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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-08-21, Page 1CANADIAN CHAMP — Undoubtedly the highlight of the Exeter Lions Air Show at the Centralia airport on Saturday and Sunday was the breathtaking display of aerobatics put on by Canadian champion Gerry Younger in his S1 S Pitts. Gerry is seen above with his craft plus a model of the plane owned by Earl Brydges of Guelph. T-A photo Lions airshow thrills over 3,500 spectators LUCAN LASSIES — A dozen little ladies provided smiling faces for the Lucan Lions Club float in the Lions Club Fair on Saturday. The event has been called "the best yet". More pictures of the fair appear on pages 8A, 9A and 10A of this edition. T-A photo KICKOFF CAMPAIGN — a press conference in Goderich officially kicked off the campaign of Huron- Middlesex Conservative candidate Jim Hayter. From the left are Kim Ainslie, executive secretary; Jim Hayter; campaign manager Bev Skinner and Huron Conservative president Elmer Hayter. T-A photo Absolute discharge given in local mischief charge FATAL CRASH -- An accident on Highway 83, east of Port Blake claimed the lives of four persons. The vehicles are shown at the scene of the crash. T-A photo To end safety patrols at two public schools One Hundred and Third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 21, 1975 Price Per Copy 25 Cents Dashwood man is victim Four die in crash near GB LIBERAL LEADER VISITS — Ontario Liberal leader Robert Nixon visited Exeter Monday to assist Huron- Middlesex Liberal Jack Riddell in the election campaign. From the left are Jack Riddell, Jim Taylor, Dolores Shapton, km McAllister and Robert Nixon. T-A photo Tests of. Usborne wells show no streamflow interference It was thumbs up at Centralia airport on Saurday and Sunday as pilots from all over Ontario took part in the first big Exeter Lions Airshow. Thrilling audiences, calculated at 3,500 for the two days, was Canadian aerobatic champion Gerry Younger whose abilities in his SIS Pitts was astounding, As mentioned by the show's com- mentator Stu Rollaway, Younger seemed as comfortable flying upside down as with the wheels to the ground, Lions airshow officials were a little disappointed at the turnout for the show but realized the popular Lucan fair was a factor. Next year, the show will be planned not to conflict with the fair. There were other thrills to be had: the big Harvards, training A 29-year-old Exeter man, John Clark Webster, was remanded for mental examination Monday in Goderich court after appearing on charges of kidnapping, threatening to cause death and possession of a dangerous weapon. The charges were laid by the Ontario Provincial Police after the man's mother, Martha Webster of Zurich, was kid- The campaign of Conservative candidate Jim Hayter in the Huron-Middlesex riding in the upcoming provincial election was kicked off Thursday. Hayter a native of Dashwood now a Goderich businessman was the guest of honour at a press conference in Goderich. In a statement to the T-A Hayter indicated his basic ap- proach would he by knocking on doors. He continued "I will be talking to as many people as I possibly can and listen to their concerns." On the subject of agriculture, Hayter said, "we have to protect the land we have left. There is no aircraft from World War II with their droning buzz, the Tiger Moth . trainer which can almost come to a stop in the air and the ever popular helicopters. One of the highlights of the show, particularly for those keenly interested in aviation, was a flypast of various production aircraft, As each craft manouvered Over the crowd, the commentator pointed out the various features, mentioned the price range and described the performance of each. Aerobatics were the crowd pleasers though and in addition to Mr. Younger, Toronto pilot Young W. Felton put on a fine display in his Balanca . Decathelon. A novel aircraft was the Breezy, wings on a steel tube frame which was flown by Bert Dandy, of Scarborough. napped and held hostage at the point of a razor for about 90 minutes. She was released unharmed. Police were called to the woman's home in Zurich about midnight Wednesday night and were asked for a gun by a man in the house at the time. Police said the woman confirmed that a razor was being held to her throat at the time. need for helter-skelter development in rural areas." Bev Skinner of Exeter will be Hayter's campaign manager and his executive secretary is. Kim Ainslie of Goderich, Lorne Kleinstiver of Dashwood is the financial officer. Hayter's headquarters will be at 409 Main Street Exeter. A fund raising dinner sponsored by the Huron-Middlesex