HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-10-30, Page 1ALEX BALAZS
JERRY GRAY
Groups rally to save rodeo farrner dies
under tractor
"We don't want to see therodeo
discontinued," That was the
general attitude of the majority
of persons attending a special
meeting of the rodeo committee
Wednesday night.
The 1975 rodeo held over the
Labour Day weekend at the
Exeter fairgrounds was a failure
as far as finances were con-
cerned.
Treasurer Carf Cann reported
that the committee would end up
"in the red to the tune of about
$600,"
Loss on the 1975 event will be
about $3,000 as the committee
started at the beginning of the
year with a surplus of $2,500.'
Heavy rains on Saturday and
Sunday of the Labour Day
weekend kept crowds very low,
Many ideas of how to restore
the rodeo to its success of a few
years ago were kicked around by
committee members and
representatives of a number of
service clubs,
present advertising budget was
too low and area businesses
should provide displays at the
rodeo grounds.
Local businessman Ron Cot-
trell suggested the rodeo should
be produced in conjunction with
other attractions, He added, " we
have to attract people and it has
to be a community effort."
While all service clubs
representatives were of the
opinion the rodeo should con-
tinue, Hoogenboom suggested,
"maybe we have to re-educate
the service clubs as to what the
rodeo committee really stands
for.."
Treasurer Carf Cann set down
the aims of putting on a rodeo. He
said the rodeo was started to
promote Exeter as a rodeo town,
to provide a community activity,
raise monies to extend rodeo
facilities and aid other local
projects.
Everyone agreed .a lot of
planning was necessary to keep
the rodeo alive.
Mel Wakefield of Norwood who
supervised most of the show
under contract and supplied the
stock has suggested a change in
dates from Labour Day to late
July or early august.
Wakefield in a telephone
conversation with committee
chairman Dr. Don Ecker shortly
before the meeting said a new
date should be selected and
forwarded quickly to the Ontario
Rodeo Association who must
sanction any rodeo events.
The Norwood man, also
suggested that the grounds for
the rodeo should be free, a
minimum of $50 for concessions,
added prize money by local
businesses, a cheaper public
address system and a barbeque
as a feature attraction.
Exeter Chamber of Commerce
president Ben Hoogenboom said
a lot of planning needs to go into
rodeo survival plans. He said the
HYDRO SPEAKERS — Taking part in the district seven Ontario Municipal Electric Association annual
meeting at the Exeter Legion Hall on Wednesday were Ontario Hydro regional manager Grant Bainbridge
of London, George Currie of Ontario Hydro Toronto, B, Prentice, president of the Association of Municipal
Electric Utilities and Murray Greene of Exeter, past president of the Ontario Municipal Electric Association,
Max Dawson of the Exeter
Lions club said the 'rodeo dance
should be a side attraction and
not support the event. The 1975
rodeo dance raised more than
$3,000 and helped keep the deficit
to the figure of $5,500.
Don Dearing representing the
Exeter Agricultural Society said
his group was also looking at new
dates for the Exeter Fall Fair.
A meeting is to be held on
Wednesday, November 19 at 8
p,m. at the Exeter Public School
library to further discuss the
chances of keeping the rodeo an
annual affair.
Representatives of service
clubs and groups in the area are
being invited along with the
general public.
One of the original organizers
of the rodeo Dalt Finkbeiner
moved to appoint a board of
directors at the November 19
meeting.
Exeter hosts PUC group
*discuss politics in hydro
J. Les Thomas of London was
chosen as president of district
seven of the OntarioMunicipal
Electric Association at the an-
nual meeting held at the Exeter
Legion Hall Wednesday with the
Exeter Public Utilities Com-
mission as host. Past president
Murray Greene of Exeter PUC
chaired the meeting and the
election of officers.
Other officers elected were R,
L. Hawkins of Strathroy and R. J.
Risdon of Thorndale as vice-
presidents with directors J.
Eakins of Strathroy, Ray
A former Dashwood „man.,-was
killed 'Tht1PdaY afternoon in a
farm accident near Arthur.
Howard Ford, aged 49, owner
of 200 acres of land onHighway
.about three miles east of Art00r.
was operating a tractor in .a silo
unloading .oPeration when the
vehicle :overturned pinning him
underneath.
The funeral and committal
service was held Saturday from
the Goulding Funeral Home,
Arthur with Rev—Stockton ,of-
ficiating. Interment was
Exeter Cemetery,
Born in Stephen township, .Mr.
Ford attended Sharon public
school and was a member of the
popular Sharon softball teams of
the 1940's,
He was the son of Jessie and the
late Hilton Ford, Hay P.O.
