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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-02-17, Page 1MS TIPPY TOES — One of the feature attractions at the Gong Show Saturday night at SHDHS was dancing Ms Tippy Toes, better known as Blake Palmer. The Gong show was part of the school's winter T-A photo Several celebrities to visit kids' event ca rnival. demonstration two years ago with more enthusiasm than at showings of stock events. School fair president Donna Webster said one area school principal suggested a combina- tion of trade and agricultural fair. Incoming ladies president commented, "We can't compete with large trade fairs but Western Fair can't hold a candle to us when it comes to the ladies and schools divisions." Ex-president Howard Pym added, "Is a fair not competition to a point? Here's an opportunity for pupils and Th e to express their talents, The kids are keen competitors. They. don't Stop at the fair level. Dolores MAINCENBM ••• South Huron Recreation Centre Donations Mr. and Mrs. Ben Tuckey Wayne, Bonnie, Jeff and Ryan Ratz ..... Passmore Plumbing & Heating ........ .... , . Lippert Trucking Ltd,Crediton ..... Total to date $ 500 . 75 ... 500 100 $229,601 WENEKNATZEORMSOW.:6ANTLMZERM • 6 :.....v... "Y Shapton agreed saying, "These 4- H members are going to be the future leaders of our community. On the subject of entertainment, I think we have catered to this by extending the Sunday musical jamboree." , The subject of what time of year to hold the fair was also dis- cussed. Don Pullen remarked on the success at St. Marys. He said, "They have never looked back since moving their fair ahead to July," Margaret McClure asked, "If the fair was moved ahead to June or July what would you ex- hibit? It would eliminate most vegetables and flowers." John Stephens, chairman of the South Huron recreation cen- MISS k-W SNOW QUEEN — Ellen Eveleigh was named Miss Snow Queen at the Kirkton-Woodham winter carnival, Friday night. Above, last year's winner Betty Ross presents the banner. Photo by Paul Bedford Principals and staff plan make-up days Principals of Huron County schools will be asked to work with their staff to develop a school year calendar for the balance of the 1976-77 school year to make up instructional 'time lost due to severe winter con- ditions that have plagued the county this winter. Superintendent of education R. B. Allan told the county board of education Monday that the number of lost days this year combined with the difference between rural and urban school closures prompted the recommendation to try to make up time in the next four months. Mr. Allan suggested to the board that the executives of the Huron County branch 'affiliates of teacher federations be asked to consider the advisability of rescheduling their county wide professional development days for April 29 to one of the four P.D. days scheduled for the end of June when the children have already been dismissed, Another P.D. day, March 7, will also become an instruction day for students. The request• was made because, according to Mr. Allan, the time allowed for severe winter conditions when the school year calendar was given ministry approval has already Thieves hit two Exeter houses Small amounts of money were taken in two break and enters at two Exeter residences this week, Thursday, the home Of Donald McCaffrey, 493 Andrew street was entered. Several rooms were ransacked and a small amount of cash was missing. Constable Ron Fice is in- vestigating. Saturday Jim Jones, 301 Senior street reported to police that his home had been entered and a small amount of money taken. Constable George Robertson is the investigating officer. been used and additional time lost. Combined with that is the difference in lost time between rural and urban schools. Some rural areas have lost as many as 15 days while schools in county towns have lost few, if any days, due to bad weather. The provincial education act which governs all school calen- dars requires schools to be open for a minimum of 185 instruc- tional days and to meet this re- quirement the P.D, days may have to be abandoned in favor of teaching classes. Concerned about books A group of Exeter area parents met Tuesday night and decided to proceed with an action group to foster higher levels of morali- ty in school and community ac- tivities. Speaking for the group, Olga Davis said one of the priorities will be an examination of text- books used in local schools to determine if their content is suitable for students. Members of the group express- ed concern over the obscene, im- moral and blasphemous language in some books on the high school curriculum. To draw more support from the community for their endeavours, the people in atten- dance at Tuesday's meeting decided to hold a public meeting on March 1 to outline their aims to interested people and plan a course of action. She said that people wishing more information regarding the group