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Price Per Copy 25 •Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 17, 1975 One Hundred and. Second Year
Gets 21 days for stealing
meat worth $50 in freezer
FRIENDLY GIANTS — Samantha Condor was among the Huron Park playground youngsters who had an
opportunity this week to get some autographs from the professional hockey players attending Huron
Hockey School. However, she was a little surprised to find out how big the players were, particularly Gil Lu-
pien, centre, who is 6'6". Lupien and Gord McTavish, right, play for the Montreal Canadiens' top farm
team, the Voyageurs, while on the left is Pierre Mondou, the Canadiens' top draft pick this year from the
Sorel Black Hawks. - T-A photo
Boyle upset spending cash
to pay for county's report
Exeter Reeve Derry Boyle
expressed concern this week that
Exeter was helping to foot the bill
for a report which had been
requested by Huron County
council.
His comments came after rec
director Jim McKinlay noted that
• the budget figure had already
been surpassed in the first six • Two communities
get free calling
Local calling between the Bell
Canada Crediton exchange and
the Hay Municipal Telephone
System's Dashwood exchange,
will be introduced October 25.
The announcement was made
jointly this week by James Scott,
Bell's local manager, and Wayne
Horner, secretary-treasurer of
Hay Municipal.
Crediton customers now have
local calling with the adjacent
exchanges of Centralia and
Exeter. Dashwood has local
calling with each of the other Hay
exchanges: Grand Bend and
Zurich.
Adding Dashwood gives
Crediton customers some 3,150
phones in their local calling area.
Dashwood subscribers will have
approximately 3,300 by adding
Crediton.
There will be no increase in
basic rates for customers. Rates
for both, systems are tied to the
number of phones which can be
reached via a local call. The
additions are not enough to move
the exchanges into higher rate
groups.
Lions plan *air show
Members of the Exeter Lions
club are busily engaged planning
for their outstanding air show to
be held the weekend of August 16
and 17.
It will be held at the Huron
Park air Strip formerly RCAF
Centralia and will feature some
of Canada's top flying en-
thusiasts.
Heading the long list of par-
ticipants will be Canada's
aerobe tic champion Gerry
Younger of Guelph.
Gerry Younger was the first
Canadian pilot to enter in-
ternational competition and the
first from this country to compete
in the unlimited category, He was
also instrumental in getting the
Pitts S1S aircraft certified to
perform aerobatics in Canada.
Others taking part will be Bob
Arend, the Canadian advance
champion in his Mark II Har-
vard, Bert Dandy with his great
Breezy Bird and Al Griffiths and
his super para-wing,
In addition there will be a
home-built flyby, demonstrations
by production aircraft bombers,
gliders, balloons and the Ontario
Provincial Pollee helicipter.
Promoter of the show Stu
Holloway who doubles as the
commentator advises that the
Saturday and Sunday shows will
be different in content. Ile added,
We will, cover all aspects of
ying. There will be noisy acts,
quiet (Meg and some containing
novelty and comedy."
months of the year for his out-of-
town travel allowance,
McKinlay has travelled over
5,000 miles in such trips and has
been reimbursed at the rate of 15
cents per mile.
In detailing some of the trips he
takes the rec director mentioned,
a trip to Holmesville last week to
help prepare a report which will
be presented to county council
this fall regarding cost sharing of
recreation in the county.
"There's no way this com-
mittee should be spending money
on county recreation," Boyle
exclaimed,
He'said if the county wanted a
study, they should pay for it and
indicated he would•have the local
clerk write to county council's
development committee in an
attempt to have the RAP com-
mittee reimbursed for their
expenses.