Surviving are his wife Beverley
(Meyers) and four children,
Perry and Terry of Bolton and
Sherry and John at home,
Also surviving are sisters Mrs.
Russ (Lyla) Broderick, Exeter;
Mrs. Don (Dorothy) Freuchtel,
Missouri; Mrs. John (Marie)
Brintnell, Baden; Mrs, Jack
(Myrtle) Gussa, Thorndale; Mrs.
Hubert (Vesta) Miller, Dash-
wood; Mrs. Robert (Fay)
Forrester, Zurich and brothers
Lloyd, -Port Stanley and Jack,
Dashwood, One brother Orville
predeceased him,
Also surviving are two grand-
children.
One Hundred and Third Year Price Per Copy 25 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 30, 1975
Many a
among
Deer killed r r a projects
1 recipients
in collision
Quick action
quells blaze
year-old town hall, The ap-
plication had been a "last
minute" consideration of council
and no formal plans have been
made as yet on how the money
will be spent.
Several area projects are in-
cluded in the list approved for
Local Initiatives Program (LIP)
grants in the Huron-Middlesex
federal riding.
MP Robert McKinley an-
nounced that $100,000 in
assistance will be coming to his
riding. Included are nine
municipalities and a con-
servation authority.
While the total for the 10 grants
was up more than $25,000 over
last year's program for the area,
Mr. McKinley said the amounts
should have been higher and that
the criteria for determining the
amount of money being
distributed to ridings should be
re-evaluated,
Included in the total was $11,400
for renovations to Exeter's 88-
Thieves busy,
vandals too
Prompt action by an employee
at Hensall District Co-Op and the
Hensall fire department averted
what could have been a serious
fire early Wednesday morning.
Around 4:00 a.m., Terry
McBride spotted a fire in a
conveyor partition at the mill and
called the fire department. The
Exeter area department was also
called when it was feared the fire
would quickly break out of
ill control.
However, it was quelled, before
any serious damage occurred.
The blaze is believed to have
started from a piece of hot metal
that dropped when workmen
were welding several hours
before the fire was spotted.
Fire chief Dave Sangster found
a piece of metal that was washed
out by the fire hoses and
suspected it was probably
smoldering in the grain dust.
He noted that the number one
cause of mill fires is from in-
cidents related to welding.
New lawyer
joins practice
Sheppard of Aylmer, Don Fisher
of Watford, R. Austin of Arkona
and R. Fewster of Ingersoll.
Mayor Bruce Shaw of Exeter
welcomed delegates to Exeter at
the noon luncheon, Other
speakers included MPP Jack
Riddell, Hensall Reeve John
Baker representing the Warden
of Huron County, and Ted Pooley,
chairman of the Exeter Public
Utilities Commission,
B. Prentice, president of the
Association of Municipal Electric
Utilities and manager of Toronto
Hydro, was one of the meetings
key speakers.
He spoke on the topic of
change, particularly with regard
to the presence of government in
utility business. He pointed out
that it has been traditional in
Ontario to keep politics out of
hydro production and distribution
but there was a big difference
between government action, to
insure the consumer of the best
possible result, and political
interference.
Mr. Prentice pointed out that
work by organizations such as the
Association of Municipal Elec-
trical Utilities had resulted in a
number of studies now being done
by the government to insure the
consumer hydro at the best price
possible. He said that $8,, million
in tax rebates to municipal
utilitieS had been obtained
through work of such
organizations.
Mr. Prentice suggested that the
Ontario government will
probably continue to be in-
terested in the production of
electricity.
The changing ,times "'make it
absolutely necessary for the local
utility manager to be
knowledgeable not just in local
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Balazs gets
Tavistock job The Exeter law firm of
Raymond & McLean announce
this week that Jerry Gray is
joining the practice.
Mr. Gray was born in Toronto
and attended the University of
Toronto where he obtained his
B.A.Sc. and his M.A.Sc. As a
professional engineer he prac-
tited for several years with
DeHavilland Aircraft.
He obtained his L.L.B. at York
University and has practiced law
for the past two years in Toronto.
• Mr. Gray, his wife Ann, and
daughters Christie and Heather
will reside in Exeter.
He will joinkhe local law firm
on November 17.
A member of the Exeter police
department for the past three
years has been named chief of
police in the town of Tavistock.
Alex Balazs will begin his
duties in the Oxford County
centre on November 8. He will
head a three man force.
The Balazs family will be
moving to Tavistock in the near
future.
Several thefts and acts of
vandalism were investigated by
the Exeter OPP during the past
week.
In the early hours of Thursday,
thieves entered the home of
Wayne Rowe at RR ,1 Woodham
" a • took Mrs, Rowe's purse,
Whith contained $44. The family
was in bed at the time and the
thieves entered through a rear
window.
