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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-04-14, Page 1FISHING FUN — Youngsters on a school holiday Monday found lots of enjoyment in the river near the Exeter dam. Brad Baynham is shown with ,one of the many suckers caught. T-A photo Better than average BOAT HOUSE BURNS — This boat house along the river in Grand Bend caught fire Tuesday after leaves were set on fire nearby. The Grand Bend fire department worked for close to an hour to extinguish the blaze and saved most of the building. Photo by McKinley BOTTOMS UP — Exeter Hawks captain Steve Jennison has an effective way to stop opposing forwards. He takes a dive into their legs and sends them sprawling. While he takes a few penalties for that tactic on oc- casions he wasn't called for the one he's shown executing at Friday night's game at Zurich. In the top photo he starts his lunge and the results are shown below. Staff photo EARLY RISERS — Members of the Exeter United Church communicant's class, along with some members of the teenage Sunday School class and a few adults attended the Easter sunrise service held at Morrison dam on Sunday. The event was held at 6:00 a.m. and was followed by a breakfast at the church. The Rev. Glen Wright, right, conducted the service assisted by some of the young people. Staff photo Making ood headway on K-W pool, SH rec centre xeferZniesiabuocale One Hundred and Fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 14, 1977 Price Per Copy 25 Cents Huron Park, resort fires keep two brigades busy Five alarms at GB "Response to the surveys has been at a better level than we expected", said Jim Chapman, local coordinator of the school system evaluation being con- ducted by the Huron County Board of Education schools in the south region of the county. The objectives of the exercise are: to collect information for decision-making and long range planning, to attempt to determine Rodeo may live yet? Directors of the Exeter Rodeo Association are meeting Thursday (tonight) in Huron Park to decide the fate of the Exeter rodeo. Plans were made last fall to abandon the rodeo because of an apparent lack of interest, According to Jack Malone, secretary for the Rodeo Association, support has been • Voiced•fdr the'rodeo stride that detision was made. "Maybe we read it wrong. It's just that those who work hard to get the rodeo ready just lose interest when rio one seems in- teeested," he said. The Thursday night meeting will decide whether there is enough support from service clubs and citizens in the com- munity to warrant the rodeo being held again. how the educational programme is perceived, to assess strengths and weaknesses of the school operation, and to improve communication within the system. Over 660 parents returned the questionnaire on attitudes toward the quality of education. About 1500 were circulated to parents by asking the oldest member of each family attending school to deliver them. "A forty-four percent return on general distribution of a questionnaire is a very satisfactory response which should provide a basis for valid analysis and responses are still coming in," About 90 percent of the students, selected in a random sample of 400, handed in their replies, and from 93 to 98 percent of the teachers in the system have responded. The teachers have had at least four surveys to respond to and their replies, although time consuming at a very busy time, have been given with a high degree of cooperation. "I would like to commend them," said Chapman; "along with the smaller 'random sample' groups who are an- swering at closet to 100 percent," Topics such as communication, transportation, and community use of schools along with some specific subject areas are being surveyed in smaller random sample groups or interest groups, The larger returns were sent, over the weekend, to the Ministry of Education offices for computer Car, house hit Damage has been set at $5,000 total in two fires which occurred at Huron Park during the past week. On Monday at 10:35 p.m., a car owned by Eldon McCutcheon sustained damage of $2,000. The vehicle had been left with the motor running in a laneway and for some unexplained reason caught fire. The Stephen Township fire brigade responded to the call, On Tuesday, an unoccupied house at 101 Columbia Drive was damaged to the extent of $3,000 by a fire, which was also brought under control by the brigade. Fire chief Jesse Reed reported that the fire apparently started by spontaneous combustion. The floors in the home were being stripped and refinished prior to the fire. The blaze burned a large section of the floor. scoring and the results should be available by next Monday. Then the committees will be able to get at their task of analysing the returns and preparing a report. Some 15 committees have been formed, each in charge of, a component of the system and combined reports will form an overall report of the findings, "We're progressing right on schedule" said Chapman, and that is due to the efforts of many people.I'm highly pleased with the attitudes and cooperative effort that we've received from all groups". Turn down Veri request In a Committee of Adjustment hearing Tuesday night a request by Len Veri for a minor variance for a lot east of Exeter