The report is being prepared
primarily by the recreation
committees in the five county
towns in an effort to show county
council that rural municipalities
use their facilities and personnel
and should become involved in
For the second consecutive
week, area drivers came up with
a poor record. There were 12
accidents with property damage
over $17,000 and nine people
sustained injuries. ,
The rash of crashes started
Thursday at 7:45 p.m,, when a
dump truck' driven by Robert
Hume, Exeter, collided with a
car operated by Mary Johns, RR
1 Kirkton. The mishap occurred
on Highway 83 and property
damage was set at $1,800 by
Constable Larry Christiaen.
Ms. Johns received cuts and
bruises,
On Friday at 12:20 p.m., a
pickup truck driven by Harold
Nicholson, Seaforth, and a car
driven by Clarence Down,
Exeter, collided on sideroad 25 in
paying for those facilities and
services.
"I'm not sold on county
recreation and I never will be,"
Boyle commented, adding that
the preparationtof the report was
just another example of how the
urban ' municipalities were
having to pay for something
which the rural communities
should also be expected to assist.
At the outset of the discussior
on out-of-town trips, McKinlay
mentioned that there was now no
money left in this budget and said
this indicated RAP had either set
the budget figure too low or that
he had been driving too much.
"Which do you feel it • is?"
questioned, Dave Zyluk after
Boyle's comments had been
aired.
The rec director replied it was
probably a combination of both,
pointing out that Exeter was
located at the south-west corner
of the zone and he was required to
attend meetings as far away as
Owen Sound, In additiqn,he noted
he was close enough to London to
draw assistance from the zone
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Usborne with resulting property
damage of $3,300. Both drivers
received cuts and bruises.
Constable Bill Lewis in-
vestigated. •
On the same date at 4:40 p.m.,
a car driven by Hugh McLean,
RR 1 Harrow, collided with a car
driven by Patrick Quinn, Lucan,
on,Highway 4. Damage was set at
$1,100 by Constable Ed Wilcox,
There were two accidents on
Saturday, the first at 8:00 a.m.
when a car diliven by John
Musser, Exeter, collided with a
tree on Highway 21, Constable
Dale Lamont investigated,
setting damage at $250.
At 8:45 p.m., four people were
injured when avo cars collided
near the junction of the Crediton
An area man was sentenced to
21 'days in jail and ordered to
comply with probation terms for
12 months after he pleaded guilty
to a charge of break, enter and
theft before Judge Glenn Hays in
Exeter court Tuesday.
Douglas Erwin Holt, RR 2
Grand Bend', was charged with
the theft of about $50 worth of
meat which he took from, a
Stephen township home on
January 30 after gaining access
through a bathroom window.
In addition to the jail term, Holt
was ordered to make restitution
for damage caused when he
forced open the lid of the freezer.
Marion Arlene Wood, RR 3
Dashwood, also pleaded guilty to
possession of the stolen meat and
Judge Hays ordered a pre-
sentence report on the area
woman. He will hand down his
decision on August 5,
fudge Hays remarked on the
prompt police work indicated in
the case. The meat was
recovered the same day as it was
taken.
OPP Constable Bill Glassford
headed the investigation.
Part of the .stolen meat was
found in the freezer of Ms. Wood
and some was found in her attic.
The court was told the two
accused had not stolen the meat
with the idea of re-selling it, but
rather to use it for their own
consumption.
Holt was not working at the
time and was awaiting payments
from the Unemployment
Insurance Commission. He said
he had sought welfare assistance
but had been turned down
because he was told he appeared
capable of working.
In a rather bizarre case on
Tuesday's docket, it took Judge
Hays considerable time to sort
out the truth in a charge against
Richard J. Mitchell, London.
Mitchell was charged with
failing to stop at the scene of an
accident in Exeter on January 3,
,and also with careless driving.
He was driving a car which was
involved in an accident with a
vehicle driven by William
Russell. Russell and a passenger,
Linda Jones, related how the
other car hit their vehicle and
then sped off on Alexander St.
The car being driven by Mit-
chell was owned by John Pierre
Louis, Tillsonburg. He had
allowed Mitchell to drive, but
after the accident, Mitchell asked
him to switch places, When Louis
refused, Mitchell took off.
