house, Larry and one of the firemen tried to bring some of the clothes down from upstairs but had to give up because of the smoke. Mr. and Mrs, Skinner and five of their seven children were away when the fire occurred. Goderich police located them at Pine Lake at about 5 p,m. where they were camping for the weekend. The fire was under control by the time they arrived home, Mrs. Skinner said that her daughter, Mrs, Brenda Hovitis who had recently moved to Sarnia suffered loss in the lire too. Some of her belongs had been stored in the back kitchen and they were all lost in the fire, Exeter Fire department FIGHTING THE FIRE — Exeter Fire Department worked hard Sunday to control the fire at the Skinner home in Elimville. Only one son, Larry, 25, was at home when the blaze broke out in the back kitchen. Photo by Reg McDonald One Hundred and First Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 25, 1974 Price Per Copy 25 Cents Administrator, nursing head resign positions at hospital of these things." the administration committee of The nurses had presented a the board asking for immediate list of grievances last month to action to remedy hospital AFTER THE BLAZE — Ross Skinner stands where the back kitchen of his Elimville home used to be. The fire, Sunday, caused an estimated $11,000 damage. The overturned freezer in the right bottom corner is where the fire is believed to have started. • T-A photo Council approves plan to extend Alexander Impaired, careless drivers pay Court levies $1 ,266 in fines A total of $1,266 was collected in.-. fines at the court sitting in Exeter Tuesday. a stop sign-inHensall on. June 7. The court learned his vehicle had hit a hydro pole on Simcoe St. in Exeter on the first incident and the investigating officer found fish-tail marks on the road prior to the accident scene. The accused stated that the road was slushy and the brake caused the truck to swerve while making turns. Also paying $100 was Kenneth H. Schroeder, Hay Township, charged with careless driving on November 16 on the Osborne- Tuckersmith townline, near a bridge construction detour. His car ended up straddling a pile of gravel. Schroeder admitted he had two bottles of beer prior to the in- ' cident, but said he had been —please turn to page 3 procedures which were resulting in poor staff morale and affecting patient care. According to a report of the meeting, given to the T-A, the board gave approval for the purchase of a monitor for the hospitals coronary care unit. The monitor will be installed at the nurses station so that the heart beat of a patient connected to the cardiac resuscitator or crash cart as it is called can be watched from there. An alarm sounds if there are any irregularities in the heart beat. Before, someone had to be in the room with the patient all the time. One nurse has already been trained to handle the monitor and another one is being trained. .The board was told that six new members have been hired on the hospital staff. Gifford Boyd, R.N. is the 'new night supervisor and another nurse and four nurses aides have been hired. In other business, at the meeting the board decided that a cost of living bonus be granted to non-union management per- sonnel. Negotiations are still underway with union employees. A contract was awarded to Exeter Roofing to repair the roof on the older section of the hospital. MRS. JEAN WILSON Stiffest • penalty, levied. by Judge Glenn Hays was $150 against Bradley J. Lavender, Hensall who pleaded guilty to a charge of impaired driving. He was stopped on May 19 after police noted this erratic driving and a breathalizer test showed a reading of 180 mgs. It was revealed that the ac- cused was also driving without a licence, as it had been suspended for a previous offence. Judge Hays gave Lavender a further nine month suspension and warned that a violation would constitute contempt of court and would most certainly mean a jail term. Robert C. McArthur, Crediton, was fined $125 for careless driving, arising out of anincident in Exeter when he was driving in an erratic manner, lost control of his vehicle, and was involved in an accident. A fine of $100 was levied against Irene Foster, Exeter, who appeared for sentence on a careless driving charge to which she had previously pleaded guilty. The accused had hit a tree in Osborne Township resulting in injuries to passengers in her vehicle. The court was advised she had been drinking prior to the in- cident. Paul McInnis, Dashwood, was fined $100 after pleading guilty to committing common assault against a student at South Huron District high School. Evidence revealed a fight erupted after the accused had hit a girl in the mouth and the other youth had come to her aid. Several punches were exchanged between the two. Noting the accused was not a student, Judge Hays warned him against being at the school. A total of $123 in fines was levied against Tony J. Dayman, Kipper'. He was fined $100 on a careless driving charge laid in Exeter on February 16 and an additional $23 for failing to stop at Kirkton garden party Robert Mountain, their solicitor for the project, was going to notify the industries, while he thought council would undertake the task, At the outset of the meeting, Mountain advised council that his law partner, Mike Mitchell, represented Kongskilde Ltd., but said the two did not feel this created a, conflict of interest., He noted there was no secrecy to the fact both parties were attempting to find a solution to a problem that would ac- commodate each of them - council and the industry. Council had appointed Mountain as their solicitor after Raymond and MacLean with- drew their services in the project because they considered it a conflict of interest in that they represented some of the in- dustrial property owners being affected by council's plan to open the street. At the meeting, members of council noted that to put a bend in the road to bypass the industrial land would have the result of destroying more land Please turn to page 3 At a special meeting, Thur- sday, Exeter council decided to proceed with the acquisition of the necessary land to open Alexander St. on a straight line from its present terminal east to Rosemount. Opening of the street has been debated for some time, and while council members have indicated their wish to have it extended, . some of the industries located on Highway 83 East have opposed the plan on the basis it will take a portion of their land as well as the fact it will open up rear accesses to their properties and possibly subject them to the threat of thefts and vandalism. In addition, council agreed to advise Kongskilde Ltd, that they plan to extend Rosemount from Highway 83 south to George St. within a reasonable period of time. Council had planned to have executives of the various in- dustries present at Thursday's meeting, but