Two juveniles have been
charged as the result of the theft
of $6 from the home of William
Harvey, 160 Columbia Drive,
Huron Park.
The theft occurred on Sunday.
Two cottages at Sunny Ridge
on Highway 21 were entered over
the weekend, but nothing of value
was taken, Police suspect the
entries may have been made
by children as a bottle of pop and
some marshmallows had been
consumed. The cottages were
owned by Albert Schefer,
Warren, Michigan, and Sam
Candela, Detroit.
Two windows were broken at
Usborne Central School, one
being reported on Sunday and the
other on Monday. The two win-
dows were valued at a total of
$250. Stones had been tossed
through them.
Saturday morning, Harold
Willert, Hay Township, reported
the theft of his mail box and
police were advised that a total of
seven stop signs had been broken
off or pushed over in the Hensall
area.
A deer was killed when it
bounded into the path of a car on
Highway 84 this week.
Ronald Harvey, 161 William
St., Exeter, was proceeding east
on the highway around 11:10
p.m., Saturday, when his vehicle
struck the animal.
Damage to the car was listed at
$300 by OPP Constable Bill
Osterloo.
Two of the other accidents of
the week occurred almost
simultaneously Saturday night on
Highway 4 just south of Exeter.
The first crash involved
vehicles driven by Petrus
Groemnegen, RR 2 Lucan, and
Harold Slade, 396 Queens Ave.,
London. Both had been nor-
thbound and the London car hit
the Lucan one as the latter
slowed down. Damage in that
was listed at only $50.
However, two cars following
collided and damage amounted to
$300.
A vehicle driven by James
Snow, 1580 Adelaide North,
London, slid sideways into a car
driven by Mary E. Beech, also of
London, as the two drivers were
stopped to avoid the vehicles in
the initial crash.
Constable Ed Wilcox in-
vestigated both crashes as well
as the only other crash of the
week, which occurred at 6:40
a.m. on Thursday.
A car driven by Reginald
Watson, 1284 Grammecy Park-
place, London, was proceeding
north on Highway 4 and while
attempting to turn into a private
drive near County Road 21,
missed the drive and ended up in
the ditch.
Both he and his passenger,
Bruce Beemer, of the same
address, sustained cuts and
bruises.
Damage was listed at $200.
During the past week, the local
detachment officers continued
their crackdown on speeders and
traffic offenders. There were 28
charges laid under the Highway
Traffic Act and another 86
drivers were given warnings.
There were five charges under
the Liquor Control Act, two under
the Criminal Code and one under
the Narcotics Control Act.
Only one crash
for town police
The only accident investigated
this week by officers of the
Exeter police department oc-
curred Friday on Main Street
near George when vehicles
driven by Theodore Legris, 102
Kensington, Huron Park and
Brian Horrell, 90 Sanders Street,
Exeter collided.
Constable Alex Balazs in-
vestigated and listed damages at
$175.
Exeter police were called to a
disturbance at the Les Pines
Hotel Friday. As a result one
youth was arrested for causing a
disturbance and will be ap-
pearing in court at a later date.
Constable Jim McMeekin in-
vestigated.
The building is in need of ex-
tensive interior and exterior
repairs and in the past few
months, Reeve Derry Boyle has
secured prices on some of the
work from area tradesmen and
contractors.
Mayor Bruce Shaw said he has
asked members of the special
committee which investigated
the town hall to list the priorities
as they see them for renovations.
It is expected those priorities will
be conveyed to council at their
Monday meeting.
ARC Industries in Dashwood
will receive $9,000 to hire helpers
to train the handicapped.
In Hensall, $9,000 was awarded
to renovate 'part of the Odd-
fellows hall as a senior citizen's
meeting centre.
Lucan received $9,810 for
repairs to a drain which runs
through the village's Whitefield
Park, while Zurich was awarded
$9,000 to strengthen the struc-
tural supports at the arena as
well as some improvements to
the floor and roof.
The Huron Country Playhouse
at Grand Bend was given $9,463 to
hire six people to compile and
disseminate information about
the summer theatre and organize
a subscription drive. The
Playhouse has received LIP
grants for the past three years for
construction as well as for
tearing down old barns to secure
materials for the new facility.
The largest grant, $13,809 goes
to the Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority for an
enhancement program which will
see a dead tree removal project
continued as well as playground
equipment maintained and
constructed.
The 10 grants were approved
from 28 applications made in the
Huron Middlesex riding.
Mr. McKinley said about 50
people will be employed in the
projects. One of the requirements
is that staff hired for the projects
must be registered with Canada
Manpower.