Louis later advised police of the
accident and told them Mitchell
was driving, but when police
contacted Mitchell, the latter
said that Louis had been driving,
Mitchell's mother told the court
that her son had had his licence
Road and County Road 2 west of
Khiva.
Donald Charlton, 157 Columbia
Drive, Huron Park, was the
driver of one of the vehicles and
he sustained cuts and bruises,
while a passenger, Barbara
Totten, of the same address, had
internal injuries.
The occupants of the other car,
Ronald Brown, and Eric
McGrath, both of London, also
had cuts and bruises.
All four were taken to
University Hospital in London for
treatment.
Constable Ed ' Wilcox listed
total damage in the crash at
$3,700.
Five accidents were in-
vestigated Sunday, the first at
12:25 a.m., when a car driven by
suspended and Said that Louis
knew this and wouldn't let her son
drive.
However, both Russell and his
passenger identified Mitchell as
the driver.
Judge Hays, after . long
deliberation, found Mitchell
guilty as charged, despite the
dispute over who was driving,
and fined him $250 for failing to
About forty residents of
Usborne township gathered at the
Usborne Central School Monday
evening to take part in the first of
a series of five meetings designed
to result in a secondary plan for
the township.
Nick Hill, Huron county
planner, explained that the
county and the township had done
considerable work in the
research phase of the plan and
were now interested in hearing
the feelings of township residents
on matters such as agriculture,
natural environment, extractive
Nine injured
Gordon Bleck, Jr., RR 1 Zurich,
backed into a car owned by Jay
Fisher, Bayfield, on the Big Dip
parking lot in Zurich. Constable
Don Mason listed damage at $100.
• At 1:10 a.m., a car operated by
James Foster, 279 Algonquin
Drive, Huron P,ark, went out of
control on Prince Leopold St. in
Centralia and ran into a hydro
pole.
Damage was set at $600 by
Constable Christiaen.
Ten minutes later, vehicles
driven by Elaine Gould, Exeter,
and Bthtara Miller, RR 3 Exeter,
collided at the intersection of
concession 4-5 and sideroad 25-26
in Usborne.
Ms. Gould suffered head in-
juries and damage was listed at
$3,000 by Constable Mason.
The severe rain late Sunday
night was blamed for the final
two accidents.
At 10:00 p.m., a car operated by
William Floyd, London, went out
of control on Highway 83 and
Dashwood.
smashed into Tieman's Store in
Constable Bill Osterloo set
damage to the vehicle at $350 and
$1,250 to the store owned by
Mervyn Tiernan,
The other crash was reported
on Highway 23, one mile north of
Kirkton, at 10:30 p.m.
Alex Henderson, RR 3 Lambeth
had pulled onto the shoulder of
the road during the storm and his
vehicle was hit by one driven by
Mildred Allersten, London. The
latter was attempting to find the
shoulder of the road to pull off
during the storm.
The London woman com-
plained of neck and back injuries
and damage was set at $650 by
Constable Don Mason.
At 11:30 p.m., Monday, a car
operated by Thomas Lessard, 220
Algonquin Drive, \Huron Park,
Went out of control on the
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stop at the accident scene and
another $150 on the careless
driving charge.
In addition, he was prohibited
from driving for two years.
He was given the alternative of
three months in jail in lieu of the
$400 in fines.
A Zurich man, Robert Earl
Thiel, was fined $150 and bad his
licence suspended for three
resources, recreation and
hamlets.
A planning workshop con-
cerned with agriculture will be
held tonight, Thursday, July 17 at
eight o'clock at the school.
Future meetings will be natural
environment, July 22; extractive
resources and recreation, July
22; the hamlets of Woodham,
Kirkton,Elimville and Win-
chelsea, July 29; and the final
summary workshop, August 7,
Mr. Hill explained the basic
idea behind planning and the
specific parts Usborne would be
concerned with. He showed slides
of various locations throughout
the township pointing out how
planning could affect each.