Produce was denied. Secretary Liz. Bell said that-the coiiiiiiittee decided that a request for a variance of 70 percent was too large to be considered as a minor variance, Mr. Veri had built a foundation on the property without a survey. When a survey was done it was found that one corner of the foundation lay 5.6 feet away from the property line and another corner lay about 9.9 feet away. ' The zoning bylaw demands a 20 foot side-yard. The Kirkton-Woodham Pool fund is reaching its objective by about $5,000 per week, according to chairman of the pool com- mittee, Dr. Norm Amos, The fund has about $10,000 more to go. The pool, which is a cooperative effort between Kirkton and Woodham and the townships ,of Blanshard and Usborne, is expected to cost between $120,000 and $135,000. One-quarter of the total price is being paid by a recreation grant. The remaining three-quarters of the cost is being shared equally between the residents of the area and Wintario. In a meeting Monday night the two township councils accepted a tender submitted by Frank Van Bussell and Sons Ltd., General Contractors, RR 3 Lucan, It is not known when work will start on the project but it is hoped that the pool will be open by the time school is out. The pool is to be built at the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre grounds, It is to be a junior Olympic size, 82 feet six inches long by 42 feet six inches Air objection on new rate Exeter council have voiced a formal objection with the local PUC over increased costs for fire protection in 1977. Similar to other residents, the town is faced with a 35 percent hike in those fees. Last year's cost for fire protection was $17,- 996.33. Council have indicated they will be prepared to pay that same rate again this year, but not the increase as they feel it is Unwarranted, PUC manager Hugh Davis said he hoped the problem would soon be resolved, but noted that the town has always been billed for increases along with all other citizens. Please turn to page 3 wide by 12 feet six inches deep at the deep end. REC CENTRE The South Huron Recreation Centre is beginning to take shape as work progresses smoothly due to good weather, says Clarence McDonald, chairman of the Building Committee, who estimates that the structure is about half complete. The walls are up on the arena and nearly up on the banquet rooms as the 22 work- Hay township has included the cost of resurfacing the two and one half miles of the Goshen north of Zurich in their proposed budget for road improvements for 1977. Council approved the proposed road expenditures at their meeting Monday night. Total construction expenditures ap- proved were $29,800 with a subsidy of $15,200. Maintenance expenditures were set at $195,000 with a subsidy of $97,800. Council also approved its recreation budget which totals $8,900 and is two mills on taxes. Expenditures include $500 to the Dashwood ball diamond, $100 to the Dashwood Senior citizens group, $2,000 to the Hay township hall, $500 to the Zurich ball diamond, $3,000 to the Zurich recreation board, $1,500 to the Hensall Parks Board, $400 to the Exeter and Area recreation board and $900 sundry expenses. At the meeting council received a request to have the west branch Of Black Creek, east of Zurieh, cleaned out. Two tile drain applications in the amount of $33,500 were received. Two severance applications were received and both were men begin work on interior fixtures such as plumbing and wiring. Jerry Delange, foreman for Northside Construction Co., London, is optimistic that the $950,000 project will be completed on time and on budget. The target date for completion of the complex has been moved back from the original June first date to the middle of August due to poor weather conditions early last fall and throughout the winter. recommended by council. Joseph Paul Ducharme applied to sever part of lot 15, concession 15 and Ernest Semple applied to sever part of lots 21 and 22, concession 5. The Hensall area fire board budget for 1977 was approved by council. Hay will pay 25 percent of the total budget of $7,850. Council accepted a petition from Bernie Denomme and Anthony Rau requesting the drainage works on sideroads five and six be repaired' Two members from the Federation of Agriculture were present and requested a grant from the township. This request was denied as council felt money for the federation should be raised on an individual basis. The next meeting of council will be Monday, May 2, at 8 p.m. in the township office. TO BUY TANKER The Exeter Area Fite Board at its recent meeting decided to purchase either a new tanker or used tanker. It will replace the present unit which is in poor mechanical con- dition. Five fire alarms in five days kept the grand Bend volunteer fire department busy over the Easter weekend. No, injuries were incurred at any of the fires and only too resulted in serious damages. At 1:30 a.m. Friday the first fire alarm sounded with a call to Bell Aerospace, When the firemen reached the plant however, they were informed it was a false alarm and returned to the village only to be called back to Bell Aerdspace by another alarm at 9:30 am that same morning. This time there was no doubt the alarm was a real one as the firemen battled a blaze in the boiler room for three