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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-09-25, Page 1a head-on crash on Highway 4 Monday afternoon. The T-A photo. Price Per Copy 25 Cents Carey Eizenga Faron Sovereign RAP head denies arena condemned SECOND CROWN — Being named Huron Dairy Princess at the Exeter Fair Saturday was the second big victory for Janet Gielen of Crediton. She was named Miss Friedsburg Days in Dashwood a couple of months ago. Still hold out hope for area bean crop One Hundred and Third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 25, 1975 Fail to uncover any ex for youth's body bein Ianation o road •THE QUEEN AND PRINCESSES — Elaine Overholt named 1975 Exeter Fair Queen was year's winner Karen Mang, At the left is second runner-up Judy Miller and at the right Kathy DeJong, trowned by last/ is first runner-up T-A photo ww, Four Lucan students FATAL CRASH — Four Lucan students were killed in vehicle in which they were riding is shown above. A violent head-on crash on Highway 4 Monday afternoon claimed the lives of four Lucan youngsters. Exeter Councillor Garnet Hicks, secretary-treasurer of the local agricultural society, created a bit of a stir in the community this week when he was quoted in the London Free Press as saying the arena has been condemned by the ministry of labor. The report went. on to say that "because the arena has been condemned, Mr. Hicks says plans for next year's fair are 'very uncertain'." Contacted by the T-A, Mr. Hicks said he based his com- ments on a discussion with arena manager Alvin Willert, who had told him six or eight months ago that the arena was living on borrowed time. Truck tips into ditch Only three accidents were investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. No injuries were reported, Around noon, Tuesday, the right wheel studs broke on a dump truck being driven east on e Highway 84 by Lorne Wilder,' Zurich. The driver atempted to steer the vehicle onto the shoulder of the road, but the load shifted and the truck ended up on its side. .o Damage was listed at $700 by Constable Frank Giffin. The accident occurred about a mile and a half west of Hensall, At 1:00 p.m. Wednesday a tractor being driven by Maxwell Armstrong RR 1 St. Mary8 struck a water hydrant while he was turning off Highway 4 onto Mill St. in Hensall. There was no damage to the tractor, but Constable Larry Christiaen set damage to the hydrant at $100.. The other accident' occurred at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, when vehicles driven by 'Joseph Ber- tram, RR 3 Exeter and Ross Elliott, 171 Columbia Drive, Huron Park, collided near the intersection of the Crediton Road and Stephen concession 6. Total damage was set at $350 by Constable Giffin, A northbound car driven by V year-old Esther..Eize.nga collided with a tractor-trailer about a mile north of the Ilderton "He gave me the impression they (the department of labor) could lock the door any time," the local councillor continued. Although he noted he had been contacted by several council members about his comments, Mr. Hicks said he was sticking by them, noting that in regard to the arena "we're skating on thin ice." RAP chairman Jack Under- wood said he was surprised to read the comments. "The building has never been condemned," he explained. He noted that an engineering study undertaken on the building some time ago indicated it had not deteriorated to any great extent since being built. RAP has undertaken repairs where deterioration was evident, Underwood said that arenas that are being closed show deterioration and that is the reason they are being shut down. The RAP chairman, however, went on to explain that the arena falls far short of meeting today's building requirements. The engineerng study that was undertaken detailed how it could be improved and strengthened to boost it closer to today's stan- dards for snow load, etc. The cost of that work has been considered too great by RAP and only a few of the suggestions made by the engineers have been undertaken to date. Another $500 added to fund Close to 1,000 people attended Sunday afternoon's country and western jamboree staged at the Exeter arena as a wind-up to the local fair. They were entertained by 12 bands and the program lasted from 1:00 to 10:00 p.m. Jerry MacLean told the T-A that about $500 net profit is ex- pected from the collection taken at the door. This money will be put into a special account for the area's sports complex, Last year about the same amount of money was raised for the same purpose. sideroad, The driver and her two brothers Steven 14 and ,Carey., 15 and 13 year-old Faron Sovereign were instantly killed, The driver of the truck Franz Van ,Hooydonk, RR 2 Parkhill was treated at University Hospital in London and