a mix-up occurred in defining who would extend the invitation to them, and as a result they were not notified. Council members were under the impression Stratford lawyer South Huron Hospital is looking for a new administrator. Alice Claypole, Hospital Administrator since October, 1952, handed in her resignation due to health reasons at the hospital board meeting last Wednesday. It was accepted unanimously by the ,board and will come into effect on December 31, 1974. The board also passed a motion that Miss Claypole be kept as a consultant to the board, and' only on their request until retirement age in approximately two years. The board's financial com- mittee is now looking into the financial terms of this arrangement. Meanwhile, the administration committee was to have met to draw up an ad- vertisement ,f or the position of hospital administrator. In her letter of resignation, Miss Claypole requested that she not be expected to be fully active and on duty after August 15 because of her health. During the period between August and December 31 when the resignation comes into effect, she will be completing reports. Supervisor of nurses, Mrs. Jean Wilson also, handed in a letter of resignation at the meeting. She told the board she had accepted another position. President of the board, Harry Hayter, when asked if the resignations had anything to do with the problems the hospital has been having with the nurses, said, "These resignations hopefully will take care of some packs them in again RNA Graduate Cathy Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lewis, Ailsa Craig, graduated from the RNA Training Center of Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital on May 10. Cathy is a graduate of North' Middlesex District High School. Approximately 90 children from a wide surrounding district displayed their talents at the preliminary contest, held on the first Friday in June. The contest is open to any Elementary or Pre- School child with talent to en- tertain in any form — vocal, instrumental, comedy, dance or recitation. Stolen car in hit, run This year the Committee for the Juvenile Program consisted of Mrs, Clayton Ross, 'convener, Mrs. Raymond Paynter and Mrs. Please turn to page 3 A stolen car was involved in one of the five accidents in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week. The crash occurred at 11:50 p.m., Saturday on Highway 81 about one mile east of Grand Bend when a car driven by David Curnell, Islington, was struck by an unknown vehicle which careened over the centre line and side-swiped him. Early Sunday morning police discovered a late model Corvette in the area which was determined to be the car which hit the Islington man, The Corvette had been aban- doned and subsequent in- vestigation showed it had been stolen from a London body shop. Damage to the Corvette Was set at $1,100 by Constable Bill Lewis and $235 to the other vehicle. There were two crashes reported on Sunday, the first at 2:40 a.m., when a car driven by Eller McRellar, London, went out of control on a curve on Indian Road iri Oakwood Park, crossed a lawn owned by Ken Young and then hit a tree. Damage to the car was set at $500 and $100 to the lawn. Con- stable C, G. Clinton of the Grand Bend OPP investigated. At 8:45 a.m„ cars driven by Joanne Metier, RR 1 Crediton and Cliff Brock, RR 2 Crediton, collided on concession 6-7 of Stephen about one mile north of Mt. Carmel. The Muller vehicle Was proceeding from a private drive —please turn to page 3 The Kirkton Garden Party drew a crowd of over 4,000 for its 30th annual event despite the fact that rain threateneed all evening. Rain held off until well after the juvenile program was over, and, according to many of those who attended that is the best part of the show. There were 18 entries in the finals of this years contest and all the children performed well. Adjudicator, Terry McConnell of CFPL-FM radio, said that it was difficult to make a choice because all of the performances were good and they were all so different. He said that the barometer he used in judging was: talent relative to age, presentation, dress and the ability to project. "The Little People" from Delaware were chosen first in the specialty class. They performed a medley of hits from the Elvis Presley days. Julie and Paul Greenwood and Joanne. Sawyer, Mitchell were second in the specialty class doing a Step Dance to "Big John McNeil." Tony and Jo Anne Wilhelm were third with a recitation entitled "We're Playing Momma and Poppa". In the vocal category, the Henderson Trio, Seaforth, came first. They sang "Daddy Sings Base", Lori Noyes, Lucan was second, singing "Feelin". and Susan VanderSpeck, Woodham placed third with a vocal solo of "Ain't She Sweet", Arden Bryan, Granton took top honours in the instrumental class with a violin solo called "Polish Dance". Mary Gordner and Linda Grasswick, Mitchell placed second with a piano duet entitled "Little Curly Head March". Michael Brine was third in the instrumental class with a piano solo of "Alley eat", Two fire calls to quell bonfire A stubborn bonfire required two trips to the Dashwood Industries plant by Exeter firemen, Thursday. Employees feared that gusting winds could endanger the plant and called firemen around 10:00 p.m. to extinguish the blaze. HoWever, the fire flared up again about an hour later and firemen were again called, The fire department had another problem as well, The pump on the new fire truck failed to operate properly on the Brat tall and a backup track had to be sent out. Thieves, vandals busy in district Exeter OPP investigated two thefts and several acts of van- dalism in the past week. • Sandra Carlisle, Hensall reported a tape deck had been removed from her car Monday evening. Entry had been gained by forcing a vent window, The tape player was valued at $50. About $17 in change was taken from the Zurich branch of the Hensel' District Co-Op around 8:00 p.m. Friday, Thieves had gained entry by forcing a door, but fled before they made off with more loot when they were sur- prised by an employee of the Co- Op, Four Stephen Towns hip residents reported mail boxes damaged. They were Adrian Rester, Doug and Cliff Russell, and Gordon Bender. Two area farmers reported that vehicles had driven through fields, resulting in damage to Crops. Wayne Woods, Stephen reported damage to a bean field, while Clarence Thomson, Osborne had damage to a field of grain, A SEA OF FACES — Over 4,000 turned out to tee the 30th annual some away, Those who attended must have brought their luck with Kirkton Garden Party. Officials said there would have been'more, but it them because rain held off in Kirkton till rater in the evening, Only once rained throughout the distriet'in the evening end this Might hove kept in 30 years has the party had to move to St. Mary's because of rain. J"