may call the following: Mrs. Laverne Heywood 235.1057; Ron Heywood 235.2087; Olga Davis 235-2147. "We think we have enough con- cerned people to move ahead," Mrs. Davis said and explained that the group is Open to any residents of the area who are concerned about present morali- ty standards. One Hundred and Fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 17, 1977 Price Per Copy 25 Cents A showing of the Academy Award-winning One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was haltea.at the South Huron District High School winter carnival, Friday, when police received complaints about the movie being shown to children. Between 300 and 400 people were in attendance at the first showing when it was cancelled by principal J. L. Wooden after talking to town police officers who had received calls from concerned citizens. One of those complaints came from a woman who had been in attendance at the movie and walked out to notify police of her concern. Wooden told this newspaper on Monday that the school had been in contact with the film distributor and the latter maintained that the film about life in a mental institution had never been rated as restricted and still wasn't. However, when the film was shown in London and at Shipka last year it was advertised as being restricted and people under the age of 18 were not admitted. The principal said that • when the issue arose Friday night he was not certain about the rating of the film and decided to have it stopped because he didn't want to have any legal entanglements. When apprised of the situation, the film distributor agreed to waive his fee for the film. Hensall plan new arena hall This weekend all roads in the area will lead to the Pineridge Chalet near Hensall and the eighth annual Crippled Kids weekend. Joe Overholt and the Standbys will be featured in a Friday dance to open the three day activities. The same group will also play for a Saturday night dance. Saturday afternoon activities will feature a snowmobile poker rally and free snowmobile rides for the children. Celebrity chefs Bill Brady of CFPL radio and Ralph Duffus of the London Crippled Children's Treatment Centre will be on hand Sunday morning at 8:30 to start flipping pancakes. Breakfast will continue until the noon hour. An added attraction this year will be the appearance of Big Al from CKCO. in Kitchener. Big Al . who hosts a talent show will be on hand to greet the many children expected to be in attendance. Another poker rally will be held Sunday afternoon and snowmobiles and drivers will be on hand to provide more free rides for children. In the Chalet clubhouse Sunday afternoon, visitors will have the chance to see a lineup of top notch talent. These include Joe Overholt, The Little People, Gerald Davidson, The Bradley Bunch and a number of tap dancers, Mooseburgers and other ex- cellent food will be available Tax arrears hit $20,953 Usborne township council has authorized -road superintendent' John Batten to call tenders for the supply and delivery of the gravel necessary for the year 1977. Clerk-treasurer Harry Strang reported that the 1976 tax arrears were listed at $12,043.21 and will be forewarded to the Huron County treasurer early in March for. collection. The total 41, Usborne tax arrears for the past three years stand at $20,953.06, A. M. Spreit and Associates have been engaged ,to make a survey of all bridges in the township as required by a recent ruling by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications. Council was advised that all monies in the Ontario Home Renewal Program has been com- mitted and an application will be Made to the Ministry of Housing for more funds under the program. Building inspector Doug Triebner reported making 22 in-' spections during the month of February. No building permits were issued, All tile drainage loan applications on file will be con- sidered for approval and owners so notified. A. J. De Vos was appointed engineer on the Brock Creek branch A municipal drain and in- structed to prepare a report providing for a tile on Lot B, Concession 10, At the next regular meeting to be held March 1 at 1 p.m. council will consider provisionally adop- ting the Copeland and Webber municipal drains. CAR GUTTED The Exeter fire department was called .to Usborne Central 1111, School shortly after 10 a,m, Sunday. The interior Of a car owned by custodian Pat noir on was completely gutted, throughout the weekend. Admission is $1 or the possession of a Crippled Kids button. All proceeds go to the London Crippled Children Treatment Centre. Damage high in collision Damages were listed at $4,000 in an accident Thursday at the in- tersection of Highways 4 and 83 at the north end of Exeter. Drivers of the vehicles in- volved were Donald Bray, RR 3, Exeter and Alvin Gould, RR 1, Exeter. Constable Ron Flee of the Exeter police department in- vestigated. In a Friday accident vehicles driven by Richard Morrissey, RR 3, Ailsa Craig