released, The four Lucan teenagers, all students at Medway High School in Arva were returning from classes when the accident oc- curred. Witnesses ,* the crash said the Eizenga vehicle had started to pull out to pass a ..school bus and on seeing that it was not possible had veered back striking Resort group want parking Grand Bend village council was asked Monday night to make appointments to a special committee which will look into the village's parking problem. George Kadlecik, president of the Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce discussed the parking problem with council and informed council that Mel Douglas, Don Flear, Grill Thomas and Tom Webster had been appointed to a Chamber committee. It was felt that council appointees should work along with the Chamber in a joint effort to come up with a solution. Mr. Kadlecik pointed out that since the village has been charging for parking on the beach, motorists were tending to arrive early in the morning, pay their daily fee and stay all day. He also asked if there should be a time limit on parking on the main street. The Chamber president delved into some possible problems should the village or the Chamber acquire property for a parking lot. Reeve Bob Sharen said that by law enforcement was poor this year and that the council was looking into the possibility of hiring a retired OPP officer for Please turn to page 14A Hits two vehicles, faces two counts A London man, Daniel Bruce McCallum has been charged with impaired driving and failing to remain at the scene following an accident in Exeter, Tuesday night. A vehicle driven by McCallum struck parked cars owned by Marian R. Triebner and Richard Hall. Total damages were estimated at $4,200 by Constable George Robertson. Five other accidents were investigated this week by officers of the Exeter police department. Thursday on the Grand Bend Cleaners parking lot a vehicle driven by Mrs. Gaye Kerr, 53 Gidley Street was in collision with a parked vehicle owned by Keith Brittain, 176 Sanders Street. Constable Balazs set damages at $150. The same day, Constable McMeekin listed damages at $1,100 when vehicles driyen by Ken Horrell, 411 Main Street and Deborah Aikenhead, 99 Rich- mond Street, Hensall collided at the corner of Main and Church Streets. Friday at 5.10 p.m. a collision on Main Street, North of George involved vehicles driven by Clayton Koohy, 212 Columbia Drive, Huron Park and Michael Higgins, 127 Mill Street, Exeter. Constable McMeekin listed damages at $180. A thalf hour later vehicles driven by James Sinclair, London and Leo Dietrich, Centrlia were in collision on Main Street near John. Constable McMeekin listed damages at $300. Saturday at 1.45 a.m. a mishap on Main Street near Anne in- volved vehicles driven by Doris Dobson, Huron Street, Exeter and Lloyd Hoy, Clinton. Damages were estimated at $1,050, the northbound shoulder of the road. The car then went out of control and came back across the highway colliding with the truck, It took ambulance attendants and tow truck operators using winches more than an hour to free the bodies. One of the first at the scene was Colin Wildfong of Birr, also a Medway student. Wilfong ran about 200 yards to a nearby house to call police and ambulance and then went back to help in directing traffic, The coroner at the scene was Dr. Edward Jeffrey of London. The Eizenga children ,are Survived by their parents Mr. and Mrs. George Eizenga and brothers David and Allan at home. They were the grand- children of Mr. and Mrs. Meine Eizenga, Exeter and Mr. and Mrs. William Skinner, Forest. The funeral service was held Wednesday from the C. Haskett Funeral Home in Lucan with Rev. William McRae officiating. Interment was in St. James Cemetery, Clandeboye. Faron Walter! Sovereign was the son • of Mr, and Mrs. Peter Despite the cold wet weather Huron county has experienced for the past month, Huron agricultural representative Don Pullen is still optimistic about crop yields. "If we get a few more days like today (Wednesday)," said Mr. Pullen, "the white beans might still be pretty good." Although there have been significant losses in some parts of Huron, the general deterioration is not serious. Mr. Pullen said that farmers taking beans off at present are getting about 20 percent moisture and five per- cent pickers. "This is typical for a year like this," he said. x The corn crop is an excellent one and despite cold weather the corn is still green and maturing normally. "July was excellent corn weather," said Mr. Pullen. Sovereign, 118 Langford Drive, Lucan. Also surviving are a brother Perlin and a sister Leanne at home and grand- parents Mr. and Mrs. Maurice MacDonald, Grand Bend, The funeral is being herd today, Thursday from the C. Haskett Funeral Home with Rev. John Holland