Following a short coffee break
when those present viewed
various maps depicting the
geography, drainage, tree cover
and land use of the township,
questions were invited.
Items most widely discussed
included the question of whether
a farmer should be allowed to
sever an acre of land for his own
use upon retirement or for the use
of a relative. Points both for and
against the action were
presented.
Also discussed was the amount
of tree cover in the township,
estimated by Mr. Hill to be two to
three percent. Most agreed that
the little tree cover Usborne has
should be conserved if possible.
One person suggested that some
form of compensation should be
available to the farmer who is
willing to leave a portion of his
land in bushlot.
Strip development, par-
ticularly Huron Street just east of
Exeter, was also a popular item
for discussion. Mr. Hill said he
felt development in the area
should be stopped until the area is
annexed by the town of Exeter in
order to insure services would be
available for a high density
population.
In the preamble to the meeting
and question period, Mr. Hill
explained that planning in Huron
county started in 1965 when the
county council decided to appoint
a local planning board. This was
done as the previous method of
having all planning changes
approved in Toronto had proved
unsatisfactory. Huron, he said,
was then the first county in
Finds car won't
run on railway
A Kitchener youth has been
chayged under the IlailWay Aet of
Canada after attempting to drive
his car along the CNR tracks
north of Huron Street recently.
The vehicle, driven by Jeffery
H. Gooding, 92 Yager St., went off
the tracks and landed in a
culvert. It took a tow truck
considerable time to get. the
vehicle back onto the roadway,
months after pleading guilty to a
charge of driving while his blood
alcohol content was over 80 mgs.
He had been charged after an
incident on January 4 when his
car went of control and ended up
in the ditch on Highway 4,
Donald F. Reid, Hensall,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
careless driving and was fined
$103. He had been charged after
Ontario to undertake the
preparation of an official county
plan and land use map. In 1967
consultants were hired and in
1970 a hotly contested first draft
of the plan was presented to the
public.
"Many felt planning was an
infringement on what they could
do with their land," said'Mr. Hill.
"I feel it was a bold, imaginative
and good step. It had flaws. It
was too loose in some places and
too tight in others."
He explained that the county,
after adopting the official plan
and having it approved by the
province in 1973, recommended
that each of the townships within
Huron county embark On their
own secondary plan, following
the county plan but adjusting
situations to local conditions
within the townships.
In Usborne, Mr. Hill related,
council started in 1973 when it
hired Brenda Blair to do
preparatory work on a govern-
ment grant. Studied were land
forms, agriculture, natural en-
vironment, urban development,
ribbon development and urban
scattered or isolated.
Mr. Hill stressed that the
important aspect of the planning
at this point was to get the
opinions of the' people and make
sure the plan conforms to the
feelings of the majority of the
people. He said he hoped each of
the seminars planned would draw
large crowds of responsive
people willing to help form a
workable plan for Usborne.
Suggestions that Huron
Member of Parliament Robert
McKinley would be seeking the
Progressive Conservative
leadership at a national con-
vention scheduled for Ottawa
next spring were squelched
Monday when Mr, McKinley
stated it was "quite doubtful"
that he would seek the position.
Mr. McKinley, chief Opposition
Whip, said it was his job to keep
the party Operating as an "ef-
fective force" within the House of
Commons for the coming months,
until a new leader is named.
The popular Huron MP would
not rule out the possibility of his
bid entirely as 'he commented
"I'll be watching and waiting
before any final decision is
made."
So far, none of the rumoured
contenders for the party's top
post have declared intentions
publicly. Ontario Premier
William Davis has stated 'publicly
that he will not be seeking the
federal leadership.
his car went out of control on
September 14, He called a
wrecker to remove the vehicle
from the ditch and didn't report
the accident to police until the
following day.