and Ian Nicholson, RR 3, Ilderton collid- ed at the• corner of Main and Baldwin streets. Constable Ron Fice set damages at $400, Constable George Robertson set damages at $400 when two vehicles collided Saturday night on the South Huron District High School parking lot. Drivers of the vehicles in- volved were John Moore and Ian Banning, both of Mississauga. They were members of the band Triumph which had just conclud- ed a concert at the school. Several suggestions for im- provement of the Exeter Fair were made at the annual meeting of the Exeter Agricultural Society Wednesday night. One thing was definitely decid- ed. The Exeter Fair will be held in 1977 on Friday and Saturday, September 23 and 24, The feature of the meeting was a panel discussion entitled, "Where Do We Go From Here?" During an interesting question and answer period some new ideas surfaced. The panel moderator was Huron's Ag Rep Don Pullen. On the panel were past presidents Howard Pym, Donald Dearing and Gerald Dearing. Gerald Dearing suggested the fair is becoming "too old fashioned", He continued, "I can see the end coming at the professional level, I think we should drop some of the stock classes and go to more educational displays to interest urban people. Dearing -said more people watched his sheep shearing Hensall council and the parks board unanimously approved authorization of the construction of a riew arena-hall facility, Mon- day. The two groups met in a special session and following that issued a press release. It noted that in recent dis- cussions with the ministry of labor, council was advised the existing facility in its present state was unacceptable to provincial standards and would be closed permanently as of Oc- tober 15, 1977 unless extensive repairs are completed, The engineering firm of B. M. Ross & Associates have advised council that any repairs to the existing arena structure w9uld be very costly and bringing the arena to full provincial stan- dards would be very un- economical for the residents of Hensall. "Council was advised that any further repairs should be dis- couraged," it was stated. Maintenance costs for the ex- isting structure are increasing Impaired duo lose litences A former Seaforth resident, Susan Marie Fisher, 23,'was fin- ed a total of $275 or 20 days and had her driver's licence suspend- ed for three months after pleading guilty to two charges before His Honor Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter court, Tuesday. Ms. Fisher, who recently took up residence in Exeter, was charged with impaired driving on December 19 and also for refusing to provide a sample for a breathalizer test. She was fined $200 on the first charge and $75 on the latter. Malcolm Lewis, 43, of RR 1 Lucan, was fined $250 or 20 days and had his licence suspended for nine months on a charge of im- paired driving. He was charged on January 25 after the vehicle he was driving ran into the door of a bus which was discharging passengers at Centralia. Two passengers suf- fered minor injuries in the inci- dent, which occurred at 7:00 p.m. A breathalizer test showed a reading of 140 trigs. Judge Hays advised that a three-month licence suspension 'was automatic and the,other months were added due to the circumstances in the incident. In the only other case disposed of at Tuesday's court, 23-year-old James MacVicar, Exeter, was fined $250 or 25 days for making false statements under the Unemployment Insurance Act. Evidence revealed that MacVicar failed to report in- come he received early last year while collecting unemployment insurance. This resulted in his receiving $198 in benefits to which he was not entitled. The court was told that the ac- cused, had already repaid the $198. immensely this year as pipes for, freezing purposes under the ce- ment floor are deteriorating, leaking, and in some instances, breaking. There have been six or eight leaks this winter alone. Engineering firms are actually amazed at the length of en- durance of the piping which was installed in 1949, At their Monday session, coun- cil,and the parks board decided to build a new arena with a large hall on the ground level. This would provide easier access by the handicapped and elderly. The present hall at the arena is on the second storey above the main en- trance to the arena. The hall would house adequate washroom and kitchen facilities for all functions. Officials at the meeting in- dicated the grant system favors building a new structure now as capital grants and Wintario grants pay approximately three- quarters of the cost if the balance is raised through public subscription. Cost of the new facility has been estimated at between $500,- 000 and $600,000 by council. Of that amount, between $125,00 and $150,000 would have to be raised through public subscription, A fund raising campaign will begin in the very near future. Reeve Harold Knight said the parks board have been doing some work on organizing a cam- paign and have