Conservative Youth Caucus will be held at the Pineridge Chalet on August 22. The Huron Federation of Agriculture is sponsoring an all- candidates night at South Huron District High School in Exeter on September 11. John McNair of Huron Park, was fined $53 or five day in jail on conviction of a charge of having liquor in a place other than his residence. A charge of failing to produce proof of insurance resulted in a fine of $53 or five days in jail for John R. Breen of Centralia, Henry Eisinchink of Exeter, Was found guilty on two charges. On an impaired driving charge he was fined $150 and lost his drivers licence for three months. On a charge of refusing to accompany police for A breathaliter test, he Was fined $50 and had his licence Results of a recent test in Usborne township to determine if an adequate supply of water is available for use by the Exeter Public Utilities Commission were received by council Monday night. A copy of a letter from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to PUC manager Hugh Davis indicated no measurable interference oc- curred with streamflow or with existing ground water supplies during the July 8 to July 11 testing. The letter from Ministry engineer E. Czarnecki em- phasized that any permit to take water will offer protection to existing surface and ground water supplies in the area from serious interference whether it be short or long term in nature. The testing was approved at a special meeting in Exeter on June 5 after more than 100 Usborne township farmers petitioned their council to prevent Exeter from taking water from the township. At the June session, Exeter PUC chairman Ted Pooley said only two township wells had been affected by opening previous wells in Usborne and in both cases the PUC provided better wells to the two property owners in question. The tests on the properties of Dick Etherington and George Zandbergen on Lot 27, Concession 4 were carried out by Inter- national Water Supply of Barrie under the supervision of Ministry Approve plans at Exeter school Huron County Board of Education trustees Monday night approved an addition and alterations to the Exeter public school. The addition will be a home economics room with an area of 1,200 square feet and an estimated cost of $87,600, A general purpose room is being renovated to be used for in- dustrial arts. This cost will be about $63,000. General repairs to classroom corridors in the south wing in- cluding new ceilings and storm windows will be carried out, In addition mechanical and elec- trical changes will be made to the south wing including new lighting supply and return air ventilation system. A new electrical service will be installed with full capacity for the future and a new public address system. This will cost about $63,000 bringing the total project to about $240,000 including consultants fees, At the moment board officials have provincial approval for $200,000 towards the Exeter addition and alterations. An attempt will be made to get an okay for the balance. Money taken at Ilderton A small amount of money and cheques were stolen in a breakin at the Ilderton arena early Sunday morning. Entry was gained through an air vent in the arena and a small wall safe was hammered out of the wall. Arena manager Doug Andrews made the discovery. suspended for three months, concurrent with the other suspension. During the testimony in the case, Exeter police related how Mr. Eisinchink had been followed by the police to his home after his vehicle was noticed being driven in an erratic manner, There Eisirichink was said to have produced his ownership and licence but refused to accompany police to Goderich where a breathalizer test was to be performed, He also ordered police off his property and used foul language, they testified. of the Environment .officials. The report continues, "The overall trend in the Zandbergen well is downward which in part is due -to the normal seasonal decline, During the pumping period usage from this well ceased and a temporary water supply was trucked to the farm. During the approximately four days of well shut down the water level in the Zandbergen well continued to rise, It is considered that there was no interference in the Zandbergen well. The spot measurements in area wells are somewhat irregular as these wells are in use, however, it is unlikely that any suffered interference at this time under these pumping conditions. From the data collected during the test no interference with Four area residents were killed and one injured in six motor vehicle accidents during the weekend. Four persons were killed in a head-on collision on Highway 83 The Huron County board of education