hours before managing to extinguish it. Extensive damage occurred to the boiler room, On Saturday evening the fire department was called to a home on Warwick St. in the village after neighbours became con- cerned over the size of a backyard rubbish fire, The fire was under control and no Two Exeter women were in- jured in separate accidents in the area this week. Most seriously hurt was Barbara Gackstetter, 32, who suffered a broken pelvis and internal injuries when her car struck a culvert abutment on Saturday night north east of Hensel]. in Thckersmith Town- *ship. • She was taken to University Hospital in London. • The accident was investigated by the Goderich OPP detach- ment. The Exeter OPP investigated only two crashes, both of which occurred on Saturday. A vehicle driven by Ernest Hohner, Exeter, struck a sign post at Don Taylor Motors just south of Exeter. He had swerved to avoid hitting a dog. A passenger, Trudy Mac- Donald, also of Exeter, sustained minor injuries. Damage to the sign was listed at $1,500 by Constable Dale Lamont and $600 to the car. NEW POLICE OFFICER — The newest member of the Exeter police force assumed his duties, Monday. He is Constable Brad Sadler a native of Harrietsville who was a member of the Metro Toronto force for the past three years. He and his wife Deborah and son Neil have taken up residence at 87 Andrew street in town. T-A photo Parking ban is year long Exeter police chief Ted Day this week reminds motorists that the overnight parking regulation is in effect all year round. Day continues, "It seems that some motor vehicle owners seem to be under the impression that this parking bylaw was for the winter months only." "The town bylaw states that no motor vehicle will be parked on any street within the town limits between 1 a,m. and 6 a.m, throughout the entire year", the chief added. Day has instructed his officers to ticket any vehicle parked ih violation of the bylaw. damages resulted. Sunday all was quiet lauf; Monday noon the alarm sounded again. This time the firemet were called to extinguish a grasslt fire by Jake Vincents, south ofd Grand Bend, The fire had surrounded an old car and it too was burning. Fire chief Harry Hamilton said he believed the fire started after brush piles were set on fire which then spread to the grass. It took the firemen close to an hour to put out the fire. Tuesday a boathouse on the river behind the town hall caught fire and suffered extensive damages before firemen were able to put it out, Fire chief Hamilton said the boat house caught fire after someone began burning leaves nearby. "If people would keep a close watch on their burning leaves there wouldn't be so much of a problem with fires," remarked Fire Chief Hamilton, He added, "we haven't had any fires for about three months, now they're all coming at once." The other accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 83 and concession 12-13 of Hay. Involved were vehicles driven by Alfred Balmer, Grand Bend, and Mary Van-Osch, Crediton. Damage was listed at $1,000 by Constable Jim Rogers. During the week, the local detachment officers laid 11 charges udder -Ithe,eHighway Traffic Act, nine under the Liquor Licence Act and five under the Criminal Code. Only one crash for town police Constable Kevin Short estimated damages at $600 in the only accident investigated this week by officers of the Exeter police department. It occurred Monday when a vehicle driven by Peter Meert, 569 Rington Crescent, London collided with a vehicle owned by Gregus Construction which was parked on Sanders Street, west of Main. Local pair find Sweden costly Iry and Lois Armstrong, 265 Pryde Blvd., recently returned from a week-long trip to the ad- joining cities of Husqvarna and Jonkping, Sweden. Their flights over and back were jeopardized by bad weather and slippery run- ways. On the Armstrong's connecting flight from Copenhagen, Den- mark, the DC-9 on which they were flying slid off the end of the run-way when attempting to land in heavy snow at Jonkping. Op their return flight from Montreal to Toronto their plane was buffeted by wind, rain and light- ning. Mr. Armstrong went along with 50 other Husqvarna sewing machine dealers on a trip to the factory in Husqvarna, Sweden. He and the others followed the production of the sewing machine from the foundry where the body is cast to the end of the production line where the com- pleted unit is shipped. The factory employs about 3,- 000 people who assemble the machines by hand. It covers nearly five blocks and has its own dam higher up on the moun- tain to run water through its own turbines and generate its own power. Iry Armstrong has sold Hus- qvarna sewing machines longer than any other dealer in Canada. He has been selling them for the past 32 years. Mr. Armstrong took time out of his busy schedule to tour a local glass factory. He watched workers blow and shape the glass and looked at one lead-crystal bowl valued at $7,500. He describes the country as be- ing mountainous and forested, and very expensive. He quoted the price of hamburger at $2.00 per pound and the same price for a pack of cigarettes. He also said that the average worker's wages were about the same as here, Evaluation has good response Hay to resurface Zurich area road Two area women hurt in crashes