Other fines levied by Judge
Hays and Justice of the Peace
Douglas Wedlake were as
follows:
Francis E. Denomme, RR
Zurich, $78 for having liquor
while under the legal age.
Gary L. Tripp, Huron Park, $13
for a speed of 40 in a 30 zone.
James Moffat, Huron Park, $13
for a speed of 40 in a 30 zone.
Ernest W. Hohner, Exeter, $13
for a speed of 70 in a 60 zone.
No results
on test yet
Officials of the Exeter Public
Utilities Commission are ex-
pected to receive a report this
week on the results of water
testing carried out in Usborne
township last week. The testing is
designed to determine the ef-
fects, if any, a new well for the
town of Exeter would have on the
water supply in Usborne.
Hugh Davis, commission
superintendent, told the T-A that
under normal circumstances, the
Public Utilities Commission
would have done the testing and
measuring of water levels on its
own, submitting the results to the
Ministry of the Environment for
analysis. Since the issue of the
additional well in Usborne
became a contentious issue with
many Usborne residents fearful
of the effects, the PUC arranged
to have the Ministry of the
Environment do all the water
level recording. The actual
testing is being done by Inter-
national Water.
The results of the testing will
determine if another well in
Usborne, pumping, wa,tey
Exeterwould_ lower the water
level in the township.
At a May meeting of Usborne
township council, a delegation
presented a petition questioning
the move. Many of the farmers in
the area of the well were ap-
prehensive as they feared a
lowered water table would
adversely,affect their crops.
Early in June, a joint meeting
was held by the Exeter Public
Utilities Commission, Usborne
township council and the
Ministry of the Environment. At
that time Usborne officials in-
dicated they wanted the test
conducted "to prove who's right
and who's wrong," referring to
charges by area farmers that the
water would be affected and
subsequent denials by the Public
Utilities Commission,
Lightning hits pole,
hydro is cut off
Residents of Exeter were
without electrical power for
about an hour and twenty
minutes on Sunday evening as the
result of lightning striking a main
line pole.
A check with the Exeter Public
Utilities Commission revealed
that the problem area was on a
line outside its jurisdiction. The
Clinton office of Ontario Hydro
said lightning struck a main line
pole in a field behind the railway
crossing outside Exeter,putting
service out from 9:20 p,m, until
about 10:40 p.m.
Extensive damage to the pole
and equipment resulted.
Mr.McKinley said he has been
approached by a number of
persons regarding the national
leadership and felt he would have
some support. He indicated that
with the leadership convention
set for next spring, either
February or March, it was too
early for a definite decision to be
made.
Mr. McKinley was, successful
in gaining his seat for the fourth
consequtive time last July when
he polled 17,204 votes giving him
a margin of more than 7,000 over
Liberal John Lynden.
Although Mr. McKinley's
margin was higher than any of
the 12 other southwestern Ontario
Conservatives who won ridings,
his margin was 'down from11,000
the election previously.
Mr. McKinley had served as
Canadian representative on the
United Nations and North
Atlantic Assembly before being
appointed Chief Whip just prior to
the 1974 election.
Over $17,000 damages
AIR SHOW STARS — The feature attraction of the Exeter Lions club air show scheduled for the Huron Park
airport on August 16 and 17 will. be Gerry sebunger, Canada's Cireobatic champion. Above left, Gerry is
greeted by Lions dub president Frank Giffin at Huron Park Wednesday night, In the centre is show
organizer Stu Hollowoy. T-A photo
Another bad week for drivers
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PLANNING FACTS — Residents of Usborne township heard Nick Hill, Huron county planner, left, discuss
the' townships secondary plan now being prepared. Seen with Mr. Hill are Usborne reeve Walter McBride
and deputy-reeve Bill Morley. The next meeting in the series, specifically to deal with agriculture, will be held
tonight. T-A photo
Agriculture topic tonight as
Usborne plan sessions start
McKinley is doubtful
in leaders hip attempt