voted to discontinue school safety patrols at public schools in Goderich and Exeter at Monday night's meeting. "Legislation defines the limits of a board's jurisdiction over pupils as only while on school property or while travelling on a school bus," D. J. Cochrane, director of education, informed trustees. The board is in a position where it might be sued if an accident occured at a board sanctioned crosswalk, he said, Student safety patrols will not be operating this September, while board-paid adult guards will remain at the cross walks until December 31. The cost of crossing guards at Highway 4, near Exeter public school, is shared by the board and Exeter council. There is also a board employed guard on High- way 21 at Victoria Public School in Goderich. In Goderich, grade 6 pupils were members of a school safety patrol. "It is my opinion that responsibility for helping children to cross the street is that of an adult guard. Grade 6 Gets okay for sign Len Veri, owner of Riverview Estates at the northeast end of town has been given permission to erect a sign to the entrance to his mobile home park. A similar request some time ago was rejected because the proposed sign did not comply with the present zoning bylaw. Veri told council the present temporary sign he has been using will be removed within the next couple of weeks. He added "After that no one will know where we are." He continued, "The town ap- proved our mobile home park and now we should have some kind of identification. The sign will be on our own property." Mayor Bruce Shaw left his chair to propose a motion to rescind the previous ruling rejecting the sign application. Shaw said he was positive the forthcoming mobile home park bylaw would cover installation of the sign. stream flow showed (ip at either station from the testing of the wells. It should be noted that it rained just before the test started and at the end of the test The precipitation that occurred at these times made it impossible to predict the possible in- tetference, if any." At the June meeting, K. G. Goff a Ministry geologist suggested the potential for, interference with other wells is low. He said the water for the proposed PUC well was at a different level than the wells on neighbouring properties and it was doubtful the veins would be connected. After hearing the outcome of , the report at Monday night's meeting. mayor Bruce Shaw commented, "that's very en- couraging." Saturday night, just east of the junction with Highway 21. Jacobus Schoonderwoerd, 43, of RR 3, Mitchell, his wife Jane, 37, and seven year-old son James were killed about 6: 30 p.m. in the students are not of an age to accept the responsibility," said Mr. Cochrane, In Clinton and Wingham, crossing guards are employed by the town council. Local police oversee school safety in Seaforth. Trustee Jack Alexander of Wingham said the board "should be paying in all municipalities or none, We have,,, paid our guard in Wingham for several years and if I'd known that the board paid for guards elsewhere, I would have brought this up before now." Chairman Wilfred Shortreed said the director of education would need to write "a diplomacy letter" to Exeter and Goderich councils asking that the responsibility for the children's safety at crossings be the town's. Trustee H. John Elliot suggested that the affected councils inform the board by December if they will employ Nixon starts Riddell off A visit to the Huron-Middlesex riding Monday by Ontario Liberal leader Robert Nixon started the campaign of Huron- Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell who is carrying the Liberal hopes in the forthcoming provincial election, Nixon shook hands and chatted briefly with more than 100 of his supporters in a short stay at the Burkley restaurant in Exeter about 10 a.m. Monday, Nixon was accompanied by local candidate Riddell and his campaign manager Ian McAllister of Hay township. Headquarters for Jack Riddell will be in the old Co-Op building near the railway tracks in Hensall. According to Ian McAllister local offices are opening in towns throughout the riding. Area co-ordinators are Dan and Muriel Murphy of Goderich and Bernard 'and Marion Benn of Lucan. Sheridan Revington, Lucan is the official agent and Dan Murphy 15 the chief financial officer, a new position created by the Election Expense's Act. Jack Riddell said Monday he Will be on the campaign trail everyday talking to as many of the constituents of the newly expanded riding as possible. two car crash. The Schoon- derwoerd's daughter, Jeanette, 4, is in good condition in South Huron Hospital, Exeter, with head injuries. The driver of the second crossing