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Area residents
at OHA session
South Huron Hospital, Exeter
was well represented at the
annual convention of the Ontario
Hospital Association held from
Monday to Wednesday of this
week at the Four Seasons
Sheraton Hotel in Torontb.
Attending the three day session
were administrator Elmer
Taylor, board chairman Harry
Hayter and board members Ben
Hoogenboom, Carf Cann and Dr.
W. O'Connor.
A feature, of Tuesday's
program was the appearance of
Ontario's Minister of Health the
Honourable Frank Miller. He
discussed current issues with the
delegates.
Other Tuesday speakers were
M. Wilfrid Butts, M.D. chairman
of the O.M.A, O.H.A. sub com-
mittee on an utilization review;
Robert Maxwell, managing
director of McKinsey and Co. of
London, England on needs versus
resources in health care and W.
E. Noonan, M.D. executive
director of Hamilton Civic
Hospitals on group bargaining,
Tuesday ,night, delegates at-
tended a dinner and cabaret style
dance at the Royal, York.
FIVE JOIN LIONS — Exeter Lions president Frank, Giffin and deputy district governor Jack Graham
welcomed five new men to the local service club, Thursday. Rob Grant is shown receiving a welcome
handshake from the president, while the other four are Ross Mothers, Brian Smillie, George Godbolt and
Doug Ellison. T-A photo
Official outlines benefits
provided through Lions
Lionism presents many op-
portunities for its members
Deputy District Governor Jack
Graham told the Exeter Lions on
his visit to their Thursday night
meeting at the Hensall Hotel.
Quoting from the inaugural
speech of the international
president, Graham said that first
of all Lions are given an op-
portunity to serve the com-
munity, this being the basic
responsibility of every Lions
club.
He noted that the composition
of communities changes through
the years and therefore so do the
needs. He wondered how many
40
clubs a few years ago would have
thought their concerns today
would be in such areas as
pollution, drug addiction and
alcohol,
"But, it has happened," he
continued, and urged the Exeter
• club to gear their projects to
today's needs and not necessarily
those that have been followed in
previous years,
The Atwood man cited service
to the world community as the
second area of opportunity. It
was suggested the Lions Inter-
national Foundation "is a beacon
of hope to those in need." Several
of the projects around the world
were given as examples, such as
restoring sight to people in India
and Bangladesh and providing
food and shelter to the victims of
natural disasters.
Graham said that if every Lion
contributes $1 to the Cause, a total
of $1,115,579 would be raised,
Other opportunities cited were
those of strengthening individual
fire broke out in a barn at the farm of Art Cunningham, west of Lucan,
After their duties were concluded they posed in Halloween costumes,
From the left, Gary Crudge, Evan Butchart, chief Wes HiCkson, ban
Gwalchniai, John Young, Ron Peters and Gary Hoyfer, photo
ALWAYS READY FOR DUTY Members of the Lucan volunteer fire
brigade proved Saturday night that they Ore teady for duty at any
time of day or night or regardless of where they are, Most of the
firemen were at the Lucon,Legion costume dance Saturday night when
membership programs, assisting
with the formation of other Lions
clubs, Leo clubs and helping
members to become leaders.
In urging the Lions to form new
clubs and back Leo clubs and
ladies' auxiliaries, the speaker
said this would create greater
resources and therefore greater
contributions to communities.
He said the formation of Leo
clubs was particularly important
because it afforded the Lions a
"fabulous opportunity" to work
with the young people who will be
the leaders Of tomorrow,
"We can teach them to work
together and help them reach
decisions," he said,
The district A-9 official also
noted the "vital force" that can
be harnessed by having clubs for
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Stephen passes
salvage regulation
Stephen council has given final
approval to a bylaw to licence,
regulate and govern salvage
yards in the township.
Clerk Wilmar Wein said this
week that under the new
regulations each yard must have
a fence of seven foot heighth
around it. Permits initially are
being issued to John Miller, Lot 9,
Concession 8 and Wayne Glan-
ville, Lot 11, Concession 5.
Planning on installation of
storm sewers along Waterloo
sleet in Exeter is continuing and
work is expected to begin early in
the spring of 1976, The engineers
are Gamsby and Mannerow of
Guelph.
Each resident of the Stephen
side of Waterloo street will get a
T for their basement drain
connection.
Council disagreed with a
proposal by the Ontario Ministry
of Transportation and Com-
munications to extend the 40 mile
per hour speed limit at the south
end of Exeter to a distance of
2,000 feet south of the town limits.
Two municipal drain contracts
were letAivin Litt.Excavating of
London will do the construction
Work on the Wein and Pergel
drains for $6,489 and $2,998
respectively.