of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Lucan officiating. Interment will be in St. James Cemetery, Clandeboye, Neighbours and friends of the two families are setting up a' Eizenga-Sovereign Memorial fund. Any donations will be used to purchase books in the names of the children for the Lucan public library, Donations may be left at' Clarke's Variety Store or mailed to Mrs. Marilyn Dykeman, Lucan, Classes at Medway High School were held as usual Wednesday, but a school secretary said a large number of staff and students would be attending the funerals both days, A number of athletic events scheduled at the school were cancelled, "We've seen some very good corn at local fall lairs. It's far superior to last year and is more mature." Mr. Pullen predicted that the bean crop would be poorer on three counts. There were not as many acres in beans this year, there will be a lower yield per acre and a higher moisture content. Some farmers are ex- periencing a second growth, he said. Grain corn is being harvested presently throughout Huron and silos are filling rapidly. One problem area is in the northeast section of the county where some grains are only 'about 20 percent harvested. Mr. Pullen mentioned that many Huron farmers visited the Huron county exhibit at the International Plowing Match in Brooklin on Tusday. The county will host the match in 1978 at the farm of Jim Armstrong east of Wingham. Tuckersmith Council has been notified by a letter from the Ministry of the Environment that Egmondville sewage is polluting the Bayfield River. The report to council, based on surveys made in July, 1975, by the ministry, states that waste water and sewage is gaining access to the storm drains, causing a deterioration in the quality of water in the Bayfield River and creating a health hazard. The ministry stated that such results clearly emphasize the need for the proposed provincial sewage works for the hamlet. proposal is for Egmond- ville to be connected to the Seaforth sewage system when it is completed in the spring of 1976. Tuckersmith council in a body met with Clinton PUC in Clinton prior to its meeting Tuesday night at Huron Centennial School at Brucefield. The meeting was called to discuss what procedures Tuckersmith would have to take to have the Vanastra water and sewage works taken over by Clinton PUC rather than continue under the ministry of the Environment through the township. Costs will have to be studied, among other things. A committee was named to study the proposed changeover; township clerk James McIntosh, Clinton PUC manager R.J. Boussey and one member of Clinton council yet to be named, Council turned down a request from Hensel] Recreation, Parks and Community Centre Board to contribute to updating costs of $155,000 to the arena, as council feels it cannot contribute to capital costs to four arenas - Hensall, Vanastra, Clinton and Seaforth — all used by Tucker- smith residents. Council will ask John R. Mucha of the Ministry of Social Services to consider funding the over- expenditure of $20,000 of the estimate approved for the renovations of the Recreation Centre as a Day Care Centre at Vanastra .To date $53,000 has been paid by the Ministry. Council thought it might cost , about $90,000 before it is completed and furnished. It was learned that only eight children are registered for the Vanastra Day Care Centre which is scheduled to open Monday, When the Centre was proposed by Vanastra, Council was assured about thirty children would avail themselves of the service. Passed for payment was the Pfaff Electric account of $2,200 for work at Vanastra Day Care Centre presently being renovated. Building permit applications were approved for: Vern Alderdice, Kippen, grain and storage buildings; Henry Bin- nendyk, Seaforth, new barn and silo; Bruce Rathwell. Brucefield, addition to house; Bill Price, Egmondville, new house; Gerry Salton, Vanastra, addition to house; George Townsend, RR 3, Seaforth, silo. Tenders for the Nott Drain NEW OPP CONSTABLE — The newest officer on the Exeter On- tario Provincial Police detachment is Constable Walter A. Tomasik. Constable Tomasik, a native of Sudbury recently completed orientation at the Ontario Provin- cial Police Training and Develop- ment Centre in Toronto. T-A photo were opened and work on the open drain was awarded to Robert Nicholson for $4,500. Plagued by complaints from . ratepayers about dogs running at large, Clerk McIntosh was in- structed to write the London Humane Society to enquire about costs and service for the Society to police the dog problem in the township, Council approved requests for tax refunds from Canadian Fabricated Products Ltd. Vanastra for three months. ($270.12) when they moved out; McGregor Farms, Kippen, for two barns removed; Alvin Hoff, Egmondville, dismantled ad- dition