guards. "Highway 4 is dangerous. I don't want to see the children abandoned," he said. "The board has no cost saving ulterior motive," said Mr, Cochrane, but is merely at- tempting to conform to ministry regulations, Other business discussed at the meeting included the feasibility of an optional swim program for elementary school pupils at Vanastra community centre during the winter months. During 1974-75 pupils from Clinton, Hullett and Huron Centennial public schools par- ticipated in a series of lessons. Parents paid $2.00 for eight one hour sessions. Transportation to and fromVanastra was provided from the schools' budgets. Night schools will be located in Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton; F, E. Madill Secondary School, Wingham; Seaforth District High School; South Huron District High School in Exeter and Goderich District Collegiate Institute. Starting date for 1975-76 classes will be the week of October 6. A list of courses in Huron County — Please turn to page 3 vehicle, Keith Maier, 29, a resident of Dashwood Hotel was also killed, Sergeant Norton Rhiness of the Exeter OPP stated that "It is not known at this time if an inquest will be held, The cause of all four deaths were massive internal injuries sustained in the crash." Coroner was Dr. James McKim of Lucknow. Total property damage was estimated at $4,300 by in- vestigating officer William Osterloo. A single car accident occurred August 16 when a vehicle driven by Deborah Glavin of Huron Park left ConcessionRoad 2-3 of Stephen Township and slid into the ditch. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $800 by OPP Con- stable Wilcox. Also on Saturday OPP Con- stable Osterloo investigated a collision on Goshen St., Zurich involving a car driven by Theodore Leibold of RR 3 Zurich and a parked car owned by Jean Isaac of RR 3 Lucan. Damage to the Leibold vehicle was $150 and the Isaac vehicle sustained $100 damage. After the initial impact with the Isaac car the Leibold car collided with Doerr's Market. Estimated damage to the store was $200. A three car accident occurred Sunday on Highway 83 at 1:50 a.m. about Pk miles east of Dashwood. A vehicle owned by Harvey Vincent of RR 2 Dash- wood was being removed from the ditch by a second car driven by Burton Rock of RR 3 Parkhill when a car driven by Michael Doyle of Chatham attempted to pass and left the road entering the ditch. Total damage to the Doyle vehicle was estimated at $10000. The other cars were not damaged. OPP Constable Wilcox investigated. Also on August 17, a car driven by Ronald Kendall eastbound on County Road 4 collided with a large dog. The vehicle was damaged to the extent of $700. The dog died. When a thief picked out a car parked in a garage at the rear of 466 Main Street in Exeter to take a tape deck and speakers he may have picked the wrong car. Constable William Osterloo of the Exeter OPP reported the theft of the tape deck and speakers from his car on Tuesday and before the day was out, police had a suspect, arrested and charged him and brought him before Judge Glenn Hayes in Exeter court, Alexander Guy Smith, age 16, of no fixed address was charged with the theft by Constable McMeekin , the investigating officer, The case was remanded to be heard at a later date, On Sunday, Exeter police answered the burglar alarm from Rawson and Swartman Men's Wear on Exeter's main street and found a large plate glass window just south of the main door had been smashed by a thrown beer bottle. Damage was estimated at $200. On Monday, about $100 damage resulted when cars driven by Gary Gibson of RR lExeter and Rose Broderick of Exeter were involved in an accident on William Street, 'Dickey Beverages reported the theft of 18 cases of soft drinks stolen from a truck parked on the lot at the Pepsi plant;in the north end of Exeter. Constable Balazs is continuing the investigation. The theft of a Hibachi barbeque was reported by Kenneth Costello of Exeter on the weekend, risk BALANCE PLUS Sheryl Noyes, 14, Lucan, an ex- pert on a wheel rode her unicycle in the Lucan Fair parade last Sun- day. Donald Leslie Campbell, Exeter was convicted on a charge of mischief by Judge Glenn Hayes in Exeter court on Tuesday but was given an ab- solute discharge. Police testified that Campbell, on February 28 had one end of the shuffleboard in the Les Pines Hotel five feet off the ground and allowed it to crash to the floor resulting in damage. James Bowker, co-owner of Les Pines, testified as a crown witness. Ali The court was informed that `111/ Campbell had made restitution to Les Pines for the damage done. Woman kidnapped, Exeter man charged Conservative campaign kicked off at Goderich fi