some names in mind for a committee. He said he expected the new facility would be built at the community park, but possibly a little farther to the south than the present structure so more parking would be provided. "We'll try very hard to have it ready for next winter," he said, adding that the ministry of labor would not allow the present structure to be opened for another winter, even with snow- load and wind monitoring. When asked how much it-could have cost to repair the existing building, the Reeve said that "very rough" estimates only were available, but the cost could have been as much as $200,000 to $306,000. Even then, he said, the building would not meet today's fire regulations. Knight indicated a public meeting would probably be •call- ed in the near future after coun- cil and the parks board have had an opportunity to fully explore the grant system and building costs so all the facts and figures can be given to the ratepayers. BUBBLE BLOWER — The bubble gum blowing contest at South Huron Above, left, Brenda Edwards creates a good sized bubble and at the District High School's winter carnival attracted lots of contestants. right it goes splat. T-A photo tre committee was in attendance and told the gathering he was confident the new arena would be ready by fair time. Stephens commented, "The original target date was May 27, but we have to be at least two months behind schedule because of the weather". On the subject of ren- ting the arena for the fair Stephens said, "I'm sure the fee will be reasonable, We certainly won't drive the fair out of Ex- eter," The idea put forth by Norm Whiting .of combining the fair and rodeo received some favourable comments, Whiting said the rodeo could be the enter- tainment portion of the fair. Dalton Finkbeiner, a long-time stipporter of both events said he leaned quite favourably to such a merger, He added, "The Calgary Stampede is actually a combina- tion of rodeo and stock show. About 10 percent come to see the stock and the other 90 percent are there for the action." While discussing the rodeo situation Finkbeiner continued, Please turn to page 3 The distributor also indicated that the film had been shown at other high schools. The book on which the movie is based is on the senior English course at SHDHS. Wooden reported that he had not seen the movie, but indicated that teachers and friends who had seen it couldn't understand what the issue was all about at the Friday showing. He said there was some "tough language" in the film, but added that this does not appear to concern too many people these days. It was reported that members of the student body were annoyed over the closing of the movie, with most of their annoyance being directed at the people who had laid the complaints. Two students wrote letters to the editor on the issue and noted that the film had been advertised for two weeks in this newspaper and suggested the complaints should have been laid earlier so the students' council could have taken the proper action to secure another movie. The popular show had been chosen in a vote conducted among the students. Wooden said there were movies on the list used for the voting purposes that he would have vetoed had they been chosen by the students. He said that the students' council had been explicit in asking the movie distributor for a list of movies that were not rated as restricted when they had first contacted him. About one-third of the audience at the movie were adults. It was open to the public. Pam Munday, assistant manager at the Capitol theatre in London, where the movie was shown last year, said members of her staff are ordered to enforce the restricted rule very strenuously. If they question whether those seeking ad- mittance are under the age of 18, identifcation is requested. She said the movie was probably rated as restricted due to the coarse language contained in it, although she said she did not find it particularly offensive. In addition to the few com- plaints received Friday night, Chief Ted Day said four or five parents called his office on Sun- day and Monday regarding the movie. Some of the latter calls were in support of having the movie terminated, while others suggested it should have been allowed to continue. Chief Day expressed some con- cern about the fact that after the movie was halted, the students had nothing else to do except wander around the streets, drive about in cars or go to house par- ties, "Some of them would have been better off at the movie," he suggested in view of the ac- tivities in which they did become involved, Movie halt d at high school following complaints to police A FAIR PANEL — A panel discussion featured Wednesdays annual meeting of the Agricultural Society.. From the left are president Jack Where do we go from here? Stewart, past presidents Donald Dearing and Gerald Dearing, Huron's Ag Rep Don Pullen, past president Howard Pym and Garnet Hicks. Suggest changes for log al fair Ei