to house. Council concurred with the Hay township bylaw for the main- tenance and repair to the Soldan Drain. It is estimated to cost $4,500 for a complete clean out. Council was informed by a letter from Harry Loyens of London that he would clean up all debris from the two buildings being demolished at Vanastra in answer to council's request. Steal three bikes, run over another Three bicycles reported stolen from near the grandstand at the Exeter fairgrounds Saturday were found in the Ausable River near the dam at Riverview Park. The bikes were owned by Brian Mercer, Steve Skinner and David Robinson of town. Constables Alex Balazs and George Robertson are investigating. The same day, Edward Hunter- Duvar of 68 Huron Street West reported that a truck had driven over hi:: 10 speed bike at the fair grounds and had failed to remain at the scene of the accident. Constable Jim McMeekin is the investigating officer. Wednesday Jon Dinney, 503 Main Street reported to police that a man's blue super cycle had been taken from the rear of his residence. Tuckersmith vet es request for aid to H nsall arena job An inquest into the death of Douglas Schilbe was unable to uncover any reasons why the 19- year-old Bayfield youth's body may have been lying on the high- way just west of Hensall on August 2. The body Was run over by two cars around 5:00 a.m. Dr. James Mallett, pathologist at Stratford General Hospital, told the inquest jury in Hensall Friday that the youth's body was "severely mangled" and he opined that Schilbe was probably alive (although perhaps sleeping) when he was hit by the two vehicles. Coroner Dr. Charles Wallace, in his summation for the jury, said that the main problem ap- peared to be in determining how the body got onto the highway, Crown Attorney W. G. Cochrane commented that the evidence gleaned from the 22 'witnesses hadn't offered much assistance in determining that point. He pointed out that an ex- tensive and detailed investigation had been conducted by the police. OPP Constable Jim Rogers, who headed the investigation, said he interviewed over 40 people and conversed with many others in retracing youth's steps. It was estimated that between 175 to 200 hours had been spent on the case. • "Are yott able to offer an evidence how the body got onto the roadway?" he was asked at the end of his evidence. "None whatsoever," Rogers replied. The jury deliberated for 50 minutes before returning a fin- ding that Schilbe had died from multiple injuries after being run over by an automobile. They made no recommendations, The jury consisted of Marilyn Zivkovie (forewoman), Jerry Broderick and Ron Dale, all of Exeter; Sandra Gackstetter, RR 1 Exeter, and Loretta Glanville, Crediton, They heard evidence that Schilbe had been at the Fried- sburg Days celebration in Dash- wood earlier in the evening and Youth threatened, knife was evident Two youths will be appearing in juvenile court at a later date as the result of an incident Saturday at the Exeter Fair. An Exeter mother told police at about 4 p.m. that her juvenile son has been threatened by two youths in an attempt to rob him of his money. A knife was evident during the threat, The two youths were later apprehended by Constable McMeekin, had then gone to Exeter to be with his cousin, Paul, who was injured in a fight with Terry Haugh, RR 2 Kippen. He then returned to Bayfield with a friend, and after spending some time with a 'group of young people, left to go to Hensall in a car driven by Trudy Archer. They arrived at the Archer home around 2:10 a.m. and sat on the porch for some time. Haugh was at the Archer home as well and several witnesses were asked if there appeared to be any animosity or arguments between Haugh and Schilbe related to the fight earlier in the evening. All the witnesses replied in the negative.) Haugh also indicated there were no bad feelings bet- ween himself and the dead youth. Mrs. Jesse Archer said in a written .statement that she saw Schilbe leave her home with two, other young people, Douglas Smith and James Carter The two said they saw Schilbe walking towards Highway 84, but neither was certain in which direction he then headed, although they both thought he had gone west. Mrs. Janet Simons, Bayfield, told of receiving a phone call around 4:00 a.m. from Schilbe asking if her daughter, Danielle, was at home, When advised that she was not, Schilbe told Mrs. Simons to tell Danielle to meet him and that he was going to start to walk, The Hayfield lady said she presumed that Schilbe was planning to walk west on High- way 84. Her daughter didn't arrive home until 9:00 a.m. ,having spent the night at her brother's home. Another witness, Walker Carlile, Hensall, said he was picking up his papers at the town hall around 3:30 a,m